2905 Potomac Drive Department of Radiation Oncology
League City, TX 77573 1.200 Trauma Center
651-336-0049 (cell) Galveston, TX 77555
281-338-2575 (home) 409-772-9739
CURRENT POSITION
Radiation Oncology resident physician at the University of Texas Medical Branch. 06 / 2005 - 06 / 2009
RESIDENCY INTERNSHIP:
Internal Medicine PGY1 resident physician at the University of Minnesota. 06 / 2004 - 06 / 2005
MEDICAL EDUCATION
University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, North Dakota. 08 / 2000 - 05 / 2004.
UNDERGRADUTE EDUCATION
St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. 09 / 1997 - 05 / 2000.
Double major in Chemistry and Biology.
University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, St. Paul. 06 / 1998 - 08 / 1999.
Summer Research Courses/Programs.
University of Minnesota, Crookston Campus, Crookston, Minnesota. 09 / 1995 - 05 / 1997.
Post-Secondary Option during high school.
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
Lafayette High School, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota. 09 / 1990 � 05 / 1997.
MEDICAL SCHOOL HONORS/AWARDS
� 2004 MeritCare Health Systems, Department of Family Medicine Research Award. Awarded to medical students for an outstanding research project.
� 2004 Tiongson Humanities Award. Presented to a graduating senior medical student in recognition of the student's continuing involvement in and appreciation of the arts and the humanities.
MEDICAL LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS
Passed USMLE Steps 1 & 2.
OTHER AWARDS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Class of 1997 Valedictorian. Academic Excellence Award 1995-96 Univ. of MN, Crookston. Academics Arts Athletic Award 1997. Distinguished Academic Achievement Award 1997 Minnesota State High School League. Graduated Cum Laude in 2000 from St. John�s Univ. 1998 Odyssey of the Mind Team. 2nd Place in the world for Division IV. 1999 Odyssey of the Mind Team. 4th Place in the world for Division IV. 1997-98 Academic Honors Letter for athletes. 1998-99 MIAC: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll.
MEMBERSHIP IN HONORARY/PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Medical Association, American Medical Student Association, American Academy of Family Physicians (2000-2004), Physician's Life Alliance, Physicians For Life, DOC - Doctors Ought to Care, CMDA - Christian Medical & Dental Association, American College of Physicians.
HOBBIES & INTERESTS OUTSIDE OF MEDICINE
Fine Arts: dramatics, musicals, and artwork - pottery and clay creations. Sports: hockey (goalie), and golf. Electronics and computer technology. Website design and online businesses.
WORK EXPERIENCE
University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency Program. 06 / 2004 � Current.
Program Directors: Peter Duane, MD & Jonathan Ravdin, MD.
Don Breen Rural Externship in Family Medicine as a Medical Student. 06 / 2001 - 08 / 2001.
Four week medical experience with family practice doctors at Mercy Hospital, Devils Lake, ND. Activities included shadowing doctors, interviewing and examining clinic and hospital patients, and learning various medical procedures.
University of Minnesota, Crookston Campus, Student Worker. 10 / 1996 - 02 / 1997.
Statistical data entry and analysis for professor William Peterson. Flood destruction and gender survey demographics.
St. John's University as a Biology Teaching Assistant & Tutor. 08 / 1999 - 05 / 2000.
Activities consisted of setting up laboratory experiments, monitoring students, correcting assignments, and tutoring students in biology and chemistry.
PRESENTATIONS/POSTER SESSIONS:
Radiological Society of North America, 90th Annual Meeting at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.
VICRYL-LINKED RADIOACTIVE IODINE-125 SEEDS REDUCE THE RATE OF SEED EMBOLIZATION COMPARED TO LOOSE SEEDS IN PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY: A RETROSPECTIVE CHART REVIEW OF 336 CONSECUTIVE CASES, Grant R. Seeger, MD, Robert M. Arusell, MD, & Stephen L. Cassola, MS, Presentation Date: 11 / 29 / 2004. Manuscript to be completed and submission for publication soon.
American College of Physicians, Minnesota Chapter Scientific Meeting,2004.
DIFFUSE NECROTIZING LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY IN A PATIENT WITH ATYPICAL BURKITT'S LYMPHOMA, Grant R. Seeger, MD & Sumit N. Ringwala, MD,
Presentation Date: 11 / 02 / 2004.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Rape and Abuse Crisis Center, Grand Forks, ND. 09 / 2001 - 03 / 2002.
