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Summer 2010 Newsletter
Kent Van Sickle, MD, JCSI Director (Associate Professor) received
his medical degree from the University of Tennessee and completed his
surgical residencytraining at Georgia Baptist Medical Center and New
Hanover Regional Medical Center. He went into private practice in
general surgery for four years before returning to academics in 2003 to
complete a two-year fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopy and GI Surgery at
Emory University Hospital. Dr. Van Sickle is the Director of the Johnson
Center for Surgical Innovation and the interim Chief of General Surgery
at the Veterans Administration Hospital. He has performed research in
surgical education, training, simulation and innovative technologies
with emphasis on the impact of simulation in the early surgical training
period.
Maureen K. Sheehan, MD (Assistant Professor)
graduated from medical school in 1998, and completed her
general surgery
residency at Loyola University Medical Center in 2003.
She then completed a 2
year fellowship in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at University of
Pittsburgh in 2005. Since becoming a faculty member at UTHSCSA,
she has completed
her Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation. She currently serves
on several national committees in vascular surgery, including the
Diversity in Vascular Surgery committee, whose goal it is to increase
diversification of physicians in the field as well as increase cultural
awareness. Her current clinical and research interests include
endovascular treatment of peripheral arterial disease, critical limb
ischemia, carotid disease, and venous disease.
Ross E. Willis, PhD (Assistant Professor, Research and Director of Surgical Education)
holds a master's degree in human factors psychology and a
doctoral degree in cognitive psychology from Texas Tech University.
After graduate school, he worked with the Air Force Office of Scientific
Research at Lackland Air Force Base conducting basic and applied
research in the areas of computer-based instruction and cognitive task
analysis. He left research to co-found an e-learning company, while
keeping in touch with the academic world by holding a position as an
adjunct professor at the University of Houston. Dr. Willis recently chose to
pursue his love of academia full-time and joined the UTHSCSA faculty in
2007.
