
A newsletter for research & medical education	August 2006

FEATURE
Doris Duke Award Recipient’s Research Focuses on Cost-Effectiveness

Michael Rothberg, MD, MPH Michael Rothberg, MD, MPH, a clinician investigator in the Department of Medicine, has received a 2006 Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award to study heparin prophylaxis in hospitalized general medicine patients. Dr. Rothberg came to Baystate in 2002..

He has published papers on flu, coronary disease, dysuria, and varicella, explaining his wide-ranging interests by saying he is drawn to what he sees most – common problems encountered by general internists. His focus, however, has remained the same since he started his fellowship in Medical Informatics - cost-effectiveness and quality of care. Continue...

FACULTY PROMOTIONS
Evan Benjamin, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine Continue..

Thomas L. Higgins, MD, MBA
Promoted to Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine Continue...

J. Enrique Silva, MD
Appointed Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine Continue...

Garry W. Welch, PhD
Promoted to Research Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine Continue...

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Contents
FEATURE
FACULTY PROMOTIONS
GRANT AWARDS
NEW PUBLICATIONS

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Eileen Kehoe, MD
Appointed Chair of the American Geriatrics Society's Resident Special Interest Group. The appointment is for 1 year.

Christopher Otis, MD
Elected to the Scientific Affairs Committee of
Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Otis will serve a 3-year term beginning July l, 2006.

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