 Honors and Recognition 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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Press release from the USCAP: "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. © Copyright 2007 by The Society for Cardiovascular Pathology |