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New dean calls med school a matter of priorities and return on investment

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Friday, May 9, 2014 | 2 a.m.

Barbara Atkinson

Barbara Atkinson has a bold vision for the first public, M.D.-granting medical school in Southern Nevada.

The new dean for the proposed UNLV School of Medicine comes to Las Vegas with a wealth of experience in the fields of medicine and medical education. Between 2002 and 2012, Atkinson, 71, was the executive vice chancellor and dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine.

Like Nevada, Kansas faced a physician shortage. Under Atkinsons leadership, the University of Kansas Medical Center expanded campuses in Salina and Wichita, recruited renowned faculty and built new academic buildings at its main campus in Kansas City.

As UNLVs planning dean, Atkinson will be charged with bringing to life the communitys vision for a top-notch medical school that produces doctors who stay in Nevada and helps in Southern Nevadas economic diversification efforts. Atkinson says shes excited for the challenge.

This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

Nevada ranks 46th nationally in the number of doctors per capita (71.2 primary care physicians per 100,000 Nevadans). Some see a UNLV medical school as a solution. What do you think?

We realized early on when I was in Kansas that there was a major physician shortage, although not as major as in Las Vegas. Primary care in rural areas and sub-specialty programs were lacking. We decided to expand the number of medical students, not just in Kansas City, where we already had a major medical school, but to put more in Wichita and start a small campus in Salina. We increased the number of medical students statewide from about 175 per class to 220 per class. It clearly made a big impact in keeping physicians in Kansas.

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Tory releases jobs plan, wants medical school at York University

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Toronto mayoral candidate John Tory unveiled his job-creation plan Thursday, vowing to create economic corridors in Etobicoke, Scarborough and North York including a pledge to bring a medical school to York University.

Mr. Tory, who released his plan in a speech to the Economic Club of Canada Thursday afternoon, said that some of the citys most pressing challenges transit and youth unemployment can be partly addressed by attracting businesses and new jobs to areas outside the downtown core.

As mayor, I will bring people to jobs. And where we can, I will bring jobs nearby the places where they live, he said.

One of the areas Mr. Tory said he would focus on is around York University in northwestern Toronto, where hed like to see a new medical school despite acknowledging that the decision would not fall within his jurisdiction. He said that the school will have a natural geographic connection with the Humber River Regional Hospital once the new subway is built, and the area between would become a high-tech magnet for new jobs and businesses.

As mayor, this is the kind of thing that excites me about this job. Im going to roll up my sleeves, and Im going to work hard to get Queens Park because its their decision to licence and fund a new medical school as part of York, he said. Thats why those relationships at Queens Park are so important.

York University has, for years, been lobbying the Ontario government for a medical school so far to no avail. Yorks president Mamdouh Shoukri has made it one of his top priorities, and in 2009, hired the University of Ottawas former dean of medicine to help put together a $150-million proposal.

The other areas of focus in Mr. Torys plan are Scarborough (along the area where the subway extension is currently planned), the Downsview area, and the east Don Lands.

But Mr. Torys rival candidates were skeptical.

David Soknacki expressed doubt over Mr. Torys ability to bring a medical school to York. Make no mistake Ill always support a strong education system as a citizen and as a mayor, Mr. Soknacki said in a statement. But there are already two levels of government that have the lead on delivering education in this province.

And Olivia Chow took issue with what she described as a lack of detail on how Mr. Tory plans to attract businesses to these economic corridors.

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UCF newlyweds get Pope's blessing

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UCF medical school student Jenn Bazemore Fundora and her new husband, Chris Fundora, were already planning to go to Rome this spring, but the Orlando couple moved their trip up when they learned they could have a nuptial blessing from Pope Francis.

Three weeks ago, the two, who were married in December, joined nine other couples who came from around the world to the Vatican to receive a papal blessing. Dressed in wedding gowns and tuxedos, each couple spent a couple minutes with the pontiff.

"We were beyond excited," Bazemore Fundora said. "To have our marriage blessed by the Holy Father is something we'll share for years."

To receive a papal nuptial blessing, couples must apply to the Vatican, have been recently married in a Catholic church, present their certificate of sacramental marriage signed by their priest, and wear wedding attire.

The Fundoras and the other couples were ushered in front of St. Peter's Basilica to receive their personal blessings in private. Each newlywed received a white rosary blessed by Pope Francis.

Selfies weren't allowed, but the groom, also a UCF graduate, did get a hug. "I don't remember exactly what he [the Pope] said because we were very caught up in the moment," said Bazemore Fundora.

The event capped an eventful period for the bride, who besides getting married and blessed, was accepted to the pediatric residency program at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore.

After Bazemore Fundora graduates from UCF College of Medicine next week, the couple will move from Orlando to Baltimore.

