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2005 Newsletters
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Page 2: UCSD Medical Center News - Medical Center Rounds; Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Medical Center: “Who is making all that racket?”
Page 3: UCSD Medical Center News – Staff Salary Plan Approved; New 2005 Revised Multiple-Dose Vial MDV Policy.
Page 4: JCAHO Update - National Patient Safety Goals Comparison Chart 2004 – 2006
Page 5: Arts in Harmony Health Fair; UCSD Medical Center Receives Medal of Honor; Foster Parents Needed; Sixteen-Year Old Thanks Shiley Eye Center for Brightening her Mother’s World; Congresswoman Davis Visits UCSD Student Run Free Clinic.
Page 6: 20th Annual UCSD Healthcare All Staff Dinner Dance Photos.
Page 7: Preuss Students Reflect on Their Experiences in the HIP Summer Program.
Page 8: Burns Will Lead New Division in EH&S; Kremer is Assistant Director of Professional Services; Murphy Heads New Position for Cardiovascular Programs; UCSD CME Calendar; Contracts and Grants.
Page 9: UCSD Community Pediatrics Celebrates New Location With an Open House.
Page 10: 19th Annual Peter W. Lampert Memorial Lecture; Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series; Free Financial Freedom Workshop; Trip to China is Part of Collaborative Effort; Da Vinci Robotic Technology; Medical English Students Practice by “Talking Shop.”
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Page 2: UCSD Medical Center News – Medical Center Rounds; JCAHO Contest Winner; Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Medical Center - “What’s going to happen to me?”
Page 3: UCSD Medical Center News –Wayne is Director of Nursing for Thornton Hospital; “Get With the Guidelines” Stroke Forum; New 2005 Revised Multiple-Dose Vial (MDV) Policy; Congratulations to UCSD Runners in the Rock-N-Roll Marathon; Dial 2-1-1 for Free Access to Health Information and Referrals.
Page 4: Faculty News – New SICU Medical Director; New Medical Director, Medicine for Seniors; Contracts and Grants.
Page 5: Research Round-Up – Blood Test Measuring Oxidized Fats is Powerful Heart Disease Indicator; Shingles Vaccine Proves Effective; Skin Sampling Test for Detecting Prostate Cancer; Golden Armor Suggests New Way to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Infections; A Vaccine Approach to Treating Parkinson’s Disease; Where Life’s Memories Are Stored; UCSD School of Medicine and Partners to Establish Cross-Border HIV/AIDS Training Program.
Page 6: New Resident Physician I/Interns 2005-2006.
Page 7: New Resident/Fellows 2005-2006; Schuckit Honored by Research Society on Alcoholism.
Page 8: UCSD School of Medicine Alumni Reunion Weekend; UCSD Team Delivers Medical Aid to Earthquake Victims; DMAT San Diego CA-4 Responds to Threat of Hurricane Dennis; UCSD Medical Center is New Spirit of the Barrio Sponsor; Retirement Celebration Harrell; Credit Scores and Identity Theft are Topics in Upcoming Employee Wellness Programs.
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Page 2: University of California, San Diego Medical Center News – Medical Center Rounds; Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Medical Center – Our Helpfulness on the Telephone.
Page 3: University of California, San Diego Medical Center News – Internal Tracer Teams Play Significant Role in Continuous JCAHO Compliance; Test Your Knowledge of the 2005 National Patient Safety Goals and Win a $50 Gift Certificate; UCSD Medical Center Joins National Campaign to Save 100,000 Lives Through Health Care Improvement; Laparoscopic Hysterectomy.
Pages 4 and 5: 2005 Recipients of Nursing Excellence Awards.
Page 6: National Hospital Week and Nurse Recognition Week.
Page 7: UCSD School of Medicine Graduation 2005; UCSD School of Medicine Award Recipients.
Page 8: Faculty News – Akiskal Receives Major National Prize; Three UCSD Scholars Elected to Prestigious National Academy of Sciences; Varki is Named Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Wagner to Lead American Thoracic Society; Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Associated Students Honor Faculty Excellence.
Page 9: Faculty News – Schuckit is Gold Medal Award Winner; Gleeson is Winner of Clinical Scientist Award; Contracts and Grants; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 10: Research Round-Up – Protein’s Role in Stopping Bacterial-Induced Inflammation; New Findings for Type of Fatal Epilepsy; Unexpected Lock and Key Mechanism Found for the Assembly of Tumor Blood Vessels; Volunteers Sought for Clinical Study for Short Stature.
Page 11: Pharmacy Home Infusion Service Celebrates Opening of New Cleanroom; FITSCo to Oversee University of California’s 403(b), 457(b), and DC Plans.
Page 12: Survival Guide Safety Tips for the 4th of July and Summer; Artificial Disc Offers New Option for Back Pain; UCSD Medical Center Employee Wellness Committee Programs; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Public Forum; Biomedical Ethics Lunch Discussion.
April/May 2005
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Page 2: University of California, San Diego Medical Center News – Medical Center Rounds; Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Medical Center – Recognizing Our Patients’ Family Needs.
Page 3: University of California, San Diego Medical Center News – JCAHO Update – 2005 Revised JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals; New Hospital Compare Website Measures Performance.
Page 4: University of California, San Diego Medical Center News – DVD Filmed at UCSD Wins CINE Golden Eagle Award; Evacuation Techniques and Disaster Training; UCSD Medical Center Employees Really Lose It; UC Reaches Tentative Contract Agreement with Service Workers Union; Echon Retires After 35 Years.
Page 5: Faculty News – In Memoriam: Eric Arthur Wahrenbrock, M.D.; Wynshaw-Boris Named Executive Editor of Human Molecular Genetics; Contracts and Grants; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 6: Department of Radiology Installs a State-of-the-Art MEG System; Aryan Receives David Cahill Fellowship; 11th Annual San Diego Heart Failure Symposium; Cancer Center Dedication Letters of Congratulation.
Page 7: Research Round-Up – Vital Step in Cellular Migration Described; Grant Addresses Critical Need for Geriatric Psychiatrists; Alzheimer’s Cognitive Decline Slowed in UCSD Gene Therapy Patients; Progression to Alzheimer’s May be Delayed by Drug; More Than One in Four Workers Will Be Uninsured in 2013.
Page 8: Warning Signs of Stroke; Couch-Potato Marathon is Fundraiser for UCSD Huntington’s Disease Center; Volunteer Appreciation Day; Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series.
Page 1: Cancer Center Dedication Ceremony Set for April 8; UCSD
Welcomes New Chancellor; JCAHO accepts Survey Response; “Heart of San Diego”
Gala Honors Sulpizio Family; Science Research Park Breaks Ground; Site
Review for Baby Friendly Hospital Status. Page 2: UCSD Healthcare News – Medical Center Rounds;
Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare: How can we make our
patients feel safe? Page 3: UCSD Healthcare News – 2005 Random Unannounced
Surveys, Fixed Components Approved by JCAHO; PIPS Department Takes
Educational Programs to Staff. Page 4: Faculty News – Eichenfield Elected to Board of
Directors of American Academy of Dermatology; Hayden is Emergency Medicine
Program Director of the Year; Tsien Receives Neurosciences Prize; Faculty
Notes; UCSD CME Calendar; Contracts and Grants. Page 5: Research Round-Up – UCSD Begins Sudden Deafness Study;
New Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Traffic Jam on Axon Highway
Occurs Early in Alzheimer’s; Mouse Model to Test Therapies for Macular
Degeneration; Specialized, Rare Heart Stem Cells in Newborns Have Potential
for Replacing Damaged Tissue; Titanium Debris Sabotages Artificial Joints. Page 6: Jacobs Retina Center: Clinical Trials Update; Italian Wine
Tasting to Benefit the Ratner Children’s Eye Center. Page 7: Women and Cardiovascular Disease: a Silent Epidemic; Division
of Biostatistics Changes Name; Donate Life California Organ & Tissue
Registry; Research Round-Up: African-American and Hispanic Twins
Needed for Study; Women with PCOS at Increased Risk for Liver Disease. Page 8: UCSD Healthcare News - Employee Service Awards; April
Workshop Will Present Information about Social Security; Customer Comments;
UCSD Medical Center Volunteer Receives Special Award; 2004 Quilt Drawing
Winners.
February 2005 Page 1: Page 2: UCSD Healthcare News: Medical Center Rounds; Improving
the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare. Page 3: UCSD Healthcare News: Wayne is Interim Director of
Nursing for Thornton Hospital; JCAHO Update: UCSD Healthcare Plan for
Continuous Survey Readiness Self-Assessment Methods and Tools; JCAHO
Universal Protocol/Time Out Clarification. Page 4: Craig Assumes New Role; 2004 Employee Opinion Survey Results
Shared with Staff; H*WORKS Teams Move Ahead; Saria’s Internship Takes Him to
Washington; 4th Annual Kyoto Laureate Symposium; Cancer Center Update;
Sadler Wins Bronze Medal in International Film Competition. Page 5: Research Round-Up: Cryoablation Trial Studies
Arrhythmia Treatment Option; Macular Degeneration Patients Benefit From
Self-Management Training; Pro-Inflammatory Protein Contributes to Crohn’s
Disease; Protein’s Gene-Silencing Role in Development of Nervous System;
Current Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Contaminated; More Homeless Mentally
Ill Than Expected; Molecular Pathway Turns a Juvenile Heart into an Adult
Heart; Pro-Inflammatory Enzyme Linked to Diabetes. Page 6: Faculty News: Brown is Inaugural Holder of Lansche
Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology; Jeste Selected for Prestigious
Psychiatry Award; Dugan Joins UCSD as Hillblom Chair in Geriatrics; UCSD CME
Calendar; Contracts and Grants. Page 7: UCSD Brings Digital Mammography to San Diego; UCSD to Undergo
Site Review for Baby Friendly Hospital Status; Shiley Eye Center Physicians
Invited to the Philippines; Call for Volunteers. Page 8: UCSD Healthcare Staff Help Tsunami Victims; Colbert is
“February” in African American History Calendar 2005; Nutrition After Cancer
Conference Offers Important Food for Thought; Biomedical Ethics Seminar
Series; Retirement Congratulations.
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Page 2: UCSD Healthcare News: Medical Center Rounds; New Assembly Bill Recognizes Domestic Partner Rights; Emerick is Respiratory Therapist of the Year; Snyder New Director of Performance Improvement, Patient Safety.
Page 3: UCSD Healthcare News: Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare; 2004 Holiday Celebrations.
Page 4: UCSD Healthcare News – JCAHO Update: JCAHO Survey Response; How to Place a Facilities Service Request; Use of Unapproved Abbreviations; “DO NOT USE” Abbreviation List.
Page 5: Faculty News: Dixon Receives ASBMB-Merck Award; Thal Named to State Stem Cell Oversight Committee; New Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education. Research Round-Up: New Role for Drugs in Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerosis; Novel Therapy Reverses Airway Scarring and Inflammation.
Page 6: Contracts and Grants; UCSD CME Calendar; NCI Grants Workshop.
Page 7: Customer Comments; First Board Certifications in Pharmacy Specialties; Pain Management DVD Fulfills State Mandate for Physician Education on Terminal Care; Congresswoman Davis Tours Moores UCSD Cancer Center.
Page 8: City Council Resolution Honors UCSD Birth Center; MADD Red Ribbon Baby 2005; Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series; Call for Volunteers; Retirement Congratulations; Did You Know…?
