Peter A. Banks, MD (Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1961; residency: Beth Israel Hospital), received the Samuel S. Weiss Award by the American College of Gastroenterology — the society’s highest honor. The award is presented to a Fellow of the College in recognition of outstanding career service to the American College of Gastroenterology. Dr. Banks is professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Center for Pancreatic Disease at BWH.
Maura J. Brennan, MD (Yale University School of Medicine, 1989; residency: Baystate Medical Center), was appointed as a member of the Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Treatment for the State of Massachusetts.
Dr. Brennan, along with the 17 other sitting members on the council, will advise Governor Charlie Baker, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, and Secretary Marylou Sudders about improving care for patients with dementia. Dr. Brennan is division chief for Geriatrics & Palliative Care at Baystate Health and professor of medicine at UMass Medical School-Baystate.
Daniel P. Cahill, MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins Medical School, 2001; neurosurgery residency: MGH), was named the inaugural incumbent of the Tawingo Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery. In this position, Dr. Cahill will advance research, care, and education in the practice of glioma neurosurgery. Dr. Cahill is an associate professor of Neurosurgery at MGH/Harvard and leads the Translational Neuro-Oncology Laboratory in the Simches Brain Tumor Research Center.
Dania Daye, MD, PhD (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2014; residency: MGH), received the Founder’s Award from the American Physician Scientist Association (APSA). The inaugural award recognizes individuals for their extraordinary and dedicated service to the APSA. Dr. Daye is a resident physician in radiology and a James H. Thrall Management and Leadership Fellow at MGH.
Caitlin M. Dugdale, MD (Indiana University School of Medicine, 2011; residency: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital), received a travel award during the 2018 Pediatric Global Health Summit
at MGH for her outstanding poster presentation. Dr. Dugdale’s presentation focused on anti-retroviral therapy for women in South Africa. Dr. Dugdale is an adult infectious disease physician at MGH, instructor at Harvard Medical School, and MPEC (Medical Practice Evaluation Center) research fellow.
Shekinah N. Elmore, MD, MPH (Harvard Medical School, 2015; residency: MGH), and Jennifer Manne-Goehler, MD (Boston University School of Medicine, 2014; residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), have been named 2018 STAT Wunderkinds. The award recognizes researchers blazing new trails as they endeavor to answer urgent questions in science and medicine. Dr. Elmore is a resident in radiation oncology at the Harvard Radiation Oncology Program and Dr. Manne-Goehler is a fellow in infectious diseases at MGH/BWH.
Byron D. Roseman, MD (Tufts University School of Medicine, 1955; residency: Children’s National Medical Center), recently retired as director of Medical Education at Lowell General Hospital, a position he held for 25 years. Concurrent with this position, Dr. Roseman served on the pediatrics staff at
Lowell for 60 years. Dr. Roseman is the current
chair and past officer of the MMS Committee on Accreditation Review.
Chana A. Sacks, MD, MPH (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2011; residency: MGH), received a grant award from MGH’s Executive Committee on Community Health, presented to clinicians seeking creative ways to incorporate community health and health equity into their work. The winning proposal, co-authored by
Drs. Sacks and Peter Masiakos, focused on firearm safety education and gun violence prevention. Dr. Sacks is a clinician investigator in the Division
of General Internal Medicine at MGH.
Johanna M. Seddon, MD, ScM (Univ. Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1974; residency: Tufts-New
England Med. Ctr.; fellowships: HMS, Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary [MEEI], ophthalmic pathology, and first female fellow in vitreoretinal surgery at MEEI; graduate degree: Harvard School of Public Health-Epidemiology), was awarded the Mildred Weisenfeld Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (second woman in 30 years), the Lucien Howe Medal from University of Buffalo department of ophthalmology (second woman since 1928), and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Seddon is a professor of ophthalmology at University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), and director of retina and founding director of the Macular Degeneration Center of Excellence in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at UMMS.
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