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BelieveApril 2015

Healing and Hope through the Stephenson Cancer

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Believe in what the Oklahoma Health Center Can Do For You!

Celebrating 50 Years of Innovation in 2015

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Shining the Light on Ovarian Cancer at the Stephenson Cancer Center

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A Place for Hope and Healing - the Stephenson Cancer Center

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Oklahoma Health Center Campus Map

10-11 14-37OHCF Members

Leadership Spotlight: OAAC Announces New COO

OBI Names New Medical Director

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12OSSM Students: Fleming Scholar,

Presidential Scholars and Academic All State

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Cancer Center Spotlight

A Place for Hope and HealingThe Stephenson Cancer Center at The Univer-sity of OklahomaThe Stephenson Cancer Center is a place of hope for thou-sands of people across Oklahoma and beyond, and it all started with a vision: to raise the level of cancer care for all Oklahomans. Today, Oklahomans have access to a strong academic cancer center, thanks to the vision of state lead-ers, the determination of University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren, and the generosity of the center’s founders.

As the state’s only academic cancer center, the Stephenson Cancer Center provides patients with access to world-class cancer care through nationally-renowned physicians and advanced treatment opportunities as well as innovative re-search through clinical trials.

Creating World-Class Cancer Care Close to Home A plan for an academic cancer center was first formulated in 2001 when state officials and the Oklahoma Legislature called upon the University of Oklahoma to assume “state-wide leadership” in cancer research, prevention, treat-ment, and education.

Oklahoma took its first step toward building this new can-cer center when state voters passed State Question 713 in November 2004, which tapped tobacco taxes to fund the construction of a treatment and clinical research facility in Oklahoma City. More than $90 million from tobacco taxes was dedicated to these efforts. When development began in 2008, the project marked the single largest public-private biomedical initiative in state history.

In November 2010, Peggy and Charles Stephenson of Tulsa made a historic $12 million gift to the University to ben-efit cancer programs in Oklahoma. In recognition of the Stephensons’ commitment, the OU Board of Regents ap-proved President Boren’s recommendation to name the center in their honor.

The Stephenson Cancer Center officially opened its doors in summer 2011.

Redefining Patient-Centered CareSince the first patient appointment, the Stephenson Can-cer Center has dedicated its resources and knowledge to providing true patient-centered care, meaning each patient receives a unique treatment plan from a support team of multi-disciplinary specialists. These specialists guide pa-

tients every step of the way, from diagnosis, to treatment, and into recovery. In addition to disease site-based cancer care, the Supportive Care Program helps patients maintain their quality of life by managing the unique challenges that come with a cancer diagnosis and treatment. The program includes pain and symptom management, cancer reha-bilitation, oncology social workers, cancer genetics, nutri-tional counseling, psycho-oncology counseling, and support groups for patients and family members.

The 217,000-square-foot building was designed to meet the medical, emotional and practical needs of patients and their families. Everything from the floor plan to the artwork reflects patient-centered care. The warm colors, tranquil gardens and welcoming environment include such ameni-ties as a living room, a sanctuary, a salon, and a full-service restaurant.

Exploring New Treatments and Breakthroughs The Stephenson Cancer Center works to decrease the bur-den of cancer in Oklahoma through ambitious research en-deavors. More than 180 members of the Stephenson Can-cer Center - including faculty from the OU Health Sciences Center, OU Norman and OU-Tulsa campuses as well as Okla-homa State University, and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation - conduct innovative and nationally funded lab-oratory, populations-based, and clinical research.

The center consistently ranks among the top five cancer centers in the nation for patients participating in National Cancer Institute-sponsored clinical trials, and it is one of 30 designated Lead Academic Sites nationally in the Institute’s National Clinical Trials Network.

The Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Phase I Program at the Stephenson Cancer Center is the state’s only Phase I clinical trials program. This program helps ad-vance cancer research in Oklahoma through first-in-human clinical trials and was named in appreciation of the support of the Trust.

The Stephenson Cancer Center is located at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center campus in Oklahoma City. Under the guidance of the director, Robert Mannel, M.D., the mission of the Stephenson Cancer Center is to improve and extend the lives of cancer patients through patient-centered, comprehensive care; conduct innovative basic, translational, and clinical research; raise the level of cancer awareness and prevention among individuals and populations; educate the next generation of cancer health care professionals; and serve as a statewide resource for pa-tients, researchers, health professionals, and communities.

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Shining a New Light on Ovarian Cancer Treatment

New $1.5 million grant funds research aimed at better treatment with fewer side effects

Youngjae You, Ph.D, confers with postdoctoral fellow Moses Bio, Ph.D., inside their lab at the OU College of Pharmacy. The team was just awarded a new $1.5 million grant to further their re-search into light-activated prodrug therapy for ovarian cancer.

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Cancer Center Spotlight

A new $1.5 million grant to researchers at the Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Scienc-es Center will advance work focused on an illuminating new treatment for ovarian cancer.

The five-year National Institutes of Health grant funds re-search by Youngjae You, Ph.D., a member of the Stephenson Cancer Center and associate professor with the OU College of Pharmacy. His team is focused on the use of photody-namic therapy to target ovarian cancer tumors.

Ovarian cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer for women, claiming the lives of more than 14,000 women in the United States each year. This year, another 21,000 wom-en will receive a new diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

Photodynamic therapy is a treatment that utilizes special drugs called photosensitizing agents. Those agents work only after they have been activated by light. By combin-ing photodynamic therapy with site-specific chemotherapy drugs, You and his team hope to provide an extremely tar-geted cancer-fighting treatment for ovarian cancer – one that defeats the cancer while reducing many of the side ef-fects often associated with traditional chemotherapy.

“The awarding of this NIH grant is a tribute to Dr. You and his research team and marks an important milestone for their work to help advance treatment for ovarian cancer. NIH funding of this kind is critical to our work at Stephen-son Cancer Center as we further our mission to not only provide the best possible cancer care, but also to develop new, more effective treatments with fewer side effects for cancer patients,” said Robert Mannel M.D., director of the Cancer Center.

The grant awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health is an NIH Research Project Grant, commonly known as an R01 grant. The R01 is the original and historically oldest grant mechanism used by the NIH, providing support for health-related research. “I am very excited about this grant. It funds important work aimed at helping save more lives,” said You.

Last year, You and his research team received a $550,000 Department of Defense grant to advance their research into photodynamic therapy in combination with site-specific chemotherapy as a treatment for breast cancer. This new grant from the NIH allows them to apply the same core prin-ciples to the treatment of ovarian cancer.

“Dr. You’s research greatly enhances the depth and breadth of expertise necessary to sustain a productive, collaborative drug discovery core in the OU College of Pharmacy,” said JoLaine R. Draugalis, R.Ph., Ph.D., dean of the college. “His pharmaceutical chemistry and cancer research themes as well as his photodynamic therapy approach generate ex-citement within the college and University.”

You said the challenge with ovarian cancer is that the cancer often is not discovered until it is in an advanced stage. Most women with ovarian cancer undergo surgery first, followed by chemotherapy to target any cancer cells that may remain following surgery. Traditional chemotherapy, however, af-fects healthy cells as well as cancerous ones. You’s team hopes to change that by utilizing their new photosensitizing agents and activating them only after they have reached the tumor site.

“We can deactivate the toxicity and activity of the cancer-fighting drugs by using our special chemical bond and pho-tosensitizer to make prodrugs,” You said.

