Shore honored by Duke as distinguished alum                      

Shore

The Duke Medical Alumni Association honored James H. Shore Jr., M.D., with a Distinguished Alumnus Award on Oct. 21. As chancellor of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center during a 10-year period beginning in 1999, Shore led the merging of the university and health system and the $5 billion relocation and expansion of both entities to the former Fitzsimons Army base, now the Anschutz Medical Campus.

Prior to his chancellorship, Shore served as interim chancellor, interim executive vice-chancellor and interim University Hospital president. He also spent part of his career at Oregon Health and Science University, serving as professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine from 1975 to 1985.

Shore has been a leader in American psychiatry and academic medicine. He is past president of the American College of Psychiatrists and held positions with the American Psychiatric Association, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and the American Association of Chairmen of Departments of Psychiatry. He is the only psychiatrist to have chaired the interdisciplinary council of the American Council of Graduate Medical Education.

Since his first visit as a child to Cherokee, N.C., Shore has been fascinated with Native American culture. While at Oregon Health and Science University, he helped to establish the first mental health and addiction treatment programs for multiple tribes of Native Americans. In Colorado, he co-founded the Nighthorse Campbell Native American Health Center, the first national health center focused on the health of Native Americans. His work with Native American communities earned him a commendation medal from the U.S. Public Health Service. Other honors and recognition include receiving the Special Award for Historic Achievement in Public Psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association and being named a distinguished life fellow by the association.