DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY ANNUAL REPORT

EDUCATION
Second Year Curriculum
Many of the Department of Anesthesiology
faculty participate in the second
year of the medical school curriculum,
either as clinical supervisors or participating
in the lecture series associated
with the core clinical courses. Elizabeth
A. Bell, M.D. lectures in the obstetrics
and gynecology core course. Dr.
Kathryn King continues to organize
the anesthesiology component of the
surgery core course. Many departmental
faculty, including Drs. King, Gavin
Martin, David MacLeod, Peter Dwane,
Elizabeth Bell, Brian Ginsberg, Lewis
Hodgins, Catherine Lineberger, Jerry
Reves, Iain Sanderson, and Mark
Stafford-Smith give lectures to the students
in the introductory portion of the
course. Nearly every department member,
including faculty, residents and
nurse anesthetists, helps provide meaningful
clinical exposure to the specialty
during the three daylong introductory
series to the surgery core course.
Third Year Curriculum
The Department has sponsored one of
the third year study tracks, Anesthesia,
Surgery and Environmental Physiology,
for six years. Dr. Kathryn King is the
Administrative Director for the study
track, and the steering committee
includes Drs. Richard Moon, David
Warner, James Reynolds, Bret Stolp and
Steve Vaslef. Currently nine students
are studying in the track, doing scientific
projects under the supervision and
mentorship of one of the faculty in the
study track. These faculty include Drs.
David Warner, Laura Niklason, and
Richard Moon from the Department
of Anesthesiology, and Drs. Steve
Eubanks, Jeff Lawson, and Steve Vaslef
in the Department of Surgery.
Most of the students in the track
produce at least one research paper,
and some win awards, such as Brian
Kaminski, who won the top prize out
of 180 papers presented at the Southeastern
Trauma Conference Fall 2000
meeting. Mr. Kaminski’s work was in
Dr. Steve Vaslef's laboratory.
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Fourth Year Curriculum
The Department offers a research elective,
a critical care elective and a clinical
elective in the fourth year. While the
faculty involved in the research elective
can vary from year to year, many
department members have participated
in the lecture series for the clinical elective
for several years. These faculty
include the course director, Dr. Peter
Dwane, as well as Drs. Bret Stolp, Iain
Sanderson, Jonathan Mark, Dana
Wiener, Lewis Hodgins, Kathy Grichnik,
Brian Ginsberg, Jerry Reves, John Eck,
Allison Ross, and Guy Dear. This year
Drs. Merel Harmel and Eugene Moretti
have started to lecture in the course.
Dr. Chris Young continues to serve as
the course director for the critical care
elective.
The contributions of many faculty
and resident clinical mentors to the
fourth year medical students cannot be
overstated. Similarly, the Departmental
Teaching Scholars provide organization
of the clinical preceptors and organize
the students’ clinical case conferences
each year. Last year Drs. Will Curtis
and Chris Kerr filled this role admirably,
and Drs. Jon-Paul Harmer and Peter
DeBalli are our current Teaching
Scholars.
Lastly, during the year 2000, a
medical school curriculum review was
accomplished by the Task Force on
Curriculum Structure and Organization,
which was led by Anesthesiology Chair,
J.G. Reves, M.D. and Dale Purves, M.D.,
Chair of the Neurobiology Department.
It is expected that the task force recommendations
will be developed further
in 2001 and implemented in 2002.
Events
The Eighth Departmental Academic
Evening was held on May 2, 2000 at the
Durham Hilton Hotel. Several residents
and fellows submitted abstracts for the
event, which is described in greater
detail in another section of this report.
Alina M. Grigore, M.D. won the Dick
Smith Award, and Timothy O. Stanley,
M.D., Maribel G. Gamoso, M.D., and
Karen C. Neilsen, M.D. were runners-up
for the award. Dr. Adil Kamal won first
prize in the new case report category,
and Dr. Peter DeBalli was the runner
up. The evening was well-attended and
is an opportunity for the Department to
showcase the research and other academic
efforts of its non-faculty members.
Resident and Fellow Participants,
2000 Academic Evening
Randy P. Brewer, M.D.
Peter DeBalli, III, M.D.
George N. Djaiani, M.D., FRCA
Maribel G. Gamoso, M.D.
Sheila F. Gardner, M.D.
Charles H. Gleaton, M.D.
Alina M. Grigore, M.D.
Scott E. Helsley, M.D., Ph.D.
David M. Hendricks, M.D.
Adil S. Kamal, M.D.
Marcella J. Lanzinger, M.D.
G. Burkhard Mackensen, M.D.
Karen C. Neilsen, M.D.
Robert R. Panten, Jr., M.D.
John R. Schultz, M.D.
Timothy O. Stanley, M.D.
Lian Kah Ti, M.B., B.S.
The Department of Anesthesiology
at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill sponsored the 2000 Gulf
Atlantic Residents’ Research Conference
(GAARC). Several residents and fellows
from our Department presented abstracts,
and Dr. Robert Panten was the
recipient of the third place award for
case reports. Dr. Peter DeBalli won the
third place award in the literature review
category. Drs. John Eck, John Keifer,
and Jerry Reves attended the meeting
and served as faculty moderators.
Resident and Fellow Participants,
2000 GAARC
Peter DeBalli, III, M.D.
James R. McCurdy, M.D.
G. Burkhard Mackensen, M.D.
John Moloney, M.D.
Robert R. Panten, Jr., M.D.
David B. Schinderle, M.D.
Timothy O. Stanley, M.D.
Lian Kah Ti, M.B., B.S.
Chiedozie Udeh, M.B., B.S.