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Dr. Edward Childs, Class of 1983
Dr. Edward Childs graduated from Mexia High School, where he was voted Mr. MHS and Most Likely to Succeed. He enrolled at Navarro College and received an M.C. and Mattie Caston Graduate Scholarship, which he used to complete his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Dallas with a major in molecular biology. He earned his M.D. degree from Texas A&M College of Medicine and later completed post graduate studies at the University of California at Davis.
Currently Dr. Childs is the Chair and Professor for Trauma and Critical Care at the Moorehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Childs give credit for much of his success to his time at Navarro College, stating, “that is where it all began.” Navarro College is proud to count Dr. Edward Childs among its successful alumni.
Publications (from the Morehouse School of Medicine website)
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Sawant DA, Tharakan B, Hunter FA, Childs EW. The Role of Intrinsic Apoptotic Signaling in Hemorrhagic Shock-Induced Microvascular Endothelial Cell Barrier Dysfunction. J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2014 Oct 3. PMID: 25277298
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Stagg HW, Whaley JG, Tharakan B, Hunter FA, Jupiter D, Little DC, Davis ML, Smythe WR, Childs EW. Doxycycline attenuates burn-induced microvascular hyperpermeability. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Dec;75(6):1040-6; discussion 1046. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182aa9c79. PMID: 24256679
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Cromer WE, Zawieja SD, Tharakan B, Childs EW, Newell MK, Zawieja DC. The effects of inflammatory cytokines on lymphatic endothelial barrier function. Angiogenesis. 2014 Apr;17(2):395-406. doi: 10.1007/s10456-013-9393-2. Epub 2013 Oct 20. PMID: 24141404
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Sawant DA, Tharakan B, Wilson RL, Stagg HW, Hunter FA, Childs EW. Regulation of tumor necrosis factor-α-induced microvascular endothelial cell hyperpermeability by recombinant B-cell lymphoma-extra large. J Surg Res. 2013 Sep;184(1):628-37. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.04.079. Epub 2013 May 23. PMID: 23731686
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Stagg HW, Bowen KA, Sawant DA, Rodriguez M, Tharakan B, Childs EW. Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand promotes microvascular endothelial cell hyperpermeability through phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway. Am J Surg. 2013 Apr;205(4):419-25. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.10.027. Epub 2013 Jan 31. PMID: 23375756
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Sawant DA, Tharakan B, Tobin RP, Reilly J, Hunter FA, Newell MK, Smythe WR, Childs EW. Microvascular endothelial cell hyperpermeability induced by endogenous caspase 3 activator staurosporine. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Feb;74(2):516-23. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31827a0620. PMID: 23354245
Honors and Awards (from the Morehouse School of Medicine website)
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Craig Charleston- 13th Annual Anesthesiology Resident Research
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Rudy Puana- 14th Annual Anesthesiology Resident Research
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Forum- Best Research and Presentation
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Rudy Puana- 15th Annual Anesthesiology Resident Research
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Forum- Best Research and Presentation
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Georgia Holder-Haynes 16th Annual Society of Black Academic
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Surgeons- Best Presentation
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Georgia Holder-Haynes 1st Annual General Surgery Research Forum
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Best Research
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John Ingraham Texas Society of Plastic Surgeon 2nd place, Basic Science
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