A year from now, Mount Nittany Medical Center will open its doors for the first time to six residents in family medicine.

The program, titled the Penn State Hershey Family Medicine Residency at Mount Nittany, is a three-year residency program in family medicine and will begin next spring.

Housed at the medical center, the program will be run through the University Park Regional Campus of Penn State College of Medicine , and will be the first residency of any kind in the State College area, Dr. Joesph Wiedemer, program director of the family medicine residency, said.

This program covers a wide breadth of care including prevention, immunization, diagnosis, communication and treatment of disease. Wiedemer said they considered many options before deciding on family medicine because of the lack of family physicians in the United States.

Wiedemer said the nation will need 47,000 more family physicians by 2020, according to the Institute of Medicine.

Mike Henry, Class of 2013, who will be attending medical school at Columbia University next fall, said via email he recognized the shortage and that the program will be beneficial for the hospital and the nations health care system.

In order to enhance health care beyond State College, Wiedemer said one of the main goals is to care for patients in the surrounding rural areas.

The hope is some of the students, about one half, will stay in this region and the others will go to areas that are underdeveloped, Wiedemer said.

For members of the State College community, keeping physicians in the area could greatly improve the quality of care.

Celeste Newcomb, professor of health policy and administration , said the program illustrates a positive investment toward consumer access.

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Madeira High School has two mascots, one for the boys and one for the girls. After the school attempted a rebranding effort, the high school announced that they would keep both of the district's team names Mustangs and Amazons.

When the school board announced a plan to review the district's individual team names, several former Madeira athletes stepped up to defend the Amazon name.

Danielle Lydon is a former Madeira basketball player who still has her Amazon letterman's jacket. The nickname started in 1970 when the girls' teams began to win under legendary coach Nadine Wilson.

"The boys got upset that the girls were winning everything, and they called them Amazons'. One night they went in and trashed the girl's locker room," Lydon explained.

Considering the real definition of an Amazon - a legendary race of female warriors - Coach Wilson decided to take the intended insult and turn it into a positive.

And nearly 45 years later, the Madeira Amazon mascot remains.

Recently, Lydon and a small army of alumni have banded together to defend the name after word spread that the district was planning to discuss brand refinement and a possible name change.

A memo from the district read, "Our goal is to build a coherent and consistent message that is easily understood by everyone in Madeira and other districts."

However, after receiving input from numerous members of the community, the school decided to keep with tradition.

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The Montessori High School in Lexington has been named the state winner in the Keep America Beautiful Recycle-Bowl. The high school recycled 30 pounds of waste per student during a one month period between Oct. 15 and Nov. 15, 2013 to win Kentucky's first prize designation, which earned $1,000 for the school.

Eleven students in the veterinary assistant program at Locust Trace AgriScience Farm have passed their certification test. This nationally recognized credential for the industry is available through the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America, and Locust Trace is one of only five high schools in the country to offer this certification.

These students who are now approved veterinary assistants: Alexandra Arnold, Paul Laurence Dunbar; Phoebe Crutchfield, Lafayette; Karina Dowd, Tates Creek; Ashtin Gross, Lafayette; Addison Hodges, Lafayette; Taylor Hudson, Dunbar; Morgan Johnson, Lafayette; Lyndsey Mefford, Henry Clay; Keonna Neeley, Dunbar; Hannah Stokley, Lafayette; Sarah Taylor, Lafayette.

Three students at The Montessori High School in Lexington have been nominated to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Washington, D.C., this month. Olivia Pederson of Lexington and Frances Werner-Wilson and William Werner-Wilson of Versailles have been selected as Kentucky representatives based on their academic achievement, leadership potential and interest in medicine.

The Congress of Future Medical Leaders is a program for high school students across the country who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields. Students who attend will learn about leading medical research and advances and medical school expectations.

University of Kentucky student Becca Clemons is one of five students who has earned top honors in the American Copy Editors Society annual scholarship program. Clemons, who will earn a journalism degree from the University of Kentucky this spring, has held copy editing and reporting internships at The New York Times, The Arizona Republic, the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times. She will intern at The Seattle Times this summer.

In addition to the cash prize, winners receive financial assistance to attend ACES' 18th annual national conference, March 20-22, in Las Vegas.

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Austin Li and Mingxi Mao of Winburn Middle School earned the mark of distinction on the AMC 8, a 25-question, 40-minute multiple-choice math exam that promotes the development of problem-solving skills, by scoring in the top one percent nationally on the November 2013 exam. They were also Winburn's schoolwide winner and runner-up, respectively. About 150,000 middle school students from dozens of countries take this American Mathematics Competitions exam each fall, including youngsters in Fayette County Public Schools.

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Newswise J. Paul OKeefe, MD, 67, Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of the Medical Specialties Practice at Loyola Outpatient Center as well as Medical Director of the Maywood Primary Care Clinic, has been named Chair of the Department of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, effective Monday, Feb. 10.

He assumes the role formerly held by David Hecht, MD, who has become Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs for Loyola University Health System.

