PACEMAKER: Spring 2007

Worth Noting

• Francois Abboud, MD, received the 2006 Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
• Dianne Atkins, MD, received the 2006 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young.
• George Bergus, MD, was named the Dr. William and Sondra Myers Family Professor.
• Joseph Buckwalter, MD, received the Orthopaedic Research Society/American Orthopaedic Association Alfred R. Shands, Jr. Award.
• Kirk Fridrich, DDS, is president of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
• Patrick Hitchon, MD, is president of the World Association of Lebanese Neurosurgeons.
• Gary Hunninghake, MD, was named senior associate dean for clinical and translational sciences in the UI Carver College of Medicine.
• Barbara Latenser, MD, was elected chair of the American Burn Association’s Midwestern Burn Region.
• Sanford Markham, MD, was named assistant dean for student affairs and curriculum in the UI Carver College of Medicine.
• Douglas Merrill, MD, was named medical director of the Ambulatory Surgery Center at UI Hospitals and Clinics.
• Richard Smith, MD, was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
• W. John Sharp, MD, was appointed Sidney E. Ziffren, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery.
• Joel Shilyansky, MD, was named director of pediatric surgery for University of Iowa Children's Hospital.
• William Stanford, MD, received the North American Society of Cardiac Imaging Gold Medal.