Page 1: Message from the Vice Chancellor; First Director of College of Integrated Life Sciences; Donald and Darlene Shiley Give $4 Million to Support Alzheimer’s Research at UCSD.
Page 2: JCAHO Update: Moving Forward with Continual Survey Readiness; Holmes Named to Statewide Stem Cell Commission; Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare: Concern for our Patient’s Privacy.
Page 3: Schwimmer is Elected Chairperson for Pediatric Obesity Interest Group; Ross is Honored with Mentorship Award; Attend the UCSD Healthcare Executive Leadership Program; UCSD CME Calendar; Research Round-Up: “Night Owl” Research Study Looks for Possible Genetic Causes; Effective Treatment for Unusual Fever Syndrome Caused by Cold Exposure.
Page 4: Disaster Drill at UCSD Medical Center; Shiley Eye Center Hosts Advance Screening of “The Polar Express.”
Page 1: $30 Million Gift From the Skaggs Institute for Research Supports UCSD School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; UCSD Stroke Center is First in San Diego to Receive Certification from National Healthcare Commission; UCSD Healthcare Receives Accreditation.
Page 2: UCSD Healthcare News - Medical Center Rounds; New Clinical Laboratory Scientist Training Program Begins at UCSD Medical Center; Congratulations to the JCAHO Contest Winners; Employee Opinion Survey 2004 Update.
Page 3: UCSD Healthcare News - Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare: Keeping the Patient Informed; Supervisors Academy Class of 2004 Celebrates Graduation.
Page 4: UCSD Healthcare News - UCSD Healthcare Names First Full-Time Hospital Chaplain; Privacy of Medical Records and Protected Health Information (PHI); Neonatal ICU Disaster Drill; Coping with Illness During the Holidays; Halloween Contest Winners.
Page 5: How to be Holiday Stress Hardy – Tips from the UCSD Healthcare Employee Wellness Committee on Managing Holiday Stress; Your Stress Less Holiday “Bill of Rights;” Holiday Job List; Holiday Tips for Helping Family Members with Impaired Memory, Behavioral Problems.
Page 6: Faculty News – Geyer Elected Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science; New Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs; Howell Receives First UCSD Mentorship Award; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 7: Faculty News – Kelly is Appointed Director of Division of Perinatal Medicine; Kaushansky and West Named to Institute of Medicine; New Assistant Dean for Educational Development and Evaluation; Contracts & Grants.
Page 8: Research Round-Up – UCSD School of Medicine is Coordinating Center for National Alzheimer’s Neuroimaging Initiative; Brain Cell Transplants Correct Muscle Spasms After Aneurysm Surgery; Major Grant will Support Study of Bipolar Patients; Gene for Joubert Syndrome Discovered; Diabetes Prevention Study Seeks Patients.
Page 9: Cancer Center Update – Building for a Cure; Councilman Peters Tours Cancer Center; 18th Annual Peter W. Lampert Memorial Lecture; Annual Quilt Drawing to Benefit UCSD Infant Special Care Unit; Golf Fore Arthritis Tournament.
Page 10: Team UCSD at 13th Annual Heart Walk; Award Winning Television Show Features UCSD Faculty and Staff; Mark Your Calendar for the All Staff Holiday Meals; Bannister Family House Receives Donation; Adopt-A-Family Program Can Brighten Holidays; Surge Capacity Tent on Display; Easter Hat Parade Benefits Children’s Cancer Research.
Page 1: Countdown to JCAHO Survey; CPOE Expands to Hillcrest and aEMR Project is Kicked Off; UCSD School of Medicine Admits New Class of Leaders Scientists, Humanitarians; UCSD SPPS Welcomes Thirty Future Pharmacists; Chancellor Fox Gets Acquainted with UCSD Healthcare.
Page 2p: pUCSD Healthcare News – Medical Center Rounds; Employee Service Awards.
Page 3: UCSD Healthcare News– Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare: Sensitivity to the Inconvenience that Hospitalization Can Cause; Initiative for Improving Recruitment and Retention and Reducing Premium Labor Costs Gets Underway; Trauma Pin Commemorates Twentieth Anniversary.
Page 4: JCAHO Update – Hand Hygiene: The Key to Preventing the Spread of Disease/Infections; Accountability; Win a $50 Gift Certificate; Revised Multiple-Dose Vial (MDV) Policy; In a Nutshell; Highlights of Performance Improvement and Patient Safety.
Page 5: Faculty News – Kolodner is Appointed Associate Director of Laboratory Investigations for the Ludwig Institute; Faculty Notes; UCSD CME Calendar; Contracts and Grants.
Page 6: Research Round-Up – San Diego Prevention Research Center Will Study Latino Health Issues; Strep Bacteria Uses a Sword and Shield to Fight Immune System; New Anti-Inflammatory Strategy for Cancer Therapy; Degree of Hippocampus Damage Determines Effect on Spatial and Recognition Memory; Rihana is Manager of Nutrition Services.
Page 7: Customer Comments; Polley Receives Second Grant for Massage Therapy; Reaching Out to Older Adults Devastated by Advanced Macular Degeneration.
Page 8: UCSD Extension Clinical Trials Intensive Five-Day Workshop; Benn Wins Three Medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games; UCSD Cardiovascular Center Raises Nearly $80,000 at “All Hearts on Deck;” EyeMobile for Children Begins its 4th Year at Schools.
Page 1: Top Pharmacist at NIH Joins UCSD in New Position as Pharmacist in Chief; Scioscia is New Senior Medical Director, UCSD Medical Center; Preuss Students Experience the World of Medicine Firsthand.
Page 2: UCSD Healthcare News – Medical Center Rounds; How to Address our Patients’ Emotional and Spiritual Needs; Employee Opinion Survey
Page 3: UCSD Healthcare News – Preuss Students Essays
Page 4: JCAHO Update – 2004 JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals; Improving the Patient Experience: Safety, Quality, Outcomes, and Satisfaction.
Page 5: JCAHO Update – Infection Control Update: West Nile Virus; New Audit Tool for Improving Patient Care; Revised Multiple-Dose Vial MDV Policy.
Page 6: 19th Annual UCSD Healthcare All Staff Dinner Dance Photos
Page 7: Faculty News – Akiskal Inducted into the French National Academy of Medicine; Heichel and Silva Join Shiley Eye Center Faculty; Morris will Lead California Thoracic Society; Faculty Notes; UCSD CME Calendar; Spector is Appointed Associate Vice Chancellor for University Communications.
Pages 8-9: Contracts and Grants
Page 10: Research Round-Up – Mystery of Centromeres, the Genetic Machinery for Proper Cell Division, Solved; Sustained Remission in Schizophrenia is Possible in Some Patients; Pediatricians Overlook Kawasaki Disease in Extremes of Pediatric Age Ranges; Under-Recognized Condition Important in Treatment of High Blood Pressure; UCSD Researchers Are First to Demonstrate Molecular Link Between Inflammation and Cancer; Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Nucleus Shown by UCSD/VA Medical Researchers.
Page 11: Customer Comments; Mortimer Joins Moores UCSD Cancer Center as Deputy Director for Clinical Oncology; Stocks is Named Executive Director of Lifesharing; Comprehensive ALS Center Opens in Hillcrest.
Page 12: Conference Focuses on Uninsured Children; Forum on Obesity in Children and Adolescents; Discovery Health Channel Episode Filmed at UCSD Nominated for Award.
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UCSD Trauma Center Celebrates Twenty Years of Achievement; Two Generations Receive Life-Changing Surgery at Shiley Eye CenterPage 2: UCSD Healthcare News - Medical Center Rounds; Nail and Hammer News
Page 3: UCSD Healthcare News -Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare; 2004 Employee Opinion Survey is Coming; First Annual Residents, Fellows, and Alumni Day at Shiley Eye Center
Page 4: JCAHO Update - Infection Connection; Medical Staff Standards; Vice Chancellor Holmes Participates in Tracer Team Review
Page 5: Faculty News - Kipps is Named to Endowed Chair in Cancer Research; Madani Receives 2004 VFW Award for Outstanding VA Employee; Pretorius is Selected as American College of Radiology Fellow; Faculty Notes; UCSD CME Calendar
Page 6: New Resident Physician I/Interns 2004-2005; New Resident Physician I Pharmacy
Page 7: New Resident/Fellows 2004-2005
Page 8: Research Round-Up - Finding About Pathogen in Newborns May Aid Vaccine Development; Donepezil May Have Short-Term Benefit for Mild Cognitive Impairment; Cellular Stress is Critical to Cell Growth and Immune Response; Detailed Description of Staph Infection; Mitochondria in Spinal Cords is ALS Target; Nerve Cells Successfully Regenerated Following Spinal Cord Injury; Pfizer Scholars in Pain Management Program
Page 9: Lung Transplant Recipient Honors Donor with Special Tree; Picnic Raises Over $40,000 for Pediatric Fund
Page 10: ISCC Celebrates With Annual Little Grad Picnic; UCSD Arthritis Center to Hold Golf Fore Arthritis Tournament and Auction; Doula Program Receives Grant Renewal; October 2004 Multiple Sclerosis Bay to Bay Bike Event; Biomedical Ethics Seminar
Page 1: 108 Men and Women Graduate from UCSD School of Medicine; Expansion and Renovation of UCSD’s Biomedical Library Slated to Begin with July 20 Groundbreaking Ceremony; UCSD Medical Center Programs Rank Among the Nation’s Best; Assemblymember Kehoe Visits UCSD Dialysis Unit.
Page 2: UCSD Healthcare News – Medical Center Rounds; Electronic Medical Record to be Implemented; Hillcrest Emergency Department Improves Patient Flow with Urgent Matters Program; Congresswoman Susan David Met With UCSD Stroke Center Experts; Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare: Who Really Answers the Patient Satisfaction Surveys Anyway?
Page 3: JCAHO Update – JCAHO Top Ten Compliance Tips; Management of Information; “Do Not Use” Abbreviation List; 2004 JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals.
Page 4: JCAHO Update – JCAHO, Human Resources, and Tracers; Revised Multiple-Dose Vial MDV Policy; Pain Score is Viewed as Fifth Vital Sign.
Page 5: UCSD Healthcare News – Farewell to Dr. Smith; 2004 UCSD School of Medicine Awards.
Page 6: Faculty News – Joan Heller Brown Appointed Chair of Pharmacology; Manecke is Named Interim Chair of Anesthesiology; Ganiats Serves as Interim Chair of Family and Preventive Medicine; Dunford is Honored by AHA; Faculty Notes; UCSD CME Calendar/
Page 7: Research Round-Up – UCSD Center for Human Genetics/Genomics Formed to ID Novel Diagnostics and Therapies; On-Screen Smoking by Movie Stars Leads Young Teenage Girls to Smoke, Says Moores UCSD Cancer Center Study; Estrogen Therapy Does Not Reduce Dementia Risk; Pfizer Scholars in Pain Management Program.
Page 8: Letters & Customer Comments; Cancer Center Update; Lung Transplant’s Unsung Hero.
Page 9: Sleep/Rocking Chair Donated to ISCC; Lung Express Comes to Preuss Sixth Graders; UCSD Surgeons Perform First “Domino” Liver Transplant in San Diego County; Promising New Technique in Pancreas Transplants; UCSD Departments Rank High in NIH Awards; UCSD TV – People and Pets: Common Diseases – Thyroid Disease.
