Worthy of note: Honors, awards, appointments, etc.
William Wickner, M.D., the Chilcott
Professor of Biochemistry, has
been elected a
member of the
European Molecular
Biology
Organization,
which, in addition
to Europeans,
selects a
small number of foreign scientists
for membership each year.
Paula Schnurr, Ph.D., a research professor of psychiatry, was elected to the board of directors of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
Norman Yanofsky, M.D., an associate professor of medicine and chief of emergency medicine, and John Sutton, M.D., an associate professor of surgery and chief of trauma, received the "Connor Honor" for their leadership in and commitment to New Hampshire Emergency Medical Services. They are the first recipients of this brand new award.
Robert Harris, M.D., an associate
professor of radiology and of obstetrics
and gynecology, was recently
named a
fellow of the
American College
of Radiology
(ACR); he
is currently the
New Hampshire
councilor
to the ACR as well as the immediate
past president of its New
Hampshire chapter.
Robert Santulli, M.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry, was reelected president of the New Hampshire Alzheimer's Society.
Alex de Nesnera, M.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry, was elected president of the New Hampshire Psychiatric Society.
Two DMS faculty members were recently honored by the New Hampshire Pediatric Society. Gilbert Fuld, M.D., an adjunct assistant professor of pediatrics, was named Pediatrician of the Year; he is a past president of the society. And Robert Klein, M.D., a professor of pediatrics, was the recipient of the Franklin Norwood Rogers Award, recognizing a retired New Hampshire physician for lifelong contributions to the field.
Kristine Karlson, M.D., an assistant
professor of community and
family medicine,
served as
the team physician
for the
U.S. National
Rowing Team
at the 2000
World Championships,
which were held in
August in Zagreb, Croatia.
Peter Klementowicz, M.D., an adjunct clinical professor of medicine, was named chair of Governor Jeanne Shaheen's Advisory Panel on Cancer and Chronic Diseases.
The New Hampshire Foundation for Healthy Communities bestowed its Innovators Award, which recognizes "extraordinary ingenuity, creativity, and skill in improving health or health-care access, delivery, or quality," on Emily Baker, M.D., an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology; Victoria Flanagan, R.N., an instructor in pediatrics; Michele Lauria, M.D., an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology and of radiology; and Suzanne Boulter, M.D., an adjunct assistant professor of pediatrics.
Stephen Bartels, M.D., an associate
professor of psychiatry, was
named medical
director for the
New Hampshire
Division
of Behavioral
Health and codirector
of the
New Hampshire-
Dartmouth Psychiatric Research
Center Behavioral Health
Policy Institute.
Benjamin Lewis, Ed.D., a clinical associate and instructor in psychiatry, was recently appointed a member of the Performance Measures Standing Review Committee of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Pamela Jenkins, M.D., an assistant
professor of pediatrics and of
community
and family
medicine, received the
Doris Duke
Clinical Scientist
Award for
2000. It is an
award intended to help support
new physicians and scientists
pursuing clinical research.
Anne Brisson, Ph.D., a research assistant professor of medicine and senior assistant to the dean, was appointed by Governor Jeanne Shaheen to a task force to evaluate and make recommendations from the Certificate of Need process in New Hampshire.
James AuBuchon, M.D., a professor of pathology and of medicine, was named acting chair of the Department of Pathology, succeeding Willima Hickey, M.D. (See page 6 for details of Hickey's new role.)
Joseph Meyer, M.D., an adjunct associate professor of surgery and program director of the DHMC-Concord General Surgery Rotation, received the Arthur Naitove Distinguished Teaching Award from the residents in the Department of Surgery.
Charles Hebble, a DHMC Trustee for 16 years, was honored by the New Hampshire Hospital Association for "exemplary performance in hospital governance."
Mary Chaffee, R.N., a nurse at White River Junction, Vt., VA Medical Center, was named the national Veterans Affairs Health-Care Giver of the Year.
Rita Odell, R.N., diabetes education coordinator, was named Diabetes Educator of the Year for 2000 by the New Hampshire Diabetes Educators Association.
Harry Kendrick, DHMC's director of housekeeping, received the highest honor of the International Executive Housekeepers Association (IEHA) - the Margaret Barnes Diamond Award.
The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic in Concord and Concord Hospital recently announced a partnership; it will include sharing management, equipment, clinic space, and staff and is designed to improve continuity of services between the organizations and to control costs. The agreement, which does not constitute a merger or acquisition, will be finalized over the next few months.
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