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Grover

Fred Grover, M.D., has been named a Distinguished Fellow by the American College of Cardiology (ACC).Grover, who is stepping down as chair of the department of surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, has been invited to speak at the upcoming ACC meeting on "Outcomes Registries: Why They Are Important and Why They Should Work Together." ... Copies of "Sixty Years on a Cutting Edge,"the new book by Bruce Paton, M.D., on the history of the School of Medicine's surgery department, have been delivered to all members of the state Legislature and Gov. John Hickenlooper by the Colorado Medical Society. Paton served as chair of cardiac surgery at the University of Colorado for 20 years. An accompanying note reminds the leaders of benefits provided to the state by the medical school in terms of research, instruction, patient care, community outreach and financial return on investments.