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Dr. Mansour: History-touring Miami-Globe
Dr. Levine: A Colorado River run
Dr. Tretbar: Bullfight memories
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Official Publication of the Pima County Medical Society Vol. 48 No. 6
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Pima County Medical Society OfficersPresident Melissa Levine, MDPresident-ElectSteve Cohen, MDVice-PresidentGuruprasad Raju, MDSecretary-TreasurerMichael Dean, MDPast-President Timothy Marshall, MD
PCMS Board of DirectorsEric Barrett, MDDavid Burgess, MDMichael Connolly, DOJason Fodeman, MDHoward Eisenberg, MDAfshin Emami, MDRandall Fehr, MDG. Mason Garcia, MDJerry Hutchinson, DOKevin Moynahan, MDWayne Peate, MDSarah Sullivan, DOSalvatore Tirrito, MDScott Weiss, MDLeslie Willingham, MDGustavo Ortega, MD (Resident)
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5 Dr. Melissa Levine: Checking off a bucket list item.
6 Letters: On compulsory medical insurance.
7 Milestones: Dr. Villavicencio joins Catalina Eye Care; Dr. Dalen honored anew.
10 PCMS News: Banner plans 11-story tower.
12 Stars on the Avenue: Wrap-up of a very successful event.
15 Behind the Lens: Dr. Tretbar updates his 1984 experience at las corridas de toros in Colombia.
18 Time Capsule: Our History Committee tours Miami-Globe.
21 In Memoriam: Obituaries for six of our former members, and Joan T. Lowell.
On the CoverEver wondered why the hummingbird feeder is empty in the morning? Others like the sweet water, too, including this bat, shot through a glass door with a Nikon N80. 55-200 mm Nikkor lens at 120mm. The lens was against the glass to prevent reflections. Nikon Speedlight. ISO 1000, 1/60th second, f. 9.1 (Dr. Hal Tretbar photo).
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Canyon is alternate realityBy Dr. Melissa Levine
PCMS President
If you were waiting on pins and needles for Part 2 of my history of Medicare and how it relates to the Affordable Care Act, you may be confused by the headline. I apologize. I will get to it. But right now, I just dont have it in me.
Last summer one of my best friends from high school asked if I wanted to go on a Grand Canyon raft trip down the Colorado River. She contacted a lot of the people who hung out in our group and several were interested. Kind of an Arcadia High reunion of the nerds. Due to family concerns, cost, and a last-minute broken wrist, four of us went, along with my partner, a dear friend, and my two boys. We also had 15 random strangers, two guides, two swampers, and two motorized rafts.
This was a bucket list item for me. Cross it off! It was everything I expected and more. More silt, more sand, more cold, more wet, more heat, more really smelly clothing. Also more beauty, more quiet, more learning, more laughter, more pride, more really good food, more stars in the heavens, more new friends, and more awe.
I bought a cheap notebook the night before in Flagstaff and didnt write a thing. I did, however, spend some time reflecting on what a bucket list really means: Things you want to accomplish in your life when you are healthy enough to enjoy them. Notice I said healthy, not young. My mother started having strokes just before she turned 57. I plan on being healthy a lot longer than that, but it is something I remind myself of when I think I have plenty of time.
You never know what the river or life will bring, so do the things you can. My girlfriend had a water bottle wash overboard on the second day. We tried to get it but couldnt. On day three, someone spotted it down stream and we scooped it out. Make a difference now. The river gives, and the river taketh away.
Probably my greatest experience of the trip was letting go. It is what it is. There is nothing you can do but live it. If it is raining, experience the beauty of a rim fall. If it is sunny and hot, enjoy the pleasure of dipping your hat in the cold water and putting it on your head. Live the life the river gives you. This is a lesson I hope to remember as I go back to my daily life.
I learned on the river:
That privacy is something you give. Modesty is something you lose.
That Know The Canyons History Study Rocks Made By Time is the mnemonic for the layers of rock that reveal themselves as you travel down river: Kaibab, Toroweep, Coconino, Hermit Shale, Supai Group, Redwall Limestone, Mauv Limestone, Bright Angel Shale, Tapeats Sandstone.
That it is possible to be unplugged for eight days and really not miss it.
That it is possible for a 12-year-old and a 17-year-old to be mostly unplugged and not go through withdrawal (17-year-old had an Ipod).
That if no one knows what time it is, youre never late. That clean is relative: It is possible to feel clean bathing in
muddy water.
That if you see someone on a hike wearing inappropriate footwear, it is a river guide.
Our guide called the end of the trip going back to unreality. Im thinking perhaps he was right. n
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AAPS fought compulsorynational health insuranceTo the Editor:
Dear Dr. Levine,
Thank you for the interesting historical perspective [presidents column on Medicare at 50, May Sombrero).
I was especially glad to see the reference to the Wagner billlater the Wagner-Murray-Dingell billthat Dingell being the father of Rep. John D. Dingell, Jr. (D-12th-Mich.) who helped bring us the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Happy birthday, AAPS! The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons was founded in 1943 to fight the Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill, since the AMA wasnt doing it. (See www.jpands.org/vol8no1/pavey.pdf.)
How will it turn out? I think well eventually see that Robert Taft and founders of AAPS were right. Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out our lawsuit that demanded that the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services submit a report on Medicares solvency.
Sincerely,Jane Orient, M.D.
Tucson[Dr. Orient is AAPS executive director.]
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Milestones
Dr. Villavicencio joins Catalina Eye Care
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A magna cum laude graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University with a B.A. in chemistry and business administration, Dr. Villavicencio earned his M.D., and Ph.D. with a
concentration on optical storage materials, at the University of Arizona, where he also did his internship and residency. He went on to complete a Fellowship in corneal transplantation, refractive surgery, and ophthalmic diseases at Price Vision Group in Indianapolis, Ind.
Dr. Villavicencios training included all facets of corneal transplantation including the revolutionary Descemets membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK), an ultra-thin partial thickness corneal transplant for treatment of Fuchs Dystrophy and other corneal diseases. He also performs deep anterior
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Dr. Carmona featured speakerRichard H. Carmona, M.D., 17th U.S. Surgeon-General and Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the UofA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, was featured speaker May 4 at the Partners in Public Health Luncheon at the Arizona Inn.
Dr. Carmona presented A Surgeon-Generals Perspective on Global Public Health Threats and Exceptional Opportunities, discussing current global health challenges and the universal need for a diverse, well-trained, and committed cadre of public health practitioners, like those we have the privilege to educate, train, and support at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health.
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research at the public health college to enhance and improve the health and well-being of Arizonans.
Dr. Dalen honored with Bravewell Distinguished Service Award
James E. Dalen, M.D., M.P.H., dean emeritus of the University of Arizone College of MedicineTucson, a senior lecturer at the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and executive director of the Weil Foundation, recently received the 2015 Bravewell Distinguished Service Award from the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health, for his role as one of the founders of the
consortiums founders and as one of the founders of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the UofA. The award was presented in May at the consortiums annual meeting in Pittsburgh. Pa.
ACIMH established the Bravewell award in 2012 to honor the many contributions made by The Bravewell Collaborative to the field of integrative medicine and to the consortium. The annual award honors a consortium member for his or her contributions to the organizations work.
In announcing the award to the consortiums leaders, Margaret Chesney, Ph.D., who chairsthe consortium, said, Dr. Dalen has been a steadfast supporter of the consortium and its mission since its inception in 1999. He was a leader among the early group of deans of major medical centers who recognized and supported the need for an organization to promote integrative medicine in the academic environment. We would not be the thriving organization we are today without the benefit of Dr. Dalens wisdom, commitment, and support.
Dr. Dalens support for the consortiums LEAPS Into Integrative Medicine program, a national educational program for medical students interested in integrative medicine, has enabled it to thrive and grow into one of the consortiums signature programs, providing education, leadership skills and direct experience integrative medicine to the future leaders in the field, she said.
Dr. Dalen served as College of Medicine dean from 1988 to 2001 and as UA vice- president for health sciences from 1995 to 2001. He currently serves as executive director of the Weil Foundation, which supports education in integrative medicine, a field Dr. Dalen helped advance with Andrew Weil, M.D. The Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine defines integrative medicine as healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person, including all aspects of lifestyle. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship between practitioner and patient, is informed by evidence and makes use of all appropriate therapies.
An outspoken advocate for healthcare reform, Dr. Dalen was editor of the prestigious Archives of Internal Medicine from 1986 to 2004, the university reported. He received the 2010 Alumni Award of Merit from the Harvard School of Public Health, their highest award for alumni, and an honorary doctor of science degree from the University of Massachusetts in 2014 for his contributions to medical education. In 2012, he received the Herbert K. Abrams, M.D., Award from the UA College of MedicineTucson Department of Family and Community Medicine for his demonstration of a lifetime commitment to public health and social justice.
Dr. Dalen was a member of the faculty of Harvard Medical School, 1967-1975; from 1975 to 1988, he was a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts, where he served as chairman of cardiovascular medicine (1975-1977) and then chairman of medicine (1977-1988). From 1986-1987, he served as interim chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Worcester.
CNI at St. Joes honoredCarondelet Neurological Institute at St. Josephs Hospital was recently nationally recognized for exceeding highest quality standards, Carondelet reports.
CNI is among the nations first healthcare organizations to receive the American Heart Association/American Stroke Associations Target: Honor Roll-Elite Plus Quality Achievement Award, they said. The award was presented in March at the International Stroke Conference in Nashville, Tenn.
This Elite-Plus award acknowledges our tremendous commitment to go above and beyond to ensure that patients receive the highest-quality care based on nationally respected guidelines for treatment of strokes, said L. Roderick Anderson, M.D., St. Josephs Hospital Stroke Program medical director.
The Target: Stroke Elite Plus recognition level was developed in late 2014 to recognize hospitals whose quality of stroke care exceeded the highest national standards, Carondelet reported. One measurement used is how soon a stroke patient receives the FDA-approved clot-busting agent Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) after arriving at the hospital. tPA has been shown to significantly reduce the effects of stroke and lessen the chance of permanent disability. Ninety-eight percent of stroke patients admitted to St. Josephs received tPA within 60 minutes after arrival, and 70 percent of stroke patients received it within 45 minutes or less.
According to the AHA/ASA, stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the U.S. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies of a stroke every four minutes; and 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year. n
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Banner-UMC skyline to changeThe Banner Health takeover of University of Arizona Medical Center will include construction of a new, 11-story tower to replace the 40-year-old portion of the hospital, Banner reported in June.
They said they chose Sundt Construction Inc. and partner DPR Construction to do the job. Pending zoning approvals, Sundt I DPR, A Joint Venture, will begin preparing the site and utilities
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late this year, with construction starting in early 2016. The facility is expected to open in 2019.
Banners $400 million construction project at BannerUniversity Medical Center Tucson represents a much-needed enhancement to one of the nations top academic medical centers and Southern Arizonas only Level 1 Trauma Center. The 689,000-square-foot patient tower will be configured and sized for current and future healthcare technology, with 336 private patient rooms, 22 new operating rooms, imaging suites, and public spaces. As previously announced, architects for the new tower are Shepley Bullfinch of Phoenix and GLHN Architects and Engineers Inc. of Tucson.
The tower will open with 240 private rooms along with shelled space on the top two floors to accommodate 96 beds in the future, depending on community need. This will raise the total bed count slightly from its current 479 to 489 licensed beds in 2019, because beds in the original hospital building will close at that time.
In addition to constructing the new patient tower, Sundt I DPR have been retained to renovate two floors and the lobby of Diamond Childrens, now called Banner Childrens Diamond Childrens Medical Center. They also will remodel the original hospital building, which opened in 1971 as University Hospital, for non-patient-care uses such as administrative functions.
Banners decision to select this joint venture team was based on its combined strengths: Sundts innovative approach to technical construction and deep roots in the community, and DPRs expertise as the nations No. 1 health-care builder, said Kip Edwards, vice-president of development and construction for Banner Health. Once completed, this facility will help Banner Health fulfill its mission in Southern Arizona to improve lives through excellent patient care.
Banner Healths high-tech, high-touch approach to provide innovative healthcare throughout Arizona is ambitious, and a commitment Sundt I DPR Joint Venture will help them meet, said Dave Elrod, regional manager of Arizona for DPR Construction. Our team unites each companys individual ideas and experiences, while continually streamlining processes and developing new methodology and technology for building one-of-a-kind healthcare projects throughout Arizona.
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Banner Health, an Arizona-based nonprofit organization with hospitals in seven states, acquired BannerUniversity Medical Center Tucson this spring in a merger with the University of Arizona Health Network. At the same time, Banner Health entered into a 30-year Academic Affiliation Agreement with the University of Arizona to serve as the primary clinical partner to the UA Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix.
Banner calls itself one of the largest nonprofit healthcare systems in the country, operating in seven states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming.
CNI Brain Academy 2015 successfulIn our May issues Neurology department we reported on the fifth annual Carondelet Neurological Institute Brain Academy, their effort to get young people involved in the neurosciences. But this years event itself happened after our issue deadline on April 24-25, hence a follow-up.
