Spring 2007 - University of Utah - School of Medicine

Alumni Weekend 

Spring/Summer 2007 

Illuminations 

The Magazine for the University of Utah School of Medicine Alumni and Friends 

Volume 3 Number 1 

Connecting With 

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Illuminations 

The Magazine for the University of Utah School of Medicine Alumni and Friends 

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Kristin Wann Gorang 

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What’s Inside 

1 Message from the Dean 

2 Alumni President’s Message 

3 Personalized Medicine 

5 Understanding the Loss 

of Understanding 

University of Utah School of Medicine Alumni Association 

Board of Directors 

Fred F. Langeland, M.D., 1976, President 

Thomas H. Caine, M.D., 1963, Past President 

Richard E. Black, M.D., 1974, Vice President 

Swen R. Swensen, M.D., House Staff, 1974, Secretary 

Dominic Aldo, Jr., M.D., House Staff, 1968 

Catherine J. Wheeler, M.D., House Staff 1991 

Lewis J. Barton, M.D., 1964 

Richard S. Boyer, M.D., 1973 

Randall Walter Burt, M.D., 1974 

C. Hilmon Castle, M.D., House Staff, 1957 

Beth C. Hanlon, M.D., House Staff, 1991 

Janet K. Harnsberger, M.D., House Staff, 1981 

Robert O. Hoffman, M.D., 1981 

Mark A. Johnston, M.D., 1990 

August “Larry” Jung, M.D., 1961 

Ronald M. Larkin, M.D., 1975 

Kirk M. Neuberger, M.D., 1963 

W. Curtis Peterson M.D., 1960 

Richard R. Price, M.D., 1960 

Ronald J. Ruff, M.D., 1981 

Kent M. Samuelson, M.D., 1971 

Hugh D. Voorhees, M.D., 1972 

Homer R. Warner, M.D., Ph.D. 1949 

Opt-Out of Illuminations Mailing: Please e-mail Kristin 

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6 The Genesis of Wilderness 

Medicine at the U 

7 A Decade of Eye Care 

Missions in Africa 

8 Alumni Weekend 2007 

10 Match Day 

12 News Notebook 

14 Alumni Notebook: 

• Highlights 

• News 

Ex-Officio: 

Stephen Warner, Associate VP of Health Sciences 

for Development and Alumni Relations 

David Bjorkman, Dean, M.D., M.S.P.H., 1980 

Mary Jo Harrell, Director 

Kristin Wann Gorang, Associate Director 

www.utahmedalumni.org 

17 In Memoriam 

17 We Want to 

Hear from You 

Dean David Bjorkman, M.D., M.S.P.H., 1980 

According to the Association of 

American Medical Colleges, this year 

more than 24,500 residency positions 

were available in the U.S. On 

Match Day, more than 93 percent of 

the 15,206 U.S. medical seniors were 

matched with a first-year residency 

program, about the same percentage as 

in 2006. At the U, all 83 seniors who 

applied successfully matched to residency 

programs, with most matching 

to their top choice. 

For the record, 28 students will 

be staying at the University of Utah 

to complete residency and the other 

55 will complete residency programs 

around the country. This year internal 

medicine residencies drew the most 

matches with 18 students, 10 students 

matched in emergency medicine, 10 in 

pediatrics, nine in anesthesiology, seven 

in family medicine and the list goes on, 

(for complete listing see pages 10-11). 

As July 1 approaches and the 

Class of 2007 prepares to enter the 

next phase of their training, I encourage 

you to reflect back on your first 

day of residency. The anxiety of the 

moment and the feeling of uncertainty 

about the future are defining moments 

in a physician’s career. Illuminations 

would love to hear stories about your 

first few months of residency. Send 

stories of the good, bad, and ugly to 

kristin.gorang@hsc.utah.edu and 

we’ll include some in a future issue 

of Illuminations. 

Message from the Dean 

Most physicians recall the day they learned 

where they would do their specialty training. For most of us 

it was on “Match Day” in the spring of our senior year. We 

all had sweaty palms, jittery nerves and extreme anxiety. 

The symptoms for this year’s fourth-year class were the 

same as they hoped to match to a top residency program. 

In This Issue of Illuminations 

The Alumni Reunion Weekend is set 

for September, and the Illuminations 

cover story connects with the weekend’s 

Continuing Medical Education 

conference topic, Genetic Research. 

Joyce Mitchell, PhD., chair of the 

Biomedical Informatics department, 

updates us on the quickly evolving field 

of Personalized Medicine and what it 

means for practicing clinicians today, 

and into the future. The challenge of 

collecting genotype-phenotype data 

and setting-up a reliable exchange 

system between genetics, patients and 

health conditions is one of the modern 

challenges of biomedical informatics. 

The University of Utah has been a 

leader in the field of genetics, discovering 

more single disease genes than any 

other university in the world, and the 

Biomedical Informatics Department 

is integral to determining how to 

integrate scientifically meaningful 

biomarker discoveries into a productive 

medical system. 

In his piece Understanding the 

Loss of Understanding, Mark Johnston, 

M.D., ’90 explores current research 

studies showing promising results 

for stopping or significantly slowing 

Alzheimer’s Dementia. School of 

Medicine faculty member Richard 

Ingebretsen, M.D., Ph.D. ’93 shares 

his career and passion, discussing the 

practice of Wilderness Medicine, and 

its genesis at the University of Utah. 

In the Alumni News section we 

are pleased and grateful to recognize 

Dr. Robert H. Ballard, Class of 1944. 

In three extremely generous moves Dr. 

Ballard gifted $217,000 toward the 

School of Medicine Scholarship program, 

designated four million dollars 

in his will to endow two full-tuition 

scholarships to be offered through the 

School of Medicine, and committed 

another $200,000 a year to guarantee 

the scholarships yearly until the endowment 

goes into effect. These are the first 

full-tuition scholarships for medical 

school offered at the University of Utah. 

This is a transformative gift for the 

medical school, and will help us compete 

for the best and brightest students. 

I wish all of you a wonderful summer 

and look forward to seeing and 

talking with many of you at Alumni 

Reunion Weekend in September. 

Sincerely, 

David J. Bjorkman, M.D., M.S.P.H 

Dean, School of Medicine 

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Alumni President’s Message 

Greetings medical alumni and friends! Greetings 

medical alumni and friends! Summer has found the Office of Alumni 

Relations and the School of Medicine’s Alumni Association Board in full 

swing preparing for Alumni Weekend, scheduled for September 13-15. 

(See pages 8-9 for details). The weekend is being called “Connecting with 

U”, and includes not just former students, but also former house officers, 

and past and present faculty. We moved the date to the fall so we can 

include a U of U football game as part of the activities. 

Along with our annual Medical Alumni 

Awards Banquet and 50-year class 

celebration on Thursday, September 

13, and our class reunions on Friday, 

September 14, we are excited to begin 

a new tradition on Friday morning by 

inviting back alumni house officers to 

their respective departments. Six departments 

are hosting programs highlighting 

some new progress in their fields as well 

as updates on what the department is 

doing. It will be a great time for former 

medical students and residents to get 

together with other specialists in their 

specialty, renew old friendships, and 

reconnect with their mentors. 

Friday afternoon will once again 

find us duffers out on the links, 

this year with a scramble start at 

Stonebridge Golf Course. Friday 

evening, along with this year’s reunion 

classes, the new Half Century Club 

will be inaugurated, bringing together 

all graduates from the class of 1957 

and earlier. The Department of Family 

and Preventive Medicine is hosting a 

reunion for graduates from all of their 

programs, and Biomedical Informatics 

is celebrating their 35-year anniversary 

of being part of the University of Utah’s 

School of Medicine. 

Saturday morning, September 15, 

our CME conference, Unraveling the 

Message Within: The Physicians’ Guide to 

Genetics in the 21st Century will feature 

five preeminent experts in the field of 

genetics. As many of you know, Utah 

is a world leader in genetic research. If 

you are like me, you are aware of some 

of the advancements in genetics, but 

don’t know many of the details and 

how this technology may impact us 

in the future. 

Saturday afternoon we will have a 

tailgating party at the Alumni House 

on lower campus prior to the Running 

Utes and UCLA football game. A block 

of tickets has been reserved for those 

who are interested. It should be a very 

exciting game. 

As always, all the classes involved 

in the reunion will be contacted by 

a class representative, as well as our 

alumni office for reservations. Detailed 

information is also on our Web site, 

www.utahmedalumni.org. 

Finally, feedback from our last 

issue of Illuminations was very positive, 

and we are listening closely to your comments 

and suggestions. The magazine 

is a work in progress and we hope to 

address the concerns, accomplishments, 

and activities of all of the University 

of Utah School of Medicine Alumni. 

Please feel free to call or email and let 

me know what you think. 

Fred Langeland, M.D., ‘76 

President, Alumni Board 

reislang@xmission.com 

(801) 408-5155 

Fred F. Langeland, M.D., 1976 

Personalized Medicine 

Joyce A. Mitchell, PhD 

Professor and Chair, 

Department of Biomedical Informatics 

School of Medicine, University of Utah 

With the completion of 

the Human Genome 

Project in 2003, the 

world’s attention has 

focused on converting this vast storehouse 

of information into innovative 

health care solutions. The ultimate 

promise, assuming we know everyone’s 

genotype, is to ensure that every person 

has optimum health throughout his/her 

life. This promise has many parts, 

including optimum nutrition, clean air 

and water supplies, up-to-date immunizations 

and regular health screenings. 

