June 12, 2003

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JoAnn Robinson on TLC

12 JUNE 2003 • VOLUME 5 • NUMBER 24

KU Med Parkinson’s Surgery Featured on Learning Channel surgical procedure that’s brought relief to more than 300 Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor patients at KU Med will be featured on a nationwide television program. The Learning Channel (TLC) will show “Ultimate Operation: Deep Brain Stimulation,” Saturday, June 14, at 3 p.m. Neurologist Rajesh Pahwa, MD, and neurosurgeon Steven Wilkinson, MD, lead a team in the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder Center that has pioneered this surgery and made KU Med the nation’s leading center for deep brain stimulation. JoAnn Robinson, a 44-year-old Parkinson’s patient and mother of two from Emporia, Kan., agreed to let a

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Cancer Center Move Community Health Grants

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CCNE Accreditation KU First Campaign

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Front & Center

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Quality Assurance New Faculty

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SoN Awards

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What’s News

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Classifieds, etc.

production crew from TLC videotape her before, during and after her procedure at KU Med last October. The crew was given unprecedented access in order to show the procedure from Robinson’s point of view. The crew spent many hours with Robinson and her family at home before the procedure, during the operation and during her weeks of recovery and programming of her new device. Deep brain stimulation is used to treat many patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease or essential tremor, two of the most common neurological movement disorders. Combined, the two conditions afflict about 11.5 million Americans. During the procedure, the surgeon implants a device resembling a cardiac pacemaker into the patient’s chest. Wires leading deep into the brain deliver mild electrical stimulation to precisely targeted areas. Continuous stimulation of these areas appears to block the signals that cause the disabling motor symptoms of the two distinct disorders. As a result, many patients achieve greater control over their body movements, allowing them to resume more active lifestyles. What makes this procedure

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unique is that the patient is awake the whole time, playing a key role in helping the surgical team implant the electrodes in the right place. Doctors ask the patient to move his or her arms and legs and perform other simple motor tasks to help verify proper placement. The changes can be quick and dramatic. In Robinson’s case, a tremor in her leg that had bothered her for months stopped as she lay on the operating table. Doctors knew they were in the right spot and were able to permanently attach the electrode to that part of her brain. After six weeks of healing from the surgery, Robinson returned to KU Med. Her new device was programmed for just the right amount of stimulation necessary to control her symptoms. After suffering from Parkinson’s disease for 11 years, Robinson says she’s glad she had the procedure done. She hopes others will see the program on TLC and discover there is hope and relief for severe, debilitating Parkinson’s symptoms.

Expanding Cancer Center Makes Its First Move The sounds of construction gave way to the sounds of moving in the Cancer Center the weekend of June 7 and 8, as staff members made their first move into the expanding facility. On Monday, June 9, patients began receiving treatment in a newly completed section of the Cancer Center, which will serve as an interim treatment area during the next phase of construction and remodeling. The expansion will be completed in mid-September. “This move to make the center operational by Monday was a team effort,” said Chris Delaney, manager of Cancer Center Materials Management. Staff from the Cancer Center, KU Med’s departments of Materials Management, Telecommunications and Information Technology, and employees of United Excel

Corporation (UEC) began the move on Friday night. They spent the weekend relocating furniture, treatment equipment, supplies, files, computers, telephones and more. Beginning Monday, June 16, hematology patients who have been treated in the first-floor infusion room will also be seen in the Cancer Center’s new area. This move allows KU Med to provide outpatient care in one specially designed space. The Cancer Center is more than doubling in size to offer increased comfort, convenience and privacy to a growing number of patients. The expansion will add 14 new examination rooms and have 23 private state-of-the-art treatment rooms. Patients will have access to all need-

From left, Mike Cullinane, superintendent with UEC, Marcia Bailey, RN, nurse manager, Cancer Center, and Chris Delaney, manager, Cancer Center Materials Management.

ed services in one space, with the laboratory and an enlarged pharmacy located near the treatment area. A new Breast Center, also under construction, will feature private changing rooms and the latest imaging technology.