Prodrugs are drugs that are administered in an inactive form. The prodrug is delivered by intravenous injection, much like regular chemotherapy. The difference is that, un-like traditional chemotherapy drugs, prodrugs are not ac-tive until exposed to near infrared light, which is introduced only at the tumor site. The light breaks the chemical bond that prevents the drug from working, thereby activating its cancer-fighting ability. The goal is to kill the cancer cells while helping patients avoid the systemic side effects asso-ciated with standard chemotherapeutic drugs.

“Dr. You has built upon his initial photodynamic therapy research to add an even more innovative component that decreases adverse effects and ensures that the drug is on target when activated,” Draugalis said.

Although laboratory studies must be completed before hu-man trials begin, Dr. You said photodynamic therapy com-bined with site-specific cancer-fighting drugs may hold promise in the treatment of other cancers too, including head and neck, esophageal, lung and bladder cancers.

The research funding is from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Department of Health and Hu-man Services, National Institutes of Health (grant number 1R01GM113940-01).

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Leadership Spotlight

OKLAHOMA BLOOD INSTITUTE NAMES MEDICAL DIRECTORSusan M. Weiss, M.D., has joined Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) as medical director. She provides medical oversight of blood donation and transfusion services. This includes advice to the blood collections team and follow-up with donors. Weiss also consults with laboratory staff and physicians at 158 area hospitals served by OBI to assure patients receive the optimal blood product at the right time.

Weiss is also engaged in medical consultation for therapeutic services provided by the blood center for patients. Therapeutic apheresis is used to remove harmful components from the blood that contribute to disease based on a patient’s specific condition. OBI provides these services to patients with blood disorders, kidney conditions, metabolic diseases and neuro-logic disorders. It is also beneficial to patients with autoimmune diseases.

She is integrally involved in the emerging areas of stem cell transplantation and related re-search that Oklahoma Blood Institute is pioneering in the state.

Weiss attended medical school at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and completed residency training at East Carolina University and fellowship training at Stanford University. She is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology as well as Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine. Weiss was previously medical director of the transfusion service and stem cell laboratory at OU Medical Center and at the Veterans’ Administration Hospital in Oklahoma City.

Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Blood Institute is the ninth largest, non-profit blood center in America. After processing and testing, OBI transports every drop of blood needed by patients in medical facilities and all air ambulance ser-vices across Oklahoma, including all hospitals in metro-Oklahoma City.

The Oklahoma Al-lergy & Asthma Clinic (OAAC) has named Gordon Heiselbetz as chief operating of-ficer. Heiselbetz has more than 24 years of experience managing operations and cus-tomer service depart-ments within health-care organizations.

Heiselbetz holds a master’s degree in Healthcare Ad-ministration from Walden University and a bachelor of arts degree in Communication from Lubbock Christian University.

Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic Announces New Chief Operating OfficerPrior to joining OAAC, Heiselbetz served as the Support Services Executive with Crothall HealthCare. He also spent five years as Vice President of Support Services at the Oklahoma University Medical System. Heiselbetz serves on the Board of the Cavett Kids Foundation.

Originally from Southeast Texas, he and his wife, Kim, have two children and reside in Edmond.

Founded in 1925, OAAC physicians evaluate and man-age patients of all ages throughout the plains and southwest region. The main clinic is on the Oklahoma Health Center Campus, south of the Capitol complex. Satellite offices are located in Edmond, Norman and northwest Oklahoma City.

For more information, visit the OAAC website at www.oklahomaallergy.com or call 405/235-0040.

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Patients with a deadly form of brain cancer now have access to a promising new treatment at the Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Cen-ter, one of only a handful of institutions nationwide using alternating electrical fields to target glioblastoma.

“It is not a surgery. It is not chemotherapy. It is not radia-tion. It is actually a device that delivers low-intensity electri-cal fields to the tumor site through electrical transducers placed on the head,” said James Battiste, MD., PhD, assis-tant professor of Neurology.

Although rare compared to cancers in other parts of the body, glioblastoma is the most common form of brain can-cer. There are about 20,000 new cases each year of glioblas-toma. Last year, 68-year-old Warren Henry became one of them.

“The first hospital I went to told me there was nothing they could do, but then I came to the Stephenson Cancer Cen-ter, and they said they could remove the tumor. Now, I am undergoing chemotherapy in conjunction with this new treatment, which is supposed to help keep the tumor from returning.” Henry said.

Current treatments for glioblastoma – including brain sur-gery, radiation and chemotherapy – often are not success-ful at eliminating all of the cancer from the brain. Without

Promising New Treatment Targets Deadly Brain Cancer

treatment, survival is typically just a few months. With standard treatments, the median survival climbs to more than a year.

Now, doctors at the Stephenson Cancer Center hope to boost survival even more with this novel approach using a new treat-ment delivery system. The electrical trans-ducers are attached to the front, back and sides of the scalp with pads much like a gi-ant bandage, connected by wires to a por-table battery or power supply. Cancer cells thrive through rapid replication and divi-sion. The transducers are placed in such a way that they essentially scramble the tu-mor cell’s internal messaging, causing it to self-destruct.

“So those proteins get messed up and they cannot divide their DNA between the two

cells. When that happens, each cell gets a different amount of DNA than it really should. That confuses the cells and the cells usually either die or become dormant,” Battiste said. “If the tumor cells die, then the tumor can start to shrink.”

The device, which is worn more than 18 hours a day for best results, is already FDA approved for the treatment of recur-rent glioblastoma. Recently, though, researchers discovered that patients using the device, in combination with stan-dard chemotherapy and radiation, lived longer than those offered standard treatments alone. There also are few side effects.

“Mainly there is just a little bit of skin irritation, but we watch for that,” Battiste explained.

The treatment also offers new hope for patients who are not candidates for standard cancer therapies.

“One of the most exciting aspects of this new treatment is that we are going to be able to go to our patients who may be having trouble with traditional chemotherapy and offer them this new treatment that has very minimal side effects,” Battiste said.

While the new system is not a cure for glioblastoma, spe-cialists at Stephenson Cancer Center say it could well mark the beginning of something extraordinary in the realm of cancer treatment overall.

“The hope is that in future research we may be able to ap-ply this treatment to other types of brain tumors and even to other cancer sites outside of the brain. So in the future, it could be used on cancer in the lungs, the pancreas or even the ovaries,” Battiste said

Cancer Center Spotlight

68-year-old Warren Henry is fitted with a device that targets brain cancer in an entirely new way - utilizing low-intensity electrical fields to essentially short-circuit cancer cells’ abil-ity to replicate. The Stephenson Cancer Center is one of only a handful of institutions nationwide offering the novel treat-ment for glioblastoma.

