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Bulletin Editorial Board
Joseph S. McLaughlin, <6 Chairman
Ro) B.mds, '84
I leorgc \l Boyer, N 5
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[osh Forman, 01 Nelson 1 1. Goldberg Ronald Goldner, '65
( h.iil.itn' M. Jones-Burton 99 I [arrj C. Knipp, 76 Morton D. Kramer, '55 Morton M, Krieger, '52 [ennifet Litchman Philip Mackowiak, 70 Joseph P. Martinez, '98 Stephen H. Pollock, 75 1 an) Pitrol Ernesto Rivera, '66 ferome Ross, '60 Barn' J. Schlossberg, '68 Joan Shnipper David B. Sigman, '93 Katherine N. Wex, '00
Alice B. Heisler. '63 Ex-Officio
Medical Alumni Association Board of Directors
David B. Sigman, '93
President
Ronald Goldner, '65
President-Elect
Martin I. Passen, '90
Vice President
Oiha Myles. '98
Treasurer
Nelson H. Goldberg, 73
Secretary
George M. Boyer, '83
Margaret A. Flowers, '90
Josh Forman, 01
Charlotte M. Jones-Burton, '99
Alan R. Malouf, '85
Joseph P. Martinez, '98
Barry J. Schlossberg, '68
Victoria W. Smoot, '80
Katherine N. Wex, '00
Directors
Geoffrey B. I.iss, 76
Richard Keller, '58
Robert M. Phillips, '82
Robert R. Rosen, '49
Honorary Regional Vice Presidents
Eric Buchner, '08
Alice B. Heisler, '63
Charles F. Hobelmann Jr., 71
Dr. E. Albert Reece, Dean
Ex-Offiao
James Frenkil, '37
Honorary Board Member
Larry Pitrot
Executive Director
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Maryland governor Martin O'Malley joins 1 .300 alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends at the bicentennial gala on May 18 (story on page 17).
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2 Dean's Message
3 News & Advances 29 Class Notes
33 In Memoriam
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On the cover: Medico/ school dean E. Albert Reece. MD, PhD, MBA welcomes everyone to the bicentennial gala.
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Davidge Alliance
More than 70 donors joined the medical school's major giving society or were upgraded to a new honors levels during the past year. This brought total membership to more than 750 since its founding 29 years ago.
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Celebrating 200 Years of Distinction: The
Medical School Bicentennial Anniversary
More than 2,000 alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends of the University of Maryland School of Medicine participated in the med- ical school's bicentennial celebration in May. Activities included pre-commencement convocation, reunion, donor recognition events, this year's annual Historical Clinicopathological Conference, and a gala at the Baltimore Convention Center attracting more than 1 ,300 people.
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To Boldly Go: Maryland's Department of Otorhinolaryngology-] lead and Neck Surgery
In January 2005, Maryland appointed Scott Strome, MD, to head its new department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Since that time, the nationally recognized surgeon and researcher from the Mayo Clinic has expanded his faculty from six to 14 physicians. Their interests have grown to far exceed the stan- dard treatments for ear infections, sinusitis, and tonsillitis
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Recollections
The editorial board is proud to present Volume 92, Number I ot the Bulletin magazine, the oldest medical alumni association maga zine in the United States. In addition to serving as the medical school's primary communications link with alumni since 1916, it serves as a bridge connecting us to our past. This section of the magazine features snippets of past issues, offering a look back at our medical school 25, 50 & 75 years ago.
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he past and the future convened in the present during our once-in-a-life- time bicentennial activi- ties surrounding the commencement and reunion in May. From the clinicopathological con- ference to convocation, horn the John Beale Davidge Alliance luncheon to the student awards breakfast, and from graduation to the gala, it was an action-packed celebration of the nation's fifth oldest — and oldest public — medical school.
I was gratified to see so many alumni here on campus to attend reunion and commencement activities, and I was impressed by how far many of you traveled to get here. It was an honor and a pleasure to have the opportunity to greet so many of you. Manuel Levin, '34, the most senior- presiding alumnus at our celebration, is an inspiration to us all! Lawrence Perlman, '37, traveled all the way from Chicago to join classmate James Frenkil, '37, for theit 70th medical school reunion. Elizabeth Hosick, '66, one of only a handful of women in her class, also traveled from Illinois for the dedication of the sophomore lecture hall in the Bressler Building which now bears her name. We are so grateful for her gift to refurbish the auditorium, as are the students who will benefit from her generosity. Mel Sharoky, '76, chair of our board of visitors, and wife Alexias served as co- chairs of our 2007 bicentennial gala. I heir loyalty and commitment to our medical school is simply unparalleled.
I his year's convocation was very, very special. Those of you who were
ert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA vice President for Medical Affairs
The John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and Dean
there know what I mean. Alumni from 70 classes were members of the plat- form party and their procession onto the stage was awe-inspiring. To have 70 classes represented — dating back to 1934 — was a sensational and hum- bling tribute to the loyalty our alumni feel toward the school (their names and several photos are included on page 10). In addition, on the platform parry were representatives from the four medical schools older than Maryland — Penn, Columbia, Harvard and Dartmouth — and Dr. Darrell Kirch, president of the Association of American Medical Colleges, repre- sented the remaining 120 medical schools. I was indeed honored that they paid tribute to our important milestone by participating in our con- vocation exercises and other gradua- tion activities.
Our convocation guest speaker was Dr. Abraham Verghese, a best-selling author and director of the center for
medical humanities and ethics at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio. He delivered a truly inspiring talk on the search for meaning in a medical life. Philip Mackowiak, '70, was also tapped by the students, and he delivered some- times humorous and always thoughtful advice for the graduates as they transi- tion from students to physicians.
This very special day ended with a gala celebration at the Baltimore Convention Center, where nearly 700 alumni reconnected, reminisced, laughed, and danced to Stevie V. and the Heart Attackers. Stevie V. is, of course, none other than Stephen Valenti, '78, who has a cardiology practice in Columbia, Maryland, and a passion for music. Playing with Steve at the gala were Michael Ichniowski, '78, James Miller, '82, and Gregory Mitchell, '72. We are most apprecia- tive of the fact that Steve and his band waived their usual fee, a most generous gesture, which enabled us to apply even more of the gala proceeds to scholarships for our students.
A heartfelt thank you goes out to all of you who participated in any or all of our bicentennial graduation and reunion activities. As my first year at Maryland comes to a close, I can honestly say that I have been warmly welcomed, and I have truly enjoyed getting to know you. Many of you have said that you like hearing from me — in the Bulletin and through my open letters. But I like reading, too, so please contact me by e-mail or letter; or, better yet, stop in the next time you re on campus! ^
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Appreciation Night for Student Callers
The MAA treated 150 student volunteers who worked last fell's phonothon to a Davidge I l.ill picnic and Orioles base- hall game on Monday April 2}. Thanks to these volunteers and the alumni callers, this years annual hind is expected to top a record $700,000. Participants enjoyed a beautiful 70 degree evening with good food and drink, but the Orioles lost to the Oakland Athletics 6 to 5.
Phonothon volunteers, from left, included first year students Bonike Oloruntoba, Sherese Phillips, Sham Woolard, Treasure Walker, Gerald Gantt. Janelle Cooper, Lauren Minor, and Anselm Tinntinu
Heros Delivers Henderson Lecture
Roberto C. Heros, MD, co-chair of the department ol neuro- surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine, was the 1 1th annual Henderson Visiting Professor on May c). Heros" primary area of interest is cerebrovascular disease, and his pre- sentation was entitled "Intracranial 1 )ural AV Fistulas." The lectureship was estab- lished in 1996 by family and friends to honor the memory of Charles M. Henderson, '57. Attending the event were Mrs. Barbree Henderson, widow of Dr. Henderson, and Frederick W. Plugge IV, '57, classmate,
friend, and the chief Mrs Barbree Henderson, widow of Dr. Henderson: supporter of the Robert C. Heros, MD; Frederick W. Plugge IV. '57, a
Hen Person Fun 1 classmate of Dr. Henderson; and Howard Bsenberg.
MD. chairman of the department of neurosurgery
Hosick Lecture Hall Dedication
Thanks to a gift from a generous alumna, the Bressler Buildings sophomore lecture hall is getting a face lift and a name worthv of its inherent value. Elizabeth C. Hosick, '66, a retired anesthesiologist, announced the gift earlier this year. It will provide for fur- nishings capable of accommodating laptop computers and all the latest advances in wireless technology, similar to those installed last year into the Taylor Lecture Hall right next door. Hosick was joined at the May 17 dedication by four classmates including
professor Gary Plotnick, Nina Rawlings, Sandra Salan,
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Attending the Hosick Hall dedication with Elizabeth C. Hosick. '66 (center) were classmates Uoyd Kramer. Gary Plotnick. Sandra Salan, and Nina Rawlings.
and Lloyd Kramer. One of only a handful of female stu- dents in her class, Hosick now relishes the fact that the 1 1 most recently graduated classes consist of women majorities.
"I've often been asked how I was treated as a woman in medicine," Dr. Hosick admits. "And I have to say, I was treated pretty darn well."
She credits her education for her success in the field. "The University of Maryland took a chance on a young woman from the Midwest," said the Kalamazoo, Mich., native. "Because of this opportunity, I spent 30 years teaching med students and residents; I spent 16 years as medical director of ambulatory surgery at a 200-bed hospital; and I was chaii of anesthesiology for 12 years in a 200-person, multi-spec ialt) service. For this, University of Maryland, I thank you."
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Ripken Headlines Bicentennial Leadership Seminar; Students Follow
Cal Ripken Jr., was the headliner for the second of three lec- tures being presented at the Hippodrome Theatre this year as part of the medical schools bicentennial celebration. The April 26 event was entitled "The Enduring Power of Leader- ship," with the presenters speaking on the qualities they believe make good leaders. Ripken was joined by television correspondent Bob Arnot, MD, and professor Judith Hicks Stiehm, PhD. The following day more than 600 medical stu- dents took a day off from their studies to provide service to the Baltimore community.
Arnot shared his experiences out in the field, exciting tales of the enlightening but often dangerous stories he's presented from such war-torn locales as the Darfur region of Sudan and Iraq. The common theme of these stories was how it was often the most ordinary of people who stepped in to save the day when he needed it most. He encouraged the audience to strive to be everyday heroes like this in their own lives.
Stiehm also spoke of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Her presentation was on the 12 women who have won the Nobel Peace Prize — women who were happily pur- suing careers or religious vocations or enjoying life as wives and mothers when the strife in the world around them forced them out of their comfort zones and into history.
Ripken will become an even more enduring part of history when he is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 29. In his remarks, he spoke of the eight traits he believes led to his success, both in baseball and as a husband and father. The importance of family came through often in his speech, which was tilled with stories of his father and the lessons Cal Sr. imparted, as well as frequent mentions of son Ryan and the ways — both good and bad — in which he reminds Cal of himself.
Medical students fanned out across Baltimore on April 27 to help others as part of a student services day at the medical st hool. Students cleaned and painted schools, helped build a house for Haliit.it for Humanity, gave presentations at the Maryland St iencc < enter, and conducted a
Judith Hicks Stiehm, PhD, Cal Ripken Jr. and Bob Arnot, MD
Mini-Med School for youngsters interested in the health field.
"Were really delighted," raved Patti Rosso, a teacher for Sollers Point Technical High Schools allied health program, who brought a group of juniors to Mini-Med School. "It's been a fun time for the kids. Some of them talk of becoming doctors, but I don't think they had a real idea of what it entailed; so being able to talk with the different students and learning about their med school experiences has been very worthwhile."
The biggest service site of the day, the Maryland Science Center, had 75 students manning a variety of kid-friendly presentations.
After months of intense study, the student service day was a big change of pace for the medical students, but one they greatly appreciated. "It's an opportunity to share our excite- ment for science," says fourth year medical student Michelle Cohen. Having organized the Science Center outreach, Cohen hopes the experience will encourage more young people to consider careers in science or medicine.
The special day was presented as an event for the medical school's bicentennial year, but many of those involved hope to see it become an annual tradition. "The students are very enthusiastic about this," said Joseph Martinez, '98, assistant dean for student affairs. "I think it would be difficult to find a day every year when we could cancel classes; so everyone could go volunteer, but I'd like to see this continue on some scale in the future." »'»
Students are out and about during Student Service Day.
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Fraser- Liggett to I lead New Institute for Genome Sciences
The medical school has named preem- inent genome scientist and microbiol- ogist Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, PhD, to head its institute for genome sci- ences—a new research enterprise dedi- cated to the application of genome sciences for the advancement of human health. This new institute will be located at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) BioPark, a biomedical research park on UMB's expanding campus.
Fraser-Liggett comes to the medical school from The Institute for Ge- nomic Research (TIGR) in Rockville, Md., where she has served as president and director since 1998. During her tenure at TIGR, federal funding to the organization tripled to $60 million per year. At TIGR, Fraser-Liggett led research teams that sequenced the genomes of many microbial organisms and helped to initiate the era of com- parative genomics. She has been the most highly cited scientist in the held of microbiology for the past 10 years.
"Dr. Fraser-Liggett is a true pioneer in the effort to sequence and analyze the genomes of a large number of organisms, and we are thrilled to have her world-class expertise at the University of Maryland," says medical school dean, E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA. "Dr. Fraser-Liggett is expected to bring a team of scientists and staff members with her. This major recruitment initiative will fuel the expansion of genomic research at the medical school."
As an expert in the field of microbial genomics, one aspect of Fraser-Liggett's current research is to understand the communities of bacte- ria in the human body, especially the microorganisms that reside in the digestive tract. These bacterial cells far
Claire M. Fraser-L/ggett, PhD
outnumber the human cells that make- up our bodies and are vital to good health. By comparing DNA sequences from these microbes, researchers have already determined the biological function of some beneficial bacteria. The research could lead to new ways to promote health and novel vaccines to prevent disease.
"I am extremely excited about the opportunity to build a new genomics institute within the medical school," says Fraser-Liggett. "The medical school has a rich history in medical and graduate education and an out- standing faculty in both basic and clinical research, many of whom are current or past collaborators with TIGR."
Fraser-Liggett has overseen the genome sequencing of important human pathogens, including bacterial infections that cause cholera and anthrax, and parasitic infections responsible tor malaria and other dev- astating diseases in the developing world. Her work also includes the
study of influenza and other viruses. These studies have provided a strong foundation for the development of new diagnostics, therapeutics and vac- cines. At Maryland, Fraser-Liggett will build on her impressive body of work while collaborating with physician- scientists in an environment that fosters translational medicine.
"One of the most important chal- lenges over the next two decades will be integrating new insights from the past 10 years of genomics studies into the clinical environment to impact human health," says Fraser-Liggett. "There is no better place to be work- ing toward these goals than in a large academic medical center like this one."
Fraser-Liggett has been continu- ously supported by federal funding, including the National Institutes of 1 lealth (NIH). She currently serves on the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity and the National Research Council's Committee on Metagenomics. She is a member of the editorial boards of The Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Bacteriology. She has published more than 220 articles in scientific journals and is a reviewer for nine journals, jjj
Contributors to News & Advances include:
Sharon Boston Rebecca Ceraul Ellen Beth Levitt
Bill Seilei Karen Warmkessel
Photographs by Mark Teske & Richard 1 ippenholz
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New Donors Welcomed into Alliance
Again in 2007, the Hippodrome Theatre in downtown Baltimore was the site of the annual John Beale Davidge Alliance Luncheon, which this year celebrated its 29th anniversary as the medical school's society for major donors. This year more than 70 individuals were recognized for either joining the Alliance with a minimum $10,000 gift or for upgrading to a higher recognition level within the society. The event is co-sponsored by the Medical Alumni Association and University of Maryland School of Medicine. The Alliance now boasts more than 750 members.
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Elm Society New Members
Alumni
Daniel B. Lemen, '45
Guy K. Driggs,'46
Edward W. Stevenson, '49
Howard N. Weeks, '52
John F. Hartman, '54
Paul A. Reederjr., '61
Raymond D. Bahr, '62
Bernard S. Karpers, '62
John C. Dumler Jr., '65
William D. Ertag, '66
Stuart S. Lessans, '67
Howard Semins, '68
Mark M. Applefeld, '69
John P. Caulfield, 70
Brian J. Winter, 72
Celeste L. Woodward, 72
Ira M. Stone, 73
George E. Groleau, '82
Ira Ladder, '86
Stephen L. Houff, '87
G. Michael Maresca, '87
Wing C. Chau, '89
Stephen E Hatem, '89
Andrew W. Morton, '97
Physical Therapy Graduates
Jon C. Waxham, 96
Thomas W. Yates, '96
Faculty
Dr. ( !laudia Baquet
Dr. Christopher T. Beverjr.
I )is. Paul S. Fishman & Elizabeth
Barry Friends Mr. ( Iraig A. & Ms. Susan Coda
( Irube
Ms Julianna Hines
Ms. Elise M Janthey
Mr. Thomas M. Li
Mr. Stanley J. Marcuss
Mr. Hugh P. McCormick III
Dr. James E. & Mrs. Susan O.
McNamee Mr. Dennis Narango Mr. John H. Park & Ms.
Jennifer I. Chu Mr. Richard C. Smith
Silver Circle
Alumni
Gene A. Croce, '41 William A. Holbrook, '45 Robert Berkow, '53 Paul K. Hanashiro, '57 Salvatore R. Donohue, '64 &
Edith M. Donohue Charles I. Weiner, 70 Jeffrey C. Blum, 73 Robert J. Beach, 75 George M. Boyer, '83 Donna L. Parker, '86 Nevins W.Todd III, '86 Physical Therapy Graduates Jane S. Satterfield, '64 Faculty
Dr. Carl Mansfield Dr. Mary M. Rodgers Drs. David & Ann Zimrin Friends
Dr. Grafton R. Brown Ms. Elaine S. Mintzes
1807 Circle
Alumni
Mortimer D. Abrashkin, '32 Vernon M. Gelhaus, '55 Frank R. Nataro, '55 Selina Balco Baumgardner, '57 George A. Lentz, '57 George R. Baumgardner, '58 Frank R. Greene, '58 Morton M. Mower, '59 Nathan Stofberg, '60 Elizabeth C. Hosick, '66 James W Spence, '66 Bert F. Morton, '68 Barry H. Friedman, '69 &C
Marsha Lee Friedman Melvin Sharoky, 76 Elizabeth M. Kingsley, 78 Stephen A. Valenti, 78 Arthur F Woodward Jr., 79 Erik, B. Young, 79 & Joyce
Young Faculty
Dr. Robert A. Barish Drs. William J. Weiner & Lisa
M. Shulman Friends
Adalman-Goodwin Foundation Mr. William E. Brown Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Ann Farda Mr. Carl T Julio Mr. Hugh P. McCormick Jr. M. Mark Mendel, Esq. Mr. Martin J. & Mrs. Sharon
Smith Ms. Margaret S. Wu
Frank Calia, MD, chairman of the department of medicine, with wife Elizabeth and Israel Weiner, '53.
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Protagoras Cutchis. '83. and wife Patricia
John Rowell, '67, wife Lynn.jBDA founding member H. Leonard Wanes. '38. and wife Margie
Patricia and Wilson Heefner, '60
Lawrence Perlman. '37, with classmate James Frenkil. '37. and Perlman's daughter Susan.
Alan Malouf. '85. and Theodore Kim. '86
Paul Hanashiro. '57. is welcomed into the Silver Circle by MAA president Alice 6. Hester, '63. and SOM dean £. Albert Reece. MD. PhD. MBA.
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he Inaugural Scholarships & Awards Breakfast
Nearly 200 students, faculty, alumni, and friends attended the inaugural Scholar- ships & Awards Breakfast on Thursday, May 17. In recent years, departmental awards and other prizes were announced and awarded during the pre-commence- ment convocation ceremony. But with a burgeoning list of prizes and a desire of all 26 departments to recognize excellence among the graduating class, administrators agreed that this segment of pre-commencement was worthy of its own event. As a result, faculty and alumni were afforded the opportunity to visit with the award winners in a more casual setting. This year's event was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Inner Harbor Hotel.
2007 Award Recipients
Dean's Award for Excellence in
Research
Michael H. Kwon
Dr. James and Carolyn Frenkil Award Audrey O. Segal
Department Awards
A. Bradley Gaither Memorial Award
for Excellence in Genitourinary
Surgery
Mark S. Shimko
Abraham Lilienfeld Award for Excellence in Epidemiology & Biostatistrics Anne P. Spillane
American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology Adelene E. Jann
Michael D. Gober, '07 recipient of the Eugene Sydney Bereston Award for Excellence in Dermatology, receives congratulations from Dean Reece with chair Anthony A. Gaspan, A/ID, looking on.
C. Jellef Carr Award lor Excellence in
Pharmacology
Gary T. Schwartzbauer
Charles L. Wisseman Jr., Award for
Excellence in Microbiology and
Immunology
Gary T. Schwartzbauer
Edward J. Kowalewski Award lor Excellence in Education and Training in Family Medicine Craig D. Sillick
Elijah Adams Award lor Excellence in Biological Chemistry Owen C. Thomas
Eugene B. Brody Award lor Excellence in Psychotherapy Jeremy M. Doniger Jeremy M. Wilkinson
Eugene Sydney Bereston Award for Excellence in Dermatology Michael D. Gober
Francis Donald Prize for Excellence in
Pathology
Jennifer M. Reese
Giuseppe Inesi, MD, PhD Award in Cell and Molecular Biology Audrey O. Segal
Hans R. Wilhelmsen Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Surgery Joseph R. Scalea
Harlan I. Firminger, MD Student Prize in Pathology Cedric C. Regelin
I. Earl Pass Memorial Award lor Exceptional Proficiency in Internal Medicine Audrey O. Segal
Gary Schwartzbauer. '07. recipient of five departmen- tal awards, brings his son with him to receive the C. Jellef Carr Award for excellence in pharmacology, pre- sented by chairman Edson X. Albuquerque. MD. PhD.
J. Edmund Bradley Award for Excellence in Pediatrics Paula Max- Wright
Jacob Finesinger Award for Excellence in Psychiatry Zaakir K. Yoonas
Jeremy Hallisey Award lor Compassion and Humanistic Qualities in Anesthesiology Nana D. Benneh
Joseph E. Whitley Award for Academic Excellence in Radiology Tara A. Morgan
Kenneth L. Malinow Award lor Excellence in Psychiatry Melanie V. Rowson
Leonard M. Hummel Memorial Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine- Scott D. Sherr
Richelle Medford, '07. recipient of the Louis Harnman Douglass Award for excellence in obstetrics and gyne- cology, with chairman Hugh E. Mighty, '82
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Louis, Ida. and Samuel Cohen Award for Personal Attributes of Scholarship, Ability, and Compassion for Patients Tiffany L. Morton
Marshall L. Rennels Award for Excellence in Neuroscience Gary T. Schwatzbauer
Martin Helrich Prize tor Excellence in
Anesthesiology
Alexander I. Kim
Milton S. Sacks Award in Hematology David Wing-Hang Lam
Roblev Dunglison Award for Excellence in Preventive Medicine Suna C. Seo
Sheldon E. Greisman Prize in Medical
Physiologv
Zaakir K. Yoonas
The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Award tor Excellence in Emergency Medicine Alisa M. Gibson
The William Gray Award in
Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery
Gary T. Schwartzbauer
Theodore E. Woodward Award in Physical Diagnosis Paula M. Yellon
Theodore E. Woodward Prize in Internal Medicine Abigail A. Lenhart
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Class of 2007 recipients included Joseph Scaled (Hans R. Wilhelmsen Prize in Surgery). Adnono Jones (Wayne W. Babcock Award in Surgery), Jeremy Wilkinson (Eugene Brody Award in Psychotherapy), Ishita Arya (William A. Hammond Award in Neurology). Troy Sofmowski (Milton Ginsberg Award), and Mark Shimko (A. Bradley Gaither Award in Genitourinary Surgery)
Thomas E. Gillespie Award for Excellence in Orthopaedics Elisa J. Knutsen
Uhlenhuth Award for Excellence in the Anatomical Sciences Mitchell A. Gutshall
Wayne W Babcock Award for Excellence in Surgery Adriana E Jones
William Alexander Hammond Award for Excellence in Neurology Ishita Arya
William H. Mosberg Jr., MD, Award for Neurosurgery Gary T. Schwartzbauer
Michael H. Kwon, '07, recipient of the Dean's Award for Excellence in Research, poses with Vice Dean Bruce Jarrell and Dean Reece.
Nana Benneh, '07, receives the Jeremy Hallisey Award from Peter Rock, MD, chairman of the department of anesthesiology.
Kathenne Bever, ' 1 0, recipient of the Dr. Mary Dorcas Clark Scholarship, visits with Mary Clark '45.
Audrey 0. Segal. 07 (second from left), receives the inaugural Dr. James and Carolyn Frenkil Award, awarded for overcoming a medical disability. Attending the presenta- tion are (from left) Vice Dean Bruce Jarrell, Carolyn Frenkil. Associate Dean David Mallott, and Dean Reece.
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Manuel Levin, '34 James Frenkil, '37 Lawrence Perlman, '37 H. Leonard Warres, '38 Franklin E. Leslie, '41 Irving J. Taylor, '43M Stanley N. Yaffe, '44 Mary Dorcas Clark, '45 Samuel D. Gaby, '46 Anne D. Mattern, '47 Leonard H. Golombek, '48 Nathan Schnaper, '49 Henry H. Startzman Jr., '50 Frederick J. Hatem, '51 Morton M. Krieger, '52 Sylvan Frieman, '53 Thomas E. Hunt Jr., '54 Morton D. Kramer, '55 Joseph S. McLaughlin, '56 NevinsW. Todd Jr., '57 George R. Baumgardner, '58 Ramon F. RoigJr., '59 Selvin Passen, '60
Alumni Convocation Participants
David E. Litrenta, '61 Theodore C. Patterson, '62 Alice B. Heisler, '63 Ruth E. Luddy, '64 Ronald Goldner, '65 Carolyn J. Pass, '66 Joseph C. Orlando, '67 Barry J. Schlossberg, '68 Mark M. Applefeld, '69 Philip A. Mackowiak, '70 Charles E Hobelmann Jr., '71 Celeste L. Woodward, '72 Nelson H. Goldberg, 73 David L. Zisow, '74 Richard L. Taylor, '75 Melvin Sharoky, '76 Willarda V. Edwards, '77 Neil E. Warres, '78 Peter E. Godfrey, 79 MilfordM. Foxwell Jr., '80 Andrew M. Malinow, '81 Robert M. Phillips, '82 Protagoras N. Cutchis, '83
RoyE. Bands Jr., '84 Alan R. MaJouf, '85 Carola Mattern Nesbitt, '86 James P. Nataro, '87 Marcella A. Wozniak, '88 Angela I. Choe, '89 Martin I. Passen, '90 Janet M. O'Mahony, '91 Donna S. Hanes, '92 Kathryn M. Connor, '93 Louis B. Malinow, '94 Kevin Dooley, '95 Stephanie D. Silverman, '96 Rachel V. Kramer, '97 Otha Myles, '98 Andrew A. Kramer, '99 Tamara L. Burgunder, '00 Josh S. Foreman, '01 Parham Jaberi, '02 Todd W. Flannery, '03 Meredith A. Brisco, '04 Hiroko Beck, '05 Adam D. Friedlander, 06
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Above: Manuel Levin, '34, was the most senior-ranking graduate at pre-commencement convocation.
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Message from the President
David B. Sigman, '93
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The 2007 bicentennial pre-commencement convocation at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall was quite a spectacle. In addition to the normal parade of soon-to-be graduates and honorable faculty were represen- tatives from the four medical schools established before ours (Pennsylvania, Columbia, Harvard and Dartmouth), president of the AAMC, a distinguished guest speaker, our three surviving dean emeriti, and — perhaps most noticeable to the over-flowing crowd — alumni representatives from virtually every class with a living member (please see the list of participants on page 10). As alumni president, I presided over this collection of exceptional alumni colleagues which included Manuel Levin, '34, the most senior-ranking representative among us. One could tell by the twinkle in Manny's eyes that he was extremely proud to be there; we all were. Larry Perlman, '37 traveled here from Illinois; George Baumgardner, '58, from New Jersey; Peter Godfrey, '79, from Virginia; Robert Phillips, '82, from Michigan; Angela Choe, '89, from Pennsylvania; Kathryn Connor, '93, (my classmate) from North Carolina; Kevin Dooley, '95, and Rachel Kramer, '97, from New York; Parham Jaberi, '02, from Louisiana; and Meredith Brisco, '04, from Missouri.
Morton D. Kramer, '55, was joined by daughter Rachel, '97, and son Andrew, '99; E. Anne Mattern, '47, attended with daughter Carola, '86; with Selvin Passen, '60, was son Martin, '90; and Leonard Warres, '38, enjoyed the ceremony with son Neil, '78. Among us were teachers, researchers, and clinicians. Many are retired, and I know more than a handful of others are still paying off student loans. Our common denominator was our passion for the medical school.
The entire bicentennial celebration was a huge success. This warm, fuzzy sensation that we feel about our school motivates us. It reminds us that we are proud beneficiaries of a medical education that nurtures the development of compassionate, inquisitive, ethical, and skilled physicians and researchers. And we — you and I — are ambassadors for what has become one of the greatest medical schools in the United States. I invite you to join us in our efforts to make Maryland the best it can be.
David B. Sigman received an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University before graduating in 1993. He received training in urology at Maryland until 1999 and is now chief of the department of urology at Northwest Hospital Center in Baltimore County. In addition, he is a partner in Chesapeake Urology Associates, the second largest urology practice in the country. He and wife Christine live in Owings Mills with their three children.
David B. Sigman, '93 President
Ronald Goldner, '65 President-Elect
Martin I. Passen, '90 Vice-President
Otha Myles, '98 Treasurer
Nelson H. Goldberg, 73 Secretary
MissiontThe Medical Alumni Association of the University of Maryland, Inc., in continuous operation since 1875, is an inde pendent charitable organization dedicated to supporting the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Davidge Hall. Structure: The board consists of five officers and nine board members. Each year more than 100 alumni participate on its seven standing committees and 13 reunion committees.
Membership: Annual dues are $85. Dues are waived for emeritus members (those graduated more than 50 years or have reached age 70) and newly graduated alumni, and reduced to $25 for alumni in training. Revenues support salaries for two full-time and five part-time employees, as well as general office expenses to maintain the alumni data base; produce the quar- terly Bulletin magazine; stage social events for alumni and students (including the annual Reunion); administer the revolving student loan funds; and oversee conservation work on Davidge Hall and its museum.
Annual Fund: We association administers the annual fund on behalf of the medical school. Gift revenues support student loans and scholarships, lectureships, professorships, capital projects — including Davidge Hall conservation — plus direct support to the various departments and unrestricted support to the dean.
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Hickman, Mackowiak Honored at 132nd Recognition Luncheon
Robert 0. Hickman. Award & Gold Key
'57, recipient of the 2007 Honor
Robert O. I [ickman, '57, who in 1973 developed .i
multi-purpose catheter for oncology patients that bears his name, received the 200~* I lonor Award e\ (.old Key at the 132nd Recognition Luncheon on May 18. The award, given since 1948, recognizes outstanding contributions to medicine and distinguished service to mankind. Philip A. Mackowiak, '70, founder of the medical school's historical Clinicopathological Conference in 1995, was recipient of the 2007 Distin- guished Service Award. The honor has been presented since 1986 for outstanding service to the medical school and alumni association. Mackowiak is professor of medicine, vice chair of the department or medicine, and director of the clinical center for the VA Maryland Heath Care system. Twenty-six members from the class of 1957, celebrating their golden anniversary, were also recognized during the luncheon.
Philip A. Mackowiak, '70. received the Distinguished Service Award.
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lumni, faculty, and friends are invited to send in nominations for two MAA- sponsored awards by November 1 , 2007. The Honor Award & Cold Key is awarded to a living graduate based on outstanding contributions to medicine and distinguished service to mankind. Factors considered in the selection process include: impact of accomplishments; local, national and international recog- nition; support letters, and publications.
The Medical Alumni Association Service Award is given to an individual who has provided outstanding service to the Association and Medical School. The awards will be presented during the Reunion Recognition Luncheon on May 3, 2008. letters of nomination for both awards must include a curriculum vitac and should be addressed to:
Barry Schlossberg, '68 Chair, Awards Committee Medical Alumni Association
522 West Lombard Street
Halt, more, MD 21201-1636
or emailed to: maak^medahtmtii. uniarylatid.edu
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he death of Abraham Lincoln marked a gruesome end to a presidency devoted to unification and reform, and it remains unclear how his strong leadership could have healed a divided nation. But if John Wilkes Booth had shot Lincoln in 2007, and if the president had the benefit of being treated by the world's first trauma center at the University of Maryland, would the outcome have been any differ- ent? According to Thomas M. Scalea, MD, physician-in-chief for the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center since 1997, the president sustained a recoverable injury with a reasonable expectation to sur- vive. "We see dozens of head wounds from gunshots every year, and many survive," said Scalea.
