l
i Second Endowed Choir For B 8. E Poin Relief
Another endowed chair in the College Pain is therapeutic. It tells us to stay off rally its own defenses to fight the pain.
of Business and Economics is a reality. a sprained ankle while it heals, or tells The human body contains naturally-
UK President Otis Singletary an- us to rub a freshly-bruised shin. These occurring chemicals which are eH"ective
~' nounced the successful completion of a minor aches and pains are part of life, in fighting pain. If, however, the body
i campaign to raise 15750,000 for a chair but when pain persists for an inordi- is constantly challenged with pain, the
in Management Informations Systems. nately long time, or at excruciating lev- reserves are depleted and the natural
A challenge gift of 15250,000 by War- els, help is needed. . pain reliefis greatly diminished.
ren Rosenthal, chairman of the board of But, when it comes to chronic pain- It may be that a block will alleviate
Jerrico, lnc. in Lexington, which re- pain that lasts six months or longer- the problem and allow people a return
i quired that a two-for-one match be the University of Kentucky Medical to work quicker, or it may free them
raised, spurred the fund-raising cam- Center is often the "court of last re- from pain so they can tolerate treat-
paign for the chair, Singletary said. sort" for relief. To meet this ever-pres- ment, such as physical therapy. A
An endowed chair is a faculty posi- ent and growing need for relief, UK has movement as common as lifting a heavy
p tion that is funded by an endowment. established a Pain Management Pro- Object, gr twisting the wrong way can
S Such a position is used to recruit an gram in University Hospital. result in pain, and sometimes that will
outstanding faculty member in a disci- Dr. William Ackerman, assistant become chronic_ That’s when Acker-
pline in which a critical need exists. professor of anesthesiology, is the clini- man and his people come into focus.
, _ According to Richard Furst, dean of cal director for diagnosis and therapeu- Some of the more serious pain proh-
the college, the chairholder will have tic pain management. lems are associated with cancer pa-
three major responsibilities: developing Working on a physician-referral basis tients_ Ackerman also has had success in
. research programs to address problems only, Ackerman’s group expects to see treating people suiirering from shingles
_ faced in the management information 300-400 patients for a year. "Back pain (hgrpeg Zoster), a relatively common vi-
, » area by business and government; de- accounts for about 66-75 percent of all ral complaint in which patients develop
veloping ll'1Stl`U€tl0¤¤l PF0§r3mS at Chrohlc Palhdi Aoltormah Sald» but he blisters near nerve endings. Shingles is
. both the undergraduate and graduate also treats patients for mal"lY tYP€$ of extremely uncomfortable and conven-
t levels within the college; end developing pain which persist ot e level ei Wliieli o tional treatment is nat all that eriective.
i seminars for the business community. person cannot function. More and rnpre physicians will re-
. A nationwide Search for the B€€¤uS€ Path mahagcmtmt is 3 rele- ceive training in pain management in
i chairholder is under way and n person tively MW dlS€lPll¤€» thcrc arerrt m¤¤Y the future, Ackerman said. All residents
will be named to fill the position soon, reputable, qualified olinies at Patlcrltls at UK are required to do a rotation in
, Furst said. disposal. Ackerman said he sees pa- his area before passing their hpards
i The first chair, established a year tl€¤t$ at UK from throughout Kentucky Additional pain management specialists
5 agp, is for banking and financial serv- and from neighboring states as well. will be added ro the UK stair, Acker-
, ices. That chair is held by Dr. Donald Thi? Pain Mohagomoht Program is man said, which will help UK handle
. Mullineaux. Called tho last resort because bY the time even more cases which are referred here
I Ackerman sees patients, they have been {rpm Outlying areas. p
, through extensive medical and P$Ycl'lo` The youthful specialist said, "We re- g
l   losieol oxamlhotlohs arld tcstlrlgi to ho ally get into pain around here . . . so l
i avail. you can get out of it."  
The treatment Ackerman offers
i amounts to breaking the pain cycle. He
, uses injected anesthetics to block the
li pain pathway. This method, which may
. take only five minutes, works for both __ 5:-1.  
short- and long-term pain. Overall, the   ,, i,`  `
blocks yield about a 60-65 percent suc-   " i .»_  »·   
cess rate of either eliminating the pain   .. Y'.; if /,’i~i_Z
or reducing it to a manageable level.    
The block is similar to the injection a _.   _   E`;
dentist gives a patient for dental work. ln *   
Ackerman said it allows the patient’s ‘ .    
body a respite from the pain so it can  A  _ A   l
  ....‘ ~
W  UK 3 i