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accolades celebrating members Christie Travelute Ammirati, M.D., named Pearson Award winner he Academy’s Council on Education has named Christie Travelute Ammirati, M.D., associate profes-sor of dermatology at Penn State’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, as the 2011 recipient of the Thomas G. Pearson, Ed.D. Memorial Education Award. The award was created to recognize dermatologists who demonstrate outstanding commitment to the Academy’s educational e orts through the development and coordination of educational programs. Dr. Ammirati was recognized for her work on the Academy’s self-as-sessment products. She was instrumental in development of the MOC products, which help the growing number of dermatologists enrolled in the American Board of Dermatology’s Maintenance of Certi cation-Der-matology (MOC-D) program to meet its requirements. “I am honored and humbled by this award from the Academy,” Dr. Ammirati said. “I would also like to recognize and thank my coworker, Dr. Jennie Clarke, who has worked tirelessly alongside me during the development of the MOC product.” Dr. Ammirati has served on the Academy’s Recertifying and Self-as-sessment Evaluation Task Force since 2002, as well as the Interdisciplin-ary and Postgraduate Educational Task Force. She was presented with the award at the 69th Annual Meeting this month in New Orleans. JOHN CARRUTHERS Members Making A Difference: Fred Miller, M.D. DERMATOLOGIST SHOWS SELFLESS COMPASSION FRED MILLER, M.D., is a physician who has long demonstrated self-less compassion and a spirit of vol-unteerism. Whether it’s providing specialty care to the uninsured at a Volunteers in Medicine clinic or sitting on the board of community organizations, Dr. Miller’s caring and compassion has caused his colleagues to stand up and take notice. He sits on the board of ve community organizations in Penn-sylvania — with causes ranging from elder care to early childhood education. Dr. Miller is currently chair of the Danville Area Community Foundation, a 10-year-old, $3.5 million organization which con-tributes grants to causes in the community. T “Our dreams and hopes are for a multimillion dollar foundation that will generate su cient interest to help meet the needs and emergencies within a growing community.” • In 2000, after hearing about an 11-year-old Jamaican child dying from a chronic blistering disease, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, Dr. Miller personally arranged, with Geisinger approval, for her to come to the U.S. for a “consult.” After che-motherapy and procedures, 11 years later, although blind with a tracheostomy, she has graduated from high school and college and is currently in gradu-ate school at the University of Pittsburgh, where she will obtain an MSW and then pursue a Ph.D. in counseling psychology. “I don’t know what the future holds for her but I know she will continue to make our world a better place,” Dr. Miller said. • Dr. Miller and his wife Joan were honored by the Red Cross in 2009 for their longtime community service with the Robert N. Pursel Distinguished Service Award. dw JOHN CARRUTHERS Media Highlight THANKS TO THE HELP OF ACADEMY mem-bers , print and broadcast media outlets throughout the United States cover der-matology issues daily. In a five-page ar-ticle entitled “Anti-aging Know-it-alls” in the December issue of Allure (circulation: 1,082,873), Leslie Baumann, M.D., Amy Lewis, M.D., David McDaniel, M.D., Roy Geronemus, M.D., Jeannette Graf, M.D., Fredric Brandt, M.D., James Spencer, M.D., Melda Isaac, M.D., Nicholas Per-ricone, M.D., Rhoda Narins, M.D., and Susan Taylor, M.D., provided their best anti-aging secrets and tips. To read other dermatology stories in the news, visit the Academy’s Media Relations Toolkit at www.aad.org/members/ media. KARA JILEK 44 DERMATOLOGY WORLD //February February 2011 2011 www.aad.org
Accolades
Christie Travelute Ammirati, M.D., named Pearson Award winner<br /> <br /> The Academy's Council on Education has named Christie Travelute Ammirati, M.D., associate professor of dermatology at Penn State's Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, as the 2011 recipient of the Thomas G. Pearson, Ed.D. Memorial Education Award. The award was created to recognize dermatologists who demonstrate outstanding commitment to the Academy's educational efforts through the development and coordination of educational programs.<br /> <br /> Dr. Ammirati was recognized for her work on the Academy’s self-assessment products.She was instrumental in development of the MOC.. products, which help the growing number of dermatologists enrolled in the American Board of Dermatology’s Maintenance of Certification-Dermatology (MOC-D) program to meet its requirements. “I am honored and humbled by this award from the Academy,” Dr. Ammirati said.“I would also like to recognize and thank my coworker, Dr. Jennie Clarke, who has worked tirelessly alongside me during the development of the MOC.. product.”<br /> <br /> Dr. Ammirati has served on the Academy’s Recertifying and Self-assessment Evaluation Task Force since 2002, as well as the Interdisciplinary and Postgraduate Educational Task Force.She was presented with the award at the 69th Annual Meeting this month in New Orleans.<br /> <br /> Members Making A Difference: Fred Miller, M.D.<br /> <br /> DERMATOLOGIST SHOWS SELFLESS COMPASSION<br /> <br /> FRED MILLER, M.D., is a physician who has long demonstrated selfless compassion and a spirit of volunteerism.Whether it’s providing specialty care to the uninsured at a Volunteers in Medicine clinic or sitting on the board of community organizations, Dr. Miller’s caring and compassion has caused his colleagues to stand up and take notice. He sits on the board of .Ve community organizations in Pennsylvania — with causes ranging from elder care to early childhood education.Dr. Miller is currently chair of the Danville Area Community Foundation, a 10-year-old, $3.5 million organization which contributes grants to causes in the community.<br /> <br /> “Our dreams and hopes are for a multimillion dollar foundation that will generate sufficient interest to help meet the needs and emergencies within a growing community.”<br /> <br /> • In 2000, after hearing about an 11-year-old Jamaican child dying from a chronic blistering disease, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, Dr. Miller personally arranged, with Geisinger approval, for her to come to the U.S. for a “consult.” After chemotherapy and procedures, 11 years later, although blind with a tracheostomy, she has graduated from high school and college and is currently in graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh, where she will obtain an MSW and then pursue a Ph.D. in counseling psychology. “I don’t know what the future holds for her but I know she will continue to make our world a better place,” Dr. Miller said.<br /> <br /> • Dr. Miller and his wife Joan were honored by the Red Cross in 2009 for their longtime community service with the Robert N. Pursel Distinguished Service Award.
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