Worthy of note: Honors, awards, appointments, etc.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center was
ranked as one of the nation's top
100 hospitals by Solucient, a
leading health-care data firm.
Solucient, which grades over
6,000 U.S. hospitals, put DHMC
among the nation's top 16 major
teaching hospitals. Other hospitals
in the "major teaching" category
included the Mayo Clinic,
Massachusetts General Hospital,
and the Cleveland Clinic. Solucient
picked the top 100 based
on four criteria: quality of care,
including clinical
outcomes,
medical errors,
and patient-tostaff
ratio; stability
of operations
and staffing;
financial
health; and adaptation to the
environment. The rankings were
published in Modern Healthcare
magazine.
The Children's Hospital at Dartmouth
was ranked by Child magazine as
one of the nation's top 40 children's
hospitals. This ranking
was based on a survey conducted
by the Joint
Commission
on Accreditation
of Healthcare
Organizations;
the survey
examined
various factors,
including treatment protocols,
cancer survival rates, recordkeeping,
the dispensing of medications,
and the quality of an institution's
child-life programs.
Peter Silberfarb, M.D., a professor of psychiatry and of medicine, was appointed a Distinguished Life Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association.
Constance Brinckerhoff, Ph.D., the Nathan
Smith Professor of Medicine and of Biochemistry
and the associate
dean for science education,
was recently selected by
her undergraduate alma
mater as a recipient of the
Smith College Medal. The
medal is presented to
Smith alumnae who "exemplify
in their lives and work the true purpose
of a liberal arts education."
Peter Williamson, M.D., a professor of medicine and the medical director of the DHMC Epilepsy Program, received the 2002 J. Kiffin Penry Award for Excellence in Epilepsy Care from the American Epilepsy Society.
Kathleen Allden, M.D., an assistant professor of
psychiatry, received the Martin Luther King
Jr. Social Justice Award from Dartmouth
College. The award honors
members of the Dartmouth
community who have contributed
significantly to
peace, civil rights, public
health, or social justice.
Allden serves as medical
director of the International
Survivors Center in Boston, which aids
refugees, asylum-seekers, and victims of torture;
she has developed mental health training
programs for the International Rescue
Committee; and she was the U.S. delegate
to a United Nations international conference
on refugee resettlement.
Candice Monson, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry, received a Clinical Research Career Development Award for her work in clinical trials of mental health treatments.
Lisa Adams, M.D., an instructor of community and family medicine, was awarded the 2002 Doctors of the World USA Volunteer Award for her service as a volunteer physician with the organization.
Steven Atkins, Psy.D., a clinical associate in psychiatry, was the recipient of a Parents' Choice Award for Teaching Your Children Good Manners, a book that he coauthored.
John Morse, Ed.D., a clinical associate and instructor of psychiatry, received the 2002 Thomas Carroll Award from the Northeast Chapter of the Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Edward Bresnick, Ph.D., an adjunct professor of biochemistry, was the recipient of a 2003 Award in Excellence from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Foundation, presented at the Society of Toxicology annual meeting.
Rutilio Fratti, Ph.D., a research associate in biochemistry, received a Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship, one of 21 research fellowships awarded annually nationwide for postdoctoral training in the biomedical sciences.
Robert Drake, M.D., Ph.D., the Andrew
Thomson Professor of Psychiatry, as well as a
professor of community
and family medicine and
the director of the New
Hampshire-Dartmouth
Psychiatric Research Center,
recently received the
Carl A. Taube Award from
the American Public
Health Association in recognition of his
distinguished contributions to the field of
mental health services research.
Elizabeth Bassett, a fourth-year medical student, was selected as the DMS 2002-03 Rolf C. Syvertsen Fellow, while five other fourthyear studentsAmy Madden, Katherine O'Donnell, Jennifer Plant, Blair Seidler, and Adrienne Williams were chosen as Syvertsen Scholars. The awards are made annually in honor of former DMS Dean Rolf C. Syvertsen and recognize both academic excellence and community service.
Ethan Kohn, a graduate student in pharmacology and toxicology, recently received a Scholar in Training Award to attend the national meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research.
Aleksandar Stojanovic, a graduate student in pharmacology and toxicology, has received a PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Marie Bakitas, A.R.N.P., a nurse practitioner in palliative care, was recently honored with two awardsthe national Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse of the Year Award and the Clinical Nurse Research Award of the Department of Defense.
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