The part of the promise to be fulfilled 

by knowledge and information stemming 

from genomics, proteomics and 

other “omics” is yet unfolding, but the 

first cautious steps are being taken and 

are called “Personalized Medicine”. 

Personalized Medicine implies that optimum 

health goes beyond the basics of 

clean air and water and takes advantage 

of the “omics” knowledge to allow the 

person and his/her clinicians to make 

therapeutic and lifestyle choices which 

take the “omics” into account. 

Personalized Medicine does not 

have a crisp definition, but rather reflects 

a broad coalition of ideas brought 

to bear on the age-old notion of personalized 

care. The proud tradition of 

health care is to focus on every patient 

and to provide care that is cognizant 

of the person’s individual situation and 

values, but the situation rarely includes 

specific genetic/genomic information. 

The Personalized Medicine movement 

incorporates the use of molecular 

analyses and methods evolving from 

knowledge of genomics to better manage 

a patient’s disease or predisposition 

toward a disease. In the Genomics and 

Personalized Medicine Act of 2006 1 , 

personalized medicine is defined as “... 

the application of genomic and molecular 

data to better target the delivery of 

health care, facilitate the discovery and 

clinical testing of new products, and 

help determine a patient’s predisposition 

to a particular disease or condition”. The 

belief of the scientific and health-care 

community is that knowledge of genomics 

will contribute to better health 

outcomes. The specific approaches are 

not yet fully developed but will include 

genetic/genomic screening programs, 

genetic/genomic risk analyses, and 

the use of diagnostic and therapeutic 

modalities that are still evolving but will 

certainly involve micro-arrays and other 

high-throughput analyses in addition to 

standard genetic tests. 

While Personalized Medicine 

ultimately aims to adapt therapies to individual 

patients, the initial solution will 

divide patients into groups by genetic 

and other markers that predict disease 

progression and treatment outcomes. 

In this scenario, pharmacogenetics is at 

the center of the research and practice. 

Pharmacogenetics gives a partial 

explanation to the different responses 

of individuals to the same drugs. For 

example, the genetic variants for two 

genes (CYP2C9 and VKORC1) along 

with other patient data can explain a 

substantial portion of the variability 

seen in a person’s response to Warfarin, 

a powerful and frequently prescribed 

anticoagulant 2 . The hope in the case of 

Warfarin is that the adverse drug reactions 

of excessive bleeding or clotting 

can be minimized by genetic testing 

to help predict in advance what is the 

optimal dose for a specific patient. 

Genomic, proteomic or functional 

genomic biomarkers (features that are 

associated with the course of a disease) 

can help to define subtypes of diseases 

such as cancers that have previously been 

treated as single entities. This reclassification 

leads to new diagnostic and therapeutic 

procedures that hopefully can be shown 

to be cost effective and efficacious. One 

success story is the targeted use of genetic 

testing for mutations in the EGFR gene to 

determine which group of patients will be 

responsive to gefitinib as a treatment for 

non-small cell lung cancer 3 . Obviously this 

trend in health care has the potential to 

shift costs because of the increased use of 

expensive tests, but also has the potential 

to significantly improve outcomes and 

to avoid expensive treatment for those 

individuals who can be shown to have a 

non-responsive genotype. 

Every component of the scientific 

community will play a part in making 

the promise of Personalized Medicine 

a reality, but the field of Biomedical 

Informatics is especially critical to 

making the vision come alive. The 

enormous quantity of complex data poses 

a daunting challenge to the use of this 

data in our traditional healthcare system. 

Biomedical Informatics is a field that 

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specializes in analyses of such data and 

the development of techniques to bring 

focused information out of the data sets. 

Almost 1000 public biological databases 

are available to researchers and health 

professionals with data on genomes, 

proteomes, metabolomes, etc, and can be 

used for basic data and as reference sets. 

Almost 1400 genetic tests associated with 

diseases [http://www.genetests.org] can 

be ordered by any healthcare practitioner 

(some tests can even be ordered by 

individuals over the internet without 

going through their physicians); there are 

over 20,000 genes and so the number of 

new genetic tests will continue to grow. 

This enormous quantity of information 

could be brought into play for a single 

individual if the cost of a full genome sequence 

were affordable and the scientific 

and healthcare community understood 

the implications of the results of such a 

large battery of genetic tests. But we are 

a long way from this. The cost for a full 

genome analysis is prohibitive at this 

time and will be for the next decade or 

so, although the NIH is giving grants to 

individuals who can work toward a fullgenome 

sequence test for $1000. 

It will take quite some time to 

create a synthesis of all of the genes 

and proteins and regulatory elements 

for any specific human, and it will take 

a very long time to make this synthesis 

understandable to all concerned. 

It is likely that the result will be a set 

of probabilities and risks for specific 

healthcare problems, a set of lifestyle 

recommendations (for example, avoid 

smoking if you have the Z allele of the 

SERPINA1 gene), and an expanding 

list of diagnostic tests and therapies. The 

recommendations will almost certainly 

include a set of medications that the 

person should avoid and another set of 

medications that would be more appropriate 

for his/her use; all of this would 

be based on both personal genomics and 

family history as well as the data from 

other tests and healthcare experiences, 

likely pulled from an analysis of data in 

the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). 

The brave new world of 

Personalized Medicine is slowly emerging, 

but the complexities of the situation 

mean that the full blossoming will take 

years to arrive. To use this data effectively, 

the worldwide community must define 

semantic and logical standards that rep- 

resent genotype-phenotype data so they 

can exchange information reliably about 

genetics, patients and health conditions. 

The understanding of the implications 

of specific tests is moving so rapidly that 

there needs to be a set of guidelines that 

are updated regularly and are readily available 

from a trusted source. Health care 

providers cannot be expected to memorize 

recommendations for the permutations of 

this large data set, and so it makes sense 

that computer systems will be called into 

play. Ultimately the genomic (and other 

omics) information on a patient would 

be linked to or stored as a component of 

the Electronic Medical Record. Decision 

support systems acting upon standard defined 

data items and guideline or protocol 

The University of Utah 

has expertise and 

resources that promise 

many contributions for 

the journey towards 

Personalized Medicine. 

algorithms would process the data and dynamically 

send alerts or recommendations 

to the health care providers. The patients 

would have access to their lifetime medical 

data and the same recommendations 

and reminders via a Personalized Health 

Record. The public would have access 

to systems on the Internet to explain the 

implications of various diseases, risks and 

tests in a language that was understandable. 

The Genetics Home Reference 

[http://www.ghr.nlm.nih.gov] was created 

by the National Library of Medicine 

specifically to help consumers navigate 

through the complex issues of genetic 

disorders from patient questions to the 

specifics of research data 4 . 

The University of Utah has expertise 

and resources that promise many 

contributions for the journey towards 

Personalized Medicine. There are many 

sources of data that will assist in defining 

genes associated with specific health 

problems. In fact, more single disease 

genes have already been discovered at 

the University of Utah than at any other 

university in the world, based, in part, 

on the use of its rich databases like the 

Utah Population Data Base (UPDB) to 

assist in finding gene-disease associations. 

There is a long and rich history of 

working with EMR’s in the Department 

of Biomedical Informatics. There is a 

great potential for new pharmaceuticals 

and therapies based on the specific 

knowledge and definitions of biomarkers 

being developed. Most importantly, 

the scientists and healthcare professionals 

have a spirit of collaboration and find joy 

in working in multidisciplinary teams, 

an essential component for climbing this 

new scientific mountain. The knowledge 

of genetics, genomics, proteomics, and 

other “omics” alone cannot transform 

healthcare. Research on biomarkers has 

signaled molecular profiling as promising, 

but biomarkers with adequate 

specificity and sensitivity are still scarce 

for most diseases. To achieve the dream 

of Personalized Medicine, heterogeneous 

clinical and genomic data sources must 

be integrated into a scientifically meaningful 

and productive system. The results 

must be focused specifically on individuals 

throughout their lives, in sickness and 

in health. Then the vision of Personalized 

Medicine will become a reality. 

Acknowledgement: This article was adapted from 

a chapter in a book that is in press. My co-authors 

on the book chapter are Lewis J. Frey, PhD of the 

Department of Biomedical Informatics, University 

of Utah, and Victor Maojo, PhD of the Biomedical 

Informatics Group at the Universidad Politecnica 

de Madrid, Spain. The full reference is as follows: 

Frey LJ, Maojo V, Mitchell JA. “Genome sequencing: 

a complex path to personalized medicine.” In 

Advances in Genome Sequencing Technology and 

Algorithms, ed. Mardis ER, Kim S, Tang H Artech 

House Publishers, Inc. 2007, in press 

References: [1] S. 3822[109th]: Genomics and 

Personalized Medicine Act of 2006. 

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext. 

xpd?bill=s109-3822 [2] Sconce E, Kamali F. 

Appraisal of current vitamin K dosing algorithms 

for the reversal of over-anticoagulation with 

warfarin: the need for a more tailored dosing 

regimen. European J of Haematology. 2006 

Dec;77(6):457-62. [3] Mukohara T, Engelman 

JA, Hanna NH et al. Differential effects of 

gefitinib and cetuximab on non-small-cell lung 

cancers bearing epidermal growth factor receptor 

mutations. J of the NCI. 2005 97(16):1185- 

1194. [4] Mitchell JA, Fun J, McCray AT. 

Design of Genetics Home Reference: a new 

NLM consumer health resource. J Am Med 

Inform Assoc 2004 Nov-Dec;11(6):439-47. 

