2007 Governors-elect Bio and Vision Statement

Corwin Q. Edwards

DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH: 10/28/44 Snowflake, AZ; EDUCATION: undergraduate Arizona State University, Chemistry major, early admission to medical school 1968 before degree completed -Medical School University of Utah 1968-72; POST DOCTORAL TRAINING: Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, Osler Housestaff, The Johns Hopkins Hospital 1972-5- Chief Medical Residency, University of Utah 1975-6; CERTIFICATION: - ABIM 1976; PRESENT POSITION: Tenured Professor of Medicine - Associate Director, Internal Medicine Training Program University of Utah School of Medicine- Director of Graduate Medical Education, LDS Hospital and Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT; ACP ACTIVITIES - FACP 2006- Chairman of the ACP Utah Associates twice-yearly scholarly competition, including Poster Competition and Clinical Vignette Competition, 1999-present- My colleague and I wrote an invited PIER Module for the American College of Physicians on “Pregnancy-Associated Liver Diseases” in 2004; we update the module each year, including our most recent update on 6/30/07- Received the ACP Utah Chapter C. DuWayne Schmidt Distinguished Service Award in 2002 and 2004 for my work involving ACP Utah Associates in scholarly competitions - Member, ACP Utah Chapter Leadership Council 1999-present- Presented in the ACP Annual Meeting Symposium on Hemochromatosis in Washington D.C. and in San Francisco in 1985 and 1986- Membership Chairman for the USIM Utah Chapter for 3 years just before ACP and ASIM became unified; HOSPITAL/COMMUNITY SERVICE: - Chairman, twice yearly Red Cross Blood Drive for group of University of Utah students 2003-6- Chairman, Clinical Competency Committee, Internal Medicine Training Program, University of Utah School of Medicine- Chairman, Graduate Medical Education Committee, LDS Hospital and Intermountain Medical Center, Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City- Member, Transitional Year Residency Committee, LDS Hospital and Intermountain Medical Center, Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City- Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee, University of Utah School of Medicine- Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee, Intermountain Health Care Corporation- Memer, Medical Executive Committee, LDS Hospital and Intermountain Medical Center- Member, Animal Research Supervisory Committee, LDS Hospital and Intermountain Medical Center - Member, Tertiary Planning Committee, LDS Hospital and Intermountain Medical Center; AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST/EXPERTISE: General Internal Medicine- Hemochromatosis - Porphyria Cutanea Tarda - Iron Metabolism- Anemia and Liver Disease- Pregnancy-Associated Liver Diseases- Training Internal Medicine Housestaff and Medical Students- Teaching History-Taking and Physical Diagnosis to University of Utah Sophomore Medical Students and to Internal Medicine Housestaff- 58 invited presentations/participation in international and national scientific meetings

Vision Statement

These are some things that I would emphasize in the next 5 years:

  • Add private practice internists to the ACP Utah Chapter leadership. Kevin Johnson, M.D. and Gregory Stevens, M.D. are valued members of our leadership.
  • Encourage private practice internists and women to run for Governor of our Chapter. All 15 prior Chapter Governors were men; I think #s 1-7,10 were private practice, #s 8,9,11-15 University faculty.
  • Continue to involve our Chapter leadership in the Public Policy area, including an annual visit with Utah’s members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Molly Mooers, M.D. does this very well.
  • Encourage I.M. Fellows to participate in our Annual Poster and Clinical Vignette Competitions.
  • Continue to encourage our Associates to run for national ACP offices. Landon E. Dixon, MSIV Utah, is national Chairman of ACP Student Members, and participates with the national Board of Regents.

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Contact Information

Grant W. Cannon, MD FACP
ACP Governor
Utah Chapter

Shauna Gulso Chapter Coordinator
Ph: 801-298-9910
Email: Shauna.Gulso@hsc.utah.edu