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Rural Roots Sowed Seeds for Bountiful Future FALL 2013 MCG Medicine is produced biannually by the MCG Georgia Regents University Office of Communications and Marketing with financial M D support from the Medical College of Georgia at GRU. e icine at Georgia Regents University Medical College of Georgia

Dean THE COVER: Peter F. Buckley, M.D. Humble Beginnings Chief of Staff 12 Jeanette Balotin Rural Roots Sowed Seeds for Bountiful Future

GRU Senior Vice President, Office of Communications and Marketing David Brond > RUN!...... 20 Alumni, Faculty Share Stories of Horror Executive Editor Toni Baker at Boston Marathon

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©2013 Georgia > Magnificent Seven...... 39 Regents Inaugural Class Begins Studies University at Northwest Campus

DEPARTMENTS 3 Appointments 4 News at a Glance 6 Newsmakers 9 Research Roundup 34 Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Cargill H. Alleyne Jr. 42 Viewpoints 44 Alumni Affairs Update 46 Advancement Update 47 Classnotes

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MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA cleaning company. From theDean “Wow” stronger opportunityto optimallyprepare ourstudents Georgia. These programs, ofcourse, provide usaneven cooperation withoursister research institutions across additions to ourlongstanding M.D./Ph.D. program in want to bephysicians. These are terrific dual-degree degree that optimallyprepares undergraduates who students. Alsothisfall, GRUisoffering anew B.S./M.D. University, we are offering anM.D./M.B.A to ourjunior of Business, ournew colleagues at Georgia Regents graduating ourfirst class of230 students. classes ever. And,innearlytheblinkofaneye, we willbe This fall, incooperation withtheJamesM.HullCollege We’ve matriculated oneofthebrightest, most diverse MedicalCollege ofGeorgia. the last few monthsat the probably best describes school at age 18. public medical the state’s only made hisway to from Kite, who Ga., the sonofafarmer Dr. Harrisonwas example. The late one outstanding (see page12)as Harold Harrison Please take Dr. J. excellence. of educational promising future proud history and old, we celebrate a we turn185years Certainly, as (See page5.) chosen profession. turns oftheir as thetwists and choose aswell career path they for whatever same. who come next. fine colleagues andadistinct privilege to educate those to theirfamilies within48hours.(Seepage28.) May. Allvictimswere identifiedandtheirbodies released 48 individualskilledby tornadoes inrapid succession in understood the urgency andtragedy for thefamilies of and-death timeconstraints asDr. Panter, heimmediately Oklahoma, may nottypicallywork withinthesamelife- others. While Dr. Pfeifer, ChiefMedicalExaminer of exploded, sodidDr. Panter’s innate passion for helping Teresa, to finishtheBoston Marathon. When thebombs N.C., was standing onthesidelineswaiting for hiswife, 20), anemergency medicinephysician from Sylva, accomplishment andcommitment. Dr. Panter (see page Dr. EricPfeifer, would. little doubtthat hisfellow alums,Dr. J. AllanPanter and inspired to make Dr. Harrisoneven more proud. There’s I amamazed by theirgenerosity andcommitment and scholarships andendowed chairsfor faculty. To thisday, are givingMCG a$66millionendowment for student April, we learnedthat Dr. Harrison andhiswife, Sue, also be anacademichomefor ourmedicalschool. the Education Commons that, beginningnext year, will distinguished nameandsignificantfinancialsupport to like himself. Incredibly, this1948alumwould lendhis Foundation, hisdesire to helpMCG helpstudents just he shared withDr. JimOsborne, now CEOoftheMCG his almamater’s magazine, you willlearnhow earlyon roots orhislove for hismedicalschool.Inthisissue of incredibly successful cattle farmer to boot. He would become apioneerinvascular surgery andan So Ifinishwhere I started: Wow. It isadistinct honorto beassociated withsomany This magazinealsoshares theirstories of I don’thave thewords to best describehow inlate Through it all,Dr. Harrisonnever forgot hisfarming u [email protected] 706-721-2231 PETER F. BUCKLEY, M.D. Ihopeyou feel the <

MCGMeDicine FALL 2013 MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA From thePresident RICARDO AZZIZ, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. and eighty-five One hundred years ago, be oncollaborating together to create ourbest future. u our past andhonorourhistory. Butourfocus continues to university and to thecommunity. (Seepage12.) bequest to MCG cappedalifetime ofgiving, bothto this Dr. J. Harold Harrison,whosehistoric multimillion-dollar disasters—both natural andmanmade. Read alsoabout and managedthechaoticaftermath ofrecent national and compassionate care nodoubtsaved lives andlimbs, caring. There are theselfless MCG alumniwhoseskillful issue, ouralumni—past andpresent—are generous and constant. we are very proud. one thousand—adiverse andaccomplished group ofwhom degrees indozens ofdisciplines andnumbered more than historic first consolidated GRUgraduating class earned was awarded adoctorate ofmedicine. This spring,our newest oneinRome, (Seepage39.) Ga. in Albany, Savannah, and—asyou willread inthisissue—our partnership campusinAthens, andsatellite Ga., campuses national reach. The MedicalCollege ofGeorgia includes a and isa$1billion-plusenterprise withstatewide and comprises 650acres ofcampusandnearly150buildings, completed in1836for agrand total of$14,567. Today, GRU structure: theOldMedicalCollege buildingonTelfair Street, staff, andenrolls over 9,500 students. colleges andschools,employs more than12,000 faculty and of thetime. Today, GRUoffers about110programs innine courses offered inninesubjects related to thehealingarts our institution’s very first academic year together, with legislation. the results ofwhat must have seemedaroutine piece of University. the legacy oftoday’s MCG, andultimately Georgia Regents established theMedicalAcademy ofGeorgia. Thus began the Georgia state legislature passed thecharter that For example, asyou willread inseveral stories inthis Over theyears muchhas changed;yet muchremains The first graduating class in1833numbered four; each MCG’s first dedicated “campus” consisted ofone In 1829, seven students andthree faculty membersbegan Imagine ifthoselegislators were alive today to witness In this,our185 th year ofexistence, we pauseto remember CEO, Georgia Regents HealthSystem President, Georgia Regents University; Medicine andMedicalHumanities; Professor, Obstetrics &Gynecology, journey. on our partners remain glad you We’re Appointments

Kong Named Inaugural Chairwoman of Radiation Oncology

Dr. Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong has joined better care for patients, and that we help educate the next MCG as the inaugural Chairwoman of the generation of cancer caregivers.” Department of Radiation Oncology. Noted MCG Dean Peter F. Buckley, “Radiation oncology Kong also co-leads the Lung Cancer is a cornerstone of any cancer program and Dr. Khleif, who Multidisciplinary Clinic and co-directs joined us in early 2012, quickly noted that we needed to build Lung and Esophageal Cancer Programs ours. Dr. Kong is a remarkably accomplished colleague, and at the GRU Cancer Center. her recruitment is a true homerun. We are pleased to work Kong, who reports jointly to the MCG Dean and GRU with the Cancer Center on this important initiative.” Cancer Center Director, served as Associate Professor Early goals include establishing a radiation oncology and Lead of Thoracic Radiation Oncology Research at the residency program, augmenting research infrastructure to University of Michigan before joining GRU. enable expansion of basic science and clinical studies, and An expert in radiation therapy for lung, esophageal, and bringing new treatment paradigms onboard. “This is a place other thoracic cancers, Kong is helping develop personalized with great potential, a growing Cancer Center with a large treatment approaches that improve patient outcomes while population to serve,” Kong said. reducing side effects. Kong is Principal Investigator of a She is Vice President of the American Association of national multi-center trial, co-sponsored by the Radiation Women Radiologists and is a member of the association’s Therapy Oncology Group and the American College of Executive and Strategic Plan Committees. She is the first Radiology Imaging Network, which is the first to use during- President and Chairwoman of the Board of the Sino-American treatment Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Network for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology. She also chairs Tomography imaging for adaptive radiotherapy for lung the Field Advisory Committee of the National Veterans Affairs cancer. She is also the U.S. Principal Investigator for an Radiation Oncology Program and serves as the American international multi-center trial comparing the stereotactic College of Radiology Commission of Radiation Oncology’s body radiotherapy with surgery for early-stage non-small- liaison to the American Pathology Association. She is a cell lung cancers. She also has a National Cancer Institute- member of the Committee for Oral and Written Board funded study assessing whether functional imaging and other Examinations of the American Board of Radiology and has modern technology can enhance survival for patients with served as a surveyor for the American College of Radiology

non-small cell lung cancer. Radiation Oncology Accreditation Program. FALL 2013 “Dr. Kong is a strong recruit who will help us build She is Senior Associate Editor of the International Journal this essential component of cancer care and strengthen of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics. She is Editor- the scope and impact of our Cancer Center as we move in-Chief of Focus, a bi-monthly newsletter of the American toward designation by the National Cancer Institute,” said Association for Women Radiologists. She serves on the GRU Cancer Center Director Samir N. Khleif. “As with all editorial board of the Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology,

our efforts, this move ensures that our patients today and Biology and Physics, Journal of Thoracic Disease, and Journal icine

tomorrow get the absolute best cancer care available, that of Radiation Oncology and has served as a scientific reviewer D

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Dr. Laura D. Dr. Jose A. Dr. Mitchell Carbone, Director Vazquez, former Watsky, former of the Metabolic Director of the Associate Dean Bone Center and Microbiology and for Graduate Rheumatology Fel- Infectious Disease Studies at the

