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NamePatricia Tereskerz, JD, PhD
May 10, 2012 at 3:02 pm said:
Class Year Affiliation Other

Patricia Tereskerz has published Clinical Research and the Law which was released in May 2012 by Wiley-Blackwell. Read more: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405195673.html

—Posted on May 10, 2012 at 3:02 pm
NameFrederick L. Greene, MD, FACS
April 16, 2012 at 9:16 am said:
Class Year 1970 Affiliation Alumni

Frederick L. Greene, MD, FACS, chair of surgery at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, and a member of the Commission on Cancer (CoC) since 2000, received the Jeffrey L. Ponsky Master Educator in Endoscopy Award at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons’ (SAGES) sixth education and research foundation awards luncheon during SAGES’ recent annual meeting in San Diego, CA.

The luncheon honors leaders in minimally invasive surgical procedures. Proceeds benefit the SAGES Foundation and its mission to advance endoscopic laparoscopic and emerging minimal access surgical methods and patient care.

Dr. Greene served as chair of both the CoC and the American Joint Committee on Cancer and continues to work as a surveyor for the CoC accreditation program. He currently serves on the American College of Surgeons Patient Education Committee. Dr. Greene earned a medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, and completed his internship and residency at Yale-New Haven (CT) Hospital.

—Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:16 am
NameSteven Pearman
December 7, 2011 at 9:19 am said:
Class Year 1982 Affiliation Alumni

Dr. Pearman received the John J. Krueger Memorial Lectureship Physician of the Year Award from the medical staff of Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital in recognition for 27 years of outstanding community service to Tidewater Virginia. Dr. Pearman has served as the Medical Director of the Beach Health Clinic providing free medical care to the medically indigent for the past 22 years. He is currently employed as a fulltime family physician by Sentara Medical Group, a multispecialty regional medical group operated by Sentara Health Care. Dr. Pearman serves as one of two Clinical Chiefs for Primary Care for the group.

—Posted on December 7, 2011 at 9:19 am
NameFrederick Barken
December 7, 2011 at 9:18 am said:
Class Year 1984 Affiliation Housestaff

I attended internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia from 1981-1984. I then practiced general Internal Medicine for 23 years before leaving practice to write a book addressing the extraordinary challenges facing practitioners of primary care in an era of declining resources, aging Baby Boomers, and increased regulatory control over the practice of medicine. The title of the book is Out of Practice: Fighting for Primary Care Medicine in America, to be published by Cornell University Press in March, 2011.

To learn more, please visit my website: http://www.frederickbarkenmd.com.

—Posted on December 7, 2011 at 9:18 am
NameHughes Melton
December 7, 2011 at 9:16 am said:
Class Year 1993 Affiliation Alumni

Dr. Melton is 2011 Family Physician of the Year. Read more about Dr. Melton and this recognition from the American Academy of Family Physicians: http://tinyurl.com/hughesmelton.

—Posted on December 7, 2011 at 9:16 am
NameWilliam E. Gross
December 7, 2011 at 9:08 am said:
Class Year 1987 Affiliation Alumni

Dr. William E. Gross, otolaryngologist, ENT, has become one of the first physicians in the nation to perform a TransOral Robotic Surgery (TORS) procedure for the treatment of sleep apnea using the da Vinci robot. Sleep apnea is characterized by abnormally shallow breathing or unusually long pauses in breathing during sleep.

Initial reports from Europe indicate an 80 to 90 percent success rate in treating sleep apnea, versus the traditional procedures 40 to 50 percent success rate.

“Two of my patients had previously tried surgery, but the results were unsuccessful,” says Dr. Gross, who has practiced in Murfreesboro since 2003. The technology of the robot allows the surgeon to visualize and operate in spaces that otherwise would not be accessible.

The procedure involves removing overgrown tissue on the back of the tongue and takes about 45 minutes. Following surgery, patients reported mild to moderate pain, no difficulty swallowing and were able to sleep without a breathing device the first night after the procedure.

CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) is the standard treatment for sleep apnea, but many patients are unable to tolerate CPAP and many others desire a chance for a normal nights sleep without wearing a device. This could be achieved with successful surgery, says Dr. Gross.

Dr. Gross received his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville and is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology in Head and Neck Surgery. The first application of the da Vinci robot for ENT surgeons was in the treatment of throat cancer. MTMC also uses the robot for bariatric, gynecologic and urologic surgical procedures.

Written by Bart Walker, November 2010

—Posted on December 7, 2011 at 9:08 am
NameRandolph Chitwood, Jr.
December 7, 2011 at 9:04 am said:
Class Year 1974 Affiliation Alumni

Alumnus receives Russian surgical award

GREENVILLE, N.C. (10/25/11)–Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr. is one of five recipients this year of a prestigious international surgical award.

Chitwood, director of the East Carolina Heart Institute, professor of cardiovascular sciences and senior associate vice chancellor for health sciences at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., received the Bakoulev Premium Medal from the Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery and the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. He accepted the award Oct. 12 in Moscow.

A cardiovascular surgeon, Chitwood is a native of Wytheville, Va. He is a 1968 graduate of Hampden-Sydney College and a 1974 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He completed his surgical residency in 1984 at Duke University Medical Center.

