NJMS
NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL

Publications:

"A Study of Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone for the Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy: A Preliminary Report," by Alice Tzeng, MD, resident, Todd Stitik, MD, Patrick Foye, MD, assistant professors, Melissa DePrince, MS, research assistant, and John Bach, MD, professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 79, No. 5, September/October 2000.

"Acquisition Versus Retrieval Deficits in Traumatic Brain Injury: Implications for Memory Rehabilitation," by John DeLuca, PhD, professor, Maria Schultheis, PhD, instructor, Christopher Christodoulou, PhD, and Allison Averill, MD, assistant professors, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 81, October 2000.

"Blood Pressure Response to Acupuncture in a Population at Risk for Autonomic Dysreflexia," co-authored by Allison Averill, MD, Ann Cotter, MD, assistant professors, and Sangeetha Nayak, PhD, instructor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 18, November 2000.

"Certifying and Measuring Competency in the United States," by Joel DeLisa, MD, chair and professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 81, September 2000.

"Continuous Passive Motion After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Study," by Boqing Chen, MD, PhD, instructor, Jerald Zimmerman, MD, assistant professor, and Joel DeLisa, MD, chair and professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 79, No. 5, September/October 2000.

"Evaluation of Clinical Competency," by Joel DeLisa, MD, chair and professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 79, No. 5, September/October 2000.

"High-Dose Methylprednisolone May Do More Harm for Spinal Cord Injury," by T. Qian, MD, resident, Denise Campagnolo, MD, and Steven Kirshblum, MD, associate professors, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in Medical Hypotheses, Vol. 55, No. 5, 2000.

"Intranasal Surfactant Aerosol Therapy for Otitis Media With Effusion," co-authored by Natarajan Venkatayan, MD, research assistant, Yolanda Troublefield, MD, resident, Patricia Connelly, PhD, assistant professor, Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Alan Mautone, PhD, associate professor in the departments of pediatrics, pharmacology and physiology, and Sujana Chandrasekhar, MD, associate professor, Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, was in the Laryngoscope, November 2000.

"One Program’s Experience of OSCE vs. Written Board Certification Results: A Pilot Study," co-authored by Sheela Jain, MD, associate professor, Joel DeLisa, MD, chair and professor, Scott Nadler, DO, assistant professor, Steven Kirshblum, MD, Mary Eyles, MD, PhD, and Mark Johnston, PhD, associate professors, was in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 79, No. 5, September/October 2000.

Carol Lutz, PhD, assistant professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, was awarded a $15,000 grant from the Ruth Estrin Goldberg Memorial for Cancer Research for her study, "K-ras and Gene Regulation." Lutz is focusing on some of the cellular mechanisms by which gene regulation occurs — specifically, post-transcriptional RNA processing events such as polyadenylation and splicing.

"Rehabilitative Placement of Poststroke Patients: Reliability of the Clinical Practice Guideline of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research," by Mark Johnston, PhD, associate professor, and Kenneth Wood, PhD, assistant professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 81, May 2000.

"Speed of Information Processing in Traumatic Brain Injury: Modality-Specific Factors," by John DeLuca, PhD, associate professor, Bruce Diamond, MEd, PhD, and Allison Averill, PhD, assistant professors, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, et. al., was in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, Vol. 15, No. 3, June 2000.

Cheryl Kennedy, MD, assistant professor, Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine and Community Health, received a five-year, $700,000 grant from the NIH/NIMH to conduct a neuroscience summer program for high school students.

Stephen Page, PhD, assistant professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, received a four-year, $246,904 grant from the American Heart Association to study "The Efficacy of Modified Constraint-induced Therapy in Sub-acute Stroke Patients With Upper Limb Hemiparesis."

Professional Activities:

Stephen Page, PhD, assistant professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was named to the program and membership committees of The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, and will serve as co-editor for an upcoming issue of The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.

Frank Richter, MD, chief resident, Surgery, Division of Urology, presented "Klinischer Stellenwert von Ct-gestötzten Biopsen von Zystische Raumforderungen der Niere klassifiziert nach Bosniak II oder III" at the annual meeting of the Deutschen Gesellschaft för Urologie in Hamburg, Germany.

Hossein Sadeghi-Nejad, MD, assistant professor, Surgery, Division of Urology, presented "Erectile Dysfunction in the HIV Positive Male: A Review of the Medical, Ethical and Legal Considerations" at the Society for the Study of Impotence, Inc. Grand Master Lecture in Ohio.

