Innovate April 2018

April 2018

INNOVATE

Molly Hill, Ph.D. Named 2018 Stanton L. Young Master Teacher A publication of the Oklahoma Health Center Foundation

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Thirty-Fifth Annual Award Presentation

Dr. Molly R. Hill Named Master Teacher Award Winner A “master teacher” should be: a teacher who goes beyond excellence in the classroom or on clinical rounds—to touch lives and change attitudes. Such master teachers are respected for their professional excellence and, because of their strong personal involvement with students, they make effective contact. A master teacher inspires by their quality as human beings.

Left to right - Russell G. Postier, M.D., Rebecca Hill, Molly Hill, Ph.D., Elizabeth Hill, and Jason Sanders, M.D., Senior Vice President and Provost of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

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Molly R. Hill, Ph.D., was recognized by her students through the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine at an awards dinner held on April 4 at the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club. She was honored with the 2018 Stanton L. Young Master Teacher Award.

This annual award was established in 1983 through an endowment made by Oklahoma City businessman, the late Stanton L. Young, and with the continued support of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Young, is awarded annually to a faculty member in the College of Medicine. The award comes with a $15,000 cash prize, one of the largest in the nation for medical teaching excellence.

Hill was presented the award by Russell G. Postier, M.D., FACS, David Ross Boyd professor and Executive Dean, OU College of Medicine.

As Professor of Microbiology and Immunology in the OU College of Medicine, Hill currently directs a firstyear medical student course and is heavily involved in a second year course for the OU College of Dentistry, both in the areas of microbiology and immunology.

She has received several awards for teaching, including the Aesculapian Award from the College of Medicine Classes of 2020 and 2018; the Dewayne Andrews Award for Teaching Excellence in 2014; and the Regents’ Award for Superior Teaching in 2013. Hill is actively involved in overseeing graduate student education as well as initiatives to improve faculty mentoring and teaching. She currently serves as the Chair of the Academy of Teaching Scholars, an organization which seeks to promote excellence in teaching, educational research and educational leadership, administration, and service. She organizes the annual Education Boot Camp and spearheaded the effort to recruit trainees into the Academy as a mechanism to promote opportunities for future academicians.

Prior to joining the University, she taught for 13 years at Oklahoma Christian University where she established a rigorous undergraduate biology research program.

During her tenure at Oklahoma Christian University, Hill worked collaboratively with basic scientists at the Health Sciences Center to obtain dozens of additional summer research positions for undergraduate students.

While there, she was awarded one-of-two inaugural Oklahoma Christian University Research Professor Awards and was named as the recipient for the Outstanding Alumna Achievement Award.

“Our students agree that her joy of teaching and mentoring is rivaled only by her joy of knowledge,” said Postier in his introduction of Hill. “Her attitude has been described as infectious which helps to make students excited to engage in class. This deeply caring and dedicated teacher who has sustained a record of outstanding teaching and service to students since joining our university 11 years ago, is considered by her students to be a Master Teacher and not only meets, but exceeds the criteria laid out in this prestigious award.”

Lee Young, son of Stanton L. Young, said, “Tonight, we have the privilege of celebrating the outstanding teacher from the College of Medicine. My father understood the importance of quality teaching, particularly at the College of Medicine because they educate and train our future doctors. The lessons this outstanding educator taught us went way beyond the subject matter in her field. Along with lessons, a master teacher also instills values and love of learning to help shape lives personally and professionally. This year’s recipient, Dr. Hill, is such a teacher. Along with the $15,000 award, the recipient receives a Steuben crystal owl. My father chose the owl as a symbol of knowledge, wisdom and patience to be a visual reminder of the qualities of a master teacher.”

“This award is an incredible honor,” said Hill.

She acknowledged that the doctors-in-training have made an impression on her life as they continue their journey through medical school. “They come with an amazing array of knowledge and skills. Thank you for helping me become a better instructor, a better course director and a better mentor,” she said, addressing the medical students in attendance. Hill also acknowledged the two most important people in her life who were attending the banquet with her – daughters Elizabeth and Rebecca.

Attending from Stanton L. Young’s family were Lee and Laura Young, Ross and Marie Elise Howard, Carter Wright and Trevor Wright.

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James L. Gallogly Selected as The University of Oklahoma’s 14th President The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents today announced the selection of James L. “Jim” Gallogly, 65, a leading American business executive and OU alumnus, as the University’s 14th president. Gallogly will succeed OU’s current president, David L. Boren, who is retiring on June 30, 2018.

“Jim Gallogly is a world-class, in-demand transformative leader, and we’re honored to have him as our new president,” said Clayton I. Bennett, chairman of OU’s Board of Regents. “Throughout his career, he’s been incredibly successful. He is a builder known for having strategic vision, for managing large and complex organizations, and for mentoring and inspiring great teams to achieve results – leadership qualities we value for the future. Jim’s skill-set is a perfect match for this unique time in our history.”

“I’m here because I love the University of Oklahoma,” said President Designate Gallogly. “It’s a privilege to be part of the University, and I will work tirelessly with our outstanding students, faculty and administration as we achieve new standards of academic excellence.”

Boren, who is among America’s longest-serving university presidents, is stepping down after leading OU over the past 23 years. His retirement will come after completing 51 years of public service in the Oklahoma Legislature, as Governor of Oklahoma, U.S. Senator and OU’s president. Under Boren’s leadership, the University emerged as a “pacesetter university in American public higher education,” with 31 major new programs initiated during his tenure. Since 1994, more than $2 billion in construction projects have been completed or are under way on OU’s three campuses.

Said President Boren: “I have known Jim Gallogly for many years. He is a person of exceptional ability and has been a committed supporter of the University. He truly loves the University and our students. He and his wife Janet will be worthy leaders of our University family. Molly and I both wish them well and will do all that we can to help them and the University that means so much to all of us.”

Bennett added that Gallogly impressed the Board of Regents as a charismatic and inspirational leader. “It’s impressive to know that many leaders he’s mentored

and developed during his career have ascended to become CEOs,” Bennett said. “He’ll lead from the front, working with teams at every level and teaching in the classroom as he takes on his next major career challenge. While Jim may not come from the academy, we know he’ll draw skillfully on OU’s world-class faculty, who will be critical in assisting him during this transition.”

Bennett said OU’s search process was led by a recognized national search firm and a representative search committee composed of 17 faculty, students, staff professionals and community members. David Rainbolt and Dr. Gregg A. Garn, Dean of the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, served as chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the search. The committee initiated its work on November 13, 2017. It met six times, reviewed a broad pool of applicants and ultimately selected 13 candidates for interviews. After robust debate, the committee presented seven finalists for the Board of Regents to review. The Board of Regents conducted indepth interviews with all seven candidates who were a mix of traditional and non-traditional candidates, both internal and external to the University. Following this thorough evaluation process, Regents unanimously selected Gallogly to become president.

Gallogly was former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LyondellBasell, a company he joined while it was in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. He and his team guided the company out of bankruptcy in record time and successfully repositioned it as one of the world’s largest petrochemical, polymers and refining companies, with 2014 revenues of $45.6 billion and earnings of $4.1 billion (the year preceding his retirement).

In addition to LyondellBasell, Gallogly also served for 29 years in executive roles with ConocoPhillips, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and Phillips Petroleum Company, beginning his career in the energy business in Northeast Oklahoma with Phillips in 1980. Prior to that, Gallogly practiced law with a private firm in Denver, Colo.

Gallogly received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colo., in 1974 and a J.D. degree from the OU College of Law in 1977. Gallogly also completed the Advanced Executive (continued to page 47)

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Hospitals Launch Thank-The-DonorTM Program

Oklahoma Blood Institute is teaming up with major hospitals across the state for a first-of-its-kind program that enables blood recipients to thank their individual blood donors. Thank-The-DonorTM will improve blood supplies by allowing donors to know the personal impacts they make on the lives of others. It will also have pro-social benefits across the community by empowering connectedness and an Attitude of GratitudeTM. 8

Thank-The-DonorTM allows patients to send a thank you note to their actual blood donor using their smart phones, tablets or computers, simply by visiting the ThankTheDonor.org website. Step-by-step instructions make the process easy to follow and a patent-pending process maintains anonymity for both the blood donors and recipients, thus preserving important privacy protections. As permitted by the sender, a donor’s message can be shared with wider audiences, such as hospital staff or Oklahoma Blood Institute social media followers.

“Rarely do blood recipients ever get the chance to meet and thank their donors personally,” said John Armitage, M.D., president and CEO of Oklahoma Blood Institute.

“Thank-The-Donor breaks communication barriers and offers a new and different way to share a ‘thank you!’

We know this personal connection will inspire our generous donors to keep saving lives through their irreplaceable gift of themselves.”

Every two seconds someone needs blood. Holly Benningfield, 19, is just one of the many lives saved by having access to donated blood products. Holly, a college student, fought and won a battle against leukemia in high school. She needed blood transfusions from 22 donors during cancer treatments. She takes every opportunity she can to thank her donors for saving her life. Stories like Holly’s make the gift of blood donation personal and powerful, and can inspire donors to continue their commitment to giving.

“When I got that blood, my energy just shot through the roof, I was so happy,” Holly said. “Thinking about all those people who have donated, they’re the reason I get to be here. It’s a wonderful experience to know that someone cared, and wanted to help you.”

Oklahoma Blood Institute is the 9th largest non-profit blood center in the United States, operating since 1977.

It serves more than 160 hospitals and medical facilities in Oklahoma, including all air ambulances.

Global Blood Fund

Oklahoma Blood Institute expanded its community in 2008 with the creation of the Global Blood Fund – a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

The Global Blood Fund helps secure supplies most needed by blood donor centers in developing countries.

This includes blood pressure cuffs, donor beds, computers, lab equipment, and even bloodmobiles.

Year-round initiatives are used to encourage blood donors to ‘doubly give’. These initiatives encourage donors to forgo receiving the ‘donor gift’ and Oklahoma Blood Institute gives a monetary contribution of similar value to the Global Blood Fund. Some blood drives – often sponsored by religious groups - are dedicated exclusively to Global Blood Fund. Support has been provided to blood centers in countries such as Kenya, Zimbabwe, Haiti, Mexico, Japan, Georgia and Armenia.

You can also help improve the availability and safety of blood in some of the world’s poorest nations through Global Blood Fund’s Text2Give campaign. Simply text the word “Blood” to 52000 and follow the prompts to donate $5 to Global Blood Fund.

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Joint Council on Public Health Established Public Health Leaders Act on Commission Recommendation Public health leaders from the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), OKC-County Health Department and Tulsa Health Department have announced the creation of the Joint Council on Public Health. Last month, the Joint Commission on Public Health, created

by Governor Fallin’s Executive Order and chaired by OKC-County Health Department executive director Gary Cox, submitted final recommendations to the governor. One of those recommendations was the creation of the Joint Council.

“We are grateful for the work put in by so many to identify opportunities to strengthen our public health system,” said Interim Commissioner of Health Tom Bates.

“However, a report is only as good as those that are implementing it, which is why forming the Joint Council is a priority.”

This group will review health data, plan health initia-

tives, prioritize services, develop private/public partnerships, evaluate outcomes and look at per capita public health spending.

“Although we are faced with many barriers in our current state system, we have realized progress in a multitude of public health programs and partnerships, and can build on that with outward focused initiatives and innovative approaches to improve health and wellness for our entire state,” says Gary Cox. “We will take the framework provided by the Joint Commission and establish forward thinking and transparent systems for the way critical public health services are delivered.”

The Joint Council will consist of Tom Bates, Interim Commissioner of Health, Gunnar McFadden, OSDH Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Community and Family Health and Interim Regional Director for Canadian, Kingfisher and Logan Counties, Gary Cox, OKC-County Health Department executive director, and Dr. Bruce Dart, Tulsa Health Department executive director.

“By pulling together representatives of the public health system in Oklahoma to act in unison, we will be able to take key steps in stabilizing and moving our state forward in health improvements to serve Oklahomans in a meaningful way,” said Bates.

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University of Oklahoma “Soonerthon” students join Miracle Million Club for Kids Love’s Travel Stops boosted fundraising by providing a $20,000 underwriting sponsorship Children’s Hospital Foundation Executive Director Kathy McCracken announced that thousands of Oklahoma’s children would benefit from $1 Million raised

by OU Students and a lead gift by Love’s. The OU Soonerthon was recently inducted into the national Children’s Miracle Network $1 Million Club for Dance Marathons. OU is among 10 colleges in the nation with the distinction.

“Love’s has been a proud supporter of OU Soonerthon for six years, and the passion and dedication the students exhibit always amazes us,” said Jenny Love Meyer, vice president of communications for Love’s.

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“We’re proud of the 3,000 OU students who reached their $1 million goal.”

Maxi Anderson from Tyler, Texas, is a fifth year University of Oklahoma student majoring in entrepreneurship and marketing was recognized as the top student fundraiser, raising more than $90,000. Anderson was a member of the executive team her freshman year, director her sophomore, junior and senior year and the chairman her fifth year.

“My college experience would not be the same without Soonerthon,” Anderson said. “It has been a blessing to get to know all the Miracle Children & Grateful Fami-

lies over the past five years, they have truly impacted my life more than I could have ever imagined. March 3, 2018, will forever be one of my favorite days. Our student body came together to surpass our goal of $1 million for Children’s Hospital Foundation.”

Children’s Hospital Foundation, promotes our success in providing the best possible children’s health care, recruit the highest quality physicians and scientists and perform ground-breaking research to benefit the children of Oklahoma.”

More than 234,000 patient encounters happen at Children’s Hospital and clinics every year. Children from every county come through the doors year after year, and no child is turned away from our programs due to the inability to pay.

Children’s Hospital Foundation funds pediatric research and education programs, ultimately supporting The Children’s Hospital in serving every county in Oklahoma with more than 234,000 patient encounters annually. All funds raised through Children’s Hospital Foundation stay in Oklahoma so children will have access to exceptional pediatric specialists without having to leave the state.

“The students of the University of Oklahoma involved in Soonerthon deserves tremendous recognition and praise for their efforts and the success of this program,” said Dr. Morris Gessouroun, CHF scientific chairman.

They have achieved a remarkable milestone by joining the Miracle Million Club for Children’s Miracle Network. Most importantly, their success, through the

To support Children’s Hospital Foundation, please call 405-271-2260 or visit www.chfKids.com

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OUHSC Graduate College Hosts 43rd GREAT Symposium Students, Post-doctoral Fellows Presented Research in Competition

To prepare for a career in research, students must be able to explain their work to a variety of audiences, both orally and through posters.

For 43 years, the Graduate College at the OU Health Sciences Center has provided a forum for students to gain that experience. The GREAT (Graduate Research Education and Technology) Symposium showcases the original research of students and post-doctoral fellows.

In addition to OUHSC student participation, several high school students from the neighboring Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics will participate in the event.

This year’s GREAT Symposium was April 9-12 on the OUHSC campus. Students and fellows will present their research orally and through poster presentations.

They also competed for travels awards that will allow them to present their research again at larger meetings nationally and internationally, where connections are often made that will further their careers. Last year, the Graduate College presented $24,250 in travels awards to students and post-doctoral fellows.

“We are proud of this year’s GREAT participants and the significant quality of research projects that they will present,” said Anne Pereira, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate College. “We have very bright students who are dedicated to discovering new answers for the health problems that people face.”

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The Graduate College is one of seven colleges at the OU Health Sciences Center. It is the college that educates future health care scientists from a variety of research disciplines in the Colleges of Allied Health, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health. Students come from around the world and have many different aspirations and dreams. Some want to establish research careers in academia, industry, health care or government. Some are developing skills to teach the next generation of health scientists, while others aim to communicate science to non-specialists. A growing number of Ph.D. and M.S. candidates want to become entrepreneurs or consultants in new technologies or patent law. Some choose to develop careers in regulatory and policy matters.

Guest speakers at this year’s GREAT Symposium spoke to students about research and careers in the biosciences industry. The keynote speaker was Scott Rollins, Ph.D., who is CEO and chairman at Tetherex Pharmaceuticals.

He was previously president and CEO of Selexys Pharmaceuticals from 2008 to 2016 and was instrumental in the acquisition of Selexys by Novartis in 2016 for $665 million. Selexys developed a monoclonal antibody targeting P-Selectin that will be the first approved drug for sickle cell disease in 25 years. Rollins earned his doctorate in immunology at OUHSC. Another event is the Career Round Table Discussion, which features panelists from local biotech companies, the National Institutes of Health and colleges around the nation. Other guest speakers talked about academic integrity and cultural awareness.

For more information about this year’s GREAT Symposium, visit graduate.ouhsc.edu.

Third-generation dentist carries on family tradition of compassionate, comprehensive care

by Paula Burkes, The Oklahoman As a boy growing up in Oklahoma City, Derek Cohlmia rarely dined out at a restaurant that somebody didn’t approach his father, or his grandfather, to thank them for compassionate and comprehensive dental care extended to their family.

