ADVISORY/Dean of Stanford Medical School Available for Comment After the President's Stem-Cell Announcement.News Editors/Health & Medical Writers ADVISORY...for Thursday (Aug. 9) STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2001 Philip A. Pizzo, M.D., dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine is affiliated with Stanford University and is located at Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and Menlo Park. , will speak to the media following President Bush's announcement tonight regarding whether to allow federal funding of embryonic stem cell Embryonic stem cells (ES cells) are stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of an early stage embryo known as a blastocyst. Human embryos reach the blastocyst stage 4-5 days post fertilization, at which time they consist of 50-150 cells. ES cells are pluripotent. research. Pizzo, a professor of pediatrics and of microbiology and immunology, became dean in April of this year. He has a distinguished career in medicine, and has pioneered treatment of the complications of cancer and AIDS in children. His scholarly interests have focused on childhood cancers and on the diagnosis, management and prevention of infectious complications in immunocompromised hosts. Prior to coming to Stanford, Pizzo served for five years as physician-in-chief and chair of medicine at Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. in Boston and as the Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor and Chair of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. . From 1980-1996, he directed the infectious disease Infectious disease A pathological condition spread among biological species. Infectious diseases, although varied in their effects, are always associated with viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites and aberrant proteins known as prions. service at the National Cancer Institute. In addition to his research excellence, Pizzo has also been an advocate of medical education. NOTE: The dean will be available in the courtyard outside of the Lane Medical Library immediately after President Bush's 6 p.m. announcement. |
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