Dr. James Klinger Featured Lecturer - October 8th DSS

Dr. James Klinger will present the next Distinguished Scientist Seminar on Oct. 8, 2009 at 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building auditorium. His seminar is titled “The role of ANP in pulmonary permeability."

Dr. Klinger currently serves as associate professor in medicine at Brown University and is the medical director of the Respiratory Intermediate Care Unit and the Pulmonary Hypertension Center at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI.

His basic science interests include the natriuretic peptides, one of the peptides that causes natriuresis, the excretion of an excessively large amount of sodium in the urine. He also studies cGMP (cyclic guanosine monophosphate) signaling pathway and its role in modulating pulmonary hypertensive and right ventricular hypertrophic responses and pulmonary endothelial barrier function. His clinical research is focused on patients with pulmonary hypertension, and the treatment and prevention of venous thromboembolism, a blockage of an artery in the lungs.

Dr. Klinger received a B.A. in medical science from University of Wisconsin and a medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed residency training in internal medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and he completed his fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University School of Medicine.

Dr. Klinger is a member of the Pulmonary Circulation Assembly of the American Thoracic Society and an Associate Editor of the journal Lung.

For more information on Dr. Klinger’s research, please visit: http://biomed.brown.edu/facultydirectory/profile.php?id=1100924486 .

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

Health Services and COM Employees Recognized for Service

Kudos to Nona Odom, Director of HSF Billing Services, and Walter Beckham, Medical Photographer II, for being selected as members of the 2009 USA-Team.  Both were congratulated by President Moulton during Thursday's Employee Recognition Ceremony at the Mitchell Center.

The USA-Team is a group of 25 employees from throughout the University who have performed beyond the call of duty to improve service, quality and the image of the University.  Honorees exemplify professionalism and dedication to excellent service and work as a team player, and have made outstanding contributions by developing efficiencies in performing their job.

Press Register Talks With USA Gastroenterologist

USA gastroenterologist Dr. Jack DiPalma led a two-year study of a new liquid used to prepare for a colonoscopy that requires drinking 25% less in volume compared to the standard solution.  Click here for story from Tuesday's Press Register - http://blog.al.com/living-press-register/2009/09/study_new_colon_cleaner_effect.html.

Online Lecture - Med School Cafe' - "From Pigs to People..."

Last week's Med School Cafe' lecture, featuring Dr. Kevin Green, was standing room only.  His talk "From Pigs to People:  What You Need to Know about Swine Flu" is available online.  Click here to view this lecture - http://bit.ly/1thiPN .

USA Professor Keynote Speaker at International Forensic Conference

Dr. Gil Brogdon, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Radiology with the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, was the keynote speaker at an International Association of Forensic Radiographers conference in Manchester, England, on Sept. 12, 2009. More than 100 association delegates attended that lecture, some of them from as far away as Australia.

Dr. Brogdon’s lecture at the conference was titled “Forensic Radiology: Past, Present & Future.” His talk covered the history of forensic radiology since the late nineteenth century to th e present day and also discussed advanced forensic radiology practices that are becoming more mainstream and how these developments will affect the field in the future.

Dr. Brogdon, who chaired the USA department of radiology from 1985 to 1992, has authored and co-authored more than 300 scientific publications and received numerous awards for his work, including the Hunt Award and the Distinguished Fellow Award and Medal from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.