Page 10: Emergency Department Nursing Courses and Certificate Offered at UCSD Extension; UCSD Extension Offers Two Master’s Programs; DMAT Workshop in L’ivi, Ukraine; UCSD Regional Burn Center Luau for Burn Survivors; Dinner Dance Committee at Work.
Page 1: Mamie Gonzalez Named Principal Exemplary Staff Employee of the Year; Ann Malo Named Exemplary Staff Employee; UCSD Healthcare Salutes Nursing Excellence at Award Ceremony - Diane Wiskus is 2004 Nurse of the Year; Twenty Nurses are Recognized for Their Outstanding Accomplishments; Regents Approve Planning for New Cardiovascular Center and Thornton Hospital Expansion; DeMaria is Named Director of New Cardiovascular Center.
Page 2: Medical Center Rounds; Smith is Leaving Position as Senior Medical Director at UCSD Medical Center; Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare – Patient Satisfaction Scores Are Up.
Page 3: UCSD Healthcare News – National Hospital Week Celebrates UCSD Healthcare Faculty and Staff.
Page 4: UCSD Healthcare News – FY 2005 Staff Healthy Future Incentive Plan Offers Bigger Cash Opportunity; Lansche Family Endows Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology at UCSD’s Shiley Eye Center; Just the Facts –About UCSD Healthcare – Did You Know?…
Page 5: UCSD Healthcare News – UCSD Healthcare Salutes Nursing Excellence.
Page 6: JCAHO Update – Recent Changes in Provision of Care System; Pharmacy Update – New Multiple-Dose Vial (MDV) Policy.
Page 7: JCAHO Update – Patient Rights and Organizational Ethics
Page 8: Faculty News – Emr Elected to AAAS; Tsien Wins Wolf Prize; Beck Receives Award from American Dental Association; UCSD CME Calendar…faculty notes…
Page 9: Research Round-Up – Preliminary Results are Promising in Alzheimer’s Gene Therapy Trial; Lack of Vigorous Exercise Cited as Primary Factor in Adolescent Obesity; Fatty Liver Disease Different in Obese Children than in Adults; Sleep Apnea Treatment Could Reduce Auto Accidents; Fibrin Depletion Decreases Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms.
Page 10: Live Video Feed Connects Dance Students with the Art of Knee Surgery; Virtual Reality May Help Ease Pain of Burn Victims; Damon Runyon Fellowship Award; Annual Research Review from Stein Institute on Aging.
Page 11: UCSD Resident Rahul Jandial Receives Coveted AANS Award; JCAHO Infection Control Update; Customer Comments; Nurses Breakfast; High School Students Learn About Careers in Radiology.
Page 12: Bannister House Celebrates Tenth Anniversary; Biomedical Ethics Seminars; Join the Wellness Walkers; Garcia Retirement.
May 2004 pdf version of entire newsletter
Page 1: UCSD Dedicates Leichtag Biomedical Research Building; UCSD School of Medicine Among Nation’s Best in Graduate Programs; UCSD Medical Center Recognized Nationally for Increasing Organ Donation; Fox is Appointed Chancellor of UCSD; JCAHO Spring Cleaning Weeks Have Begun.
Page 2: UCSD Healthcare News - Medical Center Rounds; Office Reorganization in Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Brings Big Changes; Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare – And the Survey Says…
Page 3: UCSD Healthcare News – The Nurse’s Role in Patient Safety; JCAHO Word Search Contest; 2004 JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals; Occupational Therapy Month; National Health Access Week Recognizes Admissions Staff.
Page 4: Faculty News – New Clinical Faculty at Moores UCSD Cancer Center; Cavenee is Named NFCR Fellow; In Memoriam: William L. Ashburn, M.D.; faculty notes…
Page 5: Faculty News – Queen’s University, Belfast, Honors Barrett; Gonias is New Chair of Pathology; Reznik is Named 2004-2005 ACE Fellow; Wasserman Receives Distinguished Service Award; Gathering of Department of Medicine Past Chairs.
Page 6: Lactation Room Now Available in Basic Sciences Building; Shiley Eye Doctors Reach Out to Tijuana; Rose Planting Ceremony Celebrates Organ Donation; May is American Stroke Month; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 7: Research Round-Up – Genetic Time Bomb Can Lead to Heart Failure; Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy Re-Educates Body’s Immune Response; Nail and Hammer News.
Page 8: Cancer Center Update; In Memoriam: Debi Taylor; Biomedical Ethics Seminars; 11th Annual Bannister House Golf Tournament; MADD Press Conference at UCSD Medical Center.
April 2004 pdf version of entire newsletter
Page 1: DRG Assurance® Program: The ABCs of DRGs; National Doctors’ Day Celebrates UCSD Healthcare Physicians of the Year; Burn Center Says Goodbye to Rudy; CMM West Named for Nobel Laureate George Palade; UCSD Med Students “Matched” in Residency Training Programs Throughout U.S.
Page 2: UCSD Healthcare News – Medical Center Rounds; Employee Service Awards; Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare – Part IV: Patient Call Backs
Page 3: JCAHO News – Spotlight on Management of the Environment of Care; Tracer Team Members; JCAHO Review of Personnel File Documents
Page 4: JCAHO News – Spring Cleaning Weeks; Infection Control Reminder
Page 5: JCAHO News – “Do Not Use” Abbreviation List; JCAHO Contest Winners; What to Do in Case of an Unannounced Survey Visitor
New Director of Nursing Education, Development and Research; New Director of Department of Risk Management
Page 6: Faculty News – Jeste Named Director of SIRA; Richman Named to Riford Chair for AIDS Research; Thal to Receive One of Neurosciences Highest Honors; New Members Elected to UCSD Academy of Clinician Scholars; UCSD CME Calendar
Page 7: Faculty News – Weinreb is Honored at UCSF; West Discusses Oxygen in London
Page 8: Mechanism Leading to Life-Threatening Infection Identified; Cancer Center Update; An Update from the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Food Survey Study is Recruiting Volunteers; UPTE Election Results; CVC “Heart of San Diego” Award
Page 9: (Continued from page 1) DRG Assurance® Program: The ABCs of DRGs; Match Day 2004
Page 10: 19th Annual UCSD Healthcare All Staff Dinner Dance; Cancer Center Launches Online Appointment Request System for New Patients; Biomedical Ethics Seminars; First Annual Nurturance Award; Disaster Drill at Thornton Hospital
March 2004 pdf version of entire newsletter
Page 1: 2003 Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Awards; Pediatric Gastroenterology Trains Second Physician from Kenya; Employees Participate in Employment Advertising Campaign.
Page 2: UCSD Healthcare News – Medical Center Rounds; Answer in the Form of a Question; The Mira Mesa Clinic is Moving to a New Location; Some Financial Wellness Tips from the UCSD Healthcare Wellness Committee.
Page 3: UCSD Healthcare News – Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare; Two Patient Satisfaction Pilots Underway; JCAHO “Top Ten” Compliance Tips; UCSD Healthcare Employee Wellness Program, For the Health of It April Program.
Page 4: Faculty News – American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Inducts Meunier; Resnik Receives Lifetime Achievement Award; UCSD Training Program in Geriatric Mental Health Receives Rare Perfect Score from NIMH; UCSD CME Calendar. Research Round-up – HIV Infection Higher than Expected Among Pregnant Tijuana Women.
Page 5: Customer Comments; Coronary Care Unit Enjoys Art Exhibit by UCSD Artists; UCSD Medical Center is Part of National Collaborative to Increase Organ Donation Rates; Cancer Center Update – Building For a Cure.
Page 6: Mobile Research MRI Coming to Hillcrest; Nominate a Colleague for the 2003/04 Exemplary Staff Employee of the Year Program; Watch UCSD on the Discovery Health Channel; Save the Date…Breakthroughs in Diabetes Care During Pregnancy; China-California Biomedical Alliance is Topic of UCSD Symposium; Ride4AIDS to Benefit UCSD Research and “Being Alive San Diego.”
Page 1: UCSD Dedicates New Glaucoma and Retina Centers; UCSD Regional Burn Center Receives Quilts for Patients; Customer Comments; UCSD Healthcare Participates in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade.
Page 2: UCSD Healthcare News - Medical Center Rounds; Hospital Administrative and Professional Employees to Vote on Possible Unionization; Customer Comment; UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest, Emergency Department Has New Look and Improved Services
Page 3: UCSD Healthcare News – Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare; UCSD Healthcare Employee Wellness Program, For the Health of It March Program – Budget 101; Nail and Hammer News.
Page 4: Getting Ready for JCAHO 2004 –The New Tracer Methodology; JCAHO Survey Preparation; Are You Wearing Proper Protection?
Page 5: Getting Ready for JCAHO 2004 – Requirements for Meeting National Patient Safety Codes. New Director, Department of Performance Improvement and Patient Safety; New Pharmacology, Chemistry and Biochemistry Departmental Affiliation; Patient Evacuation Training; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 6: Faculty News – Carson is Recipient of Two Prestigious Awards for Cumulative Research Achievements and Drug-Discovery Work; In Memoriam – Paul Jagger, M.D.; In Memoriam – Robert Oden Stuart, II, M.D.; Goltz is Honored as Mentor.
Page 8: Lifesharing Celebrates the “Gift of Life” at the San Diego Marathon; UCSD Receives More than $92,000 from Las Patronas; UCSD Participates in Komen 3-Day Event; Test Your JCAHO Knowledge and Win Movie Passes; Save the Date – Renowned Cancer Pain Expert to Lecture; Filner Visits PET Center.
December 2003/January 2004 Newsletter pdf version of entire newsletter
Page 1: 2003 Highlights; “An Evening With…Friends” Benefits Academy of Clinician Scholars.
Page 2: Medical Center Rounds; JCAHO 2004 – Getting Ready to Shine; Improving the Patient Experience at UCSD Healthcare Series.
Page 3: UCSD Healthcare Employee Wellness Program, For the Health of It: A Wellness Calendar to Help You Maintain Your Health Goals; PACS Makes Radiographic Images Immediately Available; FY 2004 Staff Healthy Future Incentive Plan Offers Bigger Cash Opportunity; Department of Orthopaedics Changes Name; MADD Red Ribbon Baby of the Year is Born at UCSD Medical Center; Prematurity Awareness Day Benefits March of Dimes.
Page 4: Holiday Celebration Photos
Page 5: Nail and Hammer News; American Heart Association Honors Barrett-Connor with 2003 Research Achievement Award.
Page 6: Shiley Eye Center Welcomes Two New Physicians; Gallo Named Interim Chief of Dermatology; Varki is First Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Training; CMM Faculty Awards; In Memoriam: Joyce C. Rapaport; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 7: Firestein Reappointed Chair of FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee; Contracts & Grants; Research Round-Up – Children’s Genetic Factors Determine HIV Progression; National Study Seeks Cause of Baffling, Fatal Disorder.
Pages 8 and 9: 2003 Highlights
Page 10: Inaugural Medical Meeting at New Joan and Irwin Jacobs Retina Center; “Hats Off” to Easter Parade Event for Cancer Research Support; Quilt Drawing Winner Passes on the Gift.
2003 Newsletters
Page 1: In a Time of Crisis, the Work Goes on; Respiratory Care Department Wins National Achievement Award; Thornton Hospital Turns Ten.
Page 2: In a Time of Crisis..(photos)
Page 3: ..the Work Goes on; Improving the Patient Experience; Retirements.
