ST. JOHN’S PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
DEC. 8, 2008 

ST. JOHN’S WELCOMES NEW ANESTHESIOLOGIST

Alex Keller, M.D. received her medical education from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and performed her internship with Creighton University Department of Internal Medicine.  She completed her residency training with the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology and followed that with an obstetrics fellowship in anesthesiology at Duke University Medical Center.  Dr. Keller is board certified in Anesthesiology.

HOSPITALIST PRESENTS AT ACCP MEETING

St. John’s hospitalist Paresh Patel, M.D. made a presented “Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in a Patient With Multiple Sclerosis: Mere Coincidence or an Autoimmune Link?” at the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) meeting held in Philadelphia.

ST. JOHN’S PHYSICIAN NAMED MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AIR MEDICAL COMMUNICATORS

Dr. Charles Sheppard, M.D. has been named the Medical Director of the National Association of Air Medical Communicators.  The group includes all dispatchers for EMS air and ground critical care.  They produce and run courses for dispatchers to improve the safety and reliability of critical care transport.  Currently, they are working with the FAA to establish standards and training for air medical dispatchers.  Dr. Sheppard’s role will be to advise on medical and air medical issues as they relate to dispatch.

BRIAN TIBBS JOINS ST. JOHN’S CLINIC-GENERAL & TRAUMA SURGERY

Brian M. Tibbs, M.D. received his medical education form the University of Missouri- Kansas City and completed his residency with the same institution.  He rounded out this medical training with a fellowship in trauma and a fellowship in surgical critical care at Emory University School of Medicine.  Dr. Tibbs is board certified in surgery and surgical care and is a member of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Western Trauma Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and is an associate fellow of the American College of Surgeons and fellow of the Southeastern Surgical Society.

ST. JOHN’S CLINIC-LOCKWOOD WELCOMES NEW PHYSICIAN

Angie Whitesell, M.D. received her medical education from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine in 2002 and completed her residency with Cox Family Practice, Springfield, MO in 2005.  She is board certified in family medicine and is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

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