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A NOTE FROM DEAN REECE
THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY
CENTERS AND INSTITUTES
Centers and institutes are becoming increasingly common
on the campuses of medical colleges nationwide.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is no
exception to this growing trend. We have been fortunate
enough to have the resources necessary to establish
several research centers and institutes that will propel
us in our pursuit of excellence. However, with these
additions to our campus, questions have arisen regarding
their roles and functions within the medical college. To
address these issues, the Association of American Medical
Colleges (AAMC) recently conducted a research project
aimed to explore the role of interdisciplinary centers
and institutes within the larger structure of biomedical
research and academic medicine. The results of this
project are relevant and applicable to the College of
Medicine and UAMS.
The project surveyed 761 directors of centers and
institutes located within research-intensive medical
schools and research universities and the results were
released by AAMC in Characteristics of Research Centers
and Institutes at U.S. Medical Schools and Universities (June
2005). The project focused on three major questions
regarding centers and institutes.
What do centers do? The research centers surveyed
indicated that they provided various services and served
many roles within the university. The majority of centers
reported involvement in either basic or clinical research.
The results also showed that 94 percent of the centers
are involved in the instruction or training of graduate
students, fellows or residents. AAMC summarized the
results stating, “The numerous roles and functions of
research centers serve an important purpose by adding
to the richness of the university, providing service to
individuals and the community, and conducting research
that can increase the reputation and strength of the
university and medical school.”
Do research centers structure their work in an
interdisciplinary manner and how are they organized?
The results of AAMC’s study suggest that the majority
of centers remain units that serve important but limited
roles and are not poised to attain the status and authority
of departments. The AAMC also states that “demands
of science for collaboration and interaction among
researchers from many fields and that centers may offer
faculty members opportunities for interdisciplinary
activities not available in the traditional discipline-based
departmental structure.” The findings also indicate that
faculty members are still primarily maintaining their work
within the academic departments.
Are centers held accountable? Of the centers surveyed,
79 percent are subject to periodic program review, while
75 percent have at least one advisory committee. “With
a high percentage of centers in our sample subject to
program review, universities and medical schools can
It’s Official .................................................. pg.
Faculty Affairs ............................................ pg.
Grants Awarded ......................................... pg.
Editor’s Notebook ...................................... pg.
The Appointment Card ............................. pg.
Events, Lectures &
Workshops ................................................. pg.
Spotlight ..................................................... pg.
Did You Know? ......................................... pg.
UAMS Bioventures..................................... pg.
News of Note ............................................. pg.
In the News ............................................... pg.
‘Best Doctors in America’ .......................... pg.
Contact Information .................................. pg.
instill accountability through careful periodic reviews of
mission, scope and outcomes,” AAMC states.
The AAMC study provides strong support for the
important roles centers and institutes play within the
academic community in advancing science and medicine.
The COM research centers have been very successful thus
far, and with this information we are further prepared
to expand and grow additional centers based upon
the achievements of our existing centers. The research
centers, as well as our outstanding faculty, are helping us
to attain our goals. Thank you.
Congratulations to each of you listed in this month’s Buzz
on your accomplishments and endeavors, which together
are moving us further in our pursuit of excellence.
Sincerely,
E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Vice Chancellor, UAMS
Dean, College of Medicine
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CONGRATULATIONS-WELCOME NEW FACULTY
John Gocio
Gocio, M.D., joined the Department of Surgery on
July 1. He has been hired in the general surgery and
trauma division. Gocio received his medical degree
and completed residencies in general surgery and
cardiothoracic surgery at UAMS. Gocio most recently was
employed at the Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain
Home, Ark., where he worked for five years.
Wael H. Refai, M.D., has joined the UAMS Liver Transplant Program
as a transplant hepatologist. He previously served as a staff physician
in hepatology and transplant critical care in the Nazih Zuhdi Transplant
Institute at Baptist INTEGRIS Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He received
his medical degree from Aleppo University in his native country of Syria
and completed a residency at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. Refai is a
diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and is also a member
of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American
College of Gastroenterology and the American Medical Association.
