DOM residency, fellowship programs renewed
The Internal Medicine Residency Program received a continuation of its accreditation status for 5 years, following a recent review by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
All the fellowship programs that were reviewed this year also received re-accreditation: Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Cardiology; Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology; Hematology/Medical Oncology; Gastroenterology; Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; Infectious Disease; Geriatric Medicine; Rheumatology; Dermatology; Medical Genetics; and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
Department faculty reap honors
Faculty members and trainees have been recognized this spring with departmental, national, and international awards for achievement as scientists, teachers, and clinicians. Dr. Michael K. Copass received the Marvin Turck Outstanding Teaching Award. The David R. Saunders Memorial Award for Excellence in Medical Education was presented to Dr. Bruce D. Silverstein. Dr. Tristan R. Osborn and Dr. Adeena Khan are recipients of the Robert S. Evans Awards for 2009, and Dr. Andrew Luks received the Paul B. Beeson Award.
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DOM in national leadership
Richard L. Page, Head of Cardiology, is the new president of the Heart Rhythm Society and is president-elect of the Association of Professors of Cardiology. J. Randall Curtis of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is president of the American Thoracic Society.
Motulsky honored twice
Arno G. Motulsky, founder of the Division of Medical Genetics, received the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Medical Genetics Foundation and the Dr. Bernard Heller Prize from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
New appointments
Thomas O. Staiger was appointed medical director of the UW Medical Center, and Joyce E. Wipf is the new head of the Section of General Internal Medicine at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System.