Featured Members
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Dr. Stephen R. Baker |
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Dr. Stephen R. Baker, an internationally recognized
author of radiology texts, is one of 13 faculty
members to be inducted into the university’s
Stuart D. Cook, M.D., Master Educators Guild.
Dr. Baker has been professor and chair of the
Department of Radiology at the UMDNJ-New Jersey
Medical School since 1990. He also has served
as associate dean for graduate medical education
since 2001.
The Master Educators Guild was created by UMDNJ
in 1999 to emphasize the value of excellence in
teaching, which is consistent with the university’s
strategic goal to continuously improve the quality
of its educational programs. The Master Educator
designation recognizes a long-term commitment
to excellence in education and demonstrated exceptional
teaching skills, creativity, scholarship and the
ability to motivate students and garner the respect
of their peers.
Dr. Baker earned his undergraduate degree from
Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., in 1964
and his medical degree (M.D.) from Albert Einstein
College of Medicine in New York City in 1968.
He did his post-doctoral training at Montefiore
Hospital in the Bronx and at the Bronx Municipal
Hospital Center.
He also earned a Masters in Philosophy (M. Phil.)
in geography in 1980 from Columbia University.
Dr. Baker joined the faculty in the Department
of Radiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
in 1972, advanced to the rank of professor of
radiology in 1987 and had been serving as acting
chair of the Department of Radiology for four
years when he left in 1990.
He research has focused on radiology management,
functional MR imaging, gastrointestinal radiology,
emergency radiology and public policy issues in
radiology. He has published more than 200 research
papers in peer-reviewed journals and authored
10 books.
He is president of the Society of Chairmen of
Academic Radiology Departments and editor-in-chief
of the professional journal Emergency Radiology.
Dr. Baker has held several leadership positions
over the years, including serving as past president
of the American Society of Emergency Radiology,
which awarded him its highest professional award
for his service to the organization. He received
an honorary doctor of medicine (M.D.) from Sriram
Chandra Bhanja in 2005. He also has been named
to Castle Connelly’s Best Doctors in
America.
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Dr. Michael Hampsey |
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Dr. Michael Hampsey, a widely recognized expert
in yeast genetics, is one of 13 faculty members
to be inducted into the university’s Stuart
D. Cook, M.D., Master Educators Guild.
Dr. Hampsey is professor of biochemistry at the
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and chief
of the Division of Nucleic Acids Enzymology. He
is also a faculty member of the UMDNJ-Graduate
School of Biomedical Sciences, where he has been
an active participant in the Molecular Biosciences
Core Curriculum.
The Master Educators Guild was created by UMDNJ
in 1999 to emphasize the value of excellence in
teaching, which is consistent with the university’s
strategic goal to continuously improve the quality
of its educational programs. The Master Educator
designation recognizes a long-term commitment
to excellence in education and demonstrated exceptional
teaching skills, creativity, scholarship and the
ability to motivate students and garner the respect
of their peers.
Dr. Hampsey received his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
degree in chemistry from the State University
of New York at Geneseo, graduating magna cum laude
in 1976. He completed his Ph.D. in biochemistry
at Purdue University in 1982 and did his postdoctoral
training in genetics at the University of Rochester
Medical Center.
He began his career as an assistant professor
of biochemistry and molecular biology at Louisiana
State University Medical Center in Shreveport
in 1986. He came to UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School as an associate professor in 1996
and attained the rank of full professor in 2002.
Dr. Hampsey’s current research on the
genetic analysis of factors involved in transcription
in yeast is funded by two grants totaling more
than $2 million from the National Institutes of
Health.
He is associate editor of the journal Genetics and
a member of the editorial board of the journal Molecular
and Cellular Biology. He also has served
on scientific review committees related to microbial
genetics and physiology at the National Institutes
of Health, American Cancer Society and National
Science Foundation.
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Dr. Bart K. Holland |
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Dr. Bart K. Holland, an internationally recognized
expert in biostatistical analysis, is one of 13
faculty members to be inducted into the university’s
Stuart D. Cook, M.D., Master Educators Guild.
Dr. Holland is associate professor of preventive
medicine and community health at the UMDNJ-New
Jersey Medical School.
The Master Educators Guild was created by UMDNJ
in 1999 to emphasize the value of excellence in
teaching, which is consistent with the university’s
strategic goal to continuously improve the quality
of its educational programs. The Master Educator
designation recognizes a long-term commitment
to excellence in education and demonstrated exceptional
teaching skills, creativity, scholarship and the
ability to motivate students and garner the respect
of their peers.
