CURRICULUM VITAE
I. PERSONAL DATA
A. Name: Norman Terry Soskel
B. Birth Date: September 1, 1948
C. Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia
D. Citizenship: U. S. A.
H. Address: Office: Retired
II. EDUCATION
A. Baccalaureate Degree: B. A. (Major-Biology), September, 1966-May, 1970, University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences, Charlottesville, Virginia
B. Advanced Degrees: M. D., September, 1970-May, 1974, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia
C. Resident Training and/or
Fellowship Training: Internship, July, 1974-June, 1975, Hospital of St. Raphael, affiliated with Yale, New Haven, Connecticut
Medicine Residency, July, 1975-June, 1977, Salem V. A. Hospital, University of Virginia affiliate, Salem, Virginia and University Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia
Pulmonary Fellowship, July, 1977- June, 1980, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
III. STATE LICENSURE
Virginia, License No. 010102735
Issued September 12, 1976
Utah, License No. 509810014
Issued June 13, 1978
Tennessee, License No. MD 015687
Issued July 19, 1984
Mississippi, License No. 17190
Issued July 1, 2002
IV. BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Internal Medicine, 11/96. Certificate No. 059586
American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, 11/98,10/2009 Certificate No. 059586
V. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
A. Full-Time Positions
1992-February 28, 2013, Private Practice, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee
1992-2002, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee
1992-1994, Director and Attending Physician, Pulmonary Nodule Service, Veteran's Affairs Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
1989-1992, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee
1984-1989, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee
1982-1984, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
1980-1982, Instructor of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
1980-1983, Adjunct Instructor, Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
B. Part-Time Positions:
1. Visiting Professor
Pulmonary Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, August 7-8, 1980, (Lecture: The Copper-Deficient, Zinc-Supplemented Pig Lung as a Model Resembling a Mild Form of Emphysema).
Pulmonary Division, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, May, 1981, (Lecture: The Copper-Deficient, Zinc-Supplemented Pig Model of Emphysema and Urinary Valyl-Proline as an Indicator of Elastin Degradation).
Pulmonary Division, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, October 27-28, 1983, (Lecture: Mechanisms of Lung Injury in the Copper-Deficient Hamster Model of Emphysema)
C. Editorial Experience:
1. Reviewer
American Board of Internal Medicine, Relevance Reviewer for Pulmonary Board Questions, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003.
Connective Tissue Research, Elsevier North Holland
Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D. C.
American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association, Committee on Research
American Review of Respiratory Disease
Experimental Lung Research, Elsevier North Holland
Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Memphis, Research Committee
Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
Journal of Chromatography
Medical and Pediatric Oncology
MedScape, Respiratory Care Section
2. Committees and Clinical Reviewer
Respiratory Medicine
Baptist Memorial Hospital, East - subcommittee for peer review for internal medicine.
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Integrated Delivery System Physician Organization Committee.
St. Francis Hospital - Interventional Cardiology Committee
St. Francis Hospital - Nutritional Support Committee
St. Francis Hospital - Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
St. Francis Hospital - Home Health Advisory Committee
St. Francis Hospital - Trauma and Emergency Room Committee
Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Tennessee) - Utilization Review
European Respiratory Journal
D. Research / Awards:
Pulmonary Academic Award, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 1980-1985.
Utah Heart Association Grant-in-Aid: Pulmonary Collagen and Elastin Contents and Synthesis in Rat Lungs, July, 1979-1980.
American Lung Association Fellowship, 1979-1980 (Renewed 1980, but declined by candidate due to faculty appointment).
Utah Heart Association Grant-in-Aid: Copper-Deficient Hamster Model of Emphysema, July, 1981-2.
American Lung Association Research Grant: Biochemical Mechanisms of Lung Injury in Copper-Deficient Hamsters, July, 1982-1984.
Contract: E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Co. Drug inhibition of elastase emphysema in hamsters 1983-1984.
Veteran's Administration Career Development Award, Research Associate Level 1985-1988.
Veteran's Administration Merit Review 1985-1988.
Veteran's Administration RAGS Award, 1985.
BRSG Institutional Grant: Role of Elastin in Cell Adhesion, 1988-1989.
American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award 1994
American College of Chest Physicians Governors Community Service Award for the Sarcoidosis Center, October 21, 2000.
E. Hospital Affiliations
University of Utah Hospital, Attending Physician, 1980-1984.
Veteran's Affairs Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, Attending Physician, 1980-1984.
William F. Bowld Hospital, Attending Physician, 1984-1992.
