UA Department of Surgery at the Forefront With More Surgical Firsts
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UA Department of Surgery at the Forefront With More Surgical Firsts
2012-2013 2 Chairman’s Message UA Department of Surgery at the Forefront With More Surgical Firsts 5 Organ Regeneration Research 10 Surgery at South Campus 12 New Faculty 14 In Memoriam 16 Philanthropy News 18 Faculty Awards, Publications World’s First Fully Robot-Assisted Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Transplant S urgeons at The University of Arizona Medical Center – University Campus performed the world’s first fully robot-assisted total pancreatectomy with a successful simultaneous autologous islet transplant on a woman suffering from chronic pancreatitis on July 5, 2012. Surgical team leaders from the UA Department of Surgery, Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD, professor and chairman, and Carlos Galvani, MD, associate professor and director of minimally invasive and robotic surgery, operated on Tami Alveshere, 39, from North Dakota. Horacio L. Rilo, MD, professor and director of the Institute for Cellular Transplantation, isolated 248,000 islets from Alveshere’s removed pancreas using the department’s Class 10,000 clean room, a state-of-the-art laboratory designed for this procedure. Chronic pancreatitis progressively destroys pancreatic tissue, causing pain that frequently requires hospitalization and severely compromises quality of life. Analgesics and pancreatic enzyme replacement rarely lead to acceptable relief of the pain. In Western Europe and North America, chronic pancreatitis is diagnosed in 3 to 9 out of 100,000 people each year. Based on estimates from U.S. hospital discharge data, about 87,000 cases of pancreatitis occur annually. Alveshere had suffered from debilitating chronic pancreatitis for years and required high doses of narcotic pain medication. A pancreatectomy (surgical removal of the pancreas) was her last option to escape the severe pain and narcotic dependency caused by the disease. However, without a pancreas, she would have faced the prospect of developing brittle (dangerous, impossible-to-control) diabetes because islet cells in the pancreas make insulin, which controls levels of blood sugar (glucose). So she simultaneously underwent an autologous (using her own cells) islet transplant, which carries no risk of rejection. Using the da Vinci surgical robot with its 3-D visualization and precise movement capabilities, UA surgeons were able to carefully remove © 2013 ziembaphoto.com (3) 8 New Otolaryngology Residency Program | Volume 11, Issue 1 Using the da Vinci surgical robot, surgeons are able to remove the whole pancreas, without damaging the islets, and to reconstruct the gastrointestinal tract. Dr. Horacio Rilo isolates islets from the pancreas using the Class 10,000 clean room. Alveshere’s pancreas without damaging the islets. Only five small incisions in the abdomen were needed to insert the robotic instruments, plus another small incision a couple of inches in the bikini region to remove the organ. Then, her islets were isolated from the pancreas and put back into her liver, where they lodged in small blood vessels and released insulin. Quality Patient Care Chairman’s Message sive experience in robot-assisted surgery in the country. As part of an academic medical center, we strive to provide our medical students, residents, and fellows with a comprehensive and diverse education that will inspire them to be the next generation of leaders. We have increased the number of categorical residents in our general surgery residency program from six to eight, and expanded our residency programs in neurosurgery and urology. And we have added a new residency program in otolaryngology. Our graduating residents routinely go on to superb fellowships. Over the past two years, the Department of Surgery has experienced significant growth in research funding, from about $2 million to $4.5 million. In addition, our funding from foundations and philanthropic donors has significantly increased and we have established a new endowed chair in trauma. Unfortunately, this past year has brought us sorrow as well. We note with great sadness the loss of our esteemed colleagues Dr. Allan Raczkowski, Dr. Rocky Jackson, and the founding chair of the department, Dr. Erle Peacock. We are looking forward to another year of significant achievements and exceptional patient care. Thank you for your interest and support. Sincerely, RAINER W.G. GRUESSNER, MD Professor and Chairman UA Department of Surgery Surgery is published annually by the Arizona Health Sciences Center Office of Public Affairs, P.O. Box 245066, Tucson, AZ 85724-5066 | 520-626-7219 | Visit us online: www.surgery.arizona.edu Editor: Jo Marie Gellerman | Design: Arizona Health Sciences Center BioCommunications All contents © 2013 Arizona Board of Regents. All rights reserved. The UA is an EEO/AA - M/W/D/V Employer. If you need this information in an accessible format (Braille, digital, tape, or large print), please contact Jo Gellerman, 520-626-7219. 2 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 © 2013 ziembaphoto.com The h UA Department off Surgery has had an exciting and productive year. Through our alignment with The University of Arizona Medical Center, we continue to serve Arizonans by providing the most advanced, highest quality surgical care to treat their diseases and conditions. We are proud of our department’s tradition of excellence in academic surgery. Our department, home to expert surgeons, educators, researchers, and innovators, continues to grow as we recruit more surgeonscientists with premier training and expertise. We strive to achieve the highest level of patient satisfaction and to improve patient access to our specialized surgical services. The past year has seen growth in many clinical areas; the latest expansion has been in thoracic surgery with the addition of Dr. Farid Gharagozloo, one of the most renowned experts in robot-assisted surgery for lung cancer. Our lifesaving lung transplant program has been reactivated with the recruitment of Dr. Jesus Gomez-Abraham. We continue to pioneer new robot-assisted procedures in all surgical divisions as part of our commitment to bringing patients the safest innovations in minimally invasive surgery. Since performing the world’s first successful robot-assisted total pancreatectomy combined with an islet transplant for a patient with chronic pancreatitis, we have done five more such operations. The keys to safe robot-assisted surgery are training and experience. Before operating with surgical robots, our UA surgeons are thoroughly trained in the use of this technology. Collectively, our surgical teams have some of the most exten- Surgical Firsts Alveshere was discharged from the hospital 10 days after her surgery. She is off insulin and dramatically reduced her pain medications. “Our surgeons are pioneers in both pancreatic and robot-assisted surgeries,” Dr. Gruessner said. Tami Alveshere underwent a “Other attempts robot-assisted total pancreto perform this atectomy and islet transplant, procedure robotineeding only six small incisions. cally have been made, but were incomplete. We are the first to successfully perform all three stages of the procedure robotically: removing the entire pancreas, reconstructing the gastrointestinal tract, and transplanting the islets.” First in the World Robot-Assisted Surgery for Mesothelioma O n Jan. 9, 2013, at The University of Arizona Medical Center – University Campus, Farid Gharagozloo, MD, performed the world’s first successful robotassisted extrapleural pneumonectomy for the treatment of mesothelioma. Dr. Gharagozloo also performed the same procedure – the world’s second robotassisted extrapleural pneumonectomy – Jan. 14 on Chandler, Ariz., resident Carlos Tarazón. Tarazón, 67, had been given no hope by Phoenix doctors when he received the devastating diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a highly invasive cancer, often linked to exposure to asbestos. The disease occurs in the inner lining of the chest cavity and the outer covering of the lung. It usually is fatal within a year after diagnosis. Tarazón was told nothing could be done to stop the spread of the disease. He was prescribed palliative care to make him comfortable for his remaining days. BREAKING NEWS World’s First Robot-Assisted LVAD Implant His family, extrapleural Robert Poston, MD, professor and chief, however, repneumoand Zain Khalpey, MD, associate professor, fused to give up nectomy is a in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, hope. His chil“very blind performed the world’s first two robot-assisted dren scoured operation,” Dr. left ventricular assist device (LVAD) (Heartware the Internet, Gharagozloo hVAD) implants in May 2013. Powered by an searching for said. “The external battery pack, LVADs are surgically the nation’s top lining of the implanted in a patient suffering from end-stage cancer docchest is torn heart failure to help the heart pump blood. Now, tors and any away, causing using the surgical robot, surgeons are able to treatments that a loss of up to avoid cutting open the sternum and reduce the might help two-fifths of time the heart and lungs require support on a their father. the total blood cardio-pulmonary bypass machine. “Needing Their search supply.” only small incisions between the ribs, this led them to Dr. “It is very procedure is likely to reduce bleeding, infection Gharagozloo, clear that in risk and decrease the lengths of hospital stay professor and the surgery of and postoperative recovery time compared chief of thoracic the chest, the to the traditional redo sternotomy in these surgery, robotic robot is a game patients,” said Dr. Poston. cardiothoracic changer,” he surgery, and emphasized. esophageal surgery at the UA Depart“It’s dramatic when you see the patient ment of Surgery. An internationally the next day. It’s the difference between a recognized thoracic surgeon in the fields patient on a ventilator and a patient who is of robotic surgery, esophageal surgery sitting there reading a newspaper.” and thoracic oncologic surgery, he heads Tarazón now is back at home, putthe new Southwestern Lung Cancer tering in his yard and planning a hunting Program at the UA Cancer Center. trip this fall. In the highly complex, minimally Tarazón spent much of his lifetime invasive procedure, Dr. Gharagozloo in construction and was exposed to removed Tarazón’s left lung, diaphragm, asbestos for 20 years. When he began and part of his pericardium (the covering having trouble breathing, he initially was of the heart) with assistance from the da told he had asthma or allergies. When he Vinci surgical robot. A new pericardium was diagnosed with mesothelioma, his and diaphragm were created with a synfamily was willing to take him anywhere thetic material. for treatment and was thrilled to find it “The impact we are hoping to make in their backyard. is through early detection, as well as very “My dad saw the surgery as an opadvanced minimally invasive therapy tion for living,” said Adriana Tarazón for these tumors,” Dr. Gharagozloo said. Weyer, one of his four children. “Whether it is lung cancer or mesotheliA goal of the Southwestern Lung oma, the robot makes it a better oncoCancer Program is to raise awarelogic operation and a safer operation.” ness about mesothelioma, lung cancer, The robot-assisted procedure draesophageal cancer, and other cancers of matically reduces blood loss, shortens the chest – and to catch such diseases the hospital stay, and lowers the risk of sooner. infection and death. It enables the lining “We want to change the story of of the chest to mesothelioma,” Dr. Gharagozloo said of be pulled away the work of his team. fairly intact, lessening the Western Region’s First possibility of Minimally Invasive Laser leaving canSurgery for Epilepsy cerous tissue behind. A Surgeons on May 29, 2012, beWithout came the first in the western region the robot, an U Doctors in Phoenix gave Carlos Tarazón no hope after his diagnosis of mesothelioma. After his robotassisted operation at UAMC, he is at home puttering in his yard and planning a hunting trip this fall. of the United States to perform minimally invasive laser surgery, guided by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), on an adult epilepsy patient. A 48-year-old Tucson man underwent the MRI-guided laser surgery and was released the following day. Epilepsy is a disorder in which surges of electrical activity in the brain result in seizures or loss of consciousness. About 3 million Americans are thought to have some form of epilepsy. The disorder usually is controlled with medication. However, more than 30 percent of people with epilepsy do not have seizure control even with medication; until very recently, major brain surgery or implantation of a device were their only treatment options. Minimally invasive laser surgery to treat epilepsy first was used late in 2010 at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, which reported excellent results in six pediatric patients. A similar surgical technique has been used successfully for more than a decade to treat patients with certain brain tumors. In the UA procedure, neurosurgeons Martin E. Weinand, MD, and J.P. Langevin, MD, working alongside a team of neurologists who make up the Arizona Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, placed a thread-like laser applicator into the patient’s brain. Then the surgeons used MRI to visualize epileptic areas inside the patient’s temporal lobe and guided the thermal laser to heat and destroy them. The procedure is a safer, less invasive alternative to opening the skull and cutting out the brain tissue where the disorder originates. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 3 Quality Patient Care “The surgery is exquisitely precise. With this technique we’re able to remove only the areas associated with seizures and spare healthy brain tissue only a hair’s breath away,” explained David M. Labiner, MD, head of the UA Department of Neurology. “The therapeutic effect is immediate for the patient. When the lesions are destroyed, the seizures end.” “The Division of Neurosurgery is constantly seeking to develop and employ new methods and techniques that minimize our surgical footprint while retaining maximal effect,” said G. Michael Lemole, Jr., MD, chief of the Division of Neurosurgery. Southwest’s First Invisible Hearing Aid Implant O n Sept. 27, 2012, UA surgeons performed the Southwest’s first total implantation of an invisible hearing aid. LoriAnn Harnish, 53, from Scottsdale, Ariz., had suffered from hearing loss since having a high fever when she was 5 years old. The hearing impairment went undetected until the second grade, when her teacher spoke in a pitch she could not hear. Tests determined that she had 65 percent hearing loss in both ears. She used hearing aids, but could not hear well when using them. So she learned to lip read. Today Harnish is hearing more clearly than she has in decades after becoming the first person in the Southwest to receive a totally implantable hearing device at UAMC – University Campus. Abraham Jacob, MD, associate professor, Division of Otolaryngology, 4 and director of the UA Ear Institute, is the only surgeon in the Southwest and one of only about 15 surgeons in the nation approved to surgically implant the Esteem® device. The device uses a person’s own ear as a microphone, picking up sounds through the ear canal and using the body’s natural anatomy to reduce the background noise, distortion, and acoustic feedback experienced with conventional hearing aids. “We are using the eardrum and hearing bones to sense sound and then drive amplified sound to the hearing bones directly,” Dr. Jacob explained. “Compared to conventional hearing aids, it is a fundamentally different way to hear.” Unlike cochlear implants, which are placed in the inner ear of profoundly deaf individuals, the Esteem® device is implanted in the middle ear of patients with moderate to moderately severe hearing loss, he said. The device can be left on 24 hours a day and the volume can be adjusted. A battery change is required every five to nine years, depending on use. During the four-hour procedure, an S-shaped incision and an opening in the bone (for housing the battery/processor and inserting the sensor and driver technologies) were made behind Harnish’s left ear. Harnish spent one night in the hospital to make sure that she recovered well from her general anesthetic. After waiting the recommended eight weeks for her ear to heal, the device was activated in November. “When the day came that they turned it on, it was amazing what I could hear,” Harnish said. She recently went to a movie and caught all of the dialogue. As she and her husband, Ron Harnish, were strolling to the car, she heard the far-off sound of a waterfall. “Without surgery I never would have heard that.” Vanessa Negrete donated a part of her liver to her daughter, Aliyah, now age 2. Arizona’s First Adult-to-Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplant S urgeons at the UA Department of Surgery performed Arizona’s first adultto-pediatric living donor liver transplant at UAMC – University Campus on March 20, 2012. Vanessa Negrete, 26, from Yuma, donated a section of her liver to her 1-year-old daughter, Aliyah Negrete. When she was 2-and-a-half months old, Aliyah was diagnosed with a congenital condition called biliary atresia that alters the liver’s ability to secret bile, causing cirrhosis and jaundice. This rare and incurable condition is neither hereditary nor caused by anything that occurs during pregnancy. Affecting one out of every 10,000 to 15,000 newborns each year, biliary atresia is the leading reason for liver transplants in children. “We had been waiting for a liver from a deceased donor for several months for Aliyah, but none that was appropriate became available,” said UA transplant surgeon and Department of Surgery chairman Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD. “In order to halt Aliyah’s health from deteriorating any further, the decision was made to use a living donor. “After extensive evaluations of family members, it was determined the best match was Aliyah’s mother.” During the procedure, surgeons took about 25 percent of Vanessa Negrete’s liver, of which a large portion is expected to regenerate itself. The liver graft was transplanted into Aliyah by a team of five surgeons, led by Dr. Gruessner. “The ability to perform living-donor liver transplants makes us less dependent on the short supply of deceased donor organs,” said Dr. Gruessner. “As seen in patients with end-stage liver failure, only liver transplants allow patients to survive and enjoy a normal life.” Cutting-Edge Research Regeneration Research Could Revolutionize Organ Transplantation E Illustration: Dave Cantrell, BioCommunications at The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center very day, an estimated 79 people in the United States undergo transplant surgery. But because of a shortage of donated organs, an average of 18 people die waiting, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. At the same time, many donor organs are deemed unsuitable for transplant and routinely discarded. Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD, MRCS (Eng), associate professor and surgical director of the UA Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program, hopes his research will change that situation. He envisions a medical landscape in which fewer organ transplants are needed in the first place, and in which organs typically disposed of as medical waste can be revitalized to help save lives. Dr. Khalpey’s research focuses on three key areas. First, he aims to reduce the number of patients requiring heart transplants by improving Dr. Zain Khalpey and his research team already have used the bioreactor to successfully grow a new pig heart and lung. stem cell treatments for failing hearts. ways to recondition lungs from DCD “I would rather not put you on the list for a transplant,” Dr. Khalpey said. “I (donation after cardiac death) donors by manipulating the metabolism of would rather take your fat-derived stem cells, inject them into you, and try to use donor lungs with mechanical devices and designer drugs. This summer, the ventricular assist devices as a bridge to UA will serve as a national trial site for regenerate your heart, rather than using transplanted tissue, where you have to be comparing the survival of “normal” on immunosuppressive drugs for the rest donor lungs with DCD lungs resuscitated on a mobile ex vivo circuit. of your life.” Third, for donor hearts that canSecond, for patients requiring lung not be regenerated and donor lungs transplants, Dr. Khalpey would like to that cannot be reconditioned, Dr. take donor lungs that would have been Khalpey hopes to grow new organs thrown away and instead recondition (in a process called organogenesis) by them to make them suitable for combining an otherwise unusable dotransplant. nor organ with a transplant candidate’s He is developing the UA’s Ex Vivo own stem cells. Lung Program, which will explore new The idea is that a donor heart or lung could be put into detergent and decellularized so that nothing but the Organ Regeneration and Stem Cell Therapy organ’s matrix (essentially its skeleton) remains. The organ then would be seeded with the stem cells of a transplant candidate and left to grow inside a special bioreactor, developed by Dr. Khalpey and his former colleagues at Harvard University and Harvard Bioscience in Boston. “A bioreactor is like a sterile, intelligent, well-controlled, and monitored incubator, where one feeds and ‘cooks’ this organ until it reaches a point of clinical integrity ready for implantation,” Dr. Khalpey said. “The biggest problems right now for heart and lung transplantation are bridging the shortage of organs in the pediatric and adult arenas, increasing the donor pool, and reconditioning or *Stem cells are taken from a patient’s organ, fat, or bone and directly injected or placed on a retransplanting organs that have worn patch to heal a failing heart, eliminating the need for a transplant. out due to chronic rejection,” he said. **Heart (or lung) is bathed in a solution to remove all cells, leaving only the organ’s matrix “I need to not just reform transplanta(skeleton). Stem cells are “seeded” into the organ and placed in the bioreactor. Cells multiply and grow over skeleton and become a viable organ for transplantation. tion, I need to revolutionize it.” 5 Cutting-Edge Research K learchos Papas, PhD, professor of surgery in the Division of Abdominal Transplantation and scientific director of the Institute for Cellular Transplantation, has been awarded more than $100,000 by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) for research that could help pave the way for new and improved therapies for patients with type 1 diabetes. JDRF is the world’s largest charitable funder of type 1 diabetes research. Most patients with type 1 diabetes require routine insulin injections, but in some patients, the injections aren’t enough and surgical intervention may become necessary. Currently, the two main options are either a pancreas transplant or an islet cell transplant, which is still considered experimental in the U.S. An islet transplant is a minimally invasive procedure in which insulin-producing islet cells from a donor pancreas are infused into a diabetic patient’s liver, where they begin producing the insulin the body needs. Klearchos Papas, PhD An islet transplant can be effective, but is not without challenges. The supply of human donor pancreases is limited, and for an islet transplant to bee Islet Graft/Device Islet Graft/Device successful,, (Prohibitively Large Size) (Acceptable Size) it often requires device A smaller ll implantable i l bl d i could ld eliminate li i iislet l cells transplants in the liver and the accompanying need from for antirejection drugs for patients with type 1 two to brittle diabetes. three the new islets from attack by the reseparate donor pancipient’s immune system, allowing the creases. insulin they produce to pass through to Also, transplant the body. Placed just beneath the skin, recipients must take immunosuppressive the specially engineered immunoisoladrugs for the rest of their lives. Those tion device could eliminate the need for drugs can be very taxing on the body, powerful antirejection drugs, make islets and for that reason, pancreas or islet available to a larger population of people transplants are done only in patients who with diabetes, and provide a safer option absolutely need it, and rarely in children, for children. Dr. Papas said. The device also potentially could His research focuses on maximizing allow for effective use of islets from the effectiveness of an implantable device sources other than a human pancreas, containing insulin-producing islet cells, such as porcine islets (islet cells from which could serve as an alternative to pigs), which the human body would islet transplants in the liver. reject if they were infused into the liver, The implantable device has semipereven with immunosuppressive drugs or meable membranes designed to protect human stem cells. iCAMP Stays a Step Ahead of Diabetic Foot Wounds engineering employ high-tech body-worn sensors embedded in socks, shirts, straps, patches, and other devices to study physical activity patterns, gait and balance parameters, and three-dimensional joint structures. “By combining body-worn sensors with virtual reality, thermal imaging, and artificial intelligence, we can gather data that can improve a patient’s function, mobility, and quality of life,” said Dr. Najafi, associate professor, UA Division of B ijan Najafi, PhD, a renowned expert on human motion recently recruited to the Department of Surgery, has brought together UA researchers, clinicians, and biomedical engineers to create the Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP). The iCAMP teams from podiatric and vascular surgery, orthopedics, nursing, geriatrics, anthropology, and 6 UA iCAMP researchers measure human motion performance using body-worn sensors to signal potential problems. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and iCAMP director. David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, iCAMP scientific director, professor of surgery, and director of the Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), explained that just like monitoring a Illustration: Tom Suszynski JDRF Awards Grant for Work on Implantable Islet Cell Device for Type 1 Diabetes person’s heartbeat, motion sensors worn on the body can monitor irregularities in the way people move, including subtle changes in activity before and after surgery that can signal potential problems. “Using the technology of intelligent textiles in clothing that a person hardly knows is there, we can reduce pre- and postsurgical complications and speed recovery,” Dr. Armstrong said. For example, Dr. Najafi and Dr. Armstrong recently received a research grant to study “Smart Sox,” specialized socks that use high-tech fiber optics to monitor temperature, pressure, and joint angles in the feet of people with diabetes. People with diabetes often lose the UA Studies Blood Transfusions in Trauma Patients U AMC’s Level I trauma center is among 12 medical centers in the United States and Canada taking part in a trial to determine the most lifesaving combination of blood products for massive transfusions. The UA Department of Surgery will receive $1.7 million over the next three years to conduct the trial, PROPPR (Pragmatic, Randomized Optimal Platelet and Plasma Ratios). The trial is sponsored in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD); the Defence Research and Development Canada; and the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium. UAMC – University Campus is the only trauma center in the Southwest involved in the study. UA trauma surgeon Terence O’Keeffe, MD, associate professor of surgery and medical director of the Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit, is leading the study at UAMC. The trial, which started in November 2012, is evaluating the effectiveness of the two most common ratios of blood products used to transfuse trauma patients with massive blood loss: 1:1:1 (1 unit of red blood cells, 1 unit of plasma and 1 unit of platelets) and 1:1:2 (2 units of red blood cells, 1 unit of plasma and 1 unit of platelets). Both combinations are in widespread use across the United States. A total of 680 patients with blunt or penetrating trauma will be enrolled in the study from the 12 participating sites in the United States and Canada. UAMC hopes to enroll at least 50 patients in the trial during the three-year trial period. “The trial is the first of its kind and it is expected to have national, and potentially global, impact,” Dr. O’Keeffe said. “We hope to determine what ratio is best for patients.” More information on the trial is available at www.surgery.arizona.edu/proppr sensation of pain and are unaware of developing foot ulcers. “We are developing a center of excellence for assessing how people move through their world,” said Dr. Armstrong. “I can’t think of anything that is more interdisciplinary and so ideal for discovery.” To learn more about iCAMP studies, please call 520-261-4492 or email mgilbert@surgery. arizona.edu. © 2013 ziembaphoto.com Implantable devices currently being tested are about the size of a postage stamp, but can successfully accommodate only about 500 islets, while the human body requires closer to 500,000. Dr. Papas hopes to find a way to make a smaller device more effective. With the JDRF funding, Dr. Papas and his UA colleagues will test the effectiveness of a battery-operated electrochemical oxygen generator, about the size of a stack of dimes. The addition of the generator would provide the implanted device, and the cells within it, with a continual oxygen supply, providing for survival of a much greater number of cells in a single, small device. “The key critical limitation that we’re addressing is oxygen supply to the device,” Dr. Papas said. “The key outcome would be that we would minimize the size of the device required to reverse diabetes in a human from that of a 20- or 30-inch TV screen to that of a large postage stamp, while maintaining the ability of the cells to survive and function.” If the technique proves successful, the ultimate goal would be to develop an implantable version of the oxygen generator to work with the immunoisolation device. And the technology might also prove useful in cell therapies for the treatment of other diseases. “This could have the potential to treat millions of people with diabetes, and it’s conceivable that it would enable other applications as well,” Dr. Papas said. (From left) Manish Bharara, PhD, Bijan Najafi, PhD, and David Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD 7 Innovative Education Surgery Adds Fifth Residency Program: Otolaryngology T he UA Department of Surgery has received accreditation for its fifth residency program from the American Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Slated to begin July 1, 