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Dr. Joseph M. Mattimore, a retired pediatrician and former chief of pediatrics at Mercy Hospital, died Thursday at Father Baker Manor in Orchard Park. He was 86.

Born in Buffalo, he graduated from Canisius High School, where he finished near the top of his class and was captain of the baseball team. He turned down an offer from the Boston Red Sox to play minor league baseball, and continued his education at Canisius College.

After earning his degree, he went on to the University of Buffalo Medical School, graduating at the age of 23. Dr. Mattimore completed his residency in pediatrics at Childrens Hospital. He then served as a captain in the U.S. Army, in the position of assistant chief of pediatrics at the U.S. Army Hospital in Fort Jackson, S.C.

Dr. Mattimore was board certified in pediatrics, immunology and allergy.

He was a founding member of Western New York Pediatrics in Hamburg, where he practiced for almost 40 years. During that period, he served as chief of pediatrics at Mercy Hospital for 34 years. He also was clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Buffalo Medical School.

Dr. Mattimore served as president of the Medical and Dental Staff of Childrens Hospital in 1974, president of the Buffalo Allergy Society, and was named Teacher of the Year by Mercy Hospital in 1983 and Pediatrician of the Year by the Buffalo Pediatric Society in 1989. He was inducted into the Canisius High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame in 2000.

He was a longtime member of Wanakah Country Club, and enjoyed spending time during the winter months in Siesta Key, Fla. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, the former Verna Blassey; four daughters, Anne Cronin, Mary Elizabeth, Carolyn Kezele, and Patricia Lewis; a sister, Mary Elwell; two brothers, Henry and Richard; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Earlier this year, a 12th grandchild, Natalie Lewis, died in a hot-air balloon crash.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Bernadette Catholic Church, 5930 S. Abbott Road, Orchard Park.

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ALCOA (WATE) An Alcoa High School student with cancer is receiving a lot of support from the community.

Doctors at UT Medical Center first diagnosed 18-year-old Hannah Tate with a form of kidney cancer last month.

Anyone who knows the high school senior, knows that basketball is a passion of hers.

People from the Alcoa community organized a basketball game between Alcoa High School alumni and the Alcoa Police Department to raise money for Tate.

WATE 6 On Your Side spoke with the teen's grandmother, Katheline Tate, who said the entire family is grateful for the community's support.

"They were emailing me and calling me and just so concerned offering all kinds of support and that has been overwhelming," she said.

Tate has a form of kidney cancer called Wilms Tumor that was found in early November by UT Medical Center.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it's mainly found in children under five years old.

Her coach and teammates said it's been hard digesting the news.

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Dr Magdi Hanafy, 58, and his optometrist wife Sue, 45, are also vowing to keep their 17-year-old daughter Laura away from school for the incubation period of 21 days if her classmates go.

Father-of-two Dr Hanafy, who has alerted the Department of Health and the Department for Education to his concerns, said: "There is no necessity or vital need for the trip. In normal circumstances, yes, the Gambia is a good experience for them, but in abnormal circumstances why would you take the risk?

"The whole of West Africa is very dangerous and for the school to feel they are safe is nave. Even if they are safe, they will be able to transmit diseases which could affect the community on their return. This is not only about my daughter it's about what will happen when they come back. They need to see sense."

Dr Hanafy, based at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, has been a consultant surgeon for almost 20 years. He is a member of Hernia International, which annually travels to deliver self-funded humanitarian hernia surgery in poverty-stricken African nations.

He and a team made up of English, Canadian and German medical professionals were due to travel to Ghana this month to perform free surgery on patients suffering with hernias in the country, but cancelled the trip over Ebola fears.

The school field trip, which costs pupils 700 each, is the ninth biennial trip to The Gambian High School, which last year featured the opening of new school buildings, new wells and a village soap-making business.

Dr Hanafy met teachers to discuss the epidemic, but staff said it had received guidance from Public Health England saying travel to the Gambia was safe.

Sarah Cookhill, whose daughter goes to nearby Manchester High School, is worried for the community as fee-paying Withington Girls' School is also due to go on the trip.

She said: "Manchester High School get on the same bus as Withington Girls', so everybody is concerned," she said. "There's just no sense for the school trip to carry on with the risk involved. If it is going ahead surely the children should be kept away for 21 days afterwards.

"For the sake of a school trip it seems an absolute farce. Either people are downright stupid or they're happy gambling with safety."

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Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) December 01, 2014

Outliers Publishing announced today that reviews are needed for the newly developed close reading curriculum for sixth through eight grade teachers, based on the book Ingredients of Young Outliers: Achieving Your Most Amazing Future by Dr. John Shufeldt. Outliers Publishing is calling for middle school English and language arts teachers to provide a review of the materials, in exchange for a free copy of a weeks worth of curriculum. The curriculum created for middle school educators was created using student leadership content from the book for educational activities that utilize the Common Core standards with lesson plans, close reading exercises, warm ups, homework and exit tickets.