Page 4: Halloween Costume and Pumpkin Carving Contest Winners at Hillcrest and Thornton; Reception Welcomes New Hospitalists.
Page 5: Employee Opinion is a Tool for Improving Workplace Environment; Contracts and Grants.
Page 6: Thornton Hospital Turns Ten (con't); Nail and Hammer News.
Page 7: Faculty News: UCSD Scientists Among Most Cited Researchers in Past Twenty Years; Weinreb Named President of AIGS; Hoyt Named Interim Chair of Surgery; Moossa Has New Role as Associate Dean and Special Counsel to the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences; Customer Comment.
Page 8: Faculty News: Corey-Bloom is Honored by Huntington's Disease Society of America; Ries is New Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Department of Anesthesiology Welcomes New Faculty Member; Improving the Patient Experience; In Memoriam: Jon Isenberg, M.D.
Page 9: Research Round-Up and Clinical Trials: It's the Neighborhood that Matters in ALS; NIH Funds Two UCSD Scientists to Venture Deep into Human Genome; Laboratory Receives Deconvolution Microscope Donation; Promising Drug Proves Ineffective as Treatment for Hearing Loss.
Page 10: UCSD Oceans of Fun Open House; One-Mile Walkathon for Pulmonary Hypertension; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 1: UCSD Physicians Dominate San Diego Magazine “Best Doctors” Survey; UCSD Breaks Ground on School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Building; New Director Named for Moores UCSD Cancer Center; Geriatric Psychiatry Specialist Named Interim Director of UCSD Aging Institute; More than 800 Team UCSD Walkers Raise Money in Balboa Park Heart Walk.
Page 2: Employee Service Awards; Jackson Reaches Receptive Audience on KPBS Radio; Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace Award for 2003; List of UCSD Physicians in San Diego Magazine “Best Doctors” Survey.
Page 3: UCSD School of Medicine Welcomes 122 Future Physicians; UCSD School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Welcomes Second Class; RSNA Grant is Awarded to Department of Radiology.
Page 4: Faculty News- Election of First Academy of Clinician Scholars Permanent Members; Appointment of Clinical Investigation Institute Director; In Memoriam: J. Christian Gillin.
Page 5: Faculty News- Akiskal Receives 2003 Ellis Island Medal of Honor; In Memoriam: Raphael Burke Durfee; Distinguished Scholar in Thrombosis Award; Goldstein Appointment to Stem Cell Research Advisory Panel; UCSD’s Stein Institute for Research on Aging Celebrates Twenty Years; Wallace is Honored by ASPE.
Page 6: Bannister House Dedicates ARAMARK Room; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 7: Research Round-Up- Brain Transportation System Defect Linked to Huntington’s; UCSD Healthcare Enters PET Partnership; Topical Gene Therapy May Accelerate Healing of Diabetic Wounds; UCSD-TCAG Collaboration to Focus on Transformation of Genome-Based Knowledge into Health Benefits.
Page 8: Lifesharing Works to Save and Enhance Lives; New Patient Parking Policy; Parrotheads Fundraiser Benefits UCSD Regional Burn Center; Disaster Training.
Page 1: Chief of Ambulatory Operations for UCSD Medical Group; Leichtag Family Foundation Gives $12 Million Gift for Biomedical Research; UCSD Regional Burn Center Celebrates Thirty Years; Chandler is Appointed UCSD Acting Chancellor; Reorganization Creates New Division of Medical Education.
Page 2: “Topping Off” Ceremony Signals Construction Milestone for Moores UCSD Cancer Center; Continuations of stories from Page 1.
Page 3: UCSD Wins “Best Use of the 2003 Theme” at LGBT Pride Parade; Preuss Students Experience Summer Mentor Program; New Cell Phone Policy; Serrano Named Fellow by CSHP; Nader Will Head Data and Safety Monitoring Board for NIDDK Trials.
Page 4: Faculty News - Rosenfeld is Recipient of 2003 RSRF Award; Brown Receives Prestigious McLean Medal; Schanzlin Receives Jose I. Barraquer Award; Freeman Reassumes Presidency of ISOI; America’s Best Hospitals 2003; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 5: UCSD is Founding Member of PharmaSTART Consortium; Contracts & Grants.
Page 6: Research Roundup - NSAID Applied to Skin Lessens Muscle Soreness After Exercise: UCSD Researchers Find Brain Overgrowth During First Year of Life in Autism; Enhanced Ability to Divide Visual Attention; NIGMS Awards $35 Million to UCSD-Led Consortium to Map Metabolic Pathways in Cells.
Page 7:Research Roundup - UCSD Researchers Determine Mechanism for Degradation of G Proteins; Central Clinical Trials Office Created.
Page 8: UCSD Open House Will be Held October 25; “An Evening With…Friends” to Benefit Academy of Clinician Scholars; Key Changes in Three UCSD Healthcare Departments; Limberg is Honored by AACVPR; Retirement Congratulations; Fashion Show is Part of World Breastfeeding Week; Cancer Center Forming Team for Komen “Race for the Cure.”
Page 1: 2003 Faculty Excellence Awards; Congratulations to our Award-Winning Students of the 2003 School of Medicine Graduating Class; UCSD Trauma Center Receives Level 1 Verification.
Page 2: New Catheterization Lab Opens at Thornton Hospital; Skin Care Services Pamper at Perlman; New DRG Assurance Program; French Production Company Films Local 3D Ultrasound Project; Sister’s Death Inspires Local Woman to Make Community Aware of Organ Shortage.
Page 3: Disco Night – UCSD Healthcare All Staff Dinner Dance
Page 4: Faculty News – In Memoriam: Leland Rickman; Bradley Receives Highest Honor from Radiological Society; Abrams is Named Medical Director for Same Day Surgery; Barrett-Connor Receives the 2003 Clinical Investigator Award from the Endocrine Society; Wolf is Honored for Outstanding Contributions in Education.
Page 5: Faculty News – MERF Scholars Program; Weidner Receives Distinguished Teaching Award; Beatrice Golomb, M.D., Ph.D., is Grant Recipient; Pharmacology Department Honors: Brunton Named Editor-in-Chief for Eleventh Edition of Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics; Newton Receives MERIT Award from NIGMS; Insel Appointed Editor of Molecular Pharmacology; Leffert Appointed to the International Workshop of the Human Liver Proteome Project at NIDDK.
Page 6: Aceves Receives Fellowship Award; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 7: Research Round-Up – Identification of Gene Involved in Bipolar Disorder; Cancer Researchers Describe New Class of Angiogenesis Proteins; Innovative, Multicenter Study of Schizophrenia Will Follow Disease Traits in Hunt for Genetic Causes; Minimal Long-Term Effects of Marijuana Use Found in Central Nervous System.
Page 8: Research Round-Up – Moores UCSD Cancer Center Launches Human Trial for Prostate Cancer Vaccine; UCSD Researchers Demonstrate Protein Role Required for Normal Brain Development; UCSD Stroke Center Receives Major Grant to Enhance Brain-Saving Diagnosis and Treatment; Novel Immune Therapy for Leukemia Tested at Moores UCSD Cancer Center.
Page 9: Research Round-Up – SOM’s Center for Community Health Receives Grant to Study Health Disparities; Method Used by COX-2 Enzymes in Development of Colon Cancer Described; Chemical Cause for Most Severe Form of Cystic Fibrosis.
Page 10: New Resident Physician I/Interns 2003-2004.
Page 11: New Resident/Fellows 2003-2004; New Resident Physician I Pharmacy; Little Grad Annual Reunion Picnic.
Page 12: Brownies Donate Stuffed Toys to Emergency Department; Join the UCSD Team for the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk; Charity Halibut Tournament Raises Money for Brave Heart Kids; Team UCSD Receives AHA Plaque; UCSD Leaders Tour USNS MERCY.
Page 1: 2002-2003 UCSD Exemplary Employees; 144 New Physicians – UCSD School of Medicine Commencement Ceremony; New Roles to Strengthen Emergency Preparedness and Response; 2003 UCSD Healthcare Nurse of the Year: Debbie den Boer
Page 2: Ten Sites Selected to Work on Emergency Room Innovations and Reduce Overcrowding; UCSD Cardiac Team Saves Lives of Chilean Children; Discovery Health Network Film Crew; Customer Comment
Page 3: National Hospital Week Celebrates UCSD Healthcare Faculty and Staff
Page 4: Faculty News - Carson Elected to National Academy of Sciences; Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Elect Hull as Fellows Representative; NARSAD Awards Grants to Four Researchers at UCSD; Contracts & Grants
Page 5: National Nurse Recognition Week Was Filled with Activities; UCSD School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Charter Class News – Associated Student Body Hosts First Annual Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards; Charter Class Holds Senior Health Fair
Page 6: 2002-2003 UCSD Exemplary Employees; UCSD CME Calendar
Page 7: UCSD Outstanding Nurses Who Were Recognized for Their Accomplishment in Nursing Received Awards; Debbie den Boer's Acceptance Speech as UCSD Healthcare Nurse of the Year
Page 8:Nail and Hammer News; Golf Tournament Raises $80,000 for Bannister Family House; Funds for Shiley Eye Center's Save Our Children's Sight Program; March of Dimes WalkAmerica Team UCSD
Page 1: UCSD Announces Public Launch of $1 Billion Fund-Raising Campaign; UCSD Doctors of the Year 2002-2003; U.S. News & World Report Ranking
Page 2: Receptions for New CEO; UCSD School of Medicine LCME Site Visit; Echocardiographers Named Fellows; Morris is Awarded Fellowship; UCSD CME Calendar
Page 3: 10thGorder Walk Sets Goal of $100K; Kids with HIV Show Their Art; National Library of Medicine Selects UCSD Textbook for Searchable Website; Retirement Celebration
Page 4: Faculty News - Jeste Cited for Outstanding Leadership in Geriatric Psychiatry; Taylor is Recipient of 2003 ASPET Torald Sollmann Award; Barrett-Connor is Honored by Two Organizations; Shults is Recognized for Coenzyme Q10Studies; Parthemore Receives American Hospital Association Award for Excellence; Correction
Page 5: In Memoriam: Founding Medical School Administrator Allen Lein, Ph.D., 1913-2003; European Surgical Association Awards Highest Recognition to Moossa; Excellence in Research Award; Contracts & Grants
Page 6: Research Roundup - Preliminary Study Shows Cardiac Damage Associated with Crystal Methamphetamine Use; Oral Smallpox Drug Shown Effective in Cowpox-Infected Mice; Obese Children and Their Parents Report Impaired Quality of Life; Volunteers Sought for Clinical Trials
Page 7: Gene Transfer Reduces Levels of Key Alzheimer's Disease Protein; Body's Own Antibodies May Drive New Strains of HIV; UCSD Leads Nation in Accrual to the SELECT Study; Nail and Hammer News
>Page 8: Clinical Nutrition Staff Honored; Occupational Therapy Month; Save the Dates – UCSD Cardiovascular Center Faculty Ambassador Event; Spirit of Courage Awards; Lecture on Growing Leaders in Medicine
Page 1: New Clinic to Focus on Menopause; Hospitalist Program Has New Director; Good Samaritans Donate the Ultimate Gift to UCSD Patients.
Page 2: Service Awards Luncheon; NINDS Stroke Training DVD Filmed at UCSD; Volunteers…at Your Service.