Twenty-one high school students from 14 high schools across Tucson and Sahaurita took part, said Leah Shea, senior director of business management for CNI, located at Carondelet St. Josephs Hospital. A record number of applicants applied to this years program, she said.
The program invites students to attend a two-day interactive session with CNI physicians, leadership, and clinical staff, Shea said. Hands-on activities included a simulated brain attack, tours of the Advanced Neurosurgical OR suites, Angiography Suite and Balance Center, and a diagnosis group project based on real-life case studies. Elliott Cheau, Ph.D., physics professor and associate dean of the UofA College of Science, presented to the students opportunities for exploring the field neuroscience field as undergraduates.
In the CNI Angiography Suite, vascular neurosurgeon Emun Abdu, M.D. shows students devices used in the suite. The striped shirts are apparently a girls fashion trend, not a school uniform (CNI photo).
On the academys first day, Robert P. Goldfarb, M.D., CNI chairman and neurosurgical consultant, gave an introduction to the program and to CNI, and discussed concussions sustained in sports. Over the course of the two days, students were given an opportunity to interact with CNI physicians, learning about the various career paths taken by Eric Sipos, M.D., CNI neurosurgeon and medical director, and CNI neurologist William Lujan, M.D.
Its our hope to interest you in the study of neurosciences, or, if not that, in the field of medicine and science, Dr. Goldfarb said.
One student, Guadalupe Garcia of Sahuarita, described how her family had been affected by illnessleading her to an interest in the fields of neurology and psychology, and a possible career. I hope to help people with disease understand their illness, she said. If youre going to do something you love, make sure it helps or impacts someone else. n
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Stars on the Avenue
PCMS and Pima County Medical Society Alliance continued our tradition of raising funds for Mobile Meals of Tucson with our 2015 Stars on the Avenue event April 18 at St. Philips Plaza, Campbell Avenue and River Road.
We raised a record $25,000 from ticket sales, sponsorships, and program advertising to enable Mobile Meals to deliver special meals to home-bound adults in Tucson while also making valuable social contact with recipients.
An Evening Under the Stars was our theme, and our weather was most cooperative. Ben Loker, owner of Arizona Star Tours, provided an opportunity for guests to view the night sky using an 11-inch telescope. Several of Tucsons top restaurants and vendors provided entrees, desserts, and drinks for nearly 300 attendees.
It was also a night for PCMS to honor its members and others in our medical community. Thomas Rothe, M.D. Received the Physician of the Year Award. R. Screven Farmer, M.D. received the Rose Marie Malone Award for Service to Organized Medicine. Surgeon James C. Balserak, M.D. became the youngest recipient of our Lifetime Achievement Award. Retired oncologist Steven J. Ketchel, M.D. was PCMS Volunteer of the Year. Kathy Byrne, El Rio Community Health Center CEO, received the Steve Nash Award,
Stars sets fund-raising recordBy Dennis Carey
Photos by Stuart Faxon, Al Altuna, Mollee Fitzgerald
given to the non-physician who has most notably contributed to improving healthcare in Southern Arizona.
Whats next? Our Stars on the Avenue 2016 of course, which is April 16, 2016 at St. Philips Plaza. Your Society is already taking nominations for next years awards. Please contact PCMS if you need information on qualifications for any of our awards.
Physician of the Year awardee Thomas Rothe, M.D., right, introduced by longtime practice partner John Carter, M.D.
Lifetime Achievement awardee Jim Balserak, M.D., left, with PCMS Past-President Timothy Marshall, M.D.
Rose Marie Malone Service to Organized Medicine awardee R. Screven Farmer III, M.D.
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They hung the moon.
PCMS past-president Alan Rogers, M.D. and his wife, Susan, became a keeper photo in front of our graphic saguaro and stars.
Photos were popular in front of our desert sky graphic, including with PCMS past-president Charles Katzenberg, M.D. and his wife, Pam.
Southbound Pilot provided our music.The camera caught skepticism from Dr. Dick Dale but trust us, he and Lucy enjoyed the event.
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PCMS Alliance members who helped organize the event included, from left, President Kynn Escalante, Reem Asy, Allison Duffy Skeif, Neda Kirash, Anastasha Lynn, and Kathy Armbruster.
Accommodations provided for S.O.T.A. sponsors made a comfortable thank-you.
UofA students volunteered at S.O.T.A. 2015 by helping set up decorations and with serving guests.
Reinforcement of our theme as well as astronomy was provided by Ben Loker of
Arizona Star Tours.
Kathy Armbruster makes a last-minute hanging for the event
preparation.
Saint Philip, martyred Apostle of Jesus, holding the Latin cross with which he is associated, always presides over events at his plaza. In case you are ever asked who is the patron saint of hatters, it is he. Perhaps hatters needed succor for their mercury madness.Covered tables and centerpieces helped set the mood in
the courtyard, and the lighted multicolored globes were popular take-homes for sale.
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La Danza de la Muerte that will not dieBy Hal Tretbar, M.D.
Behind the Lens
Bullfighting has been called an art form, rather than a sport or contest, though it does place man and beast in contest, and the victor is not always certain.
One of the pieces for which novelist and reporter Ernest Hemingway became famous was about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon. He called bullfighting the only art in which the artist is in danger of death, and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance
is left to the fighters honor.
An article in the April 4, 2015 The Economist reflects on the decline in the number of corridas de toros in Spain and Latin America. However, bullfighting has had a strong resurgence recently.
Spain has been the epicenter of bullfighting for millennia. On May 13, 2013, The Wall Street Journal reported that bullfighting had become a $3.3 billion industry, employing more than 10,000 people including matadors and assistants, managers, bull breeders, bullring workers, and promoters.
The Economist stated, Fans of bullfighting in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal have little to cheer about lately. In 2006 Spains state broadcaster, TVE, stopped covering some of the biggest festivals, citing costs and the fear that children might watch the fights. Four years later, Catalonias regional parliament (and the Basque regions) banned bullfighting. A referendum in Ecuador in 2011 led to a ban on killing bulls in Quito. In 2012 Panama banned bullfighting: the Mexican state of Sonora followed in 2013. In recession-hit Spain, the number of bullfights
fell from 2,204 in 2007 to 956 in 2014. Breeders are now as likely to send bulls to the slaughterhouse as to the bullring.
In Mexico the number of bullfights has fallen by half in a decade. In 2014, 590,000 people in Spain signed a pro-bullfighting
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The Plaza de Toros de Santamaria, the bull ring in Bogota, Colombia, is now being refurbished.
