October 2009
Steven Gabbe, MD, CEO of OSUMC, has been appointed by Governor Strickland to the Ohio Health Care Coverage and Quality Council. Among the specific responsibilities of the council is advising the Governor and General Assembly on strategies to improve healthcare programs and health insurance policies, studying health financing alternatives, recommending improvements in data reporting to increase transparency and consistency, recommending minimum coverage standards, supporting the implementation of health information technology, assisting employers in adopting cafeteria plans and producing an annual report.
Richard Gumina, MD, PhD has been named director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research. In this role, Dr. Gumina will oversee the research endeavors of OSU's Section of Interventional Cardiology, which includes more than 20 clinical trials supported by staff from Cardiovascular Clinical and Translational Research Organization, and multiple investigator-initiated clinical, translational and basic research thematics in the Interventional Cardiovascular arena.
September 2009
E. Christopher Ellison, MD, Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs and Chair of the Department of Surgery, is the new chair-elect and current vice-chair of the American Board of Surgery (ABS). Founded in 1937, the ABS is an independent, non-profit organization certifying surgons in hte following fields: general surgery, vascular surgery, pediatric surgery, surgical critical care and surgery of the hand.
John Byrd, MD, professor of Internal Medicine (Hematology and Oncology), has been named chair of the grants selection committee for the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Byrd is one of 30 committee members who review up to 250 grants submitted by junior faculty and fellows for career development. As chair of the grants selection committee, Byrd oversees the criteria the committee uses for candidate applications, funding and administration of awards.
Earlier this year, Byrd was named associate director for Translational Research at Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center. In this position, he has been working to accelerate translational cancer research throughout Ohio State’s cancer program.
Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, director of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and CEO of The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute , has been elected to the National Cancer Institute’s board of scientific advisers. Members of the board counsel the National Cancer Institute (NCI) director and deputy director for extramural science on a wide variety of matters. This includes the evaluation of NCI-awarded grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and concept review of activities consistent with NCI programs. Ohio State is one of only 40 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States and plays a prominent role in national cancer research and care.
E. Antonio Chicocca, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery, was elected to the board of directors of the Society for Neuro-Oncology. The Society was formed in 1995 and focuses on the advancement of neuro-oncology through education and research. The society takes a multidisciplinary approach, bringing together doctors and researchers from clinical, translational and laboratory perspectives.
Chiocca recently received a $5.5 million grant over five years from the National Institutes of Health to develop an oncolytic virus treatment for brain cancer.
Steven Clinton, MD, PhD, professor of Internal Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and member of Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC), has been named to a national committee charged with updating the Institute of Medicine’s Dietary Reference Intakes for vitamin D and calcium. Clinton, who is leader of the Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program at the OSUCCC and director of Prostate and Genitourinary Oncology at The James, is one of 13 researchers appointed to the committee.
Dietary guidelines set by the Institute of Medicine affect the policies of government agencies and international organizations, and focus on the production and fortification of food, public health guidelines and strategies for disease prevention and therapy.
Guang Jia, PhD, instructor in Ohio State’s Department of Radiology, has been awarded the 2009 American Urological Association Foundation Research Scholars award, which funds research that improves patient care and outcomes for those who suffer from debilitating urologic conditions.
His research, “Phase 0 MRI Study to Detect in Vivo Protein Levels in Prostate Cancer,” was conducted under the mentorship of Michael Knopp, MD, PhD, director of the Wright Center of Innovation in Biomedical Imaging and vice chair of Radiology, and Robert Bahnson, MD, chair of Urology. This grant is a two-year award of $120,000.
Bryan Martin, DO, director of the Allergy section and professor of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine), was recently presented the Legion of Merit by the U.S. Army. Martin is a retired colonel of the Medical Corps and is board-certified in allergy, immunology and internal medicine.
The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces that has been awarded since 1942 for exceptionally meritorious conduct. It is given to military personnel and to military and political leaders of foreign governments. Notable past recipients include Charles De Gaulle and John McCain.
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