Friday, June 27• “Understanding Alzheimer’s,”

Brian Ghafari-Haraghi, RN,noon-1 p.m., Room 200, Landon Center.

• Benefit for The ParkinsonFoundation of the Heartland, 8-11 p.m., Cheesecake Factory,Overland Park. Call 913-341-8828for tickets.

Saturday, June 28• Saturday Morning at KU Med,

“Management of Chronic Pain,”8:30 a.m.-noon, Francisco Lounge.

Tuesday, July 1• Falun Dafa, noon-1 p.m.,

Murphy Courtyard.

• Computer Basics, 9-11 a.m.,Senior Resource Center.

Wednesday, July 2• Liver Transplant Support Group,

7-8:30 a.m., Wyandotte Room.

• Blood Glucose Meter Clinic, 11 a.m.-noon, Cray DiabetesCenter, Room 1116.

Coming UpClassifieds, etc.

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I think it’s time youtook a break fromthat celery diet.

Medically underserved

Wyandotte County residents

will soon have access to basic health

care through a new free clinic organ-

ized by seven University of Kansas

School of Medicine students.

Jennifer Scott Koontz, a third-

year medical student from Hutchinson,

Kan., came up with the idea last fall

and shared it with fellow students.

More than 100 students sent her

e-mails expressing an interest.

The students worked to secure

funding for the program, including

writing grant applications. They also

did the logistical and staffing plans.

“The JayDoc Free Clinic will

be open to everyone, but we hope

to especially serve the indigent and

uninsured, as well as adolescents

and other people without access to

health care,”

Koontz said.

“I think there

are certain medical

students who need to do more than

just study to keep them going –

people who have a real passion for

helping the community,” Koontz

added. “It’s a really good way to

keep well-grounded and do things

for others.”

First- through fourth-year med-

ical students and eight undergraduate

volunteers will run the free clinic

under the direction of volunteer

physicians. Joshua Freeman, MD,

professor and chair of Family

Medicine, and K. Allen Greiner, MD,

instructor, Family Medicine, serve as

advisors to the project.

The JayDoc Free Clinic will

open Aug. 13 and serve patients from

6-10 p.m. Wednesdays in the

Southwest Boulevard Family Health

Care building, located at Southwest

and Rainbow boulevards in Kansas

City, Kan. Sharon Lee, MD, of the

Southwest Boulevard clinic, helped

the students secure space and equip-

ment. The clinic will perform blood,

pregnancy and sexually transmitted

disease testing. X-ray procedures

should be available in the near future.

Operation of the JayDoc Free

Clinic is made possible through a

$30,000 “Caring for Community”

grant from the Association of

American Medical Colleges and the

Pfizer Medical Humanities

Initiative. Each year, the association

awards grants to eight medical

schools nationally. The clinic also

received smaller grants from two

other organizations.

The JayDoc Clinic board is com-

prised entirely of medical students.

• Jennifer Scott Koontz (third

year): executive chairperson

• Sara Blake (third year): volun-

teer director

• Phong Hu (third year): research

director

• Alexandra Knudson (second

year): information director

• Chet Schrader (second year):

logistics director

• Mayra Sanchez (second year):

protocol director

• Matt Weiss (fourth year):

finance director

Page 2 Sixth-Floor OpeningSafety Office 25th

Page 3 Disaster Training

Pages 4-5 Front & Center

Page 6 Alumni AwardsKU Family Campaign

Page 7 What’s News

Page 8 Classifieds, etc.

KU Medical Students Start Free Health Clinic

The University of Kansas Medical Center

26 JUNE 2003 • VOLUME 5 • NUMBER 26

Inside

Jennifer Scott Koontz and K. Allen Greiner, MD

For more than a quarter of a

century, the Safety Office has

served the KUMC campus, helping

ensure that federal and state safety

regulations are followed – from the

university’s research laboratories to

the hospital’s nursing units.

John Doull, MD, PhD, profes-

sor emeritus of Pharmacology,

Toxicology and Therapeutics,

opened the Safety Office on July 1,

1977. Initially, it handled radiation

safety and employee safety issues.

Over the years, the office’s

responsibilities and staff have

grown along with the number of

government safety regulations, such

as those for handling hazardous

materials and proper waste disposal.

Ruth Schukman-Dakotas, cur-

rent Safety Office director, joined

the staff in February 1978.

“Our role has always been to

serve as facilitators, not enforcers,”

explained Schukman-Dakotas.