Page 3: Faculty News - Palinkas Named Chair of NSBRI External Advisory Council; Barrett Selected to Present McKenna Memorial Lecture; Chojkier Receives Award from American Liver Foundation; UCSD CME Calendar; Contracts & Grants.
Page 4: Research Round-up - American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting; Gene Pathway Causing Pulmonary Hypertension is Identified; Increased Estrogen Levels Do Not Correlate with Changes in Cognition in Postmenopausal Women with Alzheimer's; Alzheimer Caregiver's Stress May Trigger Risky Blood Clots.
Page 5: Moores UCSD Cancer Center Launches Fatigue Study for African American Cancer Patients; Lymphoma Clinical Trial Tests "Customized" Vaccine; Volunteers Sought for Clinical Trials; New Manager for Bannister House; Dela Torre Honored by NAON.
Page 6: Nail and Hammer News; Lopiccola Tourney Lands the Big One - $1 Million for Cancer Research; Disco Night Selected as Theme for UCSD Healthcare All Staff Dinner Dance.
Page 1: UCSD Names New Medical Center CEO; UCSD Hits for the Cycle with "Multiple Multiple" New Year's Births; Joan Heller Brown Selected Interim Chair of UCSD Department of Pharmacology; Gill Appointed Interim Director of Moores UCSD Cancer Center.
Page 2: Taras Receives School Nursing Advocacy Award; UCSD Medical Center Appoints New Administrative Director of Imaging Services; Travel Award Benefits Graduate Students; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 3: Self-Management Program Proves Beneficial for Macular Degeneration Patients; UCSD Healthcare Offers New Technology for the Hearing Impaired; Contracts & Grants.
Page 4: Full-Body CT Scans May Benefit Only Select Group; UCSD and County Mental Health to Collaborate on Services for Older Adults; Higher Death Rate and Non-Recovery of Kidney Function Seen in ICU Patients Given Diuretics.
Page 5: UCSD-Led Consortium to Study Effects of Anti-Retroviral HIV Therapy on Nervous System; Researchers Identify an Important Genetic Cause of Human Heart Failure.
Page 6: Information Services Quilt Drawing Winner is Stephen P. Filler; Hillcrest Ambulatory Care Outstanding Employee; Retirement Celebration; Music at the Medical Center.
2002 Newsletters:
Page 1: A Few Final Words from CEO Sumi Kastelic; Interim CEO for UCSD Medical Center; UCSD Recruits Acclaimed Protein Scientist as Dean for Scientific Affairs, Health Sciences; New Nurse Recruiting Project Demonstrates Success of Reaching Out
Page 2: Volunteers…At Your Service; Friends of UCSD Healthcare Continues Long Tradition of Benefiting UCSD Programs; UCSD Medical Center Ophthalmology Clinic Receives Laser Donation; Customer Comments; Retirement Celebration
Page 3: Ziegler and Mills Receive NASA Award; UCSD CME Calendar; Contracts and Grants
Page 4: UCSD Medical Center Provides a Home Away from Home for Patient Families; UCSD School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Names Associate Deans; UCSD Medical Center Educates New Parents on the Importance of Car Seats in a County with 96 Percent Misuse Rate; Potikers Generous Gift Provides for Enhancements to the ISCC Family Room; Toys Galore for Young Patients in UCSD Regional Burn Center
Page 5: Holiday Celebrations for UCSD Health Sciences
Pages 6 and 7: A Few Final Words from CEO Sumi Kastelic (continued from page 1); San Diego Sockers Sing Holiday Songs
Page 8: UCSD's Owen Clinic Celebrates Twenty Years with Successful Gala/Fundraiser; Banner from UCSD Burn Center Delivered to NYC with Love; Santa Visits ISCC Patients; Information Services Quilt Raffle Benefits Burn Center
October/November 02 Newsletter
Page 1: Community Celebrates Groundbreaking for Moores UCSD Cancer Center; UCSD Health Sciences Presents Faculty Excellence Awards; Employee Service Awards 2002
Page 2: Science Education Partnership Award Program Promotes Biomedical Field to High School Students; Evening With…Benefits UCSD Neurosciences; Olympic Snowboarder Presents Medal of Spirit to Local Quadruple Amputee Organ Transplant Patient
Page 3: Stern Foundation Supports UCSD Health Sciences; San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition Recognizes UCSD; UCSD Health Sciences in the Halloween Spirit; Retirement Celebration
Page 4: Faculty News - Kikkawa is Recipient of 2002 Lester T. Jones Surgical Anatomy Award; Ries is Honored by AACVPR; County Awards $11.3 Million Contract to Collaborative UCSD-SDSU Immunization Partnership; UCSD CME Calendar; Contracts & Grants
Page 5: Faculty News - Ramsdell Receives Award for Dedication to Home Care; Weinreb is Awarded 2002 IGR Prize; Thal Will Serve on National Institutes of Health National Advisory Council on Aging; Bourne is Elected to ACMI; Correction – San Diego's Best Doctors List; Employees with Twenty, Twenty-Five, Thirty, and Thirty-Five Years of Service
Page 6: Research Roundup – Excessive Bleeding Less Likely with Progesterone; Lack of Natural "Antibiotics" in the Skin May Explain Infections in Dermatitis Patients; Preliminary Study Shows High-Dose Coenzyme Q10 Slows Functional Decline in Parkinson's Disease Patients; Volunteers Sought for Clinical Trials
Page 7: Research Roundup - UCSD Cancer Researchers Develop New Anti-Leukemia Strategy; Brain Images From Patients with Schizophrenia Will be Shared in First Nationwide Imaging Network; UCSD Study Shows Smokers Quitlines Work; Popular Science Magazine Cites San Diego-Developed Oral Smallpox Drug for 2002 Best of What's New Award
Page 8: Nail and Hammer News; All-Campus Open House Held October 19; Healing Baskets Bring Comfort to Patients and Families; Employee Holiday Meals 2002
Page 1: Southern California's First Public Pharmacy School Opens – Palmer Taylor, Ph.D., Named Founding Dean; Class of 2006 Makes History with Female Majority; UCSD Remembers 9/11/01
Page 2: UCSD Participates in IMPACT – a New Service to Treat Uninsured Men with Prostate Cancer; Free HIV/AIDS Community Forum October 17 Hosted by UCSD AIDS Research Institute and Being Alive; Team UCSD Joins in 2002 American Heart Walk; UCSD Christini Fund Golf Tournament Raises Over $100,000 in Fight Against Mitochondrial Disease; JCAHO Topic of the Month
Page 3: MERF Scholars Program; JCAHO Mock Survey; UCSD Healthcare Ad Campaign Wins Telly Awards for Television Spots; Office of Sexual Harassment Prevention and Policy has Online Education Program; Retirement Celebration; Music Therapy Program Promotes Relaxation
Page 4: Faculty News – New Anesthesia Faculty; Resnik Elected Honorary Fellow of British Royal College; Cosgrove is Recipient of 2002 Pfizer Scholar in Urology Grant; Contracts & Grants; UCSD CME Calendar
Page 5: New Anesthetic Procedure: Labor Pain Relief with Continued Mobility; UCSD School of Medicine Awards Grant for Massage Therapy Research; San Diego's Best Doctors List Includes Seventy UCSD Physicians; Volunteers for Clinical Trials Sought
Page 6: Research Roundup – UCSD Researchers Determine Location and Extent of p53 Mutations in Rheumatoid Arthritis; OTC Sales of Smoking Cessation Aids Up, Effectiveness Down; Molecular Mechanism Underlying Anthrax Infection Described; Enzyme's Role in Bleeding Abnormality Discovered; Gene Therapy Successfully Halts Heart Failure in Animals;
Page 7: Research Roundup - UCSD Team Identifies Potential Role of CRP in Development of Atherosclerosis; Cancer Center Researchers Identify Potent Angiogenesis Inhibitor; Tanaka Receives Epilepsy Grant to Study Rare Brain Disorder; Heart-felt Stress Can Be More Dangerous to Immune System; Cancer Center in Phase II of Gene-Therapy Trial; Vitamins Can Create Sustained Protection Against Repeat Blockage of Coronary Arteries
Page 8: Jazzy "Evening With…" to Benefit UCSD Neurosciences; UCSD Open House October 19; Owen Clinic Twentieth Anniversary Gala Will Be Held November 16, 2002; Lions Club International Supports Shiley Eye Center
Page 1: UCSD School of Medicine Graduates Ninety-six New Physicians; McAfee Named New Physician in Chief; New Location for UCSD Senior Behavioral Health Program is Tailored to Its Patients; UCSD Dedicates New Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Groundbreaking for Three New Additions at Shiley Eye Center
Page 2: UCSD Padres Night Benefits Burn Center; Nurse Practitioner Program Graduation; UCSD Medical Center Director Announces Plans to Retire; First Adult Liver, Pancreas, and Kidney Transplant in San Diego; Fourth Annual Summer Luau for UCSD Regional Burn Center
Page 3: Seventeenth Annual UCSD Healthcare All Staff Dinner Dance
>Page 4: Faculty News- DeMaria is Selected as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology; Sample Receives Teaching Award; Hoyt is Named Medical Director of ACS Division; Cancer Center Director to Return to Full-time Faculty Activities; Kaplan is New President of Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research; Goldstein Re-elected Secretary of American Society for Cell Biology; Weinreb Inaugurated as President of ARVO and is President-elect of AIGS
Page 5: Faculty News - Nizet Receives Pediatric Infectious Diseases Award; Lieber Selected for Nicolas Andry Award; UCSD CME Calendar; Contracts & Grants
Page 6: New Resident Physician I/Interns 2002-2003; New Resident Physician I Pharmacy
Page 7: New Resident/Fellows 2002-2003; Frudden is New Director of Rehabilitation Services; Hollingsworth-Fridlund Receives Leadership Award; Combined Health Agencies Name Volunteers of the Year; Volunteers for Clinical Trials Sought: Study Will Use Brain Imaging Technique to Better Understand Brain Function
Page 8: UCSD Medical Center Infant Special Care Center's Third Annual Reunion Picnic; Congratulations to Thirty + Years Retirees; UCSD Open House – Save the Date; America's Best Hospitals 2002; JCAHO Topic of the Month Schedule
Page 1: Llorente Named Nurse of the Year at Annual Recognition Dinner; UCSD Specialists Selected Among Nation's Top Doctors; UCSD Exemplary Employees Honored; National MRI Expert Named New Chair of Radiology
Page 2: Volunteers…At Your Service; UCSD's Volunteer Doula Program Receives Grant; Twenty-first Annual March of Dimes Visiting Professorship in Nursing Held at UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest; Young Artists; UCSD Emergency Medicine Residents Score High
Page 3: UCSD Health Sciences at Work: Caroline MacKenzie, Cancer Center Administration; Rizwan Tokai, School of Medicine; New Leadership Development Programs for UCSD Healthcare
Page 4: In Memoriam: Robert B. Livingston, M.D.; Harris is President-Elect of American Otological Society; Tsien Wins 2002 Heineken Prize for Biochemistry; Firestein Named Chair of FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee
Page 5: First Public Health Champion Awards by San Diego County; Vilke Appointed Interim Medical Director for EMS; Criqui Presents the 2002 Frederick H. Epstein Memorial Lecture; UCSD School of Medicine Faculty Elected to Prestigious Professional Organizations; Lyden Wins Heart of Gold Award
