The Scope E-Newsletter June 2012

The Scope E-Newsletter

June 2012

From the Dean's Office

Embracing Our Strengths

Faculty and Staff Celebrate Long-Term Service to UT

GSM Faculty Elect Dr. Craft and Dr. Grandas to UTHSC Faculty Senate

New GSM Faculty and Staff

Research

Patent Awarded for Amyloid Removal Therapy

The Knoxville News Sentinel Features Alzheimer's Disease Research and Breakthroughs

Education

Surgeons Teach Blunt Trauma in Iraq

Preston Medical Librarians Teach Consumer Health Information in South Africa

Cancer Experts to Lead Discussion of Four Cancers

Upcoming CE Opportunities

Service

Dentists Provide Community Care

Featured Faculty

Dr. Hanna Seeks Support as LLS 'Man of the Year' Candidate

OMFS Society Selects Dr. J.W. Hudson for Distinguished Educator's Award

UTGSM Faculty Named 'Top Docs' by Their Peers

Dr. Asif Directs Sports Medicine

Dr. Morris Named Internal Medicine Chief

Dr. Mihelic Receives Patent for Complexity Algorithm

Dr. Enderson Serves National Committee on Trauma

Dr. Bustamante Represents Tennessee Anesthesiologists

Dr. Norwood Serves as ACP Governor

Featured Residents and Fellows

OBGYN Resident Dr. Sorensen Receives Teaching Award

Chief Resident Dr. Chang Elected to National Radiology Executive Committee

UTGSM Celebrates Match Day

Featured Alumni

Surgery Alumnus Accepts Director Position with Saint Luke's

Featured Staff

Heidel Earns Doctorate

Katy Justiss Wins the 2012 Edwin S. Gleaves Scholarship

News

Preston Medical Library Launches New Programs Using Literature and Canines

Frontiers Magazine Highlights Nursing Excellence

Faculty and Staff Portrait Days June 12 and June 14

Conference Room Dedicated to Dr. Pennell Painter

Scholarly Activity

Residents and Fellows Present at Research Day

Presentations

Publications

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UTGSM Faculty Named 'Top Docs' by Their Peers

CityView Top Docs 2012The results are in and several UT Graduate School of Medicine faculty physicians were selected as top doctors in the community in CityView Magazine's annual survey. The physicians named are considered to be the area's most referred specialists as recognized by their peers. The Graduate School of Medicine congratulates the following physicians named in "Top Docs 2012." Specialty categories as listed in CityView Magazine are noted in parenthesis.

Board of Visitors
Randal L. Dabbs, MD (Emergency Medicine)

Anesthesiology
Daniel Bustamante, MD, Assistant Professor (Anesthesiology)
Jack Chavez, MD, Associate Professor (Anesthesiology)
William Cox, MD, Assistant Professor (Anesthesiology)
Robert Craft, MD, Residency Program Director, Vice Chair, Professor (Anesthesiology)
Jerry Epps, MD, Chair and Associate Professor (Anesthesiology)
Michael Flynn, MD, Assistant Professor (Anesthesiology)
J. Russell Langdon, MD, Associate Professor (Anesthesiology, Critical Care)
Don Pearson Jr., MD, Assistant Professor (Anesthesiology)
A. Audie Smith, MD, Assistant Professor (Anesthesiology)
Jeffrey Staack, MD, Assistant Professor (Pain Medicine)

Family Medicine
Ann Bevelhimer, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Family Practice)
Gregory Blake, MD, Chair and Professor (Family Practice)
Daniel Cox, MD, Clinical Instructor (Family Practice)
Anthony Florian, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Family Practice)
Jon Parham, MD, Associate Professor (Family Practice)
Cynthia Pearman, MD, Assistant Professor (Hospice/Palliative Care)
Amy Barger Stevens, MD, Program Director and Associate Professor (Family Practice)
M. David Stockton, MD, Professor (Family Practice)

