========================= JeffNEWS, October 5, 1994 ========================= PeopleNOTES TIMOTHY P. BRIGHAM, PHD, NAMED ASSISTANT DEAN FOR GRADUATE AND CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION, JMC ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy P. Brigham, PhD, has been appointed assistant dean for graduate and continuing medical education, Jefferson Medical College, Joseph S. Gonnella, MD, senior vice president for academic affairs and dean, JMC, has announced. Dr. Brigham will direct the operations of the Office of Continuing Medical Education, reporting to Joseph F. Rodgers, MD, associate dean for residency and affiliated hospital programs, who will assume the general direction of JMC's continuing medical education. Cooordinating research and special projects in graduate medical education continues to be the responsibility of Dr. Brigham. Dr. Brigham came to Jefferson in 1989 from the department of family medicine,Temple University School of Medicine. GEORGE F. KALF, PHD, NAMED ASSISTANT DEAN FOR SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS, JMC George F. Kalf, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, has been appointed assistant dean for scientific affairs, Jefferson Medical College, Joseph S. Gonnella, MD, senior vice president for academic affairs and dean, JMC, has announced. For several years Dr. Kalf has served as special assistant for research biosafety to the associate dean for scientific affairs. In his new position he will assume additional responsibility in regulatory affairs, and will coordinate the activities of the Institutional Review Board and the Institutional Biosafety Committee in developing guidelines for protocols in the area of gene therapy. Dr. Kalf is a longtime faculty member, with research interests in the regulation of hematopoietic cell differentiation and the mechanisms of the hematotoxicity and carcinogenicity of benzene. MARIA YOST NOW FAMILY MEDICINE ADMINISTRATOR -------------------------------------------- Maria Yost has been appointed administrator for the department of family medicine. Ms. Yost has held several financial and administrative positions since she came to Jefferson in 1979, most recently, administrator for the department of psychiatry and human behavior. She earned her master's degree in business administration from Temple University and her bachelor's degree in finance from Glassboro State College, now Rowan College. She is an active member of several professional organizations including the Medical Group Management Association, the Academic Practice Assembly, and Administrators in Psychiatry, where she has served as co-editor and a board member. Ms. Yost can be reached at 2358. o Gerald J. Herbison, MD, professor of rehabilitation medicine and director of research, was named American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation editor of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He has been a section editor since 1976. In addition, Dr. Herbison has presented a series of lectures as visiting professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He has also been elected to the board of directors of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. o Carl M. Mansfield, MD, professor and former chairman, radiation oncology and nuclear medicine, has been elected to honorary life membership in the American Cancer Society, Philadelphia Division, Inc. o Congratulations to Kavita Nanda, graduating resident of the department of obstetrics and gynecology, for her victory in the Residents' Bowl of the Philadelphia Obstetrical Society. The highly competetive Residents' Bowl is the highlight of Residents' Day, an annual event sponsored by the Philadelphia Obstetrical Society since 1967. There are 19 residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology in the Delaware Valley, each of which sends a representative to participate. The Bowl has a "game show" format, and consists of questions from both general and subspecialty topics in obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Nanda soundly whipped all of her competitors, to the loud cheers of a large audience in which Jefferson residents were well represented. She will be joining the University of Pennsylvania faculty in July. o Three residents in the department of psychiatry and human behavior have been honored with fellowships: Jodi H. Brown, MD, has won the American Psycho-analytic Association Residency Fellowship for 1994-95; Susan M. Hall, MD, was selected as a 1994-95 Rappeport Fellow of the American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law, and Daniel A. Monti, MD, has been chosen one of 10 American Psychiatric Association/ Burroughs Wellcome (formerly Falk) Fellows for 1994-96. o Sandor S. Shapiro, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research and the division of hematology, was honored by the Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation "for his years of outstanding service, commitment and dedication to the hemophilia community." An authority on hemophilia and antibodies of blood coagulation factors, Dr. Shapiro has served on the foundation's local and national medical advisory boards. Further, he was a founder of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Hemophilia Program Medical Advisory Board and established the Cardeza Foundation Hemophilia Center, one of nine state- funded centers and one of 25 federally funded Regional Hemophilia centers. o Barbara D. Schraeder, PhD, RN, FAAN, nurse researcher, department of nursing service and research associate professor of pediatrics, was one of 25 nurse researchers nationwide selected to participate in a nursing research poster session at the United States Capitol. The event was one of several sponsored by the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research to highlight the importance of nursing research and the impact science has on nursing practice. Dr. Schraeder's poster was "A Longitudinal Study of Very Low Birth Weight Babies and Their Families." The day began with a Congressional open house at the poster exhibit to educate members of Congress and their staffs about the work of nurse researchers. Following the open house, the researchers were "showcased" to new investigators at a luncheon, during which members of Congress discussed nursing research and healthcare reform. o George Warren, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology, was one of three members nationwide honored by the New York Academy of Sciences for 50 years of distinguished and caring service to science and society as an academy member. In recognition of his achievement, he received a gold medal and a diploma at a special ceremony. In Memoriam ----------- The University notes with sadness the death of three Jeffersonians: o Steve Glassman, production service analyst, department of information systems, on September 9. o William E. (Ted) O'Brien, associate director for contracts, department of materiel management, on June 30. o Marilyn Parker, department of respiratory therapy, on September 13. Jefferson extends sincere sympathy to her husband, Maurice Parker of the department of environmental services. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information provided by: Editor, JeffNEWS (215) 955-6204 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------