Volume 27 • No. 1
School of Medicine launches new institute to study stem cell, cancer biology
Stanford, Packard hospitals and SEIU agree on new contract
Clinical trial studies vastly shorter radiation time for breast cancer treatment
For 3 decades, radiation oncologist has played leading role in field's evolution
Access to Stanford physicians fast-tracked with IMPACT
New procedure aims to boost proper use of observation status
Community physicians respond to changes in appointment, promotion criteria
Tell us about your awards and accomplishments, or those of your colleagues. Send your contributions to Sara Selis by e-mail selis@stanford.edu or fax (650) 723-7172, or call her at (650) 723-7798.
RICHARD D. BLAND was appointed professor (research) of pediatrics. Bland is an internationally renowned neonatologist whose research focuses on lung development and newborn lung disease. From 1975 to 1989 he served on the faculty at UC-San Francisco and on the senior staff of the Cardiovascular Research Institute. He was the Fields Professor of Pediatrics from 1989 to 2001 at the University of Utah School of Medicine Health Clinic Center, and also served as director of the division of lung biology. He is the principal investigator or co-investigator of four current NIH grants.
STEVEN L. HANCOCK, professor of radiation oncology, was recently inducted as a fellow of the American College of Radiology at the organization's annual meeting in Miami. Fellowship is one of the highest honors conferred by the College of Radiology, with only about 10 percent of the members selected as fellows. The selected individuals are chosen for service, exemplary performance as a teacher, outstanding reputation among colleagues and in the community, and accomplishments in scientific or clinical research in radiology, radiation oncology or medical physics.
THOMAS A. RANDO was promoted to associate professor of neurology and neurological sciences, with tenure, as of December. His scholarly work has focused on pathological and genetic factors that contribute to muscular dystrophies; gene-therapy approaches to those diseases; and cellular and molecular mechanisms of muscle development, growth and age-related atrophy. His recent work on the regulation of notch signaling in satellite cells during postnatal myogenesis was published in September in Developmental Cell. Rando is chief of the neurology service and director of the Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. He co-directs the Muscular Dystrophy Association clinic at the medical center. He was named an elected member of the American Neurological Association in 2000.
ALAN F. SCHATZBERG, the Kenneth T. Norris Professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was presented the International Forum for Mood and Anxiety Disorders Award at the forum's annual meeting, held Nov. 27-30 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The annual prize is awarded to a scientist judged to have made an outstanding contribution to the area. This year's prize was given to Schatzberg in recognition of his "seminal work on the understanding of depression, in particular for his work on delusional depression and differential pharmacogenomic factors predicting response."
At the Dec. 3 semiannual medical staff meeting, nine distinguished members of the Stanford medical faculty were granted honorary medical staff member status, as decided by a prior vote of the Stanford Hospital Medical Board. The honorary status was created to recognize retired or resigned physicians "whose recognized professional eminence merits special recognition," according to the SHC bylaws. The recipients are MALCOLM A. BAGSHAW, professor of radiation oncology emeritus; Klaus G. Bensch, professor of pathology emeritus; Ross D. Bright, clinical professor of dermatology; DUNCAN E. GOVAN, professor of urology emeritus; IRVING SCHULMAN, professor of pediatrics emeritus; NORMAN E. SHUMWAY, professor of cardiothoracic surgery emeritus; FREDERIC N. SILVERMAN, professor of radiology emeritus; BRUCE M. TUNE, professor of pediatrics emeritus; and LARS M. VISTNES, professor of surgery emeritus.
Stanford residents in medicine achieved the unique distinction of presenting the greatest number of posters and winning all of the awards in the Clinical Vignette category at the Northern California regional meeting of the American College of Physicians, held Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 in Monterey. Three Stanford medicine residents Ñ chief resident NICKI HASTINGS and senior residents MARC MCCLELLAND and MARCIA PECK Ñ won awards for clinical posters, making them eligible for the national competition in April. The residents' presentations were featured at the medicine grand rounds Nov. 21 in Fairchild Auditorium. Hastings presented "Whole Body CT Scans: Hidden Costs;" Peck presented "Not Just the Flu: A Case of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency;" and McClelland presented "Pneumonia and Osteomyelitis due to Legionella Longbeachae in a Woman with SLE."
