Dr. Ruth Gotian, chief learning officer in the Department of Anesthesiology and an assistant professor of education in anesthesiology, has been awarded an Honorable Mention for the #SheforShe Award at the 2021 Women in Medicine Summit. The awards are given to those who exemplify the qualities of perseverance, resilience, leadership and/or allyship in medicine. Dr. Gotian received the national award for her role in mentoring and sponsoring female physicians.
Dr. Massimo Loda, chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the David D. Thompson Professor of Pathology, has been appointed the editor-in-chief of Molecular Cancer Research by The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), one of the nine highly esteemed journals published by the AACR. Dr. Loda officially began his term on Aug. 1.