R EED O. D INGMAN S OCIETY - Department of Surgery - University ...

This year is particularly exciting for the
hand program because a number of our
residents have matched into hand
fellowships and we are hosting several
international hand surgery fellows who
are training with us. Robert Rodrigues is
doing his hand fellowship at the Mayo
Clinic, which is one of the premier hand
surgery programs in the country.
Catherine Curtin, after a successful
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical
Scholarship, will do her hand fellowship
at Stanford University, another premier
hand surgery program where she can
foster her research and clinical interest in
the upper extremity rehabilitation of
spinal cord injuries. Equally impressive is
Christi Cavalier’s selection as the 2006-8
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at
the University of Michigan. She will learn
about clinical trials and outcomes
research during her two-year fellowship.
Many international scholars are
training with us in hand surgery. Dr
Kenji Kawamura, Assistant Professor of
Surgery at Nara University in Japan, is
doing a 6-month hand/research
fellowship with us. He has already
submitted three manuscripts for
publication. Dr S.E. Kim, an attending
plastic surgeon from Pohang, South
Korea is starting his one year
hand/research fellowship with us.
Gulden Avci, MD Ministry of Health, Dr. Lutfi
Kirdar Kartal Education &
Research Hospital,
Instanbul, Turkey
Ayman Ahmed Elmeligy, MD Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
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I NTERNATIONAL F ELLOWS
Mazen Silman Al-Janabi, MD Shaikh Khalifi Medical Center
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Kenji Kawamura, MD Nara Medical University,
Nara, Japan
Seong Eon Kim, MD Pohan SM Christianity Hospital,
Pohang, Korea
A couple of foreign fellows sponsored
by major societies in the US will also visit
us in the next few months. Dr Ching-
Hua Hsieh, attending plastic surgeon
from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in
Taiwan, is the American College of
Surgeons International Travelling Fellow.
He will visit us as part of his fellowship.
In 2006, Dr Maria Skvortsova, a hand
surgeon from Moscow, Russia will visit us
as the American Society for Surgery of
Hand International Fellow.
We are privileged to have an
international interest to learn from us.
Our international trainees and visitors
have enriched our residency program. It
has also provided invaluable experiences
for our faculty and residents to new ideas
and cultures from abroad.
–Kevin Chung
Dr. Shohei Omokawa, Chief of
Orthopedic Surgery at Ishinkai-Yao
General Hospital in Osaka, Japan visited
the Section of Plastic Surgery in September
2004. Dr. Omokawa’s visit was part of his
itinerary as the Traveling Fellow of the
Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand.
Dr. Omokawa observed our clinics and
operating rooms, and gave didactic sessions
for our faculty and residents, including a
session on his innovative approach to
difficult phalangeal fractures.
C LINICAL F ELLOWS, 2004-2005
NAME HOME INSTITUTION UM HOST FACULTY TENURE
William Kuzon, MD, PhD 12/2004 – 3/2004
Steven Buchman, MD 9/2004 – 9/2006
Edwin Wilkins, MD 6/2005 – 8/2005
Kevin Chung, MD 6/2005 – 12/2005
Kevin Chung, MD 9/2005 – 8/2006
R E E D O . D I N G M A N S O C I E T Y
F OR S ALE:
Dr. Gary Nobel who will be coming to
Ann Arbor for his Medical School
Alumni Reunion, October 7-8 is also
winding down his practice in San
Diego, California in the next year.
Of course, he hopes a U-M
Graduate will assume his practice. If
interested, please contact Dr. Nobel at
glnob@aol.com.
Drs. Sherick, Peled & Buchman
Dr. Issac Peled, Professor and Chief of the
Department of Plastic Surgery at Rambam
Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, visited the
Section of Plastic Surgery in August, 2004.
Dr. Peled spent time in the clinic and the
OR, and gave two teaching sessions on
innovative approaches to clinical problems,
including wound closure, lip
reconstruction, and the cleft lip nasal
deformity. Dr. Peled is a Dingman Society
member, having completed a fellowship
with Dr. Dingman.