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Stewartsville resident leaves corporate sector for medical school

When Gianna Casini, 36, graduates from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, she will have her most staunch supporter at her side her 4-year-old daughter, Domenica. The Stewartsville resident came to medicine through a more circuitous route. Following her graduation from Marist College with a B.A. in Communications, Gianna spent five years in the telecom sector and earned her Masters Certificate in Project Management from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2001. But, for Gianna, the corporate world held no match for a career in which she could work in direct service of others. As a volunteer in the endoscopy unit at St. Peters University Hospital, Gianna solidified her interest in studying medicine, completed her post-baccalaureate course work at Rutgers University, and enrolled in UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 2008 when Domenica was just 6-months-old.

Juggling medical school and motherhood is no easy task, and Gianna achieves her goal on May 23 with the help of a formidable network, including her husband and parents. This support has enabled her to be entirely focused and dedicated to her numerous hours of studying, clerkship responsibilities and extracurricular commitments.

With their support, Gianna was able to receive the honor of being elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), being recognized as an exemplar of compassionate patient care, empathy, altruism and outstanding interpersonal interactions with peers, house staff, faculty, staff and members of the community. In addition to her excellent performance in the classroom and in her clerkships, Gianna has earned recognition for her research in multiple sclerosis. She was awarded Best Abstract in the radiology/imaging category by the American Medical Association (AMA) for its medical student research symposium, and was selected to give a podium presentation of her research at the AMA Medical Student Section interim meeting in San Diego, CA in 2010. She was also selected by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) to present her poster at the AANs 2010 annual meeting in Toronto, Canada.

After her transitional year at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Pennsylvania, Gianna will be returning to Robert Wood Johnson for her Anesthesia Residency in 2013.

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YouTube Medical School LIVE Multi Trauma – Video

17-05-2012 04:55 LIVE Multi trauma.Open Fx femur,Monteggia elbow Fx dislocation*.

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Pending budget cuts could force closure of LSU Medical School

LSU Health budget cuts

Shreveport's largest employer is being faced with staggering cuts to its operational budget that would cripple the LSU Health Shreveport Medical School.

"State funding would be reduced to a point that we couldn't operate anymore," says Sally Croom, spokesperson for LSU Health Shreveport.

Croom says if the state's proposed $25 million budget cuts pass the senate, the medical school and hospital would eventually collapse.

"Hundreds of thousands of people depend on this institution for health care," says Croom.

People like Aaron Selber, who not only serves on the LSU Foundation Board but also visits the hospital as a patient.

"I'm older. I know I'm gonna get sick and I'd like to be treated by a competent medical staff," Selber says.

Selber says the Med School produces about 70 % of the doctors who practice in Louisiana.

He says the closure of the school would send shock waves throughout the community.

"This represents a tremendous potential step backwards," he says.

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Public Hospital-Based School of Diagnostic Medical Imaging Graduates 20th Class

Newswise In her native Iran, Sepanta Shamel saw patients every day as a pediatrician. When she came to America four years ago, she wanted a new career that was just as rewarding. She started anew by attending the Harris County Hospital District School of Diagnostic Medical Imaging and is about to embark on her second career as a sonographer.

She, along with 56 others, recently graduated from the public hospital-based school, marking its 20th graduating class. The school was created in 1993 to supply the Harris County Hospital District with an available pool of diagnostic medical imaging professionals.

The unique program offers students the valuable opportunity to train using leading-edge technology, and to learn from expert physicians affiliated with The University of Texas Medical School (UTHealth) at Houston and Baylor College of Medicine.

While this was Shamels first time to graduate from the school, it was fellow graduate Anh Dangs second time. Dang graduated from the schools radiography program two years ago and with the encouragement of the schools staff, continued her education and graduated from the sonography program.

Donning black caps and gowns, graduates listened to remarks by Cleveland Black, PhD, administrative director, Education, Harris County Hospital District and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who delivered the commencement address, just as she did at the schools first commencement almost two decades ago.

Today is a special day for you and your family members. I am grateful we live in a nation that has given you all the opportunity to pursue interests such as this. Today, we celebrate your accomplishments, Jackson Lee said.

During the schools 22-year history, it has added new programs. Today, it has four: diagnostic medical radiography, diagnostic medical sonography, computerized topography (CT) graduate fellowship and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) graduate fellowship.

After successfully completing the programs, graduates are prepared to work in various medical settings like hospital, clinic or private practice. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the diagnostic medical imaging field has a growth rate of 20 percent or better through 2020, and is considered one of the most in demand.

To date, 413 students have graduated from the Harris County Hospital District School of Diagnostic Medical Imaging. While many find employment with the Harris County Hospital District ultimate the goal of the school others find employment in the other institutions of the Texas Medical Center, the worlds largest complex with healthcare institutions, research and schools, located in Houston.

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UB picks architect for medical school

The University at Buffalo has chosen an architectural firm to design its new $375 million medical school at Main and High streets.

The well-known, international firm HOK Helmuth, Obata & Kassabaum was selected to lead the building design over the next 13 months in preparation for the groundbreaking in fall 2013, UB announced.

Part of the process includes exhibiting four design concepts for public feedback.

"You don't get many opportunities to do a project of this size and scope on Main Street," said Robert G. Shibley, dean of the UB School of Architecture and Planning. "It's just a tremendous opportunity for downtown, Allentown and the entire neighborhood."

UB plans to move its School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences from the South Campus on Main to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus by 2016.

Nineteen architectural teams were pared down to four finalists that were asked to compete for the UB contract by designing a concept for the new medical school.

UB anticipates building a 12-, nine- or seven-story medical school with more than a half-million square feet of space.

The architectural competition was a chance to consider possibilities for a building on a site with some complex urban-design challenges: adding green space, walkways and an extension of Allen Street; incorporating the Allen-Medical Campus Metro Station; blending with Allentown and several historic buildings nearby; and serving as a signature "front door" for the Medical Campus along Main.

"We will not build any of the four designs," Shibley said. "This process was never intended to produce a winning design, but to reveal how the architects were thinking about and approaching the project."

The four design concepts will be on display for public input in the Greatbatch Pavilion of the Darwin Martin House, 125 Jewett Parkway, through next Thursday and then in the Central Library on Lafayette Square through June 8.

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Southborough doctor to head Massachusetts Medical Society

Dr. Richard V. Aghababian, a Southborough resident and the founding chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, was elected president of the Massachusetts Medical Society this morning, according to a society press release.

Dr. Aghababian has a long record of distinguished service with the state medical society, the release states, serving as president-elect and vice president in the last two years.

Aghababian chaired the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School from 1994 to 2007, the society said.

A Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, he is still active in education in disaster response and international development of emergency medical systems, it said.

Aghababian has also served as president of the Worcester District Medical Society, the Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Emergency Physicians and the Society for Airway Management, the release says. He now serves as the secretary-treasurer of the Society for Chest Pain Centers, a national group that helps hospitals improve management of cardiac patients in an observation setting.

An editor-in-chief, associate editor and contributing author for several textbooks and a widely-published author and lecturer on topics in emergency medicine, disaster response and preparedness, Dr. Aghababian has received honors and awards for his contributions to medicine and the community from the American Red Cross, the Worcester District Medical Society, Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians and the University of Massachusetts the society wrote. In 2007, he was a recipient of the Annual Health Care Heroes Award from the Worcester Business Journal.

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