Ishtiaq Ahmad, PhD, research associate in the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cerebral Ischemia, presented "Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Modulate Intracellular Calcium Through the Metabotropic Receptor Subtype 2 and Calcium Induced Calcium Release" at the American Heart Association’s annual stroke meeting.
Hassan Amirikia, MD, assistant professor of family medicine, has been elected president of the medical staff at The Detroit Medical Center.
Agustin Arbulu, MD, professor of surgery, was elected secretary-treasurer of The Detroit Medical Center medical staff.
Robert Burack, MD, associate professor of internal medicine, and Mark Speece, PhD, assistant professor of internal medicine, were awarded a grant from Partnerships for Quality Education to develop a managed care curriculum at the WSU School of Medicine.
Jeffrey Dembs, MD, Harold Rodner, MD, and Herbert Smitherman, MD, were appointed medical directors for The Detroit Medical Center’s network of primary care services. Dr. Dembs is an assistant professor of pediatrics, and Drs. Rodner and Smitherman are assistant professors of internal medicine.
Fernando Diaz, MD, PhD, professor and chair of neurosurgery, has been appointed president of the Michigan Association of Neurological Surgeons.
John Flack, MD, associate chair of internal medicine and professor of community medicine, has been appointed chief of medicine for The Detroit Medical Center’s Central Region.
Morris Goodman, PhD, professor of anatomy and cell biology, has been awarded a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to host a conference on "Humankind’s Evolutionary Roots: Our Place in Nature," in conjunction with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Goodman will be a featured speaker and scientific program coordinator for the conference which will be held at the Field Museum in Chicago, October 9-11, 1998.
Husseini Manji, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences, participated in a conference, "The Effects of Medical Interventions on Suicidal Behavior," which established consensus that lithium is the only treatment clinically proven to reduce suicidal behavior.
Brian Mason, MD, assistant professor of ob/gyn, performed an obstetrical breakthrough, using an innovative set of procedures which had previously only been documented on full-term fetuses with normal amniotic levels. Dr. Mason delivered a premature, breech child who had only half the normal amniotic fluids. He was featured in the Grosse Pointe News.
Ramzi Mohammad, PhD, assistant professor of internal medicine, was the lead author on a study published in the journal Pancreas. Dr. Mohammad and his colleagues established the first pancreatic tumor cell line, a new research tool to battle pancreatic cancer.
Howard Newman, executive director of development at the School of Medicine, presented "The Pitfalls of Doing Good: Ethical Issues in Fund-Raising" at a meeting of the National Society of Fund-Raising Executives Greater Detroit Chapter.
Michelle TenBroeke, research assistant in the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cerebral Ischemia, presented "Molecular Reversal of Nitric Oxide Induced Programmed Cell Death" at the American Heart Association’s annual stroke meeting.
Andrea Vincent, PhD, research associate in the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cerebral Ischemia, presented "Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors: Active DNA Repair During Nitric Oxide Induced Neurodegeneration" at the American Heart Association’s annual stroke meeting.