Steven Ringel named new vice
president for UCH
Steven Ringel, MD, has been named vice president for clinical effectiveness
and patient safety of the University of Colorado Hospital, effective Jan.
2.
Ringel is currently a professor of neurology and director of the neuromuscular
section of the University of Colorado Denver’s
School of Medicine. He also serves as president of the hospital’s medical
board.
In addition to these responsibilities, he has authored a host of articles
concerning research, patient care, health policy, and patterns of practice.
He was recently named as one of Denver’s Top Doctors in 5280 magazine.
John Messenger awarded grant to
improve rural cardiovascular care
John Messenger, MD, associate professor of cardiology at the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Medicine
has been named one of 19 recipients sharing a $5 million grant from the Department
of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
The grant, awarded to projects designed to improve patient safety through
simulation research, will be used by Messenger and his team at UCD to
improve emergency treatment of heart conditions in Colorado’s rural
areas.
The program partners with Medical Simulation Corporation located in
Denver, a leader in simulation training and testing, to implement simulation
as a means of engaging and training rural health care providers to
treat heart attacks.
Simulation training allows these providers to re-create
potential
medical scenarios and attempt new procedures to determine best practice
outcomes that reduce medical errors and improve patient safety.
Because rural health care providers may be required to assume more
than one role in the event of an emergency, simulation training is
particularly useful.
Messenger plans to train personnel at eight rural hospitals
across
Northeastern Colorado and reassess the care of patients at these hospitals
following the intervention.
“This research project is exciting because it weds novel teaching and training
techniques using simulation training with an evidence-based educational curriculum,” Messenger
said. “The project focuses on front line responders in rural settings – mainly
family medicine physicians, paramedics, and nurses in rural hospitals. In these
settings, most health care providers tend to wear many hats and the multidisciplinary
team we’ve assembled reflects those different areas of expertise.”
The UCD School of Medicine team consists of Jack Westfall, MD, associate dean
of rural health, Cathy Jaynes, RN, PhD, an assistant professor in the School
of Nursing, along with cardiologists John Rumsfeld, MD, PhD, Fred Masoudi, MD,
MSPH, John Carroll, MD, and Andrew Klein, MD.
Anita D. Glicken is president of national organization
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| Anita D. Glicken, MSW |
Anita D. Glicken, MSW, professor of pedidatrics and interim director
of the Child Health Associate/Physician Assistant Program, was recently
installed as president
of the Physician Assistant Education Association’s Board of Directors at
the national meeting in Quebec.
The association represents 135 Physician Assistant Education Programs in the
United States.
CU Foundation CEO Wayne Hutchens receives award
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| Wayne Hutchins |
Wayne Hutchens, CEO of the University of Colorado Foundation, was
recently awarded the 2006 Del Hock Lifetime Achievement Award by
the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.
The award honors the individual wisdom, involvement and leadership
of an outstanding person who has set the direction of success for the
Denver Metro Chamber, and
has played a significant role in determining the destiny of the Denver metro
community. Hutchens dedicated leadership to job creation and sustainable
economic development has moved Colorado toward a position of global competitiveness.
In February of 2006 Hutchens was selected by the Board of Directors of the
University of Colorado Foundation to serve as its president and CEO. He was
previously chairman
of Chase Bank in Colorado.
Hutchens is well known for his service to the community. In addition to serving
on the Chamber board, he has served on the boards of the Colorado Forum,
the Colorado Outward Bound School, the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts
of
America, the Boulder Community Hospital, the Samaritan Institute, and as
chairman of the
Colorado Council on Economic Education.
School of Medicine dean becomes AAMC chair
Richard D. Krugman, M.D., dean of the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, began his one-year tenure
in October as chair of the Association of Amercian Medical Colleges’ (AAMC’s)
executive council.
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| Richard M. Krugman, MD |
Krugman, a pediatrician, has served as dean of the School of Medicine
since 1992. He is president of the medical school’s faculty practice
plan and is a former chair of the AAMC Council of Deans.
His medical career began in public service, with a two-year appointment
in the early 1970s to the federal Public Health Service at the National Institutes
of Health and the Food and Drug Administration. He then joined the CU School
of Medicine faculty in 1973 as an assistant professor of pediatrics. In 1980,
Dr. Krugman moved back to Washington, D.C., for one year to serve as a Robert
Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow and as a legislative assistant in the office
of Senator Dave Durenberger (R-MN).
An internationally renowned scholar in the field of child abuse, Krugman
served as director of the C. Henry Kempe National Center for the Prevention
and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect from 1981-1992. The center
is affiliated with the university’s department of pediatrics.
In decades of service to CU School of Medicine, Dr. Krugman, who is
now a professor of pediatrics, has held a variety of other positions,
including director of admissions, co-director of the Child Health Associate
Program,
director of the university’s state-wide rural health and education
programs, and vice chairman for clinical affairs in the department
of pediatrics.
Krugman earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and
his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He
completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at the CU School of
Medicine.
He is a former editor-in-chief of Child Abuse and Neglect: The International
Journal. He served on the board of Princeton University and is currently
on the boards of trustees of Denver Health Medical Center, the Academy
on Violence and Abuse, and the Kempe Children’s Foundation. He was
recently inducted into the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy
of Sciences.