The 1865 assassination and the theoretical impact of Lincoln's potential survival were the subject matter for the 13th annual Historical Clinicopatholgical Conference, sponsored by the MAA, medical school, and VA Maryland Healthcare System. In his presentation to nearly 350 medical students, fac- ulty, and alumni, Scalea demonstrated how the president's bullet wound was not necessarily fatal. Medical records from April 1865, found in the National Archives, were scrutinized by Scalea and his team. They found the frontal lobes of the brain, which control cognition, were not compromised. Thus, Scalea concluded that if Lincoln had survived the attack, he might have been capable of limited speech and possessing reasonable memory after a long recovery. But he added that the president would have faced partial blindness, unsteadiness of gait, numbness of key extremities, and impaired speech
due to severe damage done by the ball of a der- ringer pistol fired by John Wilkes Booth.
According to official reports of the assassination, an initial examination by Dr. Charles A. Leale that took place moments after the attack found Lincoln in a comatose condition with stertorous breathing. After finding an absent right radial pulse, Leale placed the president in a recumbent position and examined the head wound. He discovered a blood clot located approximately one inch below the superior curved line of the occipital bone, removed the coagula, and eventually resuscitated Lincoln.
Once Lincoln was transferred across the street to the Peterson House, the president's medical team used a silver probe to keep the bullet wound Thomas Scalea, MD open and attempted to prevent the further
formation of coagula. Those at Lincoln's bedside noticed a slight ecchymosis on the left eyelid, while doctors attempted to reduce the intracerebral pres- sure that damaged the president's brainstem. As the night continued, Lincoln's respiration and pulse rate diminished as the swelling and bleeding of the brain became more severe. Nine hours after the attack at Ford's Theater, the president "breathed his last, and the spirit fled to God, who gave it."
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Throughout the conference, Scalea described the tactics the trauma team at Maryland would have performed to save the president's life. "He needed surgery, modern-day life support, and the appro- priate level of intensive care," Scalea said. The cause of death, according to Scalea, was due to the staggering amount of brain swelling and blood loss caused by the fatal shot.
If the assassination had occurred in 2007 with access to current medical technology, an endotracheal tube would have been inserted. In addition, intravenous fluid (containing a higher salt concentration than blood) would have been adminis- tered to reduce edema of the brain. Within ten min- utes, a CAT scan of the president's head would be performed, and a physical examination would take place. The CAT scan results would show large blood pools that could quickly be addressed by today's special- ists. Scalea noted that one side of the skull would be removed, opened, and covered. Then, two procedures devel- oped at Maryland would be performed by surgeons to fur- ther reduce brain swelling and blood loss: the president's abdominal cavity would be opened and the bed would be placed in a vertical position. Then, it would be crucial for medical staff to pro- tect the president from complications such as infection, kidney failure, and bleeding. With a posi- tive outcome, Scalea sug- gested that it is likely Lincoln could return to office after exten- sive physical therapy. "For him to have lived today would not be an extraordinary thing," he concluded.
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Had Lincoln survived, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, who made a number of critical decisions directly after the assassination, would likely have played a greater role, according to Stephen Lee Carson. The presidential historian reminded the audience that Vice President Andrew Johnson would not automatically have taken charge because the 25th Amendment, which deals with the transfer of power when a president is incapacitated, was not in place until after the Kennedy assassination. "The decision as to who took charge was handled on a case-by-case basis until then," Carson added.
This year's conference included a cameo appearance by Samuel Alexander Mudd, class of 1856, portrayed by Wayne Millan. Mudd gained notoriety for setting the broken left fibula of Booth on the morning of Lincoln's death. He was convicted of aiding and abetting Lincoln conspirators and received a life sentence to be served at Fort Jefferson, Florida, but was later pardoned. Nikki Southall, '02, and Heather M performed a rendition of Farewell Father, Friend and Guardian, a song written after
Historian Steven Lee Carson
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Missed this year's CPC?
You can now purchase a DVD of the 2007 President Lincoln conference or the 2006 Booker T. Washington CPC.
To order, mail a check for $18.00 (per item) payable to:
Medical Alumni Association
522 W.Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-1636
or visit our website at www.medicalalumni.org
Be sure to indicate which recording you wish to obtain.
Also available:
Post Mortem: Solving History's Great Medical Mysteries
By Philip A. Mackowiak, MD, FACP, MBA, Class of 70
This new book examines the controversial lives and deaths of 12 famous
men and women, including ^"^
Alexander the Great, Herod, Joan of Arc, Mozart, Beethoven, and Edgar Allan Poe, who have been subjects of our past CPC conferences. It combines mystery stories with popular history and medical case studies to offer you a fascinating and entertaining experience!
To order, mail a check for $29.95 payable to: Medical Alumni Association
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The Bicentennial Gala
ore than 1,300 alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends of the medical school gathered for the Bicentennial Gala on May 18. The event, held at the Baltimore Convention Center, featured music by Stevie V. and the Heart Attackers, come- dian Dennis Miller, and a cameo appearance by the medical school's founder and first dean, Dr. John B. Davidge.
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Maryland's 30th dean. E. Albert Reece. MD. PhD. MRA. visits with the founder and first dean. John 6. Davidge. MD. as portrayed by Alan Wade.
Comedian Dennis Miller
Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates Mike busch and UMMC CEO Jeffrey Rivest
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Descendants of two medical school founders attended the Gala. Kathleen Potter and husband William S. Potter II, the great, great, great grandnephew of Dr. Nathaniel Potter, visit with William 8. Davidge and daughter Bnttney. William is the great, great, great grandson of Dr. John 8. Davidge.
Gary Fiskum. PhD with former chair of anesthesiology M. Jane Motjasko, MD, and husband Shao-Huang Chui, MD
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Alumni, faculty and friends of the University of Maryland School of Medicine can now obtain bicentennial license plates commemorating the medical school's 200th anniversary. Each set costs $25 and can be ordered by Maryland residents by visiting www.fundformedicine.org and selecting the license plate link or by calling 4 10.706.8669.
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More than 250 graduates participated in Reunion events on Saturday, which included tours of campus, a trip to the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C., Baltimore Land & Sea Tours, lectures on the medical school's history and the renovation of Davidge Hall, as well as a crab feast at the Baltimore Museum of Industry.
Counter clockwise: Classmates from 1 987, including Thomas B. Mulford (center), enjoy their visit; Franane and Anthony Boccuti, '57; Crab feast participants enjoy watching the Preakness Stakes on a television monitor.
READY FOR PURCHASE!
In honor of our bicentennial, the University of Maryland, Baltimore has published a commemorative cookbook. UMB Cooks, a compilation of 500 recipes submitted by faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends and a few surprise Marylanders is available for purchase at the bicentennial price of $18.07. Order yours today by calling the Office of University Events at 410-706-8035 or online
at www.oea.umaryland.edu cookbook.
Reunion Activities
A Tribute to Our Senior Reunion ( Uasses
The Class of 1957 completed its golden anniversary celebration with a Sunday brunch in the President's Atrium behind Davidge Hall. The class of 1952 also closed its 55-year celebration with a Sunday brunch in Davidge Hall, as did the class of 1962 at the Marriott Hotel. The class of 1937, featuring James Frenkil and Lawrence Perlman, enjoyed a celebration at the Frenkil home.
Class of 1957
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Believe it or Not' Lav.ience D. Egbert. '52. and wife EJIer Barfield. arrived at the 55th Reunion brunch on bicycles.
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By Caelie M. Haines
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trome, MD, to boldly go where no one
has gone before at the medical school. The
professor and chair of the department of oforhino-
• laryngology-head and neck surgery is an avid Star Trek fan who has been known to showcase his department's
research with a powerpoint presentation that features an exploding Klingon starship. And some might mistake the depart- ment's name for a futuristic kind of science.
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Otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery (Oto-HNS) doesn't
exactly roll off thf tongue. But the full name is important, because it
describes the expanding scope of a specialty once known as ear,
nose and throat (ENT). Today, the care provided by Oto-HNS doctors*
goes far beyond standard treatments for ear infections, sinusitis and
• tonsillitis. From cochlear implants to treat hearing loss to rhino-
plasty and experimental therapies for head and neck cancers,9 the department is leading the way in a field that is con- stantly evolving. In fact, under the leadership of Strome, .. .the department has been a study in positive growth ajid change. Only two years ago, Oto-HNS was the division of ENT within the department of surgery.
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But as a division with a limited number of faculty members, it was becoming more difficult for physicians to simultaneously provide a wide range of cutting-edge care, conduct research and meet a growing student interest in the specialty. It was also becoming more dif- ficult for the division to garner research funding and attract collaborators, especially when competing against medical schools with the resources that a full, autonomous otorhino- laryngology department could provide. Recognizing the need for growth, former dean Donald E. Wilson, MD, MACP, put plans in motion to expand the ENT division into a separate department.
To captain the transforma- tion from division to depart- ment, Wilson recruited Strome from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, where Strome ran a large transla- tional research program. From the outset, it was clear that Strome would chart his own course. In the spirit of the famous Star Trek mission statement, he would "boldly go where no one has gone before." Rather than follow a trail someone else had already blazed, Strome created the Oto-HNS department to his specifications. "I developed a leadership team in the three areas on which I wanted to focus — research, education and clinical practice," he explains. "I then empowered those people to make decisions and simply supported them."
Strome and his colleagues have moved at warp speed to meet the ambitious clinical and research goals he set for the newly created department. Under Strome's lead- ership, the faculty has grown to 1 5 with more on the way. "I identified both our strengths and weaknesses and personally directed recruitment to fill those areas of need," says Strome, who also serves as chief of otorhi- nolaryngology at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC). That commitment has paid off with a significant increase in research funding and exponen- tial growth of their patient base.
Administration has been a large part of Strome's job during this important expansion. But first and fore- most, Strome is a dedicated clinician and scientist. He has a special desire to help patients with head and neck cancers, particularly those who have run out of treat- ment options. That desire to help is reflected in his research on "Trojan peptide" vaccines to treat squamous cell carcinoma, a common type of head and neck can- cer. The goal is to learn whether the vaccines, which target specific proteins made by tumors, can stimulate the body's immune system to destroy the cancer.
Made from peptides, or fragments of proteins found
in select tumor cells, the vaccines are designed CO slip into cells with the help of a "chaperone" that carries the bulky protein molecules through dense cell membranes, much like a "Trojan horse" bringing soldiers behind enemy lines before a surprise attack.
"We hope that these vaccines will stimulate the patients' T cells, or immune cells, to recog- nize the proteins as invaders and seek out and kill the cancer cells throughout the body that pro- duce the same proteins," says Strome, who helped develop the vaccines.
Cancers of the head and neck — including those of the throat, mouth, larynx, sinuses, salivary glands and skin — are often difficult to treat and have a high risk of recurrence. Treatments include surgery, chemo-therapy and radiation therapy. More than 40,000 people in the United States are diagnosed each year with head and neck cancer, and about half will die of the disease. Smoking has been linked to some cancers, but physicians are seeing an increase in this type of cancer in people who do not smoke.
"We have used the latest scientific knowledge to design these vaccines," Strome explains. "We hope that they will help patients, which is always our goal, but we also know that the knowledge we gain from this study may, in the end, help us to design even better vaccines." Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the trial is being conducted at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center. It is the first to use large Trojan peptide vaccines to treat cancer patients. The peptides in these vaccines are comprised of approximately 40 to 50 amino acids, compared with much smaller numbers in other vaccines.
"While the clinical impact of our vaccine is too early to assess, it is gratifying to think that we have restored hope in some patients and given them the tools to fight back against their cancers," says Strome.
Such boundary-breaking research — fostered by Strome's leadership — has contributed to the depart- ment's growing national reputation. But like any good captain, Strome also has a crew upon which he can rely, both at home and at work. "My family is truly the highlight of my life," he says. "I have a wonderful wife, Kimberlee, who in addition to being a terrific mother is the director of the pilates program at Life Bridge Health and Fitness. Together we have three wonderful children: Arianna (12), Sophie (10) and Max (8)."
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Drs. Tanya Meyer and William Gray (right and above) teaching department residents.
While Kimberlee is in command at home, many people fill that role on the job. "I view everyone in the department of Oto-HNS as a partner in this endeavor," says Strome. "To single out an individual would be to lessen the impact of the contributions of the group." To Star Trek fans, that sentiment will sound familiar. To quote a scene from Star Trek II: TheWrath of Khan, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few — or the one." There is no question that Strome's inclusive management style has helped to ease the com- plex transition from division to department.
Some of the involved doctors had their doubts when they first heard of the division's impending change in status. "I did not appreciate fully what a huge impact it would make," says Rodney J. Taylor, MD, an assistant professor of Oto-HNS at the medical school. "I thought it would be more of an administrative or financial arrangement that would not impact my career and prac- tice. But I was dead wrong," says Taylor. "We have been able to grow new programs and attract talent in both the clinical and research arenas that we never were able to before."
One of the biggest advantages of becoming a depart- ment has been the higher profile it's given Maryland researchers, both in Maryland and around the world. "Being a department has literally created regional, national and international relationships and collabora- tions for our research," says Taylor. "It is amazing."
Strome is the first to admit that building those opportunities has been a team effort. "This transition was undertaken with support from the dean's office and the department of surgery," says Strome, "and I am indebted to Dr. Wilson and Dr. Stephen Bartlett (chair
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of the department of surgery) for their support in facili- tating this endeavor." That support continues today under Dean E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA.
While his hands-on style has been critical to the department's success, faculty members agree that Strome also knows when to step back and let others take the helm.
"Dr. Strome has an open-door and open-discussion policy about departmental decisions," explains Jeffrey Wolf, MD, a head and neck surgeon who has been an assistant professor at the school since 2001. "We now have the autonomy to advance our clinical care and research programs."
Wolf is taking full advantage of his new clinical and research opportunities. He recently received FDA approval to conduct a vaccine trial, using dendritic cells to try to stimulate the immune systems of patients with head and neck cancers. He is also investigating the causes and treatment of sinusitis and overseeing a clinical trial correlating sinusitis with tobacco smoke exposure.
This cutting-edge research has garnered media atten- tion and raised the department's national profile, but to patients, publicity doesn't matter half as much as whether the doctors can fix what ails them. Jane (not her real name) recently had a health scare involving her thyroid. Located in the neck, it is one of the larger endocrine glands in the body. As a bride-to-be, Jane was already under enormous stress when her medical issues emerged to complicate her life even further. She sought out Strome for help. "He immediately made me feel at ease," Jane says. "He knows how to use comedy to take your mind off the situation."
Strome and his team also i in pressed her with their knowledge. "They were able to figure out ver) quick!) what was wrong," Jane explains. Fortunately, malig- nancy was ruled out early on. "It was such a relief to get an answer right away about what was going on med- ically; so I could get back to focusing on everything else going on in my lite.
The department currently oversees eight treatment programs at the medical center: the center lor skull-base surgery, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, general otorhinolaryngology, which includes treatment and management or pediatric ear, nose and throat problems, head and neck oncology, head and neck surgery, the hearing and balance center, speech/language pathology, and professional voice, which provides medical, surgical and rehabilitation services lor individuals with voice problems and other disorders of the larynx.
Department physicians never know from one day to the next what their next patient challenge might be. "We see all sorts of folks, with problems ranging from earaches to advanced skull-base tumors," says Strome. 'These individuals are from all socioeconomic groups and geographic locations. I have several out-of-state patients who have followed me from Mayo, and others who are interested in our unique clinical trials or our cancer care program."
All department physicians
# remain active in research and patient care, while also training the next generation of otorhi- nolaryngology-head and neck specialists at the school and medical center. "Now that we have clearly defined the struc- ture of our educational pro- gram, we plan to nurture its development," Strome says. "This will be done by promot- ing our residents' learning ini- tiatives, as well as their interpersonal and career devel- opment. It is incredibly grati- fying to me to see the joy in our residents' eyes as they expand their knowledge base, clinical skills and surgical acumen. As we foster our pro- gram's development, we intend to maintain this spirit and graduate Oto-HNS surgeons who not only have the expertise to provide outstanding care, but the humanity to address their patients' fears and the inquis- itiveness to advance new knowledge."
Students and residents aren't the only ones benefit- ting from the way the department continues to push the envelope. "This is an exciting time to be at the department," says assistant professor Thomas Le, MD, a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon. "The oppor- tunities to conduct truly innovative state-of-the-art patient care, research and education are enormous.
Drs. Rnan Ego-Osuala and Kim Baker, both department residents
Dr. Strome with senior associate Charles Schroder and associate administrator Me//ssa Tibbs
I ooking u> the future, I see only continued tremendous growth, and this means outstanding patient care for the State ol Maryland, the region and the nation." Strome plans to pilot his ( lew to continued success
through further expansion of the departments research enterprise and a commitment to translational
research; so that lessons learned in the laboratory lead to new treat- ments tor patients. Pro- viding support and mentorship for clinician scientists is also key to the success of the expansion. A senior scientist has been appointed to mentor both junior faculty and post-doc- toral fellows. And Strome is developing close ties with other senior scientists throughout the university. "This effort has already paid enormous dividends in terms of both academic produc- tivity and grant support," says Strome.
Clinical programs will also remain a priority. "From a clinical perspective, we plan to work in partnership with the medical system to expand our program into the community," says Strome. "This will allow patients throughout the state to receive Oto-HNS care by physi- cians affiliated with the University of Maryland, regard- less of their location. We are also developing specialized programs of excellence, including a center for voice and swallowing, a center for balance and falls, and a center for skull-base surgery. These centers will incorporate skilled providers in multiple disciplines to enhance the patient care experience, facilitate dissemination of knowledge, and advance our understanding of specific disease processes. Finally, we are working in partnership with private practitioners within the community to facilitate referrals and provide seamless patient care."
There is no question that Strome has set the bar high for his department. But there is one more goal he'd like to reach — a goal that is a bit more personal than his department's success. It's an ambition that says much about Strome's zest for life, his desire to "live long and prosper," as the Vulcan greeting goes.
"I love to play pick-up basketball," he says w uh a laugh. "Although I am without question the worst player on the court, I think I have the most fun! I just wish, once in my life, that 1 could dunk!" Now that would be a bold move.
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lie includes the fee schedule the fall semester.
STUDENTS MUST BE PREPARED TO PURCHASE MICROSCOPES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST YEAR
All the above rules, as well as the fees stated below, relate to the year ending June 3rd, 1933, only. The right is reserved to make changes in the curriculum, the requirements for gradua- tion, the fees and in any of the regulations whenever the Faculty deems it expedient.
FEES
Matriculation fee (paid once) _.. $10.00
Tuition fee (each year) for residents of Maryland 350.00
Tuition fee (each year) for non-residents 600.00
Laboratory fee (each year) _ 25.00
Special and re-examination fee _ .._ 5.00
Graduation fee - _ 15.00
No fees are returnable.
The above fees apply to all students who matriculate in the School of Medicine in any class for the session beginning Sep- tember 26th, 1932.
The editorial board is proud to pre- sent Volume 92, Number 1 of the Bulletin magazine, boldest
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1938: Joseph M. George Jr., of Las Vegas reports th.u he is l)*t and doing well! W. Lehman Guyton ot Cockeysville, Md., reports that he is living well and enjoying life at Broad- mead, his retirement community.
School of Medicine: The First Two Centuries publication. Marshall A. Simpson oi ( lolumbus, ( ia., reports that wife Barbara passed away on Oaober 29, 2006.
I943M: J. Emmett Queen of Tim- oninm, Md., is 90 and feels great!
I943D: Luis M. Isales of" Boca Raton, Fla., extends best wishes to his class- mates from '43D
1944: Herbert B. Copeland retired to Naples, Fla., and recently celebrated his 87th birthday. William W. Osborne of Savannah, Ga., is living it up in a Kid- away Island retirement village with four golf courses and four restaurants. He is joined by wife Elizabeth and brother Horace H. Osborne '46.
1946: John C. Rawlins of Seaford, Del., is a proud alumnus and enjoying his retirement. He and wife June will cele- brate their 64th wedding anniversary this August. Milton Reisch of Yonkers, N.Y., splits retirement living between Yonkers and Plantation, Fla.
1 947: Jose G. Valderas of Keller, Tex., recently participated in a medical mission to Matamoros, Mexico. He remains very busy and finds life very rewarding with wife Roberta.
1951: S. Norman Sherry of Cam- bridge, Mass., is enjoying the pleasures of retirement with family in this "edu- cational Mecca."
1954: Robert H. Ellis of Fort Collins,
Colo., is appreciative of receiving a copy of the University of Maryland
1962: John A. Rupke of Grand Rapids, Mich., continues to serve as an alter- nate delegate to the Michigan State Medical Society after completing a term as caucus chairman for the orga- nized medical staff section of the Heartland Caucus (eight states).
1963: Kenneth G. Magee of Dun- woody, Ga., retired from his pediatric practice, begun in 1971, on December 30, 2006. He and his wife Barby will continue to reside in their current resi- dence in Dunwoody.
1965: Louis O. Olsen of Timonium, Md., recently retired after forty years of family practice and is spending his time with his wife Lenora and their three grandchildren. He enjoys doing volun- teer work.
1 966: Stuart Fine and wife Ellie have been in Philadelphia for 17 years, since Fine assumed the position of professor and chair of ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania. Daughter Karen has been married for 1 8 years to Tom Pranikoff, a pediatric surgeon at Wake Forest; together they have two children. Son Andy and his wile Laura reside in Boston where Andy is an instructor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School/Children's Hospital and Laura is in private practice of ophthalmology; they have two chil- dren, and all are doing well! Robert E. Leibowitz of Delanco, N.J., enjoys retirement at the poker table in Har- rah's Casino in Atlantic City. I le and wife Diane also love spending time with their four grandchildren.
1968: Eugene Willis Jr. ofEllicott City,
Md., retired from seeing patients in April .'HO i. Since then, he has served as a physician advisor for Utilization and Case Management at Howard County General Hospital.
1969: Joseph B. Esterson of Holly- wood, Fla., received the 2007 George Paff Award for Excellence in Medical Education and the B.K. Simon Faculty Award for Excellence in Clinical Instruction for his work at the Univer- sity of Miami School of Medicine. He is also the Director of Cardiology Training Programs at the Gordon Cen- ter for Research in Medical Education. David A. Wike of Boise, Idaho, and wife Carol are proud to announce the birth of their first grandchild in August 2006. The couple was awarded The 2006 Gordon Eastman Conservation Award for their work on behalf of the Idaho Fish and Game Conservatory as well as the Idaho Bird Observatory.
1 97 1 : Robert J. Neborsky of Del Mar, Calif, presented "Changing Character in Short Term Dynamic Psychother- apy" during a May 2006 conference at St. John's College in Oxford, England.
1973: Murray A. Kalish of Baltimore reports that daughter Jennifer gradu- ated AOA from Yale Medical School in May and has started her pediatric resi- dency at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
1974: Dawn V. Obrecht of Steamboat Springs, Colo., continues her consult- ing practice involving alcoholism and addictions, and she deals with public health and medical-legal issues, as well as participating in volunteer medical missions.
1975: Edward L. Morris ot Baltimore teports that he moved his office to
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Quarry Lake at Greenspring, and the view is breathtaking. He says he may
never retire:
1976: Ira E. Hantman of Baltimore is president of the medical staff at Mercy Medical Center.
1978: Morris Funk of Coral Springs, Fla., reports that son Michael begins a cardiology fellowship at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami after com- pleting a year there as chief resident.
1 979: Richard A. Lebow of Hunt Valley, Md., reports that he recently completed his 26th year at Union Memorial Hospitals ER, while son Hunter has just finished his first year of pre-kindergarten at Gilman! G. S. Malouf and wife Grace of Bethesda, Md., have three children: Marc, Dena, and Stefanie.
1980: Kenneth A. Jurist of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is a proud member of the research committee for the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medi- cine and reviews manuscripts for the American Journal of Sports Medicine. He will also be an examiner for the ABOS Oral Board Part II.
1983: Mary I. Jumbelic of Syracuse, N.Y., announces that her oldest son celebrates his high school graduation. He will be attending RPI on a merit scholarship to study computer science and videogame design. Milton S. Sniadach of Englewood, Colo., partici- pated with family on a dive trip to Cozumel, where he photographed an octopus, pufferfish, moray eel, and trunk fish and enjoyed a night dive.
1984: R. Matthew Reveille of Golden, Colo., was named one of Denver's top doctors for 2006 by 5280 Magazine.
1985: Rudolph C. Cane of Phoenix is medical director for Cigna HealthCare. Victoria Mossman-Van Eendenburg of
Bloomington, Minn., reports that her family is healthy and happy! Daughter Hannah enjoys high school, lacrosse, band, soccer, and friends. Husband John works for Northwest Airlines and spends his time playing soccer and racquetball.
1 986: Sangwoon Han of Lovettsville, Va., and husband Eric are enjoying country living and work in Frederick. While their older daugher Caitlin is headed to UVA this fall, younger daughter Kelsey will help prevent the Empty Nest Syndrome. Carola Nesbitt of Third Lake, 111., represented
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the class during the medical school's bicentennial convocation in May. She was accompanied by mother, E. Anne Mattern. who represented her class of 1947. Chet. I. Wyman of Ellicott City, Md., is vice president for medical affairs at Frederick Memorial Health- care System. He and wife Wendy enjoy spending time with seven-year-old son Michael and two-and-a-half year old twins Lana and Eric.
1988: Eugene T. Finan of Naples, Fla., is director of Naples MDVIP, the nation's premier preventive health group.
1 989: Jean Marie Naples has returned to the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health continuing the research work from a project in Ghana on urinary schistosomiasis and bladder cancer. She continues to be on disability from a serious auto accident in 2005.
1992: Virginia Powel Bay of Tulsa reports that her newly expanded chil- dren's hospital is nearing completion. Daughters Lilly, age six, and Laurel, age three, are doing great.
1994: Paul M. Berger of Allentown, Pa., has joined a new practice with the Urologic Association of Allentown. Denise Parker Hawkins and husband Kevin of Studio City, Calif., announce the arrival of Eva, their second. Parker Hawkins practices at UCLA.
1995: Suman Mishra and husband Dinakar Golla, MD, of Pittsburgh are expecting their second child this summer.
1996: Chimene Liburd is enjoying practicing internal medicine in her Gambrills, Md. office, which she founded in 2005. Her family continues
to grow with three children Maya, I )|, and [rent. Jeanette Nazarian of Catons-ville, Md., loves her time as a staff intensivist at Mercy and enjoys time with husband Doug and children Lila, age eight, and Grace, age five. Stephanie Silverman and husband Adam Garretson, MD, of Cambridge, Md., announce the birth of Asher Joseph Garretson, their first, on March 7. They work at Choptank Commu- nity Health System.
1999: Jonathan H. Griner has two
children: Hya, age two; and Emma, born September 23, 2006.
2000: Joseph M. Herman of Baltimore currently practices radiation oncology at Johns Hopkins. Melissa H. Katz of
Baltimore married Jordan Levine on November 5, 2006.
2001: Vikas Varma of West Hartford, Conn., is in a spine surgery fellowship following a sports medicine fellowship in 2006.
2002: Parham Jaberi of New Orleans has joined the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Pub- lic Health, serving as regional medical director for five parishes in Southeast Louisiana. Ceila E. Loughlin and hus- band Pete Leuchtmann of Apex, N.C., are expecting their first child. Loughlin is training in pediatrics and Leucht- mann, who completed radiology train- ing at Maryland in 2004, enjoys a private radiology practice in Raleigh.
2003: Todd W. Flannery of Baltimore gathered in Annapolis, Md. to celebrate the near completion of residency and fellowships with classmates Karen M. Sutton, Jeffery T. Hobelman, John B. Jackson, Jason Custer, and Milford M. Merchant.
2004: Kimberly Owens Nalda and husband Ruben Nalda, '03, of
Belleville, 111., are expecting their first this summer when Ruben begins an internal medicine residency. Corinne Sokolik Jackson and husband Mark of Chesapeake, Va., announce the birth of son Daniel on January 10, 2007. Sokolik Jackson is in the final year of an emergency medicine residency.
2006: Sandra K. Ruby of Westminster, Md., has begun a neurology residency after finishing up her internship at Mercy Medical Center.
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In Memoriam
Sidney R. Gehlert, '37
Scverna Park, Mil. May 24, 2007
Dr. ( iehlcrt was a general surgeon with an office in ( urtis Bay. He was preceded in death by wire Jo and is survived by two children, including Sidney R. Gehlert III, '68. grandson Rick, '92, and two great-grandchildren.
J. Brady Smith, '40
Severna Park, Md. April 29, 2007
Aftet medical school graduation, Dr. Smith enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as chief medical officer aboard the USS Eastland, an attack transport vessel in the Pacific. Upon completion of his military service, he returned to Anne Arundel Count)- and opened a family practice where he remained until retirement in 1987. During his career, Smith performed hundreds of home deliveries of babies for those who could not afford hospital maternity bills, and he rarely sent bills for his ser- vices. He enjoyed golf, sailing, reading, and he was a Civil War enthusiast. Smith is survived by wife Kitty, three children, and nine grandchildren.
JohnB. Wells, '41
Baltimore May 24, 2007
Dr. Wells completed his internship and first year of residency at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York. A member of the Army Medical Corps during World War II, he later continued his medical residency at Baltimore's St. Joseph's Hospital before joining Franklin Square Hospital as an anesthesiologist. In 1958, Wells joined the staff at Church Home and Hospital. After his retirement in 1986, Wells built twenty large, wooden models of sailing vessels. He also remodeled his home in Cedar Croft. Wells was an avid sailor and enjoyed Hying his private airplane. Wife Elizabeth, whom he divorced in 1965, passed away in L999. Wells is survived by five children, eight grand- children, and one great-granddaughter.
Donald I . Courtney, '43M
Reedsport, Oreg. November 18, 2006
Upon completion of his medical educa- tion, Dr. Courtney entered the U.S. Navy where he served as a lieutenant during World War II. I le interned at Emanuel Hospital in Portland and worked as a resident physician for Eastern Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital. In 1949, Courtney moved to Reedsport where he practiced general surgery. He served two four-year terms on the Oregon State Board of Examiners and was chairman from 1983 to 1984. Courtney was chief of staff of Lower Umpqua Hospital and deputy sheriff and medical examiner for Douglas County. He retired in 1993. Courtney enjoyed golf, garden- ing, hunting, and fishing, and he is survived by wife Doris, six children, 1 1 grandchildren, and seven great- grandchildren.
Edwin H. Stewart Jr., '43M
Baltimore May 6, 2007
Prior to medical school, Dr. Stewart conducted pioneering research into in- vitro fertilization as he worked with Dr. Nicholson J. Eastman, professor of obstetrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a birth control advocate. After medical school, Stewart interned and received residency training in surgery at Maryland, followed by a cancer fellowship at the U.S. Depart- ment of Public Health. From 1947 until retirement in 1992, he operated a private surgical practice in Baltimore, served on the faculty at Maryland, and was a member of the surgical staffs of Good Samaritan, Maryland General, and Church Home hospitals. In the 1960s, Stewart lobbied the Maryland General Assembly to improve health care for prison inmates as a consultant to the Maryland Department of Corrections. Appointments included the medical advisory board for RLE. Mutual Insurance Company and a medical advisory committee to
Maryland governor William I ' Schaefer. Stewart was active with the Boy Scouts and enjoyed teaching at the Renaissance Institute at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. I le is survived by wife Ella, five children including Charles E. Stewart, '73, 12 grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Charles W Brown, '43D
Englewood, Colo. June 15, 2005
Daniel Ehrlich, '43D
Baltimore March 6, 2007
Dr. Ehrlich interned at Baltimore City Hospital and received residency train- ing in internal medicine at South Baltimore General Hospital and in OB/GYN at St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1947, he began his military service in the U.S. Army where he served in Japan and at Ft. McPherson, Georgia, before returning to Baltimore and his medical practice. During his career, Ehrlich delivered more than 7,000 babies primarily at St. Joseph's and Sinai hospitals. For several years he served as vice president for the medical staff at St. Joseph's. He was an avid golfer, fisherman, and racketball player. He was enthusiastic in his celebration of life, served as an important role model to his family and friends, and was engaged in helping to improve the human condition through his service and activities. For many years he was a volunteer caller during the MA As annual phonothon in Davidge Hall. Ehrlich is survived by wife Deanie, four children including Gary, '65, and Paula, '81, 12 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
H. James Lambert Jr., '44
Wickenburg, Ariz. December 27, 2006
After medical school graduation Dr. Lambert served his country on two
Jinu and Okinawa, before returning to America and completing reside-no training in obsti tries and g\ nciologv ai Woman's Hospital in New York City.
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1 le was recalled into military service during the Korean War, stationed at the submarine base in New London, Connecticut. Later Lambert practiced medicine in Honolulu, Hawaii, as a partner at Straub Clinic, and he also held positions in San Diego and Hazard, Kentucky. He later accepted a teaching position as director of the women's clinic at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center where he retired at age 78 after 1 1 years. He is survived by wife Gloria, four children, five stepchildren, five grandchildren, eight step-grandchil- dren, and four step-great-grand- children. Lambert's first wife Jean passed away in 1969.
