Recent Achievements of Department

Recen         Tufts Medical Center Department of Medicine Achievements

“Best Doctor” in either US News and World Report or Boston Magazine

Allergy                   

John Ohman

Cardiology                        

David DeNofrio

Mark Estes

Carey Kimmelstiel

Marvin Konstam

Mark Link

Deeb Salem

Jim Udelson

Andrew Weintraub
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Endocrinology                 

Ron Lechan

Rich Siegel

Gastroenterology               

Moises Guelrud

Marshall Kaplan

Joel Mason

Joel Weinstock

Infectious Diseases            

Geneve Allison

Michael Barza

Helen Boucher

Debra Poutsiaka

David Snydman

General Medicine               

Dineli Ahearn

Richard Kopelman

Elisabeth Wilder

John Wong

Nephrology                       

Andrew Levey

Ronald Perrone

Mark Sarnak

Pulmonary                        

Carolyn Dambrosio

Erik Garpestad

Nicholas Hill

Alex White

Hematolgy/Oncology                          

Raymond Comenzo

Jack Erban

Andreas Klein

Hans Klingemann

Paul Mathew

Kenneth Miller

Hedy Smith

Kellie Sprague

Gary Strauss

Rheumatology                   

Robert  Kalish                   

      Honors and Positions of Leadership Over Past Few Years

                               Chairman's Office

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D. Sa   D. Salem              

1. Associate Chair of Publications Committee for Massachusetts Medical Society overseeing New England Journal of Medicine
2. Recipient of Paul Dudley White Award from the American Heart
3. Received Lifetime Achievement Award from Boston Business Journal
4. Lifetime Achievement Award from Tufts Medical Center

L.  Hu     

1. Elected American Society for Clinical Investigation
2. Co-chair, XIII International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and other Tick borne Infection Association
3. Member of the NIH/NIAID Lyme diagnostics workshop planning committee

J. Kassirer    

1. Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, New England Journal of Medicine
2. Visiting Professor, Stanford University, Johns Hopkins Medical Center
3. Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
4. Co-chair, Committee on the Development of the Third Edition of the Scientific Reference Manual
5. David E. Rogers Award of the Association of American Medical Colleges 

R. Kopelman

1. Head of University Program Directors Assembly in Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine. 
2. Member of National Task Force Overseeing Reorganization of Fellowship Application Process

R. Karas                

1. Editorial Board of Atherosclerosis
2. Established Investigator of the American Heart Association.
3. Chairman: National Molecular Signaling 1 Study Section of the American Heart Association
4. Member: North American Menopause Society Hormone Therapy Advisory Panel.
5. Ad hoc member of Vascular Cell and Molecular Biology Study Section; National Institutes of Health
6. Chairman, American Heart Association Committee on Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Special Populations

M. Barza          

1. Deputy Editor, Clinical Infectious Diseases

                                       Cardiology

D. DeNofrio            

1. Editorial Board of Journal of Cardiac Failure
2. Region 1 Representative to the UPTN/UNOS Thoracic Committee
3. Education Committee, Heart Failure Society of America

N. Estes                      

1. Editor: UpToDate Cardiology
2. Associate Editor: Journal of Interventional Electrophysiology, Heart Rhythm
3. Section Editor: Circulation
4. Editorial Boards:  American Journal of Cardiology, Pacing and Cardiac Electrophysiology, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Hellenic Journal of Cardiology, American Journal of Sports Medicine, American Journal of Hospital Medicine, Circulation, Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, US Cardiology
5. Member Association of University Cardiologists
6. Past-President- Heart Rhythm Society
7. Chairman-Council of Clinical Cardiology, AHA
8. National Committees: AHA/ACC/HRS Guidelines for Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator 2006; AHA/ACC/HRS Atrial Fibrillation Performance Measures (Co-Chair 2005-6); 2010 AHA/ACC Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines,
9. ACC Bethesda 36th Guidelines for Participation in Athletics
10. AHA Manuscript Oversight Committee, Council on Operations, Strategic Advisory Committee 2009-2012
11. Paul Dudley White Award AHA 2009