Ambassador Louis Tambs, Phyllis Tambs, and the bodyguards.
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petition. This prompted Spains government to push through a law recognizing it as part of the countrys cultural heritage, which in theory overturns Catalonias ban. Mexican campaigners have helped to stall a 2012 proposal to ban bullfighting nationally. In Peru devotees are mobilizing to defend the sport against a bill in congress to ban it.
The Economist says that in Bogota, Colombia, the bullring of the Plaza de Toros de Santamaria still has an air of grandeur despite crumbling brickwork. (It was built in 1931 and holds 14,500 people.) Its last bullfighting season was three years ago, not long before the mayor, Gustavo Petro, revoked a contract with its private operators In February, Colombias constitutional court reaffirmed its earlier ruling that bullfighting was an artistic expression and should be reinstated immediately in Bogota. Plaza de Toros is about to be refurbished.
However, animal-rights groups remain hopeful. Bullfighting has only a decade left, says Marta Esteban of La Tortura no es Cultura, a Spanish campaign group. I dont think new generations will let it continue.
The Economist article brought back my memories of attending bullfights in Madrid, Spain, Nogales, Sonora, and in Bogota, Colombia. In February 1984, two journalism professors, the UofAs George Ridge and ASUs Joe Milner, were invited to lecture to media students in Bogota, and I was able to tag along. We were invited to stay with Ambassador Louis Tambs. He had been a professor of Latin American affairs at ASU before he was appointed ambassador by President Ronald Reagan.
Tambs is a bullfighting aficionado, so he and his wife, Phyllis, took us to a corrida at the Plaza de Toros de Santamaria. Because of threats from the Medellin drug cartel, we went in his armored Cadillac, followed by guards in an armored SUV.
Of course we had the best seats on the shady side of the ring. Four tough-looking men in suits sat on each side of us. They didnt watch the matadors, they just scanned the crowd. Their briefcases were easy to open in case they had to use the Uzi automatic weapons inside.
Louis and Phyllis were relaxed and enjoyed the traditional spectacle with two outstanding matadors; each performing with two large bulls. I dont have their names so here I will call them matadors A and B.
Matador A had a handsome bull and did very well with a series of Veronica passes. He fought well with a clean finish.
Matador B was a different story. The large bull tended to hook a horn and tossed Matador B twice, fortunately without serious injury. The crowd cheered him on for remarkable performance. He was awarded two ears, and was allowed to circle the bullring twice, holding flowers and a ladies shoe thrown to him in appreciation.
Several months later, in the middle of the night with his wife and their infant daughter, Greer, Louis Tambs found out that one of his bodyguards had been offered a bribe by the drug cartel. Tambs slipped out of his heavily guarded official residence right then, with his family. His daughter held his left hand; in his right he held his Colt 45 pistol. Later, Tambs was appointed ambassador to Costa Rica.
In our August-September Sombrero I will remind us how popular bullfighting was in this area, when many of us went to Nogales, Mexico for the corridas in the 1960s and 70s.
When the bull enters the full arena, an assistant helps evaluate the bulls tendencies using the magenta and gold capote (cape).
His feet firmly planted, leading the bull close to his body, Matador A executes a Veronica with the red cape.
Matador A performs a perfect estocada or thrust of the sword (estoque) in the vital area between the shoulderblades.
To the crowds delight, Matador B quickly proves his mastery of the bull.
An assistant (banderillero) tries to distract the bull when Matador B is tossed in the air. He was not seriously injured.
The crowd asks the judge to award Matador B two ears for his skill and bravery. He is allowed to circle the ring with awards in hand.
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Spain, epicenter of la corridaThe first bullfight in Spain took place with the crowning of King Alfonso VII in 710 A.D. King Felipe V banned the aristocracy from fighting on horseback around 1724, so commoners developed the practice of dodging bulls on foot.
Bullfighting follows ancient traditions and is a highly choreographed event. A corrida usually has two or three matadors who each fight two bulls in a bullring. The bulls are between four and six years old, weighing no less than 1,000 pounds.
To begin the event, there is a pasesillo, parade of the participants. Each matador has an entourage with two picadors (lancers on horseback), three banderilleros (assistant fighters who place banderillos, barbed sticks, in the bulls neck muscles), one mozo de espada (sword servant), and several more aides. The entrance is accompanied by stirring music called paso doble, a Spanish two-step rhythm.
The matador wears a traje de luces (suit of lights) made with threads of gold, while the lesser banderilleros wear suits with silver threads.
A corrida consists of three distinct stages, the start of each announced by the sound of a bugle. In the first stage, the tercio de varas, the bull enters the ring where the matador and the banderilleros perform a series of passes with their magenta and gold capotes (capes) to observe the behavior and quirks of the bull. Next the picadors on their padded horses poke their vara (lance) into the group of muscles on the back of the bulls neck.
The tercio de banderillas is the next stage, in which each of the three banderilleros tries to place two sharp, barbed, decorated sticks in the bulls shoulders.
The final stage is the third of death, the tercio de muerte. The matador enters the ring alone. He removes his black, winged hat, and dedicates the bulls death to the president of the event. He is handed a smaller red cape or muleta draped over a short stick and a fake sword.
The matador now must show his skill with a series of passes with the muleta in either hand, but the sword stays in the right hand. The muleta is held in front of his body to make the bull charge and then swung away hoping the bull will follow it. This display of dominance over the bull is called the faena. It is basically a dance with death, as one wrong move and the matador can be impaled on the bulls horns.
A common maneuver with the muleta is the Veronica. The matador stands with his feet planted; the closer together, the more artistic it is. The bull follows the cape as it is swung away in front of his body. According to Britannica.com the pass is named after St. Veronica who, according to Christian legend, wiped Christs brow with a cloth as he passed on his way to Golgotha.
The matador takes the true sword (estoque de verdad) for the final act. The bull now is maneuvered into position with his feet together and his head down. The matador must thrust the estoque over the bulls horns into the space between the shoulderblades to end what enthusiasts consider an artistic performance.
Amid more spirited music, the crowd may wave white handkerchiefs to encourage the president to award trophies for skill in working with the bull. It can be one or two ears, or even the tail. The crowd often will throw flowers or personal items into the ring to show appreciation.
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Time Capsule
Traveling around the GlobeBy Nick Mansour, M.D.
Photos by Ken Sandock, M.D.
Superior and Miami-Globe have played a large role in Arizona history. Major mining had some of its beginning there. Superior, 60 miles east of Phoenix by U.S. 60, traverses canyons, bridges, a tunnel, and some controversial areas considered sacred by some Native Americans.
