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Reunion comes full circle Future medical student inspired by doctor who saved her mother’s life.
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By J. Ryne Danielson Public Relations “Everything started with a cough,” said Tei Singleton, an officer with the Charleston Police Department and former patient at MUSC. In 1995, Singleton worked in radio and noticed her voice changing on the air. Then, she started coughing. “I thought it was just the humidity,” she said. But, after three weeks when the cough didn’t go away, Singleton thought she had better see the doctor. She was right. Doctors discovered a mass in Singleton’s throat that extended into her brain. The tumor had been there many years, wrapped around her carotid artery, slowly pushing its way into the brain stem, destroying whatever nerves stood in its way. Eventually it would leave Singleton deaf in her right ear. They said there was nothing they could do. Singleton was referred to Sunil Patel, M.D., chairman of the department of neurosciences, at MUSC. He immediately realized how difficult a surgery it would be.“There was a risk of stroke, which could have resulted in paralysis or death. There was a risk of infection, because the surgery destroyed the barriers between the brain and the outside. There was risk of hitting the carotid artery. The list of bad things was quite
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Former patient Tei Singleton, center, and daughter, Lauren Singleton, right, surprise Dr. Sunil Patel during their June 12 reunion. enormous.” Patel recalls first meeting his patient. “She was very scared,” he said. “The tumor was in a very precarious location in the brain stem, and the surgery was risky, but I tried to help her understand what was going to happen without scaring her further.” “Dr. Patel took the time to explain the procedure to me, introduce me to the other
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Transitional Care Unit’s Leera Stroble-Lawrence, left, and nurse Carolyn Thompson, celebrate with Charlie the Riverdog for the “7th inning stretch” of their nineweek push for MUSC’s prestigious Magnet designation awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. ANCC will conduct a site visit July 20-23.
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Nominated by Contrenia Haynes Lindsay Kirn ART Outpatient Pharmacy “Lindsay is always looking out for the best interest of the patient. When a patient has a high copay, she is constantly looking for ways to help ensure that the patient is able to get the medication. We had a patient that had a Zyvox prescription with a $330 copay, but was able to get it down to $1. This is not an exception, but the norm for Lindsay. Not only is she helping the patient, but she is ensuring that they fill their meds here, which increases our sales (and our profits). Having employees like Lindsay makes lots of things possible there were not possible before.” Nominated by Gus Kastansevakis Shinika Phillips Guest Services “Shinika has done many ‘above and beyond’ acts over the years. In training her on Success Factors we began to talk about keeping notes leading up to eval time. Shinika told me of a story where she had a family that was not from here and wanted to eat at California Dreaming. The husband was the patient and couldn’t leave and the wife didn’t know her way around the city. On a Friday evening after they had voiced how badly they wanted this food. Shinika got the money from them, went and picked up their order after hours and
brought it back. They were elated! I think after working all week, and we all know how this can be, it was great that she was willing to take her time to do this for our customers (the patient and his wife).” Nominated by Contrenia Haynes Physician of the Month Katherine Twombley, M.D. Nephrology “Dr. Twombley has been a onewoman peds nephrology band since her partners left a year or so ago. She is truly dedicated to the health of her patients — not just to their renal needs. She has manned busy outpatient, inpatient, chronic dialysis, acute (HD/ PD/CRRT) dialysis services which essentially require her physical presence at the hospital every day of the year and sometimes at all hours of the day and night. And when she’s not physically in the hospital, she calls to check in on her ‘kiddos’ at all hours. Never short on the phone or in person, and no matter how many consults or phone calls she’s gotten, she puts patient care first. Also being truly dedicated to the quality of care delivered by her team, she is building a peds acute dialysis program, with the help of Monika Cardona and others, that will have a strong QI component. Just yesterday, she gave her daughter’s old Nintendo DS game system to one of our very sick but beloved Children’s Hospital patients after finding out his was recently stolen at another inpatient rehabilitation facility. Bright, selfless and committed, Dr. Twombley exemplifies the care that we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. Nominated by Elizabeth Mack
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Peds nephrologist honored with clinical research award By J. Ryne Danielson Public Relations The 2015 John R. Raymond fellowship was presented to Katherine Twombley, M.D., June 25 at Colcock Hall. Intended to provide financial support for a fulltime faculty member to initiate a relationship with an expert mentor in the field of research, clinical practice or education, the fellowship is administered by the Advancement, Recruitment and Retention of Women (ARROW) Initiative, formerly known as the Women Scholars Initiative. Darleen Shaw, associate provost for educational affairs and student life, presented the award on behalf of the initiative. “Over the course of the year,” she said, “ARROW provides a rich and comprehensive development program geared toward helping women advance their careers, be that through academic promotion or tenure or positioning themselves to be competitive for leadership positions.” The fellowship was named in honor of John R. Raymond, MUSC’s provost and vice president for academic affairs from 2002-2010. “Dr. Raymond was personally dedicated to the advancement of women and was among the founders of the Women Scholars Initiative,” Shaw explained. “And he continues to provide us money every year to keep the fellowship alive, even after leaving MUSC.” Shaw also recognized Mark Sothmann, Ph.D., vice president and provost for academic affairs, and Deborah Deas, M.D., interim dean of the College of Medicine, for their support for ARROW. “Dr. Sothmann has been personally dedicated to the advancement of women,” Shaw said. “Under Dr. Sothmann’s tenure, we’ve been able to provide training against unconscious bias to high-level search committees. We couldn’t have moved forward on that without his support. Dr. Sothmann has also asked each of the deans who report to him to provide information about the status of women in their college on an annual basis. “Dr. Deas has personally supported ARROW and fought to continue its funding. We’re grateful to them and to everyone that supports women scholars at MUSC.” Twombley, a pediatric nephrologist, will be working with mentor Ruth McDonald, M.D., a pediatric nephrologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, to establish a pediatric solid organ transplant program—which will combine the pediatric heart, liver and kidney transplant programs into one—at MUSC. Three MUSC faculty members were recipients of the 2014 JRR fellowship and all were present to share their experiences from the past year. Jane Joseph, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Neurosciences, established a mentoring relationship with Joseph Piven, M.D., director of the Carolina
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Dr. Katherine Twombley, left, receives the 2015 John R. Raymond Fellowship Award from Associate Provost Dr. Darlene Shaw on June 25. Institute for Developmental Disabilities at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. “I had a really great experience over the past year,” she said. “I had two major goals. The first was to further my own professional development, bouncing research ideas off of my mentor and becoming more competitive with my grant submissions. The other goal was institutional, assessing MUSC’s strengths and to start working toward building a center for neurodevelopmental disorders.” Joseph felt she met both goals. “It’s amazing how far $2,000 can go,” she said. “I’m very grateful.”
Annie Simpson, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Care Leadership and Management in the College of Health Professions. Her mentor, Thomas Love, Ph.D., is the director of the biostatistics and evaluation unit at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. “This fellowship gave me an opportunity to cold email someone who didn’t know me,” Simpson said. “That is beyond what I’d be willing to do without the support of a formalized method. I spent this year getting to know Dr. Love, a preeminent professor and educator in statistical methods for use with observation data.” Simpson hopes to improve the quality of research designs and research outcomes in medicine by expanding existing research methods to be more useable by more people. “Thank you so much for this opportunity,” she said. Teresa Atz, Ph.D., R.N., is an assistant professor in the College of Nursing. Her mentor, Susan KardongEdgren, Ph.D., R.N., is the Joanna DeMeyer Endowed Chair in Nursing at Boise State University. “I had an amazing year,” Atz said. “It was so amazing, I had to bring notes.” Atz said her passion is simulation education. “Simulation allows students to practice high-stakes patient situations in a very safe environment. The John R. Raymond fellowship allowed me the confidence to reach out to Dr. Kardong-Edgren, who is an amazing leader in simulation education and research. The theme of my mentorship with her is summed up very well in a quote from John C. Maxwell that says: ‘The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.’ And that’s exactly what she did for me.”
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Area students sneak a peek at nursing careers at camp Partnership with MUSC, Charleston County School District serves as pipeline to prepare future nurses By shaRon FowleR Public Relations
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here is a nursing shortage in the United States. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that more than a halfmillion more nurses will be needed by the year 2022 to keep up with patient growth and replace those who retire or leave the profession. In an effort to attract qualified students to the field, an innovative partnership between MUSC nurses and the Charleston County School District invites rising high school seniors to get a bird’s-eye view of what it means to be a nurse in a hospital setting. MUSC offered the three–day summer nursing camp in June and provided eligible students with an opportunity to explore their professional interests in the health care field. The Department of Clinical Education’s Melissa Dunkerley, R.N., Cameron Mitchum, R.N., and Weatherly Brice, R.N., work directly with the fifteen students who registered to participate. For the first time this year, the program
was able to host skills lab classes for the students in the Simulation Center, which is located on the first floor of the College of Nursing. This state of the art training facility opened in 2008 and features 14 different multipurpose simulation rooms that are ideal for demonstrations and hands–on practice. The skills labs introduced students to patient–care equipment and procedures such as a tracheotomy, sterile precautions, infection control and cardiopulmonary resuscitation using a training manikin. Moving students away from the typical lecture–based program design to a more hands-on experience has required more volunteers to make the camp a success. Dunkerley reports having no problem recruiting nurses to help. “You’ll pass someone in the halls, and they’ll say, ‘Hey, are y’all doing the nursing camp again this year?’” In 2014, the nursing camp leadership introduced a student-mentor component into the program. It was enthusiastically received by all who participated. This one-to-one interaction with the nurses
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Nurse Jeanette Parker, from left, demonstrates the funtions of patient care equipment in MUSC’s Healthcare Simulation Center to student campers Karlie Cradock, Erin Atz and Joshua Alvarado.
