Volume 25 • No. 9
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OCTOBER 2001
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New hospital budget approved. . .
Ethics panel-When monetary and medical interests collide
MediBase projects seeks duplicate medical records
Nurses and hospitals agree to contract extension
Three associate deans appointed for academic affairs
New Cancer Center Breaks Ground
CHRISTOPHER PAYNE, associate professor of urology, was one of 29 international committee chairs to present recommendations in Paris July 1-3 at the World Health Organization's second International Consultation on Incontinence. He presented the recommendations - to be published in a textbook this fall - of the committee on Research Methodology in Urinary Incontinence.
MATT VAN DE RIJN has been promoted to associate professor of pathology. He has expertise in the area of molecular diagnostics and immunohistochemistry, and his clinical responsibilities include handling general surgical and immunopathology cases and participating on weekly tumor boards for breast, soft tissue and general surgery.
JUDITH L. SWAIN, Arthur L Bloomfield Professor of Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine, has been elected chair of the Stanford University Advisory Board of the Academic Council.
Otolaryngologist WILLARD E. FEE has been named to the newly established Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professorship II in the School of Medicine.
JULIANA BARR, associate director of medical-surgical intensive care and medical director of respiratory therapy at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, has been promoted to associate professor of anesthesia. Her research has demonstrated that the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of long-term sedative administration in the ICU differ significantly from those of short-term administration.
OSCAR SALVATIERRA, professor of surgery and director of the kidney transplant program at LPCH, will be honored at the eighth annual Conference for Fellows Training Transplantation. The conference - scheduled Oct. 24-27, in Scottsdale, Ariz. - is named in his honor for a career of exceptional and innovative work in pediatric kidney transplantation.
ALEX MACARIO has been promoted to associate professor of anesthesia. An active clinician, he also holds an appointment in the Department of Health Research and Policy and is interested in research to improve clinical outcomes and reduce costs.
SABINE KOHLER, director of the dermatopathology service, has been promoted to associate professor of pathology and dermatology. She provides lab analysis and diagnosis for both faculty and referring physicians and also has a special interest in bone marrow transplantation and research involving graft vs. host disease.
JAMES D. LOCK, medical director of the comprehensive pediatric care unit at Packard Hospital, has been promoted to associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. His clinical interests focus on anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
PETER M. SKLARIN, a Menlo Medical Clinic endocrinologist and internist, received the Cowell Student Health Service's seventh annual Outstanding Faculty Physician Award for excellence in specialty care of students. The award was presented Sept. 20 at the annual fall seminar of the Cowell staff.
FRANCIS G. BLANKENBERG has been promoted to associate professor of radiology and, by courtesy, of pediatrics. An active teacher, his scholarly work focuses on the clinical imaging of apoptosis of tumors in response to chemotherapy, as well as for detection of cerebral ischemia.
D. CRAIG MILLER, the Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor in Cardiovascular Surgery, has received the 2001 Antoine Marfan Award, the National Marfan Foundation's highest honor. He received the award at the organization's annual conference Aug. 10 in Seattle in recognition of his contributions to the development of cardiovascular surgery and the surgical care of people with Marfan syndrome.
PHILIP E. OYER, recognized worldwide for his technical expertise in clinical cardiovascular surgery and his innovative approaches to difficult surgeries, has been named the first Roy B. Cohn-Theodore A. Falasco Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery. The newly endowed professorship was established by Theodore A. Falasco, a central California businessman and philanthropist, in honor of the late longtime faculty surgeon Roy B. Cohn.
