Fall/Winter 2008/2009 Illuminations The Magazine for the University of Utah School of Medicine Alumni and Friends Volume 4 Number 1 Awards Alumni News Penicillin

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The Magazine for the University of Utah School of Medicine Alumni and Friends I am beginning to believe that change is one of the few Editor University of Utah School of Medicine Alumni Association constants you can count on in today’s world. Last year at this time I Kristin Wann Gorang Board of Directors Mark A. Johnston, M.D. 1990, President was writing you to share our hopes for expanding our medical school Photography Fred F. Langeland, M.D., 1976, Past President

University Medical Graphics C. Hilmon Castle, M.D. 1957, House Staff, Vice President 1980 M.D., M.S.P.H., class by thirty students; today, due to state budget cuts and the impact Robert O. Hoffman, M.D., 1981, Secretary Illuminations Lewis J. Barton, M.D., 1964 of slashes in Federal Medicaid funding we are forced to consider the is published by the Randall Walter Burt, M.D., 1974 University of Utah Christine A. Cheng, M.D. 1997, House Staff possibility of cutting back on the size of our 2009 incoming class. School of Medicine Ali K. Choucair, M.D., 1984, House Staff Alumni Relations Office Dale G. Johnson, M.D., 1956 August ‘Larry’ Jung, M.D., 1961 This would be a first for the medical Idaho and 770 from other states and and Harmon Eyre, M.D. ’66 and For editorial information or Ronald M. Larkin, M.D., 1975 school, and is not good news for the countries. Our entering class of 102 The Spencer F. Eccles family as the corrections, call (801) 585-3818 Kirk M. Neuberger, M.D., 1963 state at a time when Utah already ranks students is made up of 81 Utah resi- Distinguished Award recipients, to a Ronald J. Ruff, M.D., 1981 44th in the nation for physician sup- dents, nine Idaho students and twelve successful football game against UNLV! Send address changes to: Kent M. Samuelson, M.D., 1971 ply. We have cut expenditures in every students from other states or countries. The weekend’s Continuing Illuminations David N. Sundwall, M.D., 1969 way that we can, including significant Our overall entering average GPA Medical Education conferenc brought Office of Alumni Relations Hugh D. Voorhees, M.D., 1972 decreases in funding for our academic remains high at 3.65, with an average together an illustrious group of experts 540 South Arapeen Drive, Suite 125 Catherine J. Wheeler, M.D., 1991 House Staff

Dean David Bjorkman, departments. Unfortunately this is MCAT composite of 30. Eight of our who spoke on health care reform. Their Salt Lake City, Utah 84108-1298 H. James Williams, M.D., 1969 not enough. If we are not able to get entering students have earned Master’s program is archived for future view- [email protected] Ex-Officio: replacement funds for the lost Federal degrees and three have Doctorate ing on the Alumni Association Web Medical Student Representatives: Stephen Warner, Associate VP Medicaid funding, we will not have degrees. Once again we feel we have a site at: http://medicine.utah.edu/ Lindsay Wilson, MSIV of Health Sciences for Development enough available monies to pay for class of talented and committed people alumni/reunions/2008%20CME. Ben Johnson, MSIV and Alumni Relations all the faculty time that is required to who are going to make a difference in htm The News Notebook section will Jerry Chidester, MSII David Bjorkman, Dean, M.D., teach 102 students per year, compro- medicine in the future. update you on recent happenings at the Nick Kroll, MSII M.S.P.H., 1980 mising our ability to provide the qual- School of Medicine, and the Alumni Kristin Wann Gorang, Director ity of education we demand. Tuition In This Issue of Illuminations Notebook will catch you up on fellow School of Medicine hikes are likely. This creates additional This year the School of Medicine graduates’ activities and successes. If you would like to submit a story financial hardship for our students Alumni Association inaugurated a I would personally like to thank Alumni Relations Staff idea about medicine or know of an who already carry excessive debt by the Half-Century Club luncheon at Senior all of you for your continued interest Kristin Wann Gorang, Director alumnus/a who has had something time of graduation. The average debt Vice President of Health Science’s and support of the School of Medicine. Melanie Osterud, Associate Director remarkable occur in their life, or has for our graduates is $132,170. While Lorris Betz’s home. Out of that illustri- Looking to the future I am confident, Baljit Kaur, Office Assistant made an outstanding contribution to tuition will increase, our intention is ous meeting of our 1957 and earlier in spite of the financial challenges medicine/society please submit the to keep the tuition rate at the U in the alumni came the idea for our lead ahead of us, we will continue to pro- middle of the pack compared to public article for Illuminations. Speaking with vide the quality medical education that updates on line at http://app.medicine. Bookmark our Web site: medical schools in the country. We are graduates who started practicing medi- you knew and now cherish. utah.edu/SOMAlumni/index.htm by doing our best to deal with this fiscal cine before the discovery of penicillin attaching them to the image link, or www.medicine.utah.edu/alumni crisis and I will continue to keep you or the polio vaccine reaffirmed the Best wishes for the New Year, email [email protected]. To opt-out of Illuminations mailings email: abreast of happenings in future com- huge impact of medical discoveries on [email protected] munications from our office. world health during the past century. What’s Inside On a brighter note, our School In this edition of Illuminations George of Medicine continues to enjoy a great G. Jackson, M.D. ’47 writes how the demand among prospective students. serendipitous discovery of penicil- David J. Bjorkman, M.D., M.S.P.H. 1 Message from the Dean 6 News Notebook 15 Student Life 20 Alumni Notebook This year’s entering class of 102 came lin changed disease outcome for the Dean, School of Medicine • Twain,Thailand and • Highlights from a pool of 1,336 individuals, 889 second half of the 20th century. 2 Alumni President’s Message 10 Alumni Weekend 2008 Tuberculosis • News men and 447 women. There were 458 The fall Alumni and Community • Awards Ceremony • White Coat Ceremony 3 Penicillin, Miracle Drug • Alumni Events 25 In Memorium applicants from Utah, with 108 from Medical Weekend was memorable, of the Century, Herald of 17 Becoming a Ballard Scholar from the Awards Banquet Thursday a New Era 14 Distinguished Awards 25 Giving Corner evening, celebrating the class of 1958 18 Alumni Board Welcomes New Members  Alumni President’s Message

It was my great pleasure this past September to attend the awards ceremony honoring the University of Utah School of M.D., 1990 Medicine graduates from the Class of 1958. It was wonderful to hear a recounting of the professional and personal accomplishments of these 50-year graduates.

I recall thinking that each of these Medicine, I have had a special opportu- Grand Rounds programs, and an expan- individuals had directly helped liter- nity over nearly 20 years to witness sion of the HOST program for students ally thousands of patients during their the commitments and priorities of to connect them with Alumni through- careers and that the cumulative service the University of Utah SOM Alumni out the nation. We are also considering Mark A. Johnston, of this one medical school class was truly Association and to gauge its growth. In programs to improve our connection remarkable. In a time when language the earliest days, there were no full-time and service to house staff who train at Penicillin, Miracle Drug of the is characterized by hyperbole and style staff members, no student programs, the University of Utah. seems often to be more important than no alumni services, no CME programs, As always, we encourage your Century, Herald of a New Era substance, witnessing this ceremony was no Web site and no regular newsletter contact with us and any suggestions both an inspiration and a reminder of to connect alumni. There was, however, you have on how we might better serve George Gee Jackson, M.D. ‘47, Professor of Medicine Emeritus the importance of committing oneself to a vision that the Association should be our mission to support the School of activities of true value. committed to creating specific services. Medicine, alumni, faculty and students. Organizations, like individuals, There was also a remarkable succession face decisions about their priorities and of physicians who volunteered their INTRODUCTION anesthesia, opiates, foxglove and early THE SERENDIPIDITY The Twentieth Century was a period of vaccines, and turn of the Century, OF DISCOVERY BY THE commitments. Alumni associations in time to bring about the many programs remarkable progress in medical educa- X-ray images, the art of medical practice PREPARED MIND particular must be concerned about and resources that now characterize the tion, knowledge, objective diagnosis progressively transitioned to the art and In 1928 Sir Alexander Fleming was a whether their activities meaningfully organization. Mark A. Johnston, M.D., 1990 and miracle products and procedures science of medicine. The discovery of 47 year old physician lecturer of Scotch serve the needs of alumni, students and With an ongoing commitment to President, Alumni Board that completely changed the nature of penicillin was the herald of things to birth working at St. Mary’s Medical their institution. improving the programs and services University of Utah School of Medicine hospitals and the practice of medicine. follow. The accessible house call physi- School of London University. His re- Being asked in 1990 by Dean provided by the Alumni Association, a [email protected] First and paramount among them was cian and large charity hospitals with search focus was on the properties of the Samuelson to serve on the newly formed strategic planning initiative was begun the discovery of penicillin, christened a high proportion of beds for people staphylococcus and the effects of natural Alumni Board for the School of in early 2008. A variety of new pro- in the press as the miracle drug of the with infections transitioned to a more products of the body that inhibited grams and program enhancements are century. The achievement was para- science based discipline, specializa- and/or killed it. Of particular interest in the offing including an expansion of mount as a force changing the discipline tion and smaller private hospitals. Life was the cellular production of lysozyme. web services to connect alumni with of medicine because it immediately expectancy increased dramatically and Agar plates were seeded with a lawn classmates, streaming of CME and salvaged innumerable lives by the cure concomitantly diseases associated with of hemolytic Staphylococcus aureus and of prevalent acute and chronic infectious aging—cancer, type 2 diabetes, and its growth, or lack thereof, observed in

diseases. In addition, its development, chronic degenerative diseases increased relation to exposure to various products. which initiated discovery of the series proportionately. Accuracy of diagnosis, Sir Fleming was not known to keep of natural molecules with antibiotic vastly better understanding of patho- an overly tidy lab; a fortuitous feature in activity, enabled some of the most mi- physiology and increasing ability to in- the discovery of penicillin. Returning raculous landmark achievements of the tervene with specific treatment validated from a long holiday many petri plates latter half of the 20th Century—organ in double blind clinical investigations used in a forgotten experiment were transplantation, insertion of synthetic characterized the changes. Many believe found to be contaminated with mold. joints and prostheses, invasive diagnostic the last half of the 20th Century was They were discarded to be disinfected. and radical surgical procedures, immu- the golden age of medicine; combining However, it is reported that some of nosuppressive chemotherapy, selective the art of the personal, caring, compas- them were retrieved for a discussion of gene replacement, in vitro tissue, organ sionate, wise physician counselor with his work with a visitor to the laboratory. cultures and others. time to spend with the patient and the The lack of bacterial growth around a Coupled with the carryover contri- knowledge and technology developed in contaminating mold on one or more butions from the 19th century—ether the science of medicine. of the plates was the observation that piqued the curiosity of an inquisitive

  mind and subsequently led to a miracle INTRODUCTION OF recovered clinically in 24-48 hours and abscess, purulent sinusitis and other sites Unfortunately human behavior is the consequences and lessons to be learned drug and a Nobel Prize. The mold was PENICILLIN INTO CLINICAL USE had a remarkable reduction in compli- of local respiratory infection followed. first trump people have exercised for application to the advances of the determined to be from the Penicillium In 1945 I received my M.D. from the cating sequellae. Other infections caused by organ- in defeating the potential benefits 21st Century. genus. Thus started the work that University of Utah and an appointment Frequent daily doses were necessary isms of somewhat less susceptibility to of the miracle means of treatment The short sighted detriment of characterized penicillin and the effects for internship on the Harvard Services because penicillin was cleared from the penicillin were treated successfully and prevention of infections with the social attitudes of the period was on medicine that followed. of the Boston City Hospital. The sup- blood stream with each single passage as doses of millions of units replaced susceptible bacteria. effective in diminishing vigilance in Fleming’s work was published ply of penicillin had reached the level through the kidneys. Thus the half-life the initial use of a few thousand. the epidemiology of infectious diseases, in 1929. It attracted little attention to satisfy the military need and was be- of the drug (the time for elimination of Decreased frequency, severity and IRRATIONAL EUPHORIA and slowing acquisition of academic for about a decade. He continued his ing released for clinical trials in civilian 50% of the dose) was only a couple of fatality across the spectrum of the most With recognition of all its miraculous knowledge of primary host pathophysi- laboratory studies, but never considered practice. Chester Keefer, a professor hours. In the very early days with the common severe bacterial infections properties and the emergent capabil- ology in susceptibility and immunity the antibiotic effect of the mold as an of Medicine at Boston University School scarcity of the precious drug, urine became an accepted expectation. . ity of fermentation chemists began to to infections of various types. With the opportunity for drug development. The of Medicine, known for his interest of treated patients was sometime When penicillin was introduced produce large amounts of pure penicillin high expectations that chemotherapy small amount produced by the mold, and knowledge of infectious diseases, saved in order to in 1945, fatalities from rheumat- cheaply, and the expansion in world was sufficient to control infectious problems of its recovery and purifica- was appointed as “penicillin czar”. recrystallize ic fever in the United States wide use of penicillin proceeded diseases the well developed state public tion appeared to him, quite correctly in All petitions for its clinical use and penicillin exceeded 2,000 at a whirlwind rate. Indications health departments which informed his station, to limit its potential use in the protocol for doing so were cleared from for its use were broadened to and served the public in control of therapeutics of human infections. through Dr. Keefer. include any whimper of community epidemics were dismantled At the Boston City Hospital, justification for treat- and fiscally starved to a shadow of their FROM SCIENTIFIC Maxwell Finland, my mentor, was ment or prophylaxis earlier prominence. Fear and need for CURIOSITY TO APPLICATION a recognized leader in infectious of suspected bacterial preparations for continuing epidemics DURING WARTIME diseases and an expert in research infection. and pandemics is once again being real- Following a hiatus of nearly a decade, on pneumococcal pneumonia. My Within a quarter ized and expressed. two other scientists, Ernst Chain work with him and the early treat- century after the intro- Perhaps the most severe ultimate and Howard Florey, working entirely ment of civilian cases led to my first duction of penicillin, more cost of the irrational euphoria ignited independently in another London scientific publication and shaped than 90% of people in the by penicillin and its antibiotic sequi- institution, became interested in further the destiny of my career path. developed countries ofthe tors, was prophylaxis and trial and error scientific study of penicillin. Chain, a The sterile vial of penicil- Benzylpenicillin world had received one or therapy, and a utopian aim to have chemist, developed methods to isolate lin was not the soft white model more courses of penicillin; broad antibiotic regimens that would and concentrate penicillin and with crystalline powder any recent it was found in sewer prevent and/or cure the entire spectrum Florey, a physician with pharmaco- physician would see, but a samples from urban of human infections. It set the stage for logic interests, began observations of solid hard brown rock. Its solution in the urine, which was as rich a source as areas and in up to the emergence of penicillin resistance the pharmacology of penicillin. With saline or glucose solution was not rapid, the liquor from the Penicillium growth. 10% of dairy milk and sequentially more extensive and the background of World War II they but possible. When later knowledge Designation of penicillin as a samples, illustrat- complete resistance to other antibiotics carried on the work with the engage- became available it was learned that the miracle drug was applied and justified per year. Within 25 years, with a much ing the spread of its use in veterinary that followed. That is the yield being ment of microbiologists in the US early preparations were composed of a again in its mechanism of antibacterial larger population, there were fewer than medicine. Confidence in the drug was harvested in the present era. Department of Agriculture who sorted group of isomers and racemic penicillin action In the chemotherapy of bacterial 100 recorded fatalities; today the fatality so high that even the placebo effect led out and developed high penicillin pro- molecules, one of which was penicillin infections drugs were sought that had rate is less than 1 per 300,000 popula- some to the belief that in unknown A NEW PERSPECTIVE ducing strains of Penicillium. Following G, the form that became the standard a favorable differential ratio of toxicity tion. The reduction in the prevalence of ways penicillin was “just good for you”. The antibiotic story of the 21st Century the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December penicillin. Intramuscular injection for bacteria and host cells.The penicillin acute rheumatic fever since the intro- The trend was an unquenchable social will not have the aura nor realize the 7, 1941, the US and UK governments of 10,000 units (one unit being the binding protein was not present in any duction of penicillin is estimated at phenomenon with ineffectual academic fullness of the benefits, at least not with collaborated in developing systems for amount to inhibit growth of a sensitive host cells. This mechanism of action 99.9% with an equally dramatic decline restraints; some academic leaders even the same drugs, that were so miraculous- mass production of penicillin. At the strain of Staphylococcus aureus) was the endowed the drug with its miraculous in rheumatic heart disease and declared victory over infectious diseases, ly effective during the golden last half of end of World War II enough penicillin usual regimen. Patients with pneumo- toxicity ratio of all against the bacteria other sequellae. disbanding the academic specialty from the 20th Century. It is likely that new was made in medicinal form to treat coccal pneumonia, Osler’s, “Captain and none for host cells. Treponema pallidum, the cause their faculties. “Why take time in a and perhaps equally miraculous che- wounded soldiers of all allied forces. of the Men of Death”, often with the of syphilis is among the most sensitive of crowded program and claim space in a motherapeutic agents can be developed As with Fleming the fame that complication of bacteremia were among RESULTS AND EXPECTATIONS microorganism to penicillin. Treatment building …for a field of medicine pres- using the advanced knowledge gained came to Chain and Florey was not the the early patients to receive treatment. In the early part of the 20th Century, of acute, congenital and neurosyphilis ently regarded as having only historical about the sophisticated molecular biol- result of a determined goal to develop The history of untreated pneumococcal the fatality rate from pneumococcal with penicillin yielded impressive cures interest?” This quotation from Rene ogy of bacteria, viruses and fungi and the laboratory curiosity into a practical pneumonia was if the patient survived pneumonia was estimated to be about in each of these syndromes. Latency, Dubos in 1954 captured the irrational- new capabilities in microbial genet- drug, but the opportunity to extend for about a week, the time required 40%. Specific antiserum and sulfon- failed case detection and social behavior ity of the euphoria that had penetrated ics and combinatorial chemistry. The scientific investigation of an interesting for production of natural antibodies amides reduced it substantially, but it regarding sexually transmitted diseases, academia and was prevalent in all of the expectations and accepted patterns of biologic phenomenon. The end result to appear, the patient would undergo remained a principal cause of death. including gonorrhea, have combined to society during the last half of the twenti- their use will need to be more specifi- of the interest and endeavors of these a “crisis” with defervescence, but often Within a decade, the results of treat- restrict the efficacy of effective treatment eth century. cally directed and general use against a astute, but ordinary biologic scientists with sequellae of empyema, meningitis ment with penicillin erased fear of the to eradicate or more completely dimin- The fictional term, “antibiotic last broad spectrum of targets limited, if the following their academic curiosity, gifted or metastatic abscess formation. Movies disease, permitted treatment without ish their prevalence. A side effect of this rites”, captured the universality of confi- medical profession and public learned the world the miracle drug of the 20th of the time often played out this medical hospitalization and eliminated it as a success is a cavalier loss of fear of acquir- dence in miraculous results of antibiotic the lessons from use of the miracle Century to the benefit of all mankind. drama. Penicillin was indeed a miracle significant cause of death. A decline in ing infection which has permitted cyclic treatment. The interaction of medical drug that heralded the 20th Century drug for the patients and their physi- empyema, chronic bronchiectasis, lung increases in infection rates to continue. practice and human desire for perpetual era--penicillin. cians, as those treated with it usually health and longevity has shown it has

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Reynolds Foundation Grant Helps U Kathy Pedersen, MPAS, PA-C Strengthen Geriatric Training and Care Appointed to the Board of