CONGRATULATIONS FACULTY
Martin Carey,
Carey M.D. assumed the post of interim chairman of
the Department of Emergency Medicine, effective July 1. Carey
received his medical degree from Welsh National School of
Medicine in Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom, followed by
post-graduate training in Emergency Medicine. He also received
a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Washington in
Seattle. He was elected to the Fellowship of the Australian College of
Emergency Medicine and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He
has held faculty positions in the Untied Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand,
Bermuda and the United States. He has been on the faculty in the UAMS
College of Medicine since 1996 and has held leadership positions in the
department, including residency and clerkship director.
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FACULTY AFFAIRS
New Faculty Orientation
Wednesday, Aug. 31
12-3:30 p.m.
College of Public Health, Room 3032
All new faculty who have joined the College of Medicine since Sept.
2004 are welcome to attend orientation. Lunch will be provided.
College of Medicine leadership and campus resource departments
will be on hand to give direction and guidance on campus policies and
resources. For more information, contact Glenda J. Cooper at 5264685 or visit www.uams.edu/cmefa/faculty_affairs/orientation.asp.
Annual Faculty Affairs Professional Development Day
Thursday, Nov. 3
College of Public Health
The theme of this conference will be faculty vitality and finding the
courage to revitalize, professionally and personally. More details will
follow.
CONGRATULATIONS-GRANTS AWARDED
Name and
Department
Type and Title
Alison Oliveto
Psychiatry
Research
Disulfiram for Cocaine Abuse
in Methadone Patients
Giulia Baldini
Biochemistry &
Molecular Biology
Research
Mechanism of Hormone
Release by Endocrine Cells
Agency
Total Annual
Cost
NIH/NIDA
$342,399
NIH
$216,906
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Type and Title
Agency
Total Annual
Cost
Nicholas P. Hays
Geriatrics
Training
Effect of Diet on Insulin
Sensitivity and Energy Balance
NIH/NIA
$50,528
Samuel Owens
Pharmacology
Research
Antibody-Based Therapy for
Methamphetamine Abuse
NIH/NIDA
$518,803
Thomas KeiberEmmons
Pathology
Research
Mimotype Conversion of HIV-1
Carbohydrate Antigens
NIH/NIAID
Chia Lee
Microbiology &
Immunology
Research
Global Regulation of MGR in
S. aureus
NIH/NIAID
Jerry Ware
Physiology
Research
Characterization and Analysis
of Platelet Septins
NIH/NHLBI
Charlotte Peterson
Geriatrics
Research
Muscle and Bone Maintenance
in Hindlimb Suspended Rats
NIH/
NIAMS
Gwen Childs
Neurobiology &
Developmental
Sciences
Research
Regulation of Leptin
Production by Gonasotropes
Warren Bickel
Psychiatry
Research
Delay Discounting in Drug
Dependence
Name and
Department
NIH/
NICHD
NIH/NIDA
$441,956
$284,000
$319,500
Type and Title
Agency
Total Annual
Cost
Sergey Zolov
Physiology
Research
Role of Conserved Oligomeric
Golgi Complex in the
Abnormalities of Glycoprotein
Processing in Breast Cancer
Cells
U.S. Army
$57,000
Muhammad Alam
Medicine
Research
Iron Chelator in ContrastInduced Acute Renal Failure
NIH
$125,294
Xuming Zhang
Microbiology &
Immunology
Research
Demyelinating Disease-Viral
and Cellular Function
NIH/
NINDS
$195,860
Jeffrey Kaiser
Pediatrics
Research
Development of Cerebral
Autoregulation in VLBW
Infants
NIH/
NINDS
$172,921
Ronda S. HenryTillman
Surgery
Educational Support
Arkansas Cancer Community
Network
NIH/NCI
$800,000
Alessandro Santin
Obstetrics &
Gynecology
Research
Novel Target Peptides
for Ovarian Cancer
Immunotherapy
USAMRMC
$172,175
Galen Wenger
Pharmacology
Research
Age and Cognition in Mouse
Model of Down’s Syndrome
NIH/
NICHD
$270,000
Robert E. McGehee
Pediatrics
Research
Mechanisms Underlying
Metabolic Syndrome in
Obesity
NIH/
NIDDK
$142,000
Philip A. Kern
