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Events, Lectures Kudos to our colleagues who are experts in their fields and give their all to represent the School of Medicine! J Kenneth H. Butler, DO, associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was an invited speaker at the Third International Congress of the Polish Society for Emergency Medicine, held in Wroclaw, Poland, in June 2009. He served as course director for the preconference advanced airway management course and presented a lecture on rapid-sequence intubation.
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J Joana Carneiro da Silva, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, presented a lecture entitled, “Apicomplexan Parasites: A Model System for Disease and for Evolutionary Genomics” at the Gordon Research Conference on Evolutionary & Ecological Functional Genomics, in Tilton, New Hampshire, in July 2009.
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& Workshops 19, 2009, at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. This event marked the beginning of the 2009 National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. Jones spoke on “Increasing the Impact of Breast Cancer Research through Multidisciplinary Partnership.” Other speakers spoke on the clinical efforts regarding the treatment of cancer.
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J Amal Mattu, MD, associate professor, and Michael E. Winters, MD, assistant professor, both from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were featured speakers at the 1st Annual Symposium on Critical Care in the Emergency Department sponsored by Florida Emergency Physicians in Orlando, Florida, in June 2009. They presented six and four lectures, respectively, during the two-day event. The symposium was organized at the suggestion of Dr. Mattu, who remained as a resource for the sponsoring association during the planning process.
J Steven J. Czinn, MD, professor and chair, Department of Pediatrics, was the invited plenary session speaker at the 15th International Workshop on Campylobactyer, Helcobacter and Related Organisms (CHRO) held in Toki Messe, Japan, September 2009, presenting “Vaccine Development to Prevent or Eradicate H.pylori Infection: An Update.” J Laundette Jones, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, was one of four panelists who spoke before the 300 plus audience at the American Cancer Society’s South Atlantic Division’s “Making Strides against Breast Cancer Kick-Off Breakfast” on August
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J Larry D. Weiss, MD, JD, FAAEM, professor, Department of Emergency Amal Mattu, MD Medicine, gave a series of grand rounds lectures at the Harvard Medical Schoolaffiliated programs in emergency medicine at both the Brigham & Women’s Hospital and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, in July 2009. His topics were “Risk Reduction in Emergency Medicine,” “The Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit” and “Emergency Physician Advocacy.”
In the News A job well done to all who have kept us in the media spotlight! J Virginia Keane, MD, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, wrote “A Letter to the Editor” entitled “The Vaccine-Autism Controversy” which appeared in the June 5, 2009, edition of the Baltimore Sun. Dr. Keane is president of the Maryland Chapter of the Academy of Pediatrics.
about what is best when it comes to heart health. The piece included a seven-question “Heart Lifestyle Quiz” with some surprising answers.
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J Jakub Simon, MD, assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics and Center for Vaccine Development, was featured on Maryland Public Television’s Maryland Health Today show on July 21, 2009, where he was interviewed about herpes virus infections. J Katherine Tkazcuk, MD, professor of Medicine, was quoted in a July 27, 2009, Baltimore Sun article entitled “Racial Disparity of Breast Cancer Deaths Baffles Researchers.” The piece highlights a new study that suggests that racial differences in biology could be a key reason black Jakub Simon, MD women are more likely than white women to die of breast cancer. These findings have reignited an intense debate among medical experts about the role of genetics versus factors such as poverty, diet and unequal access to quality health care. In the article, Dr. Tkaczuk was quoted as saying, “Getting AfricanAmericans into clinical trials is key to better understanding possible differences in biology and discovering the best treatments. This is how we make progress, how we incrementally improve cure Katherine Tkazcuk, MD rates.” J Robert A. Vogel, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, was featured on WBAL-TV’s “Medical Alert” with journalist Donna Hamilton on July 16, 2009. The topic was “Find Out if You Know What’s Good for Your Heart.” Dr. Vogel discussed food choices, lifestyle changes and common misconceptions
New Staff We welcome new staff! J Andrew B. Dunsmore, PhD, joined the Office of Development as assistant dean for Development in October 2009. Dr. Dunsmore comes to the School of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins University, where he held the position of director of Development in the Department of Neurosurgery. In 2007 he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Tennessee, where he had previously earned bachelors and masters degrees. Dr. Dunsmore has previous experience in higher education and medical Andrew B. Dunsmore, PhD development, including director of Development and Alumni Affairs for both the University of Tennessee College of Social Work and Hiwassee College and associate director of Medical Development for Washington University School of Medicine. The assistant dean for Development provides executive level leadership and counsel in the strategic and operational work of the development office. This position assists the associate dean for Development and the School of Medicine dean in expanding effective fundraising throughout the institution by engaging department chairs and directors of programs, centers and institutes as well as division heads and other medical faculty.
