Vital Signs, Fall 2006 (PDF)

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine fall 2006—Vol. 30, Number 2 Vital Signs Dean’s Message

hroughout our school’s history, close supportive partnerships T have enabled us to train highly skilled, compassionate physicians and positively impact the health of the entire community. Today brings new opportunities for these interactions as we partner to address physician workforce issues, develop medical readiness for mass disasters, and reduce the incidence of skin cancer in our community. The school’s Department of Surgery has rapidly expanded its faculty and areas of expertise, now divided into a dozen program divisions. New faculty are filling critical needs within our teaching hospitals and our community. The department is one of the largest general surgery residency programs in the United States and serves as an integrated civilian/military model for medical education. Formed within the school’s Department of Emergency Medicine, the Homeland Emergency Learning and Preparedness (H.E.L.P.) Center has been funded by the Ohio Department of Health to help the state address current concerns about medical readiness in the case of man-made or natural disasters. The H.E.L.P. Center has been instrumental in developing Ohio’s pilot program for training first responders and has About the Covers: worked closely with the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association to coordinate and The covers feature develop a community-wide response plan. Mary McCarthy, M.D., This past spring, the school’s Division of Dermatology led a community-wide, professor and chief of the week-long screening program for skin cancer. With the help of residents and voluntary Division of Trauma and community faculty, the screenings promote early detection and create greater director of the Trauma Program at Miami Valley awareness about skin cancers. Hospital, with patients. As the largest supplier of new doctors for our community, we are committed to Dr. McCarthy heads the preserving their hallmark—compassion. The Healer’s Art, a new nationally developed region’s only Level 1 course, offers students a unique framework to nurture their calling as physicians. The Trauma Center, which commonality in all of these initiatives, of course, is our commitment to the medical was recently designated by profession and the community we serve. the National Foundation for Trauma Care as one Sincerely, of the top five “highly prepared” trauma centers in the nation for its preparedness to respond to large-scale disasters. (Photos courtesy of Howard M. Part, M.D. Miami Valley Hospital) Dean Contents

Features Community Leadership Role in Community Preparedness...... 2–5

Patient Care Tip of the Scalpel: From Residency to Practice...... 6–7

Education Nurturing the Heart and Soul of Medicine...... 8–9 page 2 Service Lovin’ the skin you are in...... 10–11

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Departments Profiles: Faculty: Lynn Crosby, M.D., F.A.C.S...... 12 Faculty: Dawn Wooley, Ph.D...... 13 page 6 Students: The Radcliffes...... 14

Alumni...... 15

Class Notes...... 16–17

Graduation...... 18–19

Of Primary Interest...... 20–24 page 10 New Faces...... 20–23 Leadership Role in Community Preparedness

urrounded by disturbing images of natural disasters and terrorism, S many Ohioans are asking, “What if it happened here?” Glenn Hamilton, M.D., professor and chair of Wright State’s Depart- ment of Emergency Medicine, refers to homeland security as a “faith- based initiative.” “We all want to believe that preparedness is happening, has happened,” he says. “People actively involved in this process recognize that the promise is unfulfilled. You have to opera- tionalize your plan. You can think it through, but until you do it, learn, and do it again, you just aren’t sure what it will take. The best way to be spontaneous is to rehearse.”

“We all want to believe that preparedness is happening, has happened. People actively involved in this process recognize that the promise is unfulfilled.”

Historically, the department’s faculty are on the front line of emergency care in the region’s hospitals, and several work with local fire departments, law enforcement, and search and rescue teams. Faculty members serve as first responders to local disasters, and many served at 9/11, during Hurricane Katrina, and in other national disasters.

Medical students Gabriel White, Warren Gavin, and Joanne Belgarde with new high-tech patient simulators. Establish training facilities Leadership Role in While standardizing the course- work for emergency preparedness is a key first step, necessary also are Community Preparedness facilities that can provide the back- drop for realistic, interactive, and “We think of it as an insurance hands-on experiences. These facili- policy for our region.” ties will be community-wide assets, developed in conjunction with hospital and public health partners. The H.E.L.P. Center has established the Mark Gebhart, M.D. (’97), assistant first Modular Acute Care Incident professor and director of the H.E.L.P. and Education Center, a field simula- Center. tion center at a separate site, to meet this need for first responders. To meet this need for all three With a mission to protect the focuses on standardizing training levels of medical education (under- health and wellbeing of the commu- in the recognition and management graduate, graduate, and continuing), nity, the department is now develop- of “all-hazards” threats—nuclear, the department is converting space ing a statewide model for disaster biological, chemical, explosive, and at Wright State’s Cox Institute, training, preparedness, and response. natural disasters. So far, about 500 located on the grounds of Kettering The Homeland Emergency Learning law enforcement officers, fire fight- Medical Center, into a medical simu- and Preparedness (H.E.L.P.) Center ers, hazardous materials technicians, lation center. “Acute care decision has received six contracts totaling paramedics, bomb squads, public making is important, but it tends to $7.1 million in funding this year health workers, physicians, and be the last thing offered to a medical from the Ohio Department of Health nurses have attended classes offered student during an actual acute care to establish the critical infrastruc- by Wright State faculty. Additional event,” says Dr. Hamilton. “During ture needed for medical readiness. courses and drills will be offered in the mandatory fourth-year clerk- “The funds will be used to provide the next year. ship in emergency medicine, we additional medical resources in the “Look at the faculty and staff want to move from small group case event of catastrophic disaster. We that we have here,” says Timothy discussion to bedside simulations work collaboratively with federal, Shaw, J.D., retired FBI agent and in cardiac, trauma, toxic, and other state, and local governments as well project director for the H.E.L.P. Cen- acute care situations. These kinds of as private sector organizations to ter. “We are all boots-on-the-ground. learned skills are important and ap- enhance domestic preparedness and We’ve all had a lot of experience in ply in any specialty a student might homeland security. We think of it as one form or another—whether it’s enter.” The new center will recreate an insurance policy for our region,” medical, HAZMAT, Urban Search an ICU setting, a trauma bay, and an explains Mark Gebhart, M.D. (’97), and Rescue, SWAT—in major plan- acute care emergency area and also assistant professor and director of ning and disaster response. We can include trauma torsos and ultrasound the H.E.L.P. Center. talk about our experiences, learn models for training in vascular ac- Specifically, the funds are com- from them, and incorporate them cess and other skills. mitted to: into our planning for the region and One key component of these the state.” facilities would be patient simula- Train first responders tors, anatomically accurate trainers The Department of Emergency that can mimic a human’s breathing, Medicine is the only certified train- “Look at the faculty pulse, and blood pressure as well ing site in Ohio—and one of few and staff that we have as moan, vomit, bleed, talk, and nationally—for the National Di- here. We are all respond adversely or positively to saster Life Support Foundation™ interventions. Having a “voice” is curriculum. Developed by a na- boots-on-the-ground.” central to the success of the simula- tional consortium, the tier of courses tors, according to Ray Ten Eyck, M.D.,

vital signs fall 2006 • 3 Year II student Christopher Beechy practices a difficult procedure.

(Below) Ray Ten Eyck, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine and director of the simulation center, works with Year IV students.

associate professor of emergency the exact element you need,” says medicine and new director of the Mr. Shaw. “Let’s say you need to simulation center at the Cox quarantine the county, and your law Institute. High-tech patient enforcement only has 35 patrol cars. simulators provide a safe You can demonstrate what is realis- learning environment and tic and what’s not.” near replication of case Advanced simulation on the studies. drawing boards includes the de- Cutting edge technol- velopment of a disaster-oriented, ogy will also incorporate life-sized training site with hydraulic computer modeling and props to recreate flood-submerged tabletop simulators. structures and collapsable buildings. Training in virtual en- Dubbed Calamityville, this outdoor vironment systems can classroom would encompass acres present real-life scenar- of simulation, including high rise ios, and tabletop simu- and low rise buildings, an interstate lators enable groups highway overpass, debris fields, and to use disaster models excavation mazes. of our community to plan and analyze Develop surge capacity response systems to facilities disasters. The tabletop In the event of a mass disas- simulator will include ter, existing facilities quickly, and cities, suburbs, and inevitably, overflow. With financial rural communities and support and guidance from the Ohio is flexible enough to Department of Health, the H.E.L.P. model any city in an Center has developed the Acute Care eight-county area. The Center (ACC), which will provide scale model buildings surge capacity for up to 1,000 adults are collapsible and the and children in a mass casualty situ- system can simulate a ation and house the necessary equip- tornado, flood, or other ment and supplies to treat disaster. “You can add and care for them. Timothy Shaw, J.D., (L) assistant professor of emergency medicine and deputy director of the H.E.L.P. Center, and Scott Fitzsimmons, Senior EMT Technologist, in the midst of supplies at the Acute Care Center. The Acute Care Center provides surge capacity for 1,000 and can be self-sufficient in an austere environment.

An ACC has the capability to be self-sufficient in an austere environment for up to 72 hours and can operate as a stand alone medical facility serving in concert with a hospital. ACCs include genera- tors and decontamination equipment. Ohio’s first ACC has been established in the Miami Valley in partnership with the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association. The detailed plan itemizes equipment and supplies as well as staffing and activation protocols. Two more ACCs are in the development stages in other parts of Ohio. One of these will be a 500-bed unit, the other, a 250-bed unit. Eventually, each Homeland Se- curity Region in Ohio will be served patients by one or more ACCs. and to quickly move Establish neighborhood non-critical patients response capability out of harm’s way. Key partners in this area include the Victor J. Because all disasters are most Cassano Clinic, the largest clinic for immediately local, neighbor- the underserved in the region, and “This hoods, too, need to have plans to Dayton Hospice. wide range of activity quickly meet health care needs. The H.E.L.P. Center has developed is being fueled by our status the first Neighborhood Emergency Address staffing issues as a community and regional One of the most significant Health Center, a triage site that is asset.” embedded within the community problems in mass casualty situations and can be quickly activated. These has been the lack of trained indi- neighborhood sites are designed to viduals at the scene. The region’s quickly dispense medications and plan calls for recruiting and train- be here otherwise to engage all tiers immunizations, treat minor illnesses ing retired health care professionals of training,” says Dr. Hamilton. and injuries, and meet the needs of and students to be on standby and “This wide range of activity is being the “concerned well” while moving includes the ability to activate this fueled by our status as a community stabilized, critical patients to other group when needed. Partnering with and regional asset. What we have facilities. The Neighborhood Emer- the Ohio Medical Reserve Corps, learned here will be readily shared gency Health Center will also be local teams are being trained as part throughout the state. Fulfilling our responsible for maintaining emer- of a comprehensive emergency re- obligation to medical readiness ele- gency supplies and equipment and sponse plan in coordination with lo- ments is only one part of the pre- for patient tracking and discharge. cal health districts and the H.E.L.P. paredness effort going forward for The H.E.L.P. Center has contracted Center. the citizens of southwest Ohio and with local ambulance firms to estab- “The medical school is bringing beyond.” lish an evacuation plan for critical assets that fundamentally wouldn’t —Judi Engle

vital signs fall 2006 • 5 Ti p o f t h e S c a l p e l : Fr o m R e s i d e n c y t o P r a c t i c e

wenty- four full time Tfaculty members, 50 surgical residents, and 12 program divisions make the Department of Surgery at Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine, a very busy place. Performing procedures rang- ing from laparoscopic general surgery to kidney transplantation, our surgeons and residents are committed to delivering the highest quality of care and education. The department has a long-standing tradition of excellence in patient care and teaching, and is one of the largest general surgery residency programs Alex Little, M.D., Elizabeth Berry Chair and professor of surgery. in the country. (Courtesy of Miami Valley Hospital)

director of Wright State’s General Under the leadership of Mary Surgery Residency Program. “This C. McCarthy, M.D., professor and Paula M. is accomplished at and through the chief of the Division of Trauma and Termuhlen, M.D., participation of six diverse hospitals director of the Trauma Program at F.A.C.S., associate located around the Miami Valley, Miami Valley Hospital, the depart- professor and program director and is strengthened by the research ment’s critical care surgery program of Wright State’s year that residents experience in ad- has added four new trauma/critical General Surgery dition to the five clinical years.” care surgeons to the program. Harry Residency Since the fall of 2003, Alex L. Anderson III, M.D., F.A.C.S., Program Little, M.D., has served as the F.C.C.M., one of the additions, will Elizabeth Berry Chair and professor serve as director of a new Surgical of the department. He brought with Critical Care Fellowship program him expertise in thoracic surgery, based at Miami Valley Hospital. Residency in general surgery re- with a special interest in the laparo- quires a commitment to at least five scopic treatment of gastroesophageal years of training in the art of sur- reflux disease (GERD) and large or Harry L. gery. “In Wright State’s general sur- giant hiatal hernias. His goal for the Anderson III, gery residencies, completion of the department and the region has been M.D., F.A.C.S., entire five-year program assures the to find and fill some of the spe- F.C.C.M., residents comprehensive exposure cialty niches where Wright State can professor of to the depth and breadth of clinical contribute to surgical expansion and surgery and surgery that is required for entry into meet the needs of the community. director of the either the private practice of general “We have demonstrated, through Surgical Critical surgery or for further fellowship recruitment of surgeons with specific Care Fellowship, training opportunities,” says Paula expertise, that there are significant Miami Valley M. Termuhlen, M.D., F.A.C.S., opportunities here in Dayton for aca- Hospital associate professor and program demic surgeons,” says Dr. Little.

