Mayo Alumni Magazine 2002 Spring - MC4409-0402 - Mayo Clinic
Mayo Alumni Magazine 2002 Spring - MC4409-0402 - Mayo Clinic
Mayo Alumni Magazine 2002 Spring - MC4409-0402 - Mayo Clinic
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<strong>Mayo</strong> <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2002</strong> Volume 38 Number 2<br />
Features<br />
2 A race against time: <strong>Mayo</strong> microbiology team sprints<br />
to finish with rapid anthrax test<br />
Spurred by the events of September 11, a team of <strong>Mayo</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong><br />
microbiologists worked around the clock to produce a one-hour<br />
diagnostic anthrax test. A behind-the-scenes look tells how it happened.<br />
8 The <strong>2002</strong> Winter Olympics<br />
The successful Salt Lake City games closed at the end of February.<br />
<strong>Mayo</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong> staff played a role in carrying the torch to the games and<br />
caring for the athletes who competed.<br />
14 <strong>Mayo</strong> Physician Alliance for <strong>Clinic</strong>al Trials:<br />
Continuing to grow in designing, managing and<br />
interpreting multi-center clinical trials<br />
<strong>Mayo</strong> Physician Alliance for <strong>Clinic</strong>al Trials is focusing on expanding its<br />
multi-site clinical trials and recruiting new sites for future studies.<br />
17 A profile of Dr. Michele Halyard:<br />
The three passions of an enthusiastic physician<br />
Michele Halyard, M.D., a <strong>Mayo</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong> Scottsdale radiation oncologist,<br />
leads with enthusiasm in all she does: in her practice, her<br />
administration and in her home.<br />
22 <strong>Mayo</strong> <strong>Alumni</strong> Resource Central<br />
<strong>Mayo</strong> Update<br />
24 News briefs<br />
28 <strong>Alumni</strong> meetings<br />
28 <strong>Mayo</strong> alumni regional meetings<br />
28 Postgraduate meetings<br />
29 <strong>Alumni</strong> news<br />
30 Staff news<br />
31 Fellow, resident and student news<br />
32 Obituaries