1. American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma*2. Dean McGee Eye Institute*3. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center4. Easter Seals Oklahoma*5. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner6. Oklahoma Allergy and Asthma Clinic*7. Oklahoma Blood Institute*8. Oklahoma City Clinic*/Global Health Inc.9. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF)*9a. OMRF Research Tower9b. OMRF Bell Building9c. OMRF Acree-Woodworth Building9d. OMRF Massman Building10. Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics*11. Oklahoma Department of Health*12. Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services*13. Department of Human Services

14. OU Medical Center*A. Presbyterian Office BuildingB. OU Medical CenterC. Radiation Therapy CenterD. The Children’s Hospital E. Oklahoma Transplant CenterF. OU Medical Surgery Center

15. University Research Park (formerly Presbyterian Health Foundation Research Park)A. Building 800BiolytxBiosourceCharlessonChildren’s Hospital Foundation*CrisalisCytovance BiologicsMedencentiveOklahoma Health Center Foundation*OUHSC Research LabsRural Enterprises Inc.Transtimulations Research

B. Building 840 ARL*DNA Solutions* i2E, Inc.*LabcorpOrthocare InnovationsSelexys

C. Building 655Advancia CorporationOU Medical Center*Hyalose, LLCInterGenetics, Inc.Oklahoma State Regents for Higher EducationOneNetOUHSCPotts Family FoundationPresbyterian Health Foundation* SelexysSIWA Smith & Nephew

D. Building 755AltheusDermamedicsNova Venture Services, LLCOklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)URP Management OfficesOUHSC Facilities ManagementOUHSC Risk ManagementOUHSC Fire MarshallOU Compliance OfficeAltheusHausSickle Cell FoundationSylvia BottomlyOU College of Public HealthProductive TechVeterans AffairsNew Spin 360

E. Building 825Camille’s Sidewalk Café and Richey’s GrillURP Shipping/ReceivingPHF Video Conference Center-Conference Rooms

F. Building 885Cytovance Biologic Manufacturing

G. Building 865Accele BiopharmaAnalytical Edge LabsDRIK LabsMiles Associates OUHSC – Comparative MedicineOMRF

16. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center*A. Allied Health Practice CenterB. Basic Sciences Education BuildingC. Campus Police StationD. College of Allied HealthE. College of DentistryF. College of Medicine/Biomedical Sciences BuildingG. College of NursingH. College of PharmacyI. College of Public HealthJ. David L. Boren Student UnionK. Don E. Hogg GreenhouseL. G. Rainey Williams PavilionM. Harold Hamm Diabetes CenterN. O’Donoghue Research BuildingO. Stephenson Cancer Center P. OU Children’s Physicians*Q. Child Study CenterR. OU Physicians* BuildingS. Mark Allen Everett Dermatology Building*T. Family Medicine Center*U. Robert M. Bird Library & Graduate CollegeV. Rogers BuildingW. Service Center BuildingX. Stanton L. Young Biomedical Research CenterY. Steam and Chilled Water PlantZ. University Health ClubAA. University Village (owned by OU-Norman)

17. University Hospitals Authority and Trust*18. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oklahoma City*19. Ronald McDonald Family Room (in The Children’s Hospital)20. Ronald McDonald House II (in Garrison Tower)21. Founders Plaza at Stiles Park featuring The Beacon of Hope22. OK Kids Corral

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Thirteen OSSM seniors have been named as candi-dates in the 2015 United States Presidential Schol-ars Program. Students include Sooraj Boomina-than (Edmond/Deer Creek), Avinash Deshmukh (Edmond/Monticello), Mehdi Drissi (Lawton/Eisen-hower), Alice Pinney (Tulsa/Jenks), Avi Revah (Ed-mond/North), Sophie Shackford (Edmond/North), Caron Song (Tulsa/Jenks), Dat Truong (Okla. City/CSAS), Praful Vasireddy (Tulsa/Holland Hall), Chris Wang (Okla. City/Crossings Christian), Lilia Williams (Edmond/North), Ben Zhao (Edmond/Santa Fe) and Julie Zhu (Norman/North). Established in 1964, the program recognizes and honors some of the na-tion’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. Each year, up to 141 students are named as U.S. Presidential Scholars. These young people represent excellence in education and have a dem-onstrated promise of greatness. A review committee of qualified individuals experienced in education eval-uates each candidate on their academic achievement, personal characteristics, leadership and service, as well as the quality and content of their essay. More than 550 candidates will be named as semifinalists. Dur-ing April, the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars reviews the applications and selects up to 121 Academic Scholars and up to 20 Arts Scholars. In June, scholars are honored at an expense-paid National Rec-ognition Program in Washington, D.C. Honorees are awarded the Presidential Scholars Medallion during a ceremony sponsored by the White House. Since 1964, the unique federal program has selected more than 6,000 scholars.

Four OSSM Seniors named to 2015 Academic All-State

Sooraj Boominathan (Edmond/Deer Creek), Avi Revah (Edmond/North), Dat Truong (Okla. City/CSAS) and Chris Wang (Okla. City/Crossings Christian) have been selected as 2015 Academic All-Staters by the Oklaho-ma Foundation for Excellence. Academic All-State is one of the most challenging scholastic competitions. This year, more than 550 nominations were received

OSSM Senior Katie McDonald selected as a 2015 Fleming Scholar

and 100 students were chosen from a group of well-qualified applicants. All- Staters each receive a $1,000 merit-based scholarship and medallion. The annual awards banquet will be held in May.

Seniors Selected As Candidates In Presidential Scholars Program

OSSM All Staters were (l-r) Dat Truong (Okla. City/CSAS), Sooraj Boominathan (Edmond/Deer Creek), Chris Wang (Okla. City/Crossings Christian) and Avi Revah (Edmond/North).

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Member Organizations

American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma 14

ARL Bio Pharma, Inc. 15 Children’s Hospital Foundation 16

Dean McGee Eye Institute 17

DNA Solutions, Inc. 18

Easter Seals Oklahoma 19

Emergent Technologies, Inc. 20

i2E, Inc. 21

Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic 22

Oklahoma Blood Institute 23

Oklahoma Health Center Foundation 24

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science 25 and Technology

Oklahoma City Clinic 26

Oklahoma Department of Mental Health & 27 Substance Abuse Services

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 28

Oklahoma School of Science & Mathematics 29

Oklahoma State Department of Health 30

OU Medical Center 31

OU Physicians 32

Presbyterian Health Foundation 33

Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Oklahoma City 34

University Hospitals Authority and Trust 35

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: 36-37 College of Allied Health • College of Dentistry College of Medicine • College of Nursing College of Pharmacy • College of Public Health Graduate College

The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates hu-man suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.The Central and Western Oklahoma Region of the American Red Cross covers a 47 county region total-ing 42,000 square miles. Our regional office is based in Oklahoma City with 18 offices and service centers across the region. The humanitarian mission of the American Red Cross connects us to people and communities across the na-tion and around the world. The common bonds of hu-manity and compassion unite us together, not just in the face of emergencies and disasters, but in helping our neighbors every day. Since being founded by Clara Barton in 1881, the Red Cross has been a consistent lifeline for people when they need us the most. The depth and breadth of our services – whenever and wherever they’re called for – is unmatched by any organization in the world. The Red Cross was chartered by the United States Con-gress to “carry on a system of national and internation-al relief in time of peace and apply the same in miti-gating the sufferings caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and other great national calamities, and to de-vise and carry on measures for preventing the same.” The Charter is unique to the Red Cross because it as-signs duties and obligations to the nation, to disaster

survivors, and to the people who generously support our work through donations.Red Cross disaster relief focuses on meeting people’s immediate emergency needs caused by disaster. When disaster threatens or strikes, the Red Cross provides shelter, food, and health and emotional health service to address basic human needs and assist individuals and families in resuming their normal daily activities independently.We support members of the military, veterans and their families in coping, connecting and obtaining financial assistance. This is done at Tinker Air Force Base, Vance Air Force Base, Altus Air Force Base and Fort Sill. We train individuals, fam-ilies and organizations with lifesaving skills and emergency and disaster preparedness information. The Red Cross has been the go-to source for more than a century for information, skills and confidence to act in an emergency, at home, in school and in the workplace. The American Red Cross is the nation’s largest blood collection organization, supplying approximately 40 percent of the blood and blood products used in our country. We are a global leader in responding to emergencies, preparing for disasters, preventing disease and pro-moting humanitarian values.

