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Table of Contents July 0 5 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 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 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. PAGE TWO 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 (continued on pg. 3) 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 PAGE THREE $340,665 (continued on pg. 4) 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). PAGE FOUR 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.” 1879 (continued on pg. 5) 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 PAGE FIVE 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 (continued on pg. 6) 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, PAGE SIX 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. (continued on pg. 7) 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. ������� �� � � � � ���������������������������������������������������������� ������������������ ��������� ������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������� ���������������������������������� �������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� �������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ������������������������������������� ���������� �������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� �������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������ ������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ���������� ���������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������ ����������������������������������������� ������������������������������������ ������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� �������������������������������������� ������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ������������������������������������ �������������������������������������� �������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� �������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������ ������������������������������������������� �������������������� ����������������������������������� ������������������������������������ ������������������������ ��������������������������� ��������������������������������� ����������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ������ �������������������������������������� �������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ������������������������������ �������������������������������������� ����������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ������������������������������������� ������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ����������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������ ���������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������� �������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������� ������������ �������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� �������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� PAGE SEVEN ������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������� ������������������������������������ ����������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ����������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������� ������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������� �������� ���������� 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. 1879 (continued on pg.9) 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. 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