"Excellent" News

Dr. Russell G. Postier will be honored January 28 (rescheduled to February 5) at the annual Evening of Excellence, presented by the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Alumni Association. The black-tie dinner will be at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., Oklahoma City, starting with a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Postier will receive the Distinguished Medical Service Award. The award acknowledges dedication and commitment as a medical professional. G. Rainey Williams, M.D. (1990) and Ronald C. Elkins, M.D. (1997) previously received this award from the Alumni Association.

Proceeds from the annual dinners provide seed grants to young researchers on the road to discovery.

Okla HO HO ma greetings

" Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget." With this thought, the Department of Surgery wishes all of  you a very Merry Christmas and all the luck the New Year could possibly bring to you.

Welcome aboard

Dr. Dunn is a colon and rectal surgeon and a native of Oklahoma City. He is Board Certified in Colon and Rectal surgery as well as general surgery. Dr. Dunn received his undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University and his medical degree from New York Medical College. He completed both his residency in general surgery and his residency in  colon and rectal surgery at LSUHSC in Shreveport, Louisiana where he has practiced for the last 10 years. He serves on several national committees and has numerous publications with his main focus being rectal cancer, complex anorectal disease and surgical education. He is retired from the U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps. He joined our faculty as an Associate Professor in Surgery in December of 2009.

Oklahoma's first thorascopic surgery for esophageal atresia

In November, a team of OU pediatric surgeons performed the state’s first thoracoscopic surgery to repair esophageal atresia. The surgical team included Nikola K. Puffinbarger, M.D., pediatric surgery, and chief residents Beth Terry, M.D., and Nate Kreykes, M.D. It is estimated that worldwide, the procedure has been performed by fewer than 200 surgeons. Esophageal atresia is a lethal condition that occurs when a baby’s esophagus has not developed properly and does not connect to the baby’s stomach. As a result, the baby has no way to receive adequate nourishment. The condition occurs in about one in 4,000 babies. According to David W. Tuggle, M.D., section chief, Pediatric Surgery, about eight cases are seen here annually.

Will you get accepted?

The OU College of Medicine  Office of Admissions has begun the annual application cycle for medical students.  Each year the OU College of Medicine receives over 1,200 initial applications filed with AMCAS for evaluation.  Currently, Dr. Ron Squires (’94) is serving as the Chairman of the Admissions Board.

American College of Surgeons in Chicago

If you will be in Chicago for the American College of Surgeons meeting in October, please join us at our annual cocktail reception.

Details:

Monday, October 12, 2009

6:30 to 8:00 P.M.

Private Dining Room 3

Chicago Hilton

720 South Michigan Avenue

Sad to report

News we never want to hear, but thought you might want to know. We've learned that several members of our surgery family passed away this year.

• William O. Coleman, M.D., Oklahoma City, clinical faculty, on June 13, 2009
• William D. Maril, M.D, Oklahoma City, clinical faculty, on June 12, 2009
• Bob J. Rutledge, M.D., Oklahoma City, clinical faculty, on August 20, 2009
• Taylor Dan Wagner, M.D., Benton, Arkansas, general surgery chief resident 1968, on March 12, 2009