Rotary Club of Rancho Bernardo

Dr. Olson is originally from Ohio and attended medical school at the University of Cincinnati, home of one of the premier stroke treatment centers in the country.  However, during his one month medical school rotation on the stroke service, he did not see a single acute stroke treatment and, thus, did not directly witness the dramatic results.  Fortunately, during his first week of Neurology residency at the University of Arizona, a 62 year-old woman was brought in comatose from an acute stroke.  Through fast action with catheter based therapy, she walked out of the hospital symptom free 4 days later.  He immediately knew how he wanted to impact patient’s lives and began pursuing that goal.

He finished his residency in Neurology and then moved to San Diego to complete an additional 3 years of training in acute stroke and interventional neuroradiology.  By doing that, he became one of only a couple hundred people in the country, and only a handful of neurologists, with this expertise.

He has been on faculty a the University of California, San Diego since finishing his training in 2006, with a joint appointment in the departments of Radiology and Neurosciences.  For the past year, he has been providing services in North San Diego County at Palomar and Pomerado hospitals.

For November 18, 2010

By John O’Neill

President Suzie unfortunately fell ill just before the meeting, and was taken to the hospital. I’m happy to report that Suzie was checked and found to be in good health and will return on December 2^nd. The meeting was opened by Charley Crew, who has obviously not lost his presidential skills.

Dave Brooks ably handled the Pledge of Allegiance and Arilla St Laurent presented an excellent invocation. The great Jack Mitchell led us in song. Past President Charley opened the meeting by thanking greeter Shirley Napierala and John O’Neill for the scribing duties. She also acknowledged the invaluable assistance of our setup crew Paul Donick, Dan Malloy and Gary Saks and our fine in-house pianist John Hawkins. Shirley introduced our guests and Jack regaled them with our special welcome song.

In the sunshine report, Don Lisio reminded us that the funeral service for Art Norby would be held on Wednesday, December 1^st, in the lobby of The Remington (behind Von’s).

Troy Daum stepped up as auctioneer to offer up two items left over from the Outback fundraiser. Arilla had the winning bid of $30 for some beautiful flowers; and Karen Stelman paid $70 for a professional photography session.

It was announced that the weekly raffle is being discontinued because of negative tax consequences for the club. As a result, Finemaster John O’Neill took an extra long time to make up the difference, fining Arilla $5 for ruining his picture in the Paul Harris recipients group photo and $40 for those male members who were unable to attract a female member to share their table. A strong Happy Buck session ensued, with many members sharing positive stories.

Arilla, our second quarter speaker chair, introduced our speaker, Robin Hill. Mr. Hill shared information on PTSD (post traumatic stress syndrome), a condition that is far more prevalent among our troops than is currently being reported.

Showing he still has it going, Charley rang the bell and adjourned the meeting.