Dr. Holland earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
in anthropology from Columbia College in 1977
and a Masters of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree
from Columbia University’s Mailman School
of Public Health in 1979. He then studied population
based statistics at Princeton University’s
Office of Population Research and received his
doctorate (Ph.D.) in sociology and demography
from Princeton in 1983.
He spent two years in the pharmaceutical industry
writing new drug applications before joining the
faculty of the Department of Preventive Medicine
and Community Health at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical
School in 1985. He also teaches at the UMDNJ-School
of Public Health.
He has been the co-investigator or biostatistician
on more than a dozen federally funded projects
at the medical school, the majority of which were
focused on different aspects of HIV and AIDS.
He has co-authored more than 50 published research
papers, including an article in the journal Nature promoting
rigorous clinical trials of claims of herbal medicine.
He has authored two books, Probability without
Equations: Concepts for Clinicians,” and What
are the Chances? His latter book has appeared
in three foreign language editions. Dr. Holland
has also prepared English language translations
for two books by internationally acclaimed French
scientists.
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Dr. Vijay Rajput |
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Dr. Vijay Rajput, a nationally recognized expert
in medical education, is one of 13 faculty members
to be inducted into the university’s Stuart
D. Cook, M.D., Master Educators Guild.
Dr. Rajput is associate professor of medicine
at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Camden
and director of the internal medicine residency
program.
The Master Educators Guild was created by UMDNJ
in 1999 to emphasize the value of excellence in
teaching, which is consistent with the university’s
strategic goal to continuously improve the quality
of its educational programs. The Master Educator
designation recognizes a long-term commitment
to excellence in education and demonstrated exceptional
teaching skills, creativity, scholarship and the
ability to motivate students and garner the respect
of their peers.
Dr. Rajput received his undergraduate degree
in biology from Jai Hind College in Bombay, India.
He then received M.B.B.S. and M.S. degrees from
Bombay University and a diploma in medical law
and ethics from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
He completed his internship at Frankford Hospital
in Philadelphia and his residency in internal
medicine at Cooper University Hospital in Camden.
He joined the faculty of the medical school
in 2001. He is also a senior hospitalist at Cooper
University Hospital and chair of its ethics committee.
Dr. Rajput is a iplomat of the American Board
of Internal Medicine and a Fellow of the American
College of Physicians.
Since 1999, Dr. Rajput has also been the primary
attending physician for students and their families
who are uninsured at the health clinic at the
LEAP Academy School in Camden.
His professional expertise includes curriculum
development and clinical teaching. He received
an excellence in teaching award from Society of
Hospital Medicine in 2004. He was a recipient
of a grant from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation
to develop ethics curriculum and a program to
evaluate medical residents’professionalism
and communication skills when faced with a range
of ethical dilemmas.
Dr. Rajput has authored more
than 15 published papers on topics such ethical
issues related to
end of life care, language barriers in delivering
patient care, and delivered more than 50 presentations
nationally and internationally on medical ethics.
He is a member of several professional organizations,
including the American Society of Medical Law
and Ethics, and has been a peer reviewer for a
number of professional journals.
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Dr. Pranela Rameshwar |
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Dr. Pranela Rameshwar, a scientist in the field
of hematopoiesis and breast cancer, is one of
13 faculty members to be inducted into the university’s
Stuart D. Cook, M.D., Master Educators Guild.
Dr. Rameshwar, who has taken a leadership role
in designing approaches to teaching students,
faculty and the public about the emerging field
of stem cell biology and the research conducted
at UMDNJ, is associate professor of medicine at
the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. She has been
on the faculty since 1995.
The Master Educators Guild was created by UMDNJ
in 1999 to emphasize the value of excellence in
teaching, which is consistent with the university’s
strategic goal to continuously improve the quality
of its educational programs. The Master Educator
designation recognizes a long-term commitment
to excellence in education and demonstrated exceptional
teaching skills, creativity, scholarship and the
ability to motivate students and garner the respect
of their peers.
Dr. Rameshwar received her Bachelor of Science
(B.S.) degree in medical microbiology from the
University of Wisconsin in 1985 and her doctorate
(Ph.D.) in biology from Rutgers, the State University
in 1993. She did post-doctoral studies in hematopoiesis
at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School from 1993 to
1995.
Her research focus has focused on cellular
mechanisms that govern the production of healthy
and damaged
blood cells. Two of the projects among her current
activities involve a study of the interaction
between breast cancer cells and bone marrow
cells that promote the early integration of cancer
cells
in bone marrow; and the effects of anthrax toxins
on the adult and developing fetal immune system.
She has authored or co-authored more than 84
peer-reviewed published articles.
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