William Baldwin Named Acting Director of Northwest Center for Medical Education

INDIANAPOLIS -- William W. Baldwin, Ph.D., has been named acting director of the Indiana University School of Medicine's Northwest Center for Medical Education in Gary. He replaces Panayotis Iatridis, M.D., D.Sc., who retired on December 31, 1997. Dr. Iatridis had served as director since 1975 and as assistant dean since 1979.

Dr. Baldwin is a professor of microbiology and immunology. He joined the faculty of the Northwest Center in 1973 and received his Ph.D. from the IU School of Medicine in 1974. He is the course director for the medical microbiology and immunology and biostatistics courses, and assisted in establishing a clinical virology laboratory at the Center.

Dr. Iatridis will remain at the Northwest Center as a professor of medicine and course director for Intro. to Medicine.

A search committee is currently reviewing candidates for the directorship of the Northwest Center.

The Northwest Center, located on the IU Northwest campus, is one of eight regional medical education centers around the state where first- and second-year medical students are taught. Students then transfer to the main IU School of Medicine campus in Indianapolis for their third- and fourth-years of medical school. Faculty at the Northwest Center also conduct basic science research.

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