Dr. OKeefes leadership as a practicing clinician and a distinguished researcher has made him a beloved, respected teacher and mentor. Throughout his career, Dr. OKeefe has donated his time and skill to bring essential health-care services to communities in desperate need, consistently honoring the service-focused, Jesuit-Catholic values that have shaped his life and work.

A 1971 alumnus of Stritch, Dr. OKeefe returned to Loyola University Medical Center in 1977 and was named Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases. Ten years later, he became Medical Director of the Maywood Primary Care Clinic. In 1999, after eight years as a full professor, he became Medical Director of the Medical Specialties Practice at the Loyola Outpatient Center. He has served as Vice Chairman of the Department of Medicine for the past five years.

His tireless dedication to the community is evidenced by his roles as chair of the HIV/AIDS Task Force of the Archdiocese of Chicago and as a member of the Health Advisory Board of Catholic Charities of Chicago. He is the founder and organizer of the Maywood Clinic, which has brought care to thousands of underserved individuals who lack access to basic health services. Dr. OKeefes devotion to teaching and service to others has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Medical Alumni Associations Golden Apple Teaching Award in 1992, the Spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award in 2000 and the Stritch Medal in 2004.

He has published hundreds of articles in peer-reviewed journals and is nationally known for his research in the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases.

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Awards/honors

The Montessori High School in Lexington has been named the state winner in the Keep America Beautiful Recycle-Bowl. The high school recycled 30 pounds of waste per student during a one month period between Oct. 15 and Nov. 15, 2013 to win Kentucky's first prize designation, which earned $1,000 for the school.

Eleven students in the veterinary assistant program at Locust Trace AgriScience Farm have passed their certification test. This nationally recognized credential for the industry is available through the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America, and Locust Trace is one of only five high schools in the country to offer this certification.

These students who are now approved veterinary assistants: Alexandra Arnold, Paul Laurence Dunbar; Phoebe Crutchfield, Lafayette; Karina Dowd, Tates Creek; Ashtin Gross, Lafayette; Addison Hodges, Lafayette; Taylor Hudson, Dunbar; Morgan Johnson, Lafayette; Lyndsey Mefford, Henry Clay; Keonna Neeley, Dunbar; Hannah Stokley, Lafayette; Sarah Taylor, Lafayette.

Three students at The Montessori High School in Lexington have been nominated to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Washington, D.C., this month. Olivia Pederson of Lexington and Frances Werner-Wilson and William Werner-Wilson of Versailles have been selected as Kentucky representatives based on their academic achievement, leadership potential and interest in medicine.

The Congress of Future Medical Leaders is a program for high school students across the country who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields. Students who attend will learn about leading medical research and advances and medical school expectations.

University of Kentucky student Becca Clemons is one of five students who has earned top honors in the American Copy Editors Society annual scholarship program. Clemons, who will earn a journalism degree from the University of Kentucky this spring, has held copy editing and reporting internships at The New York Times, The Arizona Republic, the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times. She will intern at The Seattle Times this summer.

In addition to the cash prize, winners receive financial assistance to attend ACES' 18th annual national conference, March 20-22, in Las Vegas.

For more information on the conference, got to Vegas.copydesk.org.

Austin Li and Mingxi Mao of Winburn Middle School earned the mark of distinction on the AMC 8, a 25-question, 40-minute multiple-choice math exam that promotes the development of problem-solving skills, by scoring in the top one percent nationally on the November 2013 exam. They were also Winburn's schoolwide winner and runner-up, respectively. About 150,000 middle school students from dozens of countries take this American Mathematics Competitions exam each fall, including youngsters in Fayette County Public Schools.

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The new medical school will feature a host of innovations aimed at fostering a dynamic learning environment, said Michael E. Cain, MD, during his state of the school address.

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In a year marked by significant growth, the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences added 35 faculty positions in 2013, launched a new department and graduated the largest number of medical students choosing to remain at UB for residency.

Those were some of the highlights that Michael E. Cain, MD, underscored during his annual state of the school address, Jan. 17 at the UBClinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC).

Cain, vice president for health sciences and medical school dean, also looked to the future during his address, providing additional details about the new medical school, which is set for completion in December 2016.

The number of medical school faculty increased dramatically over the last two years, Cain said from 688 in 2011 to 747 in 2013.

That increase aligns with key objectives of the UB 2020 strategic plan and allows the medical school class to grow from 140 to 180 students when the school relocates to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, he explained.

As UB has added faculty, increased federal research dollars are channeling into the school, Cain said.

In 2013, investigators were awarded 175 federal grants, excluding those received by faculty at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the Hauptman-Woodward Institute. Thats up from 131 in 2012.

UB faculty received $36.4 million in federal grant money last year, nearly $2 million more than in 2012.

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This years Young Alumni of the Year award will be given to a husband and his wife. Two young alums will be honored for their dedication and sacrifice to a local neighborhood in Fort Worth.

Dr. Randy Brown and Anda Brown are married and live in one of the worst places in Fort Worth. Randy Brown decided, after years of meditating with God and talking to his wife, to dedicate himself to a life of full-time ministry to teach and minister to children, including seven of theirs, in the Como neighborhood.