Cohlmia spent many an afternoon hanging around his dad and grandpa’s northwest Oklahoma City office.

“I saw the way they treated and respected people, and always looked up to them,” he said.

Years later, as an undergraduate student at the University of Oklahoma, Cohlmia remembers a friend biting into a French fry at a Burger King in Adams Hall and breaking off her front tooth.

“Naturally, she was embarrassed and in tears,” Cohlmia said. “But my family got her in for care the next morning.”

A 2017 graduate of the OU College of Dentistry, Cohlmia, 28, is carrying on the commitment to exemplary dentistry passed down by his grandfather, Ray Cohlmia, 88, who retired three years ago after practicing 55 years, and father, Raymond Cohlmia, 56, now dean of the dental school.

Derek Cohlmia in July bought Family Dental Center — the former practice of Joe Fallin — which has offices at 4301 NW 63 and at 7405 NW 23 in Bethany. He employs six, including a hygienist, dental assistant, three office professionals and a part-time marketing director.

All three Cohlmia dentists are Oklahoma-born. Derek’s great-grandparents emigrated from Lebanon in 1905.

Family lore has it that Ray became a dentist because his mother told him to. He attended dental school at Baylor University; there was none at OU at the time.

Derek’s mom, Sherry Harroz Cohlmia, jokes that her son inherited the dental gene.

“He has great hand skills, and is good at the little tiny millimeter things,” she said, attributing his skill in part to his 10 years of piano lessons.

The third-generation dentist said he pursued family dentistry because of the continuity of care.

“It’s a cool profession,” Cohlmia said. “I can see a mom and daughter today, and then maybe that daughter and her daughter in years to come. You become part of your patients’ families and grow up with them.”

Regular, six-month dental cleanings and exams are imperative from age 2 on, Cohlmia said. Poor oral health can lead to permanent bone loss, lost teeth and heart disease, he said.

Derek Cohlmia has two younger brothers — Brandon, who’s a third-year OU dental student, and Joshua, who’s starting OU in the fall. He’s hopeful one or both will join his practice one day.

Meanwhile, his grandfather, the dental patriarch of his family, drops in frequently to check on patients and talk about things.

“I’m thinking of getting him a desk,” Cohlmia said.

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Experts propose improving clinical trials for lupus An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation physician-scientist is spearheading a call for transformative changes in clinical trials for new lupus drugs. In a new paper Joan Merrill, M.D. led a large team of lupus specialists and treatment developers to detail approaches that could lead to new and effective drugs reaching hospitals and clinics.

pact from ineffective agents. The specific recommendations about how to do this are based on the analysis of many past, disappointing studies in lupus, and include the evaluation of more clear-cut disease manifestations, more stringent endpoints and use of current scientific advances to help select patients most likely to benefit from a specific therapy.

“In a nutshell, the goal of the paper is to create a dramatic shift in how lupus clinical trials are conducted so effective treatments can stand a chance to succeed,” said Merrill, Director of Clinical Projects in the Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program at OMRF, who also serves as the Lupus Foundation of America’s Chief Advisor of Clinical Development.

“If you take these ideas and apply them to clinical trials, we will be able to interpret the data better,” said Merrill. “This could lead to more approvals of effective drugs and will prevent ineffective drugs from succeeding. That would be huge, because our patients need safer and more effective treatments.”

The paper addresses long-standing barriers that have limited the development of new treatments for lupus.

Only one new drug, belimumab, has been approved since the 1950s.

“I have been involved in more than 30 failed clinical trials since the 1990s, and they did not all need to fail.

Because of the way things have been set up, a lot of these drugs will never be made available even though they might have been effective,” said Merrill.

Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can cause unpredictable flares of inflammation affecting almost any organ in the body. While the disease can be relatively mild in some people, it can become serious and even fatal for others, causing serious damage to the brain, heart, kidneys or lungs.

According to the LFA, more than 1.5 million Americans have one or more form of lupus, which primarily strikes women. The standard of care relies on trial and error, primarily using treatments borrowed from other illnesses that have not been properly studied in lupus.

In the paper, Merrill and her colleagues propose making it possible to test more treatments by decreasing the size of trials. This can be accomplished through designs that increase the differences that can be detected when effective treatments are given, while reducing false im-

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The group also urged a community-wide effort to make trials available to patients with more types of lupus and to more minority patients, who, when left out of trials are also left out of access to new treatments that could work for them.

Merrill authored the paper, which appeared in the journal Lupus Science & Medicine, with substantial input from Susan Manzi, M.D., M.P.H., Chair of the Medicine Institute at Allegheny Health Network and Medical Director of the Lupus Foundation of America, and Victoria P. Werth, M.D., Professor of Dermatology and Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, as well as a large group of leading lupus clinicians and trialists, and advice from biopharmaceutical experts. The Lupus Foundation of America will be presenting the findings of this paper to the FDA in the coming months.

At OMRF, Dr. Merrill works closely with Dr. Judith James, Head of the Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, in designing trials for lupus that are linked to complex immunologic profiling of the patients.

“We are working on small pilot projects to bring lupus treatment kicking and screaming into the 21st century,” she said.

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University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: College of Allied Health • College of Dentistry College of Medicine • College of Nursing College of Pharmacy • College of Public Health Graduate College • Stephenson Cancer Center Harold Hamm Diabetes Center

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Associate Members Oklahoma’s Credit Union

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Tom Kupiec, Ph.D., President and CEO 840 Research Parkway Suite 546 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Phone: (405)271 1144 Website: www.arlok.com ARL Bio Pharma is a contract laboratory that provides analytical and microbiological testing services for the pharmaceutical industry. Our laboratory works with pharmaceutical companies, compounding and hospital pharmacies, drug manufacturers, academic institutions, and research scientists bringing excellence to pharmaceutical sciences.

ARL recognizes the importance of providing quality testing services. With over 100,000 formulations tested, we assist our clients in providing quality drug products to their patients.

Our services include: full analytical and research and development support, stability and compatibility studies, micro-

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biology testing, dissolution testing, microbial identification, bioequivalence studies, and pre-clinical and clinical support.

ARL also assists local and government agencies and regulatory bodies with forensic drug investigations including: drug diversion testing, chemical and biological analysis, complaint sample testing, litigation support, product contamination and patent infringement.

Contact ARL for more information on analytical, microbiological analysis and forensic drug investigation services at 800-393-1595.

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Taylor N. Shinn Director – Ventures & Growth Baker Hughes, a GE Company 204 N Robinson Ave Ste 1300, Oklahoma City, OK 73102 Website: www.bhge.com Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE:BHGE) is the world’s first and only fullstream provider of integrated oilfield products, services and digital solutions. Drawing on a storied heritage of invention, BHGE harnesses the passion and experience of its people to enhance productivity across the oil and gas value chain. BHGE helps its customers acquire, transport and refine hydrocarbons more efficiently, productively and safely, with a smaller environmental footprint and at lower cost per barrel. Backed by the digital industrial strength of GE, the company deploys minds, machines and the cloud to break down silos and reduce waste and risk, applying breakthroughs from other industries to advance its own. With operations in over 120 countries, the company’s global scale, local know-how and commitment to service infuse over a century of experience with the spirit of a startup – inventing smarter ways to bring energy to the world.

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Kathy McCracken, Executive Director 901 N. Lincoln Blvd., Suite 305 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-650-1718 Toll Free: 888-229-KIDS Tax ID: #73-1200262 Website: www.chfKids.com Children’s Hospital Foundation improves the health of children through its support of research, educational and clinical care at the Oklahoma Health Center. 100% of funds raised through the Foundation will stay in Oklahoma giving children access to exceptional pediatric specialists without leaving the state and regardless of their ability to pay.

Quick Facts • All funds raised stay in Oklahoma • 36 endowed research chairs and 20 research programs • Supports training of 75% of Oklahoma’s pediatricians • More than 233,000 patient encounters each year • 3,000+ volunteers • More than $121 million raised • Private 501 (c)(3) nonprofit established in 1983 • Specialized Programs • Adolescent Medicine • Cancer and Blood Disorders • Diabetes, Growth and Thyroid • Emergency Medicine • Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases • General Pediatrics • Infectious Diseases • Heart, Lung, Kidney Disorders • Medical Genetics • Neonatology • Pediatric Education • Pediatric Surgery CHF is currently recruiting endowed chairs and has naming opportunities available. For more information, contact Children’s Hospital Foundation toll free 888-229-KIDS (5437) or (405) 271-2260.

