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CURRICULUM VI= TAE

  &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     October 22, 2007

 

 

 

Name:            &nbs= p;            Michael Anthony Edwards, MD

 

Current Position:       

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;           &= nbsp;   Assistant Professor of Surgery

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;  Department of Surgery

Section, Gastrointestinal Surgery

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;  Medical College of Georgia

 

Office Address:          1120 15th Street, BI 407= 2

Augu= sta, GA 30912    

 

Email Address:           miedwards@mcg.edu

 

Office Telephone:      (706) 721-4= 686/0970

Office Fax:            =      (706) 721-0972

 

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

 

Date of Birth:     &nbs= p;          January 25, 1969

 

Place of Birth:     &nbs= p;         Jamaica, West Indie= s

 

Citizenship:        &= nbsp;          United States of America

 

Gender:        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Male

 

Sex:        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         Male

 

Marital Status:      =         Married        &= nbsp;   Children: 3 Girls

 

 

EDUCATION:  

 

High School:      =             &nb= sp;          Louis D. Brandeis High School, 1983-1987

 

College:        &= nbsp;           &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Cornell University, 1987-1991

Major: Health & Society, Degree: B.A.

 

Graduate/ &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;      George Washington University School of Medicine,

Professional:&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   1993-1998, Degree: MD

 

Post-Doctoral Training: The George Washington University Hospital

   &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       General Surgery Internship, 1998-1999

 

   &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       The George Washington Universi= ty Hospital

   &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;               &= nbsp;   General Surgery, 1999-2004

 

   &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       The George Washington Universi= ty Hospital

   &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;               &= nbsp;   Chief Resident in General Surgical, 2003-2004

 

Surgical Fellowship:     &n= bsp;            Barnes-Jewish<= /st1:PlaceName> Hospital,

Washington University School of Medicine

   &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program, 2004-2005

 

   &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;               &= nbsp;   Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

   = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;        Harvard University Medical<= /st1:PlaceName> School        &= nbsp;                  &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         &= nbsp;   Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, 2005-2006

 

Board Certification:     = ;            &n= bsp; General Surgery, February 6, 2006

Board Certification:     = ;            &n= bsp; Surgical Critical Care, September 26, 2006

 

Medical Licensure:     &nb= sp;            =   Georgia        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   2006-present

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;  Massachusetts 2005-present

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;  District of Columbia      <= /span>2002-present

 

 

PROFESSIONAL:

 

Academic Appointments:

 

Research Fellow

Department of Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

The = Veterans Affair Medical Center, Washington,= DC, 2001-2002

 

Clinical Fellow

Department of Surgery, Division of Burn, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine<= /st1:PlaceName>,

St. Louis= , MO, 2004-2005

 

Instructor in Surgery

Beth= Israel-Deaconess Medical Center

Harv= ard University Medical School, Boston, MA, 2005-2006

 

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Medical College of Georgia, Departm= ent of Surgery

August 2006-present

 

Director, Virtual Education and Surgical Simulation Lab (VESSL)

Medical College of Georgia, August 2006-present

 

 

 

 

 

Clinical Hosp= ital Appointments:

 

Medical Staff, Department of Critical Care Medicine

Missouri Baptist Medical Center, <= st1:City w:st=3D"on">St. Louis, MO, 1/2005-6/2005

 

Medical Staff, Department of Critical Care Medicine

SSM St. Joseph Hospital<= /st1:PlaceType>, St. Charles, MO, 1/2005-6/2005

 

Supported Staff, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery=

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 5/2006-6/2006

 

Department of Surgery

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, <= st1:City w:st=3D"on">Augusta, GA 2006-present

 

Department of Surgery

McDuffie = Regional Medical Center, Washington<= /st1:place>, GA 2006-present

 

Surgical Staff

Trinity Hospital, Augusta, GA 2007-present=

 

Editorial Boa= rds:

1. Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical

  &nbs= p; Techniques 2005

2. Reviewer, Surgical Endoscopy 2007

 