“Each individual must take respon-

sibility for following safety

guidelines. The Safety Office pro-

vides the tools and information to

help our employees, faculty and

staff do that.”

During a 25th anniversary cele-

bration held June 24, the Safety

Office surprised Schukman-Dakotas

with a plaque for her many years of

service. Ten people from the hospi-

tal and university employees were

also recognized as “Friends of

Safety.”

Hospital:

Dennis McCulloch, Public and

Government Relations

Terry Rusconi, Organizational

Improvement

Jenny Salzano, Design, Construction

and Maintenance

Nina Shik, RN, Infection Control

Jay Spicer, Nuclear Pharmacy

University:

Dale Abrahamson, PhD, Department

of Anatomy and Cell Biology

John Cook, Asbestos Abatement

Dale Grube, Continuing Education

Bill Narayan, DVM, PhD, and the

Marion Merrill Dow Lab

Steve Smallwood, campus architect

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All hospital and university

employees and staff will get a sneak

peek at KU Med’s new sixth-floor

expansion Tuesday, July 8, during

an open house from 7:30-10 a.m.

Construction of the sixth floor,

which began last July, adds 80,000

square feet to the hospital.

The expansion includes Unit 65,

a 14-bed Medical Intensive Care

Unit, and Unit 66, a 22-bed Medical

Telemetry Unit. Both units feature

state-of-the-art technology and spa-

cious, innovative room designs. The

sixth floor also provides space to

meet future patient demand at KU

Med.

In August, the hospital helipad

will relocate to the new sixth-floor

roof, providing easier access for

helicopter ambulances and more

rapid transport of patients to

KU Med’s Emergency Department

and Level I Trauma Center.

In addition to the open house,

a reception and program for the

KU Med board, state and local offi-

cials, community members and

representatives of the firms who

worked on the expansion will be

held at 6 p.m. July 7 in Hixson

Atrium. Tours of the new sixth-floor

units will follow.

Safety Office staff members celebrate 25 years at KUMC. Fromleft are Chris Warholic, associatedirector, Ruth Schukman-Dakotas,director, John Doull, MD, PhD, firstSafety Office director, and TiffanyMahaffey, senior coordinator.

Safety Office Celebrates 25 Years of Service

KU Med Plans Sixth-floor Opening Events

Two members of the KUMC

Safety Office recently returned from

Oklahoma City, where they took part

in a four-day hands-on mass casualty

training exercise.

Ruth Schukman-Dakotas, Safety

Office director, participated in com-

mand operations training. Tiffany

Mahaffey, senior coordinator, spoke

on the use of canine search and res-

cue units, in addition to participating

in the command operations and tech-

nical skills training. The training

included hands-on skills stations,

classroom lectures and tabletop exer-

cises and culminated in an overnight

deployment exercise.

A partially demolished dormitory

at the University of Central Oklahoma

served as the classroom for a 36-hour,

overnight deployment. National

Guard, specialized military response

teams, police officers, nursing stu-

dents, hospital personnel and

firefighters from across the country

responded to the mock “dirty bomb”

attack.

The unique training event,

organized by Florida-based Rescue

Training Associates, provided first

responders with training to prepare

them for a potential terrorist attack,

as well as natural

disasters such as

fires, tornadoes

and floods.

“Tragedies

like these remind

us of the need to

be prepared, although we hope such

events never happen,” said

Schukman-Dakotas.

Her Command Operations train-

ing stressed resource management,

logistics, administrative procedures

and how to remain flexible when

operational challenges are encoun-

tered during large-scale disaster

responses.

During the overnight deploy-

ment, Mahaffey and her trained

search and rescue dog, Stryker,

looked for volunteer “survivors”

and “victims” in the partially

demolished building.

“This was a unique opportunity

to get hands-on experience and work

with state-of-the-art technology,”

said Mahaffey, who trained along-

side firefighters, paramedics and

urban search and rescue teams from

across the country.

Oklahoma City is only the third

city in the country to have hosted

and participated in this type of full-

scale, real-time training and

deployment exercise.

“Hospitals and medical staff are

first responders whenever a disaster

occurs,” Schukman-Dakotas empha-

sized. “Simulations and training that

test how well we respond to the

stress of a situation is important.”

Tiffany Mahaffey (below right) andher search and rescue dog, Stryker,search debris following a mock “dirty bomb” attack.

Training Prepares Safety Staff for DisastersRuth Schukman-

Dakotas (far right)participates in

command operations

training.

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Dole on LeadershipBelow, former U.S. Senator Bob Dole

of Kansas addressed the Mid-

Central States Orthopedic Society

June 14 at the Fairmont Hotel on

the Plaza. Kimberly Templeton, MD,

orthopedic surgeon, is president of

the group. During its 50th annual

meeting, Dole spoke on “Leadership

in the 21st Century.”

Under the SeaAnn Clemens,

project manager,

Developmental

Disabilities Center

(DDC), puts the finishing

touches on a

“seascape” mural she

created for the foyer of

the center, formerly

known as the Child

Development Unit. The

three-dimensional scene, which features seaweed, tropical fish, starfish and

coral on sea foam blue walls, is designed to have a calming and stress-

relieving effect on children who are patients at the center. For more

information about the DDC, which is located in the Smith Building, visit its

new Web site at www.kumc.edu/ddc.

Grantham AwardJared Grantham, MD, University Distinguished Professor and director of the

Kidney Institute (center), was honored at a June 23 reception for receiving

the Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the

Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease. Pictured with him are his wife,

Carol, and Donald Hagen, MD, KUMC executive vice chancellor. Grantham

accepted the award and a $50,000 grant June 9 in Berlin during the

International Society of Nephrology World Congress.

Front & Center

Junior VolunteersKU Med’s junior volunteers recently

took part in an all-day orientation

program. About 35 area students,

ages 14-18, volunteer at the hospital

during the summer. Pictured are

(back row) Kimberly Newsome,

Mathieu Roa, Alex Hild, Shawn

Tieman, Ming Qi, Michael Komosa

and (front row) Melissa Thepthepha,

Lauren Hansen and Amelia Lucas.

The junior volunteers provide patient

escorts, wheelchair transportation,

flower deliveries and other services.

They are available to help any

department that requests assis-

tance. For information, contact

Cheryl Pemberton, Volunteer

Services coordinator, at 8-6560.

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Day of Caring Thirty KUMC volunteers spent their Saturday helping others during the United

Way’s “Day of Caring” June 21. Below, Jehan Reagan-Brawley, Patricia

Hughes, and Chen Zhang pick weeds in front of the Friendship Inn.

YouthFriendsDonald Hagen, MD, KUMC executive

vice chancellor (standing), offered

words of thanks to a group of

YouthFriends mentors, who were

honored during a luncheon June 19.

About 30 KUMC employees spent time

throughout the school year mentoring

children from Frank Rushton

Elementary School and Rosedale

Middle School in Kansas City, Kan.

Volunteers included (from left) Sharon

Barnett, Jameson Watkins, Elizabeth Leach, Megan McAtee, Rebecca Lang,

Chuck Cordt and Debbi Bunnell. Alumni and Community Relations coordinated

employee participation in the YouthFriends program.

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Above, Patricia Hughes, Matthew

Hall, Sandra Hall, Mariah Harvey,

Thomas Harvey and Sherry Bassett

prepare lunches for the homeless

clients at Cross-Lines.

Above, Chen Zhang washes the win-

dows of the Friendship Inn, while

Jenni Rea and Lindsay Rhinehart stain

a bench to place on the front porch.

When Jane Corley died of cancer

Feb. 14, 2001, the KUMC communi-

ty grieved. Bill Mumford, RN, corpo-

rate director of Information Systems

for KU Med, wondered how best to

memorialize her.

Corley had worked at KU Med

15 years, serving the last four as

chief information officer. She is

credited with shaping information

technology (IT) for the hospital and

the health care industry as well.

Mumford’s answer came when

he heard about the KU Endowment

Association’s Family Campaign.

“I had a vision of creating a

mechanism to honor Jane and her

efforts in the IT world,” he said.

KU Endowment established the

Jane Corley IT Educational Fund

with contributions from Mumford

and other employees. As it grows,

Mumford said the fund could support

a scholarship program for a

KU School of Nursing student pursu-

ing a master’s degree in clinical

informatics. It could also provide

education to IT staff, by bringing a

national speaker to talk about current

IT and health care issues.

“It was important to Jane to

look to the future to identify tech-

nology trends that could benefit

staff and patients,” Mumford said.

“With the Corley Fund, Jane’s

vision will continue.”

Gifts given to the Corley Fund

count toward the $500 million goal

of KU First: Invest in Excellence, the

largest fund-raising campaign in KU

history. KU Endowment is conduct-

ing KU First on behalf of KU and

KU Med through 2004 to raise funds

for scholarships, fellowships, profes-

sorships, capital projects and

program support for the university,

and capital projects, program support

and patient services for the hospital.

KU First Family CampaignEmployees’ Gifts Honor Jane Corley

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The University of Kansas Medical Center Alumni

Association recently announced the 2003 Alumni Award

recipients. They will be honored during an awards gala

on Saturday evening, Sept. 20, at the Hyatt Regency

Crown Center Hotel. The event is part of the annual

KUMC Alumni Reunion weekend, Sept. 19-21.

Distinguished Medical Alumnus

Presented by the KU Medical Alumni Association

Roger P. Reitz, MD ’59, internist

Medical Associates of Manhattan, P.A.

Kansas State Representative, 67th District

Manhattan, Kan.

Honorary Medical Alumnus

Presented by the KU Medical Alumni Association

Dennis A. Diederich, MD, professor of Medicine and

director of Nephrology and Hypertension

University of Kansas Medical Center

Distinguished Allied Health Alumnus

Presented by the KU Allied Health Alumni Association

Peggy Hundley Spitz, OTR ’70, occupational therapist

Asbury Park School District and Visiting Nurses Assoc.

Asbury Park, N.J.

Honorary Allied Health Alumnus

Presented by the KU Allied Health Alumni Association

Donald A. Rau, director of Facilities

University of Kansas Medical Center

Distinguished Nursing Alumnus

Presented by the KU Nurses Alumni Association

Mary Ann Lewis, DrPH, RN, FAAN ’62, professor

School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles

Honorary Nursing Alumnus

Presented by the KU Nurses Alumni Association

Myra J. Christopher, president and CEO

Midwest Bioethics Center, Kansas City, Mo.

2003 Alumni Award Recipients Announced

Saturday Morning “Chronic Pain: Haven’t Got Time

for the Pain?” is the free Saturday

Morning at KU Med presentation on

June 28 from 8:30 a.m.-noon in

Battenfeld Auditorium.

A variety of causes of pain,

including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid

arthritis, cancer, lower-back pain

and diabetes, will be discussed.

Medical experts Karl Becker, MD,

Bob Twillman, PhD, and Melanie

Simpson, RN, will make presenta-

tions and answer questions about

the causes, treatment and manage-

ment of pain.

Registration and an informa-

tional fair begin at 7:30 a.m. in

Francisco Lounge.

Computer TrainingInterested in increasing your

computer skills? Information

Technology Services is offering com-

puter training for Microsoft Word,

Excel, PowerPoint and Access at the

beginner, intermediate and advanced

levels. To register for a class or for

more information, call 8-3034.

Spanish ClassesThree Spanish courses – begin-

ner, intermediate and advanced –

are being offered for medical pro-

fessionals through KU Med’s office

of Interpreter Services beginning

July 7. All courses will cover

Spanish grammar and pronuncia-

tion. Vocabulary will emphasize

medical terminology.

All two-hour courses last eight

weeks and cost $130 per person,

which includes a manual.

Instructors are Carlos Navarro,

interpreter, and José Tello, Spanish

professor. All classes will be held in

1030 Sudler from 5-7 p.m.

• Beginner Spanish:

Mondays starting July 7

• Intermediate Spanish:

Tuesdays starting July 8

• Advanced Spanish:

Wednesdays starting July 9

To enroll, call 913-244-6659 or

send a check to Carlos Navarro,

10619 W. 115th St. Overland Park,

Kan., 66210.

Blood DonorsNeeded

Mark your calendar for the

next KUMC blood drive

Tuesday, July 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,

and Wednesday, July 2, 7 a.m.-

2 p.m. in Stoland Lounge.

Did you know?• A total of 34,400 first-time

blood donors are needed in

2003.

• Hospital patients will need

146,000 units of blood this

year.

• The Community Blood

Center distributes almost

4,000 units of blood and

components to hospitals

each week.

• Every blood type is needed.

• Giving blood is a safe way

to help others.

• Blood donors receive mini-

physicals, cholesterol tests

and learn their blood types.

• Donating blood helps your

community, your hospital,

your family and friends.

• First-time blood donors

receive a gift.

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CorrectionJohn and Jennifer Kirse, pictured on page four in the June 19 issue of

In the Center, began the Molly and Matthew Kirse Memorial Golf

Tournament in honor of their two children. They were incorrectly identified

in the photo as Molly and Matthew Kirse.