Riding off into the Sunset



M. Alex Jacocks, MD



David W. Tuggle, MD

Two long time faculty members are retiring this summer.

Alex Jacocks, MD, has been at OU since his medical school days, Class of 1977, followed by his general surgery residency and has been on the Department of Surgery faculty since 1982.  During his years at OU, he served as the Residency Director and was awarded The Stanton L. Young Master Teacher Award in 1990, the first surgeon to be so honored.  Dr. Jacocks spends time relaxing in Colorado and said something about building a horse barn this summer.

After coming to Oklahoma for his Pediatric Surgery residency in 1985, David Tuggle, MD liked it so much he stayed. He received the Weigelt-Wallace Award for exemplary medical care for performing an on-site amputation to free a victim from the debris of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. Dr.Tuggle was the Paula Milburn Miller, Children's Medical Research Institute Chair in Pediatric Surgery and served as both Section Chief of Pediatric Surgery and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Surgery.  He is heading to Austin, Texas and traveling the globe.

Happy retirement.

Parting is such sweet sorrow



Sajid Shah, Allison Murphree, Arpit Patel, 2013







After years of hard work, treating patients and taking call, it's time to bid farewell to this year's Chief Residents. 

Sajid Shah, MD is off to Baylor in Houston for a vascular fellowship.  Allison Murphree, MD is joining the OU Department of Surgery staff.  And Arpit Patel, MD is going to Dallas for a colorectal surgery fellowship.  Congratulations!