“All my life I’ve always known a lot about health care. The nursing camp confirmed that I want to be a nurse.” Erin Atz
Jazmine Scott, right, follows instructions from nurse Diana Cox on how to properly put on sterile latex gloves during one of the camp’s skills labs.
gives students a chance to ask their own specific questions and understand the work that nurses do every day in a tangible way. Erin Atz, a camp participant from Academic Magnet High School, has parents who both work at MUSC. “All my life I’ve always known a lot about health care. The nursing camp confirmed that I want to be a nurse.” Cierra June, a student from Garrett Academy, has had a much different relationship with health care institutions, having been a patient at MUSC in 2007 for the treatment of a brain tumor. June now wants to become a nurse to “give back,” adding that “Nurses don’t just assist the doctors, they do a lot more.” The nursing camp offers a dedicated block of time, so that in addition to
gaining clinical knowledge, students have an opportunity to practice interviewing skills and mentors provide guidance in filling out applications for college or employment. Dunkerley describes the value of these lessons, which encourage personal and professional growth in the students. “Sometimes it’s the simple things. We really think we’re here to teach them about nursing, but when you have a student who was so shy at the beginning they wouldn’t even reach out to shake your hand and by the closing ceremony, you see the student up there with their stethoscope, you can tell they learned so much more.” Each student receives a stethoscope provided by MUSC as a reminder of their experience. Additionally, a closing ceremony is held that provides a chance for students to celebrate their personal successes at camp with their families. Pierson Price, a student from Wando High School, said the program was “awesome.” She shared that her favorite part about the camp was “just being able to talk to the nurses, hear what they’ve done and how they got here. I’m not really sure what I want to do, or how I want to become a nurse. Do I want to get my associate’s degree or go straight for my bachelor’s? So, it’s nice to hear other people’s stories and what they’ve done.”
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How long at MUSC Five years as a resident, but if you count medical school it would be nine years Family and their names Mom, Diana; dad, Ray-Ray; sister, Rachel; my boo, Cody; and two rugrats, Oskar (a boxer mix) and Moe (a lab mix). My idea of a dream job Working within a community where I feel I am making a difference Best part about working at MUSC The residents and support staff. The neurology residents are family — period. Our nurses in clinic go above and beyond. Our resident adminstrative staff works very hard to keep us “too legit to quit.”
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doctors on the team, and reassured me through the whole process,” Singleton said. “That was important to me.” Ultimately, Singleton overcame her fear by trusting in a higher power. “After I found out about the surgery, I called my pastor, and he said, ‘Listen, you’ve got to make a decision right now. Are you going to take the road of fear, or are you going to take the road of faith?’ I decided I was going to take the road of faith.” “The work was God’s,” Patel agreed. “Faith is a personal thing, and I don’t differentiate between religions. But when you take care of patients, you realize that there must be some higher being taking care of things. You can do the same operation on two people the same way, and one turns out bad and the other doesn’t. After doing over 5,000 operations — of course, your technique improves each time, and you learn from every mistake you make — but at the end of the day, you just have to accept that you did your best, and the result has to be in the hands of someone higher.
“But when you take care of patients, you realize that there must be some higher being taking care of things.” Sunil Patel, MD “Going through training in neurosurgery, I never thought about those things much,” he explained. “I can’t say I was a person of strong faith, certainly not as strong as some people I’ve met in my life, like Tei. But, as I’ve gone through my career, I’ve realized how important faith is. That doesn’t mean we don’t constantly strive to improve our outcomes and take better care of our patients — those are the steps we take — but, the final result is what we speak of as God.” The final result was one neither Singleton nor Patel would learn for almost 20 years.
