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Vital Signs

The school's magazine, Vital Signs, is published for and distributed to alumni, faculty, staff and friends of Boonshoft School of Medicine.

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Issues and Insights:
The Dean's Perspective

Dean Howard Part, M.D.Collaboration and community

Of all the aspects of academic medicine that make my job so rewarding, the opportunity to work with so many dedicated professionals who excel in their diverse fields has to be one of the most gratifying.

Some of our faculty are caring practitioners who devote their days to making life better for patients and their families. Some are outstanding educators who possess a gift for helping students master the science of medicine and the art of healing. Still others are brilliant scientists whose work expands and refines our understanding of human life in all of its infinite complexity.

And, as you will discover in this issue’s centerpiece feature on translational research, many of our faculty fulfill all three of these roles at once.

Also in these pages, we will introduce you to many other exceptional faculty, students, and alumni who are making a difference in the world and making their mark in the field of medicine. Like me, I hope you will find their stories interesting, informative, and even inspiring. From students breaking new ground over the radio waves to an alumnus leaving the ground far behind for a historic voyage into space, the individuals featured here are all exemplary in their own ways.

These stories highlight the importance of both personal initiative and productive collaboration. We are strongly committed to fostering both within the medical school, and I am thrilled to bring you such compelling evidence that our efforts are yielding results. Enjoy!

Howard M. Part, M.D.
Dean


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Vital Signs Archives

The Dean’s Perspective; What's Inside; Thirty years of opportunity: Horizons in Medicine inspires generations of health care professionals; After four decades, a continued passion for service; Time in the sun: New department ready for the spotlight; 2008 a banner year for sponsored fellowships; Why students need to be quick on their feet; Brain boosts for the young; Coming of (old) age in America: Boom or Bust? Health care at the crossroads: Where do we go from here? New building, new identity; 1,000 Words; Arthur Pickoff’s greatest hits: A musical medical career in six tracks; Lasers, explosions, and a new patent on precision; Award lets students, patients experience the power of pointed questions; A passion for research; Research takes fourth-year student from Syria to Stanford; From rowdy to respected: AOA initiates extend 100-year tradition; Golfing for a good cause; Students shine spotlight on important issues with annual events; Match Day; Graduation; Convocation; New Faces; Quietly leading the world: Debra Sudan and and the invisible art of organ transplants; The part that has to dream: Marvell Scott’s adventures on the field, on the air, and on call; Alumni; Reunion Weekend; Save the Date: Academy of Medicine Distinguished Guest Lecture; Team-building, trust, and triumph

  Fall 2008

Caring for Our Elders—It Takes a Small Urban Area; When the Connections No Longer Work: After Nerves Regenerate; Anatomy: The Foundation of Medical Education; Health Information Technology: “Patent Pending”; Profiles: Drs. Amy and Shawn Howerton, M.D.; Harry VanderWal, M.D.; and Karah Harvey; Advancement/Alumni; Class Notes; Match Day; Of Primary Interest; New Faces

 

Fall 2007

Enter the Hospitalist; Genetics and Nanotechnology; Tackle Nerve Deafness; Creating the Medical Education Facility for Tomorrow; Going Global; Profile: Lori Vavul-Roediger, M.D.; Advancement/Alumni; Class Notes; Match Day; Of Primary Interest; New Faces; Upcoming Events

 

Spring 2007

Leadership Role in Community Preparedness; Tip of the Scalpel: From Residency to Practice; Nurturing the Heart and Soul of Medicine; Lovin' the Skin You Are In; Profiles: Lynn Crosby, M.D., F.A.C.S., Dawn Wooley, Ph.D., and Katherine and Ben Radcliffe; Advancement/Alumni; Class Notes; Graduation 2006; Of Primary Interest; New Faces; Upcoming Events

 

Fall 2006

Volunteers say it's a Labor of Love; Brain Imaging to Improve Schizophrenia Treatment; Partners for Children; Technology: The Wave of the Future in Medicine; Faculty Profiles: Jack Gruber, M.D., and Jo Ann Ford; Advancement/Alumni; Class Notes; Match Day; Of Primary Interest; New Faces; Upcoming Events

 

