ALUMNI NEWS Medical Department. Davis is chief of the Integrated Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service for Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval M e d i c a l C e n t e r, along with serving Davis ’88 in a variety of other military roles. The Order was founded by the commanding general of the U.S. Army Health Services Command in 1982 with the goal of recognizing excellence and promoting fellowship among Army Medical Department personnel. Davis has passed the American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Management boards and serves as one of only two physicians on active duty who are triple boarded in physical medicine and rehabilitation, electrodiagnostic medicine, and pain management. He recently published an article in The Spine Journal on back pain in the military population, has a book chapter currently in publication and has lectured on a variety of topics, ranging from multiple pain syndromes to polytrauma and amputee care, both nationally and internationally. Davis is a distinguished military graduate. He matriculated from Portsmouth, Virginia, and earned a bachelor’s degree in biology. He was a National Merit Scholar, a dean’s list student, a Gottwald Scholar and selected for Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
On July 26, 2013, Col. Gary A. Bissell ’89 graduated from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Bissell, who is the deputy chief of staff and operations at VMI, matriculated from Fairfax, Virginia. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from VMI and a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University. See photo below. Louis B. Louis IV ’94, M.D., a heart surgeon at Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s Minneapolis Heart Institute, was recently featured on CNN for operating on a Minnesota carpenter with a potentially fatal injury. On Sept. 30, 2013, the
carpenter accidentally shot himself with a nail gun while working. With the help of Louis and a little bit of luck, the man survived. “This nail went through the front and the back of his heart, barely missing critical structures,” Louis stated in an interview. “I’m very pleased his postoperative course has been so uncomplicated.” Louis matriculated from Miami, Florida, graduated with distinction from VMI with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and attended the University of Miami School of Medicine. He is a member of the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
U.S. Army War College graduates with the commandant and his aide, from left, Maj. Jarrod Parker ’04 (commandant’s aide), Col. Gerry Tertychny ’87, Col. Brent Hashimoto ’88, Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo III (commandant), Col. Gary Bissell ’89 and Col. Jim Ring ’88.
... Book Announcements ... Book Announcements ... Book Announcements ... Book Announcements ... Book Announcements ... Book Announcements ... Book Announcements ... A Young Life of Light by Harry Hathaway Warner ’57. Baker & Taylor and Belle Isle Books, August 2013. ISBN: 978-1-9399300-2-6. Order direct from the publisher at www.belleislebooks.com, 804-644-3090 or write 5 South First Street, Richmond, VA, 23219. What constitutes a life well lived? It’s a question often pondered in the wake of loss, and it’s one that catalyzed Harry Warner to write this book following the 2014-Issue 1
death of his grandson, Patrick Gorman, at age 17. Patrick’s life was brief and far from easy. Born with Marfan’s syndrome and severe respiratory complications, he was given a 50-50 chance of survival. At 11 months, he contracted a virus that would leave him deaf in both ears. His early years consisted of a string of hospital visits and struggling
to communicate in a hearing world. Yet, through it all, a remarkable young man was formed – a talented artist and sportsman with a love for the outdoors and an ability to inspire his peers in ways that would only be fully revealed upon his passing. In “A Young Life of Light,” his grandfather memorializes Patrick Gorman’s life, 151
