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Two New Department Chairs Commenced Sept. 1
In addition to chair, Dr. Howard currently serves as division director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and medical director of the Regional Perinatal Center at UT Medical Center. Originally from Birmingham, Ala., Dr. Howard earned his medical degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, where he also completed his residency training in OB/GYN. He received his fellowship training in maternal-fetal medicine from Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash. We thank Robert Elder, M.D., for serving as chair for the department, particularly during this past year when also serving as medical director for the Women’s Center. McKinney Joins Graduate School as Radiology Chair
Previously with the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., Dr. McKinney served as chair of the Radiology Practice Team; assistant program director of the Radiology Residency Program for the Department of Radiology; assistant professor of Radiology for the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; and section head of Interventional Radiology for the Department of Radiology. A native of Greeneville, Tenn., Dr. McKinney earned his medical degree at Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, Calif., where he also completed his residency in diagnostic radiology and fellowship training in interventional radiology. He was appointed chief resident during his residency. We thank Kathleen Hudson, M.D., Program Director for the Department of Radiology Residency Program, for serving as interim chair for the department over the last year. Carlson Publishes Textbook
Eric Carlson, D.M.D., M.D., Chair, Residency Program Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, co-edited “Textbook and Color Atlas of Salivary Gland Pathology: Diagnosis and Management,” published in August 2008. The 320-page textbook provides new landmark text and atlas on salivary gland pathology, an im Robert Ord, M.D., D.D.S., M.S., B.D.S., F.R.A.C.S., F.A.C.S., Chairman, Head of the Oncology Section, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, co-edited the textbook. For more information, visit http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?
Kabalka Gives Keynote Address on Radiopharmaceutical Design in Italy George Kabalka, Ph.D., Director of Basic Science Research in Radiology and Robert H. Cole Endowed Chair Professor of Neuroscience, recently presented the keynote address at the first radiopharmaceutical meeting held in Montecosaro, Italy, July 12. While in Italy, he presented invited lectures on radiopharmaceutical design at the University of Bari Medical School in Bari and the University of Salento Engineering Department in Lecce. Society of Nuclear Medicine, 55th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, La., June 14-18, 2008 Presentations: Wenbin Zeng, Ph.D., and Weimin Miao, Ph.D. Wenbin Zeng, Ph.D., and Weimin Miao, Ph.D. 236th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 17-21, 2008 Presentations: Min-Liang Yao, Ph.D. Wenbin Zeng, Ph.D. Wenbin Zeng, Ph.D. BASF, Callery, Pa., Aug. 7 Invited Presentation:
Kabalka, GW, Borella, S, ML Yao. Kabalka, GW, Yao, ML. Tang, G, Zheng, W, Yu, M, Kabalka, GW 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. Ache KA, Wallace LS. Wallace LS, Keenum AJ. Pelletier DA, Hurst GB, Foote LJ, Lankford PK, McKeown CK, Lu TY, Schmoyer DD, Shah MB, Hervey WJ IV, McDonald WH, Hooker BS, Cannon WR, Daly DS, Gilmore JM, Wiley HS, Auberry DL, Wang Y, Larimer FW, Kennel SJ, Doktycz MJ, Morrell-Falvey JL, Owens ET, Buchanan MV. Zhou Y, Dougherty JH Jr, Hubner KF, Bai B, Cannon RL, Hutson RK. White JV, Ayoob KT, Benedict MA, Chynoweth MD, Gregoire M, Howard RL, McCool A, Parrott S, Ramsey SH, Thiessen C, Thomsen KN, Bender T, Myers E, Michael P. Nahmias C, Lemmens C, Faul D, Carlson E, Long M, Blodgett T, Nuyts J, Townsend D. Kennedy A. Bukovsky A, Gupta SK, Bansal P, Chakravarty S, Chaudhary M, Svetlikova M, White RS, Copas P, Upadhyaya NB, Van Meter SE, Caudle MR. Grandas OH, Mountain DJ, Kirkpatrick SS, Rudrapatna VS, Cassada DC, Stevens SL, Freeman MB, Goldman MH. Zeng W, Yao ML, Townsend D, Kabalka G, Wall J, Le Puil M, Biggerstaff J, Miao W. Murphy CL, Kestler DP, Foster JS, Wang S, Macy SD, Kennel SJ, Carlson ER, Hudson J, Weiss DT, Solomon A. Hopko DR, Bell JL, Armento M, Robertson S, Mullane C, Wolf N, Lejuez CW. Townsend DW. White WH, Doggweiler R, Klein FA. Alterman DM, Stevens SL. Kennel SJ, Woodward JD, Rondinone AJ, Wall J, Huang Y, Mirzadeh S.