The Regional Medical Center at Memphis, Attending Physician, 1984-1992.
Kennedy Veteran's Affairs Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, Attending Physician, 1984-1994.
Baptist Memorial Hospital (Central), Active, 1984~2000.
St. Joseph's Hospital, Affiliate, 1993~1999.
Eastwood Hospital (Delta Medical Center),1992-present.
Methodist Hospital, Consultant, 1990-present.
Germantown Methodist Hospital, Consultant, 1992-present.
St. Francis Hospital, Active, 1991-present.
Baptist Memorial Hospital, East (Memphis), Active 1984-present.
Baptist Memorial Hospital, Collierville, Consultant 2000-present.
Baptist Memorial Hospital, Desoto, Consultant 2001-present.
VI. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Co-Director, 1979-1980 Pulmonary Organ System, University of Utah School of Medicine
Director, 1980-1983 Pulmonary Organ System, University of Utah School of Medicine
Advisor to Director, 1984 Pulmonary Organ System, University of Utah School of Medicine
Director of Pulmonary Fellowship Recruitment, Pulmonary Division, University of Tennessee, Memphis, 1987-1988.
Associate Chief, Pulmonary Section, VA Medical Center,
Memphis, Tennessee, 1989-1992.
Director of Pulmonary Module, University of Tennessee, Memphis, 1990-1992.
Director of Pulmonary Clinic VA Medical Center, 1989-1992.
Director of Home Oxygen Program VA Medical Center, 1989-1992.
Director of Clinical Center #34 of the National Institutes of Health Registry of Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Patients, 1990-1994.
Medical Director, Respiratory Department, Eastwood Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 1992-1995.
Director and Founder, Sarcoidosis Center, Memphis, Tennessee, 1999-present.
Member, Interstitial Lung Disease Steering Committee, American College of Chest Physicians, 2001-2005.
Co-representative of Interstitial Lung Disease Steering Committee to the Web-site Oversight Committee, American College of Chest Physicians, 2001, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2001.
VII. MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American College of Chest Physicians (elected Fellow, 10/1999)
American College of Physicians (elected Fellow, 11/97)
American Federation of Clinical Research
American Mensa
American Society for Cell Biology
American Thoracic Society
Guide to America’s Top Physicians 2008, 1009.
National Speleological Society
Sarcoidosis Research Institute (Vice President (1991-1992) and Member of the Board of Directors, 1991-1999)
Sarcoidosis Center, Founder and Medical Director (1999-present)
Sigma Xi
Southern Connective Tissue Society
Western Connective Tissue Society
Who's Who in America, 55-58th Editions, 2001-2004, 61st-63rd edition 2007-9
Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, 2002-2003
Who's Who in Frontier Science, 1st Edition, 1984
Who's Who in Healthcare, 2nd and 3rd editions, 1998, and 2000-2001
Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 4th-7th editions, 2002-2010.
Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 20th Edition, 1986 and 23rd edition, 1992
Who's Who in the West,18th-20th Editions, 1982-1986
Who's Who in the World, 6th-16th,19th,23rd and 26th Editions, 1985-1999, 2001, 2006, 2009.
Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 2nd Edition, 1994-1995, 6th Edition, 2002-2003, 7th Edition, 2003-2004, 9-10th editions, 2007-8 and 2008-9.
Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, 33rd edition, 2003, 34th edition, 2004-5.
Who’s Who in Finance and Business, 34th edition, 2004.
World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders
VIII. PUBLICATIONS
1.Sandberg LB, Soskel NT, Leslie J. 1981; Elastin structure,
biosynthesis and its relationship to disease states. N Engl J Med 304:566‑79.
2.Soskel NT, Kuby SA. 1981; A Steady-state kinetic analysis of the prolyl-4-hydroxylase mechanism. Connective Tissue Research 9:121‑5.
3.Soskel NT, Watanabe S, Hammond EH, Sandberg LB, Renzetti AD, Jr, Crapo JD. 1982; A copper-deficient, zinc-supplemented diet produces emphysema in pigs. Am Rev Respir Dis 126:316-325.
4.Sandberg LB, Soskel NT, Wolt TB. 1982; Structure of the
elastic fiber: An overview. J Investigative Derm 79:128s
-132s.
5.Soskel NT, Sandberg LB. 1983; A comparison of six methods of extracting elastin residue from hamster lungs. Experimental Lung Research 4:109‑119.
6.Soskel NT, Sandberg LB. 1983; Detection of urinary valyl-proline as a measure of elastin degradation. Liquid Chromatography and HPLC 1:434‑436.
7.Soskel NT, Watanabe S. 1984; Mechanisms of lung injury in the copper-deficient hamster model of emphysema. Chest 85:70s‑75s.
8.Soskel NT, Sandberg LB. 1985; Lysyl oxidase activity in copper-deficient hamster lungs. Connective Tissue Research 13:127‑133.
9.Snider GL, Kleinerman J, Thurlbeck WM, Bengali ZH. 1985; The definition of emphysema. Report of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Division of Lung Diseases Workshop. Am Rev Respir Dis 132:182‑185.
10.Soskel NT, Hardie RD, Watanabe S, Shenvi AB, Punt JA, and Kettner C. 1986; A new peptide boronic acid inhibitor of elastase-induced lung injury in hamsters. Am Rev Respir Dis 133:639-642.
11.Soskel NT, Watanabe S, Hardie RD, Shenvi AB, Punt JA, and Kettner C. 1986; Effects of dosage and timing of administration of a peptide boronic acid inhibitor on lung mechanics and morphometrics in elastase induced emphysema in hamsters. Am Rev Respir Dis, 133:635-638.
12.Kettner C, Shenvi A, Watanabe S, Soskel NT. 1987; A peptide boronic acid inhibitor of elastase. In: Mittman C. and Taylor C., Pulmonary Emphysema and Proteolysis: 1986, Academic Press, Orlando, Florida, pp. 65-71.
13.Soskel, N.T. 1987; High‑Performance Liquid Chromatographic Quantitation of Desmosine plus Isodesmosine in Elastin and Whole Tissue Hydrolysates, Analytical Biochemistry, 160:98-104.
14.Soskel NT, Fox R. 1990; Sarcoidosis...or Something Like It. Southern Medical Journal, 83:1190-1202.
15.Soskel NT, Sharma O, 1992; Pleural Involvement in Sarcoidosis. A Review. Seminars in Respiratory Medicine, 13:492-514.
16. Schluchter MD, Barker, AF, Crystal RG, et al. From the Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Registry Study Group. 1994. A Registry of Patients with Severe Deficiency of Alpha1-Antitrypsin. Design and Methods. Chest 106:122-123.
17.Stoller JK, Buist AS, Burrows B, Crystal RG, Fallat R, McCarthy K, Schluchter MD, Soskel, NT. 1997. Quality Control of Spirometry Testing in the Registry for Patients with Severe Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency, Chest 111:899-909.
18. Soskel NT. Sarcoidosis and the White Whale -- The Centurion Enigma. 2000, MedScape, never published due to change in editorship, placed on website www.sarcoidcenter.com.
19. Soskel NT and Sharma OP. 2000. Sarcoidosis of the Pleura, Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 6:455-468.
20. Soskel NT. 2007. Sarcoidosis as a Cause of Diabetes Insipidus. Sarcoidosis Networking. Vol. XIII, Spring, 2007, p. 1-2
IX. BOOK CHAPTERS
1.Soskel NT and Sandberg LB. 1987; Pulmonary Emphysema: From Animal Models to Human Disease. In: Uitto J and Parejda AJ, eds. Connective Tissue Disease. Molecular Pathology of the Extracellular Matrix. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, pp.423-453.
2.Soskel NT and Sandberg LB. 1987; Isolation and Purification of Insoluble and Soluble Elastins. In: Cunningham LW and Frederiksen DW, eds. Methods in Enzymology 144:196-214.
3.Hoidal JR, Soskel NT, Rao NV. 1986; The Role of Cigarette Smoking in the Pathogenesis of Emphysema. In: Stein TP, Weinbaum G, Mechanisms of lung injury, George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia, pp.191-207.
4.Soskel NT. Copper Deficiency-Induced Emphysema. In: Cantor JO, Handbook of Animal Models of Pulmonary Disease, Volume II, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, pp. 29-51.
X. ABSTRACTS
1.Soskel NT, Watanabe S, Hammond E, Sandberg LB. 1980; Experimental emphysema in pigs. Am Rev Respir Dis 121 (4, part 2):408.
2.Soskel NT, Sandberg LB. 1982; Lung elastin degradation detected by picomole amounts of urinary valyl-proline, Clin Res 30:74A.
3.Soskel NT, Sandberg LB. 1982; A comparison of 6 methods of extracting elastin from hamster lungs. Clin Res 30:75A.
4.Soskel NT. 1983; Diminished anti-oxidant protection in copper-deficient hamsters with emphysema-like lung injury. Clin Res 32:65A.
5.Hardie RD, Soskel NT, Watanabe S, Shenvi AB, Punt JA, and Kettner C. 1984; A new inhibitor of elastase-induced emphysema in hamsters. Am Rev Respir Dis 129:A300.
6.Soskel NT and Davidson JM. 1986; The patterns of collagen and elastin accumulation and collagen synthesis in developing hamster lung explants from normal and copper‑deficient hamsters who develop emphysema. Am Rev Respir Dis, 133:A391.
7.Soskel NT, Van Frank T, Hoidal JR. 1988; Elastin substratum inhibits adherence of aortic smooth muscle cells and lung fibroblasts, Am Rev Respir Dis., 137:A527.
8.Soskel NT, Van Frank T, Hoidal JR. 1988; Elastin substratum inhibits proliferation of neonatal rat aortic smooth muscle cells, Am Rev Respir Dis, 137:A129.
9.Soskel NT, Van Frank T. 1988; Cell contact with elastin substratum results in altered cell shape and disorganized cytoskeletal networks, Am Rev Respir Dis, 137:A527.
10.Soskel NT, Van Frank T. 1988; Alteration in cytoskeletal networks interferes with tropoelastin production and compartmentalization, Am Rev Respir Dis, 137:A130.
11.Soskel NT. 1989; A synthetic peptide of elastin (PGVGV)5 inhibits smooth muscle cell adherence to and spreading on fibronectin coated plastic, Am Rev Respir Dis, 139: A584.
12.Meduri GU, Leeper K, Conoscenti C, Beals D, Estes R, Soskel N, Menashe P. Protective bronchoalveolar lavage for collection of uncontaminated lower respiratory tract secretions. Am Rev Respir Dis, 139:A556, 1989.
13.Lang Z, Soskel N, Williams G, Murlas C. Identification of metalloendopeptidase activity in bovine airway mucosal cells and its inhibition by hypochlorous acid (HOCL), Am Rev Respir Dis, 139:A236, 1989.
14.Williams GJ, Estes RJ, Rogness AH, Soskel NT, Pifer LL, El-Torky M. Decreased neutral endopeptidase (NEP) activity in guinea pig trachea exposed to human parainfluenza-3 virus, Federation Proceedings, 1991.
15.Williams GJ, Estes RJ, Rogness AH, Soskel NT, Pifer LL, El-Torky M. Decreased neutral endopeptidase (NEP) activity in guinea pig trachea exposed to human parainfluenza-3 virus, Am Rev Respir Dis 143:324, 1991.
16. Soskel NT. Sarcoidosis on the Internet. Sarcoidosis, Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases 16:27, 1999.
XI. PRESENTATIONS
1.Poster presentation at First Gordon Conference on Elastin: Soskel NT, Watanabe S, Hammond E, Sandberg LB: Experimental emphysema in pigs, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire, June, 1979.
2.Poster presentation at Western Connective Tissue Society Meeting: Soskel NT, Watanabe S, Hammond E, Sandberg LB; Experimental emphysema in pigs, San Diego, California, May, 1980.
3.Poster presentation at Western Connective Tissue Society Meeting: Soskel NT, Kuby SA; Does Prolyl-4-hydroxylase follow an ordered ter ter kinetic mechanism?, San Diego, California, May, 1980.
4.Poster presentation at Gordon Conference on Lung Injury: Soskel NT, Watanabe S, Hammond E, Sandberg LB; The copper-deficient, zinc-supplemented pig lung as a model resembling a mild form of emphysema, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire, August, 1980.
5.Poster presentation at Gordon Conference on Lung Injury: Soskel NT; A noninvasive method of determining elastin degradation, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire, August, 1980.
6.Paper presentation at the Western Connective Tissue Society Meeting: Soskel NT, Sandberg LB. Urinary valyl-proline as an indicator of elastin degradation and the copper-deficient pig model of emphysema, Vancouver, B. C., April, 1981.
7.Invited discussant at the Gordon Conference on Elastin: A rapid noninvasive in vivo method of detecting elastin degradation to the picomole level with specific reference to the copper-deficient, zinc-supplemented pig model of emphysema, Kimball Union Academy, Meridan, New Hampshire, August, 1981.
8.Invited speaker on "Biochemistry of the lung" in Post- graduate Course on Pulmonary Diagnostic Techniques, LDS Hospital and University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, November, 1982.
9.Paper presentation at the Western Connective Tissue Society Meeting: Soskel NT, Watanabe S, Sandberg LB. Mechanisms of lung injury in the copper-deficient hamster model of emphysema, St. George, Utah, April, 1983.
10.Paper presentation at the Silver Anniversary Session of the Aspen Lung Conference: Soskel NT, Watanabe S. Copper-deficiency induces emphysema in hamsters, Aspen Colorado, June, 1983.
11.Invited speaker at the Gordon Conference on Elastin: Mechanisms of lung injury in copper-deficient hamsters, Kimball Union Academy, Meridan, NH, August, 1983.
12.Paper presentation at the Southern Connective Tissue Conference: Emphysema produced in hamsters by dietary copper-deficiency. Memphis, TN, March 18, 1985.
13.Poster presentation at Gordon Conference on Elastin: A new boronic acid elastase inhibitor of elastase‑induced emphysema in hamsters. Soskel NT, Watanabe S, Hardie R, Shenvi AB, Punt J, Kettner C, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, NH, August, 1985.
14.Poster presentation at the International Symposium on Pulmonary Emphysema and Proteolysis. Kettner C, Shenvi A, Watanabe S, and Soskel NT. Duarte, California, January 14‑16, 1986.
15.Paper presentation at the West Coast Connective Tissue Society Meeting. Soskel NT. A rapid sensitive assay for desmosine plus isodesmosine. Marina Del Rey, California, April 18-20, 1986.
16.Poster presentation at Gordon Conference on Elastin: Elastin-rich matrices inhibit adherence of smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts. Norman T. Soskel, Timothy Van Frank, and John R. Hoidal. Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, NH, August, 1987.
17.Poster presentation at Gordon Conference on Elastin: Other effects of elastin on cell behavior. Norman T. Soskel, Timothy Van Frank, John R. Hoidal and Gopal Murti. Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, NH, August, 1987.
18.Soskel NT, Van Frank T, Hoidal JR. 1988; Elastin substratum inhibits proliferation of neonatal rat aortic smooth muscle cells, American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association National Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 11, 1988.
19.Soskel NT, Van Frank T. 1988; Alteration in cytoskeletal networks interferes with tropoelastin production and compartmentalization, American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association National Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 11, 1988.
20.Lang Z, Soskel N, Williams G, Murlas C. Identification of metalloendopeptidase activity in bovine airway mucosal cells and its inhibition by hypochlorous acid (HOCL), American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association National Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, May 13, 1989.
21.Poster presentation at American Thoracic Society Meeting. Williams GJ, Estes RJ, Rogness AH, Soskel NT, Pifer LL, El-Torky M. Decreased neutral endopeptidase (NEP) activity in guinea pig trachea exposed to human parainfluenza-3 virus, Anaheim, CA, May 13, 1991.
22. Poster/Oral Presentation, World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders, Soskel, NT. Sarcoidosis on the Internet, Kumamoto, Japan, November 10, 1999.
23. Invited speaker, American College of Chest Physicians, Governor's Community Service Award, Lessons Learned from Setting up a Community Service Project, 2001, Philadelphia, PA (unable to attend), November 2001.
24. Poster Presentation, World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders, Alexandre A. Vizel, Norman T. Soskel, Marina E. Gouryleva, Elisaveta A. Vizel. Sarcoidosis by Eyes of the Patient: Results of Survey in Two Countries, Stockholm, Sweden, 2002.
XII. INTERNET WEBSITE
1. Sarcoidosis Center Web Site. The Sarcoidosis Center is a non-profit corporation (501 (c)(3)) designed to provide information for patients and physicians regarding sarcoidosis. Designed and maintained by myself. Started 11/96. Over 1,000,000 visitors to date. Information for patients. Provide e-mail answers to over 3000 questions sent to me. Hyperlinks to many other sites discussing sarcoidosis including American College of Chest Physicians and American Thoracic Society. Now receiving and sending international e-mail with information about sarcoidosis. Approximately 100 visitors per day. http://www.sarcoidcenter.com. Won the ACCP Governor’s Community Service Award, 2000. Web site and Sarcoidosis Center have been discontinued as of 2013.
XIII. MEDIA ARTICLE ABOUT Norman T. Soskel
1. Larson, Jennifer. Sarcoidosis Baffles the Afflicted, Along with Their Providers. Memphis Health Care News. Nov. 29, 1996
XIV. INTERVIEWS
1. Interviewed by Maria Black on WLMT Channel 13 News in Memphis, TN about
Sarcoidosis just after comedian Bernie Mack announced that he had the disease, February 16, 2005.
