Home Address: 124 Farmington Road, Grimesland, North Carolina 27837 Business Address: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University 600 Moye Blvd AD52 Greenville, North Carolina 27834
Current Position: Dean, Brody School of Medicine Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs Date of Birth: July 28, 1949 Birthplace: Jamaica, West Indies Marital Status: Married (Sydney Keniston Cunningham)
Undergraduate and Medical Education: 1956-1966 DeCarteret College High School - Jamaica, West Indies 1966-1972 The University of the West Indies - Jamaica, West Indies Degree: MB, BS ECFMG # 1587088 1971 (3 months) Surgical Extern, Surgical Intensive Care Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY Sept. 1972- House Officer June 1974 University of the West Indies, Jamaica, West Indies July 1974- Resident in Surgery-Tri-Service June 1978 Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital City Hospital at Elmhurst Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center New York, NY July 1978- Chief Resident, Department of Surgery June 1979 Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center New York, NY Postgraduate Education: February 1988 Participant in the Trauma Management 1988 Seminar University of California, San Diego School of Medicine February 1988 Participant in Ninth Annual Emergency Medical Services Seminar East Carolina University School of Medicine May 1988 Participant, Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor Course Duke University Medical Center October 1989 American Automotive Medicine Association Annual Meeting January 1990 Attended EAST Annual Meeting, Naples, FL April 1990 Attended North Carolina Lifesavers Conference, Wrightsville Beach, NC April 1990 Attended Development of Trauma Systems Workshop, Greenville, NC June 1990 Attended Building Effective Hospital/Physician Relationships American Medical Association, Chicago, IL May 1991 Participant, Annual ATS Meeting, Washington, DC May 1991 Participant, Physicians Forum of Eastern North Carolina, Greenville, NC May 1991 Participant, American Society of Transplant Physicians Annual Meeting Chicago, IL Cunningham Page 2 of 32 July 1991 Attended University of West Indies Alumni Conference and Second International Reunion Conference, St. Michaels, Barbados July 1991 Attended Annual Meeting of North Carolina Chapter of American College of Surgeons, Asheville, NC September 1991 Participant, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Training Sessions for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Course ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC September 1991 Attended Emergency Medicine '91 Today Seminar, Greensboro, NC October 1991 Attended Annual Meeting of Association for Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Toronto, Canada October 1991 Attended Third Annual Conference on Injury Control: Injury in North Carolina-Responding to the Alcohol Connection, Chapel Hill, NC November 1991 Attended "Trauma 91" Conference, Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC November 1991 Attended Pediatric EMS Conference, North Carolina EMS for Children Greensboro, NC January 1992 Attended Annual Meeting for EAST, Bermuda January 1992 Attended National Research Council's Transportation Research Board's 25th Annual Workshop on Human Factor's in Transportation Washington, DC January 1992 Attended Impaired Myocardial Performance: Evaluation and Management in the Cardiac Surgical Patient, ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC March 1992 Attended Total Quality Management Leadership Training Workshop Greenville, NC May 1992 Attended Second Annual Meeting, IVHS America, Newport Beach, CA May 1992 Attended Annual ATS Meeting, Washington, DC January 1993 Attended Annual Meeting of EAST, Longboat Key, FL March 1993 Attended First Annual Meeting of ASMHTP, Arlington, VA April 1993 Attended Annual Meeting of IVHS America, Washington, DC May 1993 Attended Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy Course, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC September 1993 Attended Annual Meeting of the American Association of the Surgery of Trauma New Orleans, LA October 1993 Attended Annual Meeting of the American College of Surgeons San Francisco, CA January 1994 Attended Annual Meeting of Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Freeport, Bahamas February 1994 Attended Annual Meeting of the Division of Organ Transplantation Washington, DC September 1994 Attended North Carolina Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting Wrightsville Beach, NC September 1994 Attended Rural ITS Annual Conference, Blacksburg, VA September 1994 Attended American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Annual Meeting San Diego, CA September 1994 Attended American Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Annual Meeting, Lyon, France Cunningham Page 3 of 32 November 1994 Attended Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center Symposium on Colorectal Cancer Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC January 1995 Attended Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Annual Meeting Sanibel Harbor, FL January 1995 Completed "Ultrasound for the Trauma Surgeon" Course, Sanibel Harbor, FL January 1995 Attended Evaluation and Management Seminar, ECU School of Medicine Greenville, NC February 1995 Attended Animal Care and Use Seminar, ECU School of Medicine Greenville, NC March 1995 Attended Bloodborne Pathogen and Tuberculosis Training, ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC April 1995 Teleconference Cytomegalovirus Infections: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA April 1995 Attended Nissen Fundoplication Laparoscopy, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA July 1995 Attended North Carolina American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting Asheville, NC October 1995 Attended ITS America meeting, Miami, Florida October 1995 Attended American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA October 1995 Attended Domestic Violence Workshop, Greenville City Council, Greenville, NC December, 1995 Completed Intraoperative/Laparoscopic/Trauma Ultrasound Course, Greenville, NC January 1996 Attended Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Ninth Scientific Assembly, Orlando, Florida March 1996 Attended Update on Renal Transplantation, Greenville, NC April 1996 Attended ITS (Intelligent Transportation Society) of America Sixth Annual Meeting and Exposition, Houston, Texas June 1996 Participated in Prather Physician Leadership Seminar, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC June 1996 Attended New Health Care Financing Administration Regulations On Physician Services in a Teaching Setting, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC June 1996 Attended American Society for Bariatric Surgery 13th Annual Meeting Quebec, Canada September 1996 Attended Minnesota Guidestar NOVA Strategic Plan Meeting, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Duluth, Minnesota October 1996 Attended Annual Meeting of Rural ITS, Spokane, Washington November 1996 Attended the North Carolina Medical Society Meeting, Pinehurst, NC November 1996 Attended the Rural Mayday Meeting, McLean, Virginia December 1996 Attended Introduction of Informatics Seminar, VHA Carolinas Tennessee Inc., Charlotte, NC December 1996 Participated in Site Visit, Carraway Methodist Medical Center, Wound Care Clinic, Birmingham, Alabama
Cunningham Page 4 of 32 January 1997 Attended Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Tenth Scientific Assembly, Ft. Myers, Florida February 1997 Participated in BB&T Center for Leadership Development, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC February 1997 Attended Accelerated Improvement in Health Care Quality, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC April 1997 Attended Update on Renal Transplantation, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC April 1997 Attended North Carolina Medical Society Executive Council, Raleigh, NC October 1997 Participated in the Expert Panel for Ohio Intelligent Transportation Systems Plan for Rural I-71 Workshop October 1997 Participated in the Pitt County Medical Societys Fall A97 Mini-Internship Program November 1997 Participated in the Minority Health Conference, Cincinnati, OH January 1998 Attended Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Eleventh Scientific Assembly, Ft. Myers, FL February 1998 Participated in BB&T Center for Leadership Development East Carolina University, Greenville, NC March 1998 Participated in Research Session of the Mini-Med School East Carolina University, Greenville, NC April 1998 Attended the NC Division of American Trauma Society Annual Meeting Chapel Hill, NC April 1998 Participated in Pitt County Medical Society Spring Leadership Conference Cary, NC April 1998 Participated and presented at the NC Surgical Assoc Mtg, Pinehurst, NC October 1998 Attended American College of Surgeons annual meeting October 1999 Attended American College of Surgeons annual meeting, San Francisco December 1999 Participated as site reviewer, UNC Chapel Hill, Emergency Medicine January 2000 Attended, participated, presented, and presided as President, EAST annual meeting, San Sanibel, Florida February 2000 Attended and participated in BB&T Center Board of Directors meeting, Duck, NC February 2000 Presented Trauma as a Profession, Medical Honors Students, East Carolina University April 2000 Participated in JCAHO Site Review, University Health Systems of Eastern North Carolina May 2000 Participated as site reviewer, UNC Chapel Hill, Emergency Medicine May 2000 Attended, participated, and presided as President, EAST Board of Directors Retreat, Florida June 2000 Attended and participated, Bariatric Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA July 2000 Attended NC Chapter, American College of Surgeons meeting, Myrtle Beach, SC September 2000 Coordinated, attended, and presided, IRB Educational Workshop, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC October 2000 Attended American Association for the Surgery of Trauma meeting, San Antonio, TX Cunningham Page 5 of 32 October 2000 Attended, participated, and presided as President, EAST Board of Directors meeting, San Antonio, Texas January 2001 Attended, participated, and presided as President, EAST meeting, San Sanibel, Florida March 2001 Attended and participated, Laparoscopic Incisional Hernia Course, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina March 2001 Attended Info, Technology and Health Care Seminar, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina March 2001 Attended and participated, North Carolina Medical Society Spring Conclave, Southern Pines, North Carolina April 2001 Attended and participated, EAST Board of Directors meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 2001 Attended, participated, and presented, Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts May 2001 Attended and participated, CCSCI Scripting Committee, National Board of Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, PA June 2001 Attended and participated, American Society for Bariatric Surgery meeting, Washington, DC June 2001 Attended, participated, and completed, Advanced Trauma Operative Management Course, University of Connecticut July 2001 Attended and participated, North Carolina Chapter of American College of Surgeons meeting, Asheville, NC July 2001 Visiting Professor, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ October 2001 Attended and participated, American College of Surgeons meeting, New Orleans, LA November 2001 Attended and participated, North Carolina Medical Society, Greensboro, NC December 2001 Attended and participated, Southern Surgical Association, Hot Springs, Virginia December 2001 Visiting Professor, University of North Carolina at Wilmington January 2002 Attended and participated, EAST meeting, Orlando, Florida October 2002 Attended and participated, ACS meeting, San Francisco, CA January 2003 Attended and participated, EAST meeting, Fort Myers, Florida April 2003 Attended and participated, American Burn Association April 2003 Attended and participated, American Surgical Association, Washington, DC October 2003 Attended and participated, ACS meeting, Chicago, IL October 2003 Attended 3 rd Annual Teaching Day for Teachers, SUNY Upstate Medical University January 2004 Attended and participated, EAST meeting, Jacksonville, FL February 2004 Attended and participated in BB&T Center Board of Directors meeting, Duck, NC March 2004 Attended and participated, Central Surgical Association annual mtg, Chicago, IL March 2004 Attended and participated, ACS Committee on Trauma, Tucson, AZ March 2004 Attended and participated, Assoc. of Program Directors, Houston, TX
