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faculty news The latest accomplishments of our distinguished faculty STEPHENSON APPOINTED HEAD OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY Mary D. Stephenson Mary D. Stephenson, MD, MSc, FRSCS, FACOG, has become a professor and head of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Illinois Medicine. Stephenson obtained her medical degree and completed her residency and research fellowship at University of British Columbia before moving to the University of Chicago, where she established a multidisciplinary recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) program. A leader in the American Society for Re- productive Medicine and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Stephenson successfully completed the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leader- ship in Academic Medicine program in 2011. An interna- tionally renowned expert in RPL, reproductive immunology and genetics, Stephenson has served as a principal and co-investigator of federally funded studies in both the U.S. and Canada and is co-author of Early Pregnancy, the first textbook about multidisciplinary approaches to evaluation and management of RPL. Stephenson also has led several randomized controlled trials to assess therapeutic interven- tions for RPL and infertility, and she established the first RPL Blood and Tissue Bank in North America to archive trio samples—from the woman, partner and miscarriages or cord blood—for future research. Finally, she is a leader in both the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, where she provides expert opinion on pregnancy loss. GARCIA ELECTED MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE Joe G.N. "Skip" Garcia, MD, vice president for health affairs at the University of Illinois, has become a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. One of the highest honors in the field of medicine, members are elected each year to the Insti- tute of Medicine based on their distinguished professional Joe G.N. "Skip" Garcia achievement and demonstrated, continued involvement with health care, education and research. "It is an honor to be joining the Institute of Medicine, an organization recognized as the nation's premier advisor on issues relating to biomedical science, medicine and health," said Garcia, an internationally acclaimed physician- scientist and innovator in the preven- tion and treatment of inflammatory lung disease and pulmonary edema. He joined the university in February 2010 as vice chancellor for research at the Chicago campus and as the Earl M. Bane Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Bioengineering and was named vice president for health affairs in February 2011. Under his leadership as vice chancellor for research, the Research Resources Center obtained $6.8 million in federal funding to increase its equip- ment inventory, and Illinois Medicine launched the Institute for Human Genetics, the Institute for Health In- formatics and the Institute for Minority Health Research. THOMAS EARNS CITATION OF MERIT, HIS ALMA MATER'S HIGHEST HONOR J. Regan Thomas, MD '72, chair and Francis L. Lederer Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Sur- gery, has earned the Citation of Merit, the highest honor given by the Uni- versity of Missouri School of Medi- cine, in March. He previously served as chair of otolaryngology– head and neck surgery at Saint Louis University. Thomas has served as president of three national profes- sional groups: the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck J. Regan Thomas Surgery, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. HYDERI SELECTED AS INTERIM ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR CURRICULUM Abbas Hyderi, MD '01, MPH, has been appointed interim associate dean for curriculum; in this role, he will oversee the M1 through M4 curriculum, while retaining principal oversight of the M1/M2 curricu- lum. An assistant professor of clinical family medicine, Hyderi Abbas Hyderi has been assistant dean for cur- riculum since 2010, and prior to that he served as the associate residency program director in the department of family medicine. He is a co-principal investigator of a $1.92 million Health Resources and Services Administra- tion grant that has allowed the UIC Family Medicine Residency Program to create the Health Disparities Schol- ars Program, with two additional residents each year for five years starting in 2011. Hyderi received his MD from the College of Medicine and subsequently completed a com- bined residency at Oregon Health and Science University while obtain- ing a master of public health degree at Portland State University. OBERHOLZER RECEIVES DALEY AWARD FOR FUNDRAISING José Oberholzer, MD, chief of transplant surgery and director of cell and pancreas transplanta- tion, was honored in May with the Mayor Richard M. Daley and Maggie Daley Award for raising the most charity funds in the 2011 Chicago Marathon. He is director of the Chicago Diabetes Project, whose team, "Cellmates on the Run," raised $126,800 through the Bank of America Marathon. Former José Oberholzer Mayor Daley attended and became choked up while thanking Oberhol- zer for his service and fundraising efforts, which equaled $4,876.92 for every mile he and his team ran. Daley joined race director Carey Pinkowski and Bank of America Illinois President Tim Maloney in presenting the award to Oberholzer, who is also the Carl H. & Billie M. Frese and the Gerald S. Moss, MD, Professor in Transplant Surgery. More information about Cellmates on the Run and a story about Nikki and Chris Haras, twins who are participating again this year in the marathon in honor of their father, can be found elsewhere in this issue. (See "Running for a Cause," page 23.) DAVIGLUS TO DIRECT NEW INSTITUTE FOR MINORITY HEALTH RESEARCH Martha Daviglus, MD, MPH, PhD, has been appointed the first director of the newly established In- stitute for Minority Health Research, designed to further the university's community service mission by 10 | FALL 2012

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