Medicine
Research
Mechanisms Underlying
Metabolic Syndrome in
Obesity
NIH/
NIDDK
$220,100
HRSA
$183,000
NIH/NIDA
$319,500
Name and
Department
$354,050
$71,000
$319,500
Mark Swanson
College of Medicine
Public Service
Level 1 State Implementation
Project for Preventing
Secondary Conditions &
Promoting Health of People
with Disabilities
DHHS
Vladimir Zharov
Otolaryngology
Research
Photothermal Imaging of Live
Cells
NIH
$281,700
Mark Swanson
College of Medicine
Research
Living Well with Sickle Cell
Thomas KeiberEmmons
Pathology
Research
Novel Approaches to Cancer
Therapy
NIH/NCI
$238,936
Warren Bickel
Psychiatry
Research
Behavioral Economics of Drug
Choice
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$340,665
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Name and
Department
Type and Title
Agency
Total Annual
Cost
Beata Lecka-Czernik
Geriatrics
Research
PPAR Gamma 2 Expression in
Marrow Stroma During Aging
NIH/NIA
$219,000
Joan M. Cranmer
Pediatrics
Conference
NTX XXII-Environment and
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
EPA
$10,000
Sue T. Griffin
Geriatrics
Research
Early Events in Alzheimer
Pathogenesis
NIH/NIA
$1,353,081
Stavros Manolagas
Medicine
Research
Molecular & Cellular
Mechanisms of Osteoporosis
NIH/NIA
$1,827,064
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK
An article written by Geoff Curran, Ph.D., and co-authors Carol
Thrush, Jeffrey Smith, Mona Ritche, Richard Owen, M.D., and
Dale Chadwick has been accepted for publication in Joint Commission
Journal on Quality and Safety. The article is titled “Implementing Research
Findings into Practice Using Clinical Opinion Leaders: Barriers and
Lessons Learned” and is currently in press.
Anastas Pashov, M.D., Ph.D., Gabriella Canziani, Ph.D.,
Bejatolah Monzavi-Karbassi, Ph.D., Srini Kaveri,
Ph.D., Stewart Macleod, Ph.D., Rinku Saha, Martin
Perry, Ph.D., Thomas C. Vancott, Ph.D., and Thomas
Kieber-Emmons, Ph.D., are co-authors of an article
titled “Antigenic Properties of Peptide Mimiotopes of
HIV-1 Associated Carbohydrate Antigens.” The article was
published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (2005 June 14).
Tracy L. Whitehead, Ph.D., Bejatolah Monzavi-Karbassi, Ph.D.,
Fariba Jousheghany, Cecile Artaud, Alan Elbein, Ph.D., and
Thomas Kieber-Emmons, Ph.D., are co-authors of an article titled
“1H-NMR Metabolic Markers of Malignancy Correlate with Spontaneous
Metastases in a Murine Mammary Tumor Model.” The article was
published in the International Journal of Oncology (2005, 27:257-63).
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A manuscript co-authored by John Fortney, Ph.D.,
has been accepted for publication in General Hospital
Psychiatry. Co-authors are Jeff Pyne, M.D., Mark
Edlund, M.D., Ph.D., Dean Robinson, M.D.,
Dinesh Mittal, M.D., and Kathy Henderson, M.D.
The paper is titled “Design and Implementation of the
Telemedicine Enhanced Antidepressant Management
(TEAM) Study” and is currently in press.
John Dornhoffer, M.D., and a group of experts recently published
a book titled “A Consumer Handbook on Dizziness and Vertigo.”
Dornhoffer’s chapter is titled “Meniere’s Disease - A Patient’s Odyssey.”
A study led by Richard Dennis, Ph.D., and
Charlotte Peterson, Ph.D., was featured in
the Journal of Physiology. Dennis and Peterson
collaborated with Interleukin Genetics, Inc. and
the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System to
study the specific Interleukin-1 (IL-1) gene variations
that modify the body’s response to exercise. The
new study shows that some individuals have a
significantly greater inflammatory response to
exercise than others, and that the inflammatory response difference
appears to be associated with IL-1 gene variations. The study is titled
“Interleukin-1 Polymorphisms are Associated with the Inflammatory
Response in Human Muscle to Acute Resistance Exercise” and was also
published online.
