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Holiday 2008<br />
VOLUME 33, NUMBER 5<br />
www.ndmedicine.org<br />
<strong>Touching</strong><br />
<strong>Lives</strong><br />
Bullseye<br />
The Invisible Injury<br />
Reaching Across the State<br />
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Doctor<br />
Courage, Hope and Strength<br />
through Breast Cancer Research<br />
Donor Appreciation Issue
DEAN’S LETTER<br />
Dean H. David Wilson, MD (center)<br />
received the Commonwealth Award<br />
Oct. 10 at a ceremony held in<br />
conjunction with the University of<br />
Kentucky (UK) College of <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
Alumni Reunion and Family Weekend.<br />
The award recognizes graduates of the<br />
medical school or residency program<br />
who have earned distinction for their<br />
leadership and contributions in medical<br />
care benefiting the college, state, nation<br />
and/or world. He’s pictured with<br />
Michael Rankin, MD (left), president,<br />
UK Medical Alumni Association, and<br />
Jay Perman, MD, dean, College of<br />
<strong>Medicine</strong> and vice president for<br />
clinical affairs, University of Kentucky.<br />
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THIS HAS BEEN ANOTHER<br />
successful year at the School of<br />
<strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Sciences. We<br />
continue to admit and graduate<br />
outstanding students, mostly <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong>ns and about half of them from<br />
small towns. We are very proud of our<br />
strong programs in family medicine<br />
and, for the second year in a row, UND<br />
is among the top ten (ranking fourth)<br />
U.S. medical schools in the percentage<br />
of our grads who choose to pursue a<br />
career in family medicine.<br />
Our graduates are highly regarded, and<br />
are selected to continue their training in<br />
some of the nation’s finest medical<br />
centers and many return to practice in<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>. In addition to family<br />
doctors, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> needs many<br />
specialists, and we do our best to<br />
supply physicians with those talents for<br />
our state as well.<br />
I am optimistic that during the next<br />
legislative session our state senators and<br />
representatives will support the<br />
recommendations of the Medical<br />
Center Advisory Council and the Board<br />
of Higher Education for some<br />
significant investments in the school. I<br />
believe our school is an excellent<br />
investment for the state and we will be<br />
able to accomplish much more with<br />
added resources for a new Center for<br />
Family <strong>Medicine</strong> in Bismarck and<br />
additional support for the training<br />
programs in family medicine, rural<br />
health, public health and promotion,<br />
and geriatrics. These are good times for<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> and critical times for the<br />
medical school.<br />
We have been successful in raising<br />
funds for endowments from alumni and<br />
friends. These gifts and pledges will<br />
establish scholarships and endowed<br />
chairs and professorships for students<br />
and faculty. We have an excellent<br />
faculty but we must have competitive<br />
salaries in order to attract and retain<br />
outstanding teachers and scientists. As<br />
we all know, if you do not have<br />
excellent teachers, you do not have an<br />
excellent school. Our students and your<br />
future doctors deserve the very best.<br />
Ultimately, patients benefit from the<br />
high quality of health care they receive<br />
from our graduates.<br />
During this holiday season, I want to<br />
extend my very best wishes to all of<br />
you for a healthy and successful year<br />
now and in 2009.<br />
Warmest regards,<br />
H. David Wilson, MD<br />
Vice President for Health Affairs and<br />
Dean
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA<br />
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES<br />
ROBERT O. KELLEY, President, University of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong><br />
H. DAVID WILSON, Vice President for Health Affairs<br />
Dean, School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Sciences<br />
EDITOR Pamela Knudson<br />
WRITERS Andrea Herbst, Pamela Knudson, Tara<br />
Mertz, Patrick Miller, Wendy Opsahl<br />
CONTRIBUTORS Andrea Herbst, Shelley Pohlman<br />
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FEATURES<br />
<strong>Touching</strong> <strong>Lives</strong> 4<br />
Through its alumni, faculty, staff and students, UND touches<br />
the lives of people especially in the Upper Midwest<br />
Bullseye 8<br />
UND Center for Rural Health scores big<br />
The Invisible Injury 10<br />
Partnership coordinates services for individuals<br />
with traumatic brain injuries<br />
Reaching Across the State 12<br />
Scientific collaboration with Dickinson State University<br />
opens doors of opportunity<br />
WhenIGrowUpIWanttobeaDoctor 14<br />
New program enhances <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>’s health workforce pipeline<br />
Courage, Hope and Strength 18<br />
Investigators launch clinical studies on new clues which hold<br />
potential for prevention and early detection of breast cancer<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
Guest Columnists - Dave Molmen and Joshua Wynne 16<br />
Student Profile - Fred Redwine 17<br />
News Briefs 24<br />
Alumni Notes 28<br />
In Memoriam 29<br />
Planning Ahead 30<br />
Parting Shots 31<br />
On the Cover: Sixteen-year-old Hannah Anderson of Leeds, ND, is a<br />
victim of traumatic brain injury (TBI). She and others with this<br />
invisible injury are taking advantage of a new, centralized source of<br />
TBI information in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>.<br />
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<strong>Touching</strong> <strong>Lives</strong><br />
Medical student Rachel Ott (second from left) listens while her teacher, Charles Nyhus, MD ’79, talks with a patient at Central <strong>Dakota</strong><br />
Clinic in Harvey, ND. Third-year medical students learn from doctors, who hold UND faculty appointments, during a required, eightweek<br />
family medicine rotation. Nyhus, a family physician, is one of three brothers who graduated from the UND School of <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
and Health Sciences in the 1970s.<br />
4 NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2008
WHETHER IT’S HEALTH CARE, PREVENTIVE<br />
medicine, studies of diseases and disease<br />
processes, or maintaining and enhancing<br />
access to rural health care services, the UND<br />
School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Sciences touches the lives of<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>ns and other residents of the Upper Midwest.<br />
Our alumni – graduates of medical and allied health<br />
professional programs – provide care to hundreds of<br />
thousands of people in this region every day, every hour.<br />
Their knowledge, skills and attitudes concerning the quality<br />
of that care were formed and fostered at UND.<br />
Our faculty and staff are dedicated to teaching, research<br />
and service aimed at improving and advancing the quality<br />
of life for all people of this region and elsewhere – whether<br />
those people realize it or not.<br />
Community-based medical education<br />
Because UND is a community-based medical school,<br />
education permeates the health care system in <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong>, and the quality of care is enhanced because of it.<br />
The UND medical school relies heavily on physicians and<br />
other health care professionals, practicing in clinics and<br />
hospitals throughout the state and region, to help educate<br />
and train our students.<br />
Promoting primary care and rural health have long been<br />
critical emphases at the school, and programs have been in<br />
place for more than 30 years to address those needs and<br />
issues surrounding them. For example, medical education<br />
takes place not only in the four largest cities in <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong> – with populations ranging from 100,000 to 35,000<br />
– but also in much smaller towns such as Harvey (pop.<br />
2,300) where Charles Nyhus, MD ’79 (Family <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
Residency ’82), weaves teaching into his care of patients.<br />
Realistic view of family medicine<br />
Teaching students in rural communities “is really<br />
important,” Nyhus says. “For medical students to get a<br />
realistic view of family medicine, they really need to do it<br />
in a rural setting. They get more experience, and a more<br />
realistic exposure” to the practice of family medicine than<br />
in the state’s more urban centers.<br />
The student “actually becomes a member of the health care<br />
team while doing their rotation here,” says the clinical<br />
assistant professor of family and community medicine, noting<br />
Harvey’s extensive medical facilities including his Central<br />
<strong>Dakota</strong> Clinic, which also employs Alan Lindemann, MD<br />
’77, an obstetrician-gynecologist; Julie Keller, PA ’94, and<br />
Erin Hagemeister, FNP. The community also has an<br />
assisted living center, a 106-bed nursing home and 25-bed,<br />
federally designated critical access hospital.<br />
At Harvey, students see a variety of patients, Nyhus says,<br />
and “they can use all the tools that they’re taught and<br />
trained to use… They are involved in endoscopies,<br />
surgeries, obstetrics-gynecology; they get good exposure to<br />
the emergency room, the hospital and how to do<br />
procedures such as inserting IVs, drawing blood…”<br />
‘A great experience’<br />
According to Rachel Ott, third-year medical student who’s<br />
taking a four-week rotation in Harvey, “It’s been a great<br />
experience; I’ve gotten to do everything – from the OR to<br />
the ER to the clinic. I have full reign: I order tests, I do<br />
minor surgeries on my own, I was involved in two Csections<br />
last week.”<br />
Harvey’s hospital, St. Aloisius Medical Center, is the only<br />
one between Minot and Jamestown, Bismarck and Devils<br />
Lake where babies are delivered in-hospital. That leaves a<br />
wide land expanse and thousands of patients to serve.<br />
Rachel Ott (right) has had a “great experience,” she says,<br />
providing patient care and studying medicine in Harvey, ND,<br />
where she’s had “full reign” to learn all aspects of family practice<br />
and function as a health care team member.<br />
‘Go Local <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>’ Website Connects Consumers<br />
with Healthcare Resources<br />
People throughout <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> now have a free, fast and<br />
easy way to find health services close to home, thanks to<br />
the hard work of librarians at the UND medical school.<br />
A new website, “Go Local <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>: Discover Health<br />
Services Near You!” (www.medlineplus.gov/golocalnd),<br />
provides information and links to hospitals, doctors, clinics,<br />
support groups, immunizations, home health care, and<br />
other programs and services people can use to find help for<br />
themselves and their loved ones.<br />
NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2008 5
For more information about<br />
“Go Local <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>,”<br />
contact Barb Knight,<br />
project coordinator and head of<br />
public services, 701-777-2166<br />
(bknight@medicine.nodak.edu) or<br />
Mary Markland, outreach coordinator<br />
and Southeast Campus clinical<br />
librarian, 701-293-4173<br />
(markland@medicine.nodak.edu), or<br />
use the form at the website to suggest<br />
resources or make comments.<br />
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A new website, Go Local <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>, developed by<br />
UND medical librarians, provides consumers access to a database<br />
from which they can locate health care services in their local area.<br />
The website project, funded by the National Institutes of Health,<br />
National Library of <strong>Medicine</strong>, supplements the national health<br />
resources database, MedlinePlus.gov, for <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> users.<br />
The website, “Go Local <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>”<br />
has been created by UND medical<br />
library personnel with funds from the<br />
National Institutes of Health, National<br />
Library of <strong>Medicine</strong>.<br />
● Where can I find a physical therapist?<br />
● Is there an adult daycare center in<br />
my area?<br />
● Are there support groups for<br />
diabetic patients?<br />
● Where can I get a flu shot?<br />
● Do the Three Affiliated Tribes have<br />
a dialysis unit on the reservation?<br />
These are examples of some of the<br />
questions that can be answered by<br />
searching the website, which is easy to<br />
use. People can search for resources<br />
by county, by types of service they<br />
want, or by a particular health topic.<br />
Services available on <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>’s<br />
Indian reservations are available as well<br />
as services for those living in the most<br />
rural areas of the state. Senior citizens<br />
needing health services will also find<br />
assistance through “Go Local <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong>.”<br />
“Go Local <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>” offers additional<br />
information and convenience because<br />
it’s connected to MedlinePlus.gov, the<br />
health website of the world’s largest<br />
library, the National Library of<br />
<strong>Medicine</strong>. If, for example, someone<br />
using “Go Local <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>” wants<br />
to learn about Alzheimer’s Disease,<br />
they can click on “Health Information”<br />
and be taken to MedlinePlus.gov. Or,<br />
someone reading about Alzheimer’s<br />
Disease on MedlinePlus.gov, can link<br />
to “Go Local <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>” to find<br />
Alzheimer’s resources close to home.<br />
MedlinePlus.gov is available in English,<br />
Spanish and several other languages.<br />
“Go Local <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>” is produced<br />
by the Harley E. French Library of the<br />
Health Sciences at the UND School of<br />
A mock train derailment that included a hazardous<br />
tested response skills of Grand Forks police, fire and
<strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Sciences, and is<br />
funded in whole or in part with federal<br />
funds from the National Library of<br />
<strong>Medicine</strong>, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/<br />
National Institutes of Health, under<br />
Contract No. NO1-LM-6-3503 with the<br />
University of Illinois at Chicago,<br />
Greater Midwest Region Office<br />
http://nnlm.gov/gmr/ of the National<br />
Network of Libraries of <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/network.html .<br />
‘BORDERS Alert and Ready’<br />
Trains Personnel to React to Disaster<br />
The work that has been done in the past<br />
several years to improve <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>’s<br />
ability to react quickly and effectively<br />
to a manmade or natural disaster has<br />
earned for UND a strong reputation as<br />
leader in our country’s effort to prepare<br />
for such threats, especially in rural areas.<br />
Under the supervision of Linda Olson,<br />
EdD ’96 (Teaching and Learning),<br />
materials leak and a search for potential terrorists<br />
ambulance personnel.<br />
director of special projects in<br />
the medical school’s Office of<br />
Medical Education, the UND’s<br />
BORDERS Alert and Ready<br />
project has made tremendous<br />
strides in encouraging health<br />
professionals of all stripes to<br />
learn how they can best work<br />
together in preparing for and<br />
meeting challenges that we all<br />
hope never happen.<br />
This fall in Grand Forks, Air<br />
Force base personnel joined<br />
with area police, fire and<br />
emergency medical workers in<br />
the latest simulated disaster drill<br />
designed to test their skills and equipment.<br />
“We are always on the lookout for<br />
chances to improve our disaster<br />
preparedness skills,” says Colonel John<br />
Scorsone, vicecommanderofthe319 th<br />
Air Refueling Wing at the U.S. Air<br />
Force’s base in Grand Forks (GFAFB).<br />
“The more we partner with the<br />
community on practice events, the<br />
better our ties if the event were real.”<br />
The BORDERS Alert and Ready project<br />
provided an “excellent training<br />
opportunity for our Grand Forks Air<br />
ForceBaseairmentojoininthis<br />
realistic local scenario,” Scorsone says.<br />
In the training exercise, emergency<br />
personnel were confronted with a mock<br />
train derailment that included a<br />
hazardous materials leak and a search<br />
for potential terrorists. The On Track<br />
Training was sponsored by BORDERS<br />
Alert and Ready, UND Environmental<br />
Training Institute, BNSF Railway and<br />
Amtrak railroad, CF Industries and local<br />
law enforcement and fire departments.<br />
The drills, with two simulated deaths and<br />
numerous serious injuries, was a chance<br />
for responding agencies to practice their<br />
procedures in the event of a disaster,<br />
particularly their communications.<br />
- Pamela D. Knudson<br />
The drill, with two simulated deaths<br />
and numerous injuries, provided an<br />
opportunity for responding agencies to<br />
practice their procedures, particularly<br />
in communications, in the event of a<br />
serious disaster.<br />
NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2008 7
Bullseye:<br />
UND’s Center for Rural Health scoresBIG<br />
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IT’S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO<br />
quantify the impact and importance of<br />
health in rural America. Sure, one<br />
could use traditional percentages,<br />
calculations and data, but the true<br />
measure of impact often lies in people’s<br />
stories. It is the elderly woman who is<br />
able to have dialysis treatments in her<br />
rural hometown, avoiding costly and<br />
difficult travel to the city. It is the<br />
reflective fifth-grader who wants to be a<br />
doctor when he grows up because he<br />
was inspired by a science event<br />
sponsored by medical students.<br />
Driven by the stories of the people it<br />
serves, a small <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> organization<br />
on the fourth floor of a nondescript<br />
university building ended up becoming<br />
a major piston in the engine which<br />
impacts 25 percent of people in the<br />
United States: rural health care.<br />
The Center for Rural Health, at the<br />
University of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> (UND) School<br />
of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Sciences, with<br />
its straightforward focus on improving<br />
health for people in rural communities,<br />
“has challenged the country to pay<br />
attention,” said H. David Wilson, MD,<br />
dean of the UND medical school.<br />
“Their efforts to ensure that people in<br />
rural areas have access to quality and<br />
affordable health care are shining a<br />
spotlight on the state in a major way.”
