Robert Atlas, MD

Robert Atlas, MD, assistant professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, presented “Management of Twin Gestation During Pregnancy” during grand rounds at Prince George’s Hospital Center and “Preconception Health” during grand rounds for St. Joseph Medical Center’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Additionally, Dr. Atlas presented “Influence of the Baltimore Babies Born Healthy Leadership in Action Program on Healthcare” at the 2007 International Conference on Urban Health. He also facilitated a roundtable discussion called “Implementing Team Training” at the Maryland Patient Safety Center Perinatal Collaborative Learning Session and then “HEAL (Helping Everyone after Loss)” at the State Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Meeting.

Eugene D. Albrecht, PhD

Eugene D. Albrecht, PhD, professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, and director of the Center for Studies in Reproduction, was the invited speaker at the 2007 Aspen Perinatal Biology Symposium.

Natasha Durant, PhD

Natasha Durant, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Anesthesiology, presented a poster entitled “Consumer Assessment of Mental Health Service Providers’ Cultural Competence” at an American Evaluation Association meeting in Baltimore in November 2007.

Michelle Fox, MD

Hugh E. Mighty, MD, FACOG, MBA

Kenneth Butler, DO; Bob Corder, MD; David Jerrard, MD; Robert Rogers, MD; Andrew Milsten, MD; and Terry Mulligan, MD

Melody Hu, MD

Melody Hu, MD, pain medicine fellow, Department of Anesthesiology, presented a poster entitled “Chronic Pain Management of Patients with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome” at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in San Francisco in October 2007.

S. Michael Plaut, PhD

Vincent C.O. Njar, PhD

Vincent C.O. Njar, PhD, associate professor, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, gave a presentation entitled “Novel Atypical RAMBA (CYP26 Inhifibor), VN/14-1 for the Treatment of Endocrine-Sensitive and Insensitive Breast Cancer” at Sequoia Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in Gaithersburg, MD, in December 2007.

Mandeep R. Mehra, MD

Timm Dickfeld, MD, PhD

Thomas M. Scalea, MD

Thelma B. Wright, MD

Thelma B. Wright, MD, instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, led a panel discussion entitled “The Use of Marinol in Post-Herpetic Neuralgia” at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in San Francisco in October 2007.

Priya Garg, MD

Priya Garg, MD, joined the Department of Pediatrics in July 2007 as a visiting instructor. She is also a pediatric chief resident at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Garg received her medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. She then did her pediatric residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center, which she completed in June 2007. Dr Garg is board eligible in pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. As an undergraduate at Tufts University, Dr. Garg received the Tufts University Student Leadership Award in 1998.

Kanchana Gattu, MBBS

Kanchana Gattu, MBBS, joined the in the Department of Anesthesiology in September 2007 as an assistant professor. Previously, she worked as a pain medicine physician in private practice and a general anesthesiologist at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe, Michigan. Dr. Gattu completed a residency in ophthalmology at Mahadev Rampure Medical College at Gulbarga University in Gulbarga, India, and an anesthesiology residency and pain medicine fellowship at Detroit Medical Center at Wayne State University. Her special interests are discography and disc decompression.

Seung Lee, MD

Seung Lee, MD, joined the Department of Anesthesiology in August 2007 as an instructor. Dr. Lee completed his anesthesiology residency and pain medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. His special interests are complex regional pain syndrome, post-herpetic neuralgia and opioid-induced hyperalgesia.

Kelley Robinson, CNM, MSN

Kelley Robinson, CNM, MSN, joined the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences as an instructor. She joins the department’s team of midwives, who provide around-the-clock coverage of the Labor & Delivery floor and clinical services in one of three clinical sites, as well as participate in medical student lectures, clinical training of medical and midwifery students and resident education. Ms. Robinson received her Master of Science in Nursing, in the Nurse Midwifery Specialty curriculum, in 2003 from Yale University School of Nursing. Ms. Robinson is board certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board.

Carol Snapp, PhD, PT, CNM, DNSc

Carol Snapp, PhD, PT, CNM, DNSc, joined the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences as an assistant professor. She joins the department’s team of midwives. Dr. Snapp obtained her BSN degree from the University of Maryland School of Nursing in 1979 and her MSN in Nurse-Midwifery from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983. In 2002 Dr. Snapp received her Certificate in Business Nursing from Johns Hopkins University, and her DNSc from Johns Hopkins University in 2005. In January 1999, she became a member of the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She held the rank of clinical instructor from January 1999 to January 2005 while coordinating the Nurse-Midwifery Courses. During that time she developed a business plan for a community-based in-hospital birth center at Prince George’s Hospital Center. In January 2005 she was promoted to assistant professor, taking on the role of Education Program Director for Nurse-Midwifery. 

Dr. Snapp is licensed in Maryland and Pennsylvania and certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board. She is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) and the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. She has received a number of awards, including ACNM’s Excellence in Teaching Award in both 2003 and 2004. Dr. Snapp served on a number of committees while at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, most recently the Curriculum Committee from 2005 to 2007. Her local and national service includes working on the Maryland Nursing Workforce Commission from 2006 to the present and working on the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leadership Conference in 2007. Since 2005 she has served on the ACNM’s Division of Research and since 2006 has been a peer reviewer of the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health.

Dr. Snapp was awarded the MCH Leadership in Nursing’s Active Training Grant. The grant’s total direct costs were $828,000 for 2006 to 2007. Dr. Snapp has reviewed six articles in various journals and two journal reviews of articles in  the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health and Obstetrics & Gynecology. She had one dissertation abstract which appeared in Biological Research of Nursing in 2006.

Eric Thorn, MD

Eric Thorn, MD, joined the Department of Medicine as an assistant professor in November 2007. Dr. Thorn received his Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University in 1996 and his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 2001. He then completed his cardiovascular fellowship in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Julie Triggs, MD

Julie Triggs, MD, joined the Department of Psychiatry in September 2007 as a clinical instructor and associate director of Education and Residency Training. Dr. Triggs received her medical degree in 2003 from West Virginia University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in psychiatry at the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Psychiatry Residency Training Program in 2007. In addition to her role in Education and Residency Training, she is an attending physician in the Division of Community Psychiatry, based in the Carruthers Clinic in the Walter P. Carter Center.

Jamelah D. Tucker, MD, MPH

Jamelah D. Tucker, MD, MPH, joined the Department of Pediatrics in July 2007 as a visiting instructor. She is also a pediatric chief resident at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Tucker graduated Summa Cum Laude from Hampton University in Hampton, VA, and received her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. She completed her Master of Public Health in International Health at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health the same year she received her medical degree. She then performed her pediatric residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center, which she completed in June 2007.