Stephen K. Hunter, MD, PhD

, MD , PhD TONI BRANSFORD , MD , FACC

Geoffrey A . Donnan , MD , FRACP , and Stephen

Lacunes are small deep infarcts which cavitate, producing “lacunes” (French for lake).1 “Lacunar infarcts” have been thought of as strokes caused by intrinsic disease of small vessels called lipohyalinosis, resulting from hypertension2 and diabetes.3 Contrary to this established dogma, the literature demonstrates that emboli are the cause of lacunes. Almost all of the histopathological evaluati...

Stephen B. Thacker, MD, MSc — 1947–2013

Stephen B. Thacker, MD, MSc, a retired Assistant Surgeon General in the U.S. Public Health Service, and recent Director of the Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services at CDC, died on February 15, 2013, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was 65. Dr. Thacker served with distinction in key CDC positions, including Deputy Director (Acting), during a career that spanned more than 36 years...

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

recipe for translational research in INDIA: MD-PhD or PhD-MD?

The current scientific scenario in India overemphasizes translational research without highlighting need to bring educational and training reforms that can enable such translational research. It is widely believed that there are two cycles of translation, namely T1 cycle which is characterised by bench to bedside approach and the T2 cycle which is characterised by bedside to bench approach. Bot...