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Frank M. Parker, DO
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
East Carolina University
School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
Greenville, NC 27858-4354
FAX: 252.744.3794
Telephone: 252.744.4668
parkerf@mail.ecu.edu
FMPsurg@aol.com
    



Employment History:


Assistant Professor of Surgery
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina
7/2001 – Present

Education:

University of New England
Biddeford, Maine
D.O., 1992

New York University
New York, New York
1986 - 1988, Masters Program, No Degree

State University of New York
Albany, New York
B.S. Chemistry and Biology, 1985

Vascular Surgery Fellow
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, Virginia
1999-2001

Chief Resident in Surgery
East Carolina University Medical Center
Greenville, North Carolina
1998 – 1999

Senior Resident in Surgery
East Carolina University Medical Center
Greenville, North Carolina
1996 - 1998

Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery Research Fellow East Carolina University Medical Center
Greenville, North Carolina
1995 - 1996

Junior Surgical Resident
East Carolina University Medical Center
Greenville, North Carolina
1993 - 1995

Rotating Intern
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Atlantic City Medical Center
Atlantic City, New Jeresy
1992 – 1993

Military Service Record:

Active Duty
April 8, 2003 – September 22, 2003

Major, Army Reserve Medical Corps
312th Field Hospital, Greensboro, NC
1994 - Present

Certification:

The American Board of Surgery
Issued December 13, 2000
Certificate No. 45849

The American Board of Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Issued: May 20,2002
Certificate No. 101254

Licensure:

Virginia: 0102 831106
North Carolina 2001-00758

Professional Societies:

American College of Surgeons
North Carolina Medical Society
Southern Association for Vascular Surgery

Grants Funded or Approved:

JOSTENT® Coronary stent graft & JOSTENT® GraftMaster Emergency Use Case Protocol PI: Frank M. Parker DO and Sub Instigators William M. Bogey MD and C. Steven Powell MD

A Phase III, Multia-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of the Ex-Vivo Treatment with CGT003 of Peripheral Vein Grafts in Patients Undergoing Peripheral Arterial Bypass Graft Procedures Principal Investigator: William M. Bogey, MD, Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, BSOM, ECU Co-investigators: C. Steven Powell, MD, Frank M. Parker, DO and Philip Brown, MD

Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, BSOM, ECU
20 Patients enrolled all in follow up at this time. $3424.00 per patient with 20 patients enrolled. Corgentech study sponsor.

A Randomized, Controlled Multicenter Trial of Vacuum Assisted Closure Therapy in the Treatment and Blinded Evaluation of Diabetic Foot Ulcers (Protocol VAC2001-08) PI: William M. Bogey. MD Co-investigators: C. Steven Powell, MD, Frank M. Parker, DO and Philip Brown, MD Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, BSOM, ECU. 1 Patient enrolled and in follow-up. 5442.00 per patient with 10 patients projected. KCI, USA sponsor.

Committees:

March 2004 - Present Operative Services Value Analysis Team
March 2004 - Present Vascular Value Analysis Team
January 2004 - Present CVS Leadership Meeting
July 2002 - Present Radiology Users Group
July 2002 - Present Carotid Stent Program Mtg
July 2002 - Present University Health Care Advisory Committee Mtg

Teaching Activities:

October 27, 2004 Annual Eastern Regional Cardiovascular Conference, Greenville, NC
September 15, 2004 AHEC Lecture – Haly Burton Naval Hospital, Cherry Point, NC
March 30, 2004 Lecture for M3 – PCMH – Greenville, NC
February 16, 2004 Lecture for M3 – PCMH - Greenville, NC
March 28, 2003 Lecture for M3 - Brody School of Medicine - Greenville, NC
February 25, 2003 AHEC Lecture - Heritage Hospital – Tarboro, NC
October 17, 2002 AHEC Department of Medicine Beach Conference – Atlantic Beach, NC
July 2002 – Present M&M Conference – Co-Moderator for Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
April 2002 AHEC Lecture - Heritage Hospital - Tarboro, NC
March 5, 2002 Lecture to Physical Therapy students - PCMH - Greenville, NC
January 2002 AHEC Lecture - Wayne Memorial Hospital – Goldsboro, NC
October 2001 AHEC Lecture - Pungo District Hospital – Belhaven, NC
July 2001 – Present M3 Clerkship Student Mentor