The Fundoras met while students at UCF. Bazemore Fundora graduated from UCF's Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences before entering medical school.

Her husband received his degree in management information systems in 2010 and works as a systems analyst.

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'I have decided to put a stop to this kerfuffle': Med student, 28, who had planned to auction off her virginity with …

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The student, who is using the alias 'Elizabeth Raine,' said she wants to focus on her medical studies instead She also wrote that the auction had made a point about 'how society continues to exercise control over female sexuality' Raine launched her online auction on March 31 and initially hid her face to conceal her identity She initially claimed she was doing it not only for the money, but also the adventure, eroticism, scandal and the chance to challenge norms about virginity

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Published: 19:42 EST, 8 May 2014 | Updated: 19:42 EST, 8 May 2014

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A 28-year-old medical school student who had planned to auctioning off her virginity on the internet and had received a high bid of $801,000 now says she won't go ahead with her part of the bargain.

In a blog post today, the student, who goes buy the name 'Elizabeth Raine,' writes that she won't fulfill the terms of the auction as she wants to focus on her medical studies instead.

'With the blessings of my management and the high bidders, I have decided to put a stop to this kerfuffle (to describe it nicely) and return my focus to my medical training,' Raine wrote, according to Gawker. 'I still do possess some spitefully strong beliefs about virginity, prostitution, and a woman's right to do as she damned pleases, but school is my first priority (as it has been for my entire life).

The 28-year-old medical school student, pictured, had planned to auction off her virginity on the internet before backing out and focusing on her medical studies instead

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Charter supporters make case for autonomy for Antioch's Dozier-Libbey High

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PLEASANT HILL -- The effort to convert Antioch's Dozier-Libbey Medical High School into an independent charter rests in the hands of the county Board of Education following a lengthy and emotionally charged hearing Wednesday.

Trustees expect to decide May 21 whether to uphold or overturn the Antioch school board's unanimous vote to deny the charter petition by teachers.

The specter of Dozier-Libbey becoming a charter has divided the Antioch community, and it did so again Wednesday night.

Over 250 people packed the Pleasant Hill Middle School multiuse room Wednesday, with the room split down the middle. On one side sat Dozier-Libbey teachers, students and parents, many wearing black T-shirts that read "Dozier Libbey Medical Charter" on the back. Antioch Unified administrators, teachers and some community members sat on the other, most with white shirts that read "Our Community, Our School."

Jeanne Stuart-Chilcote, parent of a sophomore at Dozier-Libbey Medical High School, shows her support for the school becoming an independent charter as folks line up to share their two minutes of opinion during the Contra Costa County Board of Education meeting at Pleasant Hill Middle School in Pleasant Hill, Calif., on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)

More than 95 people spoke, with slightly more than half in support of the conversion.

Lead petitioners from the medical-themed magnet school made the pitch that autonomy is needed to expand its programs, allowing the school to create its own curriculum and grading policies and set staffing. They also rolled out some of their ideas, including increasing the ratio of computers to students, courses such as forensic pathology and medical America and a middle college program.

"We are teaching students to be prepared for college and careers in the health care field. This requires specialized curriculum and support," said teacher Kasey Graham.

Graham pointed out that Dozier-Libbey recently earned a silver medal from US News and World Report as one of the top 700 high schools in the nation.

"As proud as we are to have achieved this status, we also believe we shouldn't settle for silver. Reaching for gold means more students meeting college readiness standards," she said.

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Measles At A Rock Concert Goes Viral

If you went to see the Kings of Leon concert on March 28 in Seattle, lets hope you came home with nothing but great memories.

A young woman at that concert in Seattle has come down withmeasles, which can be spread for days by a person whos infected but not yet sick. Thats bad news for the thousands of people who shared the concert hall with her, or were at the many other places she went that week.

And thats why the Washington State Department of Health has published the unidentified womansscheduleonline.

"The reason were doing this is that its so highly contagious," saysDr. Jeffrey Duchin, who is chief of communicable disease control for Seattle and King County Public Health, which investigated the measles case. It can stay in the air for hours after the contagious person has left. If we dont treat these people, the chain of transmission can continue.

The young woman became contagious on March 26, after visiting a family with measles cases that were linked to an outbreak in British Columbia. Unaware she was infected, she went to work at a bakery, filled her car up at a gas station, went to the concert, went to Pike Place Market and went out for sushi. All the while she was spreading viruses in the air.

So if you were at the Starbucks at 102 Pike Street between 11:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. on March 29 and youre not sure if youre immune to measles, theWashington State Department of Healthwants you to see a health care professional immediately. You may be in the market for a quick shot of vaccine or immune globulin.

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Photo:This ones virus-free: Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill and Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon performed in Los Angeles in December. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Radio.com)

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McGill med school defends process

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MONTREAL The top brass of McGill Universitys medical school had a very pointed message about its admissions procedure at a town-hall meeting Tuesday afternoon: This is the way it has to be.