A manuscript written by Greer Sullivan, M.D., and her co-authors has
been accepted for publication in General Hospital Psychiatry. The article is
titled “Medical Illness and Response to Treatment in Primary Care Panic
Disorder.”
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THE APPOINTMENT CARD
Sam Welch, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed
for a three-year term on the American Academy
of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Self
Instructional Packages (SIPac) faculty. Welch’s first
project will be to rewrite and edit the SIPac on Allergy
for Otolaryngology.
John Dornhoffer, M.D., a professor in the Department of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, has been appointed to the
editorial review board of Otology and Neurotology.
EVENTS, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Yulong Yan, Ph.D., an assistant professor, and Xuejun
Weng, Ph.D., a fellow, both in the Department of
Radiation and Oncology, presented abstracts at the
American Association of Physics in Medicine annual
meeting in Seattle, Wash., held July 24-27. Yan’s
presentation was titled “Treatment Simulation for 4D
Image Guided Radiation Therapy,” and Weng’s abstract was titled “Initial
Experiences with a Dynamic Treatment Simulation System.”
Josě Peńagarĭcano, M.D., was a guest speaker at the 2005 Partners in
Research Symposium held at UAMS on June 8 on the topic of “Principles
of Radiation.” On June 20 he was also a guest speaker at Deaconess
Hospital in Oklahoma City, where he spoke on “Helical Tomotherapy.”
Peńagarĭcano also presented “Optimization of Helical Tomotherapy Plans”
at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Medical
Dosimetrists on June 26 in San Diego, Calif.
Terry Yamauchi, M.D., a professor and vice chairman in the
Department of Pediatrics, is scheduled to present the following lectures at
several functions during July:
• “Acute Otitis Media: The Clinician’s Perspective” at the
Florida Academy of Family Physicians in San Marco, Fla. and
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at the Georgia Association
of Physicians Assistants in
Sandestin, Fla.
• Two CME courses,
“Childhood Immunizations:
Hot Topics” and “Adolescent
Immunization: Focus on
Pertussis,” both in San
Francisco and Costa Mesa,
Calif.
• “Developments in Antibiotic Use” at the Arkansas Nurse
Practitioner’s Association meeting in Little Rock.
• “Antibiotic Resistance in the Community” at the AHEC in Pine
Bluff.
John Dornhoffer, M.D., a professor in the Department of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, was an instructor at the XVIII
International Federation of Oto-rhinolaryngological Societies World
Congress in Rome, held June 25-30. The World Congress is held every
four years, and more than 5,000 delegates participated in the Congress,
representing more than 100 countries. Dornhoffer
presented an instructional course on “Cartilage Palisade in
Tympanoplasty.”
Evan R. Kokoska, M.D., recently presented “Atypical
Malrotation: Is Observation Safe?” on May 31 at the American
Pediatric Surgical Association meeting in Phoenix, Ariz.
SPOTLIGHT
UAMS Expert on Geriatric Nutrition and
Exercise Testifies Before Congressional Special
Committee on Aging
William J. Evans, Ph.D., director of the Nutrition, Metabolism and
Exercise Laboratory, was invited to testify before the Congressional
Special Committee on Aging in Washington to discuss ways to prevent
and affordably treat chronic diseases, save Medicare dollars and help
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seniors live healthier lives.
U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln,
who introduced Evans to
the committee, said she
was pleased that Evans was
asked to share his research
findings.
“I am tremendously proud
of Dr. Evans and the
University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences,
William Evans, Ph.D., greets U.S. Senator Blanche
particularly the Donald
Lincoln while in Washington to testify before a
W. Reynolds Institute on
Congressional committee.
Aging, for the services they
provide to Arkansas and
our nation,” Lincoln said. “By 2025, one out of every four Arkansans will
be 65 or older. Dr. Evans’ leadership in studying the ability of older men
and women to improve strength, fitness and health through exercise will
enable us to promote healthy aging and reap significant savings to federal
programs.”
In the next 25 years, federal spending for Social Security, Medicare and
Medicaid will equal what is now spent on the entire federal government
and is a more critical problem than Social Security, officials at the
Congressional Budget Office and the Government Accountability Office
have said.