Cunningham Page 6 of 32 April 2004 Attended and participated, Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Washington, DC June 2004 Attended and participated, NYS Program Directors meeting, NY, NY June 2004 Attended and participated, ASBS, San Diego, CA July 2004 Attended and participated, COT Executive Committee meeting, Chicago, IL August 2004 Attended and participated, National Medical Association meeting, San Diego, CA September 2004 Attended and participated, AAST, Maui, HI October 2004 Attended and participated, ACS Annual meeting, New Orleans, LO December 2004 Attended and participated, Southern Surgical meeting, Palm Beach, FL December 2004 Attended and participated, NYS Council on GME, NY, NY January 2005 Attended and participated, EAST, Jacksonville, FL January, 2005 Attended and participated, Interim COT Executive Committee mtg, Chicago, IL February 2005 Attended and participated in BB&T Center Board of Directors meeting, Duck, NC March 2005 Attended and participated, NYS Program Directors meeting, NY, NY April 2005 Attended and participated, Council on GME, New York, NY July 2005 Attended and participated, National Medical Assoc. Annual meeting, NY, NY September 2005 Attended and participated, AAST, Atlanta, GA October 2005 Attended and participated, ACS Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA January 2006 Attended and participated, EAST, Orlando, FL January 2006 Attended and participated, Advanced Trauma Operative Management Program (ATOM), Hartford, CT February 2006 Attended and participated, BB&T Center Board of Directors meeting, Duck, NC March 2006 Attended and participated, Central Surgical Association meeting, Louisville, KY March 2006 Attended and participated, COT Annual meeting, Chicago, IL April 2006 Attended and participated, SBAS Annual meeting, Cincinnati, OH August 2006 Attended and participated, NMA Annual meeting, Dallas, TX September 2006 Attended and participated, AAST, New Orleans, LA October 2006 Attended and participated, ACS, Chicago, IL December 2006 Attended and participated, Southern Surgical meeting, West Palm Beach, FL January 2007 Attended and participated, EAST, Sanibel, FL January 2007 Attended and participated, COT, Chicago, IL February 2007 Attended and participated, BB&T Center Board of Directors meeting, Duck, NC March 2007 Attended and participated, COT Board of Directors meeting, Denver, CO April 2007 Attended and participated, ACS NY Chapter, Bolton Landing, NY May 2007 Attended and participated, ASBS, Cleveland, OH January 2008 Attended and participated, EAST Annual meeting, Orlando, FL January 2008 Attended and participated, Grand Rounds Baystate Hospital, Springfield, Massachusetts Cunningham Page 7 of 32 February 2008 Attended and participated, fundamentals of Trauma Management, Ain Shams University, Cairo Egypt February 2008 Attended and participated, Advancements in Medicine 2008, Ochos Rios, Jamaica March 2008 Attended and participated, COT Meeting, Washington, DC April 2008 Attended and participated 10 th Annual Connecticut Trauma Conference, Hartford, Connecticut April 2008 Attended and participated, APDS/ASE, Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 2008 Attended and participated, Field Triage Medical Protocol for Telematics Committee April 2008 Attended and participated, 30 th annual NYS Surgical Symposium Cooperstown, NY May 2008 Attended and participated, CTEP Graduation, Syracuse, NY May 2008 Attended APSA Conference, Phoenix, Arizona October 2008 Attended and participated, ACS, San Francisco, CA December 2008 Attended and participated in North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, Asheville, NC January 2009 Attended and participate in AAMC, Washington, DC February 2009 Attended and participated in BB&T Annual Leadership Meeting Duck, NC November 2010 Attended and participated in AAMC, Washington, DC February 2011 Attended and participated in BB&T Annual Leadership Meeting Duck, NC April 2011 Attended and participated in AMA Boca Raton, FL June 2011 Attended and participated in Old North State Medical Society, Greensboro, NC July 2011 Attended and participated in ACS, Asheville, NC September 2011 Attended and participated in ACS, San Francisco, CA November 2011 Attended and participated in AAMC, Denver, CO December 2011 Attended and participated in the Southern Surgical Association, Hot Springs, VA February 2012 Attended and participated in BB&T Annual Leadership Meeting Duck, NC March 2012 Attended and participated in AAMC Council of Deans meeting June 2012 Attended and participated in Old North State Medical Society Annual Meeting July 2012 Attended and participated in National Medical Association Annual Meeting August 2012 Attended and participated in AAMC GFA and GDI Professional Development September- October Attended and participated in the American College of Surgeon Annual 2012 Meeting November 2012 Attended and participated in AAMC Annual meeting April 2013 Attended and participated in AAMC Gathering of COD,COTH and GFP May 2013 Attended and participated in AAMC GDI Professional Development June 2013 Attended and participated in Old North State Medical Society Annual Meeting July 2013 Attended and participated in NMA National Medical Association Annual Meeting November 2013 Attended and participated in AAMC Annual meeting
Cunningham Page 8 of 32 Medical Licensure: 1977 District of Columbia #10460 1978 New York #136436 inactive February 2011 1981 North Carolina #25124
Certifications: 1980 American Board of Surgery #25769 (September 24, 1980) 1986 Instructor, Advanced Trauma Life Support 1986 Fellow, American College of Surgeons 1989 American Board of Surgery Recertified #26087 2000 American Board of Surgery Recertified #26087 2003 Advance Cardiovascular Life Support Program 2008 North Carolina Medicaid Program #5910602 2010 American Board of Surgery Recertified #026087
Employment: July 1978-2008 Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery June 1981-2008 Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center New York, NY July 1979- Assistant Director, Department of Surgery June 198l Joint Diseases North General Hospital New York, NY July 1981- Attending Surgeon August 1984 Bertie County Memorial Hospital Windsor, NC December 1981- Vice Chief of Staff August 1982 Bertie County Memorial Hospital Windsor, NC November 1981- Clinical Instructor - General Surgery August 1984- East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC March 2002 August 1984 Bertie County Prison System, Windsor, NC December 1982- Consultant and Member August 1984 Bertie County Health Dept., Windsor, NC December 1982- Attending Surgeon-Courtesy August 1984 Martin General Hospital, Williamston, NC December 1983- Consultant August 1984 Bertie County Prison System, Windsor, NC August 1984- Assistant Professor of Surgery June 1989 East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 1985-August Medical Director, Trauma Service 1999 Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC July 1989- Associate Professor with Tenure June 1993 East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC August 1990- Interim Director, Division of Transplantation December 1991 East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC
Cunningham Page 9 of 32 1990-1991 Chief of Staff Elect Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC 1991-1992 Chief of Staff Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC 1992-1993 Chief of Staff Past Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC July 1993-March Professor of Surgery 2002 East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC September 1999- Chief, Division of General Surgery March 2002 East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 2002-2008 Chair, Department of Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University April 2002-2008 Professor & Chair, Dept. of Surgery SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York September 2008- Dean, Brody School of Medicine present Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina
Military Service: 1990-1991 Commissioned as Major, United States Army Reserve Medical Corp, 3274 4th Army Hospital April 4, 1990 Major, United States Army Reserve Medical Corp., Individual October 15, 1998 Ready Reserve October 15, 1998 Honorable Discharge
Grants Funded or Approved: January 1985 Development of Effective Pulsatile Hepatic Perfusion For Enhanced Long December 1985 Term Organ Cryopreservation. North Carolina United Way Grant. $1500 April 1988 Induction of Graft Specific Immunotolerance in Burns. March 1989 International Association of Fire Fighters Burn Foundation Grant $20,000 September 1989 Traffic Injury Prevention Program Grant. Governor's Highway Safety Program, $118,000; Other Investigators: Kathy Dutton, RN, MSN, David Cline, MD, M. Beth Foil, MD October 1989 Harm's Way Grant; Governor's Highway Safety Program. $20,000 Other Investigators: Kathy Dutton, RN, MSN, Beth Foil, MD July 1990- Phenotypic and Functional Lymphocyte Changes After Burn Excision. June 1991 ECU School of Medicine "Starter" Research Grant; $2,313 Other investigator: David C. Kerrigan, MD. September 1990 Traffic Injury Prevention Program Grant Governor's Highway Safety Program $176,640; Burroughs Wellcome - $10,000 / Pitt County Memorial Hospital - $17,175; Other Investigators: Kathy Dutton, RN, MSN, David Cline, MD, Beth Foil, MD September 1991 Traffic Injury Prevention Program Grant. Governor's Highway Safety Program - $146,132; Pitt County Memorial Hospital - $22,725 Other Investigators: Kathy Dutton, RN, MSN, David Cline, MC, Beth Foil, MD
Cunningham Page 10 of 32 February 1992 North Carolina EMS for Children Grant, $4,500; Other Investigators: Kathleen A. Dunn, MD, MSPH, Bonnie M. Long Snyder, RN, David M. Cline, MD, Melvin S. Swanson, PhD April 1992 A Preclinical Model of Allograft Tolerance; National Institute of Health Grant March, 1993 #5 R01 AI22293-07, $314,253; Other Investigators: Judith M. Thomas, PhD, Francis T. Thomas, MD, Carl E. Haisch, MD September 1992- Traffic Injury Prevention Program Grant, Governor's Highway Safety Program September 1993 $140,231.00; Pitt County Memorial Hospital - $17,718.00 Other Investigators: Kathy Dutton, RN, MSN, David Cline, MD, Beth Foil, MD September 1993- Rural Preventable Mortality Study; National Highway Traffic Safety July 1995 Administration; $160,833; Other Investigators: Beth Foil, MD, FACS, Kathy Dutton, RN, MSN July 1996- NHTSA Rural Enhancement and Care of Trauma (REACT) June 1999 Funded for $299,568; Other investigator: Dr. Herb Garrison October 1996- Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation: AA Prospective, Randomized