A report from the Institute of Medicine helping primary care physicians in the faculty member and a geriatric nurse Directors of the Global Health published in April 2008, “Retooling for state provide higher quality care for their educator work with the entire staff in an Aging America: Building the Health older patients. The school is now using a given primary care practice presenting Education Consortium Care Workforce” highlights the critical AGS QI, which is based on an initia- a 2-hour geriatrics review, then help University of Utah Physician Assistant also interested deficiency in healthcare providers with tive originally developed through the the staff develop, complete and Program faculty member, Kathy in fostering the training needed to provide care for Michigan Geriatric Education Center analyze the outcomes of a quality Pedersen, MPAS, PA-C has been ap- international older people. “As the population of older to help more than two dozen clinical improvement project focused on a pointed to the Global Health Education health medical adults grows to comprise approximately practices in Utah upgrade care common geriatric condition. Consortium (GHEC) Board of Directors education in cur- 20 percent of the U.S. population, they for their aging patients. Because more than a third of older for a term of 2 years. PA educators have riculum, clinical will face a health care workforce that The program is funded by a grant people fall each year and many experi- been involved in GHEC for the past 10 training, career is too small and critically unprepared awarded to the SOM by the Donald ence significant complications resulting years. The mission of GHEC is to foster development, to meet their health needs.” The 7,000 W. Reynolds Foundation “Aging and from fall-related injury, all ten University international health medical education in and international geriatricians in the United States will not Quality of Life” program. Mark A. Health Care Community Clinics are curriculum, clinical training, career devel- education policy. be able to meet these demands and older Supiano, M.D., professor and chief participating in AGE QI and are direct- opment, and international education She has been people will receive the majority of of geriatrics and executive director of ing their QI efforts by conducting a fall Kathy Pederson and PA student Kelly Keller in Kikori Village policy. GHEC addresses health needs, on the faculty of their care from the 220,000 primary the U of U Center on Aging, is princi- prevention program. The fall preven- human rights, and global workforce the Utah Physician in the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. care physicians. pal investigator for the $2 million grant tion program systematically screens all issues. Over 70 North American medical Assistant Program In response to these projections that supports comprehensive projects Community Clinic patients age 65 years schools are represented in the GHEC. for 20 years, facilitated global electives She authored the PAEA White Paper the University of Utah School of designed to strengthen geriatrics training and older to identify those at risk for fall- Ms. Pedersen’s background and in Papua New Guinea and Thailand, on “International Physician Assistant Medicine launched an innovative pro- for medical students, residents and ing. They then conduct an evaluation to interest area is studying, facilitating and and has helped to host delegations from Education”. Her Masters work included gram, “Advancing Geriatric Education practicing physicians. identify strategies – such as home safety cataloging the global development of these countries, in addition to Russia and A Survey of International Activities of Through Quality Improvement” or “AGE Through the onsite educational assessments or exercise programs – to physician assistants. “I have an interest Ghana. She also has served on inter- United States Physician Assistant Programs. QI” in 2006. The program is aimed at program, a Utah medical school geriatrics decrease this risk. in learning about the different processes, national committees of the American The PAEA International Activities educational models, and intended out- Academy of Physician Assistants Committee has continued using this comes of physician assistant (PA) educa- and Physician Assistant Education survey yearly since she conducted the Geoffrey Tabin, M.D., Honored With American Academy of tion outside the United States.” She is Association (PAEA) for the past 10 years. original survey in 2003. Ophthalmology 2008 Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award

John A. Moran Eye Center corneal disease and refractive surgery. directly restored sight to over 65,000 Ophthalmologist Dr. Geoffrey He is currently conducting interna- people. This year in Nepal alone more Tabin received the Outstanding tional ophthalmology missions as than 120,000 people will have their Humanitarian Service Award at the part of the United Nations Millennial sight restored, due in large part to the Utah Biomedical Informatics Department American Academy of Ophthalmology Villages Project in Bonsaao, Ghana, extraordinary efforts of the Himalayan to Partner with University of Texas at Brownsville (AAO) meeting in Atlanta, Georgia where he and Moran ophthalmologists Cataract Project. Drs. Tabin and Ruit this past November. The Outstanding Paul Bernstein, Alan Crandall, and Bob are working to develop other inter- University of Utah’s nationally 1. Provide an interactive Master’s Program means of evaluating the success of Humanitarian Service Award was cre- Hoffman, and a team of health care national eye care programs in India, between UTB and the U of U which the program. ated to recognize individuals involved specialists, recently examined 4,600 North Korea and other areas of Africa. recognized doctoral program in would adequately prepare minority Biomedical Informatics is a relatively in humanitarian projects, including people and performed Geoffrey Tabin, M.D., in Nepal Biomedical Informatics received students having an interest in the field new field of study, but it is growing very participation in charitable activities, 159 surgeries in a very of biomedical informatics for acceptance rapidly. It is now viewed as essential, care to the indigent and community remote and logistically a grant of $975,000 from the to the U of U BMI Ph.D. program; not only to the delivery of high quality service. Out of a membership of more difficult area. 2. Provide mechanisms for acceptance healthcare, but also to the advancement than 27,000 ophthalmologists, Dr. Dr. Tabin also National Institutes of Health to and funding by the U of U BMI of all the biomedical sciences. Although Tabin is one of only two physicians to founded the Himalayan foster a new partnership with receive this prestigious award for 2008. Cataract Project in Department for bridging students who most students and many faculty members Dr. Tabin serves as the Director 1994, with Dr. Sanduk their program and the University satisfy the Ph.D. entrance requirements; at institutions of higher learning are still of the Division of International Ruit, a native of Nepal. 3. Closely monitor students’ progress and unfamiliar with the field of Biomedical Ophthalmology at the John A. Moran Since the founding of Texas at Brownsville (UTB). provide activities as needed to fill gaps Informatics, it offers many challenges for Eye Center, University of Utah in Salt of the project, Drs. This bridging partnership will: and promote their success in the research, creativity and career opportuni- Lake City, Utah. He is a specialist in Tabin and Ruit have program; and ties for individuals at the doctoral level. 4. Provide an effective and measurable

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Nanomedicine at the U: The Dawn of a New Era Learning Day at University Community Clinics Goes National

What if doctors could search out and materials and devices function at sizes of suffering from recurrent ovarian cancer. and Cedars-Sinai “Due to our redesign efforts, destroy the very first cancer cells that 100 nanometers or less. Within her first year she has applied for Medical Group are Community Clinics is now positioned would otherwise have caused a tumor to In collaboration with scientists funding from the NIH (pending) and just a few of the to play a significant role in the national develop in the body? What if a broken and physicians worldwide, Dr. Margit received funding from the University 47 organizations Patient-Centered Medical Home part of a cell could be removed and M. Janát-Amsbury, M.D., Ph.D. and based on her collaborative efforts with participating in the (PCMH) movement that is sweeping replaced with a miniature biological her colleagues are seeking solutions for researchers from various basic science two-day training the country,” states Michael K. Magill, machine? What if pumps the size of the delivery of nanomolecules for the fields including pharmaceutical chemis- program called M.D., executive medical director of molecules could be implanted to deliver diagnosis and treatment of many condi- try and bioengineering. Learning Day. Community Clinics. “Recreating the life-saving medicines precisely when and tions, including ovarian cancer. This Fostering these interdisciplinary Community delivery of primary care is critical to where they are needed? These scenarios work requires a detailed understanding collaborations strengthens the USTAR Clinics created and improving health and reducing health may sound unbelievable, but they are of cellular structures in order to repair, Nanotechnology Institute and Center started implement- care costs.” the long-term goals of the evolving field treat or build novel “nano” structures for Nanomedicine here at the University ing the CBD model Marlene J. Egger, Ph.D., with the of Nanomedicine, which we anticipate that can safely operate inside the body. of Utah. It is widely anticipated that in 2004, now called Department of Family and Preventive will yield groundbreaking medical ben- Dr. Janát-Amsbury trained clinically Utah’s programs in nanomedicine will the “Utah model” Medicine, was recently granted the efits within the next decade. in Germany and the Netherlands. Her result in new diagnostic tools and en- by some people F. Marian Bishop award to examine Nanomedicine refers to highly focus lies on women’s health with special gineered nanoscale structures designed outside the state. how well the CBD model succeeds as specific medical intervention at the interest in gynecologic cancers. She specifically for treatment of a number Care by Design model in use at Centerville Clinic This model, charac- a strategy to meet the national criteria molecular scale for curing disease or joined the Department of Obstetrics of conditions including ovarian cancer, terized by appropri- for the PCMH. Areas to be evaluated repairing damaged tissues. A nanometer and Gynecology at the University of as well as train the next generation of Organizations across the country have ate access, a care team, and planned will include patient access, informa- care, integrates acute, chronic, and pre- tion systems, coordination of care, and is one-billionth of a meter, too small to Utah after initiating the first clinical scientists and clinicians. sent over 240 healthcare professionals ventive care into a unified system. This performance reporting. be seen with a conventional microscope. trial at Baylor College of Medicine in to University Health Care Community Clinics to learn how patient-centered redesign of primary care utilizes the If you are interested in finding out Biological molecules and man-made Houston, Texas, in which a nanoscale, care is delivered through their Care by skills of well-trained medical assistants more about Learning Day visit health- polymeric delivery system delivered an Design (CBD) model. Professionals to enhance the patient experience while care.utah.edu/primarycare/learning. immunomodulating agent to patients from Loyola University Health System, improving the efficiency and effective- Wellspan Medical Group, Mayo Clinic ness of the physician.

