| Release
Date: October 22, 2002
Michael Edwards, M.D., president of
the American Society of Breast Surgeons, has joined the University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chairman of the
Department of Surgery.
A nationally respected clinician
and researcher, Edwards comes to UAMS from the University of
Louisville in Louisville, Ky., where he was chief of the Division
of Surgical Oncology at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center. |
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| "In
Dr. Michael Edwards we have found a leader in research, medical
education, and breast cancer treatment. He will be a tremendous
asset to the College of Medicine and will help us build upwards
from the existing foundation an outstanding breast cancer
treatment program at the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences. I know all of the faculty share my pleasure in
announcing his appointment," Dean E. Albert Reece, M.D.,
Ph.D., M.B.A., said.
Dr. Edwards is founder and chairman
of a national registry of image-guided breast biopsy and the
principal investigator of a variety of multi-institutional
clinical trials. He is a member of the prestigious American
Surgical Association and has served on the board of directors of
the Society of Surgical Oncology. He has served on several
editorial boards including currently Annals of Surgical
Oncology, American Journal of Surgery, and Journal
of the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Edwards received his
undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia at Athens,
graduating magna cum laude with nomination to Phi Beta Kappa. He
received his medical degree from Emory University in Atlanta and
completed a residency in general surgery at the University of
Louisville, followed by a fellowship in surgical oncology at M.D.
Anderson Hospital in Houston.
Dr. Edwards has been funded
numerous times for major research projects and is the principal
investigator on several current research projects including a
Veterans Administration Merit Review Grant, "Mechanisms of
interleukin-2 microvascular and systemic effects"; National
Institutes of Health, "Regulation of hepatic ischemia/reperfusion
injury"; and Shering-Plough and Orion Pharma, "The North
American Fareston versus Tamoxifen Adjuvant (NAFTA) Trial."
Dr. Edwards will succeed the
department's interim chair, Kent Westbrook, M.D., who is professor
and chief of the department's Division of Surgical Oncology.
The Department of Surgery in the
UAMS College of Medicine has 43 faculty members and 85 staff
members. The physicians in the department include specialists in
all aspects of general surgery, pediatric surgery, cardiothoracic
surgery, vascular surgery, and plastic surgery.
At any time, the surgical faculty
members are training approximately 30 full-time residents, medical
school graduates who are receiving advanced training in surgery,
and providing complementary training to approximately 35
additional residents in orthopaedic surgery, anesthesiology, and
emergency medicine.
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Contact:
Leslie W. Taylor, 501-686-8998
Wireless phone: 501-951-7260
taylorlesliew@uams.edu
Jerri Jackson, 501-686-8149
terryjerrijackson@uams.edu |
