E. Christopher Ellison, MD, FACS, an esteemed general surgeon from Columbus, Ohio, has been elected to serve as the 2021–2022 President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons.
Category: Appointment

Queen’s University Belfast Academics elected to the Academy of Social Sciences
Two academics from Queen’s University Belfast have been elected to the Academy of Social Sciences.
Cunningham tapped as new chair for UCI Pediatrics and Senior Vice President & Pediatrician-in-Chief for CHOC Children’s
Following a national search, the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine and CHOC Children’s have jointly announced that Coleen Cunningham, MD, a renowned professor of pediatrics and pathology from Duke University, has accepted a dual appointment position as both the chair for the UCI Department of Pediatrics and as senior vice president and pediatrician-in-chief for CHOC Children’s.

‘America’s Medical School’ Names Dr. Louis Pangaro Interim Dean
Dr. Louis Pangaro has been selected to serve as Interim Dean of the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, “America’s Medical School,” at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). Pangaro succeeds Dr. Arthur Kellermann, who recently assumed duties as the Senior Vice President of Health Sciences at the Virginia Commonwealth University, and CEO of the VCU Health System in Richmond.

Huntsman Cancer Institute Leadership Announcement: Cairns Named Chief Academic Officer, Welm Named Senior Director of Basic Science
Today, Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) announced new leadership appointments for two long-standing cancer center members.