Ribbon
cut for Fitzsimons Parkway
The Fitzsimons Parkway made its official debut with ribbon-cutting ceremonies
April 17, opening to development another 200 acres north of the Health Sciences
Center campus. The parkway is expected to be completely open to traffic in May,
with an estimated 25,000 cars passing along its length every day.
UCH
evaluating alternative to open-heart surgery
The University of Colorado Hospital is participating in a Phase II clinical
study, evaluating a new percutaneous heart valve repair system to treat patients
with mitral regurgitation (MR), the most common type of heart valve insufficiency.
UCH is one of approximately 30 medical centers in North America that has been
selected to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of this non-surgical procedure
as part of the prospective, randomized, controlled, multi-center study called
EVEREST II (Endovascular Valve Edge-to-Edge REpair STudy).
Employees recognized:
Years of service, retirement, employees of the month and diversity
On April 20, a large crowd gathered at the Red Lion Hotel to celebrate the
honored employees of 2005. These employees included the 2005 Employees-of-Month,
retirees of 2005; and those who have been with the Health Sciences Center for
10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and even 35 years.
Tanning ads commonly
seen in high school newspapers
A small study found that nearly half of high schools in the Denver area contained
tanning advertisements in their newspapers, according to an article in the
April issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
UCD among nation’s
top-tier
research universities
The University of Colorado Denver is among the
nation’s top-tier research universities, according to a revised classification
system by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
School of Medicine rises in
national rankings
The primary care and pediatrics programs at the University of Colorado School
of Medicine have been ranked among the nation’s best, and are listed
in the top 10 in their categories in the 2007 edition of graduate school rankings
by U.S.News & World Report.
New Chronic Dialysis Unit to open
at
University of Colorado Hospital
A new outpatient unit for people who need regular dialysis therapy for kidney
failure will open in mid-April at University of Colorado Hospital. The unit
will be the first of its kind at the hospital and will provide continuity of
care from the outpatient to acute care setting.
Grant will provide an undergraduate
pre-health program
The Office of Diversity has received a grant for $132,950 from the State of
Colorado Office of Health Disparities to provide an Undergraduate Pre-Health
Program (UPP). The UPP is modeled after the successful Pre-Collegiate Development
Program for high school, first generation and/or ethnic minority students.
Cancer Center joins LIVESTRONG™ Survivorship
Center of Excellence Network
The University of Colorado Cancer Center (UCCC) has joined the Lance Armstrong
Foundation (LAF) in helping address the needs of the growing number of cancer
survivors in the United States through the LIVESTRONG™ Survivorship Center
of Excellence Network.
Vision
becomes reality as final
phase of planned construction begins
What is fast becoming one of the newest and most modern medical research and
patient care centers in the country will soon get even bigger and better.
The University of Colorado Denver held a commemorative
groundbreaking ceremony on April 10 to mark the beginning of the final phase
of planned construction at the Fitzsimons campus in Aurora. Seven new educational
buildings – including a new library and classroom facilities – began
construction this month as part of efforts to complete the vision of a premier
research, academic and patient care center in Colorado.
Roy
Wilson named new UCD chancellor
The University of Colorado Board of Regents unanimously voted on the president’s
recommendation to name M. Roy Wilson, MD, MS, as the new chancellor for CU’s
Denver and Health Sciences Center.
Wilson comes from the four-campus Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center,
where he has served as president since 2003. He will take the helm July 1 as
part of a five-year contract ending June 30, 2011.
Denise
Kassebaum appointed dean
of the CU School of Dentistry
Denise K. Kassebaum, DDS, MS, will officially take the helm of the University
of Colorado School of Dentistry on May 1, focusing her leadership on building
a bridge between dentistry and medicine for total patient care.
The CU Board of Regents approved Kassebaum’s appointment April 12 during
a regular meeting. Her appointment follows several years of leadership positions
in the CU School of Dentistry, including executive associate dean, associate
dean for academic affairs and chair of the division of oral diagnosis, oral
medicine and oral radiology.
