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Interim chairs named for cell and developmental biology and radiology

SUNY Upstate Medical University has named David Feiglin, M.D., as interim chair of the Department of Radiology, and Dennis Stelzner, Ph.D., as interim chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. Both appointments are effective immediately.

Feiglin, professor of radiology, joined the SUNY Upstate faculty in 1995. Previously, he directed nuclear medicine departments at hospitals in Australia, Toronto, Canada, and Ohio. He has served on the medical faculty at Case Western Reserve University and Wright State University School of Medicine. Feiglin’s research efforts are examining the application of MR imaging in the evaluation of the heart and breast. Feiglin resides in Manlius.

Stelzner, professor of cell and developmental biology, joined the SUNY Upstate faculty in 1970 and directed the Program in Neuroscience from 1992 to 1995. Stelzner’s research focus has been on central nervous system regeneration and spinal cord injury. In 2001, Stelzner was named one of 10 scientists across the state to receive a grant from the New York State Spinal Cord Research Trust. Stelzner lives in DeWitt.