From the Dean's Office

Thanks to the Faculty

The challenges to healthcare are manyranging considering the fact thatTennesseans rank above the nationalaverage in several leading diseases,including heart disease, chronic lungdisease, cancer and obesity, as well asthe economics of healthcare. While mostof us recognize significant changes inthe Medicare Physician Fee ScheduleFinal Rule for calendar year 2013, whichoutlines a 26.5% reduction in physicianpayments; the expiration of theGeographic Practice Cost Index floor;the new transition care managementcodes; and changes to the 2013Physician Quality and Reporting Systemand 2015 value-based modifier

proposals, we need to also acknowledge the impending economicimpact to medical education. Federal Indirect Medical Educationfunding is scheduled to have drastic reduction in January, ifsequestration (fiscal cliff) takes place, causing us to look moreclosely at our goals and how we can achieve them while alsoreducing our budgets. In addition, there is a great need to increasethe number of residency positions throughout the United States toaccommodate the increase in the number of U.S. medical studentsgraduating and to address the shortage of physicians in the nearfuture. In a nutshell the health of Tennesseans should be a highpriority given our present state, yet the economics of healthcareand medical education run counter to it.

I held a Town Hall Meeting in September to discuss theseimpending changes and actions we are pursuing to meet theseeconomic challenges while improving the health status ofTennesseans. How we plan to do this is by working with theDepartment Chairs and our clinical partners – The University ofTennessee Medical Center, University Physicians' Association andour private practitioners. I personally want to thank the entirefaculty and, in particular, the Department Chairs for their efforts inhelping us meet our financial challenges. They have more than"stepped up to the plate," and all of us in the UTGSM owe them adebt of gratitude.

New resources include working with our Board of Visitors memberson philanthropy efforts as well as searching for more grant and

partnership opportunities. We are also looking at training modelsthat include more interprofessional development as well as our newstrategic plan, which includes further integration with The Universityof Tennessee Medical Center and UPA. Our goals are to raise ourbenchmarks and grow our programs by earning additional residencyspots for primary care so that we can train more physicians andmedical professionals qualified to address our healthcare concerns.We hope to offer all M3 clerkships on campus next year, therebyrecruiting more students to our campus who can complete theentire third and fourth years of medical school in Knoxville. If theyremain for our residencies, we trust they will remain in EastTennessee to practice medicine given their longstanding historywith us.

I would like to also take a moment to welcome our new Board ofVisitors members, Patrick Birmingham of the Knoxville News Sentinel;Dick Westerling from Regal Entertainment Group; and Dr. LynnFerguson, a resident in our Pathology program. Thank you for yourcommitment to our mission of education, discovery and healing.

I also want to recognize our most recent successes by faculty, staffand residents, including Dr. W. Bedford Waters who was recognizedby the Worldwide Who's Who organization for excellence in medicaleducation; Dr. Eric Carlson who was awarded by the AmericanAssociation of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons as Committee Personof the Year; Dr. Dustin Osborne who is serving on an internationalcommittee for imaging standards; and Martha Earl who recentlygraduated from a medical librarians leadership fellowship.Congratulations also to our residents and students who presentedaward-winning research at international conferences, including Dr.David Pickett, Emily Martin and Dr. Cody Rowan. Also, thank you toDr. Kathleen Hudson for your leadership in Radiology and itsprograms.

I want to thank the entire faculty, staff and residents who supportthe UT Graduate School of Medicine. Your dedication to education,healing and discovery daily brings us the success stories we havebeen reading in The Scope throughout the past decade.

James J. Neutens, PhD, FASHADean

UTGSM Adopts a New Strategic Plan

The UT Graduate School ofMedicine recently adopted anew strategic plan designed tostrengthen the institution amidsevere, impending federalbudget cuts. The new plan,outlined by an outside firm, is in

line with the strategic plan recently instituted by University HealthSystem, Inc. The plan aligns the mission points of both institutionsfor healing, discovery and education, and it develops integrationbetween UTGSM, UHS, University Physicians' Association, and theprivate practices to work together as a team. The strategic planincludes six goals with several tactics utilizing representation fromeach institution to support each goal.

Goal: Enhance integration among GSM, UHS, UPA, and PrivatePractices to align healing, education and discovery missions

Tactics include mobilizing an operational committee to enhancealignment and ensure mission attainment; developing anorientation program for faculty; meeting with clinical practice

managers to develop interrelationships; establishing a residentincentive program to improve patient care and reduce underwritingcosts; defining roles of department chairs as they relate toacademic and clinical missions; working among all entities to recruitphysicians who will devote themselves to the mission; leveragingbeneficial relationships with external organizations.

Goal: Align research efforts with GSM/UHS/UPA/PrivatePractice missions for healing, education and discovery

Tactics include forming a task force to develop research enterprisemetrics to enhance performance and accountability; identifyingniche areas of research where appropriate to invest in; developinga best in class Alzheimer's center; increasing funding for researchinitiatives by utilizing a portion of cost savings and/or incentive-based payments from clinical investigator efforts to fund academicefforts; increasing emphasis on clinical trials, comparative andeffectiveness research, and alignment with pharmaceutical/devicecompanies to align research with UTMC clinical focus; ascertainingand unifying resources to facilitate scholarly activity; developing andimplementing a strategy for effectiveness and implementationresearch in concert with Institute of Medicine/Association ofAmerican Medical Colleges goals; working through the Office ofDevelopment to support common and individual goals.

Goal: Integrate GSM Primary Care (Family Medicine and InternalMedicine) with the UHS Primary Care Network

Tactics include developing a Primary Care Physician Institute to trainthe highest quality residents to contribute to a clinically integratednetwork; develop a quality improvement program; develop anoutcomes-based research program; create an educational outreachprogram for regional primary-care physicians regarding patient-centered medical home and chronic disease management.

Goal: Implement programs for leadership and facultydevelopment

Tactics include development of a leadership program for potentialchairs, program directors and faculty and establish an environmentthat recognizes and rewards excellence.

Goal: Increase relationship with GSM Alumni

Tactics include working with UHS to reach out to alumni throughletters and individual events including continuing educationactivities and national meetings; developing electronic newslettersfor each department that will be sent to alumni with a commontheme representing GSM; ensuring each department and GMEkeeps the alumni database updated; fostering the relationshipbetween the Office of Development and the UTHSC Alumni Office.

Goal: Enhance the educational programs with GSM

Tactics include updating and revising the GMDEC benchmarks,including the comprehensive system for measuring institutionalbenchmarks; allocating dollars for residency and fellowship programexpansion as well as new programs; initiating a plan to support theAcademy of Scholars; establishing M3 clerkships for all requiredlocations; assist all programs to achieve maximum accreditations.

The Board of Visitors Welcomes New Members

The UT Graduate School of Medicine formed a Board of Visitors in2009 to advise and assist the Dean in strategic planning, the

development and implementation of short- and long-term goals,community outreach and service, and the garnering of financialsupport for education, discovery and healing. This year three newmembers were welcomed to the Board.

Patrick Birmingham Patrick BirminghamPatrick Birmingham is the presidentand publisher of the Knoxville NewsSentinel. He also has regionalresponsibilities for the EvansvilleCourier Press in Evansville, Indiana,and Anderson Independent-Mail inAnderson, South Carolina. Sincemoving to Knoxville three yearsago, he has become an integralpart of the community, supportingorganizations committed to healthand business development.

Lynn Ferguson, MDDr. Ferguson is a third-yearresident in the UT Graduate Schoolof Medicine Pathology program andthe current chief resident. Shereceived her medical degree fromthe UT Health Science Center,completing several rotations atUTGSM. As a resident, she hascompleted award-winning researchpertaining to breast cancer. Shehopes to complete a fellowship ingeneral surgical pathology.

Dick Westerling Dick WesterlingDick Westerling recently retired asSenior Vice President of Marketingand Advertising for RegalEntertainment Group. He has alsobeen involved in local and nationalorganizations dedicated to helpingchildren, promoting medicalresearch, and educating the publicon topics of health and fitness.

Dr. Metheny Develops Programs ThroughFulbright for Colombian University

William Metheny, PhD,Assistant Dean,Graduate Medical andDental Education,recently returned fromCali, Colombia, where hespent six weeks as aFulbright Specialist,initiating programs at LaEscuela Nacional delDeporte (the NationalSchool of Sports)designed to promoteflexibility and integrationwithin the school'scurriculum.

Fulbright offers severalexchange programs to

promote international good will in the fields of education, cultureand science and is the most widely-known exchange program in theworld. Fulbright offers grants to Fulbright Scholars, who lecture andconduct research for up to a year, and to Fulbright Specialists, whoserve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development,institutional planning, and related subjects at overseas academicinstitutions for a period of two to six weeks.

As many UT Graduate School ofMedicine physicians use vacationfor international mission trips,Dr. Metheny's interest ininternational travel andexpertise in facilitatingeducational programs led him toapply for the Fulbright Specialistopportunity in Colombia. Amidgeopolitical socioeconomicchanges in Colombia, La EscuelaNacional del Deporteadministration wanted toanswer Minister of EducationMaría Fernanda CampoSaavedra's call for educativeflexibility within the universities.Using the A3 approach, Dr.Metheny worked with schooladministrators and teachers tobrainstorm and select projectsto initiate, such as introducingEnglish into the sports curriculum. Projects ranged in scope, hadmeasurable outcomes, and were selected through consensus byindividual vote.