Globe stayed a frontier town because of its relative isolation from the rest of Arizona. The area offers fascinating history to the curious and is well worth a weekend trip, which is what the PCMS History Committee did on April 18.
Committee Chairman Jim Klein, M.D. approached me about such an excursion. I was born and lived in Superior and know something of the area, and I approached my brother-in-law, Don Hammer, who worked as a mining engineer in Superior, about such a trip. We felt that two trips were required, the first being to Superior, which we did in November 2014, as described in the Feb. 2015 Sombrero. That tour visited Old Pinal City, the gravesite of Mattie Earp, and toured the city of Superior.
To plan this outing we took two trips to Miami-Globe in March, and a third trip to the City of Globe Historic District. Don Hammer and I guided the trip to Superior and were asked to do the same for Miami-Globe. About a dozen PCMS members met at Oracle Junction on the appointed date and we left at 8:10 a.m.
The plan was to take us to Florence Junction, and proceed east through Superior to several points on U.S. 60. On 60, about a half-mile east of the Superior tunnel, on the north side of Queen Creek, we stopped to see a trail on the south side of the canyon, much of which is washed out but can still be found with a bit of searching. This was the main pathway from Superior to Camp Pinal, where Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, Jr., after fighting for the Union in the Civil War, was assigned to establish a headquarters post at the base of Tordillo Mountain, now called Picket Post, outside of Superior.
Stoneman had the mule trail built to what became Camp Pinal, now called Craigs Ranch or Pinal Ranch. The Stoneman Grade is a trail from the city of Pinal to Globe, running north through the old Silver King mine area to Superior. The trail in Queen Creek, the main route from Superior to Camp Pinal before 1921, was begun in the late 1860s or early 1870s and completed by 1871. It was the only direct route from Superior to Miami-Globe until 1921, when the road from Miami to Superior was finished. The ranch house at
Craigs Ranch, still standing at more than a century old, has had some renovations but is in good condition.
Camp Pinal is in an area called the Top of The World. The name Pinal was given by the Apaches and means pine grove in the mountains. Elevation is more than 4,500 feet. In the same area and just about a mile east of the Pinal Ranch is Summit Lodge. In the 1940s this place had cabins that could be rented for a summer, near apple and quince orchards. Much of this is now gone and other homes are there.
We left the turnoff at Queen Creek and proceeded east on 60 to a spot about a half-mile east of the Pinal-Gila counties line, about a mile east of Summit Lodge. At this point the main road turns left
down a grade to Pinto Creek and the old road proceeds to the right and a bit south. Until Arizona 60 was built this the main road to Miami from Superior. There was a dance hall one to two miles east of the Gila-Pinal line, but with the building of the present road, this facility was closed.
At this stop Don Hammer gave a discussion of the Pinto Valley Mine. This mine was started by Miami Copper Co., was called Castle Dome Mine, and operated from 1943 to 1953. It closed for a number of years, and under new ownership re-started operation in 1974. It is in operation today
Downtown Globe.
The headframe from the Old Dominion Mine, closed in 1931. A trail leads visitors around various structures, each of which has an explanation plaque.
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under different ownership. From this spot we traveled on 60 down to Pinto Creek. As one goes down the road toward Pinto Creek and looks to the north (left), the whole Pinto Valley becomes visible and there is a panoramic view of all the mining operations.
At the bottom of the grade is a bridge built in 1949 when the new highway 60 was built. This is a high cantilever bridge built on a curve, and there is a plaque at each end of the bridge, apparently from the American Institute of Steel Construction, extolling the construction of a cantilever bridge on a curve.
When Don and I first scouted the area, we were halted just west of the Pinto Creek bridge for about 45 minutes. A cadre of police cars was there but we did not know why. I later learned that the night before, on March 3, a man had committed suicide by jumping off the bridge, and that one other man had previously done the same about a month earlier.
From there we went to Miami, a mile or two west of which is a canyon called Bloody Tanks, where in the 1860s a group of settlers engaged in a battle with Apaches. Accounts vary, but it appears the settlers won the battle because of their superior weapons.
As one enters Miami from the west there is some mining machinery clearly visible in front of the old Bullion High School. This is no longer used as a school and is now a museum. We visited it on our previous trip, but did not have time to take the group into it. However, I highly recommend that anyone interested in the area visit it. It is well done and very interesting in its presentations.
We traveled down Main Street of Miami until we came to the third stoplight, Adonis Street. From there we turned south (right) and proceeded up a tortuous road to the top of a ridge called Cherry Flats. From there we had a panoramic view of the mining operations, some of which continue today.
To the far west is the Oxhide Mine, no longer in use. Next to it is the Bluebird Mine, opened years ago, and next are the Miami and Miami East mines. There is still a headframe visible where the old Miami mine was, which was in full operation until 1959. There was a leaching operation before it closed, but since then the old mine is primarily a leaching operation. There is still a smelter and
concentrator working at the east end of the valley, and one can also see trucks running on parts of the mining areas.
Don Hammer gave a history of the mining operations of the various companies including the Inspiration Copper Company which is still in operation today under different ownership.
The group proceeded on to Globe by U.S. 60, though we did not go through the town but to a street just before the curve on 60a. U.S. 60 goes from north to south on the west outskirts of the town and then turns east. Just before this curve, the group turned off on Maple street and proceeded into a canyon and up a street named Eucalyptus. This circled and wound up on top of a bluff where we stopped.
From there we had a panoramic view of Globe, including the old high school, the old courthouse, and several other buildings. Far to the north we could see the Sierra Ancha Mountains. On this ranges south side near the top, there are the remains of a tailings dump. This is an abandoned asbestos mine, not in operation for more than 60 years. I was up at that mine in 1955 on a camping trip. I believe there was an old Model T Ford probably used to run a machinery belt. To the northeast of town we could see the headframe of the Old Dominion Mine and the workings of the Copper City Mine, north of Miami, which were not visible from Cherry Flats.
From that point we went to Maple street, under the 60 overpass onto Broad street. Just a block west of our entering Broad is a free city parking lot, across the street from the old train depot. This was the starting place for a tour of the Globe downtown district. An early-1900s steam engine used for troop transport in World War II is on display not far from this parking lot. A plaque notes that it was built by Baldwin Co. and had traveled more than three million miles.
The parking lot may be where the Dominion Hotel once was, which burned down in 1981. I asked several people about the significance of it, as I believed ex-President Theodore Roosevelt had stayed there for the dedication of Roosevelt Dam. Two local people confirmed that they believed this to be the case, and one stated that President Calvin Coolidge also stayed there at for the dedication of Coolidge Dam.
