Notes

Ayad Al-Katib, MD, professor of internal medicine, was awarded a one-year grant to study new treatment strategies in Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia from the International Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation.

Ramon Berguer, MD, PhD, professor and chief of vascular surgery, has been inaugurated as president of the Society for Vascular Surgery.

Kertia Black, MD, associate chair of physical medicine and rehabilitation, has been named chief of staff at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan.

A. Joseph Brough, MD, associate professor of pathology, has been named chief of staff at Children’s Hospital of Michigan.

Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, associate professor of neurology, gave a presentation on “Thrombolytic Treatment for Acute Stroke Resulting from Cardiac Procedures” at the European Stroke Conference. WSU co-authors included Drs. Alex Tselis and William Coplin.

Dr. Chaturvedi also gave a presentation on “The Spectrum of Cerebral Ischemia in Oral Contraceptive Users” at the Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences.

Marc Cullen, MD, assistant professor of surgery, has been appointed director of surgical critical care and associate director of the NICU at Children’s Hospital of Michigan.

Michael Diamond, MD, associate chair of obstetrics and gynecology, was an invited presenter at the Endometriosis 2000 7^th Biennial World Congress. His presentation was titled “Why Does Endometriosis Cause Adhesions?”

Omar Khan, MD, assistant professor of neurology, presented a paper comparing Avonex, Betaseron and Copaxone at the 10^th meeting of the European Neurologic Society. Co-authors included Drs. James Garbern, John Kamholz, Richard Lewis, Robert Lisak and Alex Tselis.

Robert Lisak, MD, professor and chair of neurology, presented a paper at the 10^th meeting of the European Neurological Society. He also served as a consultant to the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for a research roundtable on future directions in research on pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections.

Mildred Matlock, PhD, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, has been named chief operating officer for the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan.

Samuel Perov, MD, associate professor of anesthesiology, was a guest speaker at the first European Society of Regional Anaesthesia (ESRA) Baltic Meeting in Riga, Latvia. For the past four years, Dr. Perov has organized and participated in seminars for CRNAs in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, in association with the ESRA.

Arthur Porter, MD, professor of radiation oncology, has been selected as a member of the Michigan Hospital Association Corporate Board.

David Rosenberg, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences, made a presentation about new brain models in obsessive compulsive disorder at the International Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Robert Ross, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, hosted the 28^th annual meeting of the Ohio Area Doctors Interested in Congenital Heart Disease at WSU/Children’s Hospital of Michigan.

Frank Stasa, III, and Frank Stasa, IV, both of medical school information systems, participated in the 151^st Annual Highland Games, sponsored by the St. Andrew’s Society of Detroit. In addition, the Stasas were featured in a television commercial for the games, in partnership with the McCarty Cancer Foundation.

The Stasas participated in the 151st Annual Highland Games.

Suzanne White, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine, was one of six individuals selected to provide leadership and medical control for TOPOFF, an exercise that tests U.S. response protocols to acts of terrorism, including chemical, biological and nuclear disasters.