National Comm= ittees:

   &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;       1. Ad-Hoc Member, American Society for Bariatric Surgery

   &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;       2. ASBS Essentials Course Examination, 2006

 

Institutional Committees:

1. Education Committee, MCG Department of Surgery, Committee Member

    2006 to present

2. Virtual Education and Surgical Simulation Lab Skills Curriculum

    Committee, MCG Department of Surgery, Committee Chair

    2006 to present

3. Faculty Senate Student Promotions Subcommittee Class 2011,

    Appointed 2007

 

Professional Societies:

 

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   1. American = College of Surgeons, Member

  &nbs= p; 1999-present

2. Society for Critical Care Medicine, Member

  &nbs= p; 2003-present

3. American Medical Association, Member

  &nbs= p; 2003-present

4. Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Member

  &nbs= p; 2005-present

5. National Medical Association, Member

  &nbs= p; 2005-present

6. American Society of Bariatric Surgery, Member =

  &nbs= p; 2005-present

7. Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Member

  &nbs= p; 2005-present

8. The Association for Surgical Education, Member=

  &nbs= p; 2007-present

 

AWARDS AND HONORS:

 

1. J.T. Tai Foundation Scholarship, The George Washington University

    School of Medicine

2. Horowitz Scholarship, The George Washington University School of

    Medicine

3. National Medical Fellowship, The George Washington University  

    School of Medicine

4. Hilda Drake Scholarship, The George Washington University School of

    Medicine

 

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

 

Washington Free Cli= nic, Washington, DC 1994-1998.  Healthcare Provide= r

 

 

PRIOR RESEARCH PROJECTS:

 

Investigator: The role of pro-calcitonin in the mediation/regulation of SIRS, sepsis: animal model of intra-peritoneal sepsis. 

District of Columbia VA Medical Center, 2001-2002

 

Subinvestigat= or: Randomized, double-blinded placebo-controlled trial of prophylactic heparin= in patients with severe sepsis and higher disease severity who are undergoing treatment with Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated).

Washingt= on University School of Medicine, 2004-2005

 

Subinvestigat= or: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled study to determine the efficacy and safety of Epoetin Alpha in critically-ill patients.

Washingt= on University School of Medicine, 2004-2005

 

ACTIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS:<= /b>

 

Principal Investigator: Prospective, Multi-institutional, Randomized Trial Comparing Rives-Stoppa Retrorectus Ventral Hernia Repair a= nd Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair.

Medical College of Georgia 2007 to present

 

Principal Investigator: TyGER Intra-abdominal Infection Study.  A Multi-Center, Open-Label, Random= ized Comparative Study of Trial Tyglecycline vs Ceftriaxone plus Metronidazole for the Treat= ment of Hospitalized Subjects with Complicated Intra-abdominal Infection.

Medical College of Georgia (IRB Pending)

 

 

 

PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND STATE MEETINGS

MEETINGS, VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS

  1. Society for American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  April 2007, Dallas TX. Faculty Presenter at Educators Lunch.=   Topic: MIS Fellowships, for what cases is it needed? 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITS AND AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAMS

 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

 

  1. Intussusception after gastric bypass for morbid obesity.&nb= sp; ASBS June 2006
  2. Benchmarking hospital outcomes for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.

SAGES April 2006.

  1. Antecolic versus retro= colic laparoscopic gastric bypass for morbid obesity.

SAGES April 2006.

  1. Benchmarking hospital outcomes for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. Massachusetts Chapter of the ACS = 53rd Annual Meeting, November 2006. 

Poster of Distinction Award.

  1. Accessing laparoscopic adjustable gastric band ports using ultrasonography.  ASBS 2007
  2. Effectiveness of virtu= al instructor feedback on novice learner performance using the GI Mentor = II Simulator.  SAGES 2007

 

 

ABSTRACTS:

 

  1. Michael A. Edwards MD, Benjamin E. Schneider MD, James Ellsmere MD, Ronit Grinbaum MD, Vivian Sanchez MD, Daniel B. Jones MD.=  Antecolic versus retrocolic laparoscopic gastric bypass for morbid obesity. SAGES 2006
  2. Michael A. Edwards MD, Ronit Grinbaum MD, Benjamin E. Schneider MD, Angela Walsh RN, James Ellsmere MD, Vivian Sanchez MD, Daniel B. Jones MD. Benchmarking hospital outcomes for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. SAGES 2006
  3. Michael A. Edwards MD, Ronit Grinbaum MD, James Ellsmere M= D, Daniel Jones MD, Benjamin E. Schneider MD.  Intussusception after gastric = bypass for morbid obesity: A case report and literature review of a rare complication. ASBS 2006
  4. James Ellsmere MD, Michael Edwards MD, Ronit Gr= inbaum MD, Vivian Sanchez MD, Benjamin Schneider MD, Daniel Jones MD.  MIS fellowship improves reside= nt laparoscopic experience and does not lessen operative caseload. SAGES = 2006
  5. James Ellsmere MD, R. = Kane MD, Ronit Grinbaum MD, Michae= l A. Edwards MD, Vivian Sanchez MD, Benjamin Schneider MD, Daniel Jones= MD.  Intraoperative ultrasonograph= y in patients undergoing planned liver resections: why are we still perform= ing it? SAGES 2006
  6. Ronit Grinbaum MD, Michael A. Edwards MD, Danie= l B. Jones MD, Linda Veglia RD, James Ellsmere MD, Vivian Sanchez MD, Benja= min E. Schneider MD.  Pregnan= cy after bariatric surgery: when is it safe? SAGES 2006
  7. James G Bittner IV MD, Adeline M Deladisma MD, Micha= el A Edwards MD, Edward J Kruse MD, Mary Anne Park RN, John D.Mellinger= MD, Bruce MacFadyen MD and Scott Lind MD.=   Effectiveness of Virtual Instructor Feedback on Novice Learner Performance Using the GI Mentor II Simulator.  SAGES April 2007
  8. James Ellsmere MD, Michael A Edwards MD. Ronit Grinbaum MD, Benjamin Schneider MD, Daniel Jones MD.  Accessing laparoscopic adjust= able gastric band ports using ultrasonography.  ASBS 2007
  9. James Bittner MD, Michael A. Edwards MD, John Mellinger, MD.  Mesh-free laparoscopic spigelian herniorrhaphy. Video presentation, Southeaster Surgical Conference, 2008
  10. Malay B. Shah, MD and = Michael A. Edwards, MD. An u= nusual presentation of rectal leiomyoma. Southeastern Surgical Conference, 20= 08.
  11. William Parker MD, Mi= chael A. Edwards MD, John D. Mellinger, MD. Splenic Hemorrhage: An Unexpected Complication Following Colonoscopy. Southeastern Surgical Conference, 2008
  12. Malay B. Shah, MD; Mic= hael A. Edwards, MD; James Bittner, MD. A case of gastric perforation and d= eath associated with Rett Syndrome. Southeastern Surgical Conference, 2008<= /li>

 

 

 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

 

  1. Michael A. Edwards, Ronit Grinbaum, James Ellsmere, Daniel Jones, Benjamin E. Schneider.  Intussusception after roux-en-= y gastric bypass for morbid obesity: A case report and literature review of a ra= re complication. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2006; 2(4): 483= -489.
  2. Michael A. Edwards, Benjamin E. Schneider, James Ellsmere, Ronit Grinbaum, Daniel B. Jones.  Anastomotic leak following ant= ecolic versus retrocolic laparoscopic roux-en-y gastric bypass for morbid obesity. Obesity Surgery 2007; 17: 292-297.
  3. Michael A. Edwards MD, Ronit Grinbaum MD, Benjamin E. Schneider MD, Angela Walsh RN, James Ellsmere MD, Daniel B. Jones MD. Benchmarking hospital outcomes for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. Surgical Endoscopy Jan 2007.
  4. James Ellsmere MD, R. = Kane MD, Ronit Grinbaum MD, Michae= l A. Edwards MD, Vivian Sanchez MD, Benjamin Schneider MD, Daniel Jones= MD.  Intraoperative ultrasonograph= y in patients undergoing planned liver resections: why are we still perform= ing it? Surgical Endoscopy, Feb 2007.
  5. Michael A. Edwards MD, Maurice Smith MD, William Parker MD, Keni Gu MD, PhD. Mesenteric lipodistrophy of the left colon. American Surgeon 2007.

