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Caduceus
Newsletter: Fall 2009.13, Week of
November 16
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INTRODUCING: The winner
of the 2009 Halloween Faculty/Staff Costume Contest, Mr. Ray
"Chik-fil-A" Karasek (Thanks to Cory Dugan for this photo):
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Table of
Contents: 1. Events coming up. |
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1. Events coming
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Tuesday,
November 17, 2009:
Neuroscience Seminar Series at UTHSC, starting at 12 noon -- Jeremy D. Schmahmann,
M.D., Neurology, Ataxia Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Host - Dr.
Detlef Heck
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Thursday,
November 19, 2009 –
University of Memphis
Department of Biology, 4:00 p.m. Ellington Hall Auditorium, Dr. Larry
Pfeffer (host, Dr. Homayouni), Muirhead Professor and Vice-Chair Department of
Pathology, “Life And Death In The Balance: The Role Of NF-kB In Interferon¹s Biological Actions”. |
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2. The question posed
to the HLTHPROF listserv was “I
was hoping that you would write back with information on Medical Physics
programs that your institutions offer.” |
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Answer: Here is a list of CAMPEP
(Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs)
Accredited Graduate Programs in Medical Physics:
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3. ====AAMC STAT===: News from the Association of American Medical Colleges, November 7, 2009 –
Annual Meeting Issue #1.
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Mount
Sinai School of Medicine awarded for its focus on the underserved First
female dean of U.S. dental school receives Nickens award Jeanne C. Sinkford,
D.D.S., Ph.D., associate executive director of the American Dental Education
Association, oversees the association's Center for Equity and
Diversity. She has coordinated grant programs for dental schools, which
fund recruitment and retention of women and minority students and faculty and
promote primary care, prevention, and public health through academic
partnerships, mentorship, and community-based projects. And as the
nation's first female dean of a U.S. dental school, she has trail-blazed new
paths for both female and minority professionals. Sinkford has had a
remarkable career dedicated to ensuring diversity in health care and for that
she will receive the Herbert W. Nickens Award today. Information: Go to www.aamc.org/about/awards/2009/nickens_sinkford.htm Surgeon,
professor, and military leader honored with humanism award Arthur H. Rubenstein,
M.B.B.Ch., dean and Robert G. Dunlop professor of medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Penn), will receive the Flexner Award for
Distinguished Service to Medical Education today. Rubenstein’s academic
medicine career is said to epitomize what Abraham Flexner envisioned for the
future of U.S. medical education, with a greater emphasis on research, an
integrated, institutional focus on learning, and above all, a joy for the
university environment and academic medicine as a profession.
Rubenstein, according to his colleagues, is "the complete academic
medicine physician leader." Information: Go to www.aamc.org/about/awards/2009/flexner_rubenstein.htm Former
NEJM editor awarded for work on COI Ten years ago,
Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D., decided to sign off as editor-in-chief of the New England Journal
of Medicine (NEJM) rather than agree to an arrangement he
believed would compromise the journal's integrity. Upon leaving, he promised
readers he would "find some way to continue to contribute."
Kassirer has made good on that promise by helping medical schools and
teaching hospitals nationwide revise their conflict-of-interest (COI)
policies, in addition to being published in several major medical journals
and newspapers and lecturing on COI extensively in the United States and
abroad. For his contributions, Kassirer, special assistant to the dean
at Tufts University School of Medicine, will be awarded today with the David
E. Rogers Award. Information: Go to www.aamc.org/about/awards/2009/rogers_kassirer.htm Creator
of first AIDS blood test receives award While most people hope
to avoid viruses, Robert Gallo, M.D., has spent his waking hours pursuing
them, saving millions of lives by developing the first test to diagnose
AIDS. Today, as director of the Institute of Human Virology at the
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Gallo leads more than 300
researchers who work toward innovative therapies and, ultimately, a
preventive HIV vaccine. Founded by Gallo himself 13 years ago, the
institute also provides AIDS treatment to patients throughout the United
States, and under his leadership, has substantially expanded the school’s
reach from 200 to 5,000 patients. For his contributions, Gallo will
receive the Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences
today. Information: Go to www.aamc.org/about/awards/2009/research_gallo.htm Four
medical school professors receive national teaching award Today the AAMC will
honor four medical school professors, who are also mentors, role models, and
friends to the students they teach and mold. The Alpha Omega Alpha
Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award will be given to: Eugene C.
Corbett, Jr., M.D., Anne L. & Bernard B. Brodie professor of medicine,
professor of nursing, and assistant dean for clinical skills education at the
University of Virginia School of Medicine; Erika A. Goldstein, M.D., M.P.H.,
professor of internal medicine at the University of Washington School of
Medicine; Ronald A. Arky, M.D., Charles S. Davidson distinguished professor
of medicine and dean of curriculum at Harvard Medical School; and David A.
