August 2009


Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items –

Dear Colleagues,
 

 

I regret to inform you that our colleague Joseph John Vitale, MS, ScD, MD, professor emeritus, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Professor Socio-Medical Sciences and Community Medicine, passed away on August 18, at the age of 84.  Dr. Vitalle also served as BUSM Associate Dean, International Health Programs from 1978 to 1990, Director of Nutrition Education Programs at BUSM from1977 to 1995, and Professor of Nutritional Sciences at GSDM from 1976 to 1995.

Dr. Vitale was passionate about fostering and facilitating international student exchange health experiences.  He developed formal affiliations with medical centers in Mexico, Columbia, Ireland, Israel, Spain and China during his career and established the Vitale International Foundation for Medical Education/Exchange http://www.vifme.org/ in January 1996. This program provides financial assistance to qualified senior medical students who successfully complete an elective at a foreign medical center.

Dr Vitale graduated from Northeastern University with a BS in Biology in 1947 and earned his ScD from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1951. He received an Honorary Doctorate in Medicine from Health Science Institute in Medellin, Columbia.

He had over 100 original publications, 92 abstracts and papers presented, and had written eight book chapters and monographs. Dr. Vitale served on the editorial boards of a number of journals including American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and the American Public Health Journal.

Dr. Vitale leaves his wife Gilda and two children. We are saddened by the loss of this admired colleague and grateful for his many contributions to our community.

 

 

Announcements:

  • c-andry-3-07-30-09-3-of-12Dr. Chris Andry has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. The Trustees and Dr. Robert Brown have recognized Dr. Andry’s “contributions to the work in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.” Congratulations Chris!
  • BIG MOVE, thanks to Chris Andry’s diligent work: Pathology People moving to 670 Albany Street – 6th Floor, so if you are trying to find someone after August 1st:
    • Rachel Factor, MD — #4-5325 – Room #676
    • Jenny Gan, MD — #4-5358 – Room #670
    • Denise Johnson — #4-5310 – Room #671
    • Lija Joseph, MD — #4-4457 – Room #666
    • Michael O’Brien, MD — #4-4988 – Room #672
    • PATHOLOGY Office — #8-6990 – Room #671
    • SIGN OUT: MENINO — #x-xxxx – Room #673
    • SIGN OUT: NEWTON — #8-6995 – Room #674
    • Loraine Toorie — #4-7039 – Room #671
    • Huihong Xu, MD — #4-4283 – Room #669
    • Michael Roehrl, NEW FACULTY — #4-5329 – Room #667
  • See photos of our new location at 670 Albany Street – 6th Floor below:

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  • cynthia-harris-july-23-2009-1-of-1Congratulations to Cynthia Harris in the department of Anatomic Pathology for her 40 years of service to Boston City Hospital/Boston Medical Center! Bravo!
  • John Meyers, PhD successfully defended his thesis “UNIQUE CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE SIGNALING IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA REPRESENTS A POTENTIAL NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGET” on July 20, 2009
  • David Davis, PhD successfully defended his thesis “Actin Capping Protein Beta 2 Subunit (Capzb2) Function in Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration” on July 29, 2009.
  • Welcome to NEW PEOPLE:
    • Michael Roehrl, MD, PhD, new faculty member
    • Somdutta Mitra, has joined Dr. Maria Panchenko’s Research Team
  • Steve Bogen, MD received a newly issued U.S. Patent: U.S. Patent 7,553,67; Issued June 30, 2009.
  • Strategic Planning Committee Begins Work. A strategic planning committee has begun work to evaluate the current status of the department and map future directions. The committee is chaired by Daniel Remick with administrative support provided by Debra Kiley. The committee members include Michael O’Brien, Martin Kroll, Lija Joseph, Jacqueline Sharon and Chris Andry. A password protected, on-line discussion forum will be available shortly to allow faculty, staff, residents and students the opportunity to provide input into the plans as they develop.

Presentations:

  • Nader Rahimi, PhD was invited to give a talk at the Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Angiogenesis Conference held in Chester, England on July 14-17. This conference was organized by Biochemical Society Transduction. The title of Dr. Rahimi’s talk was “A novel role for protein ubiquitination in VEGFR-2 signaling and angiogenesis” and the text of his presentation will be published as a review article in Biochemical Society Transductions Journal.
  • Resident Marier Hernandez-Perez’s M.D has had a poster accepted for presentation at the 46th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) for “PROTOTHECOSIS OF THE NAIL: A RARE SUBUNGUAL PRESENTATION OF ALGAL DISEASE” in Chicago, Illinois, October 2-5

 

Publications- PUBLISHED:

  • SA Bogen, K Vani, B McGraw, V Federico, Iqbal Habib, R Zeheb, E Luther, C Tristram & SR Sompuram. “Experimental Validation Of Peptide Immunohistochemistry Controls.” 2009. Appl. Immunohistochem & Mol Morphol. 17(3):239-246.

Publications- ACCEPTED:

  • A manuscript by Kazem Azadzoi, M.D. et al entitled “Oxidative Modification of Mitochondrial Integrity and Nerve Fiber Density in the Ischemic Overactive Bladder” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Urology
  • A manuscript by Osuchowski, M, Teener, J, and Remick, D “Noninvasive model of sciatic nerve conduction in healthy and septic mice: Reliability and normative data.” has been accepted for publication in Nerve and Muscle.

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