6 • vital signs fall 2006 Ti p o f t h e S c a l p e l : Fr o m R e s i d e n c y t o P r a c t i c e “Our surgical critical care team’s National recruitment is ongoing goal is to enhance education, create to add a third specialist in surgical an advanced training fellowship for oncology for the purpose of add- two board eligible surgeons, and ing research, overview, and input to become a test site for new critical the department’s surgical oncology care bedside research, including program. Dr. Termuhlen and a recent noninvasive hemodynamics, moni- recruit, James R. Ouellette, D.O., toring, resuscitation, and overall are active surgical oncologists with care of the critically ill patient,” expertise in the treatment of a wide says Dr. Anderson. “The unit uses range of malignancies, including a multidisciplinary team approach breast, pancreatic, gastrointestinal, for our patients.” This includes care and liver cancers. provided not only by the surgical in- “The department has supplied tensivists, but also care provided in needs and strengthened hospital pro- collaboration with pulmonologists, Thavam Thambi-Pillai, M.D., grams without compromising what is respiratory care practitioners, critical assistant professor of surgery one of the best general surgical resi- care nursing staff, critical care phar- dency programs in the United States,” macists, and dieticians. “The ICU The department also has a new explains Dr. Little. “Our medical team provides excellent 24-hour care transplant surgeon, Thavam Thambi- school continues to contribute to this to critically ill patients in the only Pillai, M.D., assistant professor of area’s resources through its recruit- Level 1 Trauma Center in the region. surgery and a specialist in multi- ment of certain types of surgeons for We certainly are busy, and we are organ transplantation, laparoscopic specific practices that supplement now seeing more than 3,500 trauma/ donor nephrectomy, and liver areas supplied by the region’s private critical care admissions per year,” resection, as well as other advanced sector surgeons. Through this means says Dr. Anderson. laparoscopic surgeries. A goal for we are able to help patients by having him, after expansion of the kidney expertise here at home so they don’t transplant program, is to explore need to go elsewhere for areas of “The ICU team provides excellent programs involving pancreatic and, specialized care.” 24-hour care to critically ill patients eventually, liver transplantations. “What attracted me to Dayton was in the only Level 1 Trauma Center not just the long history of trans- “The department has supplied needs plantation at Miami Valley Hospital, and strengthened hospital programs in the region.” but also the opportunity for expansion of the transplant program. without compromising what is one A new surgical clinical research Through the addition of the aca- program began this fall with the ad- demic practice to the healthy private of the best general surgical residency dition of Kathryn M. Tchorz, M.D., practice already in operation here, F.A.C.S., associate professor of sur- the program this fall will become a programs in the United States.” gery. A new two-year grant, through Transplant Center,” says Dr. Th- the National Institutes of Health, ambi-Pillai. Just as surgical techniques have provides for half Dr. Tchorz’s time Through the efforts of Drs. R. exponentially improved since the to develop surgical clinical research Michael Johnson, associate profes- beginning of the 20th century, so new programs, mainly in trauma and sor and chief of the Division of surgical procedures and training of critical care. Her first project focuses Plastic Surgery, and Richard Sim- specialists will continue to develop on hemodynamics—monitoring of man, assistant professor and director and change on into the future. With its natural heart and blood systems and of Plastic Surgery Research, a new many community partners the Boon- improving how they work together three-year plastic surgery residency shoft School of Medicine is leading in trauma situations. began in July with its first resident. the way. —Nancy Harker vital signs fall 2006 • 7 Nurturing the Heart and Soul of Medicine

hen medical students commit to four years of are discouraged in some scientific or clinical settings.” challenging academic work, grueling sched- The Healer’s Art brings together medical students ules, and financial sacrifice, they often do it with practicing and teaching physicians, encouraging because they feel a calling: medicine offers an opportu- them to share their experiences, beliefs, aspirations, and Wnity to serve humanity in a meaningful career. Can the personal values. Over five evening sessions, faculty and rigors of medical school dampen that sense of purpose? students have a series of conversations which focus on Studies have indicated that this is the case, but there’s a humanism, personal discovery and awareness, support- national movement afoot to help medical students retain ive relationships, and service. their humanistic focus in medical school and beyond. The Healer’s Art does require busy medical students In the fall of 2005, the Boonshoft to take time for introspection. Seethal Ja- School of Medicine offered first- cobs, Class of 2009, says she signed year students an inaugural ses- “The Healer’s Art up because “I was interested in sion of The Healer’s Art, a taking a course that focused medical school curriculum course provides an atmosphere more on the ethical and social designed by Rachel Naomi where we can sides of medicine as opposed Remen, M.D., professor share experiences to the scientific and clinical of family and community in a non-threatening and sides we see every day in lec- medicine at the University of confidential environment.” ture. When the class began, I was California at San Francisco. Her surprised to find out that much of workshops emphasize that meaning the focus was on us as individuals. It was and purpose can be cultivated, strengthened, and more of an opportunity for us to step away from our shared with others to sustain the physician’s commit- hectic lives and remember why we wanted to be physi- ment to serve. The curriculum is now taught in more cians.” Jeff Jenks, president of the Class of 2009, agrees. than 50 medical schools around the nation. “The Healer’s Art course provides an atmosphere where John Donnelly, M.D., associate professor of family we can share experiences in a non-threatening and con- medicine and community health and a recipient of the fidential environment. I learned a lot from these indi- Gold Foundation’s Leonard Tow Humanism in Medi- viduals, and I also learned a lot from myself as I went cine Award, introduced The Healer’s Art here through through The Healer’s Art process.” a $398,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health Dean X. Parmelee, M.D., associate dean for aca- and Human Services (HHS). “In the first year, students demic affairs and a faculty member in the course, is are spending so much time on the requisite scientific pleased that the voluntary, not-for-credit course has been knowledge and clinical skills that they experience a well received, with 40 students in the Class of 2009 loss in their original sense of purpose,” he says. “This applying for 20 course slots. The first participants were touches on things that don’t get into the curriculum, or selected by lottery; this year, the course will be offered

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Nurturing the Heart “It addresses the conflict that can arise between being an expert, a technician, and Soul of Medicine a scientist—versus being a healer and a humanistic being.”

to the remaining students, and to the Class of 2010. “It’s a way to help students recapture the purpose and awe that they first felt when deciding to become physicians,” he says. “It addresses the conflict that can arise between being an expert, a technician, a scientist—versus being a healer and a humanistic being.” S. Bruce Binder, M.D., associate professor and vice chair of family medicine and clinical curriculum coordi- nator, is the principal investigator on the HHS grant, and was among the first to attend The Healer’s Art Faculty Development Workshop in California. The workshop was an immersion experience, “It requiring encourages participants them to look at the altruistic to explore the themes reasons that made them come to “Grow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them.” and elements Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965)—Physician, philosopher, medical school.” of The Healer’s and recipient of the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize. Art in a quite per- Etching by Arthur William Heintzelman from the collections sonal way. Dr. Binder sees many potential benefits for of the United States Library of Congress. medical students. “It shows them faculty who are willing to be vulnerable and reflective about the meaning of medicine, and also that it’s okay. It encourages them 2004 called Finding Meaning in Medicine. She believes to look at the altruistic reasons that made them come to The Healer’s Art program is not only beneficial for medical school. And those who have taken the course medical students, but also for future patients. “In The together may establish a supportive connection that lasts Healer’s Art, the students experience what it’s like to through medical school, or at least through the tough be really listened to. And through that experience they parts.” learn reflective listening. You can be so present to your Evangeline Andarsio, M.D. (’84), clinical patients, because you yourself have experienced assistant professor of obstetrics and what it’s like to really have been gynecology and of family medi- listened to.” cine, became an instructor for “In the Healer’s Art, the Students come away with The Healer’s Art through a a greater regard for personal bit of serendipity: her niece, students experience what it’s balance in their lives, and Andrea Gonzalez, M.D. (’05), like to be really listened to.” also a greater sense of mean- heard about the planned course ing behind their commitment to and mentioned that her aunt was a medicine. And that, says Dr. Parmelee, veteran of several workshops. Dr. Andarsio was, in fact, is why he supports The Healer’s Art. “My hope is that already sharing her experiences with other Dayton area this will give them the tools they need to remain whole physicians by starting an outreach program in February during medical school.” —Sue Rytel vital signs fall 2006 • 9 Lovin’ the skin you are in...