Grants Seek Solutions to Community Health Issues KUMC will receive four grants totaling $596,656 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Bureau of Health Professions Office. The following grants, announced by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., will focus on health issues in rural and urban communities. Predoctoral Training in Primary Care, Rebecca Ruble, MD, $215,649. This grant will establish a program to allow third-year medical students to work with communitybased organizations to identify and find solutions to problems in specific communities in Kansas City, Kan. 2

Students will work with at-risk populations such as victims of domestic violence, people with developmental disabilities, adolescents, substance abusers and geriatric patients. Predoctoral Training in Primary Care, Scott Moser, MD, $140,400. This grant will fund a similar program at the KU School of Medicine campus in Wichita. Academic Administrative Units in Primary Care, Joshua Freeman, MD, $216,000. This grant will help KUMC establish the administrative framework for treating communitybased health needs throughout

Kansas. Students completing their first year of medical school will collect data on health problems in communities and propose solutions. Geriatric Nursing Knowledge and Experience in Long-term Care Facilities, Kristin Williams, RN, PhD, $24,607. This grant will encourage senior nursing students to complete a long-term care program at a nursing home. Roberts is currently working to secure additional funding for health education and nursing programs to train Kansas health care professionals.

School of Nursing Receives CCNE Accreditation The baccalaureate and master’s degree programs at the University of Kansas School of Nursing have received the maximum 10-year accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The CCNE Board of Commissioners determined that both SoN programs met all four accreditation standards. They are: 1) program quality: mission and governance, 2) program quality:

institutional commitment and resources, 3) program quality: curriculum and teaching-learning practices and 4) program effectiveness: student performance and faculty accomplishments. The accreditation included a self-study process, an evaluation visit by a peer team, a response to the team’s report, review by the CCNE board and periodic reviews by the commission. “I want to thank the self-study committee, administrators at KUMC and KU Med, the SoN Advisory Board, students and

alumni, collaborators from our clinical education sites and everyone who participated in the review process,” said Karen Miller, RN, PhD, dean of the SoN. Until now, the SoN’s baccalaureate and master’s degree programs have been accredited by the National League for Nursing. For the next 10 years, the SoN will be accredited exclusively by CCNE, which is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education to ensure the quality and integrity of baccalaureate and higher education in nursing.

Members of the SoN’s CCNE self-study committee were (back from left) Sharon Kumm, RN, Leonie Pallikkathayil, RN, and Jeanne Schott, RN, and (front from left) Karen Miller, RN, PhD, SoN dean, Geri B. Neuberger, RN, self-study committee chair, and Cynthia Teel, RN, PhD. Not pictured are committee members Ann Kuckelman Cobb, RN, PhD, Yevette Harrell, RN, Allie Meiers, Janet Pierce, RN, Kim Rock, Elaine Domian, RN, and Michael Martin.

KU First Family Campaign Donor values programs at KUMC and in Lawrence Susan Cannon, MSPT, has worked at KUMC for more than 20 years helping the smallest of patients. As coordinator of training for physical therapy at the Developmental Disabilities Center in the Institute for Child Development, she works with children from birth to three years. She also assesses infants for developmental disabilities while they’re in KU Med’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Cannon, who received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from KU, is a devoted KU fan. She supports the university in another

way – by giving to the School of Education and the Department of Physical Therapy Education in the School of Allied Health. “I have been very pleased with my education,” she said. “It’s stood me well.” Her gift counts toward the $500 million goal of KU First: Invest in Excellence, the largest fund-raising campaign in KU history. KU Endowment is conducting KU First on behalf of KU and KU Med through 2004 to raise funds for scholarships, fellowships, professorships, capital projects and

program support for the university, and capital projects, program support and patient services for the hospital.

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United Way Community Leaders Below, Dorothy Knoll, PhD, KUMC dean of students, and Kim Cuda, director, Community and Alumni Relations, meet to discuss 2003 United Way campaign strategies. Knoll is campaign chair for the United Way of Wyandotte County, and Cuda serves on the Wyandotte County board and is division chair for central Wyandotte County, which includes the communities of Rosedale, Argentine, Turner, Central Avenue and Kansas Avenue/Armourdale. Although the United Way campaign begins in October, United Way agencies need volunteers and support year round, Knoll noted.

Calendar Doc Michael Luchi, MD, associate professor, Infectious Disease (above), will be featured in the 2004 edition of the Steris calendar. Steris supplies KU Med’s alcohol-based handrub products. The photo, taken by Carol Roberts, RN, Infection Control, was one of the top 15 selected for the calendar from more than 700 entries. In the background is a KU Med hand hygiene campaign poster of H. William Barkman, MD, chief of staff.

Speedway Team As the official health care provider at Kansas Speedway, KU Med had a care team on hand for the ARCA RE/MAX Series BPU 200 race June 1. Team members included (from left) Terry Broadbent, RN, Pam Ramsey, MD, Doran Shelby, Leigh Powers, RN, Paula Simonich, RN, Renee Walters, RN, Sharon Brown, RN, Jan Miller, RN, Michael Sloan, Eric Serrano, MD, Tracie Cooper, Julie Suppenbach, RN, Tajquah Hudson, Stephen Lowry, MD, and Steve Stampfel. Not pictured is Dennis Allin, MD. Suppenbach is the new infield care team director.

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New Quality Assurance Program Safeguards Human Clinical Research The KUMC Research Institute recently introduced a new quality assurance program for all clinical research on the campus that involves human subjects. “The program includes selfassessment checklists designed to help educate KUMC investigators and improve the quality of clinical research, thus enhancing our ability to protect volunteers in our human research studies,” explained Laurie Kemble, director of Clinical Trials, Research Institute. The checklists are available on the Research Institute’s Clinical Trials Division Web site under “forms” at kumc.edu/research.kumc_ri/ct_home. htm. While use of the self-review

checklists by investigators and study coordinators is initially voluntary, Kemble said, they will likely become mandatory in the future for specified studies. Currently, the checklists are recommended for all human clinical studies with identifiable risks that receive full review from the Human Subjects Committee and are monitored by an outside agency. “The checklists help investigators fulfill their research responsibilities and help all parties comply with federal and state research regulations and KUMC research policies,” Kemble added. “They also help protect the accuracy and quality of research data.” Kemble said the checklists are also great teaching tools for new

investigators, study coordinators or anyone who wants a refresher or reminder of good clinical practice needed for clinical research. The Research Institute is holding educational sessions on the use of the checklists. The sessions will be held in groups of 10 or less to provide personalized training. If you would like to add your name to the list of participants, call Lisa Banda at 8-1249. Kemble wants comments and feedback on the program, which has been tested and reviewed by researchers, nurse coordinators, the Human Subjects Committee, and KUMC deans and department chairs. If you have questions or comments, contact Kemble at 8-1242 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Faculty Join Pharmacology and Toxicology Yvonne Wan, PhD, professor of Pathology at the University of California at Los Angeles, has accepted a position as professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at KUMC. Her research interests emphasize the liver, specifically gene regulation and polymorphism. The major focus of Wan’s research for the past decade has been retinoic acid and its receptors. She has also made major contributions in basic and clinical studies of alcoholic liver disease. Wan’s clinical study of alcoholic liver dis-

Michigan State University, also ease focuses on the identification of recently joined the Department of genetic risk factors for alcoholism Pharmacology and Toxicology. in Mexican Americans. Her research is currently funded by Off three grants from the National Institutes of Health, on which she is the principal investigator, and another four grants on which she is a co-investigator. Bryan Kopple, MD, a new junior “Dad, if your attitude doesn’t improve, you’re faculty recruit from not gonna get anything for Father’s Day!”

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KU School of Nursing Students and Faculty Receive Awards With the conclusion of the 200203 academic year, the University of Kansas School of Nursing has recognized students for their exceptional accomplishments and faculty for their contributions to nursing education.