For most of its 28 years, the Center has<br />
worked quietly on addressing a variety of<br />
rural health issues, both in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong><br />
and across the United States. Now, armed<br />
with an arsenal of major new projects on<br />
national, state and local levels, the Center<br />
is not only making strides at home, but all<br />
across the country, and with the nation’s<br />
spotlight tracking their every move.<br />
The Center for Rural Health probably isn’t<br />
a household name to most folks in <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong> outside of the health care field.<br />
Yet nationwide, the Center constitutes a<br />
rural health all-star team. “The depth<br />
and breadth of the Center’s rural health<br />
impact is unique in the country,” said<br />
Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND). “UND’s<br />
Center for Rural Health is truly a model<br />
for rural health in the nation.”<br />
In 2008, while the rest of the country<br />
was experiencing an economic<br />
meltdown, the Center brought in an<br />
unprecedented $5.9 million in new<br />
grants and projects, adding nine people<br />
to the staff for a total of 51 employees.<br />
“The growth is important, and while<br />
Center faculty and staff work hard to<br />
successfully compete in a national<br />
arena, we also know that what we’re<br />
doing still isn’t enough,” said Mary<br />
Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN, the<br />
Center’s director and associate dean for<br />
rural health at the UND medical<br />
school. “The challenges to ensuring<br />
accessible, high quality, efficient care<br />
for rural <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> and rural<br />
America are substantial. However, the<br />
commitment and energy to do our part<br />
runs high at the Center.”<br />
That energy is palpable as you walk<br />
through the hallways of the Center,<br />
located within the UND medical school.<br />
There is just something about working<br />
at an academic institution, with its<br />
continuous flow of students and eye<br />
toward educating the next generation,<br />
that creates a contagious enthusiasm to<br />
be stewards of health care in rural areas.<br />
“It’s the one virus we hope to pass<br />
along,” jokes Wakefield.<br />
“ ”<br />
UND’s Center for Rural Health is truly a model<br />
for rural health in the nation.<br />
The Center added these new projects to their roster in fall 2008:<br />
● <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> Area Health Education Center<br />
$1.6 million, five years<br />
Impact: strengthen <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>’s health care workforce pipeline<br />
● VA Midwest Rural Health Resource Center<br />
$10 million multi-state initiative, five years<br />
Impact: enhance health care delivery to rural veterans<br />
● Health Workforce Information Center<br />
$750,000, five years<br />
Impact: a nationwide “one-stop shop” for of-the-minute information on<br />
health workforce topics and trends<br />
● VA Office of Rural Health Policy and Planning Group<br />
Five-year partnership with Atlas Research LLC, Georgetown University, the<br />
National Opinion Research Center and the National Rural Health Association<br />
Impact: provide program and regulatory support to the Office of<br />
Rural Health within the federal Department of Veterans Affairs<br />
There are more than 40 rural health<br />
programs and research projects currently<br />
underway at the Center. “We have an<br />
extremely collaborative atmosphere<br />
here,” said Brad Gibbens, associate<br />
director for community development<br />
and policy. “We collaborate with over<br />
2,000 entities across the state and<br />
nation. That’s what rural health is all<br />
about. You can’t do it alone; you have<br />
to work together to fashion change in a<br />
way that is inclusive of a variety of<br />
thoughts and ideas to help rural<br />
communities to be stronger.“<br />
Wakefield agrees. “Frankly, we think rural<br />
health care systems and providers lead in<br />
innovation and efficiency. If you couple<br />
that with new opportunities in technology<br />
and build networks across facilities and<br />
communities, working to strengthen rural<br />
health care becomes a very exciting focus.<br />
To do that, we work as many angles as<br />
we can—from helping a small hospital<br />
recruit a new health care provider to<br />
educating federal policymakers with<br />
new research findings.”<br />
That’s impact.<br />
- Wendy Opsahl<br />
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The Invisible<br />
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November 12, 2007 is a date that<br />
Hannah Anderson will never forget, yet<br />
may never remember. On that date,<br />
the 16-year-old from Leeds, ND,<br />
sustained a broken clavicle, fractured<br />
pelvis, and traumatic brain injury after<br />
being broadsided by a pickup while<br />
driving to her grandmother’s house to<br />
watch movies.<br />
After being rushed by ambulance to the<br />
Heart of America Medical Center in<br />
Rugby and transferred to Minot’s Trinity<br />
Hospital, doctors became quite<br />
concerned about the trauma she<br />
suffered to her brain. Since <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong> doesn’t have a level 1 trauma<br />
center, she was then airlifted to the<br />
Hennepin County Medical Center in<br />
Minneapolis, MN. After a four-week<br />
stay that included being placed in a<br />
medically-induced coma, she was<br />
transported yet again to the Gillette<br />
Children’s Specialty Health Care Center<br />
in St. Paul, MN, where she began a<br />
month of rigorous rehabilitation before<br />
returning home in late January.<br />
Although her long-term memory was<br />
unaffected by the accident, Hannah<br />
doesn’t remember the accident itself or<br />
much of what happened last fall.<br />
“She’s our miracle,” Hannah’s mother,<br />
Lisa Anderson, said. “To watch her<br />
enter the hospital on a stretcher and see<br />
her walk out on her own is remarkable.”<br />
Traumatic brain injuries are caused by<br />
external traumas to the head such as<br />
from a fall, car crash, being shaken or<br />
from a concussion blast – now the<br />
leading cause of traumatic brain injury<br />
for active-duty military personnel in war<br />
zones. The injury can be mild or severe<br />
and last for days, weeks or years.<br />
A year after the accident, Hannah is back<br />
at Leeds High School trying to live the<br />
life of a normal teenager. While her<br />
Injury<br />
progress to recovery has been promising,<br />
it’s possible that she may have permanent<br />
brain damage. Fortunately, recent<br />
neurological research has given the<br />
Anderson family hope about<br />
improvements and treatments. She logs<br />
about 130 miles weekly to nearby<br />
Devils Lake for twice-a-week occupational<br />
and speech therapy sessions and has<br />
ongoing check-ups in order to ensure<br />
the best possible recovery.<br />
“Traumatic brain injuries are unique in<br />
that there is a wide variety of long-term<br />
consequences that can result,” says<br />
Rebecca Quinn, MSW, a traumatic<br />
brain injury (TBI) project coordinator at<br />
the UND School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and<br />
Health Sciences’ Center for Rural<br />
Health. “Beyond the acute medical<br />
stage, there are lots of problems<br />
associated with recovery.”<br />
Bridging the Gap<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> doesn’t have a brain<br />
injury association like most other states,<br />
so until now there hasn’t been a central<br />
source for individuals with traumatic<br />
brain injury and their families to receive<br />
information about treatments, support<br />
groups, and follow-up options.<br />
However, Quinn works with the<br />
Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership<br />
Grant Program at the Center for Rural<br />
Health, which exists to build a<br />
comprehensive system of coordinated<br />
services for individuals with traumatic<br />
brain injuries.<br />
For families like Hannah’s, a centralized<br />
source of traumatic brain injury<br />
information cannot come soon enough.<br />
According to a needs and resources<br />
assessment performed by the Center for<br />
Rural Health in 2005, over 60 percent<br />
of caregivers identified “no centralized<br />
source of traumatic brain injury<br />
information” as a significant barrier.
“<br />
Brain injury<br />
”<br />
isn’t obvious<br />
like a broken leg<br />
“Many individuals with traumatic brain<br />
injuries and their families go without<br />
help regarding the long-term issues that<br />
they face,” Quinn said. “By creating a<br />
coordinated system to access, adequate<br />
services and support can be provided.”<br />
The Center for Rural Health administers<br />
the TBI project, in partnership with the<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> Department of Human<br />
Services. Additional funding partners<br />
include the <strong>Dakota</strong> Medical Foundation,<br />
the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> Head Injury<br />
Association and the Anne Carlsen Center.<br />
The TBI project is improving screening<br />
and referrals for needed services and<br />
service coordination. It also aims to<br />
strengthen cultural awareness, implement<br />
a peer-mentoring pilot program involving<br />
American Indians, promote education<br />
and awareness, target medical education,<br />
and develop a resource library.<br />
Resources may also be used to explore<br />
ways to track the incidence of traumatic<br />
brain injuries in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>.<br />
Nationally, the Centers for Disease<br />
Control estimates about two percent of<br />
the population is affected by traumatic<br />
brain injuries that disrupt the normal<br />
function of the brain. Using this<br />
estimate, about 12,800 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>ns<br />
have brain injury-related disabilities.<br />
“That is a significant number of people<br />
living in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> with what we<br />
call ‘the invisible injury’,” notes Quinn.<br />
“Brain injury isn’t obvious like a broken<br />
leg. People who have experienced a<br />
brain injury will often appear normal,<br />
and they or the people around them<br />
don’t understand why they are acting or<br />
feeling differently.”<br />
To the rest of the world, Hannah<br />
Anderson looks like your average<br />
teenager—only the people close to her<br />
know the challenges she faces on a<br />
daily basis due to her brain injury. But<br />
with her continued hard work and the<br />
dedication of a project designed to create<br />
a better support network for people<br />
who share her condition, there is hope.<br />
“This program will help so many<br />
people,” she said. “I want all of us to<br />
have a better life.”<br />
-Tara Mertz<br />
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) victim<br />
Hannah Anderson and others with<br />
this invisible injury are taking<br />
advantage of a new, centralized source<br />
of TBI information in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>.<br />
NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2008 11
Reaching<br />
Across theState<br />
Top: DSU student Shinobu Chinju is<br />
a post-degree biology major from<br />
Yokohama, Japan. Bottom: DSU<br />
student Tafadawa Bhobho is a<br />
sophomore from Harare, Zimbabwe.<br />
12 NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2008<br />
Collaboration with Dickinson State opens doors of opportunity<br />
WHAT BEGAN SIX YEARS AGO AT<br />
Dickinson State University (DSU) as a<br />
makeshift lab in a converted storage<br />
closet equipped with instruments<br />
purchased on eBay has become a<br />
student career path to opportunities in<br />
medicine and biomedical research.<br />
Two National Institutes of Health (NIH)<br />
grants awarded to and administered by<br />
the UND School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and<br />
Health Sciences in 2001 and 2004<br />
enabled DSU to equip a high-tech lab<br />
in which students can participate in<br />
biomedical research, opening the door<br />
to graduate and medical schools.<br />
“We’re doing really well at getting<br />
students into the schools they want to<br />
attend,” notes Lynn Burgess, PhD,<br />
toxicologist and associate professor of<br />
biology at DSU. “All my students who<br />
want to go to graduate school in<br />
research have gotten into the school<br />
they wanted to go to.”<br />
Some of his students have chosen to<br />
attend UND for medical school or<br />
graduate programs in biomedical research.<br />
“When I got here nine years ago, it was<br />
rare for a student from Dickinson State<br />
to go on immediately after graduation.<br />
It just happened every now and then,”<br />
Burgess says. “Now, the students who<br />
want to go to graduate school can go.”<br />
DSU sophomore Godwin Konde, from<br />
Ghana, developed an interest in<br />
molecular biology as a result of<br />
working in the lab with Burgess.<br />
“I hope to continue research and<br />
probably develop a career from that,”<br />
he says. “I’m looking at going to<br />
graduate school in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>,<br />
preferably UND.”<br />
The two Institutional Development<br />
Award (IDeA) grants from the NIH<br />
National Center for Research Resources<br />
(NCRR) made the difference. The goal<br />
was for UND and NDSU – the state’s<br />
two research universities – to work with<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>’s four baccalaureate<br />
institutions and five tribal colleges to<br />
get their students interested in<br />
biomedical research.<br />
The three-year, $6 million Biomedical<br />
Research Infrastructure (BRIN) program<br />
came first in 2001. The second phase, the<br />
IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research<br />
Excellence (INBRE), is a five-year, $16.3<br />
million program that began in 2004.<br />
Burgess says the process of convincing<br />
students to participate in research has<br />
been challenging at times, but their<br />
attitudes are changing.<br />
“ ”<br />
INBRE and the new building helps with<br />
recruitment and retention of students<br />
“Students learn from other students that<br />
this is not a big scary thing,” he<br />
explains. “They’re starting to<br />
understand that research is something<br />
that applies to their lives and all forms<br />
of biology. Research is a way of solving<br />
problems and answering questions.”<br />
Courtney Berry, a junior biology major<br />
from Yakima, WA, believes the lab<br />
experience will help her plan for<br />
the future.<br />
“I wanted to get some experience in<br />
research because I plan on going to<br />
medical school,” she says. “Maybe it<br />
will give me a heads-up on what I want<br />
to do when I get to medical school.”
The success of BRIN and INBRE helped<br />
DSU make the case for a new addition<br />
to Murphy Hall, its science building,<br />
notes Michael Hastings, PhD, chair of<br />
the Natural Sciences Department. Now,<br />
instead of operating out of a converted<br />
closet with barely enough room for four<br />
people, Burgess has a lab that easily<br />
accommodates 12 students.<br />
“INBRE provided research equipment<br />
and the new building provides the<br />
facilities which enable us to apply for<br />
other research grants,” Hastings says.<br />
“INBRE and the new building helps<br />
with recruitment and retention of<br />
students, especially the better students<br />
interested in research.”<br />
Seven years ago when DSU was<br />
approached about conducting research<br />
under the BRIN grant, Burgess remembers<br />
skepticism among the faculty. But times<br />
have changed, and the success of BRIN<br />
and INBRE has also changed the way<br />
faculty views research.<br />
“Now they’re trying get involved,”<br />
Burgess says. “We have people on<br />
campus and in our department who are<br />
trying to get into research themselves.<br />
We’re looking at ways to work together.”<br />
In addition to DSU, INBRE-funded<br />
research involving undergraduates is<br />
conducted at Mayville State, Minot<br />
State, Turtle Mountain Community<br />
College and Valley City State. Other<br />
tribal college partners are Cankdeska<br />
Cikana Community College in Fort<br />
Totten, Fort Berthold Community College<br />
in New Town, Sitting Bull College in<br />
Fort Yates and United Tribes<br />
Technical College in Bismarck.<br />
- Patrick Miller<br />
Lynn Burgess, PhD, DSU associate<br />
professor of biology, working with<br />
students Courtney Berry, a junior from<br />
Yakima, WA, and Godwin Konde, a<br />
sophomore from Accra, Ghana.<br />
NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2008 13
Future physician Rylan Setness, a sixth-grader in Park River, ND, listens to the heartbeat of his brother, Caleb.<br />
When I Grow Up<br />
IWanttoBeaDoctor<br />
14 NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2008<br />
SOME CHILDREN KNOW FROM AN<br />
early age exactly what they want to do<br />
when they grow up. Rylan Setness, a<br />
sixth-grader at Park River (ND) Elementary<br />
School, is certain he wants to be a doctor.<br />
“I want to go into general medicine,” he<br />
said in a recent interview, with a reflective<br />
seriousness well beyond his 11 years of<br />
age. “I also want to do missionary<br />
medicine, and even work with kids—it<br />
would be fun to travel to Australia.”<br />
While Rylan has been tinkering with his<br />
career choice for a couple of years, a<br />
few events earlier this year cemented<br />
his decision to venture into the field of<br />
medicine. The son of Jeremy and<br />
Bethany Setness attended a program at<br />
school called Inspector Wellness and the<br />
Case of the Many Medical Careers. The<br />
five-week program was a partnership effort<br />
between Park River’s Elementary School<br />
and First Care Health Center to educate<br />
the community’s fifth-graders about health<br />
careers. He also attended Science Day<br />
at the University of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> (UND)<br />
School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Sciences,<br />
a free event for fifth- and sixth-graders<br />
designed to get kids fired up for science
y featuring a hands-on approach to<br />
learning things like “grossology” from<br />
UND’s medical students.<br />
Programs that enhance <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>’s<br />
health care workforce pipeline, like<br />
Inspector Wellness, Science Day and<br />
others, are central to a new joint<br />
venture between UND’s Center for<br />
Rural Health and College of Nursing.<br />
With $1.28 million in funding from the<br />
U.S. Department of Health and Human<br />
Services, they will develop and implement<br />
an Area Health Education Center<br />
(AHEC) Program in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>.<br />
Until now, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> was one of<br />
only a few U.S. states without a<br />
federally funded AHEC, the goal of<br />
which is to help clinics and hospitals<br />
recruit and retain health care workers in<br />
underserved areas, address workforce<br />
shortages, and educate students about<br />
career options in health care.<br />
Since it will be roughly 17 years before<br />
Rylan can actually become a licensed,<br />
practicing physician, the new <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong> AHEC focuses on communitybased<br />
health care training through all<br />
levels of the workforce pipeline.<br />
Health career awareness programs will<br />
be developed for students in grade<br />
school and high school while new<br />
clinical opportunities will be developed<br />
for health professional students at the<br />
college and graduate levels.<br />
“Models for elementary students, such as<br />
Dickinson’s Medical Explorers and Park<br />
River’s Inspector Wellness Program, are<br />
examples of efforts through the AHEC<br />
that can be spread across <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong><br />
communities to encourage our youth to<br />
consider health care fields,” said Mary<br />
Amundson, assistant professor at the<br />
UND Center for Rural Health and<br />
director for the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> AHEC<br />
project. A unique aspect of the <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong> AHEC is advancing<br />
