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John R. Knight, MD, director of the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research, was awarded the prestigious John P. McGovern award from the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA). This award recognized his body of work throughout his career. Sion Harris, PhD, CPH, also received an award from AMERSA—the John C. Chapel Best Research award—for her work.
R. Michael Scott, MD, neurosurgeon-in-chief emeritus, was awarded the prestigious Franc D. Ingraham Distinguished Service Award. Given by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Section of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, the award is the highest honor awarded by the organization.
The American Society of Hematology presented their 2011 Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology, the Society's highest honor, to David G. Nathan, MD, president emeritus of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and former chief of the Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center, for his remarkable career combining outstanding teaching, pioneering research and excellence in clinical care.
Congratulations to Inga Hofmann Zhang, MD, PhD, and the Hematology/Oncology Program for being selected as a Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center of Excellence by the MDS Foundation.
Frances E. Jensen, MD, senior associate in Medicine and director of Translational Neuroscience and Epilepsy Research, began her one-year term as president of the American Epilepsy Society in January.
Ivan D. Frantz, III, MD, has joined Children's as the medical director of Neonatal and Perinatal Outreach and will be practicing at Winchester Hospital. Dr. Frantz will be working with staff and physicians, along with adult hospital partners, to build a community-based perinatal network.
Richard Lynch, MA, has been named the new director of Physicians Relations and Outreach, the team dedicated to building and strengthening relations with our referring physicians.
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