Election Statement Charles Handorf

Election Statement
Charles Handorf
February 11, 2004

Leadership in the Tennessee Medical Association is a huge honor and an even greater responsibility. Medicine in Tennessee is at a crossroads, with the challenges of Tenncare and tort reform leading the priorities with which we all will struggle. As your president in 2005, I will devote the time, energy, and heart to see that your best interests are represented. More than that, I will never forget the trust placed in all of us by our patients. We must continue unfailing dedication to protect the helpless, to speak for the voiceless, and to heal the broken—nobody will ever care for patients the way that you do. If you want to know more about me or my views, please feel free to contact me on the web at charles@handorf.org. I will be delighted to hear from you.

CHARLES RUSSELL HANDORF, Ph.D., M.D.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Office: Duckworth Pathology Group
1211 Union Ave, Suite 300
Memphis, Tennessee 38104
(901) 726-7182

University of Tennessee
College of Medicine
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
930 Madison Ave, Suite 500
Memphis, Tennessee 38104
(901) 448-7020

Residence:	1591 Peabody Avenue Memphis, Tennessee 38104
Birthdate:	January 9, 1951
Marital Status:	Married to Miriam Fulmer Handorf
Children:	Charles Russell Handorf, II Jennifer Anne Handorf

COLLEGE EDUCATION:

1969-73:

Rice University, Houston, Texas
Degree: B. A. Chemistry

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION:

1973-77:
1973-81:

University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences
Memphis, Tennessee

Degree: M.D.
Degree: Ph.D., Medicinal Chemistry

LICENSURE:

1977-1/31/97:
1989-3/1/96:
1993:

Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi

INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY:

1977-78:	Research Assistant, United States Veterans Administration Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
1978-80:	Resident in Pathology, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee
1980-82:	Resident in Pathology, Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee

CERTIFICATION:

1982:

American Board of Pathology
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

1972-73:	Teaching Assistant Rice University, Houston, Texas
1973-74:	Marion Research Fellow Department of Medicinal Chemistry College of Pharmacy University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee
1974-77:	Graduate Research Assistant Department of Medicinal Chemistry College of Pharmacy University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee
1978-80:	Adjunct Instructor Department of Medicinal Chemistry U-T College of Pharmacy
1982-Present:	Associate Pathologist Duckworth Pathology Group, Inc. Memphis, Tennessee 38104
1982-88:	Chief Pathologist, Toxicology Methodist Hospital Laboratory 1265 Union Avenue Memphis, Tennessee 38104
1983-Present:	Clinical Instructor of Pathology University of Tennessee Center forthe Health Sciences Memphis, Tennessee
1984-85:	Director Duckworth Reference Laboratory 1005 Mid City Building 1331 Union Avenue Memphis, Tennessee 38104
1986-96:	President MedLab (formerly Medical Express Laboratories) 1211 Union Avenue, Suite 230 Memphis, Tennessee 8104
1988-90:	Medical Director National Laboratory Center 4022 Willow Lake Blvd. Memphis, Tennessee 38175
1988-97:	Director of Laboratories Methodist Hospitals of Memphis Memphis, Tennessee
1989-2000:	Chairman, Department of Pathology Methodist Hospitals of Memphis Memphis, Tennessee 38104
1990-92:	Medical Director Personal Blood Storage, Memphis Memphis, Tennessee 38118
1991-92:	National Medical Director Personal Blood Storage 1 Windsor Cove Road Columbia, South Carolina 29223
2001-Present:	President Duckworth Pathology Group 1211 Union Avenue, Suite 250 Memphis, Tennessee 38104

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

Phi Chi National Medical Fraternity
Rho Chi National Honor Society
Southern Medical Association
American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Fellow
Memphis Society of Pathologists
College of American Pathologists, Fellow
American Medical Association
Tennessee Medical Association
Tennessee Society of Pathologists
Memphis & Shelby County Medical Society

HONORS:

1977:

University of Tennessee Center forthe Health Sciences, College of Medicine,
Lange Award for Outstanding Scholarship

