Appointments

James R. Rowbottom, associate professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, was appointed chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He had been the interim…

Suzanne Rivera, associate vice president for research, was selected to serve on the national board for the Council on Government Relations. Her term begins Aug. 1. Created in 1948, the Council on Governmental Relations is an association of research universities involved in the development of all…

Anant Madabhushi, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, was selected to serve on editorial board for new Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. The journal will publish high-quality, peer-reviewed…

Fabio Cominelli, professor of medicine and pathology, was appointed as chairperson of the National Institutes of Health Gastrointestinal Mucosal Pathobiology Study Section. His term runs from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2016.

President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that a 1979 alumnus of the School of Dental Medicine will become its next dean July 1. Kenneth B. Chance, Sr., a professor and chief of endodontics at the University of Kentucky, will succeed longtime dental school leader Jerry Goldberg this summer after…

When Amy Backus starred on the basketball team at Ohio’s Vermilion High School in the 1970s, no college came courting her for scholarships. Congress had just passed Title IX, and the country was still adjusting to the idea of equal opportunity for women in education programs. Four decades later,…

Five Case Western Reserve University faculty members have been inducted into the 2014 class of the prestigious American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)’s College of Fellows. This year’s inductees include: Ozan Akkus, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; James…

Michael Pollino, assistant professor of civil engineering, was named the American Institute of Steel Construction Milek Fellow. The organization presents the award—formerly known as the AISC Faculty Fellowship—each year to a promising young university faculty member with expertise in the design…

Two dual-degree alumni, each internationally renowned in his field, have won election to Case Western Reserve University’s Board of Trustees. Steven M. Altschuler, the CEO of the nation’s top children’s hospital, and Geoffrey Duyk, the managing director of a leading biomedical and technology…

An expert in medical curriculum development who also participated in the development of a Johns Hopkins University’s medical education building is Case Western Reserve’s new vice dean for medical education. Patricia Thomas, a nationally recognized educator, author and physician, assumes her role…