Hreday Sapru, PhD, professor, Neurosurgery, presented "Medullo-spinal Control of Cardiovascular Function: Role of Excitatory Amino Acids and Opioid Peptides" at the international symposium on Effect of Opioid Peptides on Cardiovascular Diseases: Mechanism and Clinical Applications at the University of California.

Honors:

Boqing Chen, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Tie Qian, MD, and Qing Tai, MD, PhD, residents, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, received a "New Investigator Award" from the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, through its affiliate, the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Fund. They will each receive $5,000, to be used as seed money for research.

Robert Johnson, MD, vice chair and professor, Pediatrics, professor, Psychiatry, and director of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, was appointed to the Council on Graduate Medical Education.

Richard Watson, MD, assistant chief, Surgery, Division of Urology, was elected co-chair of the New Jersey Physicians’ Resource Council.

 
UBHC
UNIVERSITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE

Publications:

"Making Sense of the Internet: A Metaphorical Approach," by Lee Ratzan, PhD, systems analyst, Information Services, was in Information Research, October 2000.

Grants:

Elaine Herzog, EdD, clinician administrator, and Deborah Cherniss, MSW, MA, program development specialist, CARRI Program, Extended Division Child and Adolescent Services, received a one-year, $179,995 grant from the New Jersey Department of Education for the Even Start Family Literacy Program.

NJDS
NEW JERSEY DENTAL SCHOOL

Publications:

"Adjunctive Cervicofacial Liposuction," by Vincent Ziccardi, DDS, MD, assistant professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, was in Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America, Vol. 8, No. 2, September 2000.

"Anterior and Posterior Maxillary Segmental Osteotomics," a book chapter by Vincent Ziccardi, DDS, MD, and Randall Wilk, DDS, MD, PhD, assistant professors, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, was in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthognathic Surgery section, Vol. 2. Dr. Ziccardi was also secondary author of "Surgically Assisted Maxillary Expansion" in this same textbook.

"Dental Caries in HIV-Infected Children vs. Household Peers: Two-Year Findings," by Nanci Tofsky, DDS, associate professor, Pediatric Dentistry, and Evelyn Nelson, DMD, clinical assistant professor, General Dentistry and Community Health, was in Pediatric Dentistry, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2000.

"Perceived Impact of Oral Health Conditions Among Minority Adolescents," by Hillary Broder, PhD, MEd, associate professor, General Dentistry and Community Health, and Rufus Caine, DMD, MPH, associate professor, Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, was in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry, Vol. 60, No. 3, Summer 2000.

"Perception of Facial Esthetics by Native Chinese and American Orthodontists Utilizing Manipulated Digital Imagery Techniques," co-authored by Anthony Maganzini, DDS, MSD, associate professor, Orthodontics, was in the Chinese Journal of Orthodontics, Vol. 7, No. 3, September 2000 and Angle Orthodontist, Vol. 70, No. 5, October 2000.

"Techniques to Preserve or Modify Lip Form During Orthognathic Surgery," co-authored by Maano Milles, DDS, professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, was in Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America, Vol. 8, No. 2, September 2000.

Grants:

Hillary Broder, PhD, MEd, associate professor, General Dentistry and Community Health, received a two-year, $235,000 grant from the National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research for "Measuring Child Oral Health-Related Quality of Life."

Daniel Fine, DMD, professor, Dental Research Center, received two one-year grants from the Warner Lambert Consumer Group of Pfizer, Inc.: $50,300 to study: "The Long Term Effects of a Zinc Chloride Oil-Containing Mouth Rinse on Oral Bacteria", and $85,500 to study "The Long Term Effects (Daytime) of a Zinc Chloride Oil-Containing Mouth Rinse on Oral Bacteria."

Professional Activities:

Blaise Curcio, DMD, MA, professor, General Dentistry and Community Health, presented "Duty Delegation: The Practitioner’s Perspective" to dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants at the annual session of the American Dental Association in Chicago.

Gary Heir, DMD, clinical associate professor, Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, presented "Clinical Demonstration: Evaluation of the Orofacial Pain Patient"; "Orofacial Pain of Musculoskeletal Origin"; "Neuropathic Pain Disorders in Dentistry"; " Sympathetic Pain Disorders in Dentistry - Case Presentations"; "Diagnostic Imaging of the TMJ"; "Introduction of Orofacial Pain to the Orofacial Pain Residency Program"; and "Clinical Demonstration of Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy," all at the Clinical Hospital of the University of Sao Paolo.