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Publications Hats off to those who have been published! J Nicholas Carbonetti, PhD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, along with Charlotte Andreasen, PhD, and Daniel Powell, graduate student, both from the Molecular Microbiology & Immunology Program, co-authored “Pertussis Toxin Stimulates IL-17 Production in Response to Bordetella pertussis Infection in Mice” in PLoS ONE, Volume 4, September 17, 2009. J Marcus C. Chibucos, PhD, bioinformatics analyst, Institute for Genome Sciences, was first author on Nicholas Carbonetti, PhD “Describing Commonalities in Microbial Effector Delivery Using the Gene Ontology” in Trends in Microbiology, July 2009, Vol. 17, Number 7, 312–319. J Geoffrey Crawford, MD, preventive medicine resident/PGY-2, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, published an article on controversial author-physician Louis-Ferdinand Celine. Dr. Crawford’s article, “Monstrosity, Medicine and Misunderstanding. The Infamy and Polemics of the Twentiethcentury Literary Giant Louis-Ferdinand Celine,” was published by Pharos, the magazine of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2009 Summer;72(3):14-22. For more information, please see PubMed ID: 19722299. J Ribal Darwish, MD, assistant professor, Department of Anesthesiology, and Nana Amiridze, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Hemodynamic Instability during Treatment of Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula and Carotid Cavernous Fistula with Onyx: Preliminary Results and Anesthesia Considerations” in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, doi:10.1136/jnis.2009.000042. Nana Amiridze, MD, PhD
J W. Florian Fricke, PhD, research associate, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, and Jacques Ravel, PhD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, W. Florian Fricke, PhD were first and last authors, respectively, of an article entitled “Comparative Genomics of the IncA/C Multidrug Resistance Plasmid Family,” which was published in Bacteriology, 2009 August; 191(15):4750-7. In addition, Drs. Fricke and Ravel co-authored, along with David Rasko, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, “Antimicrobial Resistance-encoding APEC Plasmids in Salmonella Enteric Serovar Kentucky from Poultry,” in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2009 September; 75(18). J Michelle G. Giglio, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine and Institute for Genome Sciences, was first author on “Applying the Gene Ontology in Microbial Annotation” in a special edition of Trends in Microbiology, July 2009, Vol. 17, Number 7, 262–268.
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J David A. Jerrard, MD, associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, published an article entitled “Male Patient Visits to the Emergency Department Decline During the Play of Major Sporting Events” in the May 2009 issue of the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. J Linda Lewin, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, published a manuscript “Improving Education in Primary Care: Development of an Online Curriculum Using the Blended Learning Model.” To read Dr. Lewin’s abstract, visit www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/9/33/abstract. J Mary McKenna, PhD, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, published “Neurodegeneration and Regeneration”
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Appointments
Publications continued in a May 2009 special issue of the Journal of Neurochemistry, volume 109, issue s1, pages 1-313. J Gregory Melikian, PhD, professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute of Human Virology, along with Yuri Kim, PhD, research associate, and Olga Latinovic, PhD, research associate, both from the Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute of Human Virology, co-published “HIV Enters Cells via Endocytosis and Dynamin-Dependent Fusion with Endosomes” in Cell, 2009, 137:433-444, and “Early Steps of HIV-1 Fusion Define the Sensitivity to Inhibitory Peptides That Block 6-helix Bundle Formation” in PLoS Pathogens, 2009 5(9):e1000585. J Rita Verma, MBBS, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, published an abstract entitled “Clinical Determinants and Utility of Early Postnatal Maximum Weight Loss in Fluid Management of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants” in Early Human Development, 2009, 85, 59-64. Dr. Verma’s abstract is available at www. sciencedirect.com.
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Honors
We applaud our colleagues on their recent appointments! J Claudia Baquet, MD, MPH, professor, Department of Medicine, and associate dean for Policy and Planning, was appointed by the director of the National Cancer Institute as a member of Subcommittee H, Clinical Group for a term ending June 30, 2013. Dr. Baquet was selected due to her demonstrated competence evidenced by the quality of her research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals and other achievements and honors. Subcommittees make recommendations to the National Cancer Advisory Board and survey the status Claudia Baquet, MD, MPH of research in their respective fields of science. J Carol Carraccio, MD, MA, professor, Department of Pediatrics, was selected by the Federation of Pediatric Organizations (FOPO) as its director of the Initiative for Innovation in Pediatric Education. FOPO noted that Dr. Carraccio brings an impressive resume in graduate medical education and is an innovative educator. This appointment, which began in May 2009, also recognizes her contributions to the development of the Learning Portfolio for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. J Debra Counts, MD, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, was elected to continue as a member of the executive committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Endocrinology. Her new term began in November 2009 and will extend through the close of 2012. Dr. Counts’ appointment was in recognition of her efforts toward the Section on Endocrinology’s mission of educating pediatricians.
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Congratulations to the following who have received honors! J Misbah Khan, MD, MPH, clinical professor, Department of Pediatrics, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics at their annual awards dinner in Baltimore in September 2009. She was honored with this well-deserved award because of her tireless dedication and devotion to the children of Maryland.
J Michael Donnenberg, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, was appointed to the National Institutes of Health Bacterial Pathogenesis Study Section for a term ending June 30, 2013. Michael Donnenberg, MD
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Appointments continued J Nader Hanna, MB, BCh, associate professor, Department of Surgery, has been appointed to the position of head of the Division of Surgical Oncology in the Department of Surgery. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Hanna developed an excellent clinical program in surgical oncology as section head. With this promotion, he will have added responsibilities, including the growth of clinical programs and the development of basic research projects that are extramurally funded. In addition, he will grow the educational programs of the division by developing an outstanding program for the training of surgical oncology fellows. Dr. Hanna will be responsible for the ongoing growth of clinical services in surgical oncology at the University of Maryland Medical Center and support the extension of the interests of surgical oncology throughout the University of Maryland Medical System. In this role, Dr. Hanna with have important relationships with Kevin Cullen, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, and director, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, and Adrian Park, MD, professor, Department of Surgery, and vice chair for General Surgery Services. J Mary McKenna, PhD, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, has been appointed as a handling editor for reviews for the Journal of Neurochemistry. Appointees are selected based on their international recognition for expertise in the field of brain energy metabolism and neurochemistry as well as experience as an editor. Dr. McKenna will serve a two-year appointment. J Sarah Netzel-Arnett, PhD, research associate, Department of Physiology and Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, was promoted to assistant professor, effective July 1, 2009. J Adrian Park, MD, professor, Department of Surgery, has been appointed to the position of vice chair for General Surgery Services in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Park currently also serves as vice chair for Education as well as head of the Division of General Surgery and director of the Maryland Advanced Simulation Training Research Innovation Center. As vice chair for General Surgery Services, Dr. Park will be responsible for the development of general surgical programs at all University of Maryland Medical System hospitals. MoreAdrian Park, MD
over, he will be responsible for program integration, quality and hospital financial metrics of general surgery programs in the Department of Surgery, including the Divisions of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology. In this role, Dr. Park will serve on the executive committee of the Department of Surgery. Dr. Park has an international reputation as an extraordinary technical minimally invasive surgeon and a leader in research on ergonomics and surgical simulation.
