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Surgery
Residents/Vascular Fellows Receive Top Endovascular Training
 Surgery
Residents and Vascular Surgery Fellows at
the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine (UTGSM)
have an opportunity to train unlike many in the United States.
The surgery faculty and the newly completed Endovascular Surgery
Suite at the UT Medical Center are nationally known. The suite
enables vascular fellows and surgery residents to train in a
"hybrid" facility - operating room and fluoroscopy
laboratory combined. The students learn techniques in percutaneous,
minimally invasive, vascular intervention.
In
their first year of operation, the endovascular team, head
by Dr. Scott L. Stevens, performed over 1300 interventional
procedures. Some of the "firsts" for the team
include:
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First
carotid stent repair in East Tennessee
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First
to describe and report use of the covered stent for endovascular
treatment of aneurysms of dialysis grafts
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First
in Knoxville to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
with an endograft
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First
in East Tennessee to employ cryoplasty for lower extremity
revascularization.
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First
to describe and publish detrimental effect of hormone
replacement therapy on outcome of lower extremity vascular
stents in women.
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First
to present and publish protective effects of endovascular
methods of AAA repair on sexual function in males.
UTCEM
Students Receive Degrees
Two students in the UT
Comparative and Experimental Medicine Program (UTCEM) have
received advanced degrees this semester. Romaine Ingrid Fernando
received her Ph.D. degree and Marissa Bradbury received her
M.S. degree. Both students studied under Dr. Jay Wimalasena,
Associate Professor, Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director, Cancer Cell Biology
Laboratory.
Preston
Librarians Receive SC/MLA Award
 The
Preston Medical Library and
Learning Resource Center received the Southern Chapter/Medical
Library Association (SC/MLA) 2004 Research Project Grant Award
for the proposal, "Data Analysis of Consumer and Patient
Health Questions using Geographic Location and NLM Medical Subject
Headings."
"Our plan is to map the geographic characteristics of the
library's consumer health patrons and analyze the data to enhance
outreach services," said Martha Earl. Consumer topics will
also be matched to primary care major diagnosis categories for
the middle eastern Tennessee area. The $730 award will support
data analysis.
Sandy Oelschlegel, Jenny Cole and Martha Earl also received
the SC/MLA Second Place Research Paper Award for their presentation
of the preliminary data associated with this grant at the annual
SC/MLA meeting in Biloxi, MS, in October, 2004.
Inaugural Dr. R. Ben Alley Endowed Lecture
 The
first Dr. R. Ben Alley Endowed Lecture Series was held November
13, 2004, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. The
seminar entitled "Current Concepts in Temporomandibular
Joint Surgery" featured guest speaker Peter D. Quinn, D.M.D.,
M.D., Professor/Clinical Educator and Chairman of the Department
of Oral Surgery/Pharmacology at the University
of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. The UTGSM Course
Director for the event was Eric R. Carlson, D.M.D., M.D., chairman
of the UTGSM Department of Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery.
 This
lecture series, hosted by the Office
of Continuing Medical Education, is made possible through
an Endowment Fund established by Dr. Alley's family, colleagues,
patients and friends as a memorial to one of UTGSM's most beloved
faculty members and surgeons. Dr. Alley was involved in residency
training for over 30 years. Although Dr. Alley tragically lost
a courageous battle with cancer in 2003, his legacy lives on
through this endowment. Read more about Dr. Alley in the lecture
series brochure. For more information or to contribute to
the endowment, please contact
the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs at (865) 305-6611.
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.
Kabalka
GW, Yao ML.
Synthesis
of 1-Amino-3-[(dihydroxyboryl)methyl]- cyclobutanecarboxylic
Acid as a Potential Therapy Agent.
J Org Chem. 2004 Nov 26;69(24):8280-6.
PMID: 15549798
Chavez
JJ, Foley DE, Snider CC, Howell JC, Cohen E, Muenchen RA, Carroll
RC.
A novel thrombelastograph tissue factor/kaolin assay of activated
clotting times for monitoring heparin anticoagulation during
cardiopulmonary bypass.
Anesth Analg. 2004 Nov;99(5):1290-4.
PMID: 15502019
Kabalka
GW, Wu Z, Ju Y.
A new halopropargylation of alkynes promoted by boron trihalides.
highly stereo- and regioselective syntheses of substituted (Z)-1-halo-1,4-enyne
derivatives.
Org Lett. 2004 Oct 28;6(22):3929-31.
