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TUSM Class of 2011 Bestows Teaching Awards

Tufts University School of Medicine Class of 2011 has selected 48 Baystate Medical Center faculty and 49 housestaff to be honored with teaching awards. The awards will be presented at the TUSM Senior Class Dinner.

Award to Faculty for Excellence in Teaching

• Carrie Bell, MD, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Julia Donovan, MD, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Brendan Kelly, MD, Department of Pediatrics

• Gladys Fernandez, MD, Department of Surgery

Award to Faculty for Accomplished Teaching

• Carlos Acevedo, Department of Medicine

• Michael Albert, MD, Department of Surgery

• Richard Arenas, MD, Department of Surgery

• Bryant Benson, MD, Department of Pediatrics

• Kristin Dardano, MD, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Colleen Finnegan, MD, Department of Pediatrics

• Michael Ganey, MD, Department of Surgery

• Oz Harmanli, MD, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Andrew Healy, MD, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Harry Hoar III, MD, Department of Pediatrics

• Patrick Lee, MD, Department of Surgery

• Stephen Metz, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Adam Mirot, MD, Department of Psychiatry

• Tashanna Myers, MD, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology

• David Page, MD, Department of Surgery

• Roman Starikov, MD, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology

Award to Faculty for Notable Teaching

• Albert Alexander, MD, Department of Surgery

• Richard Alouidor, MD, Department of Surgery

• Hanna Awkal, MD, Department of Pediatrics

• Patricia Bailey-Sarnell, MD, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Raquel Belforti, DO, Department of Medicine

• Patrick Brown, MD, Department of Pediatrics

• James Burns, MD, Department of Pediatrics

• Beth Carter, MD, Department of Medicine

• Scott Cinelli, DO, Department of Surgery

• Lewis Cohen, MD, Department of Psychiatry

• Leslie Colon, MD, Department of Psychiatry

• Shaji Daniel, MD, Department of Medicine

• Laura Dove, MD, Department of Psychiatry

• John Fanton, MD, Department of Psychiatry

• James Gebhardt, MD, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Rohini Harvey, MD, Department of Pediatrics

• Jay Kuhn, MD, Department of Surgery

• Kathleen Meyer, MD, Department of Pediatrics

• Katie Olsen, MD, Department of Medicine

• John O'Reilly, MD, Department of Pediatrics

• Robert Russell, APRN, Department of Psychiatry

• Stephen Ryzewicz, MD, Department of Medicine

• Mihaela Stefan, MD, Department of Medicine

• Aleli Villanueva, MD, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Katharine White, MD, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Halina Wiczyk, MD, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Jackson Williams, MD, Department of Pediatrics

• Surinder Yadav, MD, Department of Medicine
  

Award to Residents/Fellows for Excellence in Teaching

• Nathan Conway, MD, Surgery

Award to Residents/Fellows for Accomplished Teaching

• Noellemarie Barera, DO, Internal Medicine

• Carolyn Delk, DO, Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Sabha Ganai, MD, Surgery

• Elise Gates, MD, Surgery

• Kathryn Green, MD, Medicine-Pediatrics

• Susan Harp, MD, Pediatrics

• Vasanth Kainkaryam, MD, Medicine-Pediatrics

• Timothy Lepore, MD, Obstetrics-Gynecology

• David Lin, MD, Surgery

• Amol Malshe, MD, Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Yelena Medvedev, DO, Pediatrics

• Romie Mundy, MD, Surgery

• Srikanth Penumetsa, MD, Internal Medicine

• Rebecca Rhee, MD, Surgery

• Cara Robinson, DO, Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Thomas Roshek, MD, Surgery

• Valerie Sharpe, MD, Psychiatry

• Kimberly Thompson, DO, Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Ramanpreet Toor, MD, Psychiatry

• Ellen Tunitsky-Bitton, MD, Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Krista Turner, MD, Medicine-Pediatrics

• Sharon Wretzel, MD, Medicine-Pediatrics

Award to Residents/Fellows for Notable Teaching

• Mazen Al-Mansour, MD, Surgery

• Diane Atashroo, MD, Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Melissa Barney, MD, Surgery

• Gina Berthold, MD, Medicine-Pediatrics

• Kerry Biggs, MD, Medicine-Pediatrics

• Judith Blumhofer, MD, Pediatrics

• Melody Brewer, MD, Medicine-Pediatrics

• Henry Chicaiza, MD, Pediatrics

• Abbie Courtemanche, DO, Internal Medicine

• Mohamed Elarabi, MD, Internal Medicine

• Tarayn Fairlie, MD, MPH, Pediatrics

• Michael Ferguson, MD, Pediatrics

• Rejean Guerriero, DO, Pediatrics

• Valerie Heffner, MD, Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Jackcy Jacob, MD, Medicine-Pediatrics

