Alumni Spotlight

Rebecca Reddy, MD'98, opened a solo pediatrics practice in Wichita, bucking the trend of joining large medical groups and hospitals. Dr. Reddy is looking forward to seeing her own patients and developing a relationship with them. Read more...

Jared Grantham, MD'62, was honored by the American Society of Nephrology with the John P. Peters Award. His research into kidney disease is internationally renowned. Read more...

George Sheldon, MD'61, FACS, has been honored with the prestigious 2011 Thomas Jefferson Award. The annual Jefferson Award was created in 1961 by the Robert Earl McConnell Foundation to recognize a Carolina faculty member who, through personal influence and performance of duty in teaching, writing and scholarship, has best exemplified the ideals and objectives of Thomas Jefferson. Read more about Dr. Sheldon's career and accomplishments that led to receiving this honor...

Jennifer Brull, MD'98, switched her practice to electronic health records and was the first certified "meaningful use" physician in Kansas. She says using electronic health records has greatly benefitted her patients in a number of ways. Read more...

Brad Poss, MD'87, started July 11 as the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the KU School of Medicine–Wichita. Dr. Poss will provide the leadership that ensures the academic quality and integrity of the 13 Wichita residency programs while maintaining accreditation. Read more...

Jeff Robinson, MD'11, is a recent Wichita graduate who's headed to the Mayo Clinic to start his Pediatric Residency. Check out this graduation profile of Dr. Robinson, who has a passion for medicine and music. Read more...

Steven Wooden, CRNA'94, was honored at the Duke University School of Nursing awards ceremony for his exemplary work. He received the Outstanding Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Capstone Project Award. Read more...

Doug Gruenbacher, MD'99, and Shelly Gruenbacher, MD'99, have received the 2010 Doug Parks, MD, Family Medicine Volunteer Preceptor Teaching Award from the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the School of Medicine–Wichita. The award identifies volunteer faculty members in family and community medicine who rise to a higher level of service in the education of future physicians. Read more...

Russell Scheffer, MD'91, has been awarded an $800,000 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study the use of lithium with children. The research could help create guidelines on use, determine possible side effects and establish dosing instructions for children who take the drug. Read more...

Donna Sweet, MD'79, was recently honored as a Health Care Hero by the Wichita Business Journal for exemplary performance in her field of Internal Medicine and AIDS/ HIV research and treatment. Dr. Sweet and her colleagues have created an extensive outreach system to treat AIDS and HIV patients throughout the state of Kansas. Because of her expertise, Dr. Sweet was also the keynote speaker at a Wichita candlelight vigil and ceremony for World AIDS Day.Read more...

Don E. Detmer, MD'65, is to receive the 2010 Morris F. Collen Award from AMIA, the association for informatics professionals, in recognition of his longstanding efforts to advance the field of biomedical and health informatics and in so doing, improve health care in the United States and around the world. Read more...

Aileen McCarthy, MD'83, was honored with the 2010 Laureate Award by the American College of Physicians, Kansas Chapter. The award is given to a senior physician and long-standing Fellow or Master of the College, with acknowledged excellence and peer approval in the field of internal medicine. Read more...

Robert Gish, MD'80. The UCSD School of Medicine has recruited a prominent liver disease specialist as co-director of its Center for Hepatobiliary Disease and Abdominal Transplantation. Gastroenterologist Robert G. Gish will come to San Diego from San Francisco, where he is currently medical director of the Liver Disease Management and Transplant Program at the California Pacific Medical Center. Read more...

Adaline Beedle Sorace N'38 has been recognized by The Kansas Notable Books List for her book Addie of the Flint Hills: A Prairie Child During the Depression. 15 books about the state of Kansas or by Kansas authors were honored for their excellence. Read more...

Parvesh Kumar, MD'86. As part of its strategy to fill key leadership roles needed to apply for National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation, The University of Kansas Cancer Center has recruited, Dr. Kumar from the University of Southern California's (USC) Keck School of Medicine to serve as the Joe and Jean Brandmeyer Chair and Professor of Radiation Oncology and serve as interim deputy director of the Cancer Center. Read more...