A. T. Still University of Health Sciences 2003 Annual Report A. T. Still University of Health Sciences Board of Trustees Marian Osterweis, Ph.D. Gerald A. Perkins, D.O., FOCOO, ’67 Washington, D.C. Rio Verde, Ariz. Chair Paul W. Reichert Carroll R. Wetzel, D.O., FACOS Phoenix, Ariz. Clinton, Mo. John G. Robinson Vice Chair Phoenix, Ariz. Richard G. Stefanacci Jr., D.O., Kent E. Whittaker, J.D. M.G.H., M.B.A., CMD, KCOM ’89 Kansas City, Mo. and SHM ’03 Merchantville, N.J. Larry A. Wickless, D.O., FACOI, ’67 Secretary Farmington Hills, Mich. Peter W. Detweiler Paul R. Willging, Ph.D. Kirksville, Mo. Columbia, Md. Executive Committee Stephen A. Kardos, D.O., ’68 Rumson, N.J. Executive Committee Richard W. Anderson, D.O., FACGP, ’46 Dallas, Texas Cynthia D. Byler, D.O., ’85 Edwardsville, Ill. Carl G. Bynum, D.O., M.P.H., ’75 Jefferson City, Mo. David C. Conner, D.O., ’65 Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Brandy L. Embry, M.S., PA-C, ASHS ’97 Prescott Valley, Ariz. Kenneth E. Jones, D.O., ’83 Lebanon, Mo. Nathan S. Kaufman, M.S. San Diego, Calif. Martin S. Levine, D.O., M.P.H., FACOFP, KCOM ’80 and SHM ’03 Bayonne, N.J. Jack Magruder, Ed.D. Kirksville, Mo. Linda C. Niessen, D.M.D., M.P.H. Dallas, Texas Contents Mission Statement Consistent with the University’s heritage, as the founding 2 Letter From the Board Chair school of osteopathic medicine, the mission of A. T. Still 3 Letter From the President University of Health Sciences is to educate students to 4 Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine become competent health care professionals who 8 School of Health Management continuously develop and demonstrate compassion, 10 Arizona School of Health Sciences integrity, and ability, while advancing osteopathic 11 Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health principles and philosophy. The institution is committed to 12 Financial Report scholarly inquiry that anticipates and addresses society’s health care needs. The University encourages all its constituencies to become leaders in improving community health and wellness with a comprehensive appreciation of the interaction of mind, body, and spirit. On the Cover Portrait in oils of founder Andrew Taylor Still, M.D., D.O., by Floyd W. Horton, circa 1892. Courtesy of Still National Osteopathic Museum. Annual Report 2003 Elsie Gaber, Ph.D. Assistant Vice President for University Relations Jack Branscom Editor & Photographer Bill Beard Graphic Art Design JK Creative Printers, Quincy, Ill. Printing The Annual Report is published by the Department of University Relations, A. T. Still University of Health Sciences, 800 West Jefferson Street, Kirksville, MO 63501. A. T. Still University of Health Sciences is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action institution. 1 Letter from the Board Chair Each year our Annual Report suggests that we had an exceptional Center at ATSU in Kirksville, which received a tax-credit grant of $5 million from the state and a year. However, this past year has been extraordinary even by our designation as one of four Aging-In- Place model sites. Several state and own high standards. The University enjoyed unprecedented national national meetings on healthy aging have occurred at this Center during exposure and recognition from its exhibit The Healer Within® which the past year. This is an important new training and research site for students from all four of our schools. was at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. from May to Last summer, the University introduced a new magazine, The Still September. The interactive exhibit illustrated the osteopathic University Review, which contains feature articles on healthy aging and rural healthcare. Besides internal principles first developed in Kirksville by our founder, groups, it has a large, external distribution to foundations, Andrew Taylor Still, M.D., D.O. government agencies, medical A companion book, Your Healer schools, and healthcare associations Within, authored by our current across the nation. president and his scholarly wife, was During the last year, the Board of published in time for the exhibit and Trustees refocused its Mission outlined the historic, philosophic, and Statement; developed several steps recent research bases of osteopathic to integrate the research and principles. teaching of geriatric subjects in and The University opened the Arizona among its four schools; and School of Dentistry & Oral Health at undertook several strategic planning its Mesa Campus last August and it is exercises to determine further being praised by dental educators programs and initiatives. and practitioners around the country With the great heritage of A. T. Still for its innovative and high-technology as our first president and the pace approaches. It has received grants shown last year, the future of A. T. from dental software and equipment Still University promises to be companies to pilot their products and