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Myasthenia Gravis Foundation honors Howard for public awareness efforts
Dr. James F. Howard Jr., a distinguished professor in the UNC School of Medicine’s department of neurology, has been honored by the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America for his public awareness efforts.
Aug. 31, 2006
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation honors Howard for public awareness efforts
CHAPEL HILL – Dr. James F. Howard Jr., a distinguished professor in the UNC School of Medicine’s department of neurology, has been honored by the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America for his public awareness efforts.
Howard received the foundation’s Public Awareness Award at its 2006 annual meeting in Tempe, Ariz., in May. Howard was honored “for his continuous support of public awareness efforts,” including design of the foundation’s Web site, work on the foundation’s medical/scientific advisory board and his participation in an episode of the television show “Mystery Diagnosis,” which aired nationally on the Discovery Health Channel in October and November 2005.
The segment focused on the difficulties of a young woman with symptoms of weakness and fatigue and her struggle to establish a diagnosis. The segment was filmed on location at UNC Hospitals and the patient's home.
Howard is immediate past chair of the foundation’s medical/scientific advisory board and currently serves on several other foundation committees.