Spring 2006

Transformational Gift; Emergency Medicine—25 Years of Community Service; On the Crisis Front Line; Behavioral Interventions that Work; Profiles; Advancement/Alumni; Reunion Weekend; Class Notes; Graduation Ceremony 2005; Of Primary Interest; New Faces; Upcoming Events

 

Fall 2005

Our National Treasure turns 75; Nowhere, USA... Undersupply of Doctors Met One Site at a Time; Gulf War Syndrome Research Reveals the Subtle Impact of Low-Dose Toxins; Why Good Programs Fail to Meet the Needs of Disabled Individuals; Addressing Substance Abuse Risks; Profiles; Alumni; Class Notes; Match Day; Of Primary Interest; New Faces; Upcoming Events

 

Spring 2005

Preparing the Research Mission for Tomorrow’s Discoveries; New Dual Degree Programs Integrate Education to Prepare Tomorrow’s Physician Leaders; Researchers Seek to Unravel a Central Paradigm in Cell Biology; Teaching Pathology: A Case of Unfolding Evidence; Faculty Profile; Advancement and Alumni; Class Notes; Of Primary Interest; New Faces; Upcoming Events

 

Fall 2004

Fate forms Unique Alliance: Theatre and Medicine; Medicine's Peripheral Brain; Clinic Confronts Childhood Obesity Epidemic;The Academy of Medicine: Envisioning the Future; Alumni Profiles—Team Physicians; Advancement and Alumni; Class Notes; Match Day; Of Primary Interest; New Faces; Upcoming Events

 

Spring 2004

Developing the Infrastructure for the Graying of America; Space Research Is Down to Earth; Learning Through Service: Awe, Medicine, and Education in Guatemala; New Endosvascular Techniques Promise to Improve Outcomes; Advancement and Alumni, Class Notes, Faculty Profiles; New Faces, Of Primary Interest; Upcoming Events

 

Fall 2003

Unlocking the Mysteries of Gulf War Syndrome; Team-Based Learning Develops Professional Skills; The "Perfect Storm": Drug Abuse Converges in the Heartland; Physicians and Soldiers, Too; Class Notes; Advancement; Alumni; Faculty Profile; Match Day; New Faces; Of Primary Interest; Upcoming Events

 

Spring 2003

Out of Africa and More: Trek for a Cause; Learning About the Cuban Approach to Health Care; Med Student Fear Factor: A Month of Medicine and Incredible Sights in Africa; International Learning Experiences 2001-2002; Preserving the Present, Envisioning the Future; Gene Laboratory Ushers in New Research Paradigm; From Toddlers to Teens: Meeting Mental Health Needs of Our Children; When Numbers Count: A Faculty Profile; Bosnia Ten Years Later: A Student Profile; Class Notes; Alumni; Class of 2002; Of Primary Interest; New Faces; Upcoming Events

 

Fall 2002

Reaching for the M.D.: A Field of Dreams; Thinking the Unthinkable: Responding to Terrorism; Alumni at Ground Zero; New Approach to Cancer Prevention; The New Curriculum: A Community of Learning; Alumni Profile and Notes; Advancement; Class Notes; Of Primary Interest, Upcoming Events

 

Spring 2002

The Neighbor that Flies; Going Virtual: Anatomy Creates Educational Resources for Tomorrow; The Healer as Artist—Carol Levine, M.D.; Advancement, Alumni Notes; Class Notes; Of Primary Interest, Upcoming Events

 

Fall 2001

The Dayton VA Medical Center Preserves a Rich Heritage of Service; New Sports Medicine Fellowship Up & Running; Student-to-Student: Awakening a Passion for Science; The PRIME Initiative: Preparing Doctors to Serve Communities; The Science Behind Premature Labor; Alumni News; Class Notes; Student Notes; Of Primary Interest; Upcoming Events

 

Spring 2001

After the M.D.; The Changing Marketplace of Medicine; Hyperbarics-New Depths of Understanding; Forensic Psychiatry: Where Law and Medicine Meet; Advancement; The Abouhassan Family; Class Notes; Of Primary Interest; Upcoming Events

 

Winter 2001

Children Benefit from Joint Efforts; The Weekend Intervention Program—A Ticket for the Road to Recovery; Wright State Receives $5.8 Million for Research on Gulf War Syndrome; Truth and Consequences: Medical Students Look at Teen Smoking from a New Perspective; Fordham Health Sciences Library: Treasures from the Past; Elizabeth Berry Gray Endows Chair of Surgery; The Center for Brain Research: Charting the Next Frontier; Faculty Notes; Student Notes; Alumni Class Notes; New Faces

