Academic Announcements SAEM members are encouraged to submit Academic Announcements on promotions, research funding, and other items of interest to the SAEM membership. Submissions must be sent to saem@saem.org by February 1 to be included in the March/April issue. Louise B. Andrew, MD, JD, received the James D. Mills Award for Outstanding Contributions to Emergency Medicine during the ACEP Scientific Assembly in September. Deirdre Anglin, MD, MPH, has been promoted to Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Dr. Anglin becomes the second person so promoted in the history of the department. The Department of Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine has established its third endowment - the Brooks F. Bock, MD, Endowed Professorship. Named after the first Chair of the Department, the endowment will support the Department's clinical research activities. Previously the Department established the Munuswamy Dayanandan, MD, Endowed Chair and the Edward S. Thomas, MD, Endowed Professorship to support the Chair and the Department's basic science research, respectively. Michael Bullard, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alberta. Sean Bush, MD, has been promoted to Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University. Dr. Bush is recognized for his interest in toxinology. Wendy Coates, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Clinical Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. This is a distinction that is given to approximately 5% of the clinical faculty at the medical school and its affiliate institutions in recognition of their outstanding contributions to teaching in their particular disciplines at the local, regional, and national levels. Gail D'Onofrio, MD, is the principal investigator of a $150,000 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Women's Health to enhance a program entitled, "Women's Heart Advantage." Dr. D'Onofrio is the chief of Emergency Medicine at Yale University. Timothy Erickson, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois. Dr. Erickson is the emergency medicine program residency director and Associate Head for Educational Programs. Glenn C. Hamilton, MD, MSM, received the ACEP Award for Outstanding Contribution in Education during the ACEP Scientific Assembly in September. Dr. Hamilton is Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Wright State University and the president of SAEM. Johns Hopkins University and its Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) has been awarded a $15 million grant to create the Department of Homeland Security University Center of Excellence for the Study of High Consequent Preparedness and Response. Gabe Kelen, MD, the director of CEPAR, and Lynn Goldman, Professor of Environmental Health Science, will be directors of the National Center. The grant will include 9 states, 13 entities, and over 90 investigators, including Thomas Terndrup, MD, who will serve as a site principal investigator at the University of Arkansas at Birmingham.
Gabe Kelen, MD, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Kelen is the chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins University and is the president of the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine. Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH, has been named the chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Kuppermann previously served as Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Kuppermann has been a member of the emergency medicine faculty at the University since 1995 and is the chair of the PECARN Steering Committee. Marvin Leibovich, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Arkansas and will begin on January 1. Dr. Leibovich previously served as chief of emergency medicine and medical director of the emergency trauma department and the MedFlight helicopter service at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. Timothy J. Mader, MD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (unmodified) at Tufts University. Dr. Mader is the Associate Research Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine has established a research fellowship program, which has received a two-year $120,000 grant from the State of New York. Lynne Richardson, MD, is the coordinator of this initiative and Elaine Rabin, MD, is the first fellow. Eric Noji, MD, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Noji is an emergency physician and medical officer with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Washington, DC. There are only 1,461 active members of the Institute of Medicine in the United States. Brian J. O'Neil, MD, has been promoted to full professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University. He is the Research Director at the Wayne State University-affiliated emergency medicine program at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. Paul E. Pepe, MD, received the ACEP Award for Outstanding Contributions in EMS during the ACEP Scientific Assembly in September. Dr. Pepe is the chair of emergency medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Michael T. Rapp, MD, received the John G. Wiegenstein Award for Outstanding Leadership during the ACEP Scientific Assembly in September. Dr. Rapp is clinical professor at the Department of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University. Emanuel P. Rivers, MD, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academic of Sciences. Dr. Rivers is the Director of Research in Emergency Medicine and Surgical Critical Care at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Members of
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