Postgraduate Education:

April 2005 Gore Thoracic Stent Graft Training -- Boston, Ma.
January 2005 Guidant Carotid Angioplasty Training – Chicago, Ill
January 2005 Southern Association of Vascular Surgery – Marco Island, FL
November 2004 Endovascular Treament of AAA Gore Course – Houston, TX
September 2004 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutic Meeting – Washington, DC
February 2004 Endovascular Congress - Scottsdale, AZ
January 2004 Gore Excluder AAA Physicians Training, PCMH
November 2003 Zenith Workship, Oschner Clinic, New Orleans, LA
April 2003 Vascular Architects “ Remote Endarterectomy” – Annapolis, MD
February 2003 Gore Excluder AAA Physicians Training, PCMH
November 2002 Veith Symposium – New York, NY
April 2002 Carotid Stenting Workshop – Cincinnatti, OH
March 2002 Transilluminated Powered Phlebectomy Course – Norfolk, VA
January 2002 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery - Miami, FL
November 2001 Veith Symposium – New York, NY

Research Activities and Interest:

Endovascular treatment of superficial femoral atherosclerotic disease, Endovascular treatment of Carotid artery bifurcation atherosclerotic disease. Wound care in diabetic patients, Reoperative and complicated vascular reconstructions.


Publications:


Philpott, J; Parker,F; Benton, C; Bogey, W; and Powell, C: Isolated Internal Iliac Artery Aneurysm Resection and Reconstruction: Operative Planning and Technical Considerations. The American Surgeon July 2003: 69, 569-572.

Balint, Bogey, Powell, Parker, and Brown: Aortic Aneurysm: An Update. Current Surgery, May/June 2003 Vol. 60; pp: 246-247

Powell, Bogey, Parker and Brown: Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Are You Up to Date? Current Surgery, May/June 2003 Vol. 60; pp: 251-254

Parent FN, Meier GH, Godziachvilli V, LeSar CJ, Parker FM, Carter KA, DeMasi RJ, Gayle RG, Marcinczyk MJ, Gregory RJ. The incidence and natural history of type I and II endoleak: A 5 year follow-up assessment with color duplex ultrasound scan. J Vasc Surg. 35(3), 474-481. March 2002.

Duane T, Parker FM, Stokes GK, Parent FM, Britt LD. Endovascular Carotid stenting after Trauma. The Journal of Trauma Vol. 52 No. 1 pp. 149-153, 2002

Meier GH, Parker FM, Godziachvilli V, DeMasi RJ, Parent FN, and. Gayle RG, Endotension after endovascular aneurysm repair: The Ancure experience. J. Vasc. Surg. 34(3), 421-427, Sept. 2001

Dattilo JB. Lust RM. Dattilo MP. Parker FM. Meadows WM Jr. Sun YS. Chitwood WR Jr. Makhoul RG. The temporal expression of transforming growth factor-beta 1 in early aortocoronary vein grafts. Journal of Surgical Research. 69(2):349-53, 1997 May.

Parker F, Aprotinin. Current Surgery V53 (2) p 81-84 Feb, 1996

Parker F, Ramabadran K, Ramanathan S, Turndorf H: Pharmacokinetics of epidural morphine in obstetrical patients. Anesth Analg 67: S162, 1988.

Korsh J, Ramanathan S, Parker F, Turndorf H: Systemic histamine release by epidural morphine. Anesthesiology 67: A 446,1987.

Abstracts:

Mesenteric Revasculazation: A Six Year University Experience. Clint Atkinson, MD, Nelson Jenkins, MD, Frank Parker, DO, William Bogey, MD, Steven Powell, MD. Peripherial Vascular Surgery Society, June 2002.