lowship Program Translational Re- University of MCG at the University of search Center at Tennessee Health Tennessee Health Henry Ford Hospi- Science Center, Science Center, has been named tal in Detroit and Professor of Medicine has joined GRU as Dean of Gradu- Chief of the Section of Rheumatology. at Wayne State University School of ate Studies. Watsky also serves as an Carbone, also a Professor of Medicine, Medicine, has joined MCG as Chief of MCG Professor of Cellular Biology and is an expert in metabolic bone disease the Section of Infectious Diseases in Anatomy, pursuing several National with a special interest in fractures in the Department of Medicine. Vazquez Institutes of Health-funded studies spinal cord injury patients. She will join is an expert in systemic fungal infec- regarding corneal wound healing. the faculty in November. tions and bacterial infections. MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA News Optimizing theFuture community leaders. alumni, andGRUcolleagues aswell asstate and seeking inputfrom faculty, staff, students, fellows, and shouldbecomplete inearly2014, includes essential to itsfuture, saidDeanPeter F. Buckley. success ofthestate’s publicschoolandwhoare individuals whohave enabledthegrowth and the contributions andcommitment ofcountless and Future: People Make ItHappen,” reflects the direction and impact. strategic planisunderway to optimize future at aGlance As MCG celebrates its185 The process, whichbeganinearnest inFebruary The working title, “MCG’s 185-Year Legacy th anniversary, a mcgfoundation.org. Williams. Jedidiah Colter Litsey, JoeHenryLivingston IV, andTiera Alisa Forrester, Zhihua“Bobby” He, Kaitlyn Rebecca Ike, Gordy Leon, the MCG DepartmentofFamily Medicine. part ofalarger endowment to supportfaculty development in tuition andothereducational costs. The scholarshipfundsare founding memberofthefoundation. Fundswillhelpoffset Family Medicineto honorSowell, a1952 MCG graduate and Foundation established theendowment intheDepartmentof Scholarship Endowment intheDepartmentofFamily Medicine. through theDavid S.Sowell, M.D., Faculty Development and medicine physicians have beenawarded scholarshipfunds Office oftheDean. Campus inJuly. The scholarshipsare fundedthrough theMCG available for third-year students whostarted at theSouthwest regional campus.The $4,000 one-timescholarshipwillbe System inAlbany, was established in2005asMCG’s first underserved. The campus,basedat PhoebePutney Health Campus becausetheentire region isconsidered medically years ofmedicalschoolinsouthwest Georgia. who optto spendtheirclinicallyintensive third andfourth Scholarship Support To contribute to theendowment, visit Recipients are Carolyn AnneCurtis,MichelleCamille The Georgia Academy ofFamily Physicians Educational Also, eightMCG seniorswhoplanto become family MCG officialsopted to focusscholarshipsontheSouthwest Scholarships are beingprovided for upto 20MCG students State University asGeorgia Regents University. of Georgia HealthSciences University and Augusta opportunities generated by therecent consolidation The planwillalso strive to maximize synergies and people andprocess excellence; andexternal affairs. activity; cultural transformation anddiversity; co-chairing theSteering Committee. Jack Yu, ChiefoftheSectionPlastic Surgery, are Department ofObstetrics andGynecology, andDr. the healthofourstate andnation,” Buckley said. forward withgreat purposeandpassion to improve nation’s first medicalschools to continue to move Focus areas includeeducation; research; clinical Dr. Barbara Robinson, Assistant Professor inthe “We believe thisprocess willenableoneofthe u FALL 2013 u to optimallyprepare students for medicalschool.B.S./M.D. medical andbusiness school. degree willconsist ofstudents completing classes for both medical school.The finaltwo years ofthefive-year dual accepted into theM.B.A.program after theirthird year of Wallach. concurred MCG Vice Deanfor Academic Affairs Paul care andleadwithinacomplex healthcare system,” knowledge they needto bothprovide outstanding clinical leaders, equippingourstudents withthein-depth to meetthefuture challengesofthehealthcare industry.” professors, we know ourgraduates willbebetter equipped the rigorous curriculumbeingtaughtby highlyskilled medical field,” saidHull College DeanMarc Miller. “With their patients, butalsoare great business leadersinthe produce physicians whoare notonlypassionate about increasingly complex workforce. academic diversity ofphysician graduates entering an of Business haslaunchedajointM.D./M.B.A. degree. Dual Degrees Also new thisfall isaGRUpipelineprogram designed Eligible participantsmust beMCG students whoare “This program willeducate acadre offuture physician “I believe thisprogram willtrulyhelpourinstitution The five-year program isdesigned to expand the MCG inpartnershipwithGRU’s JamesM.HullCollege DR. JIN-XIONG SHE research magazine. To read it,visitinsider.gru.edu/magazine. She, Georgia Research Alliance EminentScholarinGenomic Medicine. as environmental triggersto understand allofthefactors involved,” said to correlate theprogression orlackofprogression ofthedisease, aswell common denominators for type 1diabetes. among themany geneticandenvironmental factors scrutinized to glean for signsofanimmunesystem attack oninsulin-producing cells, are been enrolled inTEDDY. The children’s bloodsamples,examined regularly for two geneslinked to type1diabetes, andnearly9,000 children have Washington, Finland,Sweden andGermany. for anotherfive years. TEDDY alsohasclinical centers in Colorado, $10 millioninNational Institutes ofHealthfundingto continue hisstudies Diabetes intheYoung consortium inGeorgia andFlorida,recently received Director oftheMCG Center for Biotechnology andGenomicMedicine. genetic mutations correlated withtype1diabetes, saidDr. Jin-Xiong She, factors really contribute to thedisease. scientists auniqueperspective onwhichmolecularandenvironmental determine how geneticsandenvironment causetype1diabetes are giving TEDDY Continuation The study isfeatured inthelatest editionofGResearch, GRU’s biannual “We are lookingat genes,geneticexpression, proteins, andmetabolites Since 2003, the centers have screened almost halfamillionnewborns She, principalinvestigator for The Environmental Determinants of The TEDDY study, following nearly9,000 at-risk children, isuncovering Massive samplesemanating from adecade-old,international initiative to University System ofGeorgia. partnership withfellow research universities inthe nation.” and for thephysician workforce needs ofourstate and Buckley. “We believe they willbeawin-win for students created by ournew university,” saidMCG DeanPeter F. additional incentive for students. change from eightto seven years next year to create an and Mathematics. The program lengthisscheduledto chemistry willbeawarded through theCollege ofScience destination-of-choice university.” the transition asseamless aspossible andto make GRUa Department ofBiologicalSciences. “The goalisto make fourth year,” saidDr. Richard Griner, ChairoftheGRU will have aseat inthemedicalschoolclass after their shadowing, andsuccessfully complete aninterview, they requirements for research, volunteer work andcareer on theMedicalCollege Admission Test, complete point average throughout, achieve asatisfactory score of college. through theusualadmissions process after the third year guaranteed aseat inmedicalschoolwithouthaving to go students whomeetundergraduate benchmarkswillbe GRU hasoffered ajointM.D./Ph.D. since 2000in “These new programs reflect the synergy andenergy degreesBachelor’s incellular andmolecularbiologyor “If students intheprogram maintainacertain grade u u

MCGMeDicine FALL 2013 MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA News available inhard copy andonline. Springer Science + Business Media, is Head andNeckSurgery,” published by “Encyclopedia ofOtolaryngology, of otolaryngology. The five-volume Faculty Award. Medical Society’s 2013 Volunteer Clinical received theAlphaOmega AlphaHonor pediatrician inWaynesboro, has Ga., Dr. Timothy Richard Kinsey Jr., a MCG’s 2013 Institutional Service Award. genetic counseling. Healsoreceived accredits master’s degree programs in council, whichsetsstandards for and physician to serve onthenine-member Counseling. Flanneryistheonly the Accreditation Council for Genetic the medicalgeneticist memberof his dedication andleadership. Faculty Senate Executive Committee for He hasalsobeenhonored by theMCG makers first encyclopedia in-Chief ofthe Surgery, isEditor- Head andNeck of Otolaryngology- of theDepartment and Vice Chairman Kountakis, Professor Dr. Stilianos E. been appointed of Pediatrics, has the Department Administration of Vice Chairmanfor of Geneticsand of theSection Flannery, Chief Dr. David B. academic medicine. to psychiatry and his contribution Commendation for Special Presidential Association American Psychiatric Buckley received the MCG DeanPeter F. public healthinthestate. 1,400 memberorganization promoting serve aone-year term asheadofthe for Regional CampusCoordination, will serving asMCG’s Interim Associate Dean Family MedicinePhysician oftheYear. honored LeClair in2009asGeorgia’s Legislative Committee. The academy also of Delegates andasCo-Chairman ofthe academy currently servingonitsHouse LeClair isaformer President ofthe capabilities. combination therapies with anti-sickling April, stressing theneedto develop new Sickle Cell DiseaseScientificMeetinglast Educational Symposium andNational Research and Sickle Cell Disease the seventh annual M.D. Lecture for Roland B.Scott, delivered the2013 Sickle Cell Center, Director oftheMCG Dr. AbdullahKutlar , Martin, whoalsois Health Association. the Georgia Public elected President of Campus, hasbeen of theSoutheast Campus Dean Martin, Associate Dr. Kathryn R. Family Physicians. Georgia Academy of Year Award from the 2013 Educator ofthe has received the of Family Medicine, in theDepartment Associate Professor Dr. Bruce M.LeClair, FALL 2013 Atlanta. Unit, willbeheldinOctober 2014 in International InjuryPrevention Research for InjuryControl, andtheJohnsHopkins Prevention InjuryCenter, EmoryCenter by theCenters for DiseaseControl and Promotion. The conference, sponsored on InjuryPrevention andSafety for the2014 World Safety Conference board memberofCureus. Academic Radiologyandaneditorial since 2012, alsoisAssociate Editor of Rawson, areviewer for the journal radiation oncology, andmedicalphysics. radiology, interventional radiology, Radiology. The journalcovers diagnostic Neuropathologists Inc.,for 12years. journal oftheAmericanAssociation of served ontheeditorial board ofthe Distinguished Cancer Scientist, has Professor andGeorgia Research Alliance Rojiani, Edgar R.PundDistinguished Neurology. & Experimental of Neuropathology Editor oftheJournal named Associate Pathology, hasbeen Department of Chairman ofthe Dr. Amyn M.Rojiani, Program Committee chair theScientific Services, willco- and Hospitalist Emergency Medicine Department of Director for the Sattin, Research Dr. Richard W. American College of of theJournal the editorial board three-year term on been appointed to a of Radiology, has of theDepartment Rawson, Chairman Dr. JamesV. Newsmakers

2013 MCG Faculty Awards

Dr. Paul M. Wallach, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, has been elected to a Dr. Farrukh T. Awan, second two-year term Associate Professor as an at-large member in the Department of of the National Board Medicine and Director of Medical Examiners of Marketing and Board of Directors. Outreach for the GRU The not-for-profit organization provides Cancer Center, has high-quality assessments for the health received MCG’s 2013 professions. Wallach has been involved in Outstanding Young its test development and other activities Clinical Science Faculty since 1995. Award.

Dr. R. Clinton Dr. Howard J. Cohen, Associate Professor Webb, Chairman in the Department of Medicine, has received of the Department the GRU/UGA Medical Partnership Class of of Physiology, has 2015’s Educator of the Year Award. been appointed to awards a five-year term on Dr. Christopher the editorial board of W. Edwards, the new Journal of Assistant Professor African Association of in the Department of Physiological Sciences. The international Pediatrics, has received journal, which will be published for the first the Class of 2014 time this year, is the official publication Educator of the Year of the association, an International Union Award. of Physiological Sciences-affiliated Faculty FALL 2013 u organization. Dr. David M. Hardy (’07), a fifth-year general surgery resident, has received MCG’s Resident of the

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Dr. John F. Fisher, M Professor in the Department of Medicine, has received MCG’s 2013 Basic Science Teaching

Award and the Class of MCG 2015’s Educator of the Year Award.

CONTINUED> MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA News President oftheMCG Faculty Senate. Award. Lewis isimmediate past Teaching Award. received MCG’s 2013 ClinicalScience Pediatrics Residency Program, has Awards. received MCG’s 2013 Patient Care in theDepartmentofNeurology, have Elizabeth A.Sekul, Associate Professor Psychiatry andHealthBehavior, and Professor intheDepartment of Drs. Amy S.House,Associate makers Director ofthe Diagnostics and Pulmonary and Pediatric Pulmonology Section ofPediatric and Chiefofthe Hudson, Professor Dr. Valera L. Year Award. Educator ofthe Class of2016’s has received the Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Department of Chairman ofthe Ganapathy, Dr. Vadivel Achievement MCG’s Lifetime has received and Surgery, Physiology, Physician Assistant, Graduate Studies, Lewis, Professor of Dr. Ronald W. 2013 MCG Faculty Awards Award. MCG’s 2013 BasicScience Research Department ofPediatrics, hasreceived Faculty Award. Basic Science Outstanding Young MCG’s 2013 Center, received Vascular Biology Professor inthe Ramesh, Associate Dr. Ganesan Oncology inthe Hematology/ Section ofPediatric Interim Chiefofthe Chair andis M.D. Distinguished Francis J. Tedesco, who holdsthe Dr. BettyS.Pace, the Year Award. 2014’s Educator of Campus Class of Partnership UGA Medical received theGRU/ Medicine, has Department of Professor inthe Murrow, Assistant Dr. Jonathan R. of theYear Award. of 2013’s Educator received theClass VA Affairs, has Education and Graduate Medical Associate Deanfor Moore, Senior Dr. Walter J. FALL 2013 researcher, andleader. his skillsasasurgeon, educator, Craniofacial Center, was cited for the Children’s HospitalofGeorgia Faculty Award. Yu, whoalsodirects Educator oftheYear Award. Partnership CampusClass of2016’s 2013 Outstanding received MCG’s Surgery, has and Reconstructive Section ofPlastic Chief ofthe Professor and Milford B.Hatcher Dr. JackC.Yu, Award. Science Research 2013 Clinical received MCG’s Neurology, has Department of Professor inthe Switzer, Associate Dr. Jeffrey GRU/MCG Medical has received the Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Department of Professor inthe Associate Slaughter, Dr. Clive A. patterns to assess therapies. a larger numberofwomen andusingbrain bloodflow occur inthoseregions.” with therapeutics, we canlookto seewhetherchanges hypoactive sexual desire andthat aswe move forward “This tells methere isaphysiologic meansofassessing versus thosewithnormalsexual function,” Diamondsaid. the brain of individuals withhypoactive sexual disorders and Gynecology andthestudy’s seniorauthor. P. Diamond,ChairmanoftheDepartmentObstetrics targets and a methodto assess efficacy, saidDr. Michael differences inthese women willprovide novel therapy journal Fertility andSterility. their response to sexual stimuli, researchers report inthe memories, anddetermining how attentive women are to of brain regions involved inmakingandretrieving of women—showed distinct differences inactivation sexual desire disorder, whichaffects up to 20percent and 10withclearsymptoms ofacquired hypoactive researchers report. videos compared to women withnormalsexual function, blood flow patterns inthebrain in response to explicit sex andare unhappy aboutthisreality have distinctive Blood FlowPatterns Next steps includetaking thesemeasurements in “There are site-specific alterations inbloodflow in They hopethat clearer understanding ofphysiological A study of16women—six withnormalsexual function Premenopausal women who aren’t interested in Research roundup u DR. MICHAELP. DIAMOND throughout their careers. their suicide-screening skills in hopesthat theexperience improves want to study Denise’s long-term impactonthestudents online medicaleducation tool, MedEdPORTAL. They also to share Denisewithothermedicalstudents through the risk inthestandardized patients. Ifso, researchers want interact withDenisewillbebetter ableto assess suicide portraying apatient with amooddisorder. Engineering. Later, allthestudents interview anactor Department ofComputer andInformation Science and a virtualpatient designedby theUniversity ofFlorida Another 40students electronically interview Denise, disorder. The interview includes asuicideriskassessment. video ofaphysician interviewing apatient withamood of death for 15-to 24-year-olds. students inscreening for suicide, thethird-leading cause simulated patient to raise thecomfort level ofmedical determining theeffectiveness ofusinga computer- Foundation for SuicidePrevention-funded study said Dr. Adriana Foster, anMCG psychiatrist. assessment that we putinto recognizing aheartattack,” put thesamekindofeducational effort into suiciderisk providers for peoplewithmentalillness, sowe need to physicians feel more comfortable assessing suiciderisk. Suicide Screening DR. ADRIANAFOSTER The researchers hypothesize that students who In thestudy, 40sophomore medical students watch a She isprincipalinvestigator onanAmerican “Primary care doctors tend to bethefrontline A virtualpatient namedDenisemay helpfuture FALL 2013 u