Understanding the Loss of Understanding 

Among the most important challenges 

of medical research in the 

coming decade is the development 

of an effective, “disease modifying” 

treatment for Alzheimer’s Dementia. 

Alzheimer’s Dementia affects between 

4.5 and 5 million Americans and exacts 

a tremendous human and economic toll. 

By conservative estimates, the number 

of individuals affected in this country 

alone could reach 10 million over the 

next 25 to 30 years. 

Despite these sobering statistics, 

it appears that advancements in our 

understanding of the pathophysiology 

of Alzheimer’s Dementia may yield practical 

treatments for the condition within 

the next several years. The characterization 

of the Alzheimer’s disease process 

as a disorder of progressive amyloid beta 

(AB) protein deposition in the brain has 

clarified the etiology of the dementia 

and provided targets for possible intervention. 

Promising research therapies 

include agents that enhance AB removal 

and those that reduce the creation of 

amyloid protein or its aggregation. Two 

major ongoing studies represent these 

new therapeutic approaches. 

The first study involves the creation 

of a vaccine that produces antibodies 

against AB. Immune agents have been 

considered a possible way of clearing 

up existing protein plaques, or reducing 

plaque formation by decreasing the amyloid 

peptide burden. Animal studies of a 

vaccine against amyloid protein conducted 

in the late 1990’s were very promising. 

However, the vaccine produced brain inflammation 

in 15 of 360 human subjects 

and death in several individuals. 

Mark A. Johnston, M.D. ’90 

Adjunct Associate Professor, University 

of Utah School of Medicine 

A new approach to using a vaccine 

is again creating interest and hope. A 

vaccine using a segment of DNA coding 

for the AB protein rather than the 

protein itself has been developed. The 

hope is that the DNA vaccine will create 

less prominent immune response avoiding 

the inflammation and brain swelling 

seen in some individuals treated with 

the protein vaccination. To test this vaccine, 

researchers used mice that develop 

Alzheimer-like amyloid deposition and 

accompanying cognitive impairment. 

Mice treated preventatively developed 

fewer AB peptides vs. untreated mice 

suggesting a protective effect. When 

this DNA vaccine was administered as 

a treatment in mice already producing 

AB peptides, the peptide burden was 

reduced by approximately 50%. 

A second major study, already 

well into human phase 3 testing, is 

evaluating a medication that appears to 

decrease AB by changing the enzymatic 

cleaving of the amyloid precursor 

protein. Amyloid Beta 42 (AB-42) 

is the 42 amino acid length peptide 

considered the most likely to aggregate 

and cause neuronal damage. The 

non-steroidal medication r-flurbiprofen 

binds to the enzyme responsible for 

cleaving the precursor protein and alters 

the cleaving location. Shorter peptides, 

which are non-damaging, become more 

likely products of this cleaving step. Rflurbiprofen 

may therefore be a selective 

amyloid B-42 lowering agent. 

Not all non-steroidal anti-inflammatory 

drugs have this enzyme modifying 

effect and r-flurbiprofen itself must 

be given at doses substantially above the 

traditional anti-inflammatory doses. 

The use of the R enantimer may make 

the risk of bleeding and ulcer less likely 

than racemic flurbiprofen at equivalent 

dosages. Interestingly, it now appears 

that the possible benefit of some antiinflammatory 

agents for Alzheimer’s 

Dementia may be primarily related 

to their influence on protein cleaving 

rather than by altering inflammation. 

In transgenic “Alzheimer’s” mice, 

flurbiprofen appeared to protect learning 

and memory function. Subsequent 

evaluations of brain histology showed 

marked reductions in amyloid deposits. 

In phase 2 human testing of flurbiprofen, 

individuals with mild dementia 

appeared to show decreased rates of 

cognitive loss vs. placebo. Some individuals 

showed relative stabilization or 

mild improvement in cognitive testing. 

Individuals with the highest plasma 

drug levels also seemed to have the best 

response. The true efficacy and safety 

of this medication must await the conclusion 

of the Phase 3 testing and 

FDA review which is expected to 

occur in about a year. 

These two studies as well as others 

currently in progress provide hope that 

we may soon have treatments that will 

slow or stop Alzheimer’s Dementia. 

Although currently available medications 

such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors 

and memantine may provide some mild 

transitory benefit, they do not affect the 

underlying disease process or stop the 

ongoing damage to the brain. If progressive 

amyloid deposition can be altered, 

we may also see the application of these 

new agents for prevention of the disease. 

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The Genesis of Wilderness Medicine at the U 

In 1993, as a new medical school 

graduate, Richard Ingebretsen, 

MD, PhD, had two experiences 

that changed his future and eventually 

the future of many other physicians in 

the intermountain area. While hiking 

in the mountains near Salt Lake City 

he witnessed a serious mountain bicycle 

accident. The young rider hit his head 

on the ground and was knocked unconscious. 

Then, a week later, while rafting 

with Boy Scouts on the Colorado River, 

one of the participants lacerated his leg. 

Dr. Ingebretsen realized that both times 

he felt unsure of himself, and of how he 

could help someone injured in the back 

country, away from modern medical 

equipment. He knew that wilderness 

medicine instruction was not offered in 

most medical schools and the majority 

of physicians did not receive this type 

of training. As a doctor, and an active 

hiker, biker, and river runner, he knew 

that people would turn to him for guidance 

if they were injured in a remote 

area and felt he needed to be prepared. 

He contacted the Wilderness 

Medical Society (WMS) to see what 

he would need to do to be trained in 

wilderness medical care. This Society was 

formed in 1983 by three California physicians, 

Paul Auerbach, Ed Geehr, and 

Ken Kizer, to institute sound principles 

of medical practice in wilderness settings. 

Through association with the WMS 

he began to study wilderness medicine 

while in residency. In 1998 as a faculty 

member of the University of Utah’s 

medical school, he approached the 

curriculum committee about teaching 

a course to Utah medical students. As 

the program developed Dr. Ingebretson 

worked on setting up a testing process 

where students could learn standards 

Richard Ingebretsen ’93, M.D, Ph.D., 

Associate Professor Wilderness Medicine 

University of Utah, School of Medicine 

and protocols and achieve what became 

known as Advanced Wilderness Life 

Support (AWLS) certification. Today 

AWLS has achieved national certification 

status for medical professionals 

studying wilderness medicine. 

Fortunately, for Dr. Ingebretson, 

the University of Utah already had several 

exceptional physicians on its faculty 

who had done extensive work in wilderness 

medicine. Colin Grissom, Mark 

Elsted and Scott McIntosh were knowledgeable 

in avalanche dangers, and high 

altitude diseases and medicine. DeVon 

Hale was an expert on travel medicine 

in third-world countries. Bill Mackie 

was knowledgeable about treating chest 

pain in the back country. Jane Bowman 

had designed treatment protocols for 

women-specific issues in the back 

country, Wayne Askew had developed 

the science of wilderness nutrition, and 

Paul Schmutz, DDS, had done groundbreaking 

work in back country dentistry. 

Along with these faculty members there 

were numerous medical students with 

broad knowledge of rescue and evacuation 

guidelines. Working as a team they 

formulated backcountry medical protocols 

and wrote the AWLS textbook. 

One of the earliest discoveries 

in designing the wilderness medicine 

course was that there were a lot of misconceptions 

among the general public 

and medical professionals as to how 

back country injuries should be treated. 

For example, many people thought that 

making an incision in a snake bite with 

a knife and trying to extract the venom 

from the wound was standard protocol. 

Actually, there are no effective methods 

for treating snake bites in the wilderness 

and it is crucial to evacuate the patient 

to a hospital as soon a possible. 

Appropriate evacuation was another 

issue. Evacuation is often dangerous, costly 

and difficult, and if someone does not 

need to be taken for definitive care, then it 

should not be risked. There were no guidelines 

to follow. So in 2001 several enterprising 

medical students began a literature 

search, spoke with numerous specialists 

and developed the first guidelines to help 

back country medical providers decide if a 

patient needed to be evacuated. 

Another early concern was what 

to include in a first aid kit. Medical 

student, now radiologist, Matthew 

Thomson took on this challenge. He 

developed an algorithm to help people 

determine what first aid kits would be 

best depending upon the number of 

people, the length of the trip, as well as 

the location of the adventure. It is now 

the industry standard. 

The course quickly became the most 

popular medical school elective among 

AAMC medical schools. Currently 80 

University of Utah medical students and 

50 students from other medical schools 

attend the U’s wilderness medicine course 

yearly. Utah’s School of Medicine is now 

the preeminent medical school in the 

country for wilderness medicine. 

The program received a boost five 

years ago when the US Army decided to 

require all emergency medicine residents 

certify with the AWLS certificate. The 

army remains actively involved with the 

School of Medicine in developing the 

program further. Then, two years ago, 

the “father” of wilderness medicine, Paul 

Auerbach from Stanford University, 

joined the ALWS team of doctors. Each 

year over one thousand medical professionals 

certify with the AWLS program. 

Offshoots of the program include 

an active Wilderness Medicine Interest 

Group (WMIG) that teaches and certifies 

all back country guides in the state of 

Utah. Money they make teaching these 

courses gives them a salary and helps support 

research and educational opportunities 

For the past ten years, ophthalmologists 

from the University of Utah 

Department of Ophthalmology 

and Visual Sciences have been traveling to 

Ghana, West Africa to provide life-changing 

and often life-saving eye surgery. Their 

journeys take them to a country that has 

less than 50 ophthalmologists and a population 

of 22 million people. 