he body’s largest organ, the tional Institutes of Health maintains program. Dayton area dermatolo- skin, is an amazing structure. that cancers of the skin are the most gists, led by Julian J. Trevino, M.D. TIt protects our bodies from commonly occurring (’87), associate profes- the sun, prevents fluid loss, helps cancers in the United sor of dermatology, have regulate body temperature, provides States, and that skin held free, weeklong safety from microorganisms and cancer prevention can skin cancer screen- chemicals, contains the nerve cells be as easy as reducing ings at venues around responsible for the sense of touch, exposure to the sun the Miami Valley each and makes us waterproof! Skin’s and other sources of May. The annual event’s complexity and disorders have fasci- ultraviolet radiation goals are to promote nated physicians since ancient times. and knowing your early detection, teach Now the foci for physicians and own specific risk fac- prevention, and cre- researchers who specialize in der- tors. ate better community matology include detecting diseases Since 1985, Julian J. Trevino, M.D., awareness about skin earlier, developing better insight volunteer dermatolo- associate professor of cancers and skin-re- into the causes and mechanisms gists from around the dermatology lated issues. Through of cancers, finding effective and country have provided the years, community efficient treatments for skin condi- free skin cancer screenings in their support has come from the American tions, and understanding factors that communities as part of the American Cancer Society and its state-wide influence treatment outcomes. The Academy of Dermatology’s National call center, the Cancer Prevention National Cancer Institute in the Na- Melanoma/Skin Cancer Screening Institute, Dayton Children’s Medi- cal Center, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, Grandview Hospital, Ket- tering Medical Center, Miami Valley Hospital, Wright State University, and Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine. This year, 594 skin screenings were performed during the event. As a result, 304 individuals were given recommendations for follow-up and 37 biopsies were performed. Twen- ty-two individuals had actinic keratosis, twelve had basal cell cancers, two had squamous cell cancers, and three had melanoma cases. Michael P. Heffernan, M.D., the new Dermatology Division chief, residency program director, and associate professor of dermatology, Dr. Matthew Bakos (’03), participated in the spring community-wide skin screening.

10 • vital signs fall 2006 says, “We are so grateful to all the psoriatic arthritis, and autoimmune ing site for a 15-center study for the dermatologists and volunteers from diseases of the skin. treatment of severe lichen planus, a this region for their Division develop- common rash. willingness to give their ment also includes Three dermatopathologists, two time to participate in expanding therapeu- dermatologic surgeons, a funded such a great program, tic clinical trials and research fellow, a laser specialist, and also for Dr. Trev- research in the Miami and James Nordland, M.D., a nation- ino’s untiring leader- Valley. These will ally recognized pigmentary special- ship. There is nowhere include research stud- ist for disorders such as albinism else in the country ies on common skin and vitiligo, are voluntary faculty where they are holding conditions such as actively supporting the division. In weeklong screenings. acne or psoriasis, and addition, national recruitment for This is a unique pro- also systemic conse- two full-time faculty members is gram, and we should be Michael P. Heffernan, M.D., quences of dermato- now underway. very proud of that.” Dermatology Division Chief logical disorders. Five Since it was established in The division is trials have recently 1977, the Dermatology Residency also planning for new projects and been approved, with more beginning Program has trained more than 60 expansion. Focusing on medical der- soon. The division is the coordinat- residents, including Dr. Trevino and matology, the division has opened an ing site for a four-center study on about one-third of Dayton’s practic- infusion unit in its Elizabeth Place psoriasis and arthritis treatments ing dermatologists. Twenty-five per- headquarters. This unit introduces that will run through Stanford, Wake cent of its graduates have completed medical solutions for the treatment Forest, Louisville, and Wright State. fellowships in dermatologic surgery of conditions such as psoriasis, The division is also the coordinat- or dermatopathology, and are in practice around the nation. “We have an obligation and a mission to serve and to take care “We are so grateful to all the of people who need help,” says Dr. Heffernan. Through outreach, dermatologists and volunteers from this region for training, and research opportunities their willingness to give their time to participate in this busy division is helping people throughout the Miami Valley to take such a great program.” care of and love the skin they are in. —Nancy Harker

Actinic Keratosis Basal Cell Carcinoma Basal Cell Carcinoma Squamous Cell Carcinoma Malignant Melanoma

vital signs fall 2006 • 11 The department has recruited faculty who can provide in-depth expertise in eight basic subspecialties of orthopaedic surgery. “Recruitment of faculty was the largest hurdle we had,” continues Dr. Crosby. “Once we were able to do that, then we could increase the number of residents in the program. From an educational stand- point, we were able to redirect the program to a men- toring system. Now we have a service for each of the specialties and residents rotate through each of them.” Professionally, Dr. Crosby has been active in multiple societies and associations. He is Faculty Profile: currently chair of the Exhibit Com- mittee for the American Academy of Lynn A. Crosby, M.D., F.A.C.S. Orthopaedic Surgeons’ annual conference. He is also a president-elect n expert in shoulder reconstructive surgery for the Mid-America Orthopaedic and replacement, Dr. Crosby leads an expand- Association, which covers a 20-state region. Aing orthopaedic surgery department and active The author of several books, book chapters, and residency program. In early 2007, the department will articles in his field of expertise, Dr. Crosby serves as move to new space—doubling its current size—at Mi- North American editor for the Journal of Shoulder and ami Valley Hospital. “It is going to bring our academic Elbow Surgery as well as a reviewer for other profes- commitment and our clinical commitment together for sional publications. An avid reader as well, he is read- the first time,” he says. “We have always been separated ing biographies of U.S. presidents and enjoys a good on different floors throughout the hospital. We are really Western. excited about bringing everyone together.” Dr. Crosby completed his undergraduate degree at the University of North Dakota and his M.D. degree at The Ohio State University. His residencies in general surgery and orthopaedic surgery were completed at Creighton University and the University of Nebraska. He completed traveling fellowships in the United States and Europe funded by the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association and the Clinical Orthopaedic Society. Sports have always been an avocation for Dr. Cros- by. He has been nationally ranked in tennis—ranking first in his age group in Tennessee and Nebraska. He has served as team physician for several schools, including Creighton University and Boys Town National Institute, and is becoming actively involved with Wright State’s athletic program. A father of three, Dr. Crosby and his wife Sheila are hosting a Korean exchange student this year. The couple’s two younger children, adopted in infancy, are of Korean ancestry, and serving as a host family will be a way to share both heritages, he says. —Judi Engle Dr. Crosby, a specialist in shoulder repair and reconstruction, in surgery. (Courtesy of Miami Valley Hospital)

12 • vital signs fall 2006 Faculty Profile: Dawn Wooley, Ph.D.