A. Garlitski             

1. Education Committee, Heart Rhythm Society

M. Homoud             

1. President of New England EP Society

C. Kimmelstiel

1. Editorial board of the Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

M. Konstam            

1. Past president of Heart Failure Society of America
2. Past President of Association of Professors of Cardiology
3. Member of Clinical Practice Guideline Committees for Heart Failure Society of America, American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association,
4. Consultant to US FDA
5. Past President of the Association of Professors of Cardiology

J. Kuvin                      

1. Chair: Learning Portfolio Workgroup, ACC
2. Member of Fellowship Education Redesign Task Force, E-Learning
3. Committee, Competency Development Pilot Program, ACC
4. Committee Chair, Fellow In-Training Examination, ACC
5. Annual Scientific Session Program Committee, ACC
6. Abstract Chair and Topic Co-Coordinator (General Cardiology: Hypertension,
7. Prevention and Lipids), ACC
8. NRMP Specialties Matching Service, Liaison for Cardiovascular Disease
9. ACGME Standing Panel for Accreditation Appeals (Cardiovascular Disease)
10. Laennec and Post-Graduate Education Committee, American Heart Associatiation

M. Link                   

1. AHA Emergency Cardiac Care Committee
2. AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support Subcommittee
3. ACC/AHA Consensus Committee on the Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
4. Heart Rhythm Clinical and Research Training Committee

M. Maron               

1. Editorial Board of American Journal of Cardiology

N. Pandian              

• Received Pioneer Award in Echocardiology from Mayo Clinic
• Member of ACC Annual Scientific Sessions Program Committee
• Named Lectures: “Natesa G. Pandian Lecture”, Saint Gennaro Hospital, University of Napoli, Italy
• “Natesa G. Pandian Oration”, Indian Academy of Echocardiography
• American Society of  Echo: Writing Group on 3D Echocardiography

A.     Patel                 

1. Editorial board: Congestive Heart Failure
2. Section Editor, Circulation: Heart Failure

J. Udelson              

1. Past president of American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
2. Associate Editor, Circulation
3. Editorial Board: JACC Imaging, Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports, Heart Failure Reviews, US Cardiology
4. Board of Trustees, American College of Cardiology
5. Editorial Board and Guest Editor of Journal of Nuclear Cardiology and Journal of the American College of Cardiology
6. Member of Association of University Cardiologists
7. Member of Association of Professors of Cardiology
8. Invited Member, FDA Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Panel 

Nephr                                          Nephrology

V. V.    V. Balakrishnan       

1. Member, Clinical Research Grants Review Committee of the National Kidney Foundation

S. Gilbert               

1. Tisch College Faculty Fellows program participant 2010-2011
2. Awarded the 2010 Milton O. M30 and Natalie V. Zucker Clinical Teaching Prize for Accomplishment
3. Awarded Excellence in Teaching Award from the 2010 Senior Class Tufts University School of Medicine       
4. Member, Medical Advisory Board of the National Kidney Foundation of MA, RI, NH and VT
5. Education Editor of the American Journal of Kidney Disease 

A.   Levey             

1. Editor in Chief of American Journal of Kidney Disease
2. Member, National Kidney Foundation Scientific Advisory Board
3. Chaired the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference on Chronic Kidney Disease as a Global Public Health Problem: Approaches and Initiatives.
4. Co-chair of CDC and Prevention technical expert panel on Comprehensive Public Health Strategies for Preventing the Development and Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease.
5. Appointed to an NHLBI Expert Panel on Hypertension Treatment Trial Initiative to make recommendations for a large-scale trial of blood pressure in nondiabetic adults, with special attention to CKD.

