Full List of Achievements for Atlantic Surgical

Dr. Kevin G. Looser:

Appointments

  • Attending Staff, Portsmouth Hospital (ER), Portsmouth, NH 1979-1980
  • Attending Staff, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT 1980-1981
  • Attending Staff, Portsmouth Hospital (Surgery), Portsmouth, NH
  • Courtesy Staff, York Hospital, York, ME
  • Attending Staff, Frisbie Hospital, Rochester, NH (1981-1985)
  • Courtesy Staff, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, NH (1981-1985)
  • Consulting Staff, USAF Hospital Pease, Portsmouth, NH (1979-1981)
  • Chief of Surgery, York Hospital, York, ME 1984-1986
  • Vice President of Medical Staff, York Hospital, York, ME 1987-1988
  • President of Medical Staff, York Hospital, York, ME 1989-1990
  • Chief of Surgery, Portsmouth Hospital, Portsmouth, NH 1991-1992
  • Vice Chief of Surgery, York Hospital, York, ME 1994-1996
  • Vice Chief of Staff, Portsmouth Hospital, Portsmouth, NH 2000-2002
  • Chairman Credentials Committee Portsmouth Hospital 2000-2002
  • Chief of Staff Portsmouth Hospital, Portsmouth, NH 2003-2005

Publications

  • Codish, S.D.: Cress, R.H., Looser, K.G., Cohen, R.M., Paul, B.J.: Nerve Conduction Velocity and Evoked Potentials in Uremic Patients. Arch. Phys. Med. 43:173-178. 1972
  • Looser, K.G., Allmendinger, P.D., Takata, H., Ellison, L.H., Low HBC: Infection of Cardiac Suture Line After Ventricular Aneurysmectomy, Report of Two Cases. J. Thorac. And Cardiovasc. Surg. 72:280-281, 1976
  • Looser, K.G., Kuehen, P.G.: Primary Tumors of the Mandible. Study of 49 Cases. Amer. J. Surg. 132:608-614, 1976
  • Looser, K.G., Crombie, H.D.: Pelvic Fractures. An Anatomic Guide to Severity of Injury. Review of 100 Cases. Amer. J. Surg. 132:638-642. 1976
  • Looser, K.G., Shah, J.P., Stron, E.W.:The Significance of "Positive" Margins in Surgically Resected Epidermoid Carcinomas. Head & Neck Surg. 1:107-111. 1978
  • Looser, K.G., Quan, S.H.Q., Clark, D.G.C.: Colo-Urinary Tract Fistula in the Cancer Patient, Dis. Colon & Rect. 22:143-148. 1979
  • Looser, K.G., Nims, T.A., McLaughlin, C.M., Quan, S.H.: The Misdiagnosis of Diverticulitis - A study of 35 Cases. Submitted for Publication
  • Looser, K.G.:Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Retained Intra Peritoneal Gallstones A New Complication of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.

Honors

  • AED - Premedical Honor Society, AOA Honor Society
  • ENT Award - Albany Medical College
  • Scholar Athlete - Fairfield University

Specialty Boards and Memberships

  • American Board of General Surgery, November 9, 1977. Recertified 1988, 1999
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
  • New England Cancer Society
  • American Society of General Surgeons
  • New England Surgical Society
  • American Society of Breast Surgeons
  • American Society of Bariatric Surgeons (pending)

Certifications

  • National Board of Medical Examiners, 1973
  • American Board of Surgery 1977

 

