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UPDATEARIZONA ARTHRITIS CENTER

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Designated by the ArizonaBoard of Regents as one of eight

Centers of Excellence atThe University of Arizona

College of Medicine, the ArizonaArthritis Center is dedicated

to biomedical research into thecauses and treatments of more

than 100 forms of arthritis.Understanding the ways

that arthritis and bone andconnective tissue diseases startand progress is key to helping

individuals with arthritislead healthier lives.

The Arizona Arthritis Center Updateis published regularly.

Correspondence or inquiriesshould be addressed to:

Arizona Arthritis CenterPO Box 245093

Tucson, AZ 85724-5093(520) 626-7901

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ARIZONA ARTHRITIS CENTER

DirectorDavid E. Yocum, M.D.

Director of DevelopmentCarol Willson

Arizona Arthritis Center Carries on DecadesOld Tradition of Research and Care

�he Southwestern Clinic and ResearchInstitute (SCARI) has a long history ofresearch promotion at the University ofArizona. Over the last 12 years,SCARI has played a critical role in thedevelopment of the Arizona ArthritisCenter. Again this year, the ArizonaArthritis Center gratefully acknowledgesa gift from SCARI, bringing total supportto more than $500,000 since 1950.

Dr. Donald F. Hill and W. PaulHolbrook were the original founders ofthe Southwestern Clinic and ResearchInstitute in 1934. They treated patientshere in Tucson anddid research on the“wonder drugs” ofthe late 40’s and early50’s, cortisone andACTH. Earlyresearch was inamino acids.

In 1961, SCARImoved into thebasement of theagriculture building.By this time, Charles A.L. Stephens, M.D.,Professor Alice B. Stanfield and MargaretDoorly were doing valuable work on thefirst tissue culture studies of arthritis. Asthe prominence of all the research grew,SCARI was offered office space upstairs inthe agriculture building and later in themicrobiology building.

Today, the Arizona Arthritis Centercontinues the work with cutting-edgearthritis research on new medications andtreatments in nearly 15,000 square feet of

labs and offices at the Arizona HealthSciences Center. The doctors provideclinical care at UMC and medicaloutreach throughout the state, especiallyon the Native American reservations.

The original funding for SCARI camefrom well known U.S. philanthropistssuch as J.D. Rockefeller and the EliotSpalding Foundation as well as from theArthritis and Rheumatism Foundation(the original name of the National

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(Above) Dr. Richard A.Harvill, UA President,1951-1971, standing, andDr. Charles A.L. Stephens, Jr.,President, SouthwesternClinic & Research Institute,Inc., speaking at the annualHolbrook MemorialSymposium.

(Left) The original office.The plaque of donors on thewall still hangs today.

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������BoardBoardBoardBoardBoard

Jeff NordenssonChairman

Saul TobinImmediate Past Chair

Fred E. ArmstrongHonorary Chairman

William ArdernJames Benjamin, M.D.

Robert D. BlackShelby Fletcher

Leslie GallowayWilliam A. Grana, M.D., MPH

Michael HardEva HoltbyLura Lovell

Paula MeadeBonnie Richards

Gail Kershner RiggsDonald Romano

Ralph SilberschlagHarold Tretbar, M.D.Robert G. Volz, M.D.Martin Weich, M.D.

Harold Willingham, M.D.Mel Zuckerman

Professional StaffDavid E. Yocum, M.D.

Director

Carol WillsonDevelopment Director

Bonnie SeashoreBusiness Manager

Arthritis Foundation) and the U.S.Public Health Service. The plaquerecognizing these names and otherscontinues to hang proudly outside thelaboratories of the Arizona Arthritis

Center reminding us all that the battleagainst arthritis began here half acentury ago and will continue until thefight is won.

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SCARI Board of Trustees in the early ’60s,

oe Namath,legendary quarter-back who led theNew York Jets to itsfamous Super Bowlvictory now battlesarthritis. He came to Tucson to sharehis inspirational message about notgiving up that battle. Get a Grip onArthritis was a public education eventco-sponsored by the Arizona ArthritisCenter and the Southern ArizonaChapter of the Arthritis Foundation. Itwas underwritten by BoehringerIngelheim Pharmaceuticals. The eventhad 750 people in attendance to hearDavid Yocum, M.D., Director of theArizona Arthritis Center and JohnKlippel, M.D. National MedicalDirector for the Arthritis Foundation,speak on advances in arthritis manage-ment and care. The crowd also activelyparticipated in a Dyna-Band exercisedemonstration led by MichelleCornett, R.N., Jeannie Cooper, R.N.,and Susan Cooper, M.S.

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The highlight,however, was anopportunity tohear from twoinspirationalleaders speaking

personally about their battles witharthritis. Tucsonan David Jacobson isone of the Arthritis Foundation’s 50National Heroes with Arthritis whotold his story of how, as a young man inhis early 20’s, he learned to cope withhis aggressive arthritis through humor.Center stage went to football legendJoe Namath who made everyonerealize that sports heroes often pay aprice for their talents and exploits.Since leaving the NFL in 1977, Joe hashad both knees replaced and he liveswith daily pain in his hands, hips andknees. He says he chooses not to take

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medication, but triesinstead to manage the painand to maintain mobilitythrough exercise and agood attitude.

He encouraged every-one to “know their body,”to learn all they couldabout physiology to helpfight the discomfort ofarthritis. He said to ask forhelp and not be shy to learn all youcan, to eat right and to stay active –committing some time for exerciseeveryday.

Mr. Namath also graciouslyparticipated in an afternoon event fordoctors and medical professionals andlater in the evening stood for pictures

and signed autographs at a privatereception hosted by the ArthritisCenter Board Members. Dr. PeterLikins, President of the University ofArizona then invited Joe to thePresident’s Sky Box for the Ohio Stategame along with Dr. and Mrs. Yocum,Dr. Klippel, and the head of BoehringerIngelheim Pharmaceuticals, ShellyBerkle and his wife Honey.

Thank you to Boehringer IngelheimPharmaceuticals for the unrestrictededucational grant to make this kind ofevent possible.

Learn more about thestudies being conductedby Boehringer Ingelheim

on the website:www.cares.arthritis.arizona.edu

(Left) Dr. David Yocum speaks atthe morning public event.

(Right) Joe Namath speaks tohealth professionals at theafternoon event.

(Below) A great cast spoke to thepublic. Left to right: Jack Klipple,M.D.; Joe Namath; MichelleCornett, R.N.; Jeannie Cooper,R.N.; Susan Cooper, M.S.; DavidYocum, M.D.; Shelly Berkle; LesCastro, Ph.D.; David Jacobson.

Dr. Yocum and his wife Alicia enjoy the OhioState game with the Joe Namath crowd.

Joe Namath meets with boardmembers and guests, Ann andSandy Moushey.

Ann Moushey is a trustee of theDavid & Lura Lovell Foundation.We acknowledge and appreciate theLovell Foundation for a gift this yearof $115,000 to fund two projects ofthe “Living Healthy with Arthritis”program. A previous grant of$150,000 established the LivingHealthy Program.

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������check-in day at the Life EnhancementCenter

The facilities are flawless and a pianist is playing ona grand piano in the corner promising a week of equalbeauty and calm. People from all over the country aremilling around with nametags, some with visiblearthritis, others without, but all here to learn how tomanage a difficult disease.

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Up-and-at-‘um for the 7:00 a.m. walk – No eating;they’re about to do blood work.

The omelet bar for breakfast gets us started for aFULL day of lectures, exercise and the physicianconsult. New friends make it all fun. You feel to bein the presence of “royalty,” the physicians are soknowledgeable and famous. Until now you’ve onlyseen their names written in the books you’ve readabout arthritis. Now we sit and eat meals with themand laugh about fun things, enjoying them becausethey are “regular people!”

�������The medical stuff isbehind me; now I can“relax” and enjoy theprogram

We heard the best lecture onnutritional medicine from twomore enthusiastic doctors. I startto understand that things I do ordon’t do can really make adifference. This is very empow-ering. Then to make the exercisefun, we get to experiencedifferent kinds of regimens bothin the water and in the gym withCanyon Ranch’s own stand-upcomedian/physical therapist,Randy Raugh. He was worth theprice of admission even withoutall the other stuff!