MCG MeDicine FALL 2013 FALL 2013 Researchroundup Obesity-Related Gene PAD Relief

Food and environment can chemically alter MCG researchers hope a gene function, and scientists have identified a noninvasive measure of oxygen levels gene that is consistently altered in obesity. in leg muscles will put patients with The gene LY86 was among a group of peripheral arterial disease on the road 100 genes identified as likely contributors to to improvement. obesity through genome-wide association The idea is to push to the point studies comparing the DNA of thousands of of often intolerable pain, then rest obese and lean individuals, said Dr. Shaoyong to decrease the muscles’ blood Su, an MCG genetic epidemiologist. requirements, said Dr. Jonathan Su looked at progressively larger groups of Murrow, cardiologist and faculty individuals and found LY86 consistently and member at the GRU/University of highly chemically altered, or methylated, in Georgia Medical Partnership in the obese individuals. “The association is solid; Athens. the methylation of this gene is important in “It’s been shown that if you obesity,” Su said. do this over and over again Both genes and environment can DR. JONATHAN MURROW three times a week for an hour contribute to obesity, said Su, noting that methylation is one way the body adjusts to its environment. Su, who also linked high LY86 methylation to increased inflammation and insulin resistance, received the 2013 Scott Grundy Fellowship Award for Excellence in Metabolism Research for his studies. He presented the work at the Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism Scientific Session of the American Heart Association in New Orleans. His animal studies are now probing whether methylation changes gene expression up or down in fat mice as well as fat, pregnant mice and their offspring, theorizing that a lot of methylation starts in the womb. He’s already moving forward with more human studies as well, analyzing DNA expression to see if increased LY86 methylation means the gene is expressed more or less. Generally, higher methylation is thought to translate to lower gene expression. The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health. u

DR. SHAOYONG SU MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA RESEARCH

PAD Relief per session, by the end of 12 weeks, you will be able to walk twice as far as you did when you started,” said Murrow, a partner in the Athens Cardiology Group. He is the principal investigator on a new American Heart Association-funded study to determine if a sophisticated light sensor that distinguishes which red blood cells are carrying oxygen can also DR. SERGEI KIROV signal when patients have pushed far enough before pain hits. “We want to find a better way to use exercise as medicine for these patients,” Brain on Display said Murrow, who is working with colleagues at UGA and Emory University Scientists have watched a mild traumatic brain injury play out in to compare results from the old and new the living brain, prompting swelling that reduces blood flow and kills approaches in about 100 patients. connections between neurons. They also want to understand more “We saw every branch, every small wire and how it gets cut,” said about why their approach does—or Dr. Sergei Kirov, Director of the MCG Human Brain Lab. “We saw how doesn’t—help, so over the 12-week it destroys networks. It really goes downhill. It’s the first time we know course, they will measure blood levels of that someone has watched this type of minor injury play out over the of progenitor cells as well as vascular course of 24 hours.” FALL 2013 endothelial growth factor that can They also found that subsequent waves of depolarization—the loss aid growth of new blood vessels with of normal positive and negative charges in brain cells—quickly and exercise. New vessels don’t cure the dramatically increase the losses. disease but increase pain-free exercise Researchers hope the increased understanding of this secondary tolerance. damage in the hours following an injury will point toward better therapy.

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cell fuel. “Mitochondrial function is not Kirov is corresponding author of a study in the journal Brain M normal in people who have arterial describing the use of two-photon laser scanning microscopy to observe disease, and we want to know if it gets submicroscopic neurons, their branches, and more at the time of impact better with a training program,” Murrow and in the following hours. said. Scientists watched as astrocytes—smaller cells that supply neurons If the new light measure method with nutrients and help maintain normal electrical activity and blood MCG works, the scientists want to determine flow—in the vicinity of the injury swelled. Each neuron is surrounded if it can be used easily in a physician’s by several astrocytes that ballooned up about 25 percent, smothering office; they hope to develop an app that the neurons and connective branches they once supported. Stressed could work anywhere. neurons ran out of energy but could still survive for hours, potentially Methods using the light sensor were giving physicians time to intervene, unless depolarization follows. developed by Dr. Kevin K. McCully, a UGA One of Kirov’s many next steps is exploring whether astrocytes’ physiologist, to measure oxygen levels swelling is a protective response to physical trauma or puts the cells in the exercising muscles as well as the in destruct mode. He also wants to explore better ways to protect the number of working mitochondria. u brain from the damage that can follow even a slight head injury. u MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA forBountifulFuture SowedSeeds Rural Roots Humble Beginnings forBountifulFuture SowedSeeds Rural Roots Humble Beginnings DR. J. HAROLDHARRISON the state’s onlypublicmedicalschool. Georgia. Hewas 18 whenhearrived at six quarters at theUniversity of School inMilledgeville andawhirlwind Georgia MilitaryCollege Prep High Kite by age 15,thenoff to a year at whirling through theschoolsin than backaway, Harrisonaccelerated, dealer from Kite, Incredibly, Ga. rather son ofafarmer, muletrader, andcow pretty bignews for the6-year-old me,” J. Harold Harrisonrecalled. Itwas was goingto make adoctor outof boy andsomeway ortheother, he with theirson. Geneva Harrisonshared theirplans Depression It wasduringtheGreat “My daddytold meIwas asmart BY TONIBAKER that JamesW. and CONTINUED >

MCG FALL 2013 MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA True toHisRoots HARRISON AS AYOUNG MAN common inmedicaleducation today. and interprofessional learningmore more intimate small-group sessions size ofupto 300aswell asthe will supportamedicalschoolclass story, 172,000-square-foot facility M.D. Education Commons. The three- to helpbuildtheJ. Harold Harrison, a significantportionofhis fortune Harrison would share hisnameand the university announced that the MedicalCollege ofGeorgia.” If you doyour work, you cangetinto be adoctor’s sonoralawyer’s son. to hisalmamater. “You don’thave to 2004, whiletalkingaboutadonation and ittakes everybody,” hesaidin from Kite, withoutany Ga., fanfare, opportunity to goto medicalschool thoughts. the 18-year-old never lefthis Medical College ofGeorgia provided cattle farmer, theopportunity true to hisroots, awidelysuccessful as apioneeringvascular surgeon and, despite hisincredible success, both the day hediedJune2,2012. And Within afew monthsofhisdeath, “It’s aninstitution that gave mean That pace never faltered until “Of all the things that we are thankful for most, finally having a home is what matters most.” –LAEL REINSTATLER, Class of 2015 President

The $10 million gift by Harrison and his beloved having a home is what matters most,” she said, wife, Sue, gave momentum to the near $80 million referencing classroom space currently scattered facility, funded by state bonds and philanthropy, across the extensive GRU campus. and scheduled to open next fall. Although not Then came Saturday, April 27. A a bricks-and-mortar man, Dr. James B. (Jim) dozen months after his death, the MCG Osborne, President and CEO of the MCG Foundation that he loved announced a Foundation and Harrison’s friend and adviser, $66 million gift for student scholarships encouraged Harrison to do this because it and endowed chairs at the medical was really for the students. GRU President school he loved. Azziz would share the Ricardo Azziz talked with Harrison about incredible news that day with alums the importance of the building to the gathered for homecoming. future expansion of the medical school he loved. CONTINUED The beautiful November day > on which ground was broken was a show stopper. Class of 2015 President Lael Reinstatler captured the sentiment: “Of FALL 2013 all the things that we are thankful for most, finally

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Rendering of the J. Harold Harrison M.D. Education Commons D e M MCG Heads Way Up Dr. Peter F. Buckley, MCG Dean, was headed for prospective students and faculty alike—which the MCG Foundation board meeting when Dr. Cecil already has experienced an unprecedented F. Whitaker (’62) gave him the amazing heads-up. 28 percent increase in student applications in “He said my face went ashen. I was blown away.” the past two years compared with single-digit In fact, Buckley called someone later that evening increases at most peer institutions. to confirm the dollar amount. “It was—and is— The first scholarships will be available for the absolutely amazing.” 2014 incoming class, the year the Education “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime [gift],” agrees Osborne. Commons opens. “It’s just very exciting,” says “Look at the generations of students who will Buckley. “We can build the best class for what we benefit from this. That is what he wanted.” are here to do.” Osborne, Buckley, Vice Dean Paul Wallach, MCG Like any medical school, MCG has the core Foundation Board Member Mason Thomspon mission of educating the next generation of (’73), and others are still working out the details physicians. At well over 6 feet, Harrison was a tall that will honor Harrison’s wishes and optimally testimonial to a job well done. “He said my face went ashen. I was blown away. It was—and is— absolutely amazing. We will be able to offer a full-ride scholarship and a bunch of them.”–DEAN PETER F. BUCKLEY

benefit MCG. However the details shake out, the gift was truly just what the doctor ordered: scholarship money enabling strategic student recruitment and faculty endowed chair support to ensure students always learn from the best. Financial aid for students has frankly been a weak point for MCG and the Harrison gift the antidote, Buckley says. “We will be able to offer a full- ride scholarship and a bunch of them,” he says. Recipients— dubbed Harrison Scholars— will be merit-based. The gift, which Osborne cites as the largest in history to a public university in Georgia, will take finances off the table for many students and families making choices about a medical school. HARRISON DURING HIS The gift also increases ARMY YEARS

MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA general interest in MCG—by he performed thefirst aneurysm repair inthe and massive bleeding.While still aresident, from horrificinfections that could causeruptures Harrison looked for ways to protect thosegrafts Harrison once said. “That was thechoice then:losealegorlife,” many ofhispredecessors were willingto tieoff. ways to bypass thediseasedthoroughfares that two years intheU.S. Army researching better incisions to getthejobdone. Harrisonhadspent own grafts outofdacron shirtsandmakinghuge blood vessel blockage. They were making their trying to figure outthebest way around amajor emerge. People like Moretz andHarrisonwere still specialties andsubspecialtieswere just starting to vascular surgeons. take Wray underhiswing,were thestate’s only Wray’s. Moretz andHarrison,whowould also vasculature was Moretz’s love andrapidly became would later become MCG President. Surgery ofthe Chairman oftheDepartmentSurgery who have ashismentor Dr. William H.Moretz, then- pretty inspired aswell. Hewas fortunate to from MCG. Ontheprofessional front, Wray was about thetimeCharlesH.Wray was graduating was experiencing thefirst presidential debates PRESIDENT FRANCISJ. TEDESCO HARRISON ACCEPTS THE1996VESSEL OFLIFEAWARD FROMFORMER As aresident at Grady HealthSystem inAtlanta, The specialtywas initsinfancy; infact many Lasers were beinginvented andAmerica The NextGeneration Demanding Excellence wasted motion.He was agifted, gifted surgeon room, hishandswere very delicate. There was no bit ofawalking contradiction. “Intheoperating presence often sportingcowboy boots,hewas a A literal giantinhisfield withalarge physical demanded excellence,” H’Doublerrecalls. very intimidating to alotofpeoplebecausehe for andapproach to vascular surgery. “Hewas they quicklybondedover theircommon love the credentialing process at thehospitaland observed afew casesaspartof ofH’Doubler’s himself to thesenior vascular surgeon. Harrison relocated to Atlanta in1991andsoonintroduced who practices at St. Joseph’s. H’Doublerhad Peter B.H’Doubler, aHarvard-educated physician changed for thepositive isoutstanding,” says Dr. Wray says. me. Ithinkhe believed infairness andhard work,” to work to getin,” hetold him.“That impressed looked at for what they have doneandthey need gave meachance. Ithinkeverybody oughtto be and lackofadvocates: “They accepted meand Harrison reflected onhis own small-town roots to ensure that theirchildgotinto medicalschool. when hefelt pressure from fellow MCG graduates remembers seekinghisadvice onwhat to do Wray was ontheAdmissions Committte and and familiarity. Asayoung MCG faculty member, Harrison’s advice to Wray would grow withtime from Texas, would alsotalkcows. The scope of Sometimes HarrisonandCrawford, whowas Ernest Stanley Crawford, andmostly just absorb. Denton A.Cooley, andfellow vascular pioneerDr. Harrison, Moretz, famed heartsurgeon Dr. meetings, hewould sitat thelunchtablewith attending theSocietyfor Vascular Surgery encounters. center. ButWray remembers themore intimate transform thehospitalinto acardiovascular first vascular surgery training program, helping Department ofSurgery andestablish thecountry’s of Atlanta where hewould eventually chairthe University before moving to St. Joseph’s Hospital state. After training, Harrisonworked at Emory But excellence isalsowhat Harrisongave. No doubt.“The numberoflives hesaved and While still ayoung MCG faculty member

MCGMeDicine FALL 2013 MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA the phone. Grateful sheat least knew something day heasked herto getDr. Denton Cooley on him,” shesays. Buthewas alsoaforce. Like that different traits fitinto onehuman. because shenever quite figured outhow somany to findhim.Bridgesgetsthe contradiction part, manager whonow works for H’Doubler, knew how pager either:hewas confident Bridges,hisoffice commonplace, butHarrisonwouldn’t wear a at cattle sales.Itwas before cell phoneswere of herlongtimeboss was tracking himdown H’Doubler in1999. after heturnedhispractice andpatients over to in Bartow, where Ga., heandSuewould retire hands dirtyonthe6,000-plus-acre cattle farm with just incredible talent,” says H’Doubler. “He was ateddy bearwhenyou gotto know One ofElaineBridges’fondest memories He alsodidn’tmindgettingthoseproficient Humble Beginnings is life-changing, certainly.” secure histrust sothat Iinherited hispatients, that fortunate. “To have himasamentor andguide, to says H’Doubler, whocounts himselfamongthe and changedfor thepositive isoutstanding,” Harrison’s patients. “The numberoflives hesaved him for years; infact, H’Doublerstill seesalotof was there to take care ofit.Sothey stayed with they alsoknew that ifthey hadaproblem, he spend ahugeamountoftimejust talking,but little different: they knew he was notgoing to Within five minutes, hedid. “He isinsurgery andwillcallbackwhenhecan.” number. Bridges gottheresponse sheexpected: rolodex andwas surprisedto finda telephone about thefamous surgeon, shewent to theoffice grow old.” u this medicalschool.It’s alsoastory that willnever “This isafabulous story andit’s the essence of opportunity andheisgiving back,” theDeansays. an opportunity, hemadethe most ofthat talent andcommitment. that’s themessage.” It’s alsoanenduringtaleof medical school.This isagreat medicalschool; to. “To me, thegiftisasignofstrength ofthis can’t stop talkingaboutitandfrankly doesn’tcare medical school.It’s awow,” says Buckley, who incredibly andenduringlyimpactful for the students who, like him,hadhumblebeginnings. expressed hisdesire to help thecollege help MCG’s Vice President for Advancement, Harrison time hemetOsborne, whohadjust beenhired as to thosewhoreally knew him. Infact, thefirst $66 milliongift,whileamazing,was notsurprising supports hismedicalschool. vocal member—oftheMCG Foundation, which and two-time Chairmanoftheboard—and always and former President oftheAlumniAssociation never turnedaway. Hewas anactive member back to hisalmamater for care. Ofcourse, he’d when hisown healthbeganto fail, Harrisonturned though there isabigsmileonhisface. Infact, says Osborne, hisvoice catching alittleeven made adoctor outofhim.Itwas pretty touching,” So was MCG for Harrison. Even Harrison’s approach to patients was a “Dr. Harrisonwas agifted person; hegot “It’s anextraordinary gift,agiftthat will be That’s why the$10milliongiftfollowed by the “He always saidthat they took afarm boy and straightforward Naming Opportunities Education Commons for theJ. Harold Harrison,M.D. How LovedOnesDescribeJ.HaroldHarrison: strong Favorite J.HaroldHarrisonMemories conscientious I thinkaboutwhenofhim?” Simsmuses. and fun.“How canIexplain thelaughter andfunthat in whilethewomen shopped.Conversation was robust McKinney’s Pond. At thebeach,menwould stay gathered at thenearby family-owned fishcamp, couples for longweekends. More frequently, they the two couples would gather withseveral other the room.” Harrison andhiswife, Sue. “Hejust kindofpermeated Sims andherhusband,Fred, were great friendswith member oftheMCG Foundation Board ofDirectors. story,” says Barbara Sims,astate representative and At theSims’beachhouseat IsleofPalms, S.C., “When hewalked inaroom, that was afavorite inspirational For more information, contact RalphAlee , 706-755-3713. Your donation canbepledged over multipleyears. independent funny Small-Group Room (10of13available)—$25,000 Donor Wall—$50,000 Learning Community (10of13available)­ Academic Affairs Conference Room—$250,000 Dental Student Lounge—$250,000 Patio/Porch—$250,000 Small Auditorium (one oftwo available)—$500,000 Commons Corridor—$1 million Large Auditorium (two)—$1 million Gross Anatomy Laboratory—$5 million Interprofessional Simulation Center—$5 million Renaissance man friends. June2012, shelost anotherofhergentle rocks. at thebeachhousethey loved andshared sooften with her husbandofnearly50years whilethey were alone commiserate alittle. Four years ago, Simswould lose have someofhisown healthissues, sothey would also decline. The manthey was called“Doc” starting to beloved husbandwhenFred’s healthbeganto difficult conversations between HarrisonandSims’ real answer, you gotit,” Simsadds.That includesthe Sims says ofherfriends. Harrison marriedlater inlife. “They were ateam,” ment.” Shealsoalways thinksofSue, thewoman “I thinkat thesametimeaboutstrength andcommit “If you asked himaquestion andwanted the mentor MCG alum kind —$100,000 -

MCGMeDicine FALL 2013 MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA A celebrating withanice mealnearpicturesque Boston Common. face before walking backto thehotel withherhusband,then in theapplause, gulpwater, andtowel perspiration offher of minutes now, shewould cross thefinishline, soak is proud ofhis wife’s accomplishments. Inacouple run for thesake ofrunning.” but it’s notfor me. I’d rather catch aballthan shop,” hesays wryly. “I ran inonemarathon, “She runsandIgofrom donutshopto donut often aspossible to cheerheronto victory. dozens ofmarathons, andhe’s onhandas Boston Marathon. one oftheworld’s most famous races: the exhausted but exhilarated upon conquering with theothersweat-glistened runners, now, hoisting her armsvictoriously along BY CHRISTINEHURLEYDERISO Horror atBostonMarathon Alumni, FacultyShareStoriesof That was thedrill... But heappreciates theathleticism involved and Panter knew thedrill;his wife hasrunin across thefinishlineany minute Teresa would bebounding wife. finish line, waiting to cheeronhis air asDr. J. Allan Panter stood at the chilly seabreeze wafted through the

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MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA ‘I Thought Bomb Immediately.’ Bomb Thought ‘I handheld device to provide positive handed meanAMBUbag(a tools, andoutofnowhere, somebody “I don’tlike beingcaughtwithoutmy sea ofchaos.Buthehadwork to do. out thecacophony ofscreams orthe him.” then gave CPRto theladyontop of gone. Iputtourniquets ontheguy, out from under alady. Hislegswere “I turnedto theleftandpulledaman disaster drills, kicked inimmediately. experience gleanedinnumerous what kindofprotected me.” The fact that we were allpacked inis between meandthebombtook it. preternaturally calm.“All thepeople going down,” hesays, hisvoice looked behindmeandsaw people would prove to beinvaluable. “I decades oftrauma experience different things,” hesays. Those ability to switch gearsanddo loves thepace andintensity—“the medicine throughout hiscareer. He N.C., hasworked inemergency Harris Regional HospitalinSylva, thought ‘bomb.’” immediate. At that point,Idefinitely 10 seconds later; itfelt almost “The second onedidn’tfeel like ‘bomb’ immediately,” Panter says. right next to me, soIthought deafening explosion hitat 2:49 p.m. the homestretch—when thefirst about to turnonto Boylston Street— learn inretrospect that shewas just spot hiswife yet, buthewould afternoon onApril15.Hecouldn’t 30 feet from thefinishline, inmid- next to otherspectators, about His laser-like focus couldn’t drown His extensive skills,alongwith Panter (’81),MedicalDirector of “The thingwas soloudand Panter was packed sardine-like injured victims. Krystal Campbell, oneofthree fatally got there, shehadnopulse.” to amedicaltent. Butby thetimewe the ladyonto astretcher andran her on my chest beggingfor help. Ithrew bagging theladywhileaguypounded struggling to breathe). Istarted pressure ventilation to someone AND WIFETERESA DR. J. ALLANPANTER The woman was 29-year-old

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‘Where Are We in This Mess?’ when Ifelt emotional,” Panter says softly. Boston Common.’” the middleofstreet. I’llmeetyou at thecorner of been released from aholdingarea. “I said,‘Stay in as heheard his wife’s voice: shewas okandhadjust number herecognized. Relief seepedfrom hispores were fading. Panter gotanothercall,thisonefrom a Dazed loved oneswere reconnecting. Screams to hospitals,theirsirens whining inthedistance. somewhat abated. Ambulances were ferrying victims yet.’” texted my daughter, ‘I’mok,butIhaven’t found Mom up my phonewithtext messages,” Panter says. “I glued to theirtelevision sets.“The kidswere blowing following theevents from hundreds ofmilesaway, children, allyoung adultswhowere frantically knew she’d understand.” needed him.“Teresa’s anurse,” heexplains, “so I mangled, bloodied,andbroken peopleinhismidst tend to what’s at hand?”herecalls. number. Was ithiswife? Amisrouted call? received atext: “I’mOK.” Buthedidn’trecognize the consciousness: Where was hiswife? haunting thoughthovered at theperipheryofhis one ofhundreds whowere working andhelping.” doctors, cots, thewholebitwere onhand.Iwas only for ahugeinfluxofdehydrated runners,sonurses, the sameat themedicaltent: they were prepared waves of other volunteers were onhand.Itwas standing just poured into help,” Panter says. “Then as well. “The peopleonthestreets whowere left of whoIcould reach first.” analytical mode. In this case, it was basically a matter was thinking,‘Where are we inthismess?’ Iwas inan of otherwounded victimsliterally lay at hisfeet. “I A few minutes later, they were embracing. “That’s About anhourlater, thestone-cold intensity had He was alsofieldingmessages from the couple’s The answer, ofcourse, was ano-brainer. The “The question was: DoI go lookingfor her, or About halfanhourafter thebombings,he As tireless ashewas inaidingthevictims,a Hundreds ofotherswere offering assistance Panter hadnotimeto reflect ontheloss. Dozens CONTINUED >

