HR Names New Leadership
Deborah Hicks has been appointed the new associate dean for human resources and chief human resources officer, effective Jan. 5, 2009.
Hicks comes to HMS with more than 20 years of HR experience, including leadership roles in human resources development; organization development; human resource operations, training and development; and talent management.
Currently, she is vice president of human resources for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. During her tenure there, Harvard Pilgrim was named one of the Best Places to Work in Massachusetts for six consecutive years by the Boston Business Journal. The honor recognizes achievements in creating a positive work environment that attracts and retains employees through a combination of employee-engagement efforts, benefit product and service offerings, leadership, and overall company culture.
She joined Harvard Pilgrim in 1988 and was appointed vice president of human resources in 1999. In this leadership role, she has facilitated organizational change while ensuring the highest level of staff engagement and the overall development of a high-performing workforce. Her previous professional experience has crossed varying industries and organizations in healthcare, retail, and social services. She holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology/organizational management from Antioch University and a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
In a message to the community, HMS dean Jeffrey Flier and executive dean Daniel Ennis thanked Beth Marshall for her “remarkable service” as acting associate dean of human resources.
HSPH has awarded the second annual Q Prize, named in honor of music impresario Quincy Jones, to José Antonio Abreu, the founder of El Sistema, a Venezuelan program that uses intensive instruction in classical music to transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of at-risk youth, and to Gustavo Dudamel, a conductor who emerged from El Sistema. Dudamel, recently named music director-designate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, first gained widespread acclaim as the conductor of El Sistema’s celebrated Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra. The Q Prize was created to recognize and promote extraordinary leadership on behalf of children. It honors Jones’s collaborations with the HSPH Center for Health Communication on national media campaigns to prevent youth violence and recruit volunteer mentors for at-risk youth.
Fellowships Awarded to More than 90 Scholars in MedicineThe Eleanor and Miles Shore 50th Anniversary Fellowship Program for Scholars in Medicine has named more than 90 fellows for the 2008–2009 academic year. Scholars in Medicine was established in 1995 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to HMS by providing funding for junior faculty, researchers, and clinicians at a point in their careers when teaching, research, applying for grants, publishing, or seeing patients competes for time with increased family or other responsibilities. Each fellow receives between $25,000 and $30,000 for one year. Pictured above is Hye-Chun Hur (left), instructor in obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology, who received a fellowship from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She is shown with her daughter Ina, husband Chin, who is an HMS assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, and son Daniel. Below is a list of this year’s Scholars in Medicine.
Asim Ahmed, instructor in pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Omid Akbari, assistant professor of pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Christian Arbelaez, instructor in medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Minority Career Development Award
Jodie Babitt, instructor in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award
Heather Baer, instructor in medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Amalie and Edward Kass Fellowship
Meghan Baker, instructor in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine Fellowship
Deborah Bartz, instructor in obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Foundation Fellowship
Ricardo Battaglino, instructor in oral medicine, infection, and immunity, Forsyth Institute, Forsyth Institute Fellowship
Nicole Belsley, instructor in pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Pathology Fellowship
Rhonda Bentley-Lewis, instructor in medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, The Brigham and Women’s Hospital Faculty Development Award
Paolo Bonato, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, CIMIT (Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology) Research Fellowship
Angela Botts, instructor in pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education
Eileen Boye, instructor in developmental biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard School of Dental Medicine Fellowship in honor of Aina M. Auskaps, DMD
Miriam Bredella, assistant professor of radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award
Jane Brock, instructor in pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Pathology Fellowship
Caroline Burns, assistant professor, Massachusetts General Hospital, Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award
Emmanuel Buys, instructor in anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Anesthesia Fellowship
Allison Cohen, instructor in medicine, Joslin Diabetes Center, Joslin Diabetes Center Fellowship in memory of Priscilla White
Marc Cohen, instructor in anesthesia, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education
Lauren Cornella, instructor in anesthesia, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship
John Danziger, instructor in medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education
Michael Davidson, instructor in surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Surgery Junior Fellowship in honor of Robert T. Osteen
Benjamin Davis, assistant professor of medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Curtis Prout Academy Fellowship in Medical Education
Amy DiVasta, instructor in pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Debora Duro, instructor in Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
A. Heather Eliassen, instructor in medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Fellowship
Carlos Estrada Jr., instructor in surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Michela Fagiolini, assistant professor of neurology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Amy Fleischman, instructor in pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Arin Greene, instructor in surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Chenghua Gu, assistant professor of neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, The Loreen Arbus Fellowship in Neuroscience
Jess Haines, instructor in ambulatory care and prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Robert H. Ebert Fellowship established by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation
Aude Henin, assistant professor of psychology in the department of psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award
Martin Hertl, assistant professor of surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Surgery Faculty Development Fellowship