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Gregory L. Skuta, M.D., President and CEO 608 Stanton L. Young Blvd.

Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5065 Phone: (405) 271-6060 Website: www.dmei.org Dean McGee Eye Institute Benchmarks of Excellence The Dean McGee Eye Institute (DMEI) is dedicated to serving all Oklahomans and the global community through excellence and leadership in patient care, education, and vision research. It is one of America’s largest and most respected centers for medical and surgical eye care with approximately 195,000 total patient visits annually from all 77 Oklahoma counties and the surrounding region, and serving more than 8,300 surgical patients annually in its state-ofthe-art ambulatory surgery center. Twenty-two of DMEI’s 29 ophthalmologists (and all of those recruited before 2013) are listed among the Best Doctors in America and/or Castle Connolly Top Doctors.

In U.S. News and World Report’s 2016-2017 survey, DMEI was recognized as one of the nation’s top 20 academic eye centers (seventh among those affiliated with a public university). The Eye Institute’s residency program also was ranked among the country’s top 20 by Doximity (eighth among public universities) and attracts top medical students from across the nation. In 2015, the University of Oklahoma (OU) College of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology, which is housed in the DMEI, ranked among the country’s top 20 departments in National Institutes of Health funding (tenth among departments affiliated with a public university) and 14th in the nation in cumulative funding from Research to Prevent Blindness (seventh among public universities).

dent of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus in 2018; and one is a Past President of the American Glaucoma Society.

DMEI provides approximately $1 million of care to needy Oklahomans each year.

The Dean McGee Eye Institute provides more than $1 million of care to needy Oklahomans each year.

In a survey released by Ophthalmology Times in November 2017, DMEI was ranked third in the nation overall behind the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute/University of Miami and the Wilmer Eye Institute/Johns Hopkins University. It was ranked second for clinical care and the residency program and fifth among research programs.

Its physicians and scientists hold or have held numerous major leadership positions in national and international organizations. DMEI’s Director of Vision Research is a Past President of the International Society for Eye Research, Past Vice President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and a recipient of ARVO’s prestigious Proctor Medal; two members of the faculty are recent directors of the American Board of Ophthalmology; three serve or have recently served on the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) including two who are Past Presidents; another will become Presi-

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Thomas C. Kupiec, Ph.D., CEO and President DNA Solutions, Inc. 755 Research Parkway, Ste. 510 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 Phone: 405-271-6033 Fax: 405-271-6034 www.dnasolutionsusa.com DNA Solutions is a genetic testing laboratory that reveals answers contained within the strands of DNA. Trusted for over 17 years, our dedicated team of scientists utilizes the most advanced technologies to deliver superior, cost effective results for many types of genetic testing including humans, animals, and microbial identification.

Our laboratory is one of a select few private labs in the United States that has the combination of FBI Quality Assurance Standards, American Association of Blood Banks, and ISO/

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IEC 17025 accreditations including our accreditation in Mitochondrial DNA sequencing.

As a world leader in genetic and human remains testing, our laboratory partners with federal, state, and city government agencies to assist in the processing of forensic casework including the United States Department of Agriculture, Federal Aviation Administration, police agencies, District Attorneys, Public Defenders, and Medical Examiners.

DNA Solutions also works with academic and private researchers to develop novel genetic applications and technologies including single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), allele determination, and marker development.

Contact DNA Solutions today if you require DNA Testing at (405) 271-6033 or www.dnasolutionsusa.com.

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Serving Oklahoma and the southwest since 1925, the Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic is one of the oldest and largest medical practices in the United States dedicated solely to the treatment of allergy, asthma and immunology.

The Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic has seven physicians on its medical staff; board certified by the American Board of Allergy & Immunology and are on the teaching faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.

OAAC is one of only a few allergy groups in the United States with a full-time Nurse Practitioner who holds a Doctorate and is a pulmonary disease management coordinator consulting with individual patients about breathing techniques and asthma education. Also on staff are two full-time, registered, licensed nurse practitioners.

Almost one-fourth of Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic’s patients are referred from outside Oklahoma City and travel many miles for the sophisticated, high-level allergy and asthma care and to participate in the numerous research studies.

Scott B. Dennis, MHA 750 N. E. 13th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5010 Phone: (405) 235-0040 Website: www.oklahomaallergy.com Facebook oklahomaallergyandasthmaclinic Twitter @okallergyasthma

The Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic has a Burkard pollen and mold collection instrument on the roof of its main location and provides the daily counts to the media and the counts are also posted on the website and on social media.

The Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic has its central clinic location on the Oklahoma Health Center campus. Four full-service satellite clinics are located in Edmond, Norman, Midwest City and Northwest Oklahoma City, adjacent to Mercy Hospital. A new Norman practice building opened in December 2016.

How is an allergist different than a regular physician? An allergist is a doctor who is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases and conditions. Those conditions include asthma and frequent coughing; hay fever; sinus infections; eye allergies; reactions to food, insect stings and drugs; and immune system problems that might cause frequent infections. You should see an allergist if you have any of these conditions.

More than 50 million people in the United States have these allergic diseases. Although symptoms may not always be severe, allergies and asthma are serious and should be treated that way. Many people with these diseases simply don’t realize how much better they can feel with proper treatment.

An allergist is trained to find the source of symptoms, treat it and help patients feel healthy. After earning a medical degree, the doctor must complete a three-year residencytraining program in either internal medicine or pediatrics.

Then, an allergist completes two or three more years of study in the field of asthma, allergy and immunology.

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or other blood disorder. Oklahoma Blood Institute regularly ranks in the top performance tier, due to its ability to recruit marrow registrants from ethnically and age-diverse populations.

John Armitage, M.D., President, CEO 1001 N. Lincoln Blvd.

Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Phone: (405) 278-3100 Website: www.obi.org Oklahoma Blood Institute is the ninth largest, non-profit blood center in America. Every drop of blood needed by patients in more than 160 medical facilities in Oklahoma is provided by Oklahoma Blood Institute donors. Every hospital in the metro-Oklahoma City area is exclusively serviced

by Oklahoma Blood Institute. An average of 1,200 blood donors a day is required to meet these needs.

Volunteer blood donors give more than 280,000 units of blood annually to provide a safe and adequate blood sup¬ply. Blood donors with Oklahoma Blood Institute know they are, literally, saving the lives of their friends, family and co-workers, who may one day need blood in an urgent situation. One blood donation can save as many as three peoples’ lives.

Oklahoma Blood Institute is responsible for recruiting blood donors, as well as collecting, processing and testing blood components and transporting them to hospitals across the state. Random inspections by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) confirm the consistent quality of Oklahoma Blood Institute’s operations at every donation site.

Oklahoma Blood Institute employs nearly 800 Oklahomans and works with 1,200 volunteers and 2,600 blood drive coordinators throughout Oklahoma’s communities. Its donor centers are located in Ada, Ardmore, Edmond, Enid, Lawton, Norman, central Oklahoma City (Oklahoma Health Center), north Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Dozens of mobile blood drives are conducted in conjunction with businesses, schools and civic groups each week across the state.

Oklahoma Blood Institute is the state’s only affiliate of Be The Match®, the national marrow donor program. For more than 12,000 Americans each year, a marrow or stem cell transplant is the only hope for a cure of a life-threatening blood cancer

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Oklahoma Blood Institute has developed, and is the first blood center in the nation to launch the Thank-the-DonorTM program. It is a unique, patent-pending web-based application that allows blood recipients to send an electronic thank you note to their individual blood donors. Oklahoma Blood Institute has teamed up with several hospitals across the state to introduce Thank-the-DonorTM to blood recipients and their family members.

Oklahoma Blood Institute is also a vital link in cell therapy, procuring healthy stem cells for transplants from adult marrow and umbilical cord do¬nations. The future holds great promise as Oklahoma Blood Institute expands research and treatment partnerships within the healthcare biosciences industry. Cell therapies and regenerative medicine applications are predicted to revolutionize care for the most lifethreatening diseases. Oklahoma Blood Institute is uniquely positioned as a ready-made ‘cell bank’ with hundreds of thousands of combinations of genetic characteristics among its blood donors. Through Oklahoma Blood Institute’s BioLinked, a confidential research database, these giving people may be offered the opportunity to further make a difference in the lives of others as part of medical research.

Oklahoma Blood Institute can accelerate this revolutionary research cost effectively, so that today’s vision more rapidly becomes the reality of life-enhancing, routine medical treatments.