awn Wooley, Ph.D., associate professor of virology in the Department of Neuroscience, Cell DBiology, and Physiology and director of the Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory (BSL3), has been study- ing dangerous pathogens for most of her adult life. This fall, as the first scientist in Ohio designated as a Certi- fied Biosafety Professional by the American Biological Safety Association, she’s teaching others at Wright State how to safely work with biological hazards in a new class, Biological Safety. “My goal is to train the next generation of scientists in biosafety,” she says. “After 9/11, biosafety became With a patent request pending for the assay, Dr. a major issue. We need more scientists involved in bio- Wooley is conducting patient studies with Barry Mc- defense and facilities that can handle microorganisms, Corkle, M.D., a clinical assistant professor of internal recombinant DNA, and infectious agents.” medicine and 1988 graduate of the Boonshoft School of Dr. Wooley serves as the principal investigator for Medicine, who specializes in treating people with HIV two projects using the BSL3 facility: a study of HIV-1 in Dayton. mutation rates and an effort to develop methods for de- “We’re not at the stage of changing treatment based tecting viruses with the potential to be used as weapons on test results,” she says. “But our hope is that, down the of mass destruction, especially hemorrhagic fever. She line, the test could assist in making treatment decisions, is also collaborating with researchers Dr. Saber Hus- especially for newly infected people and those who are sain and Dr. Camilla Mauzy at the Air Force Research changing drugs due to treatment failure.” Laboratories, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, on proj- Dr. Wooley earned her Ph.D. in virology at Harvard ects related to developing therapeutics and diagnostics Medical School and was a postdoctoral fellow under against biodefense agents. Howard Temin, M.D., who won the Nobel Prize in “My main research involves understanding the Physiology or Medicine in 1975 for the discovery of re- mechanisms of mutation of HIV-1.” One of the reasons verse transcriptase, an enzyme that retroviruses like HIV AIDS is so deadly, she explains, is that HIV has an use to replicate their genes in the DNA of a host cell. extraordinarily high mutation rate. “A high degree of —Robin Suits genetic variation is associated with HIV-1 during the course of infection. This variation enables the virus to escape the host immune response, use multiple cell sur- face proteins for viral entry, become more pathogenic, mount resistance to antiretroviral drugs, and prevent effective vaccination.” Dr. Wooley and Kelly Huang, Ph.D., a recent graduate of the Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program, developed a prognostic test or assay to measure the mutation rate of HIV and determine the types of genetic alterations that occur. “Our test can isolate the virus and measure the rate at which HIV-1 is mutating at a given time in an infected individual. The new assay has many advantages over previous mutation rate assays and thus will be very useful in future studies on genetic variation of HIV-1.” Dr. Wooley viewing cells using phase microscopy in the Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory.

vital signs fall 2006 • 13 Student Profiles: Katherine and Ben Radcliffe

hough Katherine and Ben Radcliffe use their passports frequently, they did not need them this summer. The Radcliffes, who entered Tthe Class of 2009 as a married couple, spent two weeks at the Indian Health Services Hospital in Chinle, Arizona. Ben and Katherine participated in clinical shadowing and observed the differences in medical care in a population with strong Navajo traditions. While spending a day with a public health nurse, Katherine traveled to remote areas of the reservation, which seemed to be a Third World country in comparison to Phoenix, only a six-hour drive away. Katherine vividly remembers an 80-year-old woman who still tended sheep and who lived without electricity and running water. Working in underserved areas is not new to the Radcliffes. Ben grew up in Papua New Guinea, where his parents still serve as medical missionaries, and one or both have served in Sicily and Mexico. He met Katherine while both were students at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Ohio. Their calling is to be medical missionaries to people in medically underserved areas, preferably outside the United States. Katherine remembers her first visit to Papua. “There is a vast difference between need and resources,” she says. “Medical resources are not avail- able. I was impressed with the clinical and diagnostic skills of the physicians. They have no CAT scans, no MRIs, to help them diagnose. They are excellent physicians in every way.” When asked why he likes work in underserved areas, Ben says, “I love the medicine part and serving people through medicine.” Katherine advises anyone interested in international medicine to experience it while in medical school. “The cultural experience will be amazing. It will give you an understanding of the differences in people and their ways.” Ben is equally emphatic about international medicine. “Quit talking about it and just do it. You will never feel adequate for it. However, even as medical students you will be utilized and will learn skills you can use at home.” A willing attitude and a compassionate heart are all that is necessary to make a difference in medical missions, according to Ben and Katherine Radcliffe. “We live in a global environment, even here in the United States,” says Ben. “International medicine gives students so many benefits!” —Gwen Sloas Alumni

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REUNIO N . WEEKEN D . 2 0 0 7 Celebrating the Classes of ‘82, ‘87, ‘92, ‘97, and ‘02 July 20–22, 2007

Reunion Weekend 2006 Medical school alumni from the Classes of ’81, ’86, ’91, ’96, and ’01 celebrated their reunions in grand style over the weekend of July 14-16. Based in nearby Cincinnati, the event featured a riverboat cruise, a C.M.E. luncheon, a private dinner at the Newport Aquarium, and a day of family fun at Para- mount’s Kings Island. The Medical Alumni Association would like to thank the following alumni who volunteered their time and insights to plan the event: Class of 1981 Class of 1996 Gregory A. Bergman, M.D. Janice M. Duke, M.D. Frank A. Cebul, M.D. Dana M. Frazer, M.D. Sean R. Convery, M.D. Julie P. Gentile, M.D. Dean Imbrogno, M.D. Matthew E. Hardin, M.D. Diane Imbrogno, M.D. Lois A. Krousgrill, M.D. Timothy D. Markus, M.D. Class of 2001 Class of 1986 Matthew E. Crowe, M.D. Derek K. Bair, M.D. Laura E. Gottron, M.D. Thomas E. Green, M.D. John N. Jewell, M.D. John T. Hanna, M.D. Prakash K. Pandalai, M.D. Justine S. McCarthy-Lenz, M.D. Mark R. Schloneger, M.D. Margaret D. Neiheisel, M.D. Jennifer A. Schuster, M.D. John J. Wey, M.D. E. Demond Scott, M.D. Phillip N. Simon, M.D. Class of 1991 Brian A. Tobe, M.D. Mark W. Browne, M.D. Jill S. Waibel, M.D. Angela C. Long-Prentice, M.D. Timothy S. Manuel, M.D. William R. Marriott, M.D. Kevin L. Sharrett, M.D. Christ J. Ticoras, M.D. 1980s Two Boonshoft School of Medicine alumni were recognized Rob A. Mascia, M.D. (’80), was elected by the WSU Alumni Association on May 26, 2006. vice president of the Fairfield County Alan McGee, M.D. (’82), (R) was awarded the Wright Medical Association in May 2006. State University Athletics Alumni Award of Excellence, He practices with Brookfield Family presented to alumni who have Medicine, where he serves as the medical attained a significant level of director. He is also executive director and achievement in their chosen chief of primary care for the Danbury field and have demonstrated Office of Physicians Services (a large a positive impact at either the multispecialty group practice in Danbury), local, state, and/or national/ and is director of health for the town international level. Also of Brookfield. He lives in Brookfield, recognized was Christopher Connecticut, with his wife. The couple has Danis, M.D. (’82), (L) who received the Volunteer Service a daughter and a son. Award, presented to an alumnus whose time and talent has contributed to the progress and development of the Sean R. Convery, M.D. (’81), is the Alumni Association and/or community. medical director of Miami Valley Hospital’s Sports Medicine Center. In addition to treating athletes at the Sports Yutaka Kawase, M.D. (’81), is part owner Stephen L. Manchester, M.D. (’88), is Medicine Center, he has been team of College Park Family Care, a seven- currently working at Tenwek Mission physician for the Kettering Fairmont High office multi-specialty practice with more Hospital in Kenya, East Africa, where he School athletic program for 20 years and than 50 providers. He and his wife Sue live directs the hospice program, treats HIV serves as head team physician for the in Overland Park, Kansas, and have five patients, and works in various other areas, University of Dayton Flyers. He recently children: Jenna, 16; Kenon, 15; Kirsten, including inpatient pediatrics, medicine, received the 2006 Team Physician of 13; Abigail, 11; and Joshua, 8. emergency medicine, and outpatient the Year Award from the Ohio Athletic services. The hospital trains medical Trainers Association. Christopher Danis, M.D. (’82), a board- students, clinical officers, medical officers, certified hand surgeon, has been appointed family practice residents, and others. He Mary M. Gorjanc, M.D. (’81), practices chief of the medical staff for 2006-2008 at and his wife Theresa have three children: internal medicine at Southwest General Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. Nick, 12; Peter, 8; and Wil, 4. Health Center in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. She is married to Anthony Sandora, Douglas A. Hanzel, M.D. (’83), was a retired policeman. named by Golf Digest as the “number 1 golfer doctor” on the magazine’s Top 100 1990s list. A pulmonary specialist in Savannah, Leann T. Poston, M.D. (’90), was in Georgia, he has qualified eight times for private practice until 2003, when she the U.S. Amateur. started teaching anatomy and physiology Class Notes and working with students with learning Louis A. Cannon, M.D. (’84), is program disabilities. She and her husband Howard, director for the Northern Michigan a Greene County, Ohio, administrator, Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute, have been married for 17 years. With two where he is an internationally recognized of their children having mitochondrial expert on cardiac catheterization. Because myopathy and requiring extra help with of his skills, Cannon was sought in June school, she has been able to balance her 2006 by physicians at the Montreal Heart parenting responsibilities with her desire to Institute in Canada, where a 12-year-old stay in a science field. The couple has three girl with Kawasaki’s disease was being children: Howard, Brittany, and Jonathan, treated. Using an experimental device ages 15, 13, and 11. called the FlowCardia CROSSER, Dr. Cannon was able to clear a blockage in the Kurt B. Avery, M.D. (’91), practices arteries of the girl’s heart. family medicine at Sure Care Medical Center in Springboro, Ohio. He is also an Karl M. Hagen, M.D. (’86), practices assistant team physician for Springboro general surgery in Orlando, Florida. He High School Varsity Sports and an and his wife Barbara have two children: assistant clinical professor at Wright State Eric and Christopher, ages 9 and 7. University. He and his wife Aimee, a CPA, have a 28-year-old son, Travis.

