Born to be a Doctor

Dr. Ebele Madichie is a pediatric resident in her second year at the University of South Alabama. She was born and raised in Nigeria, a country in West Africa.  Dr. Madichie has - even as a child - known that she wanted to become a medical doctor, but only recently realized that she wants to be a neonatologist.

The Press Register pubished an article about Dr. Madichie on Thanksgiving.  Click here to read her story - http://blog.al.com/live/2009/11/holiday_finds_doctor_at_work_d.html .

December Distinguished Scientist Seminar

The next Distinguished Scientist Seminar will be presented by Dr. Hanjoong Jo on Dec. 3, 2009, at 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building auditorium. His seminar is titled “Identification of Novel Flow-Sensitive mRNAs Regulating Atherosclerosis.”

Currently, Dr. Jo is The Ada Lee and Peter Correll Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Emory University/Georgia Tech School of Medicine. He has been an editorial board member for numerous journals and has received several awards of recognition for his research studies.

Dr. Jo’s research studies involve mechanobiology and cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis and aortic valve disease -- the role of shear stress in vascular inflammation and neovascularization.

Dr. Jo received his bachelor’s degree from Korea University and his doctorate from Pennsylvania State University.

He completed a Juvenile Diabetes Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University and University of Alabama at Birmingham.

For more information on Dr. Jo’s research, visit:
http://www.bme.gatech.edu/facultystaff/faculty_record.php?id=19 .

For additional information, contact Natalie Kent at 461-1548.

Benny Booker Remembered

Benny Booker, with the USA department of educational technologies and services, died Nov. 28, 2009, at his residence following a courageous battle against cancer. Funeral services were held on Dec. 1 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

Booker had worked in the medical school since 1992.

“Benny epitomized a service mindset,” said Mike Carmichael, director of the department of education technologies and services at the USA College of Medicine. “He always provided service with a smile.”

“Benny had a good heart,” Carmichael said, “and we will always remember him fondly.”

Memorial donations can be made to the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Cottage Hill Road.

November Med School Cafe' lecture - Online Now!

Click link below to view last month's lecture in its entirity.  Feel free to share with family and friends.

http://www.southalabama.edu/usahealthsystem/medcafe/111809.html .

Med School Cafe' - SRO at Mobile Museum of Art

Last week, Dr. G. Mustafa Awan, director of Interventional Cardiology and assistant professor internal medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine gave a lecture titled “State of the Art Care for Peripheral Artery Disease” at the Mobile Museum of Art. 

In case you missed the lecture, it will be available to watch online next week.  Starting next week, you can view the entire lecture by visiting - http://www.southalabama.edu/usahealthsystem/medschoolcafe.html .

Pediatric Resident To Be Featured

Press-Register will feature Dr. Madichie in an article to publish sometime this week.   Pick up a paper or read online at http://www.al.com/ .

3rd Annual USA COM Research Forum

This year's Research Forum was held on Nov. 20th.  Below are several photos from the event.