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Wednesday, June 28, 1995
UN I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N
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The doctor is in the money at KU Med
KU has top paid state employees
By Kimberly Crabtree Kansan staff writer
Doctors usually are well paid, and faculty at the University of Kansas Medical Center are no exception. In fact, they are some of the highest paid employees in the state.
Daniel Hollander, executive dean of medicine, is the highest paid state employee, commanding a salary of $253,575.
Of the 10 highest paid state employees, nine work at the Med Center, and all 10 are KU administrators or faculty.
Chancellor Robert Mewenay,
whose annual salary is $160,000, is
the eighth highest paid state
employee.
S. Edwards Dismuke, professor and chairman of the department of preventative medicine, is the third highest paid state employee with $174,642.
"According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, among department chairs, the average salary is $205,000, so I guess I'm underpaid according to that," said
Dismuke. "But department chairs do fairly well, and I'm not complaining."
Among Dismuke's duties are teaching at least two classes per year, advising medical students and sitting on masters thesis committees.
The Med Center does not have peer schools with which to compare salaries, as the Lawrence campus does, said Lindy Eakin, associate vice chancellor of administration and finance for the Lawrence campus.
As a result, salaries of Med Center faculty can only be compared with those listed by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
The Med Center and Kansas State University's School of Veterinary Medicine are the only two schools in the state without peer institutions.
Because the Lawrence campus has a separate budget from that of the Med Center, faculty at the Med Center are exempt from the salary deferrals been experienced at the Lawrence campus.
"The Lawrence campus and the Med Center are two separate state agencies in terms of budgets," said Eakin. "Our problems are the result of a legislative cut."
At the top of the heap
executive vice chancellor, KU Med $205,000
1. Daniel Hollander, executive dean of medicine,
University of Kansas Medical Center $253,575
3. S. Edwards Diemuke, professor and chair of preventative medicine, KU Med. $174,242
University of Kansas Medical Center
2. Donald Herman (Texas) position 1, Sent 1
medicine, KU Med $174,642
1-month Rent-Markdown
4. Joseph C. Meek Jr., professor and dean of medicine, KU Med. $172,069
medicine, KU Med $172,069
Education and Learning $172,069
5. Glemm Potter, vice chancellor of hospital administration (JW Med)
administration, KU Med $170,242
G. Herbert Swick, assistant dean of medicine, KU Med $165,000
University of Kansas Medical Center-Wichita $163,665
B. Robert Hemenway, chancellor, University of Kansas $160,000
sciences, KU Med $159,884
10. C. Raymond Lahe, chair of psychiatry, KU Med $156,760
8. Robert Hemenway, chancellor, University of Kansas
9. Ronald L Martin, chair of psychiatry and behavioral
$159,684
$156,760
Other top-paid state employees:
Steven R. Potsic, State health officer
and director of the division of health, the Department of Health and Environment. $118,908
Richard W. Holmes, Chief Justice, Kansas Supreme Court $90,311
Bill Graves, Governor $76,476
Carla Stovall, Attorney General $69,347
Ron Thornburgh, Secretary of State $60,297
Sally Thompson, State Treasurer $60,297
Kathleen Sebellius, Insurance Commissioner $60,297
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Source: The Associated Press
ACUPUNCTURE: Scientific doubt doesn't deter local practitioners
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never able to kick her smoking habit.
Still, Merringen, who is the assistant prosecutor for Jackson County, believes that acupuncture is effective for other addictions. In fact, she directs the county's drug rehabilitation program that requires first-time offenders to receive acupuncture treatments as part of an addiction recovery program.
Another concern of the medical establishment is the lack of training requirements for those who perform acupuncture.
and Wertin, 12.
The State of Kansas has "no specific training requirements" to practice acupuncture, said Kevin LaChance, disciplinary counsel for the Kansas Board of Healing Arts in Topeka. The only stipulation is that an acupuncturist must be a licensed physician or be under the direction or supervision of a physician.
All of the Lawrence practitioners have some level of formal acupuncture training. Hill has practiced for 15 years; Scholle, 6; Adams, 5;
Doctors also question the validity of acupuncture since few reliable scientific studies have been completed. But acupuncturists, including the Lawrence practitioners, counter that several of the studies that have been completed support their claims, including current research at the Paseo Clinic in Kansas City, Mo.
Still, for most acupuncturists and their patients, the bottom line is whether acupuncture works.
"Just because we don't understand it doesn't mean that it doesn't work." Adams said. "Patients who get results don't care how it works."
Chou, Hill, and LaFrenz are examples. They believe in acupuncture, because it worked.
"It doesn't matter to me if we can't explain it," Hill said.
"After I experienced it, I believed it," Chou said. "I believe acupuncture is a gift from God."
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