Medicine faculty among inductees at AAP/ASCI annual meeting

The Association of American Physicians (AAP) and the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) held the ASCI/AAP joint meeting in Chicago and inducted several new members from Duke University Medical Center into their prestigious groups.

AAP

The AAP welcomed seven Duke faculty, including these five from the Department of Medicine:

• Pam Douglas, MD, professor of medicine (Cardiology)
• Vance Fowler, MD, MHS, professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases)
• Eric Peterson, MD, MPH, professor of medicine (Cardiology)
• Geoffrey Pitt, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine (Cardiology)
• James Tulsky, MD, professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine)

Robert Lefkowitz, MD, professor of medicine (Cardiology) and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012, gave the keynote talk at the AAP Annual Reception and Dinner. The title of his talk: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm. In 2011, Dr. Lefkowitz won the AAP’s highest honor, the Kober Medal, for his lifetime of achievement in medical science (see related post). Additionally, Mary Klotman, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine, was elected a councillor of the AAP. She will serve for a one-year term. [toggle title_open="Close Me" title_closed="About the AAP" hide="yes" border="yes" style="default" excerpt_length="0" read_more_text="Read More" read_less_text="Read Less" include_excerpt_html="no"]The Association of American Physicians is a nonprofit, professional organization founded in 1885 by seven physicians, including Dr. William Osler, for “the advancement of scientific and practical medicine.”[/toggle]

ASCI

The ASCI inducted five researchers from Duke University Medical Center, out of the field of 80 2013 winners.

• Amy Abernethy, MD, associate professor of medicine (Medical Oncology)
• Sana Al-Khatib, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (Cardiology)
• Sandeep Dave, MD, MBA, MS, associate professor of medicine (Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy)
• Svati Shah, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (Cardiology)
• Patrick Tan, MD, PhD, professor of cancer & stem cell biology, Duke-NUS

Howard Rockman, MD, professor of medicine (Cardiology) continues to serve on the ASCI council as editor of The Journal of Clinical Investigation. [toggle title_open="Close Me" title_closed="About the ASCI" hide="yes" border="yes" style="default" excerpt_length="0" read_more_text="Read More" read_less_text="Read Less" include_excerpt_html="no"]The ASCI is dedicated to the advancement of research that extends understanding and improves the treatment of human diseases, and members are committed to mentoring future generations of physician-scientists. Because members must be 45 years of age or younger at the time of their election, membership reflects accomplishments by its members relatively early in their careers.[/toggle]