Dr. Barker is a Kansas native who attended KU for both college and medical
school. He did a residency and Chief Residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Kentucky. This was followed by a fellowship in Pulmonary
Medicine at the University of Miami. He is board certified in Pulmonary, Critical Care, Internal Medicine, and Sleep Disorders.
Dr. Barker began his career in Omaha, Nebraska in private practice, but soon realized that academic medicine and teaching were where his passion lies. A 10 year stint at Scott & White/Texas A&M medical school enabled him to make the transition back into the academic fold. In particular, the Harvard Macy courses in Medical education and leadership, and multiple courses in evidenced-based medicine have influenced his style and philosophy for teaching and learning. At present, Dr. Barker is Chief of Pulmonary/CCM, Fellowship Program director, and Professor of Medicine at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. In addition, he is the Medical Director of Respiratory Care and Sr. Medical Director for Palmetto Richland hospital.
James Barker has long been interested in writing, dating back to grade school days. A double major of human biology and American literature was interrupted by acceptance to medical school. Thus, a novel is never very far out of reach! He very much enjoys the opportunity to work on the Yearbook of Pulmonary Disease and eClips. His clinical emphasis focuses on acute and chronic respiratory failure, efficiencies and quality management in critical care, and on outpatient diagnostic dilemmas. In addition, he enjoys teaching and mentoring young physicians—staff physicians, residents, and fellows alike.
Dr. Jamie S. Barkin graduated from the University of Miami in 1965 and the
University of Miami, School of Medicine in 1970 with a Doctor of Medicine Degree with Honors. He completed his Internship, Residency and Fellowship
in Gastroenterology all at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the Veterans Administration Hospital, affiliated with the University of Miami. He is Chief of
the Division of Gastroenterology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach and Professor of Medicine in the Departments of Medicine, Oncology and
Pediatrics at the University of Miami. He is also staff physician at Jackson Memorial Hospital, V.A. Medical Center and the U of M Hospitals &
Clinics in Miami. His areas of interest in research are gastrointestinal cancers, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy and biliary diseases.
The author of over 400 scientific papers and texts on gastroenterologic and pancreatic diseases, Dr. Barkin serves on the editorial boards and as reviewer for many major medical journals. His research and reviews have been published in leading peer-review journals. He lectures at national and international scientific meetings. He is a consultant for the Gastroenterology-Urology Devices panel at the Food and Drug Administrations Center of Devices and Radiological Health.
Dr. Barkin has won several awards for his role as a physician, teacher, lecturer, editor, author and officer of various medical societies. He is listed in: Woodward/White Best Doctors in America; American Health Magazine - Nation's Top Doctors; Town and Country's Exclusive Directory of Outstanding Medical Specialists in the US, Metro Miami Magazine - Top Doctor and Castle Connolly's 2001 Guide to the Nation's Top Doctors. Mastership, American College of Gastroenterology. He is past president of the American College of Gastroenterology, Council of Regional Endoscopic Societies, Florida Gastroenterologic Society and Bockus International Society of Gastroenterology. He served as Governor of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine - Florida Chapter from 1996 to April 2000. This is a 4000-membership organization and during his tenure he received 7 Evergreen Awards for innovative programs. He has served two three-year terms (2001 - 2004 and 2004 - 2007) as Regent, Board of Regents, American College of Physicians. He received the American College of Physicians/ASIM - Florida Chapter - Laureate award for dedication to the practice of internal medicine (2001). Dr. Barkin was Major General (RET) in the United States Army Reserve and was Commander of the 3rd Medical Command of Atlanta, GA (March 2000 to April 2004).
Dr. Berney graduated from Temple University School of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of
Alabama-Birmingham. He received his rheumatology fellowship training at both the NYU School of Medicine and UAB. Since 1995, Dr Berney has served on
the faculty of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Shreveport where he is now a professor of medicine and the
Chief of the Section of Rheumatology and Director of the Center of Excellence for Arthritis and Rheumatology.
Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Consultant in
Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine and Associate Chair of Academic Affairs and Faculty Development in the Division of Cardiovascular
Diseases at Mayo Clinic, and Honorary Professor of Medicine University of Cape Town, South Africa 2006 to present.
His past positions include The W. Proctor Harvey Teaching Professor of Cardiology and Chief of the Division of Cardiology at Georgetown University Medical Center. Dr. Gersh received his MB, ChB, from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He received his Doctor of Philosophy Degree from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Dr. Gersh is a Fellow of the South African College of Physicians and Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom as well as a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association.
