October 24, 2003

MGH physicians changing the face of medicine

Susan Briggs, MD, MPH, of MGH Surgery, and Denise L. Faustman, MD, director of the MGH Immunobiology Laboratory, are being highlighted as two of the physicians in the National Institute of Medicine exhibit "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians." The exhibit, which honors the lives and achievements of women in medicine, will be at the Library of Medicine in Washington for two years and then will travel throughout the country. Briggs (shown below) was chosen to be part of the exhibit for her humanitarian and disaster work as the director of the International Surgical Response Team (IMSuRT), and Faustman is highlighted for her discovery of a new molecular biology approach for tissue and organ transplantation. The exhibit is meant to show how women physicians have excelled in diverse medical careers and to encourage females to enter the fields of science and medicine.

For more information about the exhibit, visit www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine