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Spring 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
Herbert Cushing, MD
Anita Day
Jay Grosfeld, MD
Barth Ragatz, PhD
Rodney Rhoades, PhD
Richard Schreiner, MD
Tom Weinzerl
Advancement Officers:
Stefan Davis
Pamela Su Perry
J. David Smith, EdD
Publisher:
Pamela Su Perry
Editor:
Joe Stuteville
Writers:
Mary Hardin
Kristina Machanic
Joe Stuteville
Editorial Advisor:
Kaarta Nemeth
Photography & Illustration:
Greg Puls
Rocky Rothrock
Dave Jaynes
Department of
Medical Illustration & Photography
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Message from the Dean
D. Craig Brater, MD
Featured Articles:
• Many Paths, One Goal: Eliminating
Breast Cancer
Statistics and numbers vary, but the grim fact remains: breast cancer
is an equal opportunity disease. Meet some physicians and researchers
who hope to kill the killer.
• The Art Of Healing And Hope
A special program helps cancer patients discover they are more than
just individuals with a disease and find the therapeutic value of
spirituality, art and music.
• Opportunity In The Heartland
Indiana University and its School of Medicine are ready to assume
a leading role in the Central Indiana Life Science Initiative, a
monumental public/private endeavor that will protect Indiana as
a leader in biomedical research and development.
News & Notes
• Back to School with State Lawmakers
Indiana lawmakers and budget analysis don white coats, take the
pulse of IUSM and "round" with faculty and residents.
• Terre Haute Center Professor Receives
Carnegie Award
A Terre Haute Center professor receives a prestigious national
teaching award.
• Kids' Health Book Free to Hoosier Families
A recently published Riley kids' book offers tips and information
not commonly found in parenting publications.
Alumni News
Lord of the Olympic rings on the tennis court...Turf management
through golf and gardening...Family practice:like mother, like son...When
NASA sends the astronauts up, they send him down Cape Canaveral
for medical support.
Viewpoint
A new program at the Northwest Center for Medical Education focuses
on the belief that students who understand their patients' spiritual
needs make better-rounded physicians.
In Memoriam
Calendar
Campaign Update
The IUSM capital campaign has reached $257.5 million of its goal
of $290 million. Please contact the Office of Gift Development for
more information, (317) 274-3270.
Correction
In the winter issue, David Gerkin, MD '62, was inadvertently listed
as David Gerlin, MD. We apologize for the error.
About the cover:
Jeannette Shamblen, a patient at the IU Cancer Center finds comfort
in watercolor painting. Her image of tulips conveys the Fishers,
Ind., woman's sense of hope and perseverance.
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