Dr. Metheny said, "Voting in the educational setting was a bitforeign to the group. However, both administration and teachersseemed open to the idea of selecting projects through a votebecause they were a part of something new that representedchange. They were willing to suspend ‘business as usual.' Severalteachers said this was the first time administration had ever askedtheir opinion."

Although Dr. Metheny has returned home, he will continue tomonitor the initiated programs on a monthly basis through Skypefor the next six to eight months. He said he is grateful to Dr.Humberto Rodriguez, Dr. Maricarmen Malagon-Rogers and her sisterDr. Maria Malagon for their assistance and training with the Spanish

language. Dr. Metheny said the experience was very successful,rewarding and energizing, as if he'd been preparing his entire lifefor this moment.

New GSM Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Joshua Arnold, MD, Assistant Professor, SurgeryJohn Callison, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine Mark Casillas, Jr., MD, Assistant Professor, SurgeryAndrew Ferrell, MD, Assistant Professor, Radiology Michael Godbold, MD, Instructor, AnesthesiologyStephen Handley, MD, Clinical Instructor, Radiology Eric Heidel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Office of Medical Education,Research, and DevelopmentJames Vaughan, MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology

Staff

James Russell, Research Technician III, SurgeryMichael Stephens, Clinical Assistant III, Family Medicine

Discovery

Crisis Checklists Study to Improve PatientOutcomes Receives Grant

A pilot program developed by faculty and staff in the UT Center forAdvanced Medical Simulation and Department of Anesthesiologyreceived funding from Cardinal Health Foundation's E3 GrantProgram to further prepare medical staff for unpredictable events inthe perioperative setting. The study involves the implementation ofsurgical crisis checklists for 12 identified crisis events into theperioperative setting using electronic health records. While crisisevents, ranging from cardiac arrest to fires, are considered rareoccurrences, practiced and planned responses are important toprevent unintentional deviation from standard protocols. In additionto implementation of the program via anesthetic electronic medicalrecords at The University of Tennessee Medical Center, thetemplate design for the surgical crisis checklists will be offered toother centers across the country participating in the MulticenterPerioperative Outcomes database.

Collaborating on the pilot project are, from the UT Center forAdvanced Medical Simulation, Leonard Hines, MD, Co-Director; PaulHuffstutter, MD, Co-Director; and Melinda Klar, RN, AdministrativeDirector, and, from Anesthesiology, Jerry Epps, MD, Chair; ZacharyRose, MD, Resident; Cody Rowan, MD, Alumnus, and, from Surgery,Hobart Akin, MD, Assistant Professor.

Cardinal Health develops and supports programs that helphealthcare providers implement best practices that can transformpatient care through its E3 Grant Program. View all 2012 grantrecipients and their program descriptions.

Summer Research Opportunity Available toMedical and Undergraduate Students

Beginning December 1, applications from medical andundergraduate students will be accepted for the I. Reid Collmann,M.D. Medical Student Educational Endowment, a program designedto give students bench research experience by working in UTGraduate School of Medicine research laboratories.

Dr. Collmann, former dean of the Graduate School of Medicine,initiated the endowment to give students an opportunity similar tohis own. In preparation for a career in medicine, Dr. Collmann spentsummers working in a lab, gaining research experience, andlearning firsthand how research affects patient care.

Previous Collmann Student Experiences

Emily CorneliusUndergraduateMiddle Tennessee State University

Cornelius participated in research under the direction of Lee M.Hively, PhD, Senior Research Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,who has been working on an algorithm to provide accurateforewarning of epileptic seizures. Cornelius supported Dr. Hively'sresearch by conducting literary research regarding the prediction ofepilepsy.

Cornelius said, "The opportunity the I. Reid Collmann, M.D.Educational Endowment provided is one that cannot be comparedto any other. This experience allowed me to grow as a studentwhile working with an astounding researcher."

Bo CoxMedical StudentEast Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College ofMedicine

Cox participated in sports medicine research being conducted byFamily Medicine Sports Medicine faculty Thomas Terrell, MD,Assistant Professor, and Irfan Asif, MD, Fellowship Program Directorand Assistant Professor. Cox's research experience includeddeveloping research questions that pertained to factors that maypredispose athletes to poor recovery from concussion as well as aliterature review paper that supplements the study on concussionin athletes. Cox's review has been accepted for publication in theSouthern Medical Journal as well.

Cox said, "This summer marked my first experience with medical

research and was packed full of new ideas, creativity and learning. Ihave become aware of the intricacies of research and have foundan interest in medical topics previously unknown to me."

Tori HaleMedical StudentEast Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College ofMedicine

Hale conducted research in the Vascular Research Laboratory underthe guidance of Deidra Mountain, PhD, Scientific Director andAssociate Professor, Department of Surgery. She participated inresearch to identify the exact mechanisms responsible for intimalhyperplasia and restenosis as well as developing methods of genetherapy to target these mechanisms.

"It's amazing to me how much more research means after learningthe basics of medical knowledge in the first year of medical school.The experience has been great," Hale said.

Alex NelsonUndergraduateUniversity of Tennessee

Nelson participated in several projects within the Shock Trauma andNutrition Research Laboratory under the direction of MichaelKarlstad, PhD, Chief of Surgical Research. Projects included growingpancreatic beta cells in a culture to infect them with a virus thatcontrols many genes in the inflammatory response and expose thecells to angiotensin to study if angiotensin receptors can be blockedso that glucose uptake in inflamed cells will increase. Other projectsincluded wound healing in diabetics as well as wound healing post-surgery.

Nelson said the experience has fostered his interest in surgery.

Healing

Dr. Wortham Works with Heart Team toImplement New Procedure

A multidisciplinary team led by DaleWortham, MD, Professor of Medicine andCardiovascular Disease FellowshipDirector, is implementing a newprocedure called Transcutaneous AorticValve Replacement. This is a minimallyinvasive procedure designed to treatsevere aortic stenosis in patients too illto withstand open heart surgery andrequires collaboration among multiplegroups of specialists. The Heart Team iscomposed of cardiologists,cardiothoracic surgeons, vascularsurgeons, anesthesiologists, physicianassistants and multidisciplinary clinicalstaff.

The results of a clinical trial studyingTAVR in a cohort of patients too ill towithstand open heart surgery was very

successful. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved theexpanded use of the valve used in TAVR to include patients who are

at very high risk for the traditional open procedure. The TAVRprogram will provide patients with the alternative of replacing theirdiseased aortic valve without having open heart surgery.

In preparation for this expanded use and in an effort to improve thequality of life of cardiac patients who are otherwise too ill towithstand the traditional surgical aortic valve replacement, Dr.Wortham and the Heart Team have already dedicated a Heart ValveCenter and completed the initial training necessary to implementthe TAVR procedure. For more information, call 865-305-5223.

Education

Medical Student Initiates Interest Group

Andy Harris, a fourth-year medical student atthe UT Health ScienceCenter on rotation atthe UT Graduate Schoolof Medicine, organizedthe Knoxville StudentOrthopedic InterestGroup. The group plansto meet monthly, invitingsurgeons at UniversityOrthopedic Surgeons topresent.

Harris said he initiatedan interest group toprovide Knoxvillestudents more options

similar to those in Memphis, where there are several specialtygroups for students. "I received an email from a student here thatsaid she was glad I was starting this group because she feels likeshe is missing out by not being in Memphis," he said.

Harris said he chose the orthopedic specialty because he isinterested in the field and because most specialties involve someaspect of orthopedics. "It's good to understand the musculoskeletalsystem in any specialty," he said.

While Harris graduates in May 2013, he said he hopes current third-year students will continue the specialty group and start others.Richard Smith, MD, Clinical Instructor of Orthopedic Surgery, gavethe inaugural presentation on carpal tunnel to a group of about 10medical students, followed by Michael Eilerman, MD, ClinicalInstructor of Surgery.

'The American Surgeon' Profiles the SurgeryResidency Program

The September issue of The American Surgeon journal includes aprofile of the Department of Surgery at The University of TennesseeMedical Center, featuring its residency program with the UTGraduate School of Medicine as well as its history as part ofUniversity Health System, Inc. Including a timeline of thedepartment that dates back to 1956, when the hospital opened asUniversity Memorial Hospital and Research Center, the articlefeatures each chairman of the department and the growth of theresidency program as well as the growth of the hospital. Today the

department represents The University of Tennessee Medical Center,an academic medical center formed through the partnership of theUT Graduate School of Medicine and University Health System, Inc.,which work together to support a mission of healing, education anddiscovery. A copy of The American Surgeon is available in PrestonMedical Library.

Resident Business Courses Available

The UT Graduate Schoolof Medicine offers aResident BusinessCourse series toprepare physicians anddentists for careers inprivate practice, hospitalor academic settings.The 2012-2013 coursetopics include financialplannning, managingstudent loan debt,taxes, the affordablehealthcare act and thepractice environment.Upcoming presentationsare

January 17, 2013: CPAs, Taxes, IRAs and Other Answers to YourQuestions by Pat Conry-Taylor and Della Morrow with Conry-Taylor& Morrow CPAs PC

February 21, 2013: Impact of Affordable Healthcare Act onPhysicians and Hospitals by Donald Lighter, MD, MBA, with theInstitute for Healthcare Quality Research and Education and PEMBAFaculty

March 21, 2013: Today's Practice Environment and Setting byBarkley Davis and Jackie Cavnar with LifePointe Hospitals, Inc.

