Florida State University College of Medicine - Electronic Medical Review (EMR)

Thursday, September 14, 2006

ADA EXTENDS CAREER RECOGNITION AWARD TO JOHNSON
	Suzanne Bennett Johnson, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of medical humanities and social sciences, is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on methods to assess and improve patient adherence to diabetes regimens and psychological aspects of genetic testing for type 1 diabetes. With a distinguished career devoted to education, research and clinical care of patients, Johnson has been selected for a rare honor from the American Diabetes Association. She is the third person in the association’s history chosen for a Behavioral Medicine and Psychology Lectureship for Distinguished Contributions. (MORE)

CLASS OF 2007 MEMBERS EARN STATE, NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
	Fourth-year student Marie Jeoboam is one of nine winners nationally of a $10,000 "Physicians of Tomorrow'' scholarship from the American Medical Association Foundation. She was selected from a pool of approximately 80 applicants, and got the news about her selection while completing an internship with the World Health Organization in Switzerland. Fourth-year student Stephen Patrick, meanwhile, recently was awarded a $5,000 Florida Medical Association Foundation scholarship. The scholarship is given annually by the FMA to one recipient at each of Florida’s four allopathic medical schools.

NATIONAL RECOGNITION HIGHLIGHTS LIST OF FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS
	The 800 clerkship faculty helping to educate College of Medicine students statewide include distinguished individuals in virtually every field of medicine. Two of them – Tallahassee pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Larry Deeb, and Pensacola internal medicine specialist Dr. Barbara Wade – are among the many College of Medicine faculty members featured in the most recent list of faculty achievements. Complete list of Faculty Achievements

OUTSTANDING RESIDENTS REFLECT ON COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
	A survey of residency program directors assessing the quality of work being done by 2005 FSU College of Medicine graduates in comparison to graduates of other programs reveals high levels of satisfaction. The survey is one of many ways in which the College of Medicine monitors graduate and program director perceptions to ensure the overall quality of the educational program. The latest graduate to be honored is Dr. Garrett Chumney, a member of the college’s inaugural class. In late June he received the University of Florida Raymond H. Alexander, M.D., Intern of the Year award. (MORE)

A LESSON IN DOCTORING FOR CLASS OF 2010
	Dr. Daniel Van Durme, professor and chair in the department of family medicine and rural health, delivered the keynote address to 104 first-year medical students on Aug. 18 in the annual College of Medicine White Coat Ceremony. Van Durme advised students to become expert listeners and to stay true to the ideals that brought them to medical school at Florida State. Complete text of Dr. Van Durme's speech » Jamie Doster dons her white coat with help from Art Clawson, director of health affairs.

TERRAZZO PANELS MAKE ARTISTIC STATEMENT ON MEDICINE
	The College of Medicine gained a new look at its main entrance recently with the installation of three, 3,500-pound terrazzo panels honoring historic figures in medicine. The panels, which took more than a year to create, feature color portraits of Hippocrates, Elizabeth Blackwell and John Gorrie. (More) » Artist Steven Weitzman inspects a panel featuring Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell before installation

AROUND THE COLLEGE - STUDENTS GETTING INVOLVED
	When the Oncology Interest Group at the College of Medicine chose last year to sponsor a child through the Dreams Come True non-profit organization, there were no names, or faces to attach to the vision. Just a desire to try and make a wish come true for someone facing medical problems that seem crueler when present in the lives of children. To read the results of that effort, along with details of one student’s efforts to raise money for world health through a cross-country bike ride, along with other student news, take a look at Around the College. » The Oncology Interest Group is helping one dream come true for 11-year-old Joseph Cail.

NEW CAMPUS DEAN STARTED MEDICAL STUDIES AT FSU
	Dr. Mel Hartsfield, a graduate of Florida State University’s Program in Medical Sciences (PIMS), has been named campus dean at the Tallahassee regional campus. He currently is an emergency medicine physician and vice-president of medical affairs at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Ga. Dr. Eugene Trowers has begun work at the main campus in his new role as assistant dean for diversity and outreach, part of a new program designed to help the College of Medicine continue with its successful recruitment and retention of a diverse student body. (More) » Dr. Mel Hartsfield

FRIENDS MOURN LOSS OF ORIGINAL PIMS CLASS MEMBER
	The College of Medicine’s humble beginnings originate decades before a medical school at Florida State University first began to be discussed in the Legislature in the mid-1990s. The Program in Medical Sciences (PIMS) officially began in 1971 to address a shortage of physicians in rural northwest Florida. One of the first to complete the program, Dr. Paul Hudson, embodied all that PIMS stood for, according to those who knew him. In many ways, he represented the ideals that are found today in the College of Medicine’s mission. Hudson died recently in Bradenton at age 60 after a long illness. (More)