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PRESENTATIONS

Susanne Cappendijk, Ph.D., assistant professor in Biomedical Sciences, was invited to give a Magnet Mystery Hour lecture at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in October. A poster created for her talk stated: “FSU Assistant Professor Susanne Cappendijk uses the Magnet Lab’s 21.1-tesla magnet (the strongest MRI scanner in the world!) to explore the process of song development, storage of song information, and identification of underlying neural signaling pathways in the zebra finch brain. Learn how this research helps scientists better understand the human brain and its mysterious inner workings.”

Mary Johnson, Ph.D., associate dean for medical education (pictured here), and Michele Manting, M.D., M.Ed., director of obstetrics and gynecology education, presented a poster in July at the International Association of Medical Science Educators annual meeting at New Orleans. The poster was titled “Collaboration Among Clinical and Basic Sciences Faculty in a Skills Session for Second-Year Medical Students.”

Mary Johnson and Robert Campbell, M.D., assistant dean of student affairs, will present a session about the College of Medicine’s Learning Communities at the Learning Communities Institute annual conference in Baltimore on Nov. 6.

Marshall Kapp, J.D., MPH, director of the Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine & Law,  presented “The Geriatric Patient’s Family: Ethical and Legal Challenges for Health Care Professionals” Sept. 24 at the annual conference of the Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center/University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, in Rochester, N.Y.

Marshall Kapp also presented “Older Clients with Questionable Legal Capacity/Competence: Elder Law Practice and Treating Physicians” in August at the 2010 annual conference of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools in Palm Beach.

Rene Loyola, M.D., clerkship faculty in Fort Pierce, gave a public presentation on stroke in September at PGA St. Lucie West.

Charles G. “Gerry” Maitland, M.D., professor of neurology, was a guest speaker on the fall-prevention satellite web broadcast on National Falls Prevention Day, produced by the Florida Office of Injury Prevention and Department of Elder Affairs. The subject was “Clinical evaluation of the dizzy patient.”

Gerry Maitland was also a featured speaker for the Afro-American Committee MS Support Group in Albany, Ga. The subject was “Treatment Strategies in MS.” In addition, he was a guest lecturer for the MS Society in Dothan, Ala., and spoke on “Rehabilitation in MS.”

Elena Reyes, Ph.D., associate professor and vice chair for education in Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, presented a paper in October at the annual meeting of the Association for the  Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education in Savannah, Ga. The title was “Cross-Cultural Medicine:  Preparing for Patient-Centered Care through Service Learning.”

Eron Manusov, M.D. (pictured here), associate professor in Family Medicine and Rural Health, presented “Recruitment and Retention of Rural Physicians” in September at the R3 (rural recruitment and retention) annual conference at Charleston, S.C.

Eron Manusov and Necati Aydin, Ph.D., director of the Florida State University Center for the Study of Happiness, in October presented in Istanbul at the International Symposium on Risale-i Nur: Knowledge, Faith, Morality and the Future of Humankind. Their research was titled “Materialism, Hedonism, Spirituality, and Subjective Well-being: The findings of an empirical study of Nursi’s readers.” Manusov was interviewed on Turkish television and by the Associated Press. 

Daniel Van Durme, M.D., chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health, has made three presentations this fall:

1. “How to Avoid Trouble in International Travel” and “How to Get Out of Trouble in International Travel” at the Seventh Annual Global Health Workshop in Coral Gables.

2. Multiple educational programs on skin disorders at the Annual Scientific Assembly of the American Academy of Family Physicians in Denver.

3. “Maintaining connections across distributed campuses” to the Gold Humanism Honor Society Biennial Meeting in Dallas. His co-presenter at the meeting was Robert Campbell.

PUBLICATIONS

Sarfraz Ahmad, Ph.D., clinical associate professor at the Orlando regional campus, was co-author of many peer-reviewed articles, including:

1. “Robotic-assisted resection of liver and diaphragm recurrent ovarian carcinoma: Description of technique,” Gynecologic Oncology, September 2010.

2. “Robotic-assisted hysterectomy for endometrial cancer compared with traditional laparoscopic and laparotomy approaches: A systematic review,” Obstetrics & Gynecology, Vol. 116, Issue 5 (in press).

3. “Therapeutic applications of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in cancer: Special emphasis on tolfenomic acid,” Frontiers in Bioscience, 2010 (in press).

4. “Detection of oxidant stress in plasma of rheumatoid arthritis and primary osteoarthritis patients,” Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics, 2010 (in press).

Adam Ball, M.D., clerkship faculty member in Fort Pierce, was a co-author of “Delayed Presentation of Acute Scrotum: A Rare Age for Torsion,” in the e-published version of the April 21 Internal and Emergency Medicine.

Gareth Dutton, Ph.D., assistant professor in Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, Curtis Stine, M.D., associate chair of Family Medicine and Rural Health, and Nancy Van Vessem, M.D., clerkship faculty member in Tallahassee, were among the authors of “What Words Should We Use When Discussing Excess Weight?” in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, Vol. 23.

Joseph Gabriel, Ph.D., assistant professor in Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, published the following:

1. “Restricting the Sale of ‘Deadly Poisons’: Pharmacists, Drug Regulation, and Narratives of Suffering in the Gilded Age,” Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, July 2010.

2. “The Conduit Between Lifeworld and System: Habermas and the Rhetoric of Public Scientific Controversies,” Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Volume 40, No. 3 (co-author Nathan Crick).

3. “Anesthetics and the Chemical Sublime,” Raritan: A Quarterly Review, Summer 2010.

Ashley Hill, M.D., clerkship faculty member in Orlando, was published in the Oct. 1 issue of American Family Physician. The title was “Counseling Patients About Hormone Therapy and Alternatives for Menopausal Symptoms.”