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Tei Singleton, left, and her daughter, Lauren, reunite with Dr. Sunil Patel and College of Medicine’s Dr. Michael Arellano June 12 to discuss their story and Lauren’s participation in the AHEC Summer Medicine Academy. For information, visit https://www.scahec.net/hcp/hcp.html. “Without the surgery, I wouldn’t have been born,” said Lauren Singleton, Tei’s daughter, who was born two years after her mother’s life–saving surgery. Lauren is currently participating in the Area Health Education Consortium (AHEC) Summer Medicine Academy, which allows undergraduates from across the state to get real–life experience in the health care field. Lauren had the opportunity to meet the man who saved her mother’s life. Inspired by her mother’s experience with Patel, Lauren wants to become a doctor. “The program helps students like Lauren get a better idea of what medicine is like and what specialties she might like to get into,” said Michael de Arellano, Ph.D., associate dean for diversity. “We really want to help encourage students who want to go into a career in health care. The students we draw from are primarily either underrepresented in medicine or economically disadvantaged, coming from underserved communities. We’re very pleased to have Lauren, who has such an incredible, inspirational story, in the program. And we’re very appreciative that Dr. Patel has helped to not only save Ms. Singleton, but inspire a future physician to do the same for others.” The experience has been worthwhile, Lauren said. “The first couple days we participated in sessions that were designed to mirror life as a medical student, so they were very long. One time we sat in the same lecture hall for
four hours. Coming from high school, I wasn’t used to that,” she said. “We’ve also spent time with mentors, visited the simulation lab and the cadaver lab — which was my first time ever being around cadavers. Being able to get that experience before going through the
process of applying to med school then looking back and thinking, ‘What did I get myself into?’ was very useful.” But, Lauren wasn’t deterred: not by the long hours and not by the cadavers. “It was awesome,” she said. “It really solidified that I want to go into the medical field. Whenever you ask someone why they want to go into medicine, they say, ‘Oh, I want to help people.’ But, one of my mentors told me, ‘That’s not good enough. If you want to help people, there are cheaper ways than going to medical school.’” Lauren starts at Clemson this fall and plans to major in physics. “I found out that Dr. Patel also graduated from Clemson with a major in physics,” she said. “Funny how that works.” “This is the true reward,” Patel said. “A patient comes to us with their mind or brain or body and trusts us to fix it. It’s an amazing privilege. To know we’ve made a patient’s life better is more rewarding than any amount of money. Knowing that her daughter is going into medicine is just icing on the cake.” “I’m still in awe,” Singleton said. “I celebrate my life and my daughter’s life every day.”
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Medical scientist student goes on NASA mission By helen aDams Public Relations
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ver since he was a kid growing up in a farming family on the outskirts of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Craig Kutz dreamed of being an astronaut. “I’m kind of obsessed with NASA,” he said. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is America’s space agency. So Kutz, now a student at MUSC, was thrilled to be chosen as one of four crewmembers for a NASA Human Exploration Research Analog mission. The crew spent two weeks in a hangar at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on a simulated trip to an asteroid, while researchers monitored behavioral and biological responses to everything from sleep deprivation to communication problems. “It was so much fun,” Kutz said. “People keep saying, ‘weren’t you stressed?’ Honestly, it was stressful, but every single part of it was fun. I thrive under pressure.” There’s no doubt about that. Kutz is not only earning both a medical degree and a Ph.D. at MUSC through the Medical Scientist Training Program; he’s also a scuba diver who volunteers to clean the Great Ocean Tank at the South Carolina Aquarium, and in his spare time, he earned his pilot’s license. As an undergraduate at Minnesota State UniversityMoorhead, he was a quarterback for his football team while maintaining a perfect grade point average. “I’m not one to stay idle,” Kutz said. “I really like to do a lot of things.” He’d like to become a NASA flight surgeon, so the mission was a chance to see what that might be like and put what he’s learned so far at MUSC to good use. “Because of my role as an M.D.–Ph.D. student, I’m trained in biomedical research. My main task on the mission was scientific operations.”
Craig Kutz, back left, and fellow crew members spent two weeks on a simulated mission to an asteroid.
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MSTP student Craig Kutz uses a flight simulator as NASA tests his reactions to stress during a Human Exploration Research Analog mission. NASA’s goal was to assess medical capabilities, behavioral health and other factors during a space mission. “They’re trying to evaluate biomarkers and develop an algorithm to detect stress in astronauts,” Kutz said. “So we experienced a lot of the stressors that astronauts would be exposed to on a long duration spaceflight.” Those stressors included the workload, the confined space, isolation and a lack of sleep. “At one point I was up for 36 hours straight,” Kutz said. The crew also tackled difficult tasks assigned by NASA. “We worked with a robotics payload, and as a team, we figured out how to respond to challenges faced in rover assembly and testing.” NASA uses rovers, or space exploration vehicles, to travel on other planets. Throughout the mission, cameras recorded the crew’s reactions and the team provided blood and saliva samples. As chief medical officer, Kutz did ultrasounds on his fellow crew members, sending images of target areas in their bodies to NASA. He also took their blood pressure and heart rate. Everyone, including Kutz, had daily psychological evaluations as well. The mission crew also did flight simulations, analyzed meteorite samples and tested systems and iPad applications that will be used on the International Space Station. In the two hours a day Kutz had off, he sometimes watched the TV show “Cosmos,” featuring astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. “He’s one of my heroes,” Kutz said. Back at MUSC, Kutz said the mission confirmed
Kutz examines a meteorite sample during one of his 14-hour work days on the mission his interest in aerospace medicine. “It was an awesome experience, and it really gave me a good perspective on how research is conducted at NASA on a medical level,” Kutz said. David Bernanke, Ph.D., professor of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, was not surprised that Kutz was chosen for the mission. “He leads by example, and the example he sets is one of striving toward excellence,” Bernanke said. “His fellow students can see in Craig what can be accomplished with hard work and perseverance. He’s a great representative of the quality of our students and was a wonderful ambassador from MUSC.” Kutz hopes to land an aerospace medicine residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch and a fourth–year aerospace medicine clerkship at NASA. “Every scientist at one point dreams of being an astronaut,” he said.
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Residents, house staff win departmental awards Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine CA2/3 Teacher of the Year Latha Hebbar, M.D.; CA2/3 Teacher of the Year — Will Hand, M.D.; CA1 Teacher of the Year — David Stoll, M.D.; CA1 Teacher of the Year — Joel Barton, M.D.; Dr. Laurie Brown Resident Teacher of the Year — Walead Hessami, M.D.; Dr. John E. Mahaffey Resident of the Year — Bryan Covert, M.D.; and Dr. J. G. Reves Resident Research Award — David Hall, M.D. Cardiothoracic Surgery Golden Apple Award nominee — Scott Hittinger, M.D.; Carolyn E. Reed, M.D. Fellowship Award –Daniel Eads, M.D.; Best Poster Award – American Association for Thoracic Surgery Mitral Conclave — Scott Johnson, M.D.; Surgery Intern of the Year — Bradley LeNoir, M.D. Internal Medicine Intern of the Year — Carley Anderson, M.D.; Resident of the Year —Andy Nielsen, M.D.; Fellow of the Year — Jeremy Rier, M.D.; Michael
E. Assey M.D. Attending of the Year — Richard Rissmiller, M.D.; Ambulatory Teacher of the Year (Outpatient Attending) — Andrew Schreiner, M.D.; Division of the Year — Pulmonary/Rheumatology; Outpatient Resident of the Year — Liz Kirkland, M.D.; and Inpatient Resident of the Year — Blake Olmsted, M.D. Nephrology Chief Fellow Award - Matthew Floyd, M.D.; Nephrology InTraining Exam for highest score (second year fellows) — Eric Kirk, M.D.; and Nephrology InTraining Exam for highest score (first year) — Karl Pembaur, M.D. Neurosurgery Neurosurgical Resident of the Year — Jan Vargas, M.D.; Neurosurgical Resident Teacher of the Year — Jonathan Lena, M.D.; Faculty Award for Excellence in Neurosurgical Resident Education — Stephen Kalhorn, M.D.; and Best Neurosurgical Research Day Presentation — Jan Vargas, M.D.
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Nephrology fellows are Drs. Matthew Floyd, Eric Kirk, Karl Pembaur, Jalal Hakmei, Mahmoud Kamel, Omar Shahateet and Manish Kadian.
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2015 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Residency Program held its graduation and academic recognition ceremony June 12 at St. Luke’s Chapel. Graduates include Drs. John Gentry, from left, Bob Brownlee, Mary Blackmon, Will Wright, Nicole Stocking, Kristen Williams, George Hneich and Jessica Samples. Seated are Drs. Laura Drewencki and Mandy Roper. Obstetrics & Gynecology Chief Resident Award — Shelby A. Neal, M.D.; Coastal Award — Shelby A. Neal, M.D.; J. Marion Sims Award for Surgical Excellence and SLS Combined — Christina P. McWhorter, M.D.; MIS Award for Outstanding Skill in Advanced Operative Laparoscopy — Dyanna G. Clark, M.D.; J. Richard Sosnowski Award — Adriane F. Haragan, M.D.; L.L. Hester, Jr. Award for Academic Achievement — Adriane F. Haragan, M.D.; and the H. Oliver Williamson Award for Excellence in Gynecology — Christina P. McWhorter, M.D. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine House Staff Award for Anatomic Pathology Faculty — Laura Spruill, M.D, PhD.; House Staff Award for Clinical Pathology Faculty — Angie Duong, M.D.; Chief Resident
Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine’s Drs. Will Hand, left, and David Stolle receive their department awards.
— Jessica Forcucci, M.D.;Chief Resident Award — Tripp Tracy, M.D.; University Curriculum Committee — Heidi Hamilton, M.D.; Peer Review Committee — Natalie Matics, M.D.; Peer Review Committee — Tripp Tracy, M.D.; Infection Control Committee — Nicole Dominiak, M.D.; CAP
Cytopathology Committee and CAP Residents Forum — Shannon Butler–Williams, M.D.; Resident House Council Representative — Ashley Cross, M.D.; CAP Resident Representative – Ashley Cross, M.D.; MUSC House Staff Council (vice-president) – Jon
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2015 Department of Neurology Graduates include Drs. Karen Karwa, from left, Munazza Ahmed, Juia Rothlisberger Brinley, Dong In Sinn and Jessica Hannah.
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Gullett, M.D.; College of American Pathologists (CAP) 15189 Committee — Jon Gullett, M.D.; MUSC Hospital Infection Control Committee (Resident Representative) — Jon Gullett, M.D.; and Hospital Blood Usage, Tissue Review and Autopsy Committee — Daniel Skipper, M.D.; and Best GME presentation — Kate Eichel, M.D. and Chris Wenzinger, M.D. Pediatrics Most Supportive Faculty — Adebowale Odulana, M.D.; Best Inpatient Educator — Sarah Mennito, M.D.; Best Outpatient Educator — Elizabeth Wallis, M.D.; Best Procedural Teacher — Fred Tecklenburg, M.D.; Best Morning Report Educator — Sandra Fowler, M.D.; Best Noon Conference Educator — Terry Dixon, M.D.; Rookie of the Year — Elizabeth Mack, M.D.; Most Supportive Staff — Angie Sczypta; Outstanding Elective Rotation — ID; Outstanding Required Rotation — PICU / Wards; and Outstanding Pediatric Attending — Katherine Twombley, M.D. Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Outstanding Medical Student Teaching by a Faculty Member — Kelly Barth, D.O.; Outstanding Medical Student Teaching by a Resident — Mary Ladd, M.D., Michael Sierra, M.D. and Harsh Soni, M.D.; Outstanding Medical Student Didactic Teaching by a faculty member — Lee Lewis, M.D.; Outstanding Medical Student Didactic Teaching — Thomas Lewis, M.D.; 20 years of Outstanding Medical Student Didactic — Hugh Myrick, M.D.; Psychology Internship Program Clinical Excellence Award — Renée El– Gabalawy; John C. Roitzsch Memorial Scientist-Practitioner Award — Rachel L. Tomko; Laura Griffin Humanitarian Award presented by the Class of 1996 — Wilson James Brown; Robert Magwood, Jr. Outstanding Service to Crime Victims Award — Joah L. Williams, Ph.D.; Psychology Internship Program Best Clinical Supervisor — Jennifer Correll, Ph.D.; Psychology Internship Program Teaching Award — Carla Kmett Danielson, Ph.D.; American Psychiatric Association (APA) Diversity Leadership Fellow:— Lynneice Bowen; APA Public
Psychiatry Fellowship — Daena Peterson; APA Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration Minority Fellowship — Annabelle Simpson; APA Resident Psychiatric Research Scholars Fellowship — Zac Zuschlag; J. J. Cleckley Clinical Excellence Awards — Mary Blackmon, M.D. and Will Wright, M.D.; Laughlin Psychiatric Endowment Fund Award — Will Wright, M.D.; PGY I Outstanding Didactic Teacher of the Year — Lee Lewis, M.D.; PGY I Clinical Teacher of the Year — James B. Fox, M.D. and Tom Brouette, M.D.; PGY 2 Clinical Teacher of the Year — Tom Brouette, M.D.; PGY 2 Outstanding Didactic Teacher of the Year — Angela D. Moreland, Ph.D.; PGY 3 Outstanding Didactic Teacher of the Year — Amy M. VandenBerg, PharmD; PGY 3 & 4 Outstanding Outpatient Charleston Dorchester Community Mental Health Clinical Teacher — Michael M. Kassur, M.D.; PGY 3 & 4 Outstanding Outpatient Institute of Psychiatry Clinical Teacher — Kelly HolesLewis, M.D.; PGY 3 & 4 Outstanding Outpatient VA Clinical Teacher — Elliott E. Levy, M.D.; Outstanding Career Mentor for the Class of 2015 — Elliott E. Levy, M.D.; Outstanding Didactic Teaching in the Child and Adolescent Fellowship — Markus Kruesi, M.D.; Outstanding Clinical Training in the Child and Adolescent Fellowship — James E. Edwards, M.D.; and Psychology Intern Paper Competition — Stephen Boyd and Regan Stewart Surgery Department of Surgery — Thomas E. Brothers, M.D.; Intern of the Year Award — Max S. Rittenbury, M.D. and Max S. Rittenbury, M.D.; Department of Surgery — Anna-Marie Alicia De Costa, M.D., Ph.D.; Department of Surgery — Bradley J. LeNoir, M.D.; Student Award for Excellence in Resident Teaching (Surgery) — Adam N. Franklin, M.D.; Surgical Training Awareness & Residency — (STAR); Medical Student Faculty Teaching Award — David M. Countryman, M.D.; Professionalism Award — David J. Cole, M.D.; Department of Surgery — Gabriel R. Chedister, M.D.; and the Curtis P. Artz MUSC Surgical Society Award for Excellence — Kathryn Engelhardt, M.D.
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The Department of Internal Medicine celebrated its awards day on June 3 held at the Basic Science Building recognizing Dr. Andrew Schreiner, from left, Elizabeth Kirkland, Blake Olmsted, Jeremy Rier, Carley Anderson, Lynn Schnapp, Rick Silver and Richard Rissmiller.
Road Closure affects commute until August Staff Report The city of Charleston will be undertaking a large, long term project to improve the flooding in the Spring/ Fishburne drainage basin area. This project, which consists of five phases in total, (with the completed CrossTown project being Phase 1), is now kicking off Phase 2. As part of the project, the work requires extensive drainage piping rework in areas north of the Crosstown. The MUSC campus will be affected directly as the project progresses over the next few months. However, Sheppard Street is closed from June 8 to August. This closure will affect access to Rutledge Tower from the Crosstown, especially staff and patients coming in from Mount Pleasant and from the north via I–26. This closure is expected to last for
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approximately two months. This above map has Sheppard St. indicated in red and the possible routes that can be taken as possible detours to get around the closure and to get to Rutledge Tower.
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Importance of self care during times of crisis emphasized
The past few weeks have been extremely emotional for all of us who live and work in the Lowcountry. Even those who are trained to deal with the aftermath of disasters, tragedies and crises sometimes succumb to the effects of ongoing emotional stress. We want to be there for the victims, for their families and for our community, but, what happens when we’ve given all we have and have drained our reserves? For all of us, but in particular for health care workers, there comes a time when we must realize that to take care of others, we first must take care of ourselves. So how do we pull ourselves away from the needs of others to focus on our own health and well-being and not feel guilty doing so? Consider these tips to stay emotionally strong through tough times: q Call a friend or family member and talk it over. Just commiserating with someone who cares can relieve the stress of the situation. Hug someone you love. q Watch a comedy show on TV; laughing is a potent stress–reliever. q Get out for a brisk walk in nature — mind and body will come into a better place. q Cry if you need to; it may release pent–up stress. q Try meditation or guided imagery to let go of stressful thoughts. q Exercise — not only does it reduce the production of stress hormones, it releases feel–good endorphins. q Aim for seven–to–nine hours of sleep a night. Lack of sleep adds to stress and can weaken the immune system. q For unrelenting stress, contact a psychologist or a spiritual counselor; you don’t have to do this alone. Think about what the flight attendant says before each flight — “if we lose cabin pressure during flight, an oxygen mask will deploy. If you are traveling with a child, first put the mask on yourself and then assist the child.” This never feels like the right thing to do, our instinct is to take care of those who can’t take care of themselves first. But what we know to be true is that to take care of others, we must first focus on our own emotional and physical health. By putting our own health and wellness first, we are not only more capable of taking care of others, but we are also teaching and healing by example. Just as Charleston has become
to visit city parks for exercise. Free fitness classes with the purchase of an Adventure Out T-shirt or tank ($10/$15) for the entire year. T–shirts purchased from previous years are valid. For information, visit www.musc.edu/adventureout.
an example to the world of how a community should respond in crisis, so can we at MUSC. #CharlestonStrong
Employee Wellness
Health at work
q July Monthly Mindful Challenge — Make sleep a daily priority. Begin by taking the challenge’s Susan Johnson first survey at http:// tinyurl.com/qgv5dfk. A link to the final survey will be sent at month’s end to those who take the first survey. q Employee Fitness Series: 12:15 to 12:45 p.m., July 15 — Exercise Bands: Take 30 minutes during lunch to learn how a 10–minute band workout can lead to better health and fitness. Led by fitness expert Katie Blaylock of the MUSC Human Performance Lab. Free day pass to the MUSC Wellness Center for participants. Register at muscempwell@musc.edu. q Worksite Screening: Thursday, July 30, Clinical Sciences Bldg., Room HE628h. This screening is available to employees with the State Health Plan (including the MUSC Health Plan). Employees and spouses without insurance can participate for $46. Register and click at the provided link at musc.edu/ employeewellness/2015Worksite Screening. q Chair massages: Free massages are offered to employees midday Wednesdays. Check broadcast messages for new locations and times. q Farmers Markets: Fresh fruits and vegetables are available from local farmers, Friday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Horseshoe. Look for our returning vendors, King of Pops and Angel Blends.
MUSC Wellness Center
q HITS (High Intensity Training System) — Make yourself faster, stronger and more agile through this six-week program. Sign up at the MembershipDesk. Visit www.musc.edu/ hsc or 792-5757. q Adventure Out is a year-long outdoor fitness campaign to encourage residents
MUSC Urban Farm
q Early Bird Maintenance — 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Wednesdays q Sunset Work and Learn — 4 to 5 p.m., Thursday q Saturday Work and Learn — 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, July 11 and July 18.
Kick-off Party and Tourney Swing for a Cure Branch-Crawford Tourney Patriots Point Links-Mt. Pleasant
Friday & Saturday, July 10-11, 2015 The Branch-Crawford Memorial Kick-off Party will be at Alhambra Hall July 10 with tourney to follow on July 11. Proceeds will benefit sarcoma cancer research at MUSC. Register at http://tinyurl.com/qbekd9y For information, vsll 792-9335 or 478-2250
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Program assists adults with special needs By helen aDams Public Relations Christine Williamson struggles to find good programs for her daughter, Raven, a young woman with a mild neurological disorder. “Once you get to be about 18, 22, nobody knows who to talk to about finding anything,” Williamson said. That’s why Williamson was thrilled to find out about Piece it Together at MUSC. The program, which began June 23 at MUSC’s Wellness Center, is for young adults with mild neurodevelopmental disorders and/or autism spectrum disorder. It started two years ago at the Wellness Center and expanded this year to include a class at Wando High School in Mount Pleasant. The focus is on exercise, nutrition and stress reduction — the program’s three pillars. The summer session will include swimming, yoga, cycling, an indoor surfing class, nutrition coaching, relaxation techniques and the chance to work with a personal trainer. This will be Raven’s second time in Piece it Together. She loved last summer’s program and went on to take part in three other fitness programs at the Wellness Center, including the Healthy Charleston Challenge. “It was an interesting experience, and I got to do a lot of group work activities,” Raven said. “I lost a lot of weight when I was doing it.” Weight gain is a problem for some people with autism spectrum disorder. Medications to reduce irritability can cause them to put on pounds. They may also have a hard time tolerating gyms, physical activity, sweating, social interaction, new food and healthier nutrition options. The designers of Piece it Together understand that. It’s run by Wellness Center director Janis Newton and pediatrician and child psychiatrist Eve Spratt, M.D. “The Wellness Center staff specializes in exercise and nutrition intervention for special population groups,” Newton said. “Autism spectrum disorder was a group we got very interested in because the young adults didn’t seem to have a lot of support like the younger ones do in the school system. We found other teens and young adults with mild learning or social concerns needed help, too.” Spratt, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, said people with autism spectrum disorder sometimes have a hard time with communication, social interaction and emotion regulation and have repetitive or obsessive behaviors and interests that can persist throughout their lives. hysical activity can be a great way to reduce the impact of those issues. This year, the Piece it Together team decided to try to reach a new group of young people: students at Wando High School in special education teacher Diane Pelligrini’s class. The team came for an hour each Friday for 10 weeks, setting goals with the students and showing them the importance of healthy eating, exercise and relaxation.
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MUSC’s Piece it Together program inspired Joey Sherman to run the Catch the Leprechaun race with Dr. Eve Spratt.
“We wanted to bridge the transition for young people used to having their parents take care of everything and empower them to see what they can achieve.”
Janis Newton
“Students with autism tend to have higher levels of stress and rigid diets,” Pellegrini said. “These professionals established a rapport with my students to help them step out of their comfort zones.” Joey Sherman was one of those students. He graduated from Wando this month and remembers every one of his goals. “Friday the 6th to Friday the 13th of February, no fried food — which included no fries. But from Friday the 13th to Friday the 20th of February, no Sprite, no beverage that’s not water.” He also set a goal he achieved when he finished a 5K, proudly posing with Spratt. He’s not the only participant in Piece it Together to put what he learned into practice outside the classroom. Two people who went to last summer’s program went on to do the Cooper River Bridge Run. Newton said their success shows the program is meeting its goals. “We wanted to bridge the transition for young people used to having their parents take care of everything and empower them to see what they can achieve.” Spratt agreed. “It’s been amazing.” For information about Piece it Together, contact program coordinator Carrie Papa at 876-1507 or papa@ musc.edu.
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MUSC’s Safe Sitter program participants Logan Tallent, left, and Emilee Ammons practiced the correct way to hold and bottle-feed infants using training manikins on June 23. The Safe Sitter training classes prepare teens to care for young children by teaching them how to prevent and handle emergency situations. To complete the two-day training, participants must pass a practical and written exam covering concepts and skills.
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