Jack L. Titus, M.D., Ph.D.
Congratulations to Dr. Jack Titus! Dr. Jack Titus was awarded the 2006 Citation of Merit Award by the Texas Society of Pathologists.
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"Jack L. Titus, M.D., Ph.D. wins prestigious pathology society award"
Jack L. Titus, M.D., Ph.D., of St. Paul, Minnesota, has received the annual John J. Andujar Citation of Merit Award from the Texas Society of Pathologists.
Dr. Titus, the 22nd recipient of the award, was honored at the society’s annual meeting in January.
The award was established in 1998 to recognize distinguished service and teaching excellence among pathologists.
Dr. Titus, a 1952 graduate of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, received his postgraduate training in pathology at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota (1957-1961). He also earned a Ph.D. in pathology at the University of Minnesota under the mentorship of Jesse E. Edwards, M.D., a world-renowned cardiovascular pathologist.
During his career as an academic physician, Dr. Titus held faculty positions at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine (1961-1972) and at Baylor college of Medicine (1972-1987) in Houston, Texas, where he headed the Department of Pathology as the W. L. Moody, Jr. Professor and Chairman. Before his retirement, he directed the Jesse E. Edwards Registry of Cardiovascular Disease at United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, and served as a member of the University of Minnesota Medical School faculty (1987-2004).
Dr. Titus’ previous honors include the R. T. Hall Lectureship of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (1970), the Distinguished achievement Award of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology (1993), the Harland J. Spjut Award for Distinguished Scholarly Achievement of the Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists (1993), and the Service to Humanity Award of the United Hospital Foundation (2004). He also served as president of the Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists (1977-1978) and as a delegate to the House of Delegates of the Texas Society of Clinical Pathologists (1984-1986).
Dr. Titus continues to serve as senior consultant to the Jesse E. Edwards Registry of Cardiovascular Disease. The Registry, which is now housed permanently at the John Nasseff Heart Hospital in St. Paul, is a cataloged collection of more than 20,000 human hearts and 85,000 photographic slides that are available for study by local, national, and international physicians.
L. Maximilian Buja named executive director Houston Acadamy of Medicine-Texas Medical Cantre Library
HOUSTON - (Nov. 10, 2009) - L. Maximilian Buja, M.D., executive vice president for academic affairs at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, has been named executive director of the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center (HAM-TMC) Library by the Library's Board of Directors, effective Dec.1. Dr. Buja has served on the Library's Board for the last nine years, with one year as the Board Chair.
"The staff of the HAM-TMC Library and I are very excited to have Dr. Buja as our new director," said Deborah Halsted, M.L.S., M.A., the library's interim executive director. "He has offered the HAM-TMC Library valuable leadership for many years as a board m
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er and as chair of the library's Board of Directors. I envision extensive growth in our services during his tenure."
"I am gratified by the confidence placed in me by the m
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ers of the Board of Directors who represent major institutions in the TMC," Buja said. "The HAM-TMC Library is a unique institution that has enhanced the stature and reputation of the TMC and its m
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er institutions by providing invaluable intellectual resources to physicians, scientists, healthcare providers as well as the public."
"My vision as executive director is to provide leadership in accelerating the transformation of the HAM-TMC Library into a world-class and world-recognized biomedical information center at the forefront of the 21st century's electronic knowledge and communication revolution, while at the same time maintaining the traditional strengths and service commitment of the library," Buja said.