Page 6: First John O'Brien Memorial Award for Research; Stahl to Receive International Prize; New Anesthesia Faculty; UCSD CME Calendar; Contracts & Grants
Page 7: Research Roundup: Bacterial DNA Has Beneficial Role in Fighting Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Tests Reveal Subtle Signs of Alzheimer's Before Clinical Symptoms Appear; Ginkgo Biloba Slows Cognitive Decline in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis; Enzyme Halts Muscle Waste in Mouse Models of Childhood Muscular Dystrophy; Study Shows State's Workplace Smoking Laws are Effective
Page 8: Volunteers for Clinical Trials Sought - Helping Couples Cope With Prostate Cancer; Study of Sleep Patterns and Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients; NIH Funds UCSD Rheumatic Diseases Center; Girl Scouts Donate Baskets for Newborns; KUSI-Channel 51 Does Segment on Organ Donation
Page 9: Congressional Health Policy Staff Gets First-Hand Look at Medical Education in Action; Health Sciences Development Welcomes Two New Associate Directors; Update: School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Avon Foundation Awards Moores UCSD Cancer Center $500,000
Page 10: DMAT National Conference; Star Search Job Fairs are a Huge Success; UCSD Teen Prenatal Program
Page 11: UCSD Nursing Excellence Award Recipients; 9th Annual Bannister Family House Golf Tournament
Page 12: UCSD Healthcare Celebrates National Hospital Week; Celebrate America is the Theme for the 16th Annual UCSD Healthcare All Staff Dinner Dance; JCAHO Topic of the Month Schedule
Page 1: KFMB-TV and Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center Partner for Community Health' National Doctors' Day Ceremony Honors UCSD Doctors of the Year for 2002; Match Day; Central Scheduling Staff Honored
Page 2: Health Tips: Senior-proofing the Home Environment: Don't let a Fall be Your Last Trip; Nutrition Tips for Weight Control; Volunteers - At your Service
Page 3: UCSD Health Sciences at Work: Craig Haynes, UCSD Medical Center Library; Bev Gonsowski, Cancer Center BMT; Thousand Smiles Foundation Volunteers; Service Awards Ceremony Honors Employees
Page 4: Faculty News: Mills Edits Special Journal Issue on Faith and Wellness; National Foundation Honors Jeste for Schizophrenia Research in Elderly; Covell is Chair-elect of Chip; Two Top Honors for West; Contract & Grants
Page 5: Rosenfeld and Scully Describe Pituitary Gland Development; VA and UCSD Researchers Develop First Oral Drug to Treat Smallpox Infection; UCSD Researchers Find Raloxifene is Not Associated with Early Cardiovascular Harm and May Offer Benefit to Women at Increased Cardiovascular Risk; CME Calendar
Page 6: Volunteers for Clinical Trials Sought - Clinical Trials Will Study Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; Researchers Examine Effects of DHEA on Older Adults; Study Examines Drug to Prevent Bone Fractures in Women; Study to Test Weight control Strategies for Cancer Survivors; Holding the Gains of Successful 2001 JCAHO Survey-Being Prepared for Random Unannounced Surveys; Kung Receives CHAD Award
Page 7: Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center Names New Clinical Trials Medical Director; "Music and Medicine" Series Continues; Pete Lopiccola Cancer Research Foundation Makes Gift to Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center; Department of Psychiatry Receives $1.6 Million Grant; New "Dialogues in Medicine" Lecture Series Begins in May 2002
Page 8: "Lung Express" Celebrates National Pulmonary Week; Twins and Multiples Sleep Together in UCSD Neonatal Unit; Celebrity Chef Cooking Series is Prelude to May 18 Cancer Center Annual Gala; Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center Establishes New Fundraising Partnership
Page 1: Poison Center at UCSD Celebrates Thirty Years; Newman Named Executive Director of Health Sciences Development; UCSD Pharmacists Carry Olympic Torch; UCSD Stroke Center Named One of Nation’s Best for Stroke Treatment.
Page 2:Volunteers…at Your Service – Organizational Volunteering; DMAT Teams at the Olympics; Health Tips – Childhood Obesity is Serious Health Problem and Growing; Customer Comments.
Page 3: UCSD Health Sciences at Work – Leanne Cortimiglia, R.N., UCSD Regional Burn Center; Maureen Halpain, Geriatric Psychiatry; Ken Marquez, Audiovisual; Analisa Everson, Department of Neurosciences; Lawrence “Sonny” McCauley-Ellis, Security.
Page 4: Faculty News – Stein is Named Associate Editor of New Journal; Friedmann is Named Chair of NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee; Pierce is Awarded American Cancer Center Grant; Colbert is Selected as CHAD Health Hero for 2002; UCSD Physicians, Researchers Lead Discussion on HIV/AIDS at Community Meeting; Contracts & Grants
Page 5: Faculty News – Reznik is Recognized for Community Service; Kallenberg Named Division Chief of Family Medicine; Sadler is Honored by San Diego Magazine; School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Update; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 6: Research Round-Up – Protein Crucial for Elastic Fiber Development Described by Researchers; UCSD Researchers Link Toxin to Development of “Flesh-Eating” Bacterial Infections; Increased Death Rate Associated with Sleeping Eight Hours or More.
Page 7: Helix High Students Get Up-Close Look at Health Care Career Options; Damon Runyon Fellowship Awards; SDSU NURSES NOW Seeks to Alleviate Nursing Shortage.
Page 8: UCSD School of Pharmacy Receives First Private Collection Donation; SAVE THE DATE: UCSD Patrons of Nursing Dinner and Awards Ceremony to be Held on May 10.
2001 Newsletters:
Newsletter:Page 1: New Chair of Medicine Arrives in February; Ground is Broken on New Biomedical Research Facility; UCSD Health Sciences Celebrates the Holidays; A Holiday Celebration.
Page 2:Volunteers…at Your Service – A Special Thank You to Friends of UCSD Healthcare; UCSD Team Physicians for San Diego’s New Professional Women’s Football Team; UCSD Health Sciences Celebrates the Holidays (more photos); Customer Comments.
Page 3: The Whole-Patient Approach: Embracing the Human Dimensions of Cancer; UCSD Health Sciences at Work: UCSD Nurses Create Healing Environment Program; Season for Sharing; Paul Lu, Ph.D., Department of Neurosciences.
Page 4: Faculty News – Ries Receives Service Award; Celera Genomics Chief Visits with UCSD Faculty; Kornbluth Receives Drug Discovery and Development Award; Contracts & Grants.
Page 5: Faculty News – Esko Elected President of Society for Glycobiology; CNN Films Alzheimer’s Surgery; Olefsky Receives Second MERIT Award for Promising Diabetes Research; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 6: Research Round-Up – Researchers Identify Protein with Dual Role; Gene Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death; Selected NSAIDS Have Role in Alzheimer’s Treatment; Scientists Find Key to “Wasting Syndrome” Seen in Cancer, AIDS; Peptide Identified as Natural Antibiotic.
Page 7: Research Round-Up – Plaque-Forming Protein in Alzheimer’s Linked to Clogged Brain Transportation; San Diego Blood and Marrow Transplant Programs Form Part of National Research Network; Vitamins May Prevent Repeat Coronary Artery Blockage; Promising New Target for Cancer Chemotherapy; Low Tar Cigarettes: Evidence Does Not Indicate Benefit to Public Health.
Page 8: UCSD Receives HUD Grant to Lead Community Collaborative in City Heights; Third NCLAM Class Graduates; Chicano/Latino Medical Students Association Sponsors Doc-4-A-Day; Stem-Cell Research Program Rescheduled.
Page 1: Hospitals Get an “A” Rating…and Celebrate with an Ice Cream Social; Vice Chancellor Announces New Positions, Reorganization; UCSD Walkers Raise More Than $42,000 for American Heart Association; 16-Ton Magnet is Dropped Into UCSD School of Medicine fMRI Facility.
Page 2: Volunteers…at Your Service; Biotech All-Stars Honored by Padres; “Music and Medicine”: New Music Series Brings Welcome Break to Busy Medical Students.
Page 3: Health Tips - Too Much of a Good Thing? The Dangers of Vitamin Overdosing; Understanding and Coping With Our Fears After the Tragic Events of September 11; Customer Comments; Adopt-A-Family.
Page 4: Faculty News – Granet Named to Inaugural Anne Ratner Endowed Chair; Tuszynski Honored for Alzheimer’s and Spinal Cord Research; Goldstein Receives Senior Scholar Award in Aging Research; Contracts & Grants.
Page 5: Faculty News – Masys and Nyhan Elected to Institute of Medicine; Jeste Appointed to Levi Memorial Chair in Aging; Researcher Receives Grant to Study Manic-Depression; Grant Cited as One of the Top NIH-funded PIs in the Country; CME Calendar.
Page 6: Research Round-Up Clinical Trials – Researchers Find Cause of Excess Fibrous Tissue Growth; Fire and Ice: Altered Protein Brings Fever, Chills; Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients at Greater Risk for Depression; First Oral Drug Proven Effective in Treating Primary Pulmonary Hypertension; UCSD Will Coordinate New Research Network to Study Diseases of the Brain; Naturally Occurring Molecules May Alleviate Build-up of Plaque in Parkinson’s Patients.
Page 7: Research Round-Up Clinical Trials – NIGMS Awards “Glue Grant” to Study Carbohydrate Function in Cellular Communication; Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Proteins Create a Destructive Team; National Study Finds Peripheral Arterial Disease is Under-Diagnosed and Under-Treated; UCSD Women’s Continence Center Awarded $1 Million NIH Grant; Volunteers Sought for Clinical Trials.
Page 8: A Week of Celebrations – October 21-27, 2001 – National Respiratory Therapy Week; National Pharmacy Week; National Facilities and Engineering Week; Phillips-Clar and Herzig Are Honored in National Respiratory Achievement Awards Competition; California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Names Two New UCSD Fellows; Two UCSD Respiratory Therapists Are Accepted as Fellows in American Association for Respiratory Care; Kotewa Receives North American Menopause Society Recognition.
Page 9: UCSD Regional Burn Center Releases 2000 Burn Statistics; Cancer Risk and Avoidance is Topic of 2001 Maurice and Charmaine Kaplan Lecture; UCSD Huntington’s Disease Clinic Designated National Center of Excellence; CQI Storyboard Winners.
Page 10: Alzheimer’s Research Consortium Receives $54 Million Grant; In Memoriam: Henry O. Wheeler
Page 11: All-Campus Open House Celebrates UCSD’s 40th Anniversary and Homecoming for UCSD Alumni; Children’s-UCSD Proclamations; Vaucher Receives Volunteer Award; 35-Year Service Award; That’s a lot of mileage…; Popular Savoring San Diego Cookbook is for Sale Now; Herpes Support Group Meets on First and Third Thursdays.
Page 12: Grand Prize Winner in Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest; UCSD Health Sciences Getting in the Halloween Spirit; Employee Holiday Meals 2001; DMAT CA-4 Provides Assistance at Ground Zero.