2013, the Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Residency Program will be the second otolaryngology training program in Arizona and the sole such program in Southern Arizona. The five-year residency training program will be based at The University of Arizona Medical Center – University Campus. One resident candidate will be added each year until the program is full with five residents. The program will train residents to comprehensively evaluate and care for patients of all ages with diseases and disorders of the ears, the upper respiratory and upper alimentary systems (and related strucAlexander Chiu, MD tures), and the head and neck. Led by Alexander Chiu, MD, professor and chief of the Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, and Audrey Erman, MD, assistant profesAudrey Erman, MD sor of surgery and codirector of Head and Neck Oncology, the new program will follow ACGME standards. The UA Department of Surgery also has ACGME-accredited residency training programs in General Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urology, and Vascular Surgery. “Our emphasis is on top-notch education for the new generation of otolaryngologists for Arizona,” Dr. Chiu said. 8 General Surgery Residents Rotate in Flagstaff T he UA Department of Surgery has expanded its General Surgery Residency Program by adding a rural/ community surgical rotation at Flagstaff Medical Center. Third-year residents now spend about seven weeks each year in Flagstaff, Ariz., learning a wide range of surgical and clinical skills necessary in a rural and community practice. At the not-for-profit 267-bed medical center, more than 5,600 inpatient surgeries (including laparoscopic, open, vascular, and trauma procedures) are performed each year, providing ample opportunity for the residents to learn surgical skills. The Flagstaff program is the second community outreach surgery rotation offered by the Department of Surgery. Since 2003, UA surgery residents have participated in the rural surgery rotation at Tuba City Indian Medical Center, which serves 35,000 Hopi, Navajo, and Paiute tribal members. “This rotation provides an excellent opportunity for the residents to do bread-and-butter general surgery in addition to some specialized procedures,” said Valentine N. Nfonsam, MD, residency program associate director. “Just like at Tuba City, the rotation allows the residents to have a better appreciation and varied perspectives of the challenges and rewards of rural and community surgery. The feedback we have gotten so far from the residents has been very positive.” Spine Research Growing with New Fellowship T he UA Division of Neurosurgery now is offering a fellowship program in spine research. “This program will provide a unique opportunity for fellows to be involved in the spinal research initiatives at the Division of Neurosurgery,” said Ali A. Baaj, MD, program director. “The neurosurgical spine team offers comprehensive clinical services, and it is our intention to grow a sound research component in parallel,” he added. The spine research fellow will be responsible for managing a spine clinical outcomes registry, collecting and analyzing data, and participating in new and existing clinical and biomechanical studies. In addition, the fellow will support resident educational events and spine training workshops. For more information: http://surgery.arizona.edu/fellowship/spine-research UA Surgery Distinguished Alum: Leigh A. Neumayer T The UA Department of Surgery honored Leigh A. Neumayer, MD, MS, ’90, with the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award is presented annually to recognize outstanding Department of Surgery alumni whose leadership has improved surgical practices. Professor of surgery at the University of Utah and codirector of the Integrated Breast Program at Huntsman Cancer Leigh A. Neumayer, MD Institute, Dr. Neumayer holds an endowed Presidential Professorship in Cancer Research for her work in breast cancer. She earned her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and her Master of Science degree in clinical research design and statistical analysis from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor. In 1990, she completed her residency training at the UA Department of Surgery. Dr. Neumayer completed her term as a director of the American Board of Surgery in 2011; she also served on the Executive Committee of the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors. In 2009, she was elected to the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons. Past president of the Association for Surgical Education, the Association of VA Surgeons, and the Association of Women Surgeons, Dr. Neumayer has been recognized nationally for her contributions as a surgical educator. At the University of Utah, she directed its Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health mentoring program, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to help junior faculty develop research initiatives in women’s health. Passionate about improving outcomes for surgical patients, Dr. Neumayer has worked closely with both the VA and the private sector to implement the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program of the American College of Surgeons. In her clinical practice, she specializes in breast diseases and surgery. 2012 Graduates GENERAL SURGERY CHIEF RESIDENTS Atanu Biswas, MD, accepted a fellowship in plastic surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale. Cristina V. Cueto, MD, is practicing general surgery at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital, Sulphur Springs, Texas. Conrad F. Diven, MD, began a fellowship in trauma at the UA Department of Surgery Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Surgery. Mohammad Khreiss, MD, accepted a fellowship in surgical oncology at the University of Pittsburgh. Francisco J. Reyes Martin, MD, began a minimally invasive surgery fellowship at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Erica H. Salinas, MD, began a vascular surgery fellowship at the University of Missouri in Columbia. NEUROSURGERY CHIEF RESIDENT Tracy L. Ansay, MD, began a fellowship in surgical neuro-oncology at Mayfield Clinic in Cincinnati. THORACIC SURGERY CHIEF RESIDENT Adam J. Hansen, MD, is a thoracic surgeon at United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, West Virginia. UROLOGY CHIEF RESIDENT David F. Ritsema, MD, entered private practice in Greeley, Colorado. MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY FELLOWS Amit Kaul, MD, practices laparoscopic and bariatric surgery in India. Ulises Garza, MD, began a pediatric surgery clinical fellowship at Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. TRAUMA, CRITICAL CARE AND EMERGENCY SURGERY FELLOWS Jorge Con, MD, accepted a faculty position at West Virginia University in Morgantown. Dafney Lubin, MD, began an acute care surgery fellowship in the UA Department of Surgery. Rashna F. Ginwalla, MD, began an acute care surgery fellowship in the UA Department of Surgery. Moutamn Sadoun, MD, began his general surgery residency in the UA Department of Surgery. VASCULAR SURGERY FELLOW Matthew L. White, MD, joined a multispecialty group private practice in Des Moines, Iowa. PODIATRIC SURGERY FELLOW Joseph L. Fiorito, DPM, is building a Limb Salvage Unit at the University of Washington. Brian J. Leykum, DPM, entered private practice, specializing in wound healing, in Austin, Texas. 9 What’s Up In SURGERY Surgery Services Growing at South Campus Improving Trauma Care with Burn Program S T urgery services are growing at The University of Arizona Medical Center – South Campus, with the volume of procedures doubling in recent years. Since 2007, under Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD, chairman of the UA Department of Surgery, and John B. Kettelle, MD, chief of general surgery at the South Campus, the number of surgeons at the South Campus has expanded from four to more than 16. And the average number of operations per month has increased from about 160 to 275. Due to the strong partnership with the UA Department of Medicine, the number of gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures per month has jumped from 24 to 145. “We have expanded to meet the needs of the greater area,” Dr. Kettelle said. “It’s been great to watch surgeons and other specialists come to the campus, build their practices, and provide high-quality care to the people of Southern Arizona.” Surgery facilities on the South Campus, located at 2800 East Ajo Way, have undergone extensive renovation, especially of the operating rooms and the preoperative and postanesthesia care units. Of the five fully equipped operating rooms, three have ceiling-mounted, state-of-the-art videoendoscopy equipment. A dedicated operating room for urologic procedures and a three-room GI endoscopy suite have been added. Coverage for trauma now is provided 24/7, including, acute care surgery, ENT, hand surgery, and urologic emergencies. In 2012, the South Campus was named a provisional Level III trauma center by the Arizona Department of Health Services. Donald Green, MD, associate professor of surgery and director of the South Campus trauma center, pointed out that Level III trauma centers have resources for emergency resuscitation, surgery, and intensive care for most trauma patients; transfer agreements with Level I or Level II trauma centers provide backup resources for patients with exceptionally severe injuries. The University Campus operates the only Level I trauma center in Southern Arizona. “Southern Arizona now has two teaching hospitals, and we expect more growth to occur at the South Campus,” said Dr. Gruessner. South Campus surgeons include: 10 Mindy A. Black, MD Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Warren C. Breidenbach, MD Hand Surgery Randall S. Friese, MD Trauma Surgery, General Surgery Joel Funk, MD Urological Surgery Carlos Galvani, MD Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery D.J. Green, MD Trauma Surgery, General Surgery Marlon A. Guerrero, MD Endocrine Surgery John B. Kettelle, MD Minimally Invasive and General Surgery James H. McClenathan, MD General Surgery and Breast Surgery Jitesh A. Patel, MD Colorectal Surgery Bruce E. Stewart, MD Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Andrew L. Tang, MD Trauma Surgery, General Surgery Tolga Turker, MD Hand Surgery Christian O. Twiss, MD Urological Surgery Rebecca Viscusi, MD Breast Surgery Jiyao Zou, MD Hand Surgery he University of Arizona Medical Center – University Campus has been adding burn treatment to its trauma program since Peter Rhee, MD, joined the hospital in 2007 as chief of the Level I trauma center. Now, with Gary A. Vercruysse, MD, as the medical director of the new Burn Care Program, the Department of Surgery and UAMC are making huge leaps forward in expanding its burncare services. Dr. Vercruysse came to the UA from the Grady Memorial Burn Center in Atlanta, one of the busiest burn centers in the nation. He also served as chief of surgery in the largest military hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan; most recently, he deployed to Germany in support of our wounded troops. The new Burn Care Program will significantly decrease the number of patients with serious burns being transferred to Phoenix for treatment. Dr. Rhee and Dr. Vercruysse expect that all burn patients in Southern Arizona now will be sent to UAMC and the vast majority will stay in Tucson for both initial care and follow-up treatment. As the program expands, Dr. Vercruysse also may add an additional outpatient burn program at the UAMC – South Campus. “Dr. Vercruysse is truly a treasure,” said Dr. Rhee. “He is just the person Tucson needed – a city of this size simply needs to have burn surgery capabilities. It’s all about providing services to the community.” Dr. Gary Vercruysse with burn patient Juliette Contreras. The Tucson sixth-grader did not have to go to Phoenix to get specialized care for her second-degree burns after spilling boiling water on her abdomen and legs. G. Michael Lemole, MD, Maximizing Results with Minimally InvaElected UAMC – sive Spine Surgery University Campus inimally invasive spine surgery ofChief of Staff fers patients less pain and a faster M N ationally noted surgeon G. Michael Lemole, MD, professor and chief of the UA Department of Surgery Division of Neurosurgery, has been named to a two-year term as chief of staff at The G. Michael Lemole, MD University of Arizona Medical Center – University Campus. The appointment took effect Jan. 1, 2013. Elected by the hospital’s medical staff, Dr. Lemole now is the chief administrative officer for the nearly 800 UA and community physicians who practice at the University Campus. He also chairs the hospital’s Medical Executive Committee. Dr. Lemole succeeds outgoing chief of staff Paul Gordon, MD, who now chairs the hospital’s Credentials Committee. Additional Department of Surgey faculty serving in hospital leadership roles are Mitchell Sokoloff, MD, chief of staffelect, Alexander Chiu, MD, secretarytreasurer, and Terence O’Keeffe, MD, Medical Staff Executive Committee. recovery. However, only about 20 percent of spine surgeons in the United States perform minimally invasive surgery. Ali A. Baaj, MD, assistant professor in the UA Department of Surgery Division of Neurosurgery, specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery and directs the new Spinal Neurosurgery Program. He said surgeons now are able to approach the spine from the patient’s side, in addition to the more traditional front or back. Using small retractors, operating microscopes, and computer-assisted navigation systems inserted through small incisions, surgeons can access the spine while sparing the muscles, which speeds recovery and reduces pain compared with traditional spinal surgery methods. Dr. Baaj joined the UA in 2012 after completing a premier spinal neurosurgical fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. He brings to Southern Arizona new minimally invasive surgical techniques for patients with disorders of the spine and spinal cord. Furthermore, he is formally trained in complex, open procedures and thus can offer either minimally invasive or traditional techniques, depending on the individual patient’s Illustration showing minimally invasive decompression and stabilization through the lateral approach to the spine; new technology allows surgeons access the spine while sparing muscles, which speeds recovery and reduces pain. specific condition. “Many conditions can be treated with some aspect of minimally invasive surgery. However, certain complex conditions still require standard open treatment. The best treatment should be tailored to the patient,” Dr. Baaj said. “At The University of Arizona Medical Center,” he added, “we can now treat the full array of adult spinal conditions and offer both minimally invasive and traditional open-spine procedures. Very few academic spine programs in the nation can offer this.” Lifesaving Lung Transplant Program Reactivated T he University of Arizona Medical Center – University Campus has reactivated its lung and heart-lung transplant programs, following the recruitment of Jesus Gomez-Abraham, MD, who joined the UA Department of Surgery as assistant professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. The hospital stopped performing lung transplants in February 2012 after its then-primary lung-transplant surgeon, Michael Moulton, MD, accepted an appointment as chief of cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. UAMC received interim approval to reactivate the program effective Feb. 20, 2013, from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). UAMC is one of a handful of medical centers in the nation to offer a comprehensive program of heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, intestine, multivisceral, islet, and composite-tissue transplants for adults and children. “The reactivation of the lung transplant program gives UAMC the opportunity once again to bring a full range of sophisticated, lifesaving care to patients with end-stage lung disease,” said Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD, chairman, UA Department of Surgery. 