Medical Education:
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, Michigan
M.D. 1988

Residencies:
Resident, General Surgery
Department of Surgery
Detroit Medical Center
Detroit, Michigan 1988-1992

Chief Resident, General Surgery
Department of Surgery
Detroit Medical Center
Detroit, Michigan 1992-1993

Fellowships:
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Department of Surgery
Detroit Medical Center
Detroit, Michigan 1993-1994

Medical Licensure:
Michigan, 1988

Board Certifications:
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1988
American Board of Surgery - General Surgery, 1994
American Board of Surgery - Vascular Surgery, 1994

Areas of Special Training:
Advanced Trauma Life Support, Instructor, 1991

Hospital Affiliations & Appointments:
Bronson Methodist Hospital
Borgess Medical Center
HealthCare Midwest Surgery Center

Academic Appointments:
Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery MSU/KCMS
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Professional Affiliations & Appointments:
The Detroit Surgical Association, 1989
Michigan State Medical Society, 1992
Kalamazoo Academy of Medicine, 1992
American College of Surgeons, Fellow, 1999

Presentations:
Michigan Heart Association Cardiovascular Research Forum
East Lansing, Michigan, September 1981
"Baroreceptor Reflexes in Renal Hypertension."

Hypertension Workshop, Meadowbrook Hall
Rochester, Michigan, June 1982
"Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Contributions to the Baroreceptor Reflex in Perinephritic Hypertension."

FASEB Summer Research Conference on Central Neural Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Regulation
Saxtons River, Vermont, July 1982
"Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Contributions to the Baroreceptor Reflex in Perinephritic Hypertension."

Michigan Heart Association Cardiovascular Research Forum
Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 1982
"Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Contributions to the Baroreceptor Reflex in Perinephritic Hypertension."

Michigan Heart Association Cardiovascular Research Forum
Detroit, Michigan, September 1983
"Timecourse and Magnitude of Baroreflex Changes in Angiotensin - Induced Hypertension."

Hypertension Workshop, Meadowbrook Hall
Rochester, Michigan, June 1984
"Timecourse of Baroreflex Changes During the Development of Salt - Angiotensin Hypertension"

Hypertension Workshop, Meadowbrook Hall
Rochester, Michigan, June 1984
"Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Contributions to the Baroreceptor Reflex in Chronic Angiotensin - Induced Hypertension."

Michigan Heart Association Cardiovascular Research Forum
East Lansing, Michigan, September 1984
"Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Contributions to the Carotid Baroreflexes of Conscious, Aortic - Denervated Hypertensive Dogs."

American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting
Dearborn, Michigan, April 1992
"End - Diastolic Vll."

American College of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Chicago, Illinois, July 1992
"End - Diastolic Volume: A Better Indicator of Preload in the Critically Ill."

50th Annual Meeting of Central Surgical Society
Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1993
"Right Ventricular Response Following Myocardial Contusion and Hemorrhagic Shock."

American College of Surgeons, Michigan Chapter Annual Meeting
Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 1993
"Right Ventricular Hemodynamics in Myocardial Contusion and Hemorrhagic Shock."

Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons
Traverse City, Michigan, August 1993
"Right Ventricular Response Following Myocardial Contusion and Hemorrhagic Shock."

18th Annual Meeting of Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society
Cincinnati, Ohio, September 1994
"Arterial Autogenous Replacement of the Carotid Bifurcation."

Publications:

Manuscripts:

Diebel, L.N., R.F. Wilson, M.G. Tagett. and R.A. Kline. End-Diastolic Volume: A Better Indicator of Preload in the Critically Ill. Arch. Surg. 127:817-822, 1992.

Diebel, L.N., M.G. Tagett, and R.F. Wilson. Right Ventricular Response After Myocardial Contusion and Hemorrhagic Shock. Surgery 114: 788-793, 1993.

Tagett, M.G. and A. Kazmers. Carotid Kinks and Coils. Current Therapy in Vascular Surgery III. Ed. Ernst.

Tagett, M.G. and M.S. Dahn. Superficial Femoral Artery Interposition in Head and Neck Cancer. Vascular Surgery. In press.

Manuscripts in Preparation:

Pfenning, T.W., Stephenson, R.B. and Tagett, M.G. Baroreceptor Reflexes of Conscious Dogs with Chronic Renal Hypertension. Hypertension. In revision.

Hull, S.S., Pfenning, T.W., Stephenson, R.B. and Tagett, M.G. Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Contributions to the Baroreceptor Reflex in Conscious Dogs. American Journal of Physiology. In revision.

Stephenson, R.B. and Tagett, M.G. Baroreflex Characteristics During Development of Angiotensin-Induced Hypertension. American Journal of Physiology. In review.

Stephenson, R.B. and Tagett, M.G. Sympathetic-Parasympathetic Balance in Baroreflexes of Dogs with Salt-All Hypertension. American Journal of Physiology. In review.

Abstracts:
Stephenson, R.B. and M.G. Tagett. Baroreceptor Reflexes in Renal Hypertension. Federation Proceedings 41:1669, 1982.

Stephenson, R.B. and M.G. Tagett. Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Contributions to Carotid Baroreflexes in Perinephritic Hypertension. Federation Proceedings 42:481, 1983.

Tagett, M.G. and R.B. Stephenson. Baroreceptor Reflexes in Angiotensin - Induced Hypertension. Federation Proceedings 42:481, 1983.

Tagett, M.G. and R.B. Stephenson. Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Contributions to the Carotid Baroreflexes of Conscious, Aortic - Denervated Dogs. Federation Proceedings 43:696, 1984.

Stephenson, R.B. and M.G. Tagett. Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Contributions to Carotid Baroreflexes in Angiotensin - Induced Hypertension. Federation Proceedings 43:443, 1984.

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