2010 Archive

• Dr. Swapna Chandran, assistant professor of surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, was on NPR's State of Affairs Monday, April 12. Listen to the show by clicking here.
• Dr. Bradon J. Wilhelmi, Leonard J. Weiner Professor and Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery, will be featured on Inside Talk on Plastics on Insight-TV channel 11 and Insight channel 246 beginning Friday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. The show will air again every night at 7:30 p.m. until April 11.
• Department of Surgery Chair Dr. Kelly McMasters appeared on WAVE 3 Listens Thursday, April 1 with Drs. Jesse Roman and Jason Chesney. They discussed Clinical Trials: What, Why and How. Please click here to view the show.
  Click here to learn more about Clinical Trials in the Department of Surgery.
• Dr. Jeffrey Jorden, Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery, was recently featured on WAVE3 Listens. He discussed how he is using advanced technology to help his patients. Click here to view Dr. Jorden's segment.
• Dr. Kelly McMasters, Sam and Lolita Weakley Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, and 2009-2010 President of Southeastern Surgical Congress (SESC), delivered the Presidential Address at the 2010 SESC Annual Scientific Meeting Sunday, Feb. 21. Dr. McMasters’ talk was titled “Honor, Duty and Purpose in Surgery.
• Dr. Michael Marvin Named Chief of the Division of Transplantation Click here to read more.
• Dr. Tobin Named President-elect of Kentucky Medical Association Click here to read more.
• Dr. Susan Galandiuk, colorectal surgeon, has been named President-elect of the Society of Pelvic Surgeons.
• Alumni Dr. David W. Retterbush has recently been appointed to the Georgia State Medical Board Click here to read more.
• Dr. Timir Banerjee will receive 2010 Humanitarian Award Click here to read more.

2009 Archive

• October 2009, Dr. Arun Gadre has been named a 2009 MOSAIC Award recipient. Click here to read more.
• July 2009, Critical Care Fellow Keith Miller Awarded Prestigious Nestle Nutrition Fellowship. Click here to read more.
• July 2009, Recent Department of Surgery graduates receive Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Awards. Click here to read more.
• June 2009, Dr. David Cunningham has been appointed as the Chief of the Division of Communicative Disorders. Click here to read more.
• May 2009, Dr. Kelly McMasters featured in the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School alumni publication. Click here to read more.
• March 2009, Department Administrative Assistant Pamela Schmidt has been named The Outstanding Administrative Professional Award of the Year by the University of Louisville Business and Professional Women.
• March 2009, Dr. Kelly M. McMasters, chairman of the Department of Surgery, has been named President of the Southeastern Surgical Congress.
• March 2009, Dr. Anees Chagpar, associate professor of Surgical Oncology, in the Division of Surgery, has been given an award for “The Best Paper by a New Member” at the Central Surgical Association meeting in March. She was given this prestigious award for her paper on ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast.
• January 2009, Dr. Charles B. Ross Joins Department of Surgery as Chief of Vascular Surgery. Click here to read more.

• Dr. H. Sam Zhou and his research team have been awarded an R01 grant mechanism from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute to study "Adenovirus E1B55K Functions Related to Oncolytic Replication." Dr. Zhou has a laboratory with Department of Surgery Chairman Dr. Kelly McMasters. The investigators seek to study oncolytic replication of E1B55K-deleted adenoviruses and the viral protein functions related to cyclin E up-regulation in tumor cells. The long-term goal of this work is to increase the effectiveness of oncolytic cancer gene therapy.
• Dr. Robert Martin and his research team have been awarded an NIH grant for "Prevention of reflux-induced esophageal adenocarcinoma by dietary berries." This is a two-year R03 NIH grant. They propose to use an animal model of Barrett's esophagus to study the preventive effects of 2 types of dietary berries (blueberries and black raspberries) on the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma.
• Dr. Anees Chagpar and her research team have been awarded an NIH grant for "Predicting Non-Sentinel Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer Patients." This is a two-year R21 NIH grant for total amount of $333,000.
• NIH gives more than $1 million for diabetes research. Continued...
• An NIH R01 grant was awarded to PI Dr. Brian G. Harbrecht and his team for their research to determine the mechanisms responsible for the regulation of hepatocyte inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)expression by glucagon and insulin.
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• NIH R01 grant awarded to PI Sufan Chien, M.D. and his team for research in intracellular energy in diabetic wounds. Continued...
• W.M. Keck Foundation grant awarded to Institute for Cellular Therapeutics for research on bone-marrow transplants.  Continued...
• The pCAS pump and other pediatric heart devices under development by U of L's George Pantalos and Colleagues offer hope for thousands of infants born each year with congenital heart defects. Continued...