Department of Family and Preventive Medicine National Children’s Study Adds Counties in (DFPM) Teaches the Teachers in Ghana Wyoming and Idaho to University of Utah’s Vanguard Center The DFPM’s Physician Assistant access. Clinicians practicing in these areas This service experience has included Two Wyoming counties and one in new study locations. The three counties urban, and suburban areas, from all Program (UPAP) has collaborated for have difficulty updating their continu- more than 25 volunteer Utah M.D.s and Idaho have been added to the National join Cache County, which was awarded income and educational levels, and from two years with Ghana, to bring continu- ing medical education. The focus of PAs specializing in Family Medicine, Children’s Study (NCS), the largest in 2007, as part of the study center all racial groups. The study will investi- ing medical education to their physician the Ghana Clinical Medicine Service OB/Gyn, Infectious Disease, Internal investigation ever undertaken to assess administered by the NCS team in the gate factors influencing the development assistants. In Ghana, physician assistants Experience is to improve the education of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Pediatrics, the effects of environmental and genetic Department of Pediatrics. of such conditions as autism, cerebral (PAs) are called ‘medical assistants’ and medical assistants. Dermatology, and Emergency Medicine. factors on child and human health in the Authorized by the Children’s Health palsy, learning disabilities, birth defects, developed 40 years ago to meet the This effort has been carried out in Over 500 Ghanaian faculty and medi- United States. Act of 2000, the National Children’s diabetes, asthma, and obesity. primary care needs of underserved conjunction with the Ghanaian Ministry cal assistants have attended the seminars The 25-year, national study began Study is being conducted by a con- Within just a few years, the study populations. of Health, the KNUST Medical School, scheduled every summer semester. in 2005 when seven vanguard centers, sortium of federal agencies, including will provide information on disorders of Ghana is a country of 22 million and the Kintampo Rural Health Training In 2009, Utah students and faculty including Salt Lake County, were named the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National pregnancy and birth, and because women people with only 2000 physicians and School where medical assistants receive will participate in a Women’s Health to launch the effort. The University of Institute of Child Health and Human will be recruited before they give birth, 500 medical assistants; the country has their education. A ‘teaching the teachers’ Initiative designed to bring preven- Utah Department of Pediatrics, with the Development and the National Institute and in some instances even before they long suffered from a ”brain drain” where approach was determined to be the most tive health care to rural communities. support of Primary Children’s Medical of Environmental Health Sciences, become pregnant, the study will provide roughly 2 of every 3 M.D.s trained in effective model to bring sustainable edu- Training in cancer screening will be Center, was awarded the contract. the Centers for Disease Control and insight into the causes and contribu- Ghana emigrates to work in the United cational support to the Ghanaian health provided to the medical assistants with Edward B. Clark, M.D., chair of pediat- Prevention, and the U.S. Environmental tors of preterm birth. Fully operational, States or Europe. This leaves over 70% care system. UPAP faculty and students follow-up on outcomes planned in one rics and medical director of PCMC, was Protection Agency. the study is expected to include up to of primary care services in the hands of host a 4-day CME conference during the year. If you are interested in learning named principal investigator for the Salt The National Children’s Study will 50 study centers in the planned 105 medical assistants. Clinics are located in two-week trip. Recordings of the classes more about this global health experience, Lake County Vanguard Center. follow a representative sample of 100,000 study locations throughout the United remote areas with non-existent Internet are provided to faculty and practicing contact Nadia Miniclier M.S., P.A.-C In October 2008 Uinta and Lincoln children from before birth to age 21. States, according to Clark. “The National medical assistants for dissemination to at 585-3050. Counties in Wyoming and Bear Lake Study volunteers will be recruited Children’s Study will benefit the nation’s their colleagues. County, Idaho were named among 39 throughout the United States, from rural, children for generations,” Clark said.

  Paul Larsen; Robert Christiansen; Eliot Brinton; 1958 Kristina Hindert; Garner Meads; 2008 Brent Jackson; Jeffrey Labrum; Alumni 1978Michael Lahey; ConnectingWeekend With U Jeffrey Mathews

Class of 1958 Class of 1978 Back Row (Left to Right): Glenn L. Johnston, Clayton R. Gabbert, Ward H. Hedges, Richard M. Hebertson, John E. Meyers, Herbert B. Spencer, Harry L. Gibbons Front Row (Left to Right): C. Gary Loosli, Barry A. Clothier, Arthur F. Budge, James O. Mason, Joseph M. Heath, Joseph H. Nelson, E. Ute Knowlton

LeeLee Colter; Peter Novak; Tim Wolfe: Eric Vanderhooft; Sheryll Vanderhooft; John Back Row (left to right): Kent Pomeroy, Hardy; Michael Measom: Bart A. Mason Redd, Donald Reay, Johansen; Teresa Ota; Thomas Caine, Robert Duncan Wallace, Ivan Flint; Ken Nielson; Robert Gibbons Steve 1988Roberts; Bryan Timmins; Front Row (left to right): Alvin Cobabe, Brian Heaton: Dan Hammon; Kirk Neuberger, Joseph Knight, Walker Lisa Burton; Craig Foley Ashcraft, Kenny Ashby 1963 Class of 1988 Class of 1963

Back Row (left to right): Bruce McIff, Nathaniel Matolo, Curt Kaesche, Edward Heyes, Richard David Sabir,; Jay Clark; Wallin, Andrew Grose Neil Callister; Wendell Front Row (left to right): Bruce Johnson; Sheila Garvey; Irvine, Reed Heywood, Jon Ord, Matthew Hughes; Trent Lawrence Astle, Jon Lloyd Jones; Ryan Evans; 1968 1993Richard VanLeeuwen

Class of 1968 Class of 1993 10 11 Back Row (left to right): Carmen Ar- kansas Nations, Ed Peterson, Raphael Allred, Jim Reynolds, Michael Mar- The Alumni Weekend 2008 continues to expand to include not tineau, Michael Pingree, Tom Clark, only M.D. graduates of the School of Medicine, but also former Chris Jones and Trent Holmberg. house staff graduates, other School of Medicine graduates, and Front Row (left to right): Trena Bonde, Gina Cox, Marc Johnson, Alumnicommunity medical members. This year celebrated Weekend the 16th Sarah Maulden, Stephanie Carney, year the Alumni Association has hosted an Awards Banquet, 1998Janell Jager, Brian Fukushima, celebrating the 50-year classes’ achievements and recognizing a Tammy Park Fukishima, Jennifer Brinton, Mark Sheffield. Distinguished Service member and Distinguished Alumni mem- Class of 1998 ber of the school. These awardees are nominated by their peers and voted upon by the Alumni Association board each year. (See page 24 for 2009 nomination information).

Virgil Parker, M.D. ‘57, and Carol Fay at CME conference

Nicole Lynd Draper, Jennifer Holmes, Jon Martin, Ryan Stewart, Rebecca Hendryx, Robert Christensen Friday morning eight different School of Medicine departments sponsored breakfasts and programs for alumni followed by a “State of the School” address by Dean David Bjorkman. Friday 2003 night 220 alumni closed down Little America as they celebrated Class of 2003 their reunions, laughing, reminiscing and renewing friendships.

Saturday the annual CME conference drew over 100 attendees Continuingfrom both alumni and the greater community as the topic Health Greg Poulsen, Sr. Vice President, IHC presents Care in Crisis: History, Challenges and Opportunities was present- Health Reform Issues. ed. That presentation is currently available on the SOM Alumni Alumni Weekend Association web site www.medicine.utah.edu/alumni. 2008 Saturday ended with a tailgating party at the Alumni House and Medical Alumni a 42-21 football victory over UNLV. We encourage many of you Awards Banquet to make plans now to attend the 2009 Alumni and Community Weekend on September 24-26.

Class of 1958 Honorees

Robert H. Ballard, M.D. ‘44, Alumni Association President Mark Johnston, M.D. ‘90, and Alumni Relation Director CME Audience listened intently to topic “Health Care Kristin Wann Gorang in Crisis: History, Challenges, and Opportunities.

Stephen Warner, Associate V.P. of Health Sciences Development and Alumni, Tom Caine, M.D. ‘63, and Richard Boyer, M.D. ‘73. Panelist Jay Jarvis, M.D. ‘82, speaks as Greg Poulsen and Jay Jacobsen, M.D., listen. Awards12 Education SERVICE AWARD School of Medicine Distinguished Awards 2008 Twain, Thailand, and Tuberculosis DistinguishedThe first major gift to the University of Family donated By Anne Bennett (MSIV) Utah Health Sciences from the Spencer $100,000 to provide Student Life Stoddard Eccles family was a gener- an endowment for the “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, world presentations. ous bequest given in 1965 to construct library’s Open Reserve and narrow-mindedness . . . Broad, whole- The implications of life- the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Collection, which some, charitable views of men and things style related illness was Library. This original family gift was includes core health cannot be acquired by vegetating in one made poignantly clear followed up with annual contribu- sciences textbooks. little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” during a stroll through tions to the library from the Spencer In 2005 the family Such words written by acclaimed American the Red Light district Fox Eccles and Nancy Eccles Hayward continued its generous author, Mark Twain have also proven their in downtown Bangkok families, that resulted in an endow- support for the Health relevance in the study and practice of where STDs are being ment that has been used to support the Sciences in Utah by medicine. “Broad, wholesome, charitable traded like baseball cards collection, introduce technology and Spencer and Cleone views of men” is what is needed today in elementary school. provide seed money for innovative proj- making a personal for success in the medical profession Our visit to the AIDS ects and programs. gift of $7 million to Spencer F. Eccles family representing the Spencer Stoddard & Hope Fox Eccles Family and frequently “prejudice, bigotry, and hospice became a devas- AIDS Hospice In 1975, the Eccles families provide major funding narrow-mindedness” is still the platform tating, yet unforgettable provided a gift to the hospital for the for the Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles other students in health sciences upon which resistance to progress is pictorial encyclopedia of the opportunist health challenges facing today’s population, construction of the Hope Fox Eccles Health Sciences Education Building. specialties. This state-of-the-art build- launched. Many of the international pro- infections inflicting the victims of this viral but the Thais were determined not to leave Clinical Library and have made annual This facility provided much needed ing has greatly benefited the training grams at the University of Utah, including assault. The experience of cachexia, which us without solutions. It was inspiring to ob- gifts to support an endowment. More classrooms, labs, and training facilities of the next generation of health care The Thailand International Elective (TIE5), meant little to me as a two-dimensional serve a unique health care system from the recently the Nancy Eccles Hayward for the medical school and for all providers for Utah. are founded on these ideas and strive to word in a microbiology syllabus, is now legislative, theoretical, religious, and clinical instill training in medical open-mindedness burned into my brain as the very definition angles. The Thais have structured their in their participants. of suffering. Diseases which I had deemed health care system on ideals of individual The director of TIE5, Dr. Han Kim, only of historical significance were brought responsibility, equality, and efficiency, while repeatedly reminded me and the other to the forefront of my concern as I learned relying on a vast network of community traveling students that his objective was to how to diagnose leprosy in a young woman volunteers who educate, test, and advise Distinguished make us uncomfortable. While he certainly standing frightened in the clinic. their neighbors. Our month in Thailand succeeded, he never told us that in our The gurgle of expectorated sputum, the was shaped by countless bus rides in which Alumni Award discomfort we would come to love with a crackling of fibrotic lungs, and the droning issues such as those mentioned above were award

