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++++++++++++++++ MEDBEAT +++ +++ ++++++++++++++++ + + MISSOURI BAPTIST NAMED FIRST CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY IN THE MIDWEST Missouri Baptist Medical Center has been designated a Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology (COEMIG) by the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL), the leading as- sociation of minimally invasive gynecologic surgeons worldwide, and Surgical Review Corporation (SRC). Program Director Scott Biest, M.D., and Missouri Baptist Medical Center are the first COEMIG designees in the Midwest. Missouri Baptist Medical Center's program provides women with innovative, minimally invasive surgical treatment options for hysterectomies, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, ovarian cysts, prolapse and other gynecologic conditions. Founded in April 2011, Missouri Baptist Medical Center's COEMIG program was the shared vision of Dr. Biest, Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at both Missouri Baptist Medical Center and Washington University, and David Weinstein, M.D., Chief of OB/GYN at Missouri Baptist Medical Center. TWO WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FACULTY ELECTED TO INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE Wayne M. Yokoyama, M.D., and Charles F. Zorumski, M.D., have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, a part of the National Academy of Sciences. Membership in the organization is one of the highest honors physician-scientists in the United States can receive. Yokoyama is the Sam J. Levin and Audrey "As physicians, we have so many unknowns coming our way... One thing I am certain about is my malpractice protection." Medicine is feeling the eff ects of regulatory and legislative changes, increasing risk, and profi tability demands—all contributing to uncertainty and lack of control. What we do control as physicians: our choice of a liability partner. I selected ProAssurance because they stand behind my good medicine. In spite of the maelstrom of change, I am protected, respected, and heard. I believe in fair treatment—and I get it. Loew Levin Professor of Research in Arthritis and professor of medicine and of pathology and immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In 2007, he became Director of the medical scientist train- ing program at Washington University, the largest dual M.D.-Ph.D. degree program in the country for students aspiring to become phy- sician-scientists. Also an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yokoyama is internationally known for his research on the immune system, especially into the workings of natural killer (NK) cells. Zorumski is the Samuel B. Guze Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology and head of the department of psychiatry. He also serves as Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Director of the McDonnell Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. His work focuses on communication between neurons in the brain, especially in the hippo- campus, and how neurotransmitters and neu- romodulators facilitate learning and memory. His work studying anesthetic drugs led to the recent formation of the Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research. The goal of the institute is to understand the roles of natural and synthetic neurosteroid molecules in psychiatric illnesses like depression and schizophrenia, and to identify neurosteroid targets that could lead to new therapies. MD News welcomes your press releases Professional Liability Insurance & Risk Management Services ProAssurance Group is rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best. ProAssurance.com • 800.492.7212 with related photographs. They are published at no charge on a space-available basis. Send to mdnews@charter.net. s