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OPPORTUNITY ABROAD – STUDY MEDICINE IN PHILIPPINES – LEO GLOBAL EDUCATION – Video

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Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) are developing treatments that apply regenerative medicine to battlefield injuries....

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Medicine are an American alternative rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1990 by guitarist/keyboardist Brad Laner.[1]

They are perhaps best known for their cameo appearance in the 1994 film The Crow, in which they performed "Time Baby III", a track that features guest vocals from the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser.

Medicine was formed by ex-Savage Republic drummer Brad Laner,[2] based on some 4-track recordings Laner was working on in 1990. After playing the tapes for music industry representatives, he was told that if he formed a band that sounded like the tapes, he could get a record deal. Laner then assembled a band of musicians from the Los Angeles music scene. Medicine's early lineup included Laner, drummer Jim Goodall (Severed Head in a Bag, Jon Wayne, Lopez Beatles), guitarist Jim Putnam, bassist Eddie Ruscha and singer Annette Zilinskas (an original member of The Bangles). Putnam, Ruscha and Zilinskas eventually left; the latter was replaced by former Fourwaycross singer Beth Thompson. On the basis of the original demo, the band were signed to Creation Records, becoming the first American band to do so. In America, Medicine signed to Rick Rubin's American Recordings label in 1992. With a signature guitar tone, created by running guitarist's Brad Laner's guitar through a Yamaha 4-track recorder, Medicine's music managed to distinguish itself from some of the more ambiguous endeavours of the shoegazing movement.

Their first album, Shot Forth Self Living, was released in 1992. It received airplay on college radio and coverage in alternative newspapers, with even a few of their videos played on MTV.

Their second album, The Buried Life, was released the following year, and gained Medicine more mainstream attention, including coverage in magazines like Creem.

While on tour in 1994 with The Jesus and Mary Chain, Curve and Spiritualized, the band were approached by filmmakers who requested a song for and cameo appearance in an upcoming movie. The band agreed and reworked "Time Baby II" into a breezy, translucent version that became "Time Baby III". The film, The Crow, was a box office success, and the soundtrack became a top seller as well. American Recordings was eager to release "Time Baby III" to coincide with the film's success. Laner countered by proposing a remix album of the band's songs. The resulting Sounds of Medicine: Stripped and Reformed Sounds EP featured remixes by Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins and Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan .

The final album with the original lineup was Her Highness, released in 1995. The band broke up soon after.

Medicine reformed briefly in 2003, solely as a duo including Laner and Shannon Lee, the daughter of actor Bruce Lee. They released one album, The Mechanical Forces of Love.

The band's original lineup later reformed again and signed with the Captured Tracks label. Medicine released a new studio album, To the Happy Few, in July 2013, preceded by the single "Long as the Sun".

Pitchfork Media has hailed Medicine as the closest thing to being an American answer to My Bloody Valentine.[3]

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Dr. Edward Goljan Speaks at AMSA 2014 About Basic Science & Clinical Skills in Medical School – Video

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WMU names med school for medical device pioneer after $100M gift

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The anonymous donor who gave Western Michigan University one of the largest gifts ever to a university became public Tuesday when the medical school was named after her grandfather.

Ronda E. Stryker, the granddaughter of the late Dr. Homer Stryker the Kalamazoo orthopedic surgeon and medical device innovator who founded the Stryker Corporation gave WMU $100 million in 2011 for the medical school.

At the time, it was the among the 10 largest cash gifts ever made to an American public university. Stryker gave the donation along with her husband, William D. Johnston, a WMU trustee. Her grandfather died in 1980.

My grandfather always focused on patient outcomes, Stryker said. His innovation work and research was never about himself but always about the patient, better health care outcomes and better equipment for doctors. I am certain he would be thrilled to know that medical education and research are taking place in Kalamazoo.

Officials say the gift served as the foundation funding for development of the medical school, which will welcome its inaugural class in the fall.

Their generosity is allowing our community to create a medical school that will enable generations of young people to make their own marks in the same arena he helped revolutionize, WMU President John M. Dunn said. The Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is the ideal name for a school that is being developed around the principle of medical innovation that serves the needs of patients.

WMUs medical school will join medical colleges at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University, along with Oakland University and Central Michigan University both of which recently welcomed inaugural classes.

About a dozen other medical schools are under development across the nation to address a doctor shortage that will escalate to 90,000 in 10 years, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

The announcement included leaders from WMU and Bronson Healthcare and Borgess Health, which will both serve as teaching hospitals. The new medical school will be a private, nonprofit corporation developed in collaboration with the two hospitals.

The medical schools $68 million, 350,000-square foot home a seven-story renovated research facility donated to WMU in 2011 is nearing completion on its W.E. Upjohn Campus in downtown Kalamazoo.

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WMU medical school to be named for device inventor Dr. Homer Stryker

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The new medical school at Western Michigan University will be named for a medical device maker with close ties to the Kalamazoo area.

The school will be named the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine for a Kalamazoo orthopedic surgeon and medical device inventor who founded Stryker Corp.

Ronda E. Stryker, his granddaughter, and her husband William Johnston, a WMU board member, gave an anonymous gift of $100 million three years ago to get the school started. In announcing the name at a news conference today, WMU revealed who had given the large gift.

My grandfather always focused on patient outcomes, Stryker said. His innovationwork and research was never about himself but always about the patient, better health care outcomes and better equipment for doctors. I am certain he would be thrilled to know that medical education and research are taking place in Kalamazoo.

While he wouldnt care that the school was named after him, it is without doubt a fitting and lasting recognition to his contribution to medicine, medical research, innovative products and service to patient health care outcomes. We are thrilled to be strong foundational partners in the creation of this new innovative school of medicine.

Their gift was praised by WMU officials.

Ronda Stryker and Bill Johnston have given our city, state and nation a wonderful gift that honors Homer Stryker in the most appropriate way possible, WMU President John M. Dunn said in a news release. Their generosity is allowing our community to create a medical school that will enable generations of young people to make their own marks in the same arena he helped revolutionize. The Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is the ideal name for a school that is being developed around the principle of medical innovation that serves the needs of patients.

The new medical schools facility will be on its W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus in downtown Kalamazoo. That site has a 350,000-square-foot medical research building currently undergoing renovation and scheduled to open in mid-2014. That site was a gift from MPI Research in late 2011. MPI Research is led by William U. Parfet, great grandson of the campus namesake, who launched the Upjohn Co. in Kalamazoo in 1886.

In planning since 2008, the new medical school was granted preliminary accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education in October 2012.

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Southwest Michigan First CEO Ron Kitchens and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of MPI Research William U. Parfet look at artist renderings of the new Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Tuesday, March 11, 2014, during the unveiling of the school's name Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Kalamazoo, Mich. (AP Photo/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group, Mark Bugnaski) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) Western Michigan University's new medical school will be named after the founder of the medical technology company Stryker Corp., officials announced Tuesday.

The Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine will be housed at the W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus downtown and welcome its first class this fall. Dr. Homer Stryker was a Kalamazoo orthopedic surgeon and medical device inventor.

"Dr. Homer Stryker's lifelong efforts to develop innovative medical products and procedures have saved thousands, if not millions, of lives throughout the world," U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, said in a statement. "Naming WMU's medical school after such a dedicated doctor who created the products needed by his patients so they could recover faster and lead fuller lives bodes well for those entering the new program."

Stryker's first big product in 1940 was a turning frame for those with broken bones. He also developed a motorized saw to speed the removal of a cast without cutting the patient.

The entering class of 50 students is to arrive this fall.

The medical school is being named in Stryker's honor thanks to his granddaughter, Ronda E. Stryker, and her husband, William D. Johnston, a Western Michigan University trustee.

"I can't think of a more appropriate namesake," said university President John Dunn.

Stryker and Johnston are the donors who made a founding gift, anonymous at the time, in excess of $100 million to the university three years ago to launch the medical school initiative.

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