U of L faculty named editors-in-chief of medical journals

By Phillip Lentsch–

Two University of Louisville School of Medicine faculty members – Drs. William Tse and Heidi Koenig – have been named editors-in-chief of prominent medical journals.

Tse, director of bone marrow transplantation program at the U of L James Graham Brown Cancer Center, has been named editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Transplantation Research and Medicine (IJTRM). Koenig, a professor in the department of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, has been named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medical Regulation (JMR).

Tse was named director of the bone marrow transplant program in 2014, and has since been honored as one of the Top Cancer Doctors from the United States of America in 2015 by Newsweek Magazine. Prior to coming to U of L, he was on the faculty at the University of Colorado-Denver, where he was the director of the translational research program for bone marrow transplantation and hematologic malignancies.

Koenig, who joined the U of L faculty in 2004, was named to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure in 2013 and has served on that board’s task forces on Standardized Minimum Sanctions and Telemedicine and as the board’s representative to the Kentucky Board of Nursing APRN Council. In 2015, she joined the Federation of State Medical Boards Editorial Committee, which provides editorial guidance for JMR.

“I hope to use my extensive knowledge of the various functions of the FSMB to the fullest by serving on the editorial committee,” Koenig said. “We are a small but growing journal and are working toward a greater online presence as well as becoming indexed.”