Medical School:

• Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Il

Residency:

• University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA

Fellowship:

• University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA (Peripheral Vascular Surgery)

Certification:

• American Board of Surgery

Societies, Organizations, and Honors:

• Best clinical paper, May 2005 Residents’ and Fellows’ Research Day, Department of Surgery, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA

Selected Recent Publications:

Peer-reviewed papers:

• Lal G, Padmanabha L, Nicholson R, Smith BJ, Howe JR, O’Dorisio MS, Domann FE. RIZ1 is epigenetically inactivated by promoter hypermethylation in thyroid carcinomas. Cancer 107(12):2752-9, December 2006.

Electronic Publications

• Lal G, Padmanabha L, Nicholson R, Smith BJ, Zhang L, Robinson R and O’Dorisio MS. ECM1 expression in malignant thyroid neoplasms: A comparison of real-time PCR with immunohistochemistry . J Surg Res 2007 Nov (e-pub).