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t m c » p u l s e | j u ly 2 0 1 6 37 ACCOLADES WILLIAM BRIEN, M.D., has been appointed interim president for CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke's). Brien also serves as vice president of Medical Operations and chief clinical officer at Baylor St. Luke's. As interim president, Brien will oversee the hospital's opera- tional performance and support the joint venture between CHI St. Luke's Health and Baylor College of Medicine. DENISE CASTILLO-RHODES, M.B.A., executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Texas Medical Center, has been named Nonprofit Businesswoman of the Year by the Houston Business Journal. In addition to overseeing account- ing and finance for the largest medical complex in the world, Castillo-Rhodes mentors young women at the University of St. Thomas and has traveled on mission trips to countries like Ghana and Guatemala to help build medical clinics. She serves on the board of directors of the University of St. Thomas, the American Red Cross Greater Houston Area Chapter and is the 2015-2016 chair of the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women campaign. FRANK G. MOODY, M.D., professor at the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), was presented with the 2016 ASA Medallion for Advancement of Surgical Care at the American Surgical Association's annual meeting in recognition of his seminal contributions to surgery. Moody, who helped battle obesity in the 1970s by promoting weight loss surgery, was one of the first bariatric surgeons in Houston. CHRISTOPHER T. RAY, PH.D., has been appointed as the new dean of the College of Health Sciences at Texas Women's University, effective mid-July. Previously, Ray was the associate dean for research at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) College of Nursing and Health Innovation. His current research involves geriatric health and finding ways to reduce the risk of falls, increase bone density and lessen the impact of chronic disease. Ray holds a doctorate degree in movement studies from the University of Georgia, and earned both a master's (in human performance and sport studies) and bachelor's degree (in exercise science) from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. SCOTT ROSENFELD, M.D., orthopedic surgeon at Texas Children's Hospital, has been elected to serve on the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) Board of Directors as a Junior Member-at-Large for the term 2016-2018. Rosenfeld is director of the Texas Children's Hip Prevention Program, which is a multidisciplinary program focused on the care of hip problems in patients from birth through adulthood. He also is an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. PHILIP A. SALEM, M.D., oncologist and director emeritus of cancer research at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, was honored in April by the pres- ident of Mexico for his lifelong commitment to cancer care worldwide. Among numerous additional accolades, Salem was recognized for establishing a program for Mexican oncologists to train in Houston and for helping Mexico build a scientific bridge in cancer research with the U.S. CHRISTIAN SCHAAF, M.D., PH.D., assistant pro- fessor at Baylor College of Medicine's Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, is the recipient of the inaugural Donald Seldin-Holly Smith Award for Pioneering Research from the American Society for Clinical Investigation. Schaaf was honored at the ASCI annual meeting and will deliver a scientific talk at the society's 2017 annual meeting. His research focuses on understanding the genetic and molecular basis of human cognitive and behav- ioral disorders. DORIS A. TAYLOR, PH.D., director of Regenerative Medicine Research and the Center for Cell and Organ Biotechnology at the Texas Heart Institute, was recently honored by the Mississippi University for Women Alumni Association Board and received a MUW Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. Taylor, who also holds graduate faculty appoint- ments at Texas A&M University and Rice University, is a dedicated educator with close to 30 years of experience teaching and mentoring undergradu- ates, graduate and medical students, as well as post-doctoral, engineering, cardiology and surgery fellows.

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