Physical Therapy Program receives award for film
A 3-minute video produced by the UCD Physical Therapy Program recently
won a Bronze Telly Award. The film portrays CU physical therapy alumni
and teaching fellow Robyn Gisbert, MSPT, and her use of music and dance,
with her patients at a skilled nursing facility.
The video is available for viewing online at the PT Program’s website:
http://www.uchsc.edu/pt/alumni/profiles.htm
Catherine Romaniello named outstanding dietitian
Catherine Romaniello, MPH, RD, an instructor in the department of pediatrics
at the CU School of Medicine, has been named Outstanding Dietitian
of the Year by the Colorado Dietetic Association. Romaniello was recognized
for her outstanding, long-term commitment to public health nutrition in
the Denver metropolitan area and throughout Colorado.
For more than 20 years, Romaniello has been involved in statewide efforts
to include nutrition education in childhood learning settings as part
of an effort to reduce the obesity and diabetes epidemics in the nation.
Most
notably, at the University of Colorado Denver, she developed the Integrated Nutrition Education Program (INEP)
in the nutrition
section of the CU School of Medicine’s department of pediatrics.
The
program, made possible through a partnership with Colorado State University
and the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program (FSNE), teaches children
about healthy eating through integrated hands-on learning and classroom
food preparation.
“
Cathy Romaniello’s program has convincingly demonstrated that when
faced with positive, hands-on learning experiences associated with the new
foods, children will try and eat new foods, including vegetables,” said
Nancy Krebs, MD, chair of the nutrition section in the CU School of Medicine’s
department of pediatrics. “Her program also provides a wonderful example
of experiential or active learning that crosses over into other disciplines
including social studies, language, science and mathematics by way of
nutrition education and exposures to healthy foods.”
Over the next two years, INEP will reach 48 schools statewide and more
than 21,000 low income children and families who will then have access to
hands-on experiences that teach the benefits of a healthy diet that includes
fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products.
Joel Levine new chair-elect of American College of Physicians Board
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| Joel S. Levine, MD, FACP |
Joel S. Levine, MD, FACP, a University of Colorado School of Medicine
professor and senior associate dean for clinical affairs, recently
assumed the office of chair-elect of the American College of Physicians’ board
of regents.
Levine stepped into the new position on April 8, during the college’s
annual meeting in Philadelphia. After a one-year term, he will take office
as chair of the board of regents during the college’s annual session
in San Diego next year.
“
I am honored to have been elected to this position by my colleagues and
peers and will work to advance the ACP’s continuing efforts to promote
health care excellence,” said Levine, who is a professor in the CU
School of Medicine’s Division of Gastroenterology.
Levine is a graduate of SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and received his
medical degree in 1971. He completed his internal medicine residency training
at Tufts New England Medical Center and a fellowship in gastroenterology
at the CU School of Medicine. He is board-certified in internal medicine
and gastroenterology, and has been a Fellow of the American College of Physicians
(FACP) since 1982. He was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow from
1988-1989, working with U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.
Between 1997 and 2001, Levine served as the ACP’s Colorado governor,
and later served on its board of regents through 2006. He is chair of the
group’s membership committee, and serves on its marketing and communications,
health and public policy, and awards committees, chairing the latter
last year.
From 1995-2003, Levine was a member of Colorado Access’ health quality
improvement committee. He has been on the Kern Research Foundation’s
board of trustees since 1983, and was a member of the Colorado Medical
Society Health Affairs Council from 1995 to 2004, serving on its patient
and physician
advocacy committee from 1990 to 1993.
A fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association, Levine chaired
its public policy committee and was a member of its governing board’s
executive committee from 1996 to 2000.
Trey Causey named interim medical director of CeDAR
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| Dr. Trey Causey |
Dr. Trey Causey has been named interim medical director of the University
of Colorado Hospital’s Center for Dependency, Addiction & Rehabilitation
(CeDAR). Located on the University of Colorado Denver campus at Fitzsimons, CeDAR is the only premier residential
addiction
treatment facility in the Rocky Mountain region.
Dr. Causey replaces Dr. Robert J. Harmon, who died unexpectedly in February.
“
After Dr. Harmon’s untimely and tragic death, Dr. Causey assumed the
duties of medical director at CeDAR,” said Franklin Lisnow, the center’s
executive director. “Under his leadership and medical expertise CeDAR
has stayed well above its projections for the year and new medical programs
are in the process of development.”
Dr. Causey has worked at CeDAR since its inception in November 2005,
leading the development of the medical and psychiatric components of
the assessment and detoxification programs. He worked closely with Harmon
and
Lisnow to map out CeDAR’s future. Causey has recently led the charge
to add new programs for CeDAR’s patients, including a short-stay,
comprehensive diagnostic assessment program designed for professionals
with addictions.
The program is expected to open for enrollment in the next few
months.
The center currently offers a variety of treatment methods including
traditional 12-step meetings, group therapy, and individual counseling,
as well as family sessions, self-reflection, psychiatric assessment and
treatment, physical fitness and spirituality. Typically, patients will stay
at CeDAR for 30 days and, if needed, may also receive psychiatric treatment
for problems such as depression, bipolar disorder or post-traumatic stress.
In announcing Causey’s appointment, Dr. Robert Freedman, chair of
the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
said: “Since the opening of CeDAR, the program has treated more than
80 patients who are recovering from substance abuse. Dr. Causey has impressed
me with his rigorous grasp of the biologically based, evidence-supported
treatments for substance abuse, coupled with his genuine concern for
the person who wants to achieve recovery.”
Causey is a graduate of the Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon,
Ga., and completed his general psychiatry residency at the University of
South Carolina-Palmetto Health Alliance in Columbia, S.C. After completing
his addiction psychiatry training here in Denver at the CU School of Medicine,
he was hired as a faculty member. In addition to his duties at CeDAR, Causey
is a facilitator of the Caduceus Groups for recovering physicians, and a
member of the executive committee of the Colorado Nurse Health Program.
A national search for a permanent medical director at CeDAR is underway.
Please visit www.CeDARColorado.org for more information about the center
and its programs.
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