Milton Houpt, DDS, professor and chair, Pediatric Dentistry, presented "Behavior Management in Pediatric Dentistry" and "Prevention of Early Childhood Caries" at the Third International DVI Dental Congress in Jerusalem.

Mel Kantor, DDS, MPH, associate professor, Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, presented "Gaze Selected Feature Generation for Dental Image Classification Using a Model of Expert Visual Search" at the Eye Movement and Vision in the Natural World Conference in Amsterdam.

Patrick Quaranta, DMD, MA, Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, presented "Dentistry – Are We Under- Prescribing?" to members of the South Shore Dental Society.

RWJMS
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL

Publications:

"Do Women With Unexplained Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Have Higher Day 3 Serum FSH and Estradiol Values?" by Susan Trout, MD, assistant professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and David Seifer, MD, professor, and director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility, was in Fertility and Sterility, Vol. 73, 2000.

"Hematological Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding," co-authored by Gary Maltz, MD, assistant professor, and Jamie Siegel, MD, associate professor, Medicine, and Jeffrey Carson, MD, Richard C. Reynolds Professor of Medicine, and chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, was in Clinics of Gastroenterology, Vol. 29, 2000.

"Progressive Supranuclear Palsy in the Molecular Age," by Lawrence Golbe, MD, professor, acting chair, Neurology, was in Lancet, Vol. 356, 2000.

"Psychotropic Agent-Induced Black Hairy Tongue," was in Cutis, Vol. 66, 2000 and "Acral Steatocystoma Multiplex," was in the Journal of American Academy of Dermatology, Vol. 43, 2000. Both were written by Warren Heymann, MD, professor, Medicine and head, Division of Dermatology.

"RNA Polymerase II Elongation Through Chromatin," by Danny Reinberg, PhD, professor, Biochemistry, was in Nature, Vol. 407, 2000.

"The Effects of Anesthetic Technique on Postoperative Outcomes in Hip Fracture Repair," co-authored by Amy Duff, MPH, and Helaine Noveck, MPH, research assistants, and Jeffrey Carson, MD, the Richard C. Reynolds Professor of Medicine, and chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, was in Anesthesiology, Vol. 92, 2000.

Jonathan Dinman, PhD, assistant professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, received an 18-month, $90,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for "Ribosomal Frameshifting and Cellular Gene Expression."

Alice Gottlieb, MD, PhD, professor, Medicine and director, Clinical Research Center, received four one-year grants: $651,111 from Versicor, Inc. for "A Phase I, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Single and Multiple Dose Escalation Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Intravenous VER001 (V-Glycopeptide) Administered to Normal Volunteers"; $139,888 from Protein Design Labs, Inc., for "A Phase II, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Daclizumab for Maintenance Therapy in Patients With Moderate to Severe Psoriasis Following Treatment With Cyclosporine"; $100,025 from Parke-Davis for "A Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Center Study Assessing the Effects of Norethindrone Acetate and Ethinyl Estradiol in the Control of Mild to Moderate Age-Related Skin Changes in Postmenopausal Women"; and $56,353 from MedImmune, Inc., for "A Phase I Multiple-Dose, Dose-Escalation Study to Evaluate the Safety of MEDI-507, A Humanized Monoclonal Antibody That Binds Up to the CD2 Receptor, Administered by Subcutaneous Injection to Patients with Plaque Psoriasis."

Avedis Khachadurian, MD, professor, Medicine, received a 12-week, $56,443 grant from Novartis Pharmaceutical for "A Study with Two Parallel Groups to Measure a 12-week Treatment with 120 mg Nateglinide vs. Placebo (Startlix)."

Michael Lewis, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, received two one-year grants from the National Institute of Mental Health: $256,532 to study "Maltreated Children’s Emotions and Self Cognitions," and $177,099 to study "Stress Reactivity and Emotion Regulation."

Nicola Partridge, PhD, professor and chair, Physiology and Biophysics, received a four-year, $913,740 from NIH to study "Osteoblast Mediated Turnover of Collagenase in Bone." Dr. Partridge also received a three-year, $337,353 grant from NIH for "Collagenase Removal in Osteoarthritis."

Charles Powers, PhD, professor, Environmental and Community Medicine, received a five-year, $30 million grant from the Department of Energy for "The Consortium for Risk Evaluation With Stakeholder Participation."

Monica Roth, PhD, professor, Biochemistry, received a four-year, $700,000 grant from the NIH for "Retroviral Reverse Transcription/Pre-integrative Events."