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Narrowly Escaping Death completed hisorthodonticsresidency at of DentalMedicineadjunctfaculty who escaped death orinjury. closely asthey realized how narrowly they’d holding area andtold to stay put.” five blocks away, then were corralled into a backward withher,” Panter says. “They ran literally grabbed herandstarted running no ideawhat was goingon.“A bystander the soundofbothexplosions, soshehad coming through herearbudshadmuffled racers were runningtoward leg ofthemarathon whenshenoticed that the corner onto Boylston Street for thelast Rogers, amemberoftheGRUCollege Dr. Mike Rogers canrelate. Upon reuniting, they heldeachother His wife explained that shewas rounding her. The music waiting area, remembers theeeriesilence gotten me.” about oneminute slower, itwould have street andtold usto run.SoIran. IfIwas in apanic.People camerunningdown the when itwent off,” hesays. “Everyone was down to thebusesto getmy race gearwas he heard thefirst explosion. “RightasIgot crossed thefinishline;that’s what counted. race, hadslightlyslowed hispace. Buthe’d hamstring cramps toward theendof eluded him.Arecent surgery, alongwith finish timeshy of four hourshadnarrowly was abitdisappointed that hisgoalofa when thefirst bomb exploded. Rogers, 67, GRU, hadfinishedthe race momentsearlier Wife Beth,aboutablockaway at afamily He was collecting hisbelongingswhen DR. MIKEROGERS DR. MIRIAMCORTEZ-COOPER ANDHUSBANDCRAIG

More Surreal by the Minute injustice to them.Iwas just oneofmany.” me astheface ofallthesepeople—itwas an working andhelping.Selectingmepresenting like beingsingled outfrom thehundreds whowere says withcharacteristic understatement. “Ididn’t day. Morning America”at thecrack ofdawn thenext Morgan Live” onCNN.Hewas onABC’s “Good he’d beenontwo network newscasts and“Piers in asharktank,” Panter says. By thenext day, another... couldn’t say noto afriend, so... a phoneinterview withDianeSawyer. Panter called Panter, askingifhewould beavailable for surreal. Afamily friendwhoworks at ABCNews as possible,” Cortez-Cooper says. tragedy. “We moved away from thearea asquickly began whizzingpast themdidthey contemplate a hearing theblasts. Onlywhenemergency vehicles to have onlythevaguest senseofalarmupon hours andwere far enoughfrom thefinishline Health Science, completed therace inunderfour her husband,aGRUProfessor ofKinesiologyand the GRUCollege ofAlliedHealthSciences, and removed. Cortez-Cooper, aphysical therapist in and herhusband,Craig, was somewhat more this.” Beth says. “I’ve never beenthrough anything like blocks away. “Iteared upwhenIfinallysaw him,” crowded streets to meetbackat theirhotel afew betrayed them.They bothhadto navigate the reunited afew minutes later that theiremotions she says. smoke obscured hervision.“We were allinshock,” that briefly followed thesecond explosion as “I findthemedia very nerve-wracking,” Panter “Once my namewas out,itwas like being Then anotherreporter called,andanother, and And theday would just keep gettingmore The perspective ofDr. MiriamCortez-Cooper Like thePanters, itwas whentheRogers CONTINUED >

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MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA Living Life Unbowed Life Living from runningthegreat race oflife.” are—and notletfear orintimidation keep us the finishline—whoever we are, wherever we after thetragedy, “Let’s allkeep ourfocus on editorial for The Augusta Chronicle shortly SATTIN granted.” uncertain andthat we cantake nothingfor knowing that thefuture willalways be to continue to leadthelives that we choose, My recommended post-terrorism strategy is or larger measures, will have beendefeated. we, as individualsandasanation, insmaller to thefear-mongering tacticsofterrorists, DEVOE Emeritus whohas17marathons under Marathon again,” Panter says. unbowed. “Mywife plansto runtheBoston Cooper says. “Myheartisbroken for them.” innocence lost for thiscommunity,” Cortez- jagged memorieshauntstheirsouls. physically intact,thedetritusofathousand in theclassroom. Butalthoughthey are office, Cortez-Cooper andherhusbandback ER, Rogers backinhisAugusta orthodontics and life hasgoneon.Panter isbackinthe Dr. Lawrence D. Devoe, anMCG Professor Yet thesurvivors are decidedly, defiantly “It’s hard to describethesenseof But thespotlightfaded soonenough, native, wrote inaguest former runnerandBoston at GRU, concurs. Sattin, a and Hospitalist Services, of Emergency Medicine of theMCG Department and Research Director Professor ofMedicine Dr. Richard W. Sattin, whatever they may be, pursuit ofourpassions, once we cede the “Quite simply,” hesays, to live ontheirterms. runners’ determination applauds hisfellow 2001 Boston Marathon, his belt,includingthe u A StandardizedDisasterResponse Physicians grant that fundedthecriteria project. Investigator oftheNational Association ofEMS Chairman Richard Schwartz. Schwartz isPrincipal of Emergency MedicineandHospitalist Services and precision aspossible,” saidMCG Department situations that require asmuchclear-headedcalm consistent, standardized responses inemergency of theseprotocols at thefederal level ensures interventions, andtreatment/triage. “Endorsement employ theSALT method:sort,assess, lifesaving to optimize response to mass-casualty disasters, Services helpeddevelop. The criteria, intended Department ofEmergency MedicineandHospitalist on theModelUniform Core Criteria, whichtheMCG and localEMSsystems adopttriageprotocols based Medical Services recently recommended that state The Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency intact. Hesurvived surgery andisdoingwell.” the ORtablewithdevice holdonthehemorrhagecontrol brachial holewhileinflated,” saidSchwartz. “He was moved to the operating room, hehadnobloodloss from eitheraxillaryor team precious time. immediately stanching thebloodflow andbuying thesurgical blood. Croushorn strapped thetourniquet around historso, to theemergency room, hehadlost 75 percent ofhis well. By thetimeBirminghampatient hadbeenrushed 2012 andnow issaving lives inthecivilianpopulation as between October 2001 andApril2010. have prevented anaverage ofthree militarydeaths amonth magazine noted that theArmy estimates thetourniquet could Popular Science, whichdubbeditthe“SoldierSaver.” The the most common causesofdeath onthebattlefield. area, andtheU.S. Army cites junctionalhemorrhageasoneof target thepelvisbecausebodyarmordoesn’talways cover that join—the site ofthebody’s largest bloodvessels. Enemiesoften care for torso injuries,particularly where thetrunkandlegs goal isto optimize survival oddslongenoughto getdefinitive occludes theaortaandstops bleedingcausedby trauma. The placed around thetorso andinflated into theabdomenuntilit Tourniquet, aninflatable wedge-shaped bladder. The device is in Birmingham,Ala.,recently invented theAbdominalAortic Department ofEmergency Medicineat Trinity Medical Center Westmoreland, andDr. JohnCroushorn, Chairmanofthe Services Richard Schwartz, former U.S. Army MedicTed Alabama gunshotvictimJune7withlifesaving results. Soldier/Civilian Saver “[Physicians] were dumbfounded that ashewas rolled upto The first shipment was delivered to the U.S. Army inJune The device was namedaTop 10Invention for 2012 by MCG ChairmanofEmergency MedicineandHospitalist A device to stop lethalbleedinginsoldierswas usedonan DR. RICHARDSCHWARTZ u

MCGMeDicine FALL 2013 MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA Dr. ERICPFEIFER,’93, STATE OFOKLAHOMA CHIEF MEDICALEXAMINER, PHOTO: GLEN E. ELLMAN the Deceased Speaking for Oklahoma ChiefMedicalExaminer Deadly Twisters Test Mettleof BY CHRISTINEHURLEYDERISO equipment. double thenumberofpathologists from three to six,andupdated death certificates inhalf, obtained$2.5millionin state funding to promptly hired anadministrative chief, cutthebacklogofunfiled considering Pfeifer’sinherent inclination for order andprecision. He suspicious deaths inthestate—that was unacceptable, particularly autopsies andgleaninginformation abouttraumatic and/or policies orprocedures whenIcameonboard,” says Pfeifer. was indisarray. “This place didn’thave any written orenforced challenge was multipliedby thefact that theoffice Pfeifer inherited trauma fatalities inthenation’s twister-prone heartland.The offered adauntingfirst glimpseofwhat it wouldbelike tomanage May 24 includingonethat killed10inanOklahoma Citysuburb— Mother Nature’s callingcard—a seriesoftornadoes inOklahoma Heartland Havoc D examiner, hadpresented countless opportunitiesto test hismettle. Mayo ClinicinMinnesota, where hewent onto serve asmedical pathologist. HisMCG education, followed by afellowship at the challenges duringhistwo-decade career asasurgical andforensic Alumni For anoffice that averages 22,000 casesa year—performing But hismove to Oklahomauppedtheante considerably. Pfeifer (’93) hadbecome well-acquainted with Mother Nature decideditwas timefor anintroduction. Examiner ofOklahomaonlyoneday inspring2011 when r. EricPfeifer hadbeenonthejobasChiefMedical CONTINUED Profile > Discoveries in Progress

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PHOTO: GLEN E. ELLMAN great strain onthepersonnelandsystem.” a few days, you have 48fatalities. That putsa the challengewas thenumbers.Inamatter of along. We were prepared for theworst, but we hadto modifyourprotocol aswe went magnitude ofwhat we were dealingwith, in advance,” Pfeifer said.“Still, withthe the storms were predicted many hours is probably thebest inthecountry, and staggering death toll of48. on May 19, 20, and30thisyear, amassing a state was poundedwithcrushingtornadoes come to characterize Pfeifer’s tenure. The salvo inaswath ofdestruction that would spring soonemerged assimplyanopening enough. MotherNature’s chest-pounding that Swath ofDestruction the best I’ve ever worked with.” group ofpeoplethat are absolutely someof very, very satisfying. The result hasbeena every day, you seemore changes,andthat’s ‘My gosh,what have Igotten myself into?’ But acknowledges. “There were timesIwondered, “Weather forecasting inOklahoma The overhaul couldn’t have come soon “Taking thisonwas quite abear,” he

PHOTO: GLEN E. ELLMAN the job.” days. We just worked andworked untilwe finished 48 hours.Alotofmy staff didn’tsleep for three victims were ID’d andreleased to thefamilies within very proud ofwhat we were ableto do,” hesays. “All Yet heandhisstaff rose to thechallenge. “I’m –DR. ERICPFEIFER physician.” hallmark oftheMCG doctors. Thatisthe on, smart,practical centered, hands- us tobeverypatient- “I thinkMCGtrained

PHOTO: L.A. MARZULLI interaction.” so muchlife around me. That’s themeaningful dead person,there’s afamily,” Pfeifer says. “There’s pathologists lurkindimlylithallways, butfor every family members,hesays. “People think task.” asked to step upeffort toward this recent horrific year. This smallteam here didn’teven needto be recommended caseloadsevery singleday ofthe two to three timesthenumberofnationally noting that thestaff “isaccustomed to working those emotionsasideandgetthejobdone.” these victims.ButIthinkhehastheabilityto set “He haschildren around thesameageassomeof Chris Ferguson oftheOklahomaFuneral Board. the State Bureau ofInvestigations. by example,” says CharlesCurtis,DeputyChiefof Hands-On Leadership nothing more satisfying thanthat.” speaking for thedeceased,” Pfeifer says. “There’s learned to bequeath to future generations. “I’m that nolife islost invain andthat lessons are loved onesandthecommunity at large, ensuring result isproviding answers, andoften justice, for light onnotonlytheirdeaths, buttheirlives. The the deceased, ferreting outinformation that sheds lingering debt,andIgotagreat education.” student loanswithinayear. Ididn’thave thisgiant, was suchabargain. Iwas ableto pay backmy the advice shegave me. Andmy education instance—I can still hearhervoice andremember Vice Deanfor Academic Affairs] RheeFincher, for Pfeifer says. “[Professor Emeritusandinaugural at MCG whowere partofmy formative process,” inspiration from thepast. “There are alotofpeople things.” well. I’malways lookingfor ways to improve watch ofefficiency, prepared me exceptionally my experience at Mayo, whichisbasicallyaSwiss the MCG physician. MyMCG education, alongwith practical doctors,” hesays. “That isthehallmarkof us to bevery patient-centered, hands-on,smart, focus to hisMCG education. “IthinkMCG trained Voices fromthePast It was theleast they could dofor grieving Pfeifer insists hecouldn’t doitwithouthisteam, “He was inthemorgue. He’s hands-on,” concurs Their efforts haven’t goneunnoticed. “Ericleads Pfeifer considers himselfprivilegedto represent And even ashemoves forward, hedraws on He traces hispatient- andfamily-centered u

