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Joseph J. S. Chen, MD; Jean Jeudy, MD; Charles White, MD and Eric Thorne, MD
Joseph J. S. Chen, MD, third-year resident, Jean Jeudy, MD, assistant professor (left), and Charles White, MD, professor, all from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, and Eric Thorne, MD, former assistant professor, Department of Medicine, co-published “Computed Tomography Assessment of Valvular Morphology, Function and Disease,” in the January–February 2009 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, 3[1 suppl]:S47–S56.
Abdolreza Haririan, MD, MPH
Abdolreza Haririan, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, was the lead author on an article entitled “Positive Cross-match Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Longer-term Outcomes,” which was published in the American Journal of Transplantation, March 2009; 9(3):536-42.
Vasken Dilsizian, MD
Vasken Dilsizian, MD, professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Molecular Imaging Targets of Cardiac Remodeling” in the March 2009 issue of Current Cardiology Reports, 11:148–154.
Seth Himelhoch, MD, MPH; Richard Goldberg, PhD; Julie Kreyenbuhl, PhD; Deborah Medoff, PhD and Lisa Dixon, MD
Seth Himelhoch, MD, MPH (pictured), associate professor; Richard Goldberg, PhD, associate professor; Julie Kreyenbuhl, PhD, assistant professor; Deborah Medoff, PhD, associate professor; and Lisa B. Dixon, MD, professor, all from the Department of Psychiatry, co-published “Care and Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Individuals with Schizophrenia and Type 2 Diabetes Who Smoke” in General Hospital Psychiatry, Jan-Feb 2009; 31(1):30-2.
Aaron Rapoport, MD
Aaron Rapoport, MD, professor, Department of Medicine and Program in Oncology, co-authored “Rapid Immune Recovery and GVHD-like Engraftment Syndrome Follow-ing Adoptive Transfer of Costimulated Autologous T Cells” in Clinical Cancer Research, June 2009. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-0418.
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Jiachen Zhuo, PhD and
Rao Gullapalli, PhD
Jiachen Zhuo, PhD, research associate, and Rao Gullapalli, PhD (left), associate professor, both from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Effect of Oral Appliances on Genioglossus Muscle Tonicity Seen with Diffusion Tensor Imaging: A Pilot Study,” in the March 2009 issue of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontics, 2009;107:e57–e63.
Alicia Luckstead, PhD
Alicia Lucksted, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, co-published “Initial Evaluation of the Peer-to-Peer Program” in Psychiatric Services, 60:250-253, 2009. In addition, Dr. Lucksted co-published, along with Lisa B. Dixon, MD, professor, Department of Psychiatry, “Benefits and Changes for Family to Family Graduates” in the American Journal of Community Psychology, 42(1-2):154-166, 2008.
Barton Lane, MD and Jade
Wong-You-Cheong, MD
Barton Lane, MD, assistant professor, and Jade Wong-You-Cheong, MD (left), professor, both from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-published “Imaging of Endometrial Pathology” in the March 2009 issue of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2009;52:57–72. In addition, along with Fauzia Vandermeer, MD, assistant professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Dr. Wong-You-Cheong co-authored “Imaging of Acute Pelvic Pain” in the same journal issue, 2009;52:2–20.
Richard F. Macko, MD; Charlene Hafer-Macko, MD; Fred Ivey, PhD; Mark Rogers, PT, PhD, FAPTA and Kathleen Michael, RN, PhD, CRRND
Richard F. Macko, MD, professor (left), and Charlene Hafer-Macko, MD, associate professor, both from the Department of Neurology, Fred Ivey, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Mark William Rogers, PT, PhD, FAPTA, professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, and Kathleen Michael, RN, PhD, CRRN, assistant professor, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, co-authored the textbook Stroke Recovery & Rehabilitation, January 2009, Demos Publishing.
