DMS Roundup - July 2002

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In this issue:

1. UPCOMING EVENTS

* 21ST AUDREY PROUTY MEMORIAL CENTURY RIDE AND FITNESS WALK, Saturday, July 13. Bike 25, 50 or 100 miles or walk a 5 or 10K loop through Hanover to support cancer research at Norris Cotton Cancer Center. Continental breakfast, afternoon barbecue, music, entertainment, camaraderie and prizes. Carbo-loading party with entertainment by the Deep Fry'd Blues Band on Friday night, July 12 from 5:30-8 p.m. For more information or to volunteer, contact Judy Durell at Judith.L.Durell@Dartmouth.edu or 653-0779.

2. DEPARTMENT ROUNDS AND SEMINARS

* MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS, Fridays, 8 a.m., DHMC Auditorium E.

*NEUROLOGY GRAND ROUNDS, Friday, 12 noon, DHMC Auditorium E.

* PHYSIOLOGY SEMINARS, Wednesdays, 4 p.m. (unless otherwise noted), NCCC Conference Room - Auditorium G.

* PSYCHIATRY GRAND ROUNDS, Tuesdays, 8:30-10 a.m., DHMC, Auditorium E.

* SURGERY GRAND ROUNDS, Wednesdays, 8 a.m., DHMC Auditorium G (unless otherwise noted).

* BIOMEDICAL LIBRARIES WORKSHOPS, 12-1:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted), Matthews-Fuller Library, DHMC 5th floor. To register or for more information, contact Karen Odato (Blitz or call 650-8562).

3. FACULTY AND STAFF

* T.Y. Chang, PhD, biochemistry, chaired the session, "Niemann-Pick C Disease and Intracellular Trafficking of Cholesterol," at the Lipoprotein Metabolism Conference of the Gordon Research Conferences in Meriden, NH, June 16-21.

* Lawrence C. Myers, Ph.D. biochemistry, described his recent studies in yeast, "The Regulation of Transcription by the 5' pre-mRNA Processing Machinery" at the EuroConference on Signal Transduction, Transcriptional Regulation and Chromatin Structure in Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy, May 31-June 5, and at the FASEB Summer Research Conference: Transcriptional Regulation During Cell Growth, Differentiation and Development in Saxtons River, VT, June 28.

* Lisa Schwartz, MD, and Steven Woloshin, MD, medicine and community and family medicine, presented, "Reporting Health Risks and Medical Statistics: A Practical Guide," at the Medicine in the Media symposium sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's Office of Medical Applications Research in Bethesda, MD, June 24.

* Jim Wrobel, DPM, MS, community and family medicine and surgery, served as chair for the scientific session titled, "Current Issues: Diagnosis, Medical, and Surgical Management of Peripheral Vascular Disease in Diabetes" at the American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, CA, June 14-18. He also presented "The Relationship between Organizational Process Characteristics and Diabetes-Related Foot Outcomes: The FootSAT" during the foot council's oral abstract session.

* The NH Dartmouth Family Practice Residency Program's residents acknowledged the following faculty members at their luncheon June 20: Cathy Pipas, MD, community and family medicine, received the Leadership Award and Allen Dietrich, MD, community and family medicine, and Diane Harper, MD, community and family medicine and obstetrics and gynecology, were given Role Model of the Year Awards.

4. STUDENTS

* Newly elected student government officers are Seth Crockett '03, president and Todd Burdette, '04, vice president.

5. PROMOTIONS

* The following faculty members were promoted to professor, effective July 1: David J. Bzik, PhD, microbiology, Thomas A. Mellman, MD, psychiatry, Justin D. Pearlman, MD, medicine and radiology, Michael J. Sateia, MD, psychiatry, Andrew J. Saykin, PsyD, psychiatry and radiology, Marc Cendron, MD, surgery (urology) and pediatrics, Ann-Christine Duhaime, MD, surgery (neurosurgery), Eugen B. Hug, MD, medicine (radiation oncology) and pediatrics, Paul D. Manganiello, MD, obstetrics and oynecology, Richard I. Rothstein, MD, medicine, James D. Sargent, MD, pediatrics and community and family medicine.

* The following faculty members were promoted to associate professor, effective July 1: Craig L. Donnelly, MD, psychiatry and pediatrics, Laura A. Flashman, PhD, psychiatry, Dean R. Madden, PhD, biochemistry, Norman B. Berman, MD, pediatrics, Pamela I. Ellsworth, MD, surgery (urology) and pediatrics, Leslie H. Fall, MD, pediatrics, Mary P. Fillinger, MD, anesthesiology, Stuart R. Gordon, MD, medicine (gastroenterology), Richard P. Morse, MD, pediatrics, Ann E. Perry, MD, pathology and medicine, Athos J. Rassias, MD, anesthesiology, William J. Rosen, MD, surgery (ophthalmology), Jeffrey S. Shenberger, MD, pediatrics, William B. Weeks, MD, psychiatry and community and family medicine.

6. ANNOUNCEMENTS

* The Dartmouth Kosova Project welcomes Vjosa Zelneullah and Vlora Ademi from the University of Prishtina Medical School. They will visit DMS August 3-31 and are available during that time on blitzmail.

* DMS news releases are on the web at dms.dartmouth.edu/news/.

* Recent faculty publications are posted at dms.dartmouth.edu/news/publications/faculty_pubs/

7. OPPORTUNITY

* AMERICAN FRONTIERS: A PUBLIC LANDS JOURNEY invites medical personnel to be a part of history. The America's Backyard Expedition is a 10-week odyssey as two teams head out on July 31, one from the Mexican border, the other from the Canadian border, and hike, bike, canoe, ride horses and atv's through America's public lands. National Geographic, an official sponsor, will follow the trek on their cable and web channels along with major media. They are recruiting the following medical professionals:

* 2 - 4 (MDs, physician assistants, EMTs, recent medical school graduates) to provide general, sports and emergency medical support to 10 trekkers and 28 support team members. Emergency transport vehicles will be provided. The commitment runs from July 22 through October 1. Training is in Salt Lake City beginning July 22. Departure is on July 28. The expedition ends in Salt Lake on September 31.

If interested, contact the expedition coordinator directly asap.
David Mensing:

* ENTREPREURIAL TRAINING TO ENHANCE RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY, evenings at the Tuck school in the fall 2002 semester. A 6-session mini-course to provide basic education in entrepreneurship and starting new ventures addressing fundamentals in major areas of conceptualizing and launching a successful new business. Open to anyone eligible for a Dartmouth.edu or Dartmouth.alum.org email address. Class size is limited. For additional information contact:

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