Page 1:Ronald G.Thomas, Ph.D., is Appointed Professor and Chief of the New Division of Biostatistics; White Coat Ceremony Welcomes 122 New Students to UCSD School of Medicine; UCSD All-Campus Open House to be Held October 20; UCSD Infant Special Care Center (ISCC) Celebrates Second Annual Little Grads Picnic and Reunion; JCAHO Dates
Page 2:Volunteers…at Your Service; Karen Lindquist, Director of Volunteer Services, Retires; 2001 Service Awards; Customer Comments
Page 3: Eighth Annual Luau and Longboard Invitational Benefits UCSD Cancer Center; Massage Therapy for UCSD Cancer Patients; Sixth Annual Chancellor’s Challenge 5K Run/Walk for Scholars Will Take Place on October 19; UCSD Medical Center’s Participation in Countywide Mass Casualty Drill Meets JCAHO Requirement; Congresswoman Susan Davis Visits UCSD
Page 4:Faculty News – Sarah L. Blair, M.D., Joins UCSD Cancer Center Clinical Team; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Selects Allen L. Gifford, M.D., for Scholar Program; James V. Dunford, M.D., FACEP, Receives American Heart Association Award; Maurizio Zanetti, M.D., Receives Second Grant from Johnson & Johnson; Contracts and Grants
Page 5:Faculty News – J. Christian Gillin, M.D., is Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine; Free Lecture: “Insights into Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery”; UCSD CME Calendar
Page 6:Research Round-Up UCSD Researchers Find That Diet and Exercise Dramatically Delay Type 2 Diabetes; UCSD Neurosurgeon Performs San Diego’s First Gamma Knife Surgeries for Epilepsy; UCSD Researchers Discover New Role for Immune-Response Enzyme; UCSD to Enroll Men in Largest-Ever National Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial Testing Vitamin E and Selenium
Page 7: Important JCAHO Information: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Standards; Awards Ceremony is Culmination of National Library of Medicine Project: Health Information @Preuss; JCAHO Topic of the Month Presentation
Page 8: The Helen Edison Lecture Series Will Present Pulitzer Prize Winning Science Reporter Laurie Garrett on October 17; Patient Marks Milestone in Plasmapheresis Treatment; Friends of UCSD Healthcare Host Reception to Present New Art Works; Save the Date! Third Annual Michael Kriegler Memorial Lecture – October 30, 2001; Save the Date! Huntington’s Disease Society of America Will Host Dinner and Auction to Benefit Newly Designated Center of Excellence at UCSD
Page 1: UCSD Cancer Center Achieves Prestigious National Status; New Interim Chairs: Anne C. Roberts, M.D., Radiology and Henry C. Powell, M.D., D.Sc., Pathology; Mary Cunanan, Executive Director, UCSD Center for Transplantation, Honored as CHAD Volunteer of the Year.
Page 2: Volunteers - Enhancing Spiritual Care; Barbara Stegmann Memorial Award Honors Volunteers at UCSD Student-run Free Clinic; Biotech All-Stars Honored by Padres; A star Spangled Night for Julie Anderson.
Page 3: New Software Program Allows Faster Reporting on Mammogram; First Private Gift to New UCSD School of Phamacy; UCSD Medical Center Provides Summer Biotechnology Internship for Two Recent Lincoln High School Graduates.
Page 4: Faculty News: Daniel Masys, M.D., Appointed to Institute of Medicine's Board on Health Sciences Policy; Leonard Deftos, M.D., Receives Award for Distinguished Achievement; America's Top Doctors List Includes 24 UCSD Physicians; UCSD CME Calendar; Contracts & Grants.
Page 5: Research Roundup: Researchers Create First Step-by-step Account of HIV's Deadly Assault on Immune Cells; Scarring Process Plays Major Role In Kidney Rejection Following Transplant; UCSD and Introgen Therapeutics Collaborate to Study Gene Therapy Approaches to Arthritis; Michael J. Fox Foundation Grant Awarded to UCSD Parkinson's Researcher.
Page 6: New Resident Physician I - 2201-2002.
Page 7: New Resident II - IX/Fellows 2001-2001; Children's Hospital, Children's Specialists, and UCSD Finalize Affiliation Agreements.
Page 8: Health Tips: Tips for Beating The Heat; Folic Acid-A Simple Solution That Can Help Prevent Many Serious Problems; JCAHO Emphasizes Patient Safety.
Page 9: 16th Annual UCSD Healthcare All Staff Dinner Dance (photos).
Page 10: Surf Event Rides Wave Of Success For Cancer; UCSD Pediatric Family Fund Benefits from UCSD Padres Night; Plan For "An Evening With.. The Friends of UCSD Healthcare" Are Underway; Physical Plant Craft Association (PPCA) Appoints Jesse Silva to Board of Directors; UCSD LGBT Community Joins In 27th Annual Pride Parade in HIllcrest.
Page 1: UCSD Employees Honored; Carol Laabs, R.N., B.S.N., CN III is Named 2001 Nurse of the Year; UCSD and Reproductive Partners Combine to Deliver Advanced Care in Reproductive Technology
Page 2: UCSD School of Medicine Graduates 112 New Physicians; John and Lola Ross Establish New Award for Graduating Medical Students; Commencement 2001 Student Award Recipients
Page 3:The JCAHO Off-shift Survey; The JCAHO Question Ball – Bouncing its Way to your Department; Wall of Fame; JCAHO Topic of the Month Presentations; Customer Comments; Meet a Traveling Colleague
Page 4: Faculty News - Commencement 2001 Faculty Awards; Paul Wolf, M.D. – Still Leading the Pack; Noel Weidner, M.D., Named Chair of the Anatomic Pathology Council of the American Society of Clinical Pathology; Contracts & Grants
Page 5: Faculty News - Pentagon Names Kenneth D. Herbst, M.D., FACP, Deputy Surgeon General, Army Reserve; UCSD Stroke Center Receives Stroke Lifesaver Award; Robert N. Weinreb, M.D. is Elected President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology; UCSD School of Medicine Faculty Elected to Prestigious Associations; UCSD CME Calendar
Page 6:Research Roundup - Looking for the Causes of Colorectal Cancer; DNA Gene Chips and Novel Software Used to Describe Kidney Development; $2 Million Keck Foundation Grant to Support Brain Research; UCSD School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Nursing Education, Graduates 20
Page 7: UCSD Healthcare Celebrates National Hospital Week; Health Tips: Summer Weather Brings More than Sunburns: Youths and Fire Hazards; The New Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines: How Will They Change Current Treatment?
Page 8: New Information Service on UCSD Cancer Center Web Site; Ice Cream Social; Save the Date – “An Evening with…); The Clean Team
Page 1 - Gordon Gill Named Interim Dean for Scientific Affairs; National Doctors’ Day – Irving “Jake” Jacoby, M.D., Selected Attending Physician of the Year; Vijay Pinto, M.D., Selected Housestaff Officer of the Year; JCAHO Topic of the Month Presentations for April; Pulmonary Special Procedures Unit Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Page 2 - Volunteers (Photo Collage); Shiley Eye Center Ratner EyeMobile for Children is Part of Community Partnership to Help Prevent Vision Loss in Children; UCSD Medical Center Faculty and Staff Perform Exceptionally in Treating Santana High School Shooting Victims: Littleton, Colorado Emergency Room Staff Sends Letter of Support
Page 3 - Service Awards Ceremony Honors 147 Employees; UCSD Medical Center and Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women Join to Conduct National Neonatal Research; 2001 Health Heroes Awards; Radiology is Going Filmless
Page 4 - Faculty News - Kenneth D. Herbst, M.D., Elected Local Governor for American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine; Marilyn G. Farquhar, Ph.D., Wins Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology; Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D., Honored; Michael Criqui, M.D., Honored by American Society of Preventive Cardiology; Paul Wolf, M.D., Receives Pathology Award; Colin Bloor, M.D., is Recipient of Multiple Honors; Michael Brage, M.D., Receives Leonard Goldner Award; Susan S. Taylor, Ph.D., Receives the Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal
Page 5 - Faculty News - Conference Focuses on Mitochondrial Disease; American Physiological Society Elects Kim E. Barrett, Ph.D., Councillor; Dilip Jeste, M.D., will be New Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry; Horacio Jinich Publishes Third Volume of Classic Medical Text; Contracts and Grants; UCSD CME Calendar
Page 6 - Research Round-Up - Young People with Social Anxiety Disorder are at Risk for Subsequent Depressive Disorders; UCSD Research Shows Common Drug Inhibits Spread of Cancer in Mice; UCSD Researchers Discover Mechanism of Natural Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury; UCSD Team Performs First Surgery in Gene Therapy Protocol for Alzheimer’s Disease; Study of Raloxifene Shows the Osteoporosis Drug Does Not Cause Cardiovascular Problems
Page 7 - Clinical Cancer Genetics Unit Expands Services; New Service Offered for Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer; Additions to UCSD Health Sciences Development; Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) Honored for Outstanding Leadership
Page 8 - Mom 2 Mom; Gorder Walk Offers Family Fun to Fight Melanoma; Changes in the JCAHO’s Survey Process; Bannister Family House Golf Tournament Winners
Page 9 - Recipe Contest Winner; Dinner Dance Announcement
Page 10 - Department of Radiology Technologists Receive UCSD Medical Staff Service Award for 2000; UCSD School of Medicine to Graduate 113 New Physicians – Institute of Medicine President to Present Commencement Address; Match Day
Page 1 - UCSD Medical Center Receives Grant as Part of Child Passenger Safety Initiative; JCAHO -2001 Joint Commission Survey Tips for Inpatient Unit Visits; UCSD Chair in International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine Named for Harold J. Simon, M.D., Ph.D.; New UCSD School of Pharmacy Plans Move Ahead
Page 2 - Volunteers – at your Service – National Volunteer Week: April 22-28; Performance Indicators Help to Improve UCSD Medical Group Collection Process; In Memoriam: Socorro De Jesus; Toys for UCSD Pediatrics Patients
Page 3 - UCSD Medical Center Hosts Press Conference to Show Support of San Diego Kids Health Assurance Network; Junior Achievement Groundhog Job Shadow Program Gives High School Students a Glimpse of Careers in Health Care; Nursing Scholarship Awards and 2001 Nurse of the Year Will be Announced on May 11; Tom Byrne Honored for Innovative Approach to Occupational Education
Page 4 - Faculty News - In Memoriam: John S. O’Brien, M.D.; In Memoriam: John F. Hansbrough, M.D.; Joseph Gleeson, M.D. Named Searle Scholar; James Colbert Named Pharmacist of the Year
Page 5 - Faculty News - Cynthia A. Stuenkel, M.D., Honored by American Heart Association; Roland Blantz, M.D., ASN President-elect ; Alice Yu, M.D., Honored by Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; UCSD CME Calendar; Contracts and Grants
Page 6 - Research Round-Up - Brain Regions Impaired by Alcoholism Identified by fMRI Studies in Young Adult, Female Alcoholics; UCSD Researchers Identify Gene Linked to Lupus-Like Disease in Mice; UCSD Study Reports Vital Brain Cell Connections Restored with Gene Therapy in Aged Monkeys; UCSD Cancer Research: Killing Leukemia Cells by the Own Swords; Mountain Research has Implications for Heart and Lung Disease
Page 7 - Status Update: CQI Teams Address Employee Opinion Survey Results
Page 8 - Padres Traded Their Bats for Bears; Annual UCSD Healthcare Padres Night to be Held in June; Dinner Dance Committee Announces Theme for 16th UCSD Healthcare All Staff Dinner Dance; UCSD Cardiovascular Center Honors Richard and Rita Atkinson
Page 1- DaimlerChrysler Partners With UCSD for New Child Safety Seat Program; CQI Teams to Address Concerns Identified by Employee Opinion Survey; Naval Ship USS Bonhomme-Richard Hosts Brave Heart Kids to Kick Off Partnership with UCSD Regional Burn Center; Centre for Organization Effectiveness Holds First Front-Line Supervisors' Academy
Page 2- Volunteers..at Your Service - Resolution 2001: Value Volunteer Partnerships; Some UCSD Medical Group Departments Find New Home/ Judith and Jack White Endow UCSD Chair to Support Cardiac Research and Care; Local Artists Reach Out to UCSD Cancer Patients with "Bottles of Hope".
