Winter 01/02

Dean: D. Craig Brater, MD

Editor-in-chief:
James W. Edmondson, MD

Editorial Board:
Karl Y. Bilimoria, student
Hal Broxmeyer, PhD
Carolyn Cunningham, MD
Herbet Cushing, MD
Anita Day
Craig Gosling
Jay Grosfeld, MD
Colleen Kendrick, student
Barth Ragatz, PhD
Rodney Rhoades, PhD
Richard Schreiner, MD

Advancement Officers:
Stefan Davis
Pamela Su Perry
J. David Smith, EdD

Editor:
Joe Stuteville

Writers:
Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD
Mary Hardin
Joe Stuteville

Editorial Advisor:
Kaarta Nemeth

Photography & Illustration:
Andrew Anderson
Robert Hanmemann, MD
John R. Gentry Jr.
Rocky Rothrock/Department of
Medical Illustration

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Message from the Dean
D. Craig Brater, MD

Featured Articles:
• To Keep It, Give It Away
If medicine is to advance, physicians must think of themselves not as "know-it-alls", but as seekers, people who fervently wish to know more and to share it with others. IUSM's Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD, makes this and other observations in his commentary.
• Where The Heart Is
The new Riley Heart Center incorporates the best technology and patient/family amenities with its traditional compassionate staff care.
• Degrees Of Distinction
The school's MD/PhD program paves the way for students to pursue their twins goals of becoming physicians and scientists.

News & Notes
• On Tragedy's Frontlines
Three IUSM emergency physicians are deployed to NYC to help with relief and rescue operations in the horrible aftermath of terrorist attacks...
• Lab Partners
 Collaboration defines success at the Lilly Laboratory for Clinical Research

Alumni News
Neither rain nor sleet nor gloom of night - nor icy winter roads can stop this doctor from commandeering a snowmobile to make house calls... By day it's eyes, nose and throat, by night it's restoring military aircraft... It is really fair to call it gross anatomy when you have to wear a gas mask?

In Memoriam

Calendar

Readers Survey 2001

About the cover:
One of the most critical skills a physician can bring to the profession is not learned in textbooks or labs. It's the ability to communicate clearly and compassionately with their patients as does dermatology resident Karla Draft, MD '00.