Allan H. Macht, '46
Baltimore March 4, 2007
Dr. Macht was a member of the 1807 Alliance, the medical school's society for major donors. Macht was preceded in death by wife Charlene, and he is survived by three children including Susan Cohen, '71, and Robert Macht, '78, ten grandchildren and one great- grandchild.
G.William Martin Jr., '50
Ventura, Calif. May 3, 2006
Prior to medical school, Dr. Martin enlisted in the U.S. Army and was crit- ically injured during World War II at the Battle of the Bulge on Christmas Day 1 944. Martin's specialty was occu- pational medicine, and he practiced with a group in Queenstown, Md., from 1951 to 1 l) 5 5, before establish- ing a solo practice in Wilmington, Delaware, from 1955 to 1963. From 1963 to 1969, Martin served as med- ical manager for IBM in Fishkill, New York. He was promoted to medical director for the western United States in 1969, a position he held until retire- ment in 1987. He enjoyed spending time with fainilv, world travel, and playing golf. Martin was preceded in death by his first wife Jean, and is sur-
vived by wife Carol, four children and six grandchildren.
Michael C. J. Sulka, '50
Lexington, Ky. April 8, 2007
Prior to medical school, Dr. Sulka served in the military during World War II, stationed in both the Pacific Theatre and in India. After medical school and training he practiced pathology for 37 years before retiring in 1987. Sulka's passion was thorough- bred horse racing, and he was a long- time owner who raced horses in West Virginia, Maryland, New York, and Kentucky. He is survived by wife Wilma, four children, and nine grand- children.
Howard C. Kramer, '51
Joppa, Md. March 6, 2007
Dr. Kramer was on the faculty, retiring as an associate professor. He also served as chief of urology at the VA Hospital at Loch Raven for 35 years and taught many of the urology residents at both Maryland and Johns Hopkins. His daughter Theresa, graduated from the medical school in 1986.
Robert A. Grubb, '52
Selinsgrove, Pa. May 5, 2007
After graduation Dr. Grubb trained at Harrisburg Polyclinic. He was appointed by the governor to serve on the Nursing Home Administration Board of Pennsylvania. Grubb was a member of the John Beale Davidge Alliance, the medical school's society for major donors. He is survived by wife June, seven children, and 1 2 grandchildren.
Richard Y. Olsen, '52
Palm Desert, Calif. February 22, 2007
As was the case with many of his class- mates, Dr. Olsen served in the military during World War II. He was a chief radioman on the Intrepid with the U.S.
Navy. Medical school followed his mili- tary commitment, and then he began a general medicine and surgical practice in the San Fernando Valley. After retirement Olsen relocated to Palm Desert. He is survived by wife Joyce Anne, two daughters, one son, seven grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Louis C. Arp Jr., '53
Moline, 111. December 5, 2006
At age 17, a young Dr. Arp enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was accepted on his second attempt after memorizing the test for color blindness. He served for 1 8 months as a seaman first class aboard the USS Bennington and USS Salerno Bay in the Pacific fleet. After his mili- tary service he completed college and medical school. Arp interned at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago and received residency training in surgery at the University of Iowa and Veteran's Hospital in Iowa City. A third genera- tion surgeon, Arp returned to his birth- place of Moline, Illinois, where he joined the medical practice of his father and uncle. He practiced until retire- ment in 1990. Arp was a board member and president of the Rock Island County Medical Society and served as president of the medical staffs of Lutheran and Moline Public hospitals. He was a board member of the Moline Public Library and the Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club. Board memberships also included the Pinney Printing Company, Selective Service System, and Lutheran Hospital Foundation. Arp enjoyed traveling with family and host- ing annual get togethers at a cabin in Clark, Colorado. He hunted, farmed, and was a bird enthusiast as well as a conservationist. Following retirement, he and wife Patricia spent their winters in Naples, Florida. In addition to Patricia, Arp is survived by four chil- dren and five grandchildren.
Corbett L. Quinn, '53 Magnolia, N.C. December 16, 2006
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Dr. Quinn practiced family medicine in rural Magnolia, Nonh ( arolina. He was the first North Carolina state sur- geon of the National Guard where he served for 32 years. Quinn served six terms as mayor of Magnolia and was its commissioner from 1957 to 1961. He and wife Ruth were officers in the Warsaw- Kenansville Rotary Club. In addition to his wife, Quinn is survived by one daughter, four grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. He was preceded in death by son Corbett I ... Jr.
Bert F. Morton, '68
Ellicott City, Md. April 21, 2007
Following graduation, Dr. Morton completed residency training in pathol- ogy at St. Agnes Hospital, before being commissioned into the U.S. Navy where he served from 1974 to 1976. After his military commitment, Morton served as deputy chief Mary- land medical examiner for two years and then returned to St. Agnes where he remained until retirement in 1999. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and boat- ing on the Chesapeake Bay, as well as vacationing in Ontario with family and friends. For more than 30 years he was an active member of the Towson Presbyterian Church, sitting on its board and participating in its outdoor education program. He was also active in Masonic affairs, serving as past mas- ter of Pythagoras Lodge and holding memberships with the Palestine Lodge, Boumi Temple, and the Royal Order of Jesters. Morton was a member of the 1807 Circle of the John Beale Davidge Alliance, the society comprising the medical school's most generous donors. He is survived by wife Carol, three sons including son Andrew, '97, and four grandchildren.
Richard H. Baker, '71
Baltimore April 20, 2007
Prior to medical school, Dr. Balcer studied tor the Roman Catholic priest- hood at St. Charles and St. Mary's sem-
inaries, earning degrees in philosophy and theology. At the age of 25, he left his religious studies to serve in the U.S. Army and then attended medical school. Upon graduation Balcer received training in ophthalmology at Maryland General Hospital where he continued to teach and do research on diabetic retinal vascular disease. His practice included locations in Towson, Dundalk, and Parkville. He enjoyed large family gatherings where he often prepared the meals. Balcer is survived by wife Kathleen, three daughters, three step-children, and five grandchil- dren. His first wife Mary died in 1981.
Michael Lee Walker, '72
Panama City, Fla. May 23, 2007
After graduation, Dr. Walker com- pleted his residency in neurology at the University of Virginia. 1 le later served in the U.S. Air Force as a neurologist, where he earned the rank of major. In 1980, Walker became an inlluenti.il member of medical teams and commu- nities in Panama City. Besides creating and advising several community boards in Florida, Walker founded the Ba\
County Ethics Consortium. He also became involved with the Pharma- ceutical Speakers Bureau and was the proud president of the Panama City Swim Team and safety director for the Southeastern Swimming Association. Walker ended his professional career by assuming the position of medical direc- tor at Gulf Coast Hospital and serving as a board member for Vision Bank. He is survived by wife Brenda, two children, and two grandchildren.
Gene O. Crawford, '77
Deltona, Fla. August 20, 2004
After careers as a mathematician for Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., in Huntsville, Alabama, a svstems man- ager for IBM in Washington, D.C., and an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves, Dr. Crawford received his medical degree and trained in OB/GYN at the Washington Hospital C 'enter in Washington. D.O After ti. lining he returned to 1 luntsville to open .m OB/( IY\ practice and taught pre medicine classes at Oakwood College — his alma mater — where he also worked tor its student health
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service. After three years Crawford returned to the Washington area where he practiced OB/GYN until 1993 when a severe stroke forced him into retirement. He and wife Rozena relo- cated to Deltona, Florida, two years later where Crawford served as a pathfinder counselor for Mars Hill SDA Church. He also became a mem- ber of the Different Strokes Club, an officer with the Vision Impaired Group, a member of the YMCA Handi-Capable Gym, the Sunshine Center, and the DeLand Activity Center. He continued to be an avid reader, keeping up with current events through Talking Books. Survivors include wife Rozena, three children and one grandchild.
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Mrs. Akiko K. Bowers Pompton Plains, N.J. May 4, 2007
Mrs. Bowers was the second wife of John Z. Bowers, '38. Born in Tokyo, Japan, she graduated from Kobe College before moving to New York City in 1961 to study business at New York University. In 1963, she became the first woman to accept a position with the Japanese ambassador to the United Nations, directing protocol and serving as liaison between the Japanese government and members of the U.N. She met Dr. Bowers in 1969, and they married in 1970. Their mutual love for Japan and Asia led to several years of researching, translating, and editing Dr. Bovvers' scholarly works. After Dr. Bowers death in 1993, Bowers estab- lished an endowment fund at the Medical Alumni Association to support its collection of medical artifacts which now bears her name. In 2001, she cre- ated the John /. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and Deans Chair at the medical school. Bowers was an accomplished harpist and classic traditional dancer. She was a patron ol the Metropolitan Museum of Art where she donated priceless family
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Dr. Nathan H. Carliner
Baltimore May 29, 2007
Dr. Carliner was a professor of medi- cine and attending cardiologist. His interest in clinical research enabled him to author numerous scientific publica- tions and to participate as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Carliner's interest in clinical pharma- cology led to the formation of the bi- weekly electrocardiography conference that continues at Maryland. Born in Mount Washington, Carliner earned his bachelor's degree at Johns Hopkins University before graduating from its medical school in 1965. He served as a major in the United States Army Medical Corps in Virginia and later in Vietnam, where he was the chief of the medical service at the Third Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. Carliner fin- ished his fellowship in cardiology at Emory University in Atlanta before moving back to Baltimore and joining Maryland's faculty. He quickly became
a full professor and served as associate chief of cardiology and director of non- invasive cardiology services.
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Cockeysville, Md. April 17, 2007
From 2000 until his death in April, Dr. Line was a Maryland cancer researcher, professor in the department of diagnos- tic radiology, and director of nuclear medicine. His most recent work focused on molecular targeted therapy as part of the American-Russian Cancer Alliance. Born in Philadelphia, Line was a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College in 1969, and he earned a medical degree from Albany Medical College in 1973. He joined the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda as a clinical associate in nuclear medicine in 1974, and from 1975 to 1981 was a clinical associate and research analyst with the NIH's national heart, lung and blood insti- tute. From 1981 until joining the faculty at Maryland, Line served as professor of radiology and of cell biol- ogy and cancer research at the Albany Mcdit al ( enter. I le is survived b) wife Beth and two children.
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The technology explosion of the late 20th century paved the way for extraordinary advances in medicine. Now, with research funding on the decline, basic scientists and clinicians at medical schools are being forced to re-evaluate the way they conduct their business and teach their stu- dents. At Maryland, three relatively new department chairs in the basic sciences view these changes in the landscape as oppor- tunities rather than obstacles.
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The Medical Alumni Association I lonor Roll
Each year we recognize the thousands ot alumni, faculty, and friends who supported the medical school with gifts to the Medical Alumni Associations annual fund during the prior fiscal year. In this issue we pay tribute to those whose gifts were received between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007. Our honor roll listing also includes members of the John Beale Davidge Alliance, consisting of the school's most generous donors.
Alumnus Profile: Stephen V Valenti, '78
Changing Beats
Raised in a family with a musical background, Stephen A. Valenti, '78, strummed his way through school by opening for musical groups like Three Dog Night and Buddy Rich. After earning his medical degree, he developed an interest in another beat — catdiac rhythms and heart sounds. Today, on the verge of celebrating his 30th med- ical school reunion, Valenti enjoys the best ot both worlds.
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Alumnus Profile: Protagoras N. Cutchis, '83
No Appetite to Tag Along
During childhood, "Tag" Cutchis, '83, began tinkering with electricity, and he developed a number ot gadgets ranging from a color organ to a stereo power amplifier. His work continues today as a senior engineer in the national security technology department ot the Johns Hopkins Uni- versity Applied Physics Laboratory, atter earning a medical degree at Maryland and a master's degree in electrical engineering. But these gadgets being developed have .1 slighdy different mission: improving and saving lives.
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Recollections
The editorial board is proud to present Volume 92. Number 2 ot die Bulletin magazine, the oldest medical alumni association publication in the United States. In addition to serving as the medical school s primary communications link with alumni since 1916, the magazine sci\cs .is .1 budge connecting us to our past. I Ins section ot the magazine features snippets of past issues, ottering a look at OU1 medical school 25, 50 & 75 years ago.
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I was pleased to celebrate in August my first anni- versary as dean or the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In the year that I have been here, I have been gratified to learn that this medical school is just as excep- tional as I thought it was when I accepted the position two summers ago.
What's on my mind this fall are the many exciting ways that alumni can help position the University of Mary- land School of Medicine for continued success. I encourage each and every alumnus and alumna to become more actively involved in our academic medical community, through grand rounds, lectureships, community out- reach initiatives, mentoring relation- ships, or any other creative ways. Your knowledge and experience as lifelong physicians, scientists and allied health professionals can have a dramatic impact upon the lives of our aspiring young health and science professionals.
I would also like to invite you to visit our campus to see how we have grown and will continue to expand the physical facilities. We have added " significant new research space and dramatically upgraded our teaching facilities as a result of very generous philanthropic contributions, including gifts from Elizabeth Hosick, '66, and Irving Taylor, '43M, and his family. These state-of-the-art facilities will play a key role in our ability to attract and retain the exceptional faculty members and outstanding medical students who comprise our dynamic learning community.
If you cannot visit our campus in person, 1 would suggest that you take
a look at our website, http:llmed- school.umaryland.edu, which is filled with interesting stories about you, our alumni, as well as faculty, staff and students, and the many exciting pro- grams and initiatives that are currently underway. I am certain that you will find our website informative and topi- cal. You may even find that there are faculty members at the medical school who are conducting research in a disci- pline of personal or professional inter- est to you. I would like nothing more than to expand the breadth and scope of our work by developing even more collaborative relationships with our alumni.
Over the last year you have received my vision letters on research, educa- tion, clinical care and finance/philan- thropy. I shared these with you so that you could see that the medical school has ambitious, yet attainable goals, and in the hope that you are willing to partner with me in my effort to attain these goals. I welcome your feedback and suggestions.
I have kept you informed on the exciting bicentennial events we 've had over the last nine months. We have just three more months left in our year-long bicentennial celebration and only a few more events. This month the School of Medicine is the sole sponsor of Garrison Keillors A Prairie Home Companion at the historic Hippodrome Theatre — a live national performance. In November we will host a "Research Expo" for journalists and science writers in an effort to introduce them to some of our inter- nationally acclaimed researchers and their groundbreaking work, as well as to help them understand the science behind the headlines. We are still plan- ning our final event, to be held on or around December 18, the day the leg- islature signed the bill that created the College of Medicine of Maryland in 1807.
I was pleased to see some of you at my first State of the School Address on September 25th. The annual address was my opportunity to highlight the milestones we achieved together in the last 12 months and to touch on the challenges that lay ahead.
No great institution can succeed without the ongoing generous support of its alumni, faculty and friends. I have been overwhelmed by the philan- thropic support that you have made to this institution during my first year as dean. I can assure you that your con- tributions have a profound effect upon our curriculum, research efforts and our community outreach initiatives. I hope that, together, we can continue to collectively raise our sights, and position this institution for another 200 years of excellence. I look forward
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The Class of 2009
Juniors Receive Sendoff to Rotations
The class of 200°, having completed two years of the basic sciences, have begun their third year of rotations. A simple but elegant Student Clinician Ceremony was held in Davidge Hall on July 5 to celebrate the occasion. The event, organized by the office of student affairs and sponsored by the Medical Alumni Association, included a welcome by SOM dean E. Albert Reece, MI), PhD, MBA and .1 speech by Robert Shin, MD, assistant professor in the departments of neurol- ogy and ophthalmology. Then the 1 50 students received their gold pins and recited the Student Clinician Oath. Donna L. Parker, '86, associate dean for students affairs, served as mas ter of ceremonies.
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doing so, I will remember that
warmth, empathy, and the art of
medicine arc as vital as the scientific knowledge to the care 1
provide as a healer, educator, and advocate. To these goals,
1 dedicate myself 111 the honorable traditions of the School of
Medicine.
SOM dean E. Albert Reece congratulates Aharon Cooper, '09, as he receives his gold clinician pin.
MAA Welcomes Class of 2011
The class of 201 1 reported to campus on August l) tor three days of orienta- tion before the formal start ot the fall semester. 1 he program concluded with the annual pizza party in Davidge Hall, sponsored bv the MAA. I his war's class of 160 was selected from a pool of 4,503 applicants and, simil.u to every class since 1996, is predominantly female (58"<>). Students range in age from 21 to 35 and come to the medical school from 67 different colleges and universities. The class averaged 3 1 on the M< \ I and posted a 3.67 ( IPA.
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NMA Gathers in Hawaii
More than 40 alumni, faculty, and friends of the medical school gathered for a reception during the annual meeting of the National Medical Association in Honolulu on August 6. The event was staged by the MAA and co-hosted by Dean Emeritus Donald E. Wilson, MD, MACP, and MAA regional vice president Robert M. Phillips, '82.
Cina Claims Woodward Faculty Prize
Majid E. Cina, '02, assistant professor of medicine in the division of general internal medicine, was named recipient of the second annual Theodore E. Woodward Faculty Prize in Medicine. The award is given for recognition of exemplary teaching and patient care.
Woodward, a member of the class of 1938, served on Maryland's faculty from 1948 to 2003 and was chairman of the department of medicine
from 1954 to 1981. He was recognized as a superb teacher, master clinician, distinguished scientist, and caring physician. The award was estab- lished by family, friends, former students, and colleagues after Woodward's death in 2005.
Majid E. Cina, '02
Participants at the NMA reception included Robert M. Phillips, '82; Mrs. Patricia Wilson, dean emeritus Donald E. Wilson, MD, MACP; Eve J. Higginbotham, MD, dean of Morehouse School of Medicine and former chair of Maryland's department of ophthalmology; Elijah Saunders. '60; Mrs. Sharon Saunders; and Susan Y. Neal.
Orioles Mark School's Bicentennial Anniversary
The Baltimore Orioles recognized the medical school's 200th birthday on Sepember 6, wel- coming faculty, staff, students, and alumni for a "Bicentennial Night at Camden Yards." Hundreds turned out tor the event, including a pre- game ceremony with SOM dean E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, tossing the cere- monial first pitch. The league-leading Boston Redsox played spoilers, however, beating the O's 7-6.
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Departures
Former dean Donald E. Wilson, MD,
MACP, was named senior vice president for health sciences at Howard University. The appointment was effective August 1 , 2007. Wilson, who served as Maryland's 29th dean from 1991 to 2006, is responsible for the overall manage- ment and leadership of Howard's health sciences clinical and research enter- prise, hospital, the college of medicine, the college of dentistry, the college of pharmacy, nursing and allied health as well as the health sciences library.
Since retiring in 2006, Wilson has served as director of Maryland's program in minority health and health disparities, and he plans to continue in this capacity on a part-time basis.
Donald £. Wilson. MD, MACP
J. Glenn Morris Jr.,
MD, former chairman of the department of epidemiology and pre- ventive medicine, was named director of the emerging pathogens institute at the Univer- sity of Florida in Gainesville. Morris served as department chairman beginning in 2000 and was head of the division of hospi- tal epidemiology from 1996 to 2000. For the past year he served as interim dean for a newly created school of public health. The effort to establish the school, however, has been temporarily suspended and will be re-examined again at a later date. As director of the University of Florida's emerging pathogens institute, Morris hopes his experience in public health and policy will bolster Gainesville's $50 million institute.
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Maryland's History of Dermatology
The department of dermatology has published a histori- cal piece on its famed department. Written by Ronald Goldner, '65, the 73-page book traces the teaching of dermatology at Maryland as it formally began with the appointment of Isaac E. Atkinson, class of 1865, as clinical professor of dermatology in 1879. Atkinson later served as dean from 1890 to 1893. The book is being distributed to all faculty and many of Maryland's dermatology alumni. Goldner, who became clinical professor of dermatology and assis- tant director of the dermatology residenc) program in January, spent several years compiling the mate rial and writing the piece. «*
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Gates (want to Fund Research for HIV Vaccine
University System of Maryland chancellor William E. "Britt" Kirwan, Maryland governor Martin O'Malley, Robert Gallo, MD, and SOM dean £. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA at the announcement In Annapolis
Maryland's Institute for Human Virology (IHV) has received a $15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further develop a vaccine that, in early studies, has shown potential to provide broad pro- tection against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
The five-year grant is part of the Gates Foundations Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery, an interna- tional network of research consortia focused on accelerating the pace of HIV vaccine development.
"This grant reinforces what Mary- landers have long known: that our state is a world leader in biotechnol- ogy, and more importantly, a leader in finding a vaccine that can help the thousands of people affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic," said Maryland governor Martin O'Malley.
"Our ultimate goal is a vaccine that will prevent HIV transmission. In
early studies, this vaccine has already demonstrated that it has promise to produce an immune system response to various HIV strains. We are very happy that the Gates Foundation is supporting our efforts," said Robert C. Gallo, MD, the founder and director of IHV, who co-discovered HIV and developed the first HIV blood test.
HIV s ability to mutate rapidly into numerous strains has long frustrated efforts by the medical research com- munity to develop an effective vaccine. Previous attempts by others to develop a vaccine have been unsuccessful because they were unable to stop a broad range of HIV strains. IHV sci- entists are encouraged by their poten- tial vaccine, and the Gates Foundation grant will allow IHV scientists to con- duct further studies on their vaccine so that they can understand better how the vaccine works against HIV.
The Gates grant comes on the heels of a $43 million grant from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The funding will be used to further the institute's AIDS Care and Treatment in Nigeria project by pro- viding immediate care and treatment to 48,000 patients and expanding HIV-testing and counseling to an additional 100,000 Nigerians over the next year. Nigeria ranks third in the world for total number of persons infected with HIV — the virus that causes AIDS.
The IHV was founded in 1996 as part of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute. Its oversight was transferred to the medical school on July 1 . 2
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I lome Intervention Program Effective al Mitigating Effects of KIT
Maureen Black. PhD
Failure to thrive ( F I I '), a condition that affects about five out or every 100 infants and toddlers in the United States, can impact a child's stature and school performance for up to eight years after the diagnosis. But researchers at Maryland have found that a home intervention program during the first year of life is successful at mitigating the effects of FTT as the child gets older. The study, published in the July 2007 edition of Pediatrics, found that children with FTT who received home visits from intervention specialists per- formed better in school, were better behaved and weighed about five pounds more at age eight than chil- dren with FT 1 who didn't receive home visits.
"Pediatricians and other physicians across the United States use standard- ized growth charts to track the growth and development of infants and tod- dlers," says Maureen Black, PhD, professor of pediatrics and director of the growth and nutrition clinic at the University of Maryland Hospital for Children. "Such children with failure to thrive don't keep pace in terms of height and weight and usually fall under the fifth percentile on the growth chart. This condition often begins during the second six months of life."
Numerous medical conditions can cause F 1 I, including prematurity, reflux, food allergies and metabolic disorders. But the majority of children seen in the clinic who suffer from F I I don't have an underlying medical condition. "Medical problems make up a small percentage of FTT cases,"
s.i\s Black, l )thei causes include a lack of access to adequate food, irregular or inconsistent mealtime routines, com- peting activities that interfere with meals, children with low appetites, and children's delayed development in transitioning to pureed and solid foods.
FTT occurs among children of all economic classes, but the prevalence is highest among children in low-income families. According to Black, many children with FTT experience growth and cognitive recovery by school age, but they continue to be at risk for poor growth, low academic achieve- ment and poor academic work habits that are likely to undermine future performance in school.
In 1989, Black and colleagues recruited 249 children from pediatric primary care clinics that serve low- income areas of Baltimore to partici- pate in the study. Approximately 130 of those children suffered from FTT not caused by a medical condition, and 1 1 9 served as a comparison group with average growth. Children with FTT were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Both groups received clinical intervention for FTT in the clinic. The home intervention group also received that service for one year. The control group did not receive home intervention.
I he home intervention was deliv- ered by three specialists employed by PA( ' I, a community agency specializ- ing in early intervention. One-hour visits were scheduled weekly for one year and focused on supporting the care giver's personal, family and envi- ronmental needs, modeling and promoting positive parent-infant interactions and problem-solving strategies regarding personal, parent-
ing, and children's issues. The home visitors did not focus on nutrition or feeding behavior and did not weigh the children. Participants from the FTT groups and the comparison group returned to the clinic at four, six, and eight years of age for evaluations.
"At the end of the first year, infants who received home visits had better development than those who had not, their care givers were more nurturing; and their homes were mote stimulat- ing," says Black. "At that point, their growth was no different from those children with FTT who had not received home visits."
Black examined the study group again at age eight. She found that home intervention had benefits that lasted until at least age 8. Children with FTT who had not received the home intervention were shorter, thin- ner and had lower arithmetic scores than the comparison children. 1 bus, early home intervention protected the children with FTT from poor growth and school problems. In addition, children with F 1 1 who received home visits were better behaved in school than those who had F IT dnd had rei eived no home inti i ventions. 1 Ins study was supported by the Maternal and Child Health Research Program at the U.S. I )epartment ol 1 lealth And 1 him. m Ser\ ices. "
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Brain Regions Responsible for Decision Making Permanently Damaged by Cocaine
Maryland researchers have found that cocaine exposure in rats causes permanent damage to a part of the brain responsi- ble for judgment and learning new behaviors. The results may shed light on why drug addicts often relapse after being treated for their addiction.
Researchers tested whether rats that had been exposed to cocaine for several weeks could learn to distinguish between two different odor cues — one that gave them water laced with sucrose and the other which was water laced with bitter tasting quinine. "We then reversed the two odot cues; so the odor predictive of the sugar reward became predictive of qui- nine and vice versa. In earlier experiments, normal rats have been able to learn this new association," says Geoffrey Schoenbaum, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology at the medical school and lead researcher on the study. "We found that rats exposed to cocaine were much slower than non-drug exposed rats at changing their behavior after the reversal."
Similar deficits previously have been shown in human cocaine addicts and are thought to reflect the poor decision-
making that is characteristic of addiction. The researchers found that this deficit was associated with declines in flexible signaling in the baso- lateral amygdala. Rather than being able to process new information, as in normal animals, electrical signaling in the basolateral amygdala continued to provide the old odor association for reward and punishment in the cocaine-treated rats.
"The drug-exposed rats couldn't change their behav- ior because neurons in the amygdala were essentially still signaling what they learned before reversal," says Schoenbaum. "Flexible sig- naling in the amygdala is compromised by previous exposure to drugs."
A second experiment con- firmed that the deficit was fixed when the researchers destroyed the basolateral amyg- dala. "Remarkably, lesions that destroyed these neurons fixed the reversal deficit," says Schoenbaum. "The drug-exposed rats with lesions in the amygdala performed as well on rever- sals as rats that were never exposed to cocaine."
"Its clear that exposing rats to cocaine can cause funda- mental deficits in adaptive decision-making," says Schoenbaum. "These results are important in understanding how addictive drugs change the brain and also provide information that may lead to potential thera- peutic agents for the treatment of addiction."
Funding for Schoenbaum's research was provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The study was published in Nature Neuroscience. »«•
Geoffrey Schoenbaum, MD. PhD
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Discoveries are the life blood of basic science, which aspires to solve the mysteries of disease at the deepest molecular level, and then translate those answers into vaccines, drugs, and other kinds of treatments to be utilized in clinical medicine. The University of Maryland School of Medicine is building an international reputa- tion in this field, thanks in no small part to its three newest basic science chairs, Drs. Meredith Bond, James Kaper, and Richard Eckert.
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'The spigot has been turned off, and the money avail to support original ideas and allow them to grow to fruition is being stifled."
Meredith Bond, PhD, whose.- primary research delves into the science behind heart failure, has been heading the department of physiology for four years, fames Kaper, PhD, who specializes in the molecular pathogenesis ot infections diseases, became the chair ot the department ol
microbiology cv immunology in February, after more than 20 \ears as a professor and prolific researcher at the school. Richard Eckert, PhD, whose work focuses on understanding how skin cells function to protect people from illnesses and how those cells are altered during disease states such as skin cancer, was appointed chair of the department of biochemistry & molecular biology in November 2006.
As they gather for a roundtable discussion of the importance of science in medicine, the three- share an easy camaraderie, a connection they've cultivated since EckertS arrival. "The basic sci- ence chairs have started going out every month or so for dinner," explains Kaper. I he group, which also includes Michael Shipley, PhD, the chair of the department of anatomy and neurobi- ology, and Edson AJbuquerquc, MD/Phl), chair of the department of pharmacology, "discuss common problems and experiences," according to Kaper.
One of the biggest issues they all face is funding their research. Although grants to the med- ical school have increased every year, getting those research dollars has become more and more competitive. The NIH research budget is diminishing, as is the state and federal government's
willingness to finance experimental science. This situation could have a devastating effect on the field in the very near future. "The NIH budget is being cut outright in terms of research dollars, and then we're losing purchasing power because of inflation, and along with reducing the things that we've done, it's also really turning off the next generation of students," laments Kaper. "We may be losing a great number of very talented researchers in the future who see how their men- tors struggle and sweat and worry about grants, and that's not appealing. On one hand there's the excitement of doing the science, but then they also see the frustration and angst about grant support, and that's sure to be a problem in the future. It's already a problem now."
Bond agrees. "The spigot has been turned off, and the money available to support original ideas and allow them to grow to fruition is being stifled," she says. "So science can't move on as quickly as it would like, because the funds aren't available. I don't think anybody is advocating funding research that is mediocre. But we're at the point where we need to find ways to fund research that is truly outstanding. Because a number of very bright people with spectacular ideas are not able to take the next step and develop those ideas into significant discoveries."
There are discoveries with great potential to be found in every basic science department, but Kaper is especially excited about potential success in the field of vaccine development. "There may be a possibility of vaccines to treat non-infectious diseases [such as cancer]," he explains. "Dr. Scott Strome, who was recently profiled in the Bulletin, is also working on a therapeutic — rather than preventive — application for vaccines. As we know more and more about the basic science of underlying diseases, hopefully we'll learn enough to take early steps towards prevent- ing disease, as opposed to having to take later steps for therapeutic treatments."
Bond concedes that disease prevention would be ideal, but "that requires resources and a little hit of a different philosophy," she says. "In the past we've had clinical trials with patients who are symptomatic. But we've got to step back before that to people who are at risk but are not symptomatic. Those individuals have to be followed a lot longer in a clinical trial, of course, but they're much less likely to he critically ill for a much longer period of time. So our goal is truly personalized preventive medicine. I think a lot ol peo pie are moving in that direction, but there will be a few little hiccups along the way. And there will, of course, be some financial needs in order to move that along a little hit."
research funds and other government contributions, those financial needs will have to be met in other ways, ""hilanthropy becomes all the more important to fill in those gaps."
"So our goal is truly personalized preventive medicine.'
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With the aforemen- tioned cuts in NIH tesearch funds and other government contributions, those financial needs will have to be met in other ways. "Philanthropy becomes all the more important to fill in those gaps," Kaper declares. "Compared to some other state universities, we get about half the money per capita per medical student than most of our peer institutions. This institu- tion does not have a long history of philanthropy, but one of the great things Dr. Wilson did when he became dean was really focus on fund raising. He really did a terrific job, but much more is needed, and Dr. Reece is certainly carrying on with that tradition. But it's so important — for the advancement of the whole institu- tion, not just the basic sciences."
Helping its case is the fact Maryland is attracting top students and professors because of its excellence in translating basic science into clinical applications. The school boasts a long tradition of "bench to bedside" excellence because its physicians and scien- tists are within the medical school, which has a strong partner- ship with the Univer- sity of Maryland Medical Center. "I think there is a big advantage being at a medical school," proclaims Bond. "There are a number of people who are doing very important basic science on a number of undergraduate campuses separate from a medical school. But they have somewhat of a geographical hurdle when taking that to the next step. They don't run into the clinicians in the corridors, and they don't get a chance to see as easily as we do what problems need to be investigated and how we can best interact with clinicians. At research insti- tutes that don't have direct interaction with hospitals, you often meet people who have a yearning to be on a campus like this. So it's an attraction for people to come here, the fact that there is such a rich clinical environment."
While Eckert may joke that bench to bedside progress takes "thousands of decades," he agrees that it is critical to the school. "I think the most outstanding institutions right now are investing in parallels in basic and clinical science, because there's clearly a realization that the strongest medicine, the strongest advances, come out of both schools," he says. "We're well on the way to doing that kind of thing. I'm the newest here, but if you look at the way the school's progressed, there's really been an investment in bringing in investi- gators who can do good fundamental science, especially in the basic area, but also in the clinical areas. That's fueling our rising profile."
However, it's usually the clinical science that gets the most attention — and money. "From the point of view of philanthropy, basic science is just as critical to the advancement of medicine as what people are doing in the clinics with patients every day," says Bond. "But it's sometimes difficult for us to be able to communicate that effectively to people outside these walls. However, there is plenty of evidence that basic discoveries that initially appear not to have any obvious clinical advantage have
enormous clinical impact down ^Mb,
the line. So it's up to us to be able to communicate the importance of that."
Of course doing so isn't easy because of the unpredictable
.now mere smucnm
clinicians, in terms of trying to apply and translate basic properties and understandings into an understanding of disease physiology and then into bringing the diseased patient back to health."
nature of basic science discoveries. "There's no easy, predictable path, and there are sometimes dead ends," Bond concedes. There are also surprising discoveries.