Central & Western OklahomaMark Smith, Interim CEO

601 Northeast Sixth StreetOklahoma City, OK 73104

Phone: (405)228-9500Website: www.redcross.org/ok/oklahoma-city

Jobs: www.redcross.org/about-us/career

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Tom Kupiec, Ph.D., President and CEO840 Research Parkway Suite 546

Oklahoma City, OK 73104Phone: (405)271 1144

Website: www.arlok.com

Analytical Research Laboratories (ARL) provides analytical and microbiological testing for the pharmaceutical industry. Located at the University Research Park in Oklahoma City, ARL occupies approximately 19,000 square feet of state of the art laboratory and office space and positions itself as a leader among emerging and growing biotechnology compa-nies nationwide. ARL has been serving the clinical and phar-maceutical markets since 1998.

ARL offers a comprehensive range of analytical and mi-crobiological services applicable for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. ARL services routinely include assay for pharmaceutical ingredients, stability studies, and full com-pendial testing. ARL is well equipped with instrumentation, such as High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), HPLC-Tandem Mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS), High res-

olution Time of Flight Mass Spec-trometry (LC-MS) for accurate mo-lecular weight determinat ion and analysis of p r o t e i n s / p e p -tides with an up-per mass range of 20,000 m/z, Gas Chromatography (GC), GC/MS, high resolution Fourier Trans-form Infrared (FT-IR), Polarimeter, ELISA, Genetic Analyzer, Thermal

Cyclers, Lumi-nometer, and Environmen-tal Chambers.

ARL has a d e d i c a t e d team of sci-entists and e x p e r t s cont inua l l y d e l i v e r i n g research so-lutions for the pharmaceuti-cal industry and govern-mental insti-tutions. ARL’s c o m p e t e n t p e r s o n n e l with regula-tory expertise provide a comprehensive approach to analyt-ical testing, as well as forensic and pharmaceutical consulta-tions. Additional experience includes: pharmacogenomics, biomedical sciences, medical technology, immunohematol-ogy and expert witness testimony.

ARL is an FDA registered analytical laboratory and DEA li-censed. ARL is ISO 17025:2005 accredited as applicable to our scope of accreditation. ISO outlines general require-ments for the competence of testing and calibration labo-ratories. An independent QA/QC department conducts internal audits of the laboratories as a part of a quality man-agement system.

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Kathy McCracken, Executive Director800 Research Parkway, Suite 150

Oklahoma City, OK 73104Phone: (405) 271-2260Toll Free: 888-229-KIDS

Tax ID: #73-1200262Website: www.okchf.org

Children’s Hospital Foundation is the only nonprofit organi-zation in Oklahoma whose sole focus is the advancement of pediatric research and education while supporting special-ized clinical care for Oklahoma’s children. It supports pedi-atric specialists who treat more than 213,000 patient visits every year, including children from all 77 counties in Okla-homa. Since its inception in 1983, Children’s Hospital Foun-dation has raised and leveraged matching funds to create more than $100 million for pediatric research, quality spe-cialized clinical care and education programs. Many of these endeavors include collaborative projects with the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City.Current program and research focus areas include:• Infectious disease• Arthritis• Education• At-risk newborns• Diabetes-Obesity• Digestive health• Cancer• Genetics• Community pediatrics• Surgery & Emergency • Autism-ADHD-Down Syndrome• Lung, kidney and heart disease• Adolescent medicine• Eating disorders• Behavioral medicine• Child abuse and neglectFunding for programs is made possible through the efforts of a dedicated volunteer board and thousands of commu-nity volunteers and donors. Through endowments and di-rect support, Children’s Hospital Foundation is able to re-cruit and retain nationally and internationally recognized pediatric physician-scientists to direct research, as well as

treat patients and train medical students. All funds raised in Oklahoma stay in Oklahoma to improve the lives of kids here at home.

Children’s Hospital Foundation is a proud affiliate of Chil-dren’s Miracle Network Hospitals, an international nonprof-it organization dedicated to helping sick children by raising funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals throughout North America.

Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals organizes and ex-ecutes thousands of special events and promotions each year through its dedicated corporate sponsors and media partners and keeps 100 percent of its donations in the community where they were raised. Children’s Medical Re-search Institute and The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center are part of the network hospitals.

The Foundation 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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President and CEO Greg Skuta, M.D.608 Stanton L. Young Blvd.

Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5065 Phone: (405) 271-6060

Website: www.dmei.org

Benchmarks of Dean McGee Eye Institute Excellence

The Dean McGee Eye Institute is one of the largest and most respected eye institutes in the United States, provid-ing more than 160,000 patient visits per year from all 77 Oklahoma counties and the surrounding region, and serv-ing more than 7600 surgical patients annually in its state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center.

Twenty of the Eye Institute’s ophthalmologists are listed among the Best Doctors in America.

In 2012, the University of Oklahoma (OU) College of Medi-cine’s Department of Ophthalmology, which is housed in the Dean McGee Eye Institute, ranked 14th in the country in National Institutes of Health funding and 11th in the nation in cumulative funding from Research to Prevent Blindness.

The Dean McGee Eye Institute’s residency program (in affili-ation with the OU College of Medicine) attracts top medi-cal students from throughout the nation. Resident surgical education has consistently ranked above the 90th percen-tile nationally. Since 2000, the first-time pass rates on the American Board of Ophthalmology’s written and oral ex-aminations are 100% and 98% respectively with an average score on the written examination at the 80th percentile.

The Eye Institute’s Director of Vision Research is a Past Pres-ident of the International Society for Eye Research, Past Vice President of the Association for Research in Vision and Oph-thalmology (ARVO) and a recipient of ARVO’s prestigious Proctor Medal; two members of the faculty are recent or

current directors of the American Board of Ophthalmology; three serve on the Board of Trustees of the American Acad-emy of Ophthalmology; one serves as Vice Chair of the Resi-dency Review Committee in Ophthalmology for the Accredi-tation Council for Graduate Medical Education; and one is President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a Past President of the American Glaucoma Society.

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

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Thomas C. Kupiec, Ph.D., CEO and President840 Research Parkway, Ste. 551,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104Toll Free: (866) 362-9778Phone: (405) 271-6033

Website: www.dnasolutionsusa.com

DNA Solutions, Inc. is a genetic testing laboratory providing highly discerning services including: relationship and foren-sic testing in humans and animals. Located at the University Research Park in Oklahoma City, DNA Solutions provides unique laboratory solutions to our customers including cus-tom genetic research studies and forensic testing.

DNA Solutions is accredited to the highest standard, ISO 17025. ISO/IEC 17025:2005 sets the international labora-tory standard for testing laboratories. In addition, DNA So-lutions is a CLIA registered laboratory and has its New York State Department of Health Laboratory Permit.

DNA Solutions is also accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) for relationship test-ing. AABB accredita-tion is granted only to laboratories that achieve high quality performance for rela-tionship testing which follows strict quality guidelines that cover all aspects of parent-age testing from initial specimen collection to the issuance of the final results.

The company provides research and development expertise in the area of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) detec-tion, DNA sequencing for forensics and human and animal genotyping, bacterial / fungal identification, biological pat-ent infringement and ancestry testing. DNA Solutions main-tains the deer registry for North American white-tailed deer and mule deer breeders as well as providing genotyping ser-vices to wildlife enforcement agencies.

One significant distinguishing characteristic of DNA Solu-tions is the personal client services our company provides. DNA Solutions prides itself in providing high touch cus-tomer service to all of our clients. Our highly skilled and knowledgeable personnel are accessible to our clients for questions and explanations regarding results provided to our clients. DNA Solutions provides services worldwide and services are legally defendable and meet or exceed the ap-plicable standards for genetic relationship testing.

For over 14 years, the innovative scientists at DNA Solutions have been helping people discover the answers con-tained within the strands of DNA.

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More than 56 million Americans have a disability which accounts for approximately 19 percent of the popula-tion. Easter Seals Oklahoma is the leading nonprofit provider of services for individuals with disabilities and is trying to bridge the gap for the increasing number of Oklahomans needing services.

Paula K. Porter, President & CEO701 NE 13th Street

Oklahoma City, OK 73104Phone: (405)239-2525

Website: www.eastersealsok.org

For more than 88 years, we have been offering help and hope to children and adults with disabilities and to the families who love them. Through therapy, training, education and support services, Easter Seals Oklaho-ma creates life-changing solutions so that people with disabilities can live, learn, work, and play.

Our adult day center provides special care for adults who are unable to care for themselves for extended periods of time and enables them to maintain or im-

prove their ability to remain independent. The program provides various activities to stimulate minds, promote social interaction, and keep everyone moving.

Our child development center includes an onsite ear-ly intervention and childhood learning program for children with disabilities as well as typical children. A new peer integration program was just developed to increase early intervention and consultation services are also available for parents and teachers that need additional support and training on developmental dis-abilities.

Easter Seals Oklahoma also provides direct financial assistance for children needing therapy, as well as a va-riety of rehabilitative equipment that is necessary for a child’s development. Medical rehabilitation is available onsite for behavioral, occupational, and speech thera-pies.

It is our mission at Easter Seals Oklahoma to enhance the quality of life for children and adults with disabili-ties so they may live with equality, dignity, and inde-pendence. Thanks to the support of the community, we are able to fulfill our mission.

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Thomas A. Harlan, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer

800 Research Parkway, Suite 340Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Phone: (405)271-3838 Website: www.emergenttechnologies.com

ETI is a regionally-based venture capital and management services firm that specializes in forming, funding, commer-cializing, and managing companies for the purpose of con-verting institutional and university-based technology into high return ventures. Its unique process matches break-through technology with commercialization partners who can validate the market potential and expeditiously bring the technology to market. Investors can have confidence that risks will be reduced and the time to liquidity acceler-ated because ETI’s process avoids unproven technologies, large front-end investments, and dependency on the IPO market. ETI created its first investment fund, Emergent-OU, Ltd., in 1999 to launch three technologies emanating from the Uni-versity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, OK. Its second fund, Emergent Technologies Oklaho-ma, L.P. was created in 2000 to make further investments in the first three companies and provided seed capital for the fourth and fifth companies.Pure Protein has developed a unique method to produce soluble HLA protein from human cell lines. The company is focused on the discovery of new targets to prevent and treat infectious disease and cancer. Pure Protein’s core technology platform allows the production of large quanti-ties of immune surveillance proteins and provides unique insight to the inner workings of diseased cells. It has created two subsidiaries, Pure Transplant Solutions, L.L.C. and Pure Vaccine Solutions, L.L.C. The Pure Protein platform enables a distinct toolset for evaluating and improving vaccines as well as reducing unwanted allergic reactions from bio thera-peutics. www.pureproteinllc.comHyalose, L.L.C. has developed unique capabilities for the recombinant production of hyaluronic acid both in bulk production using fermentation and in enzymatic synthesis where a very high level of control is possible in determining the exact molecule that is synthesized. Controlled enzymat-ic synthesis also enables the placement of other glycosami-noglycan sugars and unnatural sugars at precisely defined positions in the sugar chain creating new novel sugar com-pounds. The company has licensed several genes from dif-ferent species of bacteria that synthesize hyaluronic acid. www.hyalose.com

MedUnison – Formerly known as MedSynergy, MedUni-son’s DocSynergy is an online, secure medical community for physicians and other healthcare providers to dramati-cally improve the quality of healthcare delivery, while signif-icantly lowering the cost of treatment. The DocSynergy so-lution harnesses the benefits of distance medicine through unique technology to enable physicians to tap the expertise and knowledge of colleagues regardless of location. The DocSynergy solution is built for the rural physician, the ur-ban specialty group, and physicians working with captured patients, such as those in correctional facilities. www.me-dunison.comHeparinex, L.L.C. is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the novel recombinant synthesis of compounds for the growing anticoagulation market and associated arenas. The core technology platform was originally discovered and pat-ented by a leading carbohydrate chemist/ glycobiologist at the University of Oklahoma in 2002. Heparinex’s core plat-forms employ (a) bacterial production techniques and (b) in vitro defined polymer syntheses to provide uniquely con-trolled non-animal sources of genetically customizable hep-arinoid compounds for drug discovery, therapeutic formula-tions and medical device applications. www.heparinex.comChoncept is a biotech company focused on development of new technology to produce chondroitin from fermentation of recombinant bacteria to replace the current chondroitin source of beef and other animal by-products. Chondroitin produced by the gene patented by Choncept is unsulfated which can be sulfated to produce chondroitin similar to that isolated from animal sources. The unsulfated chondroitin may also be of interest as a biomaterial. Chondroitin pro-duced recombinantly may be significantly less expensive to produce than current methods that rely on animal by-prod-ucts. Modified chondroitin, dermatan sulfate, has proper-ties as an anti-coagulant, an important pharmaceutical mar-ket. www.choncept.com

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i2E, Inc. is a nationally recognized private not-for-profit cor-poration focused on growing innovative small businesses in Oklahoma and making a positive impact on the state’s economy.Our stated mission is “Investing in Entrepreneurs to build successful high growth companies in Oklahoma.”We achieve our mission by working directly with entrepre-neurs, researchers and companies to help them commer-cialize their technologies, launch and grow new businesses and access needed capital. Our clients like the fact that our staff consists of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who have walked in their shoes.Busy entrepreneurs tell us that our model works for them because we not only provide high quality business advice, capital and entrepreneurial devel-opment, we act as a portal to other private and public resources — making it easier to access the right information, expertise and invest-ment at the right time.The results speak for themselves: Clients enjoy job, revenue and capi-tal growth significantly higher than the state average. The state ben-efits from new globally competitive businesses, high quality jobs and an enhanced quality of life.

Scott Meacham, President & CEOUniversity Research Park

840 Research Parkway, Suite 250Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Phone: (405)235-2305 800/337-6822 TOLL FREE

800/337-6822 TOLL FREE for OklahomaWebsite: www.i2e.org

Our History:Originally founded in 1997, i2E was created to respond to an Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) initiative. Since we opened our doors for business in 1998, i2E has assisted hundreds of entrepre-neurs, companies, inventors and researchers turn their in-novations into high growth business opportunities for Okla-homa.

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Serving Oklahoma and the southwest since 1925, the Okla-homa Allergy & Asthma Clinic is one of the oldest and larg-est medical practices in the United States dedicated solely to the treatment of allergy, asthma and immunology. The Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic has nine physicians on its medical staff; certified or board eligible by the Ameri-can Board of Allergy & Immunology and are on the teaching faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.The Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic 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 dis-ease management coordinator consulting with individual patients about breathing techniques and asthma educa-tion. Also on staff is a full-time, registered, licensed nurse practitioner.Almost one-fourth of The Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic’s patients are referred from outside Oklahoma City and travel many miles for the sophisticated, high-level al-lergy and asthma care and to participate in the numerous research studies.The Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic has a Burkard pol-len 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. Three full-service satellite clinics are located in Edmond, Norman, and Northwest Oklahoma City, adjacent to Mercy Hospital.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 condi-tions include asthma and frequent coughing; hay fever; si-nus 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.

