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Indiana University
Medicine
Fall, 1998

Featured Articles:
• Lives In The Balance: Practicing Better Diabetes Care
• First On The Scene Of Cardiac Arrest
• Clarence Boone's Legacy of Caring
• Classroom Charisma



About the Cover:
Working together to implement the latest knowledge about diabetes, physicians can help patients keep their health in balance. Please see our Editor's Note on page 16 for a profile of the artist, Maryland illustrator Sally Wern Comport.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICINE
FALL, 1998

Table of Contents

From The Dean

Dean Robert Holden, MD ('63)
Excellence in teaching shines through in our faculty's activities and in outreach initiatives that link the latest findings with practitioners and their patients.

Features

Lives In The Balance -- Practicing Better Diabetes Care
Improvements in diabetes management could prevent severe complications for the 16 million Americans afflicted. . .but only if physicians put new knowledge into practice. Seven Clinton County, Indiana, physicians are working with IUSM's internationally recognized Diabetes Research and Training Center to lead the way.

First On The Scene

Response time is crucial for cardiac arrest victims. The IU faculty in the Krannert Institute of Cardiology is evaluating whether the use of portable automated external defibrillators (AEDs) by police officers can improve survival.

A Parting Note On A "Legacy of Caring"

Outgoing IU Alumni Association President Clarence Boone, MD '56, has worked for 34 years to improve the University's and the state's education systems and the rights of minorities within them.

Classroom Charisma

Top-ranked professors Mark Braun, MD '75, MS '97 (Bloomington), Brett Zimmerman, PhD '86 (Muncie), and Taihung "Peter" Duong, PhD, (Terre Haute) share tricks of the trade.

News & Notes

IUSM's summer educational programs
The Year of Riley
Results of alumni survey

Alumni News

The place to look for news of your classmates...and to share your own!

Viewpoint

Volunteer faculty member and internist Jean A. Creek, MD '52, reflects on the rewards of teaching medical students.

Calendar

Event Calendar
Fall Medical Alumni Weekend
American College of Surgeons Reception
The Beering Lecture
Editor's Comments


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