PMID: 15496066
Burgiss
S, Dimmick SL.
Home telehealth business planning and cost analysis.
Home Healthc Nurse. 2004 Oct;22(10):715-7.
PMID: 15486512
Dimmick
SL.
New home telehealth toolkit available.
Home Healthc Nurse. 2004 Oct;22(10):664-6.
PMID: 15486501
Tisherman
SA, Barie P, Bokhari F, Bonadies J, Daley B, Diebel L, Eachempati
SR, Kurek S, Luchette F, Carlos Puyana J, Schreiber M, Simon
R.
Clinical Practice Guideline: Endpoints of Resuscitation.
J Trauma. 2004 Oct;57(4):898-912.
PMID: 15514553
Gillis
RC, Daley BJ, Enderson BL, Karlstad MD.
Inhibition
of 5-lipoxygenase induces cell death in anti-inflammatory fatty
acid-treated HL-60 cells.
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2004 Sep-Oct;28(5):308-14.
PMID: 15449569
Townsend
DW.
From 3-D positron emission tomography to 3-D positron emission
tomography/computed tomography: what did we learn?
Mol Imaging Biol. 2004 Sep-Oct;6(5):275-90.
PMID: 15380738
Wallace
LS, Rogers ES, Malagon-Rogers M.
Literacy, medical care, and health status inTennessee.
Tenn Med. 2004 Sep;97(9):405-6. PMID: 15497568
Krueger
PM, Neutens J, Bienstock J, Cox S, Erickson S, Goepfert A, Hammoud
M, Hartmann D, Puscheck E, Metheny W.
To the point: reviews in medical education teaching techniques.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Aug;191(2):408-11.
PMID: 15343214
Yap
JT, Carney JP, Hall NC, Townsend DW.
Image-guided cancer therapy using PET/CT.
Cancer J. 2004 Jul-Aug;10(4):221-33.
PMID: 15383203
Saidi
RF, Bell JL, Dudrick PS.
Surgical resection for gastric cancer in elderly patients: is
there a difference in outcome?
J Surg Res. 2004 May 1;118(1):15-20.
PMID: 15093711
Stephenson
PL, Green BF, Wallace RL, Earl MF, Orick JT, Taylor MV.
Community partnerships for health information training: medical
librarians working with health-care professionals and consumers
in Tennessee.
Health Info Libr J. 2004 Jun;21 Suppl 1:20-6.
PMID: 15186287
Anesthesiology
Department
Dr.
Jerry Epps, Chairman and Program Director of the UTGSM
Department of Anesthesiology,
recently attended the Annual Meeting of the Association of Anesthesiology
Program Directors & Society of Academic Anesthesiology Chairs
Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. Epps presented a paper entitled,
"Integrating Into A Transition Year," which discussed
the transition of the anesthesiology residency programs from
a 36 month to 48 month curriculum.
Anesthesiology
faculty member, Dr. Robert Craft, and anesthesiology
resident, Dr. Greg Whitaker, presented a poster
at the American
Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) annual meeting in Las Vegas,
NV. The title of their presentation was "Monitoring of
Low Molecular Weight Heparin Therapy Via Thromboelastrograph."
Dr.
Matthew Vance, Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology,
also attended the ASA meeting and presented a poster entitled,
"Why Don't Patients Receive Adequate Post-0perative Analgesia?"
Dr. Vance recently graduated from a Pain Management Fellowship
at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle, WA. Vance also successfully
completed his Pain Medicine Certification Examination.
Department
of Medical Genetics
The following papers were presented at the 132nd
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association
in Washington, DC, November 6-8, 2004.
Hollar,
DW, Copeland MA, Lozzio C, Fleshood L, Lainhart R, Wilson B,
& Blake TM. Tennessee Child Health Profile (TN-CHP): An
integrated data warehouse serving children with special health
care needs.
Blake TM, Wilson B, Hollar D, & Lozzio C. Website expansion
for the Tennessee genetics and newborn screening program.
Hollar D. Environment and factors affecting participation among
youth with various categories of disability in NELS:88.
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High
Risk Obstetrics--Challenging Case Studies
- Diabetes
in Pregnancy: An Update.
 Cancer
Imaging and Tracer Development Research Program
Dr. David Townsend, Dr. Jeffrey Yap, and Dr. Jonathan
Carney from the Cancer
Imaging and Tracer Development Research Program presented
the following papers at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) conference in Rome, Italy in October 2004.