MCGMeDicine FALL 2013 MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA Blending In ALYSSA HARDENANDDR.JACK YU ‘State ofAnonymity’ Craniofacial Team Aimsfor I have helpedmeovercome somuch.” had miraculous results,” said Harden. “Dr. Yu andthecenter surgically broken andrepositioned. Her most recent experience was inJanuarywhenherjaw was her ears,andseveral rounds ofdentalwork over her19years. since shewas 6monthsold. palate, hasbeenYu’s patient at theCHOGCraniofacial Center know oneanother. ButHarden, whowas bornwithacleft her life. through asleeve ofphotographs taken at various stages of Hospital ofGeorgia, Dr. JackYu andAlyssa Harden look n anexam room inthepediatric surgery clinicat Children’s “Looking backonallof it,I’mgladit’s almost over. Ihave She’s hadmouthsurgery, atonsillectomy, tubesplaced in At first glance, itmightappearthetwo are getting to BY DENISEPARRISH devices for themouth as aprosthodontist, to make any necessary prosthetic n Apediatric dentist orotherdentalspecialist, such n Anaudiologist to assess hearing craniofacial surgeon, and/or neurosurgeon n Aplastic surgeon, oral/maxillofacial surgeon, specialists, which,dependingonthechild,may include: can best bemanagedby aninterdisciplinary team of health problems. Experience has shown that theirneeds craniofacial conditions often face multiple, complex them. Patientsshouldfeelconfidentthatweareskilledin we maketoourpatientsbethebestcanfor “This isanexternalvalidationoftheeffortandcommitment their care very seriously.” appropriate techniques andthat we take feel confident that we are skilledinthe be for them,” Yu said.“Patients should to ourpatients to bethebest we can the effort and commitment we make for approval every five years. patient care andquality. Centers reapply peer-reviewed established standards in Palate Foundation for meetingthe Craniofacial Association andtheCleft Teams for theAmericanCleftPalate- by theCommission onApproval of Georgia, was recently reaccredited year Harden hadherfirst surgery. Craniofacial Center in1994—thesame different. Ithinkthat’s very important.” longer staring becausethepersonlooks people notice them,butthey are no they goto themovie ortheballgame, Reconstructive Surgery, “so that when of theMCG SectionofPlastic and of theCraniofacial Center andChief state ofanonymity,” saidYu, Director very seriously.” the appropriatetechniquesandthatwetaketheircare Children born withcleftsorother “This isanexternal validation of The center, oneofonlytwo in Yu was recruited to MCG to start the “The goalisto return patients to a –DR. JACKYU to bedifferent.” will helpthesekidsrealize that Iunderstand what it’s like to useitto bringhimglory,” shesaid.“Ithinkseeingme children with specialneeds. in thefall assheworks toward becoming acounselor to Harden plans to attend The Crown College oftheBible and someonefearfully andwonderfully madeby God.’ ” was somethinghideous.Instead, Ithought,‘Iamstrong I have never looked at myself inthemirror andthoughtI School graduate. “ButIwouldn’t changeitfor theworld. realizing Iwas different,” saidthe recent HephzibahHigh around hermiddle-schooldays. the years.” helping ourpatients andtakingcare ofthemthrough go to work inthemorning.For me, thisisit. Ireally enjoy describes asvery satisfying. them grow from babiesto young adults,somethinghe treatment through thecenter, Yu haswatched many of n Otherspecialists asneeded. feeding problems n Aspeech-languagepathologist to assess speechand support thepatient andfamily n Apsychologist orotherbehavioral healthspecialist to development n Apediatrician to monitor overall healthand n Anotolaryngologist provides ongoingsupervisionofthechild’s health n Anursewhohelpswithfeeding problems and these conditions understand thechances ofhaving more children with syndromes andhelpsparents andadultpatients n Ageneticist whoscreens patients for craniofacial jaws n Anorthodontist to straighten theteeth andalignthe “There’s areason Godmademethisway, andIwant “It was hard alot—Imean,lookingaround and The years weren’t always easy for Harden, especially “We allhave different reasons to getoutof bedand Because most patients require years ofspecialized u

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consciousness.” little bitsofelectricityallcombine to make we don’t know how individual neurons and importance, we know relatively littleaboutit; but it’s thelast great frontier. Andfor allits mesmerized. “Itmay soundkindofcheesy, pulsating heart,Alleyne was, infact, abit him, moving slightlyinrhythm with the living brain’s peaksandvalleys lyingbefore he says. individual. “You are contained inyour brain,” the knowledge andexperience that makes an would transplant not onlyavitalorgan, but can’t transplant abrain, butifyou could, you H. Alleyne Jr. At themoment, at least, you ideally, muchhealthier, reasons Dr. Cargill Charting ‘Last Great Frontier’ Chairman Mesmerized by DR. CARGILLH.ALLEYNEJR. Alleyne definitely wanted to know more From thevery first timehesaw the and thepersonissameonly, You cantransplant aheart, to makinguswhowe are. Chinese Shar-Pei doganditsrole e likens itslookto awrinkled CONTINUED >

MCGMeDicine FALL 2013 MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA department. department; three years later, Alleyne was runningthe the neurosurgery section Smithstarted becamea come to MCG aswell. Itwas 2004,just two years after University ofRochester MedicalCenter, Alleyne would Institute inPhoenix,andseveral years onthefaculty of skull basesurgery fellowship at Barrow Neurological University Affiliated Hospitals,a cerebrovascular and institution from 1956-64. College ofGeorgia SectionofNeurosurgery, servingthe early aneurysm clip—was thefirst ChiefoftheMedical predecessor. drill was invented by amanwhowould ultimately behis to thenarrow space between boneandbrain. That smart senses theimportantpressure changefrom solidbone what itwas doing.The automatic drillstops whenit calm, primarilybecausehewas usingadrillthat knew especially for astudent, Alleyne was characteristically blindly toward suchavitaltarget mightseemterrifying, prevent furtherdamage. Althoughdrillingessentially in theskull ofatrauma patient to relieve pressure and medical student at Yale University, drillingaburrhole After completing aneurosurgery residency at Emory The late Dr. George W. Smith—who alsoinvented an The first timehe found himselfnearit,he was a was kindoflonelyinthelab,” hesays. with afew test tubesintheprocess, “Irealized that it an exam withahandfuloffellow students andtinkering would beagoodmarriageofthetwo. While studying for mathematics andthinkingmaybe chemicalengineering of hisepiphanies.Hewas majoringinchemistry and scholarship didn’thurt. had extended family inthenation’s capital.Hisacademic the fact that he’d visited theUnited States asachildand to theUnited States. Alleyne’s migration was buffered by takes residents oftheformer Britishcolony to Englandor country seekinghighereducation. The quest typically progression for residents ofthesmall,Third World University inWashington, D.C. physics credits whenheenrolled inGeorge Washington from each.Infact, Alleyne already hadcollege-level a highschoolprincipal.Alleyne drew alittlesomething was ChiefEconomist withtheBankofGuyana andmom Caribbean country ofGuyana hadlotsofoptions.Dad Mindful Choices He considered beingascientist untilhehadone Leaving country andfamily isatough butnatural The gifted young mangrowing upinthetiny a bleed.Othersymptoms canincludeseizures and percent ofAmericans,abouthalfwhomexperience unassociated aneurysm. saw aseizure patient whose MRIdetected atotally other reason. Onthevery day ofthisinterview, Alleyne aneurysms are found duringabrain imagefor some and from .5to 3percent may experience ableed.Often, American HeartAssociation, most withnosymptoms, Americans have acerebral aneurysm, according to the arteries andveins come together. About4million misdirected bloodvessels that tend to occur where arteriovenous malformations—a wad ofweak, that typicallyoccur inhigh-pressure arteries; and Strengthening WeakPoints its rare andpotentially lethalflaws. and perfect architecture” ledhimto center oncorrecting lungs for arefuel. Alleyne’s fascination for this“detailed the jugularveins that carrybloodbackto theheartand The vessels thenstart growing to eventually become microscopic feeders ofbloodandoxygen to brain cells. branch againanduntilthey become pulsating carotids oneithersideoftheneckthat that nourishthebrain. The network starts withthe using hishands. the longest days intheoperating room. Andheliked oriented nature. Asastudent, hewas exhilarated by even combining hisabidinginterest inthebrain withhistask- suited hisbrain. specialty optionssohecould findsomethingthat truly ability to educate, and,asanaddedbonus,avariety of him that humancontact, thepursuitofknowledge, the extrovert, hejust liked people. Medicinecould give Much less common are AVMs, affecting fewer than1 Aneurysms consist ofbubbled-upweak points He would evolve to focus onthemilesofvasculature Neurosurgery, itturnedout,was theperfect blend: While never theclass clown orotherwiseatrue Creative Streak In additionto writingfor professional journals,Alleyne has authored thechildren’s book,“Ned’s Head”(CreateSpace Independent PublishingPlatform, 2012). The ideacameto him ashischildren quizzed himaboutthebrain duringa long trip. Readers joinNedonajourney through hishead and getanswers to questions suchas,“How doIstick out my tongue?” He’s working onsimilarbooksaboutother organs, including“Bart’s Heart”and“Nelly’s Belly.” treacherous spot. commonly, alegorarmvein isharvested to bypass the vessel and,ideally, restoring normalbloodflow. Less the mouthofaneurysm, creating anew wall for the then, withtheaidofamicroscope, useaclipto shut in theskull to access thebloodvessel from theoutside, he encountered asastudent, hemust make anopening coil insidethebubble. Othertimes,like that definingone is broad, healsousesasmallstent to help secure the the skull. Sometimes,whenthemouthofaneurysm aneurysm to filltheunnatural space withoutopening can bethreaded through thevascular system into the uses to strengthen theseweak points.Platinum coils out akey ringthat holdsthetiny tools ofchoice he why there isalotto learn,” Alleyne says. how could onejust develop later? “It’s puzzling.This is Alleyne says. or more riskfactors, they canevolve into afrank bubble,” branch point,andover time, especiallyifthey have one patients may bebornwithapotential weak spotat the blood pressure, diabetes, and afamily history. “We think before orafter birth,includesmoking,chronic high difficulty with movement, speech,vision,andheadaches. He reaches inthepocket ofhiswhite coat, andpulls AVMs chieflyoccur duringdevelopment. Why and Risk factors for aneurysms, whichcandevelop CONTINUED >

MCGMeDicine SPRING 2013 He frequently uses sterile glue that hardens the Gamma Knife. A tumor’s need for a lot of when it hits blood to seal the tangled web of blood provides still other options, including an AVM. As with a cerebral aneurysm, size and using tiny microns of synthetic plastic to choke location may require open surgery instead. off the blood supply and, ideally, make surgery His goal is to prevent blood from spilling safer. into brain tissue, causing inflammation that Personality change, loss of memory or can damage or kill brain cells. While prompt other function, and death are potential surgery can reduce damage, Alleyne wants consequences in the high-stakes specialty. better solutions for these patients. That’s “You want a patient to do well, and you realize why he and Dr. Krishnan Dhandapani, a GRU there are dire consequences if you can’t fix the neuroscientist, are exploring whether the problem,” says Alleyne, acknowledging that it natural neuroprotective benefits of circumin, takes experience and confidence to operate on which gives the spice turmeric its yellow color, the very nature of a person. can improve recovery after a bleed. Still, for a man who plays the piano, played Alleyne is also focusing on tumors at the viola in the high school orchestra, jammed very base of the brain, where fundamentals a little with his neighbors, and took a music such as breathing and heart rate originate. course every college semester, brain surgery While this used to be a sort of no- has a beautiful rhythm and purpose. “It’s neurosurgeons land, options now include the almost like conducting an orchestra where Gamma Knife, which pounds a tumor with 200 several notes and instruments all have to work beams of radiation. A dispersed tumor may together for the same outcome, for one goal.” require surgery to whittle its size, followed by It also has an enduring magic. Alleyne concedes his amazement each time he looks upon the wrinkled mass that makes us human At a Glance but, as with any mature relationship, it’s now without a disabling pause. “You have work > Marshall Allen Distinguished Chair, MCG Department of to do.” u Neurosurgery >Chairman, National Medical Association, Neurology/ Neurosurgery Section > Director, Neurosurgery Residency Training Program and Neurosurgery Vascular Service > Board of Directors, Georgia Neurological Society > Member, Society of Endovascular Surgeons; Congress of Neurological Surgeons Fellowship Committee > Past President, Georgia Neurological Society

FAMILY > Wife Audrey is an anesthesiologist and Vice Chairwoman of the Anesthesiology Section of the National Medical Association. > Son Nathan, 13, wants to be a robotic surgeon. There is no such thing, at least not yet, but he likes tinkering. > Daughter Nicole, 11, was squeamish until she learned of American Neurosurgeon Ben Carson Sr., whose accomplishments include the first successful separation of twins conjoined at the back of the head. Now, like her dad, she is enamored with the brain.