first hand knowledge the complexity of the monotony of an ongoing Buddhist prayer discussed and debated regarding their value, i This award is presented human experience that makes medicine have become my new association with relevance, and relation to the United States annually to a graduate so rewarding. Tuberculosis; my previously learned triad health care system. In many cases we were of the School of Medicine Thailand was the full-blown produc- of fever, night sweats, and weight loss now able to see the problems and possible solu- who exemplifies the practice tion of the script seems somewhat tions of the American health care system in of medicine. Achievement that is required less impressionable. a new light. lumn Sr. V.P. of Health Sciences, Lorris A. Betz, M.D., Dean David Bjorkman, M.D., is recognized through excel- reading for all first Diseases became TIE5 was not a month of comfort and a and Harmon J. Eyre, M.D. ‘66 lence in clinical practice, and second year more significant ease. It was a time to explore the founda- academic activities and medical students. because of their tions of our future professions and the Harmon Eyre, M.D. recently retired as oncentrated community cancer Our trip brought devastation and, I systems in which we will operate. It was Chief Medical Officer and Executive control efforts in areas where they research accomplishments. questions and realized, cannot be a time to feel sad, angry, grossed-out and Vice President for Research and Cancer were most effective. discussions to the fully understood in uncomfortably sticky from sweat, but also Control Science at the American Cancer Previously he had a successful statistics of social a context devoid of a time to feel inspired by individuals and Society. As an American Cancer Society academic career as a medical oncolo- Distinguished medicine, faces their implications on their personal triumphs. Just as Mark Twain volunteer for over 22 years and National gist at the University of Utah, where Service Award to the viruses of an individual body implicated travel as a means of overcoming President in 1988, he has been in- he served as Associate Chairman of microbiology, and and soul. Our days narrow-mindedness, so too can medicine strumental in developing the Society’s Internal Medicine and Deputy Director This award recognizes an urgency to the in Thailand pro- open our minds and our hearts–but only if priorities, including efforts to decrease of the Huntsman Cancer Institute. He individuals, both alumni smoking, improve diet, detect cancer at has been recognized for his service to understanding and vided this context. we embrace the vulnerability, humility and the earliest stage, and provide the criti- numerous professional societies, govern- and non-alumni, who appreciation of Our trip to awkwardness of the situations in which it cal support cancer patients need. Dr. ment groups, and voluntary health have made outstanding pharmacology. In Thailand presented may place us. Our experience in Thailand Eyre guided efforts to enhance and focus agencies in the United States contributions to the school, Thailand the facts us with an under- helped us to do just that. the Society’s research program, and abroad. the community, and the Awards of medical school standing of the upgraded its advocacy capacity, and practice of medicine. came alive in real depth of the public Author at Thai orphanage 14 15 Distinguished BECOMING A BALLARD SCHOLAR TheStudent Cloak of Compassion-2008 Life White Coat Ceremony n August 22 the seats of Kingsbury Hall on Othe campus of the University of Utah filled with proud family members and friends as the 102 members of the Class of 2012 were initiated into the profession of medicine by being cloaked with a medi- cal white coat. 2008 marked the 12th year that the University of Utah’s School of Medicine has celebrated this event. Richard Sperry, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Scholars 2007 Ballard Scholars Griffin Jardine, and Mitchael Steorts with Vice President of Health Sciences, and Director of the Robert H. Ballard M.D. ‘44 Governor Scott M. Matheson Center for Health Care Studies gave the keynote address, focusing on how n the Fall of 2008 the second two room volunteer, tutored inmates at the Salt my education funded by this incredible act the increased technology of medicine should never Robert H. Ballard and Dorothy Lake County Jail and taught basic first aid of kindness has been inspiring. Among the Richard Sperry, M.D., Ph.D. addresses White Coat recipients Cannon Ballard scholars for the to 5th graders through the American Red many legacies Dr. Ballard has left through- overshadow the importance of the caring tradition of I University of Utah School of Medicine Cross. He volunteeredBallard at Primary Children’s out his career, this endowed scholarship is a medicine and the ability to see each patient as a fellow were named. This award, generously Hospital and researched echocardiographic tribute to his generosity. It will impact the human being. Students recited the Hippocratic Oath, endowed by Robert H. Ballard, M.D. ’44 in measurements of pulmonary regurgitation. course of my entire career and life. Thank 2007 is given to the two most outstanding We welcome them to this prestigious you Dr. Ballard.” publicly acknowledging their new responsibilities and candidates of each incoming medical school group of scholars and look forward to their Mitchael Steorts, MSII wrote: their willingness to assume the obligations of their class based on grades, test scores, research, future accomplishments. “Receiving the Robert H. Ballard new profession. Dr. Fred Langeland, M.D., outgo- and service to the greater community. In the year and a half that has passed and Dorothy Cannon Ballard Endowed This year’s recipients were Michael S. since the first two Ballard scholars began Scholarship has already significantly ing President of the Alumni Association, presented Enslow and Christopher “Todd” Sower. medical school they have taken the opportu- impacted my medical school education. It each incoming student with a Littman III Cardiac Michael graduated from the University nity to reflect on what receiving the Ballard has made me a better student by pushing Stethoscope given to them as a personal gift from a of Utah with a B.S. in Health Promotion Scholarship meant to them. Griffin Jardine, me to ‘live up’ to the honor of receiving this and Education with a minor in Chemistry. MSII wrote: scholarship. My wife and I feel less stress medical school alumnus/a. Along with his school work he volun- “I feel overwhelmed when I think of about the financial aspect of medical school, Class of 2012 prepares to recite hippocratic oath teered for the Special Olympics, served as how much this scholarship has helped my and because of this, I have been able to focus an emergency room and nursing home family this past year. My wife and I had less on finances and more on course work. volunteer and as a football coach for Alta our first child the week before my first year However, I strongly feel that the greatest High School. He was a group coordina- of medical school started. Our financial impact this scholarship will have on me and tor and health educator in La Paz, Bolivia, situation changed dramatically in the course my family will not be fully realized for years raising over $20,000 and soliciting donated of that week – I stopped working com- to come. The one thing I don’t think I really medical supplies for the trip. His research pletely in order to focus on school and my understood before starting medical school is has included studying familial resemblance wife significantly cut back on her hours to just how many options there are for practic- in body composition in Tongan-Americans take care of our daughter. This scholarship ing medicine. It seems to me that there is a and testing ventricular assist devices in calves made all the difference during that stage of field of medicine as broad or specific as any White Coat Ceremony with the hope of being able to use them in transition. We have been able to focus on physician’s interests. However, with the cost people in the future. the things that are most important to us of medical school, it is all too often the case Christopher “Todd” Sower graduated without being burdened or distracted by ex- that debt repayment becomes a driving force with a B.S. in Human Development and cessive debt. This will continue throughout when selecting a career path. I am pro- Family Studies and a minor in Chemistry our lives because my medical school loans foundly grateful for this scholarship because from the University of Utah. As an under- won’t dictate my career choice. I have also it ensures that the only factor influencing graduate he received a Colleen Cluff Caputo felt empowered this past year to try to live the field of medicine I practice in will be my Honor Scholarship and served as a teaching up to Dr. Ballard’s legacy because of how he personal desires.” assistant. He spent time as an emergency has benefited me and my family. Having Incoming students Carlos Casamalhuapa, Joseph Cho, Heather Dr. Bjorkman cloaking Roberto E. Montenegro 16 Wark, Roberto E. Montenegro, and Marie Flores 17 Alumni Notebook Alumni Notebook Alumni Highlights Alumni board M.D. ‘56 Dale G. Johnson, Dr. Johnson stepped down M.D. joined the as Surgeon-in-Chief at Primary welcomes new members surgery faculty Children’s Medical Center in 2002, Dale atG. Utah in 1971,Johnson, retired from active surgical practice in following recruit- 2006, and currently enjoys Emeritus A native of Beirut, Lebanon, Dr. Pain Program as well as the Division of especially ment from fac- Faculty status. Career highlights ulty positions at include presidencies of the American Choucair started his undergraduate edu- Neuro-oncology, which he chaired until when it comes the University of Pediatric Surgical Association and cation in Germany and graduated Magna his resignation in December 2000 to to medical Pennsylvania and the Pacific Association of Pediatric Cum Laude in Biochemistry from Rice return to Utah. He is currently adjunct education. He the Children’s Surgeons along with membership University, where he was the recipient Professor of Medicine and Neurosurgery believes it is Hospital of Philadelphia, (CHOP). in 25 professional organizations of the National Science Foundation at the University of Utah, an Associate an important A native of Salt Lake, Dr. Johnson including The American Surgical stipend for undergraduate research in Member of the Division of Medical responsibility graduated with Utah’s medical class Association. Visiting professorships Biochemistry. He earned his M.D from Ethics and Humanities, on the faculty to invest in As a native of Salt Lake City, Dr. of 1956. General surgical training have involved multiple institutions the University of Calgary School of for the Cultural Competence and the educa- James Williams (Jim) received his undergraduate and medical school at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and Medicine (1976-1979), and completed Mutual Respect in Healthcare course tion of our M.D. ‘69 was followed by three years of research the United States. training in Internal Medicine (University for the Health Sciences, and on the graduates education from the University at the Walter Reed Army Institute Dr. Johnson is anxious to of Calgary 1979-1981), Neurology teaching faculty for the combined both inside and outside the classroom. of Utah (’69). He completed his residency training in internal and the U. of Pennsylvania’s Harrison help in developing more efficient (University of Utah 1981-84), and Internal Medicine residency training Having the privilege to serve on the Department. Dr. C. Everett Koop methods for communication between Neuro-oncology (University of California program at Intermountain Medical SOM Alumni Board is an opportunity to medicine at Duke University in North Carolina before returning sponsored additional fellowship train- medical alumni along with improved San Francisco’s Brain Tumor Research Center. Dr Choucair serves as the pay back for the indebtedness of having ing in pediatric surgery followed access to ongoing developments at Center 1984-86). Medical Director for Neuro-oncology at a life generously blessed and shaped by to the University of Utah School of Medicine as the chief medical by promotion to faculty associate the Medical School. Dr. Johnson As a founding member of the Intermountain Healthcare. so many dedicated teachers in Lebanon, at CHOP. believes such class and school ties Society for Neuro-oncology he currently As a physician citizen of the State Germany, Canada, and the United States. resident. Following two years of service in the U.S. Army at Fort are important for maintaining serves on its International Outreach of Utah and a graduate from one of its It is part of our mission to maintain our physician identity. and Award committees. He was on the training programs, Dr. Choucair believes students’ connectivity to the mission of Riley, Kansas, he returned to the faculty of the Marshfield Clinic for 15 in having ownership in supporting the the SOM, to be our ambassadors to the University of Utah for training in Rheumatology and to join the years where he founded the Cancer mission of the University of Utah SOM, greater community. faculty at the medical school. In addition to his practice as a M.D. ‘84 House Staff rheumatologist, he was involved in clinical research and also Dr. Sundwall throughout the country. He returned served as associate chairman of feels honored to Utah, and had two relatively brief the Department of Medicine to serve on stints on the faculty of the School of , and chief of the Division of the SOM, Medicine (1975-77, and 1978-80) but Rheumatology. He was the especially maintained his ties with the school Ali K.Dr. Cheng Choucair is a years with the Duke Department of family, pickup soccer, hiking, running, program director for the internal because he and to his knowledge holds a world board certified General Surgery Residency Program. biking, cooking, books and movies. medicine training program for 14 never felt record, for the longest continuous plastic and She moved to Utah, having matched Plastic surgery has been a wonder- years. He has also served as the quite worthy “leave of absence” ever granted a medi- reconstructive for a plastic surgery fellowship at the ful opportunity to meet outstanding governor for the Utah Chapter to even cal school faculty! He kept his position surgeon in pri- University of Utah, finishing that patients, work with skilled colleagues of the American College of have been as an Associate Professor, tenure track, vate practice. program in 1997. and realize a lifelong dream. Physicians. He retired as a profes- admitted to in the Department of Family and She is original- Currently, she is completing a Dr. Cheng feels that being a sor in 2004 when he was called the school in the first place. During Preventive Medicine, from 1981 until ly from Kansas four-year membership of the Lakeview board member of the University of to preside over the Denmark his student days he never would have 2004, when he returned to Utah and and attended Hospital Board of Trustees, is a UMA Utah SOM Alumni Association is Copenhagen Mission for his guessed he’d have had this opportuni- regained active status. He is proud of the University delegate for the Utah State Plastic a privilege and an opportunity to church but returned to part-time ty. Dr. Sundwall completed his Family our school, and knows of its reputa- of Kansas on a music scholarship Surgical Society, is a Fellow of the work with some of the true leaders in practice at the University of Utah Medicine internship and residency at tion nationally and the contribu- (violin), obtaining a B.A. in Human American College of Surgeons, and a medicine. She hopes experience gained Medical Center in 2007. He and Harvard teaching hospitals in Boston tions it has made to our state and the Biology. She then attended Duke member of the American Society of from her private practice and other his wife Janet have seven children and found that he had received a very Intermountain West. Dr. Sundwall University Medical School, graduating Plastic Surgeons. professional activities will contribute and 12 grandchildren. This is his fine medical education at the U of U hopes to lend support for its contin- in 1990, and followed this with five Her interests also include her to Alumni board goals. second stint on the Alumni Board and could certainly hold his own with ued success and an expanded role in and he hopes to continue the high peers trained in prestigious schools medical education. quality of the CME conference on