!��������Must keep my appointmentwith the P.T.

As well as teaching many of theclasses, I get the privilege of a P.T.consult with Randy - what a treat.There are more new and excitingopportunities today. I will try a ChiGong class and exercise on those bigcolored balls I’ve seen in the gym.What an opportunity to hear a talkfrom Dr. Theodosakis – the authorof the Arthritis Cure Book.

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Happy campers!

Suzanne Kaiser from Canyon Ranch, David Yocum, M.D. andMichelle Cornett, R.N., from the Arizona Arthritis Center directthe Canyon Ranch activities

Graduating class.October 2000

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�������Free time today for an herbal wrapand hot rock massage

I’ve got the routine down now for the pre-breakfast walk, the morning lectures and theafternoon exercise classes. My medical consulta-tions are done, so today between the regularactivities of the Life Enhancement Center, Iindulge myself from the list of wonderful CanyonRanch treatments. I notice as I amble from placeto place that everyone smiles here: the foodservers, the gardeners, the professional medicalstaff – even the bunnies nibbling on the lawn arehappy. I never want to leave.

#����Lunch and Learn

I bought both cookbooks. Everythingtastes delicious, breakfast, lunch &dinner and still I’m losing weight. I enjoythe demo-kitchen for lunch to learn howto make a roasted salmon salad. Who’dbelieve just a week ago I was happy to eata burger and fries – I pledge to myself:never again! Had the opportunity to hear a very inspirational lecture froma truly vibrant woman who has had rheumatoid arthritis for the past 55years. It doesn’t slow her down, and it won’t slow me down after this weekeither. She is a Canyon Ranch graduate also and for the past several yearscan demonstrate how this week has so positively changed her life.

�������Today we say good-bye

We all say a few words aboutourselves, the week, and each other. Wedab at tears while we laugh andremember fun incidents through theweek. There’s a flurry of photos andaddress exchanges and after dinner wepack to leave. It’s hard to believe theweek is over. But in so many ways, itwill never be over. The friends madewill be friends forever, and the lifeskills learned, will go with me toimprove my life everyday, living thislife with the chronic illness of arthritis.

Thank you, Canyon Ranch!Suzanne! Shirley! Michelle! Randy!The Docs!

On the Ball class

Water class

Arthritis Week at CanyonRanch is so popular, a secondweek has been added. Pleasecontact Carol Willson,626-7902, if you have questionsor to reserve your place.

June 3-10, 2001 ✦✦✦✦✦ October 7-14, 2001

The Arizona Arthritis Center gratefully acknowledges thesupport of Canyon Ranch in making this week possible and for

its donation of a portion of the proceeds.

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news BriefsThe Arizona Arthritis Center doctorscontinue to be busy with meetings andpresentations throughout the world.

■ JAMES BENJAMIN, M.D., ArizonaArthritis Center orthopedic surgeon andresearcher spoke in California thissummer on Total Joint Arthroplasty andClinical Decision Making in Total Hipand Knee Reconstruction. He spoke inSeptember at the Knee Society in Bostonand at the Exeter Hip ArthroplastyMeeting in Exeter, England. He has alsopublished “Femoral Neck Buttressing:aRadiographic and Histologic Analysis” inSkeletal Radiology and “Crotalid Enveno-mation: The Southern Arizona Experi-ence” in the Journal of Ortho Trauma.

■ At the National American College ofRheumatology Conference in Philadel-phia this past October, the ArizonaArthritis Center had over 20 abstractspresented by its members as well as thesymposium “Structural Damage inRheumatoid Arthritis” presided over byDR. DAVID YOCUM and sponsored byCentocor. Over 900 people attended thesymposium.