"There is a worm that actually revealed how cells normally die," Eckert explains. "And all those genes are found to be present in humans. So it's opened up a whole area describing how cells are remodeled dur- ing development and are naturally taken out of the body by these processes and these genes, which is par- ticularly of interest in cancer development. The whole of what is called apoptotic cancers were discovered in a worm. And it's washed over the rest of biomedicine.
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People don't really appreciate that unless we tell them. So [to get the word out] you take a few good examples and go out and tell people how what we do makes an impact."
One area in which basic science has had an amazing impact is the field of recombinant DNA. "The whole genetic revolution, in terms of genetic engineering, is based on basic curiosity about little viruses that affect bacteria," Kaper explains. "These are viruses that don't affect humans, but they cause disease in bacteria. That's not much of a tragedy for the bacteria, but looking at the phenomena, how some viruses can infect one bacterium but other viruses couldn't affect the same bacterium, scientists discovered that these organisms and bacteria had enzymes that restrict what viruses can do. That was purely a laboratory phenomena initially, but from that came the discovery of restriction enzymes, which allow us to now do cutting and splicing of DNA. That was a very fundamental, very basic observation that had unbelievable consequences."
Such important discoveries have forced basic science to re-evaluate the way it works. "If you go back 20 years, you could focus on a series of technologies in your own lab, and you could make discoveries, and it was fine," says Eckert. "But then there was a technology explosion. Jim alluded to the techniques of modern molecular biology, which allowed us to do things that were just unfathomable. That changed things amaz- ingly over only two years. So you went from that to a level where all these things were automated, to some extent, and then new technologies came on board to give you a better look at proteins. And then you could scan the whole genome at a time. And then the whole genome was known. So suddenly the contributions that you make are not only funda- mentally in your lab, in your focus; they're expanding in a broader way."
Kaper agrees. "The very tradi- tional role of basic science used to stop at elucidating basic mech- anisms but not going beyond, except for maybe going to the next basic mechanism," he says. "But now there's much more integration between basic scien- tists and clinicians, in terms of trying to apply and translate basic properties and understand- ings into an understanding of disease physiology and then into bringing the diseased patient back to health."
I Ins integration between the sciences is forcing a change in the way basic science is taught. "There are a
lot ot didactic courses over the first \H months or two years of medical school, where students learn the course material," Bond explains. "But the one thing that a good graduate student also must learn to do is to be collaborative from early on. It's our job as mentors to encourage that. So our students can go to another lab, and sometimes even be the glue between two labs, and learn a new technique, look at a different way of doing things and be able to incorporate that into what they're doing. The old days of the student just sitting at the bench doing a confined experiment are gone. The pace and the competition are just too rapid."
Eckert agrees. "Students now are trained more broadly in many ways, out of necessity," he says. "We've developed larger, programmatic, umbrella' programs that are designed to challenge students more broadly
■e one thing that a good graduate student al .ust learn to do is to be collaborative from early on. It's our job as mentors to encourage that . . . The old days of the student just sitting at the bench doing a confined experiment are gone. The pace and the competition are just too rapid."
and in currerent disciplines, oecause tne range ot tecn- nologies we can now bring to bear — my lab or any other lab can't match it alone. You have to find people to help you address issues. And when you do that, things progress much faster, and there's more break- throughs in terms of disease. I think [basic scientists] are going to be increas- ingly working as teams to conquer things."
Bond is looking forward to this trend toward teamwork in science. "It's going to allow us to attack thorny and difficult issues more easily, if we truly can work as a team," she believes. "We'll be bringing to bear on a prob- lem a chemist and a bioengineer, plus a basic scientist and a clinical investi- gator, putting all of their expertise together. The challenge will be to effec- tively communicate amongst all those people with diverse backgrounds. Challenges are opportunities," she sa) 5 with a smile, m
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Bank Estate CM Merlin |olin
Bankenbush Mr. & Mrs. Michael Baron Ms. Mar>' A. Batch Ms. Julia Becker Mr. David Blanker! & Ms.
Barbara Friedman Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C. Carder Dr. Cornelia P. Charming Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Chrencik Mr. & Mrs. Edward A.
i ui ke\ 1 1 1 Dr. Thomas B. Connor Dr. Frederick Coulston Ms. 1 )awn Grafton Mr. Ronald Davies Mrs. Marie S. DeOms Eli 1 illy & Company Ms. Gretta Estey Mr. & Mrs. Alvin B. Filbert Frank C. Marino Foundation The Franklin Paulson Revocable
Trust Mrs. Reva F. Fox Mr. Bennett Friedman Mrs. Doris N. Frieman Mrs. Lillian Fuentes
Dr. James N'owcll ( lane) Mr. Ronald 1 . Geesey Mr. Nicholas ( iiannaris Mrs. Freda ( .ill The Gilmore Family- Mr. Craig A. & Ms. Susan Coda
Grube Mrs. Bertha GudeKk\ Mr. Carlton K. Gutschick Mr. ( Iregory F. & Ina Handlir Mr. Richard Harvey Mr. Anthony T. Hawkins Mr. Robert T. Heltzel Mrs. Jean Hepner Mrs. Zoh M. Hieronimous Hills Family Foundation Mr. Roderick M. Hills Ms. Julianna Hines Dr. Donald J. Hobart Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Hoffberger Mrs. Calvert Jones Holloway Mr. Woodland Hunt Ischemia Technologies Ms. Elise M. Janthey H. McKeeJarboe Fund Mr. William B. Johnson Johnson & Johnson Mr. James Sumner Jones Ms. Irene L. Kols Mr. Irving B. Kahn
Dr. Richard 1. & Mrs. 1 inda
B. Katz Dr. Florence P. Kendall
Mr. Barrett B. Kollme Ms. Ruth M. I atimei Mr. Thomas M. I i I iving Erickson Foundation Mr. Patrick Madden & Mrs.
Megan M. Arthur Manpower Demo Research Corp. Mr. Stanley J. Marcuss Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Mathias Mr. & Mrs. Philip Mat/ Mr. Hugh P. McCormick III Mr. Charles W. McGrady Dr. James E. & Mrs. Susan O.
McNamee Mr. Jack W. Merrill Mrs. Jeanne Michel Mr. & Mrs. Milton H. Miller Sr. Mr. Dennis Narango Mr. Michael & Pamela Noble Mr. John H. Park & Ms. Jennifer
I. Chu Ms. Martha Parsons Mr. David Paulson Mr. Howard L. Perlow Mr. Parker H. Petit Pharmedica Communications Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Brice R. Phillips
I )i I aurem Pierre Philippe
P. I.E. Mutual Insurance
Plainsboro Marketing Group
Mr. Lewis S. Ranieri
Mr. Hallie P. Rice
The Safra Family
Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Scarlett Jr.
I )i. and Mrs. Morton Schwartz
Mr. M.G. Sellman
Dr. Sylvan M. Shane
Mr. David K. Shipler
Mr. Richard Singer
Mr. Richard C. Smith
Mrs. Mary E. Staples
Streisand Foundation
Mrs. Barbara U. Sutton
Dr. Mitso Suzuki
Jimmie Swartz Foundation
Mrs. Jean D. Thompson
Dr. Rodrigo Toro
Towson Rehabilitation Services
Trustees of the Endowment
Fund University Emergency Medicine
Associates Ms. Marlene E. Wheeler Mr. Harvev Zeller
HISTORIC VENUE AND ALL-SUITE HOTELS
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The following donors made gifts to the Medical Alumni Association between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007.
1940
Number of Donors: 1 Participation: 20 00 ■ Total Contributions: $25.00 Average Gift: $25.00
Meyer G. Miller
Number ot Donors: 1 Participation: 33 13 % Total Contributions: $ I 00.00 Average Gift: $ 100.00
Manuel Levin
Number of Donors: 2 Parricipation: 50.00% Total Contributions: S 525.00 Average Gift: $162.00
Samuel E. Einhorn Harold W. Rosenberg
1937
Number of Donors: 4
Participation: 3t> '<*< "■ Total Contributions:
$65,625.00 Average Gift: $16,406.25
James Frenkil Lawrence Perlman Albert Shapiro Bernhardr J. Statman
1938
Number ol 1 )onors: 4
Participation: ill 11(1 %
I otal i ontributions: Si ,525.00
Average Gift: $381.25
loseph M. i leorgejr. \V I ehman I iu) ton |r. Moms W. Steinberg III eonard Warres
Number ol 1 )onors • Participation: 50.00% rotal Contributions: $1,100.00 Average Gift: $366.67
Elizabeth B. ( 'annon-1 l.ill ( Kin I [artman Arnold F. Lavenstein
Number ol Donors: 4 Participation: ill % Total Contributions: $ '90 00 Average Gift: $197.50
Irving V. Glick Luis R. Guzman-Lopez Benjamin 1 1 [nloes |r, Leonard Posner
Number ol Donors: 5 Participation: 35.71 % Total Contributions: $450.00 Average Gift: $90.00
Aurora F. Alberti-Gordon Michael L. DeVincenris franklin L- Leslie Pearl Huffman Scholz James H. Walker
1942
Number of Donors: 7 Participarion: 53.85 % Total Contributions: $6,625.00 Average Gift: $946.43
Robert A. Barthel Jr. Joseph G. Bird rheodore Kardash Parrick C. Phelan Jr. Louis H. Shuman loseph Wallace Jr. Loy M. Zimmerman
1943D
Number of Donors: 12 Participation: 57.14 % Total Contributions: $2,385.00 Average Gift: $198.75
Frederick B. Brandt Augustus H. Fryejr. Albert Grant J. Roy Guyther William M. 1 1. mis Luis M. Isalcs I lizabeth Acton K.irns ( 'harles A. Kemper Cliff Ratliff Jr. I [arold Sterling David Reid Will Paul R. Zieglei
Numbei ol I )onors: 8 Participation: 53.33 % I otal ( onti ibutions:
$197,880.00 Average Gift: $24,735.00
Ralph K. Brooks Harry Cohen J. C. Matchar Robert V. Minervini J. Emmetr Queen Irving L. Samuels Nathan Sharp Irving J. Taylor
1944
Number of Donors: 15 Participation: 46.88 % Total Contriburions: $3,000.00 Average Gift: $200.00
|ohn M. Bloxom III Warren D. Brill Herbert B. Copeland James H. Feasrer Jr. Wilbur H. Foard William A. Lampley Philip H. Lerman Smart C. Levine Sarah Taylor Morrow William W. Osborne Michael R. Ramundo E. Burl Randolph Harry F. Rolfes Kennerh W. Wilkins Stanley N. Yaffe
1945
Number ol Donors: 16 Participation: 53.33 % Total Contributions: $8,665.07 Average Gift: $541.57
Thomas G. Barnes II Benjamin Berdann Robert F. Byrne G. R. Callender Jr. Mary Dorcas Clark Eugene H. Conner lohn M. Dennis Austin E. Givens William A. Holbrook A. P. Kelly Jr. Daniel B. Lemen Henry F. Maguire Allen J. O'Neill Stanley R. Steinbach lohn J. I .niNi'v O. P Wmslow |r.
Number of Donors: 21 Participation: 52.50 % Total Contributions: $6,650.00 Average Gift: $316.67
William f. Bannen Robert 1^. Bauer Alfred D. Bonifant Louise P. Bin km i Sidney ( I. Civilian Franc is I ' odd Guy K. I 'riggs
Joseph S. Fischer John R. Gamble Abraham A. Goerz Charles W. Hawkins Charles A. Hefner Erwin R. Jennings Allan H. Macht John A. Mitchell John C. Rawlins Milton Reisch James A. Roberrs Frank A. Shallenberger Clinton W.Stallard Jr. James A. Vaughn Jr.
Number of Donors: 21 Participation: 52.50 % Toral Contriburions: $7,880.00 Average Gift: $375.24
Henry V. Chase B. Stanley Cohen Irvin 1 1, Cohen Parker S. Donnan George W. Fisher David K. Geddes Benjamin M. Gold F. Robert Haase
Leonard H. Golombek lohn R. Hankins Frederick J. Heldrich R. H. Kaufman Charles H. Lithgow Alberr M. Powell Jimmie L. Rhyne Benson C. Schwarrz John R. Shell Benjamin K. Silverman T. C. Siwinski Frank J. Theuerkauf Jr. H.G.Walters Jr. James T. Welborn Clark Whitehorn John D. Wilson
1949
Number of Donors: 15 Participation: 46.88 % Total Contributions: $6,546.93 Average Gift: $436.46
Leonard Bachman Alberr E. Blundell Harry W. Gray George W. Knabe Jr. Burton V. Lock Max J. Miller
Classes with the Highest Gift Totals
1943M $197,880
1957 $180,438
1937 $65,625
1978 $64,720
1966 $61,582
Robert R. Hahn Jim Houghton Joseph F. Lipira A. R. Mansberger Anne D. Martern George C. Rasch Joseph Shear Earle Silber William H. Stensrrom Jose G. Valderas Sydney J. Venable Roberr C. Walrz fohn P. White
Number ol Donors: 19 Participation: 44.19 % Total Contributions: $4,950.00 VverageGift: $260.53
\ Andrew Alecce
Linus Bisanar
Elisabeth McCauley Brumback
(ohn II. Panzarella Howard F. Raskin Robert R. Rosen Albert B. Sarewirz Narhan Schnaper R. David Schreiber Meredith P. Smith Elwin E. Stanficld Edward W. Stevenson
Number of Donors: 24 Participation: 63.16 % Total Contributions: $5,699.50 Average Gift: $237.48
William A. Andersen |ay 1 Bisgyer H. H. Bleeckerjr. L. Guy Chelton Jerome J. Coller Miriam S. Daly I eonard L. Deirz
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Stanley W. 1 lemon Jr. Frank I. K.isik Jr. 1 luntei S. Neal Julio I Noguera
iinc M. Poling Louis F. Kc.vm.ukI Virginia Gould Reynaud Milton R. Righctu O. Ralph Roth Morton Smith Henry 1 1 Startzman Jr. Elizabeth Stockly
I Thibadeau Bati I I omi
Clifford] VmI -i Harriet 1 1. Wooten \\ illiam II. Veagei
1951
Number ol Donors: 18 I' mi. ipation: 42.86 % [oral l lontribui SI 1.138.70
Average Gift: $618.82
Solomon Cohen
Winston ( '.. Dudley N.iih v IV Gcilcr Dorris M. Harris David M. Kipnis Howard C. Kramer Jack Leibman K. R. McGrady Arthur Z. Mutter Henry D. Perry Eugene B. Rex Marvin J. Rombro Armando Saavedra John I. V till) S. Norman Sherry Edward M. Sipple R. Kennedy Skipron Homer L J wiggjr.
Number of Donors: 32 Participation: 57.14 % Total Contributions:
$12,235.00 Average Gift: $382.34
( hades B. Adams Jr. Benjamin A. Addison
( , Adkim Richard E. Ahlquist Jr. George C. Alderman Timothy D. baker Andrew Monroe Diggs 1 awrence I ). (Egbert Ice W I Igir li J.uk Fine Michael J. Holey Paul H. Gislason 1 Edward' Iraybeal William R. Greco Willi. mi I . 1 leimer I mi. I V M. 1 lunter
I rank M. Kline Joseph A. Knell |r. Irving Kramer Mi ir ton M. Krieger Herbert W. fjpp
Charles 1 1. I ightbody Benton B. Perry Jonas R. Rappepon Malcolm I . Robbins Bella F. Schimmel Norton Spin/ Alvin A. Stamblet David R. 1 , tdal Bryan P. Warren Jr. John I. Waiters Howard N '.• Donald \ Wolfe]
Number ol Donors: 28 Partk ipation: 50 91 % I otal I ontributions:
$54,_<." 18 Average C,,lt: $1,956.05
Scon B Berkeley Jr.
Robert Berkow Samuel Blumenfeld Joseph R. Bove I homas |. Burkarr Walter H. Byerly Charles F. Carroll Jr. Sylvan Frieman John W. Heisse Thomas F. Herbert Charles F. Hess William L Holder Werner E. Kaese William N. Karnjr. Capt. Robert Kingsbury William S. Kiser Benjamin Lee Herbert Leighton Rafael Longo John W. Metcalf James I Might Reverend Leslie R. Miles Jr. Richard E. Schindler Roberr I . Singleton W. Meredirh Smith Karl H. Weaver Joel S. Webster Israel H. Weiner
1954
Number of Donors 1 1 Participation: 55.74 <y0 1 otal Contributions:
$11,950.00 Averagi Gifi $351.47
Arthur Baitch Cieorge Bauernst hub Anthonv A Bernardo I dwin II I . Besson 1 lerbert I . Blumenfeld Stuart M. Brown
Morton J. Ellin Norman 1 orresi Richard L. Fruth Charles J. 1 lammer Jr.
|ohn I 1 lartman
James W. I layes William M. I ! Robi ii ' Hold imb< I homas I . I lunt Jr. I dward S. Klohr Jr.
Herben J. I evin 1 lilben M. 1 evine Moses 1 . Nafzingci Gerald I . Nangle 1 Noya
lean M. C. O'l David Owens David 1 I. Patten Morris Rainess Bernard R. Shochel Marshall A. Simpson Jean B. Smith 1 horliel 1. Stangebye James 1 1. Teeter Ira N. Tublin Cieorge Wall Arthur V. Whittaker Robert E. Yim
1955
Number of Donors: 29 Participation: 48.33 % Total Contributions:
$40,026.80 Average Gift: $1,380.23
Otto C. Beyer Norman Blankman Roderick E. Charles James M. Close Roger W. Cole Everard F. Cox Donald H. Dembo Henry A. Diederichs William Dvorine John A. Engers Vernon M. Gelhaus Julian R. Goldberg Gary S. Goshorn Henry Booth Higman William Hollisterjr. Paul C Hudson Walter E. James Murra) M. Kappelman W.lliam P. Keefe Morion D. Kramer Violet S. Kron Norman W. Lavy Richard F. Leighton I ,:on, ml I Morse Paul G. Mueller Frank R. Nataro George N. Polis loan Raskin Phillip G. Stai
1956
Number ol I )onors: 55 Panic ipation 53.03 "•
I otal ( ontrilniiioio
$15,840.00 Average Gift: $452.5
John E. Adams Robert I . Adkms |< raid 1 1 Bennion Robert J. Byrni Theodore R. ( arski I homas Hi lollawn I udwig I Eglsedi i li lames I . I stes J. Henry f lawkins
Robert N. Headley Webb S. 1 lersperger Virgil R. Hooper Ralph 1 . 1 lummel Albert \'. Kanner C. I lerschel King II. Coleman Kramer Scheldon Kress loseph < i I ii' MathewH. M. lee Gerald X. Maggid 1 lerbert M. Marion loseph s. Mcl aughlin John F. Nowell Clark Lamoni ( ' Marvin S. Piatt Richard L. Plumb Irvin P. Poll.uk G. 1 dward Reahl |r Harold I. Rodman Roy O. Shaub Virginia T. Sherr W. A. Sintonjr. George A. Sowell John Z. Williams Harry D.Wilson Jr.
Number of Donors: 39 Participation: 5~~. ,s % Loral Contributions:
$180,438.70 Average Gift: $4,62
Stuart J. Abrahams Charles Allen Marvin S. Arons Virginia Y. Blacklidge fames K. Bouzoukis Mary C. Burchell Anthony J. CaJciano Ronald R. Gameron Joseph O. Dean Jr. Vincent J. Fiocco Jr. Mar) Stang Furth Sebastian J. Gallo Nicholas Garcia Allen S. Gerber Loretta A.K. Gilmore Anthony E. Hammond |r. Paul K. Hanashiro I l.uokl J. Hettleman Robert O. Hickman Richard K. B. I io W. F. Hold
William I Kennedy |r. I )avid P. Largey lames P. I astei I I i irge A. Lent/ Paul A. Mullan ( harks R. I )pp Frederick W. Plugge IV Louis 1. Randall William f. Rappopon Richard C. Reba \l ii h.n i I;
n W. Shapiro >haw K. I Spence |r. Landon Clarke Stout Nevins W.Todd It.
ullo
Number of Donors: 29
Total Contributions:
SI 1,.' Averagi
John I . Alexander James K. Aton William G. Banlett George R. Baumgardncr Elliott M. Berg Stuart H. Brager ( iaylord Lee ( lark Robert E. Cranley Jr. Gilbert B. Cushner Ronald I.. Diener Stanley N. Farb
I Friedlandet Sheldon Goldgeier Frank I'. Greene Meredith S. Hale William J. Hicken Roberr H. Johnson Jr. R.chard H. Keller Howard S. Levin Arthur Litotskv William J. Marshall G.I. Mclnerney Joseph A. Mead Jr. Ernest E. Moore Antonio Perez-Santiago Maurice M. Reeder Lewis H. Richmond Charles Silberstein
lilies lames H. Tver
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Number of Donors: 30 Participation: 56.60 % ' ontributions: sis . -().()() Average Gift: $615.00
Gerson Asrael Fred 1'. Brown William N. Cohen John W. Coursey loseph L. IXirr Robert 1. Dawson
I ,lls|r. Karl M. Green Franklin A. Hanauer James P. Jarboe August 1). King |r. Man in M. Kirsh Martin 5. Klcinman William Kraut Richard C. Lang I lonald R. Lewis lose Osi.u Morales Morion M. Mower |. Rolln
Arthur 1. Poffenbargcr William E. Rhea Ramon F. Roig Jr. I loward |. Rubenstein ( I dmund Rybczynski Daniel S Arthur A. Serpick
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Stanley N. Snyder Beverly I Stump Robert J. I nomas t I in R. Wilhelmsen
Number of Donors: 35 Participation: 53.85 % Total Contributions:
85.00 Average Gift: $1,136.71
Aristides C. Alevizatos Lawrence F. Await John J. Bennett Leonard P. Berger Louis M. Damiano [ulio E. Figueroa Alvin Glass I William Grossman Wilson A. 1 Icehier C. Earl Hill Ronald E. Keyser Philip M. La Mastra William E. Latimer Richard C. Lavy Damon F. Mills John C. Morton Allen R. Myers Fortune Odendhal IV Selvin Passen
Jerome M. Reed Clinton L. Rogers Jerome Ross Robert P. Sarni Elijah Saunders Bernice Sigman Emanuel H. Silverstein George I. Smith Jr. Morton E. Smith W. E. Standiford Martha E. Stauffer Nathan Stoiberg Merrill I". Syphus Michael S. Tenner James A. Yates Theodore Zanker
1961
Number of Donors: 31 Participation: H4 29 % Total Contributions:
$13,915.00 Average Gift: $448.87
Neil R. Arbegast George E. Bandy Carl F. Berner Oscar H. L. Bing Anthony R. Boccuti Thomas G. Breslin John N. Browell
Milton H. Buschman Ronald L. Cain Karl W. Devenport William H. Dudney Robert A. Fink W. R. Fleming Jr. Carlos E. Girod Jay S. Goodman Ronald L. Gurberlet Samuel H. Henck Gerald A. Hofkin Nina Vann Jeanes Gerald C. Kempthorne John P. Light David E. Litrenta Roger Lee Mehl Robert J. Myerburg Kenneth E. Rasmussen Paul A. Reeder Jr. David L. Rosen Richard M. Sarles Richard F. Schillaci Larry G. Tilley George E. Urban Jr.
1962
Number of Donors: 35 Participation: 44.30 % I otal ( ontriluiiions
$24,912.93 Average Gift: $71 1.80
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Raymond D. Bahr J. Fred Baker C Gottfried Baumann Merrill I. Berman Robert B. Bokat Louis C. Breschi Bruce D. Broughton Jon B. Closson Hammond J. Dugan III
A. Leo Franklin Herbert Gaither 1. F. Hawkins Jr. William T. Johnstone Bernard S. Karpers Stephen H. Kaufman Ronald L. Klimes
E. J. Koenigsberg Paul A. Kohlhepp Alan B. Lachman Johnson Ling Lois H. Love Kenneth P. Malan Robert A. McCormick David G. Musgjerd Ted C. Patterson Donald David Pet Phyllis K. Pullen John A. Rupke George C. Schmieler Gregory J. Sophocleus W. H. Sothoron Jr. Osmar P. Steinwald R. R. Stephenson Arthur W. Traum William B.Weglicki Jr. William H.Wood Jr.
1963
Number of Donors: 31 Participation: -4S.S1) ",, Total Contributions: $9,160.00 Average Gift: $295.48
Robert M. Beazley Lee David Brauer Nijolc B. Carozza Stephen P. Cohen Robert E. Dinker Petet C. Fuchs Leland M. Garrison
B. Robert Giangrandi Richard L. Goldman Michael G. Hayes Alice B. Heisler
D. Robert Hess Jr. William H. Howard Thomas V. Inglesby Manfred K. Joercs Arnold |. Jules Paul F. Kaminski William A. King Merrill M. Knopf Michael L. Levin Eric E. Lindstrom Kenneth G. Magee Barbara A. Mel cm Charles R. Mock 1 1 ( lerald Oster \1.i\ 1 1 v hwartz Mitchell C. Sollod
Frank J. Travisano Edward C. Werner Joseph R. Wilson Aron Wolf
Number of Donors: 38 Participation: 54.29 % Total Contributions: $9,545.00 Average Gift: $251.18
Sigmund A. Amitin Michael N. Ashman L. Bradley Baker Larry Becker Rima L. Brauer Barry M. Cohen Gustavo A. Colon Donald A. Deinlein Ellen Ann Duer Robert L. Gingell Marvin N. Goldstein Albert M. Gordon Lee E. Gresser Rosalind P. Kaplan Matthew L. Kaufman Mark E. Krugman Donald T. Lewers D. V. Lindenstruth Ruth E. Luddy Edgar V. McGinley M. S. Michaelis Joel S. Mindel Samuel Muher David M. Nichols Jr. Thomas J. Porter Jose D. Quinones Jerome P. Reichmister Allen D. Schwartz Sidney B. Seidman Perry S. Shelton Richard G. Shugarman Lawrence F. Solomon Gershon J. Spector Harold C. Standiford Robert E. Stoner Jonathan D. Tuerk John K. Weagly Sherwood Ewcll Wilson
1965
Number of Donors: 36 Participation: 45.57 % Total Contributions
$11,151.91 Average Gift: $309.78
Jeffrey D. Aaronson Verner Albertsen Brian J. Baldwin Barbara |. Bourland [effrey L. Brown \iiliui R. Dick I'llm t . Dumler Jr. P. Hudson Feschc Allen A. Frey Ronald Goldner R. 1 . Handwerger David R. Harris
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Charles S. 1 lamson Frederick S. Hcrokl John I . I lislcv I I [ones Allen 1 1, hn.lni.-in \ll.in s I and William I . I egat Susan 1 1. Mather |ohn W. Maun Carlos K. Mendez-Bryan Louis C). Olsen Peters Jeffrey E. Poiley Donald Cornelius Roane Alfred B. Rosenstein S. L. Sattenspiel G. C. Sjolund. Jr. Larry A Snyder h.hn M. Steflj Louis L. Steinberg
Sugar Elliot S. Tokar Philip Joseph Whclan Ann Robinson Wilke
1%6
Number of Donors: 44 Participation: 43.14 % Total Contributions:
$61,582.80 Average Gift: $1,399.61
Diane L. K. Acker Arnold S. Blaustein Walter M. Braunohler Mark J. Brown Charles H. Classen Philip B. Dvoskin William D. Ertag Stuart L Fine- Richard L. Flax Owight N. Fortier I M ! ranee Jr. George E. Gallahorn Richard S. Class Stephen F. Cordon Dean H. Griffin William O. Harrison Thomas M. Hill Elizabeth C. Hosick Franklin L.Johnson Ronald 1 [. Koenig Joel A. Krackow Stephen Machiz Joseph B. Marcus William J, Marek William I . Mason i .ill A Mattsson lane t M ' iftn Allan J. Monlried Carl J. Orluss Carolyn J. Pass Gary D. Plotnick Samuel 1 . Press ( '.. Downey Price lames A. Quinlan Alfred A. Serritella Rii hard I ' shuger Ir\ in M. Sopher Inns W. Spence lack I
[effre) S. Stiei Richard M Susel Beresford M, Swan
I rattlei Robert R Young
1967
Number ol Do: Participation: 14.33 % Total Contributions: $21,5
i ,,n $501 8 I
Elizabeth A. Abel William J. Banfield |ohn A. Bigbee William I . Boddie Colvin C. Carter Gerard D. Dobrzycki Francis D. Drake Perrj \ Eagle I Ian is |. 1 eldman Ira L. Fetterhoff Henry Fetter Robert O. France John Wm. < i.ireis Joseph S. Gimbel James I . 1 lamby Arthur 1 .. Hughes John S. Ignatowski Charles E. Jordan III Michael A. Kaliner Eugene F. Kester George A. I-apes Gary M. I attin Stuart 1 1. I essans Sheldon L. Markowitz Louis W. Miller Alan H. Mitnick Boyd D. Myers Fred R. Nelson Edward B.Ostrofl I [oward 1 eon 1'.. ti >>. ii . Jean Posner Allan S. Pristoop Ralph D. Reymond John F. Rogers John R. Rowell John C. Sewell Michael L Sherman David M. Snydei
\ Soilernun John R. Srcphens Michael D. Sussman Earn- f. Warner Allan M. Wexler
Number ol I lonors 56 Participation: 51.38 % I oral ( ontributions: $18,965.00
t lift: $338.66
Willard P. Amoss Richard \ liiiim t h.ules R. Beamon It. Sheldon B. Be.iini.ni Michael W. Benenson Ban \ Blum
i B. Blumberg Robert Brull R. S. Buddington [oseph I . ( allaghan Jr. Elliot S. Cohen Allen C. I glofl Gerald B. Feldman Kenneth E. Fligsten (rank A. Franklin John G. I
Raymond ( lambrill III Sidney R. Gehlert John D. G Ronald S. Click William N.Goldstein
Jack R i
Stephen I . Hooper Ceorge F. 1 1\ man James ( i Kane Kirk A. Keegan li George M. Knelely [r. Cordon I . Levin Abraham A. I in Philip I ittman
W. B. Ion- 111
Stanford 1 1. Malinow
H. E. Mendelsohn
Anthony 1 Merlis
Kathryn A. Mikcsell Hornbein
Bruce E. Miller
Bert F. Morton
Carl G. Quillen
Joel Wm. Renbaum
David J. Riley
Rorick T. Rim.ish
Stephen D. Rosenbaum
Charles S. Samorodin
Barry J. Schlossberg
Howard Semins
Michael J. Shack
Stuart H. Spielman
Wilfred B. Staufer
Elizabeth A. Turner
Jon M. Valigorsky
P. J. Vergne-Matini
Edward I Volcjak
Stanley R. Weimer
I ugene Willis Jr.
Stuart Winakur
Edward J. Young
1969
Numbct ol Don. i >6 I'.iim ipation: 49.12 % 1 oral < ontributions:
$17,160.00 Average Gift: $306.43
Mark M. Applcrcld Edward I Aston IV I i I Ballard III
I mile V Bendit Barr) B
Sanders I 1, Berk John C. Blasko Roberta M. Braun Stan Brull Donald \\ in Br) an I [oward S. i apian I dward A. Carter Paul J. Connors
1-conard D. Cuder Howard A. Davidov Anthony F. Faustine Richard I . Fisher Graham Gilmer 111 Samuel D. Goldberg Roy R. Goodman Julietta D. Grosh Robert A. I lelsel Thomas M. Herskovic (Constance E. Holbtook Anne S. Jacques Mark D. Kappelman Reynold M. Karr Ronald A K.n/ Felix L. Kaufman Daniel J I idil Arnold I. Levinson \l 1 Margolis C. W. McCluggage
I >avid 1 1 Bcrman
N. BookofT Martin Braun
i ley III Dwighl E. Cramer
Joseph II. Cunningham Jr. 1 lonald D. Douglas A. Stephen Dubansky Joseph N. Friend Julian A. Gordon Michael A. ( .rasso Stephen B. Creenberg W. D. Hakkarinen Finns S. Halikman Em 11. Ho Kenneth M. 1 I Whitney Houghton I tennis |. Hurwitz Michael Kilham Richard J. Kolker
Classes with the Highest Average Gift
1943M $24,735
1937 $16,406
1957 $4,626
1953 $ 1,956
1966 $ 1,399
John R. McCormick Michael I Mc< utcheon Arthur V. Milholland Wayne H. P. mis Malcolm D. Paul Frederick N. Pearson Robert W. Phillips Barbara L. Phillips Seita I dward F. Quinn 1 Iarry Rabino\ ich David R. Richmond Allan I. Rubin Brian S. Saunders Ronald L. Schneider W. Winslow St hiank John W. Shaffer 1 >.i\ id M. Shobin William I. Smulyan 1 )a\ id 1 1. Snyder
Will, .nnl S,,ln
David A. Solomon Kristin Stuebet Mark S. Sugar Kenneth C. Ullman David A. Wike
Number ol 1 >. - Total ( ontributions:
$16,796.40 Average Gift: S409.67
Arthur O. Anderson
Bennett L. Eavenstein Philip A. Mackowiak t Is Marek |r. Thomas P. Miles Lawrence Mills Jr. James S. Murphy Leslie P. Plotnick John H. Pochlman R B. Pollard Jr. ( icrald M. Rchert Walker I . Robinson Robert F. Sarlin Carol E. C. Schwarz 1 ouis A. Shpritz Gregory 1 . Sobczak Ronald |. Stanheld Sranle) s. Tseng William A. Warren Charles I. Weinei Robert 1 White
Number ol Donors: 31 Participation: 2~19 % Total Contribution Averag, I
Petei W, Beall Richard A. Bordow Ronald Paul Byank Michael R. Camp Sachiko T. Cochran Daniel 1. Cohen man
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Classes with the Highest Number of Donors
1980 66
1983 59
1968 56
1969 56
1978 56
Steven A. Feig
I Gelrud Burton J. Glass Robert E. Greenspan Robert B. Gteifinger
I irosart C. F. Hobelmannjr. Gwynne L Horwits Stanford J. Huber Jerald Kay Richard C. Keown John B. Kramer William R. Linthicttm Jack S. Lissauer Michael L. Mattern R. M. Mentzer Roy E. Monsour Robert J. Neborsky R. Henry Richards Donald M. Rocklin Paul T. Rogers JoAnn C. C. Santos Robert E. Sharrock Panayiocis L. Sitaras ( T . WoolseyJr.