Ninth Annual Hematology Conference January 19

The University of TennesseeGraduate School of Medicinepresents the Ninth AnnualHematology Conference: An Updateon Selected ASH Topics, scheduledfor Saturday, January 19, 2013,University of Tennessee ConferenceCenter, Knoxville. It is approved forAMA, ACPE and AAPA credits andCEUs. Register today.

The annual update occurs as soonas possible after the AmericanSociety of Hematology (ASH)international conference, whileallowing time for the featuredspeakers to develop uniquepresentations combining their areasof expertise with new informationgarnered from the ASHpresentations. The conference

provides updates on studies and recent advances in the treatment

of blood cancers, including hemostasis/thrombosis, chroniclymphocytic leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes, multiple myelomaand malignant lymphoma.

Nationally acclaimed experts in their fields will lead discussions,including Thomas Habermann, MD, Mayo Clinic; Michael Keating, MB,BS, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Craig Kessler, MD, LombardiCancer Center; Rami Komrokji, MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center;and Sagar Lonial, MD, Emory University.

The update is directed by Wahid Hanna, MD, Professor, UTGraduate School of Medicine. For more information and to register,visit www.tennessee.edu/cme/Hematology2013.

Cancer Experts Lead CME Lecture

Some of the top cancerexperts in the U.S. leddiscussion in Knoxvilleduring the John W.Whittington, M.D.,Endowed Lecture,September 13-15. TheCME-certified lectureexamined research andtreatment of breast,colorectal, melanomaand gynecologic cancersand was attended byphysicians fromthroughout the U.S.

Featured speakersincluded renownedexperts:Charles M. Balch, MD,FACS, University ofTexas Southwestern

Medical CenterJohn L. Bell, MD, FACS, University of Tennessee Graduate Schoolof Medicine, The University of Tennessee Medical Center CancerInstituteJordan Berlin, MD, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer CenterGeorge J. Chang, MD, MS, FACS, FASCRS, MD Anderson CancerCenterMitchell H. Goldman, MD, FACS, UT Graduate School of MedicineLarry C. Kilgore, MD, FACS, UT Graduate School of Medicine andThe University of Tennessee Medical CenterMinetta C. Liu, MD, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Edward E. Partridge, MD, Director, UAB Comprehensive CancerCenterLawrence Solin, MD, FACR, FASTRO, Albert Einstein MedicalCenter and Vernon K. Sondak, MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and ResearchInstitute.

The John W. Whittington, M.D., Endowed Lecture was presented bythe University of Tennessee Medical Center Cancer Institute, the UTGraduate School of Medicine and Department of Surgery.

Primary Care Providers Learn CardiovascularStrategies

The annual Heart, Lung, Vascular Update forPrimary Care Providers was held September7-8, in Knoxville. The CME-certifiedconference offered participants directcontact with experts including J. Rod Gimbel,MD, Cardiology Associates of EastTennessee; Scott Kaatz, DO, Henry FordHospital; Domenic A. Sica, MD, MedicalCollege of Virginia; and other regional andnational experts in cardiovascular diseasemanagement who offered guidance ontreatment options in the areas of carotidrevascularization, pulmonary hypertensionand severe aortic stenosis.

The HLV Update was presented by theUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center Heart, Lung, VascularInstitute and UT Graduate School of Medicine.

Upcoming CE Opportunities

Visit www.tennessee.edu/cme for details about these and moreupcoming certified continuing education activities presented by theUT Graduate School of Medicine.

Second Tuesday: Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Morrison'sConference Center, 8-9 a.m.

Every Wednesday: Tumor Board Series, Cancer InstituteConference Room, 7:00-8:30 a.m.

Every Thursday: Pulmonary Tumor Board Series, Cancer InstituteConference Room, 7-8 a.m.

Every Thursday: Surgery Grand Rounds, Morrison's ConferenceCenter, 7-8 a.m.

Every Friday: Breast Cancer Tumor Board Series, Cancer InstituteConference Room, 7:00-8:30 a.m.

December 6-7: 15th Psychiatric Symposium, Knoxville Marriott,Knoxville

January 19: Ninth Annual Hematology Conference: An Update onSelected ASH Topics, UT Conference Center, Knoxville,www.tennessee.edu/cme/Hematology2013

March 1-2: Annual Medicine Conference: Optimizing Patient Carefor a Changing Population, UT Conference Center, Knoxville

March 16: Ninth Annual Diabetes Regional Conference, HiltonKnoxville, Knoxville

Visit Continuing Education and Professional Development UpcomingCourses or contact CEPD for more information.

Featured Faculty

Dr. W. Bedford Waters Recognized by WorldwideWho's Who

William Bedford Waters, MD, Professorand Associate Residency ProgramDirector, Urology, has been recognizedby Worldwide Who's Who for showingdedication, leadership and excellence inmedical education. He has contributedto medical education for more than 30years and been teaching at the UTGraduate School of Medicine since 2001.

Dr. Waters has served as the presidentof many regional and nationalorganizations, including the ChicagoUrological Society (1995), the IllinoisState Urological Society (2000) and theurology section of the National MedicalAssociation (1996-1998), while alsoserving on the executive committees ofthe Society of Urologic Oncology and the

Society of University Urologists. From 1995 to 1999, he participatedas a member of the examination committee of the American Boardof Urology, Inc.

Dr. Waters is a member of the mid-south division board of directorsof the American Cancer Society. He has been active in promotingearly prostate cancer detection in the African-American community.In fact, he was recognized as one of 25 African-Americans "MakingIt Happen" in Knoxville during African-American History Month inFebruary 2005. He is a trustee emeritus of the American Board ofUrology, Inc., serving as its president from 2008 to 2009, secretary-treasurer, chairman of the executive committee, chairman of thefinance committee and chairman of the recertification committeeduring his tenure on the ABU from 2003 to 2012. Furthermore, he isan active member of the prestigious American Association ofGenitourinary Surgeons. Dr. Waters was recently featured in theU.S. News and World Report of top USA physicians as one of four topphysicians in the state of Tennessee.

A prominent educator, Dr. Waters received an undergraduatedegree in chemistry from Vanderbilt University in 1970 and amedical degree from that same institution in 1974. He completed hisinternship and one-year residency in general surgery at theUniversity of California at San Diego in 1976, followed by urologictraining at Harvard University in 1980. After residency, he becamean assistant professor of surgery at the University of Illinois. Oneyear later, he joined the faculty at Loyola University Chicago in theStritch School of Medicine, where he remained for 20 years.Accomplished in his field, he attributes his success to his hard work,passion, dedication and focus. He loves seeing his students performwell in their careers.

AAOMS Names Dr. Eric Carlson CommitteePerson of the Year

Eric R. Carlson, DMD, MD,Professor and Chair ofOral and MaxillofacialSurgery, received the2012 AmericanAssociation of Oral andMaxillofacial SurgeonsCommittee Person of theYear Award during theAAOMS 94th AnnualMeeting, ScientificSessions and Exhibition.

He was named AAOMSCommittee Person of theYear in recognition of hisleadership of the AAOMSParameters of CareCommittee. Under hisstewardship thecommittee has producedtwo editions of clinicalpractice guidelines forthe 11 recognized areas

of oral and maxillofacial surgery scope of practice.

He has also served as the Faculty Section representative to theAAOMS Committee on Residency Education and Training and is pastchair of the AAOMS Faculty Section. Dr. Carlson is the Journal of Oraland Maxillofacial Surgery section editor for Surgical Oncology andReconstruction, chair of the Residency Review Committee on Oraland Maxillofacial Surgery, and the AAOMS commissioner on theAmerican Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation.

Dr. Carlson received his dental degree from the University ofPennsylvania and completed his surgical residency at AlleghenyGeneral Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He completed afellowship in oral/head and neck tumor and reconstructive surgeryat the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and receivedhis medical degree from the University of Miami.

In addition to his AAOMS fellowship, Dr. Carlson holds membershipsin a number of professional organizations, including the AmericanMedical Association, Tennessee Society of Oral and MaxillofacialSurgeons (of which he is a past president), the American Academyof Oral Pathology, and he is a fellow of the American College ofSurgeons. He is a past recipient of the AAOMS Community ServiceAward, the William F. Harrigan Award and the Harriet BuescherLawrence '34 Prize from Connecticut College.

Dr. Ellis and Dr. Wall Appointed ResearchDirectors for Department of Medicine

Rajiv Dhand, MD, Chair of Medicine, recently appointed Carol Ellis,MD, as Director of Clinical Research and Jonathan Wall, PhD, asDirector of Experimental Research for the Department of Medicine.As directors of research, Dr. Ellis and Dr. Wall will promote researchactivities and encourage participation by students, residents andfellows; foster collaboration; enhance grant opportunities; anddevelop clinical trials and translational research.

