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[Photo below] Heart transplant pioneer Norman Shumway, the Douglass and Nola Leishman Professor in Cardiovascular Disease, is applauded following his commencement talk by fellow speaker Stanley Falkow, professor of microbiology and immunology. At right is Denise O'Leary, university trustee and chair of Stanford and Lucile Packard hospital's board.

All members of the medical staff have been invited to attend the upcoming regular monthly meeting of the Deputy Chiefs/Medical Staff Task Force to discuss issues of concern to physicians at the hospital, announced Martin I. Bronk, medical staff president. These meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month at 7:30 a.m. The next meeting is scheduled for Aug. 16 in Room H3210, the hospital's administration conference room, located on the third floor above the cafeteria. The meeting will have an open agenda. Malinda Mitchell, chief executive officer of Stanford Hospital and Clinics; and Peter Gregory, chief medical officer, are expected to attend to comment and answer questions. In his monthly column to the Medical Staff [see President's Column], Bronk said the "meetings are intended to provide a setting for discussion of significant topics of general relevance to the Medical Staff. As chairman of the group, I would like to create a provisional change in its structure and offer an invitation to all staff members to attend."I encourage all of you to bring your issues to discuss. If there proves to be sufficient interest, we will continue this format in future months," Bronk wrote. Bronk invited physicians to contact him (martin.bronk@medcenter.edu) with comments, questions or suggestions before the August meeting.
 

On July 10, just before press time, the Palo Alto City Council unanimously approved plans for a new, $117 million, 218,000-square-foot Clinical Cancer Center that will bring all of Stanford's cancer programs under one roof. 

With city approval now in hand, the Medical Center hopes to break ground next spring on the building, officially known as the Center for Cancer Treatment and Prevention/Ambulatory Care Pavilion, officials said. The three-story building, which will be linked by a walkway to inpatient areas, is expected to be completed by the end of 2002 and ready to serve patients in March 2003. 

The building will be located between Packard Children's Hospital and the Blake Wilbur Clinic on land now occupied by a parking lot.