Arthritis Prevention DynamicsNovember 10, 2000

Even though many of the ArthritisCenter Friends travel through thesummer, they kept busy in theirvolunteer work preparing the autumnseminar, Arthritis Prevention Dynamicsheld November 10th at Tucson CountryClub. The committee chairs for the

event were SukiKorp, AnnMoushey andJudy Studwell.They puttogether alunchtimeformat thatincludedlectures by Dr.David Yocumand Dr.William Granaon the impor-

tance of keeping fit to prevent the onsetof certain kinds of arthritis and thevalue of maintaining fitness as astrategy to prevent complications anddegeneration from arthritis. Exercisespecialists and nurses, MichelleCornett, R.N., Susan Cooper, M.A., and

Chaired by Eva Holtby, theArizona Arthritis CenterFriends have as their mission:

To build communitysupport for theArizona ArthritisCenter through educa-tion and communityinvolvement.

Jeannie Cooper, R.N., M.S. led aninteractive exercise session usingDyna-Bands demonstrating the valueof strength training and easy ways todo it at home without having to go toa gym.

Conversations and LunchThursday, February 15, 2001Arizona InnEvent Chairs:

Aldine von Isser, Ph.D. andAnn Volz

Reservations: Call 626-7901

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gratefully acknowledges an additionalcontribution of $5,000 from theFriends which will help to finance avideo being produced.

For membership information or toget on the Friends mailing list to benotified of future programs andactivities, please look at their website:azarthritisfriends.com or call thedevelopment office at the ArthritisCenter: 626-7901.

Arizona Arthritis Center Friends

ere’s an idea for a winter projectthat can also have a positive therapeuticoutcome for your arthritis: write yourmemoirs! Irene Lasatar, Green Valleyresident and California’s “OutstandingEducator” in 1983 has agreed toconduct another writing class for theArizona Arthritis Center. Give a gift toyourself in the new year. Irene conductsthese classes now to rave reviews inGreen Valley for Pima CommunityCollege and for Pima County Parks andRecreation.

The class she will conduct here at theArizona Arthritis Center will focus on

wellness. There is medical evidencethat writing twenty minutes a day,especially about traumatic or stressfulevents, can cause patients sufferingfrom rheumatoid arthritis to improvesignificantly over time (four months inthe study group) demonstrating lesspain and fewer doctor visits.

Please call Linda Yan at theArizona Arthritis Center,626-4975, for moreinformation orto sign up.

Write Your Way to a Healthier You!

Arthritis Center Director, Dr. David Yocumcongratulates Dr. Jane Power along withBob Baltera, a representative from AmgenPharmaceuticals.

■ Arizona Arthritis Center Rheuma-tology Fellow, JANE POWER, D.O. wasawarded the $30,000 Amgen Rheuma-tology Scholarship for 2000-2001 withthe ultimate goal of supporting medicaleducation and the advancement ofrheumatology research and support.Congratulations Dr. Power!

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■ Arizona Arthritis Center loses itsfriend, GAIL EBELTOFTIt was with sadness the ArizonaArthritis Center learned of thepassing of former DevelopmentDirector Gail Ebeltoft in August afterher long battle with MultipleSclerosis. Gail played a major role inthe early growth of the ArthritisCenter as it was developing itsadvisory board and establishing theSAHBA Lute Olson Auction and GolfTournament. The Arthritis Centeracknowledges with special apprecia-tion memorial contributions madein Gail’s honor. She will live in ourhistory and our hearts forever.

ow is the perfect time to get readyfor next April 15th, with a charitablegift today.

It is also the perfect time to make agift because it is a time of giving andnew beginnings.

The Arizona Arthritis Center willhappily mail a gift card to a specialfriend or family member you wouldlike to honor with a holiday donation.Celebrate their battle against thisdisease by showing them your support.

Make a New Year’s Resolution tohelp in the battle against arthritis – tomake this the last generation that willever have arthritis. This can be donethrough research that will lead to newand better treatments and the cure!Now is the time to support this

The TAX MAN is coming, ready or notresearch – not just because of the“Tax Man” – but because now it willmake a difference. The cure is closerthan ever before.

There are several ways to helpsupport this research while also helpingyour taxes and providing you with alife income. If you would like moreinformation for you or your advisorswhen considering a gift, please callCarol Willson at (520) 626-7901 or thePlanned Giving Office at (521) 621-1993or (800) 845-4877 or email toplangift@al.arizona.edu.

