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1. Congratulations
to recipients of 2003
2. Class of 2003 convocation & commencement
ceremonies set for May dates
3. Phoenix
Mayor Skip Rimsza to be honored at UA College of
Medicine convocation
4. Phoenix
F.A.C.E.S. chapter inducted into ASU Hall of Fame program
5. ABOR
approves charter for the Arizona Biomedical Collaborative
6. Arizona Medical Education Consortium offering debt
management course
7. U.S.
Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD, to speak to AHSC
Community May 16; talk available to
8. New interpreters
and translators association forming in
9. Medical Spanish workshop opportunity
to improve bilingual skills and get 43 Category 1 AMA CME's
at the same time
10.
11. Public Health Grand Rounds
12. New faculty appointments and promotions
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1. CONGRATULATIONS
TO RECIPIENTS OF 2003
Congratulations to the following faculty for making
the Dean's List for Excellence in Teaching in the Clinical Sciences: Venkata Evani, M.D., Surgery, Good Samaritan Regional Medical
Center; Glen Yo Kishi,
M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center; Alan
I. Leibowitz, M.D., Medicine, Good Samaritan Regional
Medical Center; KeriLyn Morgan, M.D., Medicine, Good
Samaritan Regional Medical Center; and Kelly H. Roy, M.D., Obstetrics &
Gynecology, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.
Congratulations also go to
the following faculty for making the Dean's List for Excellence in Teaching by
a House Officer: Sonia Alvarez, M.D.,
Medicine, Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center; Kristin Solsrud,
M.D., Pediatrics, Phoenix Children's Hospital; and Virginia A. Stewart, M.D.,
Surgery, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.
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2. CLASS OF 2003 CONVOCATION & COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES
SET FOR MAY DATES
The
The
Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health class of 2003 includes
37 graduates. Convocation for all spring
2003 graduates of the Health Education Program, the Masters of Public Health
Program, and the Epidemiology Graduate Program will be on Sat., May 17, 9:30
a.m. at the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott in Tucson. Convocation speaker will be Mr. Mel
Zuckerman, benefactor for whom the College has been named. A brunch reception will be held immediately
following the convocation ceremony in the courtyard. To RSVP to the brunch, please call (520)
626-3200, ext. 107 or e-mail ottl@coph.arizona.edu
by May 7.
Graduation
for all colleges will be Sat., May 17,
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3. PHOENIX
MAYOR SKIP RIMSZA TO BE HONORED AT UA
Phoenix Mayor Skip Rimsza will be presented with a Community Service Award at
the UA College of Medicine convocation, Thurs., May 15,
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4.
The ASU Chapter of Fostering
and Achieving Cultural Equity and Sensitivity in Health Professions
(F.A.C.E.S.) was inducted into the
F.A.C.E.S. in Health
Professions began as a Pre-med Club at the University of Arizona College of
Medicine and some years later, and with much effort, became a statewide
organization with chapters at all three state universities. F.A.C.E.S. purpose is to provide educational
support and clinical experience for pre-health students, and to sustain
outreach and service to the community.
The group has created partnerships within the community as well as medical
centers throughout
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5. ABOR APPROVES CHARTER FOR THE
The Arizona Board of Regents
approved an agreement for the Arizona Biomedical Collaborative (ABC) for
education, research, and health policy at their April meeting in
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6.
“Turn Massive Debt into
Management of Debt” or “Does MD need to stand for Massive Debt?” Either way you
look at it, medical students graduate with an MD degree and with that
well-deserved title come a hefty debt thanks to student loans.
But the Arizona Medical
Education Consortium (AzMEC) is here to help with its
three-part series on dept management on Thursdays, May 15, 29 and June 5 from
A light meal will be served
from
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7. U.S. SURGEON GENERAL RICHARD CARMONA, MD, TO SPEAK TO
AHSC COMMUNITY MAY 16; TALK AVAILABLE TO
U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD, FACS, MPH, will deliver a talk to the AHSC
Community, Friday, May 16,
Reservations are required as
seating is limited. Please contact
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8. NEW INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS ASSOCIATION FORMING IN
The Arizona Interpreters and
Translators Association (AITA) held a charter meeting on
Membership is open to
professional interpreters and translators, ad hoc interpreters, Spanish
Bilingual Assistants, freelance interpreters and translators, and students of
interpretation and translation. The
charter membership for 2003 is $40.
The next meeting will be
Saturday, July 26, 9-11 a.m. at the University of Arizona Health Sciences
Center
For more information call
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9. MEDICAL
SPANISH WORKSHOP
What: Four-day
Intensive Conversational Medical
Spanish Workshop
Offers: tailored
to individual specialty needs; textbook-workbook; 10 audiotapes included; two
class levels. Course fee is $699;
residents RNs, NPs, PAs pay $599 and $100 discount
for all U of A Health Sciences Center (
Following is the 2003
class schedule:
June 13-16, U of AZ
July 18-21,
August 15-18,
Sept 19-22,
Nov. 14-17,
Nov 21-24, Hampton Inn
Downtown,
Dec 12-15, U of AZ
For more information or to
register, contact
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10.
"Preserving
The first Inaugural Andrew W.
Nichols, MD, MPH Rural & Border Health Policy Lecture Series is a special
pre-conference event on Monday, July 21,
This year's annual Rural
Health Conference is designed for everyone involved in rural health
policy-making, program development and dissemination, and practice delivery, to
come together to address how we can mend and extend the public health safety
net in rural Arizona. This year's conference themes include: Access to Health Care; Rural Disaster
Preparedness; Economics of Rural Health Care; and Public Health Enemy #1:
Obesity, Diabetes and Heart Disease.
The rural public health
safety net assures care for the poor and uninsured regardless of ability to
pay. Unfortunately, changes in the health care environment are shaking and
breaking this safety net. Because elements of the rural safety net are
interdependent, deterioration of one part adds stress to the others. With so
few providers in rural areas, the loss of even one can unravel the entire net.
Because the rural safety net is broad, many policies, programs and practices
support it directly or indirectly.
For additional information
contact Rebecca Ruiz at (520) 626-7946 or email: aruiz@rho.arizona.edu.
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11. PUBLIC HEALTH GRAND ROUNDS
Public
Health Grand Rounds: Sponsored by the
Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health in partnership with the
University of Arizona Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy and Center for Health
Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research. All presentations are teleconferenced to the
AHSC
TUESDAY,
MAY 6
“Proactive
Referral System: Fostering Collaborative
Relationships to Improve Patient Access to Services” by Pamela Powers, MPH, and
Mary Gilles, MD, Mel &
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12. NEW
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS
The
following individual has been awarded a faculty appointment to the AHSC
Walter
A. Forred, MD, clinical professor of family & community medicine
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