Indiana University Medicine Spring, 2000

Featured Articles: • Virtual Surgery • Meet Stan The Man • Putting The Pieces Together • Seeing The Way, Hearing The Call • Molecular Medicine In Action About the Cover: David Canal, MD, associate professor of surgery, checks the progress that resident Eric Jensen, MD, is making with the simulated laparoscopic procedure at the Center for Advanced Surgical Technology.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICINE
Spring, 2000

Table of Contents

From The Dean

Dean Robert Holden, MD ('63)
Most of us can look to at least one mentor who provided us with a road map or touchstone
in our professional and personal lives.

Features

Virtual Surgery
IUSM's newly opened Center for Advanced Surgical Technology uses Virtual Reality to prepare
physicians for the real world of the operating room.

Meet Stan The Man
He's a real smart dummy, and this human simulator teaches residents that anesthesiology
is more than a gas.

Putting The Pieces Together
Senior Karla Draft's love of puzzles came to symbolize her quest to understand health and disease.

Seeing The Way, Hearing The Call
Ophthalmologist Richard Parrish, MD '76, has put the focus on his career on what he loves
best abougt medicine: educating the next generation of physicians.

Molecular Medicine In Action
High school students work side by side with genetic researchers at the Herman B Wells Center
for Pediatric Research.

 

Viewpoint

Patients are demanding more of their physicians and other health care professionals. Lisa Harris, MD,
studies whether patient satisfaction can improve patient outcomes.

 

News & Notes

Herman B Wells
IUSM's Division of Infectious Disease scores big with nearly $17 million in grants to study
and treat sexually trnsmitted diseases;
new Chairmen for Family Medicine and Pathology;
Jocelyn Elders, MD, addresses faculty and staff on access to quality care.

Alumni News

Running marathons, gliding, writing newspaper columns and just kicking back...these are a few
of their favorite things.

In Memoriam

Event Calendar

Spring Medical Alumni Weekend
Scholar-Chip Golf Outing, Fall Medical Weekend

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