- Leo Tolstoy

AAMC CFAS News, September 5, 2014:

Deborah German, M.D. (ELAM '96), vice president for medical affairs and dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, received the 2014 Alma Dea Morani, M.D. Renaissance Woman Award by the Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine. The award, which is given annually, honors an outstanding woman physician or scientist in North America "who has furthered the practice and understanding of medicine in our lifetime and who challenges the status quo with a passion for learning."

Women are more likely than men to develop Alzheimer's disease, but the reasons remain unclear, as described in a Washington Post article this week. Theories range from genetic factors to cultural and health disparity issues. The article quotes Hannah Valantine, M.D. (ELAM '06), chief officer for scientific workforce diversity at the NIH and a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, who notes, "Scientific workforce diversity is very important because it's much more likely to shape the research agenda."

AAMC CFAS-News, September 12, 2014:

Pamela Sass, M.D. (ELAM '15), will serve as interim dean for The College of Medicine SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Sass, who currently serves as senior associate dean for academic affairs, will succeed Ian L. Taylor, M.D., Ph.D., who announced earlier this year that he would be stepping down. Taylor has served as dean and senior vice president for biomedical education and research since September 2006.

Deborah Deas, M.D., M.P.H. (ELAM '06) has been named interim dean at the Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine.

Phyllis A. Dennery, M.D. (ELAM '06), is the recipient of the 2014 Marion Spencer Fay Award, given by the Drexel University College of Medicine's Institute for Women's Health and Leadership.

Deb Houry, M.D., M.P.H. (ELAM '13), is co-teaching a massive open online class for Emory through Coursera this month called "Understanding Violence"- over 21,000 are enrolled from over 180 countries. 

Nadine Kaslow, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. (ELAM '04) was quoted in a September 9, 2014 article on CNN.com, 10 best apps to train your brain.

Madhu Mazumdar, Ph.D. (ELAM '12) has been named the Director of the new Institute for Health Care Delivery Science at the Mount Sinai Health System.

Ann-Christine Nyquist M.D., M.S.P.H. (ELAM '11), Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control and Occupational Health at Children's Hospital Colorado,  was the keynote speaker at the University of Colorado School of Medicine

Class of 2018  Matriculation Ceremony held August 15, 2014.  

Olufunmilayo Olopade, M.B.B.S. (ELAM '03) was quoted in a September 12 article in The Jewish Daily Forward, Should All Ashkenazi Women Get Tested for BRCA Gene Mutations?

Etta D. Pisano, M.D. (ELAM '04), will leave her positions of College of Medicine Dean and Vice President of Medical Affairs at the Medical University of South Carolina effective Sept. 30. Pisano will continue as a tenured professor of Radiology at MUSC and focus on her breast cancer imaging research during the next year while on sabbatical.  Pisano plans to undertake a major study to evaluate the benefits of modern breast cancer screening with tomosynthesis and digital mammography.

Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D. (ELAM '03), the sixth president of Morehouse School of Medicine and the first woman to lead the free-standing medical institution, was inaugurated on September 11.

We are saddened to announce the passing of Karen Gale, Ph.D. (ELAM '04). Our condolences go out to her family, friends, and colleagues. Visit the Georgetown University website for more information on her memorial service and her legacy.

*A correction from the last ELAM Edge - Jennifer Woodward, Ph.D.'s (ELAM '08) new position at the University of Pittsburgh is Associate Provost for Research Operations.