Dr. Carol Ellis is an Assistant Professorin the Department of Medicine. Aftergraduating from the University ofPennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Elliscompleted internal medicine training atthe University of New Mexico and theUniversity of Tennessee Health ScienceCenter. After a brief stint as a facultymember at UTHSC, Dr. Ellis worked atMcNeil Pharmaceutical (a Johnson andJohnson affiliate) as an assistantdirector of clinical research. Shedesigned research plans, wrote Phase 3clinical trials, collaborated withinvestigators and consultants aroundthe country, organized and ledinvestigator meetings, and analyzedresults. She submitted New DrugApplications to U.S. Food and DrugAdministration and was the presenter of

the drugs' safety results to the FDA Advisory Committee. She waspromoted to director of post-marketing surveillance, and she laterjoined SmithKline Beckman, reviewing clinical research and post-marketing data for safety issues. After moving to Knoxville, shewrote clinical research protocols for the Thompson Cancer SurvivalCenter before starting as a faculty member in the Department ofMedicine.

Dr. Jonathan Wall is a Professor in theHuman Immunology and CancerProgram and Director of the Preclinicaland Diagnostic Molecular ImagingProgram. He obtained a PhD inmembrane biophysics from theUniversity of Essex in Colchester, UK.Later, he moved to the UT GraduateSchool of Medicine as a post-doctoralfellow, where he has worked onelucidating biochemical and biophysicalaspects of immunoglobulin light chainamyloidosis. His work led to the "first-in-human" clinical trial studying thebiodistribution of a novel radio-iodinatedamyloid fibril-reactive monoclonalantibody in patients with light chainamyloidosis using PET/CT imaging. Inaddition, he leads a National Institutesof Health-funded multidisciplinary team

of researchers focused on developing novel therapeutic andmolecular imaging agents for amyloid disease, Type 2 diabetes, andcancer.

Dr. Dustin Osborne Joins International PreclinicalSPECT Systems Committee

Dustin Osborne, PhD, AssistantProfessor of Radiology, has joinedan international committee withNational Electrical Manufacturer'sAssociation (NEMA) that spansacademia and industry to definestandardized performancespecifications for preclinical SPECTsystems. NEMA is an entity thatworks to create standards thatdefine products, processes orprocedures. These may cover topicssuch as construction, tolerances, orperformance.

The NEMA committee for preclinicalSPECT is charged with defining thestandards that are used in testingthe performance of preclinical SPECTimaging equipment to determine theperformance of a given system ormake comparisons between imaging

systems from different vendors. This work includes determination ofwhat tests are important to both test the limits of the system forvendor comparisons as well as provide meaningful results that canbe useful in assessing the routine operation of the system.

SPECT stands for Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography. Itis a tomographic imaging modality, much like PET, in that itmeasures the distribution of radioactive compounds injected into asubject. The injected compound is usually designed to target aspecific region or disease. A SPECT scan is performed by having oneor more detectors rotate about the subject collecting data (calledprojections) at specified intervals during the rotation. Theseprojection images can then be reconstructed into 3D image data.

The preclinical SPECT committee consists of international membersfrom institutions including:

IndustryBioscan, Inc., Washington, D.C.Central Institute for Electronics, Juelich, GermanyGamma Medica, Inc., Northridge, CaliforniaMediso, Ltd., Budapest, HungaryMILabs BV, Utrecht, The NetherlandsSiemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee

AcademiaErasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MarylandKing's College London, London, Great BritainRadbound University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, TheNetherlandsUniversity of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaUniversity of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville,Tennessee

Dr. Kathleen Hudson Serves as Interim Chair ofRadiology

After four years as Chair ofRadiology, J. Mark McKinney, MD,accepted a position at Mayo Clinic inJacksonville, Florida, and KathleenHudson, MD, Associate Professorand Residency Program Director, isacting as Interim Chair. A searchcommittee has been formed and ischaired by Eric Carlson, DMD, MD,Chair of Oral and MaxillofacialSurgery. The committee anticipatesthat a new Chair will be selected byearly 2013.

This is the second instance whereDr. Hudson has been called upon toact as Interim Chair of thedepartment. In addition to facultyand program director, she serves asDirector of the University BreastCenters at The University ofTennessee Medical Center. She was

selected as an oral board examiner for the American Board ofRadiology in 2008 and has served as an author for the AmericanCollege of Radiology In-Training Examination for DiagnosticRadiology programs. Currently, Dr. Hudson serves on severalnational committees of the Association of Program Directors ofRadiology. She was awarded the Department of Radiology FacultyTeaching Award in 2003 and 2007. Dr. Hudson is certified by theAmerican Board of Radiology. She earned her medical degree atLouisiana State University in 1989, where she also completed aninternship. She is an alumnus of the University of TennesseeGraduate School of Medicine Radiology Residency Program, whereshe served as Chief Resident in 1994.

Dr. J. Mark McKinney specializes in Interventional Radiology, and hewas instrumental in bringing novel liver tumor treatments to TheUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center.

Martha Earl Completes Leadership Fellowship forMedical Librarians

Martha Earl, MSLS, AHIP,Associate Professor andAssistant Director,Preston Medical Library,recently graduated froma one-year fellowshipprogram that developsmedical library leaders,jointly sponsored by theNational Library ofMedicine and theAssociation of AcademicHealth SciencesLibraries. She was oneof five selected for thetenth fellowship class.

She started the yearwith attendingorientation at theAssociation of AmericanMedical Colleges annualmeeting in Denver,

Colorado. Monthly, fellows, program mentors, and faculty met forvirtual journal club sessions. In April and September, Earl spent aweek at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Librarywith her mentor, Connie Poole, the Associate Dean for InformationResources and Chair of Information and Communication Sciences.She finished the year with a Capstone conference and graduationin early October.

Earl said the fellowship was one of the most valuable experiencesof her career. She plans to use knowledge gained to enhance herleadership role as Assistant Director of Preston Library. She notedthat the program has better equipped her to utilize her talents,skills and extensive experience for the benefit of the library and theinstitution. Through visits to her mentor's library, Earl has gainedideas for encouraging research with liaison faculty and residentsand for developing a patient/consumer health rotation for studentsor residents. She developed a variety of other ideas on ways inwhich to partner with colleagues across the board at GSM and TheUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center.

Also, Earl hopes to share what she has learned with others aspiringto library leadership positions. Currently, Earl is working with aTennessee Library Association team to develop a statewide libraryleadership training program.

Earl said, "I appreciate the time invested by faculty and especiallyby my mentor. I am honored to be a graduate. The greatest giftthat I can give is to mentor another. I plan to take the opportunityto pay it forward."

The 2012 graduating class and mentors include

Martha F. EarlAssistant DirectorPreston Medical LibraryUniversity of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, KnoxvilleMentor: Connie PooleAssociate Dean for Information Resources andChair, Information and Communication SciencesSchool of Medicine LibrarySouthern Illinois University

Shannon D. JonesAssociate Director, Research and EducationTompkins-McCaw Library for the Health SciencesVirginia Commonwealth University LibrariesMentor: R. Kenny MaroneDirector, Cushing/Whitney Medical LibraryAssociate University Librarian for School and Department LibrariesYale University

Jennifer McKinnellHead of Public ServicesHealth Sciences LibraryMcMaster UniversityMentor: Cynthia RobinsonDirector, George T. Harrell Health Sciences LibraryHershey Medical CenterPenn State College of Medicine

Douglas L. VarnerSenior Associate Director/Chief Biomedical InformationistDahlgren Memorial LibraryGeorgetown University Medical CenterMentor: Evelyn B. MorgenDirector, Lyman Maynard Stowe LibraryUniversity of Connecticut Health Center

Jeffrey D. WilliamsAssistant Director, Collections, Access & Clinical ServicesBiomedical LibraryUniversity of California, San DiegoMentor: A. James BothmerAssociate Vice President for Health Sciences and Director, Health Sciences LibraryCreighton University

Faculty Featured in Medical Moments Series

As part of its health educationprograms, The University ofTennessee Medical Centerproduces a Medical Momentsvideo series, hosted onYouTube, UTMedicalCenter.organd Facebook to take commonquestions a consumer mighthave and allow physicians orother clinicians to answer thosequestions. This format givespatients a way to be"introduced" to physiciansbefore meeting them in the

office. Research has shown the attention span of viewers for onlinevideos is relatively short; therefore, the Medical Moment videos arekept as close to five minutes as possible. Each video ends with acall to action by encouraging the patient to contact the HealthcareCoordination office for more information on the physician, topic, orservices available. UT Graduate School of Medicine faculty currentlyfeatured in Medical Moments are

John Bell, MD, Professor, Surgery: Breast CancerC. Bryce Bowling, MD, Assistant Professor, Obstetrics andGynecology: Urinary Incontinence Paul Branca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine: BronchialThermoplastyJ. Clay Callison, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine: Lung

Cancer and Causes, Symptoms and Diagnoses of Lung CancerAlex Cantafio, MD, Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery: KidneyTransplants Mark Casillas, MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery: Colon RectalSurgeon Eric Carlson, DMD, MD, Chair and Professor, Oral and MaxillofacialSurgery: Oral CancerJohn Dougherty, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine: Dementia andMild Cognitive Impairment Part I and Part IIMichael Eilerman, MD, Clinical Instructor, Orthopedic Surgery: DirectAnterior Hip Replacement Michael Holt, MD, Clinical Instructor, Surgery: Knee Replacement Larry Kilgore, MD, Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology: UterineCancerKristopher Kimball, MD, Assistant Professor, Obstetrics andGynecology: Prevention of Cervical Cancer Russ Langdon, MD, Associate Professor, Anesthesiology:Hemorrhagic Stroke Bruce Ludwig, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine: CysticFibrosisMatthew Mancini, MD, Associate Professor, Surgery: BariatricSurgeryJ. Michael McCoy, DDS, Professor, Pathology, Radiology, and Oraland Maxillofacial Surgery: HPV and Oral CancerJames McLoughlin, MD, Associate Professor, Surgery: Colon Cancer Garnetta Morin-Ducote, MD, Assistant Professor, Radiology:Mammograms Melissa Phillips, MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery: Hernias W. Bedford Waters, MD, Professor, Urology: Prostate Cancer Wesley White, MD, Assistant Professor, Urology: Robotic Surgery Anthony Wilson, MD, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine: DiabetesDale Wortham, MD, Professor, Medicine and Cardiovascular DiseaseFellowship Program Director: Aortic Stenosis

Featured Alumni

Dr. Jonathan Phipps Pursues Biological Safetyfor UT

Jonathan Phipps, PhD, UT Comparativeand Experimental Program Alumnus,accepted a position as a BiologicalSafety Specialist in the BiosafetyProgram at the University of Tennessee,Knoxville. In this position, Dr. Phipps willassist in interpreting and applyingnational regulatory research guidelinesand standards as they apply to thediverse research operations at UT.