Drs. Alan Crandall ‘73, Robert 

Hoffman, ’80, Geoff Tabin, and mission 

team members began their latest trip on 

March 29th. They spent their days in 

eye clinic from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. followed 

by nonstop surgeries that continued 

until midnight. Over the years they have 

helped more than 2,000 people improve 

or regain their sight. 

“Most people in the United States 

who develop cataracts have them 

quickly removed and replaced with new 

lenses,” says Dr. Crandall. “In Ghana 

750,000 people are waiting for cataract 

surgery and the majority of them are 

blind. It’s an honor to have helped so 

many people in West Africa, yet we can 

only put a small dent in this problem. 

We believe the future of eye care services 

in developing countries lies in training 

ophthalmologists and other health care 

workers within the local community.” 

in wilderness medicine. 

Another program, Basic 

Wilderness Life Support (BWLS- 

www.bwls.org), trains non-medical 

professionals in wilderness 

first aid. So now anyone interested 

can receive training, be tested, 

and obtain certification. This 

program has made a difference to 

the general public, with scouting 

programs, as well as with other 

back country adventurers in preventing 

trauma, treating injured 

people and helping people be 

safe in the back country. 

For those interested in 

learning more about wilderness 

medicine programs at the 

University of Utah School of 

Medicine please visit 

www.awlsmedstudents.org 

A Decade of Eye Care Missions in Africa 

Utah Ophthalmologists Continue Tradition of Journeys to Ghana 

Dr. Tabin explains the need for 

establishing a sustainable eye care infrastructure 

in countries where medical care 

is scarce: “Individuals in Ghana develop 

blinding cataracts as a result of exposure 

to constant ultra violet light, toxins, and 

more–often at a young age. Without surgery, 

many lose their sight. It is common 

for the blind to be shunned as non-productive 

members of society. Left to fend 

for themselves, they commonly die an 

early and tragic death as a result of starvation, 

disease and accidents. To people in 

this region, the miracle of modern cataract 

surgery means not only a restoration 

of sight, but also the gift 

of life.” 

Dr. Hoffman 

describes the situation: 

“My role is teaching the 

local ophthalmologists 

and residents what they 

need to know to evaluate 

children’s eyes and to 

treat common disorders 

that affect children’s 

eyes such as strabismus, 

amblyopia, significant 

refractive error, and 

retinoblastoma. We also 

deal with issues perti- 

Did you know these wilderness medicine facts? 

• Snake bites should not 

be treated in the field 

at all. Quick evacuation 

is the key. 

• You can treat insect 

bites and scorpion bites 

with ice effectively, but 

treating a snake bite 

with ice would make it 

worse. 

• All spider bites are 

poisonous but only 

three spiders really 

affect humans, the 

black widow, the hobo 

and the brown recluse. 

• The brown recluse 

spider is not found in 

Utah and rarely bites 

humans. 

• Most trauma that 

occurs in the wilderness 

is a result of high 

velocity sports like 

skiing and biking. 

• Sunscreen prevents 

sun burns but does not 

prevent skin cancer. 

The only effective 

method to prevent 

skin cancer is 

to cover up. 

nent to their local area such as parasitic 

and infectious diseases. Another area of 

focus is on neonatal eye disease. We plan 

to bring one of their ophthalmologists 

here for a visiting international fellowship 

as one more step in bringing quality eye 

care to the children of Ghana.” 

Team members of the Ghana mission 

donate their time and pay for their 

own travel and expenses. Donations of 

equipment and supplies are provided by 

the Moran Eye Center, The Eye Institute 

of Utah, Alcon, Allergan, AMO, Bausch 

& Lomb, the Himalayan Cataract 

Project and Becton-Dickinson. 

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2007Alumni 

University of Utah School of Medicine 

Weekend 

Connecting With U - September 13-15, 2007 

Our weekend celebration promises to be a great gathering of the U of U SOM friends, colleagues, 

and classmates. Registration material mailed in July or go online at wwwutahmedalumni.org. 

Thursday 

presentation of distinguished awards 

Friday 

Elizabeth Hammond, M.D., 

Distinguished Alumni Award 

Professor of Pathology and Adjunct 

Professor of Internal Medicine at the 

University of Utah School of Medicine, 

past chairman of the Department of 

Pathology at LDS Hospital, and current 

member of Intermountain Healthcare Board of Trustees. 

Friday Morning, September 14 

School of Medicine Department Events 

7:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 

We welcome current or former faculty, house staff, and reunion 

class members to attend one of these departments for a morning 

of information, instructional lectures and gathering of colleagues. 

Following the department events, gather together in Alumni Hall 

for a chat with the Dean. Site and speakers are detailed in your 

registration packet coming in July. 

Participating Departments: 

Department of Biomedical Informatics Department of Internal Medicine 

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Department of Pathology 

Department of Surgery Department of Orthopaedics 

dean david J. bjorkman, M.d. - Medical School Update 

11:00 a.m. 

Friday Afternoon 

Alumni Open - Stonebridge Golf Course 

12:30 p.m. lunch, 1:30 p.m. shotgun start 

Connect with your classmates and colleagues with an 

afternoon of golf. Join them at the Johnny Miller designed 

Stonebridge Golf Course for lunch and 18 holes. 

SEptEMbEr 13 

Evening Medical Alumni Awards Banquet at the Little America Hotel 

Celebration of 50 Years! Presentation of Medallions to the Class of 1957 

SEptEMbEr 14 

Jay Jacobson,M.D. 

Distinguished Service Award 

Professor of Internal Medicine and 

Infectious Diseases and Chief of the 

Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities 

at LDS Hospital and the University of Utah 

School of Medicine. 

Reunion Evening 

Little America Hotel, downtown Salt Lake City 

General reception first, then individual classes and groups 

will dine together in private rooms. 

MD Classes of: 1962, 1967, 1972, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997 

MD Class of 1977: Private home 

MD Class of 2002: Family picnic 

Half Century Club: MD graduates, emeritus faculty and former 

house staff associated with the medical school between 1926 and 

1957 will have a wonderful evening of reminiscing and reconnecting. 

Family and preventive Medicine programs: This multidisciplinary 

department is gathering for an evening of friendship 

and connection. Come join your current or former colleagues 

for a grand meal and lively conversation. 

biomedical Informatics: Celebration Time! We are celebrating 

35 years as a department. Along with an evening of toasting 

our achievements - we will enjoy the knowledge of our guest 

speaker Don Detmer, President and CEO of the America 

Medical Informatics Association. 

Saturday 

Unraveling the Message Within: The Physicians 

Guide to Genetics in the 21st Century 

The mission and objective of the School of Medicine Alumni 

Conference is to help the health care professional understand 

the science and application of human genetics in 2007. 

Attend this prestigious gathering of the best of University of 

Utah researchers, professors and investigators in the field of Human 

Genetics and receive 4 CME credit hours AMA Category 1. 

Raymond F. Gesteland, Ph.D., 

The DNA Revolution 

Distinguished Professor and Vice President 

for Research. 

In addition to his important administrative 

contributions to the University of Utah, 

he studies “recoding”, which is an essential 

mechanism in controlling gene expression. 

Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D., 

Genetics and Medicine in the 21st Century 

Distinguished Professor and Co-chairman. 

Developed key animal models for the study 

of genetic’s role in many important diseases 

including cystic fibrosis, atherosclerosis, 

hypertension and cancer. 

FOOtball! FOOtball! FOOtball! 

Tailgating Party - Alumni House 1:00 p.m. 

Make your plans now for an afternoon of food, fun and football! 

Join us for our pre-game festivities at the Alumni House where 

parking is free and the BBQ is hot! Then take the short walk 

over to the Rice Eccles Stadium where your west side seat (with 

a back) is waiting. Time, cost and everything else you need to 

know will be in your registration packet or go to our Web site. 

University of Utah vs. UCla 

Rice Eccles Stadium 3:00 p.m. 

This is the premier game of the 2007 season and you will want 

to be part of the hullabaloo and rumpus! The SOM Alumni 

Association has a block of seats reserved but we have to order 

the number of seats we want by August 1. to help us estimate 

the number of tickets needed we are asking everyone who 

plans to attend to send an e-mail to maryjo.harrell@hsc.utah. 

edu to get your name on the ticket list as soon as possible. 

Your registration packet will be mailed to you in July. 

A registration form is also available on-line at: 

www.utahmedalumni.org where locations, fees and more 

details are available. Questions? (801) 581-8591 

SEptEMbEr 15 

Continuing Medical Education - 7:30 a.m. - noon 

L. Charles Murtaugh, Ph.D., 

The Who, What, When, Where and 

How of Stem Cells 

Assistant Professor. Studies the genetics and 

biology of pancreatic secretory functions as 

they relate to diabetes, digestion and cancer. 

Erik Jorgenson, Ph.D., 

What is the Molecular Nature of Memory? 

Professor. Investigates the genetics and 

cellular mechanisms of neurotransmission 

to better understand memory and the 

diseases related to memory. 

Lynn B. Jorde, Ph.D., 

DNA and Crime: Forensic 

Applications of Genetics 

Professor. Examines the genetics of limb 

malformation syndromes and also investigates 

genetic variation to shed light on 

the genetic diseases in populations as 

well as the origin of our species. 

WEEkEnd SpOnSOrS: 

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Megadyne 

Myriad Genetics, Inc. 

The Customer link 

Accreditation: The University of Utah School of Medicine is accredited by 

the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide 

continuing medical education for physicians. 

Designation: The University of Utah School of Medicine designates 

this educational activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 

Credit(s). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the 

extent of their participation in the activity. 

