MT. LAUREL, N.J., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Transplantation (AST) announces changes to the 2005-2006 Board of Directors. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recently appointed Hugh Auchincloss, Jr., M.D., to the position of Principal Deputy Director effective March 1, 2006. Dr. Auchincloss served as AST President-Elect and was scheduled to assume the AST Presidency in July 2006. Due to the demands of his new position, Dr. Auchincloss tendered his resignation, prompting several changes within the AST leadership structure.
In compliance with the AST bylaws, the AST Board of Directors appointed Jeffrey Crippin, M.D., to replace Dr. Auchincloss as the new President-Elect. Dr. Crippin, formerly AST’s Secretary-Treasurer, assumed the position March 1. Dr. Crippin, Professor of Medicine and Medical Director, Liver Transplantation, Washington University School of Medicine, will succeed to the Presidency and the Immediate Past Presidency as if he had been elected by the general membership. Maryl Johnson, M.D., AST Councilor-at-Large, was appointed by the Board to fill the post of Secretary-Treasurer for the remainder of Dr. Crippin’s term. Dr. Johnson is Professor of Medicine and Medical Director, Heart Failure and Transplantation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine.
Dr. Johnson’s new position resulted in a vacancy among the Councilors-at- Large, which according to the bylaws, is filled by a successor appointed by the majority of the Board. David M. Rothstein, M.D., Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, was appointed to serve on the AST Board of Directors as Councilor-at-Large until the next annual meeting when a successor will be elected. AST’s annual meeting and elections are scheduled for July 2006 during the World Transplant Congress in Boston, Massachusetts.
Congratulations to Dr. Auchincloss in his new position and to all of AST’s new officers and Councilor-at-Large.
The AST is an organization of transplant professionals dedicated to research, education, advocacy and patient care in transplantation science and medicine. The society comprises more than 2,500 transplant physicians, surgeons, scientists and allied health professionals. For more information go to http://www.a-s-t.org.
CONTACT: Leza Raffel (215) 884-6499
American Society of Transplantation
CONTACT: Leza Raffel, +1-215-884-6499, for American Society ofTransplantation
Web site: http://www.a-s-t.org/
