Mayo Clinic Trustees Recognize Retiring Members, Honor New Named Professors

Friday, August 08, 2008

ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees today accepted the retirements of two members and recognized three awardees of Mayo Clinic named professorships.

The board recognized and thanked John Dasburg and
Leslie Milde, M.D., who completed their terms on the board, a
30-member group of public representatives and Mayo physicians and administrators that is responsible for patient care, medical education and research activities at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., Rochester, Minn., and Scottsdale and Phoenix, Ariz. Dr. Milde was elected an emeritus trustee.

Daniel Berry, M.D., chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, was named the L.Z. Gund Professor of Orthopedics. Dr. Berry is widely recognized for his clinical contributions, extensive research publications and leadership in the field of orthopedics. He has served as president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, Mid-America Orthopedic Association and Mueller Foundation of North America and is a director of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. Dr. Berry has been elected Teacher of the Year by the residents of the Orthopedic Surgery Resident Training Program at Mayo Clinic and has participated in review and editorial activities for numerous publications, including the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. In addition, he has authored numerous articles, book chapters, editorials, electronic media, abstracts and letters and has won awards from both the Hip Society and Knee Society for research on hip and knee replacement.

Larry Pease, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Immunology and a professor in the Department of Immunology and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, received the Gordon H. and Violet Bartels Professorship in Cellular Biology, which was established by Gordon H. Bartels in 1983 in memory of his wife, Violet. Mr. Bartels founded the Gordon Bartels Company, a Rockford, Ill.-based company that manufactured specialty coatings for the can and metal decorating industry. The company was sold to Valspar of Minnesota in 1996. Dr. Pease is an internationally recognized expert in mammalian genetics, genetic engineering and molecular immunology. His work addresses a broad range of diseases, including cancer, multiple sclerosis and allergy. Along with his colleagues at Mayo Clinic, he is pioneering new immune strategies to harness autoimmunity for cancer therapy and to foster tissue repair in diseased organs.
Dr. Pease is the leader for the Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease theme and co-leader for the Immunology and Immunotherapy Program in the Cancer Center. He also is a member the Medical Industry Relations Committee and the Clinical Immunology Program Executive Committee. Dr. Pease is a two-time recipient of Teacher of the Year for Mayo Graduate School and received the Dean's Merit Award. He has mentored numerous trainees, is a member of many professional societies and has served on the editorial board of immunology and genetics journals. With four colleagues, he holds a United States patent for "Dendritic Cell Potentiation."

William Tremaine, M.D., a consultant and professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and director of the Mayo Clinic Office of Human Research Protection, received the Maxine and Jack Zarrow Professorship in Gastroenterology. Zarrow spent his career with his brother, Henry, in the petroleum industry. Their company, Sooner Pipe & Supply, and its related businesses were global leaders. The Zarrow family relationship with Mayo Clinic spans nine decades and four generations, and has included wide-ranging philanthropic support. Dr. Tremaine joined the staff of Mayo Clinic in 1981 and is a recipient of the Henry S. Plummer Distinguished Physician Award, Department of Medicine; and the 2007 Mayo Clinic Distinguished Clinician Award.
Dr. Tremaine is a member of many professional societies and has lectured extensively. He serves as a section editor of the journal Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and is a member of the Grants Review Committee of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. His primary clinical and research interests are inflammatory bowel diseases.

Named professorships at Mayo Clinic represent the highest academic distinction for a faculty member. Faculty are appointed to a professorship through nomination and endorsement of their peers and then confirmed by Mayo Clinic senior leadership. Appointed individuals are recognized for distinguished achievement in their specialty areas and service to the institution.

These professorships are named in honor of the benefactors. The gift funds, which may be unrestricted or focused on a specific medical area, are held in endowment. All income from the endowed professorships supports Mayo Clinic programs in medical education and research.

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