ADA: The University of Utah complies with the Americans with Disabilities 

Act by providing qualified individuals with disabilities access to the 

University programs, services and activities. A request for accommodation 

can be made by calling (801) 581-8591. Reasonable prior notice is required.

Degree of Doctor of Medicine 2007 - Match Day 

University of Utah 

students matched in 

86 programs in 26 states. 

nEUrOlOGY 

Juliann Wintch Allen 

University of Utah Affiliated 

Hospitals, Neurology Program, Utah 

ObStEtrICS-GYnECOlOGY 

Clark Olavi Andelin 

University Hospitals, Obstetrics- 

Gynecology Program, Ohio 

Erica Nancy Baiden 


Hospitals, Obstetrics-Gynecology 

Program, Utah 

pEdIatrICS 

Dustin Cade Anderson 

Medical College of Wisconsin 

Affiliated Hospitals, Pediatrics 

Program, Wisconsin 

Marcus Kim Blackburn 


Hospitals, Pediatrics Program, Utah 

Christopher Eugene Dandoy 

Miami Children’s Hospital, 

Pediatrics Program, Florida 

Alyson Elaine Edmunds 

Virginia Commonwealth University 

Health System, Pediatrics Program, 

Virginia 

Irene Kocolas 



Nicole Finlinson 

University of New Mexico, 

Pediatrics Program, New Mexico 

Melinda Sue Liddle 



Jacob William Lonsdale 

Marshfield St. Joseph’s, Pediatrics 


Kristina McKinley 



Nicholas Jay Lewis 


Hospitals, Medicine-Pediatrics 


John Daniel Desrochers 

University of Southern Florida- 

Tampa, Medicine-Pediatrics 

Program, Florida 

dErMatOlOGY 

Brooks Albert Bahr 

University of Southern California, 

Dermatology Program, California 

Adam Read Taintor 

Medical College of Wisconsin 

Affiliated Hospitals, Dermatology 


Erica Baiden 

GEnEral SUrGErY 

James Robert Ballard 

Oregon Health and Science 

University, General Surgery 

Program, Oregon 

D. Anderson Millar 


Hospitals, General Surgery 


Josephat G. Ngatia 

University of Florida-Jacksonville, 

General Surgery Program, Florida 

Brandon Birg Park 


Hospitals, General Surgery 

Preliminary Program, Utah 

anEStHESIOlOGY 

Brad Nelden Brian 

University of Florida Program- 

Shands Hospital, Anesthesiology 


Megan Marie Freestone-Bernd 

Hershey Medical Center, 

Anesthesiology Program, 

Pennsylvania 

Jennifer Kiyoko Hansen 

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 

Anesthesiology Program, Ohio 

Amie Lee Hoefenbeck 

Strong Memorial, Anesthesiology 

Program, New York 

Everett Mark Peterson 

University of Florida Program- 

Shands Hospital, Anesthesiology 


Cole Warren Robinson 

Strong Memorial, Anesthesiology 

Program, New York 

Heather Taylor 

Oregon Health and Science 

University, Anesthesiology Program, 

Oregon 

Erica Danelle Wittwer 

Mayo School of Graduate Medical 

Education, Anesthesiology Program, 

Minnesota 

radIOlOGY-dIaGnOStIC 

Devone Nelson Burton 

Integris Baptist Medical Center, 

Radiology-Diagnostic Program, 

Oklahoma 

Kathryn Louise Everton 

Duke University Medical Center, 

Radiology Diagnostic Program, 

North Carolina 

Luke Luther Linscott 

Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Radiology- 

Diagnostic Program, Missouri 

Nicholas John Satovick 


Hospitals, Radiology-Diagnostic 


Paul David Sonntag 

University of Wisconsin Hospital 

and Clinics, Radiology-Diagnostic 


Nicole S. Winkler 


Hospitals, Radiology-Diagnostic 


Nick Satovich Family 

MEdICInE 

Melissa Cheng 

Medicine Program Candidate 

Lisa Toshiye Taniwa Ryujin 

Medicine Program Candidate 

Christopher John Dea 


Hospitals, Medicine-Preliminary 


radIOlOGY OnCOlOGY 

Larry Calvin Daugherty 

Drexel University, Radiation 

Oncology Program, Pennsylvania 

Thomas Burke Skidmore 

University Hospitals-Cincinnati, 

Radiation-Oncology Program, Ohio 

OpHtHalMOlOGY 

Don Kent Davis 


Hospitals, Ophthalmology 

Transitional Program, Utah 

bIOEnGInEErInG 

Tyler Scott Davis 

University of Utah, Ph.D., 

Bioengineering Program, Utah 

pSYCHIatrY 

Melanie Annette Fillmore 

University of Arizona Affiliated 

Hospitals, Psychiatry Program, 

Arizona 

Vicki Leigh Winkel 


Hospitals, Psychiatry Program, Utah 

pHYSICal MEdICInE & 

rEHabIlItatIOn 

Steven Parker Fowler 


Education, Physical Medicine & 

Rehabilitation Program, Minnesota 

FaMIlY MEdICInE 

Marie Susan Gessel 

Family Medicine Program Candidate 

Kathryn Elizabeth Gibson 


Hospitals, Family Medicine 


Brad Melvin Goates 

Ball Memorial Hospital, Family 

Medicine Program, Indiana 

Mindy Hopfenbeck 

St. Mark’s Hospital, Family 

Medicine Program, Utah 

Tamara Lynn Pascoe 

Family Medicine Residency of Idaho, 

Family Medicine Program, Idaho 

Michael John Sanderson 

St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, 

Family Medicine Program, Indiana 

Matthew Stephen Spencer 

McKay-Dee Hospital, Family 

Medicine Program, Utah 

EMErGEnCY MEdICInE 

Nathan Thomas Gilmore 

UPMC Medical Education 

Program, Emergency Medicine 

Program, Pennsylvania 

Trevor Wahlquist Grubbs 

University of Louisville School of 

Medicine, Emergency Medicine 

Program, Kentucky 

Cory Patrick Heidelberger 

Allegheny General Hospital, 

Emergency Medicine Program, 

Pennsylvania 

Joeann K.R. Leong 

Maimonides Medical Center, 


New York 

Cherie Fawn McCabe 

New York Hospitals-Queens, 


New York 

Adam L. Sharp 

Indiana University, Emergency 


Natalie Anne Silverton 


Hospitals, Emergency Medicine 


Logan Cole Sondrup 

Ohio State University Medical 

Center, Emergency Medicine 

Program, Ohio 

Lindsay Grace Tanner 

Indiana University, Emergency 


Joshua Maitreya Visitacion 

SUNY Upstate Medical University, 


New York 

Alumni Board President Fred F. Langeland, 

M.D. ’75 presents Christopher Dandoy ’07 

the Alumni Association Award 

The Three Muskateers: Matt Oman, 

Wes Madsen, D. Millar 

IntErnal MEdICInE 

David Clayton Smith 


Hospitals, Internal Medicine 


Clifton Samuel Hall 




Jonathan David Jerman 




David Gordon Liddle 




John William Linford 

University of Colorado-Denver, 

Internal Medicine Program, 

Colorado 

Elizabeth Anne Middleton 




Kimberly Morley 




Lincoln D. Nadauld 




Matthew Jacob Oman 

University of Colorado-Denver, 

Internal Medicine Program, Colorado 

Eric Joseph Palfreyman 

Case Western University Hospitals, 

Internal Medicine Program, Ohio 

David Yoshi Patten 

Tulane University, Internal 

Medicine Program, Louisiana 

Amy Plagge 




Christina Louise Roalstad 




Matthew Howe Steenblik 




James Muir Stewart 

UC San Diego Medical Center, 

Internal Medicine Program, 

California 

Anna Vedina 

Virginia Commonwealth 

University Health Systems, Internal 

Medicine Program, Virginia 

Crystal Brennen Wallentine 




Zachary Rand Williams 




Christopher Dandoy ’07 

Receives Alumni Association Award 

Christopher Dandoy, ’07 was recognized 

at the Dean’s Reception, receiving a plaque 

and a $500 gift. The Alumni Association 

Award was established in 1990 by the 

Alumni Board of the School of Medicine. 

Each year the Board presents an award to 

one individual who has, in the opinion of 

their classmates, demonstrated academic 

achievement, leadership ability, and 

community concern representative of an 

exemplary physician. Nominators wrote 

about Chris’ out-going, positive attitude 

OrtHOpEdIC SUrGErY 

Wes Young Madsen 

Strong Memorial, Orthopedic 

Surgery Program, New York 

plaStIC SUrGErY 

Jaron Hudson McMullin 


Hospitals, Plastic Surgery Program, 

Utah 

and his expansive volunteer work. His 

freshman year he organized a chapter 

of the Hope Alliance, an organization 

which provides medical and economical 

assistance to impoverished people in the 

developing world. Later he coordinated 

a medical mission to Peru, and also 

worked though-out medical school with 

local youth organizations as a guidance 

counselor and mentor. Chris is pursuing 

a residency in Pediatrics at Miami 

Children’s Hospital. 

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patHOlOGY 

Jared Marv Orrock 


Education, Pathology Program, 

Minnesota 

nEUrOlOGICal SUrGErY 

Christina Mieko Sayama 


Hospitals, Neurological Surgery 


UrOlOGY 

Jonathan Nicholas Warner 

Mayo Clinic-Scottsdale, Urology 

Program, Arizona 

Bryant Mark Whiting 

University of Florida, Urology 


OtOlarYnGOlOGY 

Matthew Allen Wilson 


Hospitals, Otolaryngology 

Program, Utah

News Notebook News Notebook 

U of U Public Health Program & Hispanic Business Leadership 

Foundation Collaborate to Enhance Endowment for Hispanics 

The University of Utah, School of 

Medicine, Department of Family and 

Preventive Medicine, Public Health 

Program, and the Utah Hispanic Business 

Leadership Foundation (UHBLF), announced 

a partnership to provide ongoing 

funding for the Senator Pete Suazo 

Memorial Endowed Hispanic Scholarship 

in Public Health. The UHBLF will contribute 

$5,000 per year for the next three 

years to the endowment. 

The scholarship was originally 

launched in January 2002 with a five 

thousand dollar gift from the Hispanic 

Festival Committee, with matching 

funds provided by Dr. G. Marsden 

Blanch, President of Megadyne Medical 

Products, Inc., Dr. Carl Kjeldsberg, 

President and CEO of Associated 

Regional University of Pathology 

Moran Ophthalmologist, David J. Apple, M.D., 

Inducted Into Prestigious Ophthalmology Hall of Fame 

David J. 

Apple, M.D., 

Professor of 

Ophthalmology 

and Pathology 

and Director 

of the David J. 

Apple Center for 

Ocular Biodevices at the John A. Moran 

Eye Center, has been chosen by his 

peers out of more than 30,000 ophthalmologists 

in the U.S. and abroad 

to be inducted into the prestigious 

Ophthalmology Hall of Fame. 

Originally created by the 

American Society of Cataract and 

Refractive Surgery, (ASCRS) in 1999 

to honor pioneers with an ongoing celebration 

of their distinguished careers 

and contributions in the subspecialties 

of cataract-IOL-refractive surgery, it 

has been expanded to include luminaries 

in all fields of ophthalmology 

and vision care. Dr. Apple, to date the 

youngest inductee to be so honored, 

is a world-renowned expert in the 

fields of clinical ophthalmology, ocular 

pathology, cataract surgery/intraocular 

lens (IOL) implantation and refractive 

surgery, including corneal and IOL 

types of refractive surgery, Excimer, 

PRK and LASIK research. 

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 

Awarded $5.8 million Grant to Study the Effects of 

Aspirin in Gestation and Reproduction (EAGeR) 

The University of Utah is one of two national 

sites awarded a $5.8 million fiveyear 

grant from the National Institute of 

Child Health and Human Development, 

National Institutes of Health to conduct 

a prospective, blinded, placebo controlled 

randomized trial to assess the effect 

of low dose aspirin on reproduction. 

A unifying feature in some cases of infertility, 

implantation failure, miscarriage, 

fetal death and pregnancy complications 

is a decrease in uterine, ovarian 

and placental blood flow. The study will 

help determine if low dose aspirin has 

the potential to favorably impact several 

of these characteristics. 

Robert M. Silver, M.D., Division 

Chief in the Division of Maternal-Fetal 

Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and 

Gynecology is principal investigator. Coinvestigators 

include Harry H. Hatasaka, 

M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, 

Division of Reproductive Endocrinology 

and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics 

and Gynecology and Joseph B. 

Stanford, M.D., M.S.P.H., Associate 

Professor, Department of Family and 

Preventive Medicine. 

(ARUP), Lucy Cardenas, owner, Red 

Iguana Restaurant, and Dr. & Mrs. 

Stephen D. Wood. Other donors 

include the Clark and Christine Ivory 

Foundation and Regence BlueCross 

Blue Shield of Utah. The Public Health 

Program hopes the endowment will 

eventually fund two full-ride scholarships 

for Hispanic graduate students 

in public health. 

Dr. Apple’s career as an ophthalmologist 

and researcher is uniquely 

distinguished by the fact that with this 

award he is now the only ophthalmologist 

to have received 1) the Binkhorst Lecture 

and Medal in 1988, 2) the Innovator’s 

(Kelman) Award, 2005 and 3) induction 

into the Ophthalmology Hall of Fame. 

He is also the only American to have 

ever been selected to give the European 

Guest lecture at the highly respected 

Oxford Ophthalmological Congress, 

Oxford, U.K., 1998. Dr. Apple was 

named one of the 50 most influential 

doctors in his field by a poll of his peers 

in the U.S. in 2005. 

Physician Assistant 

Program Ranked 

Fourth in Nation 

For the seventh year in a row the 

University of Utah’s Physician Assistant 

program ranked in the top five graduate 

programs in the nation in U.S. News & 

World Report’s rankings of Physician 

Assistant programs. This year the program, 

which was ranked fourth in the 

nation, will graduate 36 individuals with 

a Masters in Physician Assistant Studies. 

George White, Jr. PhD, MSPH, PA-C Named 

“Best of State College/University Teacher” 

George White, Jr., Director of the 

University of Utah’s Public Health 

Program was named “Best College/ 

University Teacher at the 2007 Best of 

State Competition held on May 19. 

The Best of State Awards recognizes outstanding 

individuals, organizations and 

businesses in Utah. Dr. White received 

the award in recognition of his academic 

excellence, selfless community service, 

student advocacy, scholarly productivity, 

and classroom instruction. 

Dr. White has an extensive 29-year 

academic background, the past twenty 

at the University of Utah. Over the last 

eight years he has been instrumental 

in graduating over 350 Public Health 

students as well as helping them secure 

employment. He has established ten 

endowed student scholarships in Public 

In response to a generous gift of 

one million dollars from Charles 

Nugent, M.D., the Department of 

Internal Medicine formed the Society 

Supporting Leadership in Internal 

Medicine (SSLIM). The original gift 

honors Maxwell M. Wintrobe, M.D., 

Ph.D., the first chairman 

of the Department 

of Internal Medicine, for 

his legacy of excellence 

in education, research, 

patient care, and mentoring 

of leaders. 

SSLIM’s mission of 

investing in tomorrow’s 

leaders today, provides 

an opportunity for those 

who have been inspired by 

previous leaders in Internal 

Medicine to insure that 

the University of Utah’s 

Department of Internal 

Health and seven research and service-learning 

endowments. Under his 

guidance the Public Health Program 

has reached national recognition as 

one of the top 10 Community-based 

Public Health Programs listed in the 

U.S. News and World Report, America’s 

Best Graduate Schools. 

Dr. White is a graduate of the 

prestigious National Public Health 

Leadership Institute and is the second 

holder of the T.F.H. Morton 

MD Endowed Chair in Family and 

Preventive Medicine. He has served 

for five years as the Chair of the Utah 

Health Advisory Council, advising 

the Director of the Utah Department 

of Health and the Governor regarding 

issues affecting the health and safety 

of Utah citizens. 

Dinner Kicks-off Society to Support 

Leadership in Internal Medicine 

Medicine continues to thrive. The 

money raised will support recruiting 

and training future leaders in Internal 

Medicine, will bridge the gap between 

funding cycles for teaching and research, 

and will provide scholarship support for 

outstanding students and trainees. 

Dr. Charlie and Peggy Nugent at SSLIM dinner with Loris Betz, M.D., Sr. Vice President for 

Health Sciences and John Hoidal, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine 

Spotlight 

Dr. George White and family. 

SSLIM’s Executive Committee, 

consisting of Drs. Hilmon Castle 

(chairman), Jack Athens, Hip Kuida, 

DuWayne Schmidt, Gerald Rothstein, 

and Basil Williams, plan to engage 

over 100 founding members and additional 

sustaining members of SSLIM 

over the next two years. 

Founding Members’ 

names will be prominently 

displayed on a 

donor ‘Wall of Honor’ 

in the Department 

of Internal Medicine. 

Additionally, members 

will receive the benefits 

that accrue to members 

of the University of 

Utah Presidential Club. 

Annual meetings will 

be held at the time 

of medical alumni 

reunions. 

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Endowed Scholarship In 

Alumni Highlights 

Doing the Right Thing 

The Robert H. Ballard and Dorothy Cannon Endowed Scholarship 

his 40-year career as an orthopaedic 

surgeon Dr. Robert H. Ballard, Class of 

1944 helped thousands of patients as a 

pioneer in joint replacement surgery in 

the Inland Empire region of Southern 

California. Even though he retired from 

active practice in 1992, Dr. Ballard 

has continued to give. This fall two 

exceptional University of Utah School of 

Medicine students will become recipients 

of his generosity, becoming “Ballard 

Scholars.” These scholarships are the 

first four-year, full-ride medical school 

scholarships awarded by the school. 

“I have always had a commitment 

to medicine and education,” says Dr. 

Ballard. “I am grateful for the training 

I received at the University of Utah 

and feel extremely fortunate to have 

practiced Orthopaedic Medicine when 

I did. I want current students to have 

the same types of opportunities I had 

to start and grow a practice and excel 

in their field of choice.” In 2006 he 

established the Dr. Robert H. Ballard 

and Dorothy Cannon Ballard Endowed 

Scholarship with a gift of $20,000. 

This spring he made arrangements in 

his will for a four million dollar gift 

to permanently endow two full-ride 

scholarships. Knowing the need to 

attract top-notch scholars immediately, 

he gifted another $217,000 to finance 

this fall’s Ballard Scholars, plus committed 

an additional $200,000 yearly until 

the will goes into effect to maintain 

the scholarships. “I hope my gifts will 

inspire other medical alumni to step-up 

and give to medical scholarships,” said 

Dr. Ballard. “The costs of college and 

medical school have far outpaced family 

income increases over the past thirty 

years. We alumni who have the financial 

ability need to help aspiring young 

people attend a quality medical school 

like the University of Utah’s and not be 

burdened with huge amounts of debt 

when they graduate.” 

