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Pathology Residents' Research Day and Patterson Award Celebrated
Poster presentations included: Steve Atkinson, MD - "Cervical Granulocytic Sarcoma Initially Presenting as an Abnormal Pap Smear" Sanjivini V. Jacob, MD - "Case Report on Micropapillary Carcinoma of the Lung" Sanjivini V. Jacob, MD - "Response to External Beam Radiation: A Variety of Vascular Lesions in a Single Patient. James J. Lyons, MD - "Blue Nevus-Like Cutaneous Metastasis - Radiology Department Holds Awards Banquet Resident Awards
Faculty Awards
Graduating Radiology Residents Honored
Medicine Residents Receive Rawson Award
Norwood Presents at AHME Meeting Dr. Norwood was recently appointed Transitional Year Residency Program Director and also serves as Associate Program Director for the Department of Medicine Residency Program.
Treece Wins "Young Investigator Award" Family Medicine Elective in Adolescent Health/Health Education Elective Thrives
For a 7-week period beginning May 28 and ending July 15, 2006, second and third year family practice residents and/or ER fellows provided medical care for the 300-500 Scouts and 100-150 youth counselors, adult leaders, and visitors who attended summer camp each week. Residents/fellows also serve as adult preceptors for the youth counselors who teach curriculum that addresses health, first aid, and safety. Seven residents/fellows participated in what has become an annual summer elective. Over the course of the summer camping season, medical care was provided to more than 3000 East Tennessee youth. Types of medical problems encountered include lacerations, sprains, burns, insect bites and stings, rashes, dehydration, GI distress, and the occasional camper with diabetes, asthma, attention deficit disorder/hyperactivity, growth hormone deficiency, hemophilia, or a physical disability. The University of Tennessee Medical Center, together with medical equipment manufacturers, and pharmaceutical companies provide the "First Aid Lodge" at CBT with the equipment, medications, and supplies needed to provide quality health care in a “wilderness” environment. In order to provide 24-hour Faculty coverage for this unique experience, the Department maintained a telemedicine communications link with CBT. Unusual injuries or atypical medical problems experienced by campers and assessed by residents/fellows can be discussed and viewed by faculty prior to treatment initiation. Residents are offered an educational opportunity in adolescent and sports medicine in a rural setting. The Department provides a much needed and appreciated community service to area youth as evidenced by this letter from a grateful Scoutmaster, typical of the community response to this effort: “Doc, Scoutmaster, GSMC
Heart, Lung, Vascular Conference Set for September 22-23
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Topic of Alley Lecture
The UTGSM and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery are pleased to present the 2006 Dr. R. Ben Alley Endowed Lecture Series, The Surgical Correction of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Other Applications of Orthognathic Surgery in 2006, Nov. 11, 2006, Morrison’s Conference Center. (Early registration ends Nov. 1.) Directed by Eric Carlson, DMD, MD, this conference will be of interest to oral and maxillofacial surgeons, dentists, sleep medicine specialists, physician assistants and other healthcare professionals. At the conference, participants will complete diagnostic evaluations of patients with obstructive sleep apnea, transverse dentoskeletal deformity and children with obstructive sleep apnea with or without a craniofacial deformity. Surgical techniques and expected treatment outcomes for all cases will be presented, as well. This CDE/CME event offers AMA, AGD and AAPA credits as well as CEUs. The biennial Dr. R. Ben Alley Lecture Series is made possible through an endowment fund established by Dr. Alley’s family, colleagues, patients and friends as a memorial to one of the University of Tennessee’s most esteemed and beloved faculty members and surgeons. For more information and to register, visit www.tennessee.edu/cme/BenAlley2006 or call 974-0280 or 305-9190. Dean’s Grand Rounds: Harvard Surgeon to Present Advantages of Distraction Osteogenesis
CDE/CME/CEU credit and the lecture are free, and registration is not required. This lecture is part of the UT Graduate School of Medicine Dean’s Multi-Disciplinary Grand Rounds series and is sponsored by the UT Graduate School of Medicine Office of the Dean and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. For information, visit the Grand Rounds link on the CME Web Page or call 305-9190. November Dean’s Grand Rounds: Watch for more information about this upcoming session: "Using Vascular Imaging to Enhance CVD Risk Assessment," Wednesday, November 8, 2006, from noon-1:00 pm, in the Wood Auditorium. This session will feature Thomas Barringer, MD, MS, Medical Director, Center for Cardiovascular Health, Carolinas Medical Center. The Office of Continuing Medical Education announces the following CME courses:
Visit this convenient link for more information and details on the events listed, or call the Office of Continuing Education at 305-9190.
