On behalf of ASPET's Board of Publications Trustees (BPT), I am pleased to announce that Dr. Ross Feldman has been selected as the next editor of Pharmacological Reviews. Dr. Feldman will begin his tenure as Editor in January 2007 when Dr. Darrell R. Abernethy's term ends.
The BPT began its search for Dr. Abernethy's successor in April of this year to assure a smooth transition to the next editor. Dr. Abernethy's second 3-year term will be completed at the end of 2006. Nominations were solicited from members of the BPT, the Pharmacological Reviews Editorial Board, and ASPET's membership. Over 30 people were nominated. The selection process continued over the summer and included discussions and interviews with several candidates. At the beginning of September, Dr. Feldman was asked to serve as the next editor of ASPET's highest-ranked journal. The transition from Dr. Abernethy to Dr. Feldman is well under way and includes centralizing manuscript processing at the ASPET office where ASPET's other journals are handled.
Dr. Feldman received a B.Sc. in Life Sciences-Physiology with honors, first class, in 1973 and an M.D. in 1977— both from Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. He was an Intern and Resident at St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada and a Resident at Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Dr. Feldman was also a Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology at Vanderbilt Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
His subsequent professional appointments included positions as Instructor, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor, Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA; Director, Clinical Pharmacology Program, Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada; Associate Professor, Medicine and Physiology & Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; Chief, General Medicine Division, London Health Sciences Centre-University Hospital, London, ON, Canada; and Chair, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, The University of Western Ontario.
Dr. Feldman currently serves as Deputy Scientific Director of the Robarts Research Institute. He also currently holds the positions of Professor of Physiology & Pharmacology, Professor of Medicine, and R. W. Gunton Professor of Therapeutics—all with The University of Western Ontario.
He has served as an Associate Editor for Pharmacological Reviews since 2000 and is currently an Editorial Board Member or Associate Editor for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, and The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. He has published over 100 original peer-reviewed articles, a dozen book chapters, and a monograph. Dr. Feldman has been an ASPET member since 1987.
The BPT is very pleased that Dr. Feldman has accepted the Editorship of Pharmacological Reviews and looks forward to the continued success of the journal under his leadership.
- The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