As a PhD Candidate, Dr. Phippsresearched, "Toward PersonalizedMedicine: The Potential Role of RNAInterference in Plasma Cell Dyscrasias"under the guidance of Jonathan Wall,PhD, Director of the Preclinical Diagnosticand Molecular Imaging Laboratory. Sincegraduating with his PhD in December

2011, Dr. Phipps has been conducting postdoctoral research in theHuman Immunology and Cancer Program with Daniel Kestler, PhD,Assistant Professor, studying a protein called ODAM, which hasbeen proposed as a biomarker in breast cancer.

Featured Staff

Laura Maples Named National CME Surveyor andAppointed to UT Staff Council

The Accreditation Council for ContinuingMedical Education (ACCME) hasdesignated Laura Maples, MS, CCMEP,Director, Continuing Education andProfessional Development, as one of itsnational accreditation surveyors.Accreditation surveyors are volunteersof the ACCME who assess fellow CMEproviders' adherence to the 22 ACCMEcriteria required of providers. Maples willconduct phone and on-site assessmentsof providers applying for accreditation orrequesting re-accreditation as providersof AMA-certified courses for physicians.

Maples was also elected to the ExemptStaff Council – Knoxville Area, to serve athree-year term. The ESC, counterpart

to the Faculty Senate and Employee Relations councils, is a bodyelected by peers to represent nearly 1,200 exempt (administrativeand professional) staff at the University of Tennessee, Knoxvillearea. The ESC is sponsored by the Vice President for Administrationand Finance, and its mission is to provide a forum for discussingissues and exchanging ideas relevant to exempt staff and toprovide a mechanism for communicating with other representativebodies and administrators.

News

The Scope Celebrates 10 Years

The Scope is in its 10th year ofpublication, publishing its firstissue as "The Scope" inSeptember 2003. Its mission isto establish communication byrecognizing contributions by allGraduate School of Medicinefaculty, staff, residents, fellowsand students to encourage a

feeling of community and pride within our institution. Theseheadlines are a few of the highlights from the past decade:

September 2003: Dr. O. Lee Wilson Receives Prestigious Mastershipfrom the Academy of General Dentistry

November/December 2004: Surgery Residents/Vascular FellowsReceive Top Endovascular Training

January/February 2005: UTGSM Remembers Frances K. Patterson,M.D.

April/May 2006: Mock Trial Huge Success

May/June 2007: Family Medicine Residents Receive American RedCross Award

September 2008: New Medical Simulation Center Offers Training inComplex Reality Setting

June 2009: Beasley Recognized for 50 Years

December 2009: Dr. Wesley White: A Journey from MedicalExploration to Faculty Physician

March 2010: Michael and Christie Carringer: Father and DaughterResident Physicians

January 2011: Surgery Alumnus Recounts First Weekend of SoloTrauma Attending Call

January 2012: Dr. Lands Learns the Patient's Story ThroughNarrative Medicine

Medical Simulation Featured in FrontiersMagazine, Videos

Medical simulation cannot be fullyexperienced or understood by readingan article. It is a dynamic method ofteaching and learning medical anddental procedures and improvingcommunications and skills for the benefitof patients. The Fall 2012 issue ofFrontiers magazine uses stunningphotography and limited text to givereaders a virtual walking tour of the UTCenter for Advanced Medical Simulationat the UT Graduate School of Medicineand University of Tennessee MedicalCenter. Additionally, readers can watchsimulation in action by scanning QRcodes or visiting web links presented in

the magazine.

This issue of Frontiers is available in print and online. Request acopy online or contact the UT Graduate School of Medicine at 865-305-9190, or visit to be added to the mail list.

Frontiers magazine is a publication for alumni and friends of TheUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center and UT Graduate School ofMedicine, which form the region's only academic medical center.

Employees Participate in Torch Campaign toSupport UTGSM Programs

The 2012 TorchCampaign EmployeesCare program for TheUniversity of TennesseeMedical Center and UTGraduate School ofMedicine raised morethan $182,000 insupport of healing,education and discovery.

Torch Campaign co-chairs were PennyReagan, UTGSMAdministration; HeatherKing, Facilities Planning;and Niki Rasnake,Trauma. Leadership andvolunteers of thecampaign thank allemployees for this

year's success.

Advance Research Digest Spotlights IntegrativeMedicine

Through a unique instructional program,Ragi Doggweiler, MD, Professor, Urology,is researching ways to heal not just thebodies of cancer patients but also theirminds, spirits and souls.

John Dougherty, MD, Director of the ColeNeuroscience Center and AssociateProfessor of Medicine, is part of amultidisciplinary and multi-institutionalteam who are investigating ways to seeamyloid and measure the severity ofcognitive impairment.

Other Graduate School of Medicinephysician researchers are looking atprostate cancer, bronchoscopies, woundhealing and more.

These and other remarkable examples of medical research at theGraduate School of Medicine are featured in the Summer 2012 issueof Advance research digest. Read Advance online or in hard copy. Torequest copies, contact the office of Continuing Education andProfessional Development at 865-305-9190.

Scholarly Activity

Dr. Pickett Awarded for OMFS Research

David Pickett, DMD, Resident, Oral andMaxillofacial Surgery, received an awardfrom the American Association of Oraland Maxillofacial Surgeons for his posterpresentation, "Early Effects Of rhBMP2On Tooth Extraction Sites In DogsTreated With High DoseBisphosphonates."

AAOMS awards exceptional papers inthe hopes of fostering continuedexcellence in the development of thespecialty. Dr. Pickett's award notificationstated, "Your paper was selectedbecause it demonstrates high standardsof research in the advancement of oraland maxillofacial surgery."

Emily Martin Wins ClinicalScience Presentation Award

Emily Martin, Graduate ResearchAssistant in the Preclinical andDiagnostic Molecular ImagingLaboratory, won Best Clinical SciencePresentation at the XIIIth InternationalSymposium on Amyloidosis in The TheNetherlands. Approximately 15researchers whose abstracts wereaccepted for poster presentation wereselected to also participate in a shortoral presentation, which was judged.Martin's award included a certificate anda monetary award of more than $1,000.

Her abstract, "The AmyloidophilicPeptide, p5, Binds Rapidly and Stably toVisceral Amyloid in vivo: A PotentialRadiotracer for PET/CT Imaging," was

co-authored by Stephen Kennel, PhD, Tina Richey, Alan Stuckey,Dustin Osborne, PhD, and Jonathan Wall, PhD.

Dr. Rowan Recognized for 'Best' Research atInternational Conference

Research by Cody Rowan, MD, Resident,Anesthesiology, was recognized as"Best of Category" for geriatricanesthesia at the InternationalAnesthesia Research Society AnnualMeeting 2012. His abstract, "Exposureof TG2576 Mice to Isoflurane Results inNo Detectable Increase in An AmyloidLoad Via {18F} AV45 Pet ImaginingConfirmed with AutoradiographicInvestigation," was also selected as oneof six finalists for "Best of Meeting" outof more than 450 submitted abstracts.The IARS is focused on providingscientific and evidence-based safeanesthesia care.