Richard H. Sherman Gerard V. Smith II Hershey Sollod Thomas J. Toner Jr. Peter D. Vash Dean L. Vassar Jerald P. Waldman Eliot M. Wallack Howard J. Weinstein Brian J. Winter Celeste L. Woodward
Number of Donors: 33 Participation: 25.78 % Total Conttibutions:
$16,981.00 Average Gift: $514.58
|.i. I. [ Vppiefeld Robert W. Ashmore Robert J. Bauer I lizabeth R. Brown I loward ( apian Man I Chaiken Irvin M. < ohen Theodore 1 1 < ryei Walter 1 1. Dorman Darryl J. Garfinkcl Mil hael ] < iolembieski Sumner 1 1. Goodman Nelson II. Hendlei Neil B. Kappelman [effr. | I Kline Ri, hard B. Kline Mark J. I cVinc
I John A. Ni/iol [ohn M O'l h Mu hael I ' )ssi Charles J. Schleupnct [oscph S. Shapiro
Howard I. Saiontz Ronald A. Seff Gregory B. Shankman Gary M. Shapiro Ronald F. Sher Ira M. Stone Ronald J. Taylor Charles B. Watson Alan L. Whitney Frances Q. Wong
Number of Donors: 47 Participation: 40.17 % Total Contributions:
$15,441.00 Average Gift: $328.53
Jeffrey C. Blum Thomas Calame Charles R. Clark \\ I ili\ in I "linn Edwin A. Deitch Michael J. Dodd Steven H. Dolinsky Edward M. Eisenbrey Jean M. Eisenbrey . Greg Elliott [ohn W. Foreman William R. Gaver Nelson H. Goldberg David A. Goldscher David J. Greifinger Steven J. Gross Daniel C. Hardesty Louis E. Harman III David E. Herman I I 1 id L. Hoover Mark Jacobs Michael F. Jaworski Murray A. Kalish I in I Kim James E. I irbj W.ilie, B. Koppel Merric D. Landy Margo I eahy Stephen K. Lemon Ml,,.. S lobel
Samuel V. Mace Martin *i Migrant Anilinny F. Malone i hristopher S. Michel Mark P. Miller Morion C. Orman Alfred I S.,.,1,
Number of Donors: 46 Participation: 36.22 % Total Contributions:
$21,952.00 Average Gift: $477.22
Charles P. Adamo Lynn M. Billingsley Jeffrey P. Block Richard A. Block James G. Chaconas R. P. Christianson William C. Crawford III Thomas C. Doerner Stephen B. Fleishman Daniel K. Foss Alan E. Gober William L. Gonzalez Edward S. Gratz Robert M. Guthrie James F. Hatch Jay R. Jackson Charles M. Jaffe Ronald Kaplan Laslo E. Kolta Carole S. Kornreich Howard G. Lanham Merral B. Lewis Stephen R. Matz Terrance P. McHugh James Jay McMillen Stephen E. Metzner Joel B. Miller Sheldon D. Milner Susan R. Panny Jeffrey Pargament Edward L. Perl Jay A. Phillips Luis A. Queral Clayton L. Raab Sue V. Raver Bruce L. Regan June K. Robinson Ann E. Ruderman Edward N. Sherman Harry S. Stevens Steven A. Vogel Emerson C. Walden Jr. William R. Weisburger Stephen N. Xenakis Allen C. Zechowy I >.i\ul I Zisow
Number of Donors: 54 Participation: 42.52 % Total Contributions:
$40,235.00 Average Gift: $745.09
Anonymous ( h.nlcs 1 Andrew s James L. Atkins Mark S. Austerlitz Linda S. Bartram Robert J. Beach Bruce E. Beacham Howard H. Bond Jonathan D. Book Timothy J. Byrnes James Joa Campbell (ohn H. Carrill \,ii I \l < In. mull. i Seth B. Cutler Karl W. Diehn L. Thomas Divilio James R. Evans Louis Fox Robert B. Garrett Gary F. Harne Albi'n W. Harris Charles F. Hoesch Dorothy Shift Yi Hsiao Kenneth V. Iserson Thomas F. Krajewski Mary Lou Kramer Thorn E. Lobe Frank E. Long Charles E. Manner Jeffrey L. Metzner Edward M. Miller Thomas L. Moffatt Parry A. Moore Edward L. Morris Frank H. Morris Nicolette Orlando Morris Arnold L. Oshinsky Karhryn A. Peroutka L. Edward Perrautjr. Stephen H. Pollock Jeffrey L. Quartner Sandra D. L. Quartner Gregory B. Richardson Robert E. Roby John W. Rose Andrew B. Rudo James H. Somerville Ronald J. Spector Michael B. Stewart George A. Taler Richard L. Taylor Lloyd M. Van Lunen Jr. Robert A. Vegors Gary J. Waxman Michael E. Weinblatt
Number of Donors: 47 Participation: 31.54 % Total Contributions: $14,975 Average Gift: $318.61
Timothy I . Bainum Steven M. Berlin David B. Binder 1 ). inn. in I . Birchess John W. Bowie William G. Brown David D ( ollins
Michael I I OX
\ in, cm W. Del aGarza
Phillip M. Dennis
Suzanne Ray Dixon Christopher Feifarek Ellen B. Feifarek William G. Flowers D. Stewart Ginsberg Danae M. Goldberg Ira E. Hantman Gary M. Jacobs Patricia D. Kellogg Jacqueline Kelly Harry Clarke Knipp Barry K. Levin Geoffrey B. Liss Miriam Yudkoff Lloyd Bruce E. Lockman James E. Mark Robert D. Mathieson Eva H. B. McCullars Arnold B. Merin James S. Novick W. Bruce Obenshain Gary P. Posner M. H. Rubenstein William F. Ruppel Melvin Sharoky Gary L. Simon Lee S. Simon James W. Srour William B. Tauber Joseph R. Tiralla Deborah F. Weber Sherry L. Werner Joan E. Whitehouse Gibble Susan M. Willard Pamela A. Wilson Arno L. Zariiskv Joseph W. Zebley III
Number of Donors: 39 Participation: 25.32 % Total Contributions:
$22,200.00 Average Gift: $569.23
Katherine Ackerman Sin... i B. Bell Marc S. Bresler Marie D. Chatham Dennis J. Chodnicki Willarda V. Edwards Rona B. Eiscn Frederic T. Farra Robert T. Fisher Donna L. Frankel Samuel D. Friedel I nula L. George Alan S. Gertler Anne C. Goldberg Donald J. Gordon Howard C. Hines Dahlia R. Hirsch Christopher I . James Ronald L. Kahn Martin Koller Sheldon II 1 , nn. ill \\ ilh. nn G. Martin Paul A. \L( lelland 1 Ihs Me; John P. Miller ( oleni.in A Moslcv
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Terrence 1 . Posluszn) Steven H. Resnick Richard B, Silver Steven G. Steinberg
Strang David Strobel John R. Svirbel) Michelle D. Uhl |onathan R. Walburn Bennett E. \\ ernei Katherine C. White Barry A. Wohl Richard J. Zangara
Ellen L. Taylor Stephen A. Valenti Gregory L. Walker Neil i Warres Donald T. Weglein Bruce E. Weneck
Number of Donors: 56 Participation: i i 78 % Total Contributions: $64,720.00
Average Gift: $1,155.71
Philip A. Ades Roberr E. Applebaum Susanne S. Ashton Charles Wm. Bennett Adam Billet Steven Billet Edward N. Bodurian Howard Boltansky Douglas F. Bowman Jr. David E. Cohen Ira |. Kalis Cohen Louis J. Domenici Jonathan A. Edlow John L. Fiore Gregory H. Fisher Andrew Paul Fridberg Marianne N. Fridberg Laurence B. Givner Robert 1 Gold Michael D. Gotts
Richard A. Gruen
Richard H. Hallock
David J. Hartig
M. J. Ichniowski
Sandra S. Isbister
David E. Kelley
I lizabeth M. Kingsley
Douglas I . Kozlowski
Alan J. Levin
S. D. Lindenbaum
Mark D. I isb( rgi I
Mi< hael N. Macklin
i i ' 1. ' ormack
Vndrew Ri< hard McCullough
Stephen A. Met/ [effri ) ( . Middleton Royann C '.. Mraz I lavid ' . Oelberg ( iarv ('. Pr.id.i Susan I Prevas Jessica |. B idi lift lames I Rooney Ronald J. Ross
no D. Sandlei Michael 1 1. Sandlei Simon V. Scalia
S. Sliawvcr-Matthcws
Robert S. Shayne
I rani isco A. Smith
Alex Soldi
I dward I i chj Souweine
Number of Donors: 49 Participation: 50 06 % Total Contributions:
164.30 Average Gift: 42') 1. 11
William E. Becker
Joanne L. Blum
Karen C. Carroll
James A. Cockey
Kevin M. Cooke
Judith B. Dillman
Burt I. Feldman
Mitchell S. Finkel
( husiopher S. Formal
Gary R. Friedman
Scotr D. Friedman
Jeffrey D. Gaber
Alan R. I laby
Leon W. Gibbli
Peter E. Godfrey
Charles I. Highstein
Jan M. Hoffman
Jeanne Horner
Michael E. Hull
Stephan R. Iz/i
Albert L. Jochen Martin F. Joyce Brady
James W. Karesh Alan L. Kimmel Max D. Koenigsberg Glenn M. Koteen Bernard F. Kozlovsky Owen Lee G. S. Maloufjr. Bruce C. Marshall. Bruce R. McCurdy Melissa A. McDiarmid Mary C. McKay Kathleen H. Miller Sunday June Pickens William O. Richards Peter E. Rork Bruce Rosenbt rg Anthony M. Scialdone R. Sierra Zorita Michael J. Smith David B. Tapper James A. Tegelei Elizabeth L. Tso I homas B. Volatile Pei ii I aveison Wittgrove \ I Woodward Jr. Erik B. Young Kristen A. Zarfo:
1 980
Nunibei of Donors: 66
Parti' i] 18 I %
Total Contributions:
$18,0 i
I lift: S273.48
Donald E. Brown Jr. Lawrence A. Brown Duane M. Bryant Wayne E. < ascio Robert P. Cervenka Jane L. Chen Joseph P. Crawford Catherine Crute Craig A. Dickman Paul E. Driscoll Margaret D. Eby Judith Falloon Milford Mace Foxwell Cathy Ann Friedman Vincent W. Gatto Grace K. Gelletly Alan I. Gelman Marcia P. Goldmark Peter J. Golueke Samuel O. Grimm III Lee J. Helman Kenneth A. Jurist Marian 1 . Kellner Michael R. Kessler James C. King Jr. Kenneth C. Kun/e Susan L. Laessig Anne D. Lane Peter T. Lapinsky Charles E. Lee Mark D. Leeson John R. Livengood Robert Y. Maggin Teri A. Manolio Richard A. Marasa Karen J. Marcus John N. Margolis David J. Markov, itz Margaret E. McCahill Timothy P. McLaughlin Steven M. Miller ludah A. Minkove Thomas P. Moran William J. Oktavec Keith D. Osborn David I. Otro t raig II Paul Russell K. Portenoy Guy H. Posey Michael F. Pratt James P. Richardson Roger J. Robertson
I imothyj. Rodgers W. Michael Rogers R. L. Rudolph II Alan J. Sacks Robert L. Schiff Alvm R. Sills Kenneth H. C. Silver Roy T. Smooi Jr. Victoria W. Smoot Sally E. Sondergaard
II 11 Startzman III Phuong D. Trinh Eric V. Van Buskirk Paul E. Whitiakcr
1981
Number of Donors: )9 Participation ! I I 0tal i ontributions:
$11. Kir. 'is v., ragi '.iii $304.26
Peter M. Barker James M. Carlton Barbara J. Carroll Linda L. Chambers Sreve Pi-Hsiung Chow Alice Magner Condro Kevin J. Doyle Daniel P. Ferrick Michelle Gelkin Samuel C. Gold Hope U. Griffin William S. Gruss Howard T. Jacobs Marc A. Jaffe Karen Kingry MarkC. Lakshmanan Andrew M. Malinow Gordon L. Mandell Stephan C. B. Mann Carol S. Marshall Samuel O. Mat/ Scott T. Maurer David C. Miller Andrew G. Misulia Paul E. Mullen II Kathryn M. Neuman Rudo Marc Okun James L. Pertsch Alan R. Pollack Deborah R. Pollack James S. Powell Donna L. Ranis Howard N. Robinson Lauren A. Schnaper Howard L. Siegel Samuel Smith Carl Sperling Rebecca Tominack Brian W. Wamsley Samuel A. Yousem Laurie T. Zimmerman
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Number of Donors: 34 Participation: 19.77 % Total Contributions:
$13,780.00 Average Gift: $405.29
Guillermo W. Arnaud
Wayne L. Barber
Kenneth A. Blank
Paul S. Brockman
Joseph P. Connelly Jr.
Thomas W. Conway
Brian K. Cooley
Cynthia L. Costenbader
John M. DiGrazia
Jonathan S. Elias
Rebecca Elmaleh
Robert J. Fadden Patrick F. Gartland
Joseph W. Gattuso |r.
Warren Gibbs ( leorge I . ( Iroleau C. William Hicks III t onstance I lohnson Bruce A. Kaup 1 larryl B. Kurland t arole R. I erman Gary M. Lcvinc Jonathan D. I owenthal
lames W. Miller II Andrew V. Panagos Sreven H. Parker Daniel M. Perlman Robert E. Perry Ralph T. Salvagno Jerry B. Schwartz Marc H. Siegelbaum Ellen A. Spurrier Leon Sttauss Jennifer S. Tseng David L. Waxman
1983
Number of Donors: 59 Participation: $36.20 % Total Contriburions:
$16,590.00 Average Gift: $281.19
Margaret C. Adams Ali J. Afrookteh E. Allan Atwell Christine J. Bell-Lafferman Jeffrey J. Bernstein Bruce A. Blacker George M. Boyer Brenda M. Brandon Harry A. Brandt Peter G. Brassard Monica A. Buescher Michael A. Caplan Beverly A. Collins Craig E. Collins Protagoras N. Cutchis L.J. Eglseder 111 Joyce Evans Michael J. Fisher Neil B. Friedman Stuart H. Goldberg George Thomas Grace Scott D. Hagaman James Heaps Deborah L. Hebb James D. Herr Thomas R. Hornick Harry Huo-tsin Huang David P. Johnson Mary Jo Johnson Roy A. Kottal Jeffrey K. Moore David S. Moss Garry L. Mueller DenisJ.O'Fallon Harry A. Oken Ruth H. Oneson Marc H. Paul Nancy Prosser Mark C. Regan Mark E. Richards Brian E. Robinson William G. Rudolph Ronald N. Sakamoto Soma M. Saracco [eannine 1 . Saunders I rederickW. Schaerl David J. Schamp Ronald H. Schuster I iK W. Scort Donald L. Sherry lames R. Sides Milton S. Sniadach Jr.
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lames D, Spiegel Stuart B. Taylor Victoria A \ anik
i M. Vaughan Roben I Walker Emmanuel B. Waltei |r. Robert V. Zawi
Number ol I 'oihhs: n
nun: 26.99 % rota] Contributions:
M . i 10.00 Average Gift: $325
Ro) I-. Bands Jr. Donald M. Beckstead Robert J. Breslin I i nl S. Brook John F. Cary John R. Downs Joseph C. Eshelman Jr. Lindsay Golden 1 [eidi D. Gorsuch Todd H. Hillman I homas L. |ordan Leslie 1. Katzel William B. Kerns Theodore V. Knn N. W. Koutrelakos I rederick L. Kuhn Susan M. Lancelotta David R Lee Brad I >. Lerner Dale R Meyei Edward 1'. Nast Gregory S. Pokrywka Keith S. Pumro) R Matthew Rev< ille Paul R. Ringclinan Samuel M Rosenberg Leroy M. Schmidt J. Theodore Schwartz Jr. Martin I . Schwartz I uette S. Seninics Matthew \l. ShustCI
loshua /.. Sickel
I '.in i S. Simpk i i armela V Sofia Allen J. Solomon William (i. Ian Sli. nun R. Tappet {Catherine D. Tobin I lelen E. Walker [eremy P. Weiner Kathleen M. Welch Kevm K. Whitrock Michael W. Wingo I awrence A. Zimnoch
Number of Donors: 34 Participation: 20.86 % Total Contributions:
$11,971.20
i it. SS52.09
Cynthia L. Ackrill IraS Allen
Nicholas B. Axgento Susan K. Arisumi Susan Barrovi s
Wendy J. Bergman
1 Margaret O. Burke Mark J. I hrenreich Steven L. Friedman Frederick M. Gessnei Daniel I ( linsberg Roben ( ( ireenwell Jr. Michael J. Hallowell n(i. nun M I lenry
Si in I I llllll
[effrt y Jones
\ K. uitman Alan R Maloui Paul I Marinelli Daniel |. Moi Patricia B. Patterson Michael Piano David W. Porter Michael P. Riggleman I lari t . Sachs Sharon B. Samuels S.J. Schoenfelder EricC. Sklarew Laszlo R. Trazkovich Robert A. VanBesien H. Von Marensdorfi Paul R. Weinei Stephen P. Yeagle
Number ot Donors: 40 Participation: 25.00 % Total Contributions:
$19,750.00 Averagt Gifi $493.75
Jonathan Jay Aarons M.hiImi I \lilniii Stephanie I lams Applebaum Nathan E. Carnell Eugenio Roberto Chinea James Allen Dicke Katherine I (ufTj Stephen Michael Fanto Ira Louis Fedder Brian K. Flowers Scott William Fosko Mlu'ii \vilin\ I Limini nul Sangwoon 1 Ian Craig I >. I loihstein I'. ml 1 ink I logsten Kelly Ann Hunter Fanto Elizabeth A. Janczur Karen M. Kabat Thomas E. Kelly F. X. Kieliszek
Mil In I' \ Kli in I i - i i ' i' h |an M Koppelman Dennis Kurgansky Joseph Gregorj I ib< rto S< mi V Milsteen 1 in gory K. Morrow I ii in ii Murray Carola J. Nesbitt Joan Ordman Donna Lynn Parker
Seth D. Rosen Judith Lynn Rowen John F. Rubin Barn- F. Saunders
I Is.l A. Si In HUM
Jonathan S. Schwab Asad U. Sheikh Nevins W. Todd 111 Mark J. Vocci Julia Ann Williams
1987
Number ol Donors: 2() Participation: 21.17% Total Conttibutions:
$29,030.00 Average Gift: $1,001.03
John Carter Barker
Susan Goldberg Baruch
Mark D Bullock
John Gary Evans
Charles Patrit k I itch
Janet E. Flaton
Daniel Edward Flynn
Heidi 1. Frankel '
Bruce David Greenwald
Ralph Gregg
Vernita D. I lairston Mitchell
Elizabeth Roberta I latcher
leffre) I I laugh
Kevm I Noli
Stephen I.. HoufT
( ,. Michael Maresca
Mark Letterio Monteferrante
Thomas B. Mulford
Susan Suholet Nesbitt
I imothy I ). Nit hols
Ion. nil. in B. t liens P. Raj Seetharaman [effre) I ouis Snow Jan H. Stahl Roger Marc Stone Paul A. 1 arantino Thomas S. Wilson Shelly Wong Woodward
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—of Donors: M Participation: 23.70 % Total Contributions: $7,320.00 Average Gift: $228. ?S
Katie J. Amuiulson Nam . Bunker Lois A. ( n.iii Eugene B. Choo Carol C. Coulson Paula A. DcCandido Jose E. Dominguez Matthew R. I >ukehan James V. Ferris Mark H. Fraiman Keith B. ( iiisi.ilson Gregg L. Heacock Abbott B. I In mi Jay C. Koons Luke Lain i i Roger J. levin
. n N. Ling Aaron H. Magat
Christopher J. Mays Robert M. McLean Richard D. Patten Philip C Pictcfs Jeffrey P. Ross Gail M. Royal Stanley Joonho Shin Geoffrey N. Sklar Kcllcy Willis Sullivan Kenneth K. lam Marcos A. Ugarte Mi< hael \. Wilson Raymond A. Wittstadi Monford A. v
Number ot Donors: 34 Participation: 26. 56 % Total Contributions:
$17,750.00 Average Gift: $522.06
John T. Alexander Darryn M. Band hi.' \. Berg Wing C. Chau Angela I I hoi 1. William Cook IV Daniel L. Croteau 1 eighton 1 1 Forrestei t Luna ( , 1 lazier 1 (a> nl A. Gnegy Randolph B. G Ann S. Hagen Stephen F. Hatem Steven E. Hearne lames W. Heitz Bahak J. Jamasbi Michael E. Lantz Peter E. Libre |oj I Meyer I ii, Millman Jenny Y. Moy Jean Marie Naples Lawrence (.,. N.irun Man 1 . Pagan I (avid V Riseberg I im K. Sarterfield I (avid S. Scharfi Ronald M. Schwartz I I .i'. nl P. Smack Kim K. Solberg Eugene J. Sullivan Patrit i.i M. Sullivan
I i ( nl William L. V Robin Williams
Number of Donors: 2^ Participation: 20.45 % Total Contributions: S
Average Gift: SrS.'z.S
Samuel M \l.u,h Carolyn M. Apple id H. Balaban Nicholas M. Cardiges Vera II. Cheng William Piersu Jennifer P. Corder Peter I . Darwin Karin M. Dodge Margaret A. Flowers Carl E. Cessner
Goldman |<ili ii 1 . Harrison 'sin K. Hoffman Mark V M.ghell Kenneth J. Oken Daniel P. Paoli Michael E. Rau I eres.i I lottman Rosen Mori is I S< Inrhs Kevin G. Seymour I'. nil I . Shuscer
I ii. mil I onnu Dennis |. Van Zant Mi. hael L. Viens M H i-.i I. Werner Brine W. Zukerberg
1 99 1
Number ot Donors: 30 Participation: 21.90 % Fotal Contributions: S3. 965. 00 Average Gift: S132.P
\klilu Renato G. Albaran \lu hael Lynn Ault Lisa Marie Beaudet Karen Elizabeth Brown Scott M. Btowning Elizabeth W. Capacio Zuzana Chamrova Belli Gail Diamond Michael A. Dias
Classi s wiih mi Highest Percentage of Donors
1950 63.16%
1957 57.35%
1943D 57.14%
1952 57.14%
1959 56.60%
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Robert B. Donegan Eugene M. ( Irosvenor Jennifer Hollyi Thomas B. Kelso Lorrie Regina Mello Arman C. Moshyedi Benan Ozgun John Michael Pabers John Joseph Pagan Zinon Mark Pappas Man B. W. Porter Roberto N. Puglisi Robert li. Raincr II Cynthia Niemeyer Schaefter Chiistianne Schoedel Dana Lisc Silver l.inda 1 Sniul.K Ncls.ni Anne E. Sugden David Ixe Taragin ( hns Van Bencden Marjorie K. Warden
Number ot Donors: 3 1 Participation: 20.95 % Total Contributions: S4.840.00 Average Gift: $156.13
Eligio B. Aguhob Jr. Vasiliki M. Anvan Anthony Aram Virginia Powel Bay Clint Behrend Catherine Booth Heilman Eric M. Chang Steven Paul Davison William Dubiel Jeffrey Dubin Annette Fineberg Tom Ghobrial Howard Goldberg Anthonv H. Guarino Donna S. Hanes Lisa Ho Joseph Hsu Joseph L. Manley Kendall Ann Manns Azita Moalcmi Joyce Owens Judith Racoosin Lisa Kolste Rakowski Ronald T. Rakowski Michael Ritondo I ony L Robucci Vivienne Rose Andrew Rosenstein Richard Hcston Seidel Joel Turner Rebecca Heaps Ward Pamela Wright
Number or Donors: 31 Participation: 22.96 % I otal (Contributions: S4. 1 55.00 ige Gift: $134.03
Michael Audon Brian Bloom
Gregory M. Brousc Susan Brouse
Paulette Browne
' >llazzo Kathiyn M. C Connor Michael Cushner Valerie Dyke Susan King Faustino Ieresa Hanyok Steven Hockstein Heather E. Houtk Debra B. Hunt Barbara A. Hutchinson Mark William Keenan Yong B. Lee Gregory Levickas Andy Lieberman Denis I in Gina Massoglia Arnal Mattu Stacy Oshry Shauna Paylor David Bryan Sigman Douglas A. Smith Adam Solomon Michael W. Stasko Christopher Welsh Lore B. Wootton Thomas H. Yau Charles Yim
1994
Number of Donors: 25 Participation: 22.52 % Total Contributions: S3.420.00 Lift: $136.80
Konni E. Bringman Suzanne Carr Amy S. Church Sandra Buchman Collins Demitrous Fraziei
I ira Gittlcson ! Thomas A. Housing Charlorre I. Jones Jason A. Kaplan Claudia Krasnoff Scort E. LaBorwit Nhuai C. Le Shirley S. Lee Louis B. Malinow Bahador Momeni Christopher P. Moore Beth Brianna Murinson Denise D. Parker lay B. Penafiel George A. Portei h Anthony B. Quinn Gail Fredericks Russell Jon Simon
Andrew Lawrence Smock Doyle Yeager
Number ot Donors: 28 Participation: 21.37% Total Contribution 53.96 00 Average Gift: Si 4 1.61
Melinda Battaile
James Boler
Michael C. Bond
Susan Boyd
Beth Marie-Arciprete Comeau
Veronica Florence Deza
Kevin Dooley
Keith Hairston
Sanjay Jagannath
Meredith Josephs
Santord Katz
Jessica H. Kim
Gwendolyn
James Liszewski
Diana McClinton
Edward L. McDaniel
Barn.1 Merrill
Charlotte Harward Miller
William Lance Miller
Suman Mishra
John P. Moriarty
Duke Pao
Lisa Smith
Theodore S. Takata
David Woman
Scott Winiecki
|oyce Wong
Samuel Yoon
Number of Donors: 36 Participation: 24.16 % Total Contributions: $7,540.00 Average Gift: $209.44
Christian Bounds
Paula Boyle
Maureen G. Burden
Rachel Burdick-Fissell
Brian Cantor
]■ >\ ( ollins
Michele Cooper
Robert F. Cordcr
Marcia Cort
Teresa Cox
Mary Craig
EUie Goldbloom
Carol Goundry
lessica Grubb
Janet Y. Higgins
Julie Hurlock
Allison Jensen
Frederick T.D. Kaplan
Andrea Karp
David Lang
Sara Levin
I ins Llerena
Cheryl Lohman
I i.e. id Mandell
Anne Martello
Man B. Martello
Annemarie McCabe
Lisa Miller
Rob) ii Miller
Donna M '
Melyssa Paulson Koffman
Ken Richards
Monica Sarang
Stephani D Sih erman
Huyanh Ton
Waltei '■
Number of Donors: 34 Participation: 22.67 % Total Contributions: $6,925.00 Average Gift: $203.68
Jennifer Beall
Laurie Millar Bothwell
Ruwanthi Samaranayake
Campano Elizabeth Campbell Michele Campisi Regina Clark Kester l.H. Crosse |i Daniel C. Farber Matthew Gerber Matthew Howie Risa Weiner Huber Marie V. Kellett Rachel Kramer Lee Alexander Maddox Eric M. Maniago Thomas Maslen Barbara Matthews Edward McCarron Andrew Morton Brian Newcomb Barbara Piasecki Victoria C. Pierce G. Anthony Reina It. Darlene Robinson Bari Rudikoff Heidi Ginter Shah Janine Smith Mary Ann Sorra Debbie Spencer Carol Swanson Nicholas Vietri Jane Wang (a) Weiner Eduards Ziedins
1 998
Kenneth A. Widom Shannon J. Winakur
Number ot Donors: 23 Participation: 17.16% Total Contributions: S2.730.00 Average Gift: $11 8. '0
Brendan C. Berry Grace L. Carangal Herlene Chatha David Chiu Jonathan E. Davis Anne A. Hunter Rvokei K. Imai A. Christian ludica Kathleen St. John ludica Erika S. Kenney Thomas |. Kenney III Catherine E. B. Kirby Jenny Lee Kelty lennifer C. Logan
Otha Myles Namrata B. Patel
Karen R. Raksis Kevin C. Reed Stasia S. Reynolds
1 ioyei Shapiro I is. i Sloat
Number of Donors: 25 Participation: 19.53% Total Contributions: $3,090.00 Average Gift: $123.60
Laurel L. Bell Martin A. Braun Mara Y. Dinits Leslie Lmmert-Buck Lenny Feldman Robert D. Flint Jr. Allison L. George Jonathan H. Griner Thomas D. Horst ( hristcpher J. Jillson Michael C. Lee Susan S. Mclaughlin James L. Medina Sarah A. Mess Thuy D. Ngo Maurice N. Reid Stacey G. Robert Anne E. Rothman Andrew R. Rubin Mark G. Saba Lisa M. Soule Merrill T. Sparago Kenneth A. White Mallory Williams Alia /ilberman
2000
Number ot Donors: 18 Participation:13.53 % Total Contributions: SI, 635.00 Gift: S90.83
Shelleye Anne M. Bailey Morgen Bernius I amara L. Burgunder John I rancis Caccami I st her E. Elliott Marjorie S. Fridkin Sharon E. Henderson Rebecca A. Kazin Oanh H. Lauring Christopher M. Marano
\l McGreal Allison P. Niemi Joanne D. Saxour Debra L. Schwab Matthew D. Sedgley Claudia P. Truitt Bradley J. Wasserman lianping Yang
Number of Donors: 22 Participation: 18.6 I Total Contributions: $!,{ Average Gift: S83.86
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The Medical Alumni Association
accepted donations in honor/memory of the
following alumni, facu
Ity, friends, and students.
Morris I. Bierman, SI
Mrs. Irene & Mr. Elmer K.u/
Thomas P. Bigbee, '64
Mr. Jack Koteen
Dr. Ralph Boccia
Dr. Edward J. Kowalewski
Francis J. Borges, '50
Morton D. Kramer, '55
Dr. Frank M. Calia
Dr. Sander E. Lachman
William J. Corzine, '47
Walter C. Lesky, '60
John M. Dennis, '45
William B. Long Jr., '37
Ms. Marie Virginia Dyson
Ross Z. Pierpont, '40
James L. Eavey, '46
Mr. Charles D. & Mrs.
Dr. Saul Farber
Madeline D. Price
Dr. Harlan I. Firminger
Mrs. Selma Ramundo
Dr. Thomas E. Gillespie
Christian F. Richter, '41
George T. Gilmore, '55
Harry P. Ross, '56
Robert B. Goldstein, '54
Gilbert E. Rudman, '37
Mr. Charles R. Graham Sr.
