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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Enrique J. Silva, MD Honored with Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Enrique J. Silva, Chief of Endocrinology
in the Department of Medicine, received the Robert Volpé Distinguished
Service Award from the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and
Metabolism (CSEM) at their annual meeting in October. This is the society's highest award and recognizes
both contributions to Canadian Endocrinology and to the CSEM.
Dr. Silva
was President of the CSEM from 2001 - 2003, during which time his accomplishments included several important changes in the Society's governance such as, the creation of several working committees, changes to the council, and
increasing membership participation in CSEM activities, as well as enhancing the annual meeting through incorporating both basic
science and practice, and capturing the full spectrum of the endocrinology field.
Dr. Silva has made significant contributions in thyroid hormone physiology, temperature homeostasis and energy balance research,
as well as to training and educational activities in
Montreal and in the McGill University community.
The late Robert Volpé was a great researcher,
teacher, and physician who mentored generations of young endocrinologists
from Canada and abroad.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Re-Accredited for 5 Years
The Residency Review Committee (RRC) for Emergency Medicine re-accredited
Baystate's fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine for five years at its
September 29 2006 meeting. This is a very strong endorsement of a young fellowship
program at Baystate, which began with its first fellow in July 2005. The
re-accreditation was in follow-up to the first site visit for the program,
which occurred in May 2006.
Our Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship is a subprogram of the core
Emergency Medicine residency program. The new accreditation will also permit
the fellowship to train fellows who have completed either an emergency medicine
residency or a pediatrics residency. Blake Spirko MD serves as the Program
Director for this fellowship.
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