Undergraduate Awards OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARDS:

Presented by the KU Nurses Alumni Association to graduating seniors with outstanding scholastic achievement. • Heather Fowler • Melissa Bowman KAY SCHLICTER AWARD: Presented by the SoN to a graduating senior with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or above who has demonstrated leadership ability. • Angela Cofer

SIGMA THETA TAU AWARD:

Presented by the SoN to a graduating registered nurse for outstanding academic achievement and level of commitment to professional growth. • William Paxton II SIGMA THETA TAU AWARD: Presented by the Delta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau to a graduating senior with outstanding scholastic achievement, research and leadership ability. • Elizabeth Yoder JEAN HILL AWARD: Presented by the KU Nurses Alumni Association to a graduating senior who has demonstrated outstanding clinical performance. • Eva Davis

Presented by the Delta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau to a doctoral student who demonstrates research skill, leadership and commitment to nursing. • Karen Komoroski

Graduate Awards

MARY ROBERTS SENIOR NURSING

FROEHLKE AWARD: Presented by

AWARD: Presented by the KUMC

the KU Nurses Alumni Association to a graduate student in nursing with high scholastic achievement and leadership ability. • Sally Whitaker PHD ALUMNI AWARD: Presented by the KU Nurses Alumni Association to the PhD nursing student who has demonstrated outstanding performance in the areas of scholarship and leadership. • Karen Komoroski MELBA CARTER AWARD: Presented by the KU Nurses Alumni Association to the PhD nursing student whose dissertation was most outstanding in the field of health promotion or disease prevention. • Vicki Schasteen Ross

Auxiliary to a graduating senior for outstanding scholarship achievement, leadership potential and social consciousness during senior year. • Kelli Niemann MARY ROBERTS JUNIOR NURSING AWARD: Presented by the KUMC

Auxiliary to a graduating senior who was selected during her junior year for outstanding scholastic achievement, leadership potential and social consciousness. • Eva Davis DEAN’S AWARDS: Presented by the SoN to graduating seniors with outstanding service to the SoN. • Amanda Cackler • Ryane Olson 6

REGISTERED NURSE AWARD:

Faculty Awards JAYHAWKER, RN CLINICAL AWARD: Presented by the SoN to a

nursing clinical instructor voted most outstanding by the senior class. • Naomi King, RN clinical instructor JAYHAWKER, RN LECTURE AWARD:

Presented by the SoN to the nursing lecture instructor voted most outstanding by the senior class. • Katherine Fletcher, RN, PhD associate professor PHYLLIS KEENEY LAWRENCE TEACHING AWARD: Presented by

the SoN to the faculty member with a superior record of teaching performance, who has made a significant contribution to curriculum development and who uses innovative teaching approaches. • Leonie Pallikkathayil, RN associate professor CHANCELLOR’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CLASSROOM TEACHING: Presented by the

University of Kansas for outstanding classroom teaching. • Carol Smith, RN, PhD professor

United Way Day of Caring

Heart Walk Benefit

Film Festival Winner

More than 440 KU Med and KUMC walkers will take part in the American Heart Walk on Saturday, June 14. The one- and four-mile walks begin at 8:30 a.m. at Mill Creek Park on the Country Club Plaza. Walkers hope to meet a $100,000 combined goal set by the university and hospital. To walk or make a donation, contact Mary Bosco at 8-1255 or Amy Metcalf at 8-1233. Or come early on Saturday and sign up prior to the walk at the UMB Bank tent.

Dan Ginavan was honored at the 2003 KAN Film Festival. He receiving second place in the industrial/ educational division for “The Healthy Life Video Series,” which he produced for Silver City Health Clinic. Ginavan is Kansas video network project manger in the Center for TeleMedicine and TeleHealth. The series of five patient education videos covered the subjects of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, breast cancer and colon cancer, and were produced in both English and Spanish. Another of Ginavan’s films, “One Nation Under,” also won second place in the open documentary division.

Scientist Honored Joan Hunt, PhD, senior associate dean for Research and Graduate Education and University Distinguished Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, received an honorary doctor of science degree and spoke at the summer convocation of the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She addressed the College of Biological Science and Ontario Veterinary College graduates at ceremonies June 12. Hunt’s research has shown beneficial effects of the maternal immune system on fertility and maintenance of pregnancy.