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Michael Carolina, CEO 755 Research Parkway, Suite 110 Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3612 Local: (405)319-8400 Toll Free: 866-265-2215 In Tulsa: 618 East Third Street, Suite 5 Tulsa, OK 74120 918-576-7650 Website: www.ocast.ok.gov Facebook: www.facebook.com/ocast.ok.gov Twitter: www.twitter.com/ocast The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) was established in 1987 as the state’s agency for technology-based economic development. OCAST’s mandate is to “expand and diversify Oklahoma’s economy and provide new and higher quality jobs for Oklahomans” by encouraging “. . . the development of new products, new processes and

whole new industries in Oklahoma.” (O.S. 74, Sections 5060.1a and 5060.2A) MISSION To foster innovation in existing and developing businesses • by supporting basic and applied research • by facilitating technology transfer between research laboratories and businesses • by providing seed capital for innovative firms in the development of new products or services • by helping Oklahoma’s small and medium-sized manufacturing firms become more competitive through increased productivity and modernization (O.S. 74, Section 5060.3) VISION OCAST funds cutting-edge science and technology through processes that are recognized nationally and internationally for demonstrating excellence, objectivity and economic impact. OCAST’s vision is continued growth and vitality of its basic premise of facilitating collaborations between state government, universities, start-up companies and established large-scale firms to develop an entrepreneurial environment which supports technologybased economic development. OCAST’s strategy includes technologies such as biosciences, information technology, sensors and electronics, advanced materials, energy and alternative fuel sources. Achieving this vision will result in continued growth of advanced technology companies in the state thereby increasing Oklahoma’s global competitiveness, per capita income and quality of life.

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Terri White ODMHSAS Commissioner 2000 N. Classen Blvd, Ste E600 Oklahoma City, OK 73106 Phone: (405) 522-3908 Website: www.odmhsas.org TThe Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) is the State’s statutory authority responsible for prevention, treatment and recovery of mental illness, substance abuse and addictive disorders. This includes management and oversight of the state’s behavioral health Medicaid services along with rule-making responsibility for statutory certification processes stipulated by O.S., Title 43A. It is the agency’s core mission to assure that prevention and treatment services are provided for all Oklahomans. The services, programs and initiatives undertaken by the department are dedicated to this end.

ODMHSAS, primarily through a network of contracted private providers, delivers services to approximately 197,000 Oklahomans annually, provides prevention activities in all 77 counties, and certifies and reviews more than 3,300 public and private treatment providers (organizations and individuals) throughout the state.

Oklahoma experiences consistently high rates of mental illness and addiction, and increasing negative outcomes for those unable to access appropriate care.

Only a third of Oklahomans who need services are actually getting those needed services. This is a problem that has existed for decades. The continued demand on state-funded services, in addition to increased stress on private systems, has created a crisis situation 30

that will only grow worse if we are unable to provide additional opportunities for service engagement.

ODMHSAS was established through the Mental Health Law of 1953, although publicly supported services to Oklahomans with mental illness date back to early statehood. Until the mid-1960s, the primary means to treat mental illness was institutionalization in large state hospitals. On an average day in 1960, nearly 6,400 Oklahomans were in the state’s mental hospitals.

In the mid-1970s, the concept of “deinstitutionalization” prompted states to increase efforts to utilize outpatient services through Community Mental Health Centers. This approach has proven to be an effective means of recovery and a less costly method to provide services as compared to long-term inpatient care in a hospital setting. Today, the majority of individuals seeking services in the state system are effectively served in their communities.

Despite challenges, Oklahoma has become a national leader in several areas of community based services including the implementation of programs for assertive community treatment, alternative criminal justice initiatives such as drug and mental health courts, and comprehensive services for children and families.

In many ways, Oklahoma already is “ahead of the curve” in terms of treatment success for people with mental illness or substance abuse problems. With a focus on community-based and proven practices, and emphasis on treatment across the lifespan, from children to the elderly, more Oklahomans experiencing brain disease are finding recovery and wellness.

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Terry Taylor, President 800 N. Research Parkway, Suite 400 Oklahoma City, OK 73103 Phone: (405) 271-2200 www.oklahomahealthcenterfoundation.com The mission of the Foundation is to promote innovations in healthcare and science, and to serve as a connector between our member organizations, in order to raise awareness of the Oklahoma Health Center’s profile among business and governmental entities as a key driver of economic development.

The Oklahoma Health Center (OHC) is unique, unlike any other medical center in the United States or even the world. With an annual economic impact of almost $3 billion in the greater Oklahoma City area, the OHC represents the second largest concentration of employees and students in Oklahoma — more than 18,000 —larger than a number of Oklahoma communities.

Chartered in 1965, the Oklahoma Health Center Foundation, Inc. (OHCF) was established to assist the Oklahoma Health Center, and its 21 member entities, in matters of mutual physical, administrative and planning concerns.

This assistance helps drive the OHC’s potential in attracting and developing biomedical and biotechnical industries in Oklahoma. From cutting-edge biotechnology companies to government, medical education, patient care and community support institutions, OHCF serves as the facilitator to 21 world-renowned organizations.

OHCF works closely with many aspects of the campus and its organizations, serving as a liaison between Federal, State, County and City governments by representing the various interests of the campus.

OHCF’s Board recently voted to assume management of the emerging OKC Innovation District which encompasses the Health Center across I-235 to Automobile Alley.

OHCF, in the spirit of fostering collaboration, OHCF is hosting symposiums and quarterly Mind-Meld events.

OHCF is a founding member of the 10th Street Medical Business Corridor, a vital and stabilizing anchor to north downtown, which links the OHC campus to other medical facilities in the area, along 10th street.

OHCF is responsible for the implementation of the campus Master Plan.

Treasures For Tomorrow program began in 2002, and almost $3 million was raised. Projects included public art sculptures at Dean McGee Eye Institute and The Children’s Hospital, and Founders Plaza at Stiles Park featuring the Beacon of Hope. In 2016, the focus was changed to donate monies raised to health-related research projects. Treasures For Tomorrow, $50,000 was awarded to OUHSC and the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center to further the research on this existing project focusing on diabetes.

OHCF is involved in the plans for a modern and comprehensive way-finding signage project.

Since 2000, more than $534 million in construction costs have been completed at the campus. OHCF continues to serve as a facilitator between developing agencies and their surrounding agencies, ensuring the successful and orderly growth of the campus.

OHCF continues to serve the campus interests as a key stakeholder through meetings with the City of Oklahoma City in discussing the proposed MAPS 3 streetcar development and its potential service to the OHC. OHCF continues to represent the interests of the OHC in the successful, revitalization development of downtown Oklahoma City by closely working with the City of Oklahoma City, the Greater OKC Chamber of Commerce and Downtown OKC, Inc. 31

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Tom Bates Interim Commissioner 1000 N.E. 10th Oklahoma City, OK 73117 Phone: (405)271-4200 Website: www.health.ok.gov A Day in the Life of Public Health…

From the time you get up in the morning till you go to bed at night, public health is involved in your life: • When you got up this morning, you made food choices for breakfast. We provide you messages on healthy food choices.

• You have a yearning for that cigarette you are trying to give up. We work with the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline to help you quit smoking.

• Hopefully, you brushed your teeth. We work with communities to fluoridate water supplies.

• You got in the car and buckled in your children, put the baby in the car seat, and buckled your own seatbelt. We encourage seat belt use and provide car seats to those who need them.

• You dropped the kids off at school. All should have their mandated immunizations to protect them from childhood diseases. We provide immunizations.

• You go to work where most of your colleagues seem to be sick. We investigate disease outbreaks.

• You go to lunch at a local restaurant. We inspect food service facilities.

• You decide not to go back to work – since everyone’s sick anyway – so you think you’ll get that tattoo you’ve been dreaming about. We license tattoo artists.

• You decide to visit your grandmother to show off your new tattoo. She’s at a local nursing facility. We license nursing homes.

• You pick the kids up from the after-school program.

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provide lots of physical activity and healthy snacks.

• You stop off at the grocery store where you see a friend selecting fresh fruits and produce. You know she’s on WIC, the special nutrition program for women, infants and children. We administer the program.

• You start to prepare dinner. You wash your fruits and vegetables to help prevent contamination from E. coli bacteria. The Public Health Laboratory analyzes food specimens during foodborne illness outbreaks.

• Your sister calls and says she has enrolled in the Children First program. This is a special nurse visitation program provided by county health departments to visit first-time mothers in their home and teach them about caring for their new baby.

• After dinner you go for a walk and let the kids ride their bikes. Public health partners with communities to encourage safe sidewalks and bike trails to promote physical activity.

