1943M: Ralph K. Brooks of Annapolis, Md., happily reports that he continues sailing on the Chesapeake Bay.
1946: John A. Mitchell of University Park, Fla., reports that his health remains far better than average for an 84 year old.
1947: Benjamin M. Gold of Rocky Mount, N.C., reports that he spends time in Nags Head since retirement in 1980 due to a disability.
1948: Benjamin K. Silverman of Seal Beach, Calif., won a life-time achievement award in 2006 from Children’s Hospital of Orange County for a career dedicated to teaching residents and medical students, and for his compassion, enthusiasm, and wisdom that serves as a role model for all teachers.
1949: Edward W. Stevenson of Birmingham, Ala., reports that, at age 80, he continues flying his own airplane and performed aerobatics on his birthday.
1950: Fowler F. White of Bantam, Conn., is still licensed, and he is still using, with more enthusiasm than talent, his bicycle, kayak, camera, and computer.
1951: Benjamin D. Gordon of Yarmouth Port, Mass., continues covering a friend’s clinic, is doing locum tenens, and is chairman of his town board of health. Frederick J. Hatem and wife Arianna of Havre De Grace, Md., enjoyed the 55th reunion in the spring. They were visited over the July 4 holiday by son Stephen, ’89, daughter-in-law Amy, and granddaughter Sarah Anne. Stephen is a radiologist
at the Cleveland Clinic.
1952: Lawrence D. Egbert of Baltimore continues working with the Final Exit Network, an offshoot of the Hemlock Society. Bryan P. Warren Jr., of Saint Marys, Ga., received the 2006 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from NAMI in the State of Georgia.
1953: Robert Berkow of Fort Washington, Pa., is editor-in-chief of Your Health Now, a new health information magazine available on the internet. Charles F. Carroll Jr., and wife Marilyn of Concord, N.C., visited Antarctica, their seventh continent, in January.
1954: James H. Teeter of Waynesboro, Pa., writes that he is truly grateful for the education he received at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
1955: Murray M. Kappelman of Baltimore reports that $35,000 has been donated thus far to the Murray Kappelman Pediatric Resident Education Fund at the University of Maryland Medical System.
1956: Scheldon Kress of Potomac, Md., reports that he had a wonderful time at the 50th reunion. And upon his return to work at the FDA, he learned that he is to be recipient of the FDA Francis Kelsey Award for Drug Safety Excellence.
1957: Walter M. Shaw of Bonita, Calif., congratulates the medical school on its upcoming bicentennial celebration. It is in this same year that the class of 1957 celebrates its 50th anniversary.
1958: Raymond E. Swanson of Goshen, Ind., reports that he continues to perform locum tenens in pathology in both Michigan and Indiana.
1960: Morton E. Smith received the Sydney Pearl Award for Inspirational Teaching from the senior class of 2006 at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. Smith is professor emeritus and associate dean emeritus where he has served for 40 years.
1962: Theodore C. Patterson and wife Sylvia of Timonium, Md., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 14. Patterson is hoping that everyone is planning to attend the 45th reunion in the spring!
1964: Eric D. Schmitter of Santa Monica, Calif., retired from UCLA in July 2005 but resumed working three days a week as he is not yet ready to let go of orthopaedic surgery. Jonathan D. Tuerk of Washington, D.C., retired from the practice of psychiatry on October 1. He says it’s been a great ride!
1965: D. Gary Bennfield, a neonatologist at Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio, authored Walking the Baby Beat—Answers to Hundreds of Your Healthcare Questions. The book is published by Smart Start Press. Susan H. Mather of Bowie, Md., retired from the Department of Veterans Affairs on January 3, after nearly 27 years of service.
1967: Henry Feuer of Indianapolis, Ind.,retired in June but remains a neurosurgical consultant for the Indianapolis Colts, Indiana University, and Purdue University. Stuart H. Lessans of Rockville, Md., is retired from his ophthalmology practice and is enjoying the company of twins Matthew and Faye who have entered the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. Boyd D. Myers of Annandale, Va., is retired and reports that volunteerism is solace for the soul. He has traveled to South and Central America, Asia, and Eastern Europe, and he is enjoying the single life. Boyd looks forward to seeing everyone at the reunion next spring.
