Several Wayne State University School of Medicine faculty members have been cited as "Health Care Heroes" by Crain's Detroit Business magazine. The magazine published its choices for exemplary achievement in a number of areas in health care in the Monday, Sept. 4 edition.

Cited as a Health Care Hero for outstanding physician achievement was Dr. Micheal Trese, clinical professor of ophthalmology and chief of pediatric and adult vitreoretinal surgery at Beaumont Hospitals. Dr. Susan Hendrix, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was given an honorable mention in the outstanding physician achievement category for her work as principal investigator of the NIH-funded Women's Health Initiative.

Dr. Seetha Shankaran, professor of pediatrics, received an honorable mention in the category of advancement in health care. Dr. Shankaran's recently published study showed that cooling oxygen-deprived newborns' body temperatures just after birth reduces the risk of death or disabilities in these infants.

Interim Chair of Internal Medicine Dr. John Flack, who was named a Crain's Health Care Hero last year, participated on the Crain's panel of judges.