2016 Finalists: Physician
Amalia De Comas, MD Orthopedic oncology specialist The CORE Institute
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r. De Comas’ commitment to medicine goes beyond the patients she treats. Dr. De Comas is the chief clinical instructor for the Banner Good Samaritan residency program for orthopaedic oncology. Her desire to help residents led her to help obtain a grant for the residents travel to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston for a lecture series in musculoskeletal oncology, which De Comas attends yearly as a speaker. She also lectures nationally to discuss surgical implications of radiation for soft tissue sarcomas.
Richard Heuser, MD, FACC, FACP, FESC, FSCAI
Chief of cardiology St. Luke’s Medical Center and Phoenix Heart Center
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euser is an internationally recognized cardiologist, inventor, educator and author, and is one of the early pioneers of the angioplasty procedure. A diplomat of the American Board of Cardiovascular Diseases and American Board of Interventional Cardiology, he has more than 30 years of private practice, medical administration and clinical teaching experience. With nearly 30 patents granted or pending for different catheters, stents and other medical devices, Dr. Heuser has served as principal investigator to research the safety and/or effectiveness of more than 100 medical devices and more than 70 pharmaceutical products.
Richard B. Towbin, MD,
FAAP, FACR, FSIR, FSAR Chief of pediatric radiology Phoenix Children’s Hospital
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r. Towbin has led many innovative initiatives within the pediatric radiology department at PCH, including Image Gently, a collaborative program with Philips Corporation that maximizes the quality of diagnostic imaging while using the least amount of radiation dosage by tailoring the imaging studies to the patient’s size. This reduced doses by as much as 70 percent for some studies. Recently, he spearheaded a program developing the potential of 3D imaging and printing, which helped PCH become a national leader in this area. AB | March - April 2016
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