Pharr is scheduled to pay the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley its agreed-upon annual payment of $500,000 on Tuesday, City Manager Juan Guerra confirmed. This leaves McAllen and Mission as the only cities that have not yet paid.

Edinburg and Hidalgo County have come through with their pledged $1 million payments while McAllen has $1 million budgeted for the medical school this fiscal year, which ends at the end of September. City Manager Roel Roy Rodriguez has confirmed that money is still budgeted, but he has not yet been directed by the city commission to put that payment on the agenda.

UTRGV has a memorandum of understanding with McAllen, Edinburg, Mission, Pharr and Hidalgo County. The line in the MOU between McAllen and UTRGV states, On or about Oct. 15, each year from 2014 to 2023, the city shall pay/transfer/provide to The University of Texas System up to $2,000,000. That money is for the medical school. Edinburg agreed to exactly $1 million, Mission pledged exactly $250,000 and Pharr committed to exactly $500,000.

McAllen has made one payment of $2 million, in fall 2014. The item was on three consecutive commission meeting agendas in November and December but it was tabled each time. Mayor Jim Darling said Thursday there is not an item on Mondays regularly scheduled commission meeting agenda regarding a UTRGV medical school payment.

Before the Texas Legislature adjourned last month, it agreed to fund the medical school with $54.1 million for the next two years, which is $7.2 million short of what lawmakers approved in 2015. Overall, the entire university received $313.1 million, down 4 percent from $326.3 million given the last biennium. mferman@themonitor.com

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Joplin city leaders and school officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience campus on Tuesday.

Built near the site of what was the parking lot of the old Saint Johns Regional Medical Center, which was destroyed in a 2011 tornado that killed 161 people, the new medical school was described as a phoenix rising from the ashes.

Like the KCUMB medical school in Kansas City, the Joplin school will teach osteopathic medicine, which supporters describe as a more holistic approach to health than that practiced by the majority of doctors and nurses. The school is the first medical school to open in Missouri in nearly half a century.

At the ceremony, which was attended by hundreds of Joplin residents, city leaders and medical professionals, Joplin mayor Mike Seibert said he hoped the schools students would help fix the shortage of health care providers in rural parts of the region.

We stand a real good chance that upon their graduation, when theyre ready to set up practice, that choosing an area like Joplin or in the surrounding areas to set up practice is huge, because recruitment is always a challenge in the rural areas, Seibert said.

The schools first class of 150 students begins studies at the end of July.

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The check with yellow strips of paper hiding the signature and address was not the oversized cardboard variety typically produced for such occasions.

But the amount on the pay to line $25 million stole the show at the Nevada Legislature on Monday.

The surprise gift to UNLVs new medical school from an anonymous donor immediately unleashed speculation about the identity of the deep-pocketed contributor with an aversion to publicity. Its a secret that, for now at least, is known to very few.

Mari St. Martin, spokeswoman for Gov. Brian Sandoval, said only a few members of his administration and UNLV representatives know whose name was beneath the yellow strips.

UNLV President Len Jessup is one of them.

I wouldnt accept the gift otherwise, he said. This gift is fantastic and transformational for the medical school. And again, a great example of a public-private partnership and how well that works in Nevada. Were very excited about this gift.

Jessup said both he and Barbara Atkinson, the dean of the UNLV School of Medicine, were personally involved in the cultivation of the gift. He said the relationship has been in the works for a long, long time. He would not disclose if the donor had given to the university in the past.

Matching funds required

In a surprise move Monday morning, the Legislature approved $25 million for the school, which was above and beyond the $21.8 million for 2017-18 and $30.2 million for 2018-19 allocated from the states general fund.

Lawmakers attached a stipulation, however: The money to help pay for construction of the schools planned $100 million medical education building would require the university to raise an equal amount in matching funds.

Those matching funds appeared in the form of a nondescript check just a few hours later, suggesting the donation may have preceded the bill, rather than vice versa.

According to Maria Di Mento, staff writer for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, anonymous gifts especially large ones are more common than people realize.

Once you give a large gift and you attach your name to it, you are inundated, slammed with giving requests from every charity in your city, state and beyond, she said, explaining why many philanthropists choose to remain out of the limelight. There is so much need these days that charities are desperate to know who can help them.

Tax-exempt public institutions like UNLV, on the other hand, generally prefer to have the donors name publicly attached to a gift, as that can help raise money from other wealthy donors, Di Mento said.

We expect a lot more to come

UNLV School of Medicine Dean Barbara Atkinsons original goal was to find a mega, $100 million donor by the close of the 2017 Legislative session. But she and Jessup both indicated that the sudden appearance of half that amount is a big step forward.

This very successfully kicks off the fundraising for the school of medicine facility, Jessup said. We expect a lot more to come.

Atkinson agreed, and said she wasnt concerned that the donor preferred to remain anonymous.

Im not worried about that, she said. There are a lot of people who give anonymous gifts. There are a lot of people who want to help and are very passionate about doing something that will make a difference, and they dont want their names out there.

She added that the UNLV Foundation, which will hold the money until the full amount for the schools building is raised, would not have presented the check to the governor without proper vetting.

While Board of Regents Chairman Rick Trachok said he didnt know the donors name, he had full confidence that the gift is from a highly respectable source.

For institutions of higher education, donors can sometimes be swayed to go public in exchange for naming rights for a building, a classroom wing or a department, Di Mento said.

While such considerations were not important to this donor, Atkinson said, the school is still looking for two others who would like to leave their marks on the new program one willing to put up the remaining $50 million for the new medical education building and one for the entire School of Medicine.

