Internationally acknowledged ache administration skilled Scott Fishman is the inaugural holder of the Jacquelyn S. Anderson Endowed Chair in Wellness at UC Davis. Fishman, who directs the UC Davis Middle for Advancing Ache Aid, was inducted throughout a ceremony on Jan. 31
Sacramento businessman Jim Anderson attended the occasion in Sacramento. Final yr, Anderson gave a $5 million present to the UC Davis College of Medication. The funds established the Workplace of Wellness Schooling and the Jacquelyn S. Anderson Endowed Chair in Wellness in honor of his late spouse, Jacquelyn “Jackie” Anderson.
UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. Could thanked Anderson for his beneficiant present and famous he was touched to be a part of honoring Jackie Anderson’s legacy. “Your present to the College of Medication is an act of unimaginable generosity, not only for our college however for your entire area. This present is simply the beginning of an thrilling new chapter as we paved the way within the analysis, instructing and outreach of well being and wellness,” Could stated.
Scott Weber, a pal of Anderson’s and chair for the Workplace of Wellness Schooling Volunteer Advisory Board, additionally spoke on the occasion. Ken Burtis, professor emeritus and previous dean of the School of Organic Sciences, and Susan Murin, interim dean of the UC Davis College of Medication, gave remarks as nicely.
“This endowed chair and our new Workplace of Wellness Schooling will allow UC Davis Well being to redefine approaches to wellness and good well being, and enhance our group’s health-span and high quality of life,” stated Murin.
Fishman is the writer of quite a few peer-reviewed articles and has written a number of books, together with “The Warfare on Ache,” “Listening to Ache,” and “Accountable Opioid Prescribing.” He advocates for the secure and efficient use of ache therapies and has led nationwide and worldwide efforts to rework ache training. Fishman is a professor of anesthesiology, govt vice chair for the Division of Anesthesiology and Ache Medication, and the Fullerton Endowed Chair in Ache Medication on the UC Davis College of Medication.
Fishman can be endeavor a brand new position as the manager director of the Workplace of Wellness Schooling.
This initiative is a critically necessary step in increasing our well being system past responding solely to illnesses and diagnoses and helps us meet our aim of remodeling lives by enhancing well being earlier than illness strikes.”—Scott Fishman
The imaginative and prescient for the initiative started with Fishman and Jackie Anderson’s shared curiosity in well being and wellness. Jackie Anderson, who handed away from most cancers in March 2021, was an artist and photographer. An exhibit of her paintings and pictures is scheduled for this spring.
“Jackie was inspirational, not simply round artwork, but additionally round well being. That is an unprecedented step for our well being system in fulfilling its promise to our sufferers and group,” Fishman stated. “This present will considerably assist UC Davis make an early transition to the well being care of the long run, which partly should be prevention.”
The Workplace of Wellness Schooling will provide sources to the UC Davis Well being group, the folks of Sacramento, and past to assist them forestall sickness and lead longer, more healthy lives.
“This initiative is a critically necessary step in increasing our well being system past responding solely to illnesses and diagnoses and helps us meet our aim of remodeling lives by enhancing well being earlier than illness strikes,” Fishman added.
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