Globe, founded in 1975 and at 3,500 feet elevation, is the seat of
The trail in Queen Creek was the main route from Superior to Pinal Ranch before 1921.
Milling and smelting are still in production at the Miami mines.
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Gila County. Several old buildings dating back to the 1870s are still in use. Globes population today is around 7,500. Temperatures can range from near freezing to 100+. Places of interest are the old county courthouse, the sheriffs office, and the U.S. Post Office still in use. Several churches date to the early 1900s.
As we were walking down the street we stopped in front of a building to read a one-page manuscript. The lady inside came out and greeted us and proceeded to tell us some of the history. The manuscript was about Big Nose Kate, real name Mary Kate
Built in 1910, Globe High School is Arizonas oldest high school still in its intended use.
Tombstone legends wont die any easier than the town. A poster explains Doc Hollidays and Big Nose Kates connection to Globe.
Horony, paramour of Tombstones famous gambler and gunfighter Doc Holliday. They were there for a brief time after the O.K. Corral gunfight, and she apparently cared for him in his illness. She also established a house there. A saloon in Tombstone bears her name today.
The local lady informed us that there was a Chinese district close by, and that there used to be tunnels that were used, especially at night, for the Chinese people to go from their place to other parts of town, as being on the open street at night was dangerous for them because the potential for racist violence was so high.
A brochure detailing the history walk, with some history about the structures, can be obtained at the Globe Chamber of Commerce and at the Globe Museum next door, a building that once was the mine rescue building.
As you enter Globe from the west, opposite the road is a creek, and just above that is the old slag dump. If you turn left after the dump, the road will lead to the old mine site where there is a walk-around area and paths going by the headframe and other structures. All are in disrepair or ruin, but there are plaques with information about what was there. The Dominion Mine was in operation from 1881 until October 1931 and then closed, but Globes main industry is still mining of copper ore, and the mine is a source of water for the mines in Miami and possibly for the town of Globe.
If you visit, we recommend the museum in Miami , the museum in Globe, the walk around the Old Dominion Mine, and history walk through the City of Globe, mainly on Broad Street. George W.P. Hunt, Arizonas first governor, was from Globe, as was our first woman governor, Rose Mofford. Wonder Woman actress Linda Carter is from Globe. Actor Jack Elam is from Miami, Arizona.
A train goes to the San Carlos Casino, and Globe is essentially the jumping-off point for the White Mountains. The Apache Trail begins about two miles west off the town on Arizona 60. Adequate travel facilities are easily found in the area.
Dr. Mansour said he appreciates Don Hammers work in setting up the tour, and Dr. James Klein for organizing and advertising. I thank Dr. Ken Sandock for his help in preparing this manuscript, as well as for providing and reviewing the photos. n
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In Memoriam
By Stuart Faxon
Robert L. Reese, M.D. 1946-2015
Robert L. Bob Reese, M.D., ABR-certified diagnostic radiologist and PCMS member 1976-2001, was fatally injured in a car crash on May 11 in Coronado, Calif., the Arizona Daily Star reported May 22. He was 68.
Robert Lawrence Reese was born Oct. 8, 1946 in Baltimore, and earned his undergraduate degree in mathematics in 1968 at Hendrix College, Conway, Ark. He earned his M.D. in 1972 at University of Arkansas School of Medicine at Little Rock. He interned at St. Elizabeth
Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio, and did his residency at University of Arkansas University Hospital and The School of Medicine, where he served as an instructor in diagnostic radiology.
In Tucson Dr. Reese practiced with the Thomas-Davis Clinic, and had a secondary interest in radiation oncology. Later he practiced with Carondelet Imaging Center. He practiced until 2012. He was a member of the American College of Radiologists and the Radiological Society of North America.
As a young man, Bob was active in Scouting and became an Eagle Scout, his family told the paper. While at Hendrix he was a member of the tennis team, and he was an avid bridge player. Bob loved all outdoor activities, particularly skiing, swimming, tennis, golf, and hiking. He was also very interested in genealogy and was happy to assist others as well. He was a very involved parent with his childrens sports and other activities. He loved playing with his granddaughter, Maddie, and it was one of his great joys to be present during her birth.
Dr. Reeses wife of 43 years, Linda Hill Reese; brother William G. Bill Reese; sister Mary Reese Finley; children Colin G. Reese and Hilary Reese Peters; and granddaughter Madeline Reese Peters survive him. A memorial service was given May 28 at Catalina Foothills Church. The family requests that memorial donations be made to the Alzheimers Association, alz.org.
Dr. Robert L. Reese in 1986.
William A. Sibley, M.D. 1925-2015William A. Sibley, M.D., ABPN-certified neurologist, one of the University of Arizona College of Medicines founders and first neurology department head, and PCMS member 1968-85, died April 24, the family reported April 25 in the Arizona Daily Star. He was 90.
Dr. Sibley devoted his career to study of diseases of the nervous system, the family reported, and to testing and development of treatments for multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, migraines and Parkinsons disease. His clinical findings and diagnostic skills continue to inform physicians around the world, and patients still benefit from his research. Dr. Sibley taught thousands of resident physicians and medical students in a neurology career spanning more than five decades. He continued to teach through 2012, more than 45 years after joining the UofA medical school leadership in 1967.
William Austin Sibley was born Jan. 25, 1925 in Miami, Okla. After earning his Bachelor of Science at Yale University, he continued there to earn his M.D. in 1948. He interned at University Hospitals
Dr. William A. Sibley in 1984.
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the neural transmitter L-Dopalevodihydroxyphenylalanine, the Tucson Citizen reported June 10, 1970. Fifty Tucsonans afflicted with Parkinsons disease participated with the University of Arizona College of Medicine [in] the past year in a study and treatment program which led to release of the drug L-Dopa for wide3spread use. The treatment program worked on the same basis at 25 medical colleges throughout the nation, the paper reported, [and] required monthly reports on the efficacy and side-effects of the drug in 50 patients at each college. Analyzed results led to its approval by the FDA.
Dr. Sibley called it a crash program which paid off, and that a co-operative effort, carefully supervised, made it work.
Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks 1973 memoir Awakenings, about his 1969 discovery of L-Dopa, became the 1990 film of the
same name, starring the late Robin Williams as the Sacks character Malcolm Sayer, and Robert DeNiro as one of many patients awakened after decades of seeming catatonia. The drug was found to control Parkinsons symptoms, but not to halt the nerve damage caused by the disease.
For six months of 1971 Dr. Sibley took a sabbatical from the UofA to do research at the University of Paris on viral diseases of the nervous system. In 1972 he spoke at the 77th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Utah State Medical Association on Research Trends of Multiple Sclerosis, work for which he received grants at the UofA from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and others.