RJ Meier GH, Godziachvilli V, Parker FM, DeMasi , Parent FN, Gayle RG. The Effect of Leak on AAA Size after Endovascular Repair. American Association of Vascular Surgery, June 2001

Parent FN, Godziachvilli V, Parker FM, DeMasi, RJ Meier GH , Gayle RG,. The Role of Color Duples Ultrasound in Type II Endoleak Detection Following AAA Endograft Repair. American Association of Vascular Surgery, June 2001

Parker FM, Meier GH, Gregory RT, Parent FN, Bloch PHS, Gayle RG, DeMasi RJ. Does aneurysm size influence endoleak rate after endovascular repair? Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, January 2000

Meier GH, Parker FM, Bloch PHS, Goff CG, Sato DT, Herts BR, Gregory RT, Gayle RG, Parent FN, and DeMasi RJ. Early versus late perigraft flow after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair: are the clinical implications the same? Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, January 2000

Parker FM, Bloch PHS, Gregory RT, Meier GH, Gayle RG, Parent FN, and DeMasi RJ. Endoleak after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair: incidence, diagnosis, implications, fate, and treatment. Virginia Vascular Society, Williamsburg, Va. November, 1999

Parker F, Lust RL, Meadows WM, Sun YS, Chitwood WR: Analysis of Temperature Gradient in Preserved Lungs, Chest Supplement 110 (4) 2076

Meadows W, Elbeery J, Lust R, Meadows L, Parker F, Swanson M, Chitwood R. Morbid Obesity: A Risk Factor for Increased Morbidity and Mortality in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting? Chest Supplement 110(4) 2075

Dattilo J, Dattilo M, Parker F, Meadows W, Sun Y, Makhoul R, Chitwood W, Lust R,. Temporal expression of transforming growth factor beta within early aortocoronary vein grafts. Association for academic surgery, November 1996

Meadows W, Lust R, Parker F, Mann C, Rock D, Curtsinger L, Wooden W, Sun Y, Chitwood R. Time course of macro and microvascular adjustments in abdominal wall and recipient bed perfusion patterns after vascular delay. ACS XLVII: 741

Parker F, Sun Y, Cunningham P, Chitwood WR, Lust R. Effects of Retroperitoneal Tamponade on cardiovascular dynamics. Shock society meeting June 2-5 1996

Ramanathan S, Horn R, Parker F, Turndorf H: Naloxone infusion does not prevent the side-effects of epidual morphine in obstetrical patients. Anesthesiology 65: A 367, 1986.

Korsh J, Ramanathan S, Parker F, Turndorf H: Plasma histamine concentration following epidural morphine in obstetrical patients. Annual meeting, Society of Obstetrical Anesthesiologists and Perinatologists, March 1987, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Ramanathan S, Ramabadran K, Parker F, Grant GJ: Pharmacokinetics of epidural and i.v. morphine, SOAP 1988: p 125

Book chapters:

Haisch CE, Parker FM, Brown PM. Access and Ports. In: Townsend, Beauchamp, Evers & Mattox: Sabiston Texbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice, 17th Edition. Ch 69.

Wheeler JR, Parker FM. Lower-extremity sequential bypass. In: Nyhus LM, Baker RJ, Fischer JE, eds. Mastery of Surgery. Fourth Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2001. pp. 2167-2173

Presentations:

October 27, 2004 Annual Eastern Regional Cardiovascular Conference, Greenville, NC
February 2004 Grand Rounds presentation – PCMH, Greenville, NC
March 2003 American Geriatrics Society - Affilate Program - Fort Lauderdale, FL
February 2003 American Geriatrics Society - Affilate Program - Phoeniz, AZ
January 2003 American Geriatrics Society - Affiliate Program – Charlottesville, VA
September 2001 Renovascular Hypertension - Department of Cardiology, ECU

Special Honors and Awards:


Dean's List 1984,1985
Psi Sigma Alpha 1989, 1990
Dean’s Summer Research Fellowship 1990
Biochemistry Award 1992
Nutrition Award 1992
Plastic surgery award 1995
Resident teaching award 1995
Most Improved ABSITE Score 1998

Community Service:

March 2005 WITN Doctors on call
March 15, 2004 Television interview on WITN: CAROTID STENTING
March 2002 Daily Reflector - ECU Surgeons Implant 100th Graft in a Less-Invasive Aortic Surgery

 

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