Meeting mainly students and faculty at a full-house meeting, medicine faculty officials laid out the reasoning for their push for diversity, acknowledged there may be ramifications that not everyone is happy about, but strongly defended their process and the rationale behind it.

They were grilled about why McGill eliminated the MCAT as an admissions screening tool; why they dont have a language proficiency test for potential students; and what their responsibility is to provide accessibility for the English community.

As a medical school we have a responsibility to the people of Montreal and its environs, but we also have a responsibility to Gatineau and Abitibi, said Dr. David Eidelman, the dean of medicine. I feel very strongly that using language tests as a basis for accepting students is wrong. The fact that some of our sister schools have decided to do this is something I think people should take up with them.

But there was a hint at one possible concession that the title of Admissions, Equity and Diversity (it is the only medical school in North America to include equity and diversity in the title of its admissions office) may have been a mistake and may be changed.

We should have two offices one for admissions and one to promote the ideals of diversity, suggested Dr. Barry Slapcoff, a family physician who recently ended a long association with the admissions committee. Many refused candidates and their families may come to the conclusion they were rejected because they were not the right type of diverse.

Eidelman said the faculty, in fact, probably will move in that direction.

Although the external review said not to do that, its clear from a lot of feedback that it leads to confusion, Eidelman said. I think the decision to do that was made rather hastily a number of years ago. but certainly were very open to that suggestion.

Having taken a lot of heat for focusing on creating diversity in the faculty and courting francophone applicants sparking resentment this has been done at the expense of its traditional anglophone cohort medical school officials reiterated to a sometimes hostile crowd gathered in an amphitheatre of the McIntyre Medical Science Building that their strategy was both necessary and desirable.

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UNLV taps planning dean for proposed medical school

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014 | 5:15 p.m.

Barbara Atkinson

UNLV officials announced a new dean who is charged with shepherding a proposed UNLV medical school into reality.

Barbara Atkinson, who formerly served as emeritus vice chancellor and dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine, will become the planning dean for the UNLV School of Medicine, effective May 19.

Atkinson, 71, will work with the university campus to develop a vision for the first public allopathic medical school in Southern Nevada. She will oversee preliminary planning for curriculum, raise funds for construction and establish a community advisory committee to align regional needs to the schools mission.

Barbara is a dynamic leader with a unique mix of research, academic and administrative experience, John Valery White, UNLVs executive vice president and provost, said in a statement. Were confident in her ability to develop a comprehensive vision for the UNLV School of Medicine that will serve the health care and workforce needs of Southern Nevadans.

Atkinson comes to UNLV after leading the University of Kansas medical school for a decade, from 2002 to 2012. Under her tenure, the University of Kansas medical center campus adopted a new curriculum, opened a state-of-the-art research building and medical office building and increased research funding and doubled donations to the school.

To address Kansas physician shortage, Atkinson opened a new campus in Salina, Kan., and expanded the Wichita, Kan., campus from a two-year program to a full, four-year program. In 2012, the University of Kansas School of Medicine became the 67th school nationally to earn National Cancer Institute designation.

From the moment I engaged in discussions about this position and the UNLV School of Medicine, it was clear that the university and the Nevada System of Higher Education are deeply committed to expanding public medical education in Southern Nevada, Atkinson said in a statement. There is no doubt we need to enhance health care capacity in Southern Nevada, and I believe that by fusing the passion of Nevadas higher education leadership with an increasingly engaged medical and business community, we can turn this vision into reality.

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Obstacles push student toward medical school

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All Jessica Ulrich could think about that day was her Medical College Admission Test scores.

She pinched her nose and forced the large cup of glue-thick, reeking, yellowy liquid past her gag reflex. Her empty stomach protested, but her mom was waiting with a tried-and-true half-stick of gum to kill the taste. Two more cups to go.

With an IV pumping into her veins, she lay on a plastic board, hands above her head and rolled into the familiar tunnel of beeping and knocking sounds of the Magnetic Resonance Enterography machine.

But this time, Ulrich wasnt worried about the complications of her Crohnsdisease.

I was thinking the whole time, My scores are coming out right now, Ulrich said.

After it was over, her shaking hands grabbed her phone. As nurses wheeled her from one room to another, she typed in her password and cried when the slow hospital Internet finally brought her to the page.

The disease couldnt stop the 23-year-old from getting into the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Not an easy diagnosis

Ulrich was dissecting a human cadaver when her anatomy lab group, and closest medical school friends, learned of her Crohns disease. She was having trouble using the scalpel because of a reaction to her medication that made the joints in her fingers sore.

The students in her group, including her good friend Madeleine Roberts and her current boyfriend, understood the disease from their studies, which came as a relief to Ulrich.

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