Membership/National: 1991-1995 UNOS, Minority Affairs Advisory Committee 1991-1992 American Trauma Society, Board Member, Newsletter Committee 1992-1995 EAST, Membership Committee, Board of Directors 1993-1997 UNOS, Allocations Subcommittee 1995-1997 UNOS, Minority Affairs Advisory Committee - Ex-officio member 1995-1997 UNOS, OPTN Planning Committee 1995-1997 UNOS Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation Committee 1995-1997 UNOS Trauma Advisory Council 2000-2005 American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Standards Committee 2004-2007 ACS Executive Committee of the Committee on Trauma 2004-2006 American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Surgical Access Committee 2005-2012 National Center for Injury Prevention & Control, CDC Initial Review Group member 1979-present American Medical Association 1983-present National Medical Association 1985-present Association for Academic Surgery 1985-2009 American Trauma Society 1986-present American College of Surgeons 1986-present American Council on Transplantation 1986-present Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society 1987-2009 The Transplantation Society 1988-present Pan-American Trauma Society 1988-2009 Societe International De Chirurgie 1989-present The Society of Critical Care Medicine 1989-2008 The Shock Society 1989-present The Society of Phi Kappa Phi 1989-present Academy of Surgical Research 1990-present Association for Surgical Education Cunningham Page 11 of 32 1991-1995 UNOS, Minority Affairs Advisory Committee 1991-1992 American Trauma Society, Board Member, Newsletter Committee 1991-present ITS America 1991-present Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine 1992-present American Society of Minority Health and Transplant Professionals (ASMHTP) - Founding Member 1992-1995 EAST, Membership Committee, Board of Directors 1993-1997 UNOS, Allocations Subcommittee 1993-present American Association for The Surgery Of Trauma 1995-present Society of Black Academic Surgeons 1995-1997 UNOS Trauma Advisory Council 1995-1997 UNOS Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation Committee 1995-1997 UNOS, Minority Affairs Advisory Committee - Ex-officio member 1995-1997 UNOS, OPTN Planning Committee 1996-present American Society for Bariatric Surgery 1997-2004 American Burn Association 1998-2001 National Board of Medical Examiners USMLE Step 3 Test Material Development Committee for Computer-based Case Simulation 2000-2005 American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Standards Committee 2001-2003 Southern Surgical Congress 2001-present American College of Gastroenterology 2003-2011 Central Surgical Association 2004-2010 American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma 2004-2006 American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Surgical Access Committee 2004-2007 ACS Executive Committee of the Committee on Trauma 2005-present National Center for Injury Prevention & Control, CDC Initial Review Group member 2013-present NBME National Board of Medical Examiners
Membership: Local/Regional Societies: 1984-2005 Southern Medical Association 1983-1984 Bertie County Medical Society 1984-2002 Pitt County Medical Society 1986-1989 Grievance Committee, Pitt County Medical Society, Greenville, NC 1988-present Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma - Charter Member 1988-1989 Consultation and Bylaws Committee Pitt County Medical Society, Greenville, NC 1989-2002 Carolina Organ Procurement Agency, Board of Directors, East Carolina University Representative 1991-1992 Secretary, Board of Directors Carolina Organ Procurement Agency, Greenville, NC 1991-2002 Board of Directors, West Greenville Community Development Corporation, Greenville, NC 1991-2002 Pitt County Ambulance Services Advisory Council 1993-2002 COPA Fellowship for Life Minority Advisory Board 1994-2002 Eastern Carolina TBI Professional Council 1994-2002 Eastern Regional Trauma Coalition Cunningham Page 12 of 32 1995-2002 American Red Cross Blood Service, For the Love of Us 1996-1998 EAST, Program Committee, Board of Directors, and CME Committee 1996-2002 Legislative Committee, Pitt County Medical Society, Greenville, NC 1996-2002 Pitt County Health Care Coalition Pitt County Medical Society, Greenville, NC 1996-2002 Carolina Organ Procurement Agency, Nominating Committee, Greenville, NC 1996-2002 The Living Trust Committee, Greenville, NC 1997-2002 Pitt County Safe Communities Coalition, Greenville, NC 1997-2002 Pitt County Medical Society, Executive Committee At-Large, Greenville, NC Pitt County Medical Society, Secretary/Treasurer 2002-2008 Onondaga County Medical Society 2002-2008 WCNY TV, Board of Directors 2009-present Southern Bank Board Member 2010-present Eastern AHEC Board 2013-present East Carolina Council Boy Scouts of America
Membership/State: 1982-2002 North Carolina Committee on Trauma 1983-2002 North Carolina Medical Society 1985-2002 North Carolina ATS Committee on Trauma 1986-1998 Trauma Registry Task Force Committee, Office of Emergency Medical Services, Raleigh, NC 1986-1989 Carolina Organ Procurement Agency Board of Advisors 1988-1998 Level III Trauma Center Designation Subcommittee Office of Emergency Medical Services, Raleigh, NC 1988-1998 Trauma Patient Definition Committee Office of Emergency Medical Services, Raleigh, NC 1989-2002 NC Chapter, American Trauma Society (ATS) 1990-1998 North Carolina Trauma Registry, Publications Committee Office of Emergency Medical Services, Raleigh, NC 1990-1998 Injury Control Committee North Carolina Medical Society, Raleigh, NC 1991-1998 North Carolina EMS for Children Advisory Task Force Committee, Chapel Hill, NC 1992-2002 American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Raleigh, NC 1993-1996 Human Tissue Donation Committee, Raleigh, NC 1995-1998 Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC 1995-2002 North Carolina Head Injury Foundation 1996-2002 Global Transpark Development Commission Task Force, Kinston, NC 1996-2002 District 19 Commissioners, NC Medical Society North Carolina Medical Society, Raleigh, NC 1997-2002 Finance Committee, North Carolina Medical Society, Raleigh, NC 1997-2002 Patient Advocacy Task Force, North Carolina Medical Society, Raleigh, NC 2004-2008 New York State Council on Graduate Medical Education Cunningham Page 13 of 32 2005-2008 Commission for a Healthy Central New York, member of the Obesity Subcommittee 2008- present North Carolina Medical Society Board Member 2010-present NCIOM North Carolina Institute of Medicine member 2011- present NC State Health Plan Board member 2011-present United Methodist Retirement Home Board Member 2011-present NCMJ North Carolina Medical Journal Editorial Board Member 2012-present CCNC Community Care of North Carolina Board Member 2012-present NCIOM North Carolina Institute of Medicine Board Member
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University 1990-2001 Personnel Committee - ECU Department of Surgery 1992-2001 Rehabilitation Outpatient Services Study Group 1992-2001 Combined GI/Surgical Interest Group 1992-2001 Organization of Black Faculty and Staff 1992-2001 Clinical Transplant 1993-present BB&T Leadership Development Board of Directors 1994-2001 Space Committee, ECU Department of Surgery 1995-2001 Telemedicine Clinical Advisory Group 1996-2001 Basic Science Trauma Research 1996-2001 Research Committee 1998-2001 Committee on Evaluation and Research with Medical Students 2000-2001 Minority Host Recruitment Committee 2000-2001 Cancer Center Oversight Committee 2000-2001 Search Committee for Cancer Center Director 2000-2001 Space Allocation/Reallocation Committee 2000-2001 Department of Surgery Cumulative Review Committee 2001-2001 Visions and Systems Buildings Subcommittee, Clinical Planning Committee 2001-2001 Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Steering Committee
Pitt County Memorial Hospital 1985-2001 Emergency Services Committee 1986-2001 Trauma Research Subcommittee 1986-2001 Trauma Quality Management Subcommittee 1986-2001 Trauma Committee 1987-2001 Surgery Clinical Committee 1990-2001 Hospital Standardization Committee 1992-2001 Trauma Management Committee 1992-2001 Quality Planning Steering Committee 1992-2001 Nominating Committee 1992-2001 Disaster Planning Committee 1992-2001 Respiratory Care Committee 1992-2001 Quality Planning Executive Committee 1994-2001 Chapel Steering Committee 1994-2001 Eastern Regional Trauma Coalition 1995-2001 Infection Control Committee 1995-2001 Renal Care Committee Cunningham Page 14 of 32 1995-2001 Safe Waters Network 1995-2001 Resource Optimization Committee (ROC) Physicians Subcommittee 1995-2001 Eastern Carolina Injury Prevention Program Executive Committee 1997-2001 Infection Control Committee 2000-2001 Ethics Committee 2000-2001 Trauma Center Executive Committee 2000-2001 Skin/Wound Optimal Care Steering Committee
SUNY Upstate Medical University: 2002 2008 CAIS Physicians Advisory Committee 2002 2008 Deans Advisory Committee 2002 2008 Finance & Compliance Committee 2002 2008 Graduate Medical Education Committee 2002 2008 UMAS/Governing Board 2002 2008 University Hospital Governance Quality Committee 2002 2008 University Hospital Operations Advisory Committee 2002 2008 University Hospital Planning & Regulatory Committee 2002 2008 University Hospital Quality Council 2002 2008 Library Advisory Committee 2003 2008 IMT Physicians Advisory Committee 2003 2008 Clinical Program Assessment Committee (CPAC) 2003 2008 Academic Promotions Committee 2004 2005 Task Force on Indigent Care & Trauma 2004 2008 Capitol Priorities Committee 2004 2008 PACS OR Committee 2005 2008 Capitol Submission Review Committee 2005 2006 Anesthesia Search Committee 2005 2006 Executive Director Search Committee 2005 2008 UMAS Executive Committee 2005 2006 Search Committee for the Chief of Staff at the Syracuse VA Medical Center 2005 2008 Steering Committee for the Reynolds Grant for Geriatric Education 2005 2008 Friend in Deed Campaign 2006 2008 Executive Team for the North & West Wing Renovation Program Study 2006 2008 Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) 2006 2008 Throughput Committee 2006 2008 Throughput Subcommittee ED Overflow Task Force
Offices Held 2002 - 2008 Representative, UMAS/Governing Board 2003 2008 Chair, IMT Physicians Advisory Committee 2004 2005 Chair, Task Force on Indigent Care & Trauma 2005 2006 Chair, Anesthesia Search Committee 2005 2008 Chair, Mentoring & Leadership Advisory Committee 2005 2008 Internal Chair, Friend in Deed Campaign
