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CincinnatiUC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE | MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONMedicineWINTER 2014 BATTLEFIELD TO BENCH TO BEDSIDE UC’s Institute for Military Medicine Alumnus, College Hope to Encourage Primary Care Shaping the Next Generation of Physician-Scientists Environmental Exposure CincinnatiMedicine Winter 2014 1 2 UC College of Medicine Alumni Association early every day I learn On the ensuing pages you will of accomplishments by read about Richard Becker, MD, an faculty, students or alumni internationally respected cardiologist Nof the University of Cincinnati College who recently returned to the college—he of Medicine that give me great pride in is a 1982 graduate—to further develop being dean. Some happened earlier in our already strong cardiovascular our school’s storied 195-year history. programs. Another article explains Others occurred just this week. why Robert Schiff Jr., MD, a native All make the work and effort we Cincinnatian and 1981 graduate of the put toward the college very rewarding. College of Medicine, and his family It is these stories that I would like to established an endowment to provide share with you in our new publication, much-needed scholarships for our Cincinnati Medicine. medical students planning a career in For our more than 8,000 living primary care. The life of John Shaw alumni, Cincinnati Medicine is a link Billings, MD, one of the college’s most to your alma mater. This replaces the celebrated graduates, is told in another College of Medicine Bulletin, which article. If you’re not familiar with Dr. I trust you have enjoyed. Cincinnati Billings, you will be fascinated by all that Medicine, however, takes our stories this 1860 graduate accomplished in his in a different direction, expanding on life. I found his career so impactful that them in new ways. Our crisply written last year I began honoring noted living feature articles are now more detailed alumni with the John Shaw Billings, MD, and hopefully more enlightening. I think Distinguished Alumni Award. you will find them very enjoyable to You will also read about our medical read. The magazine has a substantially scientist training program, which different design than the Bulletin and recently received expanded National much more content, with the addition Institutes of Health funding, and our of more articles and several recurring highly respected Institute for Military Medicine, where faculty are developing columns, including one that profiles Thomas F. Boat, MD noted alumni. improved acute care of injuries that not Vice President for Health Affairs For our friends and supporters, I hope only will save the lives of soldiers on Christian R. Holmes Professor and you take a few minutes to leaf through the battlefront but also help patients in Dean, College of Medicine Cincinnati Medicine to learn about and America’s trauma units. appreciate the many wonderful programs Cincinnati Medicine is for you, to and people at the College of Medicine. celebrate all that the College of Medicine You will read about prominent health has achieved, and to thank you for all leaders, researchers, educators and you have done for the college and the clinicians associated with our medical University of Cincinnati as a partner in school to help you understand the our success. important role we play in our regional I encourage you to share your and national community. thoughts with me when you have read Our successes today and in the future this issue. n are built on our past accomplishments, and we indeed have a sturdy foundation upon which to build. CARE/Crawley Building CincinnatiMedicine Winter 2014 3 CincinnatiMedicine Cincinnati Medicine is published for University of Cincinnati College of Medicine alumni and friends by University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center Development and Alumni Affairs. ©2014, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Michael Zenz PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ALUMNI & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Tiffany Marsh EDITOR Richard Puff DESIGN & ART DIRECTION Amanda Farrell Amanda J. Earnest CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Katy Cosse Dama Ewbank Keith Herrell Angela Koenig Richard Puff UC AHC Public Relations PHOTOGRAPHY Dave Collins Dan Davenport To change your address, unsubscribe or submit class notes or correspondence contact: University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center Development and Alumni Affairs PO Box 670544 Cincinnati OH 45221–0544 Campus location: University Hall Voice (513) 558-5646 Fax (513) 558-0632 Web med.uc.edu Email [email protected] Robert Schiff Jr., MD (Med ’81) Every Issue Features 3 From the Dean 6 Lab Notes 8 Battlefield to Bench to Bedside Studies by the Institute for Military Medicine have been helping injured military members 29 Class Notes and translated to aid in civilian care. 30 In Memoriam 12 Alumnus, College Hope to Encourage Primary Care Robert Schiff Jr., MD, hopes to encourage a style of care he’s both experienced and Profiles practiced as a physician—one where families see the same physician throughout their 22 Student life, building a strong, personal doctor-patient relationship. Sara Stigler, Nicolette Barbour and 16 John Shaw Billings, MD: A Giant of Medicine, Ashley Sutherland Military and Libraries 23 Alumni This 1860 graduate of the Medical College of Ohio—forerunner of today’s UC College Scott Pomeroy, of Medicine—was internationally known in the 19th century, but today is relatively MD, PhD anonymous. 