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With the start of our academic year, the Graduate School of Medicine embraces innovative programs and welcomes new faces. First, we welcome our 70 new residents and fellows. These physicians and dentists represent the future of medicine, and we are pleased to be able to impact that future. We also welcome two new chairs: J. Mark McKinney, M.D., Department of Radiology, and Bobby Howard, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Each will bring a unique set of skills to his department while providing solid leadership to faculty, staff and residents. The stability in our chair positions over the years represents the excellence our chairs bring to our institution, and we are certain our two new chairs will provide the same level of excellence. Making rapid progress with the Simulation Center, we have hired an administrative director, Melinda Klar, R.N.; center coordinator and skills coach, Judy Roark, CST; and two medical co-directors, Leonard Hines, M.D., F.A.C.S., and Paul Huffstutter, M.D., F.A.C.S. The Graduate School also continues to take new strides to place education as the foundation of everything we do. We are moving forward with our new fellowships in Pulmonology and Geriatric Medicine, and Lorraine Wallace, Ph.D., is the course director for a workshop for fellows on research. Along this same line, the Graduate School is creating a Virtual Research Office to assist all residents as well as fellows in their endeavors. We will also begin offering Faculty Development courses to enhance training for our educators, with the first scheduled for April 3, 2009. We continue to move forward, and I thank you for your efforts to improve the Graduate School of Medicine. James J. Neutens, Ph.D., F.A.S.H.A.
Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Initiated UT Graduate School of Medicine Office of the Dean announces the launch of a new Geriatric Medicine Fellowship program. The program will be directed by Robert Lands, M.D., Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Internal Medicine. Fellows in the program will become competent in caring for the specific needs of the elderly, including pathologic changes of aging; diseases of the aged; preventive medicine; interdisciplinary coordination of multiple health professionals; special interest topics, such as cognitive impairment, depression, falls, elder abuse and more; pharmacologic issues; geriatric rehabilitation; management of patients in long-term care settings; the role of the family in caring for the elderly; home and hospice care; economic, ethical and legal issues often pertinent to the aging population; and more. “The Geriatric Medicine Fellowship is the third new subspecialty education program initiated by the UT Graduate School of Medicine in just over one year,” said James J. Neutens, Ph.D., Dean. “As the percentage of people in our community over the age of 65 grows rapidly, we are responding with physicians trained to handle the needs of this particular population, and with the University of Tennessee Medical Center, we will provide the highest quality of care.” The program will start July 1, 2009, and applications from physicians now are being considered. For more information about the fellowship, physicians can contact Khristy Harris, 305-9352, tcharris@utmck.edu, or visit http://gsm.utmck.edu/family_medicine/ New Medical Simulation Center Offers Training in Complex Reality Setting
The UT Graduate School of Medicine has entered a technological arena offering advanced simulation training for our physicians, fellows and residents. In a suite of rooms near the surgical and neurocritical care units, the Medical Simulation Center has opened and allows physicians to practice tasks and procedures in a complex reality setting using life-size human patient and laproscopic simulators and procedural models.
