Jim Grissom, M.D. ’75, Sidney Hayes, M.D. ’76, Susan Santa Cruz, M.D. ’79, and Sue Ulmer, M.D. ’90, are “docs that rock” as members of the B-Flats, a rock and roll band that gets folks boogying at fundraisers and other events in central Arkansas. The band was featured in the September 2009 issue of Arkansas New Sixty, a recently launched magazine aimed at readers in their late 50s and 60s. read more and rock on
Jack W. Bonner III, M.D., who completed an
internship in Internal Medicine at UAMS in 1966, has been awarded the 2009
Distinguished Mentor Award from the Academy of Distinguished Educators. Dr.
Bonner is a GHS Professor of Clinical Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral
Science, Medical Director of Behavioral Health Services at the Greenville
Hospital System University Medical Center and the Marshall I. Pickens
Hospital, and Chair of the GHSUMC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Medicine in Greenville, South Carolina.
Douglas Curran, M.D. '76, has been awarded the
Presidential Award of Merit from the Texas Academy of Family Physicians. Dr.
Curran who has practiced in Athens, Texas, for more than 25 years, was
honored as an advocate of the specialty of family medicine and for his
dedication to his patients.
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Ryan Fitzgerald, M.D. ’06, now a radiology
resident at UAMS, is one of 35 residents in North America to be selected for
the Siemens AUR Radiology Resident Academic Development Program. The program
provides focused mentorship, leadership and academic development activities
for a group of high-potential second-year residents to help prepare them for
successful careers as leaders in academic radiology.
Scott Gatlin, M.D. '05, has been selected for the
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Sibley Heart Center and Emory University School of Me4icine. the three-year
fellowship will include 12 months devoted to clinical, translational or
basic science research. Dr. Gatlin completed his residency in pediatrics at
UAMS and recently moved to Atlanta with his wife Kathy and sons Jack and
Michael.
Maj. Gen. Elder Granger, M.D. ’80,has retired after 37 years of
military service. Most recently he oversaw the Department of Defense’s
managed health care program as Deputy Director and Program Executive Officer
of TRICARE Management. In addition to numerous military honors, he was named
the College of Medicine’s 2008 Distinguished Alumnus. Dr. Granger is
settling into retirement in Centennial, Colo. Check out his farewell video
blog post at:
http://www.health.mil/TMABlog/Default.aspx?d=5/1/2009
Jim Grissom, M.D. ’75, Sidney Hayes, M.D. ’76, Susan Santa Cruz, M.D. ’79, and Sue Ulmer, M.D. ’90, are “docs that rock” as members of the B-Flats, a rock and roll band that gets folks boogying at fundraisers and other events in central Arkansas. The band was featured in the September 2009 issue of Arkansas New Sixty, a recently launched magazine aimed at readers in their late 50s and 60s. Read more and rock on.
Richard Nix, M.D. '77, is an
orthopedic surgeon who is always on the go. In addition to his practice and
serving as medical director for Camp Aldersgate, he is an avid runner. Dr.
Nix was featured in the August 2009 issue of Little Rock's Soiree magazine.
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B. Lawrence Riggs, M.D. ’59, received the
prestigious Legends in Osteoporosis Award, the highest honor from the
National Osteoporosis Foundation, in May. Dr. Riggs became a national leader
in osteoporosis research and treatment while working at the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, Minn., for 44 years. Read more.
Joel Tumlison, M.D. ’05, always focuses on the positive aspects of
life as a physician at a small missionary hospital in Balfate, Honduras. We
enjoy reading about Dr. Tumlison and his family in his monthly newsletter,
the Tumlisonian. The April issue reported on an offshore earthquake that
rattled his bed early one morning. He later learned that the 7.1 quake
caused serious damage and killed six people elsewhere in Honduras. Though it
was a terrible situation, similar sized earthquakes have killed and injured
many more elsewhere, Dr. Tumlison noted. In the same issue he also gave
thanks that one of the two X-ray machines at the Hospital Loma de La Luz was
working again.
The Tumlisons, Joel, his wife Cinthya, and their two girls, have been in
Honduras since late last fall. Joel is participating in a two-year
post-residency program with the World Medical Mission, a branch of
Samaritan’s Purse. You can contact Dr. Tumlison via e-mail at: thetumlisons@gmail.com.
William Mark White, M.D., FACR '87, of Searcy, AR
has been inducted as a Fellow in the Ameican College of Radiology (ACR). The
induction took place at a formal convocation ceremony during the recent 86th
ACR Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.
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