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We are incredibly excited to be your 2011-2012 Pritzker Chiefs, and we are looking forward to working with all of you during this upcoming year. While we hope to get to know all of you better throughout the year, here is a quick note about the three of us… Geoff Stetson Welcome to Pritzker! My name is Geoff and I am from Columbus, OH (Go Bucks!). I graduated with an AB in Biology from Brown University in 2007. I then promptly left the United States to work for a non-profit organization in Nicaragua called Manna Project International. There I worked on multiple health projects with a community in Managua’s trash dump, and I taught English and Math to youth in rural communities. After Nicaragua, I came to UofC to try my hand at this medicine thing and have loved every minute. I now live in Hyde Park and have stayed very active outside of medical school with friends, food, fun, and fitness (alliteration)! Community service has also been a big part of my time here, helping to run the Pritzker Community Service Fellowship, volunteering at a free clinic, and working with South Side youth on community service projects through the Summer Service Partnership. I have also continued my love of travel by going to the Dominican Republic with the Infectious Disease Department and to Haiti after the earthquake. I am very excited for you all to join us here at Pritzker. You’re gonna love it! Grace Lee Hello and welcome to the Pritzker family! My name is Grace and I am one of the Pritzker Chiefs for this coming year. We are very much looking forward to meeting you soon! I am originally from the north ‘burbs of Chicago but my family and I moved to Omaha, NE and that is now home. I went to the University of Pennsylvania and majored in Psychology and Biology. I graduated in 2008 and came straight through to medical school where I’ve had a blast getting to know all the amazing people around me (and, of course, learning a thing or two about medicine ). Since my time here, I’ve volunteered at free clinics, worked on several research projects, learned to jog, tried my hand at club gymnastics, and am still exploring all that the city of Chicago has to offer! Pritzker is a very special place and I am certain you will find a way to expand your horizons and have fun while you’re at it. Manny Diaz Welcome to Pritzker and to the University of Chicago! My name is Manny and I am from Elgin, IL. I earned an Evans Scholarship to Northwestern University and graduated from there in 2005 with a BA in Comparative Religions. After that I worked in a pharmacy, completed a post bac, and taught test-prep before coming here to Pritzker. During my time here I’ve taken advantage of many of the great opportunities afforded to Pritzker students such as traveling on a medical mission to Peru, participating in service projects on the South Side, and becoming involved in programs such as the Student Wellness Committee. Besides that I love running and biking along the lakefront, wandering through our many museums, exploring the city’s many interesting neighborhoods, going to concerts, and rooting for the Bears! I look forward to meeting all of you in a few short weeks! If you have any questions at any time, feel free to contact any of us at pritzkerchiefs@bsd.uchicago.edu.
Dear Pritzker Class of 2015, On behalf of the members of the Pritzker Basic Life Support (BLS) Program, we would like to congratulate you on your acceptance to the University of Chicago! We are excited you have chosen to attend Pritzker. At the University of Chicago, we place great importance on teamwork and patient safety. The Pritzker BLS Program is committed to teaching medical students and all hospital staff the basic resuscitation skills that will be necessary to serve as a team member during an emergency. These skills will prove invaluable as you spend more time in the hospital and as a citizen in your everyday lives. As a medical student, you are required to have BLS certification. You will be trained and tested in basic life support skills during first-year orientation on August 5 th and 6 th . This is a required training experience, regardless of any current level of certification or prior experience. However, please feel free to notify us via email at PritzkerBLS@yahoo.com if you are currently BLS certified or if you are currently a BLS instructor, for the purposes of planning the training experience during orientation. Upon demonstrating an adequate level of proficiency in BLS at the end of the training experience, you will receive an American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification card, which will be valid for two years. After 2 years, you will be able to recertify with Pritzker BLS. All materials necessary for this training experience will be provided for you and most students find the information they receive during our training course to be sufficient. However, there is also a supplemental text available, which you can purchase from us or check out from the University of Chicago Library. It is the American Heart Association Basic Life Support textbook, and it is on reserve at Crerar Library (call number YM70647). The BLS Program represents a wonderful example of student initiative here at Pritzker. The students, with the support of the Pritzker School of Medicine faculty and administration, maintain the equipment and staff necessary to teach several certification classes a month for all members of the hospital staff. As a student at Pritzker, you will have the opportunity to become involved with this endeavor by becoming a certified BLS instructor. Should you wish to do so, check your e-mail inboxes in the first few weeks of the quarter for an application and more information on our hiring process. Please don’t hesitate to contact either of us with questions in the meantime. Again, we are very excited you have chosen Pritzker and look forward to meeting you. Brittany Butler 2nd Year Medical Student Pritzker BLS Program Director PritzkerBLS@yahoo.com Katie Hekman MD PhD Candidate Clinical Training Center BLS Faculty keh@uchicago.edu
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