Medical Students Entertain, Raise Funds for Free Clinics
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ndiana University School of Medicine students and the Crispus Attucks Step Team entertained an enthusiastic crowd at Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet High School to raise money for free medical clinics at the 2008 Evening of the Arts on Saturday, Jan. 26. This show is an annual fundraiser for the city’s medical clinics for the homeless and needy, where medical students volunteer. New faces at IUSM • Fen-Lei Chang, M.D., Ph.D., was named assistant dean and director and a professor of neurology of the IUSM -Fort Wayne. He is the third director in the center’s history. • Cardiologist Peng-Sheng Chen, M.D., was appointed director of the Krannert Institute of Cardiology and of the Division of Cardiology. He also holds the first Medtronic Zipes Professor of Cardiology. • Peter A.S. Johnsone, M.D., was named chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology. • Krystal Ardayfio was named director of the newly established Office of Multi
Twins Noah and Abigail may have been snoozing, but IUSM’s graduation was a big day for their parents Adam and Kristin Will who, along with 259 classmates, received their MD degrees on May 10, 2008. Photo: John Gentry
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cultural Affairs which was created to inspire a diverse culture within the school for the success of every student, resident faculty, staff and alumni member. Unique Honors & Accolades The Indiana University School of Medicine-Moi University (Kenya) Partnership was recognized with a Nobel Prize nomination for its program that provides treatment, food and job skill education to patients with HIV/ AIDS. That program, AMPATH also received a five-year, $60-million grant from USAID, which will be augmented with $6 million from the IU School of Medicine. Another $1 million grant – the single largest private donation to the program – was received from Interactive Intelligence CEO Donald Brown, M.D. The Partnership was recognized by the NIH and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as one of two network sites in Africa to receive a $5 million research grant for communitybased health care interventions.
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n recognition of education excellence at IUSM, the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society inducted 63 students, faculty and alumni into the Indiana chapter in spring 2008. 38
The prior September, the Gold Humanism Honor Society inducted 30 IUSM students into the local chapter. National recognition for career excellence was presented to radiology Professor Dean T. Maglinte, M.D., who was awarded the 2008 Walter Bradford Canon Medal by the Society of Gastrointerstinal Radiologists.
Professor Hal E. Broxmeyer, Ph.D.
IU Distinguished Professor Hal E. Broxmeyer, Ph.D., a pioneer in the field of umbilical cord blood transplantation, was the recipient of the 2007 E. Donnall Thomas Prize by the American Society of Hematology. Robert A. Weinberg, Ph.D., is the 2007 recipient of Steven C. Beering Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biomedical Science presented by the Indiana University School of Medicine.
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