Gordon Heiselbetz, COO750 N. E. 13th Street

Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5010Phone: (405) 235-0040

Website: www.oklahomaallergy.comFacebook oklahomaallergyandasthmaclinic

Twitter @okallergyasthma

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 residency-training 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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Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) is the ninth largest, non-profit blood center in America. Every drop of blood needed by patients in more than 140 medical facilities in Oklahoma is provided by donors with OBI. This includes exclusive ser-vice for every hospital in the metro-OKC area. An average of 700 donors a day is required to meet these needs. Volunteer blood donors give more than a 287,000 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, some who may have no idea they will need blood in an urgent situation. One blood donation can save as many as three peoples’ lives. OBI is responsible for recruiting blood donors, collecting, processing and testing blood components and transporting it to hospitals across our state. Random inspections by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) confirm the quality of our operations at every donation site. OBI’s perfect record through 36 straight inspections validates our quality exceeding regulatory requirements. OBI employs 642 Oklahomans and works with 1,200 volunteers and 2,600 blood drive coordinators. Its donor centers are located in Ada, Ardmore, Ed-mond, Enid, Lawton, Norman, central Oklahoma City (Oklahoma Health Center), north Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Numerous 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 pro-gram. 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 or other blood disorder. For the past three years, OBI has ranked in the top performance tier, due to our abil-

ity to recruit marrow registrants from ethnically and age-diverse populations. Oklahoma’s first and only umbilical cord blood bank is in the final phases of FDA accreditation at OBI. It is one of only 24 accredited centers worldwide. Expectant mothers of un-derserved ethnic descent families now have an opportunity to donate cord blood. There is no charge to the parents, and the donation process is simple and painless. During a blessed time in their own lives, this cord blood center en-ables Oklahoma families to potentially bring life-saving joy to someone else’s.OBI is 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 we expand re-search and treatments partnerships within the healthcare biosciences industry. Cell therapies and regenerative medi-cine applications are predicted to revolutionize care for the most life-threatening diseases. We are uniquely positioned as a ready-made ‘cell bank’ with hundreds of thousands of combinations of genetic characteristics among our blood donors. These giving people may be offered the opportu-nity to further make a difference in the lives of others as part of medical research. Oklahoma Blood Institute can ac-celerate this revolutionary research cost effectively, so that today’s vision more rapidly becomes the reality of life-en-hancing, routine medical treatments.

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

Oklahoma City, OK 73104Phone: (405) 278-3100 Website: www.obi.org

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Terry Taylor, President800 N. Research Parkway, Suite 400

Oklahoma City, OK 73103Phone: (405) 271-2200

Website: www.oklahomahealthcenter.com

The mission of the Foundation is to promote innova-tions in healthcare and science, and to serve as a con-nector between our member organizations, in order to raise awareness of the Oklahoma Health Center’s pro-file 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 rep-resents the second largest concentration of employees and students in Oklahoma — more than 17,000 —larger than a number of Oklahoma communities. Chartered in 1965, the Oklahoma Health Center Foun-dation, Inc. (OHCF) was established to assist the Okla-homa Health Center, and its 23 member entities, in matters of mutual physical, administrative and plan-ning concerns.This assistance helps drive the OHC’s potential in at-tracting and developing biomedical and biotechnical industries in Oklahoma. From cutting-edge biotechnol-ogy companies to government, medical education, pa-tient care and community support institutions, OHCF serves as the facilitator to 23 world-renowned organi-zations.

OHCF works closely with many aspects of the campus and its organizations, serving as a liaison between Fed-eral, State, County and City governments by represent-ing the various interests of the campus.OHCF is a founding member of the 10th Street Medi-cal 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, which seeks to establish the Oklahoma Health Center as the primary destination for health care and education and the continued build-ing of a campus that will sustain OHC’s status as a true major economic engine for the region.OHCF initiated campus beautification projects with the creation of parks and adding public art projects through-out the campus. The Treasures For Tomorrow program began in 2002, and almost $3 million has been raised. Projects include public art sculptures at Dean McGee Eye Institute and The Children’s Hospital, and Founders Plaza at Stiles Park featuring the Beacon of Hope. OHCF is involved in the plans for a modern and com-prehensive way-finding signage project. Since 2000, more than $534 million in construction costs have been completed at the campus. OHCF con-tinues 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 Oklaho-ma 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 down-town Oklahoma City by closely working with the City of Oklahoma City, the Greater OKC Chamber of Com-merce and Downtown OKC, Inc.

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Michael Carolina, CEO755 Research Parkway, Suite 110Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3612

Local: (405)319-8400 Toll Free: 866-265-2215

In Tulsa: 618 East Third Street, Suite 5Tulsa, OK 74120 918-576-7650

Website: www.ocast.ok.govFacebook: 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 de-velopment. OCAST’s mandate is to “expand and diver-sify 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)MISSIONTo foster innovation in existing and developing busi-nesses• by supporting basic and applied research• by facilitating technology transfer between re-

search 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)

VISIONOCAST funds cutting-edge science and technology through processes that are recognized nationally and internationally for demonstrating excellence, objectiv-ity and economic impact. OCAST’s vision is continued growth and vitality of its basic premise of facilitating collaborations between state government, universi-ties, start-up companies and established large-scale

firms to develop an entrepreneurial en-vironment which supports technology-based economic development. OCAST’s strategy includes technologies such as biosciences, information technol-ogy, sensors and electronics, advanced materials, energy and alternative fuel sources. Achieving this vision will result in continued growth of advanced tech-nology companies in the state thereby increasing Oklahoma’s global competi-tiveness, per capita income and quality of life.

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MISSIONProviding quality healthcare with compassion and con-cern for our patients.

Our mission is to provide the highest quality medical care to all patients in an atmosphere conducive to the practice of good medicine. We strive to do this through our physicians who place the needs of their patients first and are committed to caring for families, neigh-borhoods, and communities across the state of Okla-homa.

OUR HISTORY In 1919, a group of Oklahoma physicians returning from World War I, decided a new form of health care was needed in the Oklahoma City area. They envisioned this form of health care providing quality healthcare and services to all patients. These six (6) physicians in-corporated their experiences from working together in the war to develop a specialty group practice. This practice, they believed would enable them to improve the efficiency and quality of care for their patients. This new concept was the beginning of our organiza-tion, The Oklahoma City Clinic (OCC).

In 1978, the Clinic relocated to its present facility fur-ther enhancing its ability to offer medical care to resi-dents throughout the state as well as in the Oklahoma City area. It has since opened four additional locations to better serve and provide convenience for our pa-tients.

John M. Bell, M.D. PresidentOklahoma City Clinic (Central Location)

701 NE 10th Street (East of 10th & Lincoln)Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Phone: (405) 280-5550Website: www.okcclinic.com

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The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is responsible for providing services to Oklahomans who are affected by mental illness and substance abuse. In fiscal year 2008, the department provided services to 64,465 individuals – an increase of nearly 3,600 individuals over the previ-ous year.

The demand for public mental health services exceeds the capacity of the current treatment system. This has always been the case, but has been exacerbated in re-cent years due to a growing public awareness of mental illness and of the existence of effective treatment; ris-ing healthcare costs; and the state’s growing substance abuse problem, particularly the brain-damaging use of methamphetamine and resultant psychotic behavior.

Through the use of proven practices and expansion of community based services, the department will in-crease the effectiveness of services and continue to improve the efficiency of the delivery system. The de-partment’s goal is to ensure access to appropriate care for all Oklahomans and the recovery of all served.

The ODMHSAS was established through the Mental Health Law of 1953, although publicly supported ser-vices 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 “deinstitutionaliza-tion” prompted states to increase efforts to utilize out-patient 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, over 60,000 individuals receive services from the department each year. Of those, only about 5 per-cent require hospital care. The vast majority take part in mental health and substance abuse outpatient pro-grams, targeted community based services, prevention efforts and educational initiatives.

