May 19, 2006

Robert Scully, MD, honored

On April 18, ceremonies were held at Harvard Medical School (HMS) to celebrate the establishment of the Robert E. Scully Professorship in Pathology. Scully served at the MGH for more than 50 years and edited more than 1,200 case records for the New England Journal of Medicine. He also was a founder and past president of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists.

Shown above at the ceremonies are the guest speakers (from left): Peter L. Slavin, MD, president of the MGH; Scully; Joseph B. Martin, MD, PhD, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at HMS; Robert B. Colvin, MD, chief of MGH Pathology; and Robert H. Young, MD, associate chief of MGH Anatomic Pathology