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Eliot L. Siegel, MD
Eliot L. Siegel, MD, professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Utilization of a Radiology-centric Search Engine,” which was e-published on February 12, 2009, ahead of print in the Journal of Digital Imaging. He also co-authored, along with Bharath Ramakrishna, PhD, graduate research assistant, Ganesh Saiprasad, PhD, graduate research assistant and Nabile Safdar, MD, assistant professor, all from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, “An Automatic Computer-aided Detection System for Meniscal Tears on Magnetic Resonance Image,” which was e-published on February 20, 2009, ahead of print in IEEE Transactions in Medical Imaging. In addition, Dr. Siegel was a co-author of “Decommoditizing Radiology” in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, March 2009;6:167–170.
William Plishker, PhD and
Raj Shekhar, PhD
William Plishker, PhD, post-doctoral fellow, and Raj Shekhar, PhD (pictured), associate professor, both from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Multiobjective Optimization for Reconfigurable Implementation of Medical Image Registration,” which appeared online in the International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing in November 2008.
Kathirkama Shanmuganathan, MBBS and Stuart Mirvis, MD
Kathirkama Shanmuganathan, MBBS, professor, and Stuart Mirvis, MD (left), professor, both from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-published “Evaluation of a Single-pass Continuous Whole-body 16-MDCT Protocol for Patients with Polytrauma” in the January 2009 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology, 2009;192:3–10.
M. Joanne Bernadette Stallmeyer, MD, PhD and Thomas Le, MD
M. Joanne Bernadette Stallmeyer, MD, PhD, former assistant professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, and Thomas Le, MD (pictured), assistant professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, co-authored “Report of a Scalp Arteriovenous Malformation Spontaneously Hemorrhaging into a Preauricular Sinus” in the February 2009 issue of Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, 2009;88:E17–E20. |
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Kenneth H. Butler, DO;
Robert L. Rogers, MD and Michael E. Winters, MD
Kenneth H. Butler, DO, associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, and Robert L. Rogers, MD (pictured), assistant professor, and Michael E. Winters, MD, assistant professor, both from the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, were invited speakers at the 2009 International Symposium on Emergency Medicine, sponsored by Sociedad de Emergencias. The conference was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in May 2009. Dr. Butler presented an “Update on RSI Pharmacology” and discussed “Current Strategies in Intubation.” Dr. Rogers presented lectures entitled “Severe Hypertension in the ED: Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!” and “Aortic Dissection: What You Don’t Know Might Kill Your Patient!” and Dr. Winters gave presentations entitled “Critical Care 2008: The Articles You’ve Got to Know” and “Pearls and Pitfalls in Managing the Critically Ill ED Patient.”
Raymond Cross, MD, MS and Jean-Pierre Raufman, MD
Raymond Cross, MD, MS (pictured), assistant professor, and Jean-Pierre Raufman, MD, professor, both from the Department of Medicine, co-directed a one-day continuing medical education symposium entitled “Controversies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease” in Baltimore in April 2009.
Ivana Gojo, MD
Ivana Gojo, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine and Program in Oncology, gave an invited presentation entitled “Targeted Drugs and Combinations in Acute Leukemias: How Novel is Novel?” during a “Leukemia, Myelodysplasia, and Transplantation Poster Discussion” at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, in May 2009.
Lixing Lao, PhD, LAc
Lixing Lao, PhD, LAc, professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, presented at the Institute of Medicine’s Priority Assessment Group on “Advancing the Sci-ence Base” at the Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public in Washington, DC, in February 2009.
Philip Mackowiak, MD,
MPH, MACP
Philip Mackowiak, MD, MPH, MACP, professor and vice chair, Department of Medicine, presented the Herbert Y. and Anne L. Reynolds Lecture at Penn State College of Medicine on “Beethoven and the Sound that Failed” in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in April 2009.