Cunningham Page 15 of 32 Previous Hospital and Medical School 1985-1994 Surgery Quality Assurance Committee 1985 Ad Hoc Medical Staff, Advisory Board 1985-1994 Dialysis Care Committee 1986-1991 Trauma Management Subcommittee 1986-1991 Human Organ Transplantation Committee 1987-1992 Faculty Senate Senator 1988-1991 Blood Transfusion Committee 1989-1990 Admissions Committee 1989-1991 Promotion and Tenure Committee 1990-1992 Institutional Purpose Working Committee 1990-1993 TIPP Advisory Council 1990-1993 Executive Committee 1990-1991 Nutrition Committee 1990-1991 Board of Trustees 1990-1991 Search Committee for Medical Director, Faculty Practice Plan 1990-1994 Bed Utilization Committee 1991-1992 Joint Strategic Planning Effort 1991-1992 Rural Health Committee 1991-1992 Professional Staff Executive Committee 1991-1992 Bioengineered Drug Utilization Committee 1991-1992 Chiefs of Service 1991-1992 Nutrition Committee 1991-1992 Medical Ethics Committee 1991-1992 Legal Affairs Committee 1991-1992 ECU-NCSU Agromedicine Program 1991-1993 Friends of the ECU Library 1991-1993 Medical Records Imaging System Committee 1991-1994 2 North B Executive Committee 1992-1993 Substance Abuse Policy Committee 1992-1993 Quality Assurance & Improvement Committee 1993-1994 Cycle Time TAG Committee 1993-1994 Personnel Committee - The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1993-1994 Personnel Committee - The Department of Emergency Medicine 1992-1993 Committee on Space for Clinical Faculty 1992-1993 Strategic Plan Task Force Committee To Recruit Strong Minority Faculty 1992-1993 Strategic Plan Task Force Committee To Share Diagnostics with PCMH and Private Practice Physicians and Locate Facility Dependent Specialists 1992-1993 Strategic Plan Task Force Committee to Develop a Mechanism to Separate Rewards for Clinical, Teaching and Research Responsibilities of Faculty 1993-1994 Quality Engineering Committee 1993-1994 Medical Staff Ad-Hoc Finance Committee 1993-1994 Quality Planning Steering Committee Subcommittee "Purpose Statement Subcommittee" 1994 Institutional Values Assessment Committee 1994 Pediatric Disaster Planning Committee Cunningham Page 16 of 32 1995-1996 Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Faculty Subcommittee 1995-1996 Search Committee for Department of Surgery Chair 1995-1996 Minority Admissions Advisory Board, East Carolina University 1995-1996 Discretionary Research Income Task Force 1996-1997 OR Weekend Coverage Task Force 1995-1997 Rural Health Committee 1997-1998 Search Committee for Chair of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 1997- 2000 Quality Assessment & Improvement Committee
Special Honors and Awards: 1987-1989, 1991 String of Pearls Lecturer, East Carolina University, 1993, 1994, 1998 Greenville, NC 2001 February 1988 Alternate Representative for ESRD Council of the Southeast for Pitt County Memorial Hospital - Transplant May 1990 North Carolina American Trauma Society State Delegate, Leader to Congress, Washington, DC June 1990 Pitt County Memorial Hospital Medical Staff Representative, American Medical Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL March 1991 Participant, Bond Insurers and Ratings Agency, Pitt County Memorial Hospital April 1992 Attended Reception at the Governor's Mansion in Raleigh, NC following Matter of Life Consortium Workshop (Governor and Mrs. Jim Martin hosted) September 1992 Attended University Medical Center of Eastern Carolina-Pitt County Executive Committee of the Medical Staff/Board of Trustees Retreat, Greenville, NC August 1993 Participant in PCMH Level I Trauma Redesignation SiteVisit, Greenville, NC August 1993 Participant in Federal Government Rural Trauma Grant Review, Rockville, Maryland August 1993 Participant in Department of Transportation ENTERPRISE meeting, February 1988 Alternate Representative for ESRD Council of the Southeast for Pitt County Memorial Hospital - Transplant May 1990 North Carolina American Trauma Society State Delegate, Leader to Congress, Washington, DC June 1990 Pitt County Memorial Hospital Medical Staff Representative, American Medical Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL March 1991 Participant, Bond Insurers and Ratings Agency, Pitt County Memorial Hospital April 1992 Attended Reception at the Governor's Mansion in Raleigh, NC following Matter of Life Consortium Workshop (Governor and Mrs. Jim Martin hosted) September 1992 Attended University Medical Center of Eastern Carolina-Pitt County Executive Committee of the Medical Staff/Board of Trustees Retreat, Greenville, NC August 1993 Participant in PCMH Level I Trauma Redesignation SiteVisit, Greenville, NC August 1993 Participant in Federal Government Rural Trauma Grant Review, Rockville, Maryland Cunningham Page 17 of 32 August 1993 Participant in Department of Transportation ENTERPRISE meeting July 2013 Presidential Award, National Medical Association
Whos Who Inclusion: 1988-1990 Who's Who in America 1988-1990 Who's Who in the South and Southwest 1991 Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America 1993 Who's Who in American Education 1996-present Whos Who in Science and Engineering 1996-present Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare 1996-present Whos Who among African Americans
Abstracts: 1. Thomas J, Carver F, Gross U, Cunningham P, Thomas F, Araneda R. Suppression of Alloantibody Response by DR Depleted Donor Bone Marrow (DBM): Correlation with Long Term Kidney Allograft Tolerance, Proceedings of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, p. 257. 2. Alqaisi M, Carver M, Cunningham P, Kasten-Jolly J, Thomas F, Thomas J. Effect of Depleting CD3 + Cells from a DR - Donor Bone Marrow to Facilitate Kidney Graft Tolerance in Recipients Given Total Lymphoid Irradiation, Proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Transplantation Society, Paris, France, p. 518, 1992 3. Thomas J, Carver M, Cunningham P, Gross U, Verbanac K, Rebellato L, Riley R, Thomas F. Donor Bone Marrow Infusion Suppresses Alloantibody Response in RATG Treated Recipients: A Correlate of Long Survival, Proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Transplantation Society, Paris, France, p. 257, 1992. 4. Reballato L, Gross U, Carver M, Cunningham P, Riley R, Ross W, Knowles R, Thomas J. Treatment of Rhesus Monkey Allograft Recipients with a Combination of Anti-T-Cell Monoclonial Antibodies, Proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Transplantation Society, Paris, France, August 1992, p. 471. 5. Breen TJ, Guo TG, Ellison MD, Daily OP, Cunningham P. Blacks and Whites on the UNOS Renal Waiting List: Waiting Times and Patient Demographics Compared, Proceedings of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Napa Valley, CA, April 4-6, 1993. 6. Dunn K, Snyder B, Foil MB, Cunningham P. Excess Morbidity and Mortality From Intentional Injuries, Proceedings of Prevention '93, St. Louis, MO, April 17-20, 1993. 7. Craft P, Foil MB, Cunningham P, Patselas P, Snyder B, Collier MS. The Use of Intravenous Ethanol for Alcohol Detoxification in the Patient, American Trauma Society Annual Meeting, McLean, VA, April 30-May 5, 1993. 8. Ponder M, Foil MB, Cunningham P. Rural Single Vehicle, Single Occupant Motor Vehicle Crashes (SVSO): Results from a Comprehensive Injury Surveillance System (CISS), Second World Conference On Injury Control Proceedings, Atlanta, GA, p. 250, May 20-23, 1993. 9. Cunningham P, Garren WS, Benson N, Dutton K. Motor Vehicular Injury Control: A Role For Search And Rescue Transponders, Second World Conference On Injury Control Proceedings, Atlanta, GA, May 20-23, 1993, pp. 245-246. 10. Dunn K, Snyder B, Foil MB, Cunningham P. Age Differences in Rural Injury Patterns, Second World Conference On Injury Control Proceedings, Atlanta, GA, May 20-23, 1993, p. 351. Cunningham Page 18 of 32 11. Mayduch D, Moylan J, Snyder B, Andrews L, Rutledge R, Cunningham P. American College of Surgeons (ACS) Trauma Quality Care Indicators: An Analysis of Outcomes in a Statewide Trauma Registry, Proceedings of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, October 18-21, 1993. 12. Barrett L, Patselas T, Foil MB, Cunningham P. Car-Jumpers: Patients Who Fall From Moving Vehicles, Proceedings of the American Trauma Society, McLean, VA, May 12-17, 1994. 13. deHaas A, Swanson M, Snyder B, Flowe K, Foil B, Cunningham P. Blunt Thoracic Trauma in a Rural Elderly Population: Determinants of Outcome and Benefits of Aggressive Care, Proceedings of the American Trauma Society, McLean, VA, May 12-17, 1994. 14. deHaas A, Swanson M, Snyder B, Flowe K, Foil B, Cunningham P. Blunt Thoracic Trauma in a Rural Elderly Population: Determinants of Outcome and Benefits of Aggressive Care, Proceedings of the American Trauma Society, McLean, VA, May 12-17, 1994. 15. Cunningham P, Rutledge R, Baker C, Thomason M, Clancy T, Oller D, Meredith M. An Analysis of the Association of the Mode of Prehospital Transport with the Outcome of Injury: A Comparison of Helicopter and Ground Ambulance Transport, Proceedings-54th Annual Meeting of the American Association For The Surgery Of Trauma, San Diego, CA, September 29-October 1, 1994. 16. Scheitler J, Wooden W, Dolezal J, Long-Snyder B, Cunningham P. Isolated Extremity Soft Tissue Injury: An Occupational Hazard in Rural Eastern North Carolina, North Carolina Medical Journal 59(2):18-20, 1998. 17. MacDonald KG, Brown PM, Cunningham P, Brown B, Swanson M, Tripp BL, Shipley S, Pories WJ. Reduction of staple-line dehiscence in the Roux gastric bypass procedure with the triple-staple technique, Obesity Surgery 7(4):286-7, 1997. 18. Cunningham P, Rutledge R, Baker C, Clancy T. A Comparison of the Association of Helicopter and Ground Ambulance Transport with the Outcome of Injury in Trauma Patients Transported from the Scene, The Journal of Trauma 43(6):940-6, 1997. 19. Pories WJ, MacDonald KG, Cunningham P, Israel RG, Dohm L, Hickey MS, Caro JF, Barakat HA, Cory KA. A New Paradigm For Adult Onset Diabetes: Could It Be A Disease Of The Foregut? Proceedings, 109 th Annual Session Southern Surgical Association, 8-9; 1997 20. Scheitler JL, Wooden WA, Dolezal JM, Long-Snyder B, Cunningham P. Isolated Extremity Soft Tissue Injury: An Occupational Hazard in Rural Eastern North Carolina, North Carolina Medical Journal 59 (2):118-120. 21. Estrada C, McElligott J, Dolezal J, Cunningham P. Evidence-Based Medicine To Guide Local Health Policy: Asymptomatic Patients At High Risk For Deep Venous Thrombosis Who Receive Adequate Prophylaxis Should Not Be Screened, Proceedings of the Society of General Internal Medicine 13:54, April 1998. 22. MacDonald KG, Swanson MS, May H, Cunningham P, Tripp BL, Shipley S, Pories WJ. Improvement in Mental Health After Gastric Bypass is not Sustained in Long-term Follow- up. Obesity Surgery 8:154, 1998. 23. Rouse MA, Tripp BL, Shipley S, Cunningham P, MacDonald KG. Meeting the Challenge of Managed Care Through Clinical Pathways for Surgery. Obesity Surgery 8:135, 1998. 24. Stearns J, Pories W, Swanson M, Cunningham P, MacDonald K Dohm L, Barakat H., and Purushothaman S. Hypoglycemia Following Gastric Bypass: Further Evidence of the Role of the Gut in the Ethiology of Diabetes? Obesity Surgery, 9:334, 1999. Cunningham Page 19 of 32 25. Tripp BL, Shipley S, Swanson M, MacDonald K, Pories W, and Cunningham, P. Patient Health Problems: 16 Years Following a Gastric Bypass, Obesity Surgery 9:106, 1999. 26. MacDonald K, Swanson M, Cunningham P, Tripp B, Shipley S, Brown B, and Pories W. The Gastric Bypass: 16-Year Followup Obesity Surgery 9:124, 1999 27. Tripp B, Shipley S, Mayo C, Bryan-Berge D, Harris C, Phelps G, Cunningham P, Pories W, and MacDonald K. Moving the Morbidly Obese Patient: Design of a Simple, Inexpensive and Effective Ambulance Stretcher System, Obesity Surgery 10:311-12, 2000. 28. Shipley S, Tripp B, Brown B, Swanson M, Pories W, Cunningham P, and MacDonald K. Patient Satisfaction and Compliance Following Gastric Bypass Surgery, Obesity Surgery 10:312-13, 2000. 29. Pories W, Stearns J, Cunningham P, Swanson M, Dohm L, Barakat H, and MacDonald K. Episodic, severe hypoglycemia following the gastric bypass, Obesity Research 8(1):77S, 2000. 30. Bradley JH and Cunningham PRG. The Impact of Changes in Status on Decision Quality, Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences 8(3):56-59, 2001. 31. Cunningham PRG. Leadership, Professional Heroism, and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma: Presidential Speech at the 14 th Scientific Assembly, Journal of Trauma 51 (2):213-222, 2001. 32. Cunningham PRG and Moskop R. Surgical Services in Eastern North Carolina, North Carolina Medical Journal 62: S31-S37, 2002.