Also in 1972, Dr. Sibley advocated passage of laws to clarify the medical-legal position in cases where hopelessly ill patients are kept alive by machines, the Arizona Daily Star reported. In finding the new therapeutic weapons which have saved countless lives, Dr. Sibley said. medicine has also found the means for prolonging life beyond the point where life, as such, has any meaning. Thus modern medicine, with its new technology, places a barrier between the hopelessly or terminally ill patient, and his [or her] merciful death.
The family reported that in 2006, Dr. Sibley was awarded the John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research by the American Academy of Neurology and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. In that year he also earned the UofA College of Medicines Physician Scientist Award for Excellence in Clinical Research and for his seminal contributions to the etiology and treatment of MS. He authored or contributed to more than 100 books and academic journals.
Dr. Sibley was straight off the tee, could sing extended passages of Gilbert & Sullivan from memory, and enjoyed making goldenrod eggs for his family on Christmas morning, the
of Cleveland and did three residencies 1951-56 at The Neurological Institute at The Presbyterian Hospital, New York City.
In 1952-53 Dr. Sibley served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force in the Far East Air Material Command in Japan, the family reported. In 1954 he met his future wife in the neurological ward of [then] Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, where she worked as a nursing instructor. They were married a few months later.
Dr. Sibley was a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology; a member of the American Neurological Association; president 1967-68 of the Central Society for Neurological Research; and member of the Society of Clinical Neurologists, and of the Association of Research for Nervous and Mental Diseases.
At the UofA, Dr. Sibley directed the Tucson program for study of
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Dr. Oliver W. Shelksohn in 1984.
family reported. He was a basketball season ticket holder at McKale Center during the Lute Olsen years, spoiled his dogs, and asked that his ashes be spread near his cottage and favorite fishing spots on the southeastern shores of Lake Huron, Ontario.
Dr. Sibleys wife, Joanne Shaw Sibley of Tucson; sister Margaret Sanborn of Pewaukee, Wis.; sons John of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Peter of Tucson, and Andrew of Tulsa, Okla.; daughter Jane Clark of Lexington, Ky.; and six grandchildren children survive him.
A memorial celebration of Dr. Sibleys life was given April 29 at the family home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Human Society of Southern Arizona, 3450 N. Kelvin Blvd., Tucson 85716; the Sibley Resident Education fund at the University of Arizona, Box 210109, Tucson 85721; or the charity of the donors choice.
Oliver W.Shelksohn, D.O.1943-2015
Oliver W. Shelksohn, D.O., general, gynecological and colo-rectal surgeon, and PCMS member 1984-2001, died May 20, the Arizona Daily Star reported May 23. He was 72.
Oliver Walter Shelksohn was
born Sept. 21, 1943 in Ely, Nev. After graduating from high school he served in the U.S. Army 1960-64. After attending the University of Nevada at Reno, he earned his D.O. in 1972 at Kansas City (Mo.) College of Osteopathic Medicine.
He interned and did his GS residency at the Detroit Osteopathic Bi-County Community Hospitals. He was board-certified in general surgery, and was a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, and member of the Tucson Surgical Society. He left Tucson to practice in Idaho.
Dr. Shelksohn practiced in Tucson for more than 25 years and recently had been performing locum tenens across multiple states, his family told the paper. Oliver received numerous awards and titles during his prestigious career, including Fellow of the ACOS and serving as president of the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association and on the board of Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation.
Oliver (Ollie to his friends) was well-loved by everyone who met him and came to know his
generosity and kindness. He made new friends easily, and people would gravitate toward his big smile and open approach. Oliver always put his family first and foremost and ensured his loved ones were well taken care of.
Oliver had a passion for medicine and surgery and deeply enjoyed his profession. He also pursued the latest technology and was continually learning, sharing his excitement about the latest discoveries in a variety of fields, from surgical techniques to gadgets and computers.
Dr. Shelksohns wife, Pamela; brother O. Wayne Shelksohn; children Christopher, Marcus, and Marissa; and three grandchildren survive him. His sister Eileen Dunson; his first wife, Toni; and son Owen predeceased him. Memorial services were May 24 at Brings Broadway Chapel.
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Robert E. OMara, M.D. 1933-2015
Robert E. Bob OMara, Sr., M.D., board-certified radiology and nuclear medicine physician, teacher and researcher, and PCMS member 1972-2002, died April 26 in Tucson, the Arizona Daily Star reported May 1. He was 82.
Dr. OMara became an Affiliate (later Associate with our bylaws change) PCMS member in 1976 when he returned to New York to work at the University of Rochester. He moved back to Tucson in retirement.
Robert Edmund George OMara was born Dec. 8, 1933 in Flushing,
Queens, New York City. After earning his undergraduate degree at the University of Rochester (N.Y.), he earned his M.D. at The Albany (N.Y.) Medical College (Medical Department of Union University) in 1959. In 1960-62 he served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps Research and Development Center, Kirkland AFB, Albuquerque, N.M.
He interned at St. Louis (Mo.) City Hospital; did residencies in the Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital Department of Surgery and Saint Vincents Hospital and Medical Center of New Yorks Department of Radiology; and in 1966-67 completed a National Institutes of Health Fellowship in nuclear medicine at Upstate Medical Center, State University of New York at Syracuse. He was a member of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, American College of Radiology, the Radiological Society of North America, and AMA.
Dr. OMaras wife of 51 years, Brenda; son Robert Jr.; daughters Susan Dennett and Bridget Monzon; and granddaughters Brittany and Abby survive him.
A memorial gathering was given May 4 at Brings Broadway Chapel. Memorial donations may be made in Dr. OMaras memory to the American Cancer Society (donate.cancer.org) or Golisano Childrens Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. (www.urmc.rochester.edu/childrenshospital/giving).
Bill Masland, M.D. 1933-2015William S. Bill Masland, M.D., neurologist and pain manage-ment specialist, and PCMS mem-ber 1972-92, died May 8, the Arizona Daily Star reported May 17. He was 82.
William Stafford Maslin was born May 17, 1933 in Philadelphia, attended the William Penn Charter School, and earned his undergraduate degree in 1955 at Haverford College. He earned his M.D. in 1955 at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He interned at the Hospital of the University of Pennsyl-vania, did his neurology residency at New York Neurological Institute of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center,
returned for a residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and finished his training with a Research Career Development Award Fellowship (NINDS) 1966-71.