Asch, M.D., M.B.A., Robert D. Eilers professor of medicine and health care
management and economics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
and the Wharton School. Information: Go to www.aamc.org/about/awards/2009/start.htm The House of
Representatives moved closer to a floor vote on health care reform
legislation this week when Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Emeritus John
Dingell (D-Mich.) filed a manager’s amendment to the Affordable Health Care
for America Act. House leadership promised members at least 72 hours to
review the amendment before beginning floor consideration of the bill. On Nov. 2, the AAMC
sent a letter to House leadership and key committee chairs applauding their
progress. The letter highlights the importance of additional investments in
the physician workforce and a repeal of the sustainable growth rate used to
calculate Medicare physician payments. It also praises House leaders for
excluding an independent Medicare commission from their bill, “given the
potential for unintended consequences … if Medicare payment policy is changed
without adequate Congressional review.” Information: Go to http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_hr3962_dingell.pdf House
Democrats introduce physician payment legislation The University of
Texas (UT) Southwestern School of Medicine has named J. Gregory Fitz, M.D.,
its new dean, effective Oct. 1. He also will serve as executive vice
president for academic affairs at UT Southwestern and provost of UT
Southwestern Medical Center. A. Eugene
Washington, M.D., M.Sc., has been named dean of the University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine and vice chancellor of
health sciences at UCLA, effective Feb. 1. Washington currently serves
as executive vice chancellor and provost and professor of gynecology,
epidemiology, and health policy at the University of California, San
Francisco. Washington replaces Gerald Levey, M.D., who held both
positions. |
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4. Dr. Alvin
Holder from the Chemistry Department of the University of Southern
Mississippi, has invited CBU students to enroll in a course on medicinal
plants indigenous to Jamaica. |
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Dr. Alvin Holder from the Chemistry Dept. at Southern Miss.
has extended an invitation to CBU students to take part in a study abroad
program in Jamaica. He is willing to extend the deadline for interested
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5. ====AAMC STAT====:
News from the
Association of American Medical Colleges November 9, 2009
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Kirch
calls on academic medicine to accept the “innovation imperative” As the debate on
health care reform legislation continues to move forward in Congress, AAMC
President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., urged leaders of the nation’s
medical schools and teaching hospitals to be “the standard bearers” for
innovation in health care delivery. Kirch stated in his president’s
address at the 2009 AAMC Annual Meeting that current health care reform
legislation “is an insurance bill,” which is “a good thing, but not
sufficient.” He said that academic medicine was poised to lead the way in a
post-reform landscape by “training people to work in a new system” and
leading “a new science of health care reform, in which we measure what we do
and determine what works.” Kirch cited
“Healthcare Innovation Zones” (HIZs) as one potential vehicle for these and
other innovations. HIZs, Kirch said, would promote the “rapid expansion” of
successful pioneering efforts and empower academic medical centers “to
partner with local providers and hospitals to conduct large-scale experiments
in health care delivery for specific patient populations.” For
information: full text of address Sussman:
delivery system needs transformation Elliot J. Sussman,
M.D., M.B.A., AAMC chair and president and chief executive officer of Lehigh
Valley Hospital and Health Network, said academic medical centers can and
should lead a national move toward better, more efficient care. Sussman
cited five attributes—community, teamwork, technology, improvement, and
innovation—that were key to success in clinical care. Sussman said that “we
can use our collective expertise to ask the right questions, find solutions,
and create a world-class model.” Mass.
Gov. Deval Patrick says reform is an economic, moral necessity Massachusetts
Governor Deval Patrick (D) outlined the insurance program in his state that
has provided coverage to more than 97 percent of residents. Patrick, who also
detailed upcoming plans by the state to begin payment reforms, said that “the
current economic crisis only underscores the need for reform, but there is a
moral point as well…we should be just as concerned with the commitment to our
values as the value of our commitments.” Deborah E. Powell,
M.D., associate vice president for new medical education programs and dean
emeritus of the University of Minnesota Medical School, has begun her
one-year term as AAMC chair. Powell succeeds Elliot J. Sussman, M.D., M.B.A.,
president and chief executive officer of Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health
Network. Powell joined Minnesota in 2002 and served as dean of the medical
school and assistant vice president for clinical affairs until July 2009. For
information: AAMC news release Lawley
named AAMC Chair-Elect Thomas J. Lawley, M.D.,
dean and William P. Timmie professor of dermatology at Emory University
School of Medicine, has been named chair-elect of the AAMC. Lawley was
named dean of Emory’s medical school in September 1996 after previously
serving as interim dean and executive associate dean. For
information: AAMC news release House
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6. The
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing presents
the 6th Annual Forensic Nursing Conference, Monday, December 7,
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
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The attached flyer contains information
on a wonderful opportunity to hear nationally known experts in the
evaluation, treatment and prevention of child abuse. The conference is
presented at no cost to attendees. All you have to do is register
online. Please post this flyer where interested students and faculty
members can see. We hope you will attend. New Email: jcasey4@uthsc.edu Justin R. Casey
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7. PRE-MED
OPPORTUNITY IN INDIA |
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Any
undergraduate student that is interested in international community |
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8. “The AAMC
is your #1 source for information about the MCAT and applying to medical
school”. |
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9. The 2010
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) Schedule and Registration
Tips. |
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10.
“Essential Essentials”, i.e. what you
NEED to know about registering for the MCAT, reporting on test day, and
releasing your test scores. |
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11. Marginalia: Most people are familiar with the quote
“Don’t mess with Texas.” May I add
“Don’t mess with Texans, or with anything IN Texas.” From Dr. Ronald B., an emergency room
physician living IN Tyler, Texas. |
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Subject: FW: TEXAS
culverts!
Hallettsville Texas About 30 miles south of I10 between Luling and Sealy, half-way
between Houston and San
Antonio
(Ed. Note: Day-amn!) |
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Dr. Stan Eisen,
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E-mail: seisen@cbu.edu
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/
Caduceus Newsletter Archives: http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Caduceus.html