printable versionNew professors will oversee transfusion services, pediatric otolaryngology
BY JOYCE THOMAS
Lawrence Tim Goodnough, MD, was appointed professor of pathology and of medicine as of Aug. 1. He came from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He will be director of transfusion services and associate director of blood services at the medical school blood center.
He is a member of the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists and president of the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management. His research has focused on autologous transfusion, artificial oxygen carriers and recombinant factor VIIa.
He was first author of a New England Journal of Medicine article on a key multicenter study that showed the advantage of erythropoietin – a naturally occurring hormone that stimulates red cell production – for blood donation.
Goodnough received his medical degree in 1975 from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed an internship and residency at the University of Alabama and a fellowship in hematology/oncology at Case Western Reserve University. He is board certified in medicine, hematology, oncology and has an American College of Pathology Certification in Blood Banking.
Peter J. Koltai, MD, was appointed professor of otolaryngology and, by courtesy, of pediatrics as of Aug. 1. He came from the Cleveland Clinic, where he also led the pediatric otolaryngology section. He will serve as chief of the otolaryngology service at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
He is secretary of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology and on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology and The Laryngoscope. He is a member of the Politzer Society and a founding member of the Interamerican Association of Pediatric Otolaryngology.
Koltai is a medical illustrator whose illustrations often accompany his published work. His surgical innovations include Starplasty tracheostomy, power-assisted adenoidectomy and powered intracapsular tonsillectomy.
He received his medical degree from Albany Medical College in 1975. He interned at Albany Medical Center and trained in general surgery and otolaryngology at the University of Texas-Galveston. He became board certified in otolaryngology in 1981. He also completed a pediatric otolaryngology fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London.