interdisciplinary training in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>.<br />
Three regional Area Health Education<br />
Centers will be developed across the<br />
east, central and western regions of the<br />
state to provide a variety of training<br />
experiences, and the program itself is<br />
based at the UND Center for Rural<br />
Health in Grand Forks. These Centers<br />
will link UND with local communities,<br />
hospitals and clinics to augment healthrelated<br />
training activities in each region.<br />
“The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> AHEC Program is a<br />
wonderful partnering opportunity for the<br />
UND College of Nursing and the School<br />
of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Sciences. We<br />
will build relationships with institutions<br />
throughout <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> to support<br />
collaboration between academic<br />
partners and community-based<br />
programs,” said Loretta Heuer, PhD,<br />
professor at the UND College of<br />
Nursing and co-program director of the<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> AHEC.<br />
“We’ll be able to address the primary<br />
health care workforce needs along<br />
with increasing access to health care<br />
and disease prevention to medically<br />
underserved communities in<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>.”<br />
Programs will be established and<br />
extended for college students to provide<br />
awareness of health care career options<br />
as well as rural practice opportunities.<br />
“Our goal is to improve access to the<br />
health care workforce,” said Patricia<br />
Moulton, PhD, assistant professor at<br />
the Center for Rural Health-Minot and<br />
co-director of the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> AHEC.<br />
“This will ultimately increase access to<br />
health care in underserved areas of<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>.”<br />
Additional support for this initiative is<br />
being provided by UND and the<br />
<strong>Dakota</strong> Medical Foundation to equal a<br />
total of $1.6 million.<br />
In the meantime, Rylan Setness will<br />
continue to expand his knowledge of<br />
livers and eyeballs and explore the<br />
wonders of the human body in pursuit<br />
of a very rewarding, and very<br />
necessary, career in medicine.<br />
- Wendy Opsahl<br />
This will ultimately<br />
increase access to<br />
health care in underserved<br />
areas of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>.<br />
NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2008 15
GUEST AUTHORS<br />
Certainty<br />
Dave Molmen<br />
Joshua Wynne<br />
16 NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2008<br />
in a World of Uncertainty<br />
EVENTS OF THE LAST FEW YEARS<br />
have highlighted just how unpredictable<br />
the future can be. Who would have<br />
anticipated that a group of terrorists<br />
would crash airplanes into buildings, or<br />
that the stock market would suffer<br />
cataclysmic shocks requiring massive<br />
government intervention to prevent the<br />
meltdown of capital markets?<br />
Despite the unpredictability of many<br />
events that affect us, other events are<br />
highly predictable—it’s just that we<br />
don’t like to think about them! But<br />
failing to acknowledge or deal with<br />
them doesn’t mean they’ll go away!<br />
For <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>ns, the demographic<br />
implications for our state are clear—like<br />
them or not! We will continue to have<br />
one of the oldest populations in the<br />
nation, with a higher cohort of folks 85<br />
years or older than almost any other state.<br />
There will continue to be outmigration<br />
of younger people from our rural and<br />
frontier areas, leaving an elderly and<br />
increasingly isolated population with<br />
chronic diseases and complex<br />
challenges for health care delivery.<br />
These realities are essentially certain to<br />
occur. No, we don’t know for sure. But<br />
there is every likelihood that they will.<br />
That’s why we must plan now for the<br />
future health care needs of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>.<br />
The School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health<br />
Sciences, in conjunction with the<br />
Medical Center Advisory Council, has<br />
crafted a three-pronged plan for health<br />
care delivery to help prepare us for the<br />
coming demographic developments:<br />
● We need to plan for our state’s future<br />
health care needs—Additional state<br />
funding is needed for the school’s<br />
Center for Rural Health to initiate<br />
regional and statewide health care<br />
workforce efforts designed to track<br />
and project supply and demand, to<br />
implement approaches to strengthen the<br />
workforce pipeline, and to work with<br />
communities and health care providers<br />
in the state to support the delivery of<br />
safe, efficient, accessible health care.<br />
● We need to preserve and strengthen<br />
the school’s family medicine residency<br />
programs in Bismarck and Minot—The<br />
UND Centers for Family <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
train the majority of family medicine<br />
residents in the state; family medicine<br />
and other primary care physicians<br />
form the foundation of our health care<br />
delivery system, especially in rural<br />
areas. These programs are not<br />
financially self-sufficient, in part because<br />
of care provided to disadvantaged<br />
patients. We are seeking support for<br />
construction of a building for the<br />
Bismarck family medicine program<br />
and for additional financing for the<br />
UND Center for Family <strong>Medicine</strong> in<br />
Minot. State support is essential to<br />
keep these programs viable.<br />
● We need to provide the health care<br />
workforce <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> will need in the<br />
future—Additional funding is needed to<br />
expand the education of trainees in<br />
preventive medicine and geriatrics and<br />
to increase loan repayment funds for<br />
doctors to practice in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>.<br />
Our three-pronged plan will go a<br />
long way toward meeting our future<br />
health care needs that are certain<br />
to continue to develop. Please<br />
learn more about the plan (visit<br />
www.med.und.edu/publicaffairs/mcacplan/)<br />
and encourage your legislators to support<br />
the UND medical school, so we can<br />
better prepare to provide quality<br />
health care for all our citizens.<br />
Dave Molmen, CEO, Altru Health<br />
System, and Chair, Medical Center<br />
Advisory Council<br />
Joshua Wynne, MD, MBA, MPH,<br />
Associate Vice President for Health Affairs,<br />
University of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>, and Vice<br />
Dean and Professor of <strong>Medicine</strong>, UND<br />
School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Sciences
THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING<br />
between health care providers and<br />
health policy-makers is the cause of<br />
many a headache. That’s why Fred<br />
Redwine, JD, afreshmanmedical<br />
student from Norman, OK, is seeking to<br />
bridge the communication gap. A<br />
lawyer who spent eight years practicing<br />
law prior to beginning medical school,<br />
he sees himself as a conduit to bring<br />
the clinical side of medicine and health<br />
policy together.<br />
“There’s this big disconnect between<br />
how the policy is made and what is<br />
needed. The doctors don’t know how<br />
to make the policy, but they know the<br />
medicine. The lawyers don’t know<br />
much about the health issues or the<br />
clinical needs, but they are the way the<br />
law is made,” he says.<br />
“<br />
STUDENT PROFILE<br />
Redwine believes that by becoming a<br />
practicing clinician in addition to his<br />
law experience, he’ll be able to help<br />
physicians and policy-makers make sense<br />
to one another. By personally seeing<br />
the needs of patients, he will be better<br />
equipped to tell policy-makers what<br />
policies are needed. And, by bringing<br />
his law knowledge to the clinical field,<br />
he will be able to explain to health care<br />
providers how the process of passing<br />
health care policies works.<br />
“I feel that if I have firsthand knowledge<br />
as a doctor, I’ll be so much more<br />
effective in creating the law,” he says.<br />
A member of the Choctaw Indian Tribe,<br />
Redwine wants to focus on health<br />
policy issues for rural health,<br />
specifically those affecting the Native<br />
American community. His plan is to<br />
work in Indian Health Service facilities<br />
and use his clinical experiences there to<br />
Bridging<br />
the Gap<br />
help create laws or policies that address<br />
the medical needs of Native Americans.<br />
Before attending law school at Southern<br />
Methodist University in Dallas, TX,<br />
Redwine volunteered as an emergency<br />
room orderly at the Hastings Indian<br />
Hospital in Tahlequah, OK. After<br />
graduating and completing a federal<br />
clerkship, he went on to work as an<br />
attorney at the National Indian Health<br />
Board in Washington, DC, helping to<br />
write briefs and legislation, and<br />
lobbying on behalf of Native<br />
American tribes. Eventually he<br />
became Counsel to the Tribal<br />
Ambassador to the Chickasaw<br />
Nation. Then, after four years as<br />
general counsel at a manufacturing<br />
company, he decided it was finally<br />
time to pursue his medical degree.<br />
aconduittobring the clinical side of<br />
medicine and health policy together<br />
”<br />
Redwine has always wanted to practice<br />
both law and medicine, and is glad he<br />
ended up at UND because of its strong<br />
focus on rural health and Native American<br />
issues. The Indians Into <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
(INMED) program is the reason he came<br />
to UND. INMED provides a support<br />
system, a way to meet other Native<br />
American students, and an exposure to<br />
rural health aspects that he values.<br />
He’s also excited about the Rural<br />
Opportunities in Medical Education<br />
(ROME) program, he says, and is likely<br />
going to participate. Through the ROME<br />
program, medical students train and live<br />
in rural communities for the majority of<br />
their third year, working closely with<br />
physician-faculty members of<br />
the UND medical school.<br />
- Andrea Herbst<br />
NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2008 17
JULY 11, 2008. ANGELA UHLENKAMP<br />
remembers so vividly the day, the very<br />
moment, she received the news she had<br />
breast cancer that tears well up in her<br />
eyes just at the thought of it.<br />
“It was the moment your life was taken<br />
away from you,” she says. “I was ignorant<br />
of cancer; I thought a cancer diagnosis<br />
meant you’re dead. To me, cancer<br />
equaled death… I felt like cancer was all<br />
around me, my grandfather had leukemia,<br />
my cousin has melanoma. It was almost<br />
like I was surrounded, suffocating.”<br />
Like many cancer patients, she went<br />
“through all the phases,” she says,<br />
denial, anger, paralyzing fear. An<br />
active, vivacious, athletic 37-year-old<br />
whose sunny personality and warm<br />
smile light up a room, she loves the<br />
outdoors and enjoys her work. She was<br />
living a good life, her young son was<br />
happy and well-adjusted, and she was<br />
seriously involved with a wonderful<br />
guy, she says, the love of her life, Sean<br />
O’Leary. Then she got cancer.<br />
I know you can survive cancer;<br />
it’s treatable<br />
She asked, ‘why me’? The diagnosis<br />
brought her and O’Leary to their knees,<br />
literally and figuratively, she says.<br />
Cancer can strike anyone.<br />
“You go through all those phases, then<br />
you say, ‘OK, I’m going to fight this’,”<br />
and they immediately turned to their<br />
computers and “read everything we<br />
could find.”<br />
When she received the diagnosis “I<br />
started a journal from that day forward,”<br />
she says. “It’s so important to keep a<br />
journal. You’re so upset; you can’t<br />
comprehend, you can’t digest it all.<br />
Writing allows you to think and reflect<br />
later on what you’ve taken in.”<br />
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Courage,<br />
Hope andStrength<br />
through Breast Cancer Research<br />
Timing is everything<br />
Everything went very quickly; her primary<br />
physician, Joanne Gaul, MD (Family <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
Residency ’92), “really had a good team right<br />
off the bat,” she says. Four days after diagnosis,<br />
Uhlenkamp was in the office of Edward Sauter,<br />
MD, PhD, associate dean for research and<br />
professor of surgery at the UND medical school,<br />
who had just started his surgical oncology<br />
practice at Altru Clinic in Grand Forks.<br />
“It was his first day on the job,” she says. “I was<br />
his second patient in the office and his first<br />
surgical patient (in Grand Forks). What timing!”<br />
She could’ve chosen any surgeon; she’s glad<br />
she chose him. His manner is reassuring and<br />
comforting; exactly what the situation required,<br />
she says. “He doesn’t rush you; he always asks<br />
if there are any more questions – you really<br />
need that.”<br />
As she recovered from surgery July 30, he came<br />
twice “to my side,” she recalls. “I remember he<br />
was smiling, and he told me, ‘It’s going to be<br />
OK.’” His assistant, Wanda DeKrey, clinical<br />
nurse at the UND medical school’s Department<br />
of Surgery, “was by my side the whole time.”<br />
Sauter “is sincere, and expresses the deepest<br />
care for his patients… He takes time for you.”<br />
He also furnished reliable, accurate websites<br />
that best inform patients.<br />
“You need different levels of support,” she<br />
notes, “medical; your family and spouse, and<br />
others who have lived and breathed it,” such as<br />
her co-worker Linda Romuld, a cancer survivor<br />
whose “positive energy” and caring interest has<br />
made a huge difference.<br />
Surgeon as researcher<br />
Sauter, DeKrey and their team of clinical<br />
researchers are conducting several studies on<br />
the prevention and early detection of breast<br />
cancer. Sauter moved these studies from the<br />
University of Missouri-Columbia when he<br />
joined the UND medical school last summer.<br />
When she learned he needed volunteers to take<br />
part in the studies, Uhlenkamp quickly signed up,<br />
she says. “To become part of his research and help<br />
find ways to diagnose cancer earlier, absolutely.<br />
Who wouldn’t want to be part of that?”<br />
What’s it like having a physician who’s also<br />
a researcher?<br />
“A big plus,” she affirms. “If this research will<br />
help him understand cancer better, it will help<br />
me and future patients… It complements – it’s<br />
not an interference – to his practice.”<br />
Now, coming through a tremendous personal<br />
challenge, including a regimen of<br />
chemotherapy treatment, “I know you can<br />
survive cancer; it’s treatable,” she says. Gone is<br />
her notion that cancer equals death.<br />
She knows that everyone deals with the disease<br />
differently, and “there’s no right or wrong way,”<br />
she says. “You really grow, as a person, in so<br />
many ways. That’s what keeps you on that path<br />
to survival.”<br />
“This is just another chapter in my life and I will<br />
look back on it, someday, and realize how far<br />
I’ve come.”<br />
In the United States, more than 40,000 women<br />
die each year from breast cancer. It’s the most<br />
common cancer that occurs in American women.<br />
The question that compels Sauter is: “How do<br />
we prevent the disease or, if we don’t prevent<br />
it, detect it as early as possible?”<br />
“What are the overarching questions or<br />
strategies,” he asks, that will lead to treatments<br />
that decrease breast cancer mortality?<br />
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For more information<br />
(or, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> and<br />
northern Minnesota<br />
readers, to enroll<br />
as a volunteer<br />
in these studies),<br />
please contact<br />
Wanda DeKrey,<br />
clinical nurse,<br />
UND School of <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
and Health Sciences,<br />
wdekrey@medicine.nodak.edu<br />
or 701-777-4862.<br />
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The surgical oncologist blends his medical<br />
practice with a dedication to breast<br />
cancer research that has dominated much<br />
of his career. After joining the UND<br />
medical school from the University of<br />
Missouri-Columbia in July, he began<br />
practicing at Altru Health System in<br />
Grand Forks and has involved that<br />
system and the MeritCare Health<br />
System in Fargo in his clinical studies.<br />
Noticeable progress in the fight to<br />
prevent breast cancer is credited to two<br />
drugs, he says, tamoxifen, which has<br />
been prescribed for a long time, and<br />
raloxifene, which was recently FDAapproved<br />
to prevent breast cancer in<br />
high risk women. Nonetheless, these<br />
medications have undesirable side<br />
effects, and the medications are only<br />
approved in high risk women, which<br />
limit their use.<br />
The French Paradox, which has<br />
observed that people of French descent<br />
who consume high fat diets and red<br />
wine have a low risk of cardiovascular<br />
disease, led to studies to identify the<br />
chemical leading to cardiovascular<br />
protection. Most investigators credit<br />
resveratrol for the lower risk.<br />
Subsequent investigations of resveratrol<br />
have found that it both prevents breast<br />
cancer in animals destined to develop<br />
the disease, and shrinks tumors that<br />
have already formed, Sauter says.<br />
Unlike cardiovascular disease, required<br />
doses of resveratrol to prevent and treat<br />
breast cancer are thought to be higher<br />
than can be obtained through food<br />
consumption, although the optimal<br />
dose for breast cancer prevention is not<br />
yet known.<br />
Sauter and his team of clinical<br />
researchers are conducting six clinical<br />
trials, funded by the National Institutes<br />
of Health and other organizations,<br />
which involve resveratrol and Vitamin<br />
D for breast cancer prevention, and the<br />
collection and analysis of fluid from the<br />
milk ducts using a breast pump for the<br />
early detection of breast cancer.<br />
His research team includes: Wanda<br />
DeKrey, nurse clinician; Beth<br />
Kliethermes, data manager; Weizhu<br />
Zhu, MD, andWenyi Qin, MD,<br />
research assistant professors; Guhoa<br />
Zhong, MD, research associate, and<br />
Wendy Zhu, laboratory technician.<br />
The prevention studies attempt to<br />
increase scientists’ understanding of<br />
the role of resveratrol and vitamin D<br />
in preventing breast cancer.<br />
“We know that the age women give<br />
birth to their first child affects breast<br />
cancer risk,” Sauter says. “Women who<br />
have their first child under the age of<br />
25 have a lower risk than those who<br />
have their first child after the age of 25.<br />
Why is that?”<br />
He and his team are seeking that<br />
answer through a study that evaluates<br />
changes in breast milk from lactating<br />
women based on age, he says.<br />
Biomedical scientists suspect that<br />
estrogen holds the clue to that answer.<br />
In some way, younger mothers receive<br />
a biological benefit that protects them<br />
from cancer later in life. But how and<br />
why this happens is still unknown.<br />
In terms of prevention, diet is always an<br />
important factor, he says, and sun<br />
exposure is also very important.<br />
“The sun is the primary source of<br />
vitamin D,” he notes, and the<br />
“incidence of breast cancer increases<br />
the farther you get from the equator.”<br />
Breast cancer is a “hormonally-driven<br />
cancer in women, and it is going to<br />
occur in some women unless we can<br />
prevent it earlier,” he says.<br />
The early detection study is a large,<br />
multi-center study involving the Royal<br />
Marsden Cancer Center in London<br />
where Sauter’s collaborator, Gerald<br />
Gui, MD, heads the breast cancer unit.<br />
In this study, researchers collect breast<br />
fluid through the nipple and examine it<br />
for predictive markers of cancer through<br />
RNA, DNA and protein analyses.