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J Scott M. Thompson, PhD, professor, Department of Physiology, has been appointed as a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for the term July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2013.
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Congratulations to our very productive faculty on their recent grants and contracts! J Mordecai P. Blaustein, MD, professor, Department of Physiology, received a $15,600 summer student supplement grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Calendars! This supplement is issued under NIH Notice NOT-OD-09-060 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and supports his current grant entitled “Sodium Ions and Calcium Signaling in Neurons and Glia.� J A-Lien Lu-Chang, PhD, professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, received a five-year $1,377,045 research
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Grants & Contracts continued grant from the National Cancer Institute for her work entitled “Repair of Oxidatively Damaged Guanines.” J Ricardo Feldman, PhD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, received a five-year $1,750,000 Maryland Stem Cell Research Foundation grant for his work entitled “Generation of Patient-Specific iPS Cells for Modeling and Treating Gaucher Disease.”
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entitled “Efficacy of Maternal Immunization with Influenza Vaccine in Preventing Influenza in Infants and Mothers in Mali, West Africa.” This award funds a project that proposes to provide quantitative information on the burden of influenza among pregnant women and young infants in Mali, West Africa (one of the world’s least developed countries in a region from which few data currently exist) and on the potential benefits to mothers and their young infants that can be derived from immunizing women with influenza vaccines late in their pregnancy.
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J Martin Flajnik, PhD, professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, received a one-year $77,273 ARRA administrative supplement to his R01 National Institute of Health (NIH) grant entitled “Ontogeny and Phylogeny of the MHC.” In addition, Dr. Flajnik received a one-year $70,711 ARRA Research Resources supplement and a $37,680 ARRA summer student supplement to his R01 NIH grant entitled “Evolution of Adaptive Immunity.”
J W. Florian Fricke, PhD, research associate, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, and Owen White, PhD, professor, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, and director of Bioinformatics, Institute for Genome Sciences, received a two-year $439,600 National Science Foundation grant to generate a bioinformatic resource for their work entitled Owen White, PhD “Automated and Portable Sequence Analysis Using Virtual Machines and Cloud Computing.” J James Kaper, PhD, professor and chair, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, received a one-year $132,803 T32 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for “Immunity and Infection.”
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J Myron Levine, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, and director, Center for Vaccine Development, received a four-year $10,499,702 Gates Foundation Global Health Grant for his work
J Ferenc Livak, MD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, received a one-year $10,787 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act supplement to his R21 grant for his work entitled “Antibody Affinity Maturation in the Aging Bone Marrow.” J Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, professor, Department of Physiology, received a $21,144 summer student supplement grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. This supplement is issued under NIH Notice NOT-OD-09-060 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and supMargaret M. McCarthy, PhD ports her current grant “Estradiol and Hippocampal Development.” In addition, Dr. McCarthy received a second administrative supplement grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in the amount of $128,270. This supplement is issued under NIH Notice NOTOD-09-056 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and supports her current grant entitled “Estradiol and Hippocampal Development.” J Kamal Moudgil, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, received a four-year $1,500,000 R01 grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine for his work entitled “Immune Modulation of Autoimmunity by Herbal Products.” J John Sacci, PhD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, received a two-year $75,000 R03 National Institutes of Health grant for “Plasmodium Induced New Permeation Pathways during Hepatocyte Infection.”
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Grants and Contracts continued J Eric Toth, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, received a four-year $720,000 research grant from the American Cancer Society for his work entitled “Structural and Biochemical Studies of the Human MutY Homologue hMYH.” Eric Toth, PhD J Paul A. Welling, MD, professor, Department of Physiology, received a two-year $999,876 Challenge Grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for his work entitled “Multigene Kinase Network, Kidney Transport and Salt in Essential Hypertension.”