K. Meyer                

1. President-Elect of the National Forum of ESRD Networks
2. Member, Board of Directors of the Forum of End-Stage Renal Disease Networks
3. Member, Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee of the ESRD Network of New England
4. Member, Quality Management Committee of Dialysis Clinic, Inc
5. Member, Planning Committee for Patient-reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials of Kidney Disease-related Therapies. A workshop co-sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation and U.S. Food and Drug Administration

D. Miskulin              

1. Member, Quality Management Committee of Dialysis Clinic, Inc
2. Chair, Endpoints Committee for the HALT-PKD Study

R. Perrone                    

1. Chair, Planning Committee for Patient-reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials of Kidney Disease-related Therapies. A workshop co-sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation and U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationReceived Distinguished Faculty Award from Tufts University School of Medicine
2. PKD editor of UpToDate
3. Member, Medical Advisory Board of the National Kidney Foundation of MA, RI, NH and VT
4. Elected as Region 1 Representative on OPTN/UNOS Living Donor Committee
5. Appointed Clinical Lead of the Polycystic Disease Database Consortium

M. Richardson         

1. Chair, Editorial Board for Pharmacotherapy Self-assessment Program 7^th edition

M. Sarnak              

1. Ad hoc Reviewer for NIH NIDDK Study Section
2. Member, Annals of Internal Medicine Editorial Board
3. Member of the Cardiovascular Health Study Renal Work Group

L. Stevens              

1. Member, Kidney Disease Early Evaluation Program Steering CommitteeChair, Clinical Oversight Committee of the Kidney Disease Early Evaluation Program
2. Member, External Advisory Committee of the NIDDK-funded Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation Study
3. Member, National Institute for Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease: United States Renal Data System External Advisory Committee
4. Co-chair, National Kidney Disease Education Program Workgroup on Estimation of Kidney Function for Medical Dosage Prescriptions

K. Uhlig                  

1. Directs evidence reviews for the development of international clinical practice guidelines commissioned by the National Kidney Foundation

D. Weiner               

1. Deputy Editor in Chief: American Journal of Kidney Disease
2.                    Appointed to a 3-year term as a member of the American Society of Nephrology’s Dialysis Advisory Group 

                                       Gastroenterology

M. Kaplan               

1. Received Mentors Research Scholar Award from the American Gastroenterological Society
2. Master of the American College of Physicians
3. Section editor in Hepatology for UptoDate
4. Member: American Association of Physicians and American Society for Clinical Investigation

M. Guelrud             

1. International Editor, GastroHep.com UK
2. Member of the Board of the NE Endoscopy Society

J. Mason                

1. Member, editorial board, Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
2. Recipient of The Mary Swartz Senior Investigator Award from the American Society of Nutrition  
3.                    
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5. Member: American Association of Physicians, and American Society for Clinical Investigation, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

J. Weinstock           

1. Microbiology Section Editor, Journal of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
2. Member, American Society of Clinical Investigation;
3. Member, NIH Gastrointestinal Mucosal Pathobiology (GMPB) Study Section

                          Hematology/Oncology

R. Comenzo            

1. ECOG Myeloma Core Committee                      
2. Scientific Advisor, International Myeloma Foundation
3. Member, International Myeloma Working Group
4. Board Member, Amyloidosis Foundation

H. Klingemann         

1. Editorial Board of Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplant, Expert Opinion in Biological Therapy and The Open Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Journal

S. Levy                  

1. Member of National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
2. Editorial Board of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
3. Editor of  APUA Newsletter and Plasmid

K. Miller                 

1. Editorial Board – Leukemia Research

G. Strauss              

1. Member of Respiratory Core Committee, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

R. Van Etten           

1. Associate Editor:  Blood
2. Contributing editor for UpToDate;
3. Chair: Committee on Myeloid Neoplasia, American Society of Hematology

                             Endocrinology

M. Dansinger          

1. WebMD, Diabetes Doctor (Blog and Discussion Board Host)
2. NBC’s “The Biggest Loser”, Nutrition Doctor
3. Medscape, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity, , Former Editor
4. Inspire.com, Scientific Advisory Board Member (Online Medical
5. Community Forum)

B. Dawson-Hughes   

1. Advisory Board, U.C. Davis NIH BIRCWH Program
2. North American Menopause Society’s Award for calcium research
3. Franklin Institute’s Corson Bolton gold medal for excellence in research
4. General Secretariat and Trustees of International Osteoporosis Foundation
5. Past president and trustee of National Osteoporosis Foundation
6. Editorial Board: Bone, Osteoporosis

B. Fekete               

1. Editorial Board: Journal of Neuroendocrinology
2. “Lendület” award of the Hungarian Academy of Science       

A. Greenberg