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Winter 2010/2011 Winter 2010/2011 Advocacy Update from the Statehouse Ohio Chapter S-PAC Needs National Prominence You! Cutting Edge National Prominence Chapter News Cancer Liaison Report October Council Meeting Reports Resident Research Forum Annual Resident Research Forum & Poster Session Winners Pulse Throughout Ohio District Councilor Reports Cleveland Convention Center and Medical Mart From the College ACS Foundation: Planned Two Determined Surgeons Serve on Gifts ACS Regents from Ohio Plus Much More… Be a S-PAC Contributor Ohio Chapter, American College Of Michael D. Sarap, MD, FACS Medical Education/Program Surgeons Southeastern Ohio Physicians Inc [email protected] Alice Ann Dachowski, MD, FACS Executive Committee Holzer Clinic Joseph J. Sferra, MD, FACS [email protected] Joseph J. Sferra, MD, FACS Toledo Surgical Specialists Inc Chair Toledo Surgical Specialists Inc [email protected] [email protected] Steven M. Steinberg, MD, FACS President Ohio State University Ohio Chapter Committees [email protected] Alice Ann Dachowski, MD, FACS Vice-Chair Holzer Clinic Advocacy & Health Policy [email protected] Membership President-Elect Michael E. Stark, MD, FACS Toledo Surgical Specialists Christopher A. Grove, MD, FACS Jay A. Johannigman, MD, FACS [email protected] Upper Valley Professional Corporation University of Cincinnati Chair [email protected] [email protected] Chair OhiO Chapter, Secretary James I. Merlino, MD, FACS Cleveland Clinic Foundation Juan A. Crestanello, MD, FACS ameriCan COllege Of SurgeOnS Steven M. Steinberg, MD, FACS [email protected] The Ohio State University Ohio State University Vice-Chair [email protected] www.ohiofacs.org [email protected] Vice-Chair Treasurer Assn of Women Surgeons Representative Nominating Michael D. Sarap, MD, FACS Southeastern Ohio Physicians Inc Nancy L. Gantt, MD, FACS Michael D. Sarap, MD, FACS Table of Contents [email protected] St Elizabeth Health Center Southeastern Ohio Physicians Inc Immediate Past President [email protected] [email protected] Advocacy Chair Chair Christopher R. McHenry, MD, FACS Update from the Statehouse . 4 MetroHealth Medical Center Awards Resident Essay Contest Ohio Chapter S-PAC Needs You! . 6 [email protected] Past President Mark A. Malangoni, MD, FACS Randy J. Woods, MD, FACS S-PAC Contribution Form . 7 MetroHealth Medical Center Wright State University [email protected] [email protected] District Councilors Chair Chair Cutting Edge Brent Michael Alan Bogard, MD, FACS Bylaws Walter Cha, MD, FACS National Prominence: Two Determined Cleveland Clinic MetroHealth Surgeons Serve on ACS Regents from Ohio . 8 [email protected] Gary B. Williams, MD, FACS [email protected] Northeast Summa Health Systems Vice-Chair [email protected] Bruce Jeffrey Averbook, MD, FACS Resident/Young Surgeons Education Chapter News MetroHealth Medical Center CAC Representative Ohio Chapter Past Presidents . 10 [email protected] Peter F. Klein, MD, FACS Northeast James I. Merlino, MD, FACS TSSI Member Spotlight: Jeffrey Blatnik, MD . 11 Cleveland Clinic Foundation [email protected] Michael Bielefeld, MD, FACS [email protected] Chair October Council Meeting Committee Reports . 13 Surgical Specialist of Bowling Green LLC Commission on Cancer Jeffrey A. Blatnik, MD [email protected] University Hospitals Case Medical Resident Research Forum Northwest Valeriy Moysaenko, MD, FACS Center Legis Inc [email protected] Ethanol Treatment After Traumatic Brain Peter F. Klein, MD, FACS [email protected] Vice-Chair Injury Decreases Cerebral MIP1α And TSSI Chair Serum Neuron Specific Enolase In Mice . 18 [email protected] Mario Castillo-Sang, MD Northwest Jean T. Stevenson, MD, FACS University of Toledo Medical Center The Presence But Not The Location Of MetroHealth Medical Center [email protected] An Appendicolith Affects The Success Of David M. Hasl, MD, FACS [email protected] Vice-Chair Interval Appendectomy In Children With Lancaster Surgical Associates Chair Ruptured Appendicitis . 18 [email protected] Ohio Committee on Trauma Southeast Communications Pancreatic Resection In The Ninth Decade Of Charles J. Yowler, MD, FACS Life: Not Always A Safe Option For Malignancy . 19 J. Allen McElroy, MD, FACS Scott Michael Wilhelm, MD, FACS MetroHealth Medical Center Surgical Associates of Marietta University Hospital Cleveland [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Chair Pulse Throughout Ohio Southeast Chair Jonathan M. Saxe, MD, FACS District Councilor Reports . 20 Akpofure Peter Ekeh, MBBS, MPH Community Hospital Wright State University Miami Valley Hospital [email protected] Cleveland Convention Center and Medical Mart . 