Dr. John P. Gens

Appointments

  • Deputy Commander Hospital Services,USAF Hospital, Grand Forks, ND 1977-1979
  • Assistant Clinical Professor in Surgery, University of North Dakota Medical School, 1978-1979
  • Chief of General Surgery, USAF Hospital, Pease Air Force Base, Newington, NH 1980-1981
  • Chief of Surgery, York Hospital, York, ME 1982-1984
  • Board of Trustees, York Hospital, York ME 1984-1988
  • Chairman ICU Committee, Frisbie Hospital, Rochester, NH 1984-1988
  • Chairman Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, Frisbie Hospital, Rochester, NH 1984-1986
  • Founder & Chairman of Trauma & Disaster Committee, Frisbie Hospital, Rochester, NH 1988-1994
  • Chairman of Cancer Committee, Frisbie Hospital, Rochester, NH 1986-1996
  • Founder and Chairman of Environmental Awareness Committee, Frisbie Hospital, Rochester, NH 1988-1994
  • Field Liaison of Commission on Cancer, Frisbie Hospital, Rochester, NH 1986-1998
  • Chief of Surgery, Frisbie Hospital, Rochester, NH 1985-1988
  • Vice Chief of Medical Staff, Frisbie Hospital, Rochester, NH 1988-1990
  • Chief of Staff, Frisbie Hospital, Rochester, NH 1990-1992
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Frisbie Hospital, Rochester, NH 1988-1998
  • Secretary of Board of Trustees, Frisbie Hospital, Rochester, NH 1997-1998
  • Founder and Chairman, Physician Association of Rochester, 1990-1993
  • Medical Director of Physicians Association of Rochester, 1993-1998
  • Active Staff, Portsmouth Hospital, 1998-present
  • Courtesy Staff, York Hospital, 1998-present
  • Field Liaison for American College of Surgeons, Portsmouth Hospital, Portsmouth, NH 2002-present
  • Chief of Surgery at Large, Surgery Department, Portsmouth Hospital, Portsmouth, NH 2000-2002
  • Chief of Department of Surgery, Portsmouth Hospital, Portsmouth, NH 2003-2005

Honors

  • American Medical Student Association Golden Apple Award, 1977
  • Upjohn Achievement Award in Medical Excellence, 1977
  • Armed Forces Meritorious Service Medal, 1980
  • E.M.S. Recognition Award, 1998

Specialty Boards and Memberships

  • American Board of General Surgery, May 10, 1978. Recertified 1989, 1999
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
  • Fellow of the International College of Surgeons
  • New England Cancer Society
  • American Society of General Surgeons
  • New England Surgical Society
  • American Society of Breast Surgeons
  • American Society of Bariatric Surgeons (pending)

Certifications

  • National Board of Medical Examiners, 1972
  • American Board of Surgery 1978

 

Dr. Cynthia Nelms Paciulli

Appointments

  • Active Staff, Portsmouth Hospital, Portsmouth, NH 2002

Publications

  • Nelms, C.D., White R.L., Matthews B.D., Balinger, Jr. W.E., Sing R.F., Heniford B.T.:A Thoracoabdominal Esophagael Duplication Cyst. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, May 2002. Images in Surgery.
  • Alvarez C., Nelms C., D'Addio V., Bass B.L.: The Pancreatic Duct Epithelium in Vitro: Bile Acid Injury and the Effect of Epidermal Growth Factor. Surgery 122(2):476-484. 1997

    Abstracts

  • Nelms, C.D., Alvarez, C., Strauch, E., Lally, K., Bass, B.: Glycocholic and Taurocholic Aciids Stimulate Esophageal Mucosal Repair. American College of Surgeons Surgical Forum, 1997, pg156-158.
  • Nelms, C.D., Murray, J.D., Kaufman, T.M., Horton, J.W.: Evidence of Lipid Peroxidation in Plasma and Heart Tissue after Ischemiareperfusion Injury. The FASEB Journal, 6(5).1992, A2040.
  • Murray, J.D., Nelms C.D., Kaufman, T.M., Horton, J.W.: Lipid Peroxidation in Plasma and Heart Tissue after Burn Injury. The FASEB Journal, 6(5), 1992, A2042.

