News from the School of Medicine-Kansas City and Wichita
News from the School of Medicine-Kansas City
News from the School of Medicine-Kansas City (cont.)
News from the School of Nursing
News from the School of Allied Health
News from the Kansas Cancer Institute
News from the KU Medical Center Bookstore
News from University Relations
News from the School of Medicine-Kansas City and Wichita
The opening session for first-year student orientation will be from 9 to 11:15 a.m. Aug. 5 in Battenfeld Auditorium. Executive Dean Dean Deborah Powell, MD, will address the class.
News from the School of Medicine-Kansas City
H. Clarke Anderson, MD, Harrington Professor of Orthopedic Research and professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, was chair of the National Institutes of Health GRM-02 study section fellowship special emphasis panel July 13 and 14 in Chevy Chase, Md.
John Neuberger, DrPH, associate professor of preventive medicine, has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Radon Section of the Health Physics Society.
Curtis Klaassen, PhD, professor of pharmacology and toxicology, was the plenary lecturer at the first Asian Society of Toxicology meeting June 29 to July 1 in Yokohama, Japan. While in Japan, Klaassen also lectured at the University of Tokyo.
Joan Hunt, PhD, professor of anatomy and cell biology, has accepted an invitation from the National Institutes of Health to serve on the human embryology and development-1 study section. She previously served the study section from 1992 to 1996. Her new term will last through 1999.
Several faculty in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology are co-authors of recently published articles in Digestive Diseases and Sciences. Ervin Eaker, MD, associate professor of medicine; James Gordon, MD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland; and Stephen Vogel, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville, are the authors of "Untoward Effects of Esophageal Botulinum Toxin Injection in the Treatment of Achalasia" published in the April 1997 issue. G. Nicholas Verne, MD, University of Florida; Judith Sallustio, University of Florida; and Eaker, are the authors of "Anti-Myenteric Neuronal Antibodies in Patients with Achalasia: A Prospective Study" published in the February 1997 issue. George Goldin, MD, private practice; Marek Marcinkiewicz, MD, Poland; Thomasz Zbroch, MD; Leonid Bityutskiy, MD, Russia; Richard McCallum, MD; professor and division director; and Jerry Sarosiek, MD, PhD, research professor, are the authors of "Esophagoprotective Potential of Cisapride: An Additional Benefit for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease" published in July 1997 issue.
With grants from the School of Medicine, executive vice chancellor’s office and office of primary care, the Mobile Medical Unit was brought to Nicodemus during the town’s 119th Emancipation Celebration July 25-27. Nicodemus is an African-American town located in Graham County, 59 miles northwest of Hays. The population of the tiny town swells from 31 to between 700 and 1,000 during the celebration. Nicodemus was founded in 1877 by former slaves from Kentucky. Last year, the town was designated a national historic site. The unit, operated by the Center for Environmental and Occupational Health, is a 53-foot semi-trailer truck that has been outfitted for medical examinations and tests.
Douglas Girod, MD, assistant professor and vice chair of otolaryngology, presented "Osteocutaneous Radial Forearm Free Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction" at the 30th annual Head and Neck Cancer and Reconstructive Surgery meeting June 17-21 at the University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Barry Festoff, MD, professor of neurology and director of the Neurobiology Research Laboratory (NBRL) at the Kansas City, Mo., Veterans Affairs Medical Center, was an invited lecturer at the Institut für Neurobiochemie, Otto-von-Guericke University Medical School in Magdeburg, Germany (former East Germany). His lecture was "Thrombin and its Signal Transduction Pathway in the Life and Death of Neurons." Festoff's host was Professor Georg Reiser, director of the Institut. KU Medical Center has a formal exchange program, which is administered through the international studies, with this medical school. Festoff was the first KUMC faculty member to visit. Reiser will visit KU Medical Center in October. "In addition, Festoff visited the Laboratoire de Plasticité Cérébrale at the Université de Montpellier in France, where he presented an informal seminar on "Thrombin and Metabotropic Glumate Receptors in Hippocampal Synaptogenesis" to Professor Max Recasens and his colleagues. Festoff and Bruce Citron, PhD, research assistant professor of neurology and also of the NBRL, edited a book, The Synapse, in Health, Development and Disease, published by JAI Press. Also, Festoff, along with collaborators in Paris, published the following paper (A. Pindon, M. Jandrot-Perrus, M. Verdiere-Sahuqué, D. Hantaï and Festoff) "Novel Localization and Expression of Active Surface Thrombomodulin in Mouse Brain Astrocytes," Glia 19:259-268, 1997). Other papers in press are: "Characterization of Apoptosis in a Motor Neuron Cell Line," Spine (in press), 1997, I. Smirnova; Citron; Paul Arnold, MD, professor of surgery; S. Zhang; and Festoff, all members of the NBRL. "Apoptotic, Injury Induced Cell Death in Cultured Murine Motor Neurons," Neurosci. Lett. (in press), 1997, Citron, Zhang, Smirnova and Festoff. "Efficacy of Recombinant Insulin-Like Growth Factor I in a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized, Parallel Treatment Trial in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis," Neurology (in press), 1997, E. Lai, K. Felice, Festoff, M. Gawel, D. Gelinas, R. Kratz, M. Murphy, H. Natter, F. Norris Jr., and S. Rudnicki. The last paper was part of the North America IGF-I ALS study group.
News from the School of Nursing
Julie Hagemaster, RN, PhD, assistant professor, recently returned from the 41st International Institute on the Prevention and Treatment of Dependencies in Cairo, Egypt. She gave presentations on "Substance Abuse Prevention: Community Connections" and "Use of Therapeutic Touch in Treatment of Addictions." The first was based on statewide efforts in substance abuse prevention funded by her CSAP Faculty Development grant, and the second was based on the results of her research project funded by the American Nurse Foundation.
Pat Wahlstedt, RN, MSN, assistant dean of continuing nursing education, is the author of a book chapter, "Transfer of Learning Strategies: Clinical Ethics for Nurses," published in Transferring Learning to the Workplace, Jack Phillips, series editor, and Mary Broad, editor. The publisher is the American Society for Training and Development, 1997. Her co-author is Cheryl Hall Harris.
News from the School of Allied Health
Respiratory care education has moved its offices from 4013 Hinch to 4001-4007 Delp.
John Ferraro, PhD, professor and chair of hearing and speech, was notified that the Lenexa Sertoma Club raised $6,000 in scholarship funds for speech-language pathology and audiology graduate students.
Tom Davis, CRNA, MAE, assistant professor of nurse anesthesia, taught a continuing education program, "Conscious Sedation," for registered nurses in Parsons June 16.
News from KU Hospital
Joyce Olson, RN, MS, former pediatric clinical nurse specialist and associate professor in the School of Nursing, died July 19 in Youngsville, Pa. Olson, 62, had worked at KU Medical Center for 26 years. She retired in June 1995. There will be a memorial service for her at 4 p.m. July 30 in Spencer Chapel. An endowed scholarship in her name has been set up at the Kansas Nurses Foundation, 700 S.W. Jackson, Suite 601, Topeka, KS 66603-3731. Olson was born April 22, 1935, in Warren County, Pa. Her 40-year career in pediatric nursing including service at hospitals and medical centers in Indianapolis; Rochester, N.Y.; and Denver. Her special interest areas centered on spina bifida and pediatric diabetes. She authored and co-authored several articles, and she was a contributor to Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing and Pediatric Nursing Care by Scipien, Chard, Howe and Barnard. She was board certified in diabetes education. She served as past president of the Kansas State Nursing Association in 1978, and she was named Kansas Nurse of the Year in 1977. In 1991, she received the Excellence in Clinical Practice Award from the Delta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau. In 1995, she received the Nursing Peer Excellence Award in Pediatrics from KU Medical Center.
The Rev. Jennie Malewski was elected secretary of the Kansas Association of Chaplains for l997 and 1998. She will also serve on the executive committee of this group for the fifth year. The association represents more than 300 chaplains, chaplain volunteers, CPE supervisors and chaplain students from over two dozen hospitals, hospices and prisons in Kansas. She also has been accepted as a member of the Association for Death Educators and Counselors for l997 and 1998.
News from the Kansas Cancer Institute
The Kansas Cancer Institute’s next research round table seminar will be at noon July 29 in Lied Auditorium. Victor Eduardo Ilabaca Plaza, MD, MPH, professor and researcher, University Center of Health Sciences at the University of Guadalajara, will present "Epidemiological ‘Panorama’ of Cancer in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean: Description and Analysis of the Evolution of Different Types of Cancer, its Distribution by Region and Regional Risk Factors."
News from the KU Medical Center Bookstore
The KU Medical Center Bookstore will conduct a drawing for two tickets to the Aug. 14 Kansas City Chiefs vs. Carolina Panthers game. Those interested should register in the bookstore prior to
5 p.m. Aug. 11. One entry per person. The winner will be notified Aug. 12.
News from University Relations
University relations has moved from 1007 Hinch to B711 KU Hospital and 1007 Hixon. The following staff are in the hospital location (former police administration office): Randy Attwood, director, ext. 5240; Tom Bassing, Topics editor, ext. 7284; Van Buckley, media coordinator, ext. 5246; Sharon Hartbauer, photographer, ext. 5260; and Carol White, administrative assistant, ext. 5240. The following staff have offices in the Hixon location: Amy Bennett, Faculty Report and Bulletin editor, ext. 5258, and Rosemary Hope, science writer and Weekly Calendar editor, ext. 5247.
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