Dr. Ballard is no stranger to 

medical philanthropy and activism in 

the community. In 1983, the Robert 

H. Ballard Center for Rehabilitation at 

San Bernardino Community Hospital 

opened in appreciation of his “outstanding 

and dedicated service… and 

in recognition of his commitment to 

orthopaedic and restorative medicine and 

quality health care…” Shortly thereafter, 

he and his brother Ross Ballard M.D., 

Class of 1942, donated property to Saint 

Dr. Robert H. and Dorothy Cannon Ballard, 

September 1942 

Bernadine’s Hospital in San Bernardino 

to open the Ballard Center Intensive 

Care Unit. He served as the California 

State Co-Chairman for the Orthopaedic 

Research and Education Foundation 

and in many state and national orthopaedic 

specialty organizations in various 

capacities. He also enjoyed teaching 

as an Assistant Clinical Professor of 

Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Surgery 

at Loma Linda University School of 

Medicine and serving as the Medical 

Director of the Robert H. Ballard Center 

for Rehabilitation. He received numerous 

awards for his contributions including 

the San Bernardino County Medical 

Society’s Outstanding Contribution 

to Community Award in 1988 and 

the Outstanding Contribution to 

Medicine Award in 1991. 

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Born and raised in Utah, Dr. 

Ballard completed medical school 

at the University in 1944. After an 

internship at Waterbury Hospital in 

Connecticut, his specialty training 

was one year of surgery at Holy Cross 

Hospital in Salt Lake City followed 

by three more years as the second 

orthopaedic resident trained at the 

University of Utah. Five years of his 

training were in connection with 

military service. The first three with 

the Army Reserve while in school and 

then from 1945-1947 on active duty. 

“My contact with many excellent 

surgeons at Bushnell General Hospital 

in Brigham City and overseas in the 

orthopaedic section of the Station 

Hospital in Regensburg, Germany 

helped me decide to become an orthopaedic 

surgeon, and I’ve never regretted 

it!” says Dr. Ballard. “I have been fortunate 

my entire life, and now I want 

to give back to the School of Medicine 

for the training I received there which 

enabled me to pursue a career I loved.” 

Paul Larsen ’78 Receives 

Outstanding Teaching and 

Instructional Creativity Award 

Dr. Paul Larsen ’78, Professor of 

Pediatrics and Neurological Sciences, 

Division Chief of Pediatric Neurology 

in the Department of Pediatrics at 

the University of Nebraska College of 

Medicine was recently honored with an 

Outstanding Teaching and Instructional 

Creativity Award from the school. He 

was honored for his work as an outstanding 

physician and neurologist, clinician, 

researcher, and an exceptional teacher. 

Along with inspiring and engaging students 

he lectures internationally and has 

produced a series of Pediatric Neurology 

video lectures. Recently he developed a 

world renowned Web site for neurology 

students and practicing physicians. 

Connecting With U-The Mentor Program 

Thanks to our great volunteer physicians, 

128 first and second year medical students 

were matched to physicians this year. 

During the year the students and physicians 

spend five to fifteen hours together, 

on the phone, during clinic or surgery 

visits, over meals, and during other 

medical related activities. The goal of the 

mentor program is for students to see 

the practice of medicine first hand, while 

learning more about a specific field of 

medicine from a practicing physician. The 

following testimonials from our students 

show the great success of this program: 

“My mentor was awesome. He is a 

great teacher, educator and mentor. I felt 

he added to my learning on how to interact 

with patients as well as eye health and 

disease.” Krista Kinard 

“I had a phenomenal mentor who was 

willing to answer any questions and allowed 

me to come to his clinics and surgery at any 

time. I really appreciate this program and 

1946 

Alma (Kelly) Kelsch Hanson, M.D. 

After completing his degree in March 

of 1946 Dr. Hansen interned at 

Wesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago 

and then was stationed at Hamilton 

Air Force Base from 1947-1949. He 

returned to Utah from 1949 to 1952, 

practicing general medicine in Lewiston 

until returning to complete an ophthalmology 

residency at the University 

of Iowa. From 1956 until 1983 he 

practiced ophthalmology in Tucson, 

AZ. He is in good health and has two 

daughters living in Salt Lake City. 

1958 

John E. Meyers, M.D. 

Retired Brigadier General John E. 

Meyers, M.D. retired for a second time, 

from NASA at the end of 2006. He is 

continuing working for the free medical 

clinic in San Mateo, CA. He commented 

that “Continuing to work is my retirement, 

and being a doctor is my vacation!” 

1971 

Dennis L. Stevens, M.D. 

Dr. Stevens practices as an infectious 

disease specialist at the Veterans Affairs 

Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. He 

has received numerous awards in the 

area of infectious disease, including the 

Infectious Disease Society of America’s 

Society Citation in 2001 and the Surgical 

Infections Society’s William Altemeir 

Award. He served as the president of 

the Anaerobe Society of the Americas 

in 2006. 

1978 

Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D. 

Dr. Schwenk recently celebrated 

twenty years of service as Chair of the 

Department of Family Practice at the 

University of Michigan. In June of 

2007 he will be installed as the first 

recipient of the George A. Dean, M.D. 

endowed Chair of Family Medicine. He 

was elected to the Institute of Medicine 

of the National Academies in 2002. 

1981 

the work that goes into it.” Isaac Elam 

“My experience with the mentor 

program has provided me with more than 

I had ever expected. My mentor made a 

tremendous effort in assisting me with my 

future career decisions and helped me find 

a research mentor for the summer.” 

Rita Sharshiner 

“My first year of medical school I 

spent two weeks working with him in 

clinic and the OR while I was on break 

and stayed in contact with him during my 

second year. I have worked on two different 

research projects with him. I could not have 

chosen a better mentor for me.” 

Chad Turner 

“He is not only an excellent role 

model for my medical school education, 

but also one of my best friends! I can’t 

wait to work with him during my Family 

Medicine rotation this winter, I know there 

is much more I can learn from him about 

the practice of medicine.” Andrew Cole 

Alumni News 

Lowry H. Bushnell, M.D. 

Dr. Bushnell is the chair of the 

Utah State Drug Utilization Review 

Board and president of the professional 

staff at the University of Utah 

Neuropsychiatric Institute. He has 5 

daughters and 3 grandchildren. He 

reports that he has lived in Utah for 56 

years and is still an unrepentant liberal. 

Stephen E. Lamb, 

M.D. 

Dr. Lamb practices 

Obstetrics 

and Gynecology 

at the Millcreek 

Women’s Center in Salt Lake City. He 

has been married to Margie for over thirty 

years and is a father to six children and 

a grandfather to one. He has authored a 

book titled Between Husband and Wife. 

Richard H. Moore, M.D. 

Dr. Moore was hired by the Arizona 

Health Department as a physician 

trainer in the Bureau of Emergency 

Preparedness and Response in January 

2006. Prior to this appointment, he 

was a public health emergency officer in 

Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He retired 

from the US Army in December 2005. 

Lee W. Vance, 

M.D. F.C.C.P., 

F.A.C.P. 

Dr. Vance is the 

director of the 

pulmonary clinic 

at the National Naval Medical Center 

Would you like to become a Mentor? 

If you are interested in finding out more 

about this program please phone 801-581- 

8591, or apply on our Web site, www. 

utahmedalumni.org/pages/volunteer.htm 

Barry M. Stults, M.D., (House 

Staff, ’78) Receives 2007 

Distinguished Teaching Award 

Barry Stults, M.D. (H.S. ’78), Clinical 

Professor in the Department of 

Internal Medicine received the 2007 

Distinguished Teaching Award at main 

campus graduation on May 12. The 

award honors faculty with eight or more 

years of service at the U for outstanding 

teaching, innovative pedagogy, concern 

for students, and exemplary contributions 

to the educational process outside 

the classroom. 

in Bethesda, MD. He was the assistant 

professor of medicine at the Uniformed 

Services University of Health Sciences. 

He is currently a fellow of the American 

College of Physicians. He joined the 

Navy in 2004 after 23 years in a civilian 

medical practice. He married his wife 

Brenda in 2002 and they have a blended 

family of 9 children and step-children. 

Arden L. Weintraub, M.D. 

Dr. Weintraub is a child and adolescent 

psychiatrist at Valley Mental Health 

and Gateway Academy. In 2002, he received 

the outstanding teaching award 

for child psychiatry. 

1983 

D. Bradley Welling, M.D., Ph.D. 

Dr. Welling lives in Columbus Ohio, 

and is the Chair of the Department 

of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck 

Surgery at Ohio State University. 

1985 

Jeffrey G. Wong, M.D. 

Dr. Wong has served as the Associate 

Dean for Medical Education at the 

Medical University of South Carolina 

since 2004. Prior to that, he served in 

leadership positions in primary care 

residency programs at Yale University, 

Washington University in St. Louis, 

and Duke University in Durham, 

North Carolina. 

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1986 

Michael D. 

Adams, M.D. 

Dr. Adams lives 

in Wyoming 

where he has a 

private practice 

in Family Medicine. He has received 

several awards from the Boy Scouts of 

American and was the president of the 

Uintah County Medical Society. He 

has 2 sons and 2 grandchildren. 

Michael Marushack, M.D. 

Dr. Marushack is currently practicing 

orthopedic surgery and sports medicine 

at Orthopedic Specialists in Pennsylvania. 

He and wife Mary have 2 children. 

Steven K. Miller, 

M.D. 

