Florida State University College of Medicine - Electronic Medical Review

Thursday, December 15, 2005

RENOWNED AUTHOR ON MEDICAL EDUCATION VISITS FSU
	The man who wrote the book on the history of U.S. medical education visited the nation’s newest medical school Nov. 9-10 to see what the next chapter holds in store for academic medicine. Pulitzer Prize-nominee Dr. Kenneth M. Ludmerer met with faculty and students of the FSU College of Medicine and presented “The Coming of the Second Revolution in Medical Education,” the first address given in the school’s new 300-seat auditorium. Ludmerer, a professor of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, is the author of Time to Heal, which has been called “the most important work in medical education since the Flexner report.” He had this to say about FSU: “I am very impressed with what I have seen in terms of the quality of students, quality of faculty, the curriculum and the educational methods being used.”

PENSACOLA CAMPUS TO HOST AMWA CONFERENCE
	The medical school's Pensacola campus is hosting the American Medical Women’s Association Region IV Conference, “Women’s Health in 3D: Mind, Body, Spirit,” Jan. 14. Dr. Margie Kahn will deliver the keynote address, “Healing the Wounds from Childbirth.” Other topics include international women’s health, medical marriages, financial planning, physician self-care and meditation. AMWA Region IV encompasses North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. For more information contact Hope Mitchell, AMWA Region IV coordinator, at hope.mitchell@med.fsu.edu.

HONORS MEDICAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM SEEKS APPLICANTS
	The College of Medicine has joined forces with the FSU Honors Office to establish a B.S./M.D. program that will be open to five students annually beginning in fall 2006. The program will allow eligible FSU honors students to pursue a B.S. degree of their choice while also participating in the Medical Scholars Program, which will include a seminar, mentorship program and required pre-med courses and experiences. Students participating in the program will be eligible for early admission to the College of Medicine upon completion of pre-med requirements, making it possible to graduate with B.S. and M.D. degrees in seven years. Applications and program details are available from the FSU Honors Office, (850)644-1841.

PH. D. STUDENT RECEIVES CRC-LEAD GRANT
	Dillon Fritz is the first College of Medicine graduate student to receive a LEAD grant from the FSU Council for Research and Creativity. LEAD stands for Leaders Educated to Make a Difference. Fritz earned his B.S. in biological science at FSU and was admitted to the medical school’s new biomedical sciences Ph.D. program in August 2004 with the first class of graduate students. Branko Stefanovic, assistant professor of biomedical sciences, is Fritz’s graduate adviser and will direct his dissertation research. The $5,000 grant will fund the study, "Role of the novel RNA binding protein, RBMS3, in liver fibrosis." Stefanovic holds a grant from the National Institutes of Health for the study of "Regulation of Collagen Type 1 in Hepatic Fibrosis."

DONOGHUE NAMED AMA-MSS DELEGATE
	First-year medical student Colleen Donoghue has been named an alternate delegate for the southeast region of the Medical Student Section of the American Medical Association. Delegates serve as advocates for the MSS and its resolutions within the House of Delegates of the AMA. The AMA’s annual meeting will be in Chicago in June, to be followed by an interim meeting in Las Vegas next fall.

MARKS PUBLISHED IN E-MEDICINE
	Fourth-year medical student Shellie Marks is a co-author on the e-Medicine publication, “Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum,” at: http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic359.htm. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive calcification and fragmentation of elastic fibers in the skin, the retina and the cardiovascular system.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS, SERVICE, AWARDS AND MORE
	Want to know what a guy named Spike with a degree in philosophy is up to at the College of Medicine? Ever wonder how to use the word "Glycosaminoglycan" in a sentence? Find out the answers and learn what's new with FSU College of Medicine faculty in our current Faculty Achievements listing.