Posted 11:55 pm Friday, March 12, 2010
Science Center’s Wallace To Give Lecture At International Assembly
University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler physician and researcher Dr. Richard Wallace has received the CHEST 2010 Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders Lecture by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), the premier professional society of lung specialists in the United States, officials announced Thursday.
Dr. Wallace, professor of medicine and microbiology at UTHSCT, specializes in treating people with infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria -- microbes commonly found in soil and water. Dr. Wallace has studied nontuberculous mycobacteria for 35 years and has published more than 200 scientific papers on the subject.
He and his research team developed the standard treatment for mycobacterium avium complex, or MAC, which once was rare but now is becoming more common. Board certified in internal medicine and infectious disease, Dr. Wallace called the award "an incredible honor."
"I believe the award reflects the quality of research and clinical care we have provided for patients with non-tuberculosis lung disease," he said. "It also acknowledges the support I have received from The University of Texas Health Science Center over many years for what was once considered an 'orphan,' or rare, group of lung diseases. That group of diseases is now more prevalent in the United States than tuberculosis."
Dr. Wallace will present a lecture during CHEST 2010, the 76th International Scientific Assembly of the ACCP, to be held Oct. 30 through Nov. 5, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
UTHSCT President Dr. Kirk A. Calhoun praised Dr. Wallace for his achievement, noting that only one in 16,500 members of the ACCP are honored with the award annually.
