Board of Visitors minutes June 10, 2005 | ||
GEORGE A. BELLER, M.D./BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB MEDICAL
IMAGING, INC., DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN
CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
WHEREAS, George A. Beller took his M.D. from the University of Virginia in 1966 and returned to the School of Medicine in 1977 as Chief of the Cardiovascular Division of the Department of Medicine; and
WHEREAS, in 1977 there were seven clinical faculty members in the Division, a number which grew to 33 under Dr. Beller's leadership; and
WHEREAS, the Division has become a national, and indeed international center for research and teaching in cardiology under Dr. Beller; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Beller in 2004 returned to full time research and clinical practice; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Beller and Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging, Inc., have collaborated in research for many years; and
WHEREAS, Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging, Inc., has made a generous gift for a professorship to honor Dr. Beller and his contributions to cardiology, particularly nuclear cardiology;
RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the George A. Beller, MD/Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging, Inc., Distinguished Professorship in Cardiovascular Medicine, to be held in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine of the Department of Medicine in the School of Medicine. The Board thanks Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging, Inc., for its support and generosity and thanks, too, Dr. Beller for his distinguished service to the University of Virginia.
Board of Visitors minutes June 10, 2005 | ||