Alice Alexander and Catherine Oswald, sophomore students in the
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, have been awarded
the Ross Dykman Award. The award is given to sophomore students who
excel in the behavioral science course and is named after Roscoe “Ross”
Dykman, Ph.D., professor emeritus, who coordinated the course during
his 35 years of teaching at UAMS.
M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D., was awarded the World Academy of
Neurological Surgeons’ first Golden Neuron Award at the 13th World
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, held in Marrakech, Morocco, June 1925. The award is given to a living neurosurgeon whose contribution has
transformed the specialty. It was presented to him by Takeshi Kawase,
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president of the World Academy of Neurological Surgeons, and Albino
Bricolo, vice president of the academy. The trophy for the award was
designed by Ron Tribell, a former UAMS employee who owns Axis Arts in
Little Rock.
DID YOU KNOW?
College of Medicine Spring Faculty Meeting
The College of Medicine held its semi-annual faculty meeting
with a standing-room-only crowd in Pauly Auditorium on
June 21. Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., discussed the upcoming
campus expansion, and Dean E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.,
presented an overall College of Medicine year-end review.
Also presenting year-end updates were the associate deans of the College
of Medicine, including Executive Associate Dean of Finance Olan
Nugent; Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Dick Wheeler,
M.D.; Associate Dean for Translational Research and Special Programs
Aubrey Hough, M.D.; and Executive Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Charlie Smith, M.D. Mike Vollers, M.D., presented an overview of
Arkansas Children’s Hospital on behalf of Associate Dean of Children’s
Affairs Bonnie Taylor, M.D. Associate Dean for Veterans Affairs
Nicholas Lang, M.D., presented information on the Central Arkansas
Veterans Healthcare System.
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Annual faculty teaching awards were presented to:
• Ronald Kahn, M.D. – Master Teacher
• William Golden, M.D. – Education Innovation
• Laura Hutchins, M.D. – Leonard Tow Humanism Award,
presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Annual residency awards were presented to Richard Harper, M.D.,
program director of ophthalmology and Bruce Smoller, M.D., program
director of dermatopathology. Each program will receive $1,000 for
education funding. The awards also provide $1,000 to the program
directors and $500 to their program coordinators, Linda Higdon and
Renee Gordon. The program directors will be honored on a plaque in
the hallway of the Education II building.
of Boston, Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions, University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences and University
of Louisville in Kentucky. AAHRPP
accreditation is valid for three years. The
Association of American Medical Colleges
(AAMC) is a founding member of AAHRPP, a nonprofit organization that
offers accreditation to institutions engaged in research involving human
participants.
UAMS BIOVENTURES
Coleman Named AVF Entrepreneur of
the Year
Jim Clardy, M.D., presents the annual
residency awards to Bruce Smoller, M.D.,
and John Shock M.D., accepts the award on
behalf of Richard Harper, M.D.
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Curtis W. Coleman, president and CEO of Safe
Foods Corporation of North Little Rock, was
named the winner of the Arkansas Venture
Forum’s (AVF) first annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award during a
reception sponsored by Kutak Rock, LLP, at the Clinton Presidential
Library. Lt. Governor Winthrop Rockefeller presented the award to
Coleman. Artist Dale Eggert of Eggert Glass in Shorewood, Wis., was
commissioned to design the unique glass award that included symbols
representing the year, leadership and the state of Arkansas.
Jay Menna, M.D., presents
Ronald Kahn, M.D., the Master
Teacher Award
College of Medicine Alumni now have an
easier way to stay informed about recent UAMS
accomplishments and other alumni happenings.
The Arkansas Caduceus Club now has a quarterly
publication titled “Medicine Matters.” The
newsletter is available on the COM Web site.
The Association for the Accreditation of Human
Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) has
awarded full accreditation to Children’s Hospital
Coleman was selected by the AVF Executive Committee from dozens of
nominees because he “most exhibited the goals, attitudes and ethics we
hope to see in Arkansas’ entrepreneurs,” Mike Smith, AVF chairman, said.