M.D. ‘97 House Staff H. James Williams, Alumni weekend. M.D. ‘69 Christine18 A. Cheng, David N. Sundwall, 1919 Alumni Notebook Alumni Notebook Alumni Highlights School of Medicine Health Care Heroes Named Rita Leavell, M.D. ’81 featured in USAID Health News Dr. Rita Leavell of Abt Associates, Inc. Under Dr. Leavell’s leadership as Breast Cancer Program. Community Every fall Utah Business for individual patients. and outreach efforts. “Whether at home or was recognized in the Women Making a project director, the United States Agency health workers from PSP Jordan’s door- magazine names community Community Outreach abroad, the health needs of people always Difference spotlight in USAID Health for for International Development’s (USAID) to-door outreach program have met more Tamara Lewis, M.D., ‘89 exceed the resources available for their her work in Jordan to improve the early Abt Associates-led Jordan Private Sector than 770,000 women ages 15 to 60 to in- health care heroes in seven With one in four Utah children over- care,” Clark says. “At home, I have been Project for Women’s Health (PSP Jordan) form them about breast cancer and teach categories, Lifetime Achievement, weight and nearly one in ten obese, the privileged to follow many of my patients helped establish the Jordan Breast Cancer them how to perform self-exams. They Health Care Provider-Physician threat of early onset diabetes and other from their birth through childhood, Program. Its five-year goal is to detect also communicated through TV and radio problems associated with overweight is cre- Health Care Provider-Non- adolescence, adulthood, marriage and the at least 70 percent of breast cancer cases spots, brochures, and posters, encouraging ating a crisis in healthcare among today’s birth of their children. Overseas, I have in the early, curable stages. The program women to see their doctors and check for Physician, Volunteer, Community youth. Tamara Lewis, M.D., her associ- been privileged to help establish systems encourages all women to regularly have breast cancer. Outreach, Administrative ate Pauline Williams, and Intermountain that allow large numbers of newborns to clinical exams and women ages 40 to 60 In October 2007, just one year after Excellence and Corporate Healthcare decided to educate adolescents have a healthy start on life, and hopefully to receive annual mammograms. the launch of the Pink Ribbon Breast by directing LiVe, a public education attain the same goals.” Through her leadership Dr. Leavell Cancer Campaign, local initiatives were Achievement. This year four M.D. campaign aimed at kids ages 11 to 15, has been instrumental in fostering part- expanded to enhance its effectiveness. graduates from the University of with the goal of making eating healthy and Health Care Provider-Physician nerships with PSP Jordan. She worked During the initiative, more than 31,000 Utah School of Medicine were staying active cool for kids. The program Scott Albert Leckman, M.D. ‘83 with the King Hussein Cancer Center, the women received checkups for breast can- recognized for their achievement. uses television, radio, and print ads, Scott Leckman was recognized not detection of breast cancer, the second King Hussein Cancer Foundation and the cer, a remarkable increase from the 12,000 outdoor public service announcements, only for his role improving the quality leading cause of death for women in that Ministry of Health (MOH) to launch the women who had them in 2006. In ad- and an interactive Web site (intermoun- and safety of patient care at St. Mark’s country. A pediatrician with an MBA, Pink Ribbon communication campaign dition hotline calls increased tenfold over Lifetime Achievement tainlive.org) to reach out to kids. In 2008 Hospital, but also for his extensive volun- Dr. Leavell has worked in international that informed women and health officials 2006, with four times as many women Scott D. Williams, M.D.,’82, M.P.H., ‘89 a high-energy school assembly program teer efforts around the world. He served health for 22 years, 17 of which were that “early detection of breast cancer saves willing to have a mammogram. Scott Williams, M.D. has spent 23 years explaining how to make healthy choices for a month aboard the USNS Mercy focused on using the private sector to lives.” From this partnership was born a working in every sector of health care. was shown at 75 junior high schools across providing medical relief for survivors of achieve sustainable health goals. draft plan for the nation and the Jordan Currently he is Chief Medical Officer of Utah, with plans to increase the number to the 2004 tsunami in northern Sumatra, HCA’s MountainStar Division and was reach more than 30,000 Utah students in Indonesia and for years has been involved formerly an executive director of the Utah the next few years. with RESULTS, a grassroots citizens’ Department of Health. He has spent his lobby group dedicated to ending hunger. Lonnie Paulos, M.D. ’73 career focusing on improving preventive Robert B. Clark, M.D. ‘82 Serving on the board of directors of creates Andrew-Paulos health care services to patients, stating, In 1990 Robert Clark became involved RESULTS has taken him to Bangladesh, “If we focus resources at the early end with the Neonatal Resuscitation Program, India, Pakistan, El Salvador and Capitol Research and Education of health care problems, we’ll prevent a low-tech and highly effective program Hill to work on hunger issues. In 2001 Institute people from having more complications used by doctors and midwives on babies he assisted in initiating the Health Access Recruiting from Past Deliveries and improve their health now. They who can’t breathe at birth. In 1991 Dr. Project which has provided nearly $2 Many individu- won’t need as much treatment down Clark obtained a Thrasher grant, which million in donated health care to qualified als in Utah know How often does it occur that you someone to replace him. “I’m sure the road, which saves money later on helped spread the program not only individuals through a network of 600 orthopaedist deliver a baby and over 30-years it happens, but personally I don’t too.” He focuses on the dissemination of throughout the U.S., but also to China, physicians and nine hospitals affiliated Lonnie Paulos and later that baby takes over your know of anybody else,” Carter electronic health records (EHR) which Vietnam, Russia and Indonesia, where it with the project. his research and practice when you retire? That says of replacing the doctor who updates patient records and reminds phy- clinical expertise on has influenced health initiatives, programs is what delivered sicians when preventive services are due the knee. He has happened him. With his worked on more to Norman practice than 100 studies in orthopaedic research and holds 20 Fawson, in good hands Weber Medical Society names U.S. patents, the majority being brac- M.D. ’66 and Fawson now ing devices and procedures for the knee. Curtis Carter, plans to Lyle Archibald, M.D. ’71 Doctor of the Year He received national attention for his M.D. ’03. work at the work on the left knee of Carson Palmer, In 1975 Dr. St. George Fawson de- Doctors’ Lyle Archibald, M.D. has practiced as of surgery at McKay-Dee Hospital and the medical director for the surgical clini- the former Heisman Trophy winner and livered Curtis Volunteer a surgeon in Ogden, Utah since 1976, chairman of McKay-Dee’s medical staff. cal program at Intermountain Healthcare. Cincinnati Bengals quarterback, in 2006. He is now the newest big name to join the Carter at the Clinic, teach performing approximately 25,000 surgi- He is a member of the American College In 2008 he was recognized as the Weber Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics and Curtis Carter, M.D. ‘03 cal procedures and played a major role of Surgeons, Southwest Surgical Society, County Doctor of the Year by the Weber St. George violin and Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla. He and Norman Fawson M.D. ‘66 in developing the McKay-Dee Hospital Ogden Surgical Society, the American Medical Society for all of his contribu- Clinic; now, viola for the is partnering with Andrews to create the trauma program. He has also served on Society of Breast Diseases and the Utah tions to the community. 33-years later Dr. Fawson found school district, and take care Andrews-Paulos Research and Education the Utah State trauma task force, was chief State Medical Association and is currently in Dr. Carter a perfect fit for of his apple orchard. Institute at the Andrews Institute.

