Dartmouth Medicine Winter 2002
Dear Reporter, Editor, or News Director:
Inside the Winter 2002 issue of Dartmouth Medicine (to request a printed copy, call 603-653-0772 or e-mail dartmed@Dartmouth.edu), read about:
Whether screening for lung cancer saves lives: A Dartmouth radiologist is one of the cochairs for the nation's largest-ever screening trial for lung cancer--a disease that kills 155,000 Americans a year. Conventional wisdom suggests that better screening for tumors would save some of those lives, but that's not been proven (yet). The hope is that this study will provide an answer, one way or the other. See page 3.
The low-down on a high-tech procedure: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is among the top 10 medical centers nationwide in terms of volume of laparoscopic prostatectomies. Early follow-up data is now available about the new, high-tech procedure, and it looks promising. See page 4.
An amazing coincidence: Two World War II aviators crossed paths recently in a patient room at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center--and discovered that they had been part of the same bombing run over Germany on the same day in 1944. See page 5.
Learning clinical genetics electronically: A Dartmouth specialist in computer-based learning has developed a program to teach the essentials of clinical genetics to residents or primary-care practitioners who did their training before the advent of genomics. See page 5.
Psychological health in space: A Dartmouth research team is trying to capture the essentials of psychotherapy in a computer program--for use on long space flights and, possibly, in remote earthbound locations such as oil rigs and polar outposts. See page 7.
A mission in medicine: The members of Dartmouth Medical School's first-year M.D. class created their own mission statement as one of their first activities together. The class is an eclectic group--it includes six EMTs, a ballet dancer, a Fulbright scholar, a classical guitarist, and a sea-kayaking guide for L.L. Bean--but one with a shared commitment to medicine. See page 8.
Inspiring Ironman performance: A first-year medical student at Dartmouth completed his first Ironman Triathlon in memory of a friend who died in the World Trade Center attack. He not only finished the grueling race, but came in first in his age group. See page 9.
Attacking domestic violence: A second-year medical student at Dartmouth has teamed up with one of her professors to study how physicians can best support women who have suffered from domestic violence. See page 9.
Imagining imaging: Dartmouth's new Advanced Imaging Center is filled with high-tech tools that are used both for research and for the diagnosis and treatment of a range of diseases. See page 16.
If you'd like to pursue any of these stories, you can contact:
- Hali Wickner, communications director for Dartmouth Medical School, at 603/650-1520.
- Deborah Kimbell, media relations manager for DHMC, at 603/653-1913.
Or feel free to give me a call; my direct line is 603/653-0770.
Dana Cook Grossman
Editor