Medical center people

Malcolm A. Bagshaw, MD, emeritus professor of radiation oncology and former Henry S. Kaplan-Harry Lebeson Professor at the School of Medicine, was named National Cancer Fighter of the Year. The prestigious award recognizes exemplary leadership in cancer research, treatment, education and patient care. Bagshaw will be honored next week in Salt Lake City at the 45th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. Bagshaw joined Stanford in 1956 and participated in the first use in the Western hemisphere of the linear accelerator to treat cancer. He is best known for introducing modern concepts of radiation treatment of prostate cancer.

Emmet B. Keeffe, MD, professor of medicine (gastroenterology and hepatology), received the Creighton University School of Medicine Alumni Merit Award. He obtained his MD from Creighton in 1969. The medical alumni award recognizes service to others through contributions as a physician and leader and dedication to improving the lives of patients. Keeffe joined Stanford in 1995 and serves as chief of hepatology and co-director of the liver transplant program. He is currently president-elect of the American Gastroenterological Association and will serve as president of the 13,000-member specialty society in 2004-05.

David K. Stevenson, MD, the Harold K. Faber Professor and professor of pediatrics and of obstetrics and gynecology, at the School of Medicine was named to the board of directors of the American Board of Pediatrics beginning January 2004. Stevenson, who is senior associate dean for academic affairs at the medical center and an accomplished independent investigator in neonatal biology, joins a panel of distinguished fellow pediatricians. Founded in 1933, the ABP is one of 24 certifying boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties. The ABP awards certificates in general pediatrics as well as 13 subspecialties and in conjunction with other specialty boards in four areas.