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Volume 26 • No. 2
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FEBRUARY 2002
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RANDAL
PHAM, clinical assistant
professor of ophthalmology, with co-authors MICHAEL MARMOR, professor
of ophthalmology, and Brian Biesman, of the University of Tennessee, received
the Best Clinical Science Award from the American Society for Laser Medicine
and Surgery. The award for "Laser Hair Removal Near the Eye: Is it Safe?"
will be presented April 20 at the 21st annual meeting of ASLMS in New
Orleans.
CHRIS H. CHON, a fifth-year resident
in urology, was named the recipient of the 2001 Pfizer Scholar in Urology
Grant. Chon, who was noted for his outstanding clinical service and research
effort, was nominated by urology chair Linda Shortliffe to receive the
residency program grant, which honors an outstanding physician who has
made important contributions to research and patient care in urology.
LESLIE
DORFMAN, professor of neurology and neurological
sciences, was elected president of the Association of California Neurologists
for a two-year term, and LAWRENCE SHUER,
associate professor of neurosurgery and hospital chief of staff, was elected
president of the California Association of Neurological Surgeons, also
for a two-year term. For the first time, concurrent presidents of both
organizations, each with about 500 members statewide, are faculty members
at the same institution.
DARIA
MOCHLY-ROSEN, professor of molecular pharmacology,
was chosen to present the presidential featured lecture - titled "Peptide
regulators of protein kinase C for cardiac ischemia: a therapeutic opportunity?"
- at the 41st annual Association of University Cardiologists meeting held
Jan. 10-11 in Phoenix. The AUC, a prestigious organization aimed at scientific
interchange and limited to 125 active members, consists of leading U.S.
academic cardiologists elected by their peers.
ROBERT
S. FISHER, Maslah Saul MD Professor in the
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, was elected editor-in-chief
of Epilepsia - the senior and most widely circulated epilepsy journal
in the world. Fisher directs the Stanford Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.
He serves on the boards of the International League Against Epilepsy and
the American Epilepsy Society and recently completed a term as president
of AES.
GARY
GLOVER, professor of radiology, is the recipient
of this year's Outstanding Researcher Award from the Radiological Society
of North America Research and Education Foundation for significant contributions
to radiological research. The RSNA announcement describes Glover as the
"author of the landmark articles on magnetic resonance imaging" and the
"foremost authority on its uses in medicine."
STUART GOODMAN, professor of orthopedic surgery,
co-edited the new Implant Wear in Total Joint Replacement: Clinical and
Biologic Issues, Material and Design Considerations, which explores recent
data for better outcomes and fewer revision surgeries. Sponsored by the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the National Institutes of
Health, the book is available through AAOS.
BRUCE
FELDSTEIN, medical center chaplain, and MARITA
GRUDZEN, associate director of Stanford Geriatric Education Center, were
selected for a 2001 Templeton Foundation Spirituality and Medicine Curricular
Award announced in January. As one of six U.S. medical schools honored
with the award, Stanford School of Medicine will receive $25,000 for "excellent
and creative curricula which explore the spiritual dimension in health
care" to be shared by the school and the course directors.
MARK
A. KAY, professor of pediatrics, was selected to serve as a
member of the Medical Biochemistry Study Section, Center of Scientific
Review, of the National Institutes of Health. Members are selected based
on quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals
and other significant scientific activities, achievements and honors.
Study sections review NIH grant applications, make recommendations and
survey the status of research in their field.
EMMET
KEEFFE, professor of medicine, was selected
vice president of the American Gastroenterological Association. The AGA,
which was established in 1897, is the oldest gastroenterology society
and the largest, with a membership of 12,000. Keeffe will serve as AGA
vice president, president-elect and then president in 2004-05. He is a
past president of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
and will be the fifth to serve as president of both organizations.
PETER
M. SMALL, associate professor of medicine
(infectious diseases and geographic medicine), was selected for the Princess
Chichibu Memorial TB Global Award for 2002 in recognition of his achievement
in the field of tuberculosis. The award, which includes a citation and
a $10,000 prize, will be presented to Small at the 33rd World Congress
on Lung Health in October in Montreal.
WILLIAM
C. MOBLEY, the John E. Cahill Family Professor
in the School of Medicine, was awarded a $250,000 two-year research grant
by Aventis Pharma for a new project titled "Molecular cloning and characterization
of a novel cell surface estrogen receptor: estrogen signaling mechanisms
and their role in neuronal survival and protection." Mobley will be working
in collaboration with Jean Merrill in the CNS group in Aventis' Bridgewater,
N.J., facility.
