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The membership of Alpha Omega Alpha honor society recently elected six honorary members. The new members are &emdash; School of Medicine faculty: David Preston, MD, professor of radiology; Alumni: Louis Wetzel, MD, class of 1982 and associate professor of radiology at KUMC, and Tom Coppinger, MD, class of 1962 and private internist in Kansas City, Mo.; Residents: Janet Campion, MD, former medicine resident; Therese Cusick, MD, third-year surgery resident (Wichita campus), and Eric Friskel, MD, former medicine resident.
Joseph Besharse, PhD, professor and chair of anatomy and cell biology, has resigned, effective June 30. Besharse, who came to KUMC in 1989 from Emory University, Atlanta, has accepted the position of professor and chair of cellular biology and anatomy at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. A reception in honor of Besharse's eight years of service to the School of Medicine and the department of anatomy and cell biology will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. June 17 in the Hixson Atrium. Michael Sarras, PhD, professor of anatomy and cell biology, will serve as interim chair of the department, effective July 1, while a national search is conducted to appoint a permanent chair. Sarras joined the faculty in 1982.
"A Synthetic Peptide Derived from Glycine-Gated C1- Channel Induces Transepithelial C1- and Fluid Secretion" co-authored by KUMC graduate students and faculty members was published in the May 1997 issue of the American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology. The authors are Darren Wallace, graduate student in molecular and integrative physiology; John Tomich, Kansas State University; Takeo Iwamoto, KSU; Kyle Henderson, graduate student in molecular and integrative physiology; Jared Grantham, MD, professor of medicine and biochemistry and molecular biology; and Lawrence Sullivan, PhD, professor of molecular and integrative physiology. Tomich, Iwamoto, Sullivan, K-State and KU Medical Center have submitted a U.S. Patent application for "A Synthetic Macromolecular Channel Assembly for Transport of Chloride Ions Through Epithelium Useful in Treating Cystic Fibrosis."
Jared Grantham, MD, professor of medicine and biochemistry and molecular biology, is the first recipient of the Jared J. Grantham Distinguished Achievement Award. Grantham, who is a co-founder of the Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation, was honored at the organization's annual meeting in St. Louis. This award is an ongoing tribute to Grantham's extraordinary contributions to the foundation and to polycystic kidney disease research. During the last few years, KUMC has received about $500,000 in research grants from the foundation. Since the foundation was started 15 years ago, it has directly funded more than $2 million in PKD research and influenced the funding of an additional $30 million to $40 million in research through its legislative efforts.
Jeffrey Reese, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics, presented, "Temporal and Spatial Expression of Neu Differentiation Factor (NDF) in the Mouse Uterus During the Peri-Implantation Period" at the May 3 annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Research in Washington.
Brooks Keel, PhD, associate dean for research and professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was named president-elect of the American Association of Bioanalysts (AAB) May 4. He also serves on the board of directors for the AAB, the national professional organization that represents the interests of bioanalysts and clinical laboratory management professionals, and the board of scientific advisors for the AAB's proficiency testing program.
At the May 17 School of Nursing Recognition Ceremony, Naomi King, RN, MS, and Beth Thompson, RN, MSN, both clinical instructors, were honored by the senior class. King was voted most outstanding nursing clinical instructor and received the Jayhawker, RN Clinical Award. Thompson was voted most outstanding nursing lecture instructor and received the Jayhawker, RN Lecture Award.
Hugh Mathewson, MD, professor emeritus of nurse anesthesia, received the Stata Norton Distinguished Teaching Award at the May 17 School of Allied Health Recognition Ceremony. The award recognizes one faculty member each year from the school who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession.
The hospital is seeking input from physicians and other clinicians for the upcoming automation of multidisciplinary patient assessment. Assessments for inpatients done by nursing, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation therapies, dietary and social work will be entered on-line in the Hospital Information System. Data will be retrieved on-line, just as vital signs and intake/output are today. The Assessment QMT, a multidisciplinary group, meets from 3 to 4:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month to determine what data will be input and how it will be retrieved. Additional input is being sought, especially from physicians who currently retrieve data from the manual assessment forms. The Assessment QMT is chaired by Kathy Robinson. In addition, hospital systems will meet individually with interested clinicians. Those interested, should contact Kathy Wright, RN, at ext. 7818 or at pager 7368, or Becky Bishop, RN, at ext. 6579 or at pager 7226. Wright and Bishop offer individualized instruction for anyone wanting to learn about using the Hospital Information System. New features that may be helpful to physicians and other clinicians are the availability of dictated reports on-line and "Quick Results," which provides a faster way to retrieve patient results.
Dictated reports are now available on the Hospital Computer System &emdash; SMS Invision. The reports include dictated history and physical reports, operative reports, consultation reports, discharge summaries and delivery reports. Reports automatically are sent to the computer system immediately upon being keyed. These dictated reports can be viewed on-line by first selecting a patient and then choosing the Display Results menu item or through the new Quick Results menu item listed on the physician's initial menu. The next phase of this project will allow the medical record department to distribute reports electronically via printer or fax. This will eliminate current manual sorting and mailing, and the turnaround time for report copies will be reduced. The reports will be electronically distributed to the dictating physician, attending physician, surgeon and referring physician. In order for reports to be distributed to referring physicians, the consent form on the back of the face sheet (Record of Admission) must be signed by the patient, or the physician must dictate at the end of the report the name of the referring physician. Rich Sahlfeld, director of the medical record department, indicated that the goal for the turnaround time for the reports to be displayed in the computer system is eight hours for history/physical and consultation reports and 24 hours for summaries and operative reports. This goal is dependent upon the outside transcription vendor meeting their contracted times. Those with questions should contact Theresa Jackson, ext. 2414.
The next Kansas Cancer Institute Research Round Table will be at noon June 3 in Lied Auditorium. William Kinsey, PhD, professor of anatomy and cell biology, will present "Role of the Fyn Protein Kinase in Egg Activation."
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