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David Voran, MD, executive director of information technology, has scheduled several presentations about telemedicine and medical computing. On March 24, he was in Manhattan at the Rural Health Symposium sponsored by the Kansas Hospital Association. He will give presentations to the Miami County Health Association April 7 in Paola; the National Association of State Information Resource Executives in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 8; and at the "ABC Basic Seminars '97 &emdash; A Basic
Seminar Focusing on Telemedicine" in Kansas City, Mo., April 25.
Solomon Batnitzky, MD, professor and interim chair of radiology, was a visiting professor in the department of diagnostic imaging at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center of the Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel, March 3-10. He presented "The Radiology of Cervical Spine Trauma" to faculty, residents and students March 10.
Doody Publishing has selected two books by KU Medical Center faculty as award-winning health sciences books. The books will be listed in Doody's Rating Service: The Buyer's Guide to the 250 Best Health Sciences Books. The books are: Pathology for the Health-Related Professions, by Ivan Damjanov, MD, PhD, professor and chair of pathology and laboratory medicine, and Laboratory Text Handbook, fourth edition, by Rebecca Horvat, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine. Doody Publishing, an independent reviewer of health sciences and nursing books, received about 2,700 1996 copyright titles to review. The editorial staff polled publishers, health sciences professionals and librarians to arrive at the 250 best titles of 1996. The rating service book will be published in mid-May.
The department of anesthesiology will sponsor the 47th annual Postgraduate Symposium on Anesthesiology April 4-6 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Kansas City, Mo. Call continuing education, ext. 4488, for more information.
The division of cardiovascular diseases and internal medicine will sponsor the Kansas City Echocardiography Society Lecture Series, "Advances in 3-D and 4-D Imaging," from 6:30 to 8 p.m. April 8 at North Kansas City (Mo.) Hospital. Call continuing education, ext. 4488, for more information.
The department of ophthalmology will sponsor Eycon '97, "Ophthalmology: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," April 12 in Lied Auditorium. For more information, call continuing education, ext. 4488.
School of Allied Health and KU Hospital
Several staff gave hands-on presentations at the March 22 "Expanding Your Horizons 1997: A Conference in Science and Mathematics" for seventh- through ninth-grade girls at the Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Mo. Debra Collins, MS, assistant clinical professor of medicine and director of the Genetics Education Center, presented "Genes 'R Us." Lenna Levitch, MS, genetic counselor in obstetrics and gynecology, presented "Uncovering Your Designer Genes."
Lisa Stehno-Bittel, PT, PhD, assistant professor of physical therapy education, presented "Physical Therapy: A Hands-On Profession."
Staff at KU Medical Center will be among one of six groups participating in a "Girls to Women" program April 23. The nonprofit organization encourages girls to consider careers in math, science, and technology. The young girls will visit KU Medical Center and participate in hands-on labs about DNA, tour the cytogenetics lab, and hear from the following staff at KU about careers in the field of human genetics: Debra Collins, MS, assistant clinical professor of medicine and director of the Genetics
Education Center; Lenna Levitch, MS, genetic counselor in obstetrics and gynecology; and Diane Persons, MD, assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine.
Rick Kellerman, MD, chair and associate professor of family and community medicine and associate dean of primary care, is among 32 participants nationwide selected for the U.S. Public Health Service Primary Care Policy Fellowship for 1997. The intensive training program in Washington will provide an opportunity to better understand the dynamics of primary-care policy development, legislative processes and resource identification. The project's goal is to increase the capabilities of primary-care leaders to affect health policy at institutional, local, state and national levels.
An article, "Manager Leadership and Retention of Hospital Staff Nurses," by several School of Nursing faculty was published in the Western Journal of Nursing Research (1997), 19: 205-206. The authors are: Roma Lee Taunton, RN, PhD, professor; Diane Boyle, RN, PhD, assistant professor; Cynthia Woods, RN, PhD, former faculty; Helen Hansen, RN, PhD, assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing; and Marge Bott, RN, MSN, doctoral student.
Physical therapy education will sponsor "Topics in Geriatric Physical Therapy" April 5 in Wahl West Auditorium. Call continuing education, ext. 4488, for more information.
Diane Clark, director of patient affairs, was elected to the board of directors of the Wyandotte County United Way March 25. As part of her responsibilities, Clark will participate in a United Way Campaign subcommittee. He appointment is for two years. Dorothy Knoll, PhD, dean of student services, is also on the 38-member board, and she will complete her term next year.
Carol Fabian, MD, professor of medicine in the division of clinical oncology and medical director of the KU Cancer Center, presented "Selection of a Cohort for Breast Cancer Chemoprevention Trials Using Surrogate Endpoint Biomarkers" at the March 25 American Society of Preventive Oncology annual meeting in New Orleans. Co-authors on the study were Sahar Kamel, PhD, research assistant professor of medicine; Carola Zalles, a consultant with the National Cancer Institute chemoprevention trial; and Bruce Kimler, PhD, professor of radiation oncology.
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