While the 7-day lesson plans are available for purchase to the public online through Teachers pay Teachers for $2.99, reviewers will be given a free copy of their chosen lessons via email in exchange for their honest review of the material. Teachers interested in reviewing the curriculum should visit the Outlier Series store on TeachersPayTeachers.com here http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Outlier-Series-Lesson-Plans to view various curriculum offerings, and email apacion(AT)ingredientsofoutliers.com to obtain a free copy of their chosen product.

I am excited to provide affordable and engaging curriculum developed by an incredibly talented and experienced educator. As part of our initiative to provide teachers affordable, quality materials, we need reviews to gain feedback on the curriculum, spread the word, and improve future products, said book author John Shufeldt.

Ingredients of Young Outliers: Achieving Your Most Amazing Future has already had great success and has proven to be compelling material in schools across AZ where it was launched in local schools.

As a teacher, I am constantly searching for ideas that adhere to the latest Common Core standards, this takes the stress out of prep work and provides educators with thought provoking close readings and great activities that our Arizona students have loved. But we need help getting the word out to other areas, schools and student leadership groups, said Tiffany Panessa, curriculum developer and educational consultant.

The reviews will be completed on the product pages on the Outlier Series website, and can be anonymous. Visit here for the first week's curriculum page as an example http://www.ingredientsofoutliers.com/product/common-core-curriculum-ingredients-young-outliers-chapter-1-ego/.

To obtain your chosen curriculum with corresponding material from chapters in Ingredients of Young Outliers, or for questions, contact apacion(AT)ingredientsofoutliers.com.

About Ingredients of Young Outliers: Ingredients of Young Outliers is the second book in the Outlier Series, and will be followed by at least 12 other books over the course of 2014-2015. The books are intended for students, college graduates and anyone interested in entering or furthering their career. The goal of the series is to offer books specific to sought after career fields with insider information and recommended channels for pursuing that career from experts in each respective profession.

The career fields featured in the Outlier Series will include but are not limited to: Medicine, Law, Sports, Design / Engineering, The Arts / Entertainment, Entrepreneurism / Business, Service to Country/ Service to Mankind, Writing / Journalism, and Travel / Leisure.

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For many Thanksgiving chefs, organizing a meal with one turkey let alone 44 is daunting. For Booker T. Washington Middle School for the Arts cafeteria manager Sheila Travers, whose kitchen serves hundreds of students, the job is "every day."

"Minus the kids, but it's like every day," said Travers, as she monitored the food remaining from the annual Thanksgiving meal for the needy organized by students from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

More than 400 people dropped in Thursday, taking plates piled high with the holiday staples: in all, some 80 cans of corn, 100 cans of green beans, 200 packs of dinner rolls, 75 boxes of potatoes and nearly five gallons of gravy. Some also carried out leftovers, clothing or fresh produce donated by Hungry Harvest LLC, a CSA-like company that gives away one bag of produce for every bag it sells.

Turnout in the last few years has been on the larger side, said Travers, who has participated for more than 14 years and credited the economy for the crowds, not her cooking.

"We ate at the McDonald's this morning. We go back to McDonald's tonight," said Thuirmus L. Williams, 55, who said he has lived in a homeless shelter since 2003, when he suffered a stroke. "This is far better than that, and far more wholesome."

The annual "Project Feast" event, in its 25th year, costs about $6,000, and is funded through contributions from medical school alumni and the student government, said co-organizer Ya Zhou, 24, a second-year medical student.

This year, Zhou said roughly 100 volunteers a mix of community members, classmates and students and staff from other University of Maryland, Baltimore schools registered to participate, and about 50 others dropped by on the day to help distribute food, perform blood-pressure screenings and offer counseling.

"It's an information center with a meal," said Micah Tutein, 56, who accompanied Williams to the school, after hearing about the event through word of mouth.

Then he returned to the business at hand, going for a plate of coconut pie.

nsherman@baltsun.com

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Dr. Uretz Oliphant, former regional dean of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign and head of the Department of Surgery, shares words of wisdom at the mentorship dinner.

Class officers

Medical students at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield have been elected to leadership positions as officers, representatives and committee members for the 2014-15 school year including two from the area.

Bryan Kidd, son of Rick and Nancy Kidd of St. Joseph, was elected chair of the fourth-year class.

Rustin Meister, son of Ron and Diane Meister of Urbana, was elected class representative to the student general assembly.

