Welcome aboard

Benny K.H. Tan, M.D., comes tothe Department of Surgery from previous practice in Orlando, Fla. He is board certified in both general surgery and plastic surgery. Tan’s plastic surgery residency was completed at Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston. He also completed an orthopedic hand fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami. General surgery residencies were completed at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. He also completed an orthopedic and general surgery residency at Cork University Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland, where he also earned his medical degree. Tan is an associate fellow of the RoyalCollege of Surgeons in Ireland. Dr. Tan joined the Department of Surgery in August, 2010.

You are invited!

The Departments of Surgery

at the University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma City and Tulsa and

the University of Oklahoma Surgical Society

and The Frank A. Clingan Surgical Society

Cordially invite you to a Cocktail Reception at the

American College of Surgeons

Clinical Congress

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

6:30 to 8:00 P.M.

Coolidge Room

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel 2660 Woodley Road N.W.

Washington, DC

G. Rainey Williams Lecture and Oklahoma Chapter of the American College of Surgeons

Off and running

July 1, 2010 marks the beginning of the new academic year, and the new Chief residents are off and running, at least Steven Carter MD, the administrative chief  is on the go at Presbyterian Tower.  Hard at work with him is Aimee Levy Devine, MD.  While across the street at the VA Hospital, Jennifer McEvoy MD and Linsay Pena are keeping an eye on our Veterans and training the newest residents joining us.  We are off to a good start.

He might be nuts, but for a good cause.

Josh Barton, MD ('04) has developed a way to combine his passion for cycling with his passion for pancreatic surgery. From July 9 to July 18, he will be in France to follow the Tour de France. Josh and friends make this trip every five years or so, but this year they are taking on a new challenge known as the “Nuts of Ventoux”. They ride up Mont Ventoux on bikes over all 3 passes that cross the mountain. Mont Ventoux is considered to be one of them most difficult cycling climbs in the world and they plan to do it three times in one day. This requires 68 km of climbing and will then be eligible to be part of the French club called "The Brotherhood of the Nuts of Ventoux". They will also be raising money for pancreatic cancer.

Does he have his own zipcode?

Gary D Myers, MD ('85) travels near and far, from Stilwell, OK to Haiti for surgical care and Monrovia to train physicians.  He was recently elected to the Board of Directors of 'Arzte Ohne Grenzen', which is the Austrian Board of  Doctors Without Borders thus travels to Vienna, Geneva and Prague four times a year.  Catch him if you can.

Great things to look forward to...

There are alot of great things to look forward to in July; but for every good there is some bad.  As we say good-bye and good luck to the 2010 Chief residents, they look forward to new adventures.

Valerie Jolly, MD and Kristi Prejeant, MD are both going into private practice; San Angelo, Texas and Morgan City, Louisiana. Jay Snow is heading to a minimally invasive fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. Tim Vavricka is going the check out his sea legs, as he will be stationed in Norfolk, VA with the Navy.