Dr. CARGILL H. ALLEYNE JR. MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA PHOTOS: JENNIFER STALCUP Magnificent BY JENNIFERHILLIARDSCOTT LEONARD REEVES 7 in July. state’s onlypublicmedicalschool.The students began enrollment andtraining opportunities for students at the in 2010 aspartofastatewide planto increase the inaugural class ofthecampus,whichwas announced Seven by CampusAssistant DeanLeonard Reeves, are at theNorthwest CampusbasedinRome. on onetypeofclinicalrotation.” do my best, Iwould want to spendmore thansixweeks in shortsupplyGeorgia andthenation, Reeves says. more primarycare physicians, whichare particularly stresses patient-centered care andtends to produce curriculum, anemerging medicaleducation modelthat areas suchas family medicineand internal medicine. school graduates cancomplete specialty training in establish orexpand residency programs where medical The college isalsoworking withhospitalsinthearea to physicians inRome andthroughout Northwest Georgia. will now spend most oftheirthird andfourth years with With theopeningofresidential campus,students alongside physicians at Rome’s famed HarbinClinic. week rotations studying internal medicineandpediatrics A ClinicallyIntensiveExperience S Whitten andherclassmates, dubbedtheMagnificent She andsixofherclassmates found that difference Students are taughtusingalongitudinalintegrated MCG students have historically spentfour- to six- relationships,” shesays. “Iknew that for meto “Idobetter withlong-term, one-on-one knew shewanted a“different” experience. medical school,MCG student BiancaWhitten tarting herclinicallyintensive third year of Northwest Campus Begins Studies at Inaugural Class CONTINUED >

MCGMeDicine FALL 2013 MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA Peachtree City. Hayden SelfofRome, andAnneStaigle of Elizabeth SchmidtofStone Mountain, of Chickamauga, Annie Park ofDuluth, Georgia residents—are ChrisHarding other Northwest Campusenrollees—all they graduate.” about where to train andpractice when play anintegral role intheirdecisions lasting impression onourstudents and in thispartofourgreat state willmake a belief that theopportunities presented for ourstate andnation. Itisourgoaland to thework ofeducating more physicians throughout Northwest Georgia are critical and community groups inRome and with physicians, hospitals,colleges, “This campusandourpartnerships health care.” relationship that allows for more thorough and theirpatients are ableto develop a health care. The hopeisthat thestudents undertaking thisremarkable modelof Developing Relationships baby. To me, that was very unique.” one day, Imay seea93-year-old woman andanewborn the opportunityto follow patients for ayear,” hesays. “In classmate, SungLee. “Iwas attracted to thiscampusby over thecourse oftheirrotations, says Whitten’s family medicine. pediatrics, neurology, obstetrics andgynecology, or morning rounds, Whitten spendsherafternoons ineither specialty oneday aweek for ayear. For example, after rounds andworking withphysicians inaparticular and, ideally, “solve aproblem,” shesays. be ableto follow upwiththat patient, seeherresults, Since herrotation inthat specialtywilllast ayear, she’ll able to order tests for apatient withaseizure disorder. Solving aProblem gynecology, surgery, neurology, andpsychiatry. medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, obstetrics and to clinicaltraining opportunitiesinareas suchasfamily rehabilitation clinics,andhomes.Students are exposed of environments, includingmedicaloffices, hospitals, their own patients throughout theyear inavariety The modelallows students to follow acore panelof In additionto Whitten andLee, the MCG DeanPeter F. Buckley concurs. Notes Reeves, “These students are very brave in The modelallows students to seeavariety ofpatients Students’ typicalschedulesincludemorninginpatient On herneurology rotation, for instance, Whitten was BIANCA WHITTENWITHPATIENTS for anofficialribbon-cutting atthe new campus. Augusta, willopenin2014. Commons, whichwillaccommodate thelarger class in Athens by 2020. The J. Harold Harrison,M.D. Education to increase from 190to 240 inAugusta andto 60in of Georgia. The medicalschoolclass size isscheduled that isacooperative effort ofGRUandtheUniversity UGA MedicalPartnership inAthens, afour-year campus hundred-twenty students are studying at theGRU/ Southeast Georgia HealthSystem inBrunswick. One- Joseph’s/Candler HealthSystem inSavannah and in Albany andtheSoutheast Campusbasedat St. Campus basedat PhoebePutney MemorialHospital well asstate andlocalofficials. University, Georgia Northwestern Technical College, as Area HealthEducation Center, BerryCollege, Shorter the Greater Rome ChamberofCommerce, BlueRidge major supporters includetheGeorgia HighlandsCollege, improve healthcare access for theregion, hesays. Other and personnelto helpeducate students andultimately along withtheHarbinClinic,willcontribute facilities Regional MedicalCenter, a230-bedreferral hospital, a family medicineresidency program, andRedmond an additional15in2015. A GrowingPresence GRU andMCG leadershipjoinedRome leadersOct.15 MCG’s otherclinicalcampusesare theSouthwest Floyd MedicalCenter, acommunity hospitalwith The goalisfor 10more students to enroll in2014 and u that wasveryunique.” and anewbornbaby.Tome, I mayseea93-year-oldwoman patients forayear.Inoneday, by theopportunitytofollow “I wasattractedtothiscampus

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MCG FALL 2013 MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA Vice Dean for Academic Affairs Making aDifferencethroughMentorship SUBMISSIONS: 706-721-2124 [email protected] Augusta, GA30912 GRU, AD-1108 Christine Hurley Deriso, Editor words) to: typed essays (approximately 750 the Viewpoints column. Submit to theeditor andsubmissions to MCG Medicinewelcomes letters Viewpoints Professor ofMedicineand DR. PAUL M.WALLACH hopefully, withgoodresults. journeys tomoveforward, their professionalandpersonal discover apaththatpermits questions willhelppeople bowl onthetable,Ihopethese With theubiquitouscandy residents, andjuniorcolleagues. the timetomedicalstudents, and familylife? plan onbalancingprofessional plans forfamily,andhowdoyou the mosthappy?Whatareyour professional activitiesmakeyou doing in10years?What These arequestionsIaskall What doyouseeyourself expectations, personalconnection, andshared values. characterized by reciprocity, mutualrespect, clear noted, “Successful mentoring relationships were Medicine, Sharon Straus andhercolleagues mentorship. IntheJanuary2013 issue ofAcademic five-year plan?” “What makes you happy inlife?” career?” “Where would you like to live?” “What isyour to pursue?” “Doyou seeresearch aspartofyour with questions like: “What specialtywould you like in medicinetoday, itisimportantto have assistance end upsomewhere else.” With allthecomplexities us, “Ifyou don’tknow where you are going,you will even become more important. Yogi Berra reminded change, buttheneedfor mentorship remains ormay a bowtie! the future, aboutfamily. Heeven taughtmehow to tie advice aboutresidency training, aboutthinking two decades,was anoutstanding mentor. Irecall his Roy Behnke, my ChairmanofMedicinefor nearly my abilityto thinkthrough clinicalproblems. Dr. clinical care andattending physicians whosharpened teach measamedicalstudent how to provide superb Much hasbeenwritten abouteffective As we advance through ourcareers, thefocus may residents whotook thetimeto life. Personally, Iremember made adifference inhis a seniorcolleague who does nothave astory about successful physician who role. I don’tknow asingle mentors play anindispensable residents, andjuniorfaculty. our medicalstudents, learners inourenvironment: mentorship for thejunior hope that we increase the mentors inourlives. Itismy and fulfilledwithengaged to bemore successful, happy, All ofushave thepotential all ofuscould usemore ofit. Mentorship isimportant,and my more juniorcolleagues. difference inthelives of me, asIhopeto make some professionally rewarding for are amongthemost In medicineandscience, These conversations Making aDifferencethroughMentorship to what they give. relationship inproportional measure gratification from thementoring they getbackgreat satisfaction and effective mentors will tell you that advising, andcounseling. Butmost to others—challenging,supporting, give.” Mentorship isabout giving we get,we make alife by what we said, “We make alivingby what for others? SirWinston Churchill and fulfillment. promoting happiness, satisfaction, and career dissatisfaction while this stage, helpspreclude isolation mentors, often peers/colleagues at are ourpriorities?” Having effective all thechangeinhealthcare?” “What not dissipate. “How dowe manage need for thistypeofsupportdoes change over ourcareers, butthe particular typeofmentorship may and institutions. The needsfor a potential impactonindividuals of effective mentorship andthe about thequalitiesandstructure individual. pursuing mentors thanasingle better meettheneedsofthose authors suggest that teams may gender.” Asinclinicalmedicine, the of expertise, academicrank, and ensuring diversity interms ofarea with specialattention toward individual needsandpreferences, team shouldreflect theprotégé’s dyads. Eachindividual’s mentoring rather thanhierarchical mentoring an emphasisonmentoring networks DeCastro andcolleagues suggest Academic Medicine, Rochelle experience.” interest, andthementor’s lackof (or real) competition, conflicts of personality differences, perceived communication, lackofcommitment, were characterized by poor Failed mentoring relationships What aboutservingasamentor We are learningagreat deal In theApril2013 issue of lead. hope otherdepartmentsfollow her no doubtbeextremely beneficial.I the upcoming years, herefforts will somewhat different structures. Over needs, for whichshehas created faculty, two groups withdifferent includes juniorandmore senior program. Hertarget population developed amodelmentoring Medicine, Dr. Laura Mulloy has engaging andenjoyable. make thestudy ofmedicinemore the relationships andmentors who other andwithourfaculty andfind make acloser connection with each communities, Ihopestudents will with faculty counselors. Within these (freshman through senior), each the four classes ofmedicalschool including 10students from eachof plans, we willhave 20communities learning communities, butinour academies, somecolleges, some the school.Somecallthese group of“communities” within program. We hopeto develop a our Essentials ofClinicalMedicine engagement oftheadvisorsin already good,willgeteven better. relationships for ourstudents, while hope that thequalityofmentorship program for students. Together, we enhancing acomprehensive advising and support.We are working on programs to enhance engagement with membersoftheclass and class, eachwilldevelop relationships unique transitions andneedsofeach the size ofourclasses andthe serve asclass deans.Recognizing faculty, allclinician-educators, to four outstanding membersofour process. This year, we have assigned the mentoring andstudent support our medicalstudents to enhance we are embarkingonprograms for For ourfaculty inInternal We are enhancingthe At theMedicalCollege ofGeorgia, BY GUEST COLUMNIST, DR.PAUL M.WALLACH communities we serve. and science for thepatients and successes andoutcomes inmedicine hope, andjoy aswell asgreater in achieving personalsatisfaction, we willhave even greater success mentors andmentees. Ifwe doboth, mentoring relationships asboth engage at aneven higherlevel in effective mentoring programs, and the challengeofestablishing more of giants.” Ihopewe alltake on it isby standing ontheshoulders Newton wrote, “IfIhave seenfurther, the hopeinsideyourself.” SirIsaac is someonewhoallows you to see mentors. give greater thoughtto ourrole as upcoming year. Ihopewe allwill enhancing effective mentorship this and othereducational sessions on program willoffer more workshops each other. 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MCGMeDicine FALL 2013 MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA Alumni Affairs update Alumni Affairs Senior Director of SCOTT HENSON students. Medical College ofGeorgia AlumniAssociation andour otherwise helpedoutwiththeOct.12event. thanks to allwhoresponded to ourrequest for notes and coat. The students are soappreciative ofthisgesture. Ahuge personal note from ouralumniplaced ineachstudent’s white we started last year for theWhite Coat Ceremony featuring a visit withyour fellow alumsfrom theregion. at your almamater. And,ofcourse, it’s agreat opportunityto to hearfrom theDeanaboutallgreat thingshappening you soonat theseregional events, whichgive you achance fall. Look for your invitation shortly;we lookforward to seeing year. alumni across thestate, andare finalizingplans for the coming have alsobeenontheroad, withDeanPeter F. Buckley visiting 12 Strangers andothermentoring events for ourstudents. We It’s trulyanexciting time. before they start orientation andtheirmedicalschooljourney. this isthefirst opportunity for all230freshmen to gather become arichtradition. Hosted by Dr. MasonThompson (’73), a wonderful event for incoming medicalstudents, hasreally College ofGeorgiaastheywalkinthedoor! of greetingthefuturealumniMedical What agreatfeelingtohavethepleasure Thank you very muchfor your continued supportof the Another highlightwas Words ofWisdom, agreat tradition We already have several regional receptions scheduledthis The association hashadabusy summerwithDinner The MCG AlumniAssociation-sponsored Freshman Brunch, u From the Alumni Association President

Dear Fellow Medical College of Georgia Alumnus,

It is my good fortune this year to serve as President of the MCG Alumni Association. You are receiving this magazine because at some point in your career, you spent some time in Augusta. Whether that time was four years in medical school or, like me, time spent in both medical school and residency, you still have a connection to this place. I came to Augusta in 1973 and left in 1984. I tell my children it was because I was a slow learner. It was the first home my wife and I knew, and it was the birthplace of my children. It has been and will always be a special place for the Richwine family. It goes without saying that nothing ever sits still in this world. As I am sure you are well aware, there have been a number of changes at your alma mater over the past three years. What hasn’t changed is the mission. While I am not sure the term “mission statement” was in use when I started medical school, I believe MCG’s unwritten plan was to educate and train the best clinically oriented students and house staff possible. I believe the school succeeded in a spectacular fashion. As a soon-to-be senior citizen (my wife has me signed up for AARP) and a lifelong Georgia taxpayer, I want to see our brightest young people stay in this state for medical school and remain here to care for its citizens. This will require efforts on many fronts. We cannot ignore the need for both basic and clinical research. This research in conjunction with our educational efforts will only make MCG stronger and more renowned; research and education are not mutually exclusive. Our medical students have more opportunities to conduct studies than ever before due in part to Dean Peter F. Buckley’s efforts. We former students have opportunities to contribute, as well. Those who have sat on the sidelines for many years must re-engage with MCG. Join, or rejoin and support, the Alumni Association. Participate in its programs and events, including regional events, the HOST program, and Dinner with Twelve Strangers. The association’s goal is scholarship support for medical students. The rising cost of essentially everything makes that goal more relevant than ever. We need to be cognizant of FALL 2013 the increasing cost of medical school, even at our state-assisted institution. The Class of 2004 paid about $10,400 in tuition and fees their final year. Medical students finishing this spring can expect to pay in excess of $31,000. This figure doesn’t include costs such as those associated with off-campus rotations and interviewing for residencies. While MCG is still a bargain compared to many other institutions, school-related debt is a burden for our students, many of icine

whom already face debt from their undergraduate education. D I think we all consider the honor and responsibility of providing patient care one of the e highest callings of our profession. I consider the ability to guide and assist medical students only M slightly less important. We are all called upon to pay it forward. An old adage of surgical training is, “See one, do one, teach one.” To that end, I think it is important for us to see the future, impart to medical students the wisdom of our years, and teach them that resilience and persistence will be the hallmark of a successful physician. I believe the best platform to accomplish these goals is

the MCG Alumni Association. I invite and implore you to join its ranks. MCG

DR. SAMUEL W. RICHWINE JR. (’77) President, MCG Alumni Association Advancement Update The Power of Endowed Chairs

Endowed chairs strengthen a university’s greatest or cardiovascular disease. Or they may want to honor a resource—its faculty: the educators, researchers, colleague who has devoted his life to a field of study. A donor’s investment may not change a particular clinical scholars, and care givers who are the heart outcome, but it could affect the outcome for generations of any university community. Funded by the of patients to come. And, of course, the donor’s name—or generous support of individuals, corporations, the name of the individual they choose to honor—will and foundations, endowed chairs are the highest be forever linked to the university and to the pursuit of academic honor a university bestows upon its knowledge. That’s an amazing legacy. faculty, but also a powerful tool for recruiting superstars and rising stars. The Medical College of Is the university actively raising funds Georgia has more than 40 endowed chairs. Future for endowed chairs? editions will highlight some of them and the We certainly are. For instance, the large donation from donors who make their work possible. Following the estate of Dr. J. Harold Harrison (see p. 12), which will be held by our partners in the MCG Foundation, is are answers to frequently asked questions about earmarked for endowed chairs and scholarships. That endowed chairs. boosts our momentum, but it certainly doesn’t meet all What is an endowed chair? of our needs as a growing university. As GRU President Ricardo Azziz often notes, we are fueling a dramatic An endowed chair is a highly prized faculty position transformation at GRU. Focused investments in our supported by a major gift from a donor or donors, a gift faculty will be key to fulfilling our vision of becoming one large enough to generate interest to support a faculty of the nation’s top-tier universities. member’s salary, benefits, and associated expenses. An endowed chair is the gift that keeps on giving. The faculty we are able to recruit and retain with these funds draw How can I create an endowed chair or other resources to the university—research grants, other strengthen an existing one? nationally and internationally recognized faculty, patients Contact me; we’ll get started today. Thank you for your seeking the best care, students who want to train with interest in creating a legacy that will advance MCG’s noteworthy scholars. mission for generations to come. So everyone benefits from this type of investment? Absolutely. Endowed chairs offer broad benefits to the university, the chair holder, the donor, our students, our patients, and even the state in general. They truly represent an investment in the future, in big ideas, in innovation, in better health and better quality of life. How does an endowed chair benefit the donor? > For more information, contact Ralph Alee, Associate Vice President for Major Gifts, Many of our donors are drawn to funding an endowed chair because of a very personal connection to a disease. [email protected], 800-869-1113 They may have lost a parent, spouse, or child to cancer MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA Classnotes

Dr. Pete N. Poolos Society. Herrington was a member of the Dr. Michael (’57) recently committee of the class of 1979 that began George Geci- received the inaugural the hooding ceremony for the Medical Black (’93) Lifetime Achievement College of Georgia, inviting author and recently joined Award from the surgeon William A. Nolen to give the Saratoga Emergency Department of inaugural keynote address. Physicians, providing Surgery of Fairview medical coverage at General Hospital, an Dr. Vic Corrigan Saratoga Hospital’s affiliated hospital (’83), a partner in the Alfred A. Solomon of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He Atlanta Cardiology Emergency Center. has retired from his active neurosurgery Group, PC under practice but retains an appointment the umbrella of the Dr. Linda as Clinical Assistant Professor of Piedmont Heart Hendricks (’95) Neurosurgery at Case Western University Institute, has been recently published School of Medicine. Said Poolos, who named a managing “The Rainbow Egg” served as Editor-in-Chief of MCG’s Cadaver trustee of the University of Georgia (WestBow Press, newspaper his last two years of medical Foundation after completing a term as an 2012), a children’s school, “My medical school years with all advisory trustee. Corrigan, who earned book about adoption those wonderful dedicated teachers were his undergraduate degree cum laude from through the eyes some of my most wonderful years.” UGA, completed his internship, residency, of the birthmother. and fellowship in cardiology at Emory The book demonstrates the selfless act Dr. C. Emory University Hospital. He is ranked among of love involved in placing one’s child in Johnson Jr. (’67) the nation’s top 1 percent of physicians an adoptive home. Hendricks practices recently retired from in his specialty by U.S. New and World oncology in Georgia and has two adopted OrthoGeorgia in Report. children. Macon, Ga. Johnson and wife Wendy will Dr. Joseph J. Dr. W. Curt celebrate their 48th Burch (’85) has LaFrance Jr. wedding anniversary been inducted as (’95), Director of this summer. a Fellow in the Neuropsychiatry American College and Behavioral Dr. Kathryn of Radiology. This Neurology at Rhode Cheek (’77), is one of the highest honors the college Island Hospital, who practices at can bestow on a radiologist, radiation has received the FALL 2013 Rivertown Pediatrics oncologist, or medical physicist. American Academy in Columbus, Ga., of Neurology’s Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy was recently honored Dr. Jon Jones Jr. Award recognizing outstanding, for her contributions (’86) has joined independent contributions to epilepsy to the wellbeing of Russell Medical research early in one’s career. Georgia’s children Center in Alabama with the largest single gift—$1.5 million— as a general surgeon Dr. Karl A. Sillay icine ever received by the Columbus Regional after helping develop (’99) recently joined D

Medical Foundation. Courtney and Paul a transplant program Semmes-Murphey e Amos II made the donation in Cheek’s at the Johnson City Clinic in Memphis. M honor to support the Pediatric Emergency Medical Center in Sillay uses adult and Department on The Medical Center Tennessee. pediatric deep brain Campus. stimulation to treat Dr. Michael A. illnesses such as Dr. William T. Burke (’89) recently Parkinson’s disease Herrington (’79) left a long career in and Tourette’s syndrome. He is also an has been elected academic psychiatry Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Vice Speaker of the and joined the United the University of Tennessee. He and his MCG American College of Psychology Center. wife have three children. Radiology. He has practiced radiology in Athens, Ga., since 1986 and is a past CONTINUED> President of the Georgia Radiology MEDICAL COLLEGE of GEORGIA procedures. implantations, andelectrophysiology angioplasty, pacemaker/defibrillator ServicesGa. includecoronary stents, patient cardiology office in Smyrna, Middle Tennessee MedicalCenter’s new cardiologist at SaintThomas Heartat Dr. Edward Rhim(’05) online andmobilemedicalexperts. together theworld’s best andmost helpful medical experts. best andmost helpfulonlineandmobile four children. cardiologist, live inRome, withtheir Ga., Rome, Ga. Orthodontics, LLC in joined Foundations Colorado and University of residency at the an orthodontics Competition brings HealthTap Top Doctor by HealthTap. The Surgeon inTennessee and Top General Chattanooga region Top Doctor inthe together theworld’s Competition brings HealthTap Top Doctor HealthTap. The in Tennessee by and Immunologist the Top Allergist Jackson (’05) Dr. Bethany ’10) Dental Medicine, Bennett (’05and Dr. William (’04) Dr. Lee M.Perry (’90) Dr. JamesE.White Dr. ChasJackson,a and herhusband, Atlanta. Jackson private practice in after five years in as apediatrician Primary Care Network has joinedFloyd completed isthe was named was named

York City. block fellowship at Mount SinaiinNew New York. Heiscompleting aregional Sinai andhisresidency at MountSinaiin internship at St. Vincent’s Hospital/Mount Mount SinaiHospital.Abelcompleted his Outstanding Anesthesiology Resident of York Cityhasbeennamedthe2013 program. in themedicine/pediatrics residency she was promoted to resident physician the MedicalCollege ofWisconsin, where been namedthe2013 Intern oftheYear at Joseph E.JohnsonLeadership Award. the 2013 AmericanCollege ofPhysicians topic for theNew York Times. Shereceived Medicine meetingandwrote aboutthe Medical Association Innovations in about childhoodobesityat theAmerican Dr. Richard B.Abel(’09) Dr. CarmenCobb Wallace (’12) Psychiatry. and Adolescent Academy ofChild the American Association and American Psychiatric a memberofthe Psychiatry. Heis Physicians Group Northeast Georgia School, lectured Harvard Medical General Hospital/ at Massachusetts and NutritionFellow Obesity Medicine Specialists. of Georgia Cancer Douglasville office has joinedthe McDonald (’06) Dr. Kristine (’05) Dr. Heerain Shah Stanford (’07) Dr. Fatima Cody Center inCalifornia. Emanuel Medical run by Turlock-based family practice office the recently opened care physician at (’09) Dr. ShelleGlover hasjoinedthe istheprimary- ofNew Class has , an

in memoriam Dr. SamuelA.Vickery (’66) Dr. Worthy E.Strickland (’66) Dr. HarlanM.Starr Jr. (’47) Dr. Ernest A.Perry (’43) Dr. JerryPeagler (’52) Dr. Fred C.Meadows (’43) Dr. Rice R.Holcombe (’59) Dr. Thomas FielderHardman (’82) Dr. Lawrence J. Freant (’67) Dr. David DuboseEgleston Jr. (’38) Dr. LamarP. Collie Jr. (’51) Dr. Kenneth W. Carter (’69) Dr. HenryG.MealingJr. (’22) notes

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