 

Fall 2000

Students Extraordinaire—Marvell Scott, Elizabeth Leman, Heather Pfeffer, Marion Gregg; Simulated Patients—Almost the Real Thing; Wright State's Brain Research Investigates a Diversity of Structure and Function; Reach Out Teaches Lasting Lessons About the Value of Volunteerism; Mark Marinella, M.D.; Alumni; Advancement; Of Primary Interest

 

Spring 2000

Exploring Research as a Career; New Technique Enhances Clinical Decision Making; Unraveling the Mysteries of Cell Division; John Bullock, M.D.; Jennifer Green, Class of 2000; The Charter Class '80; Advancement; Dr. Jennifer James ('98); Scarecrow, by Laurie A. Bankston, M.D. ('99)

 

Winter 2000

25th Year In Retrospect; Turning On Light bulbs—Howard Part, M.D.; Psychiatry and Spirituality—Opposing Forces or Healing Partners?; Basic Research in Emergency Medicine Studies Brain Swelling; Surgeon General David Satcher Takes Times To Listen To Dayton's Youth; Public Lessons In The Science of Medicine; Al Batata, Chair, Department of Pathology; and Deb Hendershot, IDTL; The Charter Class: An Update; Faculty Notes

 

Fall 1999

Travel Medicine Center prepares Dayton for Global Health, Match Day:Rite of passage, Medical Innovations grant program, Parents—Again, Richard DeWall, John Beljan, Advancement, Of Primary Interest, New Faces

 

Spring 1999

Anniversary Issue Series: Community; The Founders' Vision, One Community's Story, The Bigger Picture—Community-Based Medical School with Heart and Soul, World View: A Sampling, Roger Pacholka, Phyllis Cole, Advancement, Of Primary Interest, New Faces

 

Winter 1999

Anniversary Issue Series: Creating a National Model for Medical Education; Nurturing the Qualities that make a Good Doctor, Vantage Points—Students, Basic Science Faculty, and Basic Clinical Faculty; Maurice Kogut, Lesley Meeker, Advancement, New Faces, Of Primary Interest

 

Fall 1998

Anniversary Issue Series: Building a Research Center of Excellence; Community-A solid foundation, Research Infrastructure, Form Follows Function, Community-oriented Research, Preparing Tomorrow's Researchers, The Model for Tommorow's Cures, Research Structure without Walls, Preparing for the Future, Dennis Moore, Deborah Vetter, Advancement, New Faces, Of Primary Interest

 

Spring 1998

Developing Tomorrow's Doctors; The Curriculum for Tomorrow; Compounding the Interest on Our National Sleep Debt; A Passage to India: "It will make you a better doctor"—Partha Banerjee, M.D.; Bringing National Recognition Home; Cheryl Mann, M.D.; Kelvin and Kalvin Wiley, Advancement, Of Primary Interest

 

Winter 1998

Changing the Face of Emergency Medicine in China; Teaching Family Medicine in a Small Town; Outreach Workers Advance Research Efforts; Medical Students Apply What They Learn; Screenings for Skin Cancer; Megan Baker; Lawrence Prochaska, Ph.D.; Of Primary Interest; New Faces

 

Fall 1997

Meet the Class of 2000; Trauma Training; Middle Ear Implants; Legal Issues in Elder Care; Health Risk Assessment; Linda Barney, M.D.; Advancement; Of Primary Interest; New Faces

 

Spring 1997

Aerospace Medicine; Electives—Enriching Student Experiences; New Cell Line; Volunteers Meet A Community Need; Graduate Medical Education; James Augustine, M.D.; Jan Austin, M.A.; Advancement; Of Primary Interest; New Faces

 

Winter 1997

Women in Medicine; Training Physicians: A Dynamic Process; Women's Health: An Emerging Field; Forming Supportive Networks; Kindergarten: Another Community to Serve; Profiles: Mary White, Ph.D., Faculty, and Stephanie Ours, B.A., Staff; Advancement; Of Primary Interest; New Faces/Appointments

 

Fall 1996


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