Dr. David M. Scollard, Chief of Research Pathology, Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana becomes editor of this JOURNAL with the first issue of Volume 71 for 2003.
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Dr. David M. Scollard, Chief of Research Pathology, Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana becomes editor of this JOURNAL with the first issue of Volume 71 for 2003.
A native of North Dakota, he attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, participated in an exchange program with Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, and completed his premedical studies at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine in Grand Forks, North Dakota, with bachelors degrees in chemistry, English and medicine. He then attended the University of Chicago Pritzer School of Medicine, graduating with M.D. and Ph.D. (Pathology) degrees. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Pathology.
Dr. Scollard served as a medical resident in the University of Hawaii, was a Lecturer in the Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong, and served as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology, University of Chicago. He then was Assistant Professor in the Departments of Preventive Medicine and Pathology of the Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine at the University of Illinois and simultaneously served as Field Director, Chiang Mai/Illinois Leprosy Research Project in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He next served as Assistant and then Associate Professor in the John A. Burns School of Medicine in the Departments of Pathology, Tropical Medicine, and Medical Microbiology in Honolulu, Hawaii, before joining the Hansen's Disease Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1993. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
His primary research interests are the early events in the pathogenesis of leprosy, the mechanisms of reactions, and the mechanisms of nerve injury. He has interests in medical ethics and has served as chairman of the Institutional Review Boards of both the John A. Burns School of Medicine in Hawaii and the Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge.
David Scollard is a career leprologist. His credentials and background are impeccable. We are extremely fortunate to have him as the new editor for our Journal. I wish him every success and hope that the international leprosy community will provide him with their full support.
On a personal level I would like to add that in 1979 when I became editor I was introduced by the editor at that time, Dr. Olaf K. Skinsnes. It is a privilege to have the opportunity in 2003 to introduce his son-in-law, David Scollard, as your new editor.
Dr. David M. Scollard
