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t m c ยป p u l s e | m a r c h 2 0 1 6 36 36 ACCOLADES ERIC BOERWINKLE, PH.D., has been appointed dean of UTHealth School of Public Health. Boerwinkle, a world-renowned genetics researcher and educator who has authored more than 800 scientific publications in top-tier journals, joined the UTHealth faculty in 1986 and has served as professor and chair of the department of epidemi- ology, human genetics and environmental health at the School of Public Health since 2003. He has also directed the Human Genetics Center at the School of Public Health and the Brown Foundation Institute for Molecular Medicine (IMM) for the Prevention of Human Diseases, which are a part of UTHealth. ROBERTO CASAL, M.D., assistant professor and director of interventional pulmonology at Baylor College of Medicine Department of Medicine, has received the Geoffrey McLennan Memorial Award for Advances in Interventional Pulmonology from the American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. Casal is the fifth and youngest person to receive this honor, which is awarded to mid-career physicians who are deemed by peers as likely to continue to make important contributions in the field. CHRISTOPHER SPENCER GREELEY, M.D., has joined Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine as head of the Section of Public Health Pediatrics and professor of pediatrics. Greeley is board certified in general pediatrics and child abuse pediatrics. He currently serves on the AAP Section on Child Abuse & Neglect Executive Committee, is the co-chair of the Texas Pediatric Society Committee on Child Abuse & Neglect and president-elect of the Ray E. Helfer Society. KALPALATHA GUNTUPALLI, M.D., professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, was named Master Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians in recognition of her exceptional leadership, consistent and enduring contributions to medical education and clinical practice, and advanc- ing the mission of the organization. Master Fellow is the highest honor of the organization, whose mission is to champion the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of chest diseases through education, communication and research. ABIGAIL NODLER, M.D., has joined the Menninger Clinic as a child and adolescent psychiatrist in the hospital's recently launched division of outpatient services. An assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral services at Baylor College of Medicine, Nodler is board certified in adult psychiatry as well as child and adolescent psychiatry. She received her medical degree from Texas Tech University School of Medicine and her undergraduate degree from Agnes Scott College in Atlanta. Nodler completed residency at the University of Alabama-Birmingham and also completed a child and adolescent psychia- try fellowship at Harvard University Medical School and the Cambridge Health Alliance. MICHELLE PATRIQUIN, PH.D., a McNair Neuroscience Postdoctoral Fellow at Baylor College of Medicine, has joined the Menninger Clinic as a staff psychologist practicing in the hospital's recently launched division of outpatient services. Patriquin specializes in assessing and treating childhood psychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, depression, ADHD and childhood trauma. She received her doctorate degree from Virginia Tech, completed a pre-doctoral internship in child and pediatric psychology at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, and completed a post- doctoral fellowship at the University of Houston. ZEENAT SAFDAR, M.D., has been named director of clinical research at the Houston Methodist Lung Center and director of pulmonary hypertension program at Houston Methodist Hospital. Safdar is a world recognized leader in pulmonary hypertension and serves on several committees and journal editorial boards. She has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians and Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute. FERNANDO STEIN, M.D., associate profes- sor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, was selected as president-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He was chosen by members of the AAP, which is made up of more than 64,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.