The 2014 Dean's Report

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THE DEANS REPORT 2014

FROM THE DEAN “As I reflect on 2014, several themes come to mind – collaborations, breakthroughs in research, and change.”

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ur physicians and researchers collaborate with peers across UT institutions, throughout healthcare businesses, and with medical institutions across the nation to fi nd new answers for diseases such as amyloidosis and cancer. Through these collaborations, we have had several breakthroughs in medicine leading to U.S. patents and a signifi cant grant from the National Institutes of Health.

We’ve seen several changes in our educational programs. We welcomed Dr. Laura Findeiss as the new Chair of Radiology and thanked Dr. Bobby Howard for his stewardship of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has stepped down as Chair of the department so that he can focus on his clinical work in maternal-fetal medicine, and we are grateful to Dr. Larry Kilgore for his service as Interim-Chair. We also welcomed Dr. William Metheny as the new Designated Institutional Official, following the tenure of Dr. Eddie Moore.

JAMES J. NEUTENS, PHD Dean, UT Graduate School of Medicine

CONTENTS

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A NEW RESOURCE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION

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THE ACADEMY OF SCHOLARS

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FACULTY AWARDS

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NEW FELLOWSHIPS

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MEDICAL STUDENT EDUCATION

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AMYLOID DETECTION & TREATMENT

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NEUROSCIENTISTS LEAD NEW PROGRAM

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HEALING IN THE COMMUNITY

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COLLABORATIONS

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CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

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ALUMNI CONNECTION

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The ACGME has added a new component to its accreditation program known as CLER, and our first site visit was in March.

As part of the UT College of Medicine, we also completed a re-accreditation cycle for our medical education program by the LCME, which awarded us an eight-year accreditation for our MD degree.

Also in collaboration with our partner The University of Tennessee Medical Center, we took a significant step forward in our opportunities to provide health information to our patients, their families and the community. A new Health Information Center opened in the main entrance area of the hospital and also encompasses Preston Medical Library. We are grateful to our donors and UTHSC who helped make this new facility a reality.

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A New Resource for Health Information The Health Information Center provides members of the community with an easily accessible collection of health information delivered by expert medical librarians.

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xpanding upon the resources of Preston Medical Library, a new Health Information Center opened in the main lobby of The University of Tennessee Medical Center to provide health and wellness information to patients, families and the community. It also continues to provide medical information to the physicians, residents, medical students and healthcare professionals it has served for the past 50 years.

As the Health Information Center encompasses Preston Medical Library, it is staffed by professional medical librarians and library associates who are also certified consumer and patient health information specialists. The Health Information

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Center offers an extensive health library, digital and print resources, walk-in-assistance, educational classes, and help with research on specific health conditions.

The completion of the 10,500-square-foot facility marks the conclusion of a $4.1 million campaign solely supported by philanthropic dollars. The campaign‘s success was made possible through generous donations from several organizations, including: UTHSC, Crothall Services Group and Crothal Healthcare; the UT Medical Center Auxiliary; Clayton Homes, Inc.; Haslam Family Foundation; Dialysis Clinic, Inc.; Laboratory CorpTennessee; Denark Construction; Knoxville News

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Sentinel; and University Anesthesiologists, as well as private donations from Bud and Barbara Sherrod, Joe and Ronda Landsman, Renda Burkhart, Elisabeth and William Rukeyser, and Barbara and Bernard Bernstein.

The Health Information Center will carry on the vision of Howard Preston, a banker with a keen vision on the importance of information and libraries. In 1967, he made a gift of $25,000 that transformed a room full of books and journals into Preston Medical Library. Today, members of the community have a new, easily accessible collection of health information delivered by expert medical librarians.

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THE ACADEMY OF SCHOLARS INAUGURAL GROUP FORMED The UT Graduate School of Medicine has formed an Academy of Scholars, a fellowship of faculty physicians who have shown leadership in medical education and research. The inaugural group of physicians earned membership through a review process JAMES LEWIS, MD by peers at other medical AOS Chair institutions to determine who best exemplified academic leadership on our campus. They are the beginning of a community of scholars dedicated to promoting excellence in medical education by establishing more and better opportunities to talk about scholarship and learning.

The first initatives of the Academy include the enhancement of patient safety and quality of care, the promotion of scholarly activity, the development of new educational approaches to lifelong learning in medicine, and the recognition of excellence in teaching among faculty and residents.