“We compare differences in breasts that<br />
have cancer with those that do not,”<br />
Sauter says.<br />
He has ongoing collaborations with Fox<br />
Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia,<br />
one of the oldest cancers centers in the<br />
U.S., where he received training as a<br />
surgical oncology fellow. The Center is<br />
noted for research on breast, head and<br />
neck cancers.<br />
In the early 1990s, as a surgical oncologist<br />
working on his doctoral degree in<br />
molecular biology, he became interested<br />
in breast cancer because it’s a common<br />
disease that surgical oncologists treat,<br />
and funding is available to study it, he<br />
says. He earned the PhD from the<br />
University of Pennsylvania and the MD<br />
degree from Louisiana State University<br />
School of <strong>Medicine</strong>.<br />
Studies with the University of Missouri<br />
are aimed at mammaglobin, a protein<br />
which appears to only be found in<br />
breast cancer cells. The goal is to<br />
identify a radioactive agent that would<br />
bind only to cancer cells and kill them<br />
without harming normal cells.<br />
In his effort to collaborate and partner<br />
with health systems and others to find<br />
improved treatments for breast cancer,<br />
Sauter is fixed on trying “to increase<br />
bench-to-bedside research” and engage<br />
basic scientists and physicians to bring<br />
cures to patients more quickly.<br />
“That’s what I’m trying to foster,” he<br />
says, “and that’s what I do.”<br />
- Pamela D. Knudson<br />
“Our strategy is to prevent cancer or to<br />
detect it as early as possible,” says<br />
Edward Sauter, MD, PhD, associate<br />
dean for research and professor of<br />
surgery, shown here with Wanda<br />
DeKrey, nurse clinician; they are<br />
conducting several breast cancer studies<br />
based in Grand Forks and Fargo.<br />
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ALUMNI PROFILE<br />
Research<br />
Advantage<br />
Experience Helps Grad Secure<br />
Mayo Residency Position<br />
Eric Fenstad, MD ’08, credits research studies he conducted as a<br />
UND medical student for his admission to the Mayo Clinic internal<br />
medicine program. While in medical school, he was invited to<br />
present his research findings at annual national meetings of the<br />
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the<br />
Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Session.<br />
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ERIC FENSTAD, MD ’08, IS<br />
convinced the research he conducted<br />
as a medical student at UND enhanced<br />
his application for residency training,<br />
and helped him to secure a place in the<br />
internal medicine program at the highly<br />
acclaimed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.<br />
It was his first choice in residency; he’s<br />
pleased to be training at Mayo because<br />
of its strong reputation for placing<br />
residency grads in fellowship programs<br />
(he’s considering specializing in<br />
cardiology or allergy medicine).<br />
“Some programs look favorably on<br />
research, and Mayo is one of them,” he<br />
says, noting that evidence of research<br />
proves that “you contribute to the<br />
working medical knowledge, that<br />
you’re inquisitive… The vast amount of<br />
research this institution has is<br />
absolutely unbelievable.”<br />
For acceptance into many residency<br />
programs “research isn’t mandatory but<br />
it adds to a well-rounded application,”<br />
he explains.<br />
As a UND medical student, Fenstad<br />
studied aspects of allergy medicine and<br />
cardiology that “enabled me to reestablish<br />
connections in different areas of<br />
medicine, and gave me an avenue to<br />
investigate questions that I’ve had,” he<br />
says. “It strengthened my ability to<br />
critically appraise the medical literature.”<br />
The quality of his research attracted<br />
invitations to present his findings at<br />
national professional meetings: the<br />
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma<br />
and Immunology (AAAAI) in March and<br />
the Heart Rhythm Society Scientific<br />
Session, an annual conference for<br />
electrophysiologists, in May.<br />
Better treatment for allergy patients<br />
With the help of his mentor, Dan<br />
Dalan, MD ’87 (Internal <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
Residency ’00), allergy specialist at<br />
Allergy and Asthma Care Center, Fargo,<br />
Fenstad explored questions concerning<br />
pollen counts of grasses, ragweed and<br />
trees in spring, summer and fall. Dalan,<br />
a clinical associate professor of internal<br />
medicine at the UND medical school,<br />
“had a lot of ideas and helped me<br />
frame my research,” he says. Fenstad’s<br />
aim was to determine how pollen<br />
counts correlate with patients’ allergy
symptoms. He found that patients who<br />
live closer to the pollen counter in<br />
Fargo had more severe symptoms.<br />
A pollen counter looks like a<br />
weathervane, with a slide that collects<br />
pollens in the air, Fenstad says. Dalan<br />
reads them and reports the data to the<br />
National Allergy Bureau which disperses<br />
the information through allergy<br />
websites and news outlets. Based on<br />
this data, doctors can assess the pollen<br />
threat and make recommendations to<br />
their patients about how to treat their<br />
allergy symptoms in advance of a rise<br />
in the pollen count.<br />
However doctors who practice outside<br />
Fargo don’t have local pollen count<br />
records to help them advise and treat<br />
patients; they must rely on past records<br />
and generalized information. Fenstad is<br />
hoping his study helps to “raise<br />
awareness that there aren’t enough<br />
pollen counters,” he says. But “right<br />
now, it’s the best tool we have.”<br />
Dalan advised him on how to analyze<br />
and present data at the national<br />
meeting of the AAAAI which updates<br />
allergy specialists from around the<br />
world on new research advances.<br />
Fenstad attended the meeting, all<br />
expenses paid, under the Chrysalis<br />
program, which introduces students to<br />
the life of an allergist.<br />
“It was an awesome experience,” he says.<br />
“It gives you more insight into allergy<br />
medicine prior to committing to the field.”<br />
Dalan, who conducts numerous studies<br />
related to the practice of allergy<br />
medicine in an agricultural area and<br />
other issues, praises Fenstad for taking<br />
the initiative and seeking him out to do<br />
research, he says. “It was a natural<br />
progression for him to do research<br />
that’s relevant to our area.”<br />
Therapeutic hypothermia<br />
For another study, this one in<br />
cardiology, Fenstad re-connected with<br />
Tim Henry, MD (BS Med ’80), director<br />
of research at the Minneapolis Heart<br />
Institute and world-renowned<br />
cardiologist with whom he had worked<br />
before enrolling in medical school.<br />
(Henry is originally from Mohall, ND.)<br />
During a cardiology rotation, Fenstad<br />
was introduced by Henry to<br />
cardiologists who use therapeutic<br />
hypothermia to treat patients who’ve<br />
experienced sudden cardiac arrest.<br />
With this relatively new process, the<br />
body is cooled to between 32 and 34<br />
degrees Celsius as soon as possible<br />
after the arrest.<br />
For patients who suffer a sudden<br />
cardiac arrest, “the majority… do not<br />
survive,” Fenstad explains, “and those<br />
who do often have severe neurological<br />
deficits and cognitive impairment.”<br />
“ ”<br />
Research strengthened my ability<br />
to critically appraise the medical literature<br />
Studies have proven that “the quicker<br />
they can cool the patient down after the<br />
heart attack, the better the outcome, the<br />
metabolism slows down, the heart and<br />
brain don’t require as much oxygen –<br />
it’s protective to cool them,” Fenstad<br />
says. “These patients, with therapy,<br />
experience 40 to 50 percent<br />
improvement recovery in symptoms,<br />
and can become semi-independent.”<br />
Results of the first big trials of<br />
therapeutic hypothermia, released in<br />
2002, showed that the treatment<br />
effectively decreased mortality and<br />
improved neurologic outcomes, Fenstad<br />
says. His study sought to build on that<br />
knowledge by “looking at predictors of<br />
better outcomes such as patient<br />
characteristics,” like age, and other<br />
factors including the length of time<br />
between the cool-down and heart<br />
pumping action.<br />
Therapeutic hypothermia is starting to<br />
become standard treatment for patients<br />
with sudden cardiac arrest, he says. “It’s<br />
something I hope to implement when I<br />
come back to <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> eventually.”<br />
- Pamela D. Knudson<br />
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NEWS BRIEFS<br />
Dickson Elected President of National Rural Health Organization<br />
Lynette Dickson, MS, LRD, program<br />
director at the Center for Rural Health<br />
at the University of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong><br />
(UND) School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health<br />
Sciences, Grand Forks, has been<br />
elected president of the National<br />
Organization of State Offices of Rural<br />
Health (NOSORH). The group’s<br />
membership includes representatives<br />
from all 50 state offices of rural<br />
health, with an agenda that promotes a healthy rural<br />
America through state and national leadership.<br />
Dickson, elected by her peers to this three-year post, has served<br />
on the NOSORH board and as the organization’s treasurer.<br />
As president, she will provide leadership for a rural health<br />
policy platform as well as build partnerships with other<br />
organizations that advocate on behalf of rural health issues.<br />
Dickson is program director for the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> State<br />
Office of Rural Health, an affiliate of NOSORH. She directs<br />
grant programs which provide support for rural health<br />
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information technology programs. She also serves as the<br />
planning committee chair for the annual <strong>Dakota</strong> Conference<br />
on Rural and Public Health and as chair of the <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong> Health Information Technology Steering Committee.<br />
“It’s to <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>’s credit that one of our own is at the helm<br />
of one of the nation’s leading rural health organizations,”<br />
said Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN, director of the<br />
Center for Rural Health, Grand Forks. “She’s an important<br />
and strategic link between <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>’s rural health care<br />
issues and concerns and the nation’s rural health agenda.”<br />
Dickson received the NOSORH Distinguished Service<br />
award in 2006 which recognizes individuals who make<br />
outstanding contributions to NOSORH and are actively<br />
involved in their state office of rural health.<br />
Created in 1995, NOSORH fosters and promotes<br />
legislation, information exchange, education and liaison<br />
activities with all state offices of rural health, the Federal<br />
Office of Rural Health Policy, the National Rural Health<br />
Association and other organizations.<br />
Laxen Named to National PA<br />
Neumann Receives Laureate Award from ACP<br />
Accreditation Commission Nicholas Neumann, MD, assistant<br />
Mary Ann Laxen, MAL, PA-C, MAB<br />
(FNP ’91), director of the Physician<br />
Assistant Program at the UND<br />
medical school, has been appointed<br />
to the national commission which<br />
accredits physician assistant programs<br />
throughout the United States.<br />
In January, she begins a three-year<br />
term on the Accreditation Review<br />
Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc.<br />
(ARC-PA). She was nominated by the Physician Assistant<br />
Education Association (PAEA) to serve on the ARC-PA.<br />
UND’s PA program provides a curriculum leading to the<br />
Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree. The program<br />
is offered by the Department of Family and Community<br />
<strong>Medicine</strong> and the Graduate School at UND.<br />
The 17 members of the ARC-PA represent various medical<br />
and health care professional organizations. Their role is to<br />
support and advance physician assistant education by active<br />
participation in the work of the ARC-PA, including serving<br />
on committees and program site-visit teams.<br />
Laxen, who joined the medical school in 1999, is an<br />
associate professor of family and community medicine.<br />
dean and director of medical<br />
education (DME) for the UND<br />
medical school’s Southwest Campus,<br />
Bismarck, has received the 2008<br />
Laureate Award from the American<br />
College of Physicians (ACP), <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong> chapter.<br />
The award, presented at the chapter’s<br />
annual meeting in September, is given to long-standing and<br />
loyal supporters of the ACP who have rendered<br />
distinguished service to their chapters and community, and<br />
have upheld the high ideals and professional standards for<br />
which the College is known.<br />
Neumann has practiced pulmonology in Bismarck since<br />
1980. He has served as professor and vice chair of internal<br />
medicine since 1990 and as assistant dean and DME since<br />
1999. He has served in various capacities with St. Alexius<br />
Medical Center in Bismarck and <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> Health Care<br />
Review for many years and is a member of St. Alexius<br />
Medical Center board of directors.<br />
In addition to being a fellow of the ACP, he is a member of<br />
the American Medical Association and the American<br />
College of Healthcare Executives.
NEWS BRIEFS<br />
Danks Receives Recertification in Neurologic<br />
Physical Therapy; One of Only Two in State<br />
Meridee Danks, BSPT ’83, MSPT ’93,<br />
DPT ’05, assistant professor of physical<br />
therapy at the UND medical school,<br />
has been recertified as a clinical<br />
specialist in neurologic physical<br />
therapy by the American Board of<br />
Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS).<br />
She is one of only two physical<br />
therapists in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> to have a<br />
neurologic certification. The certification has helped her<br />
advance her clinical knowledge in neurologic physical therapy<br />
and aided in her teaching and clinical practice, she said.<br />
Recertification, a voluntary process that occurs every<br />
10 years, requires the physical therapist to either pass<br />
an examination or submit a portfolio in addition<br />
to required clinical practice hours. It verifies<br />
current competence as an advanced practitioner<br />
in a specialty area and indicates a commitment to<br />
clinical excellence and the development of<br />
knowledge and skills in a chosen specialty.<br />
Danks, who teaches mainly in the area of<br />
neurologic rehabilitation, has been a faculty<br />
member since 1995.<br />
The Department of Physical Therapy offers a<br />
clinically oriented, six-year curriculum leading to the<br />
Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. Physical therapists are<br />
licensed professionals who work with people who have<br />
lasting physical function disabilities or impairments, with the<br />
goal of reaching maximal patient functional independence.<br />
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is a national<br />
professional organization representing more than 72,000<br />
members. ABPTS is the certification board for specialty areas.<br />
Randolph Szlabick, MD, has been<br />
named associate director of the<br />
general surgery residency program.<br />
He supervises and helps train the 15<br />
physicians studying with and working<br />
alongside surgeons and other<br />
physicians in the five-year training<br />
program which takes place primarily<br />
in UND-affiliated hospitals in Grand<br />
Forks and Fargo. Director of the<br />
program is Robert Sticca, MD, who also is chairman of the<br />
surgery department.<br />
Dwelle Receives McCormack Award for<br />
Excellence in Public Health<br />
Terry Dwelle, MD, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> state health officer and<br />
clinical associate professor of family and community<br />
medicine at the UND medical school, Bismarck, received<br />
the 2008 McCormack Award from the Association of State<br />
and Territorial Health Officials.<br />
The McCormack award is a national award presented each<br />
year to a public health official who has demonstrated<br />
excellence in public health and has made a significant<br />
contribution to the knowledge and practice of the field.<br />
Under Dwelle’s leadership, the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> Department of<br />
Health has developed a number of innovative approaches<br />
to address public health issues, including establishing the<br />
Healthy <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong><br />
This fall, an<br />
interment service<br />
at the UND<br />
gravesite in<br />
Grand Forks’<br />
Memorial Park<br />
Cemetery<br />
honored those<br />
who donated<br />
their bodies for<br />
medical<br />
education.<br />
Szlabick Named Associate Director of Surgery Residency Program<br />
initiative designed to bring<br />
together partners across the<br />
state to inspire and support<br />
people’s efforts to improve<br />
their physical, mental and<br />
emotional health.<br />
Prior to joining the <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong> Department of<br />
Health, Dwelle worked<br />
with the Indian Health<br />
Service and headed<br />
development of the<br />
Community Health<br />
Evangelism Program in East Africa, where he served as a<br />
medical missionary. He is a Garrison, ND, native.<br />
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials is<br />
the national nonprofit organization representing the state<br />
and territorial public health agencies of the U.S., the U.S.<br />
territories and the District of Columbia. Members are<br />
dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public<br />
health policy.<br />
Szlabick received a BS degree from the University of Notre<br />
Dame and took graduate studies at the University of Indiana.<br />
He earned the MD degree from Wayne State University in<br />
Detroit, and took surgical residency training at William<br />
Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI, where he served as<br />
chief administrative resident in his fifth and final year.<br />
Board-certified in general surgery and surgical critical care,<br />
he was chair of surgery, trauma director and residency<br />
program director at Marshfield (WI) Clinic before joining<br />
the UND medical school.<br />
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NEWS BRIEFS<br />
Athlete’s Life Changed Immeasurably in ‘Eleven Seconds’<br />
“Be the best you can possibly be,” Travis Roy, who sustained a<br />
spinal cord injury in 1995, told physical therapy students and<br />
faculty members at UND recently. The motivational speaker,<br />
author and fund-raiser told students to “approach your patient<br />
with a smile and a positive, optimistic outlook.”<br />
On Oct. 20, 1995, Travis Roy, of the Boston University (BU)<br />
hockey team, was injured in a game against UND. Only 11<br />
seconds into his first game as a BU player, Roy was slammed<br />
into the boards. His fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae were<br />
broken and he sustained severe spinal cord damage, leaving<br />
him paralyzed from the neck down. Yet, in the aftermath,<br />
by working with his physical therapist, he has since<br />
regained use of his right bicep and can move his right arm.<br />
This fall, Roy, a motivational speaker, author and fundraiser,<br />
visitedUNDandgaveatalk,“AChangeinPlans—Setting<br />
Goals and Establishing Values to Make Them Come True,”<br />
for the public at the Fritz Auditorium. He also took time to<br />
speak with UND physical therapy students and faculty<br />
about how to handle patients dealing with severe injuries.<br />
His message to the physical therapy class: “Be the best you<br />
can possibly be” in the physical therapy field, otherwise it’s<br />
a disservice to patients. He recalled a physical therapist<br />
who concentrated on having him try to flex his right wrist<br />
and fingers, but only patients who have broken the sixth<br />
vertebrae and lower are able to move those.<br />
The physical therapist should have known this and, by not<br />
focusing on his right bicep muscle, which Roy could move,<br />
she was not making the most of their time. With insurance<br />
being as it is, he said, maximizing therapy time is key.<br />
Setting clear goals for the patient is also very important, Roy<br />
said. A physical therapist with whom he had a good<br />
experience told him they would work on strengthening his<br />
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right bicep so he would be able to feed himself and operate<br />
the joystick on his wheelchair.<br />
The more a patient is “clued in about why you’re doing<br />
what you’re doing,” he said, the more effective and easier<br />
the rehabilitation process.<br />
Little things make all the difference, he stressed. Roy talked<br />
of an experience he had at a hospital where images of<br />
butterflies and flowers were painted on the ceiling. For<br />
those who have to lay on their backs most of the day it is a<br />
huge relief, he said, from staring at plain white ceiling tiles.<br />
A good attitude is also important. No matter how challenging<br />
or negative a previous patient may have been, it is<br />
imperative to move on to the next patient with a smile and<br />
a positive, optimistic outlook, he said, because it rubs off on<br />
the patient. Always educate patients on new technologies,<br />
he added, because, even if they can’t afford it right away,<br />
they know it’s there and can work on a way to get it.<br />
In 1997 the Travis Roy Foundation was established to help<br />
spinal cord injury survivors and to fund research for a cure.<br />
More than $2.5 million in individual grants has been<br />
distributed across <strong>North</strong> America. Funds have been used to<br />
modify vans and purchase wheelchairs, computers, ramps,<br />
shower chairs, and other adaptive equipment to help<br />
paraplegics and quadriplegics live their lives.<br />
In 1998, Roy’s book about his life, “Eleven Seconds,”<br />
was published by Warner Books. He lives in Boston.<br />
- Andrea Herbst<br />
Milavetz Named Interim VP for Research<br />
Barry Milavetz, PhD, associate<br />
professor of biochemistry and molecular<br />
biology, Grand Forks, has been named<br />
by UND President Robert Kelley as<br />
interim vice president for research<br />
and economic development at UND.<br />
His appointment was effective Nov. 1.<br />
Milavetz has been serving as<br />
associate vice president for research<br />
in research development and compliance at UND since July<br />
2004. He was interim associate vice president for research<br />
for about a year prior.<br />
He earned the doctoral and master’s degrees in organic<br />
chemistry at the University of Illinois in Champagne-Urbana<br />
and holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the<br />
University of Minnesota. He has been at UND since 1986.
