February 1, 2008
  Kudos


Dr. Al Yurvati, TCOM Class of 1986 and chair of surgery,
… was inducted as a member of Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education.  Dr. Yurvati is a PhD candidate in education at Northcentral University.

Dr. James Simpkins, chair of pharmacology and neuroscience, and
Dr. ShaoHua Yang, assistant professor of pharmacology and neuroscience,
had a research article selected for the Virtual Journal of Biomedical Optics (VJBO). The article is titled Noninvasive monitoring of estrogen effects against ischemic stroke in rats by near-infrared spectroscopy.” It can be found on the VJBO Web site.

141 Health Science Center employees
… received an award for five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 or 35 years of service. The awards are presented each year to those Health Science Center employees who reach a five-year service anniversary during the calendar year preceding the ceremony.

Those who received awards this year include:

35 Years
John M. Talent, MS

30 Years
Betty J. Belton
James L. Caffrey, PhD
Peter B. Raven, PhD
Thomas Yorio, PhD

25 Years
Sam Buchanan, DO
Donna M. Davis
Michele M. Grauerholz
Linda F. Guerrero
Patricia A. Gwirtz, PhD
Ruth Iglesias
Bhalchandra J. Kudchodkar, PhD
Lawrence X. Oakford, PhD
Edwin V. Snyder
Cheryl K. Wells

20 Years
Hortensia Menchaca Avina
Bobbie J. Bailey Jr.
Wilson D. Bowling
Anne-Marie Brun
Steve P. Buchanan, DO
Michael T. Castillo
I-Fen Chen Chang
Margaret A. Clark, RN
Susan E. Crutcher
Jerry L. Dickey, DO
Slobodan D. Dimitrijevich, PhD
W. Rand Horsman
Angela M. Howard
John C. Licciardone, DO, MS, MBA
Sue G. Lurie, PhD
Randy R. Rogers
Jan D. Sharp
Dennis P. Shingleton, MS, MBA
Fidelita G. Weis
John E. West
Sherry L. White, MLS

15 Years
Rene Arcand
Robin E. Belcher
Sandra L. Booker
Carmen M. Botello, LVN
Jack N. Chrysler
Jeannette R. Collazo, CPC
Eduardo P. Flores
Michael A. Green
Susan Carol Harlin
Robert "Tommy"Hawkes
Becky J. Hendrix
Lynne Willis Holmes
Eunsun Jung, PhD
Shirley G. King
Ede K. Lunn
Leanne E. Rogers
Phillip P. Saperstein, DO
Harold John Sheedlo, PhD
Donna K. Spencer
Velma Thomason, LVN
Jim S. Trammell
Barbara P. Tucker, CPA, CMPE
Rosie M. Ward

10 Years

Miranda I. Baldwin
Vicki L. Cannon, RN
Brenna I. Clifton, LVN
Julene A. Conway
Jill A. Gramer, DO
Barbara L. Harty
Glenda C. Hawkins
Robert M. Haynes
Cynthia G. Hines
Lindsey Rene Jendrey
Judy M. Johnson
Jennifer E. LaBuy
Samantha L. Lynch, Senior MA
Douglas A. Mains, DrPH
Sandra G. Mann
Sandra J. McAfee, CPA
Kathan D. McCallister
Steven A. McGaw
John G. Mills, DO
M. Otholene Minton
Randall R. Phillips, DO
Stephen H. Robertson
Robert P. Roysden
Donald M. Seher
Maria A. Serrano
Eugenia Ximena Urrutia-Rojas, DrPH, RN
Martin S. Weiss, DO

 

5 Years
Sherif T. Al-Farra, MD
Rickey Jay Barnes
James E. Baxter
LeeAnn J. Bible
Garri Nicole Blacksher
Karen S. Caddell
Kathryn Marie Cardarelli, PhD
Olive Chen, PhD
M. Richard Clemens
Deborah A. Cooper
Alice K. Cord
Karen R. Cox, RCT
des Anges Cruser, PhD, MPA
Linda G. Davis, MHS, PA-C
Leila Evelyn Diaz, MA, MEd
Krista Virginia Gordon, MPH
Amanda J. Griffith
Brenda R. Guerrero, RN
Jeffrey M. Hantes, DO
Crystal G. Harrold
Laurie A. Hill, MHS, PA-C
Long T. Hoang, DO
Socorro Jaso
Melody Ann Josserand
Barbara Ann Kennedy
Toyya S. Kinsey, DO
Stephen O. Mathew, PhD
Michael W. McGill
Charlie Miner
Helen Shea Patterson Young
Cynthia J. Perry
Dixie Lee Peters, MS
Amanda Kay Poynter
Terry L. Prindle
Margarett Ann Propst, CPM
Susie G. Quintana
Jesus A. Rabago
Dolores Reyna
Jesus B. Rodriguez
Ruth Rodriguez
Mark A. Sanders, DO, JD, MPH
Saumyendra N. Sarkar
Arti B. Sharma, MBBS, PhD
Turner Slicho, DO
Lisa M. Smith
Lynn M. Speaks, DO
Ronald D. Tanner, DO
Sammy L. Tatum
Vikas Tomer, MPH
Angelita Trevino
Joseph E. Warren Jr.
Douglas Wayne Williams
Diana G. Winton
Robert D. Wright
Susana H. Zepeda UNTHSC logo

 

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