16 • vital signs fall 2006 Mark W. Browne, M.D. (’91), has been Robert J. Colvin, M.D. (’99), practices Soo Lee, M.D. (’03), completed her family pursuing a career in medical management emergency medicine at California Pacific medicine residency and joined Cabarrus after practicing for a short time in a Medical Center in San Francisco. Family Medicine in Mount Pleasant, North primary care practice. He is currently vice Carolina. president of medical affairs for a regional Noah J. Jones, M.D. (’99), started his medical center in western Kentucky. He internal medicine training in 2002 and Matthew B. Pawlicki, M.D. (’01), and his wife Kathi have three children: stayed for an additional year as chief practices family medicine in Chardon, Adam, 14; Aaron, 12; and Noah, 9. medical resident at Case Western Reserve Ohio. He and his wife Sarah live in University/University Hospitals of Mayfield Heights. Mark A. Lake, M.D. (’96), practices Cleveland. While there, he received the general surgery with Sigma Medical Group Willard A. Bernbaum, M.D., Award for Sandra (Hervey) Schwab, M.D. (’00), in Lafayette, Indiana, where he lives with outstanding performance as a medical received the Ken Graff Young Investigator his wife Mary. intern—the equivalent of an intern of Research Award in recognition of her the year award. He finished a cardiology clinical research in the field of pediatrics Kristi Leindecker, M.D. (’96), specializes fellowship at the University of Michigan in emergency medicine. She is a third- in family practice in Dover, Ohio. One of June 2006 and has entered a fourth year of year fellow in pediatric emergency her professional highlights was a mission fellowship in interventional cardiology. medicine at the Children’s Hospital of trip to Honduras. She and her husband Eric Philadelphia and is pursuing an M.S. in have three children: Laini, 10; Joy, 8; and Margit S. Lister, M.D. (’99), coauthored clinical epidemiology at the University of Luke, 7. an article in the American Journal of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Obstetrics and Gynecology. She recently Jennifer L. Snyder, M.D. (’97), works left private practice to pursue a career with Phillip N. Simon, M.D. (’01), practices for the Cleveland Clinic at Lakewood Intermountain Health Care in Ogden, Utah. with Polaris Parkway Internal Medicine Hospital. Her family medicine practice She and her husband Stephen have two and Pediatrics in Westerville, Ohio. He includes obstetrics, which is a rare children: Maddox and Brody, ages 3 and 2. is also on the faculty at The Ohio State combination in her part of the state. She University College of Medicine and and her husband Larry Laird, a teacher, Anthony Smith, M.D. (’99), recently involved with the Columbus Internal have two children: Jordan and Parker, ages joined the medical staff at Paragon Surgical Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program. 9 and 7. Specialists in Concord, South Carolina. He He and his wife Laura have one child, completed a residency in general surgery at Daniel, 2. Kathleen A. Costlow, M.D. (’98), joined Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh. Pediatric and Adolescent Practitioners in Kathleen M. Zielinski, M.D. (’01), Gahanna, Ohio, in 2002. She became a practices with University Ophthalmology full partner in 2004. She and her husband Associates Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio. She James Horrell, who works in tech support, 2000s and her husband Scott Zielinski, DVM, have two children: Aislinn, 2; and Lucy, 2 Ramon Alvarez, M.D. (’02), joined have two children: Kelan and Hazel, ages months. the staff of the Dreyer Medical Clinic 3 and 1. in Naperville, Illinois. He completed a Mary K. Murray, M.D. (’98), recently residency at Loyola University Medical joined the surgical staff of Akron General Center in Maywood. Hospital and will be specializing in breast Submit your surgical oncology. She completed a general Shawn M. Howerton, M.D. (’02), and surgery residency and breast surgical Amy K. Straiko-Howerton, M.D. (’02), Class Note oncology fellowship, both at Akron had their first child, Phoebe, in spring General. Dr. Murray lives in Tallmadge, 2005. They now live in North Carolina online at: Ohio, with her husband Gregory Murray and have their own rural family medicine www.med.wright. and two children, Victoria, 8; and Callie, 6. office: Howerton Family Medicine. They practice the full scope of family medicine edu/alumni/ Melissa Jarboe Van Tassel, M.D. (’98), except for obstetrics. While in residency, currently practices with Family Medical Amy received the the 2004 AAFP/Bristol classnotes.html Associates, a 10-physician practice in Myers Squibb Award for Excellence in This site also allows Boulder County, Colorado. She specializes Graduate Medical Education from the in family medicine and has a special American Academy of Family Physicians. you to search for interest in women’s health procedures and notes from fellow adolescent medicine. She is married to Jim Kiva D. Iverson, M.D. (’01), is a Van Tassel, an international technology resident in the Harbor-UCLA Medical alumni by name, sales representative. Last year, she Center Pathology Department. She and specialty, or class completed a professional food and wine her husband Juan, a manager and senior program for the home chef. appraiser, have two children: Nicholas, 4; year. and Kennady, 2. Graduation 2006

Eighty-six graduates received their Doctor of Medicine degree at the Schuster Dr. Howard Part presents the Dean’s Award to Thomas A. Coffelt. Performing Arts The award is given to a graduate who demonstrates a commitment to academic excellence, embodies empathy and compassion toward Center in down- others, exemplifies personal integrity and professionalism, and has earned the respect and trust of classmates and faculty. town Dayton in Dr. Benjamin Carson, the world- renowned neurosurgeon from Johns late May. Hopkins, gave the commencement address and received a standing ovation for his poignant and thoughtful remarks.

