Eugene Schiff, M.D., Leonard Miller Professor of Medicine and director of the Center for Liver Diseases, presented the 3rd annual Dr. Robert Resnick Lecture in Clinical Liver Disease at Harvard Medical School teaching hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. In the Oct. 1 address, Dr. Schiff spoke about the "Prevention of Mortality from Hepatitis B and C." The lecture is held annually and is named after Dr. Resnick, a renowned liver disease specialist and associate clinical professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess.

Joan Muir, Ph.D., associate director of the Miller School's Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) Institute, led a training delegation to Sweden in September to participate in a conference to introduce the therapy model. The event was hosted by the Maria Youth Center at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and was attended by participants from Sweden and other European nations. Master trainer Michael Robbins, Ph.D., and senior trainer Monica Zarate, L.M.H.C., also made the trip and presented BSFT methods for implementing change, cross-cultural issues and current research. The BSFT Institute has been supervising a team of six therapists at Maria Youth Center since 2007.

Leo B. Twiggs, M.D., professor and chairman of obstetrics and gynecology, presented "The Human Immunologic Response: Lessons Learned from the Success of the HPV Cancer Prevention Vaccine," at the Ninth Annual Cancer Conference at the Aultman Cancer Center, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy in Canton, Ohio, in September. The event showcased presentations from nationally recognized physicians on new developments in cancer research and treatment.

Andrew Colin, M.D., professor of pediatrics and director of the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, hosted a three-day symposium on cystic fibrosis last month in South Florida. The conference attracted experts from around the world, including invited speakers on cystic fibrosis. Dr. Colin also was an invited speaker at the XIII Congress of the Italian Society of Infantile Respiratory Diseases in Naples, Italy. His presentation was on necrotizing pneumonia.

Sara J. Czaja, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and co-director of the Center on Aging and Joseph Sharit, Ph.D., research professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering, have co-edited a book titled Aging and Work: Issues and Implications in a Changing Landscape, which has recently been published by Johns Hopkins University Press. The multi-disciplinary work closely examines how organizations, jobs, and the workforce have shifted in recent years. Czaja and Sharit not only explain demographic trends, but also raise issues about practical matters, such as public policy, training, economic considerations and integrating an older workforce with rapidly growing technology.

Andreas Tzakis, M.D., Ph.D., professor of surgery and director of the Division of Liver/Gastrointestinal Transplant, was the senior author of an original article published in the August issue of the Annals of Surgery. The article was titled "Mass Clamping of the Hilum to Facilitate Difficult Hepatectomy During Liver Transplantation: A Single Center 10 Year Experience." The authors concluded that mass clamping of the hepatic hilum can be an effective alternative to classic hilar dissection in cases when the latter is difficult or impossible to accomplish.

Kenneth Goodman, Ph.D., professor of medicine and director of the Bioethics Program, edited a new book on the Terri Schiavo case, a watershed in the debate over end-of-life care. The Case of Terri Schiavo: Ethics, Politics, and Death in the 21st Century was published last month by the Oxford University Press and includes contributions by participants and scholars who examine issues related to litigation, faith, gender, and disability, as well as dissents from scholars in the bioethics community.

Robert J. Myerburg, M.D., professor of medicine and physiology, was the lead author of an article in the August 25 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology titled: "Indications for Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Based on Evidence and Judgment." The article was featured as a quarterly focus in the journal's "State-of-the-Art Papers" section. Agustin Castellanos, M.D., professor of medicine, was also one of the authors.