Chitwood was recognized “for his outstanding contributions to the development of cardiac surgery (and) for new methods of minimally invasive procedures, including the use of robotics,” according to the center. Other recipients were Naina Yeltsin, the widow of the first president of Russia, as well as Professors Alain Carpentier of France for pioneering cardiac valve surgery, Vincent Dor of Monaco for developing methods to remodel destroyed heart muscle, and Adib Jatene of Brazil for first correcting congenitally switched major heart vessels in babies.

The award was presented by Professor Leo Bokeria, director of the Bakoulev Center and fellow member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Before the award ceremony, Chitwood planted a tree at the center to commemorate the occasion and his scientific contributions to Russia and the world.

The Bakoulev Award was established in 1998, and Chitwood is the second American recipient, following Dr. Denton Cooley of the Texas Heart Institute in 2010.

Chitwood is the Jo Allison and Eddie Smith Distinguished Chair at the ECHI. He is a past president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the largest professional cardiac surgery society in the world. In 2001, he gave the Bourokovsky Lecture at the Bakoulev Center.

Chitwood is a pioneer in developing new technology for minimally invasive heart surgery. The ECU Robotic Surgical Center has trained hundreds of surgeons from around the world in the robotic surgical techniques. Chitwood also pioneered robotic valve repairs using the da Vinci system and, in 2000, used it to perform the first complete mitral valve repair in North America. He was the lead investigator of the FDA robotic mitral valve trials. Chitwood has special expertise in complex valve surgery including mitral repair as well as aortic valve and cardiac rhythm surgery.

The Bakoulev Center was founded in 1956 by Soviet surgeon Aleksandr Bakoulev as the Thoracic Surgery Institute of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR. In 1961, the facility was renamed to the Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery and renamed for Bakoulev in 1967 following his death.

From: East Carolina University News Services, Doug Boyd

—Posted on December 7, 2011 at 9:04 am
NameC. Bruce Alexander
December 7, 2011 at 8:59 am said:
Class Year 1971 Affiliation Alumni

Dr. Alexander recently became the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) President. He was appointed in November in Las Vegas, NV, at the organization’s annual meeting. President Clinton gave the keynote address. ASCP has nationally >120000 members including UVA’s Walter Olivera, the UVA Laboratory manager.

—Posted on December 7, 2011 at 8:59 am
NameFrederick Berry
December 7, 2011 at 8:55 am said:
Class Year 1959 Affiliation Alumni

Dr. Berry, Chair in Pediatric Anesthesia, received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Pediatric Anesthesia from the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics and the Award for Distinguished Service from Pediatric Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

—Posted on December 7, 2011 at 8:55 am
NameSteven Wilson
December 7, 2011 at 8:53 am said:
Class Year 1966 Affiliation Alumni

Dr. Wilson was given the highest honor the British Association of Urologic Surgeons bestows — the St Paul’s Medal. It is given annually to that urologist who has notable contributions to UK or world urology who is not from UK. He was also made an “ad eundum” member of the Royal College of Surgeons (translation: without examination).

Dr. Wilson continues to travel and teach prosthetic urology two weeks per month. He has a boutique practice in Palm Springs, CA.

—Posted on December 7, 2011 at 8:53 am
NameKeith Cubbage
December 7, 2011 at 8:49 am said:
Class Year 1999 Affiliation Alumni

In October 2010, Dr. Cubbage was awarded the degree of “Fellow” by the American Academy of Family Practice (AAFP) at the Annual Scientific Assembly in Denver, Colorado.

—Posted on December 7, 2011 at 8:49 am
NameJuan “Doc” Montero
December 7, 2011 at 8:47 am said:
Class Year 1971 Affiliation Housestaff

Dr. Juan “Doc” Montero (Fellow ’71) was be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2010 Celebrate the Nations Gala. President Bill Clinton was also recognized with the Charles E. Horton Humanitarian Award for his work toward global health initiative.

Dr. Juan Montero has been leading medical missions to the Philippines since 1981 with different groups of Filipino expatriates. As a volunteer team leader Doc has also continuously recruited US-based Filipino doctors to do volunteer work in the Philippines. Under the leadership of Dr. Montero, Physicians for Peace, Philippines established a Walking Free program, conducted surgical and medical missions, helped advance health care in communities, developed a donation program of equipment and eyeglasses, and opened an eye bank for the Seeing Clearly program.

Physicians for Peace is an international non-profit whose volunteer medical professionals provide training and education in developing countries to promote sustainable healthcare programs and partnerships. The organization has long been an integral thread in the fabric of Hampton Roads.

Doc is proud to have received the first-ever Physicians for Peace Lifetime Achievement Award.

—Posted on December 7, 2011 at 8:47 am
NameRobert Schwab
December 1, 2011 at 4:17 pm said:
Class Year 1983 Affiliation Alumni

Dr. Robert Schwab recently published his first novel, Holy Water, a medical coming of age story of how the French Quarter helps a young surgical resident chart his medical career.

—Posted on December 1, 2011 at 4:17 pm

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