1968: Allen C. Egloff of Arnold, Md., volunteers at a free clinic doing non-operative orthopaedics after retiring from practice. David J. Riley of New Brunswick, N.J., coauthored a recent paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Riley is professor of medicine at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
1969: Edward A. Carter of Cotopaxi, Colo., reports that son David is a second-year medical student at Maryland. John A. Eaddy of Knoxville, Tenn., is emeritus professor of family medicine at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine. Howard Faden of Buffalo, N.Y., was honored for his outstanding teaching by his third-year medical class. Reynold M. Karr of Snohomish, Wash., is clinical professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He and wife Janet have six children—three sons and three daughters, three of whom are married. Edwin E. Mohler of Williamstown, Mass., reports that his third son graduated this year from Bates College, and he is enjoying working on Nantucket Island for now.
1970: Robert F. Sarlin of La Jolla, Calif., retired from practice at Southern California Permanente Medical Group in San Diego on October 1, 2005:
1971: Burton J. Glass of East Rockaway, N.Y., is limiting his practice to wound care and no longer practices general surgery.
1972: George A. Metzger of Blowing Rock, N.C., drove to Alaska this summer with wife Nancy and their dog in a camper. He reports that the trip was magnificent. Ronald T. Staubly of Mount Pocono, Pa., reports that daughter Anna received her teaching certification in German from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She plans to teach in the Minneapolis area. Peter Vash of Pacific Palisades, Calif., is a member of the board of directors for the American Heart Association’s Western State Affiliate
1973: C. Peter Erskine of Madison, Wis., is pursuing artistic endeavors after retiring from emergency medicine. Ronald F. Sher of Lutherville, Md., reports that his triplets started college this fall, and his visits to the psychiatrist should be less frequent.
1974: David L. Zisow of Pikesville, Md., is a gynecologist and associate chief in the division of minimally invasive surgery at Northwest Hospital Center.
1975: Louis Fox of Dallas, Tex., is medical director of the Advanced Lap-Band Center. Dorothy Shih Yi Hsiao of Bethesda, Md., has two sons attending Maryland: Alexander, ’09, and Daniel, ’10. From Tucson, Ariz., Kenneth V. Iserson reports that his seventh edition of Iserson’s Getting into a Residency was published in 2006. Thomas F. Krajewski of Towson, Md., authored Elder Interventions, a book published last spring to help families dealing with older persons with behavioral or emotional problems. Charles E. Manner and wife Leslie of Bellaire, Tex., report the birth of Ann Michelle on December 22, 2005. Jeffrey L. Quartner and wife Sandra of Baltimore report that daughter Jennifer, ’06, is interning at Maryland this year. Michael B. Stewart of Seattle reports that he retired, again! He’s wondering how long this one will last.
1976: Arno Zaritsky of Gainesville, Fla., is associate chair of pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine, and he serves as the chair of the pediatric resuscitation committee of the American Heart Association.
1977: Rona B. Eisen of Bethesda, Md., practices gynecology in Columbia. Husband Stuart and son Bradley are licensed financial advisors in Washington, D.C. Daughter Tracey is a certified athletic trainer and attends graduate school at George Washington University. Donald Gordon of Helotes, Tex., was named the 2006 American Red Cross Health and Safety Volunteer of the Year. The award recognizes service to health education, first aid, and safety. Gordon has spent 29 years in emergency medicine, teaches at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, and volunteers his time at the Red Cross and several other organizations.