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

1989-Present 1994-1995 1995-1997 1997-1999	Member, Opera Memphis Board of Trust Vice-Chairman Chairman Immediate Past Chairman
1989:	Vice Chairman City of Memphis, Search Committee for the Mayor's Special Assistant to Coordinate Drug Programming in Memphis
1999-2000:	Chairman, Shelby County, Search Committee for the County Medical Examiner
1990:	Chairman, Annual Fund Campaign Methodist Hospitals' Foundation
1993-99:	Member, Administrative Board St. John's United Methodist Church
1991-99:	Assistant Scout Master, Troop 34, Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

1987-88:	President Memphis Society of Pathologists
1992-97:	Vice Chairman Chair Alternate Site Testing Committee (Renamed Alternate Site-Point of Care Testing) College of American Pathologists
1992-1998:	Vice Chairman Institutional Review Board Methodist Hospitals of Memphis 1265 Union Avenue Memphis, Tennessee 3810
1992-2001:	Member, Board of Directors Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society 1992-1998 Treasurer 1998-1999 President-Elect 1999-2000 President 2000-2001 Chair, Nominations Committee
1993-Present:	Advisor Subcommittee on Point of Care Testing National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards 771 E. Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085
1995-97:	Member TMA Committee on Communications and Public Service
1995:	Chair Council on Scientific Affairs Working Group (defining quality control requirements for new technology instrument/method systems) College of American Pathologists
1996-99:	Member Editorial Board, Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
1997-Present:	Member Methodist Hospitals of Memphis Credentials Committee
1997:	Member, Board of Directors, Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation (COLA)
1998-Present:	Member, Board of Governors, Tennessee Physicians’ Quality Verification Organization Chairman 2001-2003
1999-2000:	Vice President, West Tennessee Tennessee Medical Association
1995-Present:	Member, Tennessee Department of Public Health Laboratory Licensure Board Vice-Chair 2001
2001-03:	Associate Chief of Staff/Chair, Senior Leadership Council Methodist Healthcare – Central
2001-Present:	Member Quality Management Committee Methodist Healthcare - Central
20011-Present:	Associate Professor and Interim Chair Department of Pathology University of Tennessee College of Medicine

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

I.W. Mathison, P.H. Morgan, R.R. Tidwell and C.R. Handorf. "Steric and Physicochemical Studies of Decahydroisoquinolines Possessing Antiarrhythmic Activity," J. Pharm. Sci., 61: 637-639, 1972.

J. O. Cole, G.A. Trapp and C.R. Handorf. "Clinical Evaluation of Fluotracen and Trazodone, "New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit (Psycopharmacology Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health) Annual Meeting, May, 1978 (presentation).

G.A. Trapp, C.R. Handorf and V. Larach. "Trazodone in the Treatment of Depressed Patients," Psychopharm. Bull., 15: 25‑27, 1979.

I.L.D. Tonkin, R.N. Paul, N.A. Chase and C.R. Handorf. "Cervical Aortic Arch: The Pediatric Adult Spectrum," Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting, November, 1980 (presentation).

P. George, C.R. Handorf and E.A. Suttle. "Primary Pulmonary Hypoplasia: Report of a Case," S. Med. J., 74: 884-887, 1981.

W.B. Wheeler, H.G. Herrod, A.S. Hannissian, H.D. Ochs, J. Willis-Carr and C.R. Handorf. "Differentation of Lymphocyte Functions In Vivo Following Transplantation of Thymic Epithelial Monolayers," J. Path. Immunopath., 18: 322‑333, 1981.

C.R. Handorf, M.J. Ricardo, Jr. and F.L. White. "An IgM Circulating Anticoagulant

Associated with Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung," VIIIth International Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, July, 1981 (poster presentation).

C.R. Handorf, M.J. Ricardo, Jr. and F.L. White. "An IgM Circulating Anticoagulant

Associated with Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung," Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 46: 139, 1981.

F.L. White and C.R. Handorf. "Comparison of Pheresis Therapy in Circulating Factor VIII Inhibitors of the IgG and Very Rare IgM Varieties," 24th Annual Meeting, South Central Association of Blood Banks, March, 1982 (presentation).

C.R. Handorf. "Intrathoracic Lipomas in Children: A Case Report and Literature Review," S. Med. J., 75: 1403-1405, 1982.

C.R. Handorf. "Antiarrhythmic 7 - Benzamido - Z - Methyl - 1,2,3,4 - Tetrahydroiso-quinolines: Synthesis and Structure - Activity Relationships," Diss. Abstracts, 43:1982.

C.R. Handorf. "Fatal Subscapular Staphylococcal Abscess," S. Med. J., 76: 71, 1983.

C.R. Handorf. "Letter to the Editor," Tenn. Comm. Dis. Bull., 15: 19, 1983.

C.R. Handorf. "A Flexible Personal Computer Assisted Approach to Therapeutic Drug Monitoring," American Society of Clinical Pathologists Fall Meeting, October, 1983 (poster presentation).

J.C. Chisolm and C.R. Handorf. "The Role of Zinc and Cadmium in Toxemia," American College of Gynecology, District VII Annual Meeting, October, 1983 (presentation).

C.R. Handorf. "Cytomegalovirus Infection in a Patient with Malignant Atrophic Papulosis (Kohlmeier - Degos Disease)," Southern Medical Association Annual Scientific Assembly, November, 1983 (presentation).

D.L. Smalley, B. Womack, C.R. Handorf and S. Acchiardo. "Aberrant Creatine Kinase and Lactate Dehydrogenase Response in a Myocardial Infarct Patient," Clinical Chemistry, 30: 1708, 1984.

J.C. Chisolm and C. R. Handorf. "Trace Metals in Toxemic Placentas: Zinc and Cadmium," Fourth World Congress of the ISSHIP, June, 1984 (presentation).

C.R. Handorf. "Amyloidosis of the Paranasal Sinuses," Southern Medical Association

Annual Scientific Assembly, November, 1984 (presentation).

C. R. Handorf, J.H. Coleman and W.N. Rawls. "Elevated Serum Bromide in Patients

Taking Lithium Carbonate," J. Clinical Psychiatry, 46: 9, 1985.

C.R. Handorf, J.H. Coleman and W.N. Rawls. "High Serum Bromides in Patients Taking Lithium Carbonate," American Society of Clinical Pathologists Spring Meeting, April, 1985 (poster presentation).

J.C. Chisolm and C.R. Handorf. "Zinc, Cadmium, Metallothionein and Progesterone: Do They Participate in the Etiology of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension?" Med. Hypothesis 17: 231-242, 1985.

J.C. Chisolm and C.R. Handorf. "Trace Metals in Placentas: Zinc and Cadmium," Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, B4(2-3) 117-125, 1985.

C.R. Handorf. "Tricyclic Antidepressant Blood Levels," J. Clinical Psychiatry, 46:12, 1985.

J.C. Chisolm and C.R. Handorf. "Increased Absorption of and Sensitivity to Cadmium During Late Pregnancy: Is There a Relationship between Markedly Decreased Maternal Cadmium Binding Protein (Metallothionein) and Pregnancy‑Induced Hypertension?" Medical Hypothesis, 24, 347-351, 1987.

C.R. Handorf. "Workplace Testing for Illegal Drugs Presents Unfamiliar Laboratory

Problems," Occupational Health & Safety News Digest, 4: #4, 8-10, 22, April, 1988.

C.R. Handorf. "Coordinating Urine Drug Analysis," Security Management, 153-155, September, 1988.

C.R. Handorf. "The Team Approach to Managing CLIA. Management Implications of the Regulations", College of American Pathologists/Clinical Laboratory Management Association Seminar, Baltimore, Maryland, May, 1992 (seminar).

C.R. Handorf. "De Mortuis", Journal of the Tennessee Medical Association, 85, 388, 1992.

J.C. Chisolm and C.R. Handorf. "Is Cadmium-Metallothionein the Toxic Factor Associated with Toxemia in Pregnancy?", Third International Meeting on Metallothionein, December, 1992 (poster presentation).

C.R. Handorf. "The Medical Review Officer: A Simplified Guide", College of American Pathologists Spring Meeting, March, 1993 (seminar).

L.M. Kraus, A. Elberger, C.R. Handorf and A.P. Kraus, Jr. "In Vivo Carbamoylation of Leukocytes in Renal Failure: Homocitrulline (,-Amino-Carbamoyl-Lysine) Identified by Anti-Homocitrulline Antibody", American Society of Clinical Pathologists Fall Meeting, October, 1993 (poster presentation).

C.R. Handorf. "POC testing: Must quality cost more?", Total Quality Management,

Point-Of-Care Testing III, Supplement to Medical Laboratory Observer, 28-33, September, 1993.

L.M. Kraus, A.J. Elberger, C.R. Handorf, M.J. Pabst and A.P. Kraus, Jr. "Urea-derived cyanate forms ,-amino-carbamoyl-lysine (homocitrulline) in leukocyte proteins in patients with end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis", Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 123: 882-891, 1994.

C.R. Handorf. "Background - Setting the Stage for Alternate Site Laboratory Testing", Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 14: 451-458, 1994.

C.R. Handorf. "Quality Control and Quality Management of Alternate Site Testing", Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 14:539-557, 1994.

P.W. Belew-Noah, C.R. Handorf, F.W. Rosenberg, R.B. Skinner Jr. and M. Murphy. "The Psoriasis Band Test: Detection of Microbial Antigen Deposited in the Skin of Psoriasis Patients Using Amplication Staining with Streptavidinbiotin Alkaline Phosphatase, DAKO, LSAB Kit", Journal of Investigative Medicine, Vol. 43, Supplement 1. February, 1995, page 2A (abstract).

C.R. Handorf. "Hook-Up", CAP Today, 9: #1, 70-71, January, 1995(Answer to Q&A column).

C.R. Handorf. "Blood Glucose Meters", CAP Today, 9:#2, 33, February, 1995.

C.R. Handorf, P.A. Howanitz, W.W. McLendon, M.Werner, Conference Editors. "College of American Pathologists Conference XXVIII on Alternate Site Testing", Arch. Path. Lab. Med., #119, October 1995.

C.R. Handorf. "College of American Pathologists Conference XXVIII on Alternate Site Testing: Introduction", Arch. Path. Lab. Med., #119:867-873, October 1995.

S.A. Fuhrman, E.M. Travers, C.R. Handorf. "The Mobile Laboratory in Alternative Site Testing", Arch. Path. Lab. Med., #119:939-942, October 1995.

C.R. Handorf, W.W. McLendon, "Opportunities and Challenges of Laboratory Testing at Alternative Sites", J. Am. Med. Assoc., #274:1308-1309, October 25, 1995.

Charles R. Handorf, "Analytical Goals in New and Non-Traditional Clinical Laboratory Techniques", 1995 Institute on Critical Issues in Health Laboratory Practice: Frontiers in Laboratory Practice Research, USDHHS PHS, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, published 1996.

J.C. Chisolm, C.R. Handorf. "Further Observations on the Etiology of Preeclampsia: Mobilization of Toxic Cadmium-Metallothionein into the Serum During Pregnancy", Medical Hypothesis, 47, 123-128, 1996.

J.H. Jaster, T.E. Bertorini, F.C. Dohan, T.F. O'Brien, H. Wang, T. Becske, P.G. Menke, C.R. Handorf, L.H. Horner, K.E. Monkemuller. "Solitary Focal Demyelination in the Brain as a Paraneoplastic Disorder", Medical and Pediatric Oncology, #26:111-115, 1996.

J.H. Jaster, F.C. Dohan, Jr., T. E. Bertorini, J. E. Bass, K.E. Monckemuller, C.R. Handorf, B.E. Gerald. "Solitary Spinal Cord Sarcoidosis without Other Manifestations of Systemic Sarcoidosis", Clinical Imaging, Vol. 21, #1, 1997.

Scott W. Yates, Michael S. Gelfand, Charles R. Handorf, "Spontaneous Pyomyositis Due to Staphylococcus epidermidis", Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 24, No. 5, May 1997.

Charles R. Handorf, "Assuring quality in laboratory testing at the point of care", Clinica Chimica Acta, Vol. 260, 207-216, 1997.

T.F. O'Brien, C.R. Handorf, M.S. Gelfand, J.D. Brophy, "Pontine Abscess as a Presentation of Systemic Infection with the Fungus Exophiala jeanselmei", Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, Vol. 57, No. 5, 480, 1998.

