Dear colleague:
The Office of Medical Education hosted a half-day retreat on Monday, October 30, gathering about 150 faculty, staff, residents
Chancellor Don Elliman announced last week that Gov. John Hickenlooper has authorized an extra holiday for state employees and that University employees will be eligible for this additional holiday. Faculty and staff on the Anschutz Medical Campus may take either Friday, December
Congratulations to Jonathan Bowser, MS, PA-C, director of the Child Health Association Physician Assistant Program, on his election as president-elect of the Physician Assistant Education Association at the group’s national meeting in Denver last month. Jon has previously served three years as a director at large for the association. His term begins Jan. 1, 2018.
Congratulations to Emily Ambrose, MD, resident in the Department of Otolaryngology, on receiving a Back to Bedside grant from the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education, at the ACGME conference in Chicago in late October. Emily’s proposal, “Time to Teach: A Time-banking Initiative to Promote Resident Led Patient Education,” was one of 30 selected from 223 submissions. Emily’s faculty mentor on the project is Cristina Cabrera-Muffly, MD, assistant professor of otolaryngology. The ACGME Council of Review Committee Residents (CRCR) designed the “Back to Bedside” initiative to empower residents and fellows to develop transformative projects that combat burnout by fostering meaning in their working environments, engaging on a deeper level with what is at the heart of medicine: their patients.
A reception for President’s Medical Scholars was held last Wednesday, November 1, at the Denver Country Club. The event celebrates the more than 80 students we’ve recruited since the creation of the Presidential Scholarship program in 2010. The event also honors donors who have contributed to new named scholarships created since the Presidential Scholarship program was established. In 2010, CU President Bruce Benson’s office initially committed $2 million per year for five years and provided additional funding for two more years. Since then, more than 40 new named scholarships have been set up by donors. These four-year scholarships are a vital recruitment tool to encourage a diverse group of students to choose CU rather than other medical schools and we are grateful for the support. With the support for these scholarships, our School has been able to attract more students from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine. Prior to the scholarships, about 10 percent of students in the incoming class were from such backgrounds and now about 30 percent of the classes are. This year’s group of scholarship students is impressive and we welcome them to our School.
We offer condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Patti Thureen, MD, professor of pediatrics, who died October 23. Patti received an MD in 1979 from the University of Pennsylvania and completed residency and started her academic career at the University of Wisconsin. Patti worked at Children’s Hospital of Colorado and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, becoming a fellow in neonatology from 1988-91, after which she joined the faculty and rose to the rank of professor. A memorial gathering is planned at Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Anthony, Minn., in November and at Anschutz Medical Campus at date to be determined.
A reminder that the campus memorial for Richard Traystman, PhD, vice chancellor for research and Distinguished Professor of the University, will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, in Room 1102 of Education 2 South.
Have a good week,
John J. Reilly, Jr., MD
Richard D. Krugman Endowed Chair
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and
Dean, School of Medicine
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