Publications: 1. Cunningham P, Rose J, Sokol A, Bleicher M. A Case of Neonatal Intussusception, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 15 (2):203, 1980. 2. Rizzuti R, Cunningham P, Easley D, Fushiki T, Thomas F. A New Method of Hepatic Preservation Utilizing Pulsatile Perfusion and Allopurinol, Current Surgery, 43(6):492, 1986. 3. Cunningham P, Cushman M. Management of Vascular Trauma, Journal of the National Medical Association 79(7):721, 1987. 4. Gross U, Cunningham P, Thomas F, Thomas J. Differential Diagnosis of Renal Transplant Dysfunction by Two-Color Flow Cytometric Analysis of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsies, Surgical Forum 38:383, 1987. 5. Thomas J, Carver M, Sash C, Cunningham P, Thomas F. Induction of Allogeneic Unresponsiveness to Renal Transplants in Rhesus Monkeys, Transplant Proceedings 19 (5):4070, 1987. 6. Thomas J, Carver M, Cunningham P, Park K, Gonder J, Thomas F. Promotion of Incompatible Allograft Acceptance in Rhesus Monkeys Give Posttransplant Antithymocyte Globulin and Donor Bone Marrow. (I) In Vivo Parameters and Immuno-histologic Evidence Suggesting Microchimerism, Transplantation 43(3):332, 1987. 7. Thomas F, Cunningham P, Thomas J, Gaskins D, Sash C, Parker K. Superior Renal Allograft Survival and Decreased Rejection with Early High-Dose and Sequential Multi-Species Anti-lymphocyte Globulin Therapy, Transplant Proceedings 19:(1):1874, 1987. 8. Gross U, Thomas F, Matthews C, Thomas J, Cunningham P, Ritter T. In Vivo-In Vitro Correlates of Human Rejection Using Flow Cytometry with Two-Color Fluorescence on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells, Transplant Proceedings 19(1):1609, 1987. Cunningham Page 20 of 32 9. Cunningham P, Gross U, Matthews C, Thomas J, Silverman J, Thomas F. Diagnosis of Human Allograft Rejection by Flow Cytometry Using Two-Color Fluorescence with Monoclonal Anti-bodies, Transplant Proceedings, 19(1):1578, 1987. 10. Thomas J, Carver M, Cunningham P, Gonder J, McGaley C, Sash C, Thomas F. Effect of Azathioprine on Kidney Allograft Tolerance Induced by Rabbit ATG and Donor Bone Marrow in Primates, Transplant Proceedings 19(1):472-5, 1987. 11. Carver M, Thomas J, Gonder J, Cunningham P, Park K, Thomas, F. Unresponsiveness to Kidney Transplants (KTX) in Primates: Immunohistologic Studies of Long Surviving Grafts, Transplant Proceedings 19(1):501, 1987. 12. Cunningham P, Gross U, Matthews C, Sash C, Thomas F, Thomas J. Differential Effects Of Immunosuppressive Agents On Mononuclear Cells (MC) Infiltrating Human Renal Allografts, Transplant Proceedings 21(1):194-195, 1988. 13. Thomas J, Carver M, Rebellato L, Sash C, Cunningham P, Thomas, F. Analysis of CTL Precursor Frequency During Kidney Transplant Rejection in Rhesus Monkeys, Transplant Proceedings 20(2):233, 1988. 14. Fair J, Rizzutti R, Cunningham P, Thomas F. Successful Hepatic Preservation Using Pulsatile Perfusion and Allopurinol, Current Surgery 45:192-194, 1988. 15. Gross U, Cunningham P, Sash C, Matthews C, Thomas J, Thomas F, Silverman J. Two- Color Flow Cytometric Analysis of Mononuclear Cells Infiltrating Human Renal Allografts, Transplant Proceedings 20(1):102, 1988. 16. Thomas F, Cunningham P, Sash C, Gross U, Thomas J. Superior Cadaver Renal Transplantation Survival and Increased Cost-Effectiveness Using Individualized Quadruple Immuno-suppression, Transplant Proceedings 20(1):412-414, February 1988. 17. Thomas J, Carver M, Sash C, Cunningham P, Thomas F. Beneficial Effect of Cyclosporine in Post-Transplantation Induction of Unresponsiveness of Renal Allografts in Rhesus Monkeys, Transplant Proceedings, 20(1):134-135, February 1988. 18. Thomas J, Cunningham P, Carver M, Sash C, Thomas F. Promotion of Incompatible Allograft Acceptance in Rhesus Monkeys Given Posttransplant Antithymocyte Globulin and Donor Bone Marrow, Transplantation 47(2):209-215, 1989. 19. Thomas J, Cunningham P, Carver M, Sash C, Thomas F. Promotion of Incompatible Allograft Acceptance in Rhesus Monkeys Given Posttransplant Antithymocyte Globulin and Donor Bone Marrow, Transplantation 47(2):209-215, 1989. 20. Daniel H, Thomas F, Cunningham P, Sash C, Stelzer C, Thomas J. Improved Immunosuppression For Secondary Cadaver Renal Transplants (SCT) In High Risk Patients Using Quadruple Immunosuppression With Cyclosporine A (CyA) And Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (RATG), Transplant Proceedings (21)1:1729-1731, 1989. 21. Thomas J, Carver M, Cunningham P, Saldanha C, Thomas F. Mechanism Of Immunosuppression In Long Surviving (LS) Monkey Allograft Recipients, Transplant Proceedings 21(1):388-390, 1989. 22. Sash C, Thomas F, Cunningham P, Stelzer D, Daniels H, Thomas J. Improved Cadaver Graft (CT) Survival Using Individualized Quintuple Immunosuppression (IQI), Transplant Proceedings 21(1):1615-1616, 1989. 23. Morris J, Slaton J, Gibbs D. Vascular Organ Procurement in the Trauma Population, The Journal of Trauma, 29(6): 782-787, Discussion 787-788, June 1989. 24. Foil B, Cunningham P, Hale J, Benson Nicholas Treurniet S. Civilian Field Surgery in the Rural Trauma Setting: A Proposal for Providing Optimal Care, Journal of the National Medical Association, 84(9): 787-789, 1992. Cunningham Page 21 of 32 25. Sash C, Cunningham P, Thomas J, Carver M, Park K, Thomas F. Effects of Adjuvant Immunosuppressive Drugs, Transplantation, (47)2:209-215, February 1989. 26. Thomas J. Gross U, Cunningham P, Thomas F. Two Color Fluorescence Activated Flow Cytometric Analysis of T Cells in Fine Needle Aspirates for Diagnosis of Rejection, Transplant Proceedings, 21(4):3611-3613, 1989. 27. Thomas J, Castellani W, Sash C, Daniel H, Cunningham P, Ferguson A, Caro J. Studies of Radioimmunoreactive Urinary Insulin in Humans: A New Test for Diagnosis of Pancreas Rejection, Diabetes, 38(1):253, 1989. 28. Garrison L, Cunningham P, Lust R, Thomas F. Donor-Specific Tolerance (DST) Permits Burn Allografting Without Increased Sepsis, Journal of Surgical Research, 49:390-393, 1990. 29. Cunningham P, Foil B. Transplantation and the Trauma Surgeon: Opportunities, Problems, and Dilemmas, Journal of the National Medical Association, 82(11):769-771, 1990. 30. Carver M, Alqaisi M, Cunningham P, Gross U, Thomas J. Posttransplant TLI is Effective in Nonhuman Primates if Combined with Rabbit ATG, Transplant Proceedings, 23(1-1):480-481, 1991. 31. Thomas J, Carver M, Cunningham P, Olson L, Thomas F. Veto Cells Induce Long-Term Allograft Tolerance in Primates without Chronic Immunosuppression, Transplant Proceedings, 23(1-1):11-13, 1991 32. Thomas J, Carver F, Cunningham P, Olson L, Thomas F. Kidney Tolerance in Primates Without Chronic Immunosuppression: The Role of Veto Cells, Transplantation, 51(1):198-207, 1991. 33. Nayduch D, Rutledge R, Mason T, Meredith W, Thomason M, Cunningham P, Baker C, Oller D, Moylan J, Azizkhan R. Comparison of Adult and Pediatric Trauma Score's Ability to Predict Pediatric Trauma Outcome in the North Carolina State Trauma Registry, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, The Journal of Trauma, (31)4:452-458, April 1991. 