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Carol Carraccio, MD, MA; Erin Giudice, MD and Linda Lewin, MD
Carol Carraccio, MD, MA pictured), professor, Erin Giudice, MD, assistant professor, and Linda Lewin, MD, clinical associate professor, all from the Department of Pediatrics, participated in the Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) meetings in Baltimore in May 2009. In conjunction with the PAS meeting, the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP) and the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD) held their annual spring meetings. Working with colleagues from across the nation, Drs. Carraccio, Giudice and Lewin had a number of posters and workshops accepted through a peer-review process and invited for presentation. They are as follows:
Dr. Lewin presented a poster entitled “A New Assessment Tool for Medical Student Oral Case Presentations” at the COMSEP meeting.
Drs. Giudice and Carraccio presented a poster entitled “Reliability and Validity of a Self-directed Learning Survey in a Pediatric Residency Program” at the APPD meeting.
Drs. Lewin and Carraccio conducted a workshop entitled “Competence: A Developmental Task” at the combined meeting of the APPD and the COMSEP.
Dr. Guidice conducted a workshop entitled “Case-based Approach to Teaching and Evaluating Proficiency in Evidence-based Medicine across the Continuum of Medical Education” at the APPD meeting.
Dr. Carraccio conducted workshops entitled “Practice-based Learning and Improvement: The Semi-annual Review: Taking Advantage of a Teachable Moment in Practice-based Learning and Improvement” and “Mentoring, Assessing and Advising Learners with Difficulties: Design and Implementation of a Mentoring Program for Residents with Learning and Professional Difficulties” at the PAS meeting.
Drs. Carraccio and Lewin conducted “Use of Portfolios to Support and Document Professional Development across the Education/Practice Continuum” at the PAS meeting as well as “Medical Decision Making: The Role of Knowledge, Beliefs, Skills and Self-efficacy.”
Dr. Giudice conducted a workshop entitled “Case-based Approach to Teaching and Evaluating Proficiency in Evidence-based Medicine across the Continuum of Medical Education” at the PAS meeting.
Alan Shuldiner, MD
Alan Shuldiner, MD, Whitehurst Professor of Medicine, presented “Pharmacogenetics of Clopidogrel Resistance” at the Institute on Medicine’s Community Update Meet-ing entitled “Improving the Science of Drug Safety” in Washington, DC, in March 2009. In addition, Dr. Shuldiner presented “Quilting Needles, Lancaster Haystacks and the Search for Insights into Genomic Medicine” as the 2009 Woodyatt Lecturer at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, in March 2009.
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine
The following faculty members in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine presented reports of their research and led educational reviews at the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna, Austria, in March 2009:
Thorsten Fleiter, MD, assistant professor, presented “Real Time CT-guided EP Procedures: Technique, Current Development and Future Perspective,” which was recognized with a “New Horizons in Radiology” designation by conference attendees. The presentation was co-authored with Timm-Michael Dickfeld, MD (pictured above), assistant professor, Department of Medicine, who was also a co-author on Dr. Fleiter’s presentation “Temperature Monitoring in Ablation Procedures Using Computed Tomography.”
Kathirkama Shanmuganathan, MD, professor, conducted a mini course in “Advances in CT and MR Imaging in Major Trauma.”
Gregg Zoarski, MD, associate professor, presented “Biomechanics of Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty.”
The following faculty members in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine presented reports of their research at the annual meeting of the Society for Interventional Radiology in San Diego, California, in March 2009:
Bogdan Iliescu, MD, assistant professor; Howard Richard, III, MD (pictured), assistant professor; David Widlus, MD, associate professor; Ziv Haskal, MD, professor; Moonjohn Kim, MD; assistant professor, and Fred Moeslein, MD, assistant professor, presented “Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filter Review: Routine and Difficult Removal Techniques.” In addition, Drs. Widlus, Moeslein, Iliescu and Haskal presented “An Approach to Routine Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy by the Interventional Radiology.”