Dr. Miller is the 

director of the 

Ear Nose and 

Throat Surgery 

Center in Salt Lake City and a delegate 

to the American Medical Association. 

He is the father of 4 children and 

enjoys swimming, traveling and skiing 

with his children. 

1990 

John W. Robinson, M.D. 

Dr. Robinson founded the St. Mark’s 

Family Residency program in 1994, 

and served as the Program Director 

from 1994 to 2004. He was President 

of the Utah Healthcare Institute from 

1999 to 2004. 

1991 

Van G. Christiansen, M.D. 

Dr. Christiansen has a family practice 

at the Canyon View Ogden Clinic. He 

and his wife, Dawn, have 5 children. 

Liz Jensen, M.D. 

Dr. Jensen is the chief of pathology at 

the Veterans Administration Medical 

Center. She lives in Salt Lake City with 

her husband and children. 

Russell Meldrum, M.D. 

Dr. Meldrum has a practice at Indiana 

University. He was recently promoted 

to associate professor with tenure. Also, 

he recently received the Orthopedic 

and Education Foundation Career 

Development Award. 

Buddy Ray Nielson, M.D. 

Dr. Nielson practices anesthesiology at 

the Citizens Medical Center in Texas 

and serves on the credentials committee 

at Deltar Health Care System. He and 

his wife, Parivesh, have 3 children. 

Richard J. Olsen, M.D. 

Dr. Olsen is a pediatric ophthalmologist 

at the University of Iowa Hospitals 

and Clinics. 

David L. Tanner, M.D. 

Dr. Tanner is a pediatric anesthesiologist 

at Primary Children’s Medical Center. 

He and his wife, Stephanie, were married 

in 2003 and have a daughter. 

1992 

Kandice Knigge, M.D. 

Dr. Knigge currently lives in Portland, 

Oregon where she is the Gastroenterology 

Fellowship Director at the Oregon 

Health and Science University (OHSU). 

She is also the American College of 

Gastroenterology Governor for the 

Oregon Region, and the Assistant 

Medical Director, Inflammatory Bowel 

Disease Clinic at OHSU. 

1996 

David Affleck, M.D. 

Dr. Affleck is a cardiothoracic surgeon 

at St. Mark’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, 

Utah. He is married and has 4 children. 

Matthew Fronk Harris, M.D. 

Dr. Harris is board certified in 

Emergency Medicine and a member 

of the American College of Emergency 

Physicians. He is happily married with 

6 children, 3 of whom are triplets. 

Brett Heath, M.D. 

Dr. Heath practices family medicine 

in Hamilton, Montana. He has 4 

children. He is an avid fly fisherman, 

hunter and skier. 

Brian Jackson, 

M.D. 

Dr. Jackson is a 

clinical pathologist 

at ARUP 

Laboratories in 

Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Heather Major, M.D. 

Dr. Major is married to her medical 

school classmate, Scott Major, who 

practices otolaryngology in Ogden, 

Utah. Dr. Heather Major practices 

medicine at the Ogden Women’s Center, 

and just won the James Scott Award, 

for being the community’s outstanding 

OB/GYN. They have 3 children. 

Holly Casey 

Wall, M.D. 

Dr. Wall practices 

plastic surgery for 

the Wall Center 

in Louisiana with 

her husband and father-in-law. She and 

her husband have 2 children. 

1998 

Jason Todd Ipson, M.D. 

Dr. Lamb lives in the Los Angeles area 

and recently put together 150 million 

dollars of funds to do a slate of films over 

the next three years. He also directed the 

feature film, “Unrest” at the Veteran’s 

Affairs Hospital in Salt Lake City. 

2001 

Julia Castillo, M.D. 

Dr. Castillo practices pediatrics at 

Kaiser Permanente in Orange County, 

California. She lives in Rancho Palos 

Verdes, California. 

Todd Daynes, M.D. 

Dr. Daynes practices ophthalmology 

in Utah. 

Peter C. Fisher, M.D. 

Dr. Fisher has accepted a position at 

Western Urological Clinic in Salt Lake 

City, Utah. He and his wife Nicole 

have 4 children. 

Marion 

Folkener, M.D. 

Dr. Folkener 

completed her 

residency at the 

University of 

Washington and has spent 1.5 years 

working on the Navajo Reservation for 

Indian Health Services. She married 

Lester Keel in 2004. 

Michael W. Foutz, M.D. 

Dr. Foutz is practicing family medicine 

in Kuna, Idaho. He and his wife Katy 

have 3 children. 

Katy Gesteland, M.D. 

Dr. Gesteland practices maternal-fetal 

medicine at Oregon Health and Sciences 

University. She has settled in Oregon. 

Jeffrey Hancock, 

M.D. 

Dr. Hancock 

will be starting a 

fellowship with 

the University of 

Utah Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 

Department in 2007. 

Marta Heilbrun, M.D. 

Dr. Heilbrum finished her residency at 

Wake Forest and returned to Salt Lake 

City in July 2006 to start an abdominal 

imaging fellowship at the University of 

Utah. She has 2 daughters. 

John Hemmersmeier, M.D. 

Dr. Hemmersmeier is practicing family 

medicine in Ogden, Utah. 

David Hughes, M.D. 

Dr. Hughes practices emergency 

medicine at Mercy Medical Center 

in Durango, Colorado. He received 

the Salt Lake County Service Award 

for avalanche victim rescue in 2003. 

He sits on the faculty for Advanced 

Wilderness Medicine for the Upper 

San Juan Health District Emergency 

Medical Service. 

Margaret Hope 

Solomon, M.D. 

Dr. Solomon 

completed her 

internal medicine 

and pediatrics 

residency at the Harvard University 

combined program in Boston. She is 

currently practicing at the University 

of Utah Redwood Health Center. She 

and her husband Chris are the proud 

parents of 1 daughter. 

Mary D. Tipton, 

M.D. 

Dr. Tipton 

is practicing 

internal medicine 

and pediatrics 

at Copperview Medical Center and 

Jordan Valley Hospital. She has 1 son, 

Joshua. She trained her dog to be a service 

and therapy animal while she was 

in a wheelchair with a broken leg. 

Tim Tollestrup, M.D. 

Dr. Tollestrup completed a general 

surgery residency in 2006 at St. Louis 

University Hospital. He is currently 

working as a trauma/general surgeon 

at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in 

St. Louis. 

Please send updates of your activities 

to the Alumni Relations Web site, 

http://www.utahmedalumni.org, 

via the Alumni Network icon, or fill 

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Illuminations to University of Utah, 

School of Medicine Alumni Relations, 

540 S. Arapeen Drive, Suite 125, Salt 

Lake City, Utah 84108. 

Biomedical Pioneer 

Homer Warner Honored 

Dr. Homer Warner, medical class of 

1949 graduate, founder of the 

University of Utah’s department of 

biomedical informatics, and board 

member of the School of Medicine 

Alumni Association was honored 

in April for his contributions to the 

medical field. The Pathfinder Award 

recognized Dr. Warner as an innovator 

for the field of biomedical informatics 

and one of the first to develop 

computers and computer programs for medical use. 

Dr. Warner received the award during a luncheon at the 

Edison Showcase at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake 

City. The Showcase gives inventors and researchers a chance 

to demonstrate products ranging from lightweight composite 

materials to unmanned flying sensors. Throughout his 

professional life Dr. Warner has been engaged in research, 

including the development of a monitoring system for 

intensive care units. He believes there are many opportunities 

in the biomedical technology field and encourages young 

researchers and inventors to look at medical technology. 

In Memoriam 

Joseph T. Edmunds, M.D. MD 1935 11 Aug 06 

Garner B. Meads, M.D. MD 1936 5 Aug 06 

Ray E. Spendlove, M.D. MD 1940 14 Nov 06 

William A. McMain, M.D. MD 1941 25 Feb 06 

Bryce Betteridge, M.D. MD 1946 10 Sept 06 

Carlos N. Madsen, M.D. MD 1946 10 Jun 07 

Robert S. Warner, M.D. MD 1949 13 Jan 07 

Jack D. Boggess, M.D. MD 1949 31 Jan 07 

Calvin R. Brown, M.D. MD 1951 23 Feb 07 

Donald E. Julian, M.D. MD 1952 8 Feb 07 

Lavere D. Poulsen, M.D. MD 1952 10 April 07 

William C. Brown, M.D. MD 1954 4 Jan 07 

Lamont Ericson, M.D. MD 1992 6 May 07 

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Celebrate The Tradition-Connecting Through the Generations! 

Graduates and their father/grandfathers pose at May 19 graduation: from left: Jack D. Stringham, M.D. ’48, Anesthesiology; grandson Johathan Jerman, 

M.D. ’07, Anesthesiology; Thomas Skidmore M.D. ’07, Radiation Oncology; father, Thomas C. Skidmore, M.D. ’72 (deceased) Obstetrics/Gynecology; 

Gordon S. Park, M.D. ’75, Obstetrics/Gynecology; son Brandon Park, M.D. ’07, Radiology; Ace Madsen, M.D., ’81, Internal Medicine; Wes Madsen, M.D. 

’07, Orthopaedics; D. Millar, M.D., ’07, General Surgery; Roger C. Millar, M.D., ’69 General and Cardiothoracic Surgery. Not pictured: Nicholas J. Satovich, 

M.D., ’07, Radiology; Robert M. Satovick, M.D., ’62, Internal Medicine; Paul Sonntag, M.D., 07, Radiology; Paul L. Sonntag, M.D. ’74, Radiology. 

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