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UA College of Medicine - Phoenix Campus announces its new leadership board Donated
painting intended to inspire giving Time’s running out! Register now for Innovations in Medical Education event, May 11 Register now for, ‘Medical Ethics: The Moral Dilemma Facing Today’s Medical Discoveries’ ‘Wit Film Project’ seminar receives enthusiastic reviews; attracts interprofessional audience Spanish for the Medical Profession courses accepting registration Phoenix participants sought for new study of restful movement on blood pressure OSSAA receives UA Team Award for Excellence Have any staff issues or concerns? Attend the Staff Advisory Council meeting in Phoenix on May 21 Class of 2004 convocation & commencement ceremonies New faculty appointments and promotion UAHS Phoenix Campus announces its new leadership boardThe University of Arizona Health Sciences Phoenix Campus recently announced its new UAHS Greater Phoenix Leadership Board. The new 16-member board represents the health care, academic, scientific, corporate, and philanthropic communities nationally and locally. Board members support the mission of the UAHS by supporting the presence of a premier UAHS academic health sciences center in Maricopa County. The new members are: Betsy Bayless, director, State of Arizona Dept. of Administration; Kenneth Burdick, president, Public Sector, UnitedHealthcare; William (Bill) Carstens, retired real estate developer and investor; Monte Du Val, MD, founding dean, UA College of Medicine and past vice president for UA Health Sciences; Stephen A. Duzan, founder and former chief executive officer of Immunex Corp., which merged in 2002 with Amgen Corp.; Armando Flores, executive vice president of corporate business services, Pinnacle West Capital Corp.; Maxine Henig, philanthropist; Michael Kennedy, partner, Gallagher & Kennedy; Susan Levine, executive director, Hospice of the Valley; Jamie Matanovich, PhD, consulting psychologist; Rae McMillan, philanthropist; Kathern Plenge, MD, retired neurologist and former medical director of the Neurorehabilitation Unit at Barrow Neurological Institute; Joey Ridenour, executive director, Arizona State Board of Nursing; Richard (Dick) Silverman, board chair and general manager, Salt River Project; and Martha Taylor Thomas, counselor at law and educational consultant. The Surgeon General of the United States, Dept. of Health & Human Services, Richard Carmona, MD, also has agreed to join the UAHS board. His appointment is pending White House approval. The new board held its first meeting at the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix Campus on May 6. The members look forward to guiding the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix Campus as it establishes a UAHS academic health sciences center in downtown Phoenix, bringing to Phoenix a new paradigm in the way health care education is taught.
Donated painting intended to inspire givingThe stepped Navajo (Diné) symbol of the thundercloud represents moisture and rain, elements precious to the desert. This symbol and the colors of nature are used throughout “The Offering,” a painting by Navajo artist David Johns, to set a peaceful tone and natural approach to life, and represents what is good for all people, for survival and life. The Navajo see male and female in all of nature, and reason that it is male and female who keep the universe together. The 6-by-4-foot-6 painting is a gift from Phil and Juanita Francis to the UA Health Sciences Phoenix Campus intended to inspire giving to the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix Campus Scholarship Fund. The Scholarship Fund helps disadvantaged medical students in Phoenix so they can pursue an education in the art and science of medicine. “The Offering” is on display at its permanent home at the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix Campus, 4001 N. Third St., Suite 415. All are welcome to come by and see this inspiring work of art. To make a contribution to the Scholarship Fund, send a check payable to the University of Arizona Foundation — Scholarship Fund, and mail to UA Health Sciences Phoenix Campus, 4001 N. Third St., Suite 401, Phoenix, AZ, 85012 or call Shaun Brenton, development director at (602) 631-4619. Congratulations to recipients of 2004 Phoenix faculty teaching awardsPhoenix faculty teaching awards were announced at the April 12 faculty meeting. The award recipients are nominated and selected by the medical student body. Congratulations to: College
of Medicine Support Staff of the Year Clinical
Support Staff of the Year - Lifetime Award Clinical
Support Staff of the Year Dean’s
List for Excellence in Teaching by a House Officer House
Officer Educator of the Year Dean’s
List for Excellence in Teaching in the Clinical Sciences Clinical
Sciences Educator of the Year – Lifetime Award Clinical
Sciences Educator of the Year Elective
of the Year Outstanding
Achievement in Teaching by a Clerkship
National Women’s Health Week, May 9-15The Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and Families, and the Arizona Department of Health Services announce the fifth annual National Women’s Health Week campaign, May 9-15. The week-long event is a national effort to raise awareness about manageable steps women can take to improve their health. The focus is on the importance of incorporating simple preventive and positive health behaviors into everyday life. It encourages awareness about key health issues among women. To learn more about women’s health and research focused on women's health issues, visit the Web site of the National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health at the UA. This new center is one of six new National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health that provide integrated and comprehensive women's health services. The center’s Web site is www.womenshealth.arizona.edu.
Time’s running out! Register now for Innovations in Medical Education event, May 11The UA Health Sciences Phoenix Campus invites you to join the Third Annual Innovations in Medical Education on Tues., May 11, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Arizona Medical Association, 810 W. Bethany Home Road, Phoenix. The theme of the program is, “Laughter is the Best Medicine.” The Readers’ Circle will use comedy and drama to portray the complexities of academic life. Former nurse and stand-up comedian, Maria Patti, will direct the Readers’ Circle and discuss “Bringing Humor into the Classroom.” You won’t want to miss this important capstone event of the Best Practices of Medical Educators’ Series. Invite your colleagues and residents to attend as well. Seating is limited; please register by calling (602) 631-6558.