A potential liability

While many donors choose to remain publicly anonymous, most high-profile charities and tax-exempt public institutions are unwilling to accept a donation without knowing who was behind the gift, Di Mento said.

It could be a real liability to them (the nonprofit), she said.

Marc Owens, a partner with Loeb & Loeb, an international law firm with headquarters in Los Angeles, California, said he has facilitated anonymous contributions on a handful of occasions. He said such donors generally act out of pure altruism.

The donor truly doesnt want any public recognition, but feels an intense desire to support a particular charity, he said, adding that some donors dont even want the gift to be publicized.

According to Ellis Carter, managing law partner for the Caritas Law Group in Seattle, some go to great lengths to hide their identity, such as giving money through a donor-advised fund or a community foundation that can then re-grant it to the targeted charity in this case UNLVs Medical School.

Owens said the Internal Revenue Service doesnt have a problem with anonymous donations, and that there is no duty for the agency to investigate the source of such a gift.

However, he said there are risks for any institution that accepts a gift without knowing the source if, for example, it comes to light that it came from a criminal or a person with a bad reputation. He recalled such a scenario in the wake of the Enron scandal.

You had universities scrambling to rename buildings that were named after perpetrators of the Enron fraud, Owens said.

While anonymous donors are shy about publicity, they generally dont balk at taking the tax deduction that goes with a charitable contribution, Owens said.

He says a thank-you letter to the secret UNLV donor has likely already been penned by someone within the state government the proof necessary to claim such a write-off from the federal government.

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The UW School of Medicine and Public Health is joining the Medical College of Wisconsin and five other medical schools in a new effort to transform medical education, as health care focuses more on population groups as well as individual patients.

In addition to teaching students biomedical knowledge and clinical skills, they need to have the skills of professionalism, a societal perspective and be able to address the science of heath care delivery and public health issues, said Dr. Elizabeth Petty, senior associate dean of academic affairs at the UW medical school.

The newly formed National Transformation Network, announced Thursday, is part of the Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Institute for the Transformation of Medical Education, based at the Medical College in Milwaukee.

The network also includes: the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire; Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota; University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine; University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School; and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee.

The UW medical school has made changes in recent years to focus more on public health, which includes social determinants of health, such as poverty, nutrition and employment.

In 2005, the school added public health to its name, integrating community approaches to health with clinical and research efforts.

The Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine, or WARM, started in 2007, bringing in students from rural areas or with an interest in rural practice and training them in rural settings, with the hope that theyll work in similar locales after medical school.

Despite those efforts, the school could do better at preparing doctors for todays health care challenges, Petty said. We need to improve health outcomes and better address health disparities and inequities, she said.

The network will promote a Triple Aim for Medical Education: character, competence and caring. The idea springs from a well-known Triple Aim for Health Care, which focuses on enhancing the patient experience, improving the health of populations and reducing the cost of care.

Through the network, UW could exchange curriculum with other schools or set up faculty workshops or student exchanges with them, Petty said.

The collaboration will also teach medical students to work alongside nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals, as doctors are increasingly doing, she said.

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Four years ago, a group of 50 students signed on as guinea pigs.

They would be the first to go through the newly opened UC Riverside School of Medicine, a school that had been forced to delay that opening for a year when it could not get adequate funding. It took an intense cobbling together of government and private funding from the community to overcome that problem.

The school also had a somewhat unique mission: focus heavily on much-needed family physicians and try to keep its graduates local in order to address the Inland Empires chronic physician shortage.

At 6 p.m. Friday, June 9, 40 of those students will graduate and become doctors. All 40 will go to their first choice of residency programs, an unusual success rate, said Neil Schiller, the medical schools associate dean of student affairs. He said the hope he and his colleagues had for the school four years ago has paid off.

We took a chance on students that we thought were perfect for the mission of our medical school and were delighted when they took a chance on us, said Schiller, who oversaw the selection process. We realize how import that decision must have been for some, picking a medical school that had no track record as a four-year medical school.

Small groups of medical students had been spending their first two years of study at UCR since the 1970s those students then completed their training at UCLA but the school never had a full program.

School of Medicine Dean DeborahDeas said the first class of students are trailblazers.

They took a chance with us in being the inaugural class, she said.

At least some of the students saw it differently.

I felt like they were taking a chance on me more than I was taking a chance on them, said Isaiah Roggow, 38, who will be starting a residency in family medicine later this month at Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria. Ive never had a day when I regretted my decision. This was an awesome move.

Roggow said he came to UCR, in part, because of the programs heavy emphasis on family medicine and on providing care for underserved populations. He, like most of the medical students, spent time working at the schools free clinic in downtown Riverside that targets low-income and homeless patients. He said he appreciated the camaraderie among his classmates and the faculty and was attracted to the residency in Santa Maria for the same reasons.

I chose it because it echoed the same vibe I got from UC Riverside, he said, the sense of family, the sense of community. It felt like a good fit.

Roggow is among 30 students who are taking residencies out of the Inland Empire. The other 10 will remain local, less than most administrators had hoped for, but Deas called it a good beginning.

Dr. Paul Lyons, the associate dean who oversees education, said the small percentage is a reflection of the quality of the graduates.

One-quarter will end up in residencies here in the Inland Empire, which is maybe lower than wed hope. But they had opportunities all over the country in really good programs, Lyons said, pointing out that 100 percent of the students were matched with their top residency choice. Thats quite rare. Ive been in medical education for 25 years and Ive never seen it.

Deas said shes not seen it during the 20 years shes been an educator either. She also said she believes the medical school will be able to make a local impact even with 25 percent of students remaining local, particularly when the class size increases. This year, the school will admit 66 students into the program. Deas hopes to raise that to 125 in the next five years.

