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Dell Medical School is teaming up with the University of Texas College of Fine Arts in what officials are calling a unique collaboration designed to integrate design and health care.

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Presented at SPIE Photonics West 2015 - http://spie.org/pw In this Hot Topics presentation, David Roberts describes recent work in image-guided neurosurgery. Gliomas can present a challenge...

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Tufts University School of Medicine and Maine Medical Center Celebrate Third Class of "Maine Track MD" Students

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Newswise BOSTON (March 23, 2015) This years Match Day at Tufts celebrated the third cohort of students in the Maine Track MD program. A partnership between Tufts University School of Medicine and Maine Medical Center, the Maine Track MD program trains medical students interested in practicing medicine in underserved urban and rural communities in Maine where the shortage of physicians is acute. Match Day is when medical students across the country learn where they will begin their residency training following graduation this spring.

Of the 34 students in the Maine Track MD program, 24 (71%) matched in the primary care fields of family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics, while five (15%) matched in surgical specialties. Ten will be at residency programs in Maine, while others will be moving to West Virginia, Tennessee, Minnesota, California or other states.

Research shows that medical students who have experiences in primary care or rural settings are more likely to pursue careers in these areas, said Harris Berman, M.D., dean of Tufts University School of Medicine. The Maine Track MD students have an opportunity to practice in a community and experience what it is like to have a relationship with patients over nine months, much longer than is standard in medical school.

The Maine Track MD program includes an option for students in their third year to spend nine months practicing in small towns and rural communities. This Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship replaces the standard rotations through various medical specialties. The clerkship provides students with hands-on training in settings that combine training in rural practice as well as at a major medical center.

The campus for these students is the state of Maine, said Peter Bates, M.D., chief medical officer at Maine Medical Center and academic dean for the Maine Track MD program. Family practices, community hospitals, and Maine Medical Center all serve as training sites for these medical students. While not all graduates will match in Maine, their experiences in the Maine Track MD program will have far-reaching benefits for underserved communities in Maine. In addition, their residencies will give them a broader base of clinical experience, leading to improved care if they choose to practice here.

Most counties in the state of Maine have federally designated shortage areas in primary care (communities with more than 3,500 people per one doctor to provide care). The Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies estimates the U.S. will face a shortage of 45,000 primary care physicians and 46,100 surgeons and medical specialists by 2020.

The first class of 32 Maine Track MD students graduated in 2013. Ten of these graduates are in physician residency programs in Maine while the remaining are in Alaska, Iowa, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and elsewhere. Two are in the military. Sixteen (50%) of the first graduating class were selected into residencies in primary care, including seven in family medicine. Another seven are pursuing surgical specialties.

The second class of 29 students graduated in 2014 with four doing residencies in Maine while the remaining are in Colorado, Maryland, Alaska and other states. Thirteen (46%) of the Maine Track students are in residencies in primary care fields. Another five students are pursuing surgical specialties.

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UT medical students meet their 'match'

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Anxiety gave way to applause today as 166 fourth-year University of Toledo medical school students learned where theyll serve their residency in a scene filled with whoops and cheers that played out simultaneously across the nation.

Match Day is the thrilling, grand-finale for medical students. Its when they find out where a computerized program run by the National Resident Matching Program has placed them to fulfill their residencies, which take three to seven years to complete depending on the students specialty.

Among the UT students who learned their residency match results today was Sonya Naganathan, daughter ofUTs interim president Nagi Naganathan, who will go to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, among her top choices.

Mr. Naganathan addressed students at Stranahan Theater just before they rushed from tables decorated with blue and gold balloons to the front of a room, where they picked up envelopes containing their results. He compared the excitement to the day his daughter was born.

I wish you all the very best, but you will always be part of the Rocket Nation, he said.

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Students were joined by family and friends at the event, stopping to snap photographs and confer with other students after ripping open, or sometimes hesitantly unsealing, their envelopes.

So many hugs ensued.

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Medical Profession Facing Physician Shortage and Residency Funding Cuts

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Newswise MAYWOOD, Ill. -- On Friday, March 20, fourth-year medical school students learned where they will serve their hospital residencies. But with tight state and federal budgets, residency programs are being cut.

To practice in the U.S. all new physicians must complete residency programs in their chosen specialties. Because of program cuts, some medical school graduates will not find residency positions.

The Association of American Medical Colleges projects the US will face a shortage of as many as 90,000 physicians by 2025. The shortage will be most severe among primary care physicians, and underserved patients will be the hardest hit.

Every day, people are unable to get needed care. This is unacceptable. Our nation desperately needs doctors, and we must make sure our student doctors get the opportunity to serve, especially those most in need, said Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, FACS, FACOG, dean and chief diversity officer of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.

Loyola is a leader in training medical students to care for patients who are often underserved or marginalized. Fifty-one percent of Loyolas 2015 graduating class will pursue residencies in primary care, up from 34 percent in 2014.

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The stress and joy of Match Day for Virginia Tech-Carilion Medical School students

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If high drama is your kind of thing, the Virginia Tech-Carilion Medical School was the place to be. Friday, fourth-year medical students found out which residencies they've been selected for across the country.

The day is circled on everyone's calender: Match Day.

If medical school doesn't sound grueling enough, the wait from Monday to today sure is.

"At the first of the week, when they find out do they match with a position, and they did. And at exactly 12 o'clock, every place in the country, everybody finds out where they matched," said Dean Cynda Johnson.

"It's definitely a stressful process," student Carlie Blake said.

"Today is the culmination of four years of really hard work," Rohini Mehta added.

All these students have spent the past couple months picking a specialty and interviewing at the places across the country to practice them.

In a private ceremony, the students got those envelopes.

Dean Cynda Johnson says the sheer joy on their faces tells you everything you need to know.

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Peoples Bank to acquire Liberty Savings Bank

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WHITING | Peoples Bank plans to buy out the much smaller Liberty Savings Bank in the latest in a series of consolidations that have reshaped the local community banking landscape.

NorthWest Indiana Bancorp, the parent company of Munster-based Peoples Bank, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the Whiting-based federal mutual savings bank through avoluntary supervisory merger conversion transaction, which is where a larger bank takes over a smaller one so it can remain a going concern. No cash or stock will trade hands.

Liberty Savings Bank had branches in Whiting, Schererville and Winfield.

"Liberty Savings Bank, known as 'The little bank with the big heart,' believes that Peoples Bank has even a bigger heart when it comes to serving the needs of businesses and families within Northwest Indiana," President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph R. Shimala. "Both banks share a deep pride in helping form our communities over the decades. This combination will furnish Liberty Savings clients with a wider range of deposit, investment, wealth management and loan products, while still providing clients with the personal service to which they have grown accustomed to throughout the years."

The merger means the number of community banks based in Northwest Indiana will shrink from eight to seven. At one time, Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties were home to 51 independent community banks.

Liberty Bank had total assets of $58.9 million, loans of $30.8 million and deposits of $55.1 million. If the transaction closes as anticipated in the third quarter, the merged bank will have an estimated $843 million in assets, $548 million in loans and $709 million in deposits.

"This agreement demonstrates our commitment to strategically and prudently expand our high-performing community banking franchise through consolidation," Peoples Bank Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David Bochnowski said. "Liberty is a strong strategic, financial and cultural fit for us, and has a loyal customer base. Peoples and Liberty have come together as a team to create value for our customers, stakeholders and the communities we serve by executing a strategic merger."

Last year, Peoples Bank agreed to take over another smaller Northern Lake County bank, First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Hammond. Its latest acquisition marks its entry into the Whiting and Winfield markets.

"We share the same core beliefs of delivering exceptional customer service, creating partnerships and engaging the community," Peoples Bank President and Chief Operating Officer Benjamin Bochnowski said. "Together we will be an even stronger bank that will continue to create value for the many stakeholders that have invested in Peoples over the years, while providing expanded resources, products and services to benefit Liberty's customers."

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