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Dear Dr. Alverdy,

Thank you very much for your time and interest during our meeting today. I’ve attached three of my peer-reviewed articles in the scientific literature. You may find the Diabetes Science & Technology (DST) article of interest. I would be fascinated to learn more about your Pseudomonas (and other) work so when you have a chance please forward to me reprints as appropriate.

I would be very excited to play a role in moving forward the joint UChicago/ANL Bioengineering initiative and feel I could add great value to this project along a number of dimensions. I can tell that this is an enormously important project. The prospect of being able to be involved in clinical work would be especially gratifying and I would welcome the opportunity to approach this element in an open-minded and mutually beneficial fashion.

As you know, I’ve interviewed a wide variety of University of Chicago clinicians (and other leading figures) and you are free to watch any of the videos below and I’m sure these individuals (including Prof. Kaplan for example) would also be happy to comment on their interactions and work with me as well. I also looked up Midway Pharmaceuticals and find that of great interest; congratulations on winning the New Venture Challenge! Having been a judge in that competition, I can tell you that that is not an easy accomplishment.

Insights in Medicine

Surgical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (2nd half of show)
Alessandro Fichera MD - Assistant Professor of Surgery - University of Chicago
Update on Head & Neck Cancer
Ezra Cohen, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology) - University of Chicago
Liver Transplantation (1st half of show)
Giuliano Testa MD FACS - Director, Liver Transplantation and Hepato-Biliary Surgery - University of Chicago
Intermittent Explosive Disorder (1st half of show)
Emil F. Coccaro, MD - Professor & Chairman of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago
Update on Liver Diseases
Donald M. Jensen, MD; Professor of Medicine and Director at the Center for Liver Diseases at the University of Chicago
Issues in Gastroenterology: C. Diff Colitis; Nutrition and other topics
Carol Semrad MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago
Advances in Targeted Therapies for Cancer
Ezra Cohen, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology) at the University of Chicago
Gastroenterology for the Family Practitioner
Carol Semrad MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago
Update on Bariatric Surgery
Vivek Prachand, MD - Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago

Eye on Harvard

An Introduction to String Theory (2nd half of the show)
Prof. Savdeep S. Sethi PhD '99 - Associate Professor of Physics - University of Chicago

Explorations in Entrepreneurship
Prof. Steven Kaplan, AB'81 AM'82 PhD'88 - Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago

Your Inner Fish: How studying fish fossils and worm DNA tells us something about ourselves
Prof. Neil Shubin, PhD '87 - Professor and Chair, Dept. of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago



I look forward to having a chance to meet again with you and/or in follow-up with Dr. Matthews or other members of the faculty.



Very best regards,



Ogan


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From: Alverdy, John [BSD] - SUR [mailto:jalverdy@surgery. bsd.uchicago.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:47 AM
To: ogurelmd@sbcglobal.net
Subject: RE:



OK we are confirmed, 12 noon May 16th, G-201, see you then



John C. Alverdy MD FACS

Professor of Surgery

Director, Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery

University of Chicago

phone: 773.834.2710

FAX 773.834.0201



University of Chicago – Argonne National Laboratory
Bioengineering Institute for Advanced Surgery and Endoscopy

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