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Appointments to National Organizations
James Borin, MD, assistant professor,
department of surgery, was named to the
editorial boards of the Journal of Endourology
Part B: Videourology and the Internet Journal of
Urology. Additionally, Borin was recognized by
the American Urological Association Foundation
for organizing prostate cancer screening
events throughout Baltimore.
Kenneth H. Butler, DO, associate professor,
and Cynthia S. Shen, DO, MS, clinical
assistant professor, both from the department
of emergency medicine, have been named fellows
of the American College of Osteopathic
Emergency Physicians. Butler was awarded
an honorary fellowship in January, while Shen
became an active fellow in May.
Kevin Ferentz,
MD, associate professor,
Department
of Family & Community
Medicine,
has been appointed
the co-chair of The
Tobacco Use Prevention
& Cessation and
Kevin Ferentz, MD Cancer Committee,
which is part of the
Maryland Comprehensive Cancer Control
Plan of the Maryland Department of Health &
Mental Hygiene.
Renee Fox, MD, FAAP, associate professor,
department of pediatrics, received a two-year
appointment as a member of the committee
on federal government affairs by the board of
directors of the American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP). Members are selected in recognition
of their commitment to children and their
ongoing involvement in the local and national
work of the AAP by bringing expertise and
current committee
considerations to the
local chapter.
Willem J. Kop,
PhD, associate
professor, department
of medicine,
was appointed
editor-in-chief
of Psychosomatic Willem J. Kop, PhD
Medicine, the official journal of the American
Psychosomatic Society. This interdisciplinary
journal is devoted to the experimental and
clinical investigation of social, psychological
and behavioral factors and their associations
with biological and physiological processes in
health and disease. Kop begins his editorial
activities in January 2012.
Awards & Honors
Carol Carraccio, MD, professor, department
of pediatrics, was elected to Alpha Omega
Alpha by Drexel University, her alma mater.
Lisa B. Dixon, MD,
MPH
Medicine Bulletin Fall 2010 [32]
Lisa B. Dixon,
MD, MPH, professor,
department
of psychiatry, was
recipient of the
2009 American
Psychiatric Institute
for Research and
Education Health
Services Research
Senior Scholar Award
from The American
Psychiatric Association. This award was given
in recognition of Dixon’s broad contributions
to the field of health services research.
Philip A. Mackowiak, ’70, professor & vice
chair, department of
medicine, received
the American College
of Physicians Nicholas
E. Davies Memorial
Scholar Award for
Scholarly Activities in
the Humanities and
History of Medicine,
and he delivered the
Nicholas E. Davies
Memorial Lecture at
Philip A. Mackowiak,
MD, MBA, MACP
the annual meeting of the American College of
Physicians in Toronto in April. The title of his
lecture was “A Modest Proposal for Preventing
Primary Care Physicians in America from Being
a Burden to Their Profession or Country, and
for Making Them Beneficial to the Public.”
Wendy Sanders, MA, assistant dean for
research career
development,
was named to The
Daily Record 2010
Maryland’s Top 100
Women. Awardees
are chosen based on
leadership, mentoring
and community
service. A recognition Wendy Sanders, MA
ceremony as well as
celebration was held in May.
Erin Strovel, PhD,
assistant professor,
department of pediatrics,
was named
recipient of the
trustee alumni award
by the board of Mc-
Daniel College. The
presentation will be
made during gradu- Erin Strovel, PhD
ation exercises next
May. The award is presented for distinguished
professional achievements. Strovel received
her BA in biochemistry summa cum laude, Phi
Beta Kappa, from McDaniel College.
Jing Tian, BM,
PhD, research associate,
department of
medicine and office
of faculty affairs and
professional development,
is recipient of
the 2010 Fox Award
for her research presentation
“Program Jing Tian, BM, PhD
Evaluation for NCI
Physician CME Activity.” The award is given to
the presenting author of a research project at
the Society for Academic CME spring meeting
and recognizes originality, link to theory,
methodological rigor, and importance of its
contribution to the literature.
Ikwunga Wonodi, MBBS, associate professor,
department of psychiatry and Maryland
Psychiatric Research Center, received the 2010
Jeanne Spurlock Minority Fellowship Achievement
Award from The American Psychiatric
Association (APA). The award recognizes outstanding
contributions to psychiatry, mental
health advocacy, and APA Minority Fellowships.
Wonodi is a former fellow of the program
and is founder of The African Alliance on
Mental Illness, which works to de-stigmatize
mental illness in Nigeria, his native country.