Joining the Graduate School as medical co-directors of the center are Leonard Hines, M.D., F.A.C.S., formerly Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, UT Health Science Center; and Paul Huffstutter, M.D., F.A.C.S., formerly Clinical Associate Professor, Surgery, UT Health Science Center. Melinda Klar, R.N., Department of Surgery, UT Graduate School of Medicine, will serve as administrative director for the new center, and Judy Roark, C.S.T., is the center coordinator and skills coach. The Sim Center, as it is becoming known, monitors, records and measures performance via digital videotaping and archiving. New laparoscopic trainers offer surgeons the ability to practice a variety of skills, such as suturing, dissection and camera navigation, and allow physicians to improve their visual, tactile and coordination skills. SimMan, a full-sized patient simulator, offers training using pre-programmed scenarios, instructor-created scenarios and “on-the-fly” training, and includes interaction such as eye signs, bleeding and wounds, CPR feedback, convulsions, realistic X-ray, drug recognition and more. A new endovascular simulator has recently been added to the Simulation Center, as well, for more comprehensive training. Physicians can attain individual improvement in skills or learn to work within a team environment, during which each team member’s reactions and decision-making ability are measured. And perhaps most importantly, this advanced technology, which improves critical thinking, decision making, physician skills and clinical research techniques, does it all without risk to a patient. For information about using the Medical Simulation Center, please contact Klar at 305-9227.
Frontiers Magazine Highlights Research
Each of the Frontiers in 2008 and early 2009 will focus on an aspect of our mission of education, research, patient care and public service and how these objectives are accomplished through our academic medical center environment. Look for the Research issue this month on newsstands and online at http://gsm.utmck.edu/about/frontiers.cfm. Frontiers is a quarterly publication for alumni and friends, produced by UT Medical Center and UT Graduate School of Medicine.
Radiology Project Receives Grant from DOE
Led by George Kabalka, Ph.D., Director of Basic Science Research in Radiology and Robert H. Cole Endowed Chair Professor of Neuroscience, collaborators on the project include Jonathan Wall, Ph.D., Director, Amyloid Imaging and Preclinical Facility; Stephen Kennel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Human Immunology and Cancer Program; and Min-Liang Yao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Radiology. Need Recruiting Fair Supplies? The Communications and Outreach office has imprinted table covers for your use at recruiting fairs and other exhibits. We also can provide brochures and other materials. To check out any of the exhibit supplies, please contact GSMNews@utmck.edu. Brand Your Graduate School of Medicine Presentation
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Save the Date: Faculty Development Workshop Set for April 3 
UT Graduate School of Medicine faculty and volunteer faculty are encouraged to save the date of April 3, 2009, to attend a Faculty Development Workshop to be held at the UT Visitors’ Center. This workshop will focus on teaching and will welcome guest speakers, Patrick Alguire, M.D., American College of Physicians; and Martin Eason, M.D., James H. Quillen College of Medicine. Workshop topics will include Teaching in the Office; Teaching with Simulation; Giving Feedback; The Challenging Student; Teaching in the OR; and Bedside Teaching. Watch for registration in early fall. This learning activity will be certified for CME credit and is offered by the Teaching Scholars Committee and UT Graduate School of Medicine. Law Becomes Certified CME Professional
UT Graduate School of Medicine recently became one of only eight higher education institutions nationwide to have a certified continuing medical education professional (CCMEP) on staff. Lea Anne Law, A.P.R., Director, Communications and Outreach, successfully passed the National Commission for Certification of CME Professionals Inc. exam in its first cohort of professionals qualifying to sit for the certification. Seventy certified individuals representing 65 organizations will be recognized Oct. 21 in Baltimore, Md., prior to the opening session of the American Medical Association’s annual conference of the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration. Heart, Lung, Vascular Update is Goal of October Conference  Regardless of age or race, cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases are major causes of mortality in Tennessee, and new strategies and treatment options are coming to light every day. "Heart, Lung, Vascular: Update for Primary Care Providers," October 3-4, UT Conference Center, is a CME conference that can help physicians, nurses and allied health professionals tackle this looming health issue by providing the latest information and tools from regional experts. This year’s conference will explore symptomatic aortic stenosis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, claudication, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease and lipid-lowering strategies. This conference is presented by the UT Graduate School of Medicine and Department of Medicine and directed by Stuart Bresee, M.D., Department of Medicine. For information and registration, visit www.tennessee.edu/cme/HLV2008 or call 305-9190.Influences on Practice, Risks of Medications Top Alley Lecture Agenda What socioeconomic influences impact oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS) practice, and what effect do Gen X and Gen Y have on the OMS professional? These influences, as well as discussion of risks of certain medications used in OMS procedures, will be the topics of the biennial Dr. R. Ben Alley Lecture Series, Nov. 8, 7 a.m.