One of the students staying in the area is Esther Chu Zarecki. She will begin a family medicine residency at Kaiser Hospital in Fontana in two weeks. Zarecki not only earned a doctor of medicine degree in her four years at UCR, she also had two children. The youngest is just weeks old.

The demands of the medical program combined with parenting, she said, allowed me to see how much of a challenge I can handle.

Chu Zarecki said her graduation is a little bittersweet. She will miss the bonds she formed with her classmates.

I think the fact that UCR was so small, the class and the staff and administration was more like a family, she said. We know each other and each others kids names and even pets. Im excited that this journey is over but also kind of definitely a little sad as well. Its like leaving your nest.

That closeness helped her as a student, she said, giving her the kind of support that allowed her to feel she could ask for help when she needed it. She said one of the things shes learned is to recognize what she doesnt know.

There is no way you can know everything, she said. You have to be OK with that as a physician.

Chu Zarecki said she is happy to be staying in the Inland Empire, where shell be close to her extended family and some of her fellow doctors.

Another graduate, Rafael Ornelas, is heading to northern California for an internal medicine residency at UC Davis, but he said he might return to the Inland region.

I can definitely see myself moving back here, said Ornelas, who earned his bachelors degree in chemistry from UCR Ive been in the Inland Empire for 10 years. I understand the need here.

He said graduating from medical school is not just the culmination of four years of work, but of a journey that started many years, and many classes, before that. The feeling of achieving that goal hasnt yet sunk in, he said, and he expects todays graduation may feel a bit unreal.

For the most part, its going to be a kind of disbelief, he said. Even now Im just starting to feel those butterflies in my stomach.

Not all of the inaugural class will get diplomas this year. Schiller, the associate dean, said nine students either had to take breaks from the program or had to repeat portions of the program, but theyre expected to graduate next year. One dropped out to raise a family. Nonetheless, he said he is happy with the schools success so far.

I told my wife I probably should retire now because Ill never have a better year, he said. At Fridays ceremony, he said, I think Im going to be pinching myself.

For Lyons, the ceremony will bring relief.

We opened (the school) with a combination of hope and anxiety, he said. When the graduates residency matches were announced March 20, he added, I think thats the first time that I exhaled. I think the entire community should feel that way. This has been a breath-holding experience for the whole community who were pulling along with us and waiting to exhale right along with us. This really is, in a remarkable way, the communitys school.

The students are likely to be less staid. Roggow expects to be exhaling more energetically.

Like, bam! Im a doctor, he said. Whoo hoo!

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At the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, students and residents bring to life what a new medical textbook describes: a culture of patient safety.

As part of their training, students at the Greenville, North Carolina, medical school participate in a monthly patient safety conference on their pediatrics clerkship where they identify errors and near misses. On their surgery clerkship they conduct a root cause analysis to gain firsthand experience in learning from mistakes and, in so doing, make necessary systemic changes that enhance patient safety.

Often, it is a system problem that leads to an error, rather than an individual making a mistake, said Danielle S. Walsh, MD, an associate professor of pediatric surgery at Brody. These efforts help teach students and residents how to identify the system errors that lead to problems and help change the culture of patient safety, added Dr. Walsh, a co-author of the patient safety chapter in the new textbook, Health Systems Science.

Dr. Walsh and her co-authors authorsLuan E. Lawson, MD, MAEd, Brodys assistant dean of curriculum, assessment and clinical academic affairs, and Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, an associate professor of anesthesiology, surgery, biomedical informatics and health policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicinenote that most errors occur largely due to system errors, though human error is commonly the focus of blame. The book teaches students that efforts must be made at the individual, local and even international levels to create and implement tools for evaluating and preventing patient harm.

The patient safety chapter also discusses the history of patient safety, the basic principles of patient safety and specific types of medical errors, including those related to medication, surgery, diagnosis, care transitions, teamwork and communication.

Through the use of standardization in communication, error assessment and awareness of human infallibility, a culture of vigilance for errors can supplement current prevention efforts and improve the safety of our health care systems, the authors wrote. Providing the right care for every patient at the right time requires that all members of the health care team understand errors and error prevention while being committed to creating solutions to improve patient care.

By teaching these skills at the onset of medical education as integral to patient care, the culture of safety and blame can be changed for the better, they added. Through these efforts, it is hoped that all health care professionals enter practice understanding their essential role in creating a patient-centered and team-based approach to patient safety.

Health Systems Sciencewas co-written by experts from the AMA and faculty from 11 of the 32 member schools in the AMAsAccelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium. The textbook retails for $59.99 and can be ordered from theAMA Storeand the publisher,Elsevier, as well as fromAmazonand other online booksellers. AMA members may order it from the AMA Store for $54.99. Individual chapters are available from Elseviers Student Consult platform for $6.99 each.

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The road to becoming a doctor is a long and difficult one. For students trying to become doctors, the road can be even more difficult as it is among the most competitive of professions with some of the best and brightest students applying, making acceptance to medical school even more difficult.

The financial burden is enormous and students have to learn how to tighten their belts and make sacrifices. This difficulty does not deter many people from going to medical school. Being a doctor is the best profession you can obtain, where people use their talents for the betterment of humankind and to be given an opportunity to ease the pain of the patient is very rewarding.

Millions of people would like to be in that position, but they cannot. I am thankful for the opportunity to make an impact on the lives of the patients and students, what a wonderful feeling.

I received this letter from one of my research assistants, John Cooper, who is currently a junior at Kenyon College majoring in biochemistry. His desire is to continue on to medical school after completely his undergraduate coursework.

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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered

I first came across this quote when reading Nelson Mandelas, A Long Walk to Freedom in the winter of my senior year of high school, and returning to the orthopedic center this summer reminded me of it. The quote is a strong statement on realizing the self-improvement that can be so difficult to see in ourselves. When you set long-term goals, it is encouraging to take time to see the progress you have made towards achieving those goals, especially when you still have a long road ahead of yourself. My goal is to gain acceptance to medical school because I aspire to be a doctor. It is a tough path and I sometimes have doubts that I can go the distance. However, I am encouraged because returning to work at the orthopedic center at UTMC this summer has given me a chance to reflect and see the progress I have made on my journey to achieving that goal.

I am a much better student today than when I began work last summer. That point is emphasized by comparing the A average I achieved this year versus the B average I had last year. Some people might say that I was bound to do better in school this year because I was a sophomore with an extra year of experience taking college classes, because I am a year older, or even because I must have worked harder. They all seem reasonable and I think they all account for some of my improvement but I think that a mindset change caused by my work last summer accounts for most of the improvement I saw this year. My mindset towards school and work has changed from that of an average student working to get by in my classes to one that I think most resembles the professionals I worked with last summer, striving to know all I can and produce the best quality work possible. My experience working in a hospital was a catalyst for change and I would like to share exactly what I learned and how it has benefitted me.

Doing research in a hospital has been beneficial in two major ways. First, as a college student majoring in the natural sciences, I found that working in research is useful in finding ways to improve as a student. One of the first projects I worked on last summer was a paper regarding acute compartment syndrome of the thigh. I was sent a folder containing 27 papers detailing the topic. It took over a week but I carefully read each paper along with textbook chapters on the anatomy of the thigh and compartment syndrome. That experience taught me the value of approaching a topic from many different angles and carefully reading primary literature to gain understanding of a topic.

Long projects can be intimidating, especially if you are used to work taking only a day or two to complete. I collaborated on a 30-page booklet that took three weeks to complete. I learned the benefits of proper planning and diligence when confronting a major assignment. Planning how you want the end product to look and then being diligent throughout the process is important for doing your best work and staying on schedule. I used that strategy when studying for tests and working on school projects this year which is a reason why they typically went very well for me this past year.

Seeing the attitude, the professionals I worked with had towards their careers and their research projects was also inspiring. Their work was always polished and informative, and their attitudes toward work were positive. I learned that the most successful people are the ones who can rise above childish office gossip, do their work to the best of their ability, and solve more problems than they create. I try to follow their example and do my work professionally while keeping a positive attitude. I also learned to be confident about my commitment to personal growth. Dr. Ebraheim says we must become gladiators, people that face the toughest of challenges every day and succeed. Working with people who have been on the same journey that Im on, who have faced similar challenges and succeeded is inspiring. It renews my belief that I can succeed in my goal of gaining acceptance to medical school.

I challenge all college students to find opportunities to volunteer or work with people who work in the fields they aspire to work in. You can learn a lot from people who have gone on the same journey you are on, who have encountered similar challenges and succeeded.

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A group of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School are hoping to make Lyme disease in humans a thing of the past. They are working on an antibody drug that would prevent people from contracting the tick-borne disease.

The drug is called Lyme PReP, which stands for "pre-exposure prophylaxis."

"What that means basically is that we want to give you a medicine that will prevent you from acquiring Lyme disease before you're actually exposed," explained Dr. Mark Klempner, a professor of medicine at UMass Medical School, to Vermont Edition on Wednesday.

Lyme PReP is not a vaccine, and as such works differently. Klempner says his research team has determined the specific antibody to protect a person from Lyme disease, which then can be isolated and administered.

As long as that antibody is in a person's system, Klempner explains, it would provide the desired protection. But since it wouldn't stay in someone's system permanently, the treatment would need to be re-administered periodically.

"We're trying to match the period of protection with the period of risk," Klempner says. "And we know that most of the risk is for that period from say, March or April into November ... We would design this so that the antibody would reach and maintain a therapeutic or preventative level for six months, then it would disappear, and then the next season you would get a new shot."

"We would design this so that the antibody would reach and maintain a therapeutic or preventative level for six months, then it would disappear, and then the next season you would get a new shot." UMass Medical School professor Dr. Mark Klempner

A Lyme disease vaccine did actually exist around the early 2000s, Klempner explains, but it was then removed from the market over concerns about side effects. Klempner says such concerns weren't substantiated, but the aftermath from that situation did play into the strategy of developing Lyme PReP.

"There's been some resistance to bringing that vaccine back or developing another vaccine, and that is precisely the reason why we've gone to this method of giving the antibody itself," Klempner says.

Lyme PReP isn't available yet, but Klempner says the planned next steps would bring them closer to that goal.

"It takes time and resources to be able to develop a medicine and we're right at that point of being able to manufacture it for human use and then to test it initially for safety in people," Klempner says. "So that's our hope. We need some partners to be able to do that, to fund that ... Really our job now is to find collaborators to help us push this forward and get it out to the public."

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"My life was grunt work. In that sense, it was pretty humbling," said Pope, 44. "If I didn't love it so much, there would have been moments like, 'Really? I left medical school for this?' "

The career alteration was agonizing, because of everything Pope invested to reach that stage. He took pre-med courses at schools in NBA cities, excelled on the medical school entrance exam, received his choice of top-ranked programs and showed signs of thriving in the profession. Yet he couldn't picture himself being fully satisfied with the job for 20 or 30 years just because practicing medicine couldn't duplicate coaching basketball, in his mind.

"I wish I was wired that way," he said, "because it's a much more normal job."

Mark Fox, who hired Pope as Georgia's director of basketball operations, good-naturedly deflects the suggestion that he may have cost the world an outstanding physician. "He would disagree with that," Fox said.

