Notable

Cindy G. Buys

SIU School of Law assistant professor Cindy G. Buys is participating in a four-week summer study abroad program for law students in Ireland administered by the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Buys is teaching a one-credit course, "Introduction to International Trade Law."

There are 41 students in the program, including two law school students from SIUC - Kyle Oehmke and Lindsay Robison. The classes focus on international business and trade and are taught by Irish and American professors. Buys and the class are in Dingle, Ireland for two weeks. They then move to Galway University for one week and then stay at the University College Dublin for one week.

In addition to classes, the program includes several field trips, including a visit to the courts in both Galway and Dublin, and a dinner reception with the Irish Law Society - the equivalent of the American Bar Association.

J. Ricardo Loret de Mola

Dr. J. Ricardo Loret de Mola has been named associate professor and chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.  He succeeds Dr. William H. Schultz, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, who has been serving as interim chair.

Loret de Mola's clinical and research interests are in the care of couples not able to have children.  He comes to SIU from MacDonald Women's Hospital of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio, where he served as chief of the reproductive endocrinology and infertility division (2000-07).  He also was director of the MacDonald fertility and in vitro fertilization (IVF) center and its laboratory.  He previously was on CWRU's faculty as assistant director of its obstetrics and gynecology residency (1996-99).

"The academic and research experience that Dr. Loret de Mola brings with him, coupled with his energy and vision, will guide the department during a period of expected growth,” said Dr. J. Kevin Dorsey, Ph.D., dean and provost, in announcing the appointment.  “Along with both of our affiliated hospitals, St. John's and Memorial, Springfield is providing comprehensive health care for women in the region and SIU's ob/gyn department will continue to play an active role in expanding those services.”

Previously, Loret de Mola was the director of the oocyte donor program at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) (1999-2000) and on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (UPSM) (1994-96).

Loret de Mola completed a two-year fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at UPSM (1996).  He completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology, including a year as chief resident, at CWRU (1994).  He earned medical and bachelor's degrees at the Monterrey Institute of Technology (1988, 1983).

A native of Mexico, he and his wife, Emma Loret de Mola, have three daughters, Emma, Erika and Estefania.