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The University of Missouri School of Medicine presented its most prestigious awards on April 2, 2009, in Kansas City. The award recipients were honored during a reception and dinner at the Kansas City Club in conjunction with the Missouri State Medical Association’s annual conference.
The School of Medicine’s highest honor – the Citation of Merit – was awarded to Leslie W. Miller, MD, Class of 1974, whose groundbreaking research has resulted in new treatment innovations in the field of heart failure and transplantation. He is professor and chief of the integrated cardiology programs at Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown University Hospital and School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. He also serves as the Walters Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and Proctor Harvey Distinguished Teacher at Georgetown University.
The Outstanding Young Physician Award is presented to distinguished alumni age 45 or younger. This year’s recipients were Antoinette L. Laskey, MD, Class of 1998, a forensic pediatrics specialist and an assistant professor of child health services at the Indiana School of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, and Jordan D. Metzl, MD, Class of 1993, co-founder of The Sports Medicine Institute for Young Athletes at The Hospital for Special Surgery and an associate professor of pediatrics at Cornell Medical College in New York City.
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Alumni who have distinguished themselves through community service are recognized with the Distinguished Service Award. This year’s recipients were David A. Fleming, MD, Class of 1976; Timothy T. Kuberski, MD, Class of 1969; and John A. Mihalevich, MD, Class of 1970. Fleming is founding director of the MU Center for Health Ethics and a professor of health services management and internal medicine at MU. Kuberski is credited with pioneering the field of infectious diseases in Phoenix. Mihalevich is an active educator with the Cox Family Practice Residency Program in Springfield, Mo., and an organized medicine leader.
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Awarded to non-alumni, the Honorary Medical Alumni Award is given to supporters who have made special contributions to MU’s School of Medicine. This year two outstanding MU faculty members were recognized. Randall C. Floyd, MD, is director of maternal-fetal medicine and an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology. Harold A. Williamson, MD, is the new vice chancellor for University of Missouri Health System. He also is the Jack M. and Winifred S. Colwill Endowed Chair in Family and Community Medicine and led the Curtis W. and Ann H. Long Department of Family and Community Medicine for 10 years.
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Alumni also are encouraged to contact the office to make nominations for the 53rd annual alumni medical awards to be presented in 2010. Click here for nomination information and forms.
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