Drs. Iliescu, Richard, Widlus, and Kim, along with Kathirkama Shanmuganathan, MBBS, professor, and Deborah Stein, MD, MPH, associate professor, Department of Surgery, presented “Nonoperative Management of Blunt Trauma to the Liver by Transcatheter Embolization: Risk Factors for Late Rebleeding.”
Kalpana Atluri, MBBS, clinical instructor, Department of Medicine, along with Drs. Richard and Shanmuganathan, co-authored and presented “Optimizing Multidetector CT for Visualization of Splenic Vascular Injury. Validation by Splenic Arteriography in Blunt Abdominal Trauma Patients” and “Blunt Splenic Injury: Review of Current Imaging Techniques, Grading Systems and Endovascular Treatments.” Additionally, Dr. Richard was a co-author of “CT-guided Pudendal Nerve Block.”
Soren Snitker, MD, PhD
Soren Snitker, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, presented “Physical Activity and Obesity: Focus on the FTO Gene” during grand rounds at Rush University Medical Center’s Department of Preventive Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, in March 2009. |
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UMB Staff Senate
The UMB Staff Senate is pleased to announce the following School of Medicine staff have been elected to the 2009-2010 Staff Senate Executive Committee:
Ken Fahnestock (pictured) —Chair
Tom McHugh—Vice Chair
Jean Marie Roth—Member-at-Large
For more information about the Staff Senate and the current list of senators, please visit http://www.umaryland.edu/ssenate/.
Bryan T. Ambro, MD, MS
Bryan T. Ambro, MD, MS, assistant professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, was elected president of the Maryland Society of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.
Alan Shuldiner, MD
Alan Shuldiner, MD, Whitehurst Professor of Medicine, was appointed to the advisory board of the Geisinger Obesity Institute of the Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania. The institute will facilitate the design, development and execution of translational genetic and epidemiological studies that bridge the gap between basic-science research and clinical studies. More specifically, the goal of the institute will be to prevent, treat and cure obesity by identifying patients at high risk for complications or best-suited to a specific treatment.
Faculty Promotions
Congratulations to the following faculty on their recent promotions:
Aisha Liferidge, MD, instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, has been promoted to assistant professor.
Laura Pimentel, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, has been promoted to clinical associate professor.
Rodney J. Taylor, MD, MSPH, FACS, assistant professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, was promoted to associate professor.
Mercedes Torres, MD, clinical instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, has been promoted to clinical assistant professor.
Jeffrey Wolf, MD, assistant professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, was promoted to associate professor.
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Thomas A. Blanpied, PhD
Thomas A. Blanpied, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Physiology, received a three-year $200,000 research grant under the Brain and Immuno-Imaging Program from the Dana Foundation for his work entitled “Super-Resolved Imaging of the Functional Microarchitecture within Single, Living Dendrite Spines.”
Robert J. Bloch, PhD
Robert J. Bloch, PhD, professor, Department of Physiology, received a $10,572 summer student supplement grant from the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, which will support a current grant of his entitled “Obscurin & Myofibrils in Cardiac & Skeletal Muscle.” This funding is issued under the National Institute’s of Health Notice NOT-OD-09-060 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Manhattan Charurat, PhD, MS
Manhattan Charurat, PhD, MS, assistant professor, Department of Medicine and Institute of Human Virology, received a four-year $2,867,893 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for his work entitled “Acute HIV Infection and Pregnancy.” Co-investigators and contributors on the grant include William Blattner, MD, professor; Alash’Le Abimiku, PhD, assistant professor; and Jean Carr, PhD, MA, MPH, associate professor, all from the Department of Medicine and Institute of Human Virology.
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Abdolreza Haririan, MD, MPH
Abdolreza Haririan, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, received a three-year $909,086 Clinical Research Grant from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals for an investigator-initiated study entitled “Delayed Tacrolimus to Sirolumus Conversion in Renal Transplant Recipients with Delayed Graft Function.”