September Employee of the Month
James Mileham, who works in the Fitzsimons Mail Center, was honored
as the September 2006 Employee of the Month.
“
Jim is a hard worker, but most of all he is an all-around great guy.
Jim states (that one should) always do a job above your ability - or don’t
do it at all.”
Barbara Mayberry, administrative assistant II, Mail Center
“ Jim always goes that extra mile for the customer.”
Nick Carranco, officer manager, Mail Center
“ Jim is a very hard working co-worker. Always goes out of his way to
do the job right. Jim is always friendly and considerate of others.”
Ruth Hernandez, administrative assistant II, Mail Center
Presentations
made to the Institute of Medicine
Judith Regensteiner, PhD, and Wendy Kohrt, PhD, recently presented
papers to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Workshop
on the Adequacy of Evidence for Physical Activity Guidelines Development.
Regensteiner, who is a professor at the School of Medicine and director
of the Center for Women’s Health Research, presented on Diabetes and
Other Metabolic Disorders, and Kohrt, who is a professor in the Geriatric
Medicine Division of the School of Medicine, presented on Bone, Joint,
and Muscle Health and Performance.
The workshop engaged expert research scientists and physical activity
practitioners from government and academia to explore where there is
a sufficient evidence base for the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services to proceed
in a more systematic way to develop a comprehensive set of physical
activity guidelines for Americans.
In addition, Regensteiner and JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD, associate director
of CWHR, have been invited to participate in the National Institutes
of Health’s
newly created Cardiovascular THINK TANK. The THINK TANK will help the
NIH more strategically focus its research and research dollars in the area
of
cardiovascular disease in women.
Medical student wins national cycling race
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| Amy, wearing number 411, pedals her way to victory. |
Second year medical student Amy Drumm won the Division II Women's Cross-Country
race at the 2006 Collegiate National Championship held Oct. 20-22 in
Angel Fire, N.M.
All national champions get a stars and stripes jersey they can then
wear at the next year's collegiate races. Drumm competed in the short
track race as well and received third place.
Drumm rode as a representative of the UCD Cycling Club - the only
member who qualified to go.
New director of institutional research
Christine Stroup-Behham, PhD, has been named the new director of institutional
research. She joins UCD Nov. 1.
Stroup-Benham most recently was with the University of Texas Medical
Branch (UTMB) in Galveston where she was the assistant vice president
of Institutional Analysis. She also held faculty appointments in the
Departments of Preventive Medicine & Community Health and Family Medicine.
Prior to her role as assistant vice president, Stroup-Benham was the
director in the UTMB Office of Institutional Analysis. Her responsibilities
included serving as the official source of university data to internal
and external constituencies including responding to state and federal
data requests (e.g., IPEDS, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board,
Legislative Budget Board and regional accreditation).
Additionally,
Stroup-Benham performed institutional and educational research, developed
reports for internal customers, created presentations for state and
regional professional conferences and supervised staff functions.
Stroup-Benham earned her PhD at UTMB in Preventive Medicine and Community
Health, a master’s in anthropology at the University of Houston
and her BA in anthropology from the University of Miami.
Her office is on the 10th floor of the Lawrence Street Center.
Colorado and Wyoming hospitals
recognized for organ donation rates
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) honored a record
11 Colorado and Wyoming hospitals for excellence in organ donation
at the National Learning Congress in New Orleans, La.
The HHS Medal of Honor is awarded to hospitals with at least
eight eligible organ donors and achieving a donation rate of at least
75
percent for any consecutive 12-month period between September 2004
and July 2006.
The awards, which are presented in conjunction with Donor Alliance,
Colorado’s federally designated organ procurement organization,
reflect the success of the National Organ Donation Breakthrough Collaborative,
an HHS initiative launched in 2003 to save and enhance thousands of
lives annually by spreading best organ donation practices to the nation's
largest hospitals. The national initiative provides hospitals and organ
procurement organizations with the tools and processes needed to dramatically
increase organ and tissue donation rates.
Because of the Organ Donation & Transplantation Breakthrough Collaborative
and efforts to improve organ donation rates throughout Colorado and
across the country, the following Colorado and Wyoming hospitals achieved
Medal of Honor status:
·
The Children’s Hospital
· Denver Health Medical Center
· The Medical Center of Aurora
· North Colorado Medical Center
· Poudre Valley Hospital
·
Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center
· St. Anthony Central
·
St. Mary’s Medical Center
· Swedish Medical Center
· University of Colorado Hospital
· Wyoming Medical Center
There are 93,000 people across the country and 1,600 in Colorado and
Wyoming waiting for an organ transplant. Together, a total of 431 organs
were transplanted from these hospitals between September 2004 and July
2006.
Donor Alliance is the federally designated non-profit organ procurement
organization serving Colorado and most of Wyoming. As a recognized
leader in facilitating the donation and recovery of transplantable
organs and tissues, Donor Alliance’s primary objectives are to
save and enhance the lives of others. To achieve these objectives,
Donor Alliance employs an effective family approach and recovery programs
in over 100 hospitals, and increases the awareness of the need for
organ and tissue donation through public awareness and education campaigns
in its service area. For more information, visit www.DonorAlliance.org.
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