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Departmental, Faculty, and Staff Achievements

ADMINISTRATION

Ronald M. Stewart, MD
Professor & Interim Chair, Department of Surgery
Chief of the Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Jocelyn and Joe Straus Endowed Chair in Trauma Research

Michelle Price, M.Ed., PhD
Assistant Professor and Administrator of the Department of Surgery

Notable Events

Scene in SA Magazine publishes the 2009 Top Docs in San Antonio: 4000 local physicians were asked to list the physicians they would select to treat their own family members. We're extremely proud to announce our Department of Surgery 'best of the best' Top Docs in San Antonio:
Emergency Medicine: Charles Bauer, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery: Luis Angel, MD; John Calhoon, MD; Daniel DeArmond, MD; Scott Johnson, MD; Jeffrey McNeil, MD; V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA; Edward Y. Sako, MD, PhD
General Surgery: Kenneth R. Sirinek, MD, PhD; Kent Van Sickle, MD
Transplant: Glenn Halff, MD
Trauma Surgery: Daniel Dent, MD; Deborah Mueller, MD; John Myers, MD; Ronald M. Stewart, MD Vascular Surgery: Boulos Toursarkissian, MD

V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA, Cardiothoracic Surgery, selected as one of the Advanced Clinical Education Skills (ACES) Top 20 Preceptors: ACES is the 2nd year medical student course that teaches the students the intricacies of the history and physical exam on patients with abnormalities. Award-winning preceptors were selected by the students for effort and dedication to teaching excellence. Students' comments were overwhelmingly positive, making choosing the Top 20 a difficult task — a compliment to the educators selected for the Top 20. (6-16-09)

 

Steven Wolf, MD, Vice Chair for Surgery Research, awarded Elizabeth Huth Coates Maddux Foundation $100,000 research grant The Foundation, named in honor of Elibeth Huth Coates Maddux, a well-known San Antonio philanthropist, has been a positive force for Health Science Center research since 2002.

Miguel Fernández, MD, Associate Professor and Medical Director of the South Texas Poison Center, appointed as the National Hispanic Medical Association representative to a two-year term on the Governing Council of the Minority Affairs Consortium (MAC) of the American Medical Association (AMA). (4-27-09)

Steven Wolf, MD, Vice Chairman for Research, Professor of Surgery, Betty and Bob Kelso Distinguished Chair in Burn and Trauma Surgery, awarded San Antonio Business Journal's Health Care Heroes Outstanding Physician Award in April 2009. HSC News (4-21-09)

Dr. Glennn Halff named new acting medical dean: Glenn A. Halff, M.D., has been named the acting dean of the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, effective Feb. 2, 2009.

Congratulations to Surgery's TopDocs, listed in the November 2008 Scene in SA Magazine: This year's Top Doctors edition of Scene in SA Monthly includes Drs. Luis Angel, John Calhoon, AJ Carpenter, Barry Cofer, Deborah L. Mueller, Scott Johnson, Ed Sako, Wayne Schwesinger, Kenneth R. Sirinek, Boulos Toursarkissian, Peter Wang. Read more (11-14-08)

Physician and educator shares his love of the art and science of surgery: Bob Esterl, MD, Surgery Medical School Education Director and Professor of Surgery (Transplant), is featured in the first edition of the School of Medicine's Future magazine. Since 1994, Dr. Esterl has been sharing his experience, knowledge and skills as a transplant surgeon, and has won numerous teaching awards, many of them awards from the students themselves. Read article (4-30-08)

On Sunday, March 9, 2008, Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., MD, FACS, FACM, was awarded the 2008 King Faisal International Prize for Medicine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Pruitt has been an innovator in trauma and burn management for nearly 50 years while caring for thousands of American soldiers. Read complete press release. | SA Biz Journal article (3-5-08)

Steven Wolf, MD, Bob & Betty Kelso Distinguished Chair in Burn and Trauma Surgery and Professor of Trauma, has been appointed Vice Chairman for Research for Department of Surgery, Stephen Cohn, MD, Surgery Chair, announced today. Dr. Wolf was selected for this role based on his extensive research and administrative experience. Click here to read more. (2-29-08)

Wayne Schwesinger, MD, Professor of Surgery (Division of General & Laparoendoscopic Surgery), awarded the 2008 Clinical Excellence Award on January 31, 2008. This award recognizes Dr. Schwesinger's superlative clinical service here at the Health Science Center and in the San Antonio community. (1-15-08)

Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation opening ceremonies were held on June 21, 2007. More than three years of research, planning and development have culminated in a state-of-the-art training facility for surgical training for our medical students, residents, fellows and faculty. The Department of Surgery established The Stewart M. Johnson and Hugh M. Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation (JCSI) in the UTHSCSA School of Medicine (1300 square feet of space) to provide state-of-the-art surgical training and research facility for UTHSCSA students, residents, and faculty. The Johnson family endowed $300,000 to this center. (June 2007)

Congratulations to Steven Wolf, MD, Trauma, awarded the Betty and Bob Kelso Distinguished Chair in Burn and Trauma Surgery, announced May 29, 2007, by William Henrich, MD, Dean of the School of Medicine, and Francisco Cigarroa, MD, University President. (May 2007)

Congratulations to Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, John Calhoon, MD, who has been chosen as an Outstanding Physician – one of San Antonio's Health Care Heroes in 2008 – by the San Antonio Business Journal, recognizing health care professionals who make a difference in health care in San Antonio. (4-23-08)

Congratulations to Susan Robinson, Surgery Research Coordinator, who was awarded a service award plaque for 25 years of service to the Health Science Center. [Susan, an avid pilot, died in October 2007, when her plane crashed on takeoff. She is missed by all of us in the Department of Surgery.]