Christopher Hug, assistant professor of pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Hye-Chun Hur, instructor in obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology Fellowship
Juan Ibla, assistant professor of anesthesia, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Jason Imperato, instructor in medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, The Mount Auburn Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty Development Fellowship
Kiyoshi Itagaki, instructor in surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Surgery Fellowship
Vanitha Janakiraman, instructor in obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Dorothy Rackemann Fellowship established by the Vincent Memorial Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital
Stephanie Jones, instructor in radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award
J. Keith Joseph, instructor in medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Minority Career Development Award
Ula Jurkunas, instructor in ophthalmology, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Alice J. Adler Fellowship of the Schepens Eye Research Institute
Gabriel Kreiman, assistant professor of ophthalmology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Patricia Kritek, instructor in medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, James H. and Susan M. Jackson Academy Fellowship
Lalit Kumar, instructor in pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Regina LaRocque, instructor in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award
Richard Lee, instructor in surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Xin Li, instructor in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award
Tina Lusignolo, instructor in psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education
Keith Marill, assistant professor of medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Maitreyi Mazumdar, instructor in neurology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Boston, Department of Neurology, Faculty Development Fellowship
Leslie Morse, instructor in physical medicine and rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Fellowship
Beth Murphy, clinical instructor in psychiatry, McLean Hospital, McLean Hospital Fellowship
Trista North, research fellow in pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Postdoctoral Career Development Fellowship
Jinsong Ouyang, instructor in radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Radiology Fellowship
Danny Pallin, assistant professor of medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship
Adrian Priesol, instructor in otology and laryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Fellowship
Aruna Ramachandran, research fellow in surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Postdoctoral Career Development Fellowship
Audra Robertson, instructor in obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Foundation Fellowship
Rachel Rosen, instructor in pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Sarah Ross, research fellow in neurology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Postdoctoral Career Development Fellowship
Roopali Roy, instructor in surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Arturo Saavedra-Lauzon, instructor in dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Dermatology Fellowship
Anna Sablina, instructor in medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Fellowship
Steven Salhanick, instructor in medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Asher Schachter, assistant professor of pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Bettina Siewert, assistant professor of radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Radiology Fellowship
Laura Simons, instructor in psychology in the department of psychiatry, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Melanie Smith, instructor in obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Foundation Fellowship
Tara Spires-Jones, instructor in neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Fellowship in honor of Margaret L. Dale, J.D.
Judith Steen, assistant professor of neurology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Antonia Stephen, instructor in surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award
Lynda Stuart, assistant professor in pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award
Balachundhar Subramaniam, assistant professor of anesthesia, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Anesthesia John Hedley-Whyte Research Fellowship
Winnie Suen, instructor in medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Curtis Prout Academy Fellowship in Medical Education
Wen-Hann Tan, instructor in pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Rita Teodoro, research fellow in neurology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Postdoctoral Career Development Fellowship
Iphigenia Tzameli, instructor in medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dr. Lynne Reid/Drs. Eleanor and Miles Shore Fellowship
Richard Urman, instructor in anesthesia, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship
Richard Urman, instructor in anesthesia, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Morgan-Zinsser Academy Fellowship in Medical Education
Hiroko Wakimoto, instructor in pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship
Vanessa Wheeler, assistant professor of neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award
Andrew White, instructor in orthopedic surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship
Michael Wilson, instructor in medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Minority Career Development Award
Courtney Wiseman, instructor in psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge Health Alliance Department of Psychiatry Fellowship in honor of Elliot G. Mishler, Ph.D.
Jing-Ruey Yeh, instructor in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award
Xu Yu, assistant professor of medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award
The Distinguished Alum Award is annually presented to a former graduate of the HSPH Biostatistics Department who is working in government, industry, or academia and who has had a significant influence on the theory and practice of statistical science. Award recipients are invited to deliver a lecture on their career and life beyond the department for the primary benefit of students.
The recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Alum Award was Robert Strawderman of Cornell University. Receiving the award in previous years were Masahiro Takeuchi of the Kitasato University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Daniel Siegel, a 1961 Harvard alum.
Nominations for the award, to be given in May/June 2009, should be sent to the Distinguished Award Committee, Dept. of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115. Nominations should include a letter describing the contributions of the candidate, specifically highlighting the criteria for the award, and curriculum vitae. Supporting letters and materials are welcome but not required. For more information on the award and its criteria, contact Shaina Andelman at 617-432-7449 or sandelma@hsph.harvard.edu.
