The Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine is the new name for the School of Medicine's orthopaedics department. Dr. Frederick Matsen, professor and chair of the department, said the name change, which has been approved by the UW Board of Regents, was made to reflect the department's partnership with the UW Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, as well as to symbolize the department's commitment to the health and function of all active individuals. In an action separate from the name change, the department also established the Endowed Chair for Women's Sports Medicine and Lifetime Fitness. The department launched the campaign to establish the chair last year to focus attention on the disproportionately high injury rate among active women and lack of gender-specific information on how these injuries can be prevented and managed.

Dr. John C. Anderson, a 1973 graduate of the UW School of Medicine, has been named Washington state's 2000 Family Physician of the Year by the Washington Academy of Family Physicians. Anderson, a clinical associate professor of family medicine, has practiced at the Cle Elum Family Medical Center since 1976. He is a long-time Rural/Underserved Opportunities Program preceptor for the School of Medicine. Anderson helped establish the Washington Rural Health Association and volunteers his time to various civic and school organizations.

Dr. Maynard Olson, director of the UW Genome Center, professor of genetics and medicine and adjunct professor of computer science, is one of three scientists to receive the City of Medicine's annual Outstanding Biomedical Scientist Award. Durham, N.C., which bills itself as the "City of Medicine," established the international awards program in 1988 to recognize individuals and organizations who have made extraordinary contributions to medicine in the public interest. Olson, one of the architects of the U.S. Human Genome Project, is a pioneer in yeast genetics. He is widely recognized for developing systematic approaches to the analysis of complex genomes. Dr. Hugh McDevitt of Stanford University School of Medicine and Solomon Snyder of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine also received the award this year.

Dr. Michael Kimmey, professor of medicine and assistant chief for clinical affairs in the Division of Gastroenterology, recently began serving a one-year term as president of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Kimmey is section chief of gastroenterology and director of gastrointestinal endoscopy at UW Medical Center. His research interests include developing and evaluating new methods of endoscopic diagnosis and treatment, with an emphasis on endoscopic ultrasonography. The ASGE represents more that 7,000 digestive disease specialists in the United States and 55 other countries who use endoscopy in the diagnosis, treatment and study of gastrointestinal diseases.

E-12 parking to be disrupted: The large section of the E-12 parking lot immediately south of Husky Stadium will be resurfaced and get new parking stripes over the next two months. Weather permitting, most of the work will be done in August, and will require closing off one section of the lot at a time. If the rest of the lot is full, additional parking is available in the E-1 lot north of the IMA. ¶