 

 

CHAPTERS:

 

  1. Michael Edwards MD. In:  Laparoscopic Gastrojejunostomy in Jones DB, Maithel SK and Schneider BE, e= ditors of Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgery. Woodmbury, CT: Cine-Med, Inc; 2006. p. 241-242.
  2. Michael Edwards MD. In:  Laparoscopic Jejunos= tomy, in Jones DB; Maithel SK and Schneider BE, editors of A= tlas of Minimally Invasive Surgery. Woodbury, CT: Cine-Med, Inc; 200= 6. p. 295-297.

 

 

INVITED LECTURES:

        &= nbsp;   NATIONAL

 = ;           Fa= culty Presenter: MIS Fellowships. For what cases is it needed?  Educators

Lunch, Society for American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  April 2007

 

 

 = ;           REGION= AL

1. Sparrow = Hospital-Michigan St= ate University, Lansing, MI

    Grand Rounds Lecture, Laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy: a critical 

        =         review. February 2006

 

2. Sparrow = Hospital-Michigan St= ate University, Lansing, MI

   Grand Rounds Lecture, Laparoscopic ventral herniorrhaphy, February 2006

 

3. Faculty Presenter: Outcomes and Complications of Morbid Obesity Surgery.

    Medical and Surgic= al Approaches to GI Disorders Conference (CME) Kiawah

        =         Island, SC July 2006.

 

4. Faculty Presenter: Minimally Invasive Surgery. Medical and Surgical

        =         Approaches to GI Disorders Conference (CME). Kiawah Island, SC July 2006.

 

5. Faculty Presenter: Update on Gastric Dysmotility. <= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Internal Medicine

    Conference (CME).  Kiawah Island, SC June 2007.

 

6. Faculty Presenter: Outcomes and Complications of Mo= rbid Obesity Surgery.

    Medical and Surgic= al Approaches to GI Disorders Conference (CME) Kiawah

        =         Island, SC July 2007.

 

7. Faculty Presenter: Laparoscopic Colectomy for Colorectal Cancer.

    Medical and Surgic= al Approaches to GI Disorders Conference (CME) Kiawah

        =         Island, SC July 2007.

 

 = ;           LOCAL<= o:p>

1. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard <= st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University Medical<= /st1:PlaceName> School,

    Boston, MA.  Grand Rounds Lecture, Laparosc= opic Inguinal Herniorrhaphy

    For Primary Inguinal Hernia. May 2006.

 

2. Medical College of Georgia, Anesthesia Grand Rounds (CME).  O= besity

    Surgery and Its Complications, February 12, 2007.

 

 

5. Medica= l College of Georgia, PA Student Lecture.  Gallbladder Disease,

    February 26, 2007<= br style=3D'mso-special-character:line-break'>

 

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATIONAL LAPAROSCOPIC= TRAINING COURSES

 

        &= nbsp;   Attendee

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.  US Surgic= al, 2006

 

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Laparoscopic Hernia Repair (Animal Model), US Surgical 2006

 

        &= nbsp;   Instructor

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA.  Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia CME Co= urse. Tacking Devices Lecture, April 2006.

 

Laparoscopic Hands-On Course.  SAGES Annual Meeting, Dallas Texas= 2006.


POSTGRADUATE EDUCATIONAL TRAINING<= o:p>

 = ;           Attend= ee

Emory University School of Medicine, Grady Memori= al Hospital.  ACS ATLS Course, November 2006 (AC= CME).

 

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