30th Annual Research Week April 13, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   For more information, contact: The University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga Elizabeth Jones, Executive Assistant to the Dean (liz.jones@erlanger.org) (423) 778-6956   University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga 30th Annual Research Week, April 9 - 13, 2012___________________________________________________________________   Chattanooga, Tennessee (April 13, 2012): Dr. David C. Seaberg, Dean for the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga, announced awards at a dinner at the held at the Walden Club in downtown Chattanooga following research presentations and judging throughout the day in Erlanger's Probasco Auditorium.  The event originally began as a dinner presentation and awards in 1983, and has expanded to a full week of posters culminating with the awards banquet at the end of the week.  Dr. Robert C. Coddington, the first Associate Dean and leader for the campus, was the inspiration and driving force behind establishing this event to encourage and recognize scholarly activity and research in Chattanooga.  The awards were named for him in 1983, and he was able to attend this year's event and assist Dean Seaberg in presenting the awards.  Other dignitaries attending the dinner included Erlanger Board members  Donnie Hutcherson, Russell King, and Jim Worthington; Associate Dean and DIO, Dr. Robert Fore; former Associate Dean, Dr. Ron Blankenbaker; Director of Research for the campus, Dr. Greg Heath; and Scientific Review Committee Chair and Co-Chair, Dr. Eric Gratias (Pediatrics) and Dr. Francis Fesmire (Emergency Medicine).  The SRC evaluates the scientific validity of research proposals and serves as the selection committee for initial abstracts submitted for the annual event.   Twenty presentations were heard by faculty, residents, medical students, Erlanger Board members, and administrative staff, involving nine (9) interesting case reports and 11 research projects.  Judges included Dr. Beth Choby, Associate Professor for the St. Francis Family Medicine Program in Memphis; Dr. Matthew Good, Clinical Assistant Professor for the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga Department of Pediatrics and practicing physician with the Highland Pediatrics Group; and Dr. Paul Stumpf, Professor, Chair, and Residency Program Director for the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.   Case Report Posters 3rd Place:    Fernando Windemuller, MD, Department of Pediatrics                   " First Report of Biopsy Proven Acute Interstitial Nephritis                    Associated with Escitalopram" 2nd Place:  Jennifer Hamm, MD, and Vanessa Slots, Department of Pediatrics                  "Medical Child Abuse:  When a Father Suffocates His Child" 1st Place:  G. Ralston Major II, MD, Department of Surgery                 "Use of CT Perfusion Imaging and CT Angiography in the Selection                  of Hyperacute Stroke Patients to Undergo Emergent Carotid                   Endarterctomy"   Research Projects (both posters and oral presentations) 4th Place:  Michael Johnson, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery                 "Non-Operative Management of Retrocalcaneal  Pain with AFO and                   Stretching Regimen" 3rd Place:  Hal Parker, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine                  "Feasibility of Pre-Hospital Transmission of the 12-lead ECG Using                  a Camera Capable Cellular Phone for Identification of ST-Segment                  Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction" 2nd Place:  Richa Sood, MD, Department of Pediatrics                  "High Flow High Humidity Nasal Cannula Therapy for Respiratory                  Failure in Infants with Bronchiolitis" Best Overall Research Presentation and Winner of the Robert C. Coddington, MD, Award for Research Excellence:                   Erik Martin, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine                   "Improving Risk Stratification in Chest Pain Patients:  The Erlanger                   HEARTS Score"   The University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga is part of the statewide academic health system: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga campuses are separately accredited by the ACGME to sponsor residency and fellowship programs in a variety of specialties. The primary clinical affiliated institution in Chattanooga is Erlanger Health System. For more information about the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga, visit: www.utcomchatt.org, or email lizjones@uthsc.edu.   As the flagship statewide academic health system, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to bring the benefits of the health sciences to the achievement and maintenance of human health, with a focus on the citizens of Tennessee and the region, by pursuing an integrated program of education, research, clinical care, and public service. In 2011, UT Health Science Center celebrated its centennial: 100 years advancing the future of health care. Offering a broad range of postgraduate training opportunities, the main UTHSC campus is located in Memphis and includes six colleges: Allied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. The UTHSC campus in Knoxville includes a College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, and an Allied Health Sciences unit. In addition, the UTHSC Chattanooga campus includes a College of Medicine and an Allied Health Sciences unit. Since its founding in 1911, UTHSC has educated and trained more than 53,000 health care professionals on campuses and in health care facilities across the state. For more information, visit www.uthsc.edu.   ###

