April 15, 2008
ABC News Reporter Visits C-STARS Cincinnati ABC news anchor and reporter Bob Woodruff (at center in civilian clothes) on a C-STARS Cincinnati tour on April 1, 2008. C-STARS present faculty and prior students transported and treated Woodruff after he was injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq two years ago. |
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Fischer Named Chief of the Division of General Surgery David R. Fischer, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, has assumed the position as Chief of the Division of General Surgery. The new designation reflects the broader vision of the future for the division formerly known as the Division of Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Surgery, of which Dr. Fischer has served as interim director in outstanding fashion over the past year. Dr. Fischer has been on our faculty since 2003, when he graduated from our general surgery residency training program. In addition to his exceptional clinical duties, Dr. Fischer plays a major role in the Department’s educational activities as a teacher and as Associate Program Director of the Residency Education Program in General Surgery. Dr. Fischer recently won the Gold Apple award as best instructor for the second time. |
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2008 MATCH RESULTS The Department of Surgery is excited to announce another excellent match in our residency training programs. These are the results of the 2008 Match: General Surgery Residency: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency: Plastic Surgery Residency: Urology Residency (photos not available): |
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Belizaire |
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Urology Division Establishes Foreign Exchange Fund Ahmad Hamidinia, MD, Professor of Clinical Surgery, Division of Urology, recently established the Urology Resident/Fellow Foreign Exchange Fund at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. This fund will ensure the continuation of excellent education in the Division of Urology at UC for generations to come.
The Exchange Fund will assist in supporting the travel and lodging expenses related to the Division of Urology’s resident and fellow exchange program. Like a traditional student exchange program, it offers the opportunity for UC urology residents and fellows to continue their training in other international programs, and allows urology residents and fellows from those countries to continue their training at UC. The successful training of our faculty, residents, and fellows provides endless possibilities for the future of not only them, but also the Division of Urology.
Torre Rhoades, MD, a resident in the Division of Urology, will be going to China with Dr. Hamidinia in the first such effort. (Dr. Rhoades has just been awarded a Fellowship with the Cleveland Clinic Florida Urologic Oncology Fellowship, where he will begin after his graduation on June 30, 2009.) The purpose of this medical trip to China is to help educate medical personnel about the benefits of screening populations and how to perform surgical procedures that are not commonly performed. During the visit, the procedures that will be performed and taught include: percutaneous nephrolithotomy, radical prostatectomy, radical cystectomy, ureteroscopy with stone manipulation, transurethral resection of prostate tissue and bladder tumors, radical and partial nephrectomy, vasovasotomy, and vasoepididymostomy.
To support this effort, gifts may be made in a variety of forms: an outright gift, a pledge to be paid over several years, or a stock transfer. For more information on the various gift vehicles, please contact Mike Zenz at the UC College of Medicine Development Office with any questions at (513) 558-0910. |
Division of Surgical Oncology Receives Education Grant Elizabeth A. Shaughnessy, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology was awarded a small grant from the local affiliate of the Komen for the Cure (formerly the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation) for teaching materials for patient instruction.
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Cancer Education Day to be held at University Pointe The fourth annual UC Community Cancer Education Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, at University Pointe. The free event is open to the public and offers the latest information about the possible causes, risk factors, screening recommendations, treatment options and outcomes for all types of cancer. In addition to self-guided information booths and video presentations, attendees can have their questions answered one-on-one with local oncologists and researchers. At 10 a.m., world famous expert in cancer genetics, Dr. Henry Lynch, will make a Keynote Address on “Hereditary Factors in Carcinoma of the Breast and Colorectum.” For more information, call (513) 584-9097. Registration is requested, but not required. You may see more information and register on-line at www.uccancereducationday.org. |
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery News Likith Reddy, DDS, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, is among a group of invited faculty to participate in a course entitled “AO Principles of Operative Treatment of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstruction” to be held in Columbus, Ohio, April 12-13, 2008. The course is sponsored by AO North America. AO (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen, which translates as Association for the Study of Internal Fixation) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the care of patients with musculoskeletal injuries and their sequelae through research, development, education and quality assurance in the principles, practice, and result of fracture treatment. The foundation was founded in Switzerland in 1958 and runs training courses on methods of bone plating and fracture surgical treatment in many countries. AO has a large impact in the field of maxillofacial surgery and many of the foundation’s recommendations are used in that field.