Albert B. Sarewitz, '49
Joanne M. Hatem, '81
Ms. Mary Serritella
John C. Healy, '50
Dr. Milton Sniadach
Frederick). Heldrich, '48
Dr. John Sobotka
Charles F. Hobelmann, '44
Karl E. Sussman, '55
William HolisterSr., '24
James H. Walker, '41
Ms. Kathy Ingerson
Dr. Donald E. Wilson
David A. Carter, '0')
Theodore E. Woodward, '38
Allison W. Brindle Carrie H. Dorsey Darren Feldman Camille Hammond Joseph G. Hobelmann Vladimir loffe Elizabeth Ives Gillian Jacob Antoine Jones Lawrence Kemp
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Chinh N. Pham [goi Poltinnikov
Kevin J. Poole Irish.) A. Prossick S. null. i Stevens Shahrzad Tabibi V'ik.is Varma Kathy J. Weishaar Marcie O. Wertlieb
Matthew Hamilton Parham Jaberi Scott M. Katzen Daniel Kauffman Andrea Krumholz Peter M. Kuehl, Brert Levinson Amy E. Musk Chrisrine Patron Eugenia C. Robertson Francis M. Segreti Matthew Smith Michael Summerfieid David J. Wang
2003
Number of Donors: 22 Participation: 17.32% I ni.il < ontributions: SI, 550. 00 Average <, ill $70.45
[ill B. Barkdull Ealena Callender Brian ( lorwell Apurva I >cs.u Laura K I erris Eve 1 iclds Walidl, tll.i.l Kareem < rhalib
Number of Donors: 20 Participation: 16.81 % Total Contributions: $1,470.00 Average Gift: $73.50
Jared R. Berkowitz Calvin Choi Thomas C. Dean Todd W. Flannery Mi.ii Ij Hart I v .it In I I lartman Bridget A. I lilliard Jeffrey I. I lobelmann Nathaniel L. 1 lolzman I ->ica Johnson Meredith A. [ohnston Sachin Kalyani Karen A. Kinkel Rebecca M.inno
Abbe I. Penziner
Jill Rathyen
Susan Brown Schoenfeld
Tasios Vakkas
Judy Wang
Mark H. Wernick
Number of Donors: 12 Participation: 9.45 % Total Contributions: $365.00 Average Gift: $30.42
Anis Frayha Stacie Glassman ( firistopher Hvdorn Corinne Sokolik Jackson Stephen Liang Michael Perraut Jonathan Rogers Amy S. Rogstad Ryan Shugarman Kristina Suson Gcrti Tashko Robin Veidt
Number of Donors: 16 Participation: 12.03 % Total Contributions: $600.00 Average Gift: $37.50
Patrick R. Aquino Daniela Best Robert B. Boughan Natalie M. Branagan Robin L. Cohen Jason R. Cornelius Roland M. Jermyn Kimberly M. Kesler Bryan J. Loeffler Janelle M. Martin Danica Novacic Marissa J. Perman Nicole J. Schumann Amy E. Schuster Lee- Ann M. Wagner Gareth J. Warren
2006
Number of Donors: 17 Participation: 12.23% Total Contributions: $1,088.00 Average Gift: $64.00
Michael Banihashemi Christina Bennett-Fee Jeremy Bock N.rIi.i ( h.aidhri Brian Delligatti Mark Domanski Adam D. Friedlandcr Katherine Goerzinger James C. Johnston
Joanna Kroll David Lundy Elise A. Malecki Jeffrey Mindel Scott Murray Robert R. Redfield III Mark Schneyer Cathleen Sybert
in & Former Faculty
Dr. Mohamed S. Al-Ibrahim
Dr. Akshay N. Amin
Dr. Safuh Attar
Mr. Harold G. Bell
Dr. Miriam G. Blitzer
Dr. Brian J. Browne
Dr. Joseph W. Burnett
Dr. Jules Cahan
Dr. E. W.Campbell Jr.
Dr. Charlotte Ferencz
Dr. Kevin S. Ferentz
Dr. Michael L. Fisher
Dr. James P. G. Flvnn
Dr. Ronald W. Geckler
Dr. Hugo Gonzalez-Serratos
Dr. Mahmood Jaberi
Dr. Misbah Khan
Dr. Karen Kotloff
Dr. Allan Krumholz
Dr. Linda L. Lutz
Dr. Colin F. Mackenzie
Mr. Patrick Madden
Dr. David B. Mallott
Dr. Stephen J. Meltzer
Dr. Prasanna Nair
Mr. Dennis Narango
Dr. Chris Papadopoulos
Dr. S. Michael Plaut
Dr. Richard D. Richards
Dr. John H.Sadler
Dr. Moon Lee Shin
Dr. David J. Silverman
Dr. George T. Strickland
Mr. Ronald S. Wade
Dr. Marthew Ryan Weir
Friends
Mrs. Catherine Corzine Mrs. Virginia G. Decker Ms. June E. Diehn Mrs. M. Noreen Eavey Dr. Michael K. Finegan. Mrs. Nancy Lee Frenkil Mr. Jeffrey Kaplan Mrs. Ilene S. Kessler Mis 1 larri Kramer Mr. Joel Kramer Mr. Stephen Leavey Dr. Yu Chen Lee Mrs. Catherine P. Lesky I in mis of Linda Mestei Mrs. Carolyn T. Morgan I >i V Leonard Pine.ui Ms. Danielle Roske
Mr. Jason P. Roth Mrs. Joan F. Sussman Mrs. Sandra G. Tavss Mrs. Joan Travisano Mr. Daniel Wagner Ms. Michelle Wilkinson Mr. Marion G. Wilson
Corporations & Foundations
The Associated: Jewish
Community Federation Mary & Dan Dent Foundation Becton Dickinson & Company Btistol Myers Squibb, Corp. Choice Hotels Internarional Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Jewish Community Endowment
Fund Jewish Community Foundation
of South Palm Beach Johnson & Johnson Corporation Maryland Academy of General
Dentistry Merck & Company, Inc. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, tenner &
Smith, Inc. Sparrows Point Country Club WellPoint Associate Giving
Campaign Wire Productions. Inc.
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ebrate 200 Years of Medicine at Maryland
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Order Your Bicentennial License Plates!
Alumni, faculty and friends of tin- University of Maryland School of Medicine can now obtain bicentennial license plates commemorating the medical schools 200th anniversary. Each set costs $25 and can be ordered by Maryland residents by visiting www.fundformedicine.org and selecting the license plate link or by calling 410.706.8669.
Alumnus
Stephen A. Valenti, '78
Stephen A. Valenti, '78, is a master at the art of transformation.
One minute he is neatly dressed in slacks, shirt, tie and white medical jacket talking in a quiet but reassuring voice to a patient. The next, he is on stage before scores or people, dressed in blue med- ical scrubs, a red punk rock wig, while snapping karate kicks and playing a Rolling Stones hit Start Me Up on a bright red guitar.
By day, Valenti is a clinical cardiologist, serious about his work. By night, generally once a year, he transforms himself into the lead guitarist of Stevie V. and The Heart Attackers, a 13 member band made up mostly of physicians and medical profes- sionals. The Heart Attackers play everything from Robert Palmer to Patsy Kline to Gershwin. "It is like living another life," says Valenti, 55. "It is a transformation, but it is a natural part of my per- sonality."
For Valenti, music and medicine are an integral part of his personality. Both allow him to give back to society. Music, he says, helps him connect with people and the outside world. "I love seeing people enjoy themselves," Valenti says. "I love to smile at
the audience and see people having a great time. Music has been a way to bring people together."
But his true passion is caring for people who have problems with their heart. "To me, the prac- tice of medicine is a very serious commitment and lifestyle," says Valenti, who is a member of HPV Heart P.A., a bustling private clinical cardiology practice in Columbia, Md. "I try to make sure that nothing interferes with my patient focus. I am very careful not to have too many extra curriculars to make sure patients get the care they need." His commitment to patients landed him on the cover of Baltimore Magazine in 1 999, as one of Balti- more's top 1 5 cardiologists, an honor that he says was a surprise.
Valenti spends his days on hospital rounds, con- ducting stress tests, cardiovascular screenings, car- diac catheterizations, angioplasties in addition to patient follow tips and paperwork. At times he- puts in up to 100 hours in a week. "There is no time for lunch," he says.
He often starts work between 5:00—6:00 a.m., and doesn't arrive home until late in the evening. When he is on call over a weekend he sleeps on the couch in his office because the 40 minute drive from his home in Annapolis to Columbia would take too long to handle emergencies. The weekend shift can be grueling. "I might be there for 60 hours straight," Valenti says. "If you are committed to this work you just have to do it right."
Valenti performing for his medical class at graduation. Sitting at the keyboards is classmate Paul A. Gertler.
His wife, Elizabeth Kingsley, '78, understands the long hours because she is a cardiologist, too. The couple, who have two grown daughters, both work late, but when they are free, generally in the evening, they unwind and practice ballroom danc- ing. The two have won top couple awards in ball- room dancing competitions in Las Vegas, Costa Mesa, Calif., and Atlantic City.
There is no doubt that Valenti is a talented musician. He opened for Three Dog Night, Buddy Rich, the Drifters and other big names while play- ing with a band in college. He even jammed with Jimmy Buffett in front of thousands at the Merri- weather Post Pavilion after beating out other gui- tarists in a contest sponsored by a local radio station.
Music was a part of Valenti's life since he was a young boy. His father, who played the saxophone, took his 10 year-old son to a music store and put a violin in his hand. "I could only get a screech out of it," Valenti recalls. Then his father handed him an acoustic guitar, and the youngster began picking a Johnny Cash tune. "I thought, 'I can do this.' So, at that point I started playing."
Around the same time, Valenti developed an interest in medicine. His parents were not well-to- do, but they were always helping neighbors in need. "I grew up in a family where my parents were so kind," says Valenti, who lived in an apart- ment in Hyattsville, Md., and shared a room with his two brothers. "I always grew up with the feel- ing of wanting to give back."
Valenti graduated valedictorian of his high school class and wore a "regular boys' haircut." By the time he was in college at the University of Maryland he had grown his hair below the neck and, with his younger brother, played in a band named the No Where Men and another called Liberation. His mother worried that her sons might get into trouble.
I said, "Mom, don't worry. I am not into drugs. We are straight," he recalls. He was so straight that when the band took a road trip to Detroit, Valenti brought his books. Despite playing six nights a week, Valenti managed a 4.0 grade point average, graduated from college in three years and earned a scholarship to the school of medicine.
He studied hard in medical school, but managed to have fun, too. The summer after his freshman year, he and Paul Certler, '78 dissected cadavers to prepare them for the anatomy class for medical stu- dents, and hatched a plan to form a band called
Ballroom doncing with wife Elizabeth
Whisper, which played country clubs, weddings, and bar mitzvahs on weekends. "It was good money if you were trying to pay your way through medical school," recalls Valenti, who celebrates a 30th reunion next spring.
Graduating from medical school in 1978, Valenti served his internship and residency in internal medicine at Maryland. After a fellowship in cardiology at Maryland and the Baltimore VA Hospitals, he went into private practice.
"Coming from a musical background I became interested in cardiac rhythms and heart sounds," Valenti says. "Such an amazing variety of rhythms and tones. I always wanted to achieve a very high level of confidence with treating cardiac emergen- cies and performing invasive vascular procedures, things that initially as a medical student made me a little nervous."
Valenti and the Heart Attackers play just once a year at Heartfest, which raises research dollars to support the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease. But this past sum- mer, the Heart Attackers played a second concert, the black tie gala celebrating Maryland's 200th medical school anniversary.
That evening, Valenti transformed himself. He traded in his white medical jacket for a pair of scrubs and his trademark red punk rock wig. He jumped and kicked and played his guitar behind his neck while on his knees. As he looked out onto the dance floor, he could see the smiles on peoples' faces. He smiled, too.
"It was an honor," Valenti says. "It was one of the most meaningful things I have ever done in my musical and medical careers. It connected me more than ever to the history of the medical school and to Baltimore. H
Alumnus
Protagoras N. Cutchis. '83
No Appetite to Tag
By Bill Atkinson _1_ JL V^^
Cutchis in the 1 983 Terra Manae Medicus
He holds five patents and has four degrees, including an MD and a master's degree in electrical engineering.
Since he was a boy, Protagoras N. Cutchis ' has had an unquenchable curiosity about electricity; more specifically, electrical gad- ets and how and why they work. In the base- ment of his home he keeps the relics of his youth, the gadgets he built from scratch, k There is a color organ in a black, trim A case that flashes to the beat of music, H a stereo power amplifier called the V Cutchis P 480, and two monster stereo ¥ speakers each with two 12-inch woofers that hammer out a Carlos Santana rock tune almost loud enough to make the ceiling tiles in his basement dance. "You can turn it up as loud as you want," says Cutchis, '83, over the din.
Cutchis, better known as "Tag," knew from around 1 2 years old that he wanted to be an elec- trical engineer. "I just like designing things and seeing them work," he says. "I still like building stuff and trying it out."
The passion carries through to this day. Cutchis is senior engineer in the National Security Tech- nology Department of The Johns Hopkins Univer- sity Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). He holds five patents and has four degrees, including an MD and a master's degree in electrical engineering. He has helped design portable ventilators that can be used on the battlefield, a pill used to monitor internal temperatures of athletes, astronauts and hospital patients, and most recently, conceived of a device that may one day help amputees move arti- ficial limbs simply by thinking about the move- ment they want to make.
This idea made a splash. For his efforts, Cutchis received The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Inventor of the Year award in 2005 in the physical sciences category. He was named to the 2006 Scientific American 50, a prestigious list in the magazine that comes out annually and is made up of technical innovators. "I had no idea I was being considered," says Cutchis, 49, about the
award, which he displays on his desk at home in Highland, Md. "If anything, it validates my creativity."
As a senior engineer at APL, Cutchis works closely with the Department of Defense, Home- land Security and the Transportation Security Administration.
For a biosurveillance-related project, Cutchis' team designed software that enables hospitals and physicians to monitor patients' complaints in emergency rooms and physicians' offices through- out the country. Once the data is entered into the computer, public health officials in counties and states can examine the data and look for patterns or unusual developments. Is there an outbreak of food poisoning in a certain county or city? A spike in seizures? Tuberculosis? Small pox? The mission is to find patterns that could signal a potential ter- rorist attack. "A system like this is designed to help
He was named to the 2006 Scientific American 50, a prestigious list in the magazine that comes out annually and is made up of technical innovators.
you detect a disease outbreak or a possible bioter- rorism attack sooner, enabling you to treat a lot more people and save more lives," Cutchis says. So far, the health officials haven't detected evidence of terrorism, but they have seen ramp ups in food- born illnesses and the flu.
Cutchis grew up in Silver Spring, the older of two children. His father was a physicist and con- tractor for the Department of Defense, and his mother was a mathematician also at the defense department. As a youngster, Cutchis admittedly wasn't a standout as a student, but he showed an
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Cutchis quickly concluded that he was more interested in helping hospitals, patients, and doctors through engineering than by administering directly to patients.
aptitude in electrical gadgetry and spent hours in his dad's workshop. In grade school, he designed and built a pink noise generator to blot out back- ground noise. It was hardly a brilliant piece of work, but it set a tone for bigger and better things to come: the color organ, the stereo power ampli- fier, speakers, a police radar jammer — a project he never completed — and a digital bow and arrow range gauge that lets the archer know how high to point the bow to reach a desired distance. "Ideas would just come to me," Cutchis says. "They just pop into my head."
By the time he entered college, Cutchis had become a more serious student double majoring in physics and engineering and graduating with hon- ors. Alter college, he enrolled in medical school, and after graduating in 1983, he was admitted to the school's neurosurgery program. Cutchis quickly concluded that he was more interested in helping hospitals, patients and doctors through engineering than by administering directly to patients. He joined APL and by 1986 was managing the elec- tronic work on implantable medical devices, including an implantable urinary sphincter for people who could not control urination. By 1990, Cutchis received a masters degree in electrical engineering. "I was always interested in applying engineering to medicine," he says.
At APL, Cutchis designed fiber optic sensors and circuitry to detect intestinal bleeding. He con-
ducted research on new pulse train patterns for spinal cord electrical stimulation to relieve chronic pain, and was the lead design engineer for a por- table ventilator for the U.S. Army.
Even at home Cutchis, who is married and has two daughters, is absorbed by projects that stretch his mind and imagination. He spent nine months building an elaborate wine rack for his collection. One of his daughters wondered if the family would ever see him again because he was buried so deeply in the project. Years ago, he designed his home and redrafted the plans five times until his wife told him enough was enough. He even strung 5,000 feet of electrical cable throughout the house to control the cable television, audio system and secu- rity cameras that allow him to see visitors as they pull into his drive- way.
Lately, he has been noodling with the color organ because one of the four channels doesn't work. But Cutchis is confident that he will solve
the problem when he has time to focus. "Design- ing and building can be pretty frustrating because it doesn't always work," he says. "But if you are not failing every once in awhile, you are probably not trying very hard." S
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of a two-year pre-medical college course.
SCHEDULE OF SUBJECTS OF THE TWO-YEAR PBEMEDICAL COLLEGE COURSE
Sixty Semester Hours Required
Required Courses:
Chemistry (a)
Physics (b) - _
Biology (c) ..„
English Composition and Literature (d).
Modern Foreign Language (e)
Other Non-Science Subjects
Semester Hours
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Courses Strongly Urged:
Additional English.
Additional Foreign Language.
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy.
Quantitative Analysis or other Advanced Chemistry.
Advanced Mathematics, including Algebra and Trigonometry.
Psychology, Logic, Social Science, Economics, History, Political Science.
A semester hour is the credit value of sixteen weeks' work consisting of
one lecture or recitation period per week, each period to be of not less than
fifty minutes' duration net, at least two hours of laboratory work to be
considered as the equivalent of one lecture or recitation period.
The editorial board is proud to pre- sent Volume 92, Number 2 of the Bulletin magazine, the oldest
medical alumni association
publication in the United States. In addition to serving as the medical school's primary communications link with alumni since 1916, it serves as a bridge connecting us to our past. This section of the magazine features snippets of past issues, offering a look at our medical school 25, 50 & 75 years ago.
1982
nor roll of donors included details of special gifts made to the medical school.
Special Gifts To School Of Medicine In 198 1-82
Dr. Aaron I. Grollman Postdoctoral Fellowship in Surgery
Donor
.Mrs. Maurice ( rollmanl lit. k
Dr. Aaron 1. Grollm;in Visiting Professorship in Bask Medical Sciences
Kills <, rollman l'hami;u.\ ,'(
Sandra Minna Hoffman Memorial Student I-oan Fund
Dr. Harry I'. Hull LitureNhip in Surgery Elizabeth G. Macaulay Memorial Award for Outstanding Clinical Profmcno in the Department of Phj skal Therapy
-Kenneth M. Hoffman 70 Joseph H Gar*
Drs. Kathleen K and Charles W. McGrady Student I.oan Fund
Dr. 1. Earl I^ss Award for Exceptional Proficiency in Internal Medicine
Dr. BernardJ. Sabatino Memorial Studem Loan Fund
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A rendering of the new health sciences library, built on the site of the original
"Davidge Hall" library. Note to reader: This library existed for nearly 50 years
but was demolished in 2007 to make way for an ambulatory center.
Edward Sigman Memorial Fund
Dr. George H. Yeager Lectureship in Surgery
.William E. and June B Rhoads JTheDre McGradj :>l The estate of I Karl htss':s; _L>uisT. Sabatino, Pharmacy '39
IV nine Sigman till
Joseph \\ Ganej '45
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1936: Harold T. Knobloch of Fssex ville, Mich., pub- lished An America Pediatrician's Odyssey in t he- spring.
I943M: Ralph K. Brooks of Annapolis, Md., continues to cruise and race in the Chesapeake. He is a long-time member of the Naval Academy Sailing Squadron. Irving L. Samuels of Delray Beach, Fla., reports that a fourth Samuels family member graduated from the medical school in Mav when grandson Aaron crossed the stage.
1945: Robert F. Byrne of Wichita, Kans., swims and walks at the YMCA, and attends medical symposia.
1948: Benjamin K. Silverman of Seal Beach, Calif., received a distinguished service career award from the pediatric emergency section of the American Academy of Pediatrics during its an- nual October meeting in San Francisco.
1 949: Edward W. Stevenson of
Birmingham, Ala., has owned nine air- planes over the years, and he still has one that he flies frequently. He is a member of United Flying Octogenar- ians (UFO). Stevenson also sits on the board of the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame, the Southern Museum of Flight, and the Birmingham Aero Club.
1950: Miriam S. Daly oi Albion, Mich, continues coordinating the blood drive for the American Red Cross where she
has \ (iliinii eieil tin the past fourteen years. Daughter Martha is an anaesthesiologist at the Kaiser Permanente
1 lospital in Santa ( .'Lira, ( 'alif.
1951: Solomon Cohen oi
Sebastopol, Calif, grows Sauvignon Blanc grapes that make i fine wine. Dorris M. Harris of .os Angeles is well and enjoying retirement. She recalls receiving the "Golden Handshake" from L.A. County in 1993. Eugene B. Rex is adapting to Florida life in Winter Park. He would like to hear from any nearby alumni.
1952: Timothy D. Baker of Cockeys- ville, Md., served as guest editor for a special issue oi Maryland Medicine on global health. Richard A. Sindler of
Towson, Md., operates an antique shop while working part time doing whole body CT scanning in Rockville. Wife Vicki is a realtor with Long & Foster.
1953: W. Meredith Smith of Baltimore sadly reports that wife Corinne passed away on May 14.
1956: Charles Sanislow of Midland, Mich., enjoys tree farming, grandchil- dren, family, and friends. He continues to volunteer a few hours each week in the cancer center and vascular lab at Midland Michigan Medical ("enter.
1957: Walter M. Shaw of Bonita, Calif., thought the 50th class reunion and the 2()()th medical school anniver- sary celebrations were superb, and he will cherish the memories. He plans to return for many more reunions iit the coming years.
1958: Bruce N. Curtis of I hatcher, Ariz., reports that he is busy being a father and grandfather. In his family
are a radiologist, hospital consultant, veterinarian, housewife and running instructor, as well as airline pilot.
I960: Morton E. Smith of St. Louis
was the honorary Grand Marshal at the 2007 Washington University commencement.
1 96 1 : John N. Browell of Marshfield,
Wis., sadly reports that wife Ann passed away on May 4. Ten months earlier they had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
1963: Michael G. Hayes of Baltimore is still working! D. Robert Hess Jr., of
Chambersburg, Pa., has cut back to XA days of work each week to spend more time with family, church activities, and travel. Arnold J. Jules and wife Lynn of Gwynedd Valley, Pa., enjoy spending time with their two sons and four grandchildren since Arnolds retirement in February as the president and CEO of the North Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Association.
1964: Gustavo A. Colon of Metairie, La., works three days a week doing aes- thetic surgery and is clinical professor of plastic surgery at Tulane University. Mark E. Krugman of Newport Beach, Calif., and classmate Gustavo Colon, both plastic surgeons, attended
Mark £. Krugman and Gustavo Colon
"Aesthetic Surgery on the Baltic' Eric D. Schmitter of Santa Monica, Calif., continues working part time at the West Los Angeles Wadsworth VA after retir- ing from I 'CI A and private practice.
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1965: Frederick S. Herald of Holly- wood, Fla., is medical director for chemical informatics at Memorial Healthcare System following retire- ment from private practice a few years ago.
1967: Henry Feuer of Indianapolis is the proud owner of a Super Bowl ring, for his role as neurosurgery consultant to the Indianapolis Colts. John Wm. Gareis of Lancaster, Pa., proudly reports that daughter Rebecca is part owner of the Crab Place in Crisfield, Md., specializing in on-line orders for crab cakes. Stuart H. Lessans of Rockville, Md., had a wonderful sum- mer. He and wife Ellen report that twins Matthew and Faye have entered first grade. Allan S. Pristoop of Owings Mills, Md., reports that son Eli is working for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and daughter Rebecca works at the Museum of Modern Art. John R. Stephens of Newport News, Va., reports that son John has sold a TV pilot to NBC. Daughter Clare is expecting twins, and daughter Kate graduated from Clemson last spring.
1968: Kirk A. Keegan and wife
Deborah have moved to Arden, N.C., following Keegan's retirement from the University of California Irvine where he served as associate dean and professor of OB/GYN. Abraham "Abi" Litt and wife Ellen of Newton Center, Mass., are enjoying retirement. Daughter Caryn recently graduated Magna Cum Laude from Fordham Law School. Older daughter M.uleen has a graduate degree in social work; both live in Manhattan. Barry J. Schlossberg of Pikcsville, Md., reports that son Michael and daughter- in-law Shenna gave birth to Noah Riley on July 4 — Schlossbergs first grand- child. Michael served as chief resident in medicine at Maryland in 2004.
1 969: Constance L. Holbrook reports that living in Sun City at Hilton Head, S.C., is a great experience. ( Loral
singing, golfing, and acting were activi- ties she never had a chance to pursue during her medical career, that is until
1971: JoAnn C. C. Santos and spouse Arturo of Reisterstown, Md., report the birth of their first granddaughter, Charlotte Ann, on November 17, 2006 — the same birthday as Santos!
1 972: Sharon L. Landman of Woburn, Mass., has spent time working in Nairobi, Kenya, and in Uganda after retiring from her practice of neuro- surgery. She retired after growing tired of the plaintiff's bar. Howard J. Weinstein of Newton Center, Mass., completed 17 consecutive Boston Marathons last spring to raise money for cancer research. He edited a book on pediatric lymphomas and was hon- ored with a named chair — the R. Alan Ezekowitz Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Weinstein and wife Ann are busy planning for the Bar and Bat Mitzvah of twins Becca and Aaron.
1973: Edward M. Eisenbrey of Fort Washington, Md., has survived multi- ple myeloma for eight years. For now he is practicing part-time and limiting it to office GYN.
1974: William L. Gonzalez of Anna- polis, Md., reports that son Mark graduated from medical school at Georgetown University. After residency training the two plan to practice oph- thalmology together. Luis A. Queral of Lutherville, Md., is founder and direc- tor of the Vascular Center at Mercy, the state's busiest program in vascular surgery.
1975: Thorn E. Lobe of Memphis, Term., recently completed a physician executive MBA program at the Univer-
sity of Tennessee Graduate School of Business. John Young of Potomac, Md., is a member of the Maryland Community Health Resources Com- mission, appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley.
1976: Susan M. Willard of Kingsville, Md., reports that her daughter is train- ing in internal medicine at University Hospitals/VA in Cleveland after gradu- ating from Case Western Reserve in . May.
1977: Anne C. Goldberg of St. Louis is president of the National Lipid Association, a 2,000-member organiza- tion devoted to enhancing the treat- ment of hypercholesterolemia and other cardiovascular risk, factors. Terrence L. Posluszny and wife Sharon of McAllen, Tex., have three granddaughters. Their oldest daughter Lauren will soon be training in oral surgery; voungest daughter Susan is an aspiring actress in New York City after graduating from Yale.
1978: Stephen A. Valenti and Elizabeth Kingsley of Annapolis, Md., have volunteered to organize the 30th reunion in spring and are hoping to entice as many colleagues as possible to attend the class parry on Saturday, May 3. They are in year 24 of cardiology careers. Daughter Elizabeth Lechner is a fourth year medical student at Maryland.
1979: Burt I. Feldman of Rockville, Md., is a certified medical director and serves in this capacity at a skilled nurs- ing facility in Silver Spring in addition to outpatient geriatric practice. He is president of the D.C. Chapter of the American Geriatric Society. Bruce D. Koehler of Temple, Tex., reports that son Michael is a third-year medical stu- dent at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Max D. Koenigsberg of Chicago has triplet 12- year-olds. He is senior EMS medical
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director. Mary C. McKay of 1 luntsville, Tex., is a semi-retired pediatrician now working as a Locums. William O.
Richards of Nashville, Tenn., is presi- dent ol the Tennessee chapter of the American College of Surgeons.
1980: James P. Richardson of Ellicott City, Md., passed the hospice and pal- liative medicine board exam this year. He teaches and practices geriatric medi- cine at Union Memorial Hospital. Roy T. Smoot Jr., of St. Michaels, Md., is chier medical officer at Maryland General Hospital.
1982: Christopher M. Aland of New- town, Pa., is an honorary member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Trainer Society, recognized for his work in sports medicine over the past 15 years. He and wife Maryellen are official empty nesters since their youngest is off to college. Wayne L. Barber of Owings Mills, Md., reports that his ophthal- mology practice with Robert F. Friedman, '9 1 , opened a new office facility to better meet the needs of their community. Constance J. Johnson of Clarksville, Tenn., is a member of one of the first group practices to be certified in headache medicine by the United Council of Neurologic Special- ties. In addition to seeing patients, Johnson is doing clinical research. In her free time, she rides horses and is now competing in dressage. Charles T. Lucey II of Rockville, Md., is in his lilth year at the FDA working on pre- venting transfusion-transmitted dis- eases, and he also is on the staff of the National Navy Medical Center.
1983: Neil B. Friedman of Owings
Mills, Md., is director ol the breast cen- ter and a surgical oncologist at Mercy Medical Center. His daughter was
recendy admitted to veterinary school. Garry Mueller of I ancaster, Pa., is cele- brating 1\ years ol Ins family (private) practice and is now experiencing "empty nest syndrome" as his youngest child completes freshman year at the University of Pittsburgh. His oldest works for Americorps in Philadelphia while his middle child is a senior at Temple University.
1 984: Katherine D. Tobin of 1 lonolulu
enjoys her work with Virtual Radiologic Corp. She, husband Rich, and daugh- ters Kaitrin and Bridget have visited Alaska and Australia this year, and they are looking forward to visiting Balti- more over the winter break.
1 986: Gerard Anthony Burns of Jersey City, N.J., is chief medical information officer at Hackensack University Med- ical Center. Patrick A. Flynn of New
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York City is director of the pediatric echocardiography service ai New York Presbyterian I lospital/Weill Cornell Medical College and is a member of the Cornell chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.
1987: Ralph Gregg and wife Ana of Fort Myers, 1 la., report that son Michael is an environmental majorat the Universitj of Florida after graduating Summa ( 'urn 1 ancle from high school. Tie hopes to one day attend medical school. Elizabeth Robert Hatcher of Topeka, Kans., was sorry to miss the Reunion and bicenten- nial celebration in spring. She continues to enjoy a private psychiatry and psycho analysis practice. Donald V. Woytowitz of Port Charlotte, Fla., is on sabbatical and is traveling the world with his famil) during the next year. During their voyage he and wife Karen are home schooling their three children. Wovtowitz has
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submitted two articles to die Journal of Clinical Oncology and has three recent abstracts which he hopes will be pub- lished soon.
1988: Mark H. Fraiman of Lutherville,
Md., is chief of surgery at St. Joseph Medical Center.
1989: Louis I. Bezold III has relocated to Lexington, Kentucky, and is the division chief of pediatric cardiology at Kentucky Children's Hospital/ University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Brian Eastridge of San Antonio, Tex., a military colonel, has been deployed to Iraq as the system director for the CENTCOM Joint Theater Trauma System.
1 990: Paul E. Shuster and wife Arleen of Hagerstown, Md., recently cele- brated 20 years of marriage.
1 99 1 : Dana Lise Silver and husband Michael Schweitzer live in Towson, Md., with their two sons, ages nine and 12. Dana is practicing pediatrics at Sinai Hospital, and Mike practices surgery at Johns Hopkins. They are wondering where everyone was last year during reunion.
1992: Theresa Peet of Baltimore sadly reports that husband Cregory was killed in a motor vehicle accident on May 2. She has a seven-year-old daughter. Caroline D. Sherbourne and husband Charles Bouch of Lafayette, Calif, have one son and are expecting twins.
1993: Patricia Jett and husband David of Ellicott City, Md., have been mar- ried 1 5 years and report that their sons are growing Lip fast. Nicola London of Forest Hill, Md., specializes in OB/CYN in a private group practice with offices in Dund.dk and Bel Air. She has two boys, ages 13 and eight.
1994: Amy S. Church and husband Robert of Stockton, N.J., proudly wel- comed Ryan Joseph on April 20. He joined sister Erin, age one.
1995: Michael Bond of Pasadena, Md., is assistant professor at Maryland. He and wife Ginger are expecting their sec- ond child. Suman Mishra of Pittsburgh and husband Dinarir are happy to announce that all are well after the birth of Milan Golla, their second, on May 1 . Olayemi O. Osiyemi of West Palm Beach, Fla., is director of the divi- sion of medicine and section chief of infectious disease at St. Mary's Medical Center, in addition to serving as presi- dent/CEO for Triple O Medical Services and the Triple O Research Institute.
1996: Joy Collins of Philadelphia has joined the pediatric general and tho- racic surgery faculty at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia after complet- ing fellowship training. Monica Sarang of Los Angeles reports that life is good in California with her two boys Myles and Luke.
1997: Daniel Farber of Mount Airy, Md., specializes in disorders of the foot and ankle as a member of Maryland's faculty in the department of ortho- paedics. Margaret Kelly of Raleigh, N.C., is a member of the faculty at UNC Chapel Hill after completing res- idency training and fulfilling her Navy obligation. On a sadder note, her brother John and his girlfriend were killed in a boating hit and run on July 8. Jennifer Moffett and husband Michael Smith of Northridge, Calif., celebrated the arrival of Alaina Rose, their third, in April. Moffett enjoys working part-time in private practice. G. Anthony Reina Jr., and wife Bryn are proud to announce the birth of Peter August on December 4, 2006. He joins brother Zachary, age two. Heidi Ginter Shah and husband Nilesh of Shrewsbury, Mass., proudly
announce the birth of Lily, their second daughter, on February 26.
1998: Elizabeth D. Feldman of Wash- ington, D.C., is a breast surgery fellow at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis after completing residency training at Georgetown University Medical Center. Jennifer C. Logan of Mount Airy, N.C., reports that son Warren is a freshman in college after graduating from high school in May. Camil N. Sader and wife Tatiana Lee-Chee, D.O., an ophthalmologist, of Pompano Beach, Fla., report that son Julien recently turned two. Emily Cootauco White and husband Drew of Reisterstown, Md., announce the birth of son Cabot, their third, on June 10.