Scholarly Activity

Publications

PubMed

Yu-Taeger L, Petrasch-Parwez E, Osmand AP, Redensek A, MetzgerS, Clemens LE, Park L, Howland D, Calaminus C, Gu X, Pichler B,Yang XW, Riess O, Nguyen HPA Novel BACHD Transgenic Rat Exhibits CharacteristicNeuropathological Features of Huntington Disease.J Neurosci. 2012 Oct 31;32(44):15426-15438.PMID: 23115180

Mountain DJ, Freeman MB, Kirkpatrick SS, Cook RB, Chalk JE,Stevens SL, Goldman MH, Grandas OHEffect of Hormone Replacement Therapy in Matrix MetalloproteinaseExpression and Intimal Hyperplasia Development After VascularInjury.Ann Vasc Surg. 2012 Oct 19. PMID: 23088810

Sams VG, Lawson CM, Humphrey CL, Brantley SL, Schumacher LM,Karlstad MD, Norwood JE, Jungwirth JA, Conley CP, Kurek S, BarlowPB, Daley BJEffect of Rotational Therapy on Aspiration Risk of Enteral Feeds.Nutr Clin Pract. 2012 Oct 19. PMID: 23087262

Burke SJ, Goff MR, Updegraff BL, Lu D, Brown PL, Minkin SC Jr,Biggerstaff JP, Zhao L, Karlstad MD, Collier JJRegulation of the CCL2 Gene in Pancreatic β-Cells by IL-1β andGlucocorticoids: Role of MKP-1.PLoS One. 2012;7(10):e46986. PMID: 23056550

Black K, Lotke P, Buhling KJ, Zite NB; and on behalf of theIntrauterine contraception for Nulliparous women: TranslatingResearch into Action (INTRA) groupA review of barriers and myths preventing the more widespreaduse of intrauterine contraception in nulliparous women.Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2012 Oct;17(5):340-50. PMID: 22834648

Borrero S, Zite N, Creinin MDFederally funded sterilization: time to rethink policy?Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct;102(10):1822-5. PMID: 22897531

Shabsigh R, Seftel AD, Kim ED, Ni X, Burns PREfficacy and Safety of Once-Daily Tadalafil in Men with ErectileDysfunction Who Reported No Successful Intercourse Attempts atBaseline.J Sex Med. 2012 Oct 4. PMID: 23035781

Franklin D, Cardini A, Flavel A, Kuliukas A, Marks MK, Hart R, OxnardC, O'Higgins PConcordance of traditional osteometric and volume-rendered MSCTinterlandmark cranial measurements.Int J Legal Med. 2012 Sep 29. PMID: 23052442

Moore TM, Akula MR, Collier L, Kabalka GWA rapid microfluidic synthesis of [(18)F]fluoroarenes fromnitroarenes.Appl Radiat Isot. 2012 Sep 25;71(1):47-50. PMID: 23085551

White WM, Johnson EB, Zite NB, Beddies J, Krambeck AE, Hyams E,Marien T, Shah O, Matlaga B, Pais VM JrPredictive Value of Current Imaging Modalities for the Detection ofUrolithiasis During Pregnancy: A Multi-Center, Longitudinal Study.J Urol. 2012 Sep 24. PMID: 23017526

Goldman MHThe University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville.Am Surg. 2012 Sep;78(9):909-14.PMID: 22964195

McCoy JMComplications of Retention: Pathology Associated with RetainedThird Molars.Atlas Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2012 Sep;20(2):177-195. PMID: 23021395

Arnold JD, Mountain DJ, Freeman MB, Kirkpatrick SS, Stevens SL,Goldman MH, Grandas OHSmooth muscle cell polymeric transfection is an efficient alternativeto traditional methods of experimental gene therapy.J Surg Res. 2012 Sep;177(1):178-84. PMID: 22698428

Xia H, Garcia GA, Bains J, Wortham DC, Zhao XMatrix of regularity for improving the quality of ECGs.Physiol Meas. 2012 Sep;33(9):1535-48PMID: 22903041

Bruckbauer A, Zemel MB, Thorpe T, Akula MR, Stuckey AC, OsborneD, Martin EB, Kennel S, Wall JSSynergistic effects of leucine and resveratrol on insulin sensitivityand fat metabolism in adipocytes and mice.Nutr Metab (Lond). 2012 Aug 22;9(1):77. PMID: 22913271

Pickett DO, Hudson JWCase report of spontaneous hemorrhage in a sublingualarteriovenous malformation causing an emergent airwayobstruction.Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2012 Aug 29. PMID: 22939328

Wall JS, Richey T, Williams A, Stuckey A, Osborne D, Martin E, KennelSJComparative analysis of peptide p5 and serum amyloid Pcomponent for imaging AA amyloid in mice using dual-isotopeSPECT.Mol Imaging Biol. 2012 Aug;14(4):402-7.PMID: 22042488

Sams VG, Lawson CM, Coan P, Bemis D, Newkirk K, Karlstad M,Norwood J, Barlow P, Goldman MH, Daley BJEffect of local anesthetic on microorganisms in a murine model ofsurgical site infection.J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Aug;73(2):441-5; discussion 445-6.PMID: 22846953

Ari A, Fink JB, Dhand R

Inhalation Therapy in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: AnUpdate.J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv. 2012 Aug 2. PMID: 22856594

Jones TM, Cassada DC, Heidel RE, Grandas OG, Stevens SL,Freeman MB, Edmondson JD, Goldman MHMaximal Venous Outflow Velocity: An Index for Iliac VeinObstruction.Ann Vasc Surg. 2012 Jul 25. PMID: 22835564

Socha YM, Oelschlegel S, Vaughn CJ, Earl MImproving an outreach service by analyzing the relationship ofhealth information disparities to socioeconomic indicators usinggeographic information systems.J Med Libr Assoc. 2012 Jul;100(3):222-5. PMID: 22879813

Delaney MA, Singh K, Murphy CL, Solomon A, Nel S, Boy SCImmunohistochemical and Biochemical Evidence of AmeloblasticOrigin of Feline Amyloid-Producing Odontogenic Tumors in Cats.Vet Pathol. 2012 Jun 25. PMID: 22732361

Carlson ER, Schaefferkoetter J, Townsend D, McCoy JM, Campbell PDJr, Long MThe Use of Multiple Time Point Dynamic Positron EmissionTomography/Computed Tomography in Patients With Oral/Head andNeck Cancer Does Not Predictably Identify Metastatic CervicalLymph Nodes.J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2012 Jun 26. PMID: 22742956

Venugopal R, Kurek SJ, Orucevic AA case of peritoneal squamous metaplasia arising within obstructedsmall bowel: a rare pathological finding during a common surgicalevent.Am Surg. 2012 Jun;78(6):E320-1. PMID: 22643249

Lee S, Duncan LCall-exner bodies in adult granulosa cell tumor.Diagn Cytopathol. 2012 Jun 25. PMID: 22730184

Pasciak AS, Jones AKPShield: an exact three-dimensional numerical solution fordetermining optimal shielding designs for PET/CT facilities.Med Phys. 2012 Jun;39(6):3060-9.PMID: 22755691

Ray SM, Wylie DR, Shaun Rowe A, Heidel E, Franks ASPharmacy student knowledge retention after completing either asimulated or written patient case.Am J Pharm Educ. 2012 Jun 18;76(5):86.PMID: 22761527

Aligeti VR, South HL, Hirsh JB, Wortham DCAorto-right atrial fistula following transseptal catheterization andcatheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2012 Jun;23(6):659-61PMID: 22235776

Wallace LS, Keenum AJ, Abdurraqeeb O, Miser WF, Wexler RKTerminology Matters: Patient Understanding of "Opioids" and

"Narcotics"Pain Pract. 2012 Jun 4. PMID: 22672283

Haddad L, Smith S, Phillips KD, Heidel REComparison of temporal artery and axillary temperatures in healthynewborns.J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2012 May-Jun;41(3):383-8. PMID: 22834884

White JV, Guenter P, Jensen G, Malone A, Schofield M; Academy ofNutrition and Dietetics Malnutrition Work Group; A.S.P.E.N.Malnutrition Task Force; A.S.P.E.N. Board of DirectorsConsensus statement of the Academy of Nutrition andDietetics/American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition:characteristics recommended for the identification anddocumentation of adult malnutrition (undernutrition).J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012 May;112(5):730-8.PMID: 22709779

Oreadi D, Carlson ERMorbidity and mortality associated with tracheotomy procedure in auniversity medical centre.Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2012 Aug;41(8):974-7. Epub 2012 May 1.PMID: 22554996

Gawrysiak MJ, Carvalho JP, Rogers BP, Nicholas CR, Dougherty JH,Hopko DRNeural Changes following Behavioral Activation for a DepressedBreast Cancer Patient: A Functional MRI Case Study.Case Rep Psychiatry. 2012;2012:152916PMID: 22953146

White JV, Guenter P, Jensen G, Malone A, Schofield M; AcademyMalnutrition Work Group; A.S.P.E.N. Malnutrition Task Force;A.S.P.E.N. Board of DirectorsConsensus statement: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics andAmerican Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition:characteristics recommended for the identification anddocumentation of adult malnutrition (undernutrition).JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2012 May;36(3):275-83.PMID: 22535923

Franklin D, Flavel A, Kuliukas A, Cardini A, Marks MK, Oxnard C,O'Higgins PEstimation of sex from sternal measurements in a WesternAustralian population.Forensic Sci Int. 2012 Apr 10;217(1-3):230.e1-5. PMID: 22154530

Nielsen PE, Howard BC, Crabtree T, Batig AL, Pates JAThe distribution and predictive value of Bishop scores in nulliparasbetween 37 and 42 weeks gestation.J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2012 Mar;25(3):281-5. PMID: 21696336

Non-PubMed Publications

Mihelic, MFInformation Fusion and Quantum Logic in Family Medicine.Journal of the AIPIO. 2012;20(1):30-41.