Medicine
John Acker, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Cardiology)
Mark D. Anderson, MD, Assistant Professor (Gastroenterology)
Ilse Anderson, MD, Assistant Professor (Genetics)
Calvin Bard, MD, Assistant Professor (Internal Medicine)
Paul Branca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Critical Care, Pulmonary Medicine)
Stuart Bresee, MD, Clinical Associate Professor (Cardiology)
Lawrence Bushkell, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Dermatology)
Peter Campbell, MD, Clinical Associate Professor (Endocrinology)
James Cox, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Cardiology)
Monica Crane, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Geriatric Medicine)
W. Corbet Curfman, MD, Associate Professor (Psychiatry)
Thomas Doty III, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Endocrinology)
John Dougherty, Jr., MD, Associate Professor (Neurology)
Tina Dudney, MD, Fellowship Director and Associate Professor (Critical Care, Pulmonary Medicine)
Michael Eisenstadt, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Sleep Medicine)
Daniel Ely, MD, Associate Professor (Internal Medicine)
Sangeeta Gulati, MD, Assistant Professor (Gastroenterology)
Wahid Hanna, MD, Professor (Hematology/Oncology)
Jeffrey Hecht, MD, Associate Professor (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Charles Huddleston, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Dermatology)
D. Russell Huntsinger, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Cardiology)
Susan Huntsinger, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Hematology/Oncology)
Clark Julius, MD, Clinical Professor (Dermatology)
Gary Klipple, MD, Associate Professor (Rheumatology)
John Lacey, III, MD, Assistant Professor (Internal Medicine)
Claude LaCharite, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Hospitalist)
William Law, Jr., MD, Clinical Professor (Endocrinology)
Joseph Liu, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Cardiology)
Carmen Lozzio, MD, Professor (Genetics)
Bruce Ludwig, MD, (Pulmonary Medicine)
Kevin Martinolich, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Critical Care, Pulmonary Medicine, Sleep Medicine)
Daniel McCammon, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Endocrinology)
Michael Miller, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Allergy and Immunology)
Steve Miller, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Hematology/Oncology)
Thomas Miller, MD, Clinical Associate Professor (Nephrology)
Robert Montgomery, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Internal Medicine)
Kimberly Morris, MD, Associate Professor (Hospitalist)
John Narro, MD, Associate Professor (Infectious Disease)
Robert Overholt, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Allergy and Immunology)
Casey Page, Jr., MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Endocrinology)
Timothy Panella, MD, Associate Professor (Hematology/Oncology)
William Paulsen, MD, Associate Professor (Neurology)
Mark Rasnake, MD, Residency Program Director and Assistant Professor (Infectious Disease)
Steven Rider, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Neurology)
Denise Rivers, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Nephrology)
Carlos Rollhauser, MD, Assistant Professor (Gastroenterology)
Ramanujan Samavedy, MD, (Gastroenterology)
Elise Schriver, MD, Clinical Associate Professor (Critical Care, Pulmonary Medicine)
J. Christopher Scott, MD, Clinical Associate Professor (Cardiology)
Paul Serrell, MD, Clinical Associate Professor (Nephrology)
James Shamiyeh, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Critical Care, Pulmonary Medicine)
David Shupp, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Dermatology)
Russell Smith, MD, Associate Professor (Infectious Disease)
John Stancher, MD, Assistant Professor (Gastroenterology)
Thomas Sullivan, MD, Clinical Associate Professor (Sleep Medicine)
Urath Suresh, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Nephrology)
John Williams, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Endocrinology)
Donna Winn, MD, Clinical Instructor (Rheumatology)
Dale Wortham, MD, Fellowship Director and Professor (Cardiology)
Thomas L. Young, MD, Assistant Professor (Gastroenterology)

Medical Genetics
Ilse Anderson, MD, Assistant Professor (Genetics)
Carmen Lozzio, MD, Professor (Genetics)

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mark E. Anderson, MD, Associate Professor (Neonatology)
James Bass, MD, Assistant Professor (Neonatology)
Leonard Brabson, MD, Clinical Instructor (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Tara Burnette, MD, Assistant Professor (Neonatology)
Pleas Copas, MD, Associate Professor (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Stephanie Cross, MD, Assistant Professor (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Susan Dodd, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Robert Elder, MD, Professor (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Mark Gaylord, MD, Professor (Neonatology)
Mark Hennessy, MD, Associate Professor (Maternal and Fetal Medicine)
K. Susie Himebaugh, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Bobby Howard, MD, Chair and Associate Professor (Maternal and Fetal Medicine)
Larry Kilgore, MD, Professor (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Keri Lattimore, MD, Assistant Professor (Neonatology)
Vichien Lorch, MD, Professor (Neonatology)
Humberto Rodriguez, MD, Associate Professor (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
James Shirk, MD, Assistant Professor (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Craig Towers, MD, Associate Professor (Maternal and Fetal Medicine)
Nikki Zite, MD, MPH, Residency Program Director and Associate Professor (Obstetrics/Gynecology)

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Eric Carlson, DMD, MD, Chair, Residency Program Director and Professor (Surgery: Oral and Maxillofacial)
Jack Gotcher, DMD, PhD, Professor (Surgery: Oral and Maxillofacial)
William High, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Surgery: Oral and Maxillofacial)
J.W. Hudson, DDS, Professor (Surgery: Oral and Maxillofacial)
J. Michael McCoy, DDS, Professor (Surgery: Oral and Maxillofacial, Pathology)
Carroll R. Shanks, DDS, Associate Professor (Surgery: Oral and Maxillofacial)