  News For Immediate Release March 30, 2012 Chattanooga, TN   For more information, contact: The University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga Elizabeth Jones, Executive Assistant to the Dean (liz.jones@erlanger.org) (423) 778-6956   University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga 4th Annual Gold Humanism Honor Society Induction, March 30, 2012___________________________________________________________________     Chattanooga, Tennessee (April 13, 2012):   The University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga is pleased to announce 4th annual induction of the UT College of Medicine Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) on Friday, March 30, 2012, in conjunction with the Annual Harold Alper, MD, Humanitarian Lecture and Awards.  Seventeen members of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Class of 2013, nominated by peer and faculty selection, were honored as inductees at the luncheon held at Erlanger:    Faculty, physicians, and administrative staff attended the formal event to honor the third year students.   The inductees were nominated by their peers as the top 10% of their class who are exemplars of empathy, compassion, altruism, integrity, and service in their relationships with patients and others in the field of medicine.   This year's guest speaker was Jonathan Amiel, MD, Assistant Dean for Curricular Affairs at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons (New York, New York). Dr. Amiel serves on the national advisory committee for the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) and chairs its Task Force on Residents. Prior to the induction ceremony, Dr. Amiel spoke about "Fueling and Refueling Your Humanism."   Chapter leaders, Mukta Panda, MD (pictured front row-right), Professor and Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and Chapter Advisory, and Robert C. Fore, EdD (pictured back row-left), Associate Dean and Chapter Co- Advisor, conducted the ceremony, awarding certificates and lapel pins as well as leading the new members in the GHHS pledge.   The new members included: Patrick W. Aldred, Michelle Roark Bowden, Darren R. Cullinan, Samuel Brandon Edwards, Charles Fraga, Jennifer Lee Gordon, William Edward Gordon, Nickaluls R. Khan, Robert B. Lane, Cayce B. Nawaf, Andrew K. Nielsen, Anand R. Patel, Jordan S. Pyda, Adam R. Ross, Ah Rim Shim, Candace Style, and William James Tidwell.   The UT Chapter of the GHHS was established in Chattanooga in 2009 through an initial grant from the national Arnold P. Gold Foundation to foster, recognize, and the values of humanism and professionalism in medicine, and to inspire, nurture, and sustain lifelong advocates and activists for compassionate patient care. Those chosen for membership must exemplify empathy, altruism, compassion, integrity, and service in their relationships with patients and others in the field of medicine.   The University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga is part of the statewide academic health system: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga campuses are separately accredited by the ACGME to sponsor residency and fellowship programs in a variety of specialties. The primary clinical affiliated institution in Chattanooga is Erlanger Health System. For more information about the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga, visit: www.utcomchatt.org, or email lizjones@uthsc.edu.   As the flagship statewide academic health system, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to bring the benefits of the health sciences to the achievement and maintenance of human health, with a focus on the citizens of Tennessee and the region, by pursuing an integrated program of education, research, clinical care, and public service. In 2011, UT Health Science Center celebrated its centennial: 100 years advancing the future of health care. Offering a broad range of postgraduate training opportunities, the main UTHSC campus is located in Memphis and includes six colleges: Allied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. The UTHSC campus in Knoxville includes a College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, and an Allied Health Sciences unit. In addition, the UTHSC Chattanooga campus includes a College of Medicine and an Allied Health Sciences unit. Since its founding in 1911, UTHSC has educated and trained more than 53,000 health care professionals on campuses and in health care facilities across the state. For more information, visit www.uthsc.edu.   ###