James. T. Willerson, M.D., president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and president-elect of the Texas Heart Institute, was elected President-Elect of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, of which he is a fellow, effective July 1. He was elected based on worldwide voting of Fellows of the Academy.

Dr. Willerson, who also is the Edward R. Randall III Professor of Internal Medicine and the Alkek-Williams Distinguished Professor at the UT Health Science Center, will assume the presidency of Texas Heart Institute August 1. He will become President of the Academy, July 1, 2011.

The International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Established by renowned cardiovascular scientists, surgeons and cardiologists, the Academy provides the organizational structure for the worldwide sharing of research and education information in the field of heart health.

Visiting scholars here to work with 3-D Conebeam Scanner

The UT Dental Branch has two guest scholars here for the next several months to work with Associate Professor Chung Kau, D.D.S., Ph.D., of the Department of Orthodontics. They are Marko Božič, M.D., of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Sherif Kamel, D.D.S. of Cairo, Egypt.  

Božič is a Fulbright Scholar and resident in maxillofacial surgery who will be at UTDB for the next five months. He will be doing research on 3-D analysis of the face with a goal of developing an atlas for the Sirona 3-D Conebeam scanner.  Kamel  is an international research scholar who plans to be here one year working on various research projects, including analyzing a database of 3-D facial scans to determine “norms” of facial measurements that correlate to facial attractiveness – a type of information useful in orthotics. 

Both Kamel and Božič are currently living in the Texas Medical Center and working at the Dental Branch from the 3-D imaging office.