In fact, Oklahoma has become a national leader in sev-eral 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 chil-dren to the elderly, more Oklahomans with mental ill-ness and substance abuse problems are being served than ever before.

Terri WhiteODMHSAS Commissioner

1200 N.E. 13th StreetOklahoma City, OK 73117

Phone: (405) 522-3878Website: www.odmhsas.org

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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 aca-demia in 2011, 2012 and 2013. • For our work on rheumatoid arthritis and lu-pus, the National Institutes of Health has designated OMRF as one of only nine Autoimmunity Centers of Ex-cellence in the US.• Our internationally recognized cardiovascular biologists are studying how blood-vessel formation im-pacts 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.

Stephen M. Prescott, M. D., President 825 N.E. 13th Street

Oklahoma City, OK 73104Phone: (405)271-7400

Website: www.omrf.orgJOBS at OMRF -- https://jobs.omrf.org/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1380829938244

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• 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, osteo-arthritis and diabetes.• For 12 consecutive years, OMRF has earned a four-star rating—the highest possible score—from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent char-ity evaluator.• With 18 vertical wind turbines that generate 85,000 kilowatt hours of energy each year, OMRF’s re-search tower is home to the world’s largest wind farm.• Our new biorepository holds more than 1 mil-lion patient samples in a massive freezer that maintains a constant temperature of -112 degrees Fahrenheit.• Scientists at OMRF led the largest genetic ex-periment 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 medica-tion to treat a deadly form of brain cancer. The investi-gational new drug is currently in clinical trials.

OMRF. Discoveries that make a difference.

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Oklahoma School of Science and MathematicsFrank Wang, Ph.D., President

The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics1141 North Lincoln Boulevard

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104Phone: (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 Math-ematics is a unique learning institution for Oklahoma students. OSSM is Oklahoma’s public, tuition-free, resi-dential high school for juniors and seniors with excep-tional abilities in mathematics and science.The school’s residency program is designed to encour-age an atmosphere of informal interaction among peers and foster each student’s highest potential. The avail-ability of laboratories, along with evening and weekend programs of interest, challenge students and stimulate studies. OSSM was created by the Oklahoma Legislature in 1983 and is funded by the state. The school is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is appointed by legislative leaders and the governor. Although the history of the school is grand, the wonderfully gifted students are at the heart of OSSM. Since its inception 22 years ago, students have matriculated from all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties.

The campus is located on a 32-acre site near the state capitol and adjacent to the teaching and scientific re-search resources of the Oklahoma Health Center. In the summer of 2000, the school completed a $25 million campus building program. The classrooms and offices of the historic Lincoln School were restored through a unique partnership with Oklahoma patrons, organiza-tions, businesses and government entities and is now called the Manning Academic Center. Students live in the school’s Dan Little Residence Hall that accommo-dates 144 students and faculty families. OSSM also has a gymnasium, Bernice Shedrick Library and Samson Sci-ence and Discovery Center, which houses physics and chemistry laboratories. The dormitory has expanded to allow the school to house 100+plus additional students per year should funding become available from the state to ensure the school’s future and keep the dream alive for Oklahoma’s best and brightest students. OSSM is committed to building a strong academic foun-dation for each student. While in residence at OSSM, students are required to complete successfully four and one-half units of science, two units of mathematics, one-half unit of computer science, two units of English, two units of history, two units of a foreign language, one unit of fine arts, and two units of physical education. Each science class features a two-or-three-hour weekly laboratory experience. Students receive five and one-half days of academic instruction every week. Students must also receive satisfactory participation reports in both campus and community service and a total of 120 hours are required for graduation.The graduates of OSSM have already left their indelible marks on Oklahoma. Of the more than 1,300 OSSM graduates since the first class, 300 are engineers and nearly 100 are medical doctors. More than 50 have earned Ph.D.s and 75 have served in the U.S. armed forc-es. Eighty-five percent of these graduates have careers in science, math, engineering and technology. More than half now work or live in the state and 10 graduates have begun their own businesses in Oklahoma.

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Terry Cline, Ph.D.Commissioner1000 N.E. 10th

Oklahoma City, OK 73117Phone: (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 try-ing 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 seat-belt. 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 every-one’s sick anyway – so you think you’ll get that tat-too 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. It’s one that works with the health department to

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 wom-en, 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 Chil-dren 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 pro-mote physical activity.

• While outside, you make sure everyone has used in-sect 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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OU Medical Center700 NE 13th, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

www.oumedicine.com/oumedicalcenterFollow us on Twitter at @oumedicine

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The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center1200 N Children’s Ave. (formerly Phillips Ave.),

Oklahoma City, OK 73104www.oumedicine.com/childrens

Like Children’s on Facebook at www.facebook.com/OKChildrens

For career information, visit www.oumedicine.com/careers

OU MEDICAL CENTER—Oklahoma City’s largest and most comprehensive hospital—is the major referral center in central and western Oklahoma for adults and children. We provide a full range of hospital services for every patient, from the smallest neonate to the most critically ill senior. We’ve been in the community for more than 100 years, and envision the next century to be as productive as the first as we grow with our city and community. With more specialists in more fields than any other hospital in the state, we’re making sure Oklahomans are alive and well. Our adult services boast an award-winning tradition of ap-plying innovative treatments to the care of patients in a full range of specialties, including the state’s only Level One Trauma Center and one of the first certified comprehensive stroke centers in the country. OU Medical Center is recognized for its excellence in neurol-ogy and neurosurgery, sleep disorders, orthopedics, cancer treatment, critical care and many other areas. Our patients have the advantage of being cared for by some of the premier experts in their field of medicine. Our staff

works as a team, leading health care and taking what we do to another level of medicine. The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center is Oklahoma’s only comprehensive, freestanding pediatric medical cen-ter where pediatricians, pediatric specialists and pediatric sub-specialists have been caring for Oklahoma’s children for nearly 90 years. Children’s is home to Oklahoma’s only pediatric emergency department, and has the state’s larg-est staff of Child Life specialists who help promote develop-ment and minimize the stress of hospitalization. For expectant families we offer care in our Women’s & New-born Center at Children’s Hospital. From the easiest of preg-nancies to the most complicated, our staff is experienced in caring for mothers and babies. If a baby needs extra care, she is an elevator ride away from the highest level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the state. The Children’s Hospital provides medical care found no-where else, and excels in specialties like cancer, orthope-dics, urology, epilepsy and heart disease. Our staff and affiliated physicians train tomorrow’s health care professionals, conducting innovative medical research and providing compassionate, quality patient care. Oklahoma City is alive and well, and OU Medicine is at its heart.