The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award for a student was presented to Crystal D. Hill. The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award for a faculty member was presented to Anne Marie Proulx, D.O., assistant professor of family medicine. The Teaching Excellence Award from the Class of 2006 was given to J. Michael Ballester, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine.

The Appreciation Award was given to Robert D. Reece, Ph.D., professor emeritus of community health, to recognize an individual or a community organization that has made a significant contribution to the class or to the medical school. Gary LeRoy, M.D., presents the Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Humanism in Medicine Award to Alonzo Patterson III, M.D., clinical assistant 18 • vital signs fall 2006 professor of pediatrics. Of Primary Interest New Faces Faculty Notes Michael D. Barnett Jr., M.D. William B. Albery, Ph.D., clinical associate professor of community Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery health, received the Kent K. Gillingham award for his significant contribu- M.D.: Wright State tion in the fields of spatial disorientation and situational awareness related to University School of flight. Medicine Residency: Akron Robin E. Dodge, M.D., director of aerospace medicine and associate General Medical professor of community health, received the 2006 Theodore C. Lyster Award Center (orthopaedic given in honor of the memory of the first Chief Surgeon, Aviation Sec- surgery) tion, United States Army Signal Corps. It is given annually for outstanding Fellowship: Portland Orthopaedic achievements in the general field of aerospace medicine. Foot and Ankle Center Francis S. “Ted” Knox III, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor of com- Ryan S. Carvalho, M.D. munity health, received the John Paul Stapp Award to recognize his out- Assistant Professor, standing contributions in the field of aerospace biomechanics. Pediatrics M.D.: Seth Gordhandas Paul Koles, M.D., assistant professor of pathology Sunderdas Medical and surgery, was recently honored by the Southwestern College/King Ohio Council for Higher Education for “excellence in Edward Memorial teaching and for many outstanding contributions made Hospital to student learning.” Residency: Brooklyn Hospital Center (pediatrics) Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital (gastroenterology and nutrition) Mary McCarthy, M.D., professor of surgery, chief of the Division of Trauma, and director of the Trauma Pro- Carmella D’Addezio, D.O. gram at Miami Valley Hospital, received the Health Care Associate Professor, Internal Heroes Innovator Award, which honors a person or organi- Medicine zation for a breakthrough in medical technology, research, D.O.: Michigan State University or delivery. Health Care Heroes is an awards program College of Osteopathic Medicine sponsored by the Dayton Business Journal. Residency: Saginaw Osteopathic Hospital (internal medicine) Stanley R. Mohler, M.D., professor emeritus of Fellowship: Detroit Osteopathic community health, was presented the Marie Marvingt Hospital (nephrology) Award, given in memory of a pioneer French pilot and surgical nurse who helped develop air ambulance Corey J. Ellis, M.D. services. The award is presented annually to honor Assistant Professor, excellence and innovation in aerospace medicine. In Orthopaedic Surgery addition, Dr. Mohler was one of seven to receive the M.D.: University of prestigious Elder Statesman of Aviation Award from the Cincinnati College of National Aeronautic Association. The purpose of this Medicine award is to honor outstanding Americans, who, by their efforts over a period Residency: of years, have made contributions of significant value to aeronautics and University of have reflected credit upon America and themselves. Cincinnati (family medicine) Fellowship: Cincinnati Children’s Adbul Wase, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.C., associate clinical professor of Hospital Medical Center (primary medicine, received the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by His Ex- care sports medicine) cellency Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, president of the Government of India.

20 • vital signs fall 2006 Barbara L. Schuster, M.D., professor and chair of New Faces internal medicine, has been appointed president of the Ashley K. Fernandes, M.D. Association of Professors of Medicine (APM). The APM Assistant Professor, is the national organization of chairs of departments of Community Health internal medicine at the 125 U.S. medical schools. She is M.D.: The Ohio the first woman to be appointed president since APM’s State University inception in 1954. Residency: Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital (categorical pediatrics) Grant Shirley, M.D., resident instructor in aerospace medicine, received the Ameri- Michael A. Herbenick, M.D. can Red Cross Certificate of Merit, the high- Assistant Professor, est award given to an individual who saves Orthopaedic Surgery or sustains a life. M.D.: Wright State University School of Medicine Residency: Wright Roger Siervogel, Ph.D., Fels Professor and Direc- State University tor of the Lifespan Health Research Center, received School of Medicine the Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research (orthopaedic surgery) Award from Wright State University. The award, named Fellowship: Kerlan-Jobe after Wright State’s first president, recognizes outstanding Orthopaedic Clinic (sports medicine) research activity by a faculty member. Michael K. Kaplon, M.D. Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine New Geriatrics Chair Is Named M.D.: Vanderbilt University Medical Larry W. Lawhorne, M.D., has been appointed chair and profes- School sor of the Department of Geriatrics. He comes to Wright State from the Residency: Medical College of College of Human Medicine at Michigan State Wisconsin University, where he was director of the Geriatric Fellowship: Bowman Gray School Education Center and professor of family medicine. of Medicine (hematology/oncology) He holds a B.A. and an M.D. from the University Fellowship: New England of Virginia and completed a family practice resi- Deaconess Hospital (hematology) dency at the University of Iowa. Dr. Lawhorne also chaired the Michigan State Medical Society’s Geetika Kumar, M.D. Committee on Aging, and is a past president of the Assistant Professor, Internal American Medical Directors Association, a national Medicine organization of physicians interested in improv- M.D.: Indore University, M.P., India ing health care in nursing homes. An outstanding Residency: Grant Hospital/Rush educator, Dr. Lawhorne has received teacher of the year awards at every Presbyterian (internal medicine) institution with which he has been affiliated, and he has been active in geriatric education and gerontology curriculum development. His research Larry W. Lawhorne, M.D. interests include recognition assessment, management of dementia in pri- Professor and Chair, Geriatrics mary care settings, using telemedicine in nursing homes, and end-of-life M.D.: University of Virginia Residency: University of Iowa issues. A prolific author, Dr. Lawhorne has published numerous articles in (family practice) refereed journals, as well as serving on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Caring for the Ages, and Long Term Links.

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New Faces New Center Established Ronald J. Markert, Ph.D. Medical students and faculty at the Boonshoft School of Medicine will Professor, Internal better understand the globalization of health care through a new Center for Medicine Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy, which will have both Ph.D.: Michigan research and educational components. Recognizing that health care in the State University future will have some critical characteristics that are common around the (educational globe, this program will seek to understand the processes of care being psychology) delivered throughout the world, to learn from others how to improve our own systems, and to help other countries improve the systems of care they deliver. Richard J. Schuster, M.D., M.M.M., will serve as the Oscar Boon- James R. Ouellette, D.O. shoft Chair and center director. Assistant Professor, Surgery D.O.: University Student Notes of Health Sciences Mygleetus Wright, M.D., current student in the M.P.H. program, College of received first place at the state of Ohio Combined Public Health Conference Osteopathic Medicine for her research project. Residency: Wright State University School of Medicine Fellowship: Cedars-Sinai Medical Each year faculty and Center (surgical oncology) students provide free physicals to kindergarten Teresa Pfaff-Amesse, M.D. children who need them. Assistant Professor, Pathology Usually, there are many M.D.: University of Washington instances like this one, School of Medicine where the interaction Residency: University of Maryland becomes a learning and School of Medicine (anatomic fun session for everyone pathology) involved. Fellowship: Yale University School of Medicine (surgical and gynecologic pathology) Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Health Screening Event at Shiloh Church University School of Medicine Students from the Classes of 2008 and 2009 participated in a com- (cardiovascular-respiratory munity health screening planned by POPmed—a medical student interest transplantation pathology) group focused on issues related to population based medicine and public health. The emphasis of the screening, called “Know Your Numbers,” was to help people know and understand what their blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol, body mass index (BMI), and risk of stroke are to provide some education regard- ing healthy lifestyle choices and how to reduce their risk of future cardiovascular disease. A second goal of the screening was to encourage participants to visit their physicians regularly and to highlight the importance of having a primary care doctor.

