In Remembrance of Linnea Susan Hauge

Linnea Susan Hauge, age 46, passed away peacefully on Dec 25, 2010 at her home in Ann Arbor, MI after a courageous battle with breast cancer.

While Education Specialist in the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan, she was closely involved in the redesign of the open and laparoscopic skills curricula, the mock oral exams and trauma team training. She was also involved in course design of the M4 Surgery Bootcamp from its inception. Linnea gave highly acclaimed lecture series on skills acquisition for the Graduate Medical Education Scholars Program and was the course director for an M4 elective: Residents as Teachers. She served in national leadership positions in several organizations including the Association for Surgical Education, AAMC Research in Medical Education (RIME) and the Central Group on Education Affairs. Through this time she continued her research in surgical skills acquisition and communication. At the time of her passing, Linnea was the PI or CO-PI on three externally-funded education research projects. Linnea received the prestigious Stemmler Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners which funded her work assessing medical student performance during phone consultations with nurses. This has been accepted for oral presentation at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Association for Surgical Education.
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Baby Born with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Beats Incredible Odds

This is the story of a baby boy on the way, doctors doubting if he can survive and a mother believing in miracles. His name is Jadon, but often he is called something else.

“He’s a miracle. That’s what it is,” said Melanie Jenkins.

Long before he was born just months into Melanie’s pregnancy, a much anticipated ultrasound turned into a devastating discovery. The question was no longer boy or girl, but instead life or death. Melanie was warned the outlook for her unborn child was grim.
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Four U-M startup companies win prizes in business plan competition

University of Michigan startup companies took home the $500,000 grand prize and the $150,000 first runner-up prize on Saturday at one of the nation’s largest business plan competitions.

Two other U-M-created companies received cash awards as well. The four companies were among 50 semi-finalists in the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, which awarded more than $1 million in cash prizes.

In addition, U-M student teams swept the student portion of the competition, winning all four cash awards, totaling $60,000. The event took place at U-M’s North Campus Research Complex.
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Changing the Face of Medicine

U-M Surgery Alumni, representing cohorts from 1975 to 2009, convened in Chicago to network, to share stories from their medical training days, and to discuss the importance of maintaining a diverse pipeline of residents flowing into the University of Michigan’s Department of Surgery.
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Announcing the winners of the Philip F. Halloran Prize Commemorating 10 years of AJT

To celebrate the tenth year of the American Journal of Transplantation, the Editorial Board has decided to recognize two papers for their high impact and significance to the field of transplantation with the Philip F. Halloran Prize Commemorating 10 years of AJT.

Congratulations to:

Robert M. Merion, M.D., “The Survival Benefit of Liver Transplantation” Am J Transplant 2005; 2:307-13, and Ziad M. El-Zoghby, M.D., “Identifying Specific Causes of Kidney Allograft Loss” Am J Transplant 2009; 3:527-35.

A Letter from the Chair

Welcome to the winter 2010-2011 edition of In the Loupes. I hope that the holidays have been relaxing and joyful. I also hope that 2011 will be a year of health and happiness for all.
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Grateful Transplant Patient Leaves Entire Estate to U-M Surgeons

When Carrol Mielke received her liver transplant at the University of Michigan in 1992, she regarded that day as her second birthday – a day she celebrated every year for the remaining 17 years of her life. When she passed away, Carrol left her entire estate to our Section of Transplantation Surgery.
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The Next Generation of Surgery at Michigan: Dr. Erika Newman

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Dr. Erika Newman, is among the Department’s most promising young academic surgeons. Recently named the Edith Briskin Emerging Scholar by the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute, Dr. Newman plans to build her career around the study of neuroblastoma, the most common solid tumor in childhood cancer.
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U-M Celebrates 25 Years of Leading Breast Cancer Care

On October 21, 2010, pioneers in the field of breast cancer treatment convened at the University of Michigan to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our comprehensive Breast Care Center. What started as an “experiment” in 1985 became the first-ever academic multidisciplinary breast care center in the nation. Over the past 25 years, U-M’s innovative program has served as a model for dozens of other institutions and helped to usher in a new era of treatment for breast cancer patients around the world.
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U-M Device Offers New Hope for Amputees

Dr. Paul Cederna’s Bio-Artificial Neuromuscular Junction