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JULY 2005 • Volume 29 • No. 7

Tell us about your awards and accomplishments, or those of your colleagues. Send your contributions to Mike Goodkind, Editor (goodkind@stanford.edu) or fax /voice (650) 854-2653.

FRANK LONGO, professor and chair of neurology at the University of North Carolina for the past four years, will be moving to Stanford to take up the position of chair of neurology. He will succeed William Mobley, who will remain as director of the Neurosciences Institute at Stanford. Longo received his M.D. and Ph.D. from UC San Diego, and following an internship in medicine at New York University, he trained as a resident in neurology and fellow in neurobiology at UCSF, where he then served on the faculty. "By every measure Dr. Longo did a spectacular job as Chair at UNC, building both the clinical and academic programs, recruiting excellent faculty and enhancing the visibility of the department in both the University and community," said Dean Philip Pizzo in announcing the appointment, scheduled to begin in January 2006.

RICHARD I. WHYTE's role as medical director of operating room services has been expanded from halftime to fulltime to "bring expanded oversight and decision-making capability, and quicker resolution of problems," announced Martha Marsh, president and CEO of Stanford Hospital & Clinics. "Dr. Whyte brings an active interest in helping to balance the needs of physicians within an academic medical environment and the business side of the organization during this highly competitive era in health care," Marsh said. A thoracic surgeon and faculty member, Whyte will continue in his role as chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery.

Stanford physicians and patients were prominent when the San Francisco Giants held their 8th annual Organ Donor Awareness Day May 27 at SBC Park in San Francisco. Representing Stanford at the game (won by the San Diego Padres 9-3) were JOANNE IMPERIAL, adult hepatologist; WILLIAM BERQUIST and JOHN KERNER, pediatrics; STEPHAN BUSQUE, transplant surgery; and JOHN SCANDLING, nephrology. Kidney transplant recipient Larry Kowalski and his donor-brother, Stephen, served as "ball dudes" at the game. The Kowalski transplant was performed in February by Stanford transplant surgeons MARIA MILLAN, and LINDA CHEN. The original inspiration for the team's involvement in Organ Donor Awareness Day came from Kerner, after one of the Stanford transplant service's pediatric patients received a "split liver" transplant in 1998. The larger portion of the liver went to Lori Gardner, late wife of Giants bullpen coach Mark Gardner.

KENT GARMAN, a faculty cardiovascular anesthesiologist and president-elect of the medical staff, has received the Distinguished Service Award from the California Society of Anesthesiologists. This is the highest award given by the CSA and has been given out only 21 times in the past 55 years. .

Awards given to Stanford physicians and faculty at the Medical School's June 11 commencement ceremonies included:

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award: For Excellence in Clinical Teaching: PETER POMPEI, medicine; ELIZABETH STUART, pediatrics; ELLIOTT WOLFE, medicine

The Franklin G. Ebaugh, Jr. Award Ð For Advising Medical Students: ALFRED T. LANE, dermatology

The Lance Armstrong Foundation Compassion in Medicine Award: NEIL GESUNDHEIT, medicine

The Alwin C. Rambar-James B.D. Mark Award Ð For Excellence in Patient Care: GEORGE A. FISHER, Jr., medicine

Stanford University School of Medicine Award: For Graduate Teaching and for Outstanding Service to Graduate Students (two awards): JOSEPH S. LIPSICK, pathology

POINTMENTS & PROMOTIONS

GERALD BERRY has been promoted to professor of pathology.

MICHAEL EDWARDS has been appointed professor of neurosurgery.

CHERYL GORE-FELTON has been appointed associate professor of psychiatry.

SAMUEL LEBARON has been promoted to professor of medicine (family medicine).

DAVID LEWIS has been promoted to professor of pediatrics.

RANDALL VAGELOS has been promoted to professor of medicine (cardiovascular).

- Courtesy of Stanford Medical School Dean Philip Pizzo's Newsletter,
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