11 New Faces of UA Surgery Ali A. Baaj, MD, a specialist in minimally invasive spine surgery, has joined the UA Department of Surgery as an assistant professor and the director of the Spinal Neurosurgery Program. He brings to Southern Arizona new minimally invasive spine surgical techniques for patients with disorders of the spine and spinal cord. He also is trained in complex spinal reconstruction and in the surgical management of spinal tumors and adult deformities. His clinical interests include spinal oncology, complex thoracolumbar and sacropelvic reconstruction, and minimally invasive spine procedures. His research interests include spinal biomechanics and clinical outcomes. Dr. Baaj recently completed one of the nation’s premier spinal neurosurgical fellowships at Johns Hopkins University, with an emphasis on spinal column tumors. He earned his medical degree at Boston University, then completed neurosurgery residency training at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He was a research fellow in spinal biomechanics at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. The coauthor of the Handbook of Spine Surgery, he has published more than 40 articles and book chapters. Giles W. Becker, MA, MB, BChir, FRCS (Tr and Orth), has joined the UA Department of Surgery Division of Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery as an assistant professor. Dr. Becker joins a team of UA plastic and reconstructive microvascular surgeons who are experts in treating the full spectrum of injuries and conditions of the hands and upper extremities, including hand transplants; tendon, artery, and nerve repair; soft-tissue reconstruction; and joint replacements for the hands and wrists. Dr. Becker attained his primary medical degree in 1996 at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. He served for 12 seven years in the Royal Air Force, participating in an internship and a multispecialty military residency surgical training program. He subsequently completed a trauma and orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. In addition, he completed hand and microsurgery fellowships at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery in Louisville, Kentucky, and at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. He completed the Synthes Hand and Wrist Trauma Fellowship at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, where he then served as an attending surgeon. Dr. Becker has published more than a dozen journal articles. His research interests focus on Dupuytren’s disease, finger replantation, and trauma. Mindy A. Black, MD, is an assistant professor in the UA Department of Surgery Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. She specializes in ear, nose, and throat (ENT) medical and surgical care for pediatric and adult patients, including those with voice disorders and swallowing difficulties. Dr. Black earned her medical degree and completed otolaryngology – head and neck surgery residency training at the University of Toronto, Ontario. She also completed a clinical fellowship in laryngology, clinical voice disorders, and laryngeal microsurgery at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Before joining the UA, she was in private practice in Tucson. She also previously served as an assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Black is a lecturer for a voice disorders course in the Department of Speech Language Pathology at the UA. She is a member of the Tucson Society of Women Physicians and the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology. Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD, MRCS (Eng), has joined the UA Department of Surgery as an associate professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He also is the surgical director of the Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program at The University of Arizona Medical Center. Dr. Khalpey specializes in heart surgery for adults and children. He comes to the UA from Columbia University in New York City, where he also has a tenure-track appointment in cardiothoracic surgery. His surgical interests include adult and pediatric heart transplants, mechanical circulatory support (ventricularassist devices, the total artificial heart), ex vivo lung perfusion, minimally invasive treatments for valve disease, arrhythmia surgery, and robot-assisted mitral valve surgery. In his research role at the UA, Dr. Khalpey is the director of the Ex Vivo Lung Program, Clinical and Translational Research, and the Cardiopulmonary Stem Cell Bank. He also holds a position on the UA Institutional Review Board. Dr. Khalpey has published more than 100 articles, abstracts, and book chapters. He is an American Heart Association reviewer and an Early Career Reviewer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has received numerous teaching and institutional awards, including the Hunterian Medal and Professorship of Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons, England; the Winston Churchill Medal, bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II; the Excellence in Teaching Award, Harvard University; the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Fellowship from Switzerland and France; and the Solly Medal and Prize for Surgery from the University of London. Bijan Najafi, PhD, associate professor, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, has joined the UA Department of Surgery as the director of the Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP). He also is a scientific member of the UA Center on Aging and a scientific advisory board member of The University of Arizona Arthritis Center. Dr. Najafi has gained international recognition for his pioneering work using activity monitoring and motion analysis. He has developed biomechanical models of the human body and combined them with small, lowcost sensors to create a system of portable motion sensors worn by patients. Previously, he served as the director of Dr. Farid Gharagozloo, MD, an internationally recognized thoracic surgeon with expertise in minimally invasive and robot-assisted procedures, has joined the UA Department of Surgery as a professor and chief of the Section of Thoracic Surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery He leads the Southwestern Lung Cancer Program, which combines screening for lung cancer and advanced robot-assisted surgery for early-stage disease. In addition to lung cancer, Dr. Gharagozloo treats a variety of thoracic disorders, including those that affect the esophagus, with new minimally invasive techniques. His clinical and research interests include robot-assisted thoracic surgery, surgery for advanced thoracic malignancies, surgery for benign and malignant esophageal disorders (including a new procedure for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease), and robot-assisted surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome. Before coming to the UA, Dr. Gharagozloo was chief of clinical cardiothoracic surgery and a clinical professor of surgery at the George Washington University Medical Center. He also served as surgeon-in-chief and director of the Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in Washington, D.C. Dr. Gharagozloo earned his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University. He completed residency training in general surgery and in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. In addition, he pursued further training in cardiac surgery research as an extracorporeal fellow at Harvard Medical School. A diplomat of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Gharagozloo also is a board member of the Society of Robotic Surgery. A well-known lecturer and author, he has published more than 140 papers and is the senior editor of the Textbook of Robotic Surgery. Scholl’s Human Performance Laboratory at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago. He is the author of more than 60 peer-reviewed articles; in the last year alone, he initiated research collaborations with at least 20 different centers around the world. After receiving a PhD in biomedical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Dr. Najafi completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience at Harvard University. Marian Porubsky, MD, has joined the UA Department of Surgery Division of Abdominal Transplantation as an assistant professor. He performs all types of solid-organ transplants — kidney, liver, pancreas, and intestine — with a focus on pancreas, intestine, and multivisceral transplants. A member of the HepatoPancreaticoBiliary (HPB) Center team, Dr. Porubsky also treats all conditions that affect the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, pancreas, and duodenum. Such conditions include benign and malignant tumors, inflammation, congenital abnormalities, and traumatic injuries. Dr. Porubsky attended medical school at Komensky University Bratislava in Slovakia. After his general surgery residency at the University Hospital Essen, Germany, he completed a research fellowship and a general surgery residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He recently finished a fellowship in organ transplantation at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented his research findings at national meetings. Abbas Rana, MD, assistant professor, has joined the Division of Abdominal Transplantation at the UA Department of Surgery. He brings to the UA his expertise in liver transplants and in surgeries for malignant and nonmalignant conditions that affect the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, pancreas, and duodenum. A member of the HepatoPancreaticoBiliary (HPB) Center team, he provides the latest treatments for patients with tumors, inflammation, congenital abnormalities, and traumatic injuries of the liver and pancreas. An Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Dr. Rana completed residency training in general surgery at Columbia University in New York City, then fellowship training in transplantation at the University of California – Los Angeles. He has published more than 30 research articles, focusing on liver transplant outcomes. Gary A. Vercruysse, MD, has joined the UA Department of Surgery Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Surgery as an associate professor. In addition to treating trauma patients, he will serve as the medical director of the Burn Care Program at The University of Arizona Medical Center. Dr. Vercruysse has extensive experience in the treatment of burns and traumatic injuries. He comes to the UA from Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, where he was codirector of the Grady Memorial Burn Center and an assistant professor at Emory University. He also served as chief of surgery at the U.S. Air Force Theater Hospital in Balad, Iraq, and as senior surgeon and ICU director at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan. He specializes in skin grafts, wound reconstruction, and critical care management for adult and pediatric patients with acute thermal, chemical, and electrical injuries, as well as with burn-related complications. His research interests include vasopressin deficiency as related to hemorrhagic shock, the economics of burn care, and burn injury education. He is also dedicated to community service and outreach to promote burn awareness and prevention. Dr. Vercruysse earned his medical degree and completed general surgery residency training at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine in East Lansing. He then completed a fellowship in trauma, surgical critical care, and trauma surgery at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, as well as a fellowship in burn care at Emory University at Grady Memorial Hospital. The recipient of numerous awards and military honors, Dr. Vercruysse has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He is an ad hoc reviewer for The American Journal of Surgery and The Journal of Trauma. 13 In Memoriam Allen R. Raczkowski, MD, 60, died on Dec. 23, 2012. Dr. Raczkowski joined the UA Department of Surgery Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery as an assistant professor in October 2011. Recognized as a pioneer in using the da Vinci robot for minimally invasive coronary operations, he performed nearly 400 robot-assisted heart surgeries during the course of his career and was the busiest proctor in the country for teaching his techniques to others. He graduated from medical school at Wayne State University in 1977, then completed surgical and cardiothoracic training at the University of Wisconsin in 1984. His entire clinical practice, spanning nearly 30 years, was dedicated to the state of Arizona, divided between Tucson (1984-1998; 2011 to present) and Phoenix (1998-2011). His passion was the use of surgical techniques for complex mitral valve repairs. In 1988, he was a fellow under Alain Carpentier, MD, PhD, the famed French surgeon who is widely credited with inventing the modern techniques used for mitral valve repair. Dr. Raczkowksi was one of the earliest adopters of robot-assisted heart valve surgery, with his first case in 2003. He was the first in the world to perform robot-assisted aortic valve surgery, as well as the first in the world to use the robot for mitral repairs on the non-arrested, beating heart. In Arizona, he was the first to perform robot-assisted mitral valve replacement and repair, as well as the first to use a surgical maze procedure to treat atrial fibrillation. 14 Erle E. Peacock, Jr., MD, 86, founding chairman of the UA Department of Surgery, died on Oct. 25, 2012. Dr. Peacock graduated from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Harvard Medical School, and the University of North Carolina School of Law. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, where he specialized in hand surgery at Valley Forge Army Hospital. He founded the University of North Carolina’s Plastic Surgery Division and Hand Rehabilitation Center. In 1968, Dr. Peacock was recruited to be the founding chairman of the UA Department of Surgery and the chief of surgery at the new University Hospital until 1973. From 1977 to 1982, Dr. Peacock taught and practiced surgery at Tulane University in New Orleans. He then returned to Chapel Hill and the private practice of plastic surgery until 1993. After retiring from surgical practice, he practiced health care law in Raleigh, North Carolina (with Hollowell, Peacock & Meyer), then began a solo practice back in Chapel Hill. Dr. Peacock was president of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, the Plastic Surgery Research Council, and the Womack Surgical Society. He served on the editorial boards of five surgical journals and on two National Institutes of Health (NIH) Study Sections. He was a consultant to the U.S. Army Research and Development Office of Medical Examiners and an active or honorary member of 27 professional organizations, including the American College of Legal Medicine. In addition to numerous publications in scientific journals, Dr. Peacock authored a surgical textbook, Wound Repair. He coauthored a book with Richard Peters, MD, The Scientific Management of Surgical Patients. His many honors include the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce Young Man of the Year Award in 1967, the University of North Carolina School of Medicine Distinguished Service Award in 1979, the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery “Clinician of the Year” Award in 1985, and the Southeastern Society of Plastic Surgery Special Achievement Award in 2001. Rockwell E. Jackson, MD, 87, a former clinical professor in the UA Department of Surgery, died Dec. 5, 2012. He won the prestigious Henry Newell Scholarship and attended Stanford University, starting in 1942. In 1943, he entered the Navy V-12 program and attended the University of Michigan College of Medicine from 1944 to 1948. His residency training in Ann Arbor was interrupted when he volunteered for active service during the Korean War. After returning to Michigan, he finished his residency and became a clinical instructor in surgery. His long career as a general surgeon in Tucson, which began at the Thomas Davis Clinic, included a lengthy partnership with Dr. Bud Simons and service as the chief of staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital. After retiring from private practice in the early 1990s, Dr. Jackson performed volunteer surgical work in South Sumatra, the Caribbean, and on the Navajo reservation in Ganado. He was a clinical professor at the UA Department of Surgery and the attending surgeon at the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System. A member of the American College of Surgeons, he served as president of the Arizona Chapter, which recently honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Pioneering Innovations in Surgery. He also served as president of the Tucson Surgical Society and was a member of the Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society. ACS 2012 Reception in Chicago The UA Department of Surgery hosted its annual reception for alumni and friends during the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeon in Chicago last October. Save the date – this year’s reception will be held Monday, Oct. 7, 2014, in Washington, D.C. Mustafa Aman, Bernardo Rocha, Carlos Galvani, John Kettelle, Albert Amini Rifat Latifi, Peter Rhee, Rainer Gruessner Irada IbrahimZada, Evan Glazer, Michelle Glazer Kathrin Troppmann, Rainer Gruessner, Christine Gruessner JJames W Warneke, k Lisa Li Warneke, W k Shauna Sh Weinand, W i d Martin M i Weinand W i d 15 Philanthropy News Dr. Peter Rhee Named to Martin Gluck Endowed Chair P eter Rhee, MD, professor and chief of the UA Department of Surgery Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, is the inaugural holder of the Martin Gluck Endowed Chair. One of 41 endowed chairs in the UA College of Medicine, the Martin Gluck Endowed Chair represents the second endowed chair for a division chief in the department. The first endowed chair for a division chief currently is held by Robert Poston, MD, chief of the Division of Peter Rhee, MD Cardiothoracic Surgery and holder of the Jack G. Copeland Endowed Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery. The enduring support of the Martin Gluck Endowed Chair will allow Dr. Rhee to continue his distinguished public service in medical education, patient care, and research at the UA. The chair position will be held by the division chief in perpetuity. The endowment was created with a $1.7 million commitment by Tucson Foundations, a group of 12 private foundations under the direction of the Lohse family. That generous gift was supplemented by the proceeds of the 2011 M*A*S*H Bash (the annual trauma fundraising event), bringing the total to $2 million. “The University of Arizona and the Division of Trauma serve our Tucson community and beyond in critical ways,” said Linda Lohse, who holds a UA degree in nursing and has served in a number of volunteer leadership positions across campus, including her current post on the UA Foundation’s Board of Trustees. “We are so pleased to be able to support this division, and particularly Dr. Rhee, through an endowed gift.” Department Chairman Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD, added, “The annual proceeds of this endowment will allow Dr. Rhee to focus on pivotal research in the field of trauma, including blood substitutes in patients with life-threatening injuries, suspended animation techniques for critically injured patients, and innovative treatments for patients suffering shock. “We hope this gift inspires more endowed support for all of our subspecialty division chiefs, facilitating seminal advances in medical research and clinical surgery.” George W. Drach, MD, Visiting Professorship Hosts Dr. Marshall Stoller T he UA Department of Surgery has created the George W. Drach, MD, Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Urology to recognize the achievements of Dr. Drach, the founding chief of urology, as well as professor emeritus of both the UA and the University of Pennsylvania. The visiting professorship’s mission is to bring nationally recognized urology leaders to the UA. 16 The first visiting professor was Marshall L. Stoller, Marshall L. Stoller, MD MD, professor and vice chair of the Department of Urology at the University of California, San Francisco. He presented lectures on urinary stone disease and nephrolithiasis to urology residents and community urologists on Feb. 13, 2013. T he Friends of the University of Arizona Trauma Center (a group of Tucson supporters formed after the tragic shootings on Jan. 8, 2011) held the second annual M*A*S*H Bash on Oct. 19, 2012, at the Pima Air and Space Museum. The event raised funds for the UA Level I trauma center at The University of Arizona Medical Center – University Campus. Special guests included Commander Mark Kelly, the astronaut who piloted the final mission for space shuttle Endeavour, and his wife, former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Proceeds from M*A*S*H Bash 2012 benefited the new Burn Care Program, the only inpatient burn program in Southern Arizona. The longterm vision is to build a freestanding trauma center near the University Campus hospital to house additional operating suites, a trauma intensive care unit, neurologic rehabilitation services, a burn unit, and research laboratories. The cost of providing the critical community service of advanced trauma care is estimated at more than $47 million per year. Catherine and Dr. Gary Vercruysse The UA Division of Urology seeks to create the George W. Drach, MD, Endowed Chair in Urology, to be held by the chief of the division. Until this ultimate goal is achieved, the Distinguished Visiting Professorship will continue to bring the latest developments and scientific advancements in urology to the Arizona medical community. Dr. Peter Rhee SAVE THE DATE: April 5, 2014 Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and husband Mark Kelly Sandy Maxfield, Dr. Bob Maxfield, Laura Brown Dr. Rainer Gruessner You are invited to attend The Latest and Gre atest Developmen t in Trauma Care Updates on the Le vel I Trauma Cent er at the University of Arizona Please join the Fri ends of the UA Tra uma Center for a series of upda tes on the Level I tra um a center at the University of Arizo na. Presentations include the latest and medical techno research logies in trauma su rgery, as well as stories about the people whose lives were saved at the traum a center. WHEN: Thursdays, 4:00-6:00 p.m. DATES: Sept. 26, 2013 • Nov. 21, 20 13 Jan. 23, 2014 • M arch 27, 2014 COST: $40 per pe rson For more informat ion: Laura Balleste ros, 520-626-5056 Recognizing gifts of $1,000 or more in 2012 Aesculap, Inc. Air Methods Corporation Monica A. Akyol Alice and Paul Baker Mr. and Mrs. J. Emery Barker Peggy M. Barrett (deceased) David J. Berwick Mario A. 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Antonio Robles Nancy G. and James Rodolph Mr. and Mrs. James F. Ronstadt Rosemont Copper Rural/Metro Fire Department, Chief Tom Brandhuber Sanofi-Aventis Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Schuchardt Dr. and Mrs. Gulshan Sethi Southern Arizona Trauma Network Inc. (SATNET) Robert L. Steinberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Strauss Dr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Tang Drs. Michael and Janet Teodori The University of Arizona Medical Center – South Campus Tucson Electric Power Two Rivers Financial Group Dr. and Mrs. Evan Unger United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Ventura-Pacific Development, Inc. Count and Countess Ferdinand Von Galen W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Martin Weinand Western Alliance Bank Dr. Wendell Whitacre and Dr. Teresa Cisler William and Mary Ross Foundation Dr. Julie L. Wynne Zuckerman Family Foundation Adamas-Rappaport W, Benjamin MA, Teeple MK, Glazer ES, Sozanski J, Waer A, Poskus D, Ong E, “A Comparison of Unguided versus Guided Case-Based Instruction on the Surgery Clerkship,” Journal of Surgical Research, 2012. Kaplan SJ, Carroll JT, Chuu A, Nematollahi S, Adamas-Rappaport W, Ong E, “Utilization of a Non-Preserved Cadaver to Address Deficiencies in Technical Skills During the Third Year of Medical School,” World Journal of Surgery, 2012. Lowery N, Woods J, Armstrong DG, Wukich D, “Surgical Management of Charcot Neuroarthropathy of the Foot and Ankle: A Systematic Review,” Foot Ankle Int (33):113-21, 2012. 18 David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, received the first-place Clinical Research Award from the Symposium for the Advancement of Wound Care/Wound Healing Society for his article “Comparative Effectiveness of Mechanically and Electrically Powered NPWT Devices: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial,” coauthored with Marston WA, Reyzelman AM, and Kirsner RS. He also was recognized as one of the Most Influential Podiatric Physicians by being named to “The Podiatry Management VIP List” of 2012. In addition, he was the first U.S. podiatric surgeon to be named a Fellow in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow). And he is now the U.S. chair of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot for the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization (WHO). USA and the Philippine Gift of Life Foundation Province of Bohol, Tagbilaran, Bohol Islands, Philippines. He also was given the Excellence in Surgery Services Award at the Hamad General Hospital in Doha, Qatar, by the Arab Health 2012 Achievement and Innovation program. In addition, he was appointed an international adviser to Albania’s minister of health, Dr. Vanxhel Tavo, to help reform that nation’s trauma and emergency system. He was elected to the board of the International Society for Telemedicine and Health. Carlos A. Galvani, MD, received the “Carl J. Levinson Award for Best Video” and the “Best General Surgery Video” award for “SingleIncision Sleeve Gastrectomy” at the SLS-MIRASRS Joint Annual Meeting & Endo Expo, Sep 2012. Randall S. Friese, MD, was awarded honorary induction into the Gold Humanism Honors Society in 2012. Stephen A. Goldstein, MD, has been named president-elect of the Arizona Otolaryngology Society. Matthew Gretzer, MD, was elected vice-president of the Arizona Urological Society. G. Michael Lemole, Jr., MD, won first place for his research abstract at the 12th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Diego, Jan 2012. In addition, he was named a Top Doctor by U.S. News & World Report in 2012. Joseph L. Mills, Sr., MD, was elected president of the Western Vascular Society, president of the Rocky Mountain Vascular Society, and chair of the Association of Affiliated Vascular Societies (AAVS) of the Society for Vascular Surgery in 2012. He also became a miembro honorario (honorary member) of the Asociación Colombiana in 2012. Bellal Joseph, MD, won the 2012 Trauma Care and Injury Prevention program award from Indian Health Service. Peter Rhee, MD, received the Laurel Highlands High School Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award and the Korean American Medical Association Career Achievement Award in 2012. He also was presented with a Certificate of Accomplishment by U.S. Congressman Ed Royce. In addition, he was named a Top Doctor by U.S. News & World Report in 2012. Rifat Latifi, MD, received the Recognition of Medical and Surgical Mission award for his continuous volunteer efforts from the Association of Filipino Physicians of Southern Illinois Sreekumar Subramanian, MD, won the Best Poster Presentation award at the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jun 2012. Armstrong DG, Marston WA, Reyzelman AM, Kirsner RS, “Comparative Effectiveness of Mechanically and Electrically Powered Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Devices: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial,” Wound Repair and Regeneration 20:332-341, 2012. Game FL, Hinchliffe RJ, Apelqvist J, Armstrong DG, Bakker K, Hartemann A, Londahl M, Price PE, Jeffcoate WJ, “A Systematic Review of Interventions to Enhance the Healing of Chronic Ulcers of the Foot in Diabetes,” Diabetes Metab Res Rev 28:119-41, 2012. Jensen B, Leykum B, Fiorito J, Armstrong DG, “Adventitious Bursae Underlying Chronic Wounds: Another Possible Deterrent to Healing,” ePlasty 12:137-142, 2012. Zhubrak M, Fisher TK, Armstrong DG, “Pedal Pathology Potentiated by Personal Pedicure Procedures in the Presence of Painless Peripheral Neuropathy,” J Amer Podiatr Med Assoc, 2012. Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD, received the 2012 Cure Award from the Southern Arizona American Diabetes Association. Game FL, Hinchliffe RJ, Apelqvist J, Armstrong DG, Bakker K, Hartemann A, Londahl M, Price PE, Jeffcoate WJ, “Specific Guidelines on Wound and Wound Bed Management,” Diabetes Metab Res Rev 28:232-233, 2012. Fisher TK, Armstrong DG, “Your Annual Comprehensive Foot Exam,” Diabetes Self Manag 29:42-44, 2012. Armstrong DG, Bharara M, White M, Lepow BD, Bhatnagar S, Fisher T, Kimbriel HR, Goshima KR, Hughes JD, Mills JL, “The Impact and Outcomes of Establishing an Integrated Interdisciplinary Surgical Team to Care for the Diabetic Foot,” Diab Metab, Research Rev 28:514-518, 2012. Armstrong DG, “Virtualizing the Assessment: A Novel Pragmatic Paradigm to Evaluate Lower Extremity Joint Proprioception in Diabetes,” Gerontology 58:463-471, 2012. Armstrong DG, Andros G, “Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy to Facilitate Limb Preservation,” International Wound Journal (9):1-7, 2012. Armstrong DG, Fiorito JL, Leykum BJ, Mills JL, “Clinical Efficacy of the Pan Metatarsal Head Resection as a Curative Procedure in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Neuropathic Forefoot Wounds,” Foot Ankle Spec 5:235-240, 2012. Balingit PP, Armstrong DG, Reyzelman AM, Bolton L, Verco SJ, Rodgers K, Nigh KA, Dizerega GS, “Stimulation of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing: Results of a Randomized, ParallelGroup, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Clinical Trial,” Wound Repair Regen, 2012. Lipsky BA, Berendt AR, Cornia PB, Pile JC, Peters EJ, Armstrong DG, Deery HG, Embil JM, Joseph WS, Karchmer AW, Pinzur MS, Senneville E, “2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections,” Clin Infect Dis 54: e132-e173, 2012. Lipsky, BA, Berendt AR, Cornia PB, Pile JC, Peters EJ, Armstrong DG, Deery HG, Embil JM, Joseph WS, Karchmer AW, Pinzur MS, Senneville E, “Executive Summary: 2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections,” Clin Infect Dis 54:1679-1684, 2012. Fisher TK, Armstrong DG, “Offloading: PeriOperative and Peri-Ulcerative Pontification on Diabetic Pedal Predicaments,” J Wound Technol (17):12-14, 2012. Alavi A, Armstrong DG, Sibbald RG, “Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Part 1, Part 2,” J American Academy of Dermatology, 2012. Leykum B, Fiorito J, Armstrong DG, “Osteoarticular Infections: Special Dressings,” Osteoarticular Infections, Editora Atheneu, Sao Paulo, 2012. Perry D, Bharara M, Armstrong DG, Mills JL, “Intraoperative Fluorescence Vascular Angiography,” Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology 6:204-208, 2012. Fiorito J, Leykum B, Armstrong DG, Granick M and Teot L, eds, “Surgical Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers,” 2nd Ed, Surgical Wound Healing and Management, Informa Healthcare, pp 128-144, 2012. Suh J, Chiu AG, “Medical Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis,” Johnson J, ed, Elsevier, 2012. Lee J, Chiu AG, “Management of Inverted Papilloma,” Deviah and Marple, eds, Thieme, 2012. Walters J, Armstrong DG, “The Diabetic Foot: Expert Commentary,” in Cohn SM, Brower ST, “Surgery: Evidence-Based Practice,” People’s Medical, p 767, 2012. Chiu AG, “Past, Present and Future of Sinonasal Tumor Management,” Chiu, Ramakrishnan, Suh, eds, Jaypee, 2012. Armstrong DG, ed, “Up-To-Date Clinical Management,” S Wolters Kluwer Health, 2012. Welch KC and Chiu AG, “Osteoplastic Flap with and without Obliteration,” Master Techniques in Otolaryngology, 2012. Armstrong DG, Fisher TK, Lepow BD, White M, Mills JL, “The Diabetic Foot,” Mechanisms of Vascular Disease: A Reference for Vascular Specialists, Fitridge R, Thompson M, eds, Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition, 2012. Berlanga Acosta J, Mendoza Mari Y, Martinez MD, Valdez Perez C, Ojalvo AG, Armstrong DG, “Expression of Cell Proliferation Cycle Negative Regulators in Fibroblasts of an Ischemic Diabetic Foot Ulcer,” Int Wound J, 2012. Bharara M, Najafi B, Armstrong DG, “Methodology for Use of a Neuroprosthetic to Reduce Plantar Pressure: Applications in People with Diabetic Foot Disease,” J Diab Sci Technol 6:222-224, 2012. Bharara M, Schoess J, Armstrong DG, “Coming Events Cast their Shadows Before: Detecting Inflammation in the Acute Diabetic Foot and the Foot in Remission,” Diab Res Clin Pract 28(1):15-20, 2012. Morbach S, Furehert H, Groblinghoff U, Hoffmeier H, Kersten K, Klauke G, Klemp U, Roden T, Icks A, Haastert B, Rumenapf, Abbas Z, Bharara M, Armstrong DG, “Long-Term Prognosis of Diabetic Foot Patients and their Limbs: Amputation and Death over a Decade,” Diabetes Care, 2012. Zhan LX, Bharara M, White M, Bhatnagar S, Lepow B, Armstrong DG, Mills JL, “Comparison of Initial Hemodynamic Response after Endovascular Therapy and Open Surgical Bypass in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Critical Limb Ischemia,” J Vasc Surg 56:380-386, 2012. 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Lee JY, Barroeta JE, Newman JG, Chiu AG, et al, “Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Anterior Skull Base Meningiomas and Mucosa: Implications for Resection, Reconstruction and Recurrence,” J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg, 2012. Chiu AG, Ma Y, “Accuracy of Intraoperative Frozen Margins for Sinonasal Malignancies and Its Implications for Endonasal Resection of Sinonasal Melanomas,” Int Forum Allergy Rhinol, Sep 2012. Alavi A, Armstrong DG, “The Prevention and Pathology of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Part 1, Part 2: Treatment,” J American Academy of Dermatology, 2012. Fiorito J, Lekyum B, Armstrong DG, “Foot Care in Diabetic Patients,” Improving Diabetes Care in the Clinic, Shah JH, ed, 2012. Leykum B, Fiorito J, Armstrong DG, Pedrosa HC, Vilar L, and Boulton AJM eds, “The Team Approach to Amputation Prevention,” Neuropathy and the Diabetic Foot, 2012. 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Amini A, Patanwala AE, Maegawa FB, Skrepnek GH, Jie T, Gruessner RW, Ong ES, “Effect of Epidural Analgesia on Postoperative Complications Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy,” American Journal of Surgery 204(6):1000-6, 2012. Konstantinidis IT, Young C, Tsikitis VL, Lee E, Jie T, Ong ES, “Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion: The University of Arizona Early Experience,” World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 4(6):135-40, 2012. Rose JF, Jie T, Usera P, Ong ES, “Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Primary Pancreatic Lymphoma,” Gastrointestinal Cancer Research 5(1):32-4, 2012. Desai CS, Gruessner AC, Khan KM, Fishbein TM, Jie T, Rodriguez Rilo HL, Gruessner RW, “Isolated Intestinal Transplants vs. Liver-Intestinal Transplants in Adult Patients in the United States: 22 yr of OPTN Data,” Clinical Transplantation 26(4):622-8, 2012. 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Armstrong DG, “Wound Healing: A Global Perspective,” Keynote Address, Inaugural National Native American Wound Healing Summit, Cabazon, CA, Oct 2012. Armstrong DG, “The Diabetic Foot,” Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University/ American College of Certified Wound Specialists National Symposium, Dayton, OH, Sep 2012. Armstrong DG, “Wound Healing: Pushing the Envelope while Maintaining Simplicity,” Symposium for the Advancement of Wound Care Fall Program, Baltimore, Sep 2012. Armstrong DG, Mills JL, “To and Fro with Toe and Flow,” Plenary Lecture, “The Team Approach to Amputation Prevention and Wound Healing,” “Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Data to Guide Our Patients from the Hospital to Home,” “Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: A Vertical and Horizontal Philosophy to Simplify Healing,” “You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure,” “Ask What Your Task Force Can Do For You,” “Comparative Effectiveness of Mechanically and Electrically Powered Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Devices: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial,” “Management of Critical Limb Ischemia,” “Team Approach to Management of Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI),” “CLI: Current Concepts,” 4th Congress of the World Union of Wound Healing Societies, Yokohama, Japan, Sep 2012. Armstrong DG, “Chronic Venous Insufficiency: Another Silent and Sinister Sibling,” Chair, 100th Annual Symposium, American Podiatric Medical Association, Washington, DC, Aug 2012. Armstrong DG, “Diabetic Foot: The Global State of Play in 2012,” Pedorthic Association of Canada, Whistler, BC, Canada, Apr 2012; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Podiatric Surgery Symposium, Pittsburgh, Jun 2012. Armstrong DG, “Where the Rubber Meets the Sole: Offloading Complex Charcot Feet,” “Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) Case Records: Gigli-Saw Osteotomy with Red Rubber Catheter Protection: The SALSA Snake,” International Course on the Diabetic Foot 2012: The Diabetic Foot: From History to Modern Approach, Bologna, Italy, Jun 2012. Armstrong DG, “Roger Pecoraro Award for Lifetime Achievement in Diabetic Foot Research,” “Meet the Expert: Diabetic Foot,” 72nd American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions, Philadelphia, Jun 2012. Armstrong DG, “The Future of Diagnostics in Wound Healing,” Expert Roundtable Discussion, Pre-Conference Roundtable, European Wound Management Association, Vienna, Austria, May 2012. Armstrong DG, “Repair, Regeneration, and Replacement, Revisited,” Arizona Senior Science Academy, Vail, AZ, Apr 2012. Armstrong DG, “Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Could All the Data Be Wrong?,” 25th Symposium for the Advancement of Wound Care, Plenary Session, Atlanta, Apr 2012. Armstrong DG, “The Diabetic Foot: From Prevention to Remission,” Ohio State University Wound Healing Symposium: Translation to Clinic, Columbus, OH, Mar 2012. Armstrong DG, International Diabetic Foot Conference, Conference Chair, Los Angeles, Mar 2012. Armstrong DG, “Wound Healing: Promise, Pragmatism, and PODtification,” “In the End, It’s Outcomes that Matter: The Optimist’s ManifesTOE,” “Replacement Parts: Can Cutting Our Losses Lead to an Improvement on the Original?,” “The Science Behind Tissue Regeneration,” “A Global EuTOEpia? Towards a More Perfect Union to Prevent Amputations,” International Diabetic Foot Conference Session Chair, Los Angeles, Mar 2012. Armstrong DG, “The Diabetic Foot: Update: 2012,” Temple University College of Podiatric Medicine Advances in Foot and Ankle Surgery Symposium, Philadelphia, Mar 2012. Armstrong DG, “Offloading the Diabetic Foot: Data, Philosophy, and Pragmatism,” “The Global State of Play,” International Diabetic Foot Symposium, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb 2012. Armstrong DG, “Methodology and Quality of Life in Venous Disease,” National Venous Leg Ulcer Working Group, Dallas, Jan 2012. Chiu AG, “Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leaks,” “Complications in Sinus Surgery,” American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy Maintenance of Certification Review Course, Dallas, Jan 2012. Chiu AG, “Infection vs. Allergy as Cause of Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS),” North American Rhinology and Allergy Conference, San Juan, PR, Feb 2012. Chiu AG, “Latest in Image-Guided Endoscopy (IGS),” “Topical Therapies for Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS),” California Sinus Center Advanced Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) Course, Scottsdale, Feb 2012. Chiu AG, “Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak Repair,” “Management of Sinonasal Tumors,” UC Irvine Otolaryngology Updates, Palm Springs, CA, Feb 2012. Armstrong DG, “The Diabetic Foot,” Keynote Speaker, American Diabetes Association Arizona Chapter, Tucson, May 2012. Chiu AG, “Topical Therapies,” University of Pennsylvania Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Course, Philadelphia, Mar 2012. Armstrong DG, “What’s New in Negative Pressure Wound Therapy?,” “New Technologies in Diagnosis and Therapy,”14th Biennial Malvern International Diabetic Foot Symposium, Malvern, United Kingdom, May 2012. Chiu AG, Virginia Society of Otolaryngology Annual Meeting, Arlington, May 2012. Armstrong DG, “A Global Perspective on the Diabetic Foot,” South Australian State Podiatry Conference (APodA SA), Adelaide, Australia, May 2012. Chiu AG, Southern California Kaiser Permanente Head and Neck Symposium, Huntington Beach, CA, Jun 2012. Chiu AG, “Seattle Summer Sinus Course,” Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Aug 2012. 25 Chiu AG, “Topical Therapies for Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS),” “Innovative Immunomodulatory Therapies for CRS,” “Endoscopic Management of Sinonasal Tumors,” Annual Meeting of American Academy of Otolaryngology, Washington, DC, Sep 2012. Friese RS, “Sleep Disruptions and Nocturnal Care Interactions in the Intensive Care Unit,” Session Moderator: “Trauma and Critical Care 3—Ischemia/Reperfusion and Cell Signaling,” Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, Feb 2012. Friese RS, “Sleep and Recovery from Acute Injury and Critical Illness,” Arizona Trauma and Acute Care Consortium (AZTrACC) Grand Rounds, Tucson, May 2012. Friese RS, “Sleep and Recovery from Acute Injury and Critical Illness,” Grand Rounds, Banner Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, Jun 2012. Friese RS, “Sleep and Recovery from Acute Injury and Critical Illness,” “Beta-Blockers in Sepsis,” Southwest Regional Trauma Conference, Tucson, Aug 2012. Friese RS, O’Keeffe T, “Practical Applications of Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU): Echocardiography (ECHO) and Thoracic Lecture,” American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress, Chicago, Oct 2012. Friese RS, “Perioperative Care,” “Trauma Surgery,” American College of Surgeons (ACS) General Surgery Review Courses, Chicago, Oct 2012. Galvani CA, “Retraction of Liver and Gallbladder,” “Single-Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy,” Strategic Laparoscopy for Improved Cosmesis Summit, Miami, Jan 2012. Galvani CA, “Novel Technique for Gallbladder Retraction during Single-Incision Cholecystectomy: Initial Experience,” Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, Feb 2012. Galvani CA, “Robotic Surgery for Benign Esophagogastric Disorders,” 2nd Annual Miami Robotics Symposium, Miami, Feb 2012. Galvani CA, “Transvaginal Insertion of Internal Retractor for Hybrid Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery Transvaginal Cholecystectomy,” “Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Splenic Artery Aneurysm in a Pregnant Patient,” Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, San Diego, Mar 2012. Galvani CA, “Multipurpose Internal Retractor for Single-Incision Surgery (SIS),” “Single-Incision Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair with Nissen Fundoplication,” “Laparoscopic Internal Hernia Repair and Closure of Peterson’s Defect due to Small Bowel Obstruction,” “Single-Incision Sleeve Gastrectomy or SISG (Six-Incision Sleeve Gastrectomy)?,” “Novel Technique for Gallbladder Retraction during Single-Incision Cholecystectomy,” “Robotic-assisted Paraesophageal Hernia Repair,” 13th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Apr 2012. 26 Galvani CA, “Minimally Invasive Revisional Bariatric Surgery,” University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—School of Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Surgery, Stratford, NJ, Apr 2012. Galvani CA, “Tratamiento Robótico de la Achalasia,” Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Española de la Asociación Cirugía Laparoscópica y Robótica (SECLA) (telecast conference), May 2012. Galvani CA, “Single-Incision Sleeve Gastrectomy with Simultaneous Hiatal Hernia Repair,” “Laparoscopic Reversal of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy for Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia,” American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 29th Annual Meeting, San Diego, Jun 2012. Galvani CA, “State of the Art in Robotic Bariatric Surgery,” “Laparoscopic Internal Hernia Repair and Closure of Peterson’s Defect due to Small Bowel Obstruction,” “Single-Incision Sleeve Gastrectomy,” SLS-MIRA–SRS [Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Minimally Invasive Robotic Association, Society of Robotic Surgery] Joint Annual Meeting & Endo Expo 2012, Minimally Invasive Surgery Week, Sep 2012. Galvani CA, “Robotic-assisted Treatment of Esophageal Diverticula,” “Mediastinal Dissection of Hernia Sac in Paraesophageal Hernias,” 4th Worldwide Congress on Clinical Robotics and Surgical Innovation (CRSA), Sep 2012. Galvani CA, “Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Recurrent Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair with Mesh,” “Minimally Invasive Surgical Management of Gastro-Gastric (GG) Fistula after Complicated Marginal Ulcer,” “Laparoscopic Endoscopic-assisted Takedown of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty (VBG),” American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress, Chicago, Oct 2012. Galvani CA, “Robotic Gastric Bypass,” “Robotic Repair of Giant Hiatal Hernia,” “The Future of Gastrointestinal Surgery: What Can We Expect from Robotic Procedures in the Next Ten Years?,” “Robotic Surgery Will Be the Approach for Bariatric Surgery,” “Endoscopy Will Be the Treatment of Choice for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD),” Nuevas Fronteras en Cirugía Minimamente Invasiva: Desafios del Siglo XXI, Santiago, Chile, Oct 2012. Goldstein SA, “Nasal Dorsal Modifications,” 2nd UC Irvine Rhinoplasty Course, Irvine, CA, Jun 2012. Green DJ, “Bleeding, Shock, and Tourniquets,” AirEvac Tape and Chart Conference, Sierra