Archived "In the Spotlight" News features:
| August 2008 - Docs Go Deep in the Wilderness to Test Emergency Skills |
n an unusually warm day in Michigan this past October, medical students Patrick Harvey and Conal Roche were hiking in the woods when they encountered a small plane wreck. Inside the wreckage, they found a male pilot and a woman with her infant child. Harvey and Roche quickly determined there was nothing they could do medically for the mother. They decompressed the pilot’s collapsed lung by inserting a needle into his chest and put his leg in traction to restore blood flow to the limb ......... read more
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| SEPTEMBER 2007 - Laurie Beth Gesell, MD, Named 2007 President-Elect, Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society |
Laurie Beth Gesell, M.D., medical director, The University Hospital Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, has been elected president of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) for 2007. UHMS is an international, non-profit organization composed of diving and hyperbaric scientists and physicians and the advisory arm for insurance and government regulatory and protocol policy. The president acts as chief executive officer of the organization, which has approximately 2,000 members in approximately 60 countries ...read more
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| JULY 2006 - Presenting The Residency
Training Program 2006-2007 Leadership Team |
The Residency leadership team has expanded to include an Associate Residency Director as well as two outstanding Assistant Residency Directors, in addition to Dr. Andra Blomkalns who serves as the Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program Director. Dr. Hollynn Larrabee, Assistant Residency Director, is now overseeing the R1s, while Dr. James Moak, Assistant Residency Director, is watching over the R2s, and Dr. Brian Stettler, Associate Residency Director, is guiding the R3s. Dr. Andra Blomkalns is assigned to the R4s as well as maintaining oversight of the Residency Program. Great strides for our Residency Program!
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