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surgery, served as the founding chief of the section of surgical oncology, and has received the University of Illinois Distinguished Faculty Award. An internationally renowned oncologist, Das Gupta consistently has been the principal investigator of National Cancer Institute-sponsored program project grants and a research training grant that received continuous funding for 22 years. The Carl H. and Billie M. Frese and Gerald S. Moss, MD, Professorship in Transplant Surgery was awarded on Dec. 6, 2011, to José Oberholzer, MD. A professor of surgery, endocrinology and bioengineering, Oberholzer has directed the Islet Transplant Program for more than a decade and since 2007 has been chief of the transplant division. An expert in advanced minimally invasive and robotic surgery of abdominal organs, Oberholzer is also the coordinator of the Chicago Diabetes Project, an international coalition of interdisciplinary scientists. The Mario D. Mansueto, MD, Professorship in Otolaryngology was awarded on Dec. 10, 2012, to J. Regan Thomas, MD. Professor and chair of the department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the College of Medicine since 2001, Thomas specializes in cosmetic reconstruction of the face, head and neck, rhinoplasty, facial reconstruction after skin cancer surgery and surgical correction of facial scars. He has authored more than 200 scientific papers and publications, including five textbooks. Thomas serves as the editor of the Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America journal and co-edited the 2005 and 2010 editions of Cummings Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. The Claudia "CJ" Kubinski and Tapas Das Gupta, MD, Professorship in Surgical Oncology was awarded on Aug. 28, 2012, to Tapas K. Das Gupta, MD, PhD, DSc. A 45-year veteran of the College of Medicine, Das Gupta is professor of The Sara Smart Mansueto Professorship in Cardiothoracic Surgery was awarded on Dec. 10, 2012, to Malek G. Massad, MD, Res '93, FACS, FCCP. A tenured professor of surgery and chief of the division of cardiothoracic surgery, Massad joined the College of Medicine in 1996 and is a two-time recipient of the University of Illinois Distinguished Service Award. His research interests are heart and lung preservation, ischemia reperfusion injury, coronary and structural valvular heart diseases and their surgical management, and lung cancer and its early detection. Named one of America's top heart surgeons by the Consumers' Research Council of America, Massad has authored and co-authored more than 200 peerreviewed papers, abstracts and book chapters. The Anjuli S. Nayak, MD, Endowed Professorship in Pediatrics was awarded on July 12, 2012, to J. Usha Raj, MD, professor and head of the department of pediatrics at the College of Medicine and physician-in-chief at the Children's Hospital University of Illinois. The neonatologist and clinician/investigator, who researches pulmonary vascular biology, has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health for almost three decades. Listed as one of U.S. News & World Report's Top Doctors and a recipient of the American P h o t o : J o s h u a C l a rk the otology-neurotology program and the audiology division in the department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. A widely respected expert in otology with more than two decades of experience specializing in chronic hearing loss, cochlear and other ear implants, facial nerve disorders and skull base surgery/skull base tumors, Saadia-Redleaf is editor of Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology. 5 1. Tapas K. Das Gupta, founding chief of the section of surgical ongology, received The Claudia "CJ" Kubinski and Tapas Das Gupta, MD, Professorship in Surgical Oncology. 2. Asrar B. Malik, head of pharmacology, was awarded The Schweppe Family Professorship. 3. Miriam I. Saadia-Redleaf (second from left), director of otology-neurotology and audiology, was awarded The Louis J. Mayer Professorship. She is pictured with Dean Dimitri Azar (from left), otolaryngology-head and neck surgery department head, J. Regan Thomas, and Provost Lon Kaufman. 4. Jose Oberholzer, chief of the transplant division and director of the Islet Transplant Program, received The Carl H. and Billie M. Frese and Gerald S. Moss, MD, Professorship in Transplant Surgery. 5. J. Usha Raj (far right), head of pediatrics at the COM and physician-in-chief at the Children's Hospital University of Illinois, was awarded The Anjuli S. Nayak, MD, Endowed Professorship in Pediatrics. She is pictured with Kaufman, Azar and professorship benefactor Anjuli Nayak. P h o t o s : R o b e r ta D u p u i s - D e v l i n 1 2 illinois medicine 3 4 | 33

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