The MD-PhD researcher

, MD , PhD TONI BRANSFORD , MD , FACC

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...

Prof Ismet Ceric, MD, PhD (1935-2017)

Professor Ismet Ceric, MD, PhD, was one of the last representatives of the recognizable Sarajevo Neuropsychiatry School in the former Yugoslav territory, which was founded by Professor Nedo Zec (1899-1971) in 1946/47 with professors Dimitrije Dimitrijevic (1900-1989), Josip Horvat (1911-1964), Salih Ridjanovic, Slobodan Loga (1936-), Dusan Kecmanovic (1940-2014) and others. He was born 1935 in ...

Jose Medina Pestana , MD , PhD , FRCS

JMP: After finishing medical residency training at the Federal University of São Paulo in 1983, I was offered a position leading a team aiming at increasing the number of kidney transplants at the same institution. At that time, less than 500 kidney transplants had been performed annually in the entire countrywith the vast majority retrieved from living donors. My previous experience had been s...

In memoriam: Joep Lange MD, PhD

Professor Joep Lange lived a life of profound consequence. One of the true leaders in our field, his life and work played fundamental roles in shaping and directing the global response to HIV/AIDS by any measure one of the great human, medical and public health movements of our time. Joep was a past president of the International AIDS Society. His killing, with his beloved partner and muse Jacq...