Briefs
Feigin receives Howland Award
Ralph D. Feigin, M.D., J.S. Abercrombie Professor of Pediatrics and chair of the department of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, is the 2007 recipient of the John Howland Award, the highest and most prestigious award conferred by the American pediatric community for lifetime contributions that have improved child health care worldwide. He will receive the award at the 2007 meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies May 5-8 in Toronto, Canada. Feigin is also physician-in-chief of Texas Children's Hospital.
Wheeler honored
Tom Wheeler, M.D., chair of pathology, has been awarded the 2007 George T. Caldwell, M.D., Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Society of Pathologists. The award is presented to outstanding physicians and medical scientists who exhibit the highest ideals in service to medicine, community and humanity.
