June 2001

Accolades

Marilyn Carter, B.S.R.T. (R)(ARRT), instructor in the CHRP Department of Radiologic Technology and academic director of the radiography program in the UAMS Area Health Education Center in Pine Bluff, was elected “Technologist-of-the-Year” by the Arkansas Society of Radiologic Technologists during their annual meeting in April.

The Arkansas Medical Society has chosen as its president-elect Carlton L. Chambers, M.D., a board-certified otolaryngologist and assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at UAMS and the chief of the Otolaryngology Section of the Surgical Service within the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. Affiliated with the American Medical Association, the Arkansas Medical Society is a voluntary professional organization that represents approximately 4,300 physicians and medical students in all fields of medicine.

Cindy Crone, R.N., A.P.N., executive director of Arkansas Center for Addiction, Research Education and Service (AR CARES), UAMS Department of Psychiatry, received a 21st Century Award from the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service and Partners. She was recognized for her work at AR CARES and the impact it has made on mothers, children and families since its founding in 1992.

Deborah O. Erwin, Ph.D., was inducted into the Fulbright College Alumni Academy of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. The program began in 1998 to acknowledge the professional achievements of graduates whose accomplishments may serve as an example to students. The purpose of the academy is to promote interaction between distinguished alumni, students and faculty. Along with four other recipients of the honor, Dr. Erwin was recognized at a college awards ceremony and reception in honor of her achievement.

Joey Gansz, B.S.R.T. (R)(ARRT), instructor in the CHRP Department of Radiologic Technology and clinical director of the radiography program in the UAMS Area Health Education Center in Fayetteville, was elected “Member-at-Large” to the Board of Directors of the Arkansas Society of Radiologic Technologists during their annual meeting, April 26 - 29, 2001.

Choon-Kee Lee, M.D., is joining UAMS' Myeloma and Transplantation Research Center as a clinician and assistant professor. He received his medical degree, completed his internal medicine residency and served part of his hematology/oncology fellowship in Korea. Dr. Lee finished his fellowship at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, where he has been an attending physician on the Adult Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit. He has also been an assistant professor of clinical internal medicine in the University of Iowa College of Medicine.

Tom Nosal, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., A.C.S.W., was presented a Community Volunteer Award from UALR's Share America Program, a program designed to provide goods and services for children from low-income families in Little Rock. He received the award for his involvement with Community Pediatrics at the UAMS Department of Pediatrics and the Head Start Programs. As an alumnus of UALR, Nosal's record with Share America began six years ago. He organized physicians and nurses to provide physicals for children participating in the Share America program. He has also been instrumental in the success of the dental program and the diabetes project for Share America. Nosal combines resources from UAMS Head Start, the Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital and many others in the city to find solutions to care for the underserved children of the state.

Larry J. Suva, Ph.D., associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physiology and Biophysics, director of the Center for Orthopaedic Research, has been elected to a three-year term as council member of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). Suva was also recently elected president and organizer of the Advances in Mineral Metabolism/ASBMR John Haddad Young Investigator's Meeting for 2001-2003.

Raymond Thertulien, M.D., Ph.D., is joining UAMS' Myeloma and Transplantation Research Center as a clinician, researcher and assistant professor. His basic science research focuses on the isolation and characterization of differentially expressed genes that are involved in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma. At the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in New York, Dr. Thertulien earned his medical degree and both a master's degree and a doctorate in microbiology and immunology. He completed an internal medicine residency at New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical Center, a medical oncology/hematology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and a medicine fellowship at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Thertulien also served a postdoctoral research fellowship in human genetics at Sloan-Kettering Institute/MSKCC.

Carol Turner, R.N., is nurse of the month for June. Turner graduated from UALR in 1993 and began working as a nurse at UAMS on 3C. For a short time, Turner worked at the American Red Cross, but returned to UAMS and to 3C. Turner is married and has three daughters.

College of Health Related Professions, Radiologic Technology, sponsored by UAMS and the Area Health Education Center - Northwest in Fayetteville (AHEC-NW), recently received notification that its associate of science and bachelor of science degree programs have been awarded an eight-year accreditation by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT), which is the longest accreditation award given by the JRCERT. Faculty in the AHEC-NW program include: Stanley Olejniczak, M.S., R.T.(R)(ARRT), program director and Joey Gansz, BSRT, (R)(ARRT), clinical coordinator. The program reports academically to Joseph R. Bittengle, M.Ed., RRT, (R)(ARRT), Chairman of the Department of Radiologic Technology in the College of Health Related Professions at UAMS.

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