The Scope E-Newsletter

March 2010

From the Dean's Office

GSM Emerges as a Unique Graduate Regional Medical Center

In the Spotlight

Kestler and Bruker Receive Susan G. Komen Foundation Grant

Cassada Introduces Non-Invasive Technique to Diagnose Venous Obstruction

Michael and Christie Carringer: Father and Daughter Resident Physicians

Stevens Elected to Prominent Role in Vascular Society

Carlson, Hudson and McCoy Examine OMFS Board Candidates

Kurek Elected to Board of Directors of Surgery of Trauma Organization

JAMA Publishes Poem by Preston Library's Donna Doyle

Former GSM Professor Newly Appointed Mayo Clinic Division Chief

New GSM Faculty and Staff

News

Register by March 22: Faculty Development Workshop, March 26

Resident Business Course Lite Addresses Real Estate Investments, March 25

Residents Can Submit Abstracts Online for Resident Research Day by April 26

Inaugural Fellow Research Day Coming June 2

Continuing Medical and Dental Education

CMDE Calendar

Hematology Conference Brings International Knowledge to Knoxville; 2011 Date Set

Radiology Seminar Discusses Ordering X-Rays

Scholarly Activity

Presentations

Publications

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Presentations

Southeastern Surgical Congress 2010 Annual Scientific Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, February 20-23

Poster Presentations
John Milligan, MD
"Endoscopy – Keeping up with the RRC"

Contributor: Brian J. Daley, MD, MBA, FACS

Sabina Siddiqui, MD
"Cytokine Response in the Multi-Trauma Patient"

Contributors: Brian Tucker, DO; Russell Langdon, MD; Blaine Enderson, MD

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition's Clinical Nutrition Week, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 8-12

Poster Presentation
Mariah Alexander, MD
"Gastric Residual Volumes: What is Baseline?"

Contributors: Susan Brantley, RD, MS, CNSC; Ted Chang, MD; Chris Guglielmo, MD; Judson Gash, MD; and Brian J. Daley, MD, MBA, FACS

Fifth Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Antonio, Texas, February 3-5

Oral Presentations
Deidra Mountain, PhD
"The Role of Doxycycline as an Inhibitor of Intimal Hyperplasia after Balloon Angioplasty Arterial Injury"

Contributors: James Chalk, MD; Alexander Tummers, MD; Stacy Kirkpatrick; David Cassada, MD; Scott Stevens, MD; Michael Freeman, MD; Mitchell Goldman, MD; Oscar Grandas, MD

Khanjan Nagarsheth, MD
"Splenic Artery Emobilization in Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Creating a Mathematical Model to Predict ICU Length of Stay"

Contributor: Stanley Kurek, DO

Southern Association for Vascular Surgery Meeting, Paradise Island, Bahamas, January 20-23, 2010

Co-author: Matt Jones, MD

James Chalk, MD
"Hormone Replacement Therapy Influences Intimal Hyperplasia after Vascular Injury: Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases"

Contributors: Deidra Mountain, PhD; Stacy Kirkpatrick; David Cassada, MD; Scott Stevens, MD; Michael Freeman, MD; Mitchell Goldman, MD; Oscar Grandas, MD

Scott Stevens, MD, presided over scientific sessions.

Society of Critical Care Medicine's 39th Critical Care Congress, Miami Beach, Florida, January 9-13

Brian J. Daley, MD, MBA, FACS, FCCP, CNSC led Professor Walk Rounds on Critical Care.