Worthy of note: Honors, awards, appointments, etc.
Harold Sox, M.D., the Huber Professor
and chair of medicine, received
the Robert J. Glaser
Award of the Society of General
Internal Medicine
for his
"exceptional
contributions
to research and
education in
generalism."
He was cited,
among other accomplishments,
for his leadership in evidencebased
medicine.
Peter Spiegel, M.D., a professor
and chair of radiology, was elected
president of
the American
Society of
Clinic Radiologists. The
group's members
are drawn
from radiology
departments at large multispecialty
practices like the Mayo
Clinic and Cleveland Clinic.
R. Peter Mogielnicki, M.D., a professor
of medicine and chief of
the medical service at the White
River Junction,
Vt., VA,
was named to
a three-year
term as chair of
a national VA
policy-development
committee,
the Chiefs of Medicine
Field Advisory Group.
C. Everett Koop, M.D., the McInerny Professor of Surgery, was named a trustee of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
John Baldwin, M.D., DMS dean
and a nationally recognized cardiothoracic
surgeon, was named
one of the 40
most distinguished
graduates
in the history
of Stanford
University
School of
Medicine. The
selections marked the 40th anniversary
of the school's move
from San Francisco to Palo Alto.
Paul Batalden, M.D., a professor
of pediatrics and of community
and family
medicine, is
chairing an expert
panel on
health-care
quality as part
of the Association
of American
Medical Colleges' Medical
School Objective Project.
Katherine Little, M.D., an assistant
professor of medicine, received
the Honorable William
D. Paine II Award, given annually
by the New Hampshire attorney
general's
office and
the Governor's
Commission
on Domestic
and Sexual Violence.
Little
was cited for
her "lasting impact on New
Hampshire's . . . response to domestic
and sexual violence."
David Halsey, M.D., a clinical assistant professor of medicine, was elected vice chair of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' board of councilors.
Robert Drake, M.D., the Andrew Thomson Professor of Psychiatry, received the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
Joseph O'Donnell, M.D., a professor
of medicine, received the
Healthcare
Foundation of
New Jersey's
Humanism in
Medicine
Award. Recipients of the
award must
demonstrate compassion and
empathy toward patients, serve
as a role model for students, display
effective communication
and listening skills, and engender
trust and confidence.
Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D., an assistant professor of surgery, was elected to the board of trustees of Vermont Law School.
Andrew Wallace, M.D., DMS dean emeritus, was elected a trustee of the Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust.
Allan Munck, Ph.D., a professor of
physiology emeritus, has been
honored with the creation of a
prize bearing his name. Funded
by former students and colleagues of
Munck's , it
recognizes his
"excitement
for science,
dedication to
teaching, and
. . . example of
impeccable intellectual honesty,
collegiality, and thoughtful mentoring."
It will be awarded to an
individual who exemplifies those
qualities, "typically a senior and
accomplished scientist or educator."
The recipient will be invited
to give a lecture at DMS and
to designate another individual
to receive a grant, "perpetuating
Munck's assistance to colleagues
far and wide."
Stephen Rous, M.D., a professor of urology, was the recipient of a Pfizer Scholars in Urology Grant.
Bruce Stanton, Ph.D., a professor of physiology (and a subject of the feature on page 38), was the first recipient of an endowed fellowship from the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. The award is named in memory of the late Roy Forster, a longtime Dartmouth biologist.
Mae Jemison, M.D., a professor of
environmental studies, was presented
with an honorary degree
by Princeton.
She was cited
for her work
as a medical
officer in the
Peace Corps
and as an astronaut
and for
her efforts to use technology to
help developing countries.
Joyce DeLeo, M.D., an associate professor of anesthesiology, and Richard Rothstein, M.D., an associate professor of medicine, were recently elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society.
John Collins, chief executive officer of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, has been reappointed to the board of directors of the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire.
Deborah Holmes, Ph.D., director of the Center for Continuing Education, was elected to the board of the Society of Academic Continuing Medical Education.
William Geraghty, vice president for human resources, received the Outstanding Chapter President Award of the American Association for Healthcare Human Resource Administration.
Brian Lally has been named vice president of development at DHMC. He came to Dartmouth after 18 years at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where he was most recently director of development, individual gifts.
DHMC was ranked among
the country's top hospitals in two
specialties in the latest U.S.
News & World
Report survey
of "America's
Best Hospitals"
—32nd in gynecology
and
42nd in digestive
disorders.
The magazine reviewed 1,701
hospitals nationwide this year.
Katherine Coburn, M.P.H., director of community health education, received the Smoke-Free New Hampshire Alliance Annual Merit Award.
Jamie Guth, manager of media services and acting director of public affairs and marketing, is president of the Health Sciences Communications Association.
Irene Bise, M.S.N., was named to the American Nurses Association House of Delegates.
Douglas Knuth, R.D., is the New Hampshire Dietician of the Year.
Lisa Hegel, A.R.N.P., serves on the board of directors of the New Hampshire Association of Occupational Health Nurses.
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