DEPARTMENT NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS CONT. FACULTY ANNOUCEMENTS

JAMES W. EUBANKS III, MD, FACS

Division Chief, Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery, named interim CEO of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in March 2023. He has served Le Bonheur for more than 20 years in roles that includes SurgeonIn-Chief and Chief of the Medical Staff for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. He was instrumental in Le Bonheur earning the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Level I Children’s Surgery Verification in April 2023. The honor gives the hospital the distinction as the first and only Verified Children’s Surgery Center in TN.

NIA ZALAMEA, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor, Division of General Surgery, Director of UTHSC Global Surgery Institute, was the recipient of the prestigious faculty Golden Apple Award. Each year, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine students vote and present awards to outstanding residents and faculty.

PETER E. FISCHER, MD, MS

Associate Professor, Division of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, was selected to the National EMS Quality Alliance (NEMSQA) board in February 2023.

DAVID SHIBATA, MD, FACS, FSSO, FASCRS

Chair, Department of Surgery, Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, provided a lecture and led a discussion on Cultural Advocacy and Global Health during UTHSC’s Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month celebration in May.

Dr. Shibata was named the Memphis campus faculty nominee for a UTHSC President’s Award in the “Embrace Diversity” category. The honorees for the award will be announced in June. Based on the BE ONE UT values, these awards are the highest honor a UT employee can receive.

ALEXANDER FELIZ, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Pediatric Surgical Critical Care Fellowship and General Surgery Residency, was The Ohio State University College of Medicine’s Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgical Critical Care Visiting Professor in partnership with Nationwide Children’s Hospital in March 2023.

RACHEL LANDISCH, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery, completed FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents Course (HCL) Training. The four-day HCL course teaches healthcare leaders how to prepare teams for mass casualties events on the faculty and system level.