Carlos Arteaga, M.D.
Medical societes honor four
Terence Dermody, M.D.
Gordon Bernard, M.D.
Alp Ikizler, M.D.
Four physicians from Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been elected into two of the nation's oldest and most storied medical societies — The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and the Association of American Physicians (AAP).
AAP inductees were: Carlos L. Arteaga, M.D., professor of Medicine, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and director of the Breast Cancer SPORE; Gordon R. Bernard, M.D., assistant vice chancellor for Research, Melinda Owen Bass Professor of Medicine and director of the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; and Terence S. Dermody, M.D., professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and director of the LAMB Center. The ASCI inducted T. Alp Ikizler, M.D., associate professor of Medicine and director of Outpatient Dialysis.
“It is very gratifying to see such outstanding physician-scientists being recognized at a national level,” said Eric G. Neilson, M.D., Hugh Jackson Morgan Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine. “All of them have made important contributions to American medicine through their superb work in scientific discovery.”
The ASCI, founded in 1908, has 2,600 physician-scientist members. Members are chosen based on their records of scholarly achievement in biomedical research.
The AAP was established in 1885 for the advancement of scientific and practical medicine. Members are recognized for their pursuit of medical knowledge and the advancement through experimentation and discovery of basic and clinical science and its application to clinical medicine.