![]() ![]() ![]() They found state dollars, hired a young doc finishing his medical residency (Dr. It was his idea that he then sold to Dean Tom Johnson to start an office. Eelkema came to realize (North Dakota) is very much a rural state and maybe we should have an office that focuses on rural (medicine). After being one of the leaders for the school in the 1970s as it went through dynamic change, Dr. “The Center for Rural Health was technically part of Community Medicine we were born out of it. “In a way, he was our father,” added Brad Gibbens, acting director of the CRH, who knew Eelkema for decades. program at the SMHS in the early 1970s and UND’s world-renowned Center for Rural Health. A UND grad, war veteran, veterinarian, physician and book author, Eelkema was instrumental in establishing not only the programs noted above but the four-year M.D. Eelkema.” Rural medicineĪs Wynne suggests, there truly never will be another Robert Eelkema. ![]() I’m so proud of the faculty, staff and students at the SMHS who have built on the solid foundational work and innovation of Dr. “Bob was a giant indeed and second to none. Joshua Wynne, dean of the SMHS and vice president for Health Affairs at UND. “It’s a cliche to say that those of us in leadership positions stand on the shoulders of giants, but in the case of Dr. Robert Eelkema, former professor and founding chair of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Department of Community Medicine and the Indians into Medicine and Physician Assistant Studies programs, died Dec. The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences lost one of its true “founders” last week.ĭr. Robert Eelkema, a prime mover and all-time great advocate for School of Medicine & Health Sciences Published in: School of Medicine & Health Sciences ![]()
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