NOTES ON PEOPLE (03/24/02)

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Physicist elected to national academy

HOLMDEL, N.J. - Dr. Andrew Chraplyvy is one of 74 new members elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions that can be accorded an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made "important contributions to engineering theory and practice" and those who have demonstrated "unusual accomplishment in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology."

Dr. Chraplyvy's election was announced in Washington on February 15 by NAE President William A. Wulf. The Ukrainian American resident of Matawan, N.J., was cited "for contributions to the development of high-capacity optical fiber communication systems."

The National Academy of Engineering is a private, non-profit institution. It provides leadership and guidance to the nation on the application of engineering resources to vital issues. Established in 1964, NAE operates under the congressional charter granted to the National Academy of Sciences in 1863.

Dr. Chraplyvy is responsible for a series of inventions in the early to mid-1990s that have fundamentally changed fiber optic communications. One of the inventions is a new type of optical communication fiber (called non-zero dispersion fiber). There are now over 30 million miles of this fiber installed worldwide.

Other inventions by Dr. Chraplyvy involved new ways of transmitting information over fiber networks. These techniques are now implemented in all advanced fiber optic communication systems around the world.

Dr. Chraplyvy, who earned his Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University in 1977, is director of Lightwave Systems Research at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, a Bell Labs Fellow and Fellow of the Optical Society of America. He holds over 20 patents and has published over 170 scientific papers and articles.

He is a member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization and its Chornomortsi fraternity, as well as of the Ukrainian National Association, Branch 27.

Physician recertified in long-term care

CLIFTON, N.J. - The board of directors of the American Medical Directors Certification Program (AMDCP) recently announced that Michael Lewko, M.D., C.M.D., of Clifton, N.J., has been recertified as a Certified Medical Director in Long-Term Care (CMD).

Dr. Lewko is one of 52 physicians who have completed the recertification requirements and were recertified at the fall 2001 meeting of the AMDCP board of directors. The fall 2001 group of physicians, along with those who were recertified at the spring 2001 AMDCP board meeting, were recognized at the 2002 annual symposium of the American Medical Directors Association, held on March 21-24 at the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina in San Diego.

Since the program's inception in 1991, 1,633 physicians nationwide have received the CMD designation. The Certified Medical Director in Long-Term Care program was created to enhance the profession of medical direction throughout the long-term care continuum (e.g., nursing facilities, hospice, subacute care), and to reinforce the leadership role of the medical director in providing quality care. The CMD program recognizes the dual clinical and administrative roles of the medical director and requires indicators of competence in both areas.

Currently administered by the AMDCP, the CMD was established by the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) in 1991 after three years of research and development to define the core skills and knowledge necessary for effective medical direction.

Dr. Lewko is a member of Ukrainian National Association Branch 170.

Notes on people is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of members of the Ukrainian National Association. All submissions should be concise due to space limitations and must include the person's UNA branch number. Items will be published as soon as possible after their receipt, when space permits.

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