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J Gerald Wilson, PhD, associate professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, received a five-year $1,384,404 research grant from the National Cancer Institute for his work entitled “Mechanisms Directing Oncoprotein and Cytokine mRNA Decay.”
New Faculty We welcome our new faculty! J James Campagna, MD, and Amber Marshall, MD, joined the Department of Emergency Medicine in July 2009 as clinical instructors, after completing the University of Maryland’s emergency medicine residency. Dr. Campagna received his medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University; Dr. Marshall received her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. Their clinical responsibilities are in the emergency department at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. Dr. Campagna has an academic interest in critical care emergency medicine and faculty development. Dr. Marshall’s academic interest is in the use of ultrasound in emergency medicine.
J Howard Kader, MD, joined the Department of Pediatrics, in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, in July 2009 as an assistant professor. He received his medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and then went on to complete an internship in general surgery at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. His internship in pediatrics was completed at Creighton-Nebraska Universities Health Foundation’s Joint Pediatric Residency Program, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), and was followed by a two year pediatric residency at UNMC. Dr. Kader also completed a clinical and research fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. J Suzie Noronha, MD, joined the Department of Pediatrics, in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, in July 2009 as a clinical assistant professor. Dr. Noronha received her medical degree, cum laude, from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. She completed her residency at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, followed by a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the National Cancer Institute. J Geoffrey L. Rosenthal, MD, PhD, joined the Department of Pediatrics in July 2009 as a professor. He also is director of the University of Maryland Hospital for Children’s Heart Program and executive director of Critical Care Services. Prior to his recruitment to Maryland, Dr. Rosenthal worked for seven years at the Cleveland Clinic where he was a pediatric cardiologist, director of Pediatric Cardiovascular Research, director of Inpatient Medicine and director of Training for the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center. Dr. Rosenthal earned his BA in psychology from Boston University’s College of Liberal Arts, his MS in biostatistics Geoffrey L. Rosenthal, MD, PhD from Georgetown University, his MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and his PhD in epidemiology from the University of Maryland’s Graduate School. His pediatric internship and residency were completed at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Rosenthal then completed a two-year pediatric cardiology fellowship and advanced training in pediatric cardiac intensive care at the Lillie Frank Abercrom-
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New Faculty continued bie Section of Cardiology at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. This was followed by a one-year teaching scholars program at the University of Washington School of Medicine. During this same time, Dr. Rosenthal worked as a pediatric cardiac intensivist and director of cardiovascular intense care services. He is as a member of the Pediatric Advisory Committee to the FDA, co-chair of the Quality Metrics Working Group of the AC/PC Section of the American College of Cardiology and an executive committee member of the Section of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Rosenthal’s clinical interests are in pediatric cardiology, adult congenital cardiology and pediatric cardiac intensive care. His research interests focus on epidemiology and public health as they pertain to congenital heart disease and the primary prevention in the pediatric population of modifiable risk factors for adult coronary artery disease. Under Dr. Rosenthal’s leadership, the heart program at the University of Maryland Hospital for Children will expand comprehensive cardiovascular care to meet the needs of the children of Maryland. J Jennifer Reifel Saltzberg, MD, joined the Department of Emergency Medicine in July 2009 as a clinical instructor. She is a graduate of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and of the emergency medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Her academic interest is international emergency medicine.
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J Erik von Rosenvinge, MD, joined the Department of Medicine, in the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, in July 2009 as an assistant professor. Dr. von Rosenvinge graduated, with Alpha Omega Alpha honors, from the New York University School of Medicine and completed his residency in internal medicine at David Grant United States Air Force Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base in northern California and UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California. He served in the United States Air Force as an internist for four Erik von Rosenvinge, MD years before completing his gastroenterology fellowship in the combined University of Maryland/National Institutes of Health Scholars Program in 2009. Dr. von Rosenvinge’s research interests include Clostridium difficile infection, GI peptides and improving the techniques and patient comfort of endoscopy.
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