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Stanford Report, April 22, 2009

Medical center people

Anna Messner

Terry Robinson

Theresa Tacy

Shreyas Vasanawala

Anna Messner, MD, has been appointed associate professor of pediatrics at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, as of April 1. Her research interests include pediatric otolaryngology, particularly hearing loss in infants and children, and recovery after tonsillectomy. Messner also serves as vice chair of the Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery.

Todd Alamin, MD, has been promoted to associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, as of April 1. His research interests lie in minimally invasive spine surgery, alternative treatments for low back pain, the validity of discography as a diagnostic test, osteoporotic spinal fractures and new techniques for fusion surgery.

Terry Robinson, MD, has been promoted to associate professor of pediatrics at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, as of April 1. His research and clinical interests focus on pulmonary medicine and cystic fibrosis.

Theresa Tacy, MD, has been appointed associate professor of pediatrics at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, as of April 1. Much of her work focuses on pediatric cardiology. Tacy also serves as director of echocardiography at Packard Children's Heart Center.

Shreyas Vasanawala, MD, PhD, assistant professor of radiology, is the recipient of the Lauterbur Award, presented by the Society of Computed Body Tomography & Magnetic Resonance. His paper, "Faster pediatric MRI with compressed sensing," was chosen as the best original research in magnetic resonance imaging. Vasanawala is also co-director of the pediatric MRI program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

Jane Shannahan has been appointed service line administrative director for orthopaedics, core surgery, interventional radiology and urology, at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, as of April 20. Her new responsibilities will focus on growth strategies for these services. Shannahan, who has worked at SHC since 1992, will also maintain her role as service line administrator for psychiatry/sleep, while her clinical operational responsibilities will be transitioned to various directors and managers within the ambulatory care and inpatient areas.

Maxence Nachury, PhD, assistant professor of molecular and cellular physiology, is the recipient of a career development award presented by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and the American Association for Cancer Research. He received a $100,000 two-year grant for his work studying a candidate tumor suppressor organelle, the primary cilium, which may provide insight to enable therapeutic strategies for pancreatic cancer. It is believed that primary cilium plays a key role in cellular abnormalities. The award is in memory of Larry Kwicinski.