2006 Torch Campaign Three Torch Co-Chairs, Sandy Oelschlegel, Steve Sexton, and Pat Taylor, will head efforts along with a Cabinet of 15 individuals from throughout UTGSM and the Medical Center. GSM Cabinet Members are Alison Lockett and Carol Houser. Their Torch Captains include Susan Burchfield, Pam Guider, Melanie Hurst, Stacy Kirkpatrick and Cynthia Vaughn. The Co-Chairs, Cabinet Members and Torch Captains encourage everyone to show their pride in giving through their generous donations. The goal for 2006 is a two-tiered goal -- Good ($125,000) and Great ($150,000). A brochure will replace the orange pledge cards and an online pledge form is also available. Let's keep the Torch burning.
See you at the Tailgate Party! If you have news or an event to announce via this newsletter and/or the GSM Web site, please submit your story.
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The special event will be held Tuesday, September 19, at 11:00 am EDT. Dr. Petersen will speak to all campuses via a two-way simulcast and will share exciting news about UT's future. The Knoxville campus celebration will be held in the Thompson-Boling Assembly Center and Arena. Transportation will be available from the UT Conference Center and the UT Agricultural Campus beginning at 10:00 am and immediately following the event. There will be refreshments and door prizes including athletic tickets and gift certificates! Everyone is encouraged to attend if your department chair or director feels that the office or department will still be able to function appropriately.
Dr. Rule came to UT as a physician and instructor in 1985 beginning a very successful academic career in medicine. As a faculty member he served as Director of the Residency Program as well as Medical Director of the Department of Radiology for several years before becoming chairman. Dr. Rule was instrumental in expanding the residency program to a total of twenty residents. The radiology residents have presented him teaching awards for his exceptional work. On the clinical side, he introduced PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) and a speech recognition system for rapid, paperless reports for radiologists. He also developed the interventional neuroradiology program here. A Diplomat of the American Board of Radiology, Rule holds memberships in many local, state, and national associations including the Knoxville Academy of Medicine, the Tennessee Medical Association, and the American College of Radiology. He has been a member of the Association of University Radiologists, PC, board of directors since 1995 and has been its president since 1999.  Happy 15th Anniversary UTGSM Today, the GSM has exceeded that goal many times over. We offer a broad spectrum of medical and dental training programs, clerkships, residencies in 12 training programs, fellowships in eight specialties and scores of continuing education opportunities that prepare medical and dental professionals for practice. Our scientists and physicians conduct world-class research that impacts the understanding and treatment of serious medical disorders. In celebration of this 15th anniversary year of the UTGSM—and the 50th anniversary of UT Medical Center, of which we are an integral part—you’ll find historical tidbits here in Scope. Find out about early physician education and research initiatives. Realize how national trends affected our local efforts. Our story is fascinating. It shows us all from where we’ve come…and toward what we strive each day.
Collector’s Edition of Frontiers on Newsstands This special edition features stories and photos of the past 50 years of the UT Medical Center and 15 years of the UTGSM. For more information or to request a copy, contact the UTGSM at 305-9190.
While demonstrations are generally teacher-centered there are several techniques available such as peer tutoring, actual practice, research papers, on-the-job training such as in clinics or the surgical suite, and of course simulation labs. Keep in mind that if demonstrations are to be successful, much preparation is needed…..it isn’t just a matter of plugging in the videotape or DVD and sitting back. That holds true for clinic and surgical demonstrations, too. Here are some questions you might ask when considering demonstration as a potential delivery strategy
Your response to these questions should tell you whether you should use the demonstration method and may alert you to some of the issues if you do choose it. Demonstration is a great way to teach and learn, but it needs to be used wisely not as a default to lecture or discussion. Honolulu Community College. Faculty Development: Teaching Techniques: Selecting a Delivery Strategy.