ALUMNI NOTES<br />
’00s ’00s<br />
Kayla Bucher, DPT ’08, has joined the staff at Altru Health<br />
System’s Outreach Therapy in Devils Lake, ND. Altru<br />
Health System is based in Grand Forks.<br />
Mary (Robinson) Beegle, DO (Psychiatry Residency ’07),<br />
has joined Prairie St. John’s in Fargo as medical director.<br />
An attending physician, she works primarily with adults.<br />
Beegle, who previously worked for MeritCare Health<br />
System, based in Fargo, received her Doctor of Osteopathy<br />
degree from the University of Health Sciences College of<br />
Osteopathic <strong>Medicine</strong> in Kansas City, MO. She and her<br />
husband, Robert Beegle, have three grown children.<br />
Katelyn Ferguson, DPT ’06, joined the staff at Altru’s<br />
Outreach Therapy department. She previously worked on<br />
the physical therapy support staff at Altru Health System.<br />
Kelly Longie, MD ’05 (Family <strong>Medicine</strong> Residency ’08),<br />
has joined Mid <strong>Dakota</strong> Clinic, Bismarck, as a family<br />
practice physician. A Tioga native, he is a member in the<br />
American Academy of Family Physicians and the American<br />
Medical Association. Longie sees patients at Mid <strong>Dakota</strong>’s<br />
main clinic in Bismarck.<br />
Kevin Longie, MD ’05 (Family <strong>Medicine</strong> Residency ’08),<br />
has joined Mid <strong>Dakota</strong> Clinic, Bismarck, as a family<br />
practice physician. A Tioga native, he is a member in the<br />
American Academy of Family Physicians and the American<br />
Medical Association. He sees patients at Mid <strong>Dakota</strong>’s<br />
Kirkwood Mall Clinic in Bismarck.<br />
Kinsey Shultz Piatz, MD ’05, has joined Medcenter One<br />
Quain and Ramstad Clinic Mandan (ND) <strong>North</strong>. As a family<br />
medicine doctor, she provides health care for all ages of the<br />
family. She completed her family medicine residency with<br />
Siouxland Medical Education Foundation in Sioux City, IA.<br />
Sarah Schatz, MD ’05, began her practice at MeritCare in<br />
Jamestown, ND. She is a primary care doctor, certified in family<br />
medicine and qualified to care for most health care needs of<br />
the entire family. Schatz completed her residency training<br />
in family medicine at Rapid City (SD) Regional Hospital.<br />
Audrey (Marcusen) McMacken, MD ‘04, recently joined<br />
Medcenter One Dickinson (ND) Clinic. An obstetrician/<br />
gynecologist, she completed her residency at the University<br />
of Arizona in Tucson. She is originally from Taylor, ND.<br />
Kevin Wentworth, MD (Family <strong>Medicine</strong> Residency ’03),<br />
has joined Innovis Health in West Fargo, ND, as a family<br />
practitioner. He has special interests in endoscopy,<br />
occupational medicine, and emergency medicine.<br />
Dana (Carlson) Fitzgerald, MD ’02, has been named<br />
medical director of pediatrics for the Yampa Valley Medical<br />
Center in Steamboat Springs, CO. The hospital is a regional<br />
center for northwestern Colorado. Fitzgerald, who is in the<br />
private practice of pediatrics, is a partner with Pediatrics of<br />
Steamboat Springs.<br />
After earning the MD at UND, she took three years of<br />
residency training in general pediatrics at Rush University<br />
Medical Center in Chicago. She then took a one-year<br />
pediatric sports medicine fellowship at Baylor College of<br />
<strong>Medicine</strong> at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston before<br />
moving to Steamboat Springs in 2006.<br />
Fitzgerald lives in Steamboat Springs with her husband,<br />
Mark, and their one-year-old daughter, Caroline.<br />
Robin Hape, MD ’02 (Surgery Residency ’07), received a<br />
three-year appointment as a cancer liaison physician for the<br />
cancer program at Altru Health System. He is part of a<br />
national network of more than 1,600 volunteer physicians<br />
who lead and direct their facilities’ cancer programs. Hape<br />
has a special interest in the diagnosis and treatment of<br />
patients with malignant diseases.<br />
Michael LeBeau, MD ’02, has joined the staff at Medcenter<br />
One in Bismarck. He is a board-certified nephrologist and<br />
internal medicine physician, with a strong interest in Native<br />
American health care. LeBeau specializes in the care of<br />
patients with kidney disease, and also treats patients<br />
diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure.<br />
Jennifer Strong, MD ’02, has joined the Innovis Health<br />
family practice team at West Acres Mall in Fargo. She<br />
specializes in preventative medicine, women’s health, and<br />
eating disorders.<br />
Maxwell Gessner, MD ’00, has joined MeritCare in<br />
Bemidji, MN, working in anesthesiology and pain<br />
management. He previously worked at St. Alexius Medical<br />
Center in Bismarck.<br />
Jodi Henrikson, MD ’00, has joined <strong>North</strong>ern Valley<br />
Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Aurora Medical Park in<br />
Grand Forks. He has received extra training in the treatment<br />
of prolapse and urinary incontinence, and plans to perform<br />
Urodynamic Studies (urinary incontinence evaluations).<br />
NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2008 27
ALUMNI NOTES<br />
’90s<br />
Aaron Garman, MD ’96 (Family<br />
<strong>Medicine</strong> Residency ’99), aboardcertified<br />
family medicine physician<br />
with Coal Country Community<br />
Health Center in Beulah, ND, has<br />
been named one of the Best Doctors<br />
in America® for 2007-08. Selection<br />
is based on information compiled by<br />
Boston-based Best Doctors Inc., a<br />
survey of more than 40,000<br />
physicians in the U.S. Only doctors recognized to be in the<br />
top 3-5 percent of their specialty earn the honor.<br />
“It’s gratifying to know that so many of my peers recognized<br />
me as an expert in the field of family practice,” Garman said.<br />
Penny Wilkie, MD ’94 (Family <strong>Medicine</strong> Residency ’98),<br />
has joined Mountrail County Medical Center in Stanley,<br />
ND, on a part-time basis. She is a board-certified family<br />
medicine physician. For more than a year Wilkie has been<br />
working as a locum tenens (fill-in) physician in Stanley.<br />
Kent Diehl, MD ’93 (Family <strong>Medicine</strong> Residency ’96),<br />
specializes in family practice at the Jacobsen Memorial<br />
Hospital Care Center and Community Clinic in Elgin, ND.<br />
He has a special interest in rural medicine.<br />
Walter Berger, MD ’92 (Psychiatry Residency ’99), joined<br />
the faculty at Prairie St. John’s in Fargo. He is a child and<br />
adolescent psychiatrist in the hospital and the partial<br />
hospital program. Berger previously worked for the VA<br />
Medical Center in Fargo.<br />
Troy Pierce, MD ’91, practices orthopedic surgery with The<br />
Bone & Joint Center, based in Bismarck.<br />
Genevieve (Gigi) Goven, MD ’90 (Family <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
Residency ’93), is one of several associates who has been<br />
recognized by MeritCare in Valley City, ND, for their years<br />
of service to the patients in Valley City and surrounding<br />
communities. She is a family medicine physician who<br />
specializes in obstetrics and geriatrics.<br />
’80s<br />
Greg Greek, MD ’85 (Family <strong>Medicine</strong> ’88), family<br />
physician and director of the Altru Family <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
Residency Program in Grand Forks, was the winner, for the<br />
second year in a row, of a national immunization award<br />
from the American Academy of Family Physicians<br />
Foundation. He was awarded the “Best Practices” award,<br />
which gives $8,000 to the Family <strong>Medicine</strong> Residency<br />
program in Grand Forks, for creating programs that identify<br />
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’80s<br />
and overcome immunization barriers that might prevent<br />
children from receiving vaccines against childhood diseases.<br />
Immunizations have an impact on well-being and longevity,<br />
he says.<br />
The Grand Forks Family <strong>Medicine</strong> Residency is one of 11<br />
winning programs selected by the foundation to receive a<br />
grant from the Wyeth Vaccines company.<br />
Greek works with family medicine residents-in-training and<br />
sees patients in all age groups.<br />
Craig Lambrecht, MD ’87, has been named Medcenter<br />
One’s new chief operating officer by that organization’s<br />
board of trustees. Lambrecht, who has worked at Medcenter<br />
One for 17 years, serves as Medcenter One’s medical<br />
director and is a member of its trauma and emergency<br />
center physician team.<br />
In addition to his medical degree, Lambrecht holds three<br />
business and management master’s degrees, is a member of<br />
the American College of Healthcare Executives, and has<br />
served in leadership positions with the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong><br />
National Guard for 24 years, including medical commander<br />
and state surgeon.<br />
Kent Hoerauf, MD ’81 (Internal<br />
<strong>Medicine</strong> Residency ’84), clinical<br />
associate professor of internal<br />
medicine, Hettinger, ND, has been<br />
granted the title, Certified Medical<br />
Director (CMD) in Long Term Care,<br />
by the board of directors of the<br />
American Medical Directors<br />
Certification Program. The CMD<br />
certification provides an indicator of<br />
professional competence to long-term care providers,<br />
government and other quality assurance agencies,<br />
consumers, and the public. He is one of more than 2,300<br />
physicians to have received the CMD designation.<br />
Hoerauf, a native of Hebron, ND, practices with West River<br />
Health Services in Hettinger. He is board-certified in<br />
internal medicine and geriatrics.<br />
’70s<br />
Ron Borowicz, MD (Family <strong>Medicine</strong> Residency ’78),<br />
celebrated 30 years as a family medicine physician at the<br />
West Fargo (ND) Medical Center in August. He is a member<br />
of the first class of graduates who completed training at the<br />
UND Family <strong>Medicine</strong> Residency Program in Fargo.
ALUMNI NOTES<br />
’70s ’70s<br />
Fred Gunville, MD (BS Med ’77), Billings, MT, is a visiting<br />
specialist in pediatric diabetes at the Mercy Medical Center<br />
in Williston. After earning the BS Med degree at the UND<br />
medical school, he went on to complete requirements for<br />
the MD degree at the University of Nebraska College of<br />
<strong>Medicine</strong>. Board-certified in pediatrics, he practices at the<br />
Billings Clinic.<br />
Judith Kaur, MD (BS Med ’77), director<br />
of Native American Programs at the<br />
Mayo Comprehensive Cancer Center<br />
in Rochester, MN, delivered the<br />
keynote address at the <strong>North</strong>ern Plains<br />
American Indian Cancer Summit in<br />
October at Mandan, ND. Her address<br />
preceded sessions outlining the status<br />
of cancer and patterns of cancer care<br />
for <strong>North</strong>ern Plains Native Americans;<br />
innovative cancer prevention, education and screening<br />
programs in Native communities; blending Western and<br />
traditional health in cancer care, and palliative and end-oflife<br />
care. Workshops were also presented on Health Policy<br />
for Cancer Prevention and Control, and Making Sense of<br />
Cancer Data. The event was held in conjunction with the<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> Cancer Coalition Partnership meeting.<br />
IN MEMORIAM<br />
James Claymore, charter<br />
member and former chair of the<br />
Indians Into <strong>Medicine</strong> (INMED)<br />
Tribal Board, passed away Sept.<br />
12, 2008. He was 88.<br />
“INMED was very fortunate to<br />
have had such a long-standing<br />
relationship with Mr. Claymore,”<br />
said Eugene DeLorme, JD ‘89,<br />
director of the INMED program,<br />
Grand Forks. “His expertise and<br />
gentle nature were a wonderful<br />
asset to the INMED Tribal Board and his accomplishments<br />
were greatly appreciated and will be long remembered.”<br />
Mr. Claymore, Lakota name Ole’a’ hop pi, was born at Old<br />
Agency in South <strong>Dakota</strong>. He served in the U.S. Army from<br />
1943 to 1945 as an intelligence specialist in the 425 th<br />
Night Fighters Squadron (Black Widows) during World War<br />
Bernard Hoggarth, MD (BS Med ’72),<br />
clinical associate professor of pediatrics<br />
at the UND medical school, Grand<br />
Forks, has received the 2008 Physician<br />
Community and Professional Services<br />
Award from the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong><br />
Medical Association. The award<br />
annually recognizes and honors<br />
physicians for their outstanding<br />
leadership and services to <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong>ns and the medical profession, and doctors who<br />
have compiled an outstanding record of community service.<br />
Hoggarth, who practices pediatric medicine at Altru Health<br />
System in Grand Forks, is actively involved in teaching<br />
family practice residents.<br />
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II. He served in Normandy, northern France, Rhineland,<br />
Ardennes and central Europe before being honorably<br />
discharged with the rank of sergeant.<br />
After military service, he became a teacher and a coach and<br />
served on the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 33 years and the<br />
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Council for District 5 for five<br />
years in the 1970s. He retired as the Cheyenne River Sioux<br />
Tribe Agency superintendent in 1975. He served as an<br />
advisor to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe through 2002.<br />
“All his life, Mr. Claymore worked for the betterment of life<br />
for the people around him,” DeLorme said. “He wanted to<br />
help people be successful, especially the Native American<br />
people. He believed that anyone could accomplish<br />
anything if they wanted it badly enough.”<br />
“We will continue to build on the vision and dream that he<br />
shared with us,” he said. “His leadership will be missed but<br />
his spirit of commitment to American Indian youth will live on!”<br />
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PLANNING AHEAD<br />
Are you tired of living at the mercy of the<br />
fluctuating stock and real estate markets?<br />
Are you looking for secure sources of fixed income now or for future retirement?<br />
Do you want to support the School of <strong>Medicine</strong> & Health Sciences?<br />
If you own appreciated securities and personal residences, you are likely tired<br />
of living at the mercy of the fluctuating stock and real estate markets.<br />
And if you sell your appreciated assets you may face a high capital gains tax.<br />
Do you want to make investments that are secure today and in the future?<br />
There is a solution …<br />
The Charitable Gift Annuity…<br />