23 [email protected] Mary Carey MacDonald, MD, FACS Vice-Chair Southwest Samaritan Professional Corp [email protected] Executive Office From the College Cari A. Ogg, MD, FACS Chair It Pays To Plan Ahead . 25 Cincinnati General Surgeons Inc Brad L. Feldman, MPA, CAE, IOM [email protected] Michael D. Sarap, MD, FACS [email protected] Southwest Southeastern Ohio Physicians Inc Executive Director [email protected] Vice-Chair ACS Board of Governors: Ohio Members Pulse is the official publication of the Ohio Chapter, Delegate to OSMA American College of Surgeons. It is published two times a year in Columbus, Ohio as a benefit of membership Linda M. Barney, MD, FACS and circulated free of charge to Ohio Chapter members. Wright State University Dept of Surgery William C. Sternfeld, MD, FACS Information appearing in this publication is obtained [email protected] Toledo Clinic from sources we believe to be reliable. The information may not be a complete statement of all available data [email protected] and is guaranteed as such. Conclusions are based Alice Ann Dachowski, MD, FACS Delegate solely on editorial judgment and analysis of technical factors and surgical/medical industry information Holzer Clinic sources. Pulse is copyrighted and portions may be [email protected] Development reprinted with the permission of the Ohio Chapter. Pulse is not responsible for the contents of its advertisements and advises all members to investigate David N. Linz, MD, FACS Linda M. Barney, MD, FACS claims before making any purchases. Canton General Surgery Associates Wright State University Dept of Surgery Permission requests to reproduce written material should be sent to: [email protected] [email protected] Ohio Chapter, ACS Chair P.O. Box 1715 Columbus, OH 43216-1715 Christopher R. McHenry, MD, FACS (877) 677-3227 MetroHealth Medical Center © Copyright 2010, Ohio Chapter, ACS. [email protected] All rights reserved. President’s Message I am pleased important to surgeons . Remember, supported me over the years .” If your to report to the your elected leaders don’t know what colleague is not an active member of membership of the you don’t tell them . the Ohio Chapter, please encourage Ohio Chapter of the At the Fall Council Meeting, I was them to join today . American College of pleased to hear how much progress I am constantly reminded of how Surgeons that our Chapter is strong the Program Committee was making blessed the Ohio Chapter is when I and continues to set the benchmark toward planning for the 2011 Annual travel and attend conferences . One for chapters! Meeting that is going to take place such example is that our chapter It was my privilege to accept May 6-7, 2011, in Cincinnati . recently had one of our members the gavel as president of the Ohio President-Elect Dr . Alice Dachowski elected to the ACS Board of Regents . Chapter, ACS at the Annual Meeting is doing an outstanding job planning I join Ohio Chapter members in this past May . I would like to thank this event with the Executive Office, offering my sincere congratulations Past President Dr . Michael Sarap for and I am certain that you will not to Dr . Margaret M . Dunn on her all of the hard work that he did to want to miss this exciting day in election to the board . make sure that my term started off on the life of the Ohio Chapter . I look I would be remiss if I did not such a positive note . Ohio Chapter forward to working with the Program mention the commitment by the Executive Director Brad Feldman and Committee in the coming weeks Board of Governors that represent his staff do a wonderful job of taking to build on the success of past the Ohio Chapter faithfully: Dr . care of the day-to-day responsibilities annual meetings . Linda Barney, Dr . Alice Dachowski, of the Chapter and they are to The Ohio Chapter was well Dr . David Linz, and Dr . Michael be commended . represented at the 2010 ACS Clinical Stark . Each do a tremendous job of The Ohio Chapter continues to Congress in Washington, DC . I was making sure that the best interests of advocate in policy decisions at the impressed and pleased that Ohio has Ohio surgeons is represented to the state and national level . As healthcare a lot of new fellows who are eager College . I would like to pay special reform legislation continues to work to get involved . The Ohio Chapter tribute to Dr . Stark as his term ends . its way to fruition, there are lots of hosted a reception at Clinical His commitment to the Chapter opportunities for surgeons to voice Congress which was financially Activities Committee has positively their opinions on implementation . supported by Cook Medical and well affected chapters and his presence I believe that it is imperative that attended by new and established
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