    Presentations

  • Nelms, C.D., White, R.L., Matthews, B.D., Heniford, B.T.: Laparoscopic Resection of a Thoracoabdominal Cystic Mass.
    American College of Surgeons, October 2002, video
  • Nelms, C.D., Matthews, B.D., Kercher, K.W., Sing, R.F., Heniford, B.T.: Laparoendoscopic Approach to Gastric Masses
    American College of Surgeons, October, 2002, video
  • Nelms, C.D., Kercher, K.W., Greene F.L., Heniford, B.T.: Laparoendoscopic Resection of a Gastric Tumor.
    Digestive Disease Week, ASGE Video Forum
    May 2002, San Francisco, CA, video
  • Nelms, C.D., Goldstein, S.L., Matthews, B.D, Sing, R.F., Kercher, K.W, Harold, K.L,, Lincourt, A., Teel, W.B., Hearn, E., Heniford, B.T.: Optimal Closure Method of Five Millimeter Trocar Sites.
    Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons World Congress
    March 2002, New York, NY, oral presentation
  • Nelms, C.D., Goldstein, S.L., Matthews, B.D, Sing, R.F., Greene, F.L., Heniford, B.T.:Thoracoscopic Management of a Massive Esophageal Epiphrenic Diverticulum.
    Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Scientific Session World Congress, March 2002, New York, NY, video presentation
  • Nelms, C.D, Matthews, B.D, Lohr, C.E., Kercher, K.W., Pollinger, H.S.,Heniford, B.T.: Minimally Invasive Management of Esophageal Diverticuli.
    Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons World Congress
    March 2002, New York, NY, poster
  • Goldstein, S.L, Nelms, C.D., Matthews, B.D., Sing, R.F., Kercher, K.W., Heniford, B.T.: The Lateral Approach to Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in the Previously Operated Abdomen.
    American College of Surgeons 87th Annual Clinical Congress
    October 7-12, 2001, New Orleans, LA, poster
  • Gannon, C.J., Genuit, T., Nelms, C.D., Napolitano, L.M.: Bile Inhibits LPS-Induced IL-10 and Nitric Oxide Production in Murine Macrophages.
    Southeastern Surgical Congress, February, 2-6 2001, New Orleans, LA, poster
  • Nelms, Liao, P.S., Cho, E., Dunkin, B.J., Flowers, J.L., Jacobs, S.C., Jarrell, B.R.: Then and Now: Lessons Learned from 400 Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomies.
    American Urologic Association Mid-Atlantic Section,
    October 15-18, 2000, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, video
  • Nelms, C.D., Liao, P.S., Cho, E., Dunkin, B.J., Flowers, J.L., Jacobs, S.C., Jarrell, B.R.: Then and Now: Lessons Learned from 400 Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomies.
    Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Scientific Sessions
    March 31, 2002, Atlanta, GA, video
    SAGES Video Achievement Award
  • Nelms, C.D., D'Addio, Alvarez, C., Strauch, E., Lally, K., Bass, B.: Bile Salts and the Esophagael Epithelium.
    Harry L. Sponseller, MD Surgical Forum
    May 1998, Baltimore, Maryland, oral presentation
  • Nelms, C.D., Alvarez, C., Strauch, E., Lally, K., Bass, B.: Glycocholic and Taurocholic Acids Stimulate Esophageal Mucosal Repair.
    American College of Surgeons 83rd Annual Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum,
    October 1997, Chicago, IL, oral presentation
  • Alvarez, C., Nelms, C.D., Bass, B.L.: Bile Acids Inhibit Pancreatic Duct Cell Proliferation in Vitro: Response to EGF.
    The Society of University Surgeons, Program of the Scientific Sessions
    1997, page 66.
  • Alvarez, C., Nelms, C.D., Bass, B.L.: InsR Tyrosine Kinase Blockade Inhibits Bile Stimulated Esophageal Mucosal Growth.
    The Society of Universal Surgeons 58th Annual Meeting, Resident Sessions
    February 1997, Tampa, FL, oral presentation

Honors

  • National Merit Scholar 1986
  • Phi Beta Kappa 1989
  • Southwestern Medical Foundation Jay Simmons Scholarship 1990-1994
  • UT Southwestern Reynolds Award 1994
  • SAGES Video Achievement Award, Then and Now: Lessons Learned from 400 Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomies 2000

Specialty Boards and Memberships

  • Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
  • American Society of Breast Surgeons
  • Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
  • American College of Surgeons, Associate Fellow
  • American Society of Bariatric Surgeons

 

 

 
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