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Local Docs in National News Mary Colleen Bhalla, MD, earned Best Faculty Presentation at the Midwest Mary Colleen Bhalla, MD Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting in Toledo, Ohio. Dr. Bhalla, who is a member of the medical staff at Summa Akron City and St. Thomas Hospitals and Summa Western Reserve Hospital, presented her research entitled "Is the Needle Length of Current Epinephrine Autoinjectors Adequate for Intramuscular Delivery? A Novel Approach to Measuring Muscle Depth Using Ultrasound." John Chae, MD, director of Rehabilitation Research and Stroke Rehabilitation John Chae, MD at the MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute of Ohio has been elected as a new member to the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM), one of the highest national honors in the fields of health and medicine. A noted Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physician specializing in stroke rehabilitation, Dr. Chae has made many important clinical and research contributions including the use of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for reducing post-stroke shoulder pain and improving the upper and lower limb function of stroke survivors. With his election, Dr. Chae is 1 of only 8 PM&R physicians in the IOM out of a membership of more than 1,800. Bradford W. Fenton, MD, PhD, director of the Pelvic Pain Specialty Center Bradford W. Fenton, MD, PhD at Summa Health System, presented an abstract titled "Evaluating Multiple Clinical Measures in Chronic Pelvic Pain: Using Factor Analysis to Simplify Pain Assessment" at the International Pelvic Pain Society's (IPPS) Annual Fall Meeting in Las Vegas in October 2011. Dr. Fenton's presentation received the Best Abstract 2011 award. Thomas File, Jr., MD, chief of infectious disease service at Summa Health System, gave a presentation titled "Endpoints and Clinical Trial Issues in Hospital- Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia" to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee in Silver Spring, MD, in November. Thomas File, Jr., MD James Fitzgibbon, MD, director of Adolescent Medicine at Akron Children's James Fitzgibbon, MD Hospital and professor of pediatrics at the Northeast Ohio Medical University, has been awarded by the American Academy of Pediatrics the 2011 Founders of Adolescent Health Award for Community Leadership. The award is given to individuals who have done much in their communities to improve care for teens and educate pediatricians about the health care needs of adolescents. A physician for more than 30 years, Dr. Fitzgibbon helped establish Akron Children's division of Adolescent Medicine. Since 1980, he has also served as medical director of the Summit County Juvenile Detention Center. Robert Fox, MD, was inducted into the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Robert Fox, MD 2011 Volunteer Hall of Fame for Scientific Researchers on November 3 at the Society's National Conference in Dallas, Texas. He was one of four individuals selected for this national honor in recognition of his work and longtime commitment to helping people with MS. Dr. Fox has been part of the interdisciplinary team at the Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation since 2000. He serves as Mellen Center's staff neurologist and serves as the principal investigator of several MS-related research projects, including three Society-funded grants. 16 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton MD NEWS MDNEWS.COM JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2012