PACEMAKER: Winter 2006-07

Worth Noting

• Wallace Alward, MD, has been named the Frederick C. Blodi Chair in Ophthalmology.
• John A. Brandecker, former vice president of the University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System, has been appointed Associate Hospital Director and University of Iowa Children's Hospital Administrator.
• Charles Jennissen, MD, received the 2006 Safe Kids Iowa "Recognizing People Who Make a Difference" award.
• Laura Murphy Dellos, ARNP, CNM, MSN, has been named a nurse-midwife for UI Hospitals and Clinics.
• Frances L. Johnson, MD, formerly with the University of Maryland, has been named director of the cardiomyopathy treatment program for UI Heart and Vascular Center.
• Bruce Luxon, MD, PhD, has been named to the James A. Clifton Chair in Gastroenterology.
• Paul McCrayJr., MD, has been named to the Roy J. Carver Chair in Pulmonary Research.
• Jeff Murray, MD, has been named to the Roy J. Carver Chair in Perinatal Health.
• Timothy Ryken, MD, was appointed to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons Joint Committee for the Development and Oversight of Clinical Practice Guidelines.
• Craig Syrop, MD, was named medical officer for University of Iowa Physicians, formerly known as the Faculty Practice Plan.
• The American College of Surgeons has re-verified UI Hospitals and Clinics as a statewide Level I Trauma Center for three more years.