May 2010
Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD,
Assistant Professor of Surgery, has accepted the position of Chief
Safety and Quality Officer for University Hospitals. In this role, Dr.
Moffatt-Bruce will oversee Medical Center quality improvement
initiatives and data, such as clinical outcomes, process efficiency,
patient safety, resource utilization and financial performance, and
customer satisfaction. Dr. Moffatt-Bruce has served as associate medical
director for the past two years.
Donald, LeMay, DO, Assistant
Professor of Clinical Family Medicine, has been selected as Team
Physician of the Year by the Ohio Athletic Trainers Association. This
award is given annually to physicians nominated by athletic trainers in
recognition of their work with student athletes and support of the
profession of athletic training.
Joanne Lynn, MD, Associate
Professor of Clinical Neurology and Associate Dean of Student Life, was
chosen as the faculty honoree by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation for this
year's Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. This annual award is
presented to the faculty member who best demonstrates the ideals of
compassion in the delivery of care; respect for patients and colleagues;
and clinical excellence.
Bryan Martin, MD, Professor of
Clinical Internal Medicine, has been selected as the Associate Dean for
Graduate Medical Education and the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education Designated Institutional Official. He will also hold
the title of Associate Medical Director for Graduate Medical Education
within University Hospital. Dr. Martin is a nationally recognized expert
in Graduate Medical Education. Since joining the faculty in 2008, he
has served as the Program Director for the newly developed Allergy and
Immunology Fellowship as well as Section Chief for Allergy and
Immunology within Internal Medicine.
Miguel Villalona-Calero, MD,
Professor of Internal Medicine, has been named the first Director of the
newly created Division of Medical Oncology within the Department of
Internal Medicine. Medical Oncology was previously part of the Division
of Hematology and Oncology. Dr. Villalona is an internationally renowned
expert in experimental therapeutics and lung cancer. He also directs
Ohio State's solid tumors experimental therapeutics program.
Stephen Kolb, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology has received an RC2 ARRA grant in collaboration with Arthur Burghes, PhD, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Brian Kaspar, PhD,
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. Funded by the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the grant is known as a "GO Grant"
standing for Grand Opportunity, which funds research that has the
potential to lay the foundation for new fields of investigation. The
two-year grant is to develop therapies for two major motor neuron
diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy.