Dr. Michael Pruett,
Dean Emeritus Biagio J. Vericella
Dr. David Terris, Porubsky
general practice residency program director in the School of Dentistry, has been named a fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists.
has been appointed interim chair of the School of Allied Health Sciences Department of Health Informatics.
Professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the southern section of the Triological Society and presidentelect of the Georgia Society of Otolaryngology. He also has been appointed to a two-year term on the editorial board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Kapil Sethi, director of the MCG Movement Disorders Program, has been named an associate editor of the journal Movement Disorders.
Dr. Ulf M.E. Wikesjö, professor of periodontics and oral biology, has been appointed interim associate dean for research in the School of Dentistry.
NOT PICTURED: Dr. Gyanendra Sharma, associate professor of cardiology and medical director of the Cardiovascular Outpatient Center, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography.
Dr. Lesleyann Hawthorn,
Dr. Michael K. Shrout,
Dr. Joshua Smith, a third-year
director of shared resources at the MCG Cancer Research Center, has been appointed to the editorial board of the Biomed Central journal Cancer.
professor of oral rehabilitation and oral biology, has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Oral and Macillofacial Radiology.
pediatrics resident, has been named chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Section on Medical Students, Residents and Fellowship Trainees.
Heather Metress, formerly
biobehavioral nursing, received a Poster of Distinction award at the Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Nurses meeting in November in Washington, D.C., for her poster, “Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Swallowed Flonase… A Novel Approach.”
associate registrar, has been appointed registrar.
Dr. Arthur Taft, associate professor of respiratory therapy, has been named a fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care.
Lillian Samundsen, purchasing card coordinator, has obtained Certified Purchasing Card Professional certification. This credential is awarded by the National Association of Purchasing Card Professionals.
Katy Slagle, an instructor of
professor and director of the Alzheimer’s Center at MCG, died March 6 at his home after recently being diagnosed with advanced-stage liver and lung cancer. The internationally known scientist joined the MCG faculty as a professor of pharmacology in 1979.
named MCG’s first bursar. Ms. Welsh chairs the Regents Advisory Committee on Accounts Receivable of the University System of Georgia.
in MEMORY
MCG mourns the loss of: Dr. Jerry Joseph Buccafusco, Regents
Bethany Welsh has been
Richard P. Murphy, a
Pat Sodomka, director
senior legal advisor in the MCG Legal Affairs Office, died Jan. 9. He joined MCG in 2006 and was previously employed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Atlanta District Office.
of MCG’s Center for Patientand Family-Centered Care and senior vice president of patient family centered care for MCG Health, Inc., died Feb. 19 following a years-long battle with breast cancer.
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