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AAPHP News - 1 - February 18, 2003
News Items
1. In Memory of Kurt Deuschle MD
2. Agenda for the Spring meeting 2/21/2003 - All Welcome
3. February Bulletin - In the mail and on the web - http://www.aaphp.org/Bulletins/2003FebBulletin.htm
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Item 1.
It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of Kurt Deuschle, MD, dear
friend and colleague, who died of Parkinson`s disease on February 11 at the age
of 79. Many members of AAPHP knew Kurt very well as an inspirational leader and
mentor. Known world-wide as the "father of Community Medicine", his
work began with the Arizona-based Navajo-Cornell Field Health Project, which
initially focused on addressing the tuberculosis problem plaguing the Navajo
nation. The Project grew to include the array of community health problems that
were defined at the Many Farms Clinic, which had been set up as a primary care
education, research and service center. Inspired by the response of the medical
students assigned for Public Health electives at Many Farms ("If this is
Public Health, we LIKE it!"), Kurt created the first Department of Community
Medicine in the nation at the University of Kentucky in 1960, demonstrating the
impact of the ManyFarms concept in public health education as generalizable to
all medical students. He took the concept to the Mt Sinai Medical School in New
York City where in 1968 he founded the first urban Department of Community Medicine.
After a long and distinguished career that encompassed international community
medicine as well (consultant to WHO, PAHO, Turkey, Great Britain), he retired
to become Emeritus Chairman in 1990. A memorial service is being planned to be
held in New York City in April, date to be announced. Donations in his name may
be made to the Kurt Deuschle Fund for Community Medicine, 1212 5th Avenue, New
York. NY.
Hugh Fulmer
Item 2.
ANNUAL SPRING MEETING
Paradise Point Resort - Executive Suite 709 & 711
San Diego, California
February 21, 2003
PROGRAM
1:30PM - 3:30PM : EDUCATIONAL SESSION
WELCOME: History and Mission of AAPHP : Mary Ellen Bradshaw, MD., President
AAPHP PANEL DISCUSSION:
* Public Health Program Implementation:
A Proposal to CDC - A White Paper Presentation
by Joel Nitzkin, MD, MPH, DPA,
Past President AAPHP, Former Director, Louisiana Department of Health
Respondents:
Paul Halverson, Ph.D, CDC , Professional Practice Program Office (Review
Requested) and
James R. Allen, MD, MPH, Director, Division of Chronic Disease & Tobacco
Control, Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Past Director of HIV
Program at CDC AMA Vice President for Science, and Director, Arizona Department
of Health
* A Rare Public Health Dilemma: Lethal Naeglaria fowleri in a Local Water System
A Case Presentation by Jonathan B. Weisbuch, MD, MPH, Director & Chief
Medical Officer, Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Member AAPHP
BOT
Respondent: James Haughton, MD, MPH, Associate Director, Division of Public
Health, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Q and A
3:30PM - 4:00PM BREAK (refreshments)
4:00PM - 7:00PM BUSINESS MEETING
REPORTS, POLICY DECISIONS, ELECTION