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TS WITH INVESTITURES PHOTOS: UIC PHOTO SERVICES — ROBERTA DUPUIS-DEVLIN AND KATIE MARCHETTI Jacob T. Wilensky, MD. A 34-year veteran of the University of Illinois Col- lege of Medicine, Wilensky, professor of ophthalmology and acting director of the glaucoma service, has focused his research on improving the clinical outcomes for patients with glaucoma. THE MORTON F. GOLDBERG, MD, FACS, PROFESSORSHIP IN OPHTHALMOLOGY, established thanks to numerous donors who gave in Goldberg's honor, was awarded on Oct. 17 to Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD. A professor of ophthalmology, bioengi- neering and physics, Shahidi develops new techniques and instruments for imaging the retina that result in earlier, more accurate diagnoses of major eye diseases that threaten patients' vision. THE EARL M. BANE PROFES- SORSHIP has been awarded to two people: Joe G.N. Garcia, MD, on Sept. 28; and Edwin H. Cook Jr., MD, on Nov. 9. Garcia, vice chan- cellor for research and professor of medicine, focuses his research on the biochemical and molecular basis of lung inflammation and is internation- ally recognized for his expertise in the genetic basis of lung disease and the prevention and treatment of inflam- matory lung injury. Cook, professor of psychiatry and director of the Center of Autism Excellence, studies the molecular genetics and neurochemistry of autism, attention-deficit hyperactiv- ity disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder with the goal of developing better pharmacologic treatment of these disorders. THE LIZZIE GILMAN PROFES- SORSHIP was awarded on Nov. 9 to Anand Kumar, MD, professor and head of the department of psychiatry. Kumar's research, funded for nearly two decades by the National Institutes of Health, focuses on late-life de- pression and mental disorders of the elderly, such as Alzheimer's disease. Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD, accepts the Morton F. Goldberg, MD, FACS, Professorship in Ophthalmology. THE THEODORE AND JOANNA DRUGAS ENDOWED CHAIR IN VASCULAR SURGERY was awarded on Dec. 8 to Martin Borhani, MD. An associate professor of surgery and chief of the division of vascular surgery, Borhani has led the creation of the sec- tion of wound healing and tissue repair within the division, which has driven the development of a multidisciplinary approach to critical limb ischemia. Some of last year's honorees (from left): Edwin H. Cook, Jr., MD; Martin Borhani, MD; Jacob T. Wilensky, MD; Deepak Shukla, PhD; Joel Sugar, MD; Anand Kumar, MD; Jennifer I. Lim, MD; and (below) Joe G.N. Garcia, MD. I L L INOI S MEDICINE | 11