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PAUL A. KHAVARI has been promoted to associate professor of dermatology, with tenure. Since joining the faculty in 1993, he has has won numerous awards and has served as chief of the dermatology service at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. His research program focuses on epithelial growth and differentiation, including studies of the genetic regulatory mechanisms controlling the process. J. EDWIN ATWOOD, associate professor of medicine (cardiovascular); JOHN J. JERNICK, assistant professor of medicine (family and community); and JEFFERY LOUTIT, assistant professor of medicine (infectious diseases), were chosen by clinical medical students to receive the 1998 Kaiser Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching. Loutit, infectious diseases chief at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, and Jernick, medical director of Stanford Family Practice, were selected by students in clinical training to share the Arthur L. Bloomfield Award for Excellence in Teaching Clinical Medicine along with EDWARD J. ALFREY, assistant professor of surgery. Loutit scored a third honor at convocation - the Franklin G. Ebaugh Jr. Award for Advising Medical Students, while Atwood, who directs the cardiac catheterization lab and serves as assistant director of the medical intensive care and cardiac care units at the VA, also received a second honor, the Kaiser Award for Outstanding and Innovative Contributions to Medical Education. AMY LADD, who joined the Stanford faculty in 1991, has been promoted to associate professor of functional restoration (hand surgery) and, by courtesy, of medicine (immunology and rheumatology). Her clinical orthopaedic interests include surgery of the hand, shoulder and elbow - especially in sports medicine, reconstructive surgery, pediatric surgery and tetraplegia. HENDRIKUS J.M. LEMMENS, a member of Stanford's liver transplant team and a six-year Stanford veteran, has been promoted to associate professor of anesthesia. His research focuses on opiate clinical pharmacology and its application to anesthesia practice. JAMES R. MacMAHON has been promoted to associate professor of pediatrics (general pediatrics). He serves as medical director and primary attending physician of the Well Baby Nursery, while his scholarly interests in neonatal care and treatment range from the effects of maternal substance abuse to studies in hyperbilirubinemia. MICHAEL MARKS, chief of interventional neuroradiology and director of neuroradiology at the Stanford Stroke Center, has been promoted to associate professor of radiology, with tenure, and, by courtesy, of neurosurgery. Joining the faculty in 1988 after two years as a neuroradiology fellow, he is renowned for his pioneering use of advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques to diagnose ischemic brain lesions in patients with strokes and arteriovenous malformations. DAVID D. OAKES, a 21-year veteran of the faculty, has been promoted to professor of surgery at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. He is widely recognized for his clinical research contributions in trauma, gastrointestinal surgery and thoracic surgery. KARL BLUME, professor of medicine (hematology/oncology) and director of Stanford's adult bone marrow transplant program since its inception 11 years ago, received the Alwin C. Rambar-James B.D. Mark Award for Excellence in Patient Care at the Medical School convocation ceremonies in June. MICHAEL D. AMYLON, associate professor of pediatrics (hematology/oncology; STEVEN S. GUEST, clinical assistant professor of medicine (nephrology); SARA A. MICHIE, assistant professor of pathology; and ROBERT D. SIEGEL, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, received the Kaiser Award for Excellence in Preclinical Teaching at convocation. CHRISTOPHER K. PAYNE, assistant professor of urology and director of the Center for Neurourology, has been appointed to the medical advisory board of the Interstitial Cystitis Association. RUSS B. ALTMAN, assistant professor of medicine and associate director of the Stanford Medical Scientist Training Program, has been named leader of the molecular science thrust area of the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI) at UC San Diego. In addition to serving as a member of the NPACI executive committee, he will coordinate the efforts of several groups of scientists working in bioinformatics, visualization and the development of computational facilities. |
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