-noon, Morrison’s Conference Center. The only conference of its kind in the region, the Alley Lecture will be led by Leon Assael, D.M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University School of Dentistry, and graduate of Columbia, Harvard and Vanderbilt universities. Registration for this important lecture is available online at www.tennessee.edu/cme/BenAlley2008, and early registration ends Nov. 3. Seating is limited. The Dr. R. Ben Alley Lecture Series is presented by the UT Graduate School of Medicine and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and is directed by Eric Carlson, D.M.D., M.D., Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. The biennial Dr. R. Ben Alley Lecture Series is made possible through a memorial endowment fund established by Dr. Alley’s family, colleagues, patients and friends. Victimization was Topic of Patterson Lecture
The 2008 Patterson Endowed Lecture, the fifth in the lecture series, was held June 13, and was targeted directly to physicians who wanted to learn more about the relationship between victimization and chronic illnesses and high healthcare utilization. F. David Schneider, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, was the featured speaker for this topical lecture, which was presented by the UT Graduate School of Medicine and Department of Family Medicine and directed by Edwin Rogers, Ph.D., Department of Family Medicine. Business Survival Skills for Physicians: Five-Part Series Begins Oct. 3 Residents and fellows are invited to attend “Business Survival Skills for Physicians,” a five-part series designed to assist physicians who plan to go into private practice. The first session, “Practice Search and Selection,” will be Friday, Oct. 3, from 8 a.m.-noon in Wood Auditorium. This session will cover the job search, employment contracts, physician compensation models and taxation. While senior residents are strongly encouraged to attend the entire series, all residents and fellows are welcome, and residents will be encouraged to complete the series before graduation. Additional sessions include
Co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Medicine and The Hildreth Agency, speakers will include professionals from local agencies. For more information, contact the Graduate Medical and Dental Education office at 305-9339. Fellows Training in Research Workshop Oct. 13-17 Fellows will attend a workshop, “Training in Research,” Oct. 13-17, in the Graduate School of Medicine conference room from 8 a.m. to approximately 11 a.m. each day. The workshop will cover research design, statistics, sample size, calculation, database management and the Institutional Review Board. Course director will be Lorraine Wallace, Ph.D. For more information or a detailed schedule, contact the Graduate Medical and Dental Education office at 305-9339. Second Foundation Curriculum to be Sept. 16 First-year residents will attend the Second Foundation Curriculum Tuesday, Sept. 16, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at UT Conference Center. The conference will address the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education General Competencies. The full-day program will include presentations covering risk management, effective use of medical literature and cultural competency. Residents will also participate in a mock trial with a practicing judge and lawyers. The residents will act as defendants and jurors. For more information, contact the Graduate Medical and Dental Education office at 305-9339. CME/CDE Calendar September 11-12, 2008: 11th Annual Fall Psychiatric Symposium; contact 865-584-9125 October 3-4, 2008: Heart, Lung, Vascular Conference, UT Conference Center November 8, 2008: Dr. R. Ben Alley Endowed Lecture, Morrison’s Conference Center January 24, 2009: 5th Annual Hematology Conference, UT Conference Center March 14, 2009: 5th Annual Diabetes Update: Cardio/Metabolic Risk, UT Conference Center April 3, 2009: Faculty Development Workshop: Teaching, UT Visitors’ Center April 29, 2009: Sullivan Endowed Lecture, Wood Auditorium |
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portant discipline within oral and maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, and general surgery.
t physicians and fellows in 18 programs this year. These physicians and dentists come to Knoxville from all parts of the world: from New York to Nevada, from China to India and from Texas to Tennessee. 
You won’t want to miss the upcoming issue of Frontiers magazine. It focuses on research and how only an academic medical center like ours encourages and supports our high level of research for improved patient health. Many of our research endeavors and our fine researchers and scientists are featured in this issue. 
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