That's all part of Pope's humble approach that plays well in interviews and speeches as he discusses his career arc. His go-to lines include how he would rather have the Columbia med students he associated with being the doctors treating his four daughters of ages 8 to 16, and how "I would have killed more patients than I saved."

"The truth is," said his wife, Lee Anne, "Mark would have been a great doctor."

She's the daughter of the late Lynn Archibald, who was fired as the basketball coach at Idaho State and Utah in the 1980s. Her two brothers also have had adventurous coaching careers. "She knows the pain and uncertainty that come with coaching," Pope said. "We really, really knew what we were getting into."

Her mother, Anne, figured she would have a doctor for a son-in-law until Pope went into coaching, after all. "I get it," she told her daughter, upon receiving that news.

Pope's pursuit of medicine began early in his NBA career, once he realized he was unlikely to stay in the league forever. As a second-round draft choice of Indiana in 1996, the 6-foot-10 forward from the University of Kentucky played in 153 games for three NBA teams over seven seasons. He scored a total of 285 points during a career he frames as "every day, hanging on by your fingernails."

He later would consider operating Subway franchises, owing to his love of turkey sandwiches and being around people. Pope also was fascinated by science and eager to learn, so he enrolled in a chemistry class at Marquette University while playing for the Milwaukee Bucks and continued his pre-med studies in New York and Denver.

Pope filled the downtime of the NBA schedule in ways that few, if any, players ever have done. He claims to be "the first student in the history of the world to read a chemistry book cover to cover, every single word on the page."

And by the time Denver cut him in training camp in 2005, ending his NBA career, he was qualified for medical school. He chose Columbia, a highly ranked program with about a 5-percent acceptance rate. The school is so prestigious that even fictional physicians chose it Patrick Dempsey's character and other "Grey's Anatomy" doctors were Columbia alumni.

The real-life figures were "an unbelievably beautiful group of students and instructors," Pope said.

He thrived in two years of classroom work and moved into rotations. Doctors marveled about his demeanor with children in the pediatric ER, telling him, "This is in your blood."

The moment that may have soured him, though, came during his psychiatric rotation in the famed 9 Garden North ward. He walked down the hallway, greeting patients and high-fiving them, only to have a supervisor tell him that was unacceptable behavior, perhaps adversely affecting their minds. "That part was really sobering," he said, making him wonder if he could remain professionally detached from patients.

During an agonizing month as Pope and his wife weighed their options, he dealt with what he labeled "the stigma of quitting Popes don't do that." That's when Fox re-entered the picture. Their ties stemmed from the University of Washington, where Pope was a hometown player (before transferring to Kentucky) and Fox was a graduate assistant. Fox eventually became Nevada's head coach, and Pope had kept in touch with him, expressing interest in coaching someday. "You need to go to medical school," Fox would tell him.

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For those looking to learn more about Jewish history in St. Louis, the Bernard Becker Medical Library at the Washington University medical school can help.

Last week, the library opened "Skill, tenderly applied, works wonders A History of The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis.

The exhibit traces the hospital's opening in 1902, in a three-story building on Delmar Boulevard. The hospital originally was intended to aid Jewish refugees and immigrants in the St. Louis area, but actually served patients of all religions.

The exhibit also highlights the Goldfarb School of Nursing, which opened the same year, and the hospital merger with Barnes Hospital in 1996.

The exhibit is located in the librarys Glaser Gallery, 660 South Euclid Avenue. It is free and open to the public, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.

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As construction continues on the new IU medical school downtown, university officials announced Tuesday that two new developments could be in the works. Thanks to a donation from IU Trustee and Evansville native Pat Shoulders and his wife, Lisa, a capital campaign has begun in an effort to bring a large courtyard and community plaza directly in front of the medical school campus.

The rest of the funding for the estimated $1 million project will come from private philanthropy and money built into the budget of the overall medical school project, according to Tom Morrison, the vice president of capital planning and facilities for Indiana University.

Shoulders, a longtime champion of all things Evansville, came up with the idea while visiting Europe.

"Dancing water [fountains], places to sit, trees, squirrels, life, fields, football, frisbee, those kinds of things," Shoulders said. "Remember we're studying medical science, the humanities. There's no reason to do it if its not attached to people and making their life better. Let's be constantly reminded of the patients, the people, the life, the happiness, the energy, the reason we're all down there."

Morrison told the Evansville Rotary Club on Tuesday afternoon that construction remains on time and on budget. Construction on the $61 million project. Medical students from Indiana University, the University of Southern Indiana and University of Evansville will study at the new campus.

"Sometimes college students and medical students get all wrapped up in their studies and they forget about the world around them," Morrison said. "We think this (plaza) will be a good opportunity for them to see that."

Morrison and Shoulders also briefly mentioned a possible new research development that could be built on the land currently occupied by Townsquare Media. Such a project would be separate from the medical school. However, it would work hand-in-hand with the campus, Morrison said.

"We're excited about it because that's the kind of development that our building and our center can catalyze within the community," Morrison said.

Once the medical school campus is up an running, two major research components will be featured. The campus will feature geriatric and mental health research, Morrison said.

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With Kentucky leading the nation in rates for cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other chronic conditions, officials hope a new four-year medical school under construction in Bowling Green will help close a critical shortage of physicians.

Kentucky needs more physicians, University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto said during a groundbreaking ceremony for the project Tuesday.

Earthmoving equipment has already mobilized on the site for the Bowling Green campus of the UK College of Medicine adjacent to The Medical Center, and construction is expected to be completed by the summer of 2018.

The project to build the regional medical school campus is a partnership between UK, The Medical Center and Western Kentucky University.

