Des Moines University - Pacemaker Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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lfiiiilvl -..-. Ulf Suffice it for you to know ..... ,' Anyone who has ever asked Dr. Ramos a question knows that one of her greatest passions is teaching the science of clinical pathology. And certainly, everyone knows there is no one better qualified to do just that. Pacemaker 1983 Dedication Roche Ramos, M. . Dr. Ramos obtained her Medical Degree from Manila Central University in 1965 and since then has completed residencies in pa- thology at the Medical College of Georgia, Beth Israel Medical Center, and Metropoli- tan General Hospital. Before coming to Des Moines, Dr. Ramos held faculty appoint- ments at Manila Central University and Kan- sas City College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Ramos is currently an Associate Profes- sor of Pathology at UOMHS, is the Disci- pline Head of the Department, and is the Director of the COMS Clinical Laboratory. Among her many honors, which reads like a Who's Who of Medicine, Dr. Ramos was re- cently made a member of the World Medical Association, a prestigious honor indeed.

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N M MGRIAM . Diab Dr. Ishan Diab, professor of physiology and pharmacology, died November 1, 1982, at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Diab received his Ph.D. from the University of lllinois Medical School in 1967 and from 1968-1978 served on the faculty of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. In 1978, he joined the faculty of the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences as professor of pharmacology. A former resident of Riverside, lllinois, Dr. Diab served as chairman of the Riverside Mental Health Commission, lllinois Mental Health Association, and was a member of the lowa Academy of Science, The World Peace Through Law Center, International Who's Who in Education, American Men and Women of Science, The American College of Clinical Pharmacolo- gists and the Society of Neuroscience. Recently, he was appointed to the Grants Committee of the National Research Council in Washington D.CL, which functions as the allocation body for the awarding of national scientific research grants. He was the author of more than thirty publications in various scientific journals, including two texts, and was one of the early investigators of endogenous morphine like compounds called endorphins and enkephalins. Born in Jaffa, Palestine, in 1933, Dr. Diab became a humanitarian of international reknown. At the age of twelve, he joined the Palestine Red Crescent Society, a relief agency which provides medical care throughout the Middle East, and in 1974, founded the United Holy Land Fund, an international charitable organization providing relief aide to refugees in the Middle East. His most recent citation on this behalf occurred on October 22 in Montreal, Canada, when he was cited along with President Andreas Papandreou of Greece for his humanitarian efforts on behalf of the widows and orphans of Palestine.