• While outside, you make sure everyone has used insect repellent containing DEET to prevent mosquito bites and tick bites. We investigate cases of West Nile virus caused by mosquito bites, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, caused by tick bites.

• You put the baby to bed in a crib that meets current federal safety standards and is free of bumper pads so the baby cannot suffocate. You place the baby on its back, the safest position. We provide education on child safety.

• On the 10 o’clock television news, you learn that HIV continues to be of concern in Oklahoma. Public health provides testing for HIV. • Overnight, a tornado hits your community. When you turn on the radio the next morning, you hear messages that your local health department will be providing tetanus shots for those involved in the cleanup.

So indeed, public health is at work every day to keep Oklahomans healthy!

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Stephen M. Prescott, M. D., President 825 N.E. 13th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Phone: (405)271-7400 Website: www.omrf.org JOBS at OMRF -- https://jobs.omrf.org/applicants/jsp/ shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1380829938244 What if there was a place solely focused on research?

A place where collaboration could thrive and ideas could grow? Where the stage was set for life-changing discoveries?

There is.

It’s the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.

• OMRF scientists hold 700 US and international patents and have developed two FDA-approved drugs.

• The Scientist magazine named OMRF among the “Best Places to Work” for postdocs and in academia in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

• For our work on rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, the National Institutes of Health has designated OMRF as one of only nine Autoimmunity Centers of Excellence in the US. • Our internationally recognized cardiovascular biologists are studying how blood-vessel formation impacts heart disease and breast and colon cancer.

• Researchers at OMRF have identified more than 25 genes associated with lupus and five linked to Sjögren’s syndrome.

• Physicians in OMRF’s Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence offer the region’s most comprehensive center for researching and treating MS. • OMRF is seeking novel methods of preventing age-related macular degeneration, hearing loss, osteoarthritis and diabetes.

• For 12 consecutive years, OMRF has earned a four-star rating—the highest possible score—from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator.

• With 18 vertical wind turbines that generate 85,000 kilowatt hours of energy each year, OMRF’s research tower is home to the world’s largest wind farm.

• Our new biorepository holds more than 1 million patient samples in a massive freezer that maintains a constant temperature of -112 degrees Fahrenheit.

• Scientists at OMRF led the largest genetic experiment ever in the field of lupus research, working with 50 scientists in 6 countries to study biological samples gathered from 15,000 patients.

• OMRF has discovered an experimental medication to treat a deadly form of brain cancer. The investigational new drug is currently in clinical trials.

OMRF. Discoveries that make a difference.

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Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics Frank Wang, Ph.D., President The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics 1141 North Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 Phone: (405) 521.6436 Website: www.ossm.edu Only one of a handful of high schools of its kind in the nation, the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics is a unique learning institution for Oklahoma students. OSSM is Oklahoma’s public residential high school for juniors and seniors with exceptional interest and abilities in mathematics and science. OSSM operates its two-year residential program in Oklahoma City, Regional Center programs around the state and also serves all Oklahoma schools and students through math contests, research, teacher training and outreach activities.

OSSM was created by the Oklahoma Legislature in 1983 and is funded by the state, with additional private partnership garnered by the OSSM Foundation. The school is governed by a Board of Trustees appointed by legislative leaders and the Governor. Located on a 32-acre site near the state capitol and adjacent to the teaching and scientific research resources of the Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, OSSM is committed to building a strong academic foundation for each student.

The school’s residency program is designed to encourage an atmosphere of informal interaction among peers and foster each student’s highest potential. The availability of laboratories along with evening and weekend programs of interest challenge students and stimulate studies. Since classes began in 1990, students have matriculated from all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties to undertake OSSM’s advanced curriculum taught by a world class, largely Ph.D. faculty, leaping forward in their academic progress.

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and participate in physical education and Fine Arts programs. Most science classes feature a two-or-threehour weekly laboratory experience, and many seniors participate in mentorship programs with researchers and other professionals in areas of personal interest.

Students must also receive satisfactory participation reports in both campus and community service of which a total of 120 hours are required for graduation (see more at www.ossm.edu/academics). All OSSM graduates go on to pursue higher education with many earning valuable scholarships and, depending on their receiving school, many begin college with substantial credit hours already completed.

OSSM graduates are continuing to leave indelible marks on Oklahoma. Of the more than 1,500 OSSM graduates thus far, more than a third have pursued engineering and roughly another third are in medicine or bioscience. Based on alumni reports, we estimate more than half of OSSM grads who have completed their higher education have also earned graduate degrees, and a substantial number have served or are serving in the U.S. armed forces.

Some 85% of OSSM alumni are staying in careers in science, math, engineering and technology. More than half are now working or living in Oklahoma and a number have also begun their own businesses. GE Global Research cited OSSM as one of ten critical site selection factors in their decision to build a new research facility in Oklahoma City, and a recent independent analysis found OSSM and its graduates already stimulating more than $40 million each year in economic activity in Oklahoma. OSSM’s impact is growing with every graduating class!

Charles L. Spicer, Jr., FACHE

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President and Chief Executive Officer of OU Medicine, Inc.

Jon Hayes, MHA, CMPE

President, The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center

Kris Wallace, RN, MBA President, OU Medical Center

OU Medical Center 700 NE 13th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73104 The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center 1200 Childrens Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Find OU Medicine at www.oumedicine.com and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The Children’s Hospital can be found at www.oumedicine.com/childrens and on Facebook.

The 350-bed OU Medical Center is home to the state’s only level I trauma center. We provide a full range of heart care services at OU Medicine Cardiovascular Institute, the state’s premier center for treating cardiac and vascular patients. We offer the highest level of care for stroke patients when “time is brain,” and provide unmatched neurology and neurosurgery services ranging from the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy to the most complex and advanced brain surgeries. We work alongside Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma’s only comprehensive academic cancer center. With more specialists in more fields than any other hospital in the state, we’re making sure Oklahomans are alive and well.

The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center has 314 inpatient beds and is the most comprehensive pediatric

hospital in the state. Our pediatric staff blends years of specialized training with education, research and technology to treat conditions ranging from cardiothoracic and oncology-related illnesses to neonatal specialty care and pediatric solid-organ transplants. Our 93-bed neonatal intensive care unit provides the highest level of neonatal care in Oklahoma. The Children’s Heart Center brings cutting-edge research, treatment and surgery to patients with congenital and acquired heart conditions. We have the state’s largest staff of Child Life specialists to help children and families cope with hospitalization, as well as Oklahoma City’s only 24/7 pediatric emergency room.

Oklahoma is alive and well, and OU Medicine is at its heart.

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1200 N. Childrens Ave., Suite 2900 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Phone: (405) 271-3932 Website: www.oumedicine.com OU Physicians is part of OU Medicine, combining academic knowledge and advanced health care. With more than 1,000 doctors, OU Physicians is the state’s largest physician group.

The practice encompasses almost every adult and child specialty. Many OU Physicians have expertise in the management of complex conditions that is unavailable anywhere else in the state, region or sometimes even the nation. Some have pioneered surgical procedures or innovations in patient care that are world firsts and many are conducting groundbreaking research to develop new treatments and cures.

More than 320 of our doctors and advanced practice providers are OU Children’s Physicians. The majority of them are board-certified in children’s spe¬cialties, and many provide pediatric-specific services un-available elsewhere in the state. Many children with birth defects, critical injuries or serious diseases who can’t be helped elsewhere come to OU Children’s Physicians. Oklahoma doctors and parents rely on OU Children’s Physicians depth of experience, nationally renowned expertise and sensitivity to children’s emotional needs.

In 2009, OU Children’s Physicians opened a new state-ofthe-art facility on the OU Health Sciences Center campus.

A year and a half later, the Children’s Atrium was opened creating a new entrance to not only the children’s physician offices, but the hospital as well. The following year, the final piece of this construction project was completed with the opening of the Samis Education Center, further enhancing the campus’ ability to provide the highest quality education services to faculty, staff and students.

Many OU Physicians see patients through specialty centers like The Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center and Harold Hamm Diabetes Center.

The Cancer Center building represents the largest public-private biomedical initiative in

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Kevin Elledge, Chief Administrative Officer

Lynn Mitchell, M.D., Chief Medical Officer

Oklahoma history. The 210,000 square-foot facility provides patient-center care, offering the most advanced cancer detection and treatment technology, the largest and most experienced group of cancer specialists, a wide array of supportive services and an environment that provides a warm and comforting experience for patients and caregivers.