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Events, Lectures
& Workshops
Johannes Bonatti,
MD, professor, department
of surgery,
and David Zimrin,
MD, assistant
professor, department
of medicine,
in collaboration with
Bartley Griffith,
Johannes Bonatti, MD MD, professor, department
of surgery,
and Dr. Guy Friedrich from the Innsbruck
Medical University, organized the 5th Integrated
Cardiovascular Repair (ICR) Workshop
in Baltimore in March. More than 200 professionals
from 15 countries and five continents
attended the conference. An international
faculty of interventional cardiologists, cardiac
surgeons, electrophysiologists and heart
center administrators explored innovative,
collaborative approaches for the treatment
of coronary, structural, and electrical heart
disease.
William T. Carpenter, MD, professor and
director, Maryland
Psychiatric Research
Center, department
of psychiatry, presented
“On the Future
of Schizophrenia
Therapeutics”
and led a workshop
entitled “Remission
William T. Carpenter, MD
and Compliance in
Schizophrenia” at
the Schizophrenia and Depression: Clinical
and Neuroscience Update in Florence, Italy,
in March. Then, in April, he was an invited
speaker at the 2nd Biennial Schizophrenia
International Research Society Conference
where he presented “Anticipating DSM-V: New
Paradigms,” also in Florence.
Myron Levine, MD, DTPH, professor,
department of medicine, and director, center
for vaccine development, and Christopher
Plowe, MD, professor, department of medicine,
and chief, malaria section, center for
vaccine development, attended the Malaria
Eradication Research Agenda (malERA) Zenith
Week in Arlington, Va., in March. Funded by
the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the
malERA project has worked for two years to
define a research agenda for global malaria
eradication. Both Levine and Plowe served on
the malERA steering committee, and Levine
chaired an international advisory committee
of renowned scientists who have led
campaigns to eradicate smallpox and other
diseases. Plowe chaired the malERA group on
drugs and presented recommendations to a
leadership council that included the directors
of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, the World Health Organization,
the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, the
Wellcome Trust, as well as the global health
program of the Gates Foundation.
Michael Makley, MD, assistant professor,
department of neurology, presented two posters
at the World Congress on Brain Injury in
Washington, DC, in March. They were entitled
“Aspiration Pneumonia Associated with the
Use of Dantrolene Sodium in Low Level
Responsive Patients with Traumatic Brain
Injury” and “Tactile Defensive Behavior on a
Rehabilitation Unit Following Moderate to Severe
Brain Injury.” Makley also gave a platform
presentation entitled “Sleep Efficiency and
Resolution of Post Traumatic Amnesia after
Closed Head Injury.”
Amal Mattu, ’93, professor, department
of emergency medicine, co-directed and
instructed a five-hour electrocardiography
workshop during the 13th Congress of Chest
Pain Centers, held in Las Vegas in April. His
lectures were titled “ST-Elevation Myocardial
Infarction (STEMI) Recognition,” “Confounding
Patterns in STEMI” and “Mimics of Cardiac
Ischemia.” Additionally, in May, Mattu was
the sole U.S. faculty member at Canada’s
largest annual emergency medicine conference,
the 23rd Annual North York General
Hospital Emergency Medicine Update, held in
Toronto. He presented a lecture entitled “The
Crashing Asthmatic: Pearls and Pitfalls” and
conducted a two-hour session on care of the
elderly patient in the emergency department
as well as a two-hour workshop on manag-
ing cardiac dysrhythmias. He also served as
the emergency cardiology expert in a session
entitled “How the Experts Think: Emergency
Cardiology Cases.”
Mary C. McKenna, PhD, associate professor,
department of pediatrics, was chair of
the 9th International
Conference
on Brain Energy
Metabolism, entitled
“Mitochondrial-Cytosolic
Interactions:
From Energetics
to Pathogenesis,”
held in Budapest,
Mary C. McKenna, PhD
Hungary, in July. Held
at Semmelweis Uni-
versity, the conference was attended by 135
investigators, post-doctoral fellows, and students
from 37 countries. Presentations were
given by leaders in the fields of mitochondrial
research and energy metabolism. A special
issue of the Journal of Neuroscience Research,
co-edited by McKenna, will be published in
2011 with manuscripts from the meeting.
McKenna is one of the founders of this series
of international meetings related to brain
energy metabolism.
Steven D. Munger, PhD, professor, department
of anatomy & neurobiology, chaired
a symposium on
“Chemoreception in
Context: Interactions
with Endocrine Systems
and Metabolic
State” at the 32nd
annual meeting of
the Association for
Chemoreception Sci-
ences in St. Peters- Steven D. Munger, PhD
burg, Fla., in April.
In addition, he presented an invited talk en-
titled, “Mechanisms of Alimentary Chemosensation,”
at the 30th Blankenese Conference
in Blankenese-Hamburg, Germany, in May.
The title of the conference was “Sensory and
Metabolic Control of Energy Balance.”
Mayur Narayan, MD, MPH, MBA, assistant
professor, department of surgery, presented
“New Ways of Making Blood Clot” for
an invited lecture at Singapore Trauma 2010,
held at Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore
in April. Narayan also served as international
faculty representing the R Adams Cowley
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