Bret Hassel, PhD
Bret Hassel, PhD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Program in Oncology, received a one-year $500,000 National Cancer Institute R01 administrative supplement grant for his work entitled “Role of the Antiviral Ribonuclease RNase-L in the Host Antibacterial Response.” This funding is supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 instituted by the Obama Administration.
Gregory Melikian, PhD
Gregory Melikian, PhD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute of Human Virology, received a two-year $375,000 grant from the Na-tional Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for his work entitled “Functional Characterization of the Hepatitis C Virus E1-E2 Glycoproteins.” This funding is supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 instituted by the Obama Administration. |
Matthew C. Trudeau, PhD
Matthew C. Trudeau, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Physiology, received a five-year $1,875,000 research grant from the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute for his work entitled “Molecular Physiology of HERG (KCNH2) Potassium Channels.”
Dave Pauza, PhD
Dave Pauza, PhD, professor, Department of Medicine, and assistant director, Institute of Human Virology, received a four-year $1,238,776 grant from the National Cancer Institute for his work entitled “Mechanisms for Depleting Tumor Immunity in AIDS.” Co-investigators and contributors on the grant include Cristiana Cairo, PhD, research associate, Department of Medicine and Institute of Human Virology, and Andrei Chapoval, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Program in Oncology.
Kevin Chen, PhD, MPH
Kevin Chen, PhD, MPH, associate professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine and Center for Integrative Medicine, received a two-year $225,000 R21 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to conduct a study on “Treatment of Cocaine Addiction with Integrative Medicine.”
Douglas Ross, MD
Douglas Ross, MD, professor, Department of Medicine and Program in Oncology, received a one-year $50,000 Maryland Technology Development Corporation grant for his work entitled “Evaluation of the Synergism of Novel Retinoic Acid Metabolism Blocking Agents (RAMBAS) in Combination with Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors.” |
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Brian J. Browne, MD
Brian J. Browne, MD, professor and chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, received the first Master Teacher of Emergency Medicine Award from the Alumni Associa-tion of the College of Medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. The award acknowledges his outstanding teaching ability and contributions to emergency medicine. The honor was bestowed during the college’s 2009 Alumni Reunion, held in Brooklyn, New York, in May 2009.
Ronna Hertzano, MD, PhD
Ronna Hertzano, MD, PhD, fourth-year resident in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, was awarded an American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery resident research grant and a Deafness Research Foundation grant for her work investigating the isolation of specific cell populations within the inner ear. This work should help extend our understanding of the genetic basis of hearing loss and balance disorders.
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Mary Rodgers, PhD, PT, FAPTA
Mary M. Rodgers, PhD, PT, FAPTA, professor and chair, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, has been selected as a Catherine Worthingham Fellow (CWF) of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Dr. Rodgers was recognized at the Honors and Awards Celebration at the Annual APTA Conference in Baltimore in June 2009. The CWF distinction is the highest honor given to members of the APTA. Dr. Rodgers was chosen, among other reasons, for her demonstrated advancement of the profession of physical therapy, particularly in the domain of research; her national recognition by APTA members and by leaders outside the physical therapy profession in research, education and practice; and her frequent and sustained efforts to advance the profession through contributions (leadership, influence and achievements) for more than 15 years. There are only 127 Fellows on record to date, from a current association membership of greater than 72,000.
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Michael Winters, MD,
FAAEM, FACEP
Michael E. Winters, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, assistant professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, is the recipient of the 2009 National Young Educator of the Year Award from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM). The award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the AAEM through work on edu-cational programs, was presented to Dr. Winters at the academy’s 15th Annual Scientific Assembly, in Phoenix, Arizona, in March 2009.
The Student National Medical Association at the University of Maryland School of Medicine
The Student National Medical Association (SNMA) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has been selected as an Emerging Leader Honoree by the Associated Black Charities. The SNMA was recognized and honored at the Associated Black Charities 2009 Annual Fundraising Gala in Baltimore in June 2009.
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