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James Lewis, MD, Associate Professor, Associate Program Director, and Clerkship Director of Surgery and AOS Chair Robert Craft, MD, Professor, Vice-Chair, and Program Director of Anesthesiology Brian Daley, MD, Professor and Residency Program Director of Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Director Mitchell Goldman, MD, Professor and Assistant Dean of Research Kathleen Hudson, MD, Professor, Residency Program Director of Radiology Larry Kilgore, MD, Professor and Interim Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology Patrick McConville, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

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Daphne Norwood, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor and Associate Residency Program Director of Medicine and Transitional Year Residency Program Director

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Mark Rasnake, MD, Assistant Professor and Residency Program Director of Medicine Nikki Zite, MD, MPH, Associate Professor and Residency Program Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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FACULTY AWARDS Each year, faculty are recognized for their extraordinary efforts in education and discovery.

The GSM Spirit Award: Kathleen Hudson, MD, Professor and Residency Program Director, Radiology Dr. Hudson has not only devoted her career to excellence in teaching, she also comes from a long line of educators. She KATHLEEN HUDSON, MD has served as the Radiology Residency Program Director since 2000. Prior to that, she served as the Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program Director for five years. She has served as Interim Chair to the department twice, most recently prior to Dr. Laura Findeiss’s acceptance of the position. Dr. Hudson has received her department’s Faculty Teaching Award twice and distinguished herself institutionally as a Distinguished Teaching Scholar and, most recently, as a member of the Academy of Scholars.

She has impacted medical education within the Graduate School of Medicine through the Internal Review Committee as well as nationally through participation on education committees including the Steering committee for the American Association of Academic Chief Residents in Radiology, the Residency Structure Ad Hoc Committee of the APDR, and the e-Learning Committee, Breast Section, of the American College of Radiology.

Excellence and Leadership in Clinical Research: Irfan Asif, MD, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine Dr. Asif conducts internationally acclaimed research on cardiac arrest in athletes, most recently presenting his research findings to the International Olympic Committee World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport. His research has been financially suppor-

ted through organizations including the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine, the UT Physician’s Medical Education Research Fund, and the Community Animal Fund.

Excellence in Teaching Award: Bobby Howard, MD, Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Dr. Howard has consistently been praised for his mentorship both institutionally and nationally.

Residents note that he welcomes clinical questions and encourages critical thinking. He has been honored by the BOBBY HOWARD, MD Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics for Excellence in Teaching as well as by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Council on Residency Education. Dr. Howard is Division Director of Maternal and Fetal Medicine since 2007 and served as Chair of the department from 2008-2014, stepping down to focus on clinical care.

Excellence in Teaching (Volunteer): W. Glaze Vaughan, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Surgery Dr. Vaughan has been a volunteer faculty member since 2013 and has become an integral educator in the department, also serving as Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery. In addition to teaching, he is involved in the residency interview process, mock oral board exams and departmental activities. Residents note he encourages them to think for themselves when creating patient plans, and they have evaluated him in the top 20% of departmental faculty for clinical knowledge, teaching ability, commitment to education and professionalism.

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NEW FELLOWSHIPS The UT Graduate School of Medicine has added four new fellowships that help meet the healthcare needs of Tennessee and beyond.

FORENSIC DENTISTRY FELLOWSHIP Using resources available through the Regional Forensic Center, the Department of General Dentistry has launched a Forensic Dentistry Fellowship, chaired

by O. Lee Wilson, DMD. The fellowship is a one-year program to help prepare dentists for American Board of Forensic Odontology board certification eligibility. The requirements for board certification are rigorous, and until now a similar academic-based program for dentists has not been available in the United States.

DENTAL OPERATING ROOM FELLOWSHIP O. Lee Wilson, DMD, Chair, Dentistry, has initiated a Dental Operating Room Fellowship, the first of its kind, to fill a growing demand for treating special needs patients. Fellows who participate in the Dental Operating Room Fellowship are required to have completed one year of residency training, and two years is preferred.

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MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY/BARIATRICS The UT Graduate School of Medicine initiated a new Minimally Invasive Surgery/Bariatrics Fellowship, considered the first of its kind. The one-year program is offered within the Division of General Surgery in the Department of Surgery and has provisional accreditation from the Fellowship Council, which oversees 150 non-ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) fellowship programs related to minimally invasive surgery and other gastrointestinal surgical specialties. Gregory Mancini, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, is program director.

CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL FELLOWSHIP By partnering with East Tennessee Children’s Hospital’s Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic, which is recognized by the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association and Cleft Palate Foundation as a Cleft Palate Team, Eric Carlson, DMD, MD, Chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, is leading a program that will allow fellows to develop in-depth knowledge and receive hands-on training in cleft and craniofacial under the guidance of Mark Ray, MD, Team Leader, and Turner Emery, DDS, MD, a member of the Cleft and Craniofacial team.

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MEDICAL STUDENT EDUCATION

Match Day at Neyland Stadium

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ach year in March, medical students across the nation participate in “Match Day,” opening letters at a designated time to find out which residency programs they have been selected to through the National Resident Matching Program. A 2014 Match Day celebration was held at Neyland Stadium for College of Medicine, Knoxville, graduates, who ran to the 50-yard-line to receive their letters.

These students matched with programs including Anesthesiology at the UT Graduate School of Medicine, Pediatrics at the Cincinnati Children‘s Hospital, Anesthesiology at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, and Internal Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

UTGSM matched with 61 new residents. Ten percent of the new class came from The University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Nearly one-third of our new resident class is from Tennessee.

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Medical Students Gain Research Experience

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edical students spent their summer working in UT Graduate School of Medicine laboratories to learn bench research methodologies and how this research affects patient care through the I. Reid Collmann, M.D. Medical Student Educational Endowment. This year, students from the UT Health Science Center College of Medicine and East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine participated in research related to Type II Diabetes dietary intervention; a method to inhibit the development of vascular disease; and an assessment of current treatment protocols for mothers and babies when mothers are diagnosed with unexplained fever during labor. Former Dean I. Reid Collmann initiated the endowment to build a foundation for medical research within future physicians.

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ADVANCES IN AMYLOID DETECTION & TREATMENT

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onathan Wall, PhD, Director of the Preclinical Diagnostic and Molecular Imaging Laboratory, and his research team have made significant breakthroughs in amyloid research resulting in two patents and a significant grant from the National Institutes of Health.

The researchers created a peptide known as p5 that is used to image amyloid using PET technology. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, a subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health, awarded Dr. Wall a four-year grant totaling $1,580,808, to study “Preclinical Diagnostic Imaging of Amyloid.” A patent was awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in May. Once doctors are able to see amyloid in the body, they will be able to better diagnose and treat the disease. This will help patients with disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, type 2 diabetes, light chain amyloidosis and rheumatoid arthritis.

“In the U.S., our ability to detect amyloid deposits

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is limited,“ Dr. Wall said. “We’ve made amazing progress, but we need to move faster. The peptide p5 is the next generation of amyloid-imaging agents, and it holds much promise for helping people with amyloid-related diseases.“ Dr. Wall received another patent with national collaborators for methods to treat patients with light chain amyloidosis using antibodies. A Phase I clinical trial is currently in progress at seven sites around the U.S., including Stanford University Cancer Center in Palo Alto, California, and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to study safety, appropriate dosing, and organ response to the potentially therapeutic antibodies.

In addition to developing novel therapies and diagnostic agents for diseases specifically related to amyloid, Dr. Wall and his research team are also collaborating with Laura Findeiss, MD, Radiology Chair, and James Lewis, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, to see if p5 will have prognostic value in detecting and diagnosing cancers such as liver tumors or melanoma.

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NEUROSCIENTISTS LEAD NEW RESEARCH PROGRAM

RALPH LYDIC, PHD & HELEN BAGHDOYAN, PHD

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ew research in the Department of Anesthesiology is aimed at understanding how the brain regulates states of consciousness. This research will lead to better understanding of pain and anesthesia, as well as disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and sleep apnea.

To lead this endeavor, Ralph Lydic, PhD, and Helen Baghdoyan, PhD, who are considered one of the most productive couplecollaborations in the history of anesthesiology research, have brought their skills and expertise to the University of Tennessee.

They hold joint appointments with the Department of Anesthesiology at the UT Graduate School of Medicine, the Department of Psychology at the university’s College of Arts and Sciences, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, creating an environment of collaboration among facilities with some of the most advanced technologies and researchers in the country. Dr. Lydic also serves as the Robert H. Cole Professor of Neuroscience, and Dr. Baghdoyan serves as a Beaman Professor. Their charge is to build a nationally recognized neuroscience research program in the Department of Anesthesiology by further enhancing interaction, collaboration and exchange between UT’s main campus, ORNL, and the Cole Neuroscience Center at The University of Tennessee Medical Center.

