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Our Graduating Residents
What the Future Holds
GENERAL SURGERY GRADUATES
Dr. Majid T. Aizid, who finished his
general surgical training this spring,
will be starting his Vascular Surgery
Fellowship in July at the William Beau-
Inside this issue:
2016 Graduating
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Residents
Reports from the
6-9
Outfield
Our Graduates
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17-18
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Friends
teachers for supporting him through this
son, Idrees, and his lovely bride, Mrs. Khoula Aslam.
Aslam, his mother, Mrs. Razia Nighat, Dr. Aizid holding his
long journey and looks forward to a successful Vascular Surgery Fellowcular surgery in Southeast Michigan as pay back to his Alma Mater for
Dr. Jeremy R. Ciullo will be staying
He will be one of the general surgery faculty members on the Gold Division at the
Receiving Hospital. In 2017, he will begin
Dr. Jeremy Ciullo’s family (left to right), his grandparents,
his Hand Surgery Fellowship at the Uni-
ney Ciullo, his fiance, Ms. Courtney Hilton, Dr. Ciullo, and
versity of Louisville in Kentucky.
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WSSS
Mr. Haseeb Aslam holding his nephew, Ibrahim, Mrs. Maryam
with the Department for one more year.
Residents
WSSS Alumni &
Dr. Aizid is very appreciative of his
Adnan Malik, his brother Mohammad Usama, brother-in-law
the training that he has received.
ACS Addendum
Meet Our New
Dr. Majid Aizid’s family (left to right) Dr. Farooq Anwar, Dr.
ship at Beaumont. He hopes to be able to continue in the practice of vas10-16
10 Years Later
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mont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Mr. & Mrs. Josephine and Owen Burt, his sister, Ms. Courthis parents, Mrs. Susan and Dr. Jerome Ciullo
Some
of the faculty members suspect that he will then want to join his father,
who is a well-established hand surgeon in Southeast Michigan.
Dr. Jose L. Fernandez will be taking the month of July off to
do his written board examination, after which he will begin an
22-23
Acute Care Surgery Fellowship starting in August at Emory
University under the tutelage of one of our former alumni, Dr.
Christopher Dente (WSUGS 2002).
Dr. Jose Fernandez
He wished to thank all of
the faculty members for preparing him for the Acute Care Sur-
gery Fellowship and his future in surgery.
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After the completion of his general surgery residency this June, Dr. Faraz A.
Khan will be going to the University of Florida at Gainesville to begin his Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery. He thanks all of the faculty members for preparing for this next stage in his development. Dr. Khan was very productive with
many peer review publications during his surgical training.
Dr. Faraz Khan with his parents, his father
Shahid Ali Khan, his mother, Dr. Anjum Shahid,
and his lovely bride, Dr. Asra Hasmi
Dr. Sarah Larson will be moving to the Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she will be active in practicing general and acute
care surgery. She’ll be employed by the hospital but, in reality, will be
joining two of our previous graduates, Dr. Mark Dittenbir (WSUGS 1990)
and Dr. Steve Wysong (WSU/GS 1991/96). Everybody knows that this is
Dr. Sarah Larson and her family: (Back row left to right) her
dad, Mr. Peter Larson, sister, Ms. Emily Crossett, Dr. Larson,
her husband, Mr. Paul Branigan holding their son Ben,
father-in-law, Mr. Mike Branigan, sister Becky
going to be a very synergistic relationship.
Larson.
(Front row left to right); her mom, Mrs. Nancy Larson,
holding her son, Gus, her mother-in-law, Mrs. Cathy Branigan
Dr. Mona Taleb will be leaving Detroit to start her Surgical Critical Care
Fellowship at the University of Connecticut in Hartford. She then plans to do
a Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery the following year and enter into
practice in the summer of 2018 in an area where the climate is warm.
Dr. Mona Taleb and her family (left to right), her
father, Mr. Nouhad Taleb, Dr. Taleb, her mother Mrs.
Monika Taleb, and her friend, Ms. Jessica Meyers
PLASTIC SURGERY GRADUATES
Dr. Hector O. Campbell (WSUGS 2013) completed his Plastic Surgery Fellowship
this July and will be heading to the University of Toronto for a one-year Fellowship
in hand surgery. He thanks all of the faculty who prepared him for this next step.
Dr. Hector Campbell and Dr.
Eti Gursel (WSUGS/PS 1975/77)
Dr. Shenita M. White completed her Plastic Surgery Fellowship this June.
She
will be moving to Columbus, Georgia to join a busy private practice that has extensive exposure to both cosmetic surgery and reconstructive surgery.
Dr. Shenita White celebrates with
her friend, Mr. Shannon Hutchins,
and her mother, Ms. Emma Steele
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VASCULAR SURGERY GRADUATES
Dr. Frederick J. Jaeklein (WSUGS 2015) finished his Vascular Surgery Fellowship this
June and will be joining the vascular surgery faculty at our Veterans Administration
Hospital this summer. He should be a great asset for the surgical residents.
Dr. Frederick
Jaecklein
celebrates with his guest
Dr. Jacob J. Johnson finished his Vascular Surgery Fellowship this June and will be a
faculty vascular surgeon at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Southern Nevada,
which is located in Las Vegas. Dr. Johnson is happy to be working there, since he will be
joining his wife, who is an obstetrician and gynecologist in the Air Force, along with
Dr. Jacob Johnson
their two-year old daughter.
MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY GRADUATES
Dr. Yasir Khan has finished his Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship in June,
and he will be moving to the Mercy Hospital System in Cincinnati, Ohio, to be on the
faculty; he will be focusing on bariatric surgery and foregut surgery. He will be part
of the teaching faculty within this system.
Dr.
