Nov./Dec. | 2009
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Appointments

Feldman named to lead American Neurological Association

Eva Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., director of the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute and Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology at the U-M Medical School, is the new president-elect of the American Neurological Association, a professional society of academic neurologists and neuroscientists.  She will become president in two years. The association educates physicians in the neurosciences and works to better understand and treat nervous system diseases.

Feldman, who directs the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Center at U-M, was named president-elect at the association’s annual meeting in Baltimore Oct. 11-14. 

ASPET selects Maybaum as Web site editor

The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics announced the launch of its new Web site to increase the ease and extent of interactive communications among members. ASPET hopes the site will become a resource for members and the public who would like to find reliable and unbiased information about drugs and pharmacological issues. 

Jonathan Maybaum, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and associate professor of radiation oncology, was selected to oversee the editorial content of the new Web site. As the ASPET’s first Web editor, Maybaum brings a wealth of technical experience in the use of web technology and has an exciting vision for expanding its use to enhance the services that the society can provide to its members.

Salow appointed administrator of Anesthesiology and Otolaryngology

Paul Salow received a joint appointment as clinical department administrator of the Departments of Anesthesiology and Otolaryngology. He had served in this interim role since July, 2009.

Previously, as chief department administrator for anesthesiology, Salow actively led the Medical School through a smooth transition to its new forecasting model and, in doing so, modeled dedication, perseverance and patience. He took the initiative to work with others on the conceptual framework and the practical development of a very complex program. He successfully and collaboratively worked with – and led – Medical School administration, information services, department administrators and staff on a project that was crucial to the Medical School and the Health System.

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