Members of the Cancer Center - including faculty from OU Health Sciences Center, OU Norman, OU Tulsa, Oklahoma State University and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation - conduct innovative and nationally-funded cancer research in the basic, clinical and population sciences.

The Hamm Center serves as the focal point for coordinating and expanding numerous avenues of research, patient care, education and prevention that are required to address the diabetes pandemic in a comprehensive manner. The Center collaborates across the state with communities and other agencies both inside and outside the University of Oklahoma. It was established by the University of Oklahoma with the goal of promoting the well-being of all people with or at high risk for diabetes in Oklahoma, regardless of ethnic background or financial status.

OU Physicians see patients in their offices at the OU Health Sciences Center and in Edmond, Midwest City and other cities around Oklahoma. When hospitalization is necessary, they often admit patients to OU Medical Center. Many also care for their patients in other hospitals around the metro area. OU Physicians serve as faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and train the region’s future physicians.

For more information about OU Medicine, including OU Physicians and OU Children’s Physicians, go to www. oumedicine.com.

OU Physicians faculty and staff are employed by the University of Oklahoma, one of Oklahoma’s largest employers. The university attracts leading faculty and staff from around the world. To view job opportunities within OU Physicians, go to this site: www.oumedicine.com/ ouphysicians/job-opportunities

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Tom Gray, President & CEO 655 Research Parkway, Suite 500 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Phone: 405-319-8150 Fax: 405-319-8168 Website: www.phfokc.com Founded in 1985 with the vision of creating a premier medical center in Oklahoma City, the Presbyterian Health Foundation has invested over $118 million in medical education and research in Oklahoma. This investment has led to medical breakthroughs which touch the lives of individuals and families in communities across the state and nation. It has also brought exciting economic opportunities by positioning Oklahoma at the forefront of genetic research and biotechnology.

Proceeds from the 1985 sale of the Presbyterian Hospital were used to create a foundation which would enhance medical research and education in the state of Oklahoma. Trustees of the Presbyterian Hospital continued with the newly formed foundation and believed the potential for excellent health could become the norm, rather than the exception, for all people.

Nearly 30 years later, Trustees of the Foundation continue to share a set of values, expectations, and modes of behavior refined under strong leadership and forged by a long history of success that has made a tremendous impact on the people of Oklahoma.

Over the last decade, Presbyterian Health Foundation developed the PHF Research Park which contains 700,000 square feet of wet lab and office space and provides a place for researchers to translate discovery to solutions, putting science to work solving a specific human health need.

Following the 2013 sale of the PHF Research Park to the University of Oklahoma, the Foundation has returned to focusing its efforts on supporting scientific research and medical education at the Oklahoma Health Center Campus.

The purpose of the foundation is to provide resources and to encourage the development of medical education and research programs, conducted primarily in Oklahoma. The Foundation concentrates its support in four areas: • Medical Research • Medical Education • Community Health Programs • Technology Transfer Researchers, mentors, administrators and leaders in biotech companies are all part of a community of people who bring to life the ideas of PHF’s mission. PHF will continue its mission to support excellent biomedical science where discovery may be translated to therapies that save and enhance human life.

Today, the disclosures in good science, evidenced based knowledge, yield brand new widened horizons of human existence.

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Susan Adams, President & Chief Executive Officer Ronald McDonald House Charities® Oklahoma City Administrative Offices 13439 Broadway Extension Oklahoma City, OK 73114 (405)271-3180 Ronald McDonald House at The Children’s Hospital Phone: (405)271-3180 Family Room at The Children’s Hospital Phone: (405)271-2215 Website: www.rmhc-okc.org

When a child is hospitalized or receiving ongoing medical treatment, we believe the love and support of family is as powerful as the strongest medicine.

Unfortunately for most parents, being with a hospitalized child means eating out of vending machines, sleeping in chairs, or bearing the expense of hotel rooms. That is why Ronald McDonald House Charities® Oklahoma City (RMHC-OKC) is here: to keep families close…when they need it most.

The 14-bedroom Ronald McDonald House located in Garrison Tower at The Children’s Hospital opened in 2015. At the House, families have a private bedroom, a family-style kitchen with home-cooked meals, laundry facilities for their personal use, and support from staff and other parents going through a similar situation.

For the child in the hospital, having a Ronald McDonald House means that they can rest easier, knowing that mom and dad are staying nearby.

Soon, RMHC-OKC will be expanding the House at The Children’s Hospital in two phases to grow to 40 rooms.

We are excited to soon be providing additional rooms, amenities and support so that even more families will be able to stay closest to their hospitalized child.

The Ronald McDonald Family Room®, located on the sixth floor of The Children’s Hospital, opened in 2008 38

for day-use respite services. Open to all families with a sick or injured child in The Children’s Hospital, parents can relax and regroup just steps away from their child’s bedside.

The positive, comforting environment of both facilities allows families to focus on their child’s recovery process. Services are available to any family with a child 21 years of age or younger receiving medical treatment in the Oklahoma City area, regardless of their economic status. RMHC-OKC relies on donors and the community for support of daily operations. Guest families stay for free and are never turned away due to lack of finances.

RMHC-OKC offers career opportunities within the charity, at the House and Family Room to help with daily operations. For open positions, please visit http:// rmhc-okc.org/about-us/join-our-team/ Volunteers are the heart of our charity. Individuals or groups can volunteer in the House or the Family Room.

Volunteer opportunities include Guest Chef Volunteers who cook a meal for our guest families; House and Family Room Volunteers who provide administrative support and greet families with welcoming smiles; Project Volunteers who help with projects such as decorating for holiday festivities, assembling welcome bags and taking pull tabs to the recycler; and Special Event Volunteers who help with setup, registration and other event related tasks for Walk for Kids and the Red Shoe Gala. For more information on volunteering please visit: https://rmhc-okc.org/get-involved/volunteer/ The organization has many ways to give which include our Wish List for donated items, Pull Tabs Recycle Program, Vehicle Donation Program and Donation Box Giving. To check out our Wish List and other special ways you can help the House visit: https://rmhc-okc. org/get-involved/other-ways-to-give/ For more information about Ronald McDonald House Charities® Oklahoma City, please visit www.rmhc-okc. org or call (405)424-6873.

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Jason R. Sanders, MD Senior Vice President and Provost P.O. Box 26901, LIB 221 Oklahoma City, OK 73126 Phone: (405) 271-3223 Website: www.ouhsc.edu

In education, research and patient care, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is the state’s premier academic health center and regional leader in meeting the challenges of 21st-century health care.

The most concentrated source of medical expertise in Oklahoma, the OU Health Sciences Center’s new facilities and new technology -- plus an internationally prominent faculty -- place it at the leading edge of the nation’s institutions of medical education.

One of only four comprehensive academic health centers in the nation with seven professional schools, the OU Health Sciences Center serves more than 3,800 students enrolled in more than 70 health professions, graduate and undergraduate programs on the Oklahoma City campus and at the Schusterman Center at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa. In addition, more than 700 physicians are receiving residency training in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Research, training grants and contracts, and sponsored program activities at the OU Health Sciences Center totaled more than $120 million

in FY 2013. With a budget of over $870 million, OUHSC employs more than 1,200 full time faculty and 4,000 staff.

More than half of all NIH expenditures in the state of Oklahoma result from OU Health Sciences Center research.

The OU Health Sciences Center serves as the state’s training facility for physicians, biomedical scientists, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and a wide range of allied health and public health professionals.

The OU Health Sciences Center is known for its research programs in cellular and molecular medicine, gene regulation, structural biology, cancer, diabetes, microbiology and immunology, vision, cardiovascular physiology, neuroscience and pharmaceutical sciences.

The center’s growing faculty and facilities offer unparalleled opportunities for students, patient care and the development of the biomedical industry in Oklahoma.

OU Health Sciences Center-developed technology is advancing the economy of Oklahoma. Companies that commercialize technology created by OU Health Sciences Center researchers have been established in Oklahoma City.

OU has become one of the primary centers in the world for genome studies, with the Norman campus contributing to the human genome project and the OUHSC campus providing a number of microbial pathogen genomes. The OU Health Sciences Center ranks second in the world for the number of microbial genomes being sequenced.

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Two-thirds of all Oklahoma physicians, half of the state’s dentists and a significant percentage of Oklahoma’s other health care professionals earned their degrees from the OU Health Sciences Center. In addition, the seven OU Health Sciences Center colleges are the primary source of continuing education for the state’s health care professionals.

