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t m c » p u l s e | d e c e m b e r 2 0 1 5 36 36 ACCOLADES ROBERT ALBANESE, M.D., joins The Menninger Clinic as director of psychosomatic services and as psychiatrist for the Professionals in Crisis Program. Albanese is also an associate professor at the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services at Baylor College of Medicine. His clinical interests focus on combat-related PTSD and sexual trauma-related PTSD, as well as co-mor- bid conditions, such as addictions, mood disorders, thought disorders, personality disorders and neuro- cognitive disorders. Albanese is a graduate of East Carolina University where he also earned his medi- cal degree. He completed his internal medicine and psychiatry residency at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. ROBERT CORRIGAN, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at Baylor, has received a Houston Business Journal 2015 Best Corporate Counsel Award. Corrigan was the winner in the small legal department category. He was recognized in particular for his work on two complex joint venture agreements—one between Baylor and CHI St. Luke's and the other between Baylor and Miraca Holdings. Honorees were nominated by their peers and then a judging panel selected the finalists and winners based on submitted applica- tions, which included letters of recommendations from CEOs. RICHARD GIBBS, PH.D., director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor, was named one of 13 new Faculty Fellows of the Texas A&M University Institute for Advanced Study in rec- ognition of his trailblazing work in the field of genetics. The fellows will partner with one or more departments offering graduate degrees housed at Texas A&M or the Texas A&M Health Science Center. Additionally, they will provide resources for graduate students and funding to support visiting graduate students and postdoctoral researchers affiliated with the Faculty Fellows. JOSHUA RODGERS, M.D., joins The Menninger Clinic as staff psychiatrist for the Compass Program in the young adult and adolescent division. Rodgers is an assistant professor at the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services at Baylor College of Medicine. His clinical interests are behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry. Rodgers is a graduate of the University of Colorado- Boulder, and he received his medical degree from the University of Colorado-Denver. Rodgers com- pleted his psychiatry residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago. PHILIP A. SALEM, M.D., president of the Salem Oncology Center, was awarded the Supreme Medal of Excellence by FOEDUS, the Italian Foundation of Culture and Science, for 2015 during a ceremony in Rome, Italy. He has worked with the Italian Consulate General in Houston to help treat more than 500 patients from Italy as well as many other patients from around the world who come to the Texas Medical Center for treatment. Foundation chairman Mario Baccini said Salem was awarded the Supreme Medal for being a great physician, scientist and humanist. IVETT TAMEZ SHAH, was recently named assis- tant vice president by the Texas Children's Pavilion for Women. In her new role at Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, Shah will work with lead- ers across ambulatory services including Baylor Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Partners in OB/GYN Care, the Women's Specialists of Houston and Texas Children's Fetal Center. She will also oversee Patient Experience and Texas Children's International Services. RYAN WALSH, M.D., has been named the chief medical information officer of The University of Texas Health Science at Houston (UTHealth). After a national search, co-chaired by Kevin Dillon, senior executive vice president and chief operat- ing & financial officer at UTHealth, Walsh quickly emerged as the sole finalist of the search committee. In addition to his duties as CMIO, Walsh has an adjunct faculty appointment at UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics and plans to be a provider in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UTHealth Medical School. CHAD P. WICK, Texas Woman's University ambassador and founder of the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, has been named vice chair of the ACT Board of Directors. Wick has long worked to achieve equity and respect for diversity inside and outside education. Wick led the development of the Ohio College Access Network, which supports the college aspirations of more than 165,000 students each year, and assists in turning neighborhood schools into community learning centers. He has also served as president and CEO of RISE Learning Solutions, president of Mayerson Company and CEO of Southern Ohio Bank.

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