1978: Michael J. Bosse of Charlotte, N.C., was elected president of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association in March. He is director of clinical research, director of orthopaedic out-patient clinics, and an attending orthopaedic surgeon specializing in trauma at the Carolina Medical Center. Samuel T. Goldberg of Clarksville, Md., co-authored Using the Transference in Psychotherapy, published by Aronson, Inc. Randolph Whipps of Towson, Md., is enjoying his 10th year as chief of the division of cardiology at Maryland General Hospital. He is also proud to announce the opening of the Chesapeake Institute of Anti-Aging Medicine—an age management practice seeking optimal health at any age.
1979: Karen C. Carroll of Silver Spring, Md., is professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins. Max D. Koenigsberg of is a senior EMS director in Chicago. Bernard F. Kozlovsky of Baltimore spent the past year as a consultant for the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute. He recently returned to the medical school and completed a master’s degree in epidemiology and public health as well as a residency in preventive medicine. Owen Lee of Newark, Ohio, was promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He has been in the Army Reserves for 15 years, is a board-certified radiologist, and was named physician of the year by his peers in October 2003. His daughter Jennifer graduated from Loyola University Chicago in May. William O. Richards of Nashville, Tenn., is the Ingram Professor of Surgical Sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
1980: Thomas P. Moran of Coronado, Calif., published a randomized trial in evaluation and treatment of pregnancies of undetermined location in the October 2005 Journal of Reproductive Medicine.
1981: Patricia A. Dubyoski of Bel Air, Md., reports that daughter Kathleen, born during the fourth year of medical school, is in year two of a PhD program in neurosciences at the University of Rochester; son Sean, born during the last year of residency at Maryland, is a first-year medical student at Maryland; and son Patrick is a senior in high school. Marc Jaffe of Barrington, R.I., reports that son David has started his first year of medical school at Maryland. Karen Kingry of Mount Airy, Md., is the chief medical officer for Nighttime, USA. Stephen Ozanne of Cedar Hill, Tex., reports that daughter Rachel graduated with the highest honors from the University of Texas in Austin, and wife Beverly is starting a master’s program in counseling.
1982: Pedro Arrabal of Ellicott City, Md., is director of maternal/fetal medicine at Sinai Hospital. He and wife Claire have been married for 26 years and have four children: daughter JoAnna received a master’s degree in teaching from Towson University; daughter Ellen received a psychology degree from the University of Delaware; son Peter is in his second year at the University of Tampa majoring in biology; and daughter Caroline is a junior at St. Paul’s in Brooklandville. John C. Darrell of Lebanon, Pa., is director of cardiac and vascular surgery at The Good Samaritan Hospital. Jonathan S. Elias of Potomac, Md., reports that daughter Shaina is attending George Washington University Law School. C. William Hicks says he spent only $490.10 repairing his 1999 Toyota Corolla and thinks we should call the press! Robert M. Phillips of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is in his second year as chairman of the department of internal medicine at North Oakland Medical Center in Pontiac. Jerry B. Schwartz and wife Tina of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., have three daughters: Brittany, Cassie, and Sarah.
1983: Peter G. Brassard continues to spear fish near his home in Block Island, R.I.
1984: Donald M. Beckstead of Hollidaysburg, Pa., is program director of the Altoona Family Physicians Family Medicine Residency Program. He and wife Sharon have two children ages 16 and 13. Heidi D. Gorsuch is happily settled into Redding, Calif., with husband Gregg Rafferty, two daughters, and son. She is a general surgeon and breast specialist, and she also participates in research and clinical trials.
1985: Nicholas B. Argento of Columbia, Md., served as president of the Baltimore Endocrine Society for 2005. He is happy to have survived the conversion of his six-doctor endocrine practice from a paper driven to a fully electronic medical records system—now up and running for two years.
1986: Robert Hoofnagle of Churchville, Md., is chairman of the department of surgery at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air and serves on its board of directors. Julia Ann Williams of Sedona, Ariz., is an emergency department physician in Flagstaff. She is an accomplished potter, teaches ceramics at the Sedona Arts Center, and raises and trains golden retrievers for disabled children.
1987: Elizabeth Roberta Hatcher continues to operate a solo psychiatric practice in Topeka, Kans.