34. Cunningham P. Trauma Surgery: Lap Belt Use and Abdominal Injury in Children, Current Surgery, 48(2):61-64, April 1991, discussion of abstracts 35. Rutledge R, Lalor A, Thomason M, Meredith W, Oller D, Cunningham P, Clancy T, Baker C. The Spectrum of Abdominal Injuries Associated With The Use of Seat Belts, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, May 1990, The Journal of Trauma, 31(6):820-826, June 1991. 36. Cunningham P, Bailey K, Rogers J. Development of a Rural Traffic Injury Prevention Program at the University Medical Center of Eastern Carolina-Pitt County, Emergency Care Quarterly, 7(3):31-35, October 1991. 37. Cunningham P, Dales R., The Persian Gulf Conflict: A Reserve Component Perspective, Emergency Care Quarterly, 7(4):15-19, January 1992. 38. Carroll R, Kerrigan D, Bray J, Foil B, Cunningham P. Increase in Renal Magnesium Overflow Following Arototomy-Induced Hemorrhage in Pigs, Circulatory Shock, 38:103-107, October 1992. 39. Thomas J, Alqaisi M, Cunningham P, Carver M, Rebellato Gross U, Patselas T, Araneda D, Thomas F. Development of a Posttransplant TLI Treatment Strategy That Promotes Organ Allograft Acceptance Without Chronic Immunosuppression, Transplantation, 53(2):247- 258, 1992. Cunningham Page 22 of 32 40. Oller D, Rutledge R, Clancy T, Cunningham P, Thomason M, Meredith W, Moylan J, Baker C. Vascular Injuries in a Rural State: A Review of 978 Patients from a State Trauma Registry, The Journal of Trauma, 32(6):740-746, June 1992. 41. Thomason M, Messick J, Rutledge R, Meredith W, Reeves T, Cunningham P, Oller D, Moylan J, Clancy T, Baker C. Head CT Scan Versus Urgent Exploration in the Hypotensive Blunt Trauma Patient, The Journal of Trauma, 34(1):40-45, January 1993. 42. Usala AL, Madigan T, Burguera B, Sinha M, Caro J, Cunningham P, Powell J, Butler P. Brief Report: Treatment of Insulin-Resistant Diabetic Ketoacidosis with Insulin-Like Growth Factor I in an Adolescent with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes, The New England Journal of Medicine, 327(12), September 17, 1992. 43. Cunningham P. Differences in waiting time of minority transplant candidates in the United States, Journal of Transplant Coordination, 2: 78-79, 1992. 44. Rebellato L, Gross U, Carver M, Cunningham P, Riley R, Ross W, Knowles R, Thomas J. Treatment of rhesus monkey allograft recipients with a combination of anti-T-cell monoclonal antibodies, Transplantation Proceedings, 25(1 Pt 1):598-9, February 1993. 45. Alqaisi M, Carver M, Cunningham P, Kasten-Jolly J, Thomas F, Thomas J. Effect of depleting CD3+ cells from DR- donor bone marrow to facilitate kidney graft to tolerance in recipients given total lymphoid irradiation, Transplantation Proceedings 25(1 Pt 1):344-5, February 1993. 46. Nayduch D, Moylan J, Snyder B, Andrews L, Rutledge R, Cunningham P. American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Indicators: An Analysis of Outcome in a Statewide Trauma Registry, The Journal of Trauma, 37(4):565-575, October 1994. 47. Meredith W, Rutledge R, Hansen AR, Oller DW, Thomason M, Cunningham P, Baker CC. Field triage of trauma patients based upon the ability to follow commands: a study in 29,573 injured patients. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care, 38(1):129-35, January 1995 48. Garrison JL, Thomas F, Cunningham P. Improved large burn therapy with reduced mortality following as associated septic challenge by early excision and skin allografting using donor-specific tolerance, Transplantation Proceedings, 27(1):1416-8, February 1995. 49. Cunningham P, Foil MB. The Ripped Cava, Journal of the National Medical Association, 87(4):305-307, April 1995. 50. Flowe K, Cunningham P, Foil MB. Rural Trauma: Systems in Evolution, 1995 Annals of Surgery, 27:29-39, April 1995. 51. Flowe K, Cunningham P, Foil MB. Rural Trauma, Annals of Surgery, 1995, 27:29-39, May 1995. 52. Cornwell EE, et als. National Medical Association Surgical Section Position Paper on Violence Prevention, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 273(22): 1788-1789, June 1995. 53. Gates HS, Cunningham PR. Obstetrics and gynecology. In: Cox SS, Pories WJ, Foil MB, Patselas TN, eds. Surgical Resident Curriculum, 2nd ed. The Association of Program Directors in Surgery, Arlington, Virginia, 1995, 123-126. 54. Ghassemain A, MacDonald K, Cunningham P, Swanson M, Brown B, Morris P, Pories W. The Workup for Bariatric Surgery Does Not Require a Routine Upper Gastrointestinal Series. Obesity Surgery, 7:16-18, 1997. 55. Clancy T, Ramshaw D, Maxwell JG, Covington D. Churchill, MP, Rutledge R, Oller D, Cunningham P, Meredith JW, Thomason M, Baker C, Management Outcomes in Splenic Injury: A Statewide Trauma Center Review, Annals of Surgery 226 (1):17-24, 1997. Cunningham Page 23 of 32 56. Cunningham P, Rutledge R, Bakker CC, Clancy TV. A Comparison of the Association of Helicopter and Ground Ambulance Transport with the Outcome of Injury in Trauma Patients Transported from the Scene [see comment], Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 43(6):940-6, December 1997. 57. Cunningham P, Rouse A, Tripp, BL, Shipley S, Pories W, MacDonald K. Meeting the Challenge of Managed Care Through Clinical Pathways for Bariatric Surgery. Obesity Surgery 8:530-34, 1998. 58. Cunningham P, Foil B, Hoey B, Philpott J. Splenic Injury Management as the New Millennium Approaches. Current Surgery, 55(4):134-37. 59. Estrada CA, McElligott J, Dolezal JM, Cunningham P. Asymptomatic Patients at High Risk for Deep Venous Thrombosis Who Receive Inadequate Prophylaxis Should Be Screened. Southern Medical Journal 92(12):1145-1150, 1999. 60. Cunningham P, Gates HS. Gynecology and Obstetrics. In: Cox SS, Pories WJ (eds), Surgical Resident Curriculum (3 rd ed). Arlington, Virginia: Association of Program Directors in Surgery, 1999; 179-183. 61. Cunningham P and Dolezal J. Seat Belts and Trauma: Clinical Clues for the Surgeon, Current Surgery 56 (1/2) 20-24, 1999. 62. Tanner C, Barakat, H, Dohm, G, Pories, MacDonald K, Cunningham P, Swanson M, Houmard J. Muscle fiber type is associated with obesity and weight loss, Am J Physiol Endoccrinol Metab 282: E1191-E1196, 2002. 63. Ramos EJB, Campos AL, Coelho JCU, Das UN, Meguid MM, Cunningham P. Intriguing finding of post-operative smell and taste deficit after upper GI cancer operations. J Surg Oncol 2003; 82:150-153. 64. Meguid MM, Ramos EJB, Suzuki S, Xu Y, George ZM, Das UN, Hughes K, Quinn R, Chen C, Marx M, Cunningham P. A Surgical Rat Model of Human Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2004 Jul-Aug; 8(5):621-30. 65. Orlando FA, Goncalves CG, George ZM, Halverson JD, Cunningham PR, Meguid MM. Neuro-Hormonal Pathways Regulating Food Intake and Changes after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2005; 5:486-495. 66. Baxley E and Cunningham P. Meeting North Carolinas Health Care Needs Through Interprofessional Education and Practice, North Carolina Medical Journal, 2014 Jan/Feb; 75(1): 65-67. 67. Cunningham P and Flye B. A Surgeons Skills Become Business Skills, International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry, Feb 2014 16(1): 25-28.
Book Reviews: 1. Cunningham P. Book Review - Clinical Evidence, Issue 4, Current Surgery Vol 59, No. 1, Jan/Feb 2002.