According to ACU Alumni Association, Randy and Anda were high school sweethearts that met again on campus. Randy, who was a pre-med major, and Anda, an English education major, married one semester before Randys graduation in May and Andas in August, December, 1993.

Randys dream of being a doctor stuck with him since the age of five, when his mother said the family needed a doctor.

He always had a calling towards ministry, Anda said.

When he talked about missions, I thought he was crazy, she said. I really wanted the typical doctor lifestyle. Thankfully, God had other plans.

While in school, Randy and Anda participated in many Spring Break Campaigns. One trip to Romania had the biggest impact on Randy. He said he felt a strong calling from God to quit medical school and focus on ministry.

When Randy revealed his plans to Anda, she said, We had been married six months, so that was unsettling.

On a month-long mission trip to Togo, West Africa in 2000, Randy felt the calling again to do missions full-time. However, the couple was not in agreement. The family moved a lot because of Randys practice in residency, and they joined the Christ Fellowship Church in Grapevine.

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SPOKANE -- North Central High School is adding recent Medal of Honor recipient Ty Carter to its elite group of distinguished alumni. It planned to celebrate Carter's achievements at its annual Red and Black Convocation on Thursday.

WATCH: Former North Central student receiving Medal of Honor

Carter graduated from North Central High School in 1998. Eleven years later, Carter risked his life multiple times to deliver ammunition and medical aid to his fellow soldiers during a battle in Afghanistan. His heroism earned him the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor, which the President of the United States presented him last August.

WATCH: Medal of Honor recipient Ty Carter focusing on helping soldiers with PTSD

North Central High School staff remember Carter as a great guy with a positive attitude as well as a talented runner.

North Central leadership teacher Tom Armitage said the Red and Black Convocation is about more than recognizing Carter for his achievement: it's a way to inspire current students.

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Did you know Government Kilpauk Medical College was set up solely for women?

It was designed on the lines of Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women in Delhi. But a series of protests by the women students forced the then State government to turn it into a co-educational institution on the lines of Madras Medical College and Stanley Medical College.

The origins of the college date to 1925, when the Raja of Panagal, pleased with the services of his personal physician Srinivasamurthi, donated the land now housing the college and hospital. And a School of Indian Medicine was set up.

Subsequently, in 1948, the government introduced an integrated course, including allopathic system. Students had to study allopathy compulsorily along with Ayurveda, Siddha or Unani systems.

The college underwent several name changes until in 1953 it came to be known as College of Integrated Medicine.

Paediatric gastroenterologist V.S. Shankaranarayanan, who joined the college in 1956, said a third of the students in his class opted for Indian medicine. By the time his batch graduated, the government had introduced a diploma in medicine and surgery and MBBS.

Students had to forgo 18 months of their study to join the MBBS course, or continue with the diploma.

Around 300 students who continued like him later took a condensed MBBS course offered at Chengalpet Medical College to graduate as full-fledged MBBS doctors.

In 1965, the college was converted into a womens medical college.

Two years later, the women students began protesting, appealing to the government that the college be converted into a co-educational institution.

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During a student internship at the Texas Nursing Association in Austin, Angelica Ybarra witnessed the impact nursing leaders could make at the state level.

Less than a year after graduating from the University of Houston-Victoria School of Nursing, Ybarra is now one of those leaders. She is director of clinical advocacy in the Division of Public Health and Medical Education at the Texas Medical Association in Austin.

Ybarra learned about the position through an online advertisement. While she wasn't actively looking for a new job, the title caught her attention.

"When I read the job description, I felt compelled to apply," she said. "I thought the role and responsibilities of being the director of clinical advocacy aligned with my nursing and health care expertise as well as my career preferences."

Ybarra graduated from UHV in spring 2013 with a Master of Science in Nursing. She was chosen by the university's School of Nursing faculty as that semester's outstanding graduate student.

"Ms. Ybarra's high-profile job validates the quality the faculty saw in her while she was a student," said Kathryn Tart, dean of the UHV School of Nursing. "The newest data from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board reports that 100 percent of our master's degree nurse administration alumni are gainfully employed. We are very proud of the work our graduates are doing."

The Texas Medical Association is the largest state medical society in the nation. The association's Division of Public Health and Medical Education focuses on public health, and scientific and patient safety issues, emphasizing areas in which high-quality medical care and scientific expertise can benefit Texans.

"My position provides me the opportunity to make a difference in health care by advocating for physicians and their practices, which, in turn, impacts patient care delivery statewide," Ybarra said. "My favorite thing about the job is being in a position to empower physicians with information that can help them improve their clinical effectiveness and quality of care."

One task Ybarra is involved with is preparing physicians for payment reimbursement challenges. She explained health care payment models are transitioning from traditional fee-for-service pay structures to value-based reimbursement. A value-based system rewards medical providers who provide quality care with higher reimbursement payments. For instance, medical providers who improve population health outcomes for patients with diabetes or other chronic medical conditions and reduce health care costs may be rewarded with incentives and higher payments.

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