1988: Mark H. Fraiman of Lutherville, Md., is chief of surgery at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson. Stuart M. Pollack of Shrewsbury, Mass., is medical director for the Fallon Clinic’s south region, overseeing primary care at four sites. However about 70 percent of his time is still spent seeing patients. Gail M. Royal, who practices ophthalmology in Myrtle Beach, S.C., was an invited guest in Washington, D.C., for the signing of a federal law declaring that all contact lenses be classified as medical devices and prohibiting the sale of cosmetic contact lenses by anyone other than a licensed eye-care professional. The bill signing culminated four years of advocacy work initiated when Royal first reported a series of sight-threatening complications incurred by patients obtaining lenses from non-licensed providers. Kenneth K. Tam of Encino, Calif., is director of invasive cardiology at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.
1990: Clara A. Bozievich of Corvallis, Oreg., is expecting a girl in October.
1991: Matthew G. Kramer of Dayton, Ohio, is chair of the department of anesthesiology and associate professor of medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine. Robert E. Rainer of New York City married Priti Baliga, who serves as manager to the newly formed corporation MYPREGNANCYPLACE.
1992: John Bridgman and wife Donna of West End, N.C., happily report the birth of Mia Brooke on February 15. She joins Jordan, age 12, Shane, age 11, Anna, age nine, Erin, age seven, and Kylie, age four. Annette Fineberg and Sufen Chiu, PhD ’95 of Davis, Calif., were married October 15. Tom Ghobrial operates a solo orthopaedic surgery practice in Cumberland, Md. Lawrence Seiden of Atlanta is a partner at the Peachtree Neurological Clinic, which is affiliated with Piedmont Hospital and Crawford Long Hospital. He has developed a successful epilepsy practice and monitoring unit. Seiden reports that he, wife Beth and three children are doing great. Caroline D. Sherbourne and husband Charles of Walnut Creek, Calif., announce the birth of Trevor Donoven on December 18, 2005. The two work for Kaiser Permanente.
1993: Valerie Dyke of Cape Coral, Fla., operates her own colorectal surgery practice and recently hired a second partner. Karen Konkel will be returning to her position as chief medical officer at Chase Brexton Health Service, a community health center in Baltimore, after completing a residential fellowship in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona.
1994: Kourosh Baghelai and wife Polya Samardar of Saint Joseph, Mich., announce the birth of son Keyan on December 25, 2005.
1995: Scott Winiecki and wife Jennifer of Churchville, Md., celebrated the birth of Alexandra, their first, in April.
1996: Paula Boyle moved to the rural Georgia mountains where she practices in the small town of Blue Ridge.
1997: Laurie Millar Bothwell is training with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s team for the Marine Corps Marathon this fall. She participates in memory of her late husband Tom, and she thanks all of her classmates who have donated to the cause. Ruwanthi Samaranayake Campano and husband Angelo are doing well in Palmdale, Calif. Daniel C. Farber of Mount Airy reports that he has returned to the mother ship. He is on the orthopaedic department staff at Maryland specializing in feet and ankles. Camille Upchurch and husband Jerome live in Birdsboro, Pa., and announce the arrival of their newest addition to the family on May 27. Upchurch practices at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
1998: Christina Figlozzi of Columbia, Md., is a pediatrician with UMMS/UniversityCare. Mysheika LeMaile-Williams is medical director and assistant health commissioner for Columbus Public Health in Ohio. The appointment follows completion of a two-year fellowship with the CDC as an epidemic intelligence service officer. Otha Myles of Columbia, Md., has returned to his post at the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research in Rockville as assistant chief in the department of epidemiology and threat assessment after attending an officers’ advance course at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. Megan O’Brien and husband Seth moved to San Antonio, Tex., in July. Earlier in the year, on February 23, they welcomed Connor Matthew into the world. He joins Michael and Emma. O’Brien is working part time in the pediatric clinic at the local military hospital. Mary Goyer Shapiro and husband Mike recently moved to Salt Lake City where Mike started a professorship at the University of Utah Department of Biology. The couple announces the birth of Drew Berkeley, their first, in November. Goyer Shapiro continues practicing pediatrics at the University of Utah.
1999: Eric K. Johnson and wife Amy of Evans, Ga., are expecting their third daughter in December. Johnson returned from Baghdad in March. Andrew C. Kramer of Baltimore is assistant professor in the division of urology at the University of Maryland. Edwin H. Preston of Silver Spring, Md., is a fellow in abdominal transplantation at Georgetown University Hospital after completing its general surgery residency. He was selected as the 2005 outstanding resident teacher, and he has co-authored four peer-review publications as well as two invited publications. Shahid A. Zaidi and wife Shelley living at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida announce the birth of son Naseem Abbas in April.
2000: Sharon E. Henderson of Santa Rosa, Calif., reports the birth of son Nicholas, her second, on May 1.
2001: Charles Albrecht III and wife Tanja of Baltimore celebrated daughter Bailey Lynn’s fourth birthday on August 23. Camille Hammond of Ellicott City, Md., reports that her triplets will turn two in December. She is a preventive oncology fellow at NCI. Joseph G. Hobelmann of Lutherville, Md., joined Pain Medicine Specialists in Towson. He and wife Betsey have two daughters—Anna and Caroline. Steven B. Ingle and wife Erin report the birth of daughter Aubrey Kate on May 2. Ingle is pursuing a GI fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Jakub Kahl of Apollo Beach, Fla., married Aspen C. Remke. Lawrence Kemp, wife Michelle, and their three daughters moved to Lewes, Del., where Kemp joined Delaware Neurology Associates. Teresa Kulie of Madison, Wis., is a family medicine faculty member at the University of Wisconsin. Daughter Katie, who was born while Kulie was in medical school, is in the first grade.
2002: Matthew Hamilton of Jamaica Plain, Mass., is staying in Boston for a GI fellowship. He and wife Elaine proudly announce the arrival of Zoe Marie in March. Scott M. Katzen and wife Jodi of Columbia, Md., announce the birth of Andrew Ryan on April 9. Katzen is serving a cardiology fellowship at Maryland after completing a year as chief resident in medicine. Daniel Kauffman of Columbia, Md., has joined Old Georgetown Mental Health Associates in Bethesda, after completing a general psychiatry residency at the University of Virginia. Dorothy Lowe has started a medical practice in Beverly Hills, Calif., after completing a year as chief resident in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Matthew Smith of Richmond, Va., is pleased to announce his engagement to Shelley Sabo. They are planning an April 2007 wedding.
2003: Marijka A. Grey has joined the outpatient practice of Gettysburg Adult Medicine in Gettysburg, Pa., after completing a year as chief resident in internal medicine at York Hospital. Rebecca Manno will be starting a rheumatology fellowship at Johns Hopkins in 2007. Abbe Penziner has joined the outpatient pediatric faculty at Maimonides Medical Center, Hospital for Infants and Children in Brooklyn, N.Y. Jill Rathyen and husband George Naseef of New Providence, N.J., announce the arrival of son Max in October 2005. Rathyen specializes in emergency medicine and works at Newark Beth Israel Hospital. Mark Wernick of Brookline, Mass., is excited to be returning to the area in July 2007 when he begins fellowship training in cardiology at George Washington University.
2004: Christopher Hydorn and wife Jennifer of Columbia, S.C., announce the birth of son Thomas Sladen on February 21. Jordan Wolff and wife Julie of Providence, R.I., are excited to be returning to Baltimore next summer when Wolff starts a GI fellowship at Maryland.
2005: Alexandra D. Bentley of Durham, N.C., has started a pediatrics residency at Duke University. Christopher K. Grybauskas reports that he is enjoying the glamorous life of a pediatric resident in Los Angeles. Amer Malik and Toba Niazi, ’04, are enjoying married life in Salt Lake City, skiing during the winter months, and hiking and camping during the summer.