Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon joins the faculty

Kamal K. Pourmoghadam, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Section of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and Director of Pediatric Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgical Services at OU Medical Center is a University of California at Berkeley graduate. He completed his cardiothoracic surgery training at the University of Miami and his congenital cardiac surgery training at the University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital. After being in practice for more than a decade, he joined the faculty at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in January 2011. He is Board Certified in General Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery. His interest is in the care of all forms of congenital cardiac defects, especially patients with single ventricle anatomy.

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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No matter near or far, we want to wish YOU warm thoughts and best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

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.