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Due to the large response from alumni, this edition of Illuminations is 1945 featuring alumni highlights submitted by members of the classes of 1945 1963 through 1969. The Spring/Summer 2009 edition will feature John E. Lawrence E. Kent L. submissionsAlumni from the classes of 1970’s toNews 2008. You may go on-line Glenn L. Meyers, M.D. Reichmann, Pomeroy, M.D. A. Hamer at http://medicine.utah.edu/alumni to view all submissions. Johnston, M.D. Dr. Meyers prac- M.D. Walker J. Dr. Pomeroy lives Reiser, Jr. Dr. Johnston ticed Aviation Dr. Reichmann Ashcraft, M.D. in Scottsdale, BA, M.D. is recipient Medicine in the retired in 1992. Dr. Ashcraft is the Arizona and Dr. Reiser has of the 1996 airforce as a flight He has four Medical Director practices been a specialist in surgeon since 1960, until he retired in wonderful children. He is a Diplomat has been awarded two international Norman S. Anderson, M.D. Award for of Hospice and Orthopedic and Rehabilitation and Pain internal medicine 1989; he currently works for NASA. in the America Board of Anesthesiology awards for achievements in aerospace. distinguished service to community a member of the Management Medicine. He lost his first for more than 60 years, retiring from Arthur F. Dr. Meyers considers work as his hobby and enjoys studying family history in his Budge, M.D. He has received many honors for his mental health. After his retirement Dr. Board of Trustees at the Marcus Daly wife Brenda, in September 2005 from full-time practice in Salt Lake City and raising three successful children free time. metastatic breast cancer and recently Dr. Budge retired service to medicine, including the Johnston moved to Montana and built Hospital in Montana. in 1987. Since 1990 he has provided as one of his biggest achievements. He remarried another wonderful redhead, in 1990. He Distinguished Alumnus Award from a new home on an 700-acre ranch near medical services for missionaries of the felt the training he received at the U who is keeping him young since she was spends his spare the University of Utah School of Kalispell. He has been very active with Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day of U Medical School prepared him to James G. born two years after he graduated from time gardening, Medicine in 1998. management of the farm and timber- Saints and continues to maintain his li- practice medicine as well, if not better Smith, M.D. medical school! He is listed in Who’s fishing and traveling. He was President land and is involved in projects to pre- Michael S. cense in order to make pro bono publico than, any school in the country. Dr. Smith served Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, of the Ogden Surgical-Medical Society serve and enhance a wildlife sanctuary Clement, M.D. house calls for those in need. He and his as Chief of the Who’s Who in the West, Who’s Who in in 1987. He is also active in the LDS Joseph M. along one mile of the Flathead River. Dr. Clement is wife, Betty Jo, also served for years as Department of Science and Engineering and Who’s Who Church and Boy Scouts of America, Heath, M.D. He was honored with the Audubon the author of the volunteers at the Utah State Prison and OB/GYN at in Medicine. having been registered in the Boy Dr. Heath was Conservation Achievement Award in Stanley N. book Children at received the Salt Lake County Medical Kaiser Hospital/Permanente Medical Scouts for over 36 years. very active in his 2008 for his conservation efforts. Mogerman, Health Risk and an Society Auxiliary’s Distinguished Group in Vallejo California for 17 years, family medicine M.D. editor of ten other books on preparing Physician Award. In 2008 he received in which time it grew from three to 14 Donald T. specialty his Dr. Mogerman for passing board exams. He is a medical the University of Utah’s Emeritus doctors, plus four nurse practitioners and Reay, M.D. entire career. He was President of the E. Ute has been hap- photographer and has work displayed Alumni Board Merit of Honor Award Barry A. one nurse mid-wife. He also established Dr. Reay is Utah Academy of Family Practice from Knowlton, M.D. pily married for in numerous textbooks. He is also a for his distinguished service to Clothier, M.D. a rotating residency in OB/GYN with recently retired 1974-1975 and was an active lobbyist Dr. Knowlton fifty-two years consultant to the Arizona Prenatal Trust, the University, his profession, Dr. Clothier re- Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield and the as chief medical for establishing and funding the Family retired in 1996 to Barbara, who he met his freshman Maternal and Child Health with the and the community. tired in December Contra Costa County General Hospital examiner in Practice Residency at the University of and is enjoying year at the U and married his junior Arizona Department of Health Services. of 2008. He is in Martinez, California. He served as Seattle – King County, WA. He is also Utah; plus served on the Department his time with year. They have three daughters and six looking forward an LDS Area Medical Advisor in Chile an emeritus professor of pathology at the 1958 of Family and Community Medicine eight children and twenty- nine grandchildren. He and Barbara enjoy to spending his spare time bird watch- for 18 months supervising medical care University of Washington. faculty. He has been on three missions grandchildren. ballroom dancing and make every Robert B. ing and writing a book on medical for 1800 Missionaries throughout eight to Brazil with his wife and likes fishing attempt to go dancing as often as they Gibbons, M.D. Maurice G. mnemonics. He taught part time missions in Chile. and traveling. can fit it in. They also enjoy cruising Dr. Gibbons is Baker, M.D. at Scottsdale Family Practice A. Mason C. Gary and have been on twenty-eight a Master in the Dr. Baker Residency Program. Redd, M.D. Loosli, M.D. cruises so far! American College practices family Herbert B. of Physicians, Dr. Redd worked Rodger K. Farr, M.D. Richard M Dr. Loosli is re- medicine and is Spencer, M.D. a Clinical Professor of Medicine at as a Psychiatry Dr. Farr retired in 2006. He is a Hebertson, tired and spends currently working Dr. Spencer still the University of Colorado School of faculty member Distinguished Life Fellow and a M.D. his spare time Joseph H. at St. Mark’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, assists his partners Medicine and the Chairman of Medicine at the University Gold Medal recipient of the American Dr. Hebertson coaching square Nelson, M.D. Utah. He has also served as a mission in surgery once a at Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital in of Utah following his residency training Psychiatry Association and the founder was involved in dancing, teaching high school tennis, Dr. Nelson retired president for the LDS church. He is week, but is “al- Denver. He has also served as Treasurer until he retired in 1999. He and his wife, of Skid Row Clinic for the homeless the University competing in senior track and field, in 1998. He has happily married to his lovely wife most” retired. He served as the mission of the American College of Physicians, Karen, then served an LDS mission as mentally ill in Los Angeles. He still of Utah OB/Gyn department and playing pickleball and horseshoes and six children and Laura Baker. president for the LDS church in Sweden President of the Rocky Mountain Area Medical Advisors in the Asia North enjoys teaching and finds gardening the Residency Training Program in hunting and fishing. twenty-six grand- and as a regional representative of the Rheumatism Society, and Governor of Area for a year and a half and had a relaxing in his spare time. OB/Gyn at LDS Hospital much of children. He has been honored with a Eugene L. Bellin, M.D. Council of the Twelve. He has survived the Colorado Chapter of the American great experience traveling around that his professional life. He introduced Harold Markowitz, M.D., Ph.D. Medal of Commendation from the US Dr. Bellin loves playing violin and three coronary by-pass procedures start- College of Physicians. area caring for missionaries. They will fetal monitoring at LDS Hospital and Dr. Markowitz retired from laboratory Army and was the Utah Doctor of the feeding people at the Bowery Mission ing in 1980 but continues to be active celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2009 co-developed the fetal monitoring medicine and medical research in Year and President of the Logan, Utah in New York City. In the past he Clayton R. working and adopting seven children, and hope to gather their seven children system that is currently used in the 1985. He has been married to Peggy Kiwanis Club. His hobbies are wood- worked with International Physicians Gabbert, M.D. currently ages four to nineteen, whose Kendrick O. and seventeen grandchildren together for IHC system. He has been married for Markowitz for 55 years and has four working and pen making. He served for the Prevention of Nuclear War Dr. Gabbert mothers are meth addicts. Morrison, M.D. a party and a family picture. 56 years and has five children, twenty- children. Two became physicians and a medical mission to Ukraine from (which won the Nobel Prize for peace retired in 1998 Dr. Morrison is three grandchildren and thirteen great all are in some area of medicine. For 1998 to 2001. in 1990). He was also a member of from practic- John Robert Stewart, M.D. married and has grandchildren. Besides being a volun- the past twelve years Dr. Markowtiz has the Innocence Project of the Cardozo ing Orthopedic Dr. Stewart recently retired from the five children and Paul Sondrup, teer in the LDS Church he likes writing been in poor health, but continues to Ronald F. Read, M.D. Law School in NYC and helped 180 Surgery. Since retirement his interests University of Utah where he taught ra- 17 grandchil- M.D. poetry, painting, traveling, gardening dearly love his family. Dr. Read worked for over 30 years as a innocent people get off of death row have included trap shooting, golf, diation oncology for decades. He was in- dren. He retired as Chairman of the Dr. Sondrup lives and spending time with his family. staff psychiatrist at Community Mental through the use of DNA testing. bridge, walking and trading commodi- in Virginia where Health in San Diego. Music has always volved in the planning for the Huntsman Department of Surgery at Cottonwood ties. He also likes observing and nam- Cancer Center at the University and Hospital in Murray, Utah. He has served he is retired as James O. been an important part of Dr. Read’s ing wild flowers. He is in “Who’s Who currently serves as a “Spirit of Caring” a medical mission for the LDS Church President and Ward H. Mason, M.D. life. For over 50 years, he was a tenor Kay H. in the West” and has been honored volunteer at LDS hospital. Dr. Stewart’s and has a private pilot license, flying a CEO of Professional Resource Services. Hedges, M.D. soloist and a member of various choirs, Blacker, M.D. with a Mosby Book Award. Dr. Mason spent wife Ann died in April 2006 after over single-engine twin instrument plane. Dr. Hedges most of his career performing in numerous productions Dr. Blacker fifty years of marriage. Otto S. Shill Jr., M.D. retired from in the service of and programs. He was also the publisher served for many Dr. Shill retired from Otolaryngology the practice public health. He of the San Diego Seagull, a newspaper years as the Harry L. in 1995 and lives in Mesa, Arizona. He of Psychiatry was the head of the Utah Department committed to the interest of members Chairman of Gibbons, M.D. presided over the Florida Jacksonville in 1997. He has nine children and of Health, served with the United States of the LDS Church in San Diego the Department of Psychiatry at the Dr. Gibbons Mission from1995-1998 and has served fourteen grandchildren. He is a fly Public Health Service and was a mem- for 18 years. University of California, Davis School is semi-retired two other medical missions. fishing instructor and enjoys studying ber of the World Health Organization of Medicine. He is now semi-retired. and still serving as a consultant botany. Along with psychiatry his Executive Board. Besides spending in Aerospace Medicine. He was the professional interests included ENT time with his wife Marie, children, Director of Salt Lake County Health and Dermatology. grandchildren and great grandchildren, Department for 22 years. Dr. Gibbons Dr. Mason likes family history research, gardening, reading and traveling.