Frank Sonnenberg, MD, professor, Medicine, received a three-year, $695,432 grant from the NIH to study "Decision Analytic Support for Clinical Guidelines."

Robert Trelstad, MD, Harold L. Paz Chair of Developmental Biology and acting director, Child Health Institute of New Jersey, received a two-year, $1,819,451 grant from the NIH for "Transgenic and Gene Targeting Core for the Child Health Institute at UMDNJ-RWJMS."

Professional Activities:

Kiron Das, MD, professor, Medicine, and director, Crohn’s and Colitis Center of New Jersey, presented "Novel Biomarker for the Early Diagnosis of Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and Stomach" and "Medical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease" at the Second World Congress on Digestology in Bejing.

Edmund Lattime, PhD, professor, Surgery and associate director, CINJ, presented "Gene Therapy: Are We Getting Closer?" to the 8th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia and the 7th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery in Singapore.

Matthew Menza, MD, associate professor, Psychiatry, presented "Erectile Dysfunction: The Role of the Psychiatrist" and "Psychiatric Aspects of Parkinson’s Disease" at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

Jeffrey Carson, MD, Richard C. Reynolds Professor of Medicine, and chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, presented "Should Leukodepletion Be Implemented World-Wide?" at the 20th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine held in Brussels.

Honors:

Mario Ammirati, MD, professor, Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Camden, was appointed as a visiting professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, Kosin Medical College in Pusan, Korea.

Kiron Das, MD, professor, Medicine, and director, Crohn’s and Colitis Center of New Jersey, was appointed as honorary professor at Tianjin Medical University Hospital and the University Hospital in Tianjin, China.

Robert Pallay, MD, associate professor, Family Medicine, was appointed by former Governor Christine Todd Whitman to the New Jersey Public Health Council.

SOM
SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE

Publications:

"Benefits and Risks of Estrogen Replacement Therapy," by Carman Ciervo, DO, associate professor, Clinical Family Medicine, and acting chair, Family Medicine, was in the Journal of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, Vol. 4, No. 10, October 2000.

"dUTP Nucleotidohydrolase Isoform Expression in Normal and Neoplastic Tissues: Association and Survival and Response to 5-Fluorouracil in Colorectal Cancer," by Robert Ladner, PhD, assistant professor, and Salvatore Caradonna, PhD, associate professor and chair, Molecular Biology, was in Cancer Research, Vol. 60, 2000.

"Prolonged Survival With Hydranencephaly: Report of Two Patients and Literature Review," co-authored by Edmund Erde, MD, professor, Clinical Family Medicine, was in Pediatric Neurology, Vol. 23, No. 1, July 2000.

"Synthesis of Leukotrienes from Butadiene," by Ana Rodriguez, PhD, research teaching specialist, Cell Biology, was in the European Journal of Chemistry, 2000.

Grants:

Thomas Morley, DO, professor, Clinical Medicine and Division of Pulmonary Medicine, James Guidice, MD, professor, Medicine, and chief, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Russell Griesback, DO, Silvio Zappasodi, DO, associate professors, Clinical Medicine and Division of Pulmonary Medicine, and Eleanor Masterson, DO, associate professor, Osteo Science, received a two-year, $87,000 grant from the American Osteopathic Association to study "Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy as a Non-Pharmacological Treatment for Stable Patients with Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis."

Professional Activities:

Robin Clemons, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Clinical Family Medicine, presented "Emergency Contraception: Point and Counterpoint" at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine in Philadelphia.

R. Michael Gallagher, DO, professor, Clinical Family Medicine, and vice dean, lectured on clinical trials at a faculty development program for neurologists and primary care physicians in Knoxville and Memphis.

Marvin Herring, MD, professor, Clinical Family Medicine, presented "Applying Interdisciplinary Team Precepts to the Implementation of Community-Oriented Primary Care Projects" at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine in Philadelphia.

Loretta Mueller, DO, associate professor, Clinical Family Medicine, presented "Headache Diagnosis and Treatment" to primary care physicians in Philadelphia. She also presented "Migraine" at The Female Patient in Primary Care symposium in New York.

Honors:

Robert Fernandez, DO, MPH, acting associate dean, Academic Affairs, was appointed to serve as a National Advisory Council member in the National Health Service Corps of the United States Health Resources and Services Administration.

David Fink, DO, assistant professor, Family Medicine, was promoted to major in the United States Army Reserve Medical Corp.

Marvin Herring, MD, professor, Clinical Family Medicine, was appointed as a life member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.