BIDMC's Bruce Furie, MD, honored as Distinguished Scientist by American Heart Association

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Contact: Bonnie Prescott bprescot@bidmc.harvard.edu 617-667-7306 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center @BIDMChealth

BOSTON --- Bruce Furie, MD, Chief of the Division of Hemostasis and Thrombosis at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, has been named a 2014 Distinguished Scientist by the American Heart Association (AHA).

The Distinguished Scientist Award was created 10 years ago to recognize AHA members for significant, original and sustained scientific contributions that have advanced the association's mission of "building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke." Furie is one of six recipients of this year's prestigious award and will be honored during the Opening Session at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions on November 15.

A world leader in hemostasis and thrombosis research, Furie's work spans more than 40 years and has led to pioneering discoveries in understanding the mechanisms that underlie the formation of blood clots. A leading cause of heart attack and stroke, blood clots (thrombi) account for more than half of all morbidity and mortality in the United States.

Work by the Furie laboratory has led to the discovery of P-selectin, an adhesion molecule that serves as "molecular Velcro" to capture critical white blood cells at the site of inflammation. His group also developed a novel imaging technology for witnessing thrombus formation in a living animal.

"Bruce Furie's work has provided the medical community with critically important insights into exactly how blood clots form," says BIDMC Chair of Medicine Mark Zeidel, MD. "His one-of-a-kind widefield and confocal imaging system has shown that a critical series of enzymes known for their participation in protein synthesis are also required for thrombus formation."

BIDMC Chief Academic Officer Vikas Sukhatme, MD, PhD, adds, "Dr. Furie is the quintessential translational scientist. His lab's discovery that protein disulfide isomerase [PDI] plays a critical role in blood clot formation is a prime example of how basic research can reach the patient. He and members of his group have now embarked on clinical trials to test whether PDI can serve as an improved target for a novel class of antithrombotics."

Furie received his AB from Princeton University and his MD from the University of Pennsylvania. After residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He joined the faculty of BIDMC in 1997 after 22 years on the faculty of New England Medical Center (now Tufts Medical Center) and Tufts University School of Medicine where he served as Chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology.

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SAN ANTONIO - University of the Incarnate Word leaders helped break ground Friday at the future site of the university's medical school at Brooks City Base.

The walls of several buildings at Brooks City Base will soon be covered with UIW Cardinal red and black.

"It's just a dream come true," said Dr. Robyn Madson, who will be the dean of the UIW School of Osteopathic Medicine.

"As an osteopathic medical school, we're interested in holistic care of patients and we will be focused predominantly on training and educating physicians in primary care fields who will serve the underserved in Texas," Madson said.

The project is split into two phases.

Phase 1 will renovate four to five buildings into medical school facilities and is estimated to be done by 2017. Phase 2 will renovate three other buildings that should be done by 2020.

Phase One will cost $50 million, but Madson said the cost will be more than worth it. She said the facility is needed now more than ever.

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UofL Trover Campus Wins National Academic Medicine Award

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Newswise LOUISVILLE, Ky. The Trover Campus at Baptist Health Madisonville of the University of Louisville School of Medicine will receive the 2014 Shining Star of Community Achievement award from the Group on Regional Medical Campuses of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The award will be presented today (Friday, Nov. 7) during the AAMC Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.

The award is presented to a regional academic medical program that has a positive impact on the community it serves and shows success in achieving a part of the medical schools social mission.

Begun in 1998 by UofL and the Trover Health System (now Baptist Health Madisonville) under the leadership of William J. Crump, M.D., the Trover Rural Track has several components, all with the same goal: to address the shortage of physicians in medically underserved rural areas.

More than two-thirds of Kentuckys counties 81 out of 120, and nearly all of them rural are officially designated health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) for primary care by the Health Resources and Services Administration. Nationally, only about one-fourth of the United States 3,082 counties are wholly designated as primary care HPSAs.

Baptist Health hosts the Trover Campus in Madisonville, Ky., serving a population of 300,000 in 12 counties with a group practice of more than 75 physicians in more than 25 specialties; a 410-bed hospital with 100 physicians on staff; up-to-date diagnostic and treatment technologies; a comprehensive cancer treatment facility and more.

The idea is simple, said Crump, who is associate dean for the Trover Campus and co-directs the campus with Steve Fricker, director of rural health/student affairs. The best way to get doctors to small towns is to get medical students from small towns. Our program strives to provide first-class, individualized clinical training in an environment that allows students to experience the benefits of small-town life.

The Trover Campus sponsors High School Rural Scholar and College Rural Scholar programs that help students from the region gain admission to medical school. Summer programs in Madisonville held after students first year of medical school in Louisville help them stay connected to the region. A student-led free clinic at the campus provides primary care services to the areas low-income and uninsured population while giving students valuable training as part of their medical school curriculum.

The Trover Campus newest component reached an important milestone in May when Ashley Jessup of Benton, Ky., became the first graduate of its Rural Medical Accelerated Track. This track enables students to finish medical school in three years, reducing both the cost and length of their education and training.

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