The scientists, scholars and clinicians appointed to the OU Health Sciences Center faculty stand at the leading edge of their profession. They not only train the next generation of health care providers and researchers,

With cancer being one of the leading causes of death in the United States, The Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center opened in June 2011. This cancer center allows the people of Oklahoma to receive world-class treatment without leaving the state and is staffed with some of the nation’s finest cancer physicians. It offers state-of-the-art technology, unparalleled cancer research programs, and bench-to-bedside care.

many are themselves practicing professionals actively involved in improving the lives and health of Oklahomans.

The clinical practice of the OU College of Medicine is provided through OU Physicians. These physicians represent the largest multi-specialty medical group in the state with more than 500 physicians, offering almost every adult and child specialty. OU Physicians accepts referrals from across the state and region and care for hospital patients at the OU Medical Center. OU Children’s Physicians is an integral part of OU Physicians.

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The Harold Hamm Diabetes Center is a comprehensive treatment, research, and educational facility dedicated to eliminating and controlling the effects of all types of diabetes. The Diabetes Center is at the forefront in diabetes-related research, and OUHSC physician researchers are specialists in diabetes care and utilize cutting edge research for the best treatment available research.

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Dean Gandy, Chief Executive Officer University Hospitals Authority & Trust PO Box 26307 Oklahoma City, OK 73126 Phone: 405-271-4962 Website: www.universityhospitalsauthority.com The University Hospitals Authority and Trust are a state agency and a public trust of the state of Oklahoma.

Their mission is to be a catalyst for excellence in medical education, research and health care.

Through the leadership of the University Hospitals Authority and Trust, state and federal resources are maximized to ensure a dependable source of revenue for growth, development and ongoing support for programs aimed at improved health for all Oklahomans.

Since 1998, the Authority and Trust have invested approximately $900 million in buildings, equipment and programs.

The Trust has built or renovated and now manages over 1.6 million square feet of office and clinical space.

Here are a few key projects funded by the University Hospitals Authority and Trust:

• OU Physicians Building, home to more than 130 physicians, with expertise in a wide range of medical specialties • Support for the Clinical Skills Testing and Education Center at the OU Health Sciences Center, offering cutting-edge medical simulation equipment and facilities, as well as a robot-assisted surgical training facility • Support for phase two of the Stanton L. Young Biomedical Research Center, a hub of research activity on the OUHSC campus.

• Support for enhancement and expansion of the Dean McGee Eye Institute • Facility enhancement for the OU College of Dentistry, providing important upgrades and technological enhancements

• The M. Dewayne Andrews academic office tower for the OU College of Medicine • The Children’s Atrium, which serves as the front door for The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center and OU Children’s Physicians Building • Samis Education Center, a three-story, state-of-theart facility designed to accommodate a wide variety of meeting needs.

• OU Children’s Physicians Building, the first freestanding, pediatric multi-specialty, medical office building in the state, featuring 336,000 square feet of medical office space designed with the needs of young patients and their families in mind 41

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Paula K. Porter, President & CEO 701 NE 13th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Phone: (405)239-2525 Website: www.wovenlifeok.org Did you know that we were founded as the Oklahoma Society for Crippled Children, Inc.? Since 1925, we have provided services in Oklahoma to people of all abilities. Over the years we have adjusted our services to meet the needs of our community and even changed our name a few times. Along with our board

of directors, we have once again evaluated the needs of our clients, and determined that in order to better meet the needs of Oklahomans it was time to make a change. Effective August 31, 2017, we will change our name to WovenLife, Inc. Although our name is changing, the services we provide within our community will continue. We remain committed to serving the needs of people of all ages and abilities through our inclusive Child Development Program, Adult Day Center, unique intergenerational 42

programming, educational programming, therapy services; which include behavioral, speech and occupational therapy, and financial assistance program. With this new change we will refocus to become completely concentrated on the local needs of our community, ensuring every dollar raised goes back into our community to serve Oklahomans.

We are committed to empowering people of all ages and abilities to find hope and independence through compassionate care, education and support.

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Mark W. Kelly, President and CEO 3001 N Lincoln Blvd Oklahoma City, OK 73105 For all locations visit: www.okcu.org/locations/ Phone: 405.606.6328 Website: www.okcu.org Oklahoma’s Credit Union (OKCU) has been happy to help Oklahomans for over 60 years. In 2003, OKCU was granted a community charter which opened membership to anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in the Oklahoma City Metro Area.

The financial services industry is rich with innovation and OKCU is at the forefront offering digital document signing, Apple Pay™, Touch ID™ and apps for Android™ and iPhone®. If you’re looking for top-rated technology from your financial institution then OECU is right for you.

OKCU loves to support community efforts around the Oklahoma City Metro. For example, over the last 5 years donations totaling more than $141,000 have been presented to The Children’s Hospital Foundation. OKCU also values the importance of keeping your money local and partners with Keep it Local OK, Plaza District and Uptown 23rd on community enhancement initiatives. Don’t be surprised when you find OKCU

staff passing out goodies from their Treat Trike and volunteering at events around OKC. In 2012, OKCU opened a flagship branch at 3001 North Lincoln Boulevard conveniently located 1.5 miles north of the Oklahoma Health Center Campus. OKCU offers two ATMs located on campus. You will find our ATMs inside the OU Medical Center and at the Presbyterian Professional Building. OKCU members also enjoy free access to over 900 ATMs across Oklahoma.

Currently, OKCU has almost half a billion dollars in assets, employs 125 people and offers branch access at over 91 locations across Oklahoma and over 5,000 locations nationwide. OKCU serves over 40,000 people who enjoy benefits such as low or no fees on services, higher rates on deposits, and low rates on home or auto loans.

To keep your money local and join a community that puts people first, not profits visit www.okcu.org or call 405.606.6328 today.

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Kyle M. Roush, President 420 N.E. 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104 405-230-1328 Fax: 405-488.2818 Website: focusok.com In 1955, a group of seven people obtained a Federal Charter to organize a Credit Union. Employment with the University Hospital, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and Oklahoma Medical School created a common bond that today has grown to include the Oklahoma City Metro Area, more than 11,000 members and over $100 million in assets.

Today, we are still a local financial institution and are proud to be made in Oklahoma. Focus Federal Credit Union personally invites anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in Oklahoma, Cleveland, Canadian, Lincoln, Logan, McClain and Grady Counties to become a member and experience superior service first hand. We look forward to having the opportunity to serve you and welcome you to the Focus Family.

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Johnathan Russell, Land Run Commercial Real Estate Advisors: Johnathan Russell is the founder and CEO of Land Run Commercial Real Estate Advisors. Founded in 2001, Johnathan grew the two-man brokerage firm into a full service commercial real estate company that includes brokerage, construction, management and development. A former mayor, Johnathan’s activities and memberships include International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute, Commercial Real Estate Council, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce and Uptown 23.

Anna Russell is involved in both Development and Brokerage at Land Run Commercial Real Estate Advisors.

She is also the owner of The Art Hall located at The Rise in Uptown OKC. Anna’s responsibilities at Land Run Commercial Real Estate Advisors include acquisition, design, marketing, leasing, and sales on a local, regional, and nation-wide basis.

Activities and memberships include International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute, Commercial Real Estate Council, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, Paseo Arts Association, and Uptown 23rd.

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114 NW 6th Street, Suite 206 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 www.LRCRE.com Office 405.231.5700 Fax 405.231.5701

Land Run Commercial Real Estate Advisors, based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was formed in 2002. A privately held firm, LRC, and its affiliated companies, specialize in all aspects of commercial real estate from project conception to disposition. Our clients include local and national retailers for whom we locate new locations, property owners who depend on our expertise in managing and leasing their properties, and private investors who trust their hard earned savings to our projects. We give to these clients our expertise, professionalism, honesty and integrity; we owe them everything we have accomplished and will achieve.

Gallogly...

(Continued from page 13) Gallogly received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colo., in 1974 and a J.D. degree from the OU College of Law in 1977. Gallogly also completed the Advanced Executive Program at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., in 1998.

He is a member of the OU Gallogly College of Engineering Board of Visitors and the University of Colorado Engineering Advisory Council, as well as an executive committee member of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors in Houston, Texas. Healthcare industry experience he’s gained through the private sector and his board service to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center will be integral to his work as president with OU’s Health Sciences Center.

Gallogly was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, on September 1, 1952. He is one of 10 children of Tom and Margery Gallogly. He and his wife, Janet, have been married 43 years and have three daughters – Kelly Gray, Kasey DeLuke and Kim Gallogly; as well as four grandchildren – Ella and Vivian Gray and Tony and Benny DeLuke.

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