Page 3- Research Round-Up & Clinical Trials- Cell Degradation and Growth are Topics of Two Separate Articles in Science; UCSD and Japanese Researchers Identify New Gene Involved in Development and Function of Central Nervous System; UCSD Researchers Determine that DNA-Repair Enzyme Also Plays Critical Role in Innate Immunity; UCSD Researcher Receives Grant to Develop Tuberculosis Vaccine; Investigational Kidney Cancer Treatment Being Evaluated at UCSD.
Page 4- Faculty News- Awards and Honors - Pamela Deak, M.D., Selected for National Program on Women's Health Education; Howard Taras, M.D., Honored by Community Health Improvement Partners; Marc A. Schuckit, M.D., Receives Liefetime Achievement Award; Paul M. Quinton, M.D., Honored by American Association for the Advancement of Science; Boaz Cook, Ph.D., Receives Runyon-Winchell Fellowship Award; Contracts and Grants
Page 5- Faculty News- Urologic Cancer Specialist Joins UCSD Cancer Center; Robert M. Kaplan is New Editor of Annals of Behavioral Medicine; David L. Levin, M.D.,Ph.D., Receives Scholar Grant; UCSD CME Calendar; In Memoriam, John Wesley Verba, Retired UCSD Professor.
Page 6- Evening With..Cecil Lytle; Nice Guys, A San Diego Charitable Group, Supports Bannister House with a Donation; The Cindy Matters Fund and the Padres' Pediatric Oncology Program (photo).
Page 7- Select Highlights of 2000
Page 8- UCSD Healthcare Celebrates the Holidays
2000 Newsletters:
October/November 2000 Newsletter PDF format
Page 1- Nairobi Pediatrician Gains Knowledge at UCSD to Take Back to Her Country; Department of Psychiatry Dedicates Library at New Facility; New Masters of Advanced Studies Degree Program Prepares Physicians to Play Leading Roles in Management of Healthcare Delivery Systems; And the CAL Survey/JCAHO Slogan Contest Winner is..?; Rick Ford is Named Manager Practitioner of the Year by the American Association of Respiratory Care.
Page 2- Service Award Luncheon Honors 185 Staff Members; Volunteers.. at Your Service-Partners: Volunteers and Patient Care Services/Books and Magazines/ Patient Personal Care/ Crafts and Games/ Spiritual Care Needs/Volunteer Call Pool/Tender Loving Canines; UCSD Medical Center Participates in Panel Discussion of Media Coverage of Breaking News Stories; Customer Comments/ Photo-Leslie Bruce sings at Padres Game.
Page 3- UCSD Burn Center Releases 1999 Statistics; Employee Surveys Lead to Action; UCSD SOM Named Center for Youth Violence Prevention; Photo- ISCC reunion .
Page 4- Faculty News - Michael Karin and UCSD Cited for High-Impact Research Papers; UCSD Medical Student Named Vice-Chair of National Association; Contracts and Grants.
Page 5 - Faculty News - UCSD SOM Department of Orthopaedics Adds New Faculty Members; Institute of Medicine Elects Two New UCSD Members; Two UCSD SOM Professors Receive Community Award; Howard Hughes Scholarship Awarded; UCSD Department of Orthpaedics Chair Honored by North American Spine Society; UCSD CME Calendar.
Page 6 - Research Round-Up/Clinical Trials - UCSD One of 20 Sites in U.S. Chosen For New Manic-Depression Treatment Program; Nerve Stimulator Offers New Hope for Depression..; Improved Clot-Busting Drug for Stroke Available in Countywide Clinical Trial; UCSD Researchers Discover Genetic Pathway for Sudden Cardiac Death; UCSD Neuroscientists Find That Attention to Sound Influences Ability to See.
Page 7 - Bereavement Boxes Hold Precious Memories for Parents; UCSD FMRi Center Will Give San Diego Researchers Ability to Map Brain Activity; UCSD Cancer Center Foundation Elects Board President, Officers; 2nd Annual Christini Fund Golf Tournament Benefits UCSD's Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disease Center; photo-BRIGHT Family's Project.
Page 8 - Photos - UCSD Quality Fair, Halloween; Employee Holiday Meals 2000.
August/September 2000 Newsletter PDF format
Page 1-UCSD Healthcare Quality Fair - It's Back; UCSD School of Medicine Incoming Class Boasts Scholars, Athletes and Engineers; UCSD Medical Center Infant Special Care Center's reunion picnic; UCSD Medical Center Takes Part in Disaster Drill; Getting Ready for JCAHO
Page 2- Volunteers- At Your Service/Biotech All-Stars; The Padres Cindy Matters Fund Makes a Difference to Children With Cancer; Men Needed for Quality-of-Life Research Study
Page 3- UCSD Headache Clinic Explores Different Approaches; Chancellor's Challenge 2000 Will Benefit UCSD Undergraduate Scholarships
Page 4-Faculty News- Cancer Center Names Two New Deputy Directors; UCSD to Establish School of Pharmacy
Page 6-"UCSD Pride" Joins LGBT Parade; Musical "Evening with.." to Benefit High-Risk Mother-to-Be and Infants; Saks Fifth Avenue Charity Fashion Event Will Benefit UCSD Cancer Center
June/July Newsletter 2000 PDF format
Page 1- Center for Community Health; Edward W. Holmes, M.D., Named New Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences; Gayle Lister sings national anthem at UCSD Padres Night
Page 2- Meet the Service Plus Facilitators (Mike French, Ellen Cherin, Brad Donaldson); Diversity-How to Build Respect for Differences
Page 3- Focus on Volunteers- Summer 2000 Volunteers; First Ever "Glue Grant" Awarded to Glycobiology Research and Training Center; Customer Comments
Page 4- Faculty News-In Memoriam: David J. Sartoris, M.D.; Dedication of the Nicholas Halasz Student Laboratories; Scientists Successfully Grow Insulin-secreting Cells to Treat Diabetes
Page 5- Lewis L. Judd, Receives Award for Outstanding leadership in Psychiatry and Education; UCSD Researcher Wins Grant to Study Colon Cancer in African-Americans; Ellen Beck, M.D., Receives Humanism in Medicine Award; Two-drug Combination Therapy Shows Promise in Fight Against Melanoma; Bernard Robert Gloss, Ph.D., is 2000 Knoll Thyroid Research Award Winner
Page 6- UCSD Researchers Find Genetic Key to Puzzling Congenital Disease; Kenneth Lee Jones, M.D., Appointed Interim Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Jeffrey D. Esko, Ph.D., Receives 10-Year MERIT Grant
Page 7- 15th Annual UCSD Healthcare All Staff Dinner Dance
Page 8- New Resident Physician 1 2000-2001
Page 9- New Residents II-IX/Fellows 2000-2001; UCSD Pediatrics Awarded Major Training Grant to Extend Clinical Care Into the Community
Page 10- Trauma Center Safety Street Fair
April/May Newsletter 2000 PDF format
Page 1- National Nurses Week Celebrates Nurses: Keeping the Care in Health Care; Complementary Medicine and Conventional Medicine: Different Approaches with the Same Objective; Ellen Brigadier Memorial Scholarship Founded
Page 2- William Hirr Honored as Exemplary Staff Employee of the Year/ Service Award Luncheon Honors 170 Employees
Page 3- Meet the Service Plus Facilitators; The Role of Diversity in Effective Team Leadership; Anthony D'Amico is First Administrative Director for Clinical Oncology
Page 4- Faculty News - Honors Go To Chris Mathews, M.D., Faculty Physician of the Year and Christine Lum-Lung, M.D., Housestaff Physician of the Year; Roger G. Spragg, M.D., Named Interim Chair of the Department of Medicine; Joseph Gleeson, M.D., Named Merck Scholar
Page 5- David B. Hoyt, M.D., F.A.C.S., Re-elected Chair of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma; Vivian Resnik, M.D., Honored for Community Leadership; 1999/2000 UCSD School of Medicine Recipients of "Fellowships to Explore Complementary Therapies"
Page 6- Conversion to New Patient Appointment Scheduling System is Showing Results; Dennis E. Goodrich New Director of Facilities Planning and Management; Day with a Doctor Program Gives High School Students a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Medical Careers; UCSD CME Calendar
Page 7- John and Rebecca Moores Commit $20 Million Toward Planned UCSD Cancer Center Facility; Focus on Volunteers; Golf Tournament Raises $80,000 for Bannister Family House
Page 8- Pete Lopiccola Memorial Foundation Makes $120,000 Gift to UCSD Cancer Center; UCSD Medical Center Library and The Preuss School UCSD Awarded National Library of Medicine Outreach Grant; Dinner Dance Tickets Go Fast. Get Yours Now!; Second Annual Trauma Street Fair
February/March 2000 Newsletter PDF format
Page 1- Baby Be Safe Program Will Teach Parents to Prevent Burn Injuries in Children/ Renovation of Adolescent Wing Relies on More Than Paint and Plaster
Page 2- Stroke Center Recognized for Quality; UCSD Healthcare Third Annual REACH Awards; Facing the Challenge
Page 3- New Executive Director of Development, Health Sciences; New Director of Government and Community Relations for Health Sciences; Customer Comments
Page 4- Faculty News - UCSD Reports Ironman Athletes Results; Psychiatry Faculty Honored (L. Judd)
Page 5- In Memoriam: Wigbert C. Wiederholt, M.D.; Contracts and Grants
Page 6- UCSD Leadership Laboratory Honored; Diabetes Education Seminar Series; Cell Culture Lab Class and Workshop; UCSD CME Calendar
Page 7- Children Travel Far for Neurobastoma Trial; Focus on Volunteers; Friends of UCSD Healthcare News
Page 8- UCSD and Cesar Chavez School Participate with Float in Holiday Bowl Parade; Christopher Reeve Is Recipient of UCSD-Salk Service Award
January 2000 Newsletter PDF format
Page 1- UCSD National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine Graduates First Class; Patient Gives Back to Women's Service; 1999 Holiday Activities
Page 2- Speaking of Diversity; New Development Director for UCSD Cancer Center; Customer Comments
Page 3- 1999 Holiday Activities
Page 4- Faculty News - New Pediatric Researcher Also an Acclaimed Novelist; Medical Staff Recognizes Pharmacy; Shiley Eye Center Welcomes Eric Linebarger; Contracts and Grants
Page 5- Friends of UCSD Healthcare News-Touch of Magic; Focus on Volunteers; Nice Guys Help Bannister House Families
Page 6- Certification for Bone Densitometry Offered; To Pierce or Not to Pierce...Some Health Issues to Consider
Page 7- BioTerrorism Topic of Upcoming Conference; Burn Center Releases Statistics; UCSD CME Calendar
Page 8- Padres Night Check Presented to Pediatrics; SIRA Lecture on Silliness and the Immune System; Audiology Clinic Receives Gift; General Clinical Research Center Celebrated 25 Years
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