Newsmakers - August 2015
Carr recognized with dedicated journal issue
Dr. Bruce Carr, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology who holds the Paul C. MacDonald Distinguished Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology at UT Southwestern, has stepped down as Editor in Chief of Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, a position he held for 15 years.
To recognize his long editorship at the journal, the new editors – Dr. Serdar Bulun of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Dr. Richard Legro of Penn State University College of Medicine – dedicated a recent issue of Seminars in honor of Dr. Carr. The articles in this issue were written by his former fellows and faculty.
A UT Southwestern faculty member since 1980, Dr. Carr leads the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship Program. Dr. Carr is internationally recognized as an authority on reproductive endocrinology and has been acknowledged for his contributions to research and training of specialists in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.
His clinical practice focuses on diagnostic and treatment options for patients with infertility or endocrine problems, including those associated with polycystic ovary syndrome. Dr. Carr has been active in basic and clinical research and has been awarded a number of NIH and pharmaceutical grants. The clinical topics he has investigated include hormone therapy and menopause, endometriosis, leiomyomas, and infertility, and basic research topics include the regulation of the expression of steroidogenic enzymes and the regulation of ovarian and adrenal androgen production. Dr. Carr is the author of more than 675 scientific publications and abstracts and the editor of four textbooks.
Dr. Carr earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and completed both residency and fellowship training at UT Southwestern. He is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.
Dr. Carr’s memberships include the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, and American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Chason inducted as American College of Radiology Fellow
Dr. David P. Chason, Professor of Radiology, has been inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Radiology (ACR). The formal ceremony was held in May during the ACR 2015 meeting in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Chason, who holds the M.R. & E. Hudson Foundation Professorship in Radiology, in Honor of Edward E. Christensen, M.D., currently serves as Interim Director of Neuroradiology. He also is Chief of Neuroradiology and Associate Residency Program Director for Radiology at Parkland Health & Hospital System.
The ACR, founded in 1924, is one of the largest and most influential medical associations in the U.S. The organization devotes its resources to making imaging and radiation therapy safe, effective, and accessible to those who need it. Its 36,000 members include radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists, interventional radiologists, and nuclear medicine physicians. One of the highest honors the ACR can bestow on a radiologist, radiation oncologist, or medical physicist is recognition as a Fellow. ACR Fellows demonstrate a history of service to the College, organized radiology, teaching or research. Approximately 10 percent of ACR members achieve this distinction.
Dr. Chason received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, where he also completed a general surgery internship. He then served a diagnostic radiology residency at the Henry Ford Hospital before completing a neuroradiology fellowship at the University of California Medical Center.
Lacritz elected 2016 President of neuropsychology academy
Dr. Laura Lacritz, Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, has been named President of the National Academy of Neuropsychology for 2016.
The National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) is made up of more than 3,000 experts in the assessment and treatment of brain injuries and disorders. NAN members work in the most prestigious universities, hospitals and private practices, and are at the forefront of cutting-edge research and rehabilitation in the field of brain behavior relationships.
Dr. Lacritz will serve a one-year term, and will remain on the board for three years as a past president.
A UT Southwestern faculty member since 1997, Dr. Lacritz obtained her undergraduate degree in psychology at UT Austin in 1989 with highest honors. She earned her doctorate degree at UT Southwestern in clinical psychology. Dr. Lacritz completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at UT Southwestern in neuropsychology in 1997. Her clinical expertise is in the area of neuropsychological assessment, with particular interest in working with individuals who have dementia, epilepsy, movement disorders, brain tumors, and head injuries. Dr. Lacritz’s research focuses on Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, movement disorders, epilepsy, and psychometric assessment.
Sherry honored with imaging gold medal
Dr. A. Dean Sherry, Director of the Advanced Imaging Research Center at UT Southwestern, received a 2015 Gold Medal Award from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine at the group’s 23rd annual meeting in Toronto.
Dr. Sherry, Professor of Radiology, is a Professor of Chemistry at UT Dallas, where he holds the Cecil & Ida Green Distinguished Chair in Systems Biology. He was elected as a Fellow of the ISMRM in 2011, and won the Gold Medal from the World Molecular Imaging Society in 2013.
He earned a doctorate in chemistry from Kansas State University in 1971 and joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 1991.
Zhang to hold Sanger Professorship In Oncology
Dr. Chengcheng “Alec” Zhang, Associate Professor of Physiology and of Developmental Biology, has been appointed to hold the Hortense L. and Morton H. Sanger Professorship in Oncology.
A Michael L. Rosenberg Scholar in Medical Research, Dr. Zhang is interested in studying the interplay between stem cells and cancer, and with immunity. His identification of novel growth factors for ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem cells has helped facilitate the development of new strategies for stem cell and gene therapies.
Dr. Zhang, who studied at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, earned his doctorate in 1999 at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.