4H helps Santa

On Nov. 17, 13 members of the Iroquois County 4-H Federation met at Big R in Watseka for a shopping spree to purchase gifts to donate to Toys for Tots.

The federation members enjoyed shopping for less fortunate children in the hopes of making their Christmas a little brighter. They filled up two shopping carts with an assortment of toys for boys and girls of all ages.

Afterward, they went to Monical's Pizza for dinner and an informal meeting.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS (PRWEB) November 25, 2014

Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Rockpointe are pleased to announce a new online Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity titled, Hyponatremia: Detection and Management in the Hospital Setting.

Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte disorder associated with significant morbidity and mortality. This condition often goes undiagnosed and untreated due to patients being asymptomatic or presents as a complication of a serious medical illness that requires dedicated medical attention. Hospital-based clinicians who commonly encounter patients with hyponatremia are strongly encouraged to participate in this online CME activity at: http://www.rockpointe.com/Einstein/Montefiore/Hyponatremia

Dr. Ladan Golestaneh, Associate Professor of Medicine (Adult Nephrology) from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center will present this program. After attending this online activity participating physicians should be able to demonstrate the ability to: identify hospitalized patients with hyponatremia that require improvement in serum sodium levels; evaluate when and how various therapeutic options should be utilized in the treatment of hyponatremia; analyze the pathophysiology of hyponatremia development in the workup and treatment of the disorder; and recognize the limitations of some diagnostic tests in the setting of renal failure and proceed with the appropriate management of hyponatremia in the setting of renal failure. Physicians may earn up to 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).

For more information about this online CME activity and to register, please visit online: http://www.rockpointe.com/Einstein/Montefiore/Hyponatremia

About Rockpointe Founded in 1995, Rockpointe Corporation is a science-based medical education company whose clinical specialists, educators, and producers are dedicated to the design and implementation of integrated, certified educational initiatives that are engaging and clinically relevant to health care professionals. Working in collaboration with industry thought leaders, professional societies, and government agencies, Rockpointes scientists, physicians, editors, managers, and medical education specialists are passionate about designing and delivering programs in which medical science and clinical need converge.

Rockpointe utilizes a consistent approach to CME planning, beginning with a complete assessment and clinical practice gap analysis, designed to clearly define educational need. This process leads to the development of a comprehensive and flexible education plan, which rapidly responds to changes in science and the marketplace.

Each program culminates with a thorough outcomes analysis using multiple criteria and measurement techniques. The outcomes process is designed to accurately assess changes in participant knowledge, competence, and performance, with an ultimate aim of improving patient care and quality-of-life. All outcomes findings are shared with program sponsors and supporters, and recommendations are made regarding improvements for future activities.

Contact us today to learn more about how you can achieve the greatest response and educational success from your CME/CE programming.

About Montefiore Medical Center As the academic medical center and University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center is nationally recognized for clinical excellencebreaking new ground in research, training the next generation of healthcare leaders, and delivering science-driven, patient-centered care, with one of the largest Residency Programs in the USA.

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Harrogate, Tennessee (PRWEB) November 24, 2014

November 24, 2014 Ray E. Stowers, D.O., founding dean of Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine(LMU-DCOM) will retire from that post effective January 1, 2015.

Dr. Ray Stowers has served LMU as a dynamic leader, passionate advocate, pioneering innovator and a great recruiter for the past decade, LMU President B. James Dawson said. He has enhanced our academic community one hundred fold, building strong and robust medical education programs, recruiting world class faculty, building innovative and state-of-the-art facilities and enhancing the reputation of Lincoln Memorial University. While his presence will be missed on campus, his legacy will live here for generations to come.

Stowers, an American Osteopathic Association (AOA) board-certified family physician, joined LMU in 2005, and since then he has been helping to groom future generations of osteopathic physicians (DOs) as the vice president for health sciences and founding dean of LMU-DCOM. He also serves as a professor of family medicine.

Prior to joining LMU-DCOM, Stowers was an associate dean and associate professor of family medicine and director of the Division of Rural Health at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa.

When I first arrived in Harrogate in 2005, I was initially unsure of what we would be able to accomplish, Stowers said. But under the leadership of Pete DeBusk and the LMU Board of Directors, and with the hard work and dedication of a committed faculty and staff, we have built a tremendous medical school. Our graduates are predominately in primary care fields, and are working to help the underserved in this region and beyond. It has been my distinct honor to serve as the founding dean of LMU-DCOM. I am thankful to have had this opportunity, and I look forward to staying in touch with the students, faculty, staff and alumni of LMU-DCOM and watching the great things that lie ahead.

Stowers advocacy for rural health care delivery can be traced back to his 25 years in practice in Medford, Oklahoma, where he founded the states first rural health clinics. He then served as director of the Oklahoma Rural Health Policy and Research Center.

On a national level, Stowers has advised Congress on health care issues through his appointments to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, better known as MedPAC, and the Physician Payment Review Commission. It was during his service to MedPAC that he first encountered LMU Board Chairman Autry O.V. Pete DeBusk. DeBusk recruited Stowers to act as a consultant to LMU while explored the possibility of founding a medical school on its rural campus and later convinced him to move to Tennessee to become the dean of the school.

I have had the privilege of knowing Doc for 15 years. His knowledge of the medical world is unchallenged, said DeBusk. I will always appreciate what he has done for LMU in establishing this fine medical school. He is a great friend.

A longstanding member of the AOA, Stowers has served on the Board of Trustees since 2000. He was named president-elect of the AOA in July 2011 and served as president from July 2012-July 2013. In addition, he has been involved with several other osteopathic professional organizations, including the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association, which honored him with the A.T. Still Award of Excellence in 2008; the Northwest Oklahoma District Osteopathic Association; and the Oklahoma Education Foundation for Osteopathic Medicine. In 2006, he was named Family Physician of the Year by the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. Furthermore, the Tennessee Osteopathic Medical Association honored Stowers as the recipient of the 2011 Paul Grayson Smith, Sr. Physician of the Year Award.

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HOUSTON -

Just five years ago, the University of Houston the university of the energy capital of the world did not have an undergraduate program in petroleum engineering.

Now that program is growing rapidly, and UH is ahead of the game with the nation's first subsea engineering master's program, aimed at feeding workers into cutting-edge fields as oil production moves farther out to sea.

Bridging such glaring gaps between the university and the city it serves is helping UH shed its longstanding reputation as a mediocre commuter school. With improved academic performance, expanded research endeavors and a rejuvenated campus, the 87-year-old university stands poised to realize the great potential that many agree it's always had.

The one-time "Cougar High" is set to lure two national research institutes, one of which would be built around the subsea program. UH has renewed a push to start a medical school, and it's prepared to launch a fundraising campaign that officials are confident will bring in billions.

"We really are at a tipping point," said President and Chancellor Renu Khator, the forceful leader credited with guiding UH through much of its transformation. "We've done a lot in seven years, but the potential, looking at where Houston is, for this university, is great."

UH is looking more and more like the top-tier school it wants to be. The university has lured 10 members of the prestigious national Academies of science and engineering since 2009, when it had just four. Incoming undergraduates are sharper than ever this year's class scored five points better on the SAT than last year. And those students are returning at a higher rate, a sign that the university's sluggish graduation rate could pick up.

Yet the recent progress has come at a cost. UH has become one of the state's most expensive public universities, and the school recently felt friction with some influential stakeholders, worried that in its drive for elite status, UH was forsaking the working-class students it has always served.

Despite these concerns, donations are flowing in faster than ever and private developments are rising around campus, evidence of a community literally buying into a new narrative.

When Matt Franchek, now director of UH's new subsea engineering program, interviewed at UH in 2002, a quote from a prospective colleague was telling: "This place is asleep."

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WHEN Ateneo de Davao High School Batch 89 had their turn to host this year's grand alumni homecoming, the batch had one theme in mind: Ateneo Forever.

According to batch president Dr. Victor Espino, Ateneo Forever aims for a unifying theme for all Ateneans from all batches not just from Batch 89 to come and make the event also as their own.

The intensified promotions and marketing efforts of Ateneo Forever focused on reliving and recapturing school pride and nostalgia.

"This alumni homecoming is not just for us batch 89 but also it is for all alumni for them to join in the event," said Dr. Jeremiah Braganza, one of the prime-movers of the batch.

I was asked by Jeremiah, who was my neighbor in Juna, to help create their video collaterals during the run-up to the event and we had these video teasers of selected Ateneo de Davao alumni reminiscing their school memories, cherished values and how they define an ideal Atenean.

We handpicked movie actress Valerie "Bangs" Garcia of high school batch 2004, One Network Bank president Alex Buenaventura of high school batch 1969 and Davao City Tourism Operations Office OIC Lisette Marques of batch 1995.

The Ateneo Forever campaign was launched at the Black and Blue affair last October 22 at Marco Polo Eagles Bar and was attended by those from batch 89 and representatives from the different batches.

Several artworks from celebrated muralist Alfred Galvez who was their grade school batchmate (Ateneo de Davao Grade School '85) were displayed outside the bar. These depict the scenes of the old Ateneo with their wooden buildings and the Mercedes Benz buses.

According to Toto Mabaquiao who belongs to the fundraising committee, hosting an alumni homecoming is always a logistical nightmare as they have to equal or outdo previous hosts.

Last year, batch 88 held the homecoming at SMX Lanang.

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Durian Central: Ateneo Forever