Presentations

Medical Commission of Spain XIV Conference ofMedicine and High Level Sport, Spanish OlympicCommittee, Madrid, Spain, September 28

Oral Presentations

"Scientific Evidence that Supports the Use of Automated ExternalDefibrillators on Practice and Competition in the USA"Irfan Asif, MD

"The USA Screening Model: The Position of the American MedicalCommunity" Irfan Asif, MD

Society of Nuclear Medicine Southeastern ChapterMeeting, Clearwater Beach, Florida, September 22-25

Oral Presentation

"Can Non-Cardiac Increased Uptake Cause Artifact in N-13 Ammoniaand Rubidium-82 Myocardial Perfusion Stress Test?"Alireza Mojtahedi, MD Co-presenters: J. Mark McKinney, MD, Dale Wortham, MD

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons2012 Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, September10-15

Poster Presentation

"Early Effects of rhBMP2 on Tooth Extraction Sites in Dogs Treatedwith High Dose Bisphosphonates"Co-presenters: David Pickett, DMD, MS; David Gerard, PhD; JackGotcher, DMD, PhD; Eric Carlson, DMD, MD, FACSDr. Pickett's research won an award.

College of American Pathologist 2012 The Pathologists'Meeting, San Diego, California, September 9-12

Poster Presentations

"A Case of Crohn's Disease with Concurrent EosinophilicEsophaghis: The Two Which Rarely Tango"Co-presenters: Sarah Carroll, MD, Naomi Ferguson, MD, AmilaOrucevic, MD, PhD

"Endometrial Pathology in Patients with Ovarian Mature CysticTeratomas and Monodermal Teratomas"Co-presenters: Lucy DeFanti, DO, Naomi Ferguson, MD, RobertHeidel, MS, NCC, Amila Orucevic, MD, PhD

"Primary Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Abdominal Wall ArisingFrom Endometriosis"Co-presenters: Solomon Lee, DO, Kristopher Kimball, MD, KevinLiaw, MD, Melissa Phillips, MD, Amila Orucevic, MD, PhD

World Molecular Imaging Conference 2012, Dublin,Ireland, September 5-8

Poster Presentations

"Ex vivo Identification and in vivo Validation of a Novel VisceralAmyloid Imaging Peptide"Co-presenters: Emily Martin, Stephen Kennel, PhD, Tina Richey,Alan Stuckey, Angela Williams, Dustin Osborne, Keiichi Higuchi,Jonathan Wall, PhD

"Towards Standardized Dual Energy Processing for PreclinicalmicroCT"Co-presenters: Willy Gsell, PhD, Dustin Osborne, PhD This poster was an award nominee.

"Validation of a depth of interaction model for a small animal SPECTsystem"Co-presenters: Derek Austin, PhD, Bing Feng, Alan Stuckey, DustinOsborne, PhD

"I-131 Rodent Imaging on the Inveon SPECT Platform Using a NovelBlended Collimator Acquisition Method"Co-presenters: Dustin Osborne, PhD, Alan Stuckey, StephenKennel, PhD, Tina Richey, Derek Austin, PhD, Bing Feng, JonathanWall, PhD

"Heparin-Binding Peptides bFGF and p5R Bind to Different Targets inAmyloid-Laden Mice and Controls"Co-presenters: Jonathan Wall, PhD, Robert Donnell, Tina Richey,Alan Stuckey, Keiichi Higuchi, Emily Martin, Stephen Kennel, PhD

"Heparin-Reactive Peptide p5R Preferentially Binds a Subset ofMelA+ Melanocytes and Extracellular Melanin – A Novel Biomarker inMetastatic Melanoma Tumors"Co-presenters: Jonathan Wall, PhD, Amy LeBlanc, DVM, TinaRichey, Alan Stuckey, Emily Martin, Sallie Macy, Robert Donnell,Laurentia Nodit, MD, Stephen Kennel, PhD

"Arginine-Rich Peptide p5R Provides Enhanced Binding to VisceralAmyloid Deposits in vitro and in vivo"Co-presenters: Jonathan Wall, PhD, Tina Richey, Alan Stuckey,Angela Williams, Ying Huang, Emily Martin, Dustin Osborne, PhD,Sallie Macy, Stephen Kennel, PhD

"Whole Body Murine Organ Segmentation Using microCT andAdvanced 3D Level Set Algorithms"Co-presenters: Dustin Osborne, PhD, Deniz Aykac, Shaun Gleason,PhD, Ryan Kerekes, Jonathan Wall, PhD, Jens Gregor, VincentPaquitThis poster was an award nominee.

Oral Presentation

"Heparin-reactive peptide p5R preferentially binds a subset ofMelA+ melanocytes and extracellular melanin - a novel biomarker inmetastatic melanoma tumors"Tina Richey Co-presenters: Tina Richey, Jonathan Wall, PhD, Amy LeBlanc,DVM, Alan Stuckey, Emily Martin, Sallie Macy, Robert Donnell,Laurentia Nodit, MD, Stephen Kennel, PhD

2012 Tennessee American College of Surgeons AnnualChapter Meeting, Chattanooga, Tennessee, August 3

Poster Presentations

"Isolated Limb Infusion is Feasible at Lower Volume RegionalCancer Centers"David Jeffcoach, MD

Co-presenters: Daniel Alterman, MD, Michael Goldman, MD, JohnBell, MD, Keith Gray, MD, James Lewis, MD

"Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Medications Impact on Non-Unionand Infection Rates in Long Bone Fractures"David Jeffcoach, MD Co-presenters: Valarie Sams, MD, Christy Lawson, MD, BlaineEnderson, MD, Sherry Smith, Heather Kline, Patrick Barlow, BA,Douglas Wylie, PharmD, Laura Krumenacker, James McMillen,PharmD, Jordan Pyda, Brian Daley, MD

"Review of Colorectal Surgical Site Infections"Hien Le, MD Co-presenter: Brian Daley, MD

Society of Nuclear Medicine Education Webinar Series,August 2

Oral Presentations

"Radioimmunoimaging of Amyloid Deposits in AL Amyloidosis" Jonathan Wall, PhD Co-presenters: Karen Wells, MD, Stephen Kennel, PhD, EmilyMartin, Dustin Osborne, PhD, Alan Solomon, MD

"Dose Reduction in Small Animal Imaging Using a Modified PhosphorScreen"Dustin Osborne, PhD Co-presenters: Alan Stuckey, Tina Richey, Lindy Pryer, Shikui Yan,PhD, Jonathan Wall, PhD

American Association of Physicists in Medicine 54thAnnual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, July 29-August 1

Poster Presentation

"Sterile Radiation Reduction Gloves May Be Contraindicated inFluoroscopically Guided Interventions"Alex Pasciak, PhD Co-presenters: Aravindhan Sriharan, Anastasia Balius, MD, AnnaLisa Jones, MD

Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery 9th AnnualMeeting, San Diego, California, July 23-26

Poster Presentations

"Diagnosis and Management of Intracranial Hypotension, a Case-Based Approach"Co-presenters: Austin Bourgeois, MD, Ted Chang, MD, GeoffreyLaing, MD

"Novel Treatment of Isolated P1 Segment 'Blister' Aneurysm withTelescoping Stents"Co-presenters: Ted Chang, MD, Austin Bourgeois, MD, PeterKvamme, MD

Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Meeting,Orlando, Florida, July 2

Oral Presentation

"Characteristics to Identify and Document Adult Malnutrition: TheAcademy/A.S.P.E.N. Collaboration"Jane White, PhD, RD

Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Nutrition andDietetics, American Society for Parenteral and EnteralNutrition, Society of Hospital Medicine, AmericanAssociation of Critical Care Nurses, Columbus, Ohio,June 24-25

Oral Presentation

"Managing Post-Acute Malnutrition Risk: Importance of Post-acuteNutrition Care Management"Jane White, PhD, RD Forum presentation with Enrico Granieri, Nancy Stotts and SamanthaJones

2012 North American Primary Care Research GroupPractice Based Research Network Conference,Bethesda, Maryland, June 21-22

Poster Presentations

"36 Year Old Female with Persistent Headache"Co-presenters: Aimee Battaglia, DO, Andrew Herda, MD, ObaydahAbdurRaqeeb, DO

"Periodic Fevers, Adenitis, Pharyngitis, and Aphthous Stomatitis(PFAPA) Syndrome: A Case Presentation"Co-presenters: Andrew Herda, MD, Aimee Battaglia, DO,Obaydaha AbdurRaqeeb, DO

Society of Nuclear Medicine 2012 AnnualMeeting, Miami Beach, Florida, June 9-13

Poster Presentations

"Automated synthesis of [18F]FTHA and PET/CT imaging studies indomestic cats"Co-presenters: Murthy Akula, MD, Lee Collier, George Kabalka,PhD, Amy LeBlanc, DVM, Jonathan Wall, PhD, Stephen Kennel,PhD, Misty Long, Alan Stuckey, Myrwood Besozzi, MD, EmilyMartin

"A Novel Means of Scintigraphic Gallbladder Localization and Reviewof Scintigraphic Anatomy"Co-presenters: Austin Bourgeois, MD, Yong Bradley, MD, TedChang, MD, Matt Layman, MD

"The Peptide p5 Binds Rapidly to Visceral Amyloid in vivo andPersists for More than 72 h Rendering It Suitable for PET/CTImaging Using 124I"Co-presenters: Emily Martin, Stephen Kennel, PhD, Tina Richey,Alan Stuckey, Dustin Osborne, PhD, Jonathan Wall, PhD

"Rubidium-82 and N-13 Ammonia PET-CT Imaging Characteristicsand Differences"Co-presenters: Alireza Mojtahedi, MD, Paul Campbell, MD

