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t m c ยป p u l s e | s e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 4 34 ACCOLAdES deAn B. AndropouloS, m.d., has been named anesthesiologist-in-chief at Texas Children's Hospital. Andropoulos, who is also a professor of pediatrics in the section of anesthe- siology at Baylor College of Medicine, leads a department of more than 50 fellowship-trained pediatric anesthesiologists who perform more than 35,000 anesthetics annually. Author of more than 50 peer-reviewed articles, 20 textbook chapters and two textbooks, Andropoulos serves in various leadership roles. He is the founding director and first president of the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society and the leader of the Pediatric Anesthesia Leadership Council Task Force on Advanced Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Training. c. edwArd coFFey, m.d., a neuropsychiatrist and health care executive, has been named pres- ident and CEO of The Menninger Clinic, one of the nation's leading psychiatric hospitals, effective September 29. Coffey will have a fac- ulty appointment at Baylor College of Medicine in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Neurology. A proven leader and collabora- tor, Coffey was most recently vice president of the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit and concurrently served as CEO of Henry Ford Behavioral Health Services and chair of psy- chiatry for the Henry Ford Medical Group. SuSAn totorelo emery, pH.d., has been awarded the Douglas B. Kirby Award for Adolescent Research. Emery is a professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health. She is also director of the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research as well as director of The University of Texas Prevention Research Center. Emery has more than 20 years of experience con- ducting research on risk and protective behaviors regarding adolescent physical and mental health. AnitA HuFFt, pH.d., mSn, has been named the new dean of the Texas Women's University (TWU) College of Nursing for the university's Denton, Dallas and Houston campuses. A TWU alumna, Hufft previously served as dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences for Valdosta State University in Georgia. She began her duties at TWU on July 15. A registered nurse, Hufft served as a pro- fessor of nursing and dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences for Valdosta State University since 2004. She also has held academic appoint- ments at Louisiana State University, among others. pHillip orlAnder, m.d., director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, has been named the 2014 Physician of the Year by the Houston Chapter of the American Diabetes Association. The presentation was made at the chapter's 2014 Wine and Roses Auction and Gala at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, which raised $500,000 for the fight against diabetes. Orlander is a distinguished teaching professor of The University of Texas System. He joined the faculty of the UTHealth Medical School in 1983, and was appointed division director in 1993. wAde r. roSenBerG, m.d., FAcS, a general and vascular surgeon at Houston Methodist Hospital, was recently named the inaugural recipient of the Rikkers Master Clinician Award by the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) at their annual meeting in Chicago in May. The SSAT established the Rikkers Master Clinician Award in 2013 to recognize an outstanding clini- cal surgeon. The award is presented annually to a member of the SSAT who exemplifies excellence in clinical surgery. Rosenberg has served in several leadership positions including acting chief of sur- gery at Houston Methodist Hospital and president of the medical staff at Houston Methodist Hospital. Bin S. teH, m.d., FAcr, professor, vice chair and full member in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Houston Methodist Hospital, Cancer Center and Research Institute has been inducted as a fellow in the American College of Radiology, one of the highest honors the ACR can bestow on a radiation oncologist/radiologist. Teh has contrib- uted significantly to the field of radiation oncology, including pioneering innovative technology such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy, image-guided radiotherapy, stereotactic body radiotherapy, accelerated partial breast irradiation and combin- ing novel targeted therapy with radiotherapy. elizABetH k. wilSon, m.S., was recently named the new director of development for The University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston. She began the job this summer and will report to Dean John A. Valenza, DDS. Wilson was most recently employed as vice president of resource development for Bering Omega Community Services, and she has worked in nonprofit health care development for 25 years, with a resume that includes the American Heart Association, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the American Diabetes Association and Cancer Counseling, Inc.