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Sharon J. L. Levy, MD, MPH, director of the Adolescent Substance Abuse Program, has been appointed incoming chair of the AAP's National Committee on Substance Abuse.
Mininder S. Kocher, MD, MPH, associate director of the Division of Sports Medicine, and director of the Clinical Effectiveness Research Unit, was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
Robert C. Shamberger, MD, chief of the Department of Surgery, was recently named the chair of the Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
David K. Urion, MD, director of the Learning Disabilities/Behavioral Neurology Program, and director of education for the Department of Neurology, is the recipient of the 2011 Martha H. Ziegler Founders Award from the Federation for Children with Special Needs.
Esther Lopez, MPA, executive director of the Martha Eliot Health Center, was named an Emerging Executive by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. The award is one of the Chamber of Commerce's series of Pinnacle Awards, honoring business and professional women who have demonstrated excellence in entrepreneurship, management and lifetime achievement.
Donald Ingber, MD, PhD, of Children's Vascular Biology Program, was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering's (AIMBE) College of Fellows in honor of his contributions to cell and tissue engineering, angiogenesis and cancer research, systems biology and nanobiotechnology.
Joel N. Hirschhorn, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Basic and Translational Obesity Research at Children's, is the co-recipient of this year's E. Mead Johnson Award for Pediatric Research. The award, given by the Society for Pediatric Research, recognizes outstanding achievements in clinical and laboratory research in pediatrics.
Marc Bernard Ackerman, DMD, MBA, FACD, joins Children's as the director of Orthodontics.
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