The deadline for submission of nominations is Jan. 31, 2009.
Though he died in 2005, Stanley Korsmeyer still brings people together. At the Nov. 14 reception for the Stanley J. Korsmeyer Professorship in Medicine at HMS and the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Dean Jeffrey Flier quoted Robert Horvitz of MIT, who said, “Stan was everybody’s hero as a scientist and a human being.” It is in this spirit that we celebrate the chair, Flier said. A former fellow in Korsmeyer’s lab, Scott Armstrong, now an HMS assistant professor of pediatrics at DFCI, attested to Korsmeyer’s mentorship. He recounted that when his father was dying of glioblastoma, Korsmeyer, upon hearing the news, wrote a long letter to Armstrong’s parents telling them what a wonderful son they had. Armstrong held up a copy of the letter his mother had sent him. “She wouldn’t give me the original,” he said.
In his talk, Edward Benz, president and CEO of Dana–Farber, called Korsmeyer and first incumbent Bruce Spiegelman “super elite scientists.” He suggested that there was a poetic balance between the two, Korsmeyer changing the scientific worldview of programmed cell death and Spiegelman of energy metabolism. A longtime friend of Spiegelman’s, Flier said one of the most enjoyable moments of his deanship was signing the paper requesting that Spiegelman become the first Korsmeyer professor.
Spiegelman also paid tribute to Korsmeyer in his remarks, describing Korsmeyer’s nurturing approach to science and to people. “It’s a bittersweet day, but it’s a joyous thing that there will be a Korsmeyer professorship 50 years and 100 years from now,” Spiegelman said.
Korsmeyer’s widow, Susan, completed the speaking program thanking the many people who helped establish the professorship. She commented on her late husband’s capacity to draw out the best in those around him. It is only a matter of time, she said, before drugs based on his research will enter clinical trials.
Pictured at the ceremony are (from left) Edward Benz, Bruce Spiegelman, Jeffrey Flier, and Susan Korsmeyer.
The American Epilepsy Society (AES) presented three HMS faculty members with awards earlier this month at the annual meeting in Seattle. Two HMS faculty members recieved the Milken Family Foundation Early Career Physician Scientist Award, which encourages the development of new therapies for epilepsy by providing research training for physicians early in their careers. The recipients from HMS are Autumn Klein and Tobias Loddenkemper. Klein, an instructor in neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, received a grant for her project titled “Obstetrical and Neurological Complications in Women with Epilepsy: A Prospective Study.” Klein is mentored by Edward Bromfield, HMS associate professor of neurology at BWH. Loddenkemper, an instructor in neurology at Children’s Hospital Boston, was chosen for his project titled, “Glutamate and GABA Receptor Subunit Changes During Status Epilepticus in Children.” He is mentored by Frances Jensen, HMS professor of neurology at CHB. The awards are in the amount of $50,000 each.
In addition, Jensen herself received the 2008 Epilepsy Research Recognition Award for Basic Science. She was recognized for creative, pioneering, and original work that contributes to the understanding and treatment of epilepsy. Jensen has identified unique mechanisms involved in seizure activity and injury in the developing brain, leading to new candidate therapies now in development for clinical trials in newborns.
Enders Professorship Advances Work in Pediatric Infectious DiseaseOpening the Oct. 14 celebration of the John F. Enders Professorship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at HMS and Children’s Hospital Boston, HMS dean Jeffrey Flier called the late John Enders “truly legendary, particularly for his work on poliomyelitis for which he won the Nobel Prize.” A former faculty member at Children’s, Enders became University Professor emeritus of bacteriology and immunology at HMS. Before introducing the next speaker, Flier praised first incumbent Michael Wessels for his achievements in related research.
In his turn at the mike, Gary Fleisher, chair of the Department of Medicine at Children’s, paraphrased his son’s joyful response to a gift he had received when he was 6, saying, “This is one of the happiest days of my chairmanship.” He said that support from former HMS faculty member Porter Anderson, professor emeritus at the University of Rochester, had made the new professorship possible. He then described some of the vaccine investigations conducted by Anderson and Wessels, explaining that Wessels had developed the concept of molecular mimicry, by which similarity in the genetic sequence of self- and foreign peptides may result in an autoimmune response. According to Fleisher, “This was a fantastic discovery” that contributed to the development of vaccines for Group B streptococcus.
In his remarks, Wessels said, “I am deeply honored to be the first incumbent of the Enders chair.” He added that it was particularly humbling to be the first incumbent of a chair named after one of the giants of infectious disease research and supported by another of the giants, Porter Anderson.
Anderson (left) and Wessels are shown above at the celebration.
The Association of American Medical Colleges has awarded five $5,000 scholarships to outstanding third-year medical students who have demonstrated leadership in addressing the educational, societal, and healthcare needs of minorities, including one to HMS student Aretha Delight Davis, member of the Class of 2010. Davis accepted the award at the AAMC’s annual meeting in November.
The St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired has awarded Claes Dohlman, HMS professor emeritus of ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, the society’s Leslie Dana Gold Medal. Dohlman was presented with the award at the society’s 97th Anniversary Recognition Dinner in St. Louis in September. He was recognized for his pioneering work in corneal science and surgical techniques and for his leadership roles at HMS and MEEI.
Patricia Donahoe, the Marshall K. Bartlett professor of surgery at HMS and Massachusetts General Hospital, was named as the dedicatee of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) 2008 Owen H. Wangensteen Surgical Forum Program at the College’s 94th annual Clinical Congress in San Francisco in October. The first woman to receive this dedication by the Surgical Forum Committee, Donahoe was honored for her contributions as a clinician, researcher, mentor, and teacher. Each year, the ACS dedicates its Surgical Forum, a volume of published research-in-progress abstracts, to a notable surgeon for his or her contribution to the surgical profession.
C. Ronald Kahn, the Mary K. Iacocca professor of medicine at HMS and head of Joslin Diabetes Center’s Section on Obesity and Hormone Action, has been named the first winner of the Manpei Suzuki International Prize for Diabetes Research. Kahn was selected to receive the inaugural award in recognition of his many contributions to diabetes research over the past three decades, from the discovery of the basic mechanism for how insulin receptors produce a signal in cells to increase their metabolism to alterations in this signaling process in diabetes and other disease states.
The Society for Medical Decision Making presented the Career Achievement Award to Barbara McNeil, head of the HMS Department of Health Care Policy, at its annual meeting in October. McNeil, who is also the Ridley Watts professor of health care policy, received the award in recognition of her seminal research in medical decision-making.
J. Rodrigo Mora, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, has received two awards: a Howard M. Goodman Fellowship ($300,000 over two years), which is given annually to only one investigator at MGH, and a New Investigator grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center ($300,000 over three years). Mora’s research focuses on understanding the impact of leukocyte trafficking in gastrointestinal and systemic immunity and its implications for normal and pathological immune responses.
Steven Schachter, HMS professor of neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has been elected president of the American Epilepsy Society (AES). The AES is the society of medical professionals and scientists who study and treat epilepsy. Schachter also serves as director of neurotechnology at the Center for Integration of Medicine and Integrative Technology and as director of research in the Neurology Department at BID.
I. David Todres, professor of pediatrics (an-esthesia) and a pioneer in neonatal and critical care medicine, died on Sep. 26, after a long illness. He was 73.
Todres received his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, in 1954 and 1958, respectively. After completing his medical training at hospitals in South Africa and England, Todres held appointments at the Red Cross Children’s and Groote Schuur hospitals in Cape Town and the Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in New York.
In 1970 he was appointed assistant professor of anesthesiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. A year later, he joined HMS as an instructor in anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital and as the associate director of the Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care units, where he also served as director from 1978 to 1998.
He was appointed assistant professor at HMS in 1975, promoted to associate professor in 1982, and promoted to professor of pediatrics (anesthesia) in 2000. He remained at MGH throughout his career, serving in a variety of roles as a pediatrician and anesthetist.
Todres is credited with developing and teaching numerous innovations in pediatric and neonatal intensive care. He is widely regarded as a founder of pediatric critical care medicine, and he personally trained many of the respected leaders in the field. He was internationally recognized as a leading expert in pediatric medical ethics and built MGH’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, only the third in the country.
He received prestigious awards, including the Distinguished Career Award in Pediatric Critical Care from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Christer Grenvik Memorial Award for Ethics in Critical Care Medicine, and the Presidential Citation Award from the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Todres is survived by his wife, Judith Sharlin; children, Rachelle of Malden, Nadia of Readsboro, Vt., Jonathan of Atlanta, and Hillel of Waban; grandson Nash; and brother Hymie Todres of South Africa.
A memorial lectureship, the I. David Todres, MBChB, Lectureship in Pediatric Medical Ethics, is being established at MassGeneral Hospital for Children to honor his contributions to the field. Donations may be sent to Massachusetts General Hospital, Development Office, 165 Cambridge St., Suite 60, Boston, MA 02114.
