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ALONGthe avenueKCUMB President and Chief Executive Officeris Leaving the UniversityOsteopathic Medical Students to Benefit fromUnified System for Graduate Medical EducationStudents, Hospital RepresentativesParticipate in Hospital Day ActivitiesH. Danny Weaver, D.O. (COM ’84), announced Nov. 19that he will resign as president and chief executive officer,effective Dec. 31, to return to private medical practice.“This University has been a constant throughout my life,and I consider it a second home,” Dr. Weaver said. “It hasbeen a privilege to serve as both presidentand chair of the Board of Trustees.“I am extremely proud of the progress wehave made and believe that great things layahead for this institution,” he said.During his time at KCUMB, Dr. Weaverwas a stabilizing force for the University. HeDr. Weaverencouraged an environment of open communicationamong students, faculty, staff andalumni, and also oversaw the restructuring of KCUMB andthe selection of a new provost and dean of the College ofOsteopathic Medicine.Dr. Weaver’s students-first attitude paved the way forgreater access to technology on campus and the opening ofstudent-oriented facilities, including the D’Angelo Library andthe Student Activities Center.“We are grateful to Danny for his leadership and dedicationto KCUMB,” said Terry Dunn, chair of KCUMB’s Boardof Trustees. “The Board recognizes that hiswillingness to serve as president during sucha critical time in the University’s history cameat great personal and professional sacrifice.We wish him the best as he enters the nextchapter of his career.”Marshall Walker, D.O. (COM ’72),Dr. Walkerdirector of medical education for Via ChristiHealth System in Wichita, Kan., and currentvice-chair of KCUMB’s Board of Trustees, will serve as actingpresident and chief executive officer while the University conductsa national search for a permanent replacement.Students in KCUMB’s College of Osteopathic Medicinealong with their counterparts at other osteopathic and allopathicmedical schools across the country may soon find theprocess of securing a residency much easier.The two organizations responsible for the accreditation ofGraduate Medical Education programs in the United States –the American Osteopathic Association and the AccreditationCouncil on Graduate Medical Education – along with theAmerican Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine,are joining forces in an effort to create a single, unified systemfor GME. If successful, by July 2015, all GME in the UnitedStates will be accredited by the ACGME, with the AOA andAACOM becoming organizational members of ACGME.White the specific details of the proposed merger are stillbeing finalized, the basic premise calls for:• A transition to a unified system that will be seamless.Residents in or entering AOA-accredited residency programswould be eligible to complete their residency orfellowship training in ACGME-accredited programs.• The creation of universal standards for demonstratingoutcomes-based physician competencies and the abilityto share information on best practices.• All osteopathic training programs will automatically bedeemed accredited by ACGME based upon principles ofreciprocity, and all training programs would eventuallymeet the same requirements.• The AOA and AACOM will become member organizationsof ACGME and will have seats on the ACGMEBoard of Directors, ensuring input into future accreditationstandards discussions.Faculty, Staff Contribute $46,324 to United WayKCUMB faculty and staff members teamed up Oct. 26-Nov. 2 for the University’s annual fund-raising campaign tobenefit the United Way of Greater Kansas City.employees participated in a variety of games, a raffle,a Halloween costume parade and several other activities,each designed to build a sense of community and encouragegiving. KCUMB raised a total of $46,324. Fifty percent ofemployees made a contribution.Lisa Cambridge, director of public relations, and BrookeYoder, J.D., director of administrative affairs, served as cochairsfor this year’s campaign.More than 600 KCUMB osteopathic medical studentsgathered Sept. 14 at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at CrownCenter for the University’s annual Hospital Day, whichprovides hospital representatives from across the country anopportunity to promote their programs.This year’s event featured more than 80 hospitals and relatedmedical organizations. First- and second-year osteopathicmedical students attended, along with third- and fourth-yearstudents who were in Kansas City at the time. They wereable to ask questions and learn more about various residencyopportunities available to them after graduation.next year’s Hospital Day is tentatively scheduled forSept. 13, 2013. For more information, contact KCUMB’s Officeof Community Clinical Education at 816-654-7333.SCOOPthe insideHere are some of the new faces you may see around campusalong with some regulars, too, who are movin’ on up:Jeffrey Joyce, Ph.D., vice president forresearch, started Nov. 1.Dr. Joyce joins KCUMB after serving fiveyears as director of the Division of Researchfor the Maricopa Integrated HealthSystem in Phoenix. An internationallyrespected researcher and pharmaceuticalconsultant in the field of central nervous system drugdiscovery, Dr. Joyce’s work has led to target development ofdrug discovery in schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease.Marc B. Hahn D.O., executive vice presidentfor academic and medical affairs, provostand dean of the college of osteopathicmedicine, started Oct. 1.Dr. Hahn joins KCUMB after serving assenior vice president for health affairs anddean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Universityof New England in Biddeford, Maine., where he alsoworked as a professor of anesthesiology. Prior to his tenure atUNE, he served as senior vice president for health affairs at theUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Ft. Worthand dean of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.Robert Flaherty, Ph.D., vice president ofinstitutional effectiveness and accreditationcompliance, started Sept. 4.Dr. Flaherty comes to KCUMB havingpreviously served as special assistant to thepresident for planning and accreditation atBaker University in Baldwin City, Kan.W. Joshua Cox, D.O. (COM ’00), chair offamily medicine, was promoted Sept. 1.Dr. Cox was recently named as chair offamily medicine, after serving more than twoyears as vice chair of the department.Kevin Hubbard, D.O. (COM ’86), chair ofinternal medicine, started Aug. 27.Dr. Hubbard, a KCUMB alum, previouslyworked in private practice. He will move hiswell-respected hematology and oncologypractice to KCUMB Physician Associates,where he will have a significant presence.6 WINTER 2012 WINTER 2012 7