Robert Schwartz, M.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, has been elected to the position of president-elect of the Society of Primary Care Policy Fellows in Washington, D.C. Schwartz will serve as president-elect through June 30, 2005, at which time he will take over as president for a one-year term. The mission of the society is to influence primary care policy, education, research and service at the local, state, and national levels.
Penny
Tenzer, M.D., associate professor, vice chair, and director
of the residency program in the Department of Family Medicine and
Community Health, has been chosen as president-elect of the Board
of Directors of the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors.
The association represents more than 470 program directors nationwide.
Tenzer was elected in June 2004 by the group’s membership.
Keith A. Webster, Ph.D., was recently appointed director of the Vascular Biology Institute. Webster, who holds the Walter G. Ross Chair in vascular biology, is a professor of molecular and cellular pharmacology.
Maria Jose Miguez, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, published an article in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Miguez also has received the Cambridge International Health Professional of the Year 2004 award for her contributions in the field of immunology. She has been invited to be a member of the renowned International Order of Merit in Cambridge, England.
Alejandro Rabinstein, M.D., assistant professor of clinical neurology, recently co-authored the book Tough Calls in Acute Neurology.
Herman
S. Cheung, Ph.D., the James L. Knight Professor of Biomedical
Engineering and professor of medicine, orthopaedics and rehabilitation,
has been awarded the VA Senior Research Career Scientist Award. This
is the highest award given to outstanding VA scientists who are recognized
internationally as leaders in their field.
Arthur M. Fournier, M.D., professor of family medicine and associate dean for community health affairs, was presented the Andy Nichols Award for Social Justice. Fournier received the award in early August at the National Area Health Education Center Workshop in Baltimore, Maryland.
Eugene R. Schiff, M.D., chief of the Division of Hepatology and director of the Center for Liver Diseases, was made a Master of the American College of Physicians at the society’s annual meeting in New Orleans. Schiff served as Governor of the ACP Florida Chapter, chaired the national Governors Finance Advisory Committee, and was recognized for developing a number of outstanding scientific meetings and for setting standards of patient care in clinical hepatology.
Valery I. Shestopalov, Ph.D., of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, was honored by President George W. Bush at a special White House ceremony on May 4. Shestopalov was one of 57 researchers who received the nation’s most prestigious award for promising young scientists, the 2002 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