Dr. John Calhoon, Professor and Chief, honored by the American Heart Association at the 22nd Annual Heart Ball on March 30, 2007, in gratitude for his outstanding work in cardiovascular public education and supporting the mission of the AHA.

Surgery research medical student Rachel Giese and research resident Dr. Oscar Ochoa earned 1st Place at UTHSCSA 6th Annual Medical Student Research Day for the presentation on "Muscle Regeneration and Inflammation in Aging MCP-1 -/- Female Mice". These two researchers work with Linda McManus, PhD, Pathology, and Dr. Paula Shireman, Vascular Surgery.

Ewing Halsell Foundation bestowed the Department of Surgery with $175,000 in funding for capital equipment for the Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation (JCSI).

Srey Ram Kuy, General Surgery Resident, was awarded 2 years of protected research time at Yale University by the Robert Wood Johnson Health Scholars Program.

Spring 2007 Employee Recognition Awards
Twenty-Five Years of Service: Susan Robinson, Surgery Research

 
Fall 2006 Employee Recognition Awards
Twenty-Five Years of Service: Cynthia Garza, Accounting; Patti Ruffin, Trauma
Fifteen Years of Service: Gloria Garcia, Trauma
Ten Years of Service: Daniel Dent, Trauma; Alfredo Gonzalez, South Texas Poison Center
Five Years of Service: Thelma Aguirre,Transplant; John Kodosky, Emergency Medicine; Dr. James Morgan, Emergency Medicine; Reenie Lopez, Emergency Medicine; Kenneth Galfo, Emergency Medicine; Larry Wooldridge, Emergency Medicine; Daniel Mozingo, Vascular; Gregory Goodwiler, Trauma; Jerlad Wells, Emergency Medicine

CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

John H. Calhoon, MD - Professor and Chief

Andrea J. Carpenter, MD, PhD

Scott B. Johnson, MD - Associate Professor

V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA - Assistant Professor

Edward Y. Sako, MD, PhD - Professor

Renata Bastos, MD - Assistant Professor

Luis F. Angel, MD - Assistant Professor

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Charles Bauer, MD - Clinical Professor

Miguel C. Fernandez, MD - Associate Professor, Director, South Texas Poison Center

Barbara Fishman, MD - Associate Professor

John Scott, MD - Assistant Professor, Assistant Research Director

John G. McManus, MD

Juan M. Nieto, MD

Mark Sparkman, MD

Ralph N. Terpolilli, MD

GENERAL and LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SURGERY

Kenneth Sirinek, MD, PhD - Professor and Chief, General Surgery

Wayne Schwesinger, MD - Professor

Stephen M. Cohn, MD, FACS, Professor

Kent R. Van Sickle, MD - Assistant Professor

Surgical Oncology Section:

Thelma Hurd, MD - Associate Professor, General Surgery

Professors Emeritus:

Arthur S. McFee, MD, MS, PhD - Professor Emeritus

Carlos Pestana, MD, PhD - Professor Emeritus

J.B. Aust, MD, PhD - Clinical Professor

PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Peter Wang, MD

TRANSPLANT CENTER

Glenn A. Halff, MD - Professor and Division Chief
Acting Dean of the School of Medicine

Francisco Cigarroa, MD - Professor Robert M. Esterl, MD - Associate Professor & Medical Clerkship Director

TRAUMA and EMERGENCY SURGERY

Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., MD - Clinical Professor

H. David Root, MD, PhD - Clinical Professor Daniel Dent, MD - Associate Professor

Deborah Mueller, MD

John G. Myers, MD - Assistant Professor

Steven E. Wolf, MD - Professor

Grant funding:

The Trauma Institute of San Antonio Texas (TRISAT) received Congressional funding: the Trauma Division is pleased to announce that in TRISAT has received $1 million in Congressional FY07 funds. The appropriations request was sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith. Dr. Ronald Stewart is Chairman of the TRISAT Board and PI of this grant.

Drs. Ronald Stewart (PI), Basil Pruitt, Stephen Cohn, Brad Pollock and Joel Michalek were awarded $1.35 million for the "USA/ISR Feasibility Study and Demonstration Project for Joint Military/Civilian Trauma Institute with a Burn Center" by the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command.

VASCULAR SURGERY

Boulos Toursarkissian, MD - Professor and Chief

Paula Shireman, MD - Assistant Professor

Phyllis Gordon, MSN, APRN BC - Clinical Nurse Specialist