Dr. Gersh's interests include the natural history and therapy of acute and chronic coronary artery disease, clinical electrophysiology, adult congenital heart disease, the cardiomyopathies and the clinical implications of molecular genetics. He has written 547 articles and 110 book chapters. Dr. Gersh is the editor of 11 books and is on the editorial board of 25 journals including Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (Senior Consulting Editor), Nature Cardiovascular Medicine, and The European Heart Journal (North American Editor). He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Reynolds Foundation, a Past Chairman of the Council of Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association, and a former Member of the Board of Trustees of the American College of Cardiology. He has served on the Steering Committees and Data Safety Monitoring Boards of multiple clinical trials, sponsored by the National Lung and Blood Institute and other organizations.
Dr. Gersh's honors include Teacher of the Year Award from the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic and numerous Visiting Professorships and Invited Lectures both nationally and internationally. He is an Honorary Member of the South African Cardiac Society and The South African Heart Association, and he is an Honorary Fellow of the Sociedad Chilena De Cardiologia Y Cirugia Cardiovascular.
Dr. Gersh was the 2004 recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award of the AHA Council of Clinical Cardiology and the 2007 recipient of the ACC Distinguished Service Award.
Nancy Khardori, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.I.D.S.A., is Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology at Southern
Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois. Dr. Khardori is also the Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship.
Dr. Khardori is the Medical Director of Infection Control at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and the Department of Human Services, the
State of Illinois.
Her major area of research is microbial adherence, biofilms and device related infections. In addition, her laboratory works on new antibacterial and antifungal agents and their activity in treating biofilm/device associate infections.
Dr. Khardori has been recognized with numerous honors, including the Kerrison Juniper, Jr., Memorial Teacher of the Year Award from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and is an Alpha Omega Alpha Faculty Inductee. She chairs several state public health committees and in 2003 received the Illinois Public Health Association Award and in 2005 received the Bistate Public Health Award. Dr. Khardori is affiliated with several professional societies such as the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the International Society for Infectious Diseases, and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Dr. Khardori has published more the 250 abstracts, journal articles and book chapters.
Dr. Loehrer is currently Director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology
and the Bruce Kenneth Wiseman Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He received his B.S. degree in Mechanical
Engineering from Purdue University in 1975 and subsequently his M.D. from Rush Medical College in 1978. He completed his internship and residency at
Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center and a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Indiana University. In 1983, he joined the faculty of the IU
School of Medicine where he rose to the rank of Professor. He also serves as Deputy Director of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer
Center.
In 1984 he co-founded the Hoosier Oncology Group and served as chairman for two decades. Dr. Loehrer is recognized as a prolific clinical researcher in a variety of malignancies, including genitourinary, gastrointestinal, thymic tumors and extensive clinical research with the anti-neoplastic agent, ifosfamide, which lead to FDA approval. He has served as Chairman of the Genitourinary Committee for the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), and is the Director of the Gastrointestinal Research Program at the IU Cancer Center.
Dr. Loehrer has received numerous awards including the Flick Family Fund Award, American Cancer Society Fellowship and the American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Award, the Glenn Irwin Experience Excellence Award, the ECOG Young Investigator Award, the Danielson Award, the Collaborator of the Year Award from the Walther Cancer Institute and the Exceptional Service Award of the Foundation for Thymic Research. He received the W. George Pinell Award in 2003.
Dr. Loehrer has served on the boards of the ECOG Foundation, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook of Oncology and co-Editor of the Yearbook of Medicine and has served on the Editorial Board of numerous journals.
Dr. Mazzaferri is Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University
of Florida Gainesville, a Senior Research Scholar at the Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Center at The Ohio State University, and is an
internationally recognized authority on thyroid cancer. He is emeritus professor of Internal Medicine and Physiology at The Ohio State University in
Columbus, Ohio, where he served as chairman of the department of internal medicine for 15 years. He was formerly chief of endocrinology at Ohio State
and was chairman of the department of medicine and acting dean at the University of Nevada. A Master of the American College of Physicians, and a
member of many other organizations, including the Endocrine Society, the American Thyroid Association, and The American Clinical and Climatologic
Association, Dr. Mazzaferri is the author of over 300 peer reviewed publications, editorials and review articles, and has authored two books and is
the editor of several textbooks of endocrinology, including Endocrine Tumors. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Year Book of Endocrinology and editor of
the endocrine section of the Year Book of Medicine. An international authority on thyroid cancer, Dr. Mazzaferri served on the Institute of Medicine
Committee on Thyroid Cancer Screening, The National Academy of Sciences Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from Nevada Atomic Bomb
Tests, and the Institute of Medicine Committee on Health Effects Associated with Exposures Experienced during the Gulf War. He served as Chair of the
Thyroid Cancer Guideline Committee of the National Cancer Center Network and as Chair of the Clinical Efficacy Assessment Committee of the American
College of Physicians. He has been named in several publications as one of the best doctors in America. Dr. Mazzaferri received the prestigious Paul
Starr Award from the American Thyroid Association in 1997 and the Distinguished Clinician's Award of the American College of Endocrinology in 2002.
