Top 10 Moments of 2010

THE OU DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY




10. The American College of Surgeons just notified us this week that Children’s Hospital was verified as Level I Trauma Center for pediatric trauma care (previously Level II) and the OU Medical Center was re-verified as the only Level I Trauma Center for adults in the state of Oklahoma. We also anticipate that the Clinical Skills Education and Training Center will be approved as a Level I ACS Accredited Education Institute. The CSETC not only helps residents, medical students and hospital staff to develop and maintain their skills but once certified will be available to surgeons in the community to improve their skills too.


9. P. Cameron Mantor, MD is currently the interim Chief Medical Officer for the OU Physicians


8. In October, Dr. Roxie M. Albrecht, performed the first the diaphragm pacing stimulator procedure in Oklahoma used to treat ventilatory insufficiency in a quadriplegic patient. Injured in a bike accident, the patient is now independent of the ventilator. Dr. Albrecht is also this year’s President of the Midwest Surgical Association.


7. In September, Marvin D. Peyton, MD won the Gold Humanism Society Award. This award sponsored is by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to a physician that puts humanism into patient care. Humanism in medicine describes relationships between physicians and their patients who are respectful and compassionate. It is reflected in attitudes and behaviors that are sensitive to the values, autonomy, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of others.


6. The Cleft Lip, Palate and Craniofacial Team led by Christian El-Amm, MD is the first and only team in the state accredited by the American Cleft Palate – Craniofacial Association. Benny K.H.Tan, MD, joined the plastic surgery faculty. His expertise is in hand and cancer reconstruction.


5. Tales “From Indian Territory to the 21st Century” or the history of the OU Department of Surgery is the title of an article written by Donald R. Carter, MD in the American Surgeon, volume 76, pages 354-357, 2010. The department continues to grow with the addition of new faculty. This year, Sean A. Nix, DO joined the trauma faculty.


4. Russell G. Postier, MD was named David Ross Boyd Professor, the first to receive this honor in the Department of Surgery. In February, even bad weather did not prevent Dr. Postier from receiving this year’s Dean's Award for Distinguished Medical Service at the Evening of Excellence.


3. In late April the liver and pancreas transplant team of Anthony Sebastian, MD, Harlan Wright, MD, Rajesh Kanagala, MD, and Shi-Feng Li, MD moved to the OU Medical Center. The new team members join the already well established kidney transplant team and our surgeons. The transplant team collectively brings more than a century of transplant experience.


2. Focused microwave thermotherapy, a new breakthrough treatment led by William C. Dooley, MD and research group, kills large cancer tumors and saves breast tissue. Dr. William C. Dooley was honored with several awards this past year: Commission on Cancer/ American College of Surgeons Outstanding Performance Award as Cancer Liaison Physician, and from Hematology/Oncology he was awarded the Top Practice in Service Integration, Top Practice in Clinical Care and the HOPE Award for Best Small Oncology Practice Nationwide.


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