Charles L. Spicer, Jr., FACHE

President and Chief Executive Officer of OU Medical System

Jon Hayes, MHA, CMPEChief Executive Officer of The Children’s Hospital at

OU Medical Center

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OU Physicians is part of OU Medicine, combining academic knowledge and advanced health care. With more than 560 doctors, OU Physicians is the state’s largest physician group. The practice encompasses almost every adult and child spe-cialty. Many OU Physicians have expertise in the manage-ment 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 ground-breaking research to develop new treatments and cures. More than 175 of our doctors 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. Okla-homa 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-of-the-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 Cen-ter. The Cancer Center build-ing represents the largest public-private biomedical ini-tiative in Okla-homa history. The 210,000 square-foot fa-cility 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 sup-portive 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 Foun-dation - conduct innovative and nationally-funded cancer research in the basic, clinical and population sciences.Harold Hamm serves as the focal point for coordinating and expanding numerous avenues of research, patient care, edu-cation and prevention that are required to address the dia-betes epidemic in a comprehensive manner. The Center of-fers outreach efforts throughout the state, partnering with communities and other agencies both inside and outside the University of Oklahoma. The Center 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 Okla-homa, 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 cit-ies 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.ou-medicine.com.OU Physicians faculty and staff are employed by the Uni-versity 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-op-portunities

1200 N. Phillips Ave., Suite 2900Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Phone: (405) 271-3932Website: www.oumedicine.com

What I need from you:• a couple of great photos • Leadership Photo • information about your organization • Contact information • Jobs info - hotline or website

Brian Maddy, OU Physicians Chief Executive Officer and Lynn Mitchell, M.D., OU Physicians Chief Medical Officer

Brian Maddy, Chief Executive Officer and Lynn Mitchell, M.D., Chief Medical Officer

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Tom Gray, President & CEO655 Research Parkway, Suite 500

Oklahoma City, OK 73104Phone: 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 commu-nities across the state and nation. It has also brought exciting economic opportunities by positioning Okla-homa at the forefront of genetic research and biotech-nology.Proceeds from the 1985 sale of the Presbyterian Hos-pital were used to create a foundation which would en-hance medical research and education in the state of Oklahoma. Trustees of the Presbyterian Hospital con-tinued 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 con-tinue 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 tremen-dous impact on the people of Oklahoma.

Over the last decade, Presbyterian Health Founda-tion 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 educa-tion and research programs, conducted primarily in Oklahoma. The Foundation concentrates its support in four areas: • Medical Research• Medical Education• Community Health Programs• Technology TransferResearchers, mentors, administrators and leaders in biotech companies are all part of a community of peo-ple who bring to life the ideas of PHF’s mission. PHF will continue its mission to support excellent biomedi-cal science where discovery may be translated to ther-apies 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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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 and sleeping in chairs or bearing the expense of hotel rooms.

That is why Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Okla-homa City is here.

Keeping families together . . . when they need it most

At 78% of the world’s leading children’s hospitals, families benefit from at least one RMHC Core Program.

The Children’s Hospital is served by the 15-BR Ronald McDonald House which has been located at NE 14th St and Lottie for 30 years.

• At our House, families can have a bedroom of their own with a comfortable bed, a family-style kitchen

with home-cooked meals, and laundry facilities for their personal use.

• Worried moms and dads can talk to one another, sharing their hopes and fears.

• For the child who is sick or injured, having a Ronald McDonald House means that they can rest easier, knowing that mom and dad are nearby.

The Ronald McDonald Family Room®, located on the sixth floor of The Children’s Hospital, opened in 2008 for day-use respite services. Parents can relax and regroup just steps away from their child’s bedside.

The positive, comforting environment of both facilities allows the families to focus on their children’s heal-ing process. Services are available to any family with a child 21 years of age or younger receiving medical treatment in Oklahoma City area, regardless of their economic status. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oklahoma City relies on donors and the community for support of daily operations. No family is ever turned away due to the lack of finances.

The organization offers career opportunities within the charity, at the House and Family Room to help with the daily operations. For open positions, please visit www.rmhcokc.org/contact/careers. Interested candidates should submit a resume to careers@rmh-cokc.org.

Susan Adams, President & Chief Executive Officer 1301 NE 14th Street

Oklahoma City, OK 73117Phone: (405) 424-6873

Family Room phone (405) 271-2215Website: www.rmhokc.org

Serving Children and Families since 1984

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Dean Gandy, Chief Executive OfficerUniversity Hospitals Authority & Trust

PO Box 26307Oklahoma City, OK 73126

Phone: 405-271-4962Website: www.universityhospitalsauthority.com

The University Hospitals Authority and Trust are a state agency and a public trust of the state of Oklahoma. Key facts:• Formed as part of an historic agreement more than

a decade and a half ago that united the state, a pri-vate corporation (HCA) and the University of Okla-homa in a partnership that created the OU Medi-cal Center and united the adult hospitals with The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center.

• Mission - To be a catalyst for medical excellence, to support medical education and research and to help assure quality health care for all Oklahomans.

• Through its leadership, state and federal resources are maximized to ensure a dependable source of revenue for growth and development with a goal of supporting improved health for every Oklaho-man.

• The Authority and Trust provide support for impor-tant educational enhancements, for key research and health care advancements and for critical capi-tal improvement projects at the OU Health Scienc-es Center

Key projects funded to date include: • Construction of the new Children’s Atrium. This

beautiful, architectural gem will serve as a new front door for The Children’s Hospital at OU Medi-cal Center and the OU Children’s Physicians Build-ing, as well as a unique space catering to the young patients of both facilities and their families.

• Construction of Samis Education & Conference Cen-ter for the OUHSC campus, completed in 2012. It’s three-story design provides state-of-the-art meet-ing rooms, board rooms and auditorium space to accommodate a wide variety of meeting needs.

• Support of facility enhancement and expansion project for Dean McGee Eye Institute

• The OU Children’s Physicians Building, completed in 2009. Located at the corner of NE 13th and Phil-lips, it provides 336,000 square feet of state-of-the-art medical office space designed specifically with the needs of young patients and their families in mind. It is home to more than 100 pediatric spe-cialists and the first free-standing first, freestand-ing, pediatric multi-specialty, medical office build-ing in the state.

• Support of the new Clinical Skills Testing and Edu-cation Center at the OU Health Sciences Center, in conjunction with other generous donors. This fa-cility offers cutting-edge medical simulation equip-ment and facilities, as well as a new robot-assisted surgical training facility.

• Support of Phase Two of the Stanton L. Young Bio-medical Research Center. A hub of research of ac-tivity on campus, the facility more than doubled in size with the completion of phase two, providing more research space where top scientists continue their nationally and internationally renowned work in biomedicine, cancer, genetics and more.

• The OU Physicians Building, completed in 2001. Lo-cated at the corner of NE 10th and Phillips, the OU Physicians Building is home to more than 130 phy-sicians, with expertise in a wide range of medical specialties. The building provides an environment where patient care and the newest technology come together under one roof.

• A facility enhancement project for the OU College of Dentistry that included much-needed upgrades and technological enhancements aimed at elevat-ing the training of Oklahoma’s future dentists to a new level of excellence.

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In education, research and patient care, the Univer-sity 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 fa-cilities 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 cen-ters 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 Okla-homa 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 re-search.

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

The OU Health Sciences Center is known for its re-search 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 unpar-alleled 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 Oklaho-ma. Companies that commercialize technology created by OU Health Sci-ences Center researchers have been established in Oklahoma City.

OU has become one of the primary centers in the world for genome stud-ies, with the Norman campus contrib-uting to the human genome project and the OUHSC campus providing a number of microbial pathogen ge-nomes. The OU Health Sciences Cen-ter ranks second in the world for the number of microbial genomes being sequenced.

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Dewayne Andrews, M.D.Senior Vice President and Provost

Executive Dean, College of Medicine P. O. Box 26901

Oklahoma City, OK 73126Phone: (405) 271-3223

Website: www.ouhsc.edu

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MemberTwo-thirds of all Oklahoma physicians, half of the state’s dentists and a significant percentage of Oklaho-ma’s other health care professionals earned their de-grees 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,

many are themselves practicing professionals actively involved in improving the lives and health of Oklaho-mans.

The clinical practice of the OU College of Medicine is provided through OU Physicians. These physicians rep-resent 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 Chil-dren’s Physicians is an integral part of OU Physicians.

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 re-search programs, and bench-to-bedside care.

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 re-searchers are specialists in diabetes care and utilize cutting edge research for the best treatment available research.

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