Robert D. Marciani, DMD, Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, has been invited to present “Impact of Third Molar Surgery on Quality of Life Outcomes” at the 29th Annual meeting of the American College of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, May 5-6, 2008, in Kansas City.
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Vascular Surgery Division News Joseph S. Giglia, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, was elected into the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery at the recent annual meeting. Dr. Giglia was also recently elected into the newly formed International Endovascular and Laparoscopic Society. Amy B. Reed, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Director of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship Training Program, in her capacity as Chair of the Educational Committee of the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery, along with the Vascular Surgery Board and the American Board of Surgery, developed and administered the first Vascular Surgery In-Training Examination (VSITE) for vascular surgery residents and fellows. The inaugural examination was successfully given online February 16, 2008 with greater than 95% of vascular training programs participating throughout the United States. Dr. Reed has been invited to speak April 14 on the development of the VSITE at the upcoming Education Week for Program Directors held in Toronto. Dr. Reed served on the Program Committee for the Society for Vascular Surgery Women’s Leadership Retreat, held April 3-5 in Scottsdale, Arizona. She will be speaking at the Society for Vascular Surgery annual meeting in San Diego, June 5, on “Endovascular as an Open Adjunct – The Use of Hybrid Endovascular Treatment in the SFA.” Dr. Reed has also been invited to co-moderate a Plenary Session at the meeting. Locally, Dr. Reed has been invited to speak to the UC College of Medicine’s Dual Admissions Program students on Vascular Surgery, Saturday, April 12, 2008. Dual Admission students – while high school seniors – have earned a reserved spot in the UC College of Medicine for the year they graduate from one of three colleges (UC, Miami University or University of Dayton). This guaranteed spot in medical school allows for peace of mind and freedom to explore diverse opportunities during undergraduate years. Dr. Reed will be speaking on her experiences as a woman in surgery and the field of vascular surgery. George H. Meier, III, MD, Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery, and Director of Vascular Services at the University Hospital, was recently awarded the American College of Surgeons/Society for Vascular Surgery Health Policy Scholarship for the year 2008. The scholarship will allow Dr. Meier to attend the course “Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management” at Brandeis University in June 2008. Dr. Meier has also been invited to present on three topics at the Florida Vascular Society meeting to be held May 1-4, 2008. Dr. Meier will speak on (1) “Lower Extremity Intervention for Arterial Disease: Open or Endo?” (2) “Aortic Endograft Surveillance: Lessons Learned;” and (3) “The Future of Non-invasive Vascular Diagnosis.”
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Mont Reid Surgical Society Meeting on May 1-2 The Mont Reid Surgical Society of the University of Cincinnati will meet on May 1-2, 2008, in Cincinnati. On Friday morning, May 2, from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon, members of the Society and faculty in the UC Department of Surgery will make presentations at a scientific session held in the Surgical Amphitheater. The session will end with a history of the Department of Surgery. Following the scientific session, the portraits of former chairmen Doctors Jeffrey Matthews and Michael Nussbaum will be unveiled. Dr. Matthews will be in attendance for this event, as will Dr. Nussbaum. Dr. Nussbaum has accepted the appointment as the first Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery of the University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville Regional Campus, beginning July 1, 2008. |
Annual Report Copies Available The annual report is online at surgery.uc.edu. Printed copies are still available and can be obtained by contacting Steve Wiesner at 513-558-4207 or by email to steve.wiesner@uc.edu.
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