Register now for, ‘Medical Ethics: The Moral Dilemma Facing Today’s Medical Discoveries’The UA Health Sciences Lecture Series brings a new three-evening lecture program to the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix Campus in May. “Medical Ethics: The Moral Dilemma Facing Today’s Medical Discoveries” will highlight ethical issues in health care, and other social issues stemming from advances in technology and biotechnology. The program is on Wednesday, May 12, 19 & 26, 6-8 p.m. at the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix Campus, 4001 N. Third St., Suite 415. The cost to attend is $45, which includes light refreshments and a course booklet. Program topics are as follows: Wed.,
May 12, 6-8 p.m. Wed.,
May 19, 6-8 p.m. Wed.,
May 26, 6-8 p.m.
‘Wit Film Project’ seminar receives enthusiastic reviews; attracts interprofessional audienceThe "Wit Film Project" held at the UA Health Sciences Phoenix Campus on Friday, April 16, received excellent reviews from many who participated. The project is a national, innovative medical-training program using the Emmy Award-winning HBO film adaptation of "Wit," to advance education on end-of-life care. The seminar was a pilot project by the UA College of Medicine to investigate introducing the "Wit" film at the end of the third year of medical school. The
audience of 66 people represented a broad range of medical professionals
and non-medical participants from around Phoenix. Following
the 90-minute video-drama, which chronicles the end-of-life experiences
of Vivian Bearing, a professor with advanced ovarian cancer, played
by Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson, participants discussed their
reactions to the film in small interprofessional groups, and then
shared key insights and reflections to the group at large. The program
was teleconferenced to the AHSC Tucson Campus, which had participants
from the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy.
Does MD need to stand for ‘Massive Debt?’ Medical residents encouraged to attend debt management seminarThe Debt Management seminar is for medical residents only and is a three-part series on Thursday, May 13, 20 & 27 from 6-9 p.m. at GateWay Community College, 108 N. 40th Street in Phoenix. A light meal will be served at 5:30 p.m. The series will cover the following topics: What is your loan status?, How are you handling your dept?, How healthy is your credit?, Investment—when and how do you begin?, Are you planning to purchase a home or open a practice?, and Using Quicken for your personal finance. Sponsored by the Arizona Medical Education Consortium (AzMEC) and GateWay Community College, this program is designed for residents and will have no product or service being sold. It is taught by a staff with over 23 years’ experience in debt management. Each attendee will receive a free Quicken program. Pre-registration is required and space is absolutely limited. Residents must commit to all three sessions. To register or for more information, call (602) 631-6551.
Spanish for the Medical Profession courses accepting registrationSpanish for the Medical Profession will be offered in Phoenix from June 11-14 at the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix Campus, 4001 N. Third St., Suite 415, and in La Paz, BCS, Mexico from Oct. 9-16. The UA College of Medicine designated the Phoenix educational activity for a maximum of 43-45 hours of continuing medical education (CME) credit and the Mexico program for 66-68 hours of CME credit. Both programs are sponsored by the UA College of Medicine and offer an intensive, individually tailored, conversational and medical Spanish workshop consisting of medical dialogues, role-plays, visual aids, cross-cultural discussions, daily practice and evening study with work-books and tapes. The Mexico course also will offer small classroom groups for intensive personal attention, and interaction with local hospitals, clinics and “farmacias” and receive hands-on experience with local patients. The educational programs are targeted to physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, dentists, pharmacists and medical personnel. For more information, please call (520) 907-3318.
Phoenix participants sought for new study of restful movement on blood pressureResearchers associated with the University of Arizona’s Center for Frontier Medicine in Biofield Science are looking at the effects of gentle movements and breathing on stress and blood pressure. If your blood pressure reading is between 140 and 159, you may qualify to be involved in the new study. The study is free to those who qualify and qualifying participants will not be paid, but will receive training in the methods being examined and asked to give the movements a try for a month. The classes for movement instructions will be at the Arizona Cancer Center’s greater Phoenix location at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare. Blood pressure and other stress indicators will be monitored during the study, and it is possible that the program may help lower blood pressure. For more information, please contact Dr. Nancy Rizzo-Roberts, (480) 301-5393 nrizzoroberts@worldnet.att.net or Deb Ash Goode, (480) 391-7145.
OSSAA receives UA Team Award for ExcellenceThe Office of Student Services and Academic Affairs (OSSAA) at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health received the UA’s 2004 Team Award for Excellence. UA College of Medicine - Phoenix Campus Senior Program Coordinator for the College of Public Health, Jeanet Renaldi, is a member of the OSSAA. Renaldi coordinates the tri-university collaborative Arizona Graduate Program in Public Health in Phoenix. Nominations for this award were based on the important role that OSSAA played in the establishment of the Arizona College of Public Health, as well as for its ongoing support function of the College’s academic programs, student and administrative activities. The award includes a $1500 prize.
Have any staff issues or concerns? Attend the Staff Advisory Council meeting in Phoenix on May 21The UA Staff Advisory Council (SAC) will hold an information session on Friday, May 21, 2-3 p.m. at the State Relations Office, 4001 N. Third St., Suite 120. The meeting will address: promoting camaraderie amongst our staff, encouraging participation and membership and issues you want SAC to discuss. Refreshments will be served. Please e-mail Carolyn Eaton at ceaton@u.arizona.edu if you are interested in joining the meeting.
Class of 2004 convocation & commencement ceremoniesFriday,
May 14 Saturday,
May 15 • UA Commencement Ceremony, 9 a.m. at UA Arizona Stadium, main campus in Tucson
New faculty appointments and promotionsThe following individuals have been awarded a faculty appointment to the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix Campus: James
Balducci, MD, associate professor of clinical Ob/Gyn
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