Book Contributions: 1. Cunningham P. Contributor Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM), Surgical Strategies for Penetrating Trauma, Tips From the Masters Cricothyroidotomy: Precise Anatomic Aide to Dissection Technique, 2004
Journal Reviews: 1. Cunningham P. Journal Review, January 2003 Impact of Police and Legislative Initiatives on Urban Gunshot Wound Admissions, The Journal of Trauma Cunningham Page 24 of 32 2. Cunningham P. Journal Review, April 2003 Influence of Helicopter Transport on Health Outcomes for Patients with Acute Traumatic Brain Injury, The Journal of Trauma 3. Cunningham P. Journal Review, June 2003 Non-Operative Management of Liver Compartment Syndrome, The Journal of Trauma 4. Cunningham P. Journal Review, October 2003 A Focused Education Intervention Can Promote the Proper Application of Seat Belts During Pregnancy, The Journal of Trauma 5. Cunningham P. Journal Review, October 2003 Episodic, Severe Hypoglycemia Following Gastric Bypass, Annals of Surgery 6. Cunningham P. Journal Review, February 2004 Periduodental Haematoma Secondary to Blunt Abdominal Trauma, The Journal of Trauma 7. Cunningham P. Journal Review, May 2004 Effectiveness of a Doctor-Helicopter) System in Japan, The Journal of Trauma Cunningham P. Journal Review, June 2005 Traumatic Injuries in Amish Children: The Impact of Pediatric Trauma in the Amish Community, The Journal of Pediatrics
Presentations: Papers July 1990 Cunningham P, The Ripped Cava, National Medical Association Scientific Assembly, Las Vegas, NV November 1995 Flowe K, Dolezal J, Cunningham P, Snyder B, Does Blood Bank Utilization for Injured Sickle Cell Disease Patients Mandate Tertiary Care Evaluation? Southern Medical Association, Kansas City, MO Medical Association, Kansas City, Missouri April 1996 Cunningham P, Dolezal J, Foil M, Snyder B, Long S. Cost Outlier Threats for Rural Trauma Centers? The Society of Black Academic Surgeons 6th Scientific Session, Denver, CO October 1997 Cunningham P, Rutledge R, Emery S, Thomason M. Simplified Field Triage Based upon AAVPU@, Patient Age, and Blood Pressure Outperforms the Revised Trauma Score, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Waikoloa, Hawaii April 2001 Cunningham P, MacDonald K, Houmard J, Barakat H, Pories W. Ethnic Differences in Weight Loss Patterns for the Morbidly Obese: A Red and White Issue, Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts
Panels September 1986 Moderator, Tenth Annual North Carolina Chronic Renal Disease Symposium May 1987 Moderator, North Carolina Chapter-American College of Surgeons, Trauma-Critical Care Panel September 1988 Moderator, Twelfth Annual Chronic Renal Disease Symposium, Wilmington, NC September 1989 Moderator, Trauma Symposium, Greenville, NC September 1989 Trauma Team Site Visit Reviewer for Level I Trauma Center Designation, Charlotte Memorial Hospital April 1992 Lifesavers 10, Traffic Safety Conference, Implementation of a Traffic Traffic Injury Prevention Program," Denver, CO July 1992 Moderator, North Carolina American College of Surgeons Meeting, Kingston Plantation, North Myrtle Beach, SC Cunningham Page 25 of 32 July 1992 Participant/Reviewer, Division of Organ Transplantation Grants to Increase Organ Donation Program, Department of Health and Human Resources, Rockville, MD
September 1994 Participant, UNOS Executive Director Search Committee, Washington, DC February 1995 Participant, Emergency Services Strategic Planning Meeting, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC January 1996 Trauma Team Site Visit Reviewer for Level I Trauma Center Designation, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC January 1996 Moderator, EAST Ninth Scientific Assembly, Orlando, Florida April 1996 Panelist, 1996 ITS Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas January 1997 Panel, Ad Hoc Manuscript Reviewers, Journal of Trauma, San Antonio, TX May 1998 Moderator, Old North State Medical Society, Greensboro, NC October 1999 Co-Chairperson, Abstract Presentation Session: Transport of Patients at Risk, 12 th Annual Congress European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Berlin, Germany May 2000 Participant, Minority Group Health Care, Access to Health Care: Moral, Political and Clinical Challenge, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC October 2002 Panelist, Stump the Experts on Trauma, American College of Emergency Physicians August 2003 Panelist, Resident Work HoursA New Day, National Medical Association Annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA June 2005 Panelist, Community Forum on Health Disparities, Southwest Community Center, Syracuse, NY July 2005 Panelist, Issues in Residency Training, National Medical Association Annual meeting, New York, NY January 2006 Panelist, Emergency Surgery: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma meeting, Orlando, FL March 2006 Panelist, Health Disparities, Rebecca Lee Pre-Health Society, Syracuse, NY February 2009 Organization of African American Staff, East Carolina University Greenville, NC October 2010 Panelist, Where are the Teachers and the Time, American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, san Francisco, CA August 2013 Panelist, A Menu of Options: Institutional Leaders in Action, Just Health and Food Summit, Rocky Mount, NC
Visiting Professorships or Lectureships: November 1985 Lecture, Surgery Day 1985, "The Management of Trauma an Update November 1985 Lecture, Association of Surgical Technologist Workshop, "Liver Transplantation" December 1985 Speaker, Physician's Forum, "Trauma in Rural Eastern North Carolina February 1986 Speaker, Pre-Professional Health Alliance May 1986 Speaker, EMS Advisory Committee, "Trauma Outreach Program Cunningham Page 26 of 32 May 1986 Speaker, Physician/Clergy Breakfast, "Organ Transplant July 1986 Speaker, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, "The Transplant Experience at East Carolina University July 1986 Speaker, National Medical Association, New York, NY "Management of Vascular Trauma" November 1986 Speaker, Surgery Update 1986, "Trauma Center Update" April 1987 Speaker, Coastal Plains Occupational Health Nurses Association, "Transplantation" January 1988 Speaker, The ECU Chapter of the Student National Medical Association Medical Association, "1988 Martin Luther King, Jr./Senior Recognition Banquet" January 1988 Invited Discussant, "Vascular Organ Procurement in the Trauma Population Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Longboat Key, FL June 1988 Speaker, North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, "Renal Failure " and Critical Care and Trauma", The St. Regis Resort, North Topsail Beach, NC August 1988 Visiting Professor, New Hanover Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, NC August 1988 Speaker, 93rd Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly of the National Medical Association, "Problems in Rural Trauma Centers", Los Angeles, CA October 1988 Speaker, Eastern Orthopedic Group, Inc., Greenville, NC April 1989 Speaker, "Challenges in Rural Trauma Care," Pitt County Memorial Hospital September 1989 Presenter, "Trauma Prevention" and "Pediatric Trauma Case Studies, Eighth Annual EMS Beach Seminar October 1989 Presenter, "Prehospital Management of the Pediatric Trauma Patient, Vanceboro Rescue Squad January 1990 Speaker, Clinical Ladder Recognition Ceremony, East Carolina University School of Medicine 1990. January 1990 Speaker, Student National Medical Association, Senior Recognition Banquet, Greenville, NC February 1990 Presenter, "Trauma Case Studies Penetrating/Blunt," Eleventh Annual ical Services Seminar March 1990 Speaker, Teen Leadership Institute, Health Care for Eastern North Carolina, Pitt County Memorial Hospital March 1990 Participant and Invited Speaker of the National Highway Safety Administration's Video Production on Highway Safety, National PSA March 1990 Speaker, Clinical Ladder Promotional Ceremony, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC April 1990 Speaker, "Vascular Trauma," Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC May 1990 Presenter, Annual American Trauma Society Meeting, Washington, DC November 1990 Speaker, "Farm Injuries," United Methodist Mens Group, Snow Hill, NC March 1991 Presenter, "Role of EMS and Organ Donation," EMS Participants Greenville, NC Cunningham Page 27 of 32 April 1991 Speaker, "Army Experiences," Medical Students, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC June 1991 Presenter, "Pediatric Trauma," to EMS Participants, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC August 1991 Presenter, "Pediatric Trauma," EMS Participants, Roanoke-Chowan Community College, NC September 1991 Presenter, "Organ Donation," Annual Meeting Division of EMS, Atlantic Beach, NC September 1991 Presenter, "Pregnancy and Trauma Outreach," Heritage Hospital, Tarboro, NC September 1991 Speaker, Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Patient Bed Tower, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC September 1991 Presenter, "Trauma Outreach," Eastern Prosthetic Study Club, Greenville, NC November 1991 Speaker, Pitt County Memorial Hospital's 15-20 Year Employees Recognition Ceremony, Greenville, NC November 1991 Speaker, Pitt County Memorial Hospital's 10 Year Employees Recognition Ceremony, Greenville, NC December 1991 Speaker, Medical Honors Seminar, "Rural Trauma Care, Greenville, NC December 1991 Instructor, Transplant Lecture, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC February 1992 Speaker, Division of Organ Transplantation, Federal Initiatives in Transplantation, Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA February 1992 Presenter, Third Annual Trauma Symposium, Prehospital Management of the Trauma Patient," Wilmington AHEC, Wilmington, NC February 1992 Speaker, Minority Transplant Professionals Meeting, "Minorities and Transplantation," Houston, TX March 1992 Speaker, Cornerstone Baptist Church, Transplantation and Minorities, Greenville, NC April 1992 Speaker, Matter of Life Consortium Workshop, "Minority Issues in Donation and Transplantation," Capital Building, Raleigh, NC April 1992 Speaker, Minority Resident Association of Jackson Memorial Hospital, "The Importance of Transplantation for Minorities," Miami, FL April 1992 Speaker, Annual Spring Banquet, Student National Medical Association, University of Miami School of Medicine, "Role Models in Career Choices," Miami, FL November 1992 Speaker, The President's Executive Seminar On Inspiring Organ Donation in The African-American Community, Shaw University, Raleigh, NC December 1992 Speaker, High School Honors Medicine Program, Rural Trauma Surgery, ECU Family Practice, Greenville, NC January 1993 Speaker, EMRT Lecture, Burroughs Wellcome, Greenville, NC January 1993 Speaker, CQI For Medical Staff, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Goldsboro, NC February 1993 Speaker, CQI for Medical Staff, Onslow Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, NC February 1993 Speaker, Preprofessional Health Alliance Annual Induction Ceremony East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Cunningham Page 28 of 32 February 1993 Speaker, "Fellowship For Life" Conference, Phillipi Church of Christ, Greenville, NC February 1993 Speaker, National Rural IVHS Conference, Keystone, CO March 1993 Speaker, "Fellowship For Life" Breakfast, Organ Transplantation, ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC March 1993 Speaker, Student Leadership, ECU, Greenville, NC April 1993 Speaker, President's Conference on Organ Donation, Shaw University, Raleigh, NC May 1993 Speaker, EMS Appreciation Banquet, Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie, NC May 1993 Speaker, EMS Outreach C Program, "EastCare EMS '93" Presented "Prehospital Care of the Pediatric Trauma Patient Williamston Fire & Rescue, Williamston, NC June 1993 Quality Assurance Lecture, House Staff Orientation, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC August 1993 Speaker, NC-DOT, Board of Transportation