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HEALING IN THE COMMUNITY EAST KNOX FREE CLINIC Faculty, residents and medical students in the Department of Medicine serve at The Free Clinic of East Knoxville, presently located at Magnolia Avenue Methodist Church, on Monday afternoons. A night clinic is being planned to help serve the working poor and uninsured. Services available include blood pressure checks and screenings, general medical needs, social services and counseling.

FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF AMERICA Faculty and residents in the Department of Family Medicine have adopted one night per month to serve in the Free Medical Clinic of America. The clinic, located on Chapman Highway, began more than 20 years ago as a free general clinic for the working uninsured.

UTGSM faculty, residents and medical students are involved in several local organizations that provide healthcare access to those who cannot afford it as well as organizations that provide care in under-developed countries.

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REMOTE AREA MEDICAL

Around Christmastime in 2013, several residents and faculty members participated in a medical mission trip known as Project SHOUT (Surgical Humanitarian Outreach from UT) to Arcahaie, Haiti, where they donated medical supplies and completed several medical procedures including hernia repairs, lipoma removal, and delivery of babies. Anesthesiology Resident David Dahl, MD, a founding member of Humanitarian Health International (HHI), the trip’s sponsoring organization in partnership with One Vision International, led the team of medical staff from specialties including Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pharmacy, Nursing and more.

Remote Area Medical is a national organization headquartered in Rockford, Tennessee, near Knoxville. It was founded nearly 30 years ago by Stan Brock as a way to provide basic medical supplies to remote areas of the world. To get supplies to extremely remote regions, RAM drops supplies from helicopters. In less extreme cases, including locally, RAM provides free clinic events. Both locally and internationally, UTGSM faculty and residents provide care at these clinics, most recently providing general dental care at an event held at Chilhowee Park in Knoxville.

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HEALING COLLABORATIVE TUMOR CONFERENCES BENEFIT PATIENT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

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hat started in 1978 as a small group of physicians conferring over X-rays has expanded into a more extensive, multidisciplinary team that meets regularly to review tumor and cancer cases. It was clear that those early meetings improved patient outcomes, especially those with complex health cases. The medical center became the first facility in the region to organize and conduct dedicated conferences.

Now the Cancer Institute at The University of Tennessee Medical Center holds a number of disciplinary meetings, known as tumor conferences, every week. The conferences play a critical role in patient care at the medical center, enabling physicians from different specialties to offer a range of perspectives as they participate in detailed prospective of patients’ cases. Patients benefit from rapid initiation of care, the familiarity of all treating physicians with their case and multiple options that have been presented and discussed before the initial physician consultation.

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The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine provides patient care services in family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and internal medicine. These locations are staffed and operated by UTGSM faculty, residents, and staff.

University Family Physicians 1924 Alcoa Highway Knoxville, Tennessee 37920 865-305-9350 UT Internal Medicine Center 1928 Alcoa Hwy, Building B, Suite 127 Knoxville, TN 37920 865-305-9410 UT OB/GYN Center 1928 Alcoa Hwy, Building B, Suite 127 Knoxville, TN 37920 865-305-8787

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COLLABORATIONS SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS WITH UT KNOXVILLE The UT Graduate School of Medicine believes collaborations with institutions beyond our doors are necessary to push the boundaries of medicine and provide the most advanced, precise treatment options.

THE INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING The Institute of Biomedical Engineering (iBME) was established to research solutions to medical problems such as devices for improved delivery of medications and monitoring of patients; better imaging technology; regenerative models to help the body heal itself; and optimized efficiency in the healthcare setting. This new institute connects not only engineering and medicine but also multiple diverse university campuses in a collaboration that is unique in the country; innovative for UT faculty, physicians and students; and beneficial to people everywhere. While the institute is operationally based in the College of Engineering, it is

intended to be an intellectual bridge to a number of entities including Engineering; Graduate School of Medicine; College of Veterinary Medicine; College of Communications and Information; College of Educational, Health, and Human Sciences; College of Arts and Sciences; College of Business Administration; and College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

Projects in collaboration with UTGSM faculty have focused on enhanced neonatal care including neonatal pulmonary monitoring, new ways to ventilate infants and provide oxygen, and neonatal thermoregulation.