He was certified by the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry and the American Board of Qualification in Electroencephalo-graphy. He was a member of the American Academy of Neurology, American EEG Society, American Epilepsy Society, and the American Physiological Society.
He served as an assistant professor of neurology at Penn before joining Neurological Associates of Tucson in 1971 [now Carondelet Neurological Institute], the family reported. In 1985 he became medical director of the OReilly Care Center at [Carondelet] St. Josephs Hospital, drug and alcohol treatment facility. Since 2000, he worked in Yuma as a neurologist and pain specialist. He served on the Board of Directors of the Association for Drug Abuse and Alcoholism [treatment], the Epilepsy Society of Southern Arizona, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, and the Housing Authority of the City of Yuma, and was a strong advocate for the mentally ill.
With intelligence, good humor, and sound advice, he inspired and mentored students and family members. Bill had a good run. He treated life as a grand adventure, and it was.
Dr. Maslands wife of 59 years, Nancy; brother James G. Masland, Jr.; daughter Ethel Ellie Wolcott; five grandchildren; and a number of cousins, nieces and nephews survive him. His daughter Elizabeth Betsy Masland predeceased him.
The memorial event was private. Memorial donations can be made to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Rd., Tucaon 85743, or Green Fields Country Day School, 6000 N. Camino de la Tierra, Tucson, where Nancy Masland served as headmaster starting in 1972.
Emanuel S. Hellman, M.D. 1931-2015
Emanuel Hellman, M.D., IM and cardiology physician and PCMS member 1972-85, died May 20, the Arizona Daily Star reported May 24. He was 83.
Emanuel Scholem Hellman was born July 8, 1931 in New York City. After earning his A.B. at Harvard University in 1953, magna cum laude, with summa cum laude in engineering, sciences and applied physics, he went on to Harvard Medical School to earn his M.D. in 1957.
He interned with Harvard Medical Dr. Emanuel S. Hellman
in 1984.
Dr. Robert E. OMara in 1972 when he joined PCMS.
Dr. W.S. Bill Masland in 1991.
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Service and Boston City Hospital. He did residencies at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston and Georgetown Medical School Service, Washington, D.C. In 1959-61 he served with the U.S. Public Health Service and was senior assistant surgeon, Metabolism Services, National Cancer Institute, NIH. He had a Fellowship in cardiology at Georgetown University Hospital 1961-62.
Board-certified in IM and cardiology, he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the Aesculapian Club, Massachusetts Heart Association, Council of Clinical Cardiology, Phi Beta Kappa, American Heart Association, and the Massachusetts Medical Society.
In 1980 Dr. Hellman and his wife, Dorothea E. Hellman, M.D., added IM physician Michael R. Schoenhals, M.D. and endocrinologist Mitchell Parker, M.D. to their practice on East Pima Street. On April 21, 1980, Dr. Dorothea Hellman predeceased her husband, who called her an extraordinary lady and a brilliant physician. From the clinical practice of endocrinology she was able to make original observations and produce innovative research.
in 1992 Dr. Hellman served on the CAP Select Water Quality Panel, chaired by Dr. Ronald P. Spark.
Manny was a successful physician and researcher, his family told the paper. ... an inspirational leader and partner for his colleagues. He was an athlete, a scholar, a philosopher, a patriot, a joke-teller who met his match only with the advent of the Internet, a dreamer (albeit a pragmatic one), an artist, a crafstman, a fixer, a cowboy, a ranch hand, a builder, a mover of rocks, a prankster, a puzzler, a gambler, a swashbuckler a traveler (perhaps a purposeful wanderer), a counselor and a mentor.
He was a devoted husband to Dorothea and [then] Sandy, both of whom loved him with every fiber of their being. He was a loving son to Selma, who lived only for him. He was a magnanimous father and inspiration to Debbie and Steven, who can flawlessly confront any challenge in life with the question, What would daddy do?, and who try to live up to his standard of parenting with his eight grandchildren.
All of these things describe Manny, but none of them truly defines Manny. [He] can only be defined by the countless many who have had the honor to know him and call him a friend. Incredibly, that distinction is shared by almost everyone [he ever knew]. The lives he touched and enriched have made of Mannys life something permanent, something larger, something unknowable. In his own words, Immortality is not in defying death, but in being kept alive in the thoughts of those who succeed you. He was a man, He lived joyfully. He made the world a better place. He lives on in all of us.
The family suggests memorial donations be made to TMC Hospice or the Steven M. Gootter Foundation.
Joan T. Lowell, 1941-2015Joan T. Lowell, who ran area-wide physician credentialing for PCMS from 1992 through 2000, died April 11, 2015. Her obituary appeared in the April 18 Arizona Daily Star. She was 73.
Before coming to PCMS, Lowell worked in a variety of healthcare institutions. She was credentialing coordinator at Palo Verde Hospital from 1988-1992, medical records coordinator at Sierra Tucson, record rooms chief for HealthAmerica/GHMA, and medical records librarian for Southern Arizona Mental Health Center.
And she made the best deviled eggs, PCMS Executive Director Bill Fearneyhough said, There are a lot worse things for a person to be remembered for. He added that he still makes her recipe.
Lowell took over a troubled PCMS credentialing program in 1992, former PCMS Executive Director Steve Nash said. At the time there was a huge backlog of incomplete forms, hundreds of physician complaints, and no money coming in. Within two months she had the process running smoothly. PCMS Credentialing Services made money in 1993, then large amounts of money in 1994 and 1995. Lowell then cut fees substantially and began work on a statewide, single form, to be used by licensing boards, insurance companies, and all Arizona hospitals.
In 1996 TMC began to compete directly with PCMS Credentialing Services, and it slowly eroded the customer base. At Christmas 1999, the PCMS Board of Directors pulled the plug on the operation. Lowell stayed another year to wind up contracts.
Back in 1996 we were probably about eight months away from a single form for doctors to fill out. I wish Joan had been allowed the time to pull this off.
Besides having a strong head for organization, Lowell was a poet and hand-weaver. She had been an art teacher and gave lessons to children.
Born May 1, 1941 in Philadelphia, Lowell studied Latin and classical Greek at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., earning a BA in 1963. She raised a variety of animals, including her beloved geese, at her Tucson home. Flowers surrounded her house. Her family suggested as a memorial planting anything in memory of this deeply loved lady who lived to play in her garden.
At Lowells request, no services were held, but the family asks all who knew her to remember her fierce and tenacious spirit, her talent for art and poetry, her love of cats, geese, and growing things, her warm and generous nature, and anything about Joan that makes you smile.
Her daughters Laura, Barbi, and Jennifer; niece Ann; nephew Wayne; and four grandchildren survive her. n
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