Spotlight

Doctors Camellia Fituch and William Clark were co-recipients of the 2002 Arnold J. Rudolph Fellows Award. The two third-year fellows in the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program at Baylor College of Medicine were both thought to have reflected the attributes of Dr. Rudolph (1918-1995), in memory of whom the award is conferred at an annual lectureship in his name:

• an effective and understanding teacher to all levels of students,
• a physician who is deeply respectful toward all patients, parents, colleagues, nurses, students, and self, and
• an individual of the utmost integrity.

William Clark, MD, is a native Texan who graduated from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth. He received his medical degree from the AUC School of Medicine in Montserrat, British West Indies, and studied medicine for one year at the Princess Royal Hospital in London, England, before entering a categorical residency in pediatrics at St. John Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.

During his fellowship at Baylor, Dr. Clark pursued research projects focused on aspects of lung development, particularly inflammatory mediators that can serve as potential markers of lung injury in a premature infant. He presented his research at the 2001 American Academy of Pediatrics annual meeting and received The Young Investigator Award from the Perinatal Section of the Academy.

Dr. Clark also was active in educating medical students and residents. He participated in courses that teach second-year medical students physical examination of the newborn as well as the Neonatal Resuscitation Program instruction of incoming pediatric residents. Upon completing his fellowship in June, Dr. Clark returned to Michigan.

Camellia Fituch, MD, is a native of Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Wayne State University Summa Cum Laude in 1991. She received her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1996 as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Her internship and residency training were completed at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in 1999.

During her Baylor Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship, she was involved in studies characterizing inflammatory cytokines in preterm human milk, particularly Interleukin-10. Abstracts from this work have been presented at meetings of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, South Central Conference on Perinatal Research, and the International Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation. Also, Dr. Fituch was awarded two National Institute of Health Institutional Training Grants.

Upon completing her fellowship in June, Dr. Fituch moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.