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COMMUNITY OF CANCER SCHOLARS

Neuronet is the Neuroscience Network of East Tennessee. Neuroscience is one of the fastest growing areas of scientific investigation, and research in this area advances knowledge and identifies new treatments for major causes of death, disease and psychiatric disorders (e.g., Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, stroke, PTSD, brain trauma, anxiety and substance abuse) in the United States and abroad. Included in its diverse leadership is J. Russell Langdon, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Director of the Division of NeuroCritical Care, and Medical Advisor of The UT Medical Center Brain and Spine Institute.

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The Community of Cancer Scholars is a new collaboration between the UT Knoxville campus, the UT College of Veterinary Medicine and the UT Graduate School of Medicine to promote collaborative research in cancer. Since its inception, it has sponsored two research symposiums to share multidisciplinary research. Leadership for the Cancer Scholars includes Mitchell Goldman, MD, Assistant Dean of Research at the Graduate School of Medicine.

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION AWARDS FOR LEAN UT Graduate School of Medicine Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development (CEPD) staff Laura Maples, Director, and Jennifer Russomanno, Coordinator, received awards for continuing education activities implementing lean processes into national healthcare facilities to improve efficiencies and eliminate waste. The award-winning activities were planned and implemented by UT College of Business Administration, Center for Executive Education and awarded by the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions.

The 2014 Outstanding Live CE Activity Award was received for a custom educational activity designed to streamline a hospital’s admission process. The activity combined with team coaching enabled the hospital to streamline admission procedures, reduce 17.4 staff hours per week, and eliminate 80 team phone calls per day.

The Outstanding CE Outcomes Assessment Award was received for an activity that improved outcomes for a U.S. Air Force medical group.

After the implementation of the customized Lean for Healthcare process, check-in to check-out times per patient shrank nearly 43%, and referrals to specialists were processed within 24 hours with 75% fewer errors.

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onathan Laymance, MD, grew up in Wartburg, in Morgan County, Tennessee, and always dreamed of being a family doctor. Now he’s a board-certifi ed physician, having completed the three-year Family Medicine Residency Program at the UT Graduate School of Medicine.

While Dr. Laymance didn’t return home to practice, he did join Roane County Family Practice in Harriman, near Wartburg, joining John Belitz IV, MD, Randy Denton, MD, Rodney McMillin, MD, and Robert Wilson, MD, who are graduates of UT programs. As part of Dr. Laymance’s residency training, he did his four-week rural rotation there and also rotated to other practices four weeks at a time for hands-on experience with pediatrics, surgery, psychiatry and many other specialties.

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ALUMNI AS FACULTY

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rigitte Messenger, MD, graduated from the Anesthesiology Residency Program and is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. “I always thought I wanted my professional career to be within an academic medical center,” she said. “But it wasn’t until I came here and was part of a great program that I thought, ‘Yes, this is where I need to be.’”

Jaclyn van Nes, MD, a graduate of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program and now an Assistant Professor in the program, had a similar experience. She says she always felt the call to teach, and the faculty members who trained her shaped her decision to teach here. “I saw how they were able to balance a busy private practi-

BRIGITTE MESSENGER, MD

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ce and a successful academic career, and I felt like working at the medical center would be my dream job,” she said.

For George Sneed, DO, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology after completing both the Pathology Residency Program and the Cytopathology Fellowship Program, the call to teach came when he realized how much he enjoyed teaching as a resident.

“I liked that teaching,” he says. “The different opportunities, including tumor boards and working with medical students and other residents, felt comfortable. I knew I wanted teaching to be a part of my career as a pathologist.”

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INAUGRAL ALUMNI REUNION

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he UT Graduate School of Medicine hosted more than 20 resident and fellow alumni at its Inaugural Alumni Reunion April 25-26, 2014. Graduates of Anesthesiology, Family Medicine, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radiology, Surgery, and Urology came from all over Tennessee and as far as Georgia, Kentucky and Texas.

The weekend event included a panel discussion of “Perspectives in Healthcare,” a CME-certified event including specialists from

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the fields of insurance, hospital, business, and physician providers to discuss their unique challenges and struggles in meeting the healthcare needs of Tennesseans among recent changes in health care as well as explore opportunities to reduce costs while increasing quality care.

The event also included departmental tours and visits to the UT Center for Advanced Medical Simulation and featured speakers UT President Joe DePietro and UT Vols Football Coach Butch Jones.

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2015 GSM ALUMNI REUNION Please join us for our 2015 Graduate School of Medicine Alumni Reunion. The reunion will be held April 10-11, 2015. For more information and to register, visit: http://gsm.utmck.edu/cme/Alumni2015. We look forward to seeing you there!

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