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UNC. In 1966, he joined the department as the director of the Pediatric Nephrology Clinic. His tenure as director of the clinic ended in 1971, but he continued to participate as a faculty member by providing clinical management for pediatric patients. He also served as a mentor and teacher in many areas of pediatric nephrology and was appointed director of the Pediatric Nephrology Outpatient Teaching Program. Dr. Conley is the only pediatrician to serve under all UNC pediatric chairs. For more than 30 years, Dr. Cross was a member of the UNC School of Medicine faculty. At the time of his death, he was vice chair of the Department of Social Medicine and professor of pediatrics and professor of maternal and child health in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Throughout his tenure, Dr. Cross was honored by medical students, colleagues and others in recognition of his compassion and empathy in the delivery of care. He received the annual Whitehead Lecture in 2011, the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Faculty Award, also in 2011, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Educators in 2010. Dr. Cross held many other notable leadership roles, such as director of the Preventative Medicine Residency program in the School of Medicine, interim chair of the Department of Social Medicine from 2007 to 2009 and director of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Alan W. Cross, MD, In Memoriam late Dr. Janet J. Fischer, the rst woman to receive the Thomas Je erson Award, who also served as a professor in the School of Medicine, teaching in the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. In 1986, the Newton D. Fischer Otolaryngologic Society was established by Dr. Fischer’s former residents in honor of his service to the UNC School of Medicine. Amelia Fischer Drake, MD, FACS, is the daughter of Drs. Newton and Janet Fischer. She follows in her parents’ footsteps as a physician and professor at UNC, serving as division chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology and recipient of the Newton D. Fischer Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Foust graduated from the UNC School of Medicine in 1955 and was the rst resident in the Otolaryngology Division at UNC Hospitals. He later opened a practice in Charlotte, N.C., and received the Distinguished Service for Medical Alumnus Award in 1988. Dr. Foust retired in 1998, but he remains active in the UNC School of Medicine Alumni Association. Currently, he serves as honorary chair of the 2011/2012 National Loyalty Fund Committee. In 1998, a year after he became dean and vice chancellor of the UNC School of Medicine, Dr. Houpt was appointed CEO of the UNC Health Care System, making him the rst dean to hold this three-part role. As dean, Dr. Houpt recruited 23 chairs and center directors, and he expanded the faculty from 981 to 1,370. The growth that is attributed to Dr. Houpt includes the creation of the Department of Genetics and the Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, which draw membership from the entire University, with an investment in growth and development of $245 million. Under his tenure, UNC Health Care also expanded with the purchase John W. Foust, MD Je rey L. Houpt, MD A longtime School of Medicine professor, Dr. Newton Fischer established the Department of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery in 1952. In addition to serving as chief of the department for more than 30 years, Dr. Fischer received one of the rst otolaryngology training grants from the National F I R S T Institutes of Health and was honored with the 1998: State’s renowned Thomas Je erson Award for teachﬁrst surviving set of quintuplets ing in 1984. Dr. Fischer was married to the Newton D. Fischer, MD, and Janet J. Fischer, MD, In Memoriam UNC born 1998 1998 Merger of UNC Hospitals and the clinical programs of the UNC School of Medicine creates the UNC Health Care System 2000 2000 2000 The state’s ﬁrst fetal surgery to correct spina biﬁda 2000 UNC Health Care purchases Rex Healthcare www.unchealthcare.org 11 http://www.unchealthcare.org

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