24 Faculty Peter J. Stern, MD 18 Shaping the Next Generation of Physician-Scientists The unique UC Medical Scientist Training Program sets the College of Medicine apart. ON THE COVER: The Institute for Military Medicine is focused on 26 Environmental Exposure the complex traumatic injuries The Center for Environmental Genetics has a role in a host of research studies that seek of warfare, and how the military to understand the complex relationships between genetic predisposition to disease and and civilian care providers can environmental exposures. change their practices to improve outcomes. Photo by Dan Davenport LabNotes New Undergraduate Minor Welcomes First Class The College of Medicine’s first undergraduate program started in fall 2013, with 32 students enrolled in the new minor in medical sciences. Taught by faculty across the College of Medicine, the program includes 18 semester credits with courses in biochemistry, community health, molecular genetics, pharmacology, statistics and more. The selective program accepts junior and senior students at UC and aims to prepare them for professional programs in medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and doctoral and master’s programs in the life sciences. Led by Anil Menon, PhD, the program is structured to provide experiential learning through UC Alum Richard Becker, MD, shadowing and research opportunities Named to Cardiovascular Post at the college. Menon says the ratio of mentors to students is particularly unique UC College of Medicine alum and 2011 Daniel Drake Medal recipient Richard to UC’s program, providing one faculty Becker, MD, has been appointed head of the newly renamed division of mentor for every two students. cardiovascular health and disease within the UC College of Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine, and will hold the Mabel Stearns Stonehill Chair of Cardiology at UC. He is also director and physician-in-chief of the UC Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute, one of four institutes of UC Health and the UC College of Medicine. Upon graduation from UC in 1982, Becker completed his internship, residency and hematology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. He joined the University of Massachusetts Medical School faculty after a fellowship in cardiology there and later founded the Cardiovascular Thrombosis Research Center and served as director of the Coronary Care Unit and Anticoagulation Services at the University of College Faculty Honored as Massachusetts Medical Center. Becker joined Duke University in 2003 as professor of medicine and director of the Military Medicine Heroes Duke Cardiovascular Thrombosis Center. He also served as co-director of both the Four members of the College of Medicine Advanced Biomarkers Program at the Duke Clinical Research Institute and the Duke faculty were honored as “Heroes of Comprehensive Center for Hemostasis and Thrombosis. Additionally, he directed the Military Medicine” at the United Service Duke University Health System’s Cardiogenetics Thrombosis Clinic. Organization’s 10th annual Tribute Becker has served as a principal investigator and co-principal investigator of many Cincinnati gala in October. They are: National Institutes of Health-funded research studies and has been supported by Kathleen Chard, PhD, associate professor industry, foundations and other government agencies for clinical and translational of clinical psychiatry and director of the investigations on thrombosis, hemostasis, vascular biology and pharmacogenetics. PTSD program at the Cincinnati VA He is a prolific contributor to scientific literature having published more than 600 Medical Center, Col. Warren Dorlac, articles, textbooks, book chapters, invited reviews and editorials, abstracts and both MD, associate professor of surgery, national and international position papers. Jed Hartings, PhD, associate research He is a member of numerous professional societies, including the International professor of neurosurgery, and Col. Jay Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis and the American Heart Association, for Johannigman, MD, professor of surgery. which he is a national spokesperson. 6 UC College of Medicine Alumni Association Burn Injury