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Volume 4, Number 4Space holderJan. 28, 2000


UW alumni receive Distinguished Service Awards

Two UW medical school alumni and a MEDEX alumna received distinguished service awards Jan.20 at the 7th Annual Multicultural Alumni-Student Dinner, sponsored by the UW Medical Alumni Association. They are Raul Ixtlahuac, a 1987 medical school graduate; Tenagne Mekbeb, a 1990 medical school graduate; and Jeanette S. DeCoteau, a 1979 MEDEX graduate.


Study measures impact of flu on healthy children

Results from a retrospective study on influenza's impact on healthy children were reported in the Jan. 27 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. (Full Story)

Doctors perform nerve graft to preserve erectile function

Paul Lange, professor and chair of the Department of Urology, led a team that performed the region's first two operations of their kind Jan. 19 to help men avoid one of their greatest fears about prostate cancer surgery: impotence. (Full Story)

Gabbe to head national maternal-fetal medicine committee

Steve Gabbe, professor and chair of obstetrics and gynecology, has been invited to serve as steering committee chair for the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The network is part of the Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch. (Full Story)

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