Wake Forest Baptist
Chair Appointed to Board of National Trauma Institute
Wayne Meredith, M.D., chair of general surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, has been appointed
to the National Trauma Institute (NTI) board of directors.
An at-large member serving a three-year term, Meredith
joins a 24-member board comprised
of leaders in the trauma field and representatives of national trauma
organizations. Meredith was elected for his ability to inform NTI’s scientific agenda and public
policy work.
NTI is
a nonprofit organization that advocates for increased
federal funding for trauma research and research infrastructure to reduce death
and disability.
Wake
Forest Baptist Assistant Professor Selected for Leadership Program
WINSTON-SALEM,
N.C. – Oct. 17, 2014 – Annette Grefe, M.D., assistant professor of
neurology at Wake Forest Baptist
Medical Center,
has been chosen to participate in the 2015 North Carolina Medical Society
(NCMS) Leadership College.
Grefe
was selected based on her
contributions to pediatric neurology and her vision of leadership in the
changing context of health care. As a member of the 2015 cohort, Grefe will
represent colleagues and support
physician-led heath care reform.
Founded
in 1849, NCMS seeks to represent the interests of physicians and protect the
quality of patient care. The Leadership College equips participants with tools
to handle the changing health care environment and make a difference as a physician leader.
Wake Forest Baptist
Receives NIH Funding for Research Education Program
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. –
Oct. 17, 2014 – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
has received funding from the National Institute of General
Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue
its post-baccalaureate research education program.
One of several diversity-focused training activities funded
by the NIGMS, the program
provides one to two years of research, coursework and GRE preparation to
students underrepresented in biomedical sciences Ph.D. programs.
Part of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, the NIH is the nation’s medical research agency. NIGMS supports basic research that increases the
understanding of biological processes and lays the foundation for advances in
disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
Wake Forest Baptist
Recognized for Being Senior-Friendly
WINSTON-SALEM,
N.C. – Oct. 17, 2014 – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has been re-designated a senior-friendly institution by Nurses Improving Care
for Health System Elders (NICHE) for
2014-15.
To
receive this designation, Wake Forest Baptist demonstrated that it has
implemented strategies and methods to address issues specific to older
patients, improved patient outcomes and raised patient and family satisfaction
levels.
NICHE
is a nurse-driven program designed to help hospitals and
health care organizations improve the care of older adults.
Wake Forest Baptist
Professor Honored by International Society
WINSTON-SALEM,
N.C. – Oct. 17, 2014 – K. Bridget Brosnihan,
Ph.D.,
professor of surgical sciences in the Hypertension and Vascular Research
Center at Wake Forest Baptist
Medical Center,
has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Inter-American
Society of Hypertension (IASH).
The ninth
recipient of this award since its inception in 1997, Brosnihan was recognized
for her contributions to the mission of IASH through service, research,
teaching and training.
IASH is
a nonprofit organization devoted to the understanding, prevention and control
of hypertension and vascular diseases.
Wake Forest Baptist
Director Honored by National Organization
WINSTON-SALEM,
N.C. – Oct. 17, 2014 – Eben Carroll, M.D., director of the orthopaedic
trauma service at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, has
received the Howard Rosen Table Instructor Award from AO North America (AONA)*.
Carroll
was chosen by a national group of his peers who felt that he possesses many of
the same teaching skills and qualities as Howard Rosen whose passion for
education is well known throughout the orthopaedic community.
AONA
is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of patient care in
orthopaedic, craniomaxillofacial and veterinary surgery in North America.
*AO derives from the
parent organization, AO Foundation, which originated in 1958 as the Swiss study
group, Arbeitsgemeinschaft für
Osteosynthesefragen.
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