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Year In ReviewFIGHTING FOR LIFEUSU has been referred to as “military medicine’sbest kept secret.” However, with a new film focusedon the university, the school will not remain a secretmuch longer.“Fighting for Life,” a documentary by two-timeAcademy Award-winning filmmaker Terry Sanders, isa portrait of American military medicine. The film tellsthe story of USU and shows students at the universitywho are on their journeys towards becoming militaryphysicians and nurses.The gripping documentary uses compelling footage,including images from the current conflicts in Iraqand Afghanistan, to illustrate the ways in which U.S.military medical personnel around the world worktirelessly to care for those in harm’s way, and inparticular the key role USU plays in educating thesedoctors. It premiered at a private screening at theSmithsonian Air and Space Museum in May, andenters broad release in the fall of 2007.The film was initiated by the Friends of USU—anall-volunteer membership group incorporated inMaryland as a 501(c)3 organization. Led by a© 2007 American Film Foundationvolunteer board of directors and working in closecollaboration with the Henry M. Jackson Foundationfor the Advancement of Military Medicine, Friends ofUSU seeks to support and promote public awarenessof the university. Friends President Thomasine I.Alvarez was the driving force behind the productionof the film and is the Executive Producer. Her sonattended USU and was deployed to Iraq. Herhusband, Everett Alvarez, Jr., is the chair of theuniversity’s Board of Regents.Many members of the USU community—students,faculty, alumni and staff—are featured in this full-lengthdocu-drama including Drs. Paul Pasquina, Gina andWarren Dorlac and Stephen Davies.“When I first visited USU, I was immediatelystruck by the quality, maturity and idealismof the students; the energy, excellence andclarity of faculty lectures; the high ethicalcomponent running throughout the school;and the dedication and generosity of facultyand staff toward the students.”Terry Sanders, Producer and DirectorLieutenant Colonel Paul Pasquina, M.D.A graduate of West Point and USU, in 2003 Dr.Pasquina was selected to be the Chairman of thePhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service andshortly thereafter was instrumental in helping to formthe U.S. military’s AmputeeProgram at Walter ReedArmy Medical Center.class of 1991“The thing that keepsme going is the attitudesof our patients. To seethese soldiers push thelimits of medicine and ofrehabilitation has beenincredible to watch and tobe a part of.”20
Colonel Warren Dorlac, M.D. and Lieutenant Colonel Gina Dorlac, M.D.Both graduates of USU, theDorlacs serve at LandstuhlRegional Medical Centerin Germany, where patientsare sent directly from Iraqand Afghanistan. She isthe Medical Director of theCombined Intensive CareUnit and he is the TraumaMedical Director.class of 1989class of 1989“The devotion for me is…these soldiers and Marinesand seeing what they’vesacrificed. If they can dothat for our country, thenwe all should do as muchas we can, because they’vegiven so much more.”Lieutenant Colonel GinaDorlac, M.D.Stephen Davies, Ph.D.Dr. Davies is an Assistant Professor in theDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology atUSU. His interest is in understanding human diseases,particularly traditionally overlooked tropicaldiseases that afflict billions of people worldwide,such as schistosomiasis. Dr. Davies’ laboratory isfunded by the National Institutes of Health and theDepartment of Defense.“Schistosomiasis affects around 200 millionpeople. We’re hoping that our work will leadto the design of new drugs or vaccines.”“The film shows how much weneed [USU], with its focusedmission to teach medical studentsand graduate nurses to practicegood medicine in bad places.”Bernadine Healy, M.D., former directorof the National Institutes of Health andpresident and CEO of the American RedCross, writing in her U.S. News & WorldReport health columnNOBEL LAUREATE Presents Packard Lecture2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology of Medicinerecipient Sydney Brenner, Ph.D., visited theuniversity to present the annual David PackardLecture. A pioneer in genetics and molecularbiology, among his many groundbreakingaccomplishments, Brenner established the existenceof messenger RNA and demonstratedhow the order of amino acids in proteins isdetermined. The Packard Lecture is USU’spremier invited lecture.21First-year students receive their medical coats ina ceremony marking “White Coat Day.”
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