Radiology Residency Newsletter

Spring 2018

GreetingsfromUAMSRadiology!

The residency interview season has wrapped up for the RadiologyDepartment and we have interviewed many excellent candidates forDiagnostic Radiology, NuRad (Nuclear Medicine/DR) and combinedIR/DR pathways. We are excited about the future of Radiology in thestate of Arkansas and UAMS!

Arkansas Children’s Northwest Hospital will open this spring. It islocated in Springdale, AR between I-49 and Don Tyson Parkway. The24-inpatent bed hospital will house a 24-hour ER and a full range ofimaging services.

The inaugural UAMS Radiology Alumni Event and CME was a greatsuccess! A good time was had by all attendees. If you were not ableto make it this year, go ahead and plan on attending this fall. Thedates will be announced in early Summer.

As always, thanks for reading and we welcome any faculty, staff,resident or alumni to submit an article or idea for the newsletter. Ifyou would like to contribute, please let one us know!

Sincerely,

GainesFricke,MD ChiefResident

JayThorpe,DOChiefResident

In This IssuePage2– FromthePD

Page3,4 – Kudos!

Page5-8– AlumniEventPictures

Page9– WelcomeNewFaculty

Page10– Wewillmissyou!

Page11- Obituary

Page12– SavetheDate!

Editorial BoardEditorsJayThorpe, DOGainesFricke,MD

AssociateEditorVibhor Wadhwa,MD

FacultyAdvisorsKedar Jambhekar,MDJamesDIreland,MDMaryEMeek,MD

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JamesD.Ireland,MDAssociateProgramDirector,DiagnosticRadiologyResidencyProgramAssistantChief,DiagnosticandTherapeuticImagingServicesCentralArkansasVeteransHealthServices

Welcome to the second issue of the UAMS Radiology Residency Newsletter. We havefinally wrapped up the residency interview season. Once again, a great deal ofpreparation has gone into the interview process. I would like to thank our interns,residents and staff who graciously offered their time to help in this very important task.In all, we interviewed 111 applicants. While the past three years have seen thedesirability for radiology residency positions go down across the nation, this year appearsto be much more competitive. Step 1 board scores of our applicants averaged 241.3 andStep 2 scores averaged 248.8. We interviewed 92 male and 19 females, a ratio reflectiveof the applicant pool this year. These numbers represent 73 MD candidates, 38 DOcandidates, 93 American candidates and 18 international medical graduates. In total, wehad 522 individuals apply to our programthis year.

Our residents and interns enjoyed pre-interview dinners the night before each interview,hosting the applicants at The Flying Saucer. As indicated, the quality of the applicantswas high, making the job of choosing the top candidates more daunting. Thankfully, dueto both the high caliber of those who choose to apply, and those who are invited tointerview, we are likely to be very happy with the match results, nomatter how they turnout.

It is once again time to start planning next year’s Radiology Boot Camp to welcome thenext generation of R1’s into the fold. I hope that interns, residents and staff are makingplans to attendthe annual Buffalo River Canoe Trip the third Saturday in July.

From the Program Directors’ Desk

Kudos to our Residents!

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Dr.Manohar Kuruva,R4resident,earnedaperfectscoreonhisAmericanBoardofNuclearMedicineexamination.Dr.KuruvaalsorecentlypassedhisABRCoreExaminationheldinJune2017.

Dr.BlakeJacks,R2Resident,receivedtheSIRResident-in-TrainingScholarship toattendtheSocietyofInterventionalRadiology (SIR)AnnualMeeting inLosAngelesinMarch2018.

Dr.VibhorWadhwa,R2Resident,wasselectedfortheIntroduction toAcademicRadiology (ITAR)SeminarheldatRSNA2017.Dr.WadhwaisalsoselectedfortheprestigiousAUR-ACRResearchScholarProgramtobeheldatAURAnnualMeeting inOrlandoinMay2018.

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Kudos to our Residents!

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Alumni Event – Diner Dinner (20th October 2017)

ThefirsteverUAMSRadiologyAlumniEventwasheldon20th and21st October2017.Theeventcomprisedofafundraiserdinner inthehonorofDr.WilmaC.Diner,andaCMEactivityfeaturing

lecturesfromfacultyandalumniofUAMSRadiology.

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Alumni Event – Diner Dinner (20th October 2017)

Through theFundraiserdinner, asumof$12,875wasraisedfortheDinerFamilyEndowment forRadiologyResidentEducation.