The UK College of Medicine-Bowling Green will accept 30 students annually. It will be located in a multi-purpose building attached to a five-story parking garage located on The Medical Centers campus.

Jean Cherry, executive vice president of The Medical Center, is overseeing the project and said the medical school will be housed in the buildings second floor.

UK will lease the building for two-year terms that can be renewed three additional times for a total lifetime lease of eight years. The facilities are being built to fit UKs needs, Cherry added.

The medical school will follow an identical curriculum taught at UKs Lexington campus and use the same assessments. Faculty will have UK College of Medicine positions and teach in small groups through simulated patient experiences with lectures provided from the Lexington campus through educational technology.

WKU faculty will also provide instruction on site and remotely.

Dr. Don Brown of Bowling Green, a vascular surgeon, serves as director of medical education at The Medical Center and has been appointed assistant dean for the new medical school.

Speaking at the groundbreaking, Capilouto stressed the importance of the new regional location in expanding UKs ability to produce physicians.

Our UK College of Medicine in Lexington is at its capacity, he said. Although we have a deep applicant pool, we cant expand without the partnership that we engage in here today. ...

This collaboration allows us to effectively and efficiently utilize existing resources throughout the state to meet a very, very important need. Through partnership we can do more and we can be more than is ever possible alone.

Currently, UKs medical college enrolls almost 550 students. As UK expands, Capilouto said, it will add 30 percent more students.

As we add these satellite programs, well be able to increase our class size less costly than if we tried to do it on our own campus, he said. Those folks who are educated and trained close to home have a 60 to 70 percent greater likelihood of staying in their community or in nearby communities.

Connie Smith, president and CEO of Med Center Health, said some rural communities in Kentucky have no primary care physicians.

No primary care, no specialists, no physicians at all, she said. This medical school will be a key component in turning those numbers around. We want our brightest students to have the opportunity to stay in Kentucky to study medicine.

WKU President Gary Ransdell described the project as a momentous opportunity for the community, region and state.

Were dedicating something thats going to be important to all of us in our future, in our health care and certainly for those who need it the most in this region of Kentucky, he said.

Superintendent Rob Clayton of Warren County Public Schools called the project a tremendous benefit to the entire community, including future medical students.

It serves as inspiration for current K-12 students that they can reach their dreams in the medical profession, without leaving home, he said.

Superintendent Gary Fields of the Bowling Green Independent School District agreed. Bowling Green High School is planning its own health care career academy.

The new medical school, he said, says that Bowling Green has grown to a point that we deserve to have this.

Claci Ayers-Walls, a 2011 Gatton Academy graduate and third-year medical student at UK, said she would have enjoyed being able to attend medical school in her hometown of Bowling Green.

Im excited to see how its going to change the climate of Bowling Green, she said.

Follow education reporter Aaron Mudd on Twitter @BGDN_edbeat or visit bgdailynews.com.

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JOPLIN, MISSOURI -

Tuesday was a proud one for the city of Joplin.

"This is a great day. We've been at this process of developing the school for nearly a decade," said Assistant Regional Dean Dr. Larry McIntire.

The KCUFarber-McIntire campus in Joplinaims to lead the nationin teaching the next generation of doctors.

"If you go around the United States, you won't find a finer center for medical education in the country," said school President Marc Hahn.

And the school's president can back up that claim, with a state-of-the-art facilitythat features clinical training rooms that simulate patient experiences, a state-of-the-art anatomy lab, and more.

150 students will make up next year's class, with the school handling 600 students once it's full.

Lauren Hill is one of the lucky 150, who will experience the inaugural year.

"All of the other student's I've spoken to... We are so excited! They have thought of everything in this building," said Hill.

School leaders saythis campus will change Joplin for the better, associating the city with the latest in medical education. They're also confidentthe school will improve the quality of medical coveragethroughout the 4-State area.

"Sometimes the challenge is recruiting and retaining excellent young physicians. One of the best ways to do that, is to train them right here at home, and that's what this facility will do," said President Marc Hahn.

"This Joplin campus will be very attractive to high quality students, and there will be more of a rural influence, and it will relate to areas that really need physicians," said Dean McIntire.

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Gross anatomy classes often are a rite of passage for medical school students, and so it soon will be at theUniversity at Buffalo's new medical school.

The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will showcase a cutting-edge gross anatomy lab on its seventh floor that is centralized and has 30 tables in its main area. In all, there will be 50 tables for gross anatomy and continuing medical education purposes.

"This will be a pretty innovative gross anatomy lab," said Dr. Michael E. Cain, dean of the medical school.As students dissect, they will have images directly in front of them, through CT scans and MRI scans.

Gross anatomy is taught every year to every medical student. The course is taught in the fall, so it will be taught this September on South Campus because the new medical school will not be open for classes until early next year.

The lab also will feature side labs designed for use by peopleand community groups not involved in primary anatomy instruction. These side labs are a new addition, allowing for enhanced use by other departments in the medical school and also by outside groups for continuing education. Students from other colleges and even some high schools, emergency medical doctors and dental oral surgeons will use the lab for practice. Paramedics could also use the lab regularly to train for intubation. Those training sessions currently have to be scheduled when classes are not in session.

In addition to gross anatomy being taught in the new building, it also will continueto be taught on South Campus for dental students and undergraduates.

Reporter Karen Robinson covers the Buffalo NiagaraMedicalCampus.Follow her on twitter at@krobinsonBNor reach her by email atkrobinson@buffnews.com.

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When students move into University at Buffalo's new downtown medical school early next year, they'll leave behind most of the books.

The bulk of the medical school book collection will remain on South Campus in the university's Health Sciences Library with its vintage lights and traditional reading tables.

In contrast, the new home of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will have a mostly electronic library with quiet study space and computers.

The shift to online resources like databases, journals and e-books is happening on college campuses across the country. But it is especially acute in the medical and health science fields, where research is constantly updated.

"Books take time to publish. They're not the primary resource," said Charles Lyons, UB's associate librarian for discovery and delivery. "With the rise of online materials, we've certainly tried to keep up with that. We're just trying to best meet our users' needs."

Colleges are reconfiguring their libraries to emphasize digital publications rather than stacks of books and periodicals. UB last year completed a $7.2 million renovation of its Silverman Library that, among other changes, replaced a half-million books and added 1,000 power outlets, 100 computer stations and soundproof studios.

The north atrium features casual study space in the renovated Silverman Library at UB. (Derek Gee/Buffalo News file photo)

"We're pretty much seeing it across all State University of New York libraries, with library spaces being reconsidered due to the explosion of the digital realm," said Marc D. Bayer, interim director of E. H. Butler Library at SUNY Buffalo State. "Buffalo State has witnessed that firsthand, especially with traditional materials like bound periodicals."

Like other colleges, SUNY Buffalo State has joined Empire Shared Collection, housed in an annex run by University at Buffalo near its North Campus, where old periodicals are stored for future reference. That allows libraries to free up space as they make room to accommodate student advisement, writing and technological support, plus networking and collaboration.

"One of the main thrusts of what we're doing is taking prime real estate that is centrally located and highly used space, and we're moving books out of those spaces," Lyons said. "We're trying to maximize our space in better ways. They're crowded with books, but not people. We want to make room for the people and create technology-rich, silent study spaces and collaborative spaces."

The movement in college libraries is leading to a "one-stop shop" for students, said Bayer, noting plans for an academic commons within Butler Library at Buffalo State.

As libraries undergo renovation, Bayer said, many are "rethinking their space in the advent of the digital world."

"Libraries are deciding to essentially get rid of open stacks and put in place a system where if a user discovers something online, a library can get the books for them and deliver them to them," Bayer said.

The library in the new UB medical school on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus will feature a quiet study room, a computer learning room and several private study rooms. There will be a small book collection consisting mainly of medical textbooks, dictionaries and reference materials, but online access to materials in the library collection will be the main way of retrieving information. A librarian will be on-site to assist with information access and project planning.

The building is slated to be completedinthe fall, with classes moving from UB's South Campus to the new building in January.

Duane Powers, a flooring installer from Heritage Flooring, installs carpet in the reading room of the library inside the new UB medical school under construction on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. (Derek Gee/Buffalo News)

Most of the university's medical school books will remain in the Health Sciences Library in Abbott Hall on South Campus. Its interior decor which includes a neat arrangement of tables, vintage lights with gold lampshades and an elegant balcony with gold railings still looks so traditional that some on campus compare it to the school library in the fictional world of Harry Potter.

In all, UB still circulates 4 million books among its North and South campuses, including the new medical school library at the downtown medical school. The new library will be the university's eighth library.

Despite the pace of the digital world and its impact on redefined libraries, traditional books still have a stronghold, Lyons said.

"We are not really moving away from books. Librarians value and understand the important role books continue to play in teaching, learning, research and other scholarly endeavors," Lyons said. "But we are indeed re-imagining how we manage and provide access to books in response to the evolving needs of library users."

Bayer said many library users still look for traditional books, depending on the nature and type of reading they are going to do.

"Books," Bayer said, "are not going away completely."

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Gov. Brian Sandoval prepares to hand a $25 million check to Luis Valera, vice president for government affairs and compliance for UNLV, on Monday, June 5, 2017, at the NevadaCapitol.

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Published Monday, June 5, 2017 | 10:20 p.m.

Updated Monday, June 5, 2017 | 10:45 p.m.

CARSON CITY An anonymous donor is helping put $25 million toward the UNLV medical school.

Gov. Brian Sandoval said during a Monday news conference that his rough estimate is that the state has invested over $80 million in the project over the past two sessions, but that a school needs to be built.

He said the facility would be a game-changer for Southern Nevada residents.

Las Vegas is the largest metropolitan area in the country without a medical school, he said. Its important that we have that resource.

The governor said he received a call two weeks ago from an anonymous donor who agreed to contribute if lawmakers would approve the initial investment.

This would be the catalyst that would provide for the amount of funding to once and for all begin construction on a medical school for Southern Nevada, he said, adding that legislative leaders immediately embraced the idea.

The schools first class of students is expected to start in the fall.

The states contribution to complete planning and begin construction of a new building for the UNLV School of Medicine is included in Senate Bill 553, which was sent to the governors office for his signature on the last day of the session.

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The University of Minnesota and Summit Medical of St. Paul and the University of Minnesota say they have received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin marketing to surgeons and medical clinics a new, non-invasive device to support jaw fracture recovery based on UofM research.

Minne Ties Agile MMF, based on technology developed by Dr. Alan Johnson during his time as a senior innovation fellow at the UofM, uses a collection of sutures inserted between the teeth to securely and evenly fix the jaw in place to promote proper recovery. The sutures can be applied more quickly and with less discomfort than traditional, wire-based methods.

It is extremely rewarding to be a part of a disruptive technology that is redefining the industry and making a positive impact on patients, surgeons and hospital teams, said Kevin McIntosh, president of Summit Medical. Working with the University of Minnesota and Dr. Johnsonwe are thrilled to collaborate with their team and now to help introduce this device to the market.