1999: Eric K. Johnson and wife Amy of Evans, Ga., report the birth of Molly Michele in December 2006, their third daughter. Johnson recently returned from a deployment to Afghanistan. Ursina R. Teitelbaum of Ardmore, Pa., is a member of the hematology/ oncology faculty at the University of Pennsylvania. She and husband Benjamin are expecting their third child in December. Daughter Lillie is three years old and son Sam is one. Mallory Williams of Canton, Mass., is a Commonwealth Fund Harvard University Fellow in Minority Health Policy This follows completion of his surgical critical care fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
2000: Eliahu S. Feen of University City, Mo., is a member of the faculty at St. Louis University School of Medicine. Joanne D. Saxour of Daytona Beach, Fla., is a member of the clinical faculty at Florida State University in addition to maintaining a solo family medicine practice. Lisa B. Yanoff ot Silver Spring, Md., is a third-
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2001: Joseph G. Hobelmann and wife Betsy of Luther- ville, Md., are expecting again, and this one is a boy. They have two daughters, ages five and two. He practices pain medicine in Towson while she is playing the role of stay-at-home mom. Sandra Stevens of Norway, Maine, is expecting her second in January.
2002: Walid Gellad of Brookline, Mass., is chief resident in medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
2003: Sharla Hart of Poison, Mont., practices family medicine including obstetrics and emergency medicine at a rural 25-bed hospital. Rachel Hartman of Dallas is a hospitalism She and husband Isamu celebrated the birth of a baby girl in April. Nathaniel Holzman and wife Joanna of Brighton, Mass., announce the birth of Bella Caryl, their first, on July 5. Sachin Kalyani of Baltimore is doing a fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins after com- pleting his ophthalmology residency. Karen Kinkel of Newark, Del., is a staff physician in primary care at the VA Medical Center in Wilmington. Sarah A. Kremen of Los Angeles is undertaking fellowship training at UCLA in the department of behavioral neurology Mohammed Manasawaia of Glen Mills, Pa., is heading to Boston next summer for a neuro-radiology fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
2004: Katherine Gamble married Ira Marvin in May. She is doing a one-year obstetrics fellowship in Seattle this year and enjoys exploring the Pacific Northwest with dog Misty. Jonathan Rogers and wife Joanna of Pikesville, Md., welcomed son Zachary Asher, on March 16. Robin Veidt is doing an oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She is engaged to be married on May 17, 2008.
2005: Todd M. Kolb and wife Gina of Baltimore wel- comed daughter Sofia on March 24.
2006: Andrea Ceccarelli of Canton, Md., is in year two of a family medicine residency at Franklin Square I Iospital. Tara Cook is enjoying Midwest hospitality during her neurology residency in Iowa City. Rachel E. Garvin of Loveland, Ohio, is flying on AirC 'are during her second year ol an emergency medicine residency. She reports that daughter Zoe is now four years old.
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In Memoriam
Meyer G. Miller, '33 1 ady Lake, 11a. August 5, 2007
Malcolm Dudley Phillips, '45 Darlington, Md. September 13, 2007
Dr. Phillips financed his medical educa- tion by working nights at Bethlehem Steel. He interned at Maryland General Hospital before residency training at Harford Memorial Hospital. Upon completion of training, he opened a family practice in Darlington where he practiced for five decades and delivered more than 2,000 babies before retiring in 2000. Phillips served on numerous boards including the Harford County Tuberculosis Medical Advisory Board and was a founding member of the Darlington Volunteer Fire Department. He was named Darlington's VIP during its 1992 apple festival. He enjoyed his dogs, reading mysteries, and listening to big-band and swing music. After retire- ment he and wife Peggy lived in Fort Myers, Fla., during part of each year. Phillips is survived by two sons, three daughters, ten grandchildren, arid one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by son Paul and daughter Marcia.
David N. Sills Jr., '46
Milford, Del. . lugust 6, 2007
Mercy Hospital in Baltimore was the site of Dr. Sills' internship after gradua- tion, and he spent the next year there as an assistant resident in general surgery. From 1948 to 1950, he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, and from 1950 to 1953 was a general surgery resident at the University of Texas. Sills practiced general surgery and was presi- dent of the medical staff at Milford Memorial Hospital. Memberships included the American College of Surgeons as well as the Society of Abdominal Surgery. Sills enjov< d tennis, golf, fishing, gardening, furniture m.ik
ing, magic, and travel. I le is survived by wife Norma.
Elizabeth Coultas Stockman, '47
Morristown, N.J. June 10, 2007
Frederic R. Simmons, '50 Sun City Center, Fla. July 23, 2007
During World War II, Dr. Simmons enlisted as an aviation cadet in the U.S. Army Air Corp., flying in B-17s as a bombardier-navigator with the 15th Air Force Heavy Bomber Group. He logged 230 combat hours during 49 missions and was shot down during a raid over Budapest, Hungary, where he escaped from German-occupied terri- tory by meeting up with the Russians. Decorations included the Purple Heart and the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters. He completed his undergradu- ate degree after his discharge, and after medical school Simmons re-entered the Air Force as a medical officer. He com- pleted training at Walter Reed Army Hospital before residency training in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins and Balti- more City Hospital. Simmons was a flight surgeon and pediatrician while with the Air Force, and he was dis- charged as a major. He moved his fam- ily to Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1956 and entered private practice as a pediatri- cian, where he remained for nearh 30 years before retirement. In practice he served on the board of the Florida Pediatric Association and was chief of pediatrics lor Halifax 1 lospital. Simmons enjoyed reading, golf, and boating. He is survived by wife Vera, two daughters, four sons, and 14 grandchildren.
Samuel J. Abrams, '54
Baltimore September 16, 2007
Dr. Abrams received his training at Sinai I lospital in Baltimore where he spent
Ins entire medical career as a general and pediatric surgeon. He also served as chief of surgery at Baltimore County < i< neral Hospital. Plis passion was pre- serving history, and he built a number of exhibits at Sinai including a recogni- tion wall recognizing virtually every employee of the hospital. Abrams was an ardent supporter of the medical school, serving as chair of the MAA's Davidge Hall Committee during the 1980s and 1990s and overseeing the building's conservation plans as well as its museum collection. In September 1 996, he presented a paper on Davidge Hall in Greece before the 35th Inter- national Congress of the History of Medicine. He was a consultant and por- trayed Dr. John Davidge in the 1 997 production of Ars Medicinae, a video tracing the founding of the medical school that continues to be shown today to incoming students. He served as a volunteer caller for the MAA's annual phonothon in Davidge Hall and was a member of the John Beale Davidge Alliance, the school's society for major donors. Survivors include wife Elaine, two sons, and three grandchildren.
Ralph D. NataJe, '59 Towson, Md. August 25, 2007
Edward F. Quinn III, '69 Milford, Del. July 3, 2007
Dr. Quinn interned at Ohio State University in Columbus before ortho- paedic residency training at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md. He served in the U.S. Navy and achieved the rank of lieutenant commander. Quinn was chief of surgery at Milford Memorial 1 lospital. and in 19_:i was ioundei ot tin I V kinson Medii al Group. He served on the staffs ot Kent General Hospital in Dover and Beebe Medical Center in Lewes. Quinn was a past president of the Medical Society
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of Delaware and a member or rhe board of Quality Insights of Delaware. Memberships included the American Legion Post 3 and Milford Elks Lodge 240 1 . He enjoyed world travel and reading, and he readily shared his expertise on a variety of topics includ- ing medicine, politics, language, and history. Quinn was preceded in death by wives Laura and Audrey, and he is survived by fiancee Judi Muir, one son, two stepsons, and a granddaughter.
Faculty cv Staff
Edward N. Brandt Jr., MD, PhD
Oklahoma City, Okla. August 25, 2007
Dr. Brandt served as president and chancellor of the University of Mary- land Baltimore from 1985 to 1989. Brandt was born in Oklahoma City in 1933 and received bachelor of science, MD and PhD degrees from the University of Oklahoma. He later earned a master's degree from Oklahoma State University. In 1981, President Reagan nominated Brandt to serve as assistant secretary of health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, overseeing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health. He was highly praised for his team's response to the first cases of HIV and AIDS, as they were able to determine the nature of the disease and how it spread. While assistant secretary, Brandt served as the U.S. representative to the executive board of the World Health Organi- zation and established the first Public Health Service Task Force on Women's Health. After serving at Maryland for four years, Brandt became executive dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and served in recent years as professor emeritus at its ( !oIIege of Public Health.
Keith Morgan, MD March 2007
Dr. Morgan served on the faculty in the department of medicine during the 1960s. His specialty was pulmonary diseases and, in particular, industrial dust diseases such as asbestos.
Jerome Styrt, MD
Baltimore June 10, 2007
Dr. Styrt was an instructor and profes- sor of psychiatry at Maryland in the 1990s and served as an instructor at John Hopkins University School of Medicine. He was a resident supervisor at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital and a faculty member of the Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute. Born in Chicago, Styrt received his bachelor's degree in chemistry at the University of Chicago before earning his medical degree at the University of Chicago School of Medicine in 1945. During his residency training at the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in Towson, Styrt served as an assistant medical offi- cer in England at the Retreat in York and Belmont Hospital in Sutton, Surrey. He continued his psychiatry training at the Johns Hopkins Univer- sity through 1950 and served the U.S. Public Health Service during the Korean War before returning to Mary- land in 1953. In 1989, Sheppard Pratt awarded Styrt a distinguished teaching award, and in 1995, he earned an out- standing volunteer faculty teaching award from Maryland. Styrt enjoyed playing tennis, golf, and squash in his spare time, and had a passion for art and music. He is survived by wife Mary, two children, and one grand- child.
Raymond E. Vanderlinde, PhD
( aronsville, Md. July 21, 2007
Dr. Vanderlinde was an assistant and later associate professor of biochemistry
at Maryland from 1950 to 1957. Born and raised in Newark, N.Y., he earned a bachelor's degree in science education from Syracuse University in 1944. This was followed by a master's degree in science education in 1945, a master's in organic chemistry in 1947, and a doc- torate in medical biochemistry, all earned at Syracuse. After teaching at Maryland, Vanderlinde held teaching positions in biochemistry and pathol- ogy at Syracuse, West Virginia Univer- sity, and Albany Medical College. From 1962 to 1965, he served as associate laboratory director and clinical chemist at Memorial Hospital in Cumberland, and he was director of clinical chem- istry for the New York State Depart- ment of Health from 1965 to 1977. Vanderlinde was at Hahnemann from 1977 until retirement in 1990. After- wards he advocated for patients' rights as a public member of the institutional review board at St. Agnes Hospital. Vanderlinde was a board member of the Friends of the Catonsville Public Library and volunteered in the library's historical and genealogy section. In 2003, he published The History of Charlestoivn. Vanderlinde was an auto enthusiast and collector, and drove several of his cars in the Catonsville's Independence Day parade. He is survived by wife Ruth, one son, two daughters, and three grandchildren.
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Founded more than a decade ago as a partnership among the state, c ity, university system, and hospital, the institute ol human virology officially became the mi lii il school's firsi institute in July 2007. Its mission is to advance treatment an J pre\ ention i I ening viral diseases, especially AIDS. Recently, th< in stitute received a sizeable endorsement — a $1 5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda ( rates Foundation — to develop an All )N vac < ine. I leading the Institute is Robert C. Gallo, MD.
Reversing Trends in Family Medicine
In November the department of family and commu- nity medicine celebrated the 55th anniversary of its residency training program, one of the oldest programs in the ( ountry. I he observan< e included a variety of acth ities inc luding a lecture and resident reunion. In addition to the numerous accomplishments recognized, there were also concerns expressed oxer the future, as the number of students choosing family medicine has been declining in recent years. But spend a few minutes with David L. Stewart, MIX MPH, i h.m . >i the depart- ment, and you get the impression they are about ti • reverse the trend.
Alumnus Profile: Elijah Saunders, '60
Battling the Silent Killer
For nearly 40 years Elijah Saunders, '60, has led a crusade against hypertension, a disease which kills one African American every hour. For most victims, they don't realize they are sick until ir is too late. Since 1UM, Sa tinders, a cardiologist, has served as protes sor of medicine and head of the hypertension section. Even at age 72. he c ontinues to wage his battle.
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Winter 2007-2008 ■ Volume 92 • Number 3
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The University of Maryland School of Medicine has now entered its third century. What an accomplishment! And what an opportunity it presents to rededicate ourselves to our missions of discovery, healing and teaching. Our hicentennial celehra- tion was exciting and permitted us to highlight our past as we celebrated our accomplishments of the last 200 years. Now it is time to change course and focus on the next 200 years of history-making discoveries. What's on my mind is change. Change, as you know, is a good thing. It's necessary, and it happens whether we like it or not. As such, we thought it was a good time to change — to up- date— the Bulletin. We've renamed our venerable publication. It is now called University of Maryland Medicine Bulletin. Because we are also widening our circle of friends and colleagues to whom this magazine is sent, we wanted it to be immediately obvious with which medical school the magazine is affiliated. University of Maryland Medicine Bulletin will continue to provide alumni with important news about their alma mater, and will provide our friends with articles relevant to science and medicine in the 21st century.
You'll notice in this issue a new look to America's oldest medical alumni publication — more pages, more photographs, and more news. You'll see an additional feature story each issue, as well as more pages devoted to faculty accomplishments, allied health news and our development enterprise.
Speaking of development, did you know that your generosity compares favorably to our peers? According to the latest Association of American Medical Colleges development survey (2006), the University of Maryland School of Medicine ranks 14th in total private support among all public and private medical schools. Nationally, private support to public medical institutions decreased by three percent from 2005 to 2006. Here, at the University of Maryland, our private support increased by five percent! That is quite an accomplish- ment and one for which we should all be proud.
As I have indicated in a number of previous messages, philanthropy will play an iik re asmgly important role in this institution's current and future success. As we develop our vision plan for the next five years and beyond, the University of Maryland School of Medicine will look and act more like a private institution. Toward this end, we will rely on private support to enhance our academic programs, bolster our research initiatives and i ransfi irm our patient care efforts.
The editorial board and I look forward to hearing your feedback on the "new" Bulletin, sm
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A traveling exhibition highlighting women in medicine spent five weeks at the health sciences and human sen i< es library beginning in late summer. Sponsored by the Na- tional Library ot Medicine and the American Library Asso- ciation, ( '.hanging the Face o/Medii ine ( elebrating America's Women Physicians traces the struggle of women entering the medical profession in America some 200 years ago and many of their advances since then. In addition to including biographies of outstanding women physicians, the display features interactive kiosks posting educational opportuni- ties and information about medical careers. The university celebrated the exhibit's opening by staging a one-act, one- worn, in play in 1 )a\ idge 1 kill on September 1 1 entitled A Lady Alone. The performance featured Boston-based actress Linda Gray Kelley portraying Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman in America to receive a medical degree. The exhibit ran from August 15 through September 28 and also was supported by the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health, the American Medical Women's Association, and the Medical Alumni Associa- tion. Maryland was one of only 60 sites across the nation chosen to host the exhibit.
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The bicentennial lecture series at the Hippodrome The- ater concluded September 24 with a presentation on the central nervous system from the point of view of both doctors and patients. Once again, the host was televi- sion correspondent Dr. Bob Arnot. "I keep coming back because of the great speakers, like Mark McEwen (a former colleague at CBS). He taught me everything I know about television."
William YVeiner, MD, professor and chair of the department of neurolog\ al the medical school, was the first presenter. Weiner is a renowned Parkinson's ex- pert and primary author of The American Acadetm of Neurology's new guidelines for diagnosing and treating Par- kinson's disease. After giving a brief overview of Parkinson's, he detailed the cutting-edge work his department is doing
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in the treatment of that disease and other movement disorders.
Nancy Wexler, PhD, was part of the team of scien- tists who invented the chromosomal test that allows those at risk for Huntington's disease to find out if they will develop this hereditary, untreatable and fatal brain disorder. This work is quite personal to Wexler, who at age 2 1 lost her mother to I [untington's, and who has a one in two chance of devel- oping the disease herself. Her presentation, entitled The View from the Bridge, was meaningful bee ause "I con- sider myself a bridge between the science and the tamih," says Wexler. "You realh, have to have the pan ic ipation of both to treat disease, and I think that's what the medic al school has fostered by having these seminars."
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Media personalities and presenters Mark McEwen and Bob Arnot. MD
Family support was critical to former network TV weatherman Mark McEwen after he was struck down by a massive stroke a year and a half ago. He credited his wife, two daughters and twin sons with giving him the strength to endure the long and sometimes frustrat ing physical rehabilitation that brought him back to television from the brink of death. "My doctor told me nine of 10 people who have the stroke I had die," McEwen reveals. "I'm number 10. What 1 knew about a stroke before 1 had one was nothing. What I know now is a kit," he adds. "And 1 think it's important to yet the word out. People need to have hope. This is hard, but they can come back. There is lite on the other side of a stroke. I'm an example of that."
The Honorable Janet Reno is also living in the public eve with a debilitating disease.. The first female attorney general of the United States, she \v;is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease just two years after taking that office. Rather than hide her condition, she chose to go public, educating the press about the disease, while letting them see that it did not have to interfere with normal life. "You can live with Parkinson's and enjoy life," insists Reno, who told ibe story of how she once outdistanced her FBI detail while kayaking, a sport she still enjoys.
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The department of diagnostic radiology 6k nuclear medicine has produced a book tracing the history of radiology at Maryland since the first x-ray machine was purchased in 1896. The publication, written by Otha W Linton, MSJ, and underwritten by the department, is dedicated to John M. Dennis, '45, who in 1954 became the department's first chairman and from 1973 to 1990 served as medical school dean. The effort to research and write the piece was spearheaded by Reuben Mez- rich, MD, chairman of the department. On October 2, the arrival of the book was celebrated with a party at the Center Club in downtown Baltimore. This is the third time literature has been written by a medical school department to celebrate its rich heritage. Two books, authored by Theodore E. Woodward, '38, were written about the department of medicine, and Ron- ald Goldner, '65, recently completed the task for the department of dermatology.
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The MA A c< >spoiiM>red regional receptions this past fall, providing a social setting for several hundred alumni and fac nli\ attending their annual meetings. Professor oi plastic surgerj and MAA treasurer Nelson H. ( Joldberg, '73, was joined by Joseph S. McLaughlin, '56, and Stephen T. Bartlett, MD, chair of surgery, at a gathering in New Orleans on October 8 during the meeting ol the American College of Surgeons. Peter Rock, MD, MBA, chair of anesthesiol- ogy, served as hosi to nunc than 70 alumni and faculty in San Francisco on ( )ct< iber 14 during the confi f the American Soc iety ol Anesthesiology. Associate pr< ifessi »r and acting chairman Ramzi K. Hemady, MD, represented the department oi ophthalmology cv visual sL iences in San Franc isco on 0< tober 1 1 during the assemblage ol the American Academy ol ( )phthalmology. And Reuben Mezrich, MD, chair ot the department of diagnostic radiology cv niK lear inedk me, held Ills annual get -together at ( ale Restaurant in <• !hi( ago on November 26 during the annual
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A familiar face has returned to the health sciences and human services library. The portrait ot historian Eugene Cordell, class ot 1868, damaged by water more than 1 5 years ago, has been fully restored. Cordell authored several books on the early history of organized medi- cine in Maryland and served as profes- sor of history at the medical school in the later part of the 19th century. The rendering was restored under the direc- tion of the Davidge Hall Committee and funded by the Medical Alumni Associa- tion. It is proudly displayed on the fifth floor of the library outside the Woodward Historical Suite, fflh
Milford M. Foxwell ]r., '80, chair of the Davidge Hall Committee, views the Cordell portrait with Richard Behles. Maryland's historical librarian
Promoting Diversity in Health Care & Medical Education
The medical school, its program on minority health and health disparities, and the Medi- cal Alumni Association are jointly sponsoring a dinner on February 9 promoting diver- sity in health care and medical education. The invited speaker is Luther T. Clark, Ml ), FACC, regional director for scientific affairs for atherosclerosis in the division of external medical and scientific affairs at Merck & Co. He is a former chief ot the division ot car- diovascular medicine and professor of clinical medicine at the State University ot New York in Brooklyn and director and principal investigator of the NIH-supported Brooklyn Health Disparities Research Center. The event takes place at the Center Club and begins with a reception at 6:^0 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:^0. Tickets are Si JO and can be purchased through the Medic. il Alumni Association by calling 410. 706. 74^4.
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Anthony Lehman MD, MSPH, professor and chair in the department of psychiatry, will take a six-month UMB-approved sabbatical between Janu- ary 1 and June 30, 2008. During Lehman's absence, Jill Rachbeisel, MD, associate professor, will serve as acting chair of the department. Rachbeisel completed her residency training at Maryland in 1989 before joining the faculty. Since that time she has played many vital roles in the clinical and teaching programs of the department. Currently, she is director of the division of community psychiatry, and prior to that position, was direc- tor of adult and geriatric psychiatry. Rachbeisel has proven herself to be a strong and effective leader with clear gifts for putting patients and students first; under her leadership the research programs within the division of community psychiatry have grown, and she has pioneered efforts to promote evidence-based treatments in the division, an effort that has attracted statewide attention.
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William C. Gray, MD, associate professor in the depart- ment of otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery since 1977, retired in October. After receiving his medi- cal degree with distinction from George Washington University in 1973, Gray arrived at Maryland tor his training in otolaryngology and never departed. Dur- ing his tenure at Maryland, he has performed basic and clinical research to identify new methods tor treating head and neck cancer. His clinical practice focused on cancer of the head and neck, as well as general otolar- yngology and pediatric otolaryngology. He was medical director of Maryland's tinnitus and hyperacusis center. Gray was named one of Baltimore's top doctors by Baltimore magazine in 1992, 1995, and 1997. His service to Maryland included advising and mentoring incoming students, providing lectures to the second-year medical student interest group, and clerkship director for third- year students. More than 100 faculty, staff, and alumni gathered in Davidge Hall on October 15 to pay tribute to the retiring professor. Speakers included department chair Scott E. Strome, MD, SOM dean E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, UMB president David J. Ramsay, DM, DPhil, and UM System chancellor William E. Kirwin, PhD. Hi
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has renewed its contract to conduct clinical trials of promising vaccines and therapies for infectious diseases. Maryland's center for vaccine development (CVD) will receive $23.7 million over seven years as a vaccine and treatment evaluation unit (VTEU) for NIAID. The CVD VTEU and seven other VTEUs will enhance NIAID's ahility to quickly respond to emerging public health needs.
"As a VTEU, our center has been testing vaccines for the federal government for more than three decades, fo- cusing on preventing a wide array of infectious diseases that affect children, adults and the elderly," says Karen Kotloff, MD, a professor of pediatrics and medicine and principal investigator on the VTEU grant. "Inves- tigators at the CVD have a tremendous appreciation for the potential impact of vaccines as a public health tool. This renewal from the NIAID provides us with a wonderful opportunity to continue our commitment of bringing new and improved vaccines to populations who can benefit from them the most."
Established in 1962, the VTEUs are a national resource for vaccine development. "The program has been instrumental in facilitating the clinical develop- ment of vaccines that are important for public health," says Kotloff. "These include vaccines for diseases such as pandemic and seasonal influenza, whooping cough, Norwalk virus, and sexually transmitted diseases such as herpes — which are common in the United States — as well as malaria, dysentery, cholera and typhoid fever — illnesses that primarily affect people in developing countries.
"New and improved vaccines to protect the public against a bioterrorism threat with smallpox, anthrax and other diseases have also been tested," Kotloff continues. "The program has also advanced the development of vaccines that pose particular scientific challenges, such as those for group-A streptococcal infections."
In addition, "we have conduc ted several hundred studies at our VTEU over the years, and many innova-
tive approaches for vaccine delivery have been tried, including edible vaccines, needle-free injection and skin patches," Kotloff says.
Most recently, the CVD VTEU par- ticipated in a large-scale trial to evaluate the seasonal influenza vaccine Fluarix for use in healthy adults in the United States. The trial yielded the clinical information needed to win approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in August 2005 — less than a year after the trial began. This approval helped reduce the impact of future delays or shortages of seasonal influ- enza vaccines in the United States.
The CVD VTEU also conducted multiple studies in 2005 and 2006 on a vaccine for a potential pandemic strain of influenza to determine the most effective dose. Those studies led to the licensure of the first FDA-ap- proved Vaccine against a strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus. In the future, the CVD VTEU and the seven oth- er VTEUs will conduct studies to determine the best timing of vac- cinations in different populations against the H5N1 influenza virus.
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esearchers from the medical school and the State of Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner say that "virtual autopsy" using a CT scanner may offer a reliable alternative to conventional autopsy in certain cases and serve as a tool for gather- ing forensic evidence. The researchers presented findings from their preliminary study at the Radiological Society of North America meeting on November 27, 2007, in Chicago.
"CT is a sensitive imaging tool for detecting injuries and cause of death in victims of blunt trauma," explains Barry Daly, MD, professor of radiology. "Our study shows that when there are major injuries, such as those resulting from a motor vehicle accident, CT may pro- vide enough information so that a conventional autopsy would not be needed."
"If we can show that image-assisted autopsy is as reliable as physical autopsy, it has the potential for a sig- nificant savings in time, effort and expenditure. It may also offer a possible compassionate alternative for those families whose religious and personal beliefs preclude a full autopsy," says David R. Fowler, MD, chief medical examiner for the state.
In the study, investigators used a whole-body, multi- detector CT to evaluate the cause of death and forensic evidence in 20 cases: 14 were victims of blunt trauma and six were victims of a penetrating wound made by either a knife or gun. Two radiologists reviewed the scans to determine a cause of death and compared their conclusion with the results of a conventional autopsy performed by state forensic medical examiners.
The CT evaluation matched the medical examiner's cause of death in all 14 blunt trauma cases and in five of the six penetrating wound cases. In terms of evidence gathering, the radiologists and forensic medical examin- ers concluded that the CT findings were comparable to conventional autopsy in 1 5 ol the 14 blunt trauma cases. In five of the six penetrating wound cases, they
CT Scans an Alternative to Autopsy?
found that CT provided additional information to help with the investigation, including locating .ill 26 maji u ballistic fragments recovered from the victims in the conventional autopsies.
"Autopsy is mandatory in deaths involving gunshot wounds; so CT may serve as a powerful complement to the conventional exam," says Daly, who is also a ra li ologist at the medical center. "Performing CT imaging first may speed up a conventional autopsy, especially when it comes to locating ballistic fragments which are important in criminal investigations."
Most states require an autopsy in cases of sudden or unexplained death resulting in approximately 4,000 full autopsies last year in Maryland. While a forensic medical examiner requires several hours to conduct a full autopsy, a multi-detector CT scan along with the interpretation of the images, can be performed in about 30 minutes. Also, the CT is non-invasive; so it does not damage or destroy key forensic evidence.
"CT has been used in autopsies of American soldiers and in a few countries around the world. While the pre- liminary results are promising, more research is needed to show that CT could be widely used within the U.S. medical examiners system," says Daly.
The researchers have also received a $292,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice, part of the U.S. Department of Justice, to look at the use of CT autopsy to investigate deaths related to possible elder abuse. The two-year project will evaluate 80 cases referred to the medical examiner because of suspected abuse.
"The use of image-assisted autopsy to detect possible abuse of the elderly offers great potential," says Fowler. "Our office and those of medical examiners nation- wide are seeing increasing numbers of suspected elder abuse cases. With some state governments considering mandatory autopsies for all deaths in residential care and assisted-living facilities, we have been challenged to find new ways to accurately and rapidly assess the causes of these deaths."
Investigators will use a full-body C T scan that generates up to 3,000 detailed, high-resolution images. Radiologists will then use special computer software t< reconstruct the separate images into three dimensional views, tailored to the spe< ific needs of each ease. The imaging e\ aluation will be compared with results ol the medical examiner's visual assessment and tull autopsy, ifflti
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By Rita M. R o o n e y
Giant
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AIDS & Maryland's Institute of Human Virology
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edical researchers often keep a bottle of champagne on hand, ready for those celebra- tory moments when work representing years of fierce dedication can be labeled a suc- cess. Robert C. Gallo, MD, professor of medicine and director of the institute of human virology (1HV), a scientist internationally recognized as one of the most important in the world, has no such champagne stash in his office, however.
"Success is over too fast. I have to look ahead to the next challenge. There's always something that has been overlooked, something more that needs to be done."
So says the man who co-discovered the HIV virus, was the first to mass produce it and prove that it is the cause of AIDS, and who then went on to develop the blood test to definitively diagnose the infection.
Founded in 1996 as a partnership among the state of Maryland, City of Baltimore, University System of Maryland, and the University of Maryland Medical System, IHV formalized a 10-year relationship when it became the medical school's first institute early in 2007. Its mission is to advance treatment and preven- tion of life-threatening viral diseases, especially AIDS. Its primary target, among many, is the successful de- velopment of an AIDS vaccine. That goal received formidable endorsement in the form of a $15 million, five-year grant from the Bill &. Melinda Gates Foundation in July 2007.
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, vice president for medical affairs tor the university and dean of the medical school says, "This prestigious grant again underscores the strength ot the institute's mission in channeling cutting-edge research toward the elimination of the AIDS menace."
Strongly rooted in a translational approach in which ideas flow freely between laboratory and clinic, Gallo and associate directors William Blattner, MD, and Robert Redfield, MD, both professors of medi- cine, head a fully integrated program that includes clinical and laboratory research, treatment, patient counseling and outreach support, epidemiology, public health, an experimental drug initiative, and an ani- mal model program. The three men, whose medical backgrounds are grounded in research, meet regularly to collaborate.
During the infant years of AIDS research, fears both real and imagined were widespread. No one knew bow contagious the infection was. Many laboratories barred the use of AIDS samples. Gallo, then a National Institutes of Health (NIH) researcher, had to learn how to grow and mass produce the virus. His laboratory worked closely with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to predict it-- presence. The blood test he and hi-- colleagues developed was purchased from the NIH by the government, and in 1985 brought to market and licensed to several pharmaceutic.il companies. The significance of that single achievement
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In addition to Redfield s clinical research and treatment in Balti- more, he heads an extensive treatment program in nine African countries, working with faith-based hospitals serving 135,000 people. 80,000 of whom are on anti-retroviral medications.
is reflected in the absence of panic thai had so recently gripped the world. The likelihood of All )S being trans- mitted through blood transfusion was no longer .1 threat. Additionally, the test made it possible to diagnose and
follow patients from the earliest stages of infection, instead of losing those years the disease can take before becoming full blown.
Shortly before leaving the N1H, Gallo and his col- leagues discovered the first natural molecules known to block HIV infection. Called beta chemokines, the mol- ecules are able to prevent HIV entry into a cell. It is now known that chemokines inhibit HIV by binding to the same molecule HIV uses to enter the cell. This knowledge helped in understanding the actual receptor or doorway to HIV entry, and in 1996, led Science magazine to laud it as the most important scientific discovery of the year.
The Vaccine Search
Gallo appears to be someone
understandably burdened by the demands of time and responsibil- ity. Words come quickly because he has much to say. Clearly, he is a man driven by the clock, as well as by a self-imposed coercion to see the end of the most devastating communicable disease of the last century. Admittedly, he lacks that supposedly indispensable quality of scientists — patience. Somewhat surprisingly, however, he will break from a serious discussion of the retrovirus and exhibit an underside of wit. As for ego, he appears too busy to indulge in it. Commenting on the institute's progress in the develop- ment of a vaccine, for example, he says, "We don't like to make much noise about it. Noise creates expectations we may not he able to deliver."
"Developing any vaccine is extremely difficult," he says. "The time and experimentation required are prolonged. There is the inclusion of regulatory agencies, the necessary alliance with a spin-off company, and the fact that, while the current climate is indeed favorable, Maryland has not always been recognized as entrepreneurship friendly."
Those problems are compounded when attacking the HIV virus — not only because of its variation, but because it is a retrovirus that inserts itself into genes upon infection, and is in the target cell with no time to recall the immune system. At best, the immune response lasts only three to four months, and so the need for continued intensive research to sustain immunity becomes critical.
Nevertheless, the IHV team has made significant strides ill overcoming such inherent obstacles. The institute has an impressive staff of developmental experts who appear to have solved the issue of variation in the virus. As for finding a start-up, II IV created its own spin-off biotech
Redfield on site with patients in Africa
company, Profectus BioSc iences, which is partnering developmeni with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Right now, the outlook is promising. It all goes well, Wyeth may take on the vac( me earh in 2008, and begin clinical trials in about a year. Blattner has a program ready to be tested a< the country, and Redfield has established a multifac eted therapeutic resean b unit poised to evaluate the vaccine's therapeutic and preventh e pi item ial
" rhese are exciting times for us," Gallo says. "Still, you don't have a vaccine until \^u have a \ ac c ine."