"First Characterization of X-Ray Dose in Murine Animals Using theInveon CT Platform and NanoDot Dosimeters"Co-presenters: Dustin Osborne, PhD, Alan Stuckey, Tina Richey,Stephen Kennel, PhD, Jonathan Wall, PhD

"Relative Benefit of Time-of-Flight (TOF) and Point Spread Reduction(PSF) Modeling in PET Reconstruction: A Lesion Detection Study" Co-presenters: Joshua Schaefferkoetter, BS, David Townsend,PhD, Yitong Fu, MD, Karen Wells, MD, Yong Bradley, MD, GeorgesFakhri

"Specific Binding of Heparin-Reactive Peptides with Melanoma invitro and in vivo"Co-presenters: Jonathan Wall, PhD, Amy LeBlanc, DVM, TinaRichey, Alan Stuckey, Emily Martin, Sallie Macy, Stephen Kennel,PhD

"The Novel Amyloidophilic Peptide p5R Can Be Used to EffectivelyIdentify Murine and Human Amyloid Deposits in vitro and in vivo"Co-presenters: Jonathan Wall, PhD, Tina Richey, Alan Stuckey,Angela Williams, Ying Huang, Emily Martin, Sallie Macy, StephenKennel, PhD

"Radioimmunoimaging of Patients with AL Amyloidosis"Co-presenters: Karen Wells, MD, Jonathan Wall, PhD, StephenKennel, PhD, Emily Martin, Dustin Osborne, PhD, Alan Solomon,MD

Oral Presentations

"Early Prediction of Response to Chemotherapy in Non-Small CellLung Cancer Patients Using 18F-FDG PET/CT"Richard Laine, MD Co-presenters: Karen Wells, MD, Robert Heidel, MS, NCC, JoshuaSchaefferkoetter, BS, Misty Long, RT, Karl Hubner, MD, WahidHanna, MD

"Dose Reduction in Small Animal Imaging Using a Modified PhosphorScreen"Dustin Osborne, PhD Co-presenters: Alan Stuckey, Stephen Kennel, PhD, Tina Richey,Lindy Pryer, Shikui Yan, Jonathan Wall, PhD

"What to Consider in Preclinical Studies for an eIND and IND"Jonathan Wall, PhD

"Small Animal SPECT Imaging and Correlative Studies"Jonathan Wall, PhD

Society for Education in Anesthesia 2012 Spring AnnualMeeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 1-3

Poster Presentation

"Integration of Evidence-Based Checklists for Operating Room CrisisManagement into an Electronic Medical Record"Cody Rowan, MD

20th International Analytical UltracentrifugationConference 2012, San Antonio, Texas, March 25-30

Oral Presentation

"The Early Intermediates Revealed: Structural Characterization of

Huntingtin Exon1"Valerie Berthelier, PhD

American Urologic Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta,Georgia, May 19-23

Poster Presentations

"Robotic Suprapubic Prostatectomy for Severe Benign ProstaticHyperplasia"James Bienvenu, MD

"Testosterone Modulates Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell MediatedMatrix Metalloproteinase Expression and Function, In Vitro"Co-presenters: John Beddies, MD, Deidra Mountain, PhD, StacyKirkpatrick, Oscar Grandas, MD, Frederick Klein, MD

"Robotic Partial Nephrectomy and Pyelolithotomy in a HorseshoeKidney"Adam Stewart, MD

"Screening for Preclinical Coronary Artery Disease Using CoronaryArtery Calcium Scores in Men Presenting with Erectile Dysfunction"Brent Hardin, MD

American Thoracic Society International Conference,San Francisco, California, May 18-23

Poster Presentation

"Simvastatin Induced Recurrent Organizing Pneumonia withAssociated Proliferative Bronchiolitis"Co-presenters: Kamran Manzoor, MD, Evelyn Sevilla, MD, JeffreyPeeke, MD, Laurentia Nodit, MD, Tina Dudney, MD, JamesShamiyeh, MD

International Anesthesia Research Society 2012 AnnualMeeting, Boston, Massachusetts, May 18-21

Poster Presentations

"The Effect of Preoperative Antihypertensive Therapy on Intra-Operative Systolic Blood Pressure Variability"Jason Buehler, MD

"Perioperative Management of Patient with Hereditary Angioedemafor Wisdom Teeth Extraction" Nicholas Doiron, MD

"Intrauterine Fetal Ketamine for Immobility During Cordocentesisand Fetal Transfusion"Mary Ellen Graham, MD

"Exposure of TG2576 Mice to Isoflurane Results in No DetectableIncrease in an Amyloid Load via {18F} AV45 Pet Imaging Confirmedwith Autoradiographic Investigation"Co-presenters: Cody Rowan, MD, Stephen Kennel, PhD, AngelaWilliams, Tina Richey, Alan Stuckey, Ying Huang, Robert Donnell,Robin Barbour, Peter Seubert, Alan Solomon, MD, Dale Schenk Dr. Rowan's research won an award for Best in Category.

Vascular Access for Hemodialysis XIII Symposium,

Orlando, Florida, May 10-11

Poster Presentation

"Common Iliac Artery to Iliac Vein Arteriovenous Fistula forHemodialysis Access: A Case Report"John Gallegos, MD

Heart Rhythm Society 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions,Boston, Massachusetts, May 9-12

Poster Presentation

"Secured Versus Unsecured Implantable Pulse Generators:Comparison of Pocket Complications and Lead Dislodgement Rates"Co-presenters: William Mahlow, MD, Umang Shah, MD, JeffreyHirsh, MD, James Cox, MD, Patrick Bailey, MD, Tiffany Smith, BA,Dale Wortham, MD

Society of General Internal Medicine 35th AnnualMeeting, Orlando, Florida, May 9-12

Poster Presentation

"Targeting Specific Physician Groups to Improve Adherence toEstablished Diagnostic Guidelines in the Evaluation of Syncope"Co-presenters: David Graham, MD, Eric Heidel, PhD, MarkRasnake, MD

XIIIth International Symposium on Amyloidosis,Gronigen, The Netherlands, May 6-10

Oral Presentations

"Perspectives in Amyloid Imaging" Jonathan Wall, PhD

"AL Amyloid Imaging and Therapy with an Amyloid SpecificMonoclonal Antibody"Jonathan Wall, PhD Co-presenters: Stephen Kennel, PhD, Angela Williams, TinaRichey, Alan Stuckey, Ying Huang, Robert Donnell, Robin Barbour,Peter Seubert, Alan Solomon, MD, Dale Schenk

"Amyloid Fibrils Possess Characteristic Electronegative Fingerprintsthat Can Be Distinguished by Poly-Basic Peptides"Jonathan Wall, PhD Co-presenters: Angela Williams, Ying Huang, Stephen Kennel, PhD

"Radioimmunoimaging in Systemic Light Chain (AL) Amyloidosis"Karen Wells, MD Co-presenters: Jonathan Wall, PhD, Stephen Kennel, PhD, AlanSolomon, MD

Poster Presentations

"The Amyloidophilic Peptide p5 Binds Rapidly and Stably to VisceralAmyloid in vivo - A Potential Radiotracer for PET/CT Imaging"Co-presenters: Emily Martin, Stephen Kennel, PhD, Tina Richey,Alan Stuckey, Dustin Osborne, PhD Martin's presentation won an award for Best Clinical SciencePresentation.

"Amyloid-Reactive Peptides Bind MelA+ Melanocytes andExtracellular Melanin in Human, Canine and Murine MelanomaTumors"Co-presenters: Jonathan Wall, PhD, Amy LeBlanc, DVM, TinaRichey, Alan Stuckey, Emily Martin, Sallie Macy, Robert Donnell,Stephen Kennel, PhD

"In vivo Biodistribution of the Amyloid-Reactive Peptide, p5,Correlates with ex vivo Amyloid Quantitation Based on Congo RedTissue Staining"Co-presenters: Jonathan Wall, PhD, Tina Richey, Emily Martin,Alan Stuckey, Angela Williams, Sallie Macy, Stephen Kennel, PhD

"The Novel Polybasic Peptide p5R Can Be Used to Identify Murineand Human Amyloid Deposits in vitro and in vivo"Co-presenters: Jonathan Wall, PhD, Tina Richey, Alan Stuckey,Angela Williams, Ying Huang, Emily Martin, Sallie Macy, StephenKennel, PhD

2012 Annual Scientific Meeting of the AmericanGeriatrics Society, Seattle, Washington, May 2-5

Poster Presentations

"A Mystery of Vision: Thrombosis"Co-presenters: Samer Hodroge, MD, Ronald Lands, MD, BradPearman, MD

"Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism (DVT/PE) with JAK2Positive Polycythemia Vera (PCV) and Mild Hematologic Findings"Co-presenters: Shane Kelley, MD, Ronald Lands, MD

The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology44th Annual Meeting, Monterey, California, May 2-5

Poster Presentation

"Fibrin Glue Soaked Gauze Bandages as a Solution to RefractoryPostpartum Hemorrhage in a Jehovah's Witness"Jason Buehler, MD

Pediatric Symposium, Bogota, Colombia, May 2012

Invited ProfessorMaricarmen Malagon-Rogers, MD

American College of Radiology-Resident and FellowSection 2012

Online Presentation

"Membership Subcommittee Health Policy Milestone in ModernAmerica"Kevin Liaw, MD

Graduate School of Medicine University of Tennessee

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