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Townsend
DW, Reed J, Newport D, Newby D, Carney JP, Yap JT, Long MJ.
Continuous Bed Motion Acquisition for a 16-Slice LSO PET/CT
Scanner.
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Yap
JT, Hall NC, Townsend DW, Wall JS, Solomon A, Kabalka GW ,
Kennel SJ, Newport DF, Siegel SB, Bailey D, Smith AM, Nutt
RE . Combined clinical PET/CT and microPET small animal imaging.
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Hall NC,Carney JP, Yap JT, Smith GT and Townsend DW. Accurate
SUV determination for small solitary pulmonary nodules using
CT-based lesion volume estimates.
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 GSM
Quick Facts
Mission
The Graduate School of Medicine (GSM) has a three-fold mission of
excellence in education, patient care, and research.
Faculty,
Staff & Residents
GSM employees number slightly more than 500 with over 200 faculty
and 170 residents.
Student Affairs
Third-Year Clerkships and Fourth-Year Electives are offered to
medical students through the Office of Student Affairs. Over
80 students have visited GSM since July 2004.
Research
Research includes both clinical and
bench research in many fields, including the following:
- Neurodegenerative
Diseases
- Cancer
- Heart,
Lung, Vascular Disorders
- Imaging
Research plays a significant role in both neurology and cancer.
Lives
of Medical Students Come Full Circle
 Medical
students visiting the UTGSM through the Office
of Student Affairs often
have ties with the UT Graduate School of Medicine (UTGSM), but seldom
do the students know the UTGSM like medical students, James
P. Howell and Carrie D. Ellis.
James Howell, whose father is James C. Howell, a
cardiovascular perfusionist in cardiovascular surgery at UT Medical
Center (UTMC), was introduced to the medical profession at age 16.
James signed up as a junior volunteer at UTMC. In college, James worked
in the Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care.
He participated in the UTMC Mini-Medical School, was a mock trauma
patient, and assisted in the Advanced Trauma Life Support Course.
James is in his final year of medical school at the Lake Erie College
of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, PA. He will graduate in May 2005.
Carrie
D. Ellis has two relatives at UTGSM -- Uncle David Black,
Telehealth Department and Aunt Susan Ellis an RN on 12 East. Carrie
began her association with the UTGSM in Summer 1996. She volunteered
on two nursing floors, in the emergency department and worked as
a student assistant in Preston Medical Library. She was accepted
to the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, College
of Osteopathic Medicine, in Kansas City, MO. Carrie will also graduate
in May 2005.
Both
Carrie and James completed a 4th year elective rotation in family
medicine at UTGSM in the Department
of Family Medicine. James and Carrie have applied and interviewed
for Residency Training in the Department of Family Medicine. Who
knows, we may see them again as residents!
Hubner
Joins Cancer Imaging and Tracer Development Research Program
 Karl
Hubner, M.D.,recently appointed Professor Emeritus of Radiology,
has joined the research team of the Cancer
Imaging and Tracer Development Research Program (CITDRP). "Dr.
Hubner's extensive experience in PET, particularly in oncology applications,
will be especially valuable to our research program. We very much
welcome his decision to join us and look forward to working with
him on future clinical research projects," said David Townsend,
Ph.D., Director of CITDRP.
Cassada
and "Superglue" Trial Receive National Attention
 Faculty
member, David Cassada, M.D., Instructor, Department
of Surgery, Division of Vascular/Transplant Surgery, was recently
interviewed by the Knoxville
News-Sentinel regarding an FDA approved national clinical study
to test a "superglue" type substance to seal blood vessels
during surgery. The surgical sealant is produced by Closure Medical
Corporation and is similar to Dermabond topical wound adhesive currently
being used in emergency rooms in place of stitches. This new sealant,
however, is used to seal blood vessels intraoperatively, preventing
blood leakage after some types of surgery. The article gained national
attention after a story appeared on MSNBC News.
Radiology
Faculty Present Proposals to FDA
Dr. Gary Smith and Wayne Thompson, of the UTGSM
Department of Radiology, recently
presented proposals to the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) at
a public meeting entitled "Radioactive Drugs for Certain Research
Uses."
Dr.
Smith introduced a proposal to allow local Radioactive Drugs Research
Committees (RDRC) to oversee the use of new biological agents. Mr.
Thompson offered a proposal to allow RDRC's to use up-to-date methodology
for calculation of radiation doses to research subjects involved
in the RDRC projects. The transcripts of the meeting are available
at the FDA
web site.
Bell
To Serve As Examiner For ABS
 John
L. Bell, M.D., FACS,UTGSM Professor, Department of Surgery,
Division of Surgical Oncology, has been asked to serve as an Associate
Examiner for the American
Board of Surgery Certifying Oral Examination, in Birmingham, AL,
December 13-15.
 Dr.
George Kabalka, Professor, The Robert H. Cole Neuroscience
Chair and Director, Basic Research, Biomedical Imaging Center, UTGSM
Department of Radiology
was
recently featured in an article in Chemical and Engineering News
published on November 8, 2004. The title of the article is "Ionic
Liquids in Organic Synthesis" and discusses a segment of Dr.
Kabalka's research on environmentally friendly "green chemistry."
New
Faculty Appointments:
David E. Hill, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department
of Surgery
Andrew
T. Young, D.D.S., Instructor, Department of General Dentistry
Brian
O'Nuallain, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Matteson
Appointed to ACCME Board of Directors
 Karla
J. Matteson, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department
of Medical Genetics, wears many hats. In addition to her responsibilities
as Director of the Biochemical and Molecular Genetic Laboratory
and Co-Director of the Developmental and Genetics Center, Dr. Matteson
has also held the position of Executive Director of the American
Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) over the last four years. Among
the duties she performs for the ABMG is to represent the board at
the meetings of the American
Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) which is the organization
that represents the common interest of the 24 medical specialty
boards who are members of that organization. The ABMS has recently
selected Dr. Matteson to represent the ABMS as a member of the Board
of Directors of the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). The ACCME
is the credentialing organization that approves groups who may provide
CME credits for medical professionals.
Telemedicine Electronic Textbook Published
 Sam Burgiss, Ph.D., Mary Anders, RN of the UT
Telehealth Network (UTTN), and Susan Dimmick, Ph.D.(formerly
of UTTN) are contributing authors in a new telehealth electronic
textbook. This 405 page e-book is entitled:
"Telemedicine Technical Assistance Documents - A Guide to Getting
Started in Telemedicine."
The
work was funded by grants from the federal Office of the Advancement
of Telehealth, Health Resources and Services Administration, and
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
UTGSM
Office of Continuing Medical Education Upcoming Events:
- January 8, 2005 - Scoops and Hoops- Chronic Concerns for the Primary Care Provider, UT Medical Center.
Co-Sponsors: UTGSM and UHS
Course Director: Dr. Stuart Bresee
- January
8, 2005 - First Annual Hematology Update, UT
Conference Center. Co-sponsors: UTGSM & the Department of
Medicine
- February
16, 2005 - Understanding CME's - The ABCs of CME Workshop,
UT University Club. Co-sponsors: UTGSM & the Office of Continuing
Medical Education. Free for UTGSM faculty, course coordinators
and CME-related staff. (Courtesy of the Dean's office.)
- March
12, 2005 - Diabetes Champion Conference, Women's
Basketball Hall of Fame, Co-sponsors: UTGSM & the Department
of Family Medicine
- March
31 - April 2, 2005 - Family Medicine Update,
Park Vista, Gatlinburg. Co-Sponsors: UTGSM & Department of
Family Medicine
- Spring
2005, Tom Weaver Foundation Lecture on AIDS Education,
UT Medical Center. Sponsor: UTGSM
For
a complete listing of courses
and
registration information
please contact the Office of Continuing Medical Education at (865)305-9190.
 Dr.
Thomas E. Bishofberger, third year resident in the Department
of Surgery, recently attended the American
Association for the Surgery of Trauma 63rd Annual Meeting
in Maui, HI. His oral presentation was entitled "Repeat Head
CT & Neurosurgical Consultation for Minor Traumatic Head Injury
are not Indicated in Neurologically Stable Patients with GCS of
14 or 15." The presentation was co-written by Drs. Brian
Daley, William Snyder and Blaine Enderson.
 Dr.
James J. Lyons, resident in the Department
of Pathology, has been appointed Delegate from Tennessee to
the College
of American Pathologists "Residents Forum" for 2004-2006.
Pathology resident, Dr. Sanjivini V. Jacob, has been appointed
as alternate delegate.
If
you have news or an event to announce via this newsletter and/or
the GSM Web site, please submit
your story.
Editor
Connie Littleton
Editorial Staff
Alison Lockett, Sherry Brewer,
and James Neutens, PhD
©2004 The University of Tennessee
Graduate School of Medicine
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