F. Blair Simmons, MD (1930-1998)

Donald F. Steiner MD, 1930-2014: discoverer of proinsulin.

Donald F. Steiner, the A. N. Pritzker Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago, died at his home on Tuesday, November 11, 2014. He was 84 years old and had been a member of the faculty since 1960. Don was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1973. He revolutionized our understanding of t...

Elias Phocas MD (1930-2012)

We recently said our last goodbye to Elias Phocas, a distinguished gastroenterologist, teacher and friend. He faithfully and selflessly served Hellenic Gastroenterology for decades in a wide array of positions, including the Presidency of the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology, and Presidency of the Panhellenic Gastroenterology Congress. The manner in which Elias practiced gastroenterology se...

In memoriam: Theodore Leon Munsat, MD (1930-2013).

TheodoreLeonMunsat,MD,diedonNovember22, 2013, after a long illness that included a series of small strokes. Hewas 83 years old. Ted grew up in Vermont and considered it home throughout his life. He was buried in the town of Rutland. He left home to do undergraduate work in Michigan and then returned to Burlington formedical school at the University of Vermont. He trained in neurology at The Neu...

Statement Blair MacIntyre blair

The core focus of my research is on developing software tools and technologies to support the creation of augmented and mixed reality experiences (AR for short), especially the fundamental (and often subtle) problems that have made augmented reality systems difficult to design and deploy. In my research, I prefer not to focus on a specific aspect of AR software and technology (such as tracking ...

In memoriam: Stephen F. Lowry, MD, MBA.