meeting, Emerging Issues and Safety Committee, Applications of IVHS Technology in Emergency Response Systems", Hilton Inn, Greenville, NC September 1993 Speaker, Chancellor's Minority Student Leadership Program ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC September 1993 Speaker, Burroughs-Wellcome, "Team Work and Case Scenarios Greenville, NC October 1993 Speaker, AHEC, "Challenges in Rural Trauma Care," Wayne Memorial Hospital, Goldsboro, NC November 1993 Speaker, Fellowship For Life Breakfast, Carolina Organ Procurement Agency, Kinston, NC November 1993 Presenter, EMS Outreach Program, "Shock and Fluid Resuscitation," Currituck County/Corolla EMS, Lower Currituck, NC November 1993 Lecturer, M-1 Gross Anatomy Course, Hernias ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC November 1993 Presenter, "Packaging the Trauma Patient," AHEC, Craven Regional Medical Center, New Bern, NC November 1993 Presenter, Surgical Research Conference, "Rural Trauma Research," ECU School of Medicine Department of Surgery, Greenville, NC January 1994 Presented, "Pediatric Chest and Abdominal Trauma," Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC February 1994 Presenter, Division of Organ Transplantation Annual Meeting, "Minority Organ Donation," Washington, DC March 1994 EMT Intermediate Class, Trauma Initial Assessment, Div. of Emergency Medical Services, Greenville, NC March 1994 Presenter, Duke University Medical Center 4 th Annual Trauma Conference, "Rural Trauma Issues," Durham, NC March 1994 Speaker, EMT Lecture, Division of EMS, Greenville, NC June 1994 Lecture on "Trauma Management", Family Practice Center, ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC September 1994 Speaker, Rural ITS Annual Conference, Blacksburg, VA October 1994 Speaker, EMS Today '94, Greensboro, NC Cunningham Page 29 of 32 November 1994 Participant, EAST Board of Directors Retreat, Sanibel, FL November 1994 Speaker, NC Academy of Physician Assistants' Second Annual Minority Health Symposium, "Violence", Research Triangle Park, NC January 1995 Speaker, Pediatric Trauma & Hodgepodge Lectures, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC February 1995 Lecturer, Second Year Medical Students Practicum Exam, ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC March 1995 Speaker, 16th Annual Emergency Medicine Seminar, "Violence", ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC March 1995 Speaker, Roanoke High School Biology Class, "Animal Care Issues in Research," Robersonville, NC March 1995 Lecturer, "Gram Negative/Infections in Trauma," Fayetteville VA Hospital and Womack Army Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC April 1995 Speaker, "Burns," Burroughs Wellcome, Greenville, NC April 1995 Speaker, "Stabilization and Transport" and "Practical Skill Station," Advanced Trauma Life Support Course, Department of Emergency Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC May 1995 Speaker, Advanced Trauma Core, "Shock & Fluid Resuscitation," Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC May 1995 Speaker, "Student Choice Lecture," Department of Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC May 1995 Speaker, "Level I Trauma Centers," Wayne Memorial Hospital, Goldsboro, NC June 1995 Speaker, Medical Students-2 Clinical Skills Course, Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC September, 1995 Speaker, "Student Choice Lecture," Department of Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC November 1995 Speaker, Student Choice Lecture, Department of Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC November 1995 Speaker, Dealing with Trauma: A Seminar for Clergy, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC December 1995 Presenter, Surgery Grand Round, Department of Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC February 1996 Visiting Professor, Surgery Grand Round, Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center, New York City, NY February 1996 Lecturer, 7th Annual Trauma Symposium, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC February 1996 Speaker, Current Concept in Family Medicine, Farm Injuries, Greenville, NC February 1996 Speaker, 17th Annual Emergency Medicine Seminar, The Incredible Journey Of the Trauma Patient, Greenville, NC March 1996 Speaker, 6th Annual Trauma Conference, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC March 1996 Speaker, Student Choice Lecture, Department of Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC April 1996 Lecturer, Burns, Glaxo Wellcome, Greenville, NC
Cunningham Page 30 of 32 May 1996 Visiting Professor, Surgery Grand Rounds, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC October 1996 Visiting Professor, Rapid Decision Making Under Fire, Surgery Grand Rounds, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC October 1996 Lecturer, Clinical Correlation: Hernias, Medical Gross Anatomy, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC November 1996 Lecturer, Advanced Pediatric Life Support Course, Trauma and Trauma Cases, ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC November 1996 Speaker, Advanced Trauma Core, A Rapid Decision-Making Under Fire, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC November 1996 Speaker, Medical Alumni Weekend-Dilemmas in Practice, Managed Care and Trauma, ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC February 1997 Lecturer, Trauma: Decision Making Under Fire, 18th Annual Emergency Medicine Seminar, ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC May 2, 1997 Speaker, 8th Annual May Day Trauma Conference, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC May 1997 Lecture, Packing The Trauma Patient for Transportation, Cherry Point Naval Hospital, Havelock, NC May 1997 Lecture, Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC June 1997 Lecture, A Renal Core: From Renal Failure Through Transplantation ECU School of Medicine, Greenville, NC February 1998 Lecture, A Pediatric Trauma Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC May 1998 Presenter, A Trauma Rehab Integration and Research in Mild TBI Trauma Care in the 21st Century, Asheville, NC November 1998 Lecture, A Rural Trauma University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD November 1998 Presenter, A Transport of the Critically Ill Trauma Patient Wayne State University, Detroit, MI November 1998 Presenter, A Rural Preventable Mortality-The Role of Airway A College Park, MD February 2000 Presented Office Surgery Tricks of the Trade, Current Concepts in Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC March 2000 Presented Violence and Guns, Craven Medical Society, New Bern, NC March 2000 Visiting Professor, University of Buffalo, Rural Trauma: Is Mortality Preventable? Buffalo, NY May 2000 Presented Challenges in Rural Trauma Care, Pungo District Hospital, Belhaven, NC September 2000 Visiting Professor, Makassed Medical Congress, Long-Term Full Remission of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Following the Gastric Bypass Operation and The Modern Management of Small Bowel Obstruction, Beirut, Lebanon December 2001 Visiting Professor, Coastal Area Health Education Center, Rural Trauma: Why Is It Different?, Wilmington, NC August 2002 Speaker, White Coat Ceremony for Class of 2006, Welcome to the Profession of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine Cunningham Page 31 of 32 September 2002 Speaker, Faith Values Forum, Violence in the Streets! Why Should I Care? SUNY Upstate Medical University October 2002 Speaker, Thoracic Lecture serices, Thoracic Trauma Dept of Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University November 2002 Grand Rounds Presenter, Rural Trauma, Why is it Different?, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University November 2002 Speaker, Gastroenterology 2002 Conference, Surgery for the Obese Patient, SUNY Upstate Medical University January 2003 Speaker, Upstate Medical University Chapter of the American Medical Student Association, Humanistic Lecture Series, Residency Work Hours January 2003 Grand Rounds Presenter, Rural Trauma, Why is it Different?, SUNY Stony Brook, New York, NY March 2003 Speaker, 3 rd Annual Emergency Medicine Conference, Rural Trauma, The Basics and the Background, Syracuse, NY April 2003 Speaker, Departmental meeting Environmental Services at University Hospital, Syracuse, NY May 2003 Speaker, Annual Trauma Conference, Bethlehem, PA May 2003 Speaker, University Hospitals 11 th Annual Clergy Day, Adult Obesity, Syracuse, NY May 2003 Speaker, University Hospitals Bariatric Teaching Day, Syracuse, NY June 2003 Speaker, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Sponsor Appreciation Luncheon, Presentation with Michael Meguid, MD, Bariatric Program Overview, Syracuse, NY October 2003 Speaker, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Medical Student Surgery Club October 2003 Speaker, SUNY Upstate Medical University Fifth Annual Critical Care Nursing Symposium, Whats New in Medical Education: Building Great Multi-disciplinary Teams, Springside Inn, Auburn, NY November 2003 Speaker, SUNY Upstate Medical University Mini Medical University lecture January 2004 Presenter, Dept. of Surgery Bariatric Program, SUNY Council meeting, Syracuse, NY February 2004 Speaker, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Dept. of Surgery Resident Lecture series, Acute Management of Trauma, Syracuse, NY May 2004 Speaker, 26 th Annual NYS Surgical Symposium, Surgical Education in Crisis: What it Means to be a Trauma Surgeon, Cooperstown, NY May 2004 Speaker, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Annual Pediatric Teaching Day, Obesity Surgery: An Update, Syracuse, NY October 2004 Speaker, St. Jospehs Hospital Health Center, Medical Grand Rounds, Obesity: A Worldwide Epidemic, Syracuse, NY October 2004 Speaker, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Teaching Day for Teachers, Surgeons Pushing the Envelope, Syracuse, NY November 2004 Speaker, Saint Francis Hospital & Health Center, 7 th Annual Trauma Conference, The Obese Trauma Patient: The Challenges for Todays Trauma Team, Poughkeepsie, NY January 2005 Speaker, University Hospital, Dept. of Urology, Grand Rounds, "Modern Management of Trauma - A Surgeon's Perspective," Syracuse, NY April 2005 Speaker, 27 th Annual NYS Surgical Symposium, The 80-Hour Work Week: How Has It Changed Training? Albany, NY Cunningham Page 32 of 32 April 2005 Speaker, The NY Academy of Medicine, Mentoring Minority Medical Students, Benefits of and Support for Mentoring, New York, NY June 2005 Speaker, Forum on Health Disparities, Southwest Community Center, Syracuse, NY July 2005 Speaker and faculty site visitor, Rural Medical Education Program, Treating the Nations Growing Health Epidemic: Morbid Obesity, Schyler Hospital, Watkins Glen, NY July 2005 Matory Lecturer, National Medical Association Annual mtg, Minding Our Own Business: Surgeons and the Public Health, New York, NY February 2006 Grand Rounds presenter, SUNY Buffalo, Department of Surgery, Whats Up Doc? The Changing Face of Surgery, Buffalo, NY April 2006 Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN July 2006 Presenter, Medical Procedure video, Welch Allyn Engineering Camp - Healthcare Day, Skaneateles, NY August 2006 Speaker, AMSA/ADDM LTP: Learning from Each Other: Cultural Competency in Medicine and Dentistry Conference, University Hospital, Medical Disparities and the IOM Report, Syracuse, NY April 2007 Keynote Speaker, CSTEP, Bolton Landing, NY December 2008 Keynote Speaker, 2 nd Annual Albernaz Lecture, Greenville, NC January 2009 Speaker, Deans on Deck, Raleigh, NC February 2009 Speaker, Deans on Deck, Wilmington, NC Speaker, Health and Food Summit, Rocky Mount, NC May 2012 Speaker, NAACP Banquet, Williamston, NC February 2014 Speaker, Leadership NC meeting, Provider Shortage, Charlotte, NC February 2014 Speaker, Surgical Grand Rounds, Perspectives: Past Present and Future, with Dr. David Herman, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC