Curriculum Vitae
Wesley Alan Gabbard, M.D.
Tarpon Springs, FL 34689
Cell: 727-***-****
Personal email: ********.*****@*****.***
Personal:
Date of Birth: April 24, 1972
Place of Birth: Elkin, NC
Education:
B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
209 Student Services Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: 865-***-****
Major: Honors Microbiology
August 1990 to June 1994
B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
209 Student Services Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: 865-***-****
Majors: Biology and Zoology
August 1990 to June 1994
M.D., University of Tennessee, the Health Sciences Center
901 Madison Avenue, Suite 500
Memphis, TN 38163
August 1994 to June 1998
Graduate School – Biochemistry
University of Tennessee, the Health Sciences Center
901 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN 38163
July 1998 to Dec 1998
No degree
Louisiana State University, New Orleans
2020 Gravier Street
7th Floor, Suite D
New Orleans, LA 70112
Fax: 504-***-****
Emergency Medicine/Internal
Medicine Residency Program;
Director: Jorge Martinez, MD, JD
July 1999 to June 2004
Oregon Health and Science University
The Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, PP262
Portland, OR 97239
Nephrology Fellowship
Director: Sharon Anderson, MD
July 2004 to April 2007
Gerald Beathard Inaugural Fellow in Interventional Nephrology
Lifeline, Inc.
The Kidney and Hypertension Dialysis Access Center
4623 Wesley Avenue, Suite N
Cincinnati, OH 45212
Fax: 513-***-****
Director: Gerald Beathard, MD, PhD
November 2007 to June 2008
Multidisciplinary Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
University of Pittsburgh
3550 Terrace Street, 615 Scaife Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Fax: 412-***-****
Director: Paul Rogers, MD
********@***.****.***
July 2008 to June 2009
Faculty Advisor: John Kellum, MD
Clinical Appointments:
Blake Medical Center
2020 59th St West
Bradenton, FL 34209
Phone: 941-***-****
Critical Care Medicine/All-Star Locums
January 2024 to present
Renal Hypertension Center
Tampa Bay Vascular Center
29296 Highway 19 North, Suite 4
Clearwater, FL 33761
Phone: 727-***-****
March 2023 to present
Interventional Nephrology Locums Coverage
Advent Health – Tampa
3100 East Fletcher Road
Tampa, FL 33613
Phone: 813-***-****
July 2022 to January 2023
Critical Care Medicine/All-Star Locums
HCA West Florida Bayonet Point Medical Center
14000 Fivay Road
Hudson, FL 34667
Phone: 727-***-****
April 2022 to present
Critical Care Medicine/All-Star Locums
Arteries and Veins, LLC
7500 N Mesa St, Ste 210
El Paso, TX 79912
Phone: 915-***-****
October 2020 to April 2022
The Hospitals of Providence
Memorial Campus
2001 Oregon St.
El Paso, TX 79902
Phone: 915-***-****
January 2021 to April 2022
Transmountain Campus
2000 Transmountain Road
El Paso, TX 79911
Phone: 915-***-****
January 2021 to April 2022
Sierra Campus
1625 Medical Center Drive
El Paso, TX 79902
Phone: 915-***-****
January 2021 to April 2022
East Campus
3280 Joe Battle Blvd
El Paso, TX 79938
Phone: 915-***-****
October 2020 to April 2022
Del Sol Medical Center
10301 Gateway Blvd West
El Paso, TX 79925
Phone: 915-***-****
January 2021 to April 2022
Las Palmas Medical Center
1801 N Oregon St
El Paso, TX 79902
Phone: 915-***-****
January 2021 to April 2022
Kindred Hospital of El Paso
1740 Curie Drive
El Paso, TX 79902
January 2021 to April 2022
Premier Specialty Hospital
2311 N Oregon St
El Paso, TX 79902
January 2021 to April 2022
Apogee Physicians Intensivist Program Valdosta, GA
15059 North Scottsdale Road, Ste 600
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Office: 602-***-****
Fax: 602-***-****
September 2017 to July 2020
Intensivist Program Director
South Georgia Medical Center
2501 N. Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA 31602
ApolloMD/Locum Tenens Emergency Medicine
Bayfront Emergency Departments
5665 New Northside Drive, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30328
Phone: Office: 678-***-****
Fax: 404-***-****
May 2016 to September 2017
Bayfront Health Brooksville
17240 Cortez Blvd
Brooksville, FL 34601
Phone: 352-***-****
Bayfront Health Spring Hill
10461 Quality Drive
Spring Hill, FL 34609
Phone: 352-***-****
The Regional Medical Center
Dialysis Access Institute
3000 St. Matthews Road
Orangeburg, SC 29118
Phone: 803-***-****
Director: Dr. John Ross
Interventional Nephrology
January to February 2017
American Access Care of Orlando, LLC
1405 South Orange Avenue
Suite #120
Orlando, FL 32806-2154
Fax: 407-***-****
Interventional Nephrology
May 2016 to August 2016
Staffed as part of employment at USF
Fresenius Vascular Care of Tampa, LLC
12666 Telecom Drive
Temple Terrace, FL 33637-0935
Fax: 813-***-****
Interventional Nephrology
April 2016 to August 2016
Staffed as part of employment at USF
University of South Florida
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
USF Physicians Group
2 Tampa General Circle, 6th Floor
Tampa, FL 33606
Phone: 813-***-****
Fax: 813-***-****
April 2016 to October 2016
Renal Hypertension Center
Tampa Bay Vascular Center
29296 Hwy 19, North, Ste. 4
Clearwater, FL 33761
Fax: 727-***-****
Interventional and Clinical Nephrology
September 2009 to February 2016
Medical Center of Trinity
9330 State Road 54
Trinity, FL 34655
Phone: 727-***-****
North Bay Hospital
6000 Madison Street
New Port Richey, FL 34652
Phone: 727-***-****
Florida Hospital, North Pinellas
1395 South Pinellas Avenue
Tarpon Springs, FL 34689
Phone: 727-***-****
Medical Center of Louisiana, New Orleans
Louisiana State University
2000 Canal Street
D&T 2nd Floor - Suite 2720
New Orleans, LA 70112
Fax: 504-***-****
Clinical Faculty in Emergency Medicine
August 2009 to October 2016
VA Gulfcoast Veterans Health Care System
Biloxi VA Medical Center
400 Veterans Ave.
Biloxi, MS 39531
Fax: 228-***-****
Van Meter and Associates Emergency Medicine Staffing
Emergency Department Director: Peter Gentry, MD
May 2007 to November 2007
Our Lady of the Lake Ascension, LLC
P.O. Box 1149
Gonzales, LA 70707
Urgent Care/After Hours Clinic Staffing
May 2007 to November 2007
LAMMICO (Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company) at 800-452-
2120
Portland VA Medical Center
Emergency Department
3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239
503-***-**** Ext: 55438
Director: Richard Harper, M.D.
Chief of Emergency Medicine: Richard Harper, MD
December 2004 to April 2007
St. Charles General Hospital
3700 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70115
Emergency Department/House Staff Physician
Directors: Rajeev Prakash, MD and Keith van Meter, MD
September 2001 to
June 2004
Van Meter and Associates
1816 Industrial Boulevard
Harvey, Louisiana 70058
504-***-**** (fax)
(This hospital closed after Hurricane Katrina)
NorthShore Regional Medical Center
100 Medical Center Drive
Slidell, LA 70461
Fax: 985-***-****
Emergency Medicine
Director: Robert Tassin, MD
January 2001 to June 2004
Admission work-ups, histories, and physical examinations for adult and pediatric
patients admitted to the psychiatric and alcohol & drug units, 1997-98
Preceptors: Dr. Steven N. Rice, Dr. Tejinder Saini, Dr. Radwan Khuri, Dr. Robert
Buchalter, Dr. Karen Berry, Dr. Ayyagari Indiradevi, Dr. Anthony
Jackson, Dr. Roger Vogelfanger, and Dr. Charlotte deFlumere.
Not part of the medical staff of St. Francis. Contracted by the private psychiatric
staff physicians.
Department of Psychiatry
St. Francis Hospital
5959 Park Avenue
Memphis, TN 38119
Medical Licensure
2020 Louisiana MD.025479 (issued 1st of March, 2001)
2007 Oregon MD25328 (issued 9th of July 2004)
2008 Pennsylvania MD434207 (Issued 22nd of April, 2008)
2010 Ohio 35.091071 (1st of February, 2008)
2021 Florida ME 105493 (issued 9th of September, 2009)
2020 South Carolina 40271 (24th of October, 2016)
2021 Georgia 78592 (10th of July, 2017)
2021 Texas S1593 (26th of April, 2019)
2021 New Mexico MD2021-0040 (20th of January, 2021)
2021 Alabama 42348 (24th of March, 2021)
2021 Oklahoma 38103 (1st of June, 2021)
2021 Kentucky 55473 (10th of June, 2021)
2023 Tennessee 68638 (issued 20th Sept, 2023)
Louisiana Controlled Dangerous Substances Number: 028836
NPI: 105*******
UPIN: H4704
Medicare #CN763Z
Florida Medicaid # 001335100
Certification
2004 - American Board of Internal Medicine
2005 - American Board of Emergency Medicine
2006- American Board of Internal Medicine
Subspecialty: Nephrology (Re-certified 2016)
1999- ACLS, ATLS, and PALS provider
2022 - ACLS provider
2016- PALS provider
2016- ATLS provider
2011- American Board of Internal Medicine -- Subspecialty: Critical Care Medicine
2019 - American Board of Emergency Medicine (re-certified)
2021 - American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology Certification
in dialysis access procedures including port-o-cath and coil insertions as
well banding for steal syndrome
Honors/Awards:
Medical School: Nominated for Student Research Award, 1998
NIH Summer Research Fellowship (St. Jude), 1995
Alumni Scholarship, 1994
Undergraduate: Summa Cum Laude Graduate, 1994
Phi Beta Kappa, 1993
Phi Kappa Phi, 1992
Martin Marietta Foundation Scholarship, 1990-94
Tennessee Scholars Scholarship, 1990-94
Tennessee Student of Distinction, 1990
Alumni Scholarship, 1990
Research:
“The Effect of Hypertonic Saline with and without 6% dextran-70 on acute kidney injury in a rat model of resuscitation”; July 2005 to April 2007.
Preceptor: Dr. Sharon Anderson
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Portland, Oregon
“Gene Therapy Protocol for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome in Tissue Culture and a Mouse Model,” January 1998 to June 1999
Preceptor: Dr. John M. Cunningham
Department of Experimental Hematology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
“Erythoid Krüppel-like Factor as a Transcription Factor in the Expression of the -globin chain of Hemoglobin,” May 1995 – August 1995
Preceptor: Dr. John M. Cunningham
Department of Experimental Hematology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Jude Pediatric Oncology Education Program
“Cataloging and Compaction of Contact-Handled Transuranic Nuclear Waste,” Summer 1994
Preceptor: Dr. Phillip Ritenhouse
Division of Metals and Ceramics
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
“The Interaction of -factor with its Seven-Transmembrane Receptor,” 1993-94
Preceptor: Dr. Jeffrey M. Becker
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
“The Properties of Chemical Degradation of a Radioactively-‘Spent’ Ion-Exchange Resin,” Summer 1992
Preceptor: Dr. Walter Bond
Division of Experimental Chemistry
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Volunteer Experience:
Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Clinic, 1993-94.
Preceptor: Dr. Miale
University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville
PUBLICATIONS:
Amrolia PJ, Gabbard W, Cunningham JM, Jane SM. Maximal activity of an erythroid-specific enhancer requires the presence of specific protein binding sites in linked promoters. J Biol Chem 273:135**-*****, 1998.
Strom TS, Gabbard W, Kelly PF, Cunningham JM, Nienhuis AW. Functional correction of T cells derived from patients with the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) by transduction with an oncoretroviral vector encoding the WAS protein. Gene Ther 10:803-809, 2003.
Gabbard, WA, J Bonventre, and S. Anderson. Amelioration of Acute Kidney Injury using Hypertonic Saline Dextran in a Rat Model of Hemorrhagic Shock. In progress.
Gabbard, WA and Suzanne Watnick. Successful Treatment of a Massive Metformin Overdose with estimation of dialysis clearance. In progress.
Gabbard, WA and David Ellison. Diagnosis of Acute Bowel Ischemia in a Trauma Patient receiving High Volume Hemodiafiltration. In progress.
Gabbard, WA and Antoine Samaha. A Novel Approach to placement of a tunneled dialysis catheter in a patient with right internal jugular stenosis. In progress.
Wes Gabbard, Eric B Milbrandt, and John A Kellum. NGAL: an emerging tool for predicting severity of AKI is easily detected by a clinical assay. Critical Care. 2010, 14:318.
Illig, KA, Gabbard, W. et. al. Aggressive Costoclavicular Decompression in Patients with Threatened AV Access. Ann Vasc Surg. 2015:29(4): 698-703.
Powell, A, et. al. Long-Segment plication technique for arteriovenous fistulae threatened by diffuse aneurysmal degeneration: short-term results. Ann Vasc Surg. 2015 Aug; 29(6): 1327-31.
INVITED LECTURES:
Central Vein Stenosis. Physician Operators Forum. Lifeline, Inc. Chicago, IL. April 2008.
Interventional Nephrology. Louisiana State University Nephrology Fellowship. New Orleans, LA. May 2010.
Interventional Nephrology. Oregon Health and Sciences University. Nephrology Fellowship. Portland, OR. May 2010.
Other Information:
Hobbies include exercising and jogging, playing Blues guitar, and collecting music, comic books, and animation art and production cells. I also currently hold a fourth degree Black Belt (Yon Dan) in Isshin-ryu Karate as well as having a first degree black belt (Sho Dan) in Tokushin-ryu Karate.