SearchPast Issues July 17, 2008

DeBaun named Ferring Family Chair in Pediatric Cancer and Related Disorders Michael R. DeBaun, M.D., has been named the Ferring Family Chair in Pediatric Cancer and Related Disorders at the School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital. The endowed chair was established by John and Alison Ferring of St. Louis through the St. Louis Children's Hospital Foundation. Watchful eye Physicians from Japan came to observe the mini-nephrectomy procedure, a minimally invasive procedure to remove kidneys, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Bradley named head of proton beam therapy center Jeffrey D. Bradley, M.D., associate professor of radiation oncology, has been named the first director of the Kling Center for Proton Therapy. Park receives Winn Prize, Society of Neurological Surgeons' highest honor T.S. Park, M.D., has received the H. Richard Winn, M.D., Prize, the highest honor of the Society of Neurological Surgeons.