22 • vital signs fall 2006 New Faces Stephanie A. Riolo, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor, Psychiatry Assistant Professor, Pediatrics M.D.: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Residency: Brown University School of Medicine (pediatrics, child psychiatry, and adult psychiatry) Fellowship: Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation (childhood and adolescent depression)

The Class of 2008 reaffirmed its dedication to the ethics and pro- L. Joseph Rubino III, M.D. fessionalism of medicine in a ceremony on July 19. Supported by the Assistant Professor, Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the Student Clinician’s Ceremony celebrates Orthopaedic Surgery the students’ entry into the third year of medical school, a year of rota- M.D.: Georgetown tions through Dayton’s “teaching community.” Janice Duke, M.D. (’96), University assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was the keynote speaker Residency: Wright for the event, and the Class of 2007 recognized their outstanding resident State University teachers. The following residents received Humanism and Excellence in School of Medicine Teaching Awards and will be inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Fellowship: Society: University of Virginia (sports medicine) Antoinette T. Burns, D.O. The following students and Pediatrics Residency Program faculty member will also be in- Timothy A. Shaw, J.D. ducted into the Gold Humanism Assistant Professor, David A. Hart, M.D. Honor Society: Emergency Medicine Psychiatry Residency Program J.D.: Ohio Northern Students University School of Talieh Hendi, M.D. Michele R. Arthurs Law Internal Medicine Residency James P. Brewer Program Stacey L. Brown Megan E. Brundrett Roger A. Wood, M.D. Louisa L. Pecchioni, M.D. Matthew D. Hess Assistant Professor, Surgery Residency Program Matthew E. Kuestner Internal Medicine Paul E. Lagler M.D.: Uniformed Erron L. Simmons, M.D. Kristen P. Massimino Services University Family Medicine Residency Shawn M. McFarland of the Health Program Kennon A. Miller Sciences Anthony M. Schlake Residency: Wilford Ned L. Williams, D.O. Natalie Woods Hall Medical Center Obstetrics/Gynecology Residency (internal medicine) Program Faculty Fellowship: Wilford Hall Medical Anne Marie Proulx, D.O. Center (hematology/oncology fellowship)

vital signs fall 2006 • 23 Of Primary Interest Advancement Notes The Boonshoft School of Medicine received a grant from The Kettering Fund to advance an exciting new field of science—proteomics, the study of the intricate structure and function of thousands of proteins in cells and tissues. As part of The Kettering Fund’s continuing effort to support medical research, the $500,000 grant will provide new state-of-the-art instruments and software designed for proteomic analyses and will support, in part, personnel and pilot studies. Past giving from the Kettering Fund has been leveraged with state, federal, and private dollars and helped create four biomedical research centers of excellence at the Boonshoft School of Medicine. All of these initiatives have a heavy emphasis on multi-disciplin- ary research, and the proteomic research will follow the same strategy. Dr. Janice Duke (’96) (Far R) led a one-month mission trip to Bolivia with students (L-R) Kara Denny, Laura As part of this year’s annual employee appeal, Slivka, and Lindsay Warren from the Class of 2006. They Wright State Physicians, Inc., pledged $55,000 to donated blood to this 16-year-old patient, who has non- continue its long-time support of the Boonshoft School Hodgkin’s lymphoma. of Medicine. The gift is designated toward the African- American Alumni Scholarship and the Wright State Physi- cians Scholarship, established to provide financial support for medical students who have demonstrated leadership, made measurable contributions of community service, and have an exceptional record of academic achievement.

The Levin Foundation has provided a $25,000 grant to develop a report based on observations of the Israeli Emergency Preparedness system by faculty on a recent trip to Israel. The report will examine how best practices abroad can be applied to both natural and man-made disasters here in the Dayton community. Much of the information gained also will have immediate benefit for the learning experiences of students in the newly created Global Health Systems program and the Emergency Pre- paredness Concentration in the Master of Public Health Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (MPH) program. welcomed 100 new students and their families during the students’ first “Rite of Passage”—Convocation and the White Coat Ceremony. At the annual event, students take their first In Memoriam oath of professional medical ethics and receive the symbol of Alan McKelvey, R.Ph., the university pharmacist their profession—the white coat. since Wright State’s pharmacy was founded in 1982, passed away this spring after a lengthy illness. He was a friend and advocate for faculty, staff, and students and willingly shared his expertise and knowledge with all. Alan had received the President’s Award for Excellence from the university and was named the Pharmacist of the Year by the Miami Valley Pharmacy Association.

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VA/Wright State University Recognition Vital Signs is published twice a Program Hold the year for alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of Wright State November 16, 2006 Date! University Boonshoft School of 4:45 p.m. May 18, Medicine. Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2007 Bldg 330, Room 1D-104 Direct all correspondence to: (Director’s Conference Room) Editor, Vital Signs Wright State University For more information, contact: (937) 262-2165 Drive for a Difference Charity Golf Outing Boonshoft School of Medicine Beavercreek Golf Club Office of Public Relations Student Awards Ceremony May 18, 2007 P. O. Box 927 November 21, 2006 11:30 a.m. Dayton, OH 45401-0927 Fax: (937) 775-3366 5:00 p.m. Reception For more information, contact: (937) 775-2951 Phone: (937) 775-2951 5:30 p.m. Ceremony E-mail: [email protected] E156 Student Union Multipurpose Room Medicine Ball www.med.wright.edu/ For more information, contact: (937) 775-2934 May 23, 2007 Editorial Planning Group and For more information, contact: (937) 775-2934 Contributing Authors Global Health Systems, Management, and Robert Boley Policy Conference SNMA Banquet Debbie Deichler “Eating Ourselves Sick: May 24, 2007 Judith Engle The Health and Economic Challenges of Obesity” Schuster Performing Arts Center Nancy Harker Sue Rytel February 21, 2007 For more information, contact (937) 775-2934 Gwen Sloas, Ed.D. Sinclair Ponitz Center Robin Suits 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Graduation For more information, contact: (937) 258-5543 May 25, 2007 Managing Editor Judith Engle Schuster Performing Arts Center Match Day 6:30 p.m. Copy Editor March 15, 2007 For more information, contact: (937) 775-2934 Robin Suits Noon Design Medical Sciences Auditorium Reunion Weekend, celebrating the classes of Debbie Deichler For more information, contact: (937) 775-2934 ’82, ’87, ’92, ’97 and ’02 July 20–22, 2007 Photography Coordinators Faculty Meeting For more information, contact: (937) 775-2972 Debbie Deichler May 17, 2007 Nancy Harker Sue Rytel 4:30 p.m. Location TBA Photography For more information, contact: (937) 775-3010 Roberta Bowers William Jones Cindy Ratermann Chris Snyder

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