Celebrating leadership, achievement and innovation in medicine, the fifth annual Pathfinders in Medicine Awards were presented by the Wayne State University School of Medicine recently during a black-tie dinner at the new Max M. Fisher Music Center , in Detroit.

This year's honorees include: Barbara Anderson, MD, of Detroit Receiving Hospital; Adnan Hammad, PhD, of ACCESS Health and Community Research Center; Natalia Tanner, MD, of Children's Hospital of Michigan; Vainutis Vaitkevicius, MD, of the Karmanos Cancer Institute; and, posthumously, Thomas Batchelor, MD.

Proceeds from the black-tie dinner benefited the Pathfinders in Medicine Fund, which is allocated annually by committee to support the School of Medicine 's greatest needs. Supporters of the event also have the option of designating contributions to specific initiatives within the School of Medicine.