Minne Ties sutures have a smooth clasp head, are blunt-tipped, more comfortable than metal wiring, and promise to reduce gum irritation and dental hygiene problems. A surgeon can apply the device more quickly and safely, and may even be able to apply it in a clinic setting, potentially reducing the costs and delays that can accompany a scheduled visit to the operating room.

Jaw fractures most commonly result from blunt force trauma, such as from vehicle crashes, sports injuries and physical assault. The jaw bone is the second most fractured bone in the face, and such fractures may take up to six weeks to fully recover, depending on the severity of the injury.

The conventional method for securing a broken jaw in place to promote healing requires metal wiring that can lead to discomfort, abrasions on the lips and gums, and gingivitis. These wires are sharp and can pose a safety threat for surgeons.

In 2014, Summit Medical, Inc. licensed use of the technology for further development through the Us Office for Technology Commercialization, which promotes the transfer of University-developed technologies to industry partners.

Johnson, now a Grand Forks, N.D., head and neck surgeon, developed the technology behind Minne Ties in 2012. Johnson, who attended the UofM medical school and served his residency at Minnesota, was part of the Innovation Fellows Program at the Universitys Medical Devices Center (MDC). The invention ofJohnson, who worked with other collaborators at the medical school, is the first MDC technology navigate the complex path to FDA clearance and reach the market.

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Its often been said that nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Its often been said that nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

If this is the case, then former Plainview High School track athlete CJ Hornback is destined for great things in life.

My family always taught me that if you have a goal in life, do whatever you can to accomplish it, she said.

There wasnt much the former Lady Indians standout didnt accomplish during her time at PHS.

Not only did the Class of 2012 alumni play four seasons of softball, three seasons of basketball and cheer for two seasons, but she was a six-time state champion in track.

Hornback was a back-to-back state champ in the 300 hurdles in her junior and senior years, along with winning the 100 hurdles as a sophomore and senior while taking second as a junior.

She also holds the school record in the 100 and 300 meter hurdle events at Plainview.

There was also the small matter of Plainview winning two state titles, two state runner-up titles, three regional titles and two conference titles during the time Hornback was a member of the squad.

While she was rich with success on the athletic field, it was the classroom where CJ always made sure her priorities fell when it came down to business.

A perfect example of this came this past year when Hornback finished her senior season at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany.

Not only was Hornback named the MVP for the Womens Track and Field program for 2017, but she was also a Gold Medal Scholar, along with being named as a distinguished scholar athlete for the Great American Conference.

To be honest, I cant believe track is over for me, Hornback said. This was something Ive been doing since fourth or fifth grade. Ive had some amazing mentors, coaches, teammates, family members and just an amazing overall support group throughout this journey.

And as for being a standout in the classroom in high school and college?

It was extremely hard, let me tell you, Hornback said about balancing track and academics in college at SNU. There were times Id be up all night studying for an exam, or having to finish a project and then be up the next morning for track practice. What really helped me though, was how understanding my coaches and professors were if I needed to miss practice or something with my class. Their priority was making sure I was healthy and safe first and foremost.

I felt a little pressure to do well once I first got to SNU, Hornback added. But after a little while, I realized we were all there for a reason. There was a big difference between high school and college track. In high school, it was just a natural thing finding a balance between practice, academics, and having a social life. Once I got to college it was so difficult to find a balance at first. But, I was able to do it eventually and it all worked out for me.

During her time at SNU, Hornback did what she does best, be a standout performer.

In 2013, she ran a career best time in the 400 hurdles at the Southwestern Relays outdoor event at 1:04.83. She also ran career best times in the 60 meter run and 60 meter hurdles events at the NCCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championships.

She also notched solid performances during her 2014 season before redshirting in 2015. During her 2016 season, she competed in 22 total events as a junior, while earning 11 top-10 finishes and three top-3 finishes.

It should come as no surprise that Hornback also holds the school records at SNU in the 400 hurdles and the heptathlon.

Ironically enough, Hornback said it was her senior season which was her favorite because of what she got to compete in, the heptathlon, where she would be doing seven events at the same time including the 200 and 800-meter runs, 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump, and the javelin throw.

Trying to do seven events at the same time was a challenge, Hornback said. Whats funny is that SNU was the only school who recruited me for other track events. Every other school that recruited me wanted me to do the heptathlon. I had always had an interest in doing it, and I had a lighter class load this past year so I figured I would give it a try.

It was a little difficult though because I sometimes could only make practice twice a week, Hornback added. But again that comes back to my coaches working with me and just being patient with me which allowed me to be successful.

Whats next for Hornback? Well ironically enough in her words, its just another hurdle on the road to where she wants to eventually end up.

Beginning this fall Hornback will be attending the University of Oklahoma Medical school, as she works towards her dream job in the medical field.

While some people might be scared to be away from athletics for a purely academic life, CJ said she is very excited to strictly be a student beginning this fall.

Running track has been a great thing for me, Hornback said. Medical school is just another hurdle in front of me to where I want to be. Just like in track you have to clear all the hurdles and eventually you end up at the finish line before you know it. Thats how Im approaching the next chapter for my life.

Ive never been able to be just a student, she added. Ive always been a student-athlete. Im excited to finally be able to take classes Im passionate about and chase my dream. I was one of those kids that was sitting down watching Untold Stories of the ER at age five. Ive always wanted to be a doctor, Im just not sure where or what kind yet. But, Im excited to figure it out and the journey its going to take me on.

As for her advice for those who are going to college and worried about balancing athletics?

Always be a student first no matter what, Hornback said. Just remember you are there to get a quality education above anything else. I knew that I didnt want to be a pro track athlete, but I also knew that I wanted to pursue my dreams in pre-med. My advice would be to just focus on your education and let athletics take care of themselves afterwards.

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