The Arizona Arthritis Center is proudto support Campaign Arizona.

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olidays a stressful time for you?Getting a good night’s sleep can help.Here are some tips from the ArthritisBasics for Change (the ABC’s) publishedin collaboration with the nationalArthritis Foundation for the CARESprogram. If you would like your owncopy of the ABC’s, please call1 (888) 703-4319.

The problem: I don’t get enough sleep.The cause: I am not comfortable atnight.Ideas to try:• Time my medicine so it will help me

through the night.• Use an electric blanket• Get a firm comfortable mattress• Use a small pillow under my head• Sleep in a comfortable position• Get up during the night and move

around• Try out a waterbed• Buy a larger bed

Pick out the best idea. Try it tonight.Decide if it helped.

If it didn’t help, go back to thebeginning and try again. You may notbe getting a good night’s sleep because

Getting a Good Night’s Sleepyou cannot sleep. You need to have adifferent list of things to try. Make upyour own list.

Here are some do’s and don’t to getyou started:

DO’S• Start a regular sleep schedule• Practice relaxing before going to bed• Take a warm bath before going to

bed• Drink some milk• Exercise regularly• Make your bedroom a comfortable

place• Use your bed mostly for sleeping• Try other things before using

sleeping pills• Write down the things you have on

your mind

DON’TS• Use caffeine• Go to bed until you are sleepy• Nap during the day

Pick some of these things and trythem. Then decide if they worked foryou.(pp 18, 19 Arthritis Basics for Change)

■ THANK YOU, CARYL TAYLOR!New medications are breakingregularly for the treatment ofarthritis. Some of them arebeginning to have FDA approvalfor children – but who in our statecan monitor our kids withrheumatic disease on thesemedications? In all of our state,there is not a Pediatric Rheuma-tologist. And we need one!General practice pediatriciansmight not have all the latestinformation to treat children withthese new breakthrough medica-tions, and adult Rheumatologistsmay not be versed in the specialneeds of children with thisdisease. The need for a compre-hensive research and clinicalpediatric rheumatology programis vital.

Our very special THANK YOUTO CARYL TAYLOR for her gift of$25,000 to initiate the endow-ment for a Pediatric Rheumatol-ogy Program.

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he Arizona Arthritis Center wel-comes Jeffrey R. Lisse, M.D., recentlyhired by the Section of Rheumatology asa Professor of Internal Medicine. Hewill be the new Associate Section Headof Rheumatology under the direction ofDavid Yocum, M.D. Dr. Lisse will alsobe appointed as Medical Director of theArizona Arthritis Center OsteoporosisProgram and to the Bilby Chair forOsteoporosis.

Dr. Lisse comes to Arizona fromGalveston, Texas where he was Profes-sor of Internal Medicine and Director ofthe Division of Rheumatology at theUniversity of Texas Medical Branch. Hehas an extensive research record withinterests in minority populations andosteoporosis. He served as the principalinvestigator of the Lumina project atone of only three locations in thecountry to conduct epidemiological

Welcome Dr. Lisse

studies onsystemiclupuserythemato-sus inminority populations and the Genosisproject to study systemic sclerosis. Hisfocus with the Section of Rheumatologywill be to conduct research projectsand to provide teaching venues andclinical support.

Dr Lisse received his medical degreefrom Georgetown University School ofMedicine and completed his residencyat USPHS Hospital in San Francisco. Inaddition to his work at University ofTexas Medical Branch in Galveston, Dr.Lisse has also worked at Sacaton IndianHealth services Hospital, the NationalInstitute of Arthritis, Metabolism andDigestive Diseases section in Phoenix.

Welcome Dr. Lisse!

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Congratulations!Dr. Robert Volz, Professor

Emeritus of Orthopedic Surgeryand one of the Co-Founders of theArizona Arthritis Center wasrecently elected for a four yearterm to the six member Board ofTrustees of St. John’s Hospital inJackson Hole, Wyoming, wherethe Volz’ reside for much of theyear. Arizona Arthritis CenterFriends’ member, Grace Bergacted as his Campaign Manager.