Vista, AZ, Jan 2012. Green DJ, “Tension Pneumothorax:Treatment in the Field, in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and on the Big Screen,” 20th Annual Emergency Medical Services (EMS) on the Border Conference, Tucson, Jan 2012. Green DJ, “10 Years Away from Tucson: Naval Trauma Training Center and Forward Experiences in Iraq,” Tucson Surgical Society Presidential Address, Tucson, Mar 2012. Green DJ, “Traumatic Emergencies of the Neck and Face,” 5th Annual Prehospital Mega Continuing Education (CE) Conference, Tucson, Mar 2012. Green DJ, “Tension Pneumothorax: Treatment in the Field, in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and on the Big Screen,” Cook Critical Care National Sales Convention, French Lick, IN, Apr 2012. Green DJ, “Thoracic Trauma, Abdominal Trauma, and Burn Emergencies,” Northwest Medical Center Trauma Continuing Education (CE) Conference, Tucson, Apr 2012. Green DJ, “Shock, Bleeding, and Tourniquets,” “Abdominal Trauma,” Golder Ranch Fire Department Trauma Continuing Education (CE) Conference, Tucson, May 2012. Green DJ, “Trauma Jeopardy,” “Thoracic Trauma: Dabbling in the Occult,” “2 Sides of the Coin: Trauma Patient Parent and Provider,” “Tranexemic Acid,” “Heart Trauma Videos,” Southwest Regional Trauma Conference, Tucson, Aug 2012. Green DJ, “Thoracic Trauma, Shock, Bleeding, and Tourniquets,” “Burns,” Prehospital Trauma Update, Northwest Medical Center, Tucson, Aug 2012. Green DJ, “Thoracic Trauma, Shock, Bleeding, and Tourniquets,” Southwest Ambulance Service, Tucson, Oct 2012. Green DJ, “Thoracic Trauma, Shock, Bleeding, and Tourniquets,” Rincon Valley Fire Department, Vail, AZ, Oct 2012. Green DJ, “Thoracic Trauma, Shock, Bleeding, and Tourniquets,” “Spinal Trauma,” Base Hospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Trauma Update, Tucson, Nov 2012. Green DJ, “Clinical Presentation of Bomb Blast Injuries,” Tucson Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Bomb Squad Training, Tucson, Dec 2012. Gries L, “Border Jumpers, “Southwest Regional Trauma Conference, Tucson, Aug 2012. Gruessner RWG, “Transplant Options for Treatment and Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus,” 39th Annual Congress of the Japanese Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association, Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, Japan, Mar 2012. Gruessner RWG, “Pancreas and Islet Transplantation: Past, Present and Future,” Annual Meeting of the Belgian Transplantation Society, Brussels, Belgium, Mar 2012. Gruessner RWG, “Impact of Donor and Recipient Factors on Outcome After Pancreas Transplantation,” Transplant Surgery Grand Rounds, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, Mar 2012. Gruessner RWG, “Pancreas Transplant Alone,” 72nd Scientific Session of the American Diabetes Association, Philadelphia, Jun 2012. Gruessner RWG, “An Update on Pancreas and Islet Transplantation,” 2nd National Congress of the Spanish Society of Transplantation, Madrid, Spain, Jun 2012. Joseph B, “Are All Trauma Centers Equal: Analyzing Pediatric Outcomes,” “Teletrauma Made in the USA: Cheap and Easy,” “Fatal Gunshot Wound to the Head: One Life Lost but Many Saved,” American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress, Chicago, Oct 2012. Joseph B, “Prospective Evaluation of Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitor in Trauma Patients,” “Fatal Gunshot Wound to the Head: One Life Lost but Many Saved,” “Low-Dose Aspirin Therapy Is Not a Reason for Repeat Head Computed Tomography (RHCT) in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI),” Annual Southwest Trauma and Acute Care Symposium, Phoenix, Nov 2012. Joseph B, “Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Defined by Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS): Is It Really Mild?,” Pan-American Trauma Congress, Medellín, Colombia, Nov 2012. Joseph B, “Prospective Evaluation of Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitor in Trauma Patients,” Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC) Frontiers in Biomedical Research, Tucson, Nov 2012. Gruessner RWG, “The Readiness of an Academic Surgery Department in the Case of a National Tragedy,” Arizona Chapter American College of Surgeons, Tucson, Nov 2012. Burns SS, Akhmametyeva EM, Oblinger JL, Huang J, Bush ML, Senner V, Chen CS, Jacob A, Welling DB, Chang LS, “AR-42, a Pan-Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor, Causes G2 Arrest in Meningioma Cells while Arresting Normal Meningeal Cells at G1 and Potently Inhibits Tumor Growth in a Quantifiable NF2-deficient Benign Meningioma Model” and Behbahani M, Igarashi S, Miller C, Chen CS, Hsu EC, Kulp SK, Jacob A, “The Integrin-Linked Kinase: A Novel Therapeutic Target for NF2-Associated Tumors,” 2012 Children’s Tumor Foundation/Neurofibromatosis (NF) Conference, New Orleans, Jun 2012. Jie T, “Update on Islet Cell Transplantation and Comparison of Outcomes in Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Patients,” 13th Annual Southwest Nephrology Conference, Phoenix, Feb 2012. Joseph B, “Smarter Side of Smart Phone Technology,” Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Lake Buena Vista, FL, Jan 2012. Joseph B, “Repeat Head Computed Tomography in Anticoagulated Traumatic Brain Injury Patients: Still Warranted?,” Trauma Association of Canada Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, Mar 2012. Joseph B, “Telemedicine in Trauma,” Invited Presentation, Atlantic City, NJ, May 2012; Surgery Grand Rounds, Fargo, ND, Dec 2012. Joseph B, “Tele-What? The Latest Twist in Trauma Telemedicine Using Smart Phones,” “The Anticoagulated Trauma Patient,” Southwest Regional Trauma Conference, Tucson, Aug 2012. Joseph B, “Trauma Center Volume and Outcome,” American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Annual Meeting, Kauai, HI, Sep 2012. Joseph B, “Decreasing the Use of Damage Control Laparotomy Is Associated with the Virtual Elimination of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome,” Pan-American Trauma Congress, Medellín, Colombia, Nov 2012. Joseph B, “Coagulopathy in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI),” “Clinical Efficacy of Repeat Head Computed Tomography (RHCT) in Pediatric TBI Patients,” “Trauma Center Volume and Outcome,” “Prospective Evaluation of Platelet Function in Patients with TBI on Aspirin Therapy,” “Are All Trauma Centers Equal: Analyzing Pediatric Outcomes,” Annual Southwest Trauma and Acute Care Symposium, Phoenix, Nov 2012. Joseph B, “The Evolution of Acute Care Surgery: Managing Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Patients without Neurosurgical Consultation,” Annual Southwest Trauma and Acute Care Symposium, Phoenix, Nov 2012. Joseph B, “Prospective Evaluation of Frailty in Trauma Surgery,” “Are All Trauma Centers Equal: Analyzing Pediatric Outcomes,” “The Evolution of Acute Care Surgery: Managing Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Patients without Neurosurgical Consultation,” American College of Surgeons (ACS) Southwest R9 Resident Research Competition, San Francisco, Dec 2012. Knatterud ME, “Surgery and Poetry,” Tucson Surgical Society, Tucson, Sep 2012. Krouse RS, Session Moderator: “Getting through Treatment Side Effects,” American Psychosocial Oncology Society 9th Annual Conference, Miami, Feb 2012. Krouse RS, “Prospective Comparative Effectiveness Trial for Malignant Bowel Obstruction,” Southwest Oncology Group Surgery Committee Meeting, San Francisco, Apr 2012. Krouse RS, “Palliative Surgery: Role of Surgeons in Palliative Care,” University of Arkansas Grand Rounds, Little Rock, May 2012. Kulvatunyou N, “Complications after Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement Are Most Associated with Bumper Height,” Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, Feb 2012. Kulvatunyou N, Friese RS, Joseph B, et al, “Small 14-French Pigtail Catheter Inserted by Surgeon Drains Blood as well as Chest Tube Does,” Western Trauma Association, Vail, AZ, Feb 2012. Kulvatunyou N, Friese RS, Joseph B, et al, “A Prospective Study of 200 Patients with Gallbladder Disease Seen in the Emergency Department under Acute Care Surgery Model,” Southwest Surgical Congress, Rancho Pablos Verdes, CA, Mar 2012. Kulvatunyou N, “Spine Trauma,” “Extremity Trauma,” Southwest Emergency Medical Service Continuing Education (CE) Lecture, Tucson, Apr 2012. Kulvatunyou N, “14-French Pigtail Catheter for Traumatic Chest Wall Trauma: Size Does Not Matter,” Southwest Regional Trauma Conference, Tucson, Aug 2012. Kulvatunyou N, Friese RS S, Joseph B, et al, “Different Types of Acute Appendicitis, Occlusive versus Nonocclusive, and Possible Implications for Early Perforation,” American Association Society of Trauma, Kauai, HI, Sep 2012. Latifi R, “Current Principles and Practices of Nutrition Support in Critically Ill Patients,” 8th Emirates Critical Care Conference Dubai 2012, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Apr 2012. Latifi R, “Telemedicine and E-Health in Rebuilding Medical Systems in Developing Countries,” University of Hanoi, Vietnam, May 2012. Latifi R, “Establishing Telemedicine and eHealth in Developing Countries,” Technology Entrepreneurs Creative Arts Mix 2012, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jul 2012. Latifi R, “Reconstruction of Complex Abdominal Defects,” “Establishing Trauma Programs and Trauma Centers in the Developing World,” “Trauma Care Worldwide: Needs, Assessment, Challenges, and Opportunities in the Middle East and Eastern Europe,” World Trauma Congress 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 2012. Latifi R, “Towards a Multinational Telemedicine Capability for Rendering Medical Services to Populations in Disaster Response and Crisis Management,” North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)–Russia Advanced Research Workshop, Bucharest, Romania, Sep 2012. Peralta R, Parchani A, Zarour A, Al Thani H, Latifi R, “Improving Patient Outcomes through an Advanced Postgraduate Medical Education Program for Injured Patients in Qatar”; Consunji RJ, Peralta R, Al Thani H, Latifi R, “The Injury Epidemiology of Infants and Toddlers in Qatar”; Consunji RJ, Peralta R, Al Thani H, El Menyar A, Latifi R, “The Relative Risk for Road Mortality in Qatar”; Latifi R, El Menyar A, Al Thani H, Peralta R, Zarour A, Parchani A, Tuma M, Abdulrahman A, Consunji RJ, Hepp H, “Cultural Aspect of Pedestrian Injuries Amongst Expat Workers in Qatar”; El Menyar A, Al Thani H, Peralta R, 27 Zarour A, Parchani A, Tuma M, Abdulrahman A, Consunji RJ, Latifi R, “Chest Injury Amongst the Young Population in Qatar”—all at Joint Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum and Arab Expatriate Scientists Network Symposium 2012, Qatar National Convention Center, Doha, Qatar, Oct 2012. Latifi R, “Telemedicine for Trauma and Emergency Management: How Do They Do It Internationally?” and “Telemedicine Workshop”; Consunji RJ, Latifi R, Al Thani H, Peralta R, “The Proportionate Mortality from Motor Vehicle Crashes in Qatar: A Tool for Prioritizing Preventive Programs and Research”—all at American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress, Chicago, Oct 2012. Latifi R, “Integrated Telemedicine and e-Health Program of Republic of Cape Verde,” “e-Health and the Empowered Patient,” “Telepresence, Telementoring, Continuing Medical Education (CME), and Decision Support,” “Trauma and Emergency Care,” Intensive Telemedicine and e-Health Conference, Praia, Cape Verde, Oct 2012. Latifi R, “Trauma in Morbidly Obese Patients,” “Establishing Trauma Systems in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities,” “Nutritional Support in Septic and Trauma Patients,” 8th Middle East Trauma Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Oct 2012. Latifi R, “Reconstruction of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects in the Era of Biological Mesh,” Surgery Grand Rounds, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar, Nov 2012. Latifi R, Chairman, International Congress of Telemedicine and e-Health, 5th Intensive Balkan Telemedicine and e-Health Seminar, Prishtina, Kosova, Dec 2012. Yudkowsky R, Luciano C, Banerjee P, Alaraj A, Lemole GM Jr, Schwartz A, Charbel F, Smith K, Rizzi S, “Ventriculostomy Practice on a Library of Virtual Brains Using a Virtual Reality (VR)/ Haptic Simulator Improves Simulator and Surgical Outcome,” 12th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Diego, Jan 2012. Lemole GM Jr, “Multidisciplinary Care in Neurotrauma,” 2012 Arizona’s Excellence with Brain Injuries CEO/Leadership Breakfast, Phoenix, Mar 2012. Lemole GM Jr, “Coccidioidal Meningitis: Surgical Aspects of Care,” 56th Annual Cocci Study Group, Tucson, Mar 2012. Lemole GM Jr, “What Lies Beneath; Neurosurgical Endonasal Anatomy,” Penn International Rhinology & Skull Base Course, Philadelphia, Mar 2012. Lemole GM Jr, “Minimally Maximal: Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA) vs. Classic Skull Base Approaches,” Penn International Rhinology & Skull Base Course, Philadelphia, Mar 2012. Lemole GM Jr, “Minimally Maximal: Minimally Invasive Anterior Skull Base Approaches,” Barrow Neurological Institute 38th Annual Symposium, Phoenix, May 2012. 28 Lemole GM Jr, “Living in the Limelight: Gabrielle Giffords’ Neurosurgeon on the Tucson Tragedy,” University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Alumni Weekend, Philadelphia, May 2012. Lemole GM Jr, “The Endonasal Skull Base Approach—Beyond the Pituitary,” Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Temple University, Philadelphia, Sep 2012. Mills JL, “Popliteal Aneurysms: Open Treatment,” Southern Association for Vascular Surgery 36th Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, Jan 2012. Mills JL, “Angiosome-Guided Revascularization and Indocyanine Green Angiography: A True Revolution,” International Congress for Endovascular Specialists (iCON 2012), Phoenix, Feb 2012. Mills JL, “The Calculus of Revascularization: Should I Change My Numerator or Denominator?,” Diabetic Foot Conference (DFCon) Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, Mar 2012. Mills JL, “The Vascular Laboratory: Categorical Log and Testing by the Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI),” Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS) Annual Meeting, Chicago, Mar 2012. Mills JL, “Critical Limb Ischemia: A Concept that Has Outlived Its Utility,” Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, May 2012. Mills JL, “What Is Critical Limb Ischemia?,” Visiting Professor, Inaugural KW Johnston Lecturer in Vascular Surgery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Jun 2012. Mills JL, “Will It Be Possible One Day to Repair All Aortic Aneurysms by Endovascular Therapy,” “Management of Type II Endoleaks,” “Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Stenting: Are the Results Really Equal?,” “The Diabetic Foot,” “Results of Tibial Endovascular Interventions: What Results Should One Expect,” “Evidence-Based Approach to Management of Lower Extremity Ischemia in Diabetics,” XIX Congreso Colombiano de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular, Cartagena, Colombia, Jul 2012. Mills JL, “The Concept of Critical Limb Ischemia Is Obsolete: The Case for a New Classification System,” World Union of Wound Healing Societies, Yokohama, Japan, Sep 2012; Rocky Mountain Vascular Society Annual Meeting, Park City, Utah, Aug 2012. Mills JL, “Maintenance of Certification for Vascular Surgeons,” American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress, Chicago, Oct 2012. Mills JL, “Options for Revascularization: Endo and Open in Diabetics,” “Endovascular Treatment of Long Tibial Occlusions: When Is It Worthwhile,” Diabetic Limb Salvage 2012, Washington DC, Oct 2012. Mills JL, “Indocyanine Green Angiography: A Method to Study the Angiosome Concept,” “Novel Endovascular Techniques for Treating Complex Iliac Aneurysmal Disease,” Veith Symposium, New York City, Nov 2012. Mills JL, “Ischemia and the Diabetic Foot: The Need for a New Classification System— ‘Critical Limb Ischemia’ Has Outlived Its Utility,” Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Dec 2012. Nfonsam VN, Wertheim BC, Thompson PA, Krouse RS, “Increased Incidence of EarlyOnset Colorectal Cancer, Especially in Minority Populations,” American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 2012. O’Keeffe T, “Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury,” 1st annual Excellence in Prehospital Injury Care Conference (EPICC), Tucson, Feb 2012. O’Keefe T, “Not All Beta-Blockers Are Better for Traumatic Brain Injury,” 71st Annual Conference of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Kauai, HI, Sep 2012. O’Keeffe T, “Who Really Needs a Repeat Head Computed Tomography (CT) Scan in Traumatic Brain Injury?,” “Urinary Tract Infection in Critically Ill Trauma Patients: It Doesn’t Kill but Does It Hurt?,” “Effective Injury Prevention Strategies: How to Make Them Work,” First World Trauma Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sep 2012. O’Keefe T, “Advanced Disaster Medical Response Provider Course,” “Interactive Cases, Panel Discussion: North vs. South,” Pan-American Trauma Conference. Medellín, Colombia, Nov, 2012. Papas KK, “Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) in Islet Transplantation,” Arizona Research Institute for Biomedical Imaging (ARIBI) Research Seminar Series, Apr 2012. Papas KK, “Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) in Cell-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Diabetes,” Center for Magnetic Resonance Research Seminar Series, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Apr 2012. Papas KK, “Overcoming Critical Barriers for Large-Scale Clinical Application of Islet Transplantation: A Roadmap with a Focus on the Islet,” Newcastle University, United Kingdom, Apr 2012. Papas KK, “Novel Methods for Pancreas and Islet Preservation and Quality Assessment: Implications for Clinical Islet Transplantation,” Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, Oxford University, United Kingdom, Apr 2012. Papas KK, “Distribution of Human Islets for Diabetes Research,” American Diabetes Association 72nd Scientific Sessions, Jun 2012. Papas KK, Graham M, Avgoustiniatos E , Mueller K, Flanagan B, Schuurman HJ, Hering B, “Oxygen Consumption Rate Measurements Correlate with Graft Function in the Pig-toMonkey Islet Transplantation Model” and Scott WE, Rizzari MD, Weegman BP, Suszynski TM, Avgoustiniatos ES, Balamurugan AN, Gruessner AC, Kitzmann JP, Tempelman LA, Stein SA, Hammer BE, Papas KK, “Oxygen Persufflation Can Extend Human Pancreas Preservation Time from 10 to 24 Hours while Maintaining Viable Islet Yield and Quality,” Joint Artificial Insulin Delivery Pancreas and Islet Transplantation (AIDPIT) and European Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (EPITA) Winter Symposium, Jan 2012. Khorsandi SE, Scott III WE, Jassem W, VilcaMelendez H, Prachalias A, Papas KK, Quaglia A, Heaton N, Srinivasan P, “Establishing a Technique of Anterograde Liver Persuffulation for Resuscitation of Marginal Grafts,” American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), 2012. Bhatnagar S A, Szerlip M, Poston RS, “Hybrid Robotic Coronary Revascularization Shortens the Recovery Time Required for the Treatment of Multivessel Coronary Disease,” Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Las Vegas, May 2012. Bhatnagar S A, Gluck C, Hughes T, Poston RS, “Impact of a Multidisciplinary Team on the Costs of a New Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Program,” Minimally Invasive Robotic Association, Boston, Sep 2012. Bhatnagar S A, Poston RS, “The Risk of Injury to Bypass Conduits Using Minimally Invasive Harvesting Techniques,” Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Naples, FL, Nov 2012. Rana A, Hong J, Petrowsky H, Agopian V, Zarrinpar A, Kaldas F, Yersiz H, Farmer D, Busuttil R, “Validating the Survival Outcomes Following [Liver] Transplantation (SOFT) Score” and Rana A, Hardy M, “Adjusting Kidney Allocation to Maximize Patient and Graft Survival,” American Society of Transplant Surgeons Winter Symposium, Miami, Jan 2012. Rhee P “Trauma System in the United States,” Daejeon International Trauma Symposium, Daejeon, South Korea, Jan 2012. Rhee P, “Advanced Trauma Care System in Your Hospital,” International Trauma Symposium, Incheon, South Korea, Jan 2012. Rhee P, “VIP Trauma: Managing the Media in a High-Profile Event” “New Concepts in Trauma Resuscitation,” Wilmington Trauma Symposium 2012, Wilmington, NC, Feb 2012. Rhee P, “Trauma: From the Battlefields to Tucson,” Foothills Forum, Tucson, Mar 2012. Rhee P, “Disaster Preparedness and Military Medicine,” Resident Education Conference, Columbus, Mar 2012. Rhee P, “VIP Trauma: Managing the Media in a High-Profile Event,” Health Harris Methodist Hospital Annual Trauma Conference, Fort Worth, Apr 2012. Rhee P, “Panel Discussion: Emergency Response to Disasters” “Damage Control Laparotomy: A Revolutionary Problem,” St. John Medical Center’s Taking Trauma Care to the Next Level, Tulsa, Apr 2012. Rhee P, “Rheeopardy,” “Believe It or Not!” Los Angeles County and University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Trauma Conference, Pasadena, May 2012. Rhee P, “Customs and Border Protection,” Asian Pacific Heritage Month, Tucson, May 2012. Rhee P, “Leadership: What Is It,” Surgery Grand Rounds Guest Speaker, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, May 2012. Rhee P, “Trauma and Simulators,” Christus St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, TX, Jul 2012. Rhee P, “The Journey,” Korean-American Medical Association (KAMA) 2012 Scientific Convention, Los Angeles, Jul 2012. Rhee P, “Mass Casualty and the Media, Can You Handle it? Tucson 2011,” 2012 Memorial Health System Trauma & Critical Care Symposium, Colorado Springs, Aug 2012. Rhee P, “Influences and Mentorship,” Laurel Highlands Lifetime Achievement Awards Inaugural Induction speech, Uniontown, PA, Aug 2012. Rhee P, “Synergistic Effects of Hypertonic Saline and Valproic Acid in a Lethal Two-Hit Model” “Poster Professor 31-40, Shock/Burns/Critical Care, Session IV,” 71st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery, Kauai, HI, Sep 2012. Rhee P, “Virtual Presence of Trauma Physicians” (PS305), American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress, Chicago, Oct 2012. Rhee P, “How the Battle Scars of War Influence Trauma Care” “When Mass Casualties Happen in an Urban Setting,” 2nd Annual Trauma Symposium, Northern Ohio Trauma System, Cleveland, Oct 2012. Rhee P, “Introduction Address as Program Director and Moderator,” 4th Annual Southwest Trauma & Acute Care Symposium, Phoenix, Nov 2012. Rhee P, “Is It Good or Bad,” Pan Asian Community Alliance and Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Tucson, Nov 2012. Subramanian S, “Conventional Aortic Valve Replacement in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Candidates: A 5-Year Experience,” Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Jan 2012. Subramanian S, “Valve-Sparing Root Reconstruction Does Not Compromise Survival in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection,” German Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Feb 2012. Subramanian S, “5th Time Sternal Entry as a Mini-sternotomy for Redo Aortic Valve Replacement,” Society of Heart Valve Disease, Apr 2012. Subramanian S, “Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation,” Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons Cardiothoracic Session, May 2012. Subramanian S, “Reoperative Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement with Aortic Root Enlargement,” “Minimally Invasive Proximal Thoracic Aortic Operations: Early and Mid-term Results in 199 Patients,” “Hybrid Antegrade Aortic Stent Graft Implantation for Aortic Dissection Is Associated with Higher Reintervention Rates than for Aneurysmal Disease,” International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jun 2012. Subramanian S, “Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: The Brave New World of Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery” “Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Basics,” Borgess Health Care System, Kalamazoo, Oct 2012. Subramanian S, “Extracellular Matrix-Based Nicks Aortic Root Enlargement and Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) via Reoperative Ministernotomy,” “Redo Mini-AVR Is Associated with a Shorter Length of Stay than Redo AVR in the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Era,” Dallas-Leipzig Valve Meeting, Dec 2012. Tang A, “Cardiac Tamponade from Gradual Bullet Fragment Erosion into the Right Ventricle: A Rare Injury,” Western Trauma Association, Vail, AZ, Feb 2012. Tang A, “Spine and Spinal Cord Trauma,” “Extremity Trauma,” “Traumatic Brain Injury,” Northwest Fire Department Trauma Prehospital Conference, Tucson, Aug 2012. Tang A, “Predictors of Unexpected Hospital Readmission after Emergent Cholecystectomy and Appendectomy,” “American College of Surgeons Trauma Center Designation and Outcomes after 29 Splenic Injuries,” American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress, Chicago, Oct 2012. Tang A, “Predictors of Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Failure” “Modified Veress Needle for Tension Pneumothorax Decompression: A Randomized Trial,” Annual Southwest Trauma and Acute Care Symposium, Phoenix, Nov 2012. Tang A, “Repeal of the Concealed Weapons Law and Its Impact on Gun-Related Violence,” Annual Southwest Trauma and Acute Care Symposium, Phoenix, Nov 2012. Tang A, “Maternal Fetal Trauma,” Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine Lecture Series, Webcast, Dec 2012. Zahn LX, Trinidad-Hernandez M, Armstrong DG, Mills JL, “Comparative Effectiveness of Endovascular and Open Surgical Revascularization in Diabetic Patients with ‘Critical Limb Ischemia’ (Rutherford 5 and 6) due to Severe Tibial Artery Occlusive Disease,” 27th Annual Meeting of the Western Vascular Society, Park City, UT, Sep 2012. Trinidad-Hernandez M, “Fenestrated and Branched Aortic Endografts: Review of Current Status,” 33rd Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Vascular Society, Jan 2012. Braun, J D, Trinidad-Hernandez M, Perry D M, Armstrong DG, Mills JL, “Early Quantitative Evaluation of Indocyanine Green Angiography in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia,” 2012 Annual Vascular Meeting Society for Vascular Surgery, National Harbor, MD, Jun 2012. White M, Trinidad-Hernandez M, Mills JL, Special interest group podium presentation: “Embolizing Right Femoral Artery Lesion,” 40th Annual Symposium of the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Las Vegas, Mar 2012. Trinidad-Hernandez M, “When is a BelowKnee Amputation (BKA) A-OK?,” Diabetic Foot Conference (DFCon) Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, Mar 2012. White M, Trinidad-Hernandez M, “Double-Bifurcated Surgeon-Modified Endograft Technique to Preserve Hypogastric Flow,” International Congress for Endovascular Specialists, Scottsdale, Feb 2012. Brandis D, Turker T, Zou Jiyao, Breidenbach W III , “Development of a Syngeneic or Allogeneic Composite Tissue Model in Swine,” American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation (ASRT) 3rd Biennial Meeting, Chicago, Nov 2012. Vercruysse G, “Hemorrhagic Shock: A New Paradigm,” Resident Education Lecture Series, Department of Surgery, Atlanta, Jan 2012. Vercruysse G, “Afghanistan: From Alexander the Great to Petraeus,” Craig Joint Theater, Salt Lake City, Mar 2012. Vercruysse G, “The Epidemic of Burns in the Impaired: A Deadly yet Largely Preventable Syndrome,” American Burn Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, Mar 2012. 30 Vercruysse G, “Firearms Education for the Medical Professional,” “Typical Surgical Cases Seen in the Iraq War,” Resident Education Lecture Series, Department of Surgery, Atlanta, Apr 2012. Vercruysse G, “AAST Multi-Institutional Trials Committee: Suboptimal Compliance with Evidence-Based Guidelines Is Associated with Increased Mortality in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injuries,” “AAST Multi-Institutional Trials Committee: Decompressive Craniectomy or Medical Management for Refractory Intracranial Hypertension: An AAST-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Propensity Score Analysis,” “Limb Salvage after Complex Repairs of Extremity Arterial Injuries Is Independent of Surgical Specialty Training,” American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Annual Meeting, Kauai, HI, Sep 2012. Vercruysse G, “The Basics of Abdominal Trauma in the 21st Century” “Burn Evaluation and Care for Medical Personnel,” Tucson Fire Department Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Symposium, Tucson, Nov 2012. Vijayasekaran A, Summers D, Viscusi R, Hurst C, Biswas A, Waer A, Ley M, Lang J, “Effect of Hormone Receptor Status on Rates of Breast Reconstruction,” Poster Presentation, Society of Surgical Oncology, Mar 2012. Pandamouz A, Delbridge M, Cui H, Viscusi R, Ley M, Borders M, Fintzpatrick K, Waer A, Lang J, “Impact of Preoperative Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) on Surgical Plan of Care for Breast Cancer Patients” and Viscusi R, Cui H, Pockaj B, Salinas E, Brown G, LeBeauGrasso L, Gonzalez V, Lopez A, Ley M, Lang J, “A Combined Institutional Review of Prognostic Factors in Locally Advanced and Inflammatory Breast Cancer,” Poster Presentations, American Society of Breast Surgeons, May 2012. Viscusi R, “Nipple-Sparing Mastectomies,” Tucson Society of Women Physicians, May 2012. Weinand M, “Use of a Stop-Flow Programmable Valve to Maximize Central Nervous System (CNS) Chemotherapy Delivery in a Pediatric Patient with CNS Leukemia,” “Magnetic Resonance (MR)-Guided Laser-Induced Thermal Ablation of Mesial Temporal Sclerosis,” Arizona Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting, Tucson, Nov 2012. Weinand M, “Laminectomy-Placed Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Axial Low Back Pain,” North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Dec 2012. Weinand M, “Magnetic Resonance (MR) Guided Laser-Induced Ablation of Mesial Temporal Sclerosis,” Western Neurosurgical Society 58th Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, Sep 2012. Witte M, “Fantastic Voyage through the Lymphatic System and Its Disorders,” Grand Rounds, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, Mar 2012. Witte M, “Outreach of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Programs that Work with Native Populations,” NIH Science Education Annual Conference, Bethesda, May 2012. Witte M, “Curriculum in Medical and Other Ignorance,” Phoenix Parlor, Phoenix, Oct 2012. Witte M, “Advances in Translational Lymphology,” Second Symposium of the Latin Mediterranean Chapter of International Society of Lymphology, Buenos Aires, Nov 2012. Witte M, “Curriculum on Medical and Surgical Ignorance,” Resident and Medical Student Seminar, Central Military Hospital, Buenos Aires, Nov 2012. Wynne J, “Assessing the 3rd-Year General Surgery Clerkship Trauma Rotation: Are We Meeting the Learners’ Needs?,” Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, Feb 2012. Wynne J, “Abdominal Trauma: Providing Care to a Patient with an Open Abdominal Injury,” Rincon Valley Fire Department, Vail, AZ, Oct 2012. 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