Ashley Hill also was the main author of “Electronic  prescribing influence on calcium supplementation: a randomized controlled trial,” published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Vol. 202, Issue 3. Co-authors were Michael Cacciatore, M.D., and Georgine Lamvu, also clerkship faculty members in Orlando.

The lab of Jamila Horabin, Ph.D., associate professor in Biomedical Sciences, had a manuscript published this summer in PLoS Genetics. The title was “Requirement of Male-Specific Dosage Compensation in Drosophila Females – Implications of Early X Chromosome Gene Expression.” Former College of Medicine lab technician Natalie Gladstein was the main author, lab assistant Meghan McKeon was co-author and Horabin was major corresponding author.

Mohamed Kabbaj had a paper published this summer in Nature Neuroscience. The title was “Dnmt3a regulates emotional behavior and spine plasticity in the nucleus accumbens.” Among the co-authors were graduate students Fiona Hollis and Hui Wang.

Gerry Maitland wrote a chapter for “Parkinson’s Disease and Non Motor Dysfunction, 2^nd Edition,” Springer Co., New York, N.Y., titled “Vestibular dysfunction in Parkinsonism.”

Eron Manusov and co-authors Helen Livingston, Ed.D., assistant dean for undergraduate and graduate programs, Curtis Stine and Daniel Van Durme had a paper accepted for publication in the issue of Family Medicine dedicated to rural medicine. The paper was titled “Toward a Common Framework for Rural Identity.”

James Olcese, Ph.D., associate professor in Biomedical Sciences, was one of the authors of “International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXV. Nomenclature, Classification and Pharmacology of G Protein-Coupled Melatonin Receptors.” It was published in Pharmacological Reviews , Vol. 62, No. 3.

APPOINTMENTS

Christopher Dunlap, M.D., who is with the Tallahassee Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program, recently was appointed Advanced Family Medicine clerkship director for the Tallahassee campus.

Marshall Kapp has been appointed to membership on the Public Health Ethics Workgroup of the Florida Department of Health.

Daniel Layish, M.D., clerkship faculty member, has been appointed chairman of the Maimonides Medical Society of Orlando.

OTHER ACTIVITIES & HONORS

Sarfraz Ahmad was a delegate at the 2^nd European Symposium on Robotic Gynecologic Surgery, organized by the Society of European Robotic Gynecological Surgery at Skåne University of Lund Hospital (Sept. 8-11, 2010), Lund, Sweden.

Central Florida Cardiology Group and Marcos S. Hazday, M.D., clerkship faculty member in Orlando, have been recognized as a center of excellence in the management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) by the HCMA.

At the Tallahassee Regional Campus’ All-Faculty event in September, Jesse Judelle, M.D., who has been with Southern Medical Group since 1972, received the “outstanding clinical faculty educator” award. James “Trey” Falconer, M.D., received the “guardian of the mission award” for his work with third- and fourth-year students.

Alma Littles, M.D., senior associate dean for medical education and academic affairs, attended the American Academy of Family Physicians Annual Congress of Delegates meeting in Denver in early fall as a delegate from the Florida Academy of Family Physicians. She served on the Reference Committee on Organization and Finance.

Rene Loyola went on an Honor Flight in September, ferrying World War II veterans to Washington, D.C. Also, he went on a surgical mission to Nicaragua, and he participated in an HCA health fair.

Gerry Maitland this summer undertook five clinical research studies involving eight second-year students. The studies included treatment of low-contrast sensitivity visual defects in both MS and Parkinson’s populations; autism; inattention syndrome; and vestibular therapy in Parkinsonism.

Elena Reyes was invited to participate in the Florida Health Disparities Research Invitational Summit. The summit was co-sponsored by the Florida Center for Universal Research to Eradicate Disease (FL CURED) and the Florida Department of Health’s Office of Minority Health and Office of Public Health Research. The overall purpose of the Invitational Summit is to identify a health disparities research agenda aligned with Florida’s demography.   

Curtis Stine serves on the National Board of Medical Examiners Step 3 CCSC Scoring Committee, and in September he attended the Scoring Meeting held in Philadelphia.

Curtis Stine and Daniel Van Durme were recently notified by Best Doctors in America that they will be listed in the 2010-11 edition. Both have been named to this prestigious publication for many years.

IN NEW POSITIONS
Shannon Price, M.D. (pictured here), and Chris Sundstrom, M.D., both alumni from the Class of 2006, have joined the clerkship faculty for the Tallahassee campus as members of the North Florida Women’s Care Group.

Chris Mulrooney, MPS, Ph.D., joined the faculty recently as assistant dean for graduate medical education and assistant professor in the Department of Geriatrics. He is assisting the college in its growing partnerships establishing new residency programs throughout Florida, participating in medical and graduate student education, assisting with development of clinical models of clinical practice, and assisting with coordination of gerontological education across all College of Medicine departments and among other Florida State colleges. He received his Ph.D. in psychology/certificate in gerontological studies from Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences/Gerontology Center in Boston, with a concentration in personality/organizational psychology. 

IN MEMORIAM

John Leonard Franklin, M.D., a graduate of the Program in Medical Sciences, died in August. He was 41 and living in Kingsport, Tenn.

He graduated cum laude from Florida State with a Bachelor of Science degree in biological sciences. After completing the one-year PIMS program (predecessor of the College of Medicine), he moved to Gainesville and completed his medical degree with honors at the University of Florida. He was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the only national honor medical society. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Shands at UF and went on to become a specialist in shoulder and elbow reconstruction.

He is survived by his wife, Lauren Franklin, and three sons, Max 9, Daniel, 6, and John Luke, 4 months.