“Curtis cares deeply for his customers and for his employees as well, and
he reflects that in the way he chooses to run his business. His success is a
wonderful example for other future Arkansas startup companies.”
Curtis and Kathryn Coleman and Carl Rosenbaum founded Safe Foods
Corporation in 1999 in North Little Rock to offer a framework of
synergistic food safety solutions to food processors around the world.
These UAMS technologies licensed to and improved by Safe Foods are
designed to reduce food-borne pathogens, meet and exceed regulatory
requirements, extend food’s safe shelf life and mitigate food safety costs.
(continued on pg. 8)
The company currently employs 65 people and has over $2 million in
annual sales. Safe Foods raised over $10 million in investment capital
from mostly angel investors in Arkansas.
Safe Foods has patented additional technologies and gained intellectual
property protection for its technologies in over 100 foreign countries.
CecureTM, Safe Foods’ flagship product, has application systems in three
different companies and five different processing plants. CecureTM is a
food safety product designed to protect foods from food-borne pathogens
including Listeria, E. coli, Salmonella, and Campylobacter while having
no adverse affects on color, taste, texture, appearance or odor of foods to
which it is applied. Unlike many other available technologies, CecureTM
can be applied to virtually all types of food. The company expects to
have significant orders from three other processing companies in the next
six months.
care for depression. The grant is titled “Implementing Telemedicine-Based
Collaborative Care for MDD in Contract CBOCs,” and the direct costs total
$1,354,349 over a period of three years. Co-investigators include: Kathy
Henderson, M.D., Jeff Pyne, M.D., Mark Edlund, M.D., Ph.D., Jeff
Clothier, M.D., Jeff Smith, Ph.D., Keith Williams, Ph.D., Robert
Nisbet, Lisa Altman, Lisa Rubenstein, Susan Vivell, Matt Chinman, Ed
Chaney and Fen Liu.
The Department of Neurobiology and Developmental
Sciences was listed in the 2004 ranking of the NIH table of
grants awarded in the anatomy departments. The department
was listed 32nd out of 90 anatomy departments, a significant
improvement from their 2003 ranking at 59.
IN THE NEWS
NEWS OF NOTE
The Department of
Orthopaedic Surgery
and operation room
5 held a dedication in
honor of Carl Nelson,
M.D., outside of surgery
on June 7. A plaque
honoring Dr. Nelson
was placed outside of
the OR room.
John Fortney, Ph.D.,
received notice of
a grant award from
the VISN/HSR&D
Richard Nicholas, M.D., Mindy Morrell, M.N.Sc.,
Implementation
and Carmelita Pablo, M.D.
Collaborative:
Innovations To
Implement Evidence-Based Clinical Practice. A primary goal of this
project is to adapt and apply implementation strategies of collaborative
An article on www.ArmyTimes.com
featured Anne Mancino, M.D., an
associate professor in the Department
of Surgery and a reservist who served a tour of duty in Iraq. The June 13
article featured Mancino’s help on saving the life of a 3-year-old Iraqi girl
suffering from a lymphatic tumor. She arranged to have the child, Aya,
and her parents taken from Tikrit to Balad within two days for the lifesaving operation. Mancino’s tour of duty ended in June.
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PAGE EIGHT
UAMS Physicians Among
“Best Doctors in America”
ALLERGY AND
IMMUNOLOGY
Stacie Jones
ANESTHESIOLOGY
Frank E. Block, Jr.
James Grady Crosland
W. Brooks Gentry
E. F. (Bud) Klein, Jr.
Timothy W. Martin
Charles A. Napolitano
Carmelita S. Pablo
Michael L. Schmitz
J. Michael Vollers
CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE
James D. Marsh
Eugene S. Smith III
COLON AND RECTAL
SURGERY
J. Ralph Broadwater, Jr.
DERMATOLOGY
Jay Kincannon
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Rhonda Dick
Laura P. James
Kendall Lane Stanford
ENDOCRINOLOGY AND
METABOLISM
Stavros C. Manolagas
FAMILY MEDICINE
Geoffrey A. Goldsmith
Russell Eugene Mayo
David A. Nelsen, Jr.
