June 19: Attend Dean Woolliscroft's office hours program Since beginning the "office hours" program, Dean Woolliscroft has met informally with many faculty, staff and students who have provided him with valuable comments and suggestions on how to enhance our efforts and make a great school even better. Faculty, staff and students are invited to stop by with their creative ideas and innovative solutions from 11 a.m. - noon Friday, June 19, in University Hospital room 1H202. There will be no office hours in July.
June 15: Inauguration of the H. Marvin Pollard Professorship in Gastroenterology James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to the Monday, June 15, inauguration of the H. Marvin Pollard Professorship in Gastroenterology and the installation of M. Bishr Omary, M.D., Ph.D., as the first Pollard professor. The ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Biomedical Science Research Building Auditorium. For more information, e-mail Dawn Bednarski or call 734-998-7622.
Remembering Jack Pfeifer, M.D. A funeral took place Monday, June 8, for former U-M vascular surgeon John (Jack) Pfeifer, M.D., who passed away recently.
Pfeifer was a pioneer in vascular surgery and founded the U-M Livonia Vein Center. He retired from practice in October 2007 but was still active in the mentoring of the Vein Center's current physicians, Emily Cummings, M.D., and Lisa Pavone, M.D. Pfeifer was internationally known for his expertise and passion for vascular surgery, but also for his endearing personality. His staff and colleagues looked up to him and thoroughly enjoyed working with him. He will be missed by all.
The family wishes all charitable donations to go to 'The John R. Pfeifer Surgical Professorship' at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI. For credit card donations, call 800-588-5844. Checks should be made out to the "University of Michigan and the memo should read 'In Memory of John R. Pfeifer, M. D." Mail them to:
University of Michigan
Surgery Development
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
2110 Taubman Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5346
Now accepting applications for 2009-2010 learning opportunity -- Faculty Scholars Program in Integrative Health care
The Faculty Scholars program provides an opportunity for U-M faculty to explore the broad field of integrative health care with a diverse group of colleagues. The FSP involves 10 full days per month (typically third Friday) and three half days of learning scheduled throughout the academic year. Scholars are mentored in the design of an individual curriculum, research or clinical service application project of their own passion related to integrative health. To date, 60 faculty have completed the program with outstanding evaluations. A list of FSP alumni and titles of projects is available at the Integrative Medicine Web site. CME credit for physicians has been provided.
The FSP will accept 8 - 12 academic faculty from a mix of U-M departments, schools, and colleges. Upon acceptance, a $750 program tuition fee will be required. For more information, e-mail Rita Benn, Ph.D. at ritabenn@umich.edu. For application materials, e-mail barjohns@umich.edu.
Policy Updates Family and Friends Presence/Visitation Policy - 03-07-021. This new policy pertains to all U-M Hospitals and Health Centers and specifies that it is the patient who determines who the members of his or her family are and who can visit. This does not preclude individual hospitals/departments/units from placing restrictions on visitation.
Sentinel and Serious Adverse Event Review Process Policy 03-07-004. This policy was recently revised. The most significant changes are that all serious adverse events must be reviewed within 90 calendar days from incident identification and all action plans must be implemented within 180 days of action plan identification.
New LASA Medication Policy 07-01-008. Drug names can often sound or appear similar, and products can look similar enough to cause confusion. A new policy was developed to address UMHS strategies to prevent errors with LASA-medications including Tall man lettering to help distinguish drug names, automation when feasible (i.e., Omnicell machines and UM-CareLink) and storage of LASA medications.
New hand hygiene MLearning module
The new Hand Hygiene MLearning module and quiz are now available to all staff: ICEX-10021 or by searching hand hygiene. This module aligns with our current hand hygiene policy and helps meet the staff education requirement for the National Patient Safety Goals. For more information, visit the Infection Control and Epidemiology Hand Hygiene Web page links at www.med.umich.edu/i/policies/ice/ICM_ptcare/hhygiene.htm and http://www.med.umich.edu/i/ice/hh_champions/index.htm .
June 15: MHealthy Summer Walking Club
MHealthy Summer Walking Club will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays at noon beginning June 15 - Aug. 26. The 30 minute walks will be lead by MHealthy, beginning in the Towsley Link. Walks will take place rain or shine -- indoor routes are planned for bad weather. For more information, e-mail anlewis@med.umich.edu.
U-M
Makes the News! M-News Now! is a Web page with timely information about members of the UMHS
community who are in the news. See who is being interviewed or where their
comments are being published at M-News
Now! June 10
--Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., on ABC World News
June 8
--Reshma Jagsi, M.D., Ph.D., quoted in Atlanta Journal and Constitution, ScienceDaily and more
--U-M cardiologists in Detroit Free Press
June 7
--Jason Swain, Ph.D., quoted in the Detroit Free Press for U-M research
June 3 - 5
--Stephanie Brown, Ph.D., makes news with progesterone study
News
Releases and Health Minute
For medical press releases and the details behind the
headlines, visit www.med.umich.edu/news
Medical School FAQs
You can find answers to many of your questions pertaining to the U-M Medical School in one place. The FAQ page links to a variety of resources including information and support, educational programs, research and policy information. The site also lists useful U-M resources.
Seminars,
lectures, colloquia and events for next week
Monday,
June 15, 2009 Noon. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series. Scott Visovatti, M.D., fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, will present, "Nucleotidases in Pulmonary Hypertension,"
in the Cardiovascular Center Danto Auditorium.
Thursday,
June 18, 2009 Noon. Gifts of Art. Cajun/Zydeco music by the PoBoyz, University Hospital courtyard; rain location UH Main Lobby, floor 1.
2
p.m. Specialized Program of Research Excellence in Head and Neck Cancer Seminar. Carter Van Waes, M.D., Ph.D., clinical director, chief, head and neck surgery branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, senior investigator, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, will present "Linking Genetic and Signaling Alterations in Pathogenesis and Therapy of Head and Neck Cancer," in the MCHC Auditorium.
Since beginning the "office hours" program, Dean Woolliscroft has met informally with many faculty, staff and students who have provided him with valuable comments and suggestions on how to enhance our efforts and make a great school even better. Faculty, staff and students are invited to stop by with their creative ideas and innovative solutions from 11 a.m. - noon Friday, June 19, in University Hospital room 1H202. There will be no office hours in July.
James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to the Monday, June 15, inauguration of the H. Marvin Pollard Professorship in Gastroenterology and the installation of M. Bishr Omary, M.D., Ph.D., as the first Pollard professor. The ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Biomedical Science Research Building Auditorium. For more information, e-mail 
A funeral took place Monday, June 8, for former U-M vascular surgeon John (Jack) Pfeifer, M.D., who passed away recently. 