Pathology
Lisa Duncan, MD, Chair, Residency Program Director and Associate Professor (Pathology)
Paul Googe, MD, Clinical Professor (Pathology)
Alan Dorn Grindstaff, MD, Fellowship Director and Assistant Professor (Pathology)
J. Michael McCoy, DDS, Professor (Pathology, Surgery: Oral and Maxillofacial)
Laurentia Nodit, MD, Assistant Professor (Pathology)
Stuart Van Meter, MD, Associate Professor (Pathology)
D. Douglas Wilson, MD, Assistant Professor (Pathology)

Radiology
Stacey Balius, MD, Assistant Professor (Radiology)
Robert Bertoli, MD
, Clinical Associate Professor (Radiation Oncology)
Judson Gash, MD, Professor (Radiology)
Daniel M. Green, MD, Clinical Associate Professor (Radiation Oncology)
Kathleen Hudson, MD, Associate Professor (Radiology)
J. Michael McCoy, DDS, Professor (Pathology, Surgery: Oral and Maxillofacial)
J. Mark McKinney, MD, Chair and Associate Professor (Radiology)
Garnetta Morin-Ducote, MD
, Assistant Professor (Radiology)
Kenneth Rule, MD, Professor (Radiology)
John Simmons, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Radiology)

Surgery
Todd Abel, MD, Clinical Instructor (Surgery: Neurological)
Carlos Angel, MD, Associate Professor (Pediatric Surgery)
George Baddour, MD, Clinical Instructor (Surgery: Orthopedic)
John Bell, MD, Professor (Surgery: General)
Joseph Chun, MD, Associate Professor (Surgery: Plastic)
Robert Crawley, MD, Clinical Instructor (Otolaryngology)
Richard Depersio, MD, Clinical Associate Professor (Otolaryngology)
Raymond Dieter III, MD, Associate Professor (Surgery: Thoracic)
Regula Doggweiler, MD, Associate Professor (Urology)
Michael Eilerman, MD, Clinical Instructor (Surgery: Orthopedic)
Blaine Enderson, MD, Professor (Surgery: General)
Jeffrey Everett, MD, Associate Professor (Surgery: Thoracic)
Paul Froula, MD, Clinical Instructor (Ophthalmology)
Thomas Gaines, MD, Associate Professor (Surgery: Thoracic)
Gary Gitschlag, MD, Clinical Instructor (Ophthalmology)
Joseph Googe, Jr., MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Ophthalmology)
Keith Gray, MD, Assistant Professor (Surgery: General)
David Harris, Jr., MD, Clinical Associate Professor (Ophthalmology)
Paul Hatcher, MD, Associate Professor (Urology)
Jeffrey Hecht, MD, Associate Professor (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Kathleen Herbig, MD, Instructor (Surgery: Plastic)
David E. Hill, MD, Assistant Professor (Pediatric Urology)
Edwin Holt, MD, Clinical Instructor (Surgery: Orthopedic)
William Horton III, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Otolaryngology)
John Hoskins, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Ophthalmology)
James Killeffer, MD, Assistant Professor (Surgery: Neurological)
Edward Kim, MD, Professor (Urology)
Frederick Klein, MD, Residency Program Director and Professor (Urology)
Donald Lakatosh, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
John Little, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Otolaryngology)
John Mack, Jr., MD, Associate Professor (Pediatric Surgery, Surgery: Thoracic)
Gregory Mancini, MD, Assistant Professor (Surgery: General)
Gregory Mathien, MD, Clinical Instructor (Surgery: Orthopedic)
Henry Nelson, MD, Professor (Surgery: General)
David Reath, MD, Associate Professor (Surgery: Plastic)
William Reid, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Surgery: Neurological)
David Riden, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Pediatric Urology)
Allan Rosenbaum, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Otolaryngology)
Richard Smith, MD, Clinical Instructor (Surgery: Orthopedic)
Scott Smith, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Surgery: Orthopedic)
William Snyder, Jr., MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Surgery: Neurological)
Julio Solla, MD, Associate Professor (Surgery: Colon and Rectal)
Jonathan Sowell, MD, Clinical Instructor (Ophthalmology)
James Taylor, MD, Associate Professor (Surgery: Plastic)
W. Bedford Waters, MD, Professor (Urology)
Wesley White, MD, Instructor (Urology)

 

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