David W. Bates, MD, MSc
The American College of Medical Informatics (AMCI) inducted David W. Bates, MD, MSc, as one of its new fellows at an invitational dinner held during the AMIA 2000 Annual Symposium. ACMI is an honorary organization which recognizes the contributions of leaders in the science and application of medical informatics.
Mel Feany, MD, PhD
Mel Feany, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology at BWH and HMS, was awarded one of the five first annual McKnight Memory and Brain Disorder Awards for her research project “Genetic Analysis of Alzheimer’s Disease in Drosophila.” In her project, Feany is working to identify additional genes and proteins, beyond those previously discovered, that are involved in Alzheimer’s disease.
Norman Grace, MD
Norman Grace, MD, chief of Gastroenterology at Faulkner Hospital, director of Clinical Hepatology at BWH and lecturer at HMS, was recently honored at the American Liver Foundation New England Chapter Research Awards Dinner. The annual event honors a local physician for his or her commitment to the foundation and the patients they serve. Grace has been involved with the foundation at the national level on the Public Policy Committee, and on the local level as a member of the New England Chapter’s Board of Directors and chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee.
Megan E. Jewett, MD
Megan E. Jewett, MD, director of the Biomathematical Modeling Unit at BWH and instructor in medicine at HMS, has been named associate team leader for the Human Performance Factors, Sleep and Chronobiology Team of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). As associate team leader, Jewett will help scientists working on human performance projects, such as how long-duration space travel and the loss of 24-hour day-night cycles affect human performance.
Stella Kourembanas, MD
Stella Kourembanas, MD, neonatologist, has been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation in recognition of her outstanding academic contri-butions to Newborn Medicine. In addition to being one of sixty-five new members inducted into the Society in May 2001, Kourembanas is one of the few neonatologists admitted to the Society.
Beverly K. Philip, MD
Beverly K. Philip, MD, anesthesiologist and director of the Day Surgery Program, has been invited on a three-year appointment to serve on the Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Groups, to the Health Care Financing Administration of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The panel will review the APC groups and advise the Secretary and Administrator of HCFA concerning the clinical integrity of the groups and their weights, which are major elements of the houspial Outpatient Prospective Payment System.
Pablo R. Ros, MD, MPH
Pablo R. Ros, MD, MPH, is serving as acting chair of the Department of Radiology until May 2001. Ros will take the reigns of Steven Seltzer, MD, chair, Radiology, while Seltzer is on sabbatical to pursue projects at the National Institutes of Health.
Sara Vargas, MD
Sara Vargas, MD, of the Pathology Department, was awarded the Neustein Memorial Award by the Society of Pediatric Pathology for her presentation at the society’s annual national/international meeting. This award honors the platform or poster presentation most meritorious in using innovative technological advances that pertain to pediatric pathology. Vargas’ presentation, titled “Optical ‘biopsy’ of the pediatric gastrointestinal tract using optical coherence tomography,” presented the results of a study that used a new imaging technique to provide views of the gastrointestinal tract at very high resolution, comparable to that seen in biopsies viewed under a microscope.
2001 BWH Career Devlopment Award Recipients Named
Because of her remarkable accomplishments as a thoracic surgeon and productive results as a laboratory investigator, Yolanda L. Colson, MD, PhD is the year’s Connors Women’s Faculty Development award. The award, administered by Robert Handin, executive vice chairman of the Department of Medicine and chair of the hospital’s Academic Diversity Committee, provides the recipient with a discretionary account to be spent over a seven-year period.
Le Roi Hicks, MD and Michelle Albert, MD
Le Roi Hicks, MD and Michelle Albert, MD are the recipients of the year’s Minority Faculty Development Awards. Hicks is a General Internal Medicine fellow with research specialty in cultural factors in health. Albert is a Cardiology fellow with a research specialty in cardiovascular epidemiology. Both Hicks and Albert will each receive a discretionary account to be spent over seven years.