From: Weekly Message, SOM Dean DeansWeeklyMessage.SOM@ucdenver.

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Subject: What's Going on Here?
Date: February 10, 2014 at 12:15 PM
To:
uear Colleague,

1he greaL conveyor belL of llfe never sLops, buL for some, Lhe rlde lasLs longer and has an lmpacL on
counLless llves. Cur esLeemed colleague, L. SLewarL 1aylor, Mu, professor emerlLus of obsLeLrlcs and
gynecology, who dled Lhls pasL week aL age 102, was one of Lhose people. Pe was Lhe lasL of Lhe rsL
full-ume chalrs of cllnlcal deparLmenLs aL our School who were appolnLed ln 1947 by uean Ward
uarley. SLewarL was 33 years old when he became chalr, had an ouLsLandlng career and bullL a Lerrlc
deparLmenL. Pe conunued ln LhaL posluon for 29 years before sLepplng down ln 1976. A memorlal
servlce wlll be held Lhls 1hursday aernoon aL 2 p.m. aL Lhe lymouLh Congregauonal Church, 3301 S.
Colorado 8lvd., Lnglewood, aL Lhe corner of Pampden Avenue and Colorado 8oulevard.

Larry Allen, Mu, MPS, asslsLanL professor of medlclne, ls Lhe lead auLhor of an arucle ln Lhe Cllnlcal
roblem-Solvlng" serles ln Lhe currenL lssue of Lhe new Lngland !ournal of Medlclne. 1he arucle deLalls
a case where hlgh levels of cobalL and chromlum were dlscovered ln a 39-year-old woman dlagnosed
wlLh cardlomyopaLhy. She had prevlously had meLal-on-meLal hlp lmplanLs and her sympLoms supporL
cobalL cardlomyopaLhy as Lhe llkely dlagnosls. Cne of Larry's concluslons ls especlally worLh noung:
SpeclallsLs and pauenLs may beneL from lmproved awareness and muludlsclpllnary communlcauon"
regardlng Lhe poLenual rlsks assoclaLed wlLh Lhese devlces. Larry's work was also dlscussed lasL week ln
1he new ?ork 1lmes.

Mona Abaza, Mu, MS, assoclaLe professor of oLolaryngology, has been elecLed Lo Lhe admlnlsLrauve
board of Lhe Assoclauon of Amerlcan Medlcal Colleges' Councll of laculLy and Academlc Socleues
(ClAS). ClAS ldenues crlucal lssues faclng faculLy members aL medlcal schools and provldes a volce for
Lhem. CongraLulauons and Lhank you for conLrlbuung your volce Lo Lhe cause of academlc medlclne.

!ed lrledman, hu, professor of pedlaLrlcs, blochemlsLry and molecular geneucs, professor ln
reproducuve sclences and dlrecLor of Lhe Colorado rogram for nuLrluon and PealLhy uevelopmenL,
has been honored by Lhe uC-uenver osLdocLoral Assoclauon wlLh a new award for ouLsLandlng
conLrlbuuons ln posLdocLoral menLorlng. !ed also recenLly recelved Lhe hlghesL award posslble from Lhe
Amerlcan ulabeLes Assoclauon ln regnancy and 8eproducuve PealLh by belng asked Lo glve Lhe
norberL lrelnkel Award lecLure Lhls !une. Well done.

CongraLulauons Lo members of our faculLy ln hyslcal 1herapy who were honored aL lasL week's annual
wlnLer meeung of Lhe Amerlcan hyslcal 1herapy Assoclauon. aul MlnLken, 1, u1, assoclaLe
professor of physlcal Lherapy, recelved Lhe 2014 !ournal of hyslcal 1herapy Lxcellence ln 8esearch
Award. MlnLken and Amy Mcuevlu, 1, u1, cllnlcal lnsLrucLor, were honored for wrlung Lhe besL
research arucle of 2013 on orLhopedlc physlcal Lherapy. Mary !ane 8apporL, 1, u1, hu, professor,
was recognlzed for her servlce Lo Lhe group's secuon on pedlaLrlcs.

1he Colorado Cllnlcal and 1ranslauonal Sclences lnsuLuLe (CC1Sl) lasL week announced Lhe 22 awardees
of Lhe 2014 Colorado lloL, CSu/Cu Collaborauon lloL, CenLer for neurosclences lloL, Colorado SLaLe
unlverslLy lloL and Chlld MaLernal PealLh lloL programs. 1hese pro[ecLs represenL a wonderful scope
and llve up Lo Lhe CC1Sl's mlsslon of supporung lnnovauve, lnLerdlsclpllnary and collaborauve research.

1he School of Medlclne Cllnlcal Lecuveness and auenL SafeLy Small CranLs rogram ls now accepung
appllcauons for lLs 2014-2013 award cycle. 1hls granL program provldes fundlng for quallLy-
lmprovemenL lnluauves wlLh goals of lmprovlng pauenL safeLy and/or enhanclng Lhe quallLy and cosL-
eecuveness of healLh care dellvery. Leuers of lnLenL are due by Aprll 4, 2014. lor more lnformauon,
please conLacL rogram Manager PeaLher Pallman.

Pave a good Lwo weeks. AnoLher Monday hollday nexL week (resldenLs' uay) wlll keep me o your
emall unul leb. 24. l sull remember when we celebraLed Llncoln's blrLhday on leb. 12, and
WashlngLon's on leb. 22.

Pave a good week,
8lchard u. krugman, Mu
vlce Chancellor for PealLh Aalrs and
uean, School of Medlclne
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