Visiting Professor Surgery Department visiting professor Philip Barie, MD, will speak on “Early Recognition and Treatment of Post-Operative Infections: Improving the Odds in High-Risk Groups” at 6 p.m., June 17 in Clendening Auditorium. Barie is professor of Surgery and Public Health and chief of Trauma/ Surgical Critical Care at New York Hospital/Cornell University. He is also president-elect of the Surgical Infection Society and president-elect of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

Don’t miss out on an opportunity to help your KUMC friends and neighbors. On Saturday, June 21, KUMC will participate in United Way’s “Day of Caring.” Volunteers are needed from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. You can sign up for one hour or all six hours. Day of Caring is a great family volunteer opportunity, and children 12 and over are welcome to join in the fun. All volunteers will receive a free T-shirt and lunch.

Day of Caring Schedule 8-10 a.m. Project 1: Meet at Cross-Lines (736 Shawnee Ave, Kansas City, Kan.) to prepare sack lunches and distribute to homeless clients. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Project 2: Meet at Friendship Inn (4146 State Line, Kansas City, Kan.) to plant flowers, rake yard, weed garden and clean outside windows. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Project 3: Meet at Rosedale Development Association (1403 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, Kan.) and work with local middle school students to paint fire hydrants in the Hilltop Neighborhood and to clean up litter on Dodson Road. To sign up for the project of your choice, contact Mary Bosco in Alumni and Community Relations at 8-1255 or [email protected]. For more information, check out www.kumc.edu/community. 7

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Sofa in good condition, originally $1,200, asking $200. 816-679-1077. Miniature pool table, fun for kids of all ages, wood table is 49" x 26" x 34" high, folding legs, $60; tae-kwon-do sparring gloves and shin guards, adult small, $20. 785-842-7153, leave message. 2003 Kansas City Chiefs tickets, pre-season games, Green Bay, Minnesota, excellent seats, Chiefs side, 50-yard line, lower part of upper box, $65 per ticket. 913-764-8627. 1950 French antique dinette set, seats 4, folds down to tea table, good condition, table protector, $900 OBO. 913-206-3696. 5434 Belinder, Fairway, Kan., 3BR + office/4BR, 2 BA, 2-car detached garage, screened-in porch, balcony off master BR, hardwoods throughout, lots of closet and storage space, new roof, new interior/exterior paint, very charming, $297,000. 913-236-5545. For Rent: 5206 Olive, KCMO, 2 BR, 1 BA, off-street parking, enclosed front porch, security system, C/A, full basement, $595/mo. 816-361- 4462. 7020 Glenwood, east of Metcalf, 3BR, 2BA, 1-car garage, large fenced backyard, 15 minutes from KUMC, nice quiet neighborhood. $895/mo. 913-236-5545. Wanted: Roommate wanted to share house in Overland Park, 3 BR, 1 BA, $400 plus 1 /2 utilities/per mo. 913-322-2877. Free to Good Home: Very cute black and white kittens. 913-362-9520.

Coming Up Friday, June 13 • “Consumer’s Guide to Hearing Aids,” Elizabeth Kaulsen, PhD, Room 200, Landon Center. • Final oral examination for PhD in Toxicology for Peter Opdam, “Coordinate Regulation of Human Oxidative and Conjugative Drug Metabolizing Enzymes by Microsomal Enzyme Inducers,” 9 a.m., G030 Breidenthal. • Suzuki Symposium Lecture, 1-3 p.m., 1050 School of Nursing. • Tsumeo Suzuki, MD, PhD, retirement reception, 3-4:30 p.m., Murphy Lobby. Saturday, June 14 • American Heart Association’s Heart Walk, 8:30 a.m., Mill Creek Park on the Country Club Plaza. • Urology Grand Rounds, “Update on Erectile Dysfunction,” Culley Carson III, MD, chief of Urology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 7 a.m. registration, Fairmont Hotel on the Plaza. Tuesday, June 17 • “Early Recognition and Treatment of Post-Operative Infections,” Philip Barie, MD, chief of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, New York Hospital/Cornell University, 6 p.m., Clendening Auditorium.

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