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UC Medical Student Honored at National Meeting
Jason H. Bell, Ph.D., one of our top UC medical students, currently
a Research Associate working with his mentor, Jeffrey Pearl, M.D.,
in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Children's Hospital Medical Center, was
one of six finalists chosen (out of 97 manuscripts submitted to the
Surgery Session) to give an oral presentation entitled "Calpain
Inhibition Reduces Ischemia-Reperfusion Induced Pulmonary
Hypertension and Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction by Decreasing
Endothelin-1 in Neonates” at the 44th Annual National Student
Research Forum held in Galveston, Texas, on April 3-5, 2003. Of the
six finalists, two were medical students, the rest general surgery residents.
Dr. Bell was sent to represent the University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine after receiving first prize for his work in the
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Medical Student
Summer Research Program. A second-year medical student, Dr. Bell
was given the University of Texas Medical
Branch “Surgery Award" based on quality
of the manuscript and oral presentation,
and ability to handle discussion and questions
from the judging surgeons. As part of
the award, Dr. Bell received an engraved
plaque and $200. Dr. Bell received his
Ph.D. in Biochemisty from Wesleyan
University, involving work in combating
bacterial resistance to antibiotics. He
Jason H. Bell, Ph.D. plans to become an academic surgeon.
UC Surgeons Win Teaching Awards
Richard Stevenson, M.D., Director of Medical Student Education,
won the “Golden Apple Award” for clinical teaching at the end of the
2002-2003 academic year. The Golden Apple Award is given by the
students of the College of Medicine to the faculty member they
believe has most benefited their clinical education.
Jay Johannigman, M.D., Chief of the Division of Trauma and
Critical Care, won the “Silver Apple Award” for second place.
Richard Stevenson, M.D.
Jay Johannigman, M.D.
First Annual Department of
Surgery Research Retreat
The Department of Surgery will host a Research
Retreat on Saturday, May 31, 2003, from 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. in the Mill Race Banquet Center at Winton
Woods. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet
new faculty members and observe current research
projects. For further information, contact Michael
Moore at 513-558-6491 or Michael.Moore@uc.edu.
Department Members Attend Society
of Black Academic Surgeons Meeting
Several members of the Department of Surgery attended the
Thirteenth Annual Scientific Session of The Society of Black
Academic Surgeons (SBAS), April 3-5, 2003, hosted by the
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama.
Attendees at the SBAS Meeting:
Front, Ken Davis, Jr., M.D., and Donn Spight, M.D.
Back, Dennis Dove, M.D. (UC ‘72 graduate, currently Professor and Regional
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Texas Tech Medical Center, in Amarillo, Texas),
Gilda B. Young (Administrative Services Coordinator, Division of Education,
UC Department of Surgery), and Anthony Stallion, M.D. (UC ‘94)
The Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) was founded in
1989. Its goal is to stimulate academic excellence among its members
by providing a forum of scholarship in collaboration with the
leading departments of surgery in the U.S. It encourages and supports
professional development of black surgical residents and
attempts to recruit the best and brightest medical students into a
career in surgery. The annual meetings of SBAS, attended by members
as well as numerous residents and students, provide outstanding
programs in both the science and practice of surgery.
Anthony Stallion, M.D., who completed his surgical residency at UC
in 1994, presented a paper entitled: “Elevated Tissue Cytokine
mRNA Expression Precedes Increased Serum Protein Levels:
Evidence for Organ to Organ Communication in a Murine Model of
Multi-system Organ Failure.” Dr. Stallion is currently on faculty at
the Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Dr. Stallion and Dr. Kenneth Davis, Professor of Surgery, Division of
Trauma/Critical Care, both moderated sessions on Shock and Critical
Care.
Dr. Kenneth Davis was also named Chairperson of the Program
Committee and will coordinate the arrangements for the 2006 SBAS
meeting which will be held in Cincinnati.
Donn Spight, M.D., was the First Place Co-Winner of the Dr. Claude
H. Organ Jr. Resident award for his abstract presentation entitled,
"It's Not the Bugs that Kill You: Proof of Principle."