By establishing a charitable gift annuity you can support students in the School of <strong>Medicine</strong> & Health Sciences<br />
and provide a secure income for yourself in this uncertain market.<br />
Contact Bethany Andrist today<br />
and find out how you can<br />
support the School of <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
and Health Sciences with a gift<br />
annuity arrangement.<br />
800-543-8764<br />
701-777-4281<br />
bethanya@undfoundation.org<br />
Transfer your appreciated assets to the UND<br />
Foundation in exchange for our promise to pay<br />
you fixed income for your life. The income can be<br />
quite high depending on your age, and a portion<br />
of your income stream may even be tax-free.<br />
Best of all, you will receive a charitable<br />
deduction for the value of your future gift plus<br />
the satisfaction of supporting the School of<br />
<strong>Medicine</strong> & Health Sciences.<br />
Visit us online at www.undfoundation.org today to see how YOU can help!<br />
Some restrictions may apply. This is not legal advice. Any prospective donor should seek the advice of a qualified estate and/or tax professional to determine<br />
the consequences of his/her gift. A copy of state registrations and financial information may be obtained by calling 1-800-543-8764. A charitable gift annuity<br />
is not a state regulated or guaranteed product. The UND Foundation does not provide gift annuities in the states of Washington, Wisconsin or New York.<br />
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PARTING SHOTS<br />
Women’s Health Conference AAMC<br />
Women participated<br />
in many fun fitness<br />
activities at the<br />
annual Women’s<br />
Health Connection<br />
sponsored in part by<br />
the UND medical<br />
school this fall at<br />
UND. Sandra<br />
Short, PhD, UND professor of<br />
physical education (left), delivered the<br />
keynote presentation, “Tools for Living Well”.<br />
Flu Shot<br />
UND<br />
President Robert Kelley<br />
receives his flu shot recently while visiting<br />
the UND Center for Family <strong>Medicine</strong>-Bismarck.<br />
Robert Beattie,<br />
MD ’89, chair of family and community<br />
medicine (right), greets visitors to the UND display at the<br />
Association of American Medical Colleges conference in<br />
November at San Antonio.<br />
Alzheimer’s<br />
Memory Walk<br />
Occupational therapy students Amy<br />
Lundberg (left) and Sarah Gregory were<br />
among 38 participants “On the Move”<br />
in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory<br />
Walk in September at University Park<br />
in Grand Forks. The group raised over<br />
$1,000 to support people who have<br />
Alzheimer’s and their families.<br />
Malpractice Bowl<br />
Competition between the<br />
medical and law schools was fierce at the annual Malpractice Bowl.<br />
Women med students won (6-0); the men lost by a hair (13-12)<br />
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Internationally recognized plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Allen Van Beek, MD (BS Med ’66), (center) received the Sioux Award, the<br />
highest honor bestowed by the UND Alumni Association, during Homecoming activities this fall. The Westfield, ND, native became the<br />
focus of worldwide attention in 1992 for successful replanting surgeries on John Thompson (right) whose arms were severed in a machinery<br />
accident at the family farm near Hurdsfield, ND. The surgeon has said that his greatest challenge was reattaching a newborn’s two fingers<br />
which were cut off during an emergency cesarean-section birth nearly 20 years ago; that patient, Kristen Meckle, is also pictured.<br />
Van Beek, who is in private practice specializing in hand and microsurgery at Centennial Lakes Medical Center in Minneapolis, also<br />
gave a talk, “Handing Back Options,” at the UND medical school during his visit to UND, and was honored at a reception hosted by<br />
the school. He is a long-standing member and past president of The American Association for Hand Surgery.<br />
A clinical associate professor of surgery at the University of Minnesota medical school, he is a major force for developing<br />
microsurgery expertise in the Twin Cities. In 2003, he committed a year as president of the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation,<br />
the research arm of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, to promoting e-learning and e-communication for plastic surgeons to<br />
continue improving their skills and expertise.<br />
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Young Couple Doing “Good”<br />
Drs. David and Monica (Sinner) Goodwin keep <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong> and UND close. The Grand Forks and Casselton<br />
natives met in 1987 during their first year in med school<br />
and graduated as a married couple in 1991.<br />
Today they have successful practices at the Central Lakes<br />
Medical Clinic in Crosby, MN, and home-school their<br />
five children, who range from 18 months to 15 years old.<br />
Even with busy careers and a young family, David and<br />
Monica felt compelled to begin giving back to their<br />
alma mater. The Goodwins gave their first donation to<br />
benefit the UND School of <strong>Medicine</strong> & Health Sciences<br />
in 1992, just one year after graduating. They have<br />
consistently made annual gifts to support future<br />
physicians ever since.<br />
“The Goodwins are an amazing example of individuals<br />
who have found a balance between family, careers, and<br />
good will. They are an example of the tremendous impact that can be made by those who<br />
choose to give regularly and generously,” said UND Foundation Development Officer<br />
Bethany Andrist. “I hope others will be inspired to follow their great example.”<br />
UND Foundation Giving Club Members *New in 2007-08<br />
Recognizing School of <strong>Medicine</strong> & Health Sciences alumni for their cumulative gifts to benefit UND<br />
William Budge Society<br />
{$1,000,000+}<br />
*Eva L. Gilbertson, MD Estate<br />
M. Duane Sommerness, MD &<br />
Marge Sommerness<br />
Roger S. Thompson, MD Estate<br />
Dr. Karl (dec.) & Carolyn Kaess<br />
Jolene R. Mikkelson<br />
Founders Society {$500,000}<br />
Dr. Anthony J. & Junieve Lund (dec.)<br />
Richard J. Maginn, MD (dec.)<br />
Dr. Donald & Marjorie Meredith<br />
Dr. Keith (dec.) & Elaine Wold/<br />
Bay Branch Foundation<br />
Ambassadors Club {$250,000}<br />
A. Leonard Asmundson, MD (dec.)<br />
Dr. Robert & Marilyn Gilsdorf<br />
James G. Golseth, MD (dec.)<br />
Larry A. Smith, MD &<br />
Claudine Smith<br />
Dr. Verrill & Ruth Ann Fischer (dec.)<br />
Harold E. “Jack” (dec.) &<br />
Jackie Resinger<br />
Benefactors Club {$100,000}<br />
Ben & Beverly Clayburgh<br />
Dr. Glenn & Harriet Brown<br />
Dr. William and Norma Cape<br />
Carol & Rodney Clark, MD<br />
Robert G. Edkins, MD (dec.)<br />
Gary & Linda Evans<br />
Dr. Cal & Dodie Fercho<br />
John R. Fischer, MD<br />
Dale & Sue Hadland<br />
Dr. John & Marcia Jarrett<br />
Craig A. Johnson, MD &<br />
Constance N. Hofland<br />
Dr.DaleC.&LoAnnKana<br />
Dr. Stephen & Sandra Kelly<br />
Eugene F. Kralicek, MD (dec)<br />
Duane (dec.) & Judy Lee<br />
Dr. Frank N. Low (dec.)<br />
*ThomasC.Olson,MD&<br />
Sandra Whaley Olson, PhD<br />
*Dr. Rene’ & Barbara Pelletier<br />
Gordon Salness, MD (dec.)<br />
Albert & Carol Samuelson<br />
Dr. William & Florette Schwartz<br />
Dr. Ralph and Phyllis Tarnasky<br />
Raymond E. Tyvand, MD Estate<br />
Dr. Michael & Peggy Vandall<br />
Sidney R. Wold, MD<br />
Dr. Robert (dec.) & Margaret Fawcett<br />
Dr. Laurence & Adeline Gaebe (dec.)<br />
Dr. Reed Keller &<br />
Mary Ann Keller-Wakefield (dec.)<br />
Dr. Charles & Florence Magner (dec.)<br />
Dr. Jim (dec.) & Yvonne Mahoney<br />
Sharon K. Marshall<br />
Dr. Louis & Thelma Silverman (dec.)<br />
Dr. Mack (dec.) & Rita Traynor<br />
Dr. John (dec.) &<br />
Mary Ellen Vaughan<br />
Presidents Cabinet {$25,000}<br />
Richard D. Anderson, MD<br />
James D. Barger, MD (dec.)<br />
Dr. Eugene & Meredith Byron<br />
Virginia W. Cheng, MD (dec.)<br />
A. M. Cooley, MD &<br />
Beverly M. Cooley<br />
Robert S & Nancy K Cooper<br />
John A. DeKrey, MD<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Patrick M. Devig<br />
Dr. Robert & Virginia Eelkema<br />
Dr. Lloyd & Jacquelyn Everson<br />
*Edward Fogarty, MD &<br />
Carolyn Fogarty<br />
James & Julie Frisk<br />
Dr. Jonathan D. Geiger<br />
G. John Gislason, MD (dec.)<br />
Dr.ErnestN.Godfread<br />
Dr. Daniel & Shirley Goodwin<br />
Dr. Robert & Florita (dec.) Hankins<br />
*Dr. Thomas L. Hanson &<br />
Karen Juhala Hanson<br />
Dr. J. Raymond & Jean Harrie<br />
*Dr. Robert and Jane Heen<br />
Dr. & Mrs. R. ‘Al’ Heising<br />
*Norman G. Hepper, MD<br />
L. Michael Howell, MD<br />
Thomas E. Jacobsen, MD<br />
Philip & Adeline Johnson<br />
*Drs. Steven & Teri Johnson<br />
Dr. John & Doris Lambie<br />
Dr. Donald & Joyce Larson<br />
Dr. Richard and Marion (dec.) Leigh<br />
Dr. John & Donna Linfoot<br />
Thoraine A. Loyd<br />
Spencer C. McCrae, MD (dec.)<br />
Dr. Donald W McNaughton (dec.)<br />
Donald P. Mersch, MD<br />
Dr. David & Lola Monson<br />
Dale C. & Carol Moquist<br />
Dr.WalterH.Moran,Jr.<br />
*Dr. Richard A. & Ann (dec.) Olafson<br />
Dr. Bruce A. Porter<br />
Rodney J. Rohrich, MD<br />
Dr. Maurice Russell (dec.) &<br />
LaVonne Russell Hootman<br />
Sue & Bill Sausker<br />
Frank & Margaret Stinchfield Estate<br />
Dr. Dean & Catheleen Strinden<br />
Dr. Thomas & Michelle Strinden<br />
Gene D. Tang, MD<br />
M. Jordan Thorstad, MD (dec.)<br />
Dr. Jon & Marcia Tingelstad<br />
Theodore Togstad, MD<br />
Dr. Jody & Robert Treuer<br />
John & Agnes Vennes<br />
Dr. Vernon & Marjorie Vix<br />
Dr. Bruce & Donna Wandler<br />
Dr. Robert & Julianne Weir<br />
Maurice M. Wicklund, MD<br />
Dr. Stewart & Ellinor Clifford (dec.)<br />
Gerald Voegele & Laura Eider<br />
*Marjorie Krum Leigh &<br />
Dr. James Leigh<br />
John & Eunice MacFarlane<br />
Curtis (dec.) and Judy Magnuson<br />
Dr. Thomas & Annie Mar (dec.)<br />
Dr. James T. Murphy (dec.)<br />
Lien O. Simenstad (dec.)<br />
Dr. Evan Stone (dec.)<br />
Jim & Barbara Williams<br />
Presidents Club {$10,000}<br />
Mary O. Aaland, MD<br />
Arden O. Anderson, MD (dec.)<br />
Gary & Marcia (dec.) Anderson<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Gordon P. &<br />
Darlene (Streich) Anderson<br />
Robert Arusell, MD &<br />
Janelle Sanda, MD<br />
MichaelT.Bader,MD&<br />
Mary Beth Juelke Bader<br />
Donald E. Bahr, MD<br />
Lloyd & Patricia Bakken<br />
Dr. Philip L. & Sandra Barney<br />
Ed & Marjean Bender<br />
Joel R. Bender, PhD, MD<br />
John A. Berger, MD<br />
Dr. Mark & Mary Lynn Berntson<br />
*Dr. Thomas and Mary Berquist<br />
Randall J. Bjork, MD<br />
Richard & Carolyn Blaine<br />
William & Miriam Bock<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Dwight J. Bollinger<br />
Dr. Lowell & Muriel Boyum<br />
Mary Jane Breitling<br />
Jim & Jolene Brosseau<br />
Drs. Ann & Michael Brown<br />
Dr. David & Mary Brusven<br />
Bill & Marion Buckingham<br />
Richard D. Brunning, MD<br />
Thomas B. & Kimberly A. Cariveau<br />
Dr. Bruce M. & Nan Carlisle<br />
*Ed & Pam Carlson<br />
Mark J. Christenson, MD<br />
Dr. Lee & Jane Christoferson<br />
Dr. Paul (dec.) & Helen Cook<br />
Dr. W. E. & Margaret Cornatzer (dec.)<br />
Dr. Gene & Lu Cotton<br />
Janice & Clifford d’Autremont<br />
*Dr. Charles & Karen Dahl<br />
Gregory A. Dahlen, MD<br />
Danilo A. Dalan, MD<br />
Dr. Byron & Virginia Danielson<br />
Dr. Alfred Dean (dec.)<br />
Dr. Donald & Marian DeBeltz<br />
Dr. Schawnn & Al Decker<br />
Joel & Rachel Degenstein<br />
Dr. Robert (dec.) & Beth DeLano<br />
*Earl J Dunnigan, MD, FACP<br />
*Dr. Ralph &<br />
Bernadette Dunnigan Estate
Michael J. Ebertz, MD<br />
Louann & Winston Ekren<br />
Dr. Robert & Grace Ellis<br />
Dr. Jon (dec.) & Barbara Eylands<br />
Dr. James R. & Clarisse Fasbender<br />
In memory of Charles Fee by<br />
Jean Evashevski & Carlen Goehring<br />
Dr. Kevin & Saundra Fickenscher<br />
Dr. Lee & Mavis Fisher<br />
Neil & Charlotte Fleming<br />
Dr. Eugene & Martha Fuchs<br />
Dr. Duane G. & Janice Gallo (dec.)<br />
Luis A. Garcia, MD<br />
Dr. Robert & Virginia Geston<br />
Diane E. Gilles, MD<br />
Dr. Duane & Roberta Glasner<br />
*Dr. John and Georgia (dec.) Goff<br />
Dr. Susan Swanke Goltz<br />
Drs. David & Monica Goodwin<br />
Dr. John & Mary Graham<br />
Greg Greek, MD & Colette Greek<br />
Dr. Robert & Rosanne Gunderson<br />
D. Ross Halliday, MD<br />
Steven K. & Donna Hamar<br />
E. Jerome & Mary Anne Hanson<br />
Dr. Harris & Mary Hanson<br />
Dr. John V. Hanson<br />
Jack Hardy (dec.)<br />
Dr. Les & Marilyn Harrison<br />
Bernard & Jean Haugen Estate<br />
William J. & Nina Heiser<br />
in memory of Joseph T. Heiser<br />
Jeffrey W. Heitkamp, MD<br />
Dr. John R. & Nancy Henneford<br />
Dr. Richard & Judy Hicks<br />
John B. Hoesley, MD (dec.)<br />
Dr. Roy W. & Gail Holand<br />
Robert A. Holmes, MD (dec.)<br />
Dr. John R. & Karel Johnson Holten<br />
Dr. Jerry (dec.) & Martha Hordinsky<br />
in memory of Bohdan Z.<br />
Hordinsky, MD<br />
Drs. Richard N. & Donna G. Horne<br />
Dr. Charlotte & Duane Hovet<br />
Glen & Sandy Hyland<br />
Dr. Edwin and Effie Irgens (dec.)<br />
John B. James, MD<br />
Dr. James and Sonia Jarrett<br />
Clayton & Gloria (dec.) Jensen<br />
Edward Marcus Johnson, MD<br />
George M. Johnson, MD<br />
James Vernon Johnson<br />
Dr. Joel L. & Lori Johnson<br />
Kent & Mary Johnson<br />
Dr. Richard Johnson<br />
Dr. Richard W. & Elaine M. Johnson<br />
Bob & Judy Johnson in memory of<br />
Dr. Alan K. Johnson<br />
Arnold E. Kadrmas, MD<br />
Gary L. Karlstad, MD &<br />
Zo (Kaldor) Karlstad<br />
Gaylord & Cindy Kavlie<br />
Dr. Walter & Phyllis Kelsch<br />
Maximilian C. Kern, MD (dec.)<br />
Clayton H. Klakeg, MD<br />
Paul B. Knudson, MD &<br />
Sandra Tice Knudson<br />
Lorance T. Krogstad, MD (dec.)<br />
Arnold D. & Susan R. Kuhn<br />
Dr. James & Valois Lantz<br />
Stefan & Sue Laxdal<br />
Dr. James & Betty Lessard<br />
Dr. Mary Jo & Randy Lewis<br />
Dr. Peter & Holly Locken<br />
Jane and Scott Loscheider<br />
Mark A. Lundeen, MD<br />
Cynthia K. (dec.) & Eric R. Lunn<br />
John C. Lyons, MD (dec.)<br />
Bernardine M. Mahowald, MD<br />
Don & Marilyn Mathsen<br />
Steven R. Mattson, MD<br />
Dr.LaVaun&MichaelMcCann<br />
Donald & Joann McIntyre<br />
Barbara A. Melzer<br />
Dave & Pat Mersy<br />
Robert P. Miller, MD<br />
Dr. Douglas L. & Patricia M. Moen<br />
Tom & Peggy Mohr<br />
Dr. Patrick & RoxAnne Moore<br />
Arthur E. Mukomela, MD<br />
Dr. Bruce & Lois Nelson<br />
Dr. Patrick & Sandra Nelson<br />
Dr. Gene C. Ness<br />
Frank Neukamp, MD (dec.)<br />
William & Virginia Newman<br />
Dr. Robert C. & Sally A. Nordlie<br />
Corey L. Nyhus, MD<br />
John D. Olson, MD (dec.)<br />
Eleanor & Bob Olson<br />
Dr. Paul and Susan Opsvig<br />
Shari Orser, MD<br />
Dr. William C. Owens<br />
Curtis R. Paxman, MD (dec.)<br />
Col. Donald A. Person, MD<br />
Myron D. Peterson, MD (dec.)<br />
Gary & Claudia Pramhus<br />
Dr. Laurence (dec.) and Helen Pray<br />
*Catherine T. Puetz, MD<br />
*Anne and David Putbrese<br />
Q & R Mandan Clinic<br />
Dr. Robert & Meryl Ray (dec.)<br />
*Drs. Jon & Laura Raymond<br />
Dr.DonaldJ.&<br />
Monica Reichert (dec.)<br />
Timothy J. &<br />
Mary Gassmann Reichert<br />
Dr. Richard and Mary Render<br />
Paul Retzer, MD & Marian Retzer<br />
Dr. Jon & Roberta Rice<br />
Dr. Harold & Bonnie Rodenbiker<br />
Scott & Kathleen Rowe<br />
Dr. John and Julie Saiki<br />
Fran&DaleSailer<br />
Paul O. Sanderson, MD<br />
Dr. George & Grace Sarosi<br />
R. Norman Sather, MD (dec.)<br />
Roger W. & Janet (Brush) Schauer<br />
Dr. Daniel & Betty Schmelka<br />
Mark R. Schneider, MD, FACR<br />
Marlys E. Schuh, MD<br />
Thomas M. &<br />
Mary J. (Langlie) Seaworth<br />
Gary & Deb Schue<br />
Ann & Lester (dec.) Shook<br />
Dr. Donald & Ingrid Simonson (dec.)<br />
Dr. David & Carmen Skurdal<br />
*Daniel H. Slemmons, MD<br />
Larry C. Stetzner, MD<br />
*Col. J. Thomas Stocker, MD<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Jens A. Strand<br />
WayneM.Swenson,MD&<br />
Lois Swenson<br />
Dr. Robert & Elizabeth Szczys<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Tello<br />
Dr. Robert & Patricia Thompson<br />
Stephen & Mae Tinguely<br />
Arthur & Louise Torgerson<br />
Thomas M. Torgerson, MD (dec.)<br />
Audrey Traub, MD (dec.)<br />
Dr.DennisJ.&PatL.Trzpuc(dec.)<br />
Dr. Kevin & Jayne Tveter<br />
Dr. David & Jane Uthus<br />
Frederick E. Varricchio, MD<br />
Henry J. Votava, MD &<br />
Janice R. Votava<br />
Dr. John D. Wahl Estate<br />
Dr. Scott & Marian Walker<br />
*Dr. Adolf & Helen Walser<br />
Dr. Bob & Aurla Welo<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Frank Welsh<br />
Dr. Richard P. & Paula J. Wenham<br />
Elmer and Minnie West Estate<br />
Dr. Neil & Carol West<br />
Barbara H. Whalen, MD &<br />
Timothy E. Whalen, MD<br />
Lisa J. Wheeler<br />
Dr. Dennis & Mary Margaret Wolf<br />
Jerry D. Wolf, M.D. &<br />
Janice Porter Wolf, R.N.<br />
Kathleen Ann Wood, MD<br />
Dr. Stan & Toni Wright<br />
Experience Leads to Professorship<br />
When Bob Arusell graduated in 1976 with the first four-year M.D. degree UND awarded,<br />
he never expected to be connected to the school 30 years later, this time as a mentor<br />
to new classes of medical doctors. Nor did he anticipate giving back to UND as an<br />
assistant clinical professor with his wife, internist Janelle Sanda.<br />
Janelle, a Velva, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> native, graduated from the School of <strong>Medicine</strong> in 1981<br />
and today specializes in internal medicine and breast health services while Bob, who<br />
grew up in Steele, ND, is a practicing radiation oncologist, both at Meritcare in Fargo.<br />
It’s their experience in front of students that motivated them to establish an endowment<br />
to fund the Robert Arusell, MD & Janelle Sanda, MD Professorship in <strong>Medicine</strong>.<br />
They recognize the invaluable role faculty play in students lives and decided funding a<br />
professorship was an area where they could make a great impact to future students.<br />
They will fund their professorship through stock and a testamentary gift to the<br />
UND Foundation.<br />
“Dean Wilson and UND President Kelley both emphasize the importance of recruiting<br />
and retaining quality faculty to moving UND from great to exceptional,” said UND<br />
Foundation Development Officer Bethany Andrist. “The commitment Bob and Janelle<br />
have made will surely play an important role in the school’s growth.”<br />
Photo courtesy of Mike Smith, Meritcare photographer
Dr. John N. & Linda Youngs<br />
in Memory of Nelson A. Youngs<br />
& Dr. Philiip Furman<br />
Richard A. Zorn, MD<br />
Annual Giving<br />
$5,000 - $9,999<br />
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of ND<br />
Mr & Mrs Darcy D Ehmann<br />
Allison & Bud Gentle<br />
Fern C Haugen (dec.)<br />
Betty Wold Johnson<br />
Carolyn Kaess<br />
Dr & Mrs Michael J Kincheloe<br />
Dr & Mrs Robert A Kyle<br />
Mr & Mrs John C MacFarlane<br />
Dr & Mrs Robert G Oatfield<br />
Donald & Mary Ann Sens<br />
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux<br />
Community<br />
Mark B Siegel, MD<br />
$1,000 - $4,999<br />
AstraZeneca LP<br />
Gary & Marcia (dec.) Anderson<br />
Steven D Baisch, MD<br />
Bay Branch Foundation<br />
Francis J Boyle, Jr, MD<br />
Dr Elizabeth Burns & Roger Zinser<br />
Floyd V Burton, MD<br />
Dr Jeffrey & Patricia Chapman<br />
Dr & Mrs Gary S Clarke<br />
Mary C Clarke, MD<br />
John D Condie, MD<br />
<strong>Dakota</strong> Medical Foundation<br />
Paul D Dearing, MD<br />
Stephen E Dippe’, MD<br />
Karen & Van Doze<br />
Dr Manuchair Ebadi<br />
Randy & Janelle Eken<br />
Dr Donald & Barbara Feist<br />
Martha & Eugene Fuchs<br />
Dr David & Karen Gayton<br />
Julie R Gilbertson, MD<br />
Greater Grand Forks Convention<br />
& Visitors Bureau<br />
Wesley K Herman, MD<br />
Dr Nicholas & Karen Hruby<br />
Marlys & Dale Jackson<br />
Sclinda L Janssen<br />
Janet S Jedlicka<br />
Jane & Tom Johnson<br />
Tribute and Thanks<br />
Drs Kimberly Krohn & John Fishpaw<br />
Dr Paul Krolik &<br />
Deborah Silverman Krolik<br />
Jack E Leigh, MD<br />
William L Longhurst<br />
Drs Tom Magill & Sarah McCullough<br />
Franklin E McCoy, MD<br />
Douglas L McDonnell, MD<br />
Dr Nicholas & Jean Neumann<br />
Drs James & Myrna Newland<br />
Dr Frank & Cinda Norberg<br />
Kathy D Olsen<br />
Rollin W Pederson, MD<br />
Martin L Rothberg, MD<br />
John Thomas Rulon, MD<br />
Kent L Sack, MD<br />
Erwin L Samuelson, MD<br />
David I Silverman<br />
Susanna G Smith<br />
Dr Robert & Gwynn Sorenson<br />
John A Sorteberg, MD<br />
The Buck Zahradka Memorial<br />
Mark A Timm, MD<br />
Dr Donald & Kathleen Weber<br />
H C ‘Bud’ & Lorraine Wessman<br />
Dr Lawrence & Pat Wilson<br />
Drs Joshua Wynne & Susan Farkas<br />
Richard J Zauner, MD<br />
$500 - $999<br />
Blanche Abdallah & Mike Moore<br />
Steven M Bagan, MD<br />
Katherine M Bangsund<br />
Arthur A Basham, MD<br />
Timothy J Bichler, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Stephen M Brink<br />
Elaine Brinkman<br />
Cecil H Chally, MD<br />
DrsRalph&BarbaraCushing<br />
Chimene Dahl, MD<br />
William W Davis, MD<br />
Judy L DeMers<br />
Dr David & Lois Engbrecht<br />
Scott A Engum, MD<br />
Nancy K Erikson<br />
Justus J Fiechtner, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs C Peter Fischer<br />
Richard A Flom, MD<br />
Lori J Ford-Moore, MD<br />
Jeffrey R Geddes, MD<br />
Drs James & Janet Gilsdorf<br />
David E Grosz, MD<br />
We’d like to thank former Director of Advancement and<br />
Alumni Relations Blanche Abdallah for her tireless work on<br />
behalf of the UND School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Sciences.<br />
Under Blanche’s leadership for the past four years,<br />
the school secured many millions of dollars and pledges<br />
to fund endowed chairs, professorships, scholarships for<br />
students and other endeavors. Her deep passion for<br />
connecting alumni to their alma mater is infectious, as<br />
exhibited by the memorable 2005 centennial celebration,<br />
which she largely orchestrated. After 15 years with the<br />
University of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>, she is exploring new and<br />
exciting opportunities and we wish her every success.<br />
George S Hallenbeck, MD<br />
J Michael Hatlelid, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Robert Hedger<br />
Dr Dwight & Joni Hertz<br />
Edwin O Hieb, MD<br />
Dr Dennis R Hoffman<br />
Ronald L Jenson, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Robert P Jordheim<br />
Kimberly R Kelly, MD<br />
Theo & Amy Kestner<br />
Drs Robert & Gerda Klingbeil<br />
Dr & Mrs James F Knutson<br />
Paul B Lambie, MD<br />
Margaret & Tom Lesher Jr<br />
Elizabeth Wentz Loder, MD<br />
Roger R Loven, MD<br />
Dr Lynne C MacKean<br />
Dr & Mrs Raymond Majkrzak<br />
Michel R Mandel, MD<br />
Dr Kimberly & Monte McCulloch<br />
James R Morton, MD<br />
Martin J Naughton, MD<br />
Drs Jon Norberg & Alonna Knorr<br />
Kenneth & Patty Peetz<br />
Dr & Mrs Philip J Price<br />
Dr Jennifer & Michael Raum<br />
Tony C Roisum, MD<br />
John N Roseberg, MD<br />
Stanley G Sateren, MD<br />
Dr Thomas & Shirley Setter<br />
Thomas J Steidler, MD<br />
Jeff J Stephens, MD<br />
Kathryn & Genaro Tiongson<br />
LeeAToman,MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Daren M Tompkins<br />
Dr & Mrs John M Veitch<br />
H Randal Woodward, MD<br />
Shirley Zahradka<br />
$1 - $499<br />
Mr & Mrs William N Aaland<br />
Dr & Mrs Gordon M Aamoth<br />
Norman O Aarestad, MD<br />
Craig D Adams<br />
Jane A Aitken<br />
Bonnie F Albright<br />
William E Altringer, MD<br />
Dr Frederick L Alvares<br />
Candace L Anderson<br />
Kelly A Anderson<br />
Kent & Nancy Anderson<br />
Marlene Arman<br />
Dr Fritz & Carol Arnason<br />
Sharon R Arnold<br />
Sheryl A Aslakson<br />
Gretchen M Astone<br />
Paul D Avritt, MD<br />
Dr David & Cathy Bader<br />
Dr Howard & Laurie Bailey<br />
Richard A Baltisberger, MD<br />
Kara D Bang<br />
Bank Center First<br />
LaDonna & Mike Bannach<br />
Anthony D Barclay, MD<br />
Richard N Barr, MD<br />
Patricia A Basye<br />
Leo L Bauer<br />
Michael Beall, MD<br />
Rennae I Bell<br />
Rev E Jon Benson<br />
Becky K Benz, MD<br />
Lori Adams Berdahl<br />
Alan R Berg, MD<br />
JoDee & Justin Berg<br />
Dr & Mrs Walter J Berger, III<br />
Howard T Berglund, MD<br />
Susan L Bergquist<br />
Ida M Bergstrom, MD<br />
Jeanne L Berndt<br />
Dr Stephani & Thomas Bertsch<br />
Dr Laurie & Brad Betting<br />
Paul R Bilstad, MD<br />
Darlene A Birdett<br />
Dwight Birkley<br />
Kris M Bjornson, MD<br />
Jane M Bjornstad<br />
John H Blaisdell, MD<br />
Jerome M Blake, MD<br />
Michael J Blake, MD<br />
Norlene A Bleskacek<br />
Drs Joy Bliss & Gay Dybwad<br />
Katherine Boehm<br />
Dr Robert & Margaret Boerth<br />
Jodi & Scott Boettner<br />
Donald E Borgeson<br />
Margaret & James Borkowski<br />
Alfred & Linda Bortke<br />
Mari J Bosworth<br />
Drs Norman & Kaydell Boucher<br />
Heather N M Bougie<br />
Lynne R Bradbury<br />
Sally Bradley<br />
Sarah & Bradley Breidenbach<br />
Mary & David Anderson<br />
Peggy K Brockamp<br />
D William Brown, Jr, MD<br />
A Wayne & Judith Bruce<br />
Dr & Mrs Dean Bruschwein<br />
Marion & William Buckingham<br />
Dalores & John Burau<br />
Laura J Burden<br />
Loreli M Burke<br />
Melissa H Burkland<br />
Lanny D Butler<br />
Lori H Buxton<br />
Gary O Camp<br />
Carol A Carani, MD<br />
Clarence ‘Kelly’ & Mary Ann Carlson<br />
Elaine & Brad Carlson<br />
Joseph W Carlson, MD<br />
Keith H Carlson, MD<br />
Donna M Carr
Drs Paul & Janine Carson<br />
Patricia & Scott Carter<br />
Melanie & Charles Carvell<br />
Cheryl & Roy Chamberlain<br />
Jean G Chouanard<br />
Steffen P Christensen, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Thomas H Christianson<br />
Julie Chu, MD<br />
Clement Chun-Ming, MD<br />
Jane M Churchill, MD<br />
Sarah R Churchill<br />
Beverly Ciavarella<br />
William Clairmont<br />
Marty L Coale, MD<br />
Dale L Cody, MD<br />
Mary & Michael Coleman<br />
J Sparb & Michelle Collins<br />
Charles M Colwell, MD<br />
Fay G Connell<br />
Richard & Stacy Conrad<br />
Kay Cooper<br />
Merry K Cormier<br />
Ruth & Gerald Cotton<br />
Julie R Cowan<br />
William L Cowardin, MD<br />
Chaun C Cox, MD<br />
Dr John C Crandall<br />
Rhonda A Craver<br />
Andrea Bach Crawford, MD<br />
Russell S Crawford, Jr, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Thomas B Cruden<br />
Audrey M Crum<br />
Susan M Cullinan, MD<br />
Robert L Cunningham<br />
Mary & Wayne Dahl<br />
Vivian & Phillip Dahl<br />
Teresa & Rodney Dahlstrom<br />
Mary J Damme<br />
Barbara A Daugharty, MD<br />
Kathryn & Herbert Debban<br />
Lawrence D Deshaw, MD<br />
Linda Detlaff<br />
David D Deutsch, MD<br />
Janice Devine-Ruggles<br />
Mary I Diebel<br />
Carol W Diehl<br />
James & Roberta Diemert<br />
Norma Dillenburg<br />
Donald W Dippe’, MD<br />
G David Dixon, MD<br />
Kathleen J Doepfner<br />
Eddie J Droge, MD<br />
William S B Dukart, MD<br />
Raymond Dunnigan<br />
Laleah & James Ebentier<br />
Rhonda J Eckhart<br />
Josephine A Egge<br />
Dr Carol Eidsvoog & David Spencer<br />
Richard A Ekstrom<br />
Dr & Mrs Roger D Engberg<br />
Jill & David Engelstad<br />
Tanya L Engesether<br />
Cynthia & Leroy Erickson<br />
Karen A Erickson<br />
Mary W Erickson<br />
Rose Marie Erling<br />
Dr Jamie & Michael Evans<br />
JaneFFargo<br />
Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation<br />
Bennie C Faul, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Gregory B Faul<br />
Cynthia J Fay, MD<br />
Dr&MrsMarkTFay<br />
Julie R Feasel<br />
Clayton D Fetsch, MD<br />
JamesPFick,MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Marcus M Fiechtner<br />
Daniel J Flaherty, MD<br />
Shelia & Russell Flanigan<br />
Debra & Vincent Flatla<br />
Dr Cynthia & Scott Meland<br />
Lori & Wayne Folkers<br />
Mary A Forcelle<br />
Ellen & Mitchell Forstie<br />
Dr Donald & Nora Foss<br />
Freeman P Fountain, MD<br />
Kimberly K Frank<br />
Dr & Mrs Richard M Fraser<br />
Madeline L Free, MD<br />
Cathleen M Fritz<br />
Nora Frohberg, MD<br />
John Frolek<br />
Pamela & Gary Gaides<br />
Susan J Gallo, MD<br />
Hermoine I Gangeness<br />
E Leslie Gaska<br />
Drs Richard & Connie Gebhart<br />
Dr & Mrs Gerald I Geiszler<br />
Stonewall & Margaret Gessner<br />
Conrad Giese<br />
Dennis A Gillette<br />
John A Gjevre, MD<br />
Lisa Kaljot Glantz, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Thomas C Glasscock<br />
Cheryl K Glasser<br />
Carole M Glawe<br />
Steven K Glunberg, MD<br />
Dr Reinhold & Joan Goehl<br />
Drs Gualberto & Rizalina Gokim<br />
Sunil K Goli<br />
Martha Gonzalez, MD<br />
William & Joanne Gorman<br />
Gigi M Goven, MD<br />
John W Goven, MD (dec.)<br />
Thomas E Goven<br />
Dr & Mrs Timothy P Graham<br />
Janice M Granum<br />
Jerilyn R Greeno<br />
Patricia Greer<br />
Stephanie M Gregoire<br />
Clark A Grimm, MD<br />
Bethany J Grommesh, MD<br />
Joyce & Raymond Gruby<br />
Cynthia & Keith Gruhot<br />
Dr & Mrs Leonard L Gunderson<br />
Wanda J Haberer<br />
Michael C Hagan, MD<br />
Laura & Mark Hagen<br />
Jerome P Hager, MD, PhD<br />
Dorothy A Halliday<br />
James E Halvorson, MD<br />
Dr&MrsLarryOHalvorson<br />
Paul R Hamann, MD<br />
Stephanie L Hansel, MD<br />
Floyd Hansmeier<br />
Judy A Hanson<br />
Peter D Hanson, MD<br />
Dr Ronald & Beth Hanson<br />
JoEllen K Harris<br />
Matthew B Hartz, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Theodore H Harwood<br />
Terrance A Havig, MD<br />
Jolene K Heitmann<br />
Kenneth Hejl<br />
Dr & Mrs Richard K Helm<br />
Deyette K Helminski<br />
Dr Robert Heninger &<br />
Erin Uran-Heninger<br />
Orin Hermundstad, MD<br />
R Byron Hill<br />
Sister Anna M Hillenbrand<br />
Cassie H Hilts<br />
Mark P Hinrichs, MD<br />
Kim & Juanita Hocking<br />
Melody Hof<br />
Andrea with David Schall, MD ’97<br />
Dr Teresa M Hoff<br />
Jennifer & Jerry Hoffarth<br />
Judith A Hoffman<br />
Allison & Chad Hofstad<br />
Jean D Holland<br />
William J Holm, MD<br />
Ralph G Holt, MD<br />
Bekki Ellen Holzkamm<br />
Beth Ann Honl, MD<br />
Jerret K Hopstad<br />
Paula I Horab<br />
Peter J Horner<br />
Blaine V Houmes, MD<br />
Dr Kristina & Corey Houn<br />
Drs Janet & Edwin House<br />
Rebecca M Howard<br />
Dr Christopher & Jennifer Howe<br />
Joseph Howell<br />
Michela & Michael Howell<br />
David & Laurie Huelsman<br />
Julie A Huewe<br />
Nancy & Daniel Hull<br />
Timothy D Humann<br />
Peter K Hummel<br />
David E Humphrey, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Curtiss D Hunt<br />
Susan C Hustad, MD<br />
Bao-Chau L Huynh, MD<br />
Margaret S Ingold<br />
Dr Frederick & Beth Isaak<br />
Jack R Isler, MD<br />
Lois & Lane Jackson<br />
John C Jacobs<br />
Laura & Glenn Jacobsen<br />
Susan C Jacobsen<br />
Pam & David Jacobson<br />
Lori & Mark Jahraus<br />
Dr Andrew Jamieson &<br />
Pamela Fellows Jamieson<br />
Dr Dawn Mersch Jenkins &<br />
Freadrich Jenkins<br />
Robert L Jennings, MD
Mark Jensen & Leah Fujimoto<br />
Steven W Jensen<br />
Jamey C Jessen, MD<br />
Cynthia L Johnson<br />
Delene K Johnson<br />
James C Johnson, MD<br />
John C Johnson, MD<br />
Laura J Johnson<br />
Marie J Johnson<br />
Mary Lynn & Roger Johnson<br />
Paul E Johnson, MD<br />
DrsWTJohnson&KASukalski<br />
Rachel Marie & Joshua Johnston<br />
Ruby & Lloyd Johnston<br />
Mr & Mrs Donald M Juelke<br />
Joan & Terrence Kadrmas<br />
Dr Bruce & Cynthia Kaldor<br />
Joy R Karges<br />
Virginia L Kautzman<br />
Marian L Kays<br />
KCI<br />
Kathi & William Keig<br />
Curtis L Keller, MD<br />
Michael J Kelly, MD<br />
David M Kemp, MD<br />
Maryann Kennedy<br />
Katie Keogh<br />
Taunia L Kerner<br />
Kurt R Kerry<br />
Marie H Kidd<br />
Darlene & Michael Kihne<br />
Shelley A Killen, MD<br />
Helen M Kilzer, MD<br />
Ralph L Kilzer, MD<br />
Ronald K Kjos, MD<br />
Rochelle A Klein<br />
James & Theresa Klosterman<br />
Deibele<br />
Patti Thibedeau Kneiser<br />
Request a free copy of our<br />
Guide to Wills and Trusts.<br />
Ms. Linda Knodel<br />
Bonita M Knutson<br />
Beth & Dallas Kopp<br />
Michael F Koszalka, Jr, MD<br />
Lisa L Kozel, MD<br />
Ann & Arthur Kracke<br />
Sandra K Kreutner<br />
Drs Somsak & Siriwan Kriengkrairut<br />
Michael & Denise Kroke<br />
Daniel J Kucera<br />
Michell & Paul Kucera<br />
Craig F Kuhlmann, MD<br />
Stephan P Kulzer<br />
Rosemarie Kuntz<br />
Dr Michelle & Richard LaBrecque<br />
Anne L Lambert, MD<br />
Darin W Lang, MD<br />
Ernest N Langelier<br />
Dr Elwood E Largis<br />
Carolyn L Larsen<br />
Debra L Larson<br />
Ernest L Larson, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Leland Larson<br />
Linda & Ellis Larson<br />
Richard D Larson, MD<br />
Kari Fulp Lawrence, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Larry M Leadbetter<br />
Jack R Lees, MD<br />
Dr Larry D Legacie<br />
Bruce A Legler, MD<br />
Monte J Leidenix, MD<br />
Annette J Leier<br />
Marge & James Leigh<br />
Dr Jill & Ned Lenhart<br />
Dr & Mrs Donald F Levi<br />
Dr Polly & Timothy Lilleboe<br />
Jackson W Lind, MD<br />
Pat & William Lindell<br />
O Victor Lindelow, MD<br />
Beverly L Linnihan<br />
Susan C Lisell<br />
Douglas J Loberg, MD<br />
Margaret K Lorentzsen<br />
John D Loucks, MD<br />
Drs Davonne Loup & Carl Westphal<br />
Cherie A Lowe<br />
Donald H Luecke, MD<br />
Dr Heather & Christopher Lundeen<br />
Clifford J Lynch, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs Jeffrey K Lystad<br />
Dr Sara J MacDonald<br />
Mercy & James Mackey<br />
Deborah A Maddock<br />
Patrick & Susan Maddock<br />
Ruth & Anthony Malaktaris<br />
Dawn Pelton Malene, MD<br />
Kenric D Malmberg, MD<br />
Kelly L Malmin<br />
Walter H Maloney, MD<br />
Sonja C Mammola<br />
Gertrude A Mandel<br />
Deborah F Manni<br />
Laurie E Marlowe<br />
Sally & Gary Masilko<br />
James & Teresa Matetich<br />
Drs Steven & Jennifer McCormack<br />
Paul C McCormick, MD<br />
Leah P McDermid<br />
Constance & John McDonald<br />
Dr Kenneth D McFadden<br />
Mindy & Ryan McFarren<br />
Robert C McKone, MD<br />
Jerry L McLain, MD<br />
Judith A Means<br />
Dr & Mrs Mark A Meier<br />
Merck & Co, Inc<br />
Mark E Mering, MD<br />
Drs June & Miles Merwin<br />
Dr Melissa J Metcalf<br />
Julie M Meyer<br />
Dr & Mrs Dean K Midboe<br />
Vickie & Michael Milde<br />
Darcy & Scott Miller<br />
Nadine R Miller<br />
Sharon F Miller<br />
Kathryne G Miskavige<br />
Kim & Paul Mistic<br />
William W Moats<br />
Jacqueline & Fredric Modrow<br />
Elden L Mohr, MD (dec.)<br />
Tamar A Montoya-Albrecht<br />
Janice L Moore<br />
John C Moore, MD<br />
Janette & Robert Morey<br />
Marshall A Morgan<br />
LaNita M Mortenson<br />
Brenda & Paul Muckenhirn<br />
Arnold Mueller, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs James Munn, Jr<br />
S Murthy, MD<br />
David G Musgjerd, MD<br />
JoAnn & John Muus<br />
Donald C Nabseth, MD<br />
ND Physical Therapy Assn<br />
Marilyn J Nehring<br />
Dr Candice & Skip Nelson<br />
Carol J Nelson, MD<br />
G Eileen Nelson<br />
Sally A Nelson<br />
Lisa & Ryan Neppl<br />
Melody G Neumiller<br />
Dr & Mrs Gary Newland<br />
Dr Don & Bonnie Nicolson<br />
Sarah K Nielsen<br />
Jan K Noland<br />
Louis A Noltimier, MD<br />
Mildred A Noonan<br />
Students are reminded every day of the legacies<br />
that make an impact on their education.<br />
Will the UND<br />
School of <strong>Medicine</strong> & Health Sciences<br />
students remember you?<br />
The easiest way to<br />
LEAVE A LEGACY<br />
is a bequest made<br />
through your will or trust.<br />
There’s a lot to think about.<br />
The UND Foundation can help you<br />
plan for the future.<br />
Contact Bethany Andrist, Development Officer<br />
1-800-543-8764 or bethanya@undfoundation.org Download the guide at www.undfoundation.org
Jennifer E Norberg<br />
Douglas & Jean Norris<br />
William R Nuessle, MD<br />
Jill K Nycz<br />
Dr & Mrs Mark D Odland<br />
Dr Norbert & Angela O’Keefe<br />
Derek & Bonnie Oldenburger<br />
Dr & Mrs Bruce W Olin<br />
Beryl J Olson<br />
Ione W Olson<br />
Linda & Greg Olson<br />
Raymond D Olson, MD<br />
Sara L Olson<br />
Wilda Orewiler<br />
Dan J Ostergaard, MD<br />
Dana & Gary Ostrom<br />
Mr & Mrs Kurt T Otto<br />
Philip G Overby, MD<br />
Thea Loy & John Pallansch<br />
Dr Diane & Charles Pap<br />
Susan M Paul<br />
Benjamin Pease, III, MD<br />
Lila & Melvin Pedersen<br />
Bart & Iris Pederson<br />
Caryl A Perdaems<br />
Donna (dec.) & Duncan Perry<br />
Mary Beth & Ronald Peterson<br />
Robert F Peterson<br />
Thomas & Marty Peterson<br />
Dr William & Virginia Peterson<br />
Dr James C Pettersen<br />
Howard R Pirch, MD<br />
Stacy A Plencner<br />
Joseph T Ponessa, Sr<br />
ShaunaLPonty<br />
Shelly & Chad Portscheller<br />
Dr J Michael Poston<br />
Bernie Prouty<br />
Margaret & Cyril Puetz<br />
Maureen & David Ramsett<br />
Clifford L Rask, MD<br />
Karen Rasmusson, MD<br />
Dr Karen M Rasmusson<br />
Kay M Rau<br />
Shanti & Banmali Rawat<br />
Linda Weston Redfern<br />
Mark S Redlin, MD<br />
Gary S Reff<br />
Dr Brent & Lisa Reich<br />
Maridell H Reid<br />
Dr & Mrs Jerald W Reinhardt<br />
Dr&MrsRoderickLReinke<br />
Nancy M Reis<br />
Cindy Remmenga<br />
LARenner<br />
Lillian & Vincent Repesh<br />
Jerilyn J Rethemeier<br />
Dr John & Tommi Retzlaff<br />
Jamyne O Richardson<br />
Martin L Rimestad, MD<br />
Mary Risberg<br />
Gary A Ritzel, MD<br />
Gladys & Donald Rizzi<br />
Denise R Rokke<br />
Dr Benedict & Diane Roller<br />
Charlotte A Romain<br />
Mary K Roman<br />
Dr&MrsRobertJRoswick<br />
Melissa Roth & Dr Dean Quigley<br />
Diana A Rothstein<br />
New School of <strong>Medicine</strong> & Health Sciences endowments established in 2007-08<br />
Endowments are important to ensuring educational and institutional longevity.<br />
The following were established in the last fiscal year to support initiatives within the school.<br />
Robert Arusell, M.D. and Janelle Sanda, M.D. Professorship in <strong>Medicine</strong> Endowment<br />
Edward & Marjean Bender Endowment<br />
Wilson and Julia Cape Memorial Professorship in Internal <strong>Medicine</strong> Endowment<br />
Gertrude Dammen/Allison Gentle Medical Education Endowment<br />
Dr. Norman G. Hepper Endowment<br />
Karl V. & M. Carolyn Kaess Chair of Dermatology Endowment<br />
Dr. Richard A. & Ann M. Olafson Medical School Scholarship Endowment<br />
David M. Sloven, M.D. Medical School Endowment<br />
Dr. John & Agnes Vennes Microbiology & Immunology Research Award Endowment<br />
H. David Wilson, M.D. Professorship for the Office of the Dean Endowment<br />
Deborah K Ruder<br />
Lyle Rudningen<br />
Kimberly R Ruliffson<br />
Scott Ruppert<br />
Janet & Randy Salzwedel<br />
Donald W Sand, MD<br />
Rodney H Sanders<br />
Sanofi-Aventis<br />
Steven & Sarah Sarbacker<br />
Anne P Savage<br />
Linnea & Richard Schaible<br />
Gayle A Schantzen, MD<br />
Aaron W Schenck<br />
Linda & Jay Schlenker<br />
Rodger K Schmid<br />
Col Dorothy F Schneider<br />
Joel F Schock, MD<br />
Trudy Schoeppey<br />
Renee C Schon<br />
Janice I Schuh<br />
Amy & Derek Schulte<br />
Irene Schultz-Albert & Michael Albert<br />
Harold & Karen Schulz<br />
Barry A Schumacher<br />
Mitchel G Schwindt, MD<br />
David M Scollard, MD<br />
Sharon Scott<br />
Lynnelle A Sell<br />
Mark A Selland, MD<br />
Marlene J Severson, MD<br />
Robin K Severud, MD<br />
Jacqueline & Robert Shaskey<br />
Erica & Robert Shaw<br />
Kathryn & Robert Shaw<br />
Dr Barry & Deborah Sheppard<br />
John W Shore, MD<br />
Scott & Jennifer Siebert<br />
David M Sievert<br />
David A Simundson, MD<br />
Justin A Sivertson<br />
Marta E Sivitz, MD<br />
Michael F Slag, MD<br />
Hazel A Sletten<br />
Heather J Sletten<br />
Deborah & Scott Smith<br />
Eris & Roger Smith<br />
Kyle E Smith<br />
LuAnn & Jon Smith<br />
Mr & Mrs Kirk B Smith<br />
Peggy A Smith<br />
Dr Richard & Sherrilynn Smith<br />
Susan J Smith, MD<br />
Biana & Bob Smolich<br />
Paula M Snippes<br />
Pamela & Curtis Sommer<br />
Glenn E Sondag, MD<br />
Dr James F Soodsma<br />
Leland & Mary Sorenson<br />
Mr & Mrs Randall G Souser<br />
Carol A Soutor, MD<br />
Linda & David Speidel<br />
Duane F Splichal<br />
Dr Steven & Joy Spotts<br />
Dr & Mrs Clifford J Stadem<br />
John D Stageberg, MD<br />
Drs Susan & Paul Stagno<br />
Dr & Mrs Thorlief L Stangebye<br />
Ann & John Stannard<br />
Amy L Stenman<br />
KyleeAnn S Stevens, MD<br />
Sharon K Stevens<br />
Brian J Stewart, MD<br />
Norma & Harland Stickel<br />
Vivian L Storm<br />
Dr & Mrs Waldemar G Storm<br />
Dr & Mrs David A Strand<br />
Dr & Mrs Rudolf Strnot, Jr<br />
Stephen A Stromstad, MD<br />
Tamara J Stuhlmiller<br />
Adam & Stephanie Suedel<br />
Terri Schmidt Sullivan<br />
GRSwafford,MD<br />
Stanton H Sykes, MD<br />
Carrie F Sylvester, MD, MPH<br />
Clara L Syverson<br />
R Wayne Taintor, MD<br />
Margaret & Ronald Talsky<br />
Jean K Tandy<br />
Phyllis Tarnasky<br />
William G Tarnasky, MD<br />
Dr & Mrs John M Tate<br />
William R Taylor, MD<br />
Glen K Teramoto<br />
Kristi & Mark Thoma<br />
Dr Alexander & Kathleen Thompson<br />
Gary Thompson<br />
Dr & Mrs James R Thompson<br />
Zondra & David Thompson<br />
Chris R Thorson<br />
Dr & Mrs Thomas A Thorson<br />
Linda K Timperley<br />
Dr&MrsTerryWTorgenrud<br />
Dana J Torkelson<br />
Joey Trisko-Szarek<br />
Caryl Turnow<br />
Carolyn & Don Twedt<br />
Dr & Mrs Raymond A Vaaler<br />
David A Vagneur, MD<br />
Mary Ellen Barber Vaughan<br />
Patrice R Veit<br />
Dr & Mrs Robert L Veitch<br />
Ruth E Vetter<br />
Dr Richard & M Anne Vick<br />
Donna L Vinnedge<br />
Melissa A Vizenor<br />
Carrie M Voightman<br />
Dr & Mrs Charles R Volk<br />
Vernon E Wagner<br />
NaomiLWahl,MD<br />
Sandy Wald-Clooten &<br />
Robert Clooten<br />
Cheryl A Walker<br />
Donald & Jane Walstad<br />
Dr & Mrs Frank G Walter<br />
George R Ward, Jr, MD<br />
Dan A Wasdahl, MD<br />
R N Watson, MD<br />
Glen R Weight, MD<br />
Deborah Laine Weir<br />
Geraldine & Larry Weisser<br />
Susan K Weitzel<br />
Marilyn K Welke<br />
Kevin L Wentz<br />
Lee & Michele Werchau<br />
Bruce & Carol Wessman<br />
Mark W Whitman, MD<br />
Richard A Wickenheiser, MD<br />
Theresa & Peter Wiederoder<br />
Lawrence J Wieland, MD<br />
Oliver E Wiger, MD<br />
Dr Sheri & Ken Williams<br />
Darcee & Michael Williamson<br />
Ina S Williamson<br />
Sarah J Wilson<br />
Dr John & Delores Witt<br />
Sean P Witte<br />
Dr & Mrs David M Woeste<br />
Richard H Wohl<br />
Terrie Jo & Stephen Wold<br />
Albert A Wolf<br />
Wilfred Wolf<br />
Stephen A Wonderlich, MD<br />
Christine L Wood<br />
Barbara Wright<br />
Dr David & Carol Wright<br />
Dr Kimberly A Wright<br />
Cassie R Wulfekuhle<br />
Grace & Peter Youlden<br />
Drs Howard & Elaine Young<br />
Karissa A Youra<br />
Ann & Terence Zeltinger<br />
Stephan M Zentner, MD<br />
Gayle S Wischow Zerkel<br />
Kory J Zimney<br />
Lorrina L Zwetzigmerness, MD
We wish to thank the National Advisory Council for all their help<br />
School of <strong>Medicine</strong> & Health Sciences living UND brand promise<br />
UND adopted a brand promise recently, describing the University as “an environment filled with an innovative, creative,<br />
and entrepreneurial spirit.” Nowhere on campus is this more alive than the School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Science.<br />
Students and faculty epitomize these characteristics each and every day in their approaches to rural health, groundbreaking<br />
research, and first-class patient care. It’s inspiring.<br />
Equally inspirational is your commitment to supporting this spirit. Your spirit of philanthropy<br />
is vital to ensuring the school is able to attract the brightest students by offering abundant<br />
scholarships, retain world-class faculty who lead by example, and support the outstanding<br />
programs and community service work for which the school is so highly regarded.<br />
Bethany Andrist<br />
UND Foundation<br />
Development Officer, School of <strong>Medicine</strong> & Health Sciences<br />
● During the last fiscal year, the School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Sciences<br />
partnered with 996 donors who committed more than $11.5 million<br />
to support the school—that’s fantastic!<br />
● 12 commitments were made to establish new endowments benefiting students,<br />
faculty, and programs (including two who have requested no publicity).<br />
● $210,596 was awarded in scholarships for our medical students—<br />
an all-time record!<br />
Several members of the<br />
National Advisory Council<br />
met in Arizona during the<br />
spring of 2008.<br />
Pictured (left to right):<br />
George Johnson,<br />
Jon Tingelstad,<br />
Richard and Donna Horne,<br />
John Jarrett, Bruce Porter,<br />
Kent Johnson, Wes Herman,<br />
Ernie Godfread,<br />
Kevin Fickenscher,<br />
H. David Wilson,<br />
Myron Wentz,<br />
Roger Gilbertson, Cecil Chally<br />
and David Monson.<br />
Not pictured: John Berger,<br />
Thomas Berquist,<br />
Lloyd Everson, Jay Giedd,<br />
Mark Lundeen,<br />
Richard Olafson,<br />
Rodney Rohrich, Mike Unhjem<br />
Thank you for your continued commitment. You are such a huge part behind<br />
the innovative, creative and entrepreneurial spirit at the School of <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
and Health Sciences. It couldn’t be done without you by our side.