extraordinary. procedures in dental education. Please consider how you might join This year also saw the opening of and support our efforts. the Senior-Living (Independent Living) Sincerely, Marian Osterweis, Ph.D. Chair, Board of Trustees 2 Letter from the President I am so proud to share these pages with Dr. Marian Osterweis, This year also marked the first Masters of Public Health, Masters of Geriatric Health, and Masters of the Chairperson of the Board, other Board Members, alumni, Health Administration graduates of our totally on-line School of Health faculty, staff, and students of A. T. Still University of Health Management. The M.S. in Biomedical Science students have helped write a number of articles and are Sciences. An institution is successful to the extent the parts significantly augmenting our faculty in Kirksville. I am especially proud of the Native work together. The many achievements listed on the opposite American Physician Assistant Program, which has been adding 6 to page and on the following pages testify to people pulling 8 Native Americans each year on our Arizona Campus. A. T. Still, M.D., D.O., spent much time among Native together. Americans and talked of their sense of a pervading “spirit” across all of One of the most significant nature, including people. During the accomplishments this year was the year, the Arizona School of Health University being named to coordinate Sciences and Arizona School of the $1.5 million Multi-Center Dentistry & Oral Health alumni and Osteopathic Pneumonia Study of the friends raised over a million dollars in Elderly (MOPSE) funded by several pledges and gifts. KCOM alumni and foundations. This is the largest friends’ fundraising for the proposed osteopathic study ever undertaken Information Technologies Center (ITC) and will involve coordinating clinical doubled from $1 million to $2 million research developments in Texas, in the first six months and doubled New Jersey, Michigan, Ohio, and again from $2 million to $4 million in Missouri. pledges and received gifts in the next Indicative of recognition beyond six months. (We still need another $1 the osteopathic profession, our million.) All this was done during an Kirksville College of Osteopathic unstable time in the Stock Market Medicine (KCOM) was ranked in the and is a high tribute to the thanks that “top ten” among all medical schools graduates have for their education. for the teaching of rural medicine by Please read these pages and this year’s Best Graduate Schools perhaps find further ways of pulling edition of the U.S. News & World together. Report. In this same area, our $1.7 million Elderlynk Project is now being Sincerely, used as a national model by federal agencies for rural mental healthcare. James J. McGovern, Ph.D. President 3 Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine Improving clinical was really excited about is that they competency is a high also have an international program.” priority A program of “core competencies” has been introduced at the OPTI sites IMPROVING THE CLINICAL competency of and has been fully implemented at KCOM students was a major objective Northeast Regional Medical Center. for the school during the past year. “What we are hoping to have as a “We have made great strides in the firm policy in the future is that all of clinical integration of basic science and our third and fourth years of training clinical science for our first- and will occur in a forum of ‘full scope’ second-year students,” said Gerald G. medical education,” he said, “which Osborn, D.O., M.Phil., FACN, FAPA, ’73, means there are all levels of training vice president for medical affairs and going on—from the third year of dean. “We have also made great Akiko Inoue, a graduate of the medical school all the way to strides in curriculum reform for our University of California-Berkeley from subspecialty fellowships. Everybody Tokyo, Japan, is one of the 168 third- and fourth-year students.” students KCOM accepted for the class learns from everybody else. He cited the leadership of Philip C. of 2007. “I think we’re going to see our Slocum, D.O., FACOI, FCCM, FCCP, ’76, In recent years the COMLEX has board scores improve,” he added, associate dean for academic affairs; emphasized exams on standardized “and more and more of our students Stephen D. Laird, D.O., FACOP, chair patients in order to more accurately getting into very competitive and professor, surgery; and William measure the knowledge of today’s programs. The emphasis in the past Sexton, Ph.D., professor, physiology, for physicians. The three-part COMLEX couple of years has been to broaden the progress made for first- and test is also used by residency the vision of what the students can do second-year students, and G. Barry programs to make selections of whom with their careers.” Robbins Jr., D.O., ’70, associate dean for they will interview and accept for regional affairs, for the progress made their program.