Post-program evaluations completed by the students consistently rated the experience excellent. UTGSM faculty members were committed to making the students experiences the most fruitful possible. One measure of success is that many alumni of the Medical Explorations Program are successfully pursuing their careers in medicine. Thanks to great efforts of Dr. Mitchell Goldman, who established the program in 1991, interest and enrollment continues to grow. As a result more avenues of funding are being pursued. This year, along with funding from the I. Reid Collmann Foundation, the University Health Systems (UHS) funded a stipend for students who wanted to take part in the program but because of financial obligations could not afford to do so. UTGSM Using New Biomarker Technology UTGSM recently purchased two microfluidic chemistry systems from NanoTek for biomarker production. These biomarkers are used in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans to indicate or measure a biological process, which can aid in the diagnosis of cancer and other diseases in people who may be at risk but do not yet exhibit symptoms. Dr. David Townsend, Director of the In support of this effort, the U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded UT and NanoTek a small business grant for continued collaboration on the project. Recently announced by Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr., (R-Tenn.), a portion of the grant provides UT with funding to continue refining the technology in a research setting. Rowman Retires from Family Medicine New Faculty Appointments
New GSM Employees
Oral Abstracts: Fortner K, Zite N, Young V, Wallace L Zite N, Wallace L Poster Presentation: Innovations ’06 Siemens Annual Customer Symposium, July 23-26, Las Vegas, NV Boron in the Americas 10th International Meeting Society of Laparendoscopic Surgeons, 15th International Congress and Endo Exp 2006, September 6-9, 2006, Boston, MA
The following list of publications reflects only journal articles indexed in PubMed (MEDLINE). If you are interested in obtaining a copy of an article listed, please contact Preston Medical Library. Delbeke D, Coleman RE, Guiberteau MJ, Brown ML, Royal HD, Siegel BA, Townsend DW, Berland LL, Parker JA, Zubal G, Cronin V; Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM). Beyer T, Townsend DW. Solomon A, Murphy CL, Westermark P. Schuller HM, Kabalka G, Smith G, Mereddy A, Akula M, Cekanova M. Rogers ES, Wallace LS, Weiss BD. Wallace LS, Rogers ES, Roskos SE, Holiday DB, Weiss BD. Kheterpal I, Chen M, Cook KD, Wetzel R. Roskos SE, Wallace LS. Wallace LS, Roskos SE, Weiss BD. Cassada DC, Lipscomb AL, Stevens SL, Freeman MB, Grandas OH, Goldman MH. Googe PB, Page RN, King R, Griffin WC. White W, Klein F. Kabalka GW, Mereddy AR Kabalka, GW, Venkataiah B, Chen C Kabalka GW, Zhou LL
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The Pathology Residents awarded the Pathology Faculty Teaching Award to Alan D. Grindstaff, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology,
The Rawson Award, given annually by the 
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Daphne Norwood, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, 
Yvonne P. Treece, MD, third year Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident, was recently awarded the "Young Investigator Award" for her presentation at the 
It's summertime in East Tennessee and for the residents, fellows and faculty of the 
Primary care physicians, internal medicine physicians, physician assistants, nurses, allied health professionals and other healthcare professionals are invited to attend the CME conference, Heart, Lung, Vascular: Advances & Basics for the Primary Care Provider, Sept. 22-23, 2006, UT Conference Center, Knoxville. Participants at this conference will leave with the basics of cardiology and pulmonary information as well as knowledge of the most recent advances in the field.
Obstructive sleep apnea can be a life-threatening condition, but due to an insufficient body of knowledge, doctors are largely unable to compile a strategy of workup and management of patients with this syndrome. 
Two Dean’s Grand Rounds sessions are set for fall. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, physicians and other medical professionals will benefit from a new medical/dental education lecture set for September 20, 2006 from 7:00 am - 8:00 am Bonnie Padwa, DMD, MD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Division of Plastic & Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, will present "Current Concepts in Distraction Osteogenesis in Craniofacial Surgery" in Wood Auditorium. Dr. Padwa will discuss distraction osteogenesis for correction of facial skeletal syndromes. The discussion will include information on less invasive techniques and the advantages of distraction osteogenesis.
The Torch Campaign is a combined philanthropic effort of the UT Graduate School of Medicine and UT Medical Center. The campaign provides individuals an opportunity to support gift programs at the 
October is National Medical Librarians Month!
An invitation has been extended to all faculty and staff from UT President, Dr. John D. Petersen to attend a system-wide 
Kenneth A. Rule, MD, professor and chair of the UTGSM 
The education of physicians has its start more than 300 years ago, as Native Americans teach settlers to use the earth to heal. In 1794, medical education in Tennessee begins with the formation of Blount College, which decades later becomes the University of Tennessee. In 1889, Tennessee Medical College is founded in Knoxville, but in 1914, the school closes. Medical students are transferred to the UT College of Medicine in Memphis, and in 1920, the former Tennessee Medical College becomes Knoxville General Hospital. Big changes are coming.
A collector’s anniversary edition of 
A partnership between UTGSM and nanotechnology firm NanoTek, LLC, means better and faster detection of cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases and places the collaboration at the forefront of research.