Volunteer work to reduce violence and make the public aware of the increasing problem by putting flyers and contacting businesses to display magnets with emergent contact information for victims.
American Medical Women's Association. 10 / 2000 - 04 / 2002.
Participated in various activities coordinated by AMWA during first and second year of medical school to raise money for breast cancer research.
DOC - Doctors Ought to Care, Volunteer and Speaker. 01 / 2000 - 03 / 2001.
Smoking prevention presentations to 4th and 6th grade elementary students. TAR Wars Program.
VISTO - Volunteers In Service To Others. Co-coordinator. 09 / 1998 - 05 / 2000.
VA Medical Center Escort Service at St. Cloud, MN. Recruitment and coordination of St. John's University and College of St. Benedicts student volunteers to escort veterans to church on Sundays and to clinic and hospital appointments.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Roger Maris Cancer Center, MeritCare Health System. 07 / 2003 - current.
2003-2004 Radiation Oncology Research at Roger Maris Cancer Center, MeritCare Health System, Fargo, ND. Goal was to determine the number and location of radioactive I125 seed implants that migrate in patients receiving permanent seed implant treatment for prostate carcinoma, comparing the free seed technique versus the vicryl stranded seed technique. This was a retrospective chart review supervised by Dr. Robert Arusell (Radiation Oncologist, RMCC, MeritCare Health System). Abstract accepted at 2004 RSNA meeting: Vicryl-Linked Radioactive Iodine-125 Seeds Reduce the Rate of Seed Embolization Compared to Loose Seeds in Prostate Brachytherapy: A Retrospective Chart Review of 336 Consecutive Cases.
University of North Dakota & MeritCare Health Systems. 07 / 2002 - 05 / 2003.
2003 UND Department of Family Medicine Epidemiology Project. Goal was to analyze gynecologic surgeon�s use of evidence-based guidelines in determining hysterectomy route to improve patient outcomes. Title of Paper: Assessment of Compliance with Evidence-Based Guidelines for Selection of Hysterectomy Route: A Review of 300 Consecutive Cases at an Urban Midwestern Hospital. With medical student colleagues Brent B. Barnstuble and Daniel R. Anderson through the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences. Submission for publication is pending under the supervision of Dr. Robert Sticca (Surgeon and Surgery Department Chair/Residency Coordinator, Altru Health Systems, Grand Forks, ND). Poster presentation at Frank Low Research Day at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, March 2004.
Center for Health Promotion & Translation Research. 03 / 2002 - 03 / 2002.
2002 Asthma Prevalence and Prevention Research. Fort Totten, ND, with Dr. Greg Holzman. Center for Health Promotion and Translation Research at UND. Asthma Prevalence and Prevention Research, Indian Health Services Clinic, Fort Totten, ND.
University of Minnesota, CBS - LSSURP program. 06 / 1999 - 08 / 1999.
Student Research Scholar position with Peter W. Sorensen, PhD.
1999 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, College of Biological Sciences Life Science Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Neuroscience. The Summer Internship consisted of a 3 week intense lab course and 7 weeks of research using learned techniques. Goal was to test olfactory neuroepithelial sensitivity to sex pheromones (estrogens, progesterones, prostaglandins, and bile acids) to assess reproductive control and spawning activity in male goldfish grown in estrogen rich environments. Title of Paper: Effects of Estrogenic Compounds on Olfactory Sensitivity to Sex Pheromones in Male Goldfish. With the University of Minnesota Faculty Mentor: Peter W. Sorensen, PhD. Fisheries and Wildlife Department, College of Natural Resources.
University of Minnesota, CBS - LSSURP program. 06 / 1998 - 08 / 1998.
Student Research Scholar position with Michael Sadowski, PhD.
1998 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, College of Biological Sciences Life Science Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Molecular Biology. The Summer Internship consisted of a 3 week intense lab course and 7 weeks of research using learned techniques. Goal was to stabilize a plasmid encoding for herbicide (atrazine) degrading enzymes in bacteria by inserting a transposon containing a partitioning gene. Mentor was Michael Sadowski, PhD. Soils, Water, and Climate Department on the St. Paul Campus.
University of Minnesota, Crookston Campus. 06 / 1997 - 08 / 1997.
Student Researcher with Jerome Knutson, PhD.
1997 University of Minnesota, Crookston Summer Research-Biology Dept. Charting, surveying, and searching for deformed frogs in Red Lake and Polk Counties in northern Minnesota for Dr. Jerome Knutson.