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7:00 p.m., EST, Oct. 28, 2000

Duke's Snyderman Named AAMC Chair-Elect

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Washington, D.C., October 28, 2000 -- Ralph Snyderman, M.D., Chancellor for Health Affairs and President and CEO of Duke University Health System, is the new chair-elect of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the organization announced today at its 111th annual meeting in Chicago. Dr. Snyderman served as chairman of the AAMC's Council of Deans (COD) this past year.

Dr. Snyderman has overseen the development of the Duke University Health System, one of the few fully integrated academic health systems in the country. This integrated health system now provides an increasing continuum of care throughout North Carolina and beyond.

In 1987, Dr. Snyderman left Duke to join the biotech firm Genentech, Inc., as vice president for medical research and development and member of their senior leadership team. While at Genentech, Dr. Snyderman led the development and licensing of several novel therapeutics and supervised 300 staff members working in pharmacology, clinical research and regulatory affairs.

Since his return to Duke, Dr. Snyderman has led the transition of the medical center into an internationally recognized model for academic medicine. He has fostered major initiatives in clinical research, genetics, and the neurosciences.

Dr. Snyderman is the recipient of numerous honors, including the CIBA GEIGY Award in 1992, the highest prize for lifetime achievement in the field of inflammation research, and the 1993 Bonazinga Award for Excellence in Leukocyte Biology Research, presented by the Society of Leukocyte Biology. In 1997, he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arthritis Foundation. In 1995, Downstate Medical Center of the State University of New York honored him with their Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in 1995, and in 1996, with an Honorary Doctor of Science degree. He was the recipient of the Washington College Distinguished Alumni Citation in 1996.

Next year, Dr. Snyderman will succeed 2000-2001 AAMC Chair George F. Sheldon, M.D., the Zack D. Owens Distinguished Professor of Surgery and chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.

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