P.W. Noah, C.R. Handorf, E.W. Rosenberg, and R.B. Skinner Jr., “Positive Reactions of Lesional Skin from Discoid Lupus Erythematosus Patients with Antiviral Antisera Using the DAKO-Linked Streptavidin Biotin Stain”, Journal of Investigative Medicine, Vol. 48, No. 1, -163A, Jan. 2000.

L.M. Kraus, L. Gaber, C.R. Handorf, H Marti, A.P. Kraus Jr., “Carbamoylation of Glomerular and Tubular Proteins in Patients with Kidney Failure: A Potential Mechanism of Ongoing Renal Damage”, Swiss Medical Weekly, Vol. 131:139-145, 2001.

P.W. Noah, C.R. Handorf, E.W. Rosenberg, R.B. Skinner, T. D. Mandrell, “Skin Basement Membrane Zone is a Depository for Circulating Microbial Antigen and Evokes Skin Diseases and Autoimmunity”, 10^th International Symposium on Basement Membranes, Salzburg, Austria, September, 2001.

POINT OF CARE:

J.K. Duckworth and C.R. Handorf. "Sunrise Seminar ‑ Decentralized Testing: Where Do We Stand and What Can We Do?", College of American Pathologists Fall Meeting, October, 1989 (seminar).

J.K. Duckworth, C.R. Handorf and E.M. Travers. "On Approaching the Dragon ‑‑ Control and Accreditation of Decentralized Testing Sites", College of American Pathologists Spring Meeting, March, 1991 (seminar).

C.R. Handorf, J.B. Cousar, E.M. Travers and J.B. Henry. "Management of Alternate Site Patient Testing in the Hospital Setting", College of American Pathologists Fall Meeting, October, 1992 (seminar).

C.R. Handorf. "Calculating the Cost of POC Testing: Must Quality Cost More?", American Association for Clinical Chemistry, New York, New York, July, 1993 (seminar).

C.R. Handorf, A. Belanger, G. Despotis and E. Jacobs. "Alternate Site Testing: Alternative Perspectives", College of American Pathologists Fall Meeting, October, 1993 (seminar).

Member, Organizing Committee, The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry "Medical, Economic, and Regulatory Issues Affecting Point-of-Care Testing", May 6-7, 1994, Philadelphia, PA

C.R. Handorf, M. Burritt and B. Seamonds. "Point-of-Care and Alternate Site Testing Symposium - The State-of-the-Art", College of American Pathologists Fall Meeting, October, 1994 (seminar).

C.R. Handorf, J. Leverone. "Alternate Site Testing Conference: Summary", College of American Pathologists Spring Meeting, April, 1995 (seminar).

C.R. Handorf. "Alternate Site Testing: Whence, Whither, Why, and How", Virginia Society of Pathologists Meeting, April, 1995 (seminar).

Handorf, C.R., Moderator, "Bedside Glucose Testing: The Facts and Nothing but the Facts", CAP/ASCP Fall National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 18, 1995.

Handorf, C.R., Panelist, "Frontiers in Laboratory Practice Research", CDC 1995 Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1-3, 1995,

Handorf, C.R., Organizer & Speaker, "Alternative Site Testing: Moving Ahead, Venturing Beyond" Series of regional AST seminars, November 11, 1995 San Francisco; March 11, 1996 New Orleans (organizer only); April 24, 1996 Boston (in conjunction with the 1996 ASCP/CAP Spring Meeting); September 7, 1996 Chicago.

Handorf, C.R., Speaker, “Quality Management of Point of Care Testing: New Uses for Old Tools”, 17^th International Symposium, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry, Electrolyte/Blood Gas Intercontinental Working Group. Nice, France, June 6, 1998.

Handorf, C.R., Speaker, “Point-of-Care Whole Blood Glucose Testing: The State of the Art”, ASCP/CAP Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 20, 1998.

Handorf, C.R., Speaker, “Quality Management for Point of Care Diagnostics – Where to Go?”, IFCC World Lab ’99. Florence, Italy, June 8, 1999.