John
Webber
(WSU/GS
1992/99) and Dr. Yasir Khan
SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE GRADUATES
Dr. Asha Sha completed her Surgical Critical Care Fellowship in June and will start a Cardiac Surgery Fellowship at the Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami this summer.
Dr. Asha Sha
Dr. Keenan Wanamaker completed his Surgical Critical Care Fellowship in June and has
accepted an appointment as a vascular surgeon and critical care surgeon at the Mt. Sinai
Hospital and the Holy Cross Hospital on the south side of Chicago.
Dr. Keenan
Wanamaker
PEDIATRIC SURGERY GRADUATES
Dr. Christopher G. Turner completed his Pediatric Surgical Fellowship and has an appointment at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland, Maine, where he will be
involved with all types of pediatric surgery.
Dr. Christopher Turner
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INTERESTING CASE REPORTS
Dr. Faraz Khan presents his most interesting case
Dr. Majid Aized begins his most memorable
case presentation
Dr. Jose Fernandez shares his most
memorable case
Dr. Jeremy Ciullo begins his most interesting case
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REPORTS FROM THE OUTFIELD
Dr. Leila Green (WSUGS 2015) is finishing her Critical Care Fellowship at
the University of Texas Southwestern. In July, she will be taking a job with
the EmCare Company and will be involved in the startup of a Level II trauma
center in Terre Haute, Indiana at the Terre Haute Regional Hospital.
She
looks forward to this new challenge and looks forward to working with the trau-
Dr. Leila Green at the helipad on top of the Parkland
Memorial Hospital; Downtown Dallas is in the background
ma director, Dr. Christine Toevs, who is a very strong leader and mentor, reminding Dr. Green of the
leadership provided by Dr. Anna Ledgerwood (WSUGS 1972). Once she has gotten on board in Terre
Haute, she will be consulting with Dr. Ledgerwood in order to identify the things that have to be done
in order to become verified as a level II trauma center. All of the extended surgical clan wishes her
great success.
Following the completion of his general surgical training, Dr. Robert S.
Crawford trained as a Vascular Surgery Fellow at Harvard under the tutelage of
Dr. Michael T. Watkins. Subsequently, he moved to the University of Maryland
where he has established a busy practice. Roberto was promoted this spring to
an Associate Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology. Based upon his extensive research, he has been granted a two-year, $700,000 research grant from
the Department of Defense. He and his lovely bride, Gabriella, have also been
productive in the more important aspect of life, namely, procreation. They have
three children, Sofia, Emma, and Harry. Roberto is very thankful for the train-
Dr.Robert Crawford, his bride, Gabriela, their son, Harry,
and their daughters, Sofia and in front, Emma
ing he received at WSU and hopes that these accomplishments will bring pride to his teachers. Roberto has also been very productive on the personal side. He became serious about his diet and has lost
75 pounds this year and is still counting. He looks forward to seeing everybody at the upcoming American College of Surgeons meeting in Washington. All of the surgical clan members wish Roberto good
luck with his surgery, his research, his family productivity, and his diet.
Dr. William Cirocco (WSU 1983) is now the program director for the colon and rectal surgical service at Ohio State University; they are finishing up their final preparations
Dr. Bill Cirocco
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for a review by the Residency Review Committee. They have just completed recruitment of a fifth colon and rectal surgeon to their division, who has special interest in sacral-nerve stimulation, and all of
them have extensive experience with cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, and other commonly performed colon and rectal procedures.
Bill reminds everyone that the upcoming meeting of the Midwest Surgical Association (MSA) will be
taking place on Mackinac Island. Bill is serving as the treasurer and local arrangements person for this
upcoming meeting in preparation for him serving as president of the MSA in 2018. Bill has fond memories of his medical school days, and some of his fellow students included Dr. Jonathan Saxe (WSUGS
1990) and Dr. Sharon Hayward (WSU/GS 1985/90). He encourages any of the medical students who
might be interested in general surgery to look at the program in Columbus. He has always been convinced that the WSU students who go into surgery are high-quality.
Dr. Cirocco reports that he is encouraging the OSU trauma surgeons to make the drive to Detroit for
the Detroit Trauma Symposium (the oldest trauma symposium in the nation). He indicates that he and
his lovely bride, Susan, might also come as a “non-traumatologist” in order to enjoy the wonderful cuisine at Giovanni’s Ristorantè in Southwest Detroit.
Dr. Abubaker Ali (WSUGS 2015) reports that he is finishing his Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of Florida in Jacksonville. He looks forward to returning to Southeast Michigan and the
faculty at WSU. Dr. Ali is proud that he received the Teaching Award
Dr. Abubaker Ali
provided by the residents at the University of Florida. This is the first
time that the residents have given this award to a Fellow rather than a full-time faculty member. All of us look forward to Dr. Ali continuing his teaching efforts with our residents and
students.
Dr. Jay Dujon (WSUGS 2011) reports that he and his wife, Dr. Lori Lemonnier, have moved from
Temple University to the Louisiana State University in Shreveport in March 2014. Jay was very
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with his experiences at Temple and was actively involved in trauma, critical care, and elective surgery, but Lori did not have the support of her chairman in otolaryngology. Jay
cleverly point out, “happy wife, happy life.” Now that they have moved to Shreveport,
both are doing very well. Lori has very quickly developed a busy practice in otolaryngology and is able to do all of the things that she was trained for. Her chairperson has been
Jay, Lori and Lana
very supportive. Jay has joined the trauma division which, just prior to his arrival, had lost its Level I
verification status. The new Trauma Director, Dr. John Owings, who did his training at the University
of California at Davis, recruited Jay to help rebuild the trauma and acute care section and to re-attain
their Level I verification by the American College of Surgeons. Working as a team, they regained their
Level I verification later that same year. The Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Division is in the process of growth, and they are attempting to attract new, young faculty members who have an interest in
this area. Jay hopes that one of the young surgeons finishing the WSU Surgical Residency Program
might take a look at their trauma and acute care surgery division. The trauma load at Shreveport is
not as great as it was at Temple, an inner-city trauma center, so that he has more time to devote to
the maturation of students and residents. Indeed, Jay received the Best Teaching Faculty Award provided this year by the surgical residents. He hopes to continue to be an effective teacher and to work
toward receiving as many awards as Dr. Ledgerwood has received from her residents.
Jay reports that Dr. Chuck Conway (WSU/GS 2001/07) is across the state at the Oschner Clinic. As
noted in previous monthly email reports, Chuck is very busy and writing many papers. He is also trying
to convince Jay and Lori to come on down to New Orleans. They will probably make the visit, if for no
other reason than to meet an old friend. Now that Jay and Lori are catching up on the activities related to their most recent move, they will get their paperwork completed and become Fellows of the
American College of Surgeons.
At the personal level, Jay and Lori welcomed their second daughter, Lana, last
October. Lana and her big sister, Tess, are happy and healthy girls that Jay
says will “someday give me an ulcer.” The surgical clan knows that, with such kind
Lana and Tess
parents, they will never give either one of them an ulcer. The surgical clan looks
Jay and Lana
forward to seeing Jay and Lori at the next meeting of the American College of Surgeons, which will be
in Washington DC this October.
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Dr. Raul Vaidya, orthopedic surgeon at Detroit Receiving Hospital, presented the Orthopedics Graduation Grand Rounds at the
LSU Health Center and was pleased to spend some time with Dr.
Dujon, who is part of the Trauma Division at LSU Health.
(Left to right) Dr. Massimo “Max” Morandi, Interim Chair,
Department of Orthopedics, Dr. David Alvarez, PGY 4, Dr.
David Parker, PGY 3, and Dr. Jay Dujon.
Dr. Simon Kovalik (WSUGS 1981), a long-time supporter of the WSSS, wanted to
share a memory with the Clan members. He recalls that he was working on the endoscopic and research rotation during his third year. He was caught up in the productivity of the surgery department which was producing many publications including the detrimental effects of albumin when given to severely injured patients. Simon was assigned to document the interactions between albumin therapy and ionized calcium. He
recalls that when he was somewhat delinquent in getting the first draft to Dr. Lucas,
he was informed that deadlines are important things for all of us. After a number of
Dr. Simon Kovalik
delays, he was told by Dr. Lucas that he should have the draft completed by the next Monday. Unfortunately, Simon and his bride were scheduled for a week of vacation. The upshot of this conflict was
that he sat at home for seven days working on the manuscript while his lovely wife took the children
and “stomped” away to Northern Michigan. When Simon delivered the draft to Dr. Lucas on Monday, it
took about 10 minutes for Dr. Lucas to totally revise the manuscript using a red pencil. Simon realized
then that Dr. Lucas knew how he wanted the paper to read. He was rewarded when Dr. Lucas told him,
“This is a good paper; it will be accepted by the Journal of Trauma.” Simon then received a lecture on
how it is important to be involved in time management either as a surgeon or as a writer. Simon took
that lecture seriously and, to this day, has never again missed a deadline.
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—10 YEARS LATER!!
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The 2006 Graduating Class
(Back row left to right) Dr. Keiva Bland, Dr. Jason Blocksom, Dr. Abigail Chaffin, Dr. Heather Dolman, and Dr. James Tyburski, Program Director. (Front row left to right) Dr. Donald Weaver,
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Dr. David Lau, Dr. Peter Hammer, and Dr. Mallory Williams
Keiva L. Bland, MD
Following the completion of her general surgical training in 2006, Dr. Keiva
Bland performed a Breast Diseases/Oncology Fellowship at the University of
Arkansas in Little Rock. She then returned home and joined the faculty at
WSU. For the past 8 years Dr. Bland has been involved in a pleasant mixture
of breast surgery and general surgery. About 60% of her time is spent taking
care of patients with breast problems. The remaining time is spent doing genDr. Keiva Bland with her colleagues in Santiago,
eral surgery, where she has special interest in hernias and gastrointestinal surDominican Republic
gical problems. She is actively involved in the Karmanos Cancer Institute,
where she runs two breast clinics each week.
More recently, Dr. Bland has expanded her interests into the area of missionary work. She has been actively
involved in missions in Santiago, Dominican Republic. She hopes to develop a breast clinic there at the time
of her next visit in January of 2017. Dr. Bland has some words of wisdom for the residents finishing their
training this year. These include, (1) learn about the billing system sooner rather than later; (2) realize that
you know more than you think, but at the same time; (3) recognize when you don’t know, and don’t be afraid
or too proud to ask for help.
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Jason M. Blocksom, MD
Following the completion of his general surgical training in 2006, Dr. Jason
Blocksom did a 2-year Fellowship in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at
Indiana University. This was followed by a 1-year Fellowship in Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery at the Primary Children’s Medical Center
in Salt Lake City. Jason then returned to Indianapolis and joined the Peyton
Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent. He currently is the primary craniofacial surgeon and is Director of the Cleft Team. His practice is 100% reconstructive surgery and almost exclusively in children. Approximately 50% Dr. Jason Blocksom, his lovely bride, Stephanie, and
of his practice is cleft related (cleft lip, cleft palate, and cleft related to orthog- their children (left to right) Lindsey, Audrey, and Aiden
nathic surgery). He performs a wide range of pediatric plastic surgery or craniofacial surgery extending from
the excision of simple lesions to the Le Fort III distraction procedures.
Jason and his lovely wife, Stephanie, have enjoyed very productive careers. She is a consultant for a biotechnology firm specializing in oncology research. Jason and Stephanie have three children. Audrey is the
oldest at 12 years and is actively involved with soccer and competitive horseback riding. Lindsey is 10 years
old and has special interest in soccer, basketball, and piano.
Aiden, 8 years old, likes soccer and is becoming enamored with karate. Besides being a very busy surgeon,
Jason coaches youth soccer. He also is involved in the missions and has been providing services in Guatemala and hopes to expand these activities, especially when his children are older.
Jason wishes to thank all of the faculty who were dedicated to teaching him and believes that many of his
patients have benefited from that teaching. His advice to the graduating residents is to take care of themselves and their families as they dedicate their lives to helping others.
Abigail E. Chaffin
Dr. Abigail Chaffin completed her plastic surgical residency after leaving Detroit and entered into the section of plastic surgery at the Tulane University in Louisiana, New Orleans. Her practice has progressively
grown as has her administrative responsibilities. Currently, she is the Associate Program Director for their
Plastic Surgery Fellowship. Dr. Chaffin is actively involved in complicated breast reconstruction, management of severe wounds and burn reconstruction, and complex abdominal wall reconstructions in patients
with recurrent incisional hernias. She indicates that she is very thankful that she had the opportunity to perform a number of these complex abdominal wall reconstructions while she was a surgical resident, in addition to other general reconstructive procedures that she performed in her training at WSU.
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Dr. Chaffin maintains a close relationship with her fellow WSU women surgeons including Dr. Heather Dolman (WSUGS 2006), Dr. Keiva Bland (WSUGS
2006), Dr. Kellie McFarlin (WSUGS 2008), and Dr. Lydia Donoghue (WSUGS
2009). She remembers many challenging cases from her surgical residency days,
particularly some of the unusual trauma cases. Abby describes a patient that she
treated when she was the chief resident on the DRH Green Service when Dr.
Ledgerwood was taking call from home. This was a young male who came in as
a Level I trauma code following a stab wound to the zone 2 on the left side of the
neck. She describes how he was quite stable, alert, and showed no evidence of
bleeding. She recognized that this was a deep wound and notified Dr. Ledgerwood and the operating room that there might be an immediate exploration. In the back is Abby’s husband, Andrew. Abby is
their baby girl Aila (2 months old), their
This was a busy night in the emergency department, and the emergency medi- holding
daughter Annelise (5.5 years) is below Andrew, their
cine physician who was attending the trauma module that evening did not have son, Emmett (2) is on the left on the bottom row, and
their twin sons Ewan (4) is in the middle, and Evan (4)
a compliant personality. Abby describes how the rest of her team was tied up in is on the bottom right
the ICU and on the floor and that the emergency physician attending ignored Abby when she indicated that
this patient had to go directly to the OR. She recalls the attending stating, “I have to complete my assessment
first” and started asking the man whether he wore glasses or had dentures and a number of other inappropriate questions in that circumstance. Once again Dr. Chaffin told the emergency physician that they needed to
go to the operating room NOW, and she began “packing him up” and started to push the stretcher to the operating room herself. The emergency physician physically blocked her and said that the patient would not be
going anywhere until she was finished with her assessment and that the OR would not let Dr. Chaffin start
without a paper chart. Dr. Chaffin, like all strong-willed women surgeons who finish the WSU program,
moved the ED attending out of the way and proceeded to roll the patient to the OR by herself without the
chart. She describes how Dr. Ledgerwood walked in as Abby was prepping the patient and, as if by cue, the
patient “blew a clot from his IJ” with a sudden burst of active bleeding, which was controlled by digital pressure by Dr. Chaffin as Dr. Ledgerwood prepped and draped. The patient had a through-and-through injury
to the internal jugular vein, which was ligated and had an uneventful postoperative course prior to going
home the next day. Dr. Chaffin reminds the current residents that it is important to stick to surgical principles and make sure the patient gets what he/she needs even in the presence of “uneducated” resistance.
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Dr. Chaffin recollects the times when Dr. Ledgerwood would demonstrate to the team how an improperly
assembled or maintained nasogastric tube led to a poor output in patients who really needed proper nasogastric decompression after complicated abdominal wall reconstruction. She finds herself teaching the same
principles to her general surgical students and residents about the basics of looking after patients including
directing NG malfunction, walking the patient, getting rid of unnecessary intravenous lines and tubes, use of
incentive spirometry, and really examining the patient’s face from the foot of the bed (foot of the bed test) to
get the best judgment of patient progress. She also reminds the WSU residents that the lessons that are
taught regarding the overuse of narcotics in the postoperative period are very valuable when one leaves Detroit for their future career. She bemoans the fact that the actual care of the patients in the 21st century is a lost
art and encourages the residents and students at WSU to carry with them all of the things that they learned
about the simple things of postoperative care.
Dr. Chaffin’s greatest productivity has been in the non-surgical domain. She has been married now for over
7 years and has a 5-year-old daughter, two 4-year-old twin boys, a 2-year-old boy, and a new baby girl. Her
husband is an attorney who practices in-house for a company that manages several oil-field companies. She
also loves her in-laws, who are very helpful with childcare when she has an excessively busy workweek. Dr.
Chaffin looks forward to getting back to Detroit, so that she can meet with Dr. Kellie McFarlin and her twin
girls in addition to seeing her other WSU surgical friends.
Heather Dolman, MD
Following the completion of her general surgical training, Dr. Heather Dolman proceeded to the Mayo Clinic where she did her Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care and
then came back to WSU, so that all of us could reap the benefits of her additional
training. Since returning to the department, Dr. Dolman has
been one of the dedicated surgeons covering the Gold Division
at the Detroit Receiving Hospital and has been very active in Dr. Heather Dolman sharing a glass of wine
with Dr. Michael Klein, Emeritus Chairman of
surgical critical care at both the Harper Hospital and at the the Department of Surgery at the Children’s
Hospital of Michigan
Detroit Receiving Hospital. Her publications and presentations reflect these interests. Currently, Dr. Dolman has assumed the job as the Director of the Surgical ICU at the Receiving Hospital and has been very helpful in coordiDr. Heather Dolman after dinner with
nating the care of many critically ill patients, especially with the 80-hour workweek
President Scott Gruber at the recent
Central Surgical Association Meeting in
mandated for our surgical residents.
Montreal
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Peter Hammer, MD
After completing his residency in general surgery in 2006, Dr. Pete Hammer
moved onto active duty with the US Navy as a general surgeon working in the US
Territory of Guam. The Naval Hospital is a 34-bed unit with two operating rooms
and provides care to all US military personnel and their families, the Guam National Guard, and all of the retirees living in that beautiful area. The nearest referral hospital is the Tripler Army Medical Hospital in Pearl Harbor, which is seven
hours away by jet airplane. Pete served three years in Guam providing all types
of surgical care including trauma, acute care surgery, endoscopy, pediatric surgery, vascular surgery, and anything else that came through the door. His most
memorable experience from his practice in Guam followed a boiler room exploPeter Hammer, his lovely wife, Jill, and
sion on the USS Frank Cable, one of the ships stationed at Guam. Five sailors Dr.
their daughters (left to right) Gracie,
were injured with greater than 50% TBSA 3rd degree burns. All five were treated, Audrey, and Chloe
stabilized, underwent emergency surgery, and were transferred to the military burn center within 24 hours.
Everybody felt that this was a job well done for a hospital having only four ICU beds.
Following his Guam stint, Pete spent two years at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia as a Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellow. This Fellowship was done while still serving on active
duty in the US Navy. This training allowed him to successfully become board certified in surgical critical
care.
After obtaining his critical care experience, Pete joined the staff at the Los Angeles County/University of
Southern California Medical Center in conjunction with the Naval Trauma Training Center, which is located
there. Pete was part of a small Navy medical team training medical personnel for deployment to war zones
overseas. This was done while providing acute surgical coverage at LAC/USC, which is one of the busiest
trauma centers in the country.
On Christmas Day, 2012, Pete was deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan, and served as the Chief of Trauma
at the NATA Role 2 Multinational Medical Unit. He and his colleagues were providing the most luminous
receiving hospital care in Afghanistan, working primarily in the southern Afghanistan area. Pete served nine
months there, which was one of the highlights of his career with acute emergencies. He and his colleagues
had the maturing experience of seeing many devastating injuries inflicted upon 18- and 19-year-old soldiers.
These awful memories will stay forever.
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OUR GRADUATES
GRADUATES—
—10 YEARS LATER!!, cont..
(2006
(2006-2016)
After returning to Los Angeles, Pete decided to leave active duty and make the transition to civilian life. He
spent one more year in Los Angeles and left the Navy for civilian practice. He moved to Indianapolis in 2014
and took a position as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He
now serves as the Associate Trauma Medical Director at the Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital
which is the largest and busiest Level I trauma center in the State of Indiana. His division of Acute Care Surgery consists of 11 double-boarded trauma/critical care surgeons including Dr. David Feliciano, a past Trauma Fellow at WSU and past president of the AAST, and Dr. Grace Rozycki, current president of the AAST.
Dr. Hammer’s practice involves trauma, acute care surgery, surgical critical care, and elective general surgery. He makes many contributions to the resident education program, serves as an ATLS course director,
and is an ASSET instructor. He is also a course director for their EMS cadaver skills lab in addition to being
the residency coordinator at the Methodist Hospital.
Pete has also been productive in his personal life. His lovely wife, Jill, who has accompanied him on all of
his travels, and Pete will be celebrating their 16th wedding anniversary this month. They have been blessed
with three daughters, namely, Chloe who is 8 years old, Audrey who is 6 years old, and Gracie who is 5 years
old.
Pete has some recommendations for the residents who have just finished their general surgery training.
First and foremost, trust what you learned in your training; the faculty at WSU have educated you well.
When presented with surgical disasters down the road, you will find that you have been well prepared in
order to deal with these cognitive and technical problems. Pete expresses his gratitude to the WSU faculty
who tried to bring out the best in his surgical skills.
David L.C. Lau, MD
Following the completion of his general surgical residency, Dr. David Lau did his
Vascular Surgery Fellowship at the University of Texas in Houston and then joined
the Southern California Permanente Medical Group. David has a very busy practice
in general and vascular surgery and is a partner of this group. He describes how he
has become fully assimilated to life in Los Angeles, enjoying all of the cultural activities, athletic events, and, of course, the overly crowded freeways. Regarding the personal side, David and his lovely wife, Ronke, were joined by their twin children this Dr. David Lau and his lovely wife, Ronke, holding their
March, namely, Olajaiye, their son, and Erinola, their daughter. David’s primary ad- twins, Olajaiye and Erinola
vice to the graduating residents is to be sure that you find a partner or partners that you can trust. He is very
thankful that he has been able to do this. We all wish David, Ronke, Olajaiye, and Erinola many years of happiness.
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OUR GRADUATES
GRADUATES—
—10 YEARS LATER!!, cont..
(2006
(2006-2016)
Mallory Williams, MD
Dr. Mallory Williams has been recruited by the Howard University College of Medicine
in Washington, D.C. as the Chief of the Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Surgical Nutrition. Dr. Williamshad previously been the Trauma Director at the University of Toledo
and helped that program achieve Level I trauma center verification. His new position at
Howard University will place him in close proximity with Dr.
Lasalle D. Leffal Jr, the Emeritus Chairman of the Department
of Surgery, and Dr. Eddie E. Cornwell, who assumed the
Chairmanship after Dr. Leffall’s clinical retirement. Dr. Cornwell and his faculty
provide a very busy exposure to the surgical residents as it relates to patient
care, teaching, and research. Dr. Williams will likely become an integral part of
this very productive team. Mallory has maintained his active position with the
Dr. Mallory Williams in the surgical arena
military; recently, LTC Mallory Williams served a tour in Soto Cano, Honduras.
Dr. Williams traces his involvement with the military back four generations. Dr. Williams advised the recent
graduates to work hard, share your knowledge, and find good partners.
Dr. Mallory Williams with Dr. Eddie Cornwell
ADDENDUM
During the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Michigan Chapter of the American College of
Surgeons, Dr. Wayne VanderKolk (WSU 1991) had the honor of introducing Dr.
Ronnie Stewart, Chairman of the ACS Committee on Trauma, when he gave the “Mo”
Hening Lecture. Wayne also had the privilege of introducing Dr. David Richardson, President of the ACS,
when he presented the ACS Presidential Lecture at the
Michigan Chapter meeting. Many WSU alumni made
important contributions to this annual meeting.
Dr. Wayne VanderKolk and Dr. David Richardson, President
of the ACS enjoy dinner at the meeting of the Michigan
Chapter ACS on Mackinac Island
Dr. Wayne VanderKolk presents Dr. Ronald Stewart,
Chairman of the ACS Committee on Trauma with the
“Mo” Hening Lecturer Plaque at the Michigan Chapter
ACS Annual Meeting on Mackinac Island
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MEET OUR NEW RESIDENTS
CATEGORICAL RESIDENTS
July of each year represents a new beginning for the new residents as they make the difficult transition from medical school
to becoming responsible for taking care of sick patients. The incoming residents this year represent a large contingent
from WSU. The new residents are:
Dr. Peter Cmorej received his degree from the WSU School of Medicine. His plan is to pursue a career in general
surgery.
Dr. Michael Damit is a graduate of the WSU School of Medicine. Dr. Damit is looking forward to his general surgery career.
Dr. Nina Delavari is a Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University graduate. Her plan is to
continue in general surgery. She enjoys research and is drawn to ACGME residencies, and hopes to teach medical
students and residents in the future.
Dr. Alison Maringo graduated from the WSU School of Medicine. Alison wants to make a difference in patients’
lives by pursuing general surgery.
Dr. Sheel Patel received her degree from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is interested in further advanced training following residency in pediatric surgery and/or possibly academia or trauma/critical care.
Dr. Allison Springstead is also a graduate of the WSU School of Medicine. Dr. Springstead’s chosen career path is
general surgery.
Dr. Kaitlin Wooley received her degree from the WSU School of Medicine. Kaitlin plans to pursue a career in
general surgery.
PRELIMINARY RESIDENTS
Each year there are additional house officers who may plan to go into other specialties but will begin general surgery as
“preliminary” house officers. These include:
Dr. A. Brian Aubrey comes to us from the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Brian will be joining the Urology Residency Program at WSU in July, 2017.
Dr. Farooq Anwar graduated from the Nishtar Medical College in Multan, Pakistan. Farooq is interested in general surgery.
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MEET OUR NEW RESIDENTS
PRELIMINARY RESIDENTS, cont..
Dr. Evan Begun received his degree from the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. After
completing this year, he will be continuing on in Urology at the Detroit Medical Center.
Dr. Zaid Farooq is a graduate of the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Texas
College of Osteopathic Medicine. Zaid plans to continue in Urology at the Detroit Medical Center after this
year.
Dr. Osama Intikhab graduated from the Aga Khan Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. Osama currently plans to continue on in Radiology.
Dr. Ibraheem Malkawi comes to us from the Jordan University of Science and Technology in Jordan.
His plan after this year is to pursue a career in Radiology.
Dr. David Montgomery is a graduate of the WSU School of Medicine. He will be continuing on at the Detroit
Medical Center in Oral Surgery.
Dr. Vishal Patel is a graduate of the WSU School of Medicine. His career plan, after completing this
year is to continue on in Urology here at the WSU School of Medicine.
Dr. Katlin Seryak graduated from the WSU School of Medicine. Dr. Seryak plans to become a surgical
intensivist and will be pursuing a Trauma or Burn Fellowship.
Dr. Nicholas Shokoohi graduated from the WSU School of Medicine. Nicholas will be continuing on in Ophthalmology after this year.
Dr. David Springstead is a graduate of the WSU School of Medicine. David plans to continue on in general surgery.
Dr. Jack Trebelhorn received his degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After completing this year, Dr. Trebelhorn will be continuing on in Urology at the WSU School of
Medicine.
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March 21, 2016
Dear WSSS Alumni and Friends:
The WSSS continues to thrive, offering support to our members and the current general surgery residents at WSU. As your president, I would like to summarize events of the last year, the status of the Society, and this year's calendar of events.
The annual meeting of the WSSS is always on the Tuesday night of the ACS week. Last year the cocktail reception and dinner, hosted by Chairman Donald Weaver, was attended by 62 members and guests. Remember, the dinner is free for members and the
residents attend as guests of the WSSS. I was very proud of the accomplishments and future plans of our chiefs, who automatically are members of the Society, dues-free for two years.
The Annual Lectureship of the WSSS is always on the Wednesday before the Detroit Trauma Symposium (DTS). Last year the guest
lecturer was Dr. Ronald Maier, Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington. A lively Morbidity and Mortality Conference
preceded the Lecture. I attended the DTS for the third straight year and continue to be amazed by what my fellow chief resident,
Dr. Larry Diebel, is able to accomplish. There is truly something for everyone, from lectures by world famous surgeons including
WSU professors, sunrise hands-on sessions (didn't make those, too much gambling, but I heard rave reviews from attendees), panel discussions, and grilling of chief residents in the Detroit area by Dr. Lucas. The residents are more talented every year!
The January-March Michael and Marian Ilitch Department of Surgery newsletter lists 117 members of the WSSS, including 54 Charter Life Members who have or will donate $10,000 to the Society, tax deductible! I am proud to tell you that we have over
$200,000 in the bank and are in the process of investing a portion to ensure the Society will exist in perpetuity. Consider becoming
a Life Member, invest in the future, some lucky resident may become your partner!
This year the WSSS meeting will be on Tuesday, October 18, at the Renaissance in Washington DC. If you haven't been to an ACS
meeting recently, this is the time to go; the meeting is always awesome, the WSSS cocktail reception and dinner will be awesome,
and it is three weeks before a presidential election in our nation's Capitol!
This year the guest lecturer of the WSSS will be Dr. Raul S. Coimbra, MD, PhD, FACS. Dr. Coimbra is Surgeon-in-Chief at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns, and Acute Care
Surgery. He will be presenting on, “The Brain-Gut-Lung Axis: Uncovering Multiple Organ Failure after Trauma.” Besides being
world famous with over 470 publications, I am told by my partner, who considers him his mentor, that he is a nice guy and a great
surgeon.
The WSSS dinner will be held Tuesday, November 8th at Giovanni's Ristorantè. Dr. Coimbra will be the honored guest, but the
price is steep; he must answer truthfully all questions posed. The WSSS Lecture will be on Wednesday morning, November 9th
and your new President, Dr. Brian Shapiro, will introduce Dr. Coimbra. Make plans to attend and stay for the DTS the next two
days.
Serving as your President the last two years has completed my surgical educational journey. Whatever happens in the future is
just gravy. The WSU Department of Surgery and the WSSS is responsible for a large part of my modest success as a surgeon and I
intend to support both, to the best of my ability, until the day I die.
Sincerely,
Randall W. Smith, MD, FACS
President, Wayne State Surgical Society
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Wayne State Surgical Society
2016 Dues Notice
MARK YOUR
CALENDARS
Name:
Midwest Surgical Association
Address:
Mackinac Island, Michigan
City/State/Zip:
Service Description
Amount
August 7-10, 2016
2015 Dues Payment ______________________________ $200__
AAST 75th Annual Meeting
My contribution for “An Operation A Year for WSU” _______
Waikoloa, Hawaii
*Charter Life Member ___________________________ $1000__
September 14-17, 2016
Total Paid_______________________________________________
Payment by Credit Card
Include your credit card information below and mail it or fax it to
313-993-7729.
Credit Card Number:_________________________________________
2016 American College of
Surgeons Clinical Congress
Washington DC
October 16-20
Type: MasterCard Visa Expiration Date: (MM/YY)__________
Name as it appears on card:__________________________________
Signature:__________________________________________________
Billing address of card (if different from above):
Street Address______________________________________________
City______________________ State____________ Zip Code_______
*I want to commit to becoming a charter life member with payment of $1000
per year for the next ten (10) years.
Send check made payable to Wayne State Surgical Society to:
Charles Lucas, MD
Department of Surgery
Detroit Receiving Hospital, Room 2V
4201 St. Antoine Street
Detroit, Michigan 48201
Please Update Your
Information
The WSUSOM Department of
Surgery wants to stay in touch.
Please email Charles Lucas at [email protected] to update
your contact information.
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WSU MONTLY CONFERENCES
2016
Death & Complications Conference
Every Wednesday from 7-8
Didactic Lectures—8 am
Margherio Conference Center
Wednesday, July 13
Death & Complications Conference
SCORE CURRICULUM
Gamal Mostafa, MD
Chief, Department of Surgery, VA Medical Center
Mike & Marian Ilitch WSU Department of Surgery
Wednesday, July 20
Death & Complications Conference
“Clinical Documentation & ICD-10 Requirements”
Daniela Smith, RN, CCDS
Health Information Management
SCORE CURRICULUM
Gamal Mostafa, MD
Chief, Department of Surgery, VA Medical Center
Mike & Marian Ilitch WSU Department of Surgery
Wednesday, July 27
Death & Complications Conference
SCORE CURRICULUM
Gamal Mostafa, MD
Chief, Department of Surgery, VA Medical Center
“Mike & Marian Ilitch WSU Department of Surgery
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Missing Emails
Over the years the WSU Department of Surgery has lost touch with many of its alumni. If you know the email, address, or phone number of the following WSU Department of Surgery Residency Program graduates please email
us at [email protected] with their information so that we can get them on the distribution list for the WSU
Department of Surgery Alumni Monthly Email Report.
Ram Agrawal (1974)
Mohammad Ali (1973)
David B. Allen (1992)
Tayful R. Ayalp (1979)
Robert C. Birks (1970)
Juan C. Calzetta (1982)
Kuan-Cheng Chen (1976)
Elizabeth Colaiuta (2001)
Fernando I. Colon (1991)
David Davis (1984)
Teoman Demir (1996)
Judy A. Emanuele (1997)
Lawrence J. Goldstein (1993)
David M. Gordon (1993)
Raghuram Gorti (2002)
Karin Haji (1973)
Morteza Hariri (1970)
Abdul A. Hassan (1971)
S. Amjad Hussain (1970)
Rose L. Jumah (2006)
R. Kambhampati (2003)
Aftab Khan (1973)
Mark Leiser (1996)
Samuel D. Lyons (1988)
Dean R. Marson (1997)
Syed A. Mehmood (2007)
Mehul M. Mehta (1992)
Toby Meltzer (1987)
Roberto Mendez (1997)
Mark D. Morasch (1998)
Daniel J. Olson (1993)
David Packer (1998)
Daniel S. Paley (2003)
Y. Park (1972)
Bhavik G. Patel (2004)
Ami Raafat (1998)
Kevin Radecki (2001)
Sudarshan R. Reddy (1984)
Edgar Roman (1971)
Renato G. Ruggiero (1994)
Parvid Sadjadi (1971)
Samson P. Samuel (1996)
Knavery D. Scaff (2003)
Steven C. Schueller (1974)
Anand G. Shah (2005)
Anil Shetty (2008)
Chanderdeep Singh (2002)
D. Sukumaran (1972)
David G. Tse (1997)
Christopher N. Vashi (2007)
Larry A. Wolk (1984)
Peter Y. Wong (2002)
Shane Yamane (2005)
Chungie Yang (2005)
Hossein A. Yazdy (1970)
Lester S. Young (2008)
Lawrence S. Zachary (1985)
Paul Zidel (1986)
Wayne State Surgical Society
The Wayne State Surgical Society (WSSS) was established during the tenure of Dr. Walt as the chairman of the Department of Surgery. WSSS was designed to create closer contact between the current faculty and residents with the former resident members in order to create a living family of all of the WSU
Department of Surgery. The WSSS also supports department activities. Charter/Life Membership in the
WSSS is attained by a donation of $1,000 per year for ten years or $10,000 prior to ten years. Annual
membership is attained by a donation of $200 per year. WSSS supports a visiting lecturer each fall and
co-sponsors the annual reception of the department at the annual meeting of the American College of
Surgeons. Dr. Mark A. Herman (WSU/GS/1994/2001) passed the baton of presidency to Dr. Randall W.
Smith (WSU/GS 1981/86) at the WSSS Gathering during the American College of Surgeons meeting in October 2014. Members of the WSSS are listed on the next page. Dr. Smith hopes that all former residents
will become lifetime members of the WSSS and participate in the annual sponsored lectureship and the
annual reunion at the American College of Surgeons meeting.
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Members of the Wayne State Surgical Society
Charter Life Members
Ahn, Dean
Albaran, Renato G
Allaben, Robert
Ames, Elliot L.
Amerikia, Kathryn C.
Auer, George
Bassett, Joseph
Baylor, Alfred
Bouwman, David
Cirocco, William C.
Clink, Douglas
Colon, Fernando I.
Conway, W. Charles
Davidson, Scott B.
Edelman, David
Flynn, Lisa M.
Fromm, Stefan H.
Fromm, David G
Galpin, Peter A.
Gayer, Christopher P.
Gerrick Stanley
Grifka Thomas J.
(Deceased)
Gutowski, Tomasz D.
Herman, Mark A.
Holmes, Robert J.
Huebl, Herbert C.
Johnson, Jeffrey R.
Johnson, Pamela D.
Kovalik, Simon G.
Lange, William
(Deceased)
Lau, David
Ledgerwood, Anna M.
Lim, John J.
Lucas, Charles E.
Malian, Michael S.
McIntosh, Bruce
Montenegro, Carlos E.
Narkiewicz, Lawrence
Novakovic, Rachel
Ramnauth, Subhash
Rector, Frederick
Rose, Alexander
Rosenberg, Jerry C.
Sarin, Susan
Shapiro, Brian
Smith, Daniel
Smith, Randall W.
Stassinopoulos, Jerry
vonBerg, Vollrad J.
(Deceased)
Washington, Bruce C.
Walt, Alexander
(Deceased)
Weaver, Donald
Whittle, Thomas J.
Wilson, Robert F.
Wood, Michael H.
Zahriya, Karim
Members of the Wayne State Surgical Society—2016 Dues
Bambach, Gregory A.
Baylor, Alfred E.
Bucci, Lorenzo
Busuito, Michael J.
Carlin, Arthur
Dawson, Konrad L.
Dente, Christopher J.
Dolman, Heather S.
Dulchavsky, Scott
Engwall, Sandra
Gallick, Harold L.
Goltz, Christopher
Gursel, Eti
Klein, Michael D.
Kline, Gary
Lam, John
Hall, Jeffrey M.
Hardaway, Michelle
Hinshaw, Keith
Hoesel, Laszlo
Horness, Mark D.
Joseph, Anthony
Mansour, Roozbeh
McIntosh, Bruce
Meininger, Michael S.
Missavage, Anne
Operation-A-Year
January 1—December 31, 2016
Albaran, Renalto
Bambach, Gregory A.
Cirocco, William J.
Conway, W. Charles
Davidson, Scott B.
Edelman, David A.
Gayer, Christopher P.
Gutowski, Tomasz D.
Herman, Mark A.
Holmes, Robert J.
Huebl, Hubert C.
Johnson, Jeffrey R.
Noorily, Michael
Park, David
Porter, Donald
Resto, Andres
Siegel, Thomas S.
Shanti, Christina
Spotts, Josette
Steffes, Christopher
Sugawa, Choichi
Sullivan, Daniel
Tarras, Samantha
Taylor, Michael G.
Thoms, Norman W.
Tennenberg, Steven
Welch, Danielle C.
White, Michael T.
Vasquez, Julio
Ziegler, Daniel W.
Zoelner, Steven M.
The WSU department of Surgery has instituted a new group of alumni who are remembering their
training by donating the proceeds of one operation a year to the department. Those who join this new
effort will be recognized herein as annual contributors. We hope that all of you will remember the
department by donating one operation, regardless of difficulty or reimbursement, to the department to
help train your replacements. Please send you donation to the Wayne State Surgical Society in care of
Dr. Charles E. Lucas at Detroit Receiving Hospital, 4201 St. Antoine Street (Room 2V), Detroit, MI, 48201.
Johnson, Pamela D.
Kline, Gary
Kovalik, Simon
Lim, John J.
Lucas, Charles E.
Malian, Michael
McIntosh, Bruce
Narkiewicz, Lawrence
Novakovic, Rachel
Siegel, Thomas S.
Shapiro, Brian
Smith, Daniel
Whittle Thomas J.
Wood, Michael H.