TheEndowmentwasestablishedbyDr.Dinertosupport radiologyresidenteducationinthestateofArkansas.

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Alumni Event – CME (21st October 2017)

TheCMEprogramwasdirectedbyDr.RoopaRamandthespeakersincludedDr.SteveHarms,Dr.LeahBraswell,Dr.JaniceBrooks,

Dr.RyanFitzgerald,Dr.Tarun Pandey,Dr.JeanMatchett,Dr.ClaireBeaumontandDr.Hemendra Shah.

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Alumni Event – CME (21st October 2017)

TheUAMSDepartmentofRadiologywouldliketoexpressdeepestgratitudeandthankstoallattendeesatthedinner

andspeakersattheCMEevent.

SpencerLewis,MD

Dr. Lewis has joined the Department ofRadiology as an Assistant Professor inthe Division of Pediatric Radiology atArkansas Children’s Hospital andUniversity of Arkansas for MedicalSciences. He will also serve as AssociateProgram Director for the DiagnosticRadiology Residency.

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Welcome!

JaneCook,DO

Dr. Cook has joined the Department ofRadiology as an Assistant Professor inthe Division of Pediatric Radiology andAssociate Director of Radiology atArkansas Children’s Northwest Hospital.Dr. Cook is very excited to be extendingquality care in the Northwest campusand looks forward to working with all ofthe residents.

We will miss you!

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DianeBricco,MD

Dr. Bricco was an Assistant Professor in theDivision of Interventional Radiology atUAMS. She was loved by the residents forher calm nature and knack for teaching.

Message for residents from Dr. Bricco:“Miss you guys and wishing you all thebest. Keep in touch!”

AlisaKanfi,MD

Dr. Kanfi was the Assistant Professor ofRadiology in the Division of PediatricRadiology at Arkansas Children’s Hospitaland served as the Associate ProgramDirector for Radiology Residency from2012-2017. She was loved by theresidents for her witty nature.

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Obituary

MichaelF.Berry

He graduated from Minden High School in 1987 and attended Louisiana TechUniversity, where he was a Tau Kappa Epsilon. He then earned a medicaldegree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveportprior to serving his Residency and Fellowship in Interventional Radiology atUAMS in Little Rock. He was an interventional radiologist at Mercy Hospitalfor 18 years. Mike was a devoted family man, loving husband, and dedicatedphysician. He cherished the times attending his daughters' dance recitals andcompetitions, and playing guitar with his son. Dr. Berry was an enthusiasticLSU fan and also enjoyed hiking, road and mountain biking, traveling, andrestoring Mustangs. He was a lifelong learner, whether it be studying acontinuing education topic in his field, restoring vintage cars, or LSU'srecruiting class.

Other survivors include his parents, Fred and Linda Berry of Minden,Louisiana; his brother, Dr. Brent Berry, his wife Nancy and their children,Brittany and Nicholas Berry of Bossier City, Louisiana; his in-laws, Dr. Joe andLinda Penny of Benton, Louisiana; his sister-in-law, Robyn Johnson and herchildren, Hannah and Thomas Roberts of Shreveport, Louisiana; andnumerous dear friends and colleagues.

Dr. Michael F. Berry, 49, of Bentonville, Arkansaspassed away from a sudden illness on Sunday,February 11, 2018. He was born December 28,1968 in Shreveport, Louisiana to Linda GaleBarnes Berry and Fred Harding Berry.

He is preceded in death by his grandparents,Odessa Barnes Raudabaugh and Searcy Barnes,and Nobie and Fred H. Berry. He is survived byhis wife of 23 years, Melissa Johnson Berry, andhis three children, Matthew, Meredith, andMolly Berry.

SavetheDate!

The Arkansas Radiological Society invites you to attend the 2018 Breast Imaging Update

Date: April 21, 2018Time: 7:30 AM-5:15 PM

21c Museum and Hotel - Main Gallery - Bentonville, Arkansas(light breakfast and lunch provided)

Guest Speakers:Michael N. Linver, MD, FACR;

Amanda J. Ferrell, MD;Stephen G. Routon, MD;

and, ACR Vice Chair, Board of Chancellors,Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA, FACR

Program Chair:Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, MD

Chief of Breast ImagingUAMS Department of Radiology

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For more information contact Sue White at arradsoc@gmail.com and 501.580.0522

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