University of Utah Health Sciences Center CARING2002 Donor Report for the world Mission Statement The University of Utah Health Sciences Center supports the mission and vision of the University of Utah and serves the public by improving health and quality of life through excellence in education, research and clinical care. We educate competent and caring practitioners, educators and scientists for the state of Utah and beyond. We advance knowledge through innovative basic and clinical research and scholarship and translate our discoveries into applications that help people. We rovide compassionate, state-of-the art clinical care to our patients. We antici ate and respond to the needs of our communities through outreach, advocacy and service. University of Utah Health Sciences Center 2002 CONTENTS 2 Senior Vice President’s Message A. Lorris Betz, M.D., Ph.D. 4 Caring for the World Olympic Photo Essay 8 Profiles in Philanthropy Rod and Mitzi Brady Jack Goodman Thomas Rees, M.D. 14 In Review School of Medicine College of Pharmacy College of Health College of Nursing University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library 20 In the Headlines 22 Endowed Chairs 24 Passages 27 Donor Report 58 Organizations Senior Vice President’s Message A. L ORRIS B ETZ This has been a year of triumph and trouble. is dedicated to providing the best medical care possible. The athletes were dedicated to University of Utah Health Sciences has the best possible performance in their sport. not only survived its shining Olympic 2 But in addition, many Olympians told us moment, but we have done so much better they were dedicated to making their national than anyone else before. teams because that meant at least once every four years they would get quality medical We have also had to deal with some of care. This year they got the best. the toughest financial times in recent years and managed to survive better 0 Our clinics were inundated with than most. athletes wanting to get a lifetime of dental work done in a day or When the world came to our two, or getting their eyes checked campus years of preparation paid and prescriptions written. off. To quote the Washington Post, “Abutting the University of Utah’s Technically we did not have to academic medical center, the provide this “elective” care. But Polyclinic is a door into the best doctors, pharmacists, nurses, medicine the United States has to therapists and technicians don’t offer—all offered free of charge train a lifetime not to help those to the Olympic community.” who need it. We provided these services in huge numbers and As I strolled through the Olympic were happy we could help. Village, I couldn’t help but think about the years of absolute dedication these young 0 But even as the Olympics and Paralympics athletes represented. But it’s no different were closing in a crescendo of glory and than the dedication of our people who were accolades, a critical battle was looming on providing the medical care. There is even a Utah’s Capitol Hill. The state’s revenue strange sort of convergence. Health Sciences 2 projections had come up perilously short. [ 2 ] THIS YEAR THEY GOT THE BEST. The state legislature faced the thorny task of having to make significant cuts. After all, Utah’s constitution mandates a balanced budget. The University of Utah suffered deep cuts, but thanks to the work of several dedicated legislators, Health Sciences came out of the fray in pretty good shape. Certainly we were hit in several key areas, but because some lawmakers saw the importance of what we do, we survived. Making things even brighter were our donors. In a year of dreary economic news and a drastic downturn in the stock market, our donors came through magnificently. Contributions were higher than ever before. I’m particularly pleased that employees have donated to the new University Hospital Eccles Critical Care Pavilion in record numbers. We have been in the world spotlight and shone. We have met the toughest test of recent years and triumphed. It was a year of Olympian accomplishments. A. Lorris Betz, M.D., Ph.D. Senior Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean, School of Medicine [ 3 ] CARING 2002 Olympic Winter Games “Abutting the University of Utah’s academic medical center, the Polyclinic is a door into the best medicine the United States has to offer—all offered free of charge to the Olympic community.” Washington Post February 2002 [ 4 ] forWORLD the [ 5 ] “The village Polyclinic has become what Elstad calls the County Hospital of the Olympic Games...people recognize that the medicine here is in the top of the world.” Denver Post February 2002 O LYMPIC T EAMWORK [ 7 ] profiles in philanthropyGOALS Rod & Mitzi Brad It was the spring of 1997 when Rod followed by a three-year stint as an and Carolyn (Mitzi) Brady won the officer in the U.S. Air Force. grand slam of University of Utah A large part of his success was made degrees. One son received his M.D., possible because he heeded the another his B.A. in Mathematics, advice of a high school debate coach Rod received an honorary doctorate who told him to succeed he should and, perhaps most remarkably, set goals. Rod became a disciple and Mitzi, at age 62, earned her master’s proponent of goal setting. degree. Or as Mitzi puts it, “We got everything they give out.” It’s Even during his mission days when not a boast, but simple pride of he was in a leadership position he family speaking. was telling people, “You could get into any door in Great Britain.” For Rod and Mitzi Brady it was There were skeptics. He proved his just another glorious way station on point by talking his way in to see a still unfolding journey. Winston Churchill. He is vague Rod has run several successful about how he did it, but proudly companies and corporations. shows off the mementos from his He spent seven years as president visit including a huge, time-ravaged of Weber State University, then cigar that Churchill gave him. CEO of Bonneville International Rod was a member of a group Corporation, owner of KSL and selected to ring the opening bell other broadcast outlets and is cur- of the New York Stock Exchange. rently CEO of Deseret Management But it never tolled. “You could feel Corporation. These accomplish- the ground shake and there was ments are even more remarkable the roar of noise.” The date was when you consider he got a late start. September 11, 2001. “As I reflect, it He began his professional career seems more frightening now than only after getting a master’s degree it did at the time because now I from the “U,” a doctorate from know the full circumstance.” Harvard, serving a mission in Great Britain for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, [ 8 ] forLIFE While both Rod and Mitzi attended the “U” and graduated the same year, they never met, even though Rod spent time visiting the Chi Omega house, where Mitzi was a member. On graduation Mitzi’s first job was teaching children of Army personnel stationed at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Her fifth graders were already veterans of world travel. “It was nice because I was just from Tremonton, Utah and had never been anyplace.” Her second year was in El Paso and her third year in Tucson where fate and the Air Force landed a lieutenant named Rod Brady. They married in 1960 and set off to follow Rod’s dreams and goals. But while he was leading companies, serving on numerous boards and advising presidents, Mitzi kept up her interest in teaching and undertook a huge load of volunteer work while raising three sons. Her husband, the ultimate goal setter, calls his wife “the ultimate volunteer” and says frankly, “I could have accomplished very little without her.” Mitzi is involved in a wide array of community efforts, but helping kids who need it seems to be her biggest thrill. She volunteers at an inner city school, helping at-risk children. “There was this one first grader, who looked like a little gang member. I could see him slowly soften and then on the very last day of school he gave me a big hug and said, ‘I’m going to miss you.’” Both have numerous interests that have them looking ahead. Rod is into exercise, bird-watching and astronomy— attempting “to understand the nature of the heavens and where this universe fits into humanity.” Mitzi wants to resume playing the violin. She believes making music is challenging, enjoyable and a means of keeping her mind clear and sharp. Rod did set one goal he will never meet, to retire at 55. Neither seems to be the retiring type. Mitzi still keeps a busy volunteer schedule. Rod reports directly to Gordon B. Hinckley, the president of the LDS Church. Rod says when he talks to him about retiring the 92-year old president looks at him and asks, “Now, how old are you?” Rod says talk of retirement “pretty much ends there.” The Rodney H. and Carolyn H. Brady Presidential Endowed Chair in Hematology/Oncology in Honor of John H. Ward, M.D. OncologyHematology profilesBUILDING in philanthropy It is easy for people who don’t know Jack Goodman to think they have him figured out. After all, he’s the guy who wrote about buildings for the Salt Lake Tribune. Those who Jack Goodman know him have a much tougher time.