NEUROLOGICAL
SURGERY
Ossama Al-Mefty
T. Glenn Pait
GERIATRIC MEDICINE
Pham H. Liem
David A. Lipschitz
NEUROLOGY
Sami I. Harik
Sarkis M. Nazarian
Stacy A. Rudnicki
James W. Schmidley
HAND SURGERY
Randipsingh (Randy) R.
Bindra
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Robert W. Bradsher
Rebecca Edge-Martin
Thomas P. Monson
INTERNAL MEDICINE
(GENERAL)
Robert W. Bradsher
Robert T. Cheek
Robert H. Hopkins, Jr.
Robert Charles Lavender
Roberta Monson
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
AND
HEMATOLOGY
Bart Barlogie
Laura Fulper Hutchins
Ann-Marie E. Maddox
Guido Tricot
NEPHROLOGY
Robert L. Safirstein
NEUROLOGY, CHILD
May Louyse Griebel
Bernadette Lange
Gregory B. Sharp
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
Gary L. Purnell
OBSTETRICS AND
GYNECOLOGY
Nancy R. Andrews
Helen H. Kay
Paul J. Wendel
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Michael C. Brodsky
ORTHOPAEDIC
SURGERY
Johannes Michael
Gruenwald
Richard W. Nicholas, Jr.
Ruth L. Thomas
John L. Vander Schilden
The following UAMS physicians were named to the list of the “Best
Doctors in America, 2005®” compiled by Best Doctors, Inc., Aiken, S.C.
They are among 264 Arkansas physicians and about 33,000 physicians
from across the country who were named to the list.
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
Charles Michael Bower
John L. Dornhoffer
James Y. Suen
Albert Reed (A. Reed)
Thompson
PATHOLOGY
Douglas P. Blackall
Laura W. Lamps
PEDIATRIC SPECIALIST
Kanwaljeet S. Anand
Robert W. Arrington
John Lee Carroll
Toni Darville
Richard Thomas Fiser
Elizabeth Frazier
Jerril W. Green
Richard F. Jacobs
Laura P. James
Stephen Frank Kemp
W. Robert Morrow
M. Michele Moss
Maria G. Portilla
Stephen M. Schexnayder
Eldon Gerald Schulz
Gordon E. Schutze
Vikki A. Stefans
Maryelle G. Vonlanthen
Robert Warren
J. Gary Wheeler
PEDIATRICS (GENERAL)
Richard R. Aclin
Bryan L. Burke, Jr.
Joseph Elser
Charles Robert Feild
James S. Magee
Paula K. Morris
Eduardo Ochoa
A. Larry Simmons
Christopher E. Smith
Kendall Lane Stanford
PHYSICAL MEDICINE
and Rehabilitation
Kevin M. Means
PLASTIC SURGERY
James C. Yuen
PSYCHIATRY
C. Winston Brown
Christopher S. Cargile
James A. Clardy
Jo Ann E. Kirchner
Jeffrey M. Pyne
G. Richard Smith
John J. Spollen III
RADIOLOGY
Edgardo J. Chua Angtuaco
Teresita L. Angtuaco
William C. Culp
Eren Erdem
Charles Albert James
Timothy C. McCowan
Hemendra Shah
RHEUMATOLOGY
Eleanor Lipsmeyer
SLEEP MEDICINE
John Lee Carroll
May Louyse Griebel
SURGERY
Gary W. Barone
John B. Cone
John F. Eidt
Richard J. Jackson
Nicholas P. Lang
Samuel D. Smith
Youmin Wu
SURGICAL
ONCOLOGY
J. Ralph Broadwater, Jr.
Michael J. Edwards
Martin Hauer-Jensen
Ronda Henry-Tillman
V. Suzanne Klimberg
Nicholas P. Lang
Kent C. Westbrook
THORACIC SURGERY
Paul Michael Seib
H. Gareth Tobler
UROLOGY
Alex E. Finkbeiner
Graham F. Greene
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Neurobiology & Develomental Sciences
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Physiology & Biophysics
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Cardiology
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Neurology
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PM & R
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Dermatology
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Neurosurgery
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Psychiatry
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Emergency Medicine
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OB/GYN
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Orthopaedics
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Radiation Oncology
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Ophthalmology
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Microbiology/Immunology
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