OMM "plus one" residency starts

Harriet Shaw, D.O., residency director (left) and David King, D.O., new OMM resident.

David M. King, D.O., a 2004 graduate of OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, has been selected as the first resident in a new Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine “plus one residency” year at the OSU Health Care Center.

Harriet Shaw, D.O., residency director, said residents must have completed a residency in another specialty before taking the additional training year in osteopathic manipulative medicine. After completing the residency, participants can sit for its board examination. King has completed a pediatric residency and will take the pediatric board examination in September. He began the OMM residency July 1.

Shaw added that residents will see clinic and OSU Medical Center patients, will teach medical students and residents, and write a paper. They also will do brief out-rotations. The purpose of the residency is to produce osteopathic physicians who integrate osteopathic philosophy and manipulative medicine into all specialties.

David John Retires

David John, Ph.D., retired from OSU-CHS after 17 years of service to the university. He served as associate dean of basic sciences and professor of microbiology/parasitiology He was named associate dean of biomedical sciences graduate program in 1997. He was honored at a retirement party in June.

Dr. Pete: Wooden, you know

Any OSU fan worth his orange t-shirt knows the Pistol Pete legend. He was an area lawman, author, and cowboy named Frank Eaton who was officially sanctioned as the symbol of OSU in 1984.  The OSU-CHS version of Pistol Pete, known as Dr. Pete, has emerged from an old Sycamore tree on campus, created by chainsaw artist Clayton Coss. Dr. Pete now greets visitors in the east entrance courtyard.

Artist Clayton Coss sculpts Dr. Pete

OSU and Hale High School offer health career study

Introducing high school juniors and seniors to health career opportunities is the purpose of a new Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences partnership with Hale High School in Tulsa. The Partners in Education program works with students in science classes to help them learn about health care careers. Bavette Leeper, project manager, said plans include tours of the OSU-CHS and OSU mobile telemedicine clinic, job shadowing, and classroom sessions with physicians, nurses and allied health professionals. Students also will learn more about academic requirements and college entrance procedures.

Dr. Leigh Goodson, Melissa Torkleson,
Partners in Education program manager,
and Chris Johnson, principal of Nathan Hale High School.

Local group donates to OSU-CHS cancer research
Brad Walker, associate vice-president for development at OklahomanState University Center for Health Sciences, announces a $6,000 grant from CancerSucks.com to purchase special equipment to aid in the study of liver cancer. The equipment will be used in cancer research conducted by Dr. Rashmi Kaul, assistant professor of immunology. The grant assists with the $20,000 purchase cost of a StepOne Real-Time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) system to study gene expression of molecules in the development of liver cancer. For more information: CancerSucks.com

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OSU assists RedFork revitalization

Karen Senger and Dr. Leigh Goodson are assisting with RedFork Main Street program, to revitalize the Southwest Boulevard< corridor, between 17th Street and approximately 49th West Avenue. Senger serves on the RedFork Main Street board of directors and chairs the promotions committee. Goodson serves on the committee.

Priorities include area cleanup and street-scaping. Renovation of the facades of the old brick buildings across from Ollie’s Station Restaurant, the historic 11th Street bridge and the construction of the Route 66 Center at the corner of Riverside Drive and Southwest Boulevardare targets.

“This is a perfect fit for OSU-CHS to be involved with RedFork Main Street We are helping improve the community where we work, and we will all benefit from a revitalization of this area,” Senger said. To help on a committee, contact Katy Davis at 445-4457 or at info@redforkmainstreet.org.

OSU Forensic Sciences mock homicide

A police cruiser with lights flashing, news reporters, and a dummy body near the >Arkansas River set the stage for a mock homicide in June staged by OSU-CHS Department of Forensic Sciences. The event gave forensics students hands-on experience working a homicide scene. OSU is collaborating with The University of Tulsa College of Law in a mock trial component in July. OSU forensic students will provide evidence and testimony and law students will gain experience preparing, cross-examining and understanding the special requirements for dealing with expert witnesses. A media alert informed the public, and gave the mock scene an atmosphere of reality.