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Cardiology specialist appointed chair
Anne B. Curtis, professor of medicine, chief of the Division of Cardiology and director of Cardiovascular Services at the University of South Florida, has been appointed the inaugural Mary and Charles Bauer Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Curtis, who will join the UB faculty in September, replaces Alan Saltzman, who is stepping down after five years as chair.
In making the announcement, Michael Cain, dean of the UB medical school, said Curtis has all the skills needed to move the department forward, including expanding its basic and clinical research programs to fulfill UB 2020’s strategic goals, and working collaboratively with UB’s hospital partners to build the department's clinical services.
“Dr. Curtis is that rare individual who is an innovative applied clinical investigator, a world-class clinical cardiac electrophysiologist, an exceptional educator and a recognized leader in academic medicine,” Cain said.
“During the past 24 years, she has developed an internationally recognized effort in investigative clinical cardiac electrophysiology. Most of her 110 peer-reviewed manuscripts pertain to work that has significantly enhanced our knowledge in many areas of human cardiac electrophysiology and heart-rhythm abnormalities.”
Curtis earned her medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1979, and did her residency in internal medicine at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
She went on to complete fellowships in cardiovascular disease and clinical and investigative cardiac electrophysiology at Duke University Medical Center.
Prior to her appointment at the University of South Florida, Curtis spent 19 years teaching and practicing at the University of Florida-Gainesville, and directing its clinical, investigative and mentored-educational programs in cardiac electrophysiology. She also was staff physician and director of the pacemaker service at the VA Medical Center in Gainesville from 1986-96.
She has been principal investigator, co-investigator, sponsor or steering committee member on 85 research studies and clinical trials, and has written more than 113 book chapters, reviews and editorials. She also is author of a book on cardiac pacing.
Curtis is active in many national and international scientific organizations, most notably as a past president of the Heart Rhythm Society and a former chair of the Food and Drug Administration's Circulatory System Devices Panel.
She currently serves on the board of directors of the Stanley Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation and on the American Board of Internal Medicine’s subspecialty board on cardiovascular diseases. She also is a member of the Association of University Cardiologists.
Sign up for ‘Football 101’
“Women’s Football 101,” a class designed to teach female football neophytes the fundamentals of the sport, will be held from 5:30-9 p.m. July 27 in UB Stadium.
The course, which will touch on such topics as including officiating, food and fashion, will be led by Shannon Quinn, wife of new UB head football coach Jeff Quinn, and members of the UB coaching staff.
The cost of the event is $20, and proceeds will benefit the Breast Cancer Network of Western New York Inc. Participants will receive a gift bag, a tailgate party, opportunities to participate in raffles and two tickets to a 2010 Bulls football game.
To register, send an e-mail to UB-Football@buffalo.edu or call 1-877-UB-There.
Student organization wins merit award
The School of Management’s student chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) has earned the SHRM Superior Merit Award.
The award recognizes chapters for outstanding activities and programs that support the professional development of members, as well as the SHRM organization and the HR profession. This marks the chapter’s 29th consecutive year of national recognition.
The chapter was recognized for a number of activities, including hosting a variety of professional speakers and workshops; conducting an interviewing workshop for the school’s Entrepreneurship Training Program for high school students; developing and distributing a résumé book to assist members searching for jobs; publishing a monthly newsletter; and assisting and attending meetings for the Buffalo Niagara Human Resource Association.
“Our SHRM students are to be commended for the quality and scope of their efforts,” says Joseph Salamone, associate professor of organization and human resources and the chapter’s advisor. “Each of them contributes to our chapter’s successes and in so doing displays the skill sets and talents needed for successful careers.
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