Gallo became an MM because he believed a would give
him a better understanding of disease, but he knew from
the age ot 1 7 that science, spec ifically research related to
blood tells, would be his life's work. I hs sister died ot leuke- mia as a child, and he was at the National C ,'ancer Institute (NCI), involved in virology studies aimed at leukemia, when he attended a 1982 lecture on AIDS by the C .'DCs James C airran, MD. Curran's words, "Where are the virolo- gists.'" challenged him. They also marked the beginning of his search to discover the virus, and ultimately a vaccine to prevent it.
"A few years before, in 1979, we had just discovered the first known human retrovirus, one that causes a specific kind of leukemia," he says. "It seemed a reasonable hypoth- esis that the AIDS virus was a brother of that one. As it turned out, it was a distant cousin."
Treatment: Companion to Research Redtield's entry on the AIDS scene followed a different path. Both his parents were NIH scientists who teased him about not being a "real" doctor when he got his MD. However, he spent 20 years as both clinician and re- searcher at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he treated numerous AIDS patients during the first years of the epidemic.
"My work has been on the edge, applying science to clinical care," he says. "One of the problems with current AIDS treatment is drug resistance. We're trying to attack host cell pathways, which we believe will minimize resis- tance. The downside ot that is toxicity. We have to do it in a way that doesn't harm the body."
Saying that he is fundamentally a physician, Redfield warms to the subject ot IHV's treatment programs, housed in clinics and hospitals throughout the Baltimore area, with others slated to open soon in the prison system. Since Baltimore is one ot two epicenters ot the AIDS epidemic in the United States, and since five percent ot affected Bal- timore residents are in the zip code shared by the Univer- sity, the Jacques Initiative, located on the medical school campus, has become a much needed community resource. The initiative is named tor the late Joe Jacques, PhD, a p>\ - chologist and AIDS patient who provided counseling and support to Other patients, and who left ,1 $1 million bequest to help establish the initiative at II IV.
"Science that stays on the shell is wasted," Redfield s.\\s. "A decade ago, we started looking at poor success rates in treatment across the country. Our own success, while better
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William Blattner, MD
While the studies could be performed in Baltimore, Nigeria presents a unique opportunity in that there are three sub-types of the virus in the country, allowing the team to study whether one of the sub-types is more likely than others to be associated with neuro-cognitive defects. If so, there may be neuro-virulent strains that invade the brain more easily. All this has implica- tions for vaccine development, and the need to determine if additional vaccine components might target the sub-type of the virus in the brain.
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than some, was not acceptable to us. In the beginning, we were dealing with an untreatable disease; so any success at .ill looked good. We became concerned because when treatment is unsuccessful, the vims becomes resistant."
Studies showing that as much as 25 percent oi newly infected virus is resistant to treatment caused Redfield to tear the resistant virus could penetrate certain populat ions, including substance abusers, the homeless, mentally ill, ur- ban poor, and specific ethnic groups. There was a possibility that, 20 years hence, there would he two epidemics - one
treatable, one not.
A critical underpinning of AIDS treatment is the importance ot taking medications as directed. A patient who misses two out ot 21 doses will tail therapx SO percent ot the time. The Jacques initiative engages people in the rigors ot care before administering any medications. Roth patients and families are educated and prepared for therapy. They receive support from treatment coaches, people like themselves who have been through it, who have made the same mistakes, and suffered the same consequences. Their medication regimens are monitored — every dose, every day, every week of the year. Redfield believes this kind of scrutiny, coupled with the clinic's insistence on preparing patients tor care, constitutes one of IHV's most valuable treatment contributions to the Baltimore community.
In addition to Redfield's clinical research and treatment in Baltimore, he heads an extensive treatment program in nine African countries, working with faith-based hospitals serving 135,000 people, 80,000 of whom are on anti- retroviral medications. The initiative, in which Catholic Relief Services is the primary grantee of funding from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), employs the same peer support and identical education and preparation for treatment used in IHV's Baltimore clinics. The program boasts a 70 to 90 percent success rate.
PEPFAR in Nigeria
While Redfield heads clinical programs, Blattner's work uses broad-based and clinical research to determine HIV pathogenesis, risk factors and prevention. An oncologist \\ ho conducted epidemiology studies at NCI, he worked periodically with Callo beginning in 1975, and became one of three founding members of IHV. He is director of the in- stitute's vaccine trials unit, and heads the AIDS Care and Treatment in Nigeria (ACTION) project, an international treatment program which recently received a $43 million PEPFAR grant.
"The program is a crucial one that has allowed us to set up a large affiliate in Nigeria, one that integrates public health, science and clinical research. As ot now, we have provided care and treatment to approximately 240,000 people including 40,000 who are on antiretroviral drugs. We have also prevented more than 46,000 mother-to-child transmissions of HIV."
Blattner, whose wife and tour ot his five children have accompanied him on trips to Nigeria, notes that PEPFAR funding covers treatment, not research. 1 le adds that the
institute lias applied for an overlying NIH grant to supple- ment the S4 i million.
NIH funding is earmarked as well foro >n tinned evalua- tion of the impact of HIV on the brain, 1 rni- tive detects as they affect a patient's ability to recover. "We're studying whether the World Health ( )rganization regimens we're using haw a positive impact i hi neuro- cognitive detects," Blattner sa\s. "Scientists at the Univer- sity ot ( California, San 1 )iegO, are highly regarded as experts in this area of study, and we're collaborating w ith them, adapting their studies to West Africa." In studying the virologic aspects associated with AIDS, the team employs
epidemiology tools to develop a prospective cohort, follow- ing people tor three years to see what happens to neuro- cognitive function. They then will study the pathogenesis of the virus in the brain and in the blood.
"It the virus goes into the brain, and the drug doesn't penetrate the brain effectively, then the virus may start growing, becoming resistant to the drug and leading to the failure ot therapy," Blattner explains. "I'm bringing popula- tion factors into the design ot the research by treating people who have never been treated, and following them tor three years to see what happens. The samples are then sent back to Baltimore for basic research in IHV laboratories."
This kind of research is costly and exhaustive, demand- ing highly skilled personnel who need to complete profiles of all the domains of mental functioning. While the studies could be performed in Baltimore, Nigeria presents a unique opportunity in that there are three sub-types of the virus in the country, allowing the team to study whether one of the sub-types is more likely than others to be associated with neuro-cognitive detects. If so, there may be neuro- virulent strains that invade the brain more easily. All this has implications for vaccine development, and the need to determine if additional vaccine components might target the sub-type of the virus in the brain.
Cross comparisons of findings from different sites will contribute to research conclusions. Walter Royal, MD, as- sociate professor of neurology at the medical school, shares principal investigator service along with Blattner.
"This kind of collaboration creates an environment tor the medical school to have an international base, one that may enhance opportunities tor funding, and ultimately may have capacity for the training ot medical students seeking a world view of disease," Blattner says.
Turning back the clock just 10 years, one sees a climate of fear and ignorance surrounding AIDS. Since then, it has gone from a complex disease of unknown cause with an unequivocal death sentence, to one that, with proper treat- ment, can give patients many years ot normal living. Yet, 22 years since the development ot a simple test to diagnose HIV, 25 to 50 percent ot infected Maryland residents have not been tested. So it may still be too soon tor celebration.
Looking toward that day, C Jallo says, " To know the world has a successful vacc me, to know this institute is re- sponsible even partially, to see positive results that would be a real thrill. That's when I'll break out the champagne." A
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By Caelie Haines
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Richard
Lippenhok
n November 2007 the department of family and community medicine cele- brated the 35th anniversary of its residency program, one of the oldest in the country. As David L. Stewart, MD, MPH, chair of the department, and his colleagues looked back fondly at all their accomplishments over the years, they also shared their plan on how to reverse an alarming trend: for a variety of reasons, the number of medical students choosing family medicine resi- dency training has been steadily declining in recent years.
"We've instituted some specific initiatives to help students who arrive at medical school with an interest in family medicine and primary care retain that interest," explains Stewart, who officially hecame chair in Decemher 2006 after three years as acting chair. Called the family-care track, this effort recruits first-year students with an interest in primary care. "Those who are accepted are linked with a faculty person in family medicine who becomes their mentor," says Stewart. "We also have some early clinical contact designed for those students during the first year."
This early contact is critical to getting and/or keeping medical students committed to practicing family medicine. According to the National Registry Matching Program (NRMP) website, in 2007 the department filled only two of its first-year residency spots via "The Match," when in years past it had easily filled all eight. One reason why may be how medical school itself operates. "Most medical schools are tertiary clinical operations," Stewart says. "So you may have someone who's very interested in primary care or a general dis- cipline who is put through this very intensive experience which is at the opposite end of the spectrum. That person needs a lot of support to maintain and retain his or her interest in a discipline like family medicine."
One thing that does attract students is the opportunity to get direct clinical experience in the field. Like other departments, family medicine has a four-week clerkship for third year students, but theirs is a bit unique. "With that clerkship we keep about half the students here on campus, and half are put in offices of family practitioners throughout the Baltimore community," Stewart explains. The department also has an in-patient service, where fourth-year medical students can do sub-internships, as well as electives in family medicine for all levels of students, although the majority who take advantage of those are third- and fourth-year students.
Clinical experience is imperative in a field where the physician often doesn't know what kind of care might he called for. "Family medicine includes the whole gamut," says Stewart. "We have a saying — 'from hirth to earth.'" In other words, family medicine doctors can provide obstetri- cal care, pediatric care, adult primary care and geriatric care. "We also do a vast number of procedurally oriented things associated with primary care, including colposcopy, simple things like suturing and dermatological problems — removal oi warts and things of thai nature," says Stewart . "There's this whole gamut ot procedural tilings ih.it family doctors can do that don't necessarily need referral to a sub- spec ialist."
Emphasizing the range of cue family medicine can provide is an important message to get across these days. "In our country, people believe thai health c arc is about seeing the kind oi doctors you want to see, when you want
to see them," explains Stewart. "Someone may want to sec a dermatologist for a rash just because the patient doesn't know that a primary care doctor might be able to address such issues."
The External Forces
This increasing demand tor specialists — and the higher re- imbursements doctors can get for spec iali\ care — explains why many of today's aspiring doctors aren't pursuing a gen eral field such as family medicine. "There is so much that goes into who applies to medical school now," explains Stewart. "It tends to he cyclical, as is the pipeline ot who's interested in science at a young age and who gets into the proper pipeline to eventually be a s< ienc e major in o
and then applies to medical school."
There is also the issue ot htes|\ le. "At this medical
school, ,w\k\ I believe in medicine in general, things are
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shifting from this being a very male- dominated career to more and more women entering the held," says Stew- art. "And women have specific ideas around what they want their life to be like, especially if having children is a consideration. What kind 01 disciplines are more conducive to lifestyle, sched- ule, that kind of thing, all come into play. How much you earn comes into play, too, especially when the cost of education is going up. There are just so many factors that go into it, and a lot of those factors have been forces that have not pushed people into the primary care discipline. 1 don't think anyone has one answer; it becomes a very murky problem when you try to settle it." Complicating things even more is government bureau- cracy. "I just read where they want to cut all physician reimbursement by a certain percent," says C. Earl Hill, '60, who is now retired after teaching for 23 years in the department. "Meanwhile, they're adding more stringent requirements in terms of reporting. It's an albatross around everyone's neck. 1 wouldn't want to be in practice these days because these people are really suffering. It's not at- tractive to students who are coming out burdened with large educational debts. That's the sad part. It's really hold- ing primary care back."
Hill says change may he on the horizon, though. "There is a project that is being put together with the 'family' of family practice, seven organizations that make up the academic and certification board and what have you," he explains. "They're looking into the future of family practice in. I the things that need to he done. This is being done at the Robert Graham Center in Washington, DC, and some really strong ideas are coming out of that group that may get the attention of the government."
In the meantime, the medical school is luring many po- tential family medicine providers, not only with its clinical
programs but also with its location. "We certainly attract residents who are interested in providing primary care to urban families or who have an interest in the health care problems of urban people," Stewart says. "We don't make any special effort to advertise ourselves as an urban residen- cy. Some of it is based on our location here in Baltimore, certainly — we're in the heart of the city. As a result of that, we've acquired faculty who have an interest in urban problems. So their research and academic interests tend to be around the problems of urban minority people — such things as teen pregnancy, hypertension and diabetes."
Research Focusing on Behavior
A recent change in the name of the department — from the department of family medicine to the department of family and community medicine — reflects its dedication to Baltimore's urban population. "As family physicians, we believe that a lot of what needs to be done to support health or change behaviors that affect health has to occur in the community setting rather than in an office with the patient," admits Stewart.
So the research being done within the department focuses less on basic science and more on basic behaviors. "We have Project Bridges, an effort headed by Dr. Elizabeth Barnet," details Stewart. "Her interest is in teen pregnancy, and the parents of those teens and the needs that have to be met for them to become better mothers and fathers. Her research has been community based, reaching out to people in their communities and helping support them in their role as parents. She examines the issue of the male in those families, as well as the needs of the female. More recently she's found that there's a major problem with de- pression among both men and women in that group. How that affects their ability to parent is one of the things she's studying. It is very cutting-edge research that sheds a lot of light on how we look at teen pregnancy and what might he some of the things we need to do to address it, especially if the goal is to interrupt recurrent pregnancies."
Vivienne Rose, '92, and Verlyn Warrington, '92, are also tackling the issue of teen parenting. "We found parents needed a lot of support in just learning how to be par- ents to their kids," says Stewart. "And kids needed other mentoring relationships within the communities that we serve. So now kids are coming in weekly — they actually use our conference room on Saturday mornings, and they go through things like increasing self esteem and the mentor- ing process. Some of it's done through sports; some of it's done through group activities. They bring their parents in, too; so the parents have interactions about the challenges they face with their children. Again, all of these things are related to improving health, hut they're done at the com- munity level, rather than the individual level."
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C. Earl Hill, '60, began teaching at his alma mater in 1972, when the department of family and community medicine was a much different place. "It was known as the family practice program, and it was under the supervision of the rest of the departments, because they didn't trust us, bottom line," Hill says with a rueful smile.
He and two other full-time faculty members were recruited to run the residency program, and by the time Hill left 23 years later, "I had seen 273 of our residents graduate," he boasts. "We'd be- come a department and had gotten into teaching students, too. We started running a very successful clinical clerkship program for third-year medical students. We attracted some wonderful help from schools of pharmacy and social work in helping teach our residents; and we had an awful lot of support from virtually every department in the hospital. Other hospitals around the city helped as well. It was a good time."
At a recent reunion of family medicine residents, Hill was the guest of honor. He looked back on his teaching days with nothing but fondness. "The students had an endless capacity for informa- tion, and it was up to us to keep that information coming and accurate," he recalls. "And to put aside the politics of the medical school, of family practice and just give them a good education; so they could be prepared, no matter what their specialty might be. That was the most enjoyable part of it. Now I'm having people come back and tell me how much they appreciated it, which means so much."
The department is also finding partners within local communities to help spread the word about bet- ter health. "We have an extensive ongoing program with hypertension and cardiovascular disease in West Baltimore, working with the state and the CHAMP (Community Health Awareness and Monitoring Program) organization," Stewart explains. "It revolves an nind early detection of hypertension and changing the lifestyle behaviors of individuals who live in those communities to address hypertension, cardiovascu- lar disease and diabetes. A lot of that work is done through churches, but it's not limited to churches; some nt it is also done through community organiza- tions in the neighborhoods. I think all of that helps us live up to our name."
As the department grows its reputation, its patient base also continues to grow. "We had been averag- ing around 100 or so new patients a month, without us doing a bunch of advertising. Then last month it lumped to 200 people," reveals Stewart. "We have around 40,000 visits a year. So it's a very busy, very vibrant practice, to say the least."
As tor the makeup ot these patients, "they're people from all over," Stewart says. "People on campus are coming in. (The family medicine clinic is the student health site for the campus and the employee health site for the medi- cal school and a number ot other related entities.) Changes
are going on with housing downtown, and those people are trying to access us. I was just supervising one «>t the residents, and a new patient came in with a cycling injury, and he said he wanted to come here because he thought it was i ^hk\ place to gel quality care. People are just looking for good doctors. And we have those."
In order to keep turning those out, however, help is needed. "We're aggressively working on developing phil- anthropic support tor primary care," Stewart admits. "If people come in to get a kidney transplant, it's very easy tor them to decide, 'Oh, I'd like to give the transplant program a gift.' Primary care is a bit different, but we believe that developing that kind of philanthropic support for what we do is important. And we've had some success."
This success has come from showing people that family medicine is more than just seeing patients. "The type of education we provide is needed no matter what discipline you go into," says Stewart. "Some of what we do as far as educating medical students — teaching about interacting with other physicians and interacting with the public, about professionalism — are things we can do very well because we're generalists. I think people are appreciating
now that this is unique and should he supj-'orted. It's a real challenge tor us, hut something we will he improving oxer the coming years." dffih
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Michael S. Donnenberg, MD profes- sor and associate chair for research in the department of medicine, has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). This is the honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology. The AAM is the only group of its kind devoted entirely to microbiologists and the science of microbiology. Members of the AAM are elected through an annual, highly selective, peer-reviewed process based on their records of scientific achievement and original contri- butions that have advanced microbiology. The mission of the MM is to recognize scientists for outstanding contributions to microbiology and provide microbiological expertise in the service of science and the public.
Lindsey Grossman, MD, professor in the department of pediatrics, was appointed to a three-year term on the Pediatrics in Review editorial board, effective July 1, 2007. Selected by the board of directors of the American Academy of Pediatrics, members are chosen by their role in the development and success of the journal, and their commitment to serve the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Renee Ellen Fox,
MD, associate professor in the department of pe- diatrics, has been selected as a Rob- ert Wood lohnson Health Policy Fel- low for 2007-2010. She is one of eight mid-career health professionals chosen to spend a year in Washington, DC, be- ginning in September 2007. The fellows were chosen on a competitive basis from nomina- tions submitted by academic institutions, nonprofit health care organizations and other community-based providers. Fox is the first faculty member of the medical school selected for this fellowship. The fellows spend a year in Washington, DC, working in a congressional office or the executive branch. During that time, they will enrich their understanding of public policy practices and the ways govern- ment health research relates to the mission of their home institutions and local communities. Afterward, the fellows will return to their com-
Renee Ellen Fox, MD
munities to apply their experiences to improv- ing health policy and management locally. The fellows also receive additional funds for up to two years so that they may continue their development as health policy leaders. The Robert Wood lohnson Health Policy Fellow- ships Program is the nation's most prestigious learning experience at the nexus of health science, policy and politics.
Amy M. Fulton, PhD professor in the department of pathology and program in oncology, was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Cancer Research.
Stephen B. Liggett, MD
professor in the departments of medicine and physiology, was appointed co-chair of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Lung Microbiome Initiative and led a workshop on the topic in July 2007. He was also appointed to the editorial boards of the journals Clinicai Medicine: Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine and Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy.
Stephen G. Reich, MD professor in the department of neurology and co-director of the Maryland Par- kinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, was appointed to the editorial board of the Movement Disorders journal.
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Andrew P. Goldberg, MD, professor in the department of medicine, was awarded the 2007 loseph T. Freeman Award from the Ge- rontological Society of America. This lecture- ship award in geriatrics is given to a prominent
physician in the
field of aging—
both in research
and practice — who
is a member of the
Society's Health
Sciences section.
Goldberg received
the award for his
contributions
to research in Andrew P. Goldberg, MD
exercise physiol- ogy, obesity and metabolism research in aging, mentoring of young investigators and leadership in academic gerontology. The Free- man Lecture is one of the highlights of the Society's Annual Scientific Meeting.
(on Mark Hirshon, MD
associate professor in the department of emergency medicine, was named an out- standing reviewer for 2006 by Aca- demic Emergency Medicine. The award is bestowed on reviewers who provide excellent service to the journal by delivering high quality, timely reviews in their specific areas of interest and expertise. Hirshon reviewed manuscripts on a number of topics related to the interface of emergency medicine and public health, includ- ing injury prevention, infectious disease and health policy
Nancy Ryan Lowitt, MD, EdM, FACP
associate dean
for faculty affairs
and professional
development and
assistant professor
in the department
of medicine, was
selected to be
a Harvard Macy
Scholar in Comprehensive Assessment in
Health Science Education in March 2007.
Lowitt also served as a reviewer of faculty
development grants in April 2007 for the
Ion Mark Hirshon, MD
Nancy Ryan Lowitt. MD, EdM. FACP
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Health Resources and Services Administration Objective Review Committee.
Eliot L. Siegel, '82 professor in the department of diagnostic radiology & nuclear medicine, was chosen as one of the top radiologists, and Paul G. Nagy, PhD associ- ate professor, was chosen as one of the top imaging informaticists, in the second annual Medical Imaging magazine Top 10 Awards, published in April. Siegel and Nagy were cho- sen by readers from across the country.
Events, Lectures & Workshops
Ashraf Badros, MD. associate professor in the department of medicine and program in oncology, presented "Dysregulation of Para- thyroid Hormone (PTH), 25-Hydroxyvitamin D (vit-D) and Calcium/phosphorus Homeostasis in Multiple Myeloma (MM) Patients (ptsl: What are the risks?" at the Xlth International Work- shop on Multiple Myeloma & Mh Internation- al Workshop on Waldenstrom's Macroglobu- linemia on Kos Island in Greece in lune.
Claudia R. Baquet, MD, MPH, associate dean for policy & planning and professor in the department of medicine, was invited by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to present her research during the
Claudia r. Baquet, md. mph N1H'S Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALSl, which is organized by the NIH Office of the Director. The WALS is the NIH's most visible and prestigious lecture series; nomination and selection of the lecturers is extremely competitive. Baquet presented her lecture on November 14, 2007. Each lecture is broadcast live on the internet, and is made available for download afterward at http://videocast.nih.gov/.
Stephen T. Bartlett, MD, Barbara Baur Dunlap Professor and Chair in the depart-
Stephen T. Bartlett. MD
ment of surgery, was invited to the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) in London, England, in lune 2007 to speak at one of their specialty sec- tion meetings. His presentation was entitled "The Trans- plantation of the Highly Sensitized Patient." Bartlett's invitation to speak was based not only on his superior professional knowledge but also because he is recommended as one of the best speakers in the United States regarding transplantation.
The RSM is an independent, apolitical organization founded 200 years ago. It is one of the largest providers of continuing medical education in the United Kingdom. The society provides accredited courses for continuing professional development which is so vital in allowing doctors, dentists, veterinary surgeons and other healthcare professionals their continuing freedom to practice. The aim is to provide a broad range of educational activi- ties and opportunities for doctors, dentists and veterinary surgeons, including students of these disciplines, and for allied healthcare professionals. The RSM promotes an exchange of information and ideas on the science, prac- tice and organization of medicine, both within the health professions and with responsible and informed public opinion.
Maureen Black,
PhD, lohnA.
Scholl Professor
in the department
of pediatrics, was
invited to address
the delegation
from The Knesset,
the legislature
of Israel. Her
presentation,
"Food Security:
Links to Child Health and Development" was
presented in Washington, DC, on September
6, 2007. Additionally, Black was invited to give
the inaugural address and serve as a visiting
professor at the University of North Carolina's
Mead lohnson Center for Excellence in Pediat-
Maureen Black. PftD
Claire M. Vraser-Uggett. PfiD
ric Nutrition Seminar Series in September. She presented "Healthy Beginnings: Overweight Prevention for Infants and Toddlers."
Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, PhD, professor in the department of medicine and director of the in- stitute for genome sciences, delivered the commence- ment address for the 2007 graduat- ing class of lohns
Hopkins University's Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.
Stephen G. Reich, MD, professor, and Paul S. Fishman, MD, PhD professor, both from the department of neurology, rep- resented the medical school at the American Academy of Neurology 59th Annual Meeting in Boston in May. Reich presented two seminars entitled "The Top Ten Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease" and "Clinical Pearls in Bedside Neurology," while Fishman presented a seminar entitled "Developing Neuroprotec- tive Therapies."
Mary Rodgers, PT, PhD George R. Hep- burn Dynasplint Professor and chair in the department of physical therapy & rehabilita- tion science, presented a keynote talk entitled "Rehabilitation Biomechanics in Wheelchair Propulsion and Hemiparetic Gait" at the International Society of Biomechanics XXIst Congress in Taipei, Taiwan, in July.
Bill Romani, PT, PhD, associate profes- sor in the department of physical therapy & rehabilitation science, presented "Gender Differences in Type 1 and Type 3 Collagen mRNA Expression in the Rat Anterior Cruci- ate Ligament" at the World Confederation of Physical Therapy Congress in Vancouver, Brit- ish Columbia, in lune.
Jordan E. Warnick, PhD, assistant dean for student education & research and professor, department of pharmacology & experimen- tal therapeutics, co-chaired a symposium entitled "Integrated Strategies in Pharmacol- ogy Education: Simulation. Case- & Team- Based Approaches" at the annual meeting of
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faculty
the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology/Ameri- can Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Ther- apeutics (ASPET) in Washington, DC, in April. His talk was entitled "Lecture- based Approach to Pulmonary Pharmacology." Warnick is the chair of the division of pharmacology education for ASPET.
\ordan E. Warnick. PhD
Laure Aurelian, PhD, professor in the department of pharmacology & experimen- tal therapeutics, was awarded a five-year $1,856,249 grant from the National Institutes of Health for her work entitled Apoptosis of Skin Melanoma by the New HSP H 1 1 ."
This research will elucidate a novel paradigm for HSR or heat shock protein, function in cancer cell fate determination, develop a much- needed novel che- mogene therapy for melanoma and identify targets for future HI 1 -based therapies. Aurelian's laboratory's newly cloned novel heat shock protein, H 1 1 , is a promising target for chemogene therapy.
Robert J. Bloch, PhD, professor in the department of physiology, received a five-year $1 ,233,755 competing renewal for his Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for pre-doctoral fellowships training grant from the National Institutes of Health entitled "Training Program in Integrative Membrane Biology."
Laure Aurchan. P/iD
Angelika Burge
Angelika Burger, PhD, associate professor
in the department
of pharmacology
& experimental
therapeutics
and program in
oncology, received
a five-year
$1,028,076 RO I
grant from the
National Cancer
Institute for her
work entitled "The
BCA2 Ubiquitin E3
Ligase as a Target in Breast Cancer."
Y. Christy Chang, PhD
assistant professor in the department of medicine, re- ceived a four-year $1,494,000 R01 research grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for her work entitled "Genetic & Functional Analyses of Chromo- some 1 Hypertension Susceptibility Genes."
Patricia C. Dischinger, PhD professor in the department of epidemiology & preven- tive medicine, and Jon Mark Hirshon, MD,
MPH, associate professor in the department of emergency medicine, have been awarded a 5-year $ 1 , 1 37.95 1 T-32 Fellowship Training Grant on injury control and trauma response from the National Institute of General Medical Science. This prestigious award will be used to train post-doctoral fellows in research related to injuries. It is one of only a small number of T-32 training grants at the university.
Susan Fried, PhD, professor in the de- partment of medicine, received a four-year $1,177,000 competing renewal R01 research grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases entitled "Nutritional Regulation of Leptin Production."
Stephen B. Liggett, MD professor in the departments of medicine and physiology, received a five-year $1,875,000 National Insti- tutes of Health Method to Extend Research in
Y Christy Chang. PhD
Time R01 grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute entitled "Molecular Proper- ties of B-adrenergic Receptors in Asthma."
Stuart S. Martin, PhD, assistant professor in the department of physiology and program in oncology, received a five-year $1,410,750 ROl National Cancer Institute grant for his work entitled "Stabilized Microtubule Protru- sions in Detached Mammary Epithelial Cells." Additionally, Martin received a three-year $445,500 Department of Defense Idea Award entitled "Targeting Detyrosinated Microtubule Protrusions to Reduce Breast Cancer Metas- tasis."
Braxton Mitchell, PhD professor in the department of medicine, received a four-year
$2,807,763 ROl grant from the Na- tional Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for his work entitled "Genetic Influences on Coronary Artery
Calcification."
Braxton Mitchell. PhD
lames Nataro, '87, MD, PhD
professor in the department of pediatrics and center for vaccine development, has
received a three- year $5,621,367 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a new project entitled "New Technologies in Diagnosis of En- teric Disease." The overall goal of the project is to adapt novel molecular methods for comprehensive diagnosis of enteric disease in developing countries. The project will evaluate three new technologies that promise rapid, agile detection of enteric pathogens, which will greatly facilitate long term strategies to control child mortality
Martin Schneider, PhD professor in the department of biochemistry & molecular
lamps Nataro, '87, MD, PfiD
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biology, has been awarded a five-year $1.48 million re- newal of a research grant from the National Institutes of Arthritis, Muscu- loskeletal and Skin Diseases to study the "Control of Calcium Release in Skeletal Muscle." In addition, the grant has been awarded a two-year $ 1 75,000 Minority Supplement to support Rotimi Olojo, PhD who has joined Schneider's lab group as a postdoctoral fellow to work on this project. These studies will pro- vide new information regarding the initiation and control of release of calcium ions into the myoplasm of skeletal muscle fibers, which triggers the chain of events leading to muscle contraction and the subsequent reversal of the process, leading to muscle relaxation in both normal and diseased muscle.
Geoffrey Schoenbaum, PhD assistant professor in the department of anatomy & neurobiology, received a five-year $1,1 04,468 grant from the National Institute of Aging for his work entitled "Flexibility, Prefrontal Func- tion, and Normal Aging." The goal of this project is to identify neural cor- relates of aging- related declines in reversal-learning and set-shifting in orbitofrontal and medial prefrontal cortex and ask whether it might be possible to
prevent or reverse these effects with practice that engages these areas.
Michael T. Shipley, PhD Donald E. Wilson Distinguished Professor and chair in the department of anatomy & neurobiology,
Geoffrey Schoenbaum, PhD
and director of the program in neuroscience, re- ceived a five-year $1,875,000 grant entitled "Olfac- tory Glomeruli: Cellular and Network Mecha- nisms" from the National Institute Mkhael T slu"lev- phD on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
Soren Snitker, PhD, assistant professor in the department of medicine, received a five- year $2,554,082 R01 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for his work entitled "Pharmacog- enomics of Thiazolidinedione Response." fl
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The Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
n September 1956, with just four students and a handful of faculty members, the University of Mary- land School of Medicine founded the department of physical therapy on its campus m downtown Baltimore.
Now, more than 50 years and two thousand grad- uates later, the department has grown to include 19 full-time faculty members and 30 plus adjunct facul- ty and has expanded to three degree programs — the entry-level doctor of physical therapy, the doctor of science in physical therapy and a PhD in physical rehabilitation science. In 2003, under the leadership of Mary Rodgers, PT, PhD, George R. Hepburn Dynasplint Professor and Chair, the department incorporated "rehabilitation sci- ence" into its name to reflect the emphasis on providing evidence for physical therapy practice through research. Professors in the department are conducting a number of rehabilitation research projects on an ongoing basis. One of these projects has led to a patented device for use in stroke rehabilitation entitled BATRAC, designed and created by Drs. Sandy McCombe-Waller and Jill Whitall.
Stroke is the nation's third leading cause of death behind diseases of the heart and cancer. About 700,000 Americans each year suffer a new or recurrent stroke. More than half a million of them are left with paralysis. Inactivity can worsen conditions and potentially lead to other strokes.
"We began exploring other methods for stroke rehabilitation more than 10 years ago when we weren't satisfied with results from typical training," says Sandy McCombe-Waller, PT, PhD, NCS, assistant professor and an expert in the area of neuromotor control. "In rehabilitation after stroke, there was very little focus on training the upper extremity with enough repetition to make any impact on function. We decided to apply the use of auditory cueing as well as repetitive practice of the arms bilaterally (based on principles of motor learning and motor control) to see if we could make a difference in function."
In collaboration with her colleague Jill Whitall, PhD, they designed a training device to study the innovative combination of bilateral and unilateral training to improve arm and hand function in patients with moderate severity paresis after brain injury. Their
Zilateral Arm Training with Rhythmic Auditory Cueing
research quickly led to published articles in journals and NIH funding. Whitall is a professor and co- director of research for the department, and co-director of the neuromotor core within the Baltimore Claude Pepper Independence
for Older Americans Center funded by the National Institute on Aging.
"We created a rehabilitation training device out of scientific principles. Our goal has been and is to seek the underlying mechanisms in neural recovery, not just functional outcomes," she says in explaining that this is not just another piece of exercise equipment. In fact, the university has licensed their invention in hopes that it will be developed for utilization in the home and community.
As the two move forward in their research, they continue to work collaboratively with the VA Medi- cal Center, other departments within the medical school and always involve the students. They hope that their work with BATRAC (Bilateral Arm Training with Rhythmic Auditory Cueing) and other innova- tive methods of rehabilitation will provide treatment options for patients with more severe debilitation as a result of stroke.
Whitall concludes by saying, "Physical therapists are more than clinicians, and physical therapy is more than exercise — it is rehabilitation with a rationale. There is an emphasis on science."
The department of physical therapy and rehabilita- tion science mission is to advance and advocate societal health by optimizing human performance and wellness through education, research and service. Graduates have gone