UT Medical Group Expands Nephrology Services
Dr. William Gabbard and Dr. Jagannath H. Saikumar have joined the department of nephrology at UT Medical Group.
Gabbard earned his medical degree at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine and completed residencies in radiology and internal medicine at the UT Medical Center in Knoxville. He completed a fellowship in interventional nephrology at Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans and pursued additional training in interventional nephrology at the Dialysis Access Center of Atlanta. Gabbard is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with subspecialty certification in nephrology. An assistant professor at the UT Health Science Center, he specializes in vascular access procedures, including fistulagram, fistula salvage, fistula and dialysis graft maintenance, thrombectomy, central line placement, and venous angioplasty. In addition, he cares for patients with end stage renal disease and provides consultative nephrology services.
Saikumar graduated from M.S. Ramaiah Medical College at Bangalore University, India. He completed internal medicine residency at the University of Toledo Medical Center in Ohio, followed by fellowship training in advanced nephrology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Saikumar earned a master’s degree in public health at Wichita State University in Kansas and a master’s degree in biomedical sciences at the University of Toledo. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and nephrology. As an assistant professor of medicine at the UT Health Science Center, he also serves as a consulting nephrologist in UT affiliated hospitals. He specializes in chronic kidney disease, continuous renal replacement therapy, and acute kidney injury.
Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD, Named Chair, Department of Neurology, UTHSC
David M. Stern, MD, executive dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has appointed Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD, as chair of the Department of Neurology and Semmes-Murphey Professor.
Dr. Alexandrov comes to UTHSC from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he has been a professor in the Department of Neurology and director of the Division of Cerebrovascular Diseases. He has also served as director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center and the Neurovascular Ultrasound Laboratory. In addition, he was medical director of the Stroke Service and the Intermediate Care Stroke Unit at the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham.
Dr. Alexandrov, who begins work at UTHSC in March, received his MD degree in 1989 from the First Moscow Medical Institute in Russia, specializing in clinical neurology at the Institute of Neurology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences in Moscow. He completed his fellowship training in stroke and cerebrovascular ultrasound at the University of Toronto and The University of Texas.
Dr. Alexandrov has published 137 original papers, 16 case reports, three textbooks, and 128 review articles, editorials, invited publications and book chapters. He is director of the Neurosonology Examination and honorary advisor to the board of directors of the American Society of Neuroimaging. He also sits on the boards of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology, and the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.
Dr. Alexandrov is editor-in-chief of Brain and Behavior, and is an editorial board member of several publications including, Stroke, International Journal of Stroke, the Journal of Neuroimaging and the Stroke Interventionalist Journal.
Dr. Alexandrov is an active, elected member of the American Neurological Association. He holds a U.S. patent for using ultrasound to enhance perfusion (blood flow) of tissues (or sonothrombolysis), and specializes in the development of novel reperfusion (restoration of blood flow) therapies for stroke.
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Names Vice President of Ambulatory IT Services
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has named Cynthia Davis vice president of Ambulatory IT Services in the Information Technology Division. In this position, she is responsible for developing and implementing ambulatory IT services, and will report to Chief Healthcare Information Officer and Senior Vice President Alastair MacGregor, MB, CHB, MRCGP.
Prior to joining Methodist, Cynthia headed her own clinician-led healthcare informatics consulting firm, CIC Advisory, specializing in strategy and planning, business intelligence and analytics, clinical informatics and optimization. Before forming her own firm, she served as vice president of Clinical Transformation at BayCare Health System in Clearwater, Florida, as well as vice president/chief information officer at DeKalb Regional Health Systems and Sumter Regional Medical Center. A registered nurse, Cynthia has also held senior management positions at MetroHealth and Munson Medical Center.
Cynthia earned her MHSA from the University of Michigan. She is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS).
Daniel Clark Joins Health Choice
Health Choice, LLC, has announced that Daniel Clark has joined Health Choice in the newly created position of vice president of Clinical Informatics & Analytics, as a member of our executive team, reporting to CEO Mitch Graves.
Clark will have oversight of the strategic direction, expansion and operation of data application and analytics for clinical integration and will work closely with MetroCare physicians to identify and prioritize quality initiatives designed to provide the highest quality care for patients.
Bringing more than 18 years of clinical support experience, Clark joined Health Choice in January after more than 12 years at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, where he served as corporate director of Clinical Decision Support. He holds a Masters of Health Administration degree from the University of Memphis, a Masters of Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor’s degree from Ball State University.
A Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt, Clark is an adjunct professor at the University of Memphis and is a Consulting Associate of Mid-South Quality Productivity Center (MSQPC).
New Financial Analyst at LifeLinc
Gini Moore has been hired by LifeLinc as Healthcare Financial Data Analyst. Moore will be responsible for a variety of data review and reporting relating to the billing services for anesthesia practices. She will also be responsible forcollecting data and preparing reports related to performance standards as well as monitoring trends in multiple anesthesia practices. Additionally, Gini will routinely interface with the billing team to compile data/reports on industry standards and benchmarks.
Gini brings over 13 years of experience in positions related to the financial aspects of the healthcare industry. This has included medical billing, insurance recovery audits and medical debt recovery and litigation. In her previous position, Gini was integral in the creation of a medical bill review department and a PPO network for a workers’ compensation TPA.
Jeffrey Liebman named CEO of Methodist University Hospital
Jeffrey H. Liebman has been selected as the new chief executive officer for Methodist University Hospital. A seasoned executive with more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience, Liebman currently serves as president of the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, Massachusetts. He was selected through a very thorough national search which included input from a cross section of physicians and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare senior leaders. Lieberman took the reins of Methodist University Hospital February 24.
In addition to hospital leadership experience, Liebman also has experience with large physician practices, including Affiliated Physicians Group, a community-based Harvard primary care network that he grew from 28 to 220 physicians.
Liebman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queens College in New York, a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
In his role as Methodist University Hospital CEO, Liebman will provide strategic and operational leadership for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare’s flagship hospital, build strong collaborative relationships with the medical staff, strengthen Methodist’s affiliation with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and facilitate improvements in patient-and family-centered care, clinical quality and financial performance.
Campbell Foundation Event - Footprints in Motion Auction and Party
WHEN: Saturday, April 12 at 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Racquet Club of Memphis
DESCRIPTION: An evening of fun, music from The Plaintiffs, and an exclusive, silent auction. All proceeds will benefit The Campbell Foundation and the Daniel and Molly Shumate Community Service Scholarship Fund to help provide resources for international medical missions (this year, a medical mission trip to Guatemala) and orthopaedic research conducted here in the Mid-South.
COST: $75 per ticket
To purchase tickets or for more information, please call (901) 759-3233 or visit https://www.facebook.com/events/254092108076007/?source=1.
Footprints in Motion raises awareness & funds to promote orthopaedic health and community outreach in the U.S. and in underserved areas around the world.
American Cancer Society Sets Annual Gala
The American Cancer Society will present the Great Gatsby Gala on August 16, 2014, at The Columns at One Commerce Square in downtown Memphis from 7-11pm. Sponsorships are available ranging from $1,000 to $50,000. Tickets are $250 per person.
The American Cancer Society is the nation’s largest health charity and the largest non-governmental investor in cancer research. With our support, Tennessee researchers – including those at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Vanderbilt University – are focusing on new discoveries to help achieve the Society’s goal of eliminating cancer as a major health problem.
The total amount of active cancer research grants based in Memphis was over $3.73 million and $8.07 million in the state of Tennessee (as of January 2014.)
For more details, contact Sonja Ray at Sonja.Ray@cancer.org.\ UT Medical Group Expands Nephrology Services