• Prathima Kanumuri, MD, Surgery

• Michael Kelly, MD, Medicine-Pediatrics

• Laura Kester, MD, Pediatrics

• Maura Munoz, MD, Medicine-Pediatrics

• Ashley Nelson, MD, Medicine-Pediatrics

• Aashish Samat, MD, Internal Medicine

• Sarah Scarselletta, MD, Medicine-Pediatrics

• Ashita Talsania, MD, Internal Medicine

• Eleasa Teng, MD, Surgery

• Amber Truehart, MD, Obstetrics-Gynecology

• Brittany Weber, MD, Obstetrics-Gynecology

Keynote Speakers Announced for Research Week

Tuesday, May 18	Wednesday, May 19
Lisa Sanders, MD Clinician Educator, Yale School of Medicine A 22 year-old Woman with Fever and Jaundice: A Case of Diagnostic Error	Gerald Shulman, MD, PhD Associate Director, Yale Diabetes Endocrine Research Center Cellular Mechanisms of Insulin Resistance: Implications for Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity and Lipodystrophy

For speaker bios and Research Week schedule, visit the 2011 Research Week webpage.

Kevin Hinchey, MD to Serve as GME Designated Institutional Official

With the departure of Hal Jenson, MD, as Chief Academic Officer on March 4, 2010, Kevin Hinchey, MD will serve as the Designated Institutional Official (DIO) for Baystate’s graduate medical education programs. In collaboration with the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC), he is responsible for the institutional support of the 10 residencies and 13 fellowships that are accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), as well as 3 fellowships for which accreditation is not offered, and additional fellowships that are being developed.

Dr. Hinchey has served as Associate DIO since 2010. He will continue to serve as Program Director of the Internal Medicine residency and as Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine.

Glenn Markenson, MD to Serve as HRPP Institutional Official

Glenn Markenson, MD will serve as the Institutional Official for Baystate’s Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) after the departure of Hal Jenson, MD, as Chief Academic Officer on March 4, 2010.

In the role of Institutional Official, Dr. Markenson will work with Karen Christianson, Director of the HRPP, to assure institutional compliance with federal regulations and best practices, including the standards of the Association for Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP). Baystate received Full Accreditation from AAHRPP in 2010.

Namrata Setia, MD Receives Mentorship Award from American Society of Dermatopathology

Dr. Namrata Setia, PG3 Pathology resident, was offered an ASDP Mentorship Award in the amount of $1500.00 for her study to evaluate the comparative expression of ATP transporter proteins in a spectrum of benign and malignant melanocytic lesions. Her mentor will be Dr. Meera Mahalingam, MD, Professor of Dermatology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Program Director of the Dermatopathology Fellowship at Boston University School of Medicine.

In addition, Dr. Setia will also receive complimentary registration and hotel accommodations for the ASDP Annual Meeting.

Mark Heelon, PharmD Accepted into the 2011 Springfield Leadership Institute

Dr. Mark Heelon, Medication Safety Specialist, Department of Pharmacy, will join 26 other leaders from the fields of banking, insurance, higher education, and community service in the 7-week SLI program.

For more than 30 years, the SLI has provided leadership training for mid- to upper-level managers to develop the skills needed to enable them to be effective leaders in service to the community and in their workplaces. SLI is cosponsored by the Western New England College School of Business and the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield, Inc.

Niels Rathlev, MD Joins Editorial Board of the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Dr. Niels Rathlev, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, was invited to join the WestJEM editorial board in February 2011. WestJEM, a peer-reviewed journal indexed in PubMed, is the official journal of the California Chapter of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Mark Tidswell, MD Research Presentation Receives Award at Society of Critical Care Medicine International Conference

Dr. Mark Tidswell, Interim Chief, Division of Critical Care Medicine, was awarded Research Citation Finalist for his poster, "28-Day Mortality in High-Risk with Severe Sepsis Receiving Eritoran with or without Drotrecogin Alfa: Analysis of Data from a Phase II Trial."

Improved Baystate IRB Cycle Times

Baystate HRPP data for new project submissions in the third and fourth quarter of 2010 show that IRB cycle times have decreased, and in some cases are lower than the AAHRPP average.

AAHRPP released metrics of IRB cycle times for its member institutions in July 2010 for the first time.  Based on a comparison of Baystate’s data to the AAHRPP metrics, HRPP made several changes in internal processes in late summer into fall with the goal of delivering both quality and efficient IRB review. According to Karen Christianson, Director, HRPP, "We continue to work to improve the efficiency of the review process while maintaining the required quality of oversight."