Published in UAB Insight, Spring 2007
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ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
John S. Gould, MD, has accepted an appointment as professor of surgery in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery. His clinical interests include total ankle joint replacements (with more than 190 performed to date) and peripheral nerve problems of the upper and lower extremities.
Gould served on the UAB orthopaedic staff from 1975 to 1986, when he was appointed chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin. Gould returned to Alabama a decade later to enter private practice at the Alabama Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, with an appointment as clinical professor of orthopaedic surgery at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and at University of South Alabama.
He earned his undergraduate degree in biology from Harvard and his MD degree from the University of Vermont’s College of Medicine. Gould completed a surgical internship and residency at Boston City Hospital, a residency in orthopaedics at the University of Pittsburgh, and a hand surgery fellowship at Duke. He is the author of multiple peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.
PATHOLOGY
Piotr Kulesza, MD, PhD, has accepted an appointment as assistant professor of pathology in the Division of Anatomic Pathology. Kulesza’s research interests center on targeted anticancer therapies in the context of preclinical drug development and phase 1 and 2 human trials. His clinical interest centers on surveillance and early detection of urothelial carcinoma in cytologic specimens.
A cum laude graduate of UAB, Kulesza completed his MD and PhD degrees at Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in clinical and anatomic pathology at Johns Hopkins, where he also was the Yener S. Erozan Fellow in Cytopathology. Most recently, he was an assistant professor of pathology and oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
Susan E. Spiller, MD, has accepted an appointment as assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Hematology/Oncology. Her clinical interests center on neuro-oncology and solid tumors. She also is working with the Center for Glial Biology in Medicine research group to study pediatric brain tumors.
A cum laude graduate of the University of Rochester, Spiller completed her MD degree at Albany Medical College, New York. Spiller completed a pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
PSYCHIATRY
Cheryl McCullumsmith, MD, PhD, has accepted an appointment as assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behaviorial Neurobiology. McCullumsmith’s clinical interests include consultation-liaison psychiatry in the hospital setting, in the HIV population, and in patients with chronic medical illnesses or injuries. After receiving a BS degree in physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, McCullumsmith earned her MD degree and her PhD degree in neuroscience at the University of Michigan Medical School.
TRAUMA, BURNS, AND SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE
George earned his undergraduate degree in biology at Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, and his MD degree at University of South Carolina School of Medicine and served internships in general surgery at Greenville Memorial Hospital, and Birmingham Baptist Medical Center. He completed a general surgery residency with UAB’s Division of General Surgery and earned an MSPH in epidemiology from the School of Public Health. George’s research interests include posttraumatic inflammatory response and outcome-oriented investigations in severe trauma.
VASCULAR SURGERY
Marc A. Passman, MD, has accepted an appointment as associate professor of surgery in the Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy. He joins UAB from Vanderbilt University, where he was assistant professor of surgery and director of the Vanderbilt Vein Clinic.
Passman is an American Board of Surgery diplomate in general and vascular surgery and practices the full spectrum of arterial and venous surgery. He has clinical interest in aortic aneurysm, peripheral arterial disease, carotid occlusive disease, venous disease, renovascular hypertension, and advanced endovascular therapy. Passman also is director of the UAB Vein Program, which provides inpatient and outpatient care for a range of venous conditions, including venous thrombosis, venous insufficiency, varicose veins, and other complex venous problems.
The UAB Vein Clinic is scheduled to open at UAB Highlands later in 2007 and will offer comprehensive evaluation of venous disease and additional outpatient services including sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation, standard phlebectomy, endoscopic transilluminated powered phlebectomy, and other advanced minimally invasive venous techniques.
Passman earned his AB degree magna cum laude from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine and his MD degree from University of Vermont’s School of Medicine in Burlington. He completed an internship and residency in general surgery at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland and a vascular surgery fellowship at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters, is a distinguished peer reviewer for the Journal of Vascular Surgery, and is involved in several national medical societies, holding executive committee positions in the Peripheral Vascular Society, the American Venous Forum, and the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery.