VOLUME 27, ISSUE 2

TSA RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS ACHIEVEMENTS AND MILESTONES IN ACADEMICS, LEADERSHIP, OR ADVOCACY

Baylor College of Medicine

Inducted to the Gold Humanism Honor Society:

Marissa A. Wagner, MD
Joseph K. Kurian, MD
Kathryn C. Putnam, MD
Yi Deng, MD

Recognized as top 10% for the ABA Basic Exam Score:

Bradley B. Anderson,MD
Alexandra L. Belfar, MD
Sagar P. Chokshi, MD
Shervin R. Harandi, MD
Roshni P. Patel, MD

Texas A&M College of Medicine Baylor Scott & White Memorial Hospital

Inducted to the Gold Humanism Honor Society:

Rachel M. Rhem, MD
Alfonso J. Cavazos, MD
Bryce L. Egbert, MD
Robert T. Booth, MD
Jeramie B. Hanson, MD
David D. Nguyen, MD

Elected to House Staff Association Office:

Sean M. Krahenbuhl, DO, President

Recognized as top 10% for the ABA Basic Exam Score:

Brandon Caddell, DO

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Elected to House Staff Association Office:

Lisa M. Weiss, MD, Secretary/Treasurer
Claudia Villapondo, DO, Member-at-Large

Recognized as top 10% for the ABA Basic Exam Score:

Adam J. Antflick, DO
Francisco I. Buendia, MD

University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Recognized as top 10% for the ABA Basic Exam Score:

Recognized as top 10% for the ABA Basic Exam Score:
Christopher B. McLeod, MD

Publications:

  • Steven L. Lindauer, MD
    Radiofrequency Ablation Near the Bone-Muscle Interface Alters Soft Tissue Lesion Dimensions, Regional Anesthesia
    and Pain Medicine
    , (Eckmann M.S., Martinez, M.A., Lindauer, S.L., Khan, A., Ramamurthy, S., Journal of
    Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, May-June 2015, Vol 40, No. 3)
  • Samuel H. Stevens, MD
    Onset of Spontaneous Lower Extremity Pain After Lumbar Sympathetic Block. (Nagpal A., Eckmann M.S., Small S.,
    Stevens S. – Pain Physician. 2015 Jan-Feb;18(1):E89-E91, PubMed PMID: 25675078)

Poster Presentations:

  • Rudy Garza, MD * Clint M. Thome, MD * Samuel H. Stevens, MD
    Continuous Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Analgesia as an Adjunct to Thoracic Epidural in a Trauma Patient
    at Risk for Sympathetically Mediated Hypotension
    (Rudy Garza, MD, Clint M. Thome, MD, Samuel H. Stevens, MD,
    Benjamin J. Wallisch, DO, Naveen K. Mehra, MD – ASRA: accepted, May 2015)
  • Bryce C. Foster, MD
    Breathe Easy: Improving the Process of Thoracic Epidural Placement for Traumatic Rib Fracture Pain (UTHSCSA Passport Research Presentation)
    Massive Pulmonary Embolism During Bilateral Lung Transplantation (Society of Cardiovascular
    Anesthesiologists, Washington DC: April 2015)

Special Recognitions:
Steven L. Lindauer, MD

  • TSA 2014 William H King Awardee
  • Member – ASA Committee Quality Management Department Administration
  • Resident Coordinator – TSA Texas Pint Resident Advocacy Award
  • Member, TSA Governmental Affairs Committee
  • Resident Representative, ASA Practice Management Meeting (January 2015)
  • Resident Representative – TSA Anesthesiologists Day at the Capitol (March 2015)
  • Resident Representative – ASA Legislative Conference (May 2015)
  • UTHSCSA Resident Member – Graduate Medical Education Committee: Subcommittee on Resident Supervision

University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston)

Recognized as top 10% for the ABA Basic Exam Score:

Erik R. Nelson, DO
Julius S. Aluyen, MD

Special Recognitions:

  • Blake A. Sutton, MD: GAARRC, 1st place – Original Research Award
  • Paul J. Courtney, MD: UTMB Thayer Award (Presented by Osler Society Student Scholars)
  • ASA Delegates 2014: Nicholas P. Sanborn, MD and Christopher J. Whiting, DO
  • GME Chief Resident Committee Officers: Vice Chair, Mindy S. Milosch, MD

Elected to House Staff Association Office:

  • President, Alyssa E. Janousek, MD
  • Secretary, Ryan J. Nye, MD
  • Treasurer, Amanda J. Taylor, MD
  • Public Relations, Robert H. Nichols, DO

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Special Recognitions:

William C. Manson, MD: President, Resident Advisory Council
Nabila Choudhury, MD: Secretary, Resident Advisory Council

Elected to House Staff Association Office:

  • Michelle R. Eddins, MD