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D. Ray Thomas, Nathaniel M. call for M.D. Matolo, M.D. Giving Corner Dr. Thomas Dr. Matolo retired in 2002 officially retired Nominations from 36 years of on December 31, private practice 2007. However, Save The Date MAKING TAX-FREE LIFETIME as a pediatrician a month later, The University of Utah School in Holladay, UT. He has a great wife, he went back to work on a part-time GIFTS FROM YOUR IRA seven children and 35 grandchildren. basis two or three days a week teaching of Medicine Alumni Association Connecting with U He served a church assignment in the surgery residents and medical students at Philippines from 2003 to 2006 and is the University of California Davis/ Distinguished Awards 2009 Medical Alumni Weekend currently serving at the BYU Jerusalem Sacramento VA Medical Center and San If you are 70 and ½ and re- Center taking care of students. Joaquin General Hospital. He belongs to The School of Medicine Alumni Association Board quired to take your minimum over 20 surgical and professional societies September 24-26 and is widely published. He enjoys for- invites you to nominate your colleagues and class- IRA distribution that you don’t 1968 eign travel, golf, swimming and hiking mates for consideration for the 2009 Distinguished really need, it might be time in the Sierras and around Lake Tahoe. Elijah Reed Heywood, M.D. Alumni and Distinguished Service Awards. School Thursday, September 24 to consider what the recently Dr. Heywood retired as Chairman of the E. Bruce McIff, M.D. of Medicine alumni, faculty and staff, as well as extended charitable IRA OB-GYN department at Women and Awards Banquet and 50-Year Class Celebration Dr. McIff retired from neuro/inter- other professional colleagues, may submit nomina- legislation can do for you. Children’s Hospital in Charleston, W.V. ventional radiology practice on June in 2002. His son took his place as the 30, 2008. In his long career he served tions. Complete nominations should include: Friday, September 25 residency program director and he oc- as President of the Utah Medical This legislation continues to al- casionally consults with the department Association from 1985-86 and was School of Medicine Department Events low individuals aged 70 and ½ about educational issues. He went on • A letter stating for which award you submit the selected as Utah Doctor of the Year in Dean’s State of the School Address or older to make outright gifts a three year mission as President of the 1987. He is very grateful for an unbeliev- nomination, outlining in detail the nominee’s San Jose Mission for the LDS Church. Class Reunions: 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, through direct transfers from able 40 years in medicine. qualifications. Jeff Paoletti He is recovering from back surgery but is their IRAs to the University of getting around well with a cane. 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004 Craig H. McQueen, M.D. Utah without paying income tax on the distribution. You can Dr. McQueen has had a busy and • The nominee’s curriculum vitae, including Wayne “Curt” Kaesche, M.D. fulfilling career in Orthopedics and current address and phone number. Saturday, September 26 make gifts of up to $100,000 in 2008 and 2009. If you are able Dr. Kaesche was a U.S. Navy Lt. Sports Medicine. From 1973 to 1990 to take advantage of this opportunity, you can improve your Commander from 1970 to 1972. He Continuing Medical Education Conference he served as a team physician for the overall tax situation while helping us continue to achieve our was in private orthopedic practice University of Utah and from 1980 to • Secondary letters or materials in support of the Topic: Infectious Diseases from 1976-2002 and also worked as vision for the future. 2008 as the team physician for Highland nomination, if available. Tailgating Party at Alumni House an Associate Clinical Professor at the High School’s football and rugby teams. Oregon Health Sciences University. He’s also worked with the Salt Lake U of U Homecoming Football Game This opportunity applies only to IRAs and not other types of Trappers, Buzz, Stingers and Bees. He Submit to: Kristin Wann Gorang, Director, versus Louisville retirement plans. Owners of ineligible plans, such as 403(b)s was Chairman of the Sports Medicine SOM Alumni Relations, Save The Date Jon C. Committee of the United States Figure Lloyd, M.D. 540 Arapeen Drive, Suite 125, and Keoghs have the option to roll over amounts into an IRA Skating Association from 1998-2000 and then make an eligible gift from that account. Dr Lloyd is a and the team physician to one Jr. World Salt Lake City, UT 84108. Senior Clinical and two World figure skating teams. E-mails are welcome at: Advisor at the You can make a direct transfer if: Plexus Institute in [email protected] Pennsylvania where he coordinates a 60- Anthony R. 1. You are 70 ½ or older on the day of the gift. hosptial PD/MRSA prevention network. Temple, M.D. 2. You make the gift on or before December 31, 2008 From 2005-2007 he was the co-principal Deadline: Postmarked February 28, 2009 Dr. Temple has and December 31, 2009. investigator for a Robert Wood Johnson spent his career in Foundation grant supporting six beta pediatric clinical A list of past awardees is available at: 3. You transfer funds directly from an IRA. site hospitals in using Positive Deviance pharmacology www.medicine.utah.edu/alumni/network/ 4. Your transfer is to the University of Utah or other (PD) to prevent MRSA healthcare and medical toxicology. He taught at the associated infections. Dr. Lloyd and University of Utah College of Medicine awards/index.htm qualified charities. Jacqueline have been married for 46 for eight years, then worked for McNeil years and have two children Hilary, age 5. You can give $100,000 or less per year in 2008 and 2009. Consumer Healthcare for 29 years. He Distinguished Alumni Award 35, and Hardy age 31. semi-retired in 2005 and moved from In Memoriam (Your spouse also can give up to $100,000 from his or Pennsylvania to St. George, UT in 2008. her IRA if 70 and ½). He has been married to Mary K. since This award is presented annually to the start medical school in 1964 and has a graduate of the School of Medicine who exemplifies Joseph R. Carlisle, M.D. M.D. 1951 15 Nov 02 four children and seven grandchildren. It is simple to do and creates a lasting legacy such as a named the practice of medicine. Achievement is recognized Joe Lawrence Lara, M.D. M.D. 1976 02 Nov 08 endowed scholarship in the school of medicine. Call your IRA through excellence in clinical practice, academic administrator to make the transfer, or contact Jeff Paoletti, activities and research accomplishments. John Hal Marsden, M.D. M.D. 1948 14 July 08 Executive Director of Planned Giving at the University of Utah, 801-581-3726. Distinguished Service Award Charles C. Sorensen, M.D. M.D. 1968 03 Jan 08

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