(From left) Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine; Alan L. Schwartz, Ph.D., M.D., the Harriet B. Spoehrer Professor and head of the Department of Pediatrics; Kenneth Polonsky, M.D., the Busch Professor of Medicine and head of the Department of Internal Medicine; and Alex S. Evers, M.D., the Henry E. Mallinckrodt Professor and head of the Department of Anesthesiology, cut the ribbon at the Feb. 1 grand opening of the Northwest Tower on Children’s Place, which added eight floors and 195,000 square feet of office space for the departments of Pediatrics, Surgery, Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine. The building was conceived, designed and constructed under Shapiro’s leadership.