Newsmakers
Dr.
Pollock top reviewer for Hypertension
Dr. David M. Pollock, professor in the Vascular Biology Center, has been named top editorial board reviewer for the journal Hypertension.
An editorial board member since 2003, Dr. Pollock is cited in the journal’s annual report to the board for the period ending Aug. 31, 2006. The journal also cited him as an Outstanding Reviewer in its previous fiscal year.
Four other MCG researchers were listed among the top editorial board reviewers for the American Heart Association journal this year: Dr. R. Clinton Webb, chair, Department of Physiology, and Dr. Edward Inscho, physiologist in the department; as well as Dr. John Imig, renal vascular physiologist, and Dr. Jennifer Pollock, biochemist, in the Vascular Biology Center.
Dr. David Pollock reviewed 22 manuscripts for Hypertension during the 12-month period cited. He is on the editorial board of six additional journals, including the American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology, from which he received the Star Reviewer Award in 2005. He will become review editor for Vascular Pharmacology in 2007 and in the past three years, has served as a reviewer for 23 other journals.
Dr. Pollock is principal investigator on three National Institutes of Health grants, co-principal investigator on a fourth exploring different aspects of kidney function, and project leader on an NIH Program Project grant exploring the relationship between inflammation and hypertension.
He is a member of the NIH Physiology and Pathobiology of Organ Systems Study Section and the American Heart Association’s Cardiorenal Study Section. Dr. Pollock also is a member of the International Endothelin Council, the American Physiological Society’s Committee on Committees and the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research’s Research and Publications Committees. He was named a fellow of the American Society of Nephrology in 2006.
Dr. Pollock has been an MCG faculty member for 11 years. He earned his doctorate from the University of Cincinnati and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Departments of Physiology and Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Nurses earn certification
Twenty-four MCG Health System nurses have become RNCs after earning National Certification Corporation certification designation.
Nurses completed exams specific to their areas of expertise, held at the Children’s Medical Center for the first time. A total of 19 nurses in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit are now certified, as well as all nurses on the Neonatal Transport team.
The NCC is an accredited, not-for-profit organization that provides a national credentialing program for nurses, physicians and other licensed health professionals. RNCs must maintain their credential every three years, through re-examination or continuing education.
Earning the designation in In-Patient OB: Kathy Blunt, Paulalyn Boll, Sheila Counts, Latoya Fields, Carrie Holloway and Crystal Wang; in Maternal Newborn:
Debra Banks, Brenda Blackmon, Lynn Folger, Angela Henry, Frankie Parks, Vinita Schoultz and Linda Stewart; in Neonatal Intensive Care: Edra Adams, Melissa Bailey, Charlene Beckham, Gail Cantrell, Angi Gifford, Patty Parker, Kelley Pope, Sherri Trammell, Marnita Wade and Linda Wise; and in Low-Risk Neonatal Intensive Care: Tammy Parrish and Sara Price.
Nurses named GAPAN officers
Karen Catchings, charge nurse of same-day surgery, has been installed as president of the Georgia Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. Other elected officers from MCGHI are: Leslie Edney, charge nurse of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit, president-elect, 2006-07; Monica Anadu, senior staff nurse, secretary; Diane Sherman, senior staff nurse, legislative member-at-large; and Susan Andrews, perioperative manager, membership member-at-Large. Sarah Gillen, charge nurse of pre-op evaluation, holds the appointed offices of webmaster and newsletter editor.
Established in 1977, the association advances perianesthesia nursing through continuing education, community service and research.
Mr.
Jennings elected to HI board
W. Mansfield Jennings Jr., a native of Hawkinsville, Ga., has been appointed to the MCGHI Board of Directors by Allan Virgil, chair of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.
Mr. Jennings is chair and chief executive officer of ComSouth Corporation, a telecommunications holding company. He also chairs SunMark Community Bank. He is past chair of Taylor Regional Hospital and a past member of the Board of Directors of Plant Cellular Company in Tifton, Ga.
His professional affiliations include past president and director of the Georgia Telephone Association and memberships in the U.S. Telephone Association, Independent Telephone Pioneers and Organization for the Protection and Advancement of Small Telephone Companies.
He is a University System of Georgia regent; past president and charter director of the Hawkinsville-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce; past president of the Hawkinsville Rotary Club; past district governor of Rotary International; member of the Board of Directors of the Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base; and member of the Board of Directors of United Pulaski, Inc.
Obituaries
The MCG community extends condolences to the family and friends of:
Solomon C. Greene, 58, an accounts manager with Patient Accounting, who died Oct. 19. Mr. Greene had been with MCG since 1992.
Martinas C. Curry, 27, who died Nov. 1. Mr. Curry was the husband of Kambre Curry, an assistant lab technician with Laboratory Animal Services.
Sebron H. Butler Jr., 63, a retired technician with Environmental Services, who died Nov. 4. He worked at MCG from 1993-2004.