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1927: Harold Wm. Eliason of Durham, N.C. is 102 years
old and going strong. He is believed to be the medical school’s
oldest living graduate. If we’re wrong, let us know!
1941: Christian F. Richter and wife Corinne of Ruxton,
Md., recently sold their house and moved into Edenwald, a Towson retirement
community.
1943D: Luis Isales of Boca Raton, Fla., extends best
wishes to the remaining members of his class. Charles A. Kemper
and wife Margaret of Chippewa Falls, Wis., recently celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary. They have three children, eight grandchildren, and
three great-grandchildren. Charles has been retired for 20 years after
42 years in practice.
1944: Philip H. Lerman of Roslyn, N.Y., celebrated in retirement
on his 87th birthday with wife Lillian, four children, and 12 grandchildren.
Sarah Taylor Morrow of Raleigh, N.C., recently cruised from Dover,
England, to Ireland and Iceland in celebration of her retirement on June
30, 2005 as medical director of Electronic Data Systems.
1945: Dorcas Clark of Indiana, Pa., was honored by the Indiana
Regional Medical Center by having its women’s imaging center named
in her honor on September 22, 2005.
1947: E. Anne Mattern of Rockville, Md., is recovering from an
angiogram and stent placement on July 5, 2005. She keeps busy with her
large family and says that all of her classmates are in her prayers. Joseph
Shear of Baltimore recently celebrated his 83rd birthday. He
retired from practice in 2005 due to retinal macular edema; otherwise
he would have kept practicing. He’s looking forward to the 60th
reunion in 2007.
1948: John R. Shell of Gulf Shores, Ala., reports that he has
survived two hurricanes last year and is still going strong.
1949: Edward W. Stevenson of Birmingham, Ala., owns an airplane,
flies regularly, is a board member of the Southern Museum of Flight, and
is vice chairman of the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame. He remains in good
health at age 80 after retiring from otolaryngology-head and neck surgery
12 years ago.
1950: Harriet H. Wooten of Green-ville, N.C., plans to
move into a nearby retirement home this year. Husband John passed away
in December 2004. She enjoys keeping up on medical news.
1951: Benjamin D. Gordon of Yarmouthport, Mass., continues to
work with a local clinical trials lab, periodically provides coverage
in a friend’s clinic, and is chairman of his town’s board
of health. Wife Ellen recently had her third mitral valve replacement
and will soon undergo reconstructive foot surgery. Afterwards the two
plan to travel. S. Norman Sherry of Cambridge, Mass.,
reports that the years continue to fly by. He continues taking courses,
visiting grandchildren, and enjoying friends. Georgia Reynolds
recently moved to a full life-care retirement center in Pompano
Beach, Fla. After living in Plantation for 49 years it was very difficult,
but she is now very happy.
1952: W. A. Mathews of Newport Beach, Calif., is chairman of
the board for Capic Reinsurance Company of Hawaii and finance & investment
chairman for CAP/MPT in Los Angeles. Bella Schimmel of
Los Angeles is associate clinical professor in the department of child
psychiatry at UCLA and instructor for the New Psychoanalytic Center. She
has four children and two grandchildren. Husband Penrose died nearly three
years ago.
1954: Miguel Perez-Arzola of Ponce, P.R., is director of the
department of medicine and the internal medicine residency training at
Damas Hospital, which is affiliated with the Ponce Medical School.
Marshall A. Simpson of Columbus, Ga., continues doing locum tenens.
His wife Barbara is doing much better since developing respiratory problems
in 2004.
1955: Alvin W. Hecker of Pikesville, Md., a retired pediatric
allergist, is entertaining social groups in the Baltimore area with his
violin—his second love behind medicine. Paul G. Mueller
is retired and living in York, Pa. He enjoys reading about local and Western
history, keeps in touch with friends via email, and travels whenever he
can find someone to cat sit.
1958: Harvey L. Friedlander of Calabasas, Calif., is busy traveling
on cruises since his second retirement in 2004. Rank P. Greene
of Red Bluff, Calif., is coroner and public administrator in Tehama County.
Lewis H. Richmond of San Antonio, Tex., is working and teaching
on a part-time basis. He also continues his stand-up comedy, having performed
throughout the state of Texas, New York City, and Reno. His family remains
healthy and now includes three grandchildren ages 16, 11, and four months.
1959: Charles B. Fletcher of Ventura, Calif., is happy
in active retirement.
1961: George E. Bandy of Paradise Valley, Ariz., retired
from private practice in November 2005 and recently celebrated his 50th
wedding anniversary with wife Shirley. Ronald Gutberlet of
Cockeysville, Md., is chairman of pediatrics and vice president of utilization
management at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. Sam Henck of
Boxford, Mass., retired on July 31, 2005 after 41 years of practicing
family medicine. He and wife Joyce enjoy spending additional time exercising
and visiting with their eight grandchildren. They sold their house in
May and are living in a condominium.
1962: Merrill I. Berman of Pikesville, Md., retired on June 30,
2005. William B. Wiglicki Jr., of Potomac, Md., will
complete his fourth year as president of the International Society for
Heart Research at the organization’s meeting in Toronto this summer.
1963: Merrill Knopf of Long Beach, Calif., vice chief of staff
and chief of staff-elect at St. Mary Medical Center, continues his practice
of ophthalmology. He is skiing 50 to 60 days per year. Son Kevin is an
oncologist in Annapolis, Md.; son Trevor is an attorney in Long Beach;
and daughter Susan teaches in Bern, Switzerland.
1964: E. Ann Duer of White Stone, Va., continues her practice
in family medicine in rural east Virginia with time spent helping at the
Northern Neck Free Health Clinic. Jonathan Tuerk of Washington,
D.C., continues to enjoy his work. He was very sorry to learn of Dr. Woodward’s
passing.
1965: Allen Frey of Manakin Sabot, Va., retired from his radiology
practice in December 2005. Ann Robinson Wilke of Advance,
N.C., received fellowship status in ACP & ACC. She is enjoying living
close to her two children and five grandchildren, and continues working
full time as a cardiologist in Winston-Salem.
1966: Jay M. Barrash of Houston married neurologist Heather Linn
on March 4, 2005.
1968: William N. Goldstein of Rock-ville, Md., continues his
practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in Chevy Chase and recently
published his fourth psychiatric text.
1969: Michael E. McCutcheon of Placitas, N.M., retired in October
2005 after practicing spine surgery for 25 years. Leon Reinstein
of Baltimore is a volunteer faculty member with the rank of clinical professor
at Maryland. K. F. Skitarelic of Morgantown, W.Va., is
assistant professor and director of surgical pathology in the department
of pathology at West Virginia University.
1970: Arthur M. Warwick of Concord, N.H., is moving to
Burlington, Vt., and taking a position at the University of Vermont Medical
School.
1971: George H. Brouillet of Ellicott City, Md., is chief of
surgery and director of the joint replacement center at Kernan Hospital,
an orthopaedic affiliate of UMMS. He also serves as team physician for
Centennial High School in Howard County. Daniel L. Cohen retired
from the U.S. Air Force in January and is dividing his time between homes
in Annapolis, Md., and England. He is maintaining his faculty appointments
at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda
and Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine.
 1971:
Robert M. Mentzer Jr., was named dean of Wayne State University
School of Medicine in Detroit. Mentzer joined Wayne State from the University
of Kentucky College of Medicine where he served as professor and chairman
of surgery, director of the university’s transplant center, and
president and chairman of the faculty practice plan. He begins his new
job in March.
1972: Joseph S. Shapiro and wife Barbara of Huntington Beach,
Calif., are enjoying their first grandchild, who is now 16 months old.
1973: Barbara W. Siskind and husband Robert of Columbia, Md.,
became first-time grandparents with the birth of Eva Frances Ruth Treacy
on July 13, 2005. The parents are daughter Leah and son-in-law Jarlath.
Leah received a PhD in biophysics from UMCP in June 2003 and is third
year post-doc there. Joel Snyder of San Diego was selected
by his peers as pediatrician of the year, sponsored by San Diego Magazine
and the San Diego Medical Society. Charles B. Watson and
wife Maria of Easton, Conn., report their youngest daughter, now 21 years
old, is recipient of the Rolex North American Our World Under-water Scholarship
for 2005 and is diving with researchers in exotic locations around the
world. She graduated from Connecticut College in June.
1974: David L. Zisow and wife Marcie of Pikesville, Md., are
pleased to announce the marriage of daughter Jamie to Adam Silverman,
DPM. David is associate chief of the division of minimally invasive surgery
at Northwest Hospital in Baltimore.
1975: Louis Fox of Dallas is director of the Advanced Lap-Band
Center. His daughter is a freshman at Vanderbilt University. Charles
F. Hoesch of Timonium, Md., completed his first year as medical
director for geriatrics and long-term care at the Perry Point Maryland
VA Medical Center. Kenneth Iserson of Tucson, Ariz.,
spent several weeks operating an ER in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
swept through the area. President Bush visited their facility and thanked
members of the AZ-1 DMAT team. Thomas F. Krajewski of
Towson, Md., recently authored Elder Interventions, a guide to
caring for the elderly with emotional and behavior problems. Bob
Roby of Parkton, Md., is regional medical director for Trans
Health Care, overseeing its nine Maryland facilities and also serving
as a member of its national medical director advisory board. This follows
25 years as chief of Maryland General Hospital’s Emergency Department.
1976: Steven M. Berlin of Baltimore is a member of the governor’s
task force on medical liability and a consultant in risk management for
Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Maryland. Robert
G. Zeller of Roanoke, Va., was re-certified in vascular and interventional
radiology by the American Board of Radiology.
1977: Ed Mishner of Pikesville, Md., reports that all three of
his children have graduated college and have jobs! Paul Offit
of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., is author of The Cutler Incident: How
America’s First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis.
The book is published by Yale University Press.
1978: Anthony O. Sclama of Cockeysville, Md., is vice president
of medical affairs at Franklin Square Hospital Center.
1979: Donna G. Hurlock of Alexandria, Va., a gynecologist, reports
that she is busy treating patients with thyroid deficiency based on clinical
rather than solely laboratory criteria. “As Dr. Woodward used to
say: ‘If it looks, smells, and tastes like TB, it probably is.’
The same seems to be true for thyroid.” She finds this approach
works much better than the traditional blood test approach. Linda
Oaks of Gambrills, Md., reports that son Adam serves in the Peace
Corps and is currently in Guatemala. Her other son David is a junior at
the Citadel studying criminal justice. Peter E. Rork
of Wilson, Wyo., is traveling in Europe this winter with the U.S. Ski
Team, covering the training camp in Austria which leads up to the first
World Cup race of the season.
1980: Margaret E. McCahill of Jamul, Calif., reports
that her son was married in April 2005. Kenneth H.C. Silver
of Baltimore is associate professor and vice chairman in the department
of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
1981: Molly Dollymore was transferred to Norfolk, Va., where
she is chief for health and safety at MLCLANT (Atlantic Division), USCG.
Dean L. Mondell of Las Vegas published Living with
Fibromyalgia in May 2005. Samuel Smith of Pikesville,
Md., was married to Robin Kilberg last summer. Each has two children.
1982: Darryl B. Kurland of Princeton, N.J., reports that son
Jason graduates from Boston University Medical School in May, and son
Brian transferred to Northeastern University to pursue a music industry
major. Susan A. Stuart, husband Joe, and twin five-year-old
children Gina and Nick recently moved to Phoenix, Ariz. Susan is a general
surgeon at Phoenix Indian Medical Center and president of the Association
of Women Surgeons.
1983: Craig Collins of Longmeadow, Mass., is chief of outpatient
anesthesiology at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Ronald
H. Schuster of Owings Mills, Md., is chief of the division of
plastic surgery at Northwest Hospital Center. M. Steve Sniadach
Jr., of Englewood, Colo., vacationed last July with family along
the east coast, visiting the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall in Philadelphia
and Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia. They also spent a week in
Ocean City clamming, fishing, swimming, and relaxing. Both son Bradley,
age 12, and daughter Molly, age 14, made the honor roll.
1984: Stephen L. Hooper of Kapaau, Hawaii, announces the birth
of his fourth grandchild, Grady Louis, on September 28, 2005.
1985: Michael J. Hallowell of Sewell, N.J., is chief of radiology
at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. He continues bike riding
and was most recently in Switzerland, Holland, and Belgium. Victoria
Mossman-Van Eendenburg of Bloomington, Minn., reports that daughter
Jane, age 16, is learning to drive, plays alto sax in the school jazz
band, and is now taller than her mother! Daughter Hanna, age 13, continues
to play soccer; and husband John has re-entered the racket ball world
and plays soccer.
 1986:
Gerard A. Burns of Jersey City, N.J., was featured on the cover
of the March 28, 2005 issue of BusinessWeek magazine for his
role as director of informatics at Hackensack University Medical Center,
an all-digital hospital. Lisa A. Scheinin of Redondo
Beach, Calif., rode her 1000th roller coaster in May, traveling to Japan
to do so. She also traveled to South Korea where she passed her third-degree
black belt test in Tae Kwon Do. She continues to work at the L.A. County
Coroner’s Office and makes cameo appearances on episodes of Court
TV’s North Mission Road.
1987: Elizabeth R. Hatcher practices psychiatry and psychoanalysis
in Topeka, Kans., and is acting as scientific ambassador to the Bible
Belt.
1988: Thomas P. Carr of Portland, Oreg., recommends reading
Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhut Hahn. Jose Dominguez
of Baltimore extends greetings and regards to classmates. Kenneth
K. Tam of Encino, Calif., is busy with clinical research, his
cardiology practice, and children in first grade and kindergarten.
1989: Wing C. Chau of Richland, Wash., passed the American Academy
of Medical Acupuncturists boards and is certified as a diplomate of the
American Board of Medical Acupuncture. Brian J. Eastridge
of San Antonio, Tex., a colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps is chief
of trauma at Brooke Army Medical Center. He and wife Maggie are expecting
their second child. Janice Miller of Baltimore recently
celebrated a five-year anniversary in her private practice of psychiatry.
1991: David Lee Taragin of Silver Spring, Md., completed
the 30th Marine Corps Marathon in October 2005 and set a personal record.
1992: Lisa M. Berger of Rockville, Md., enjoys her pediatric
practice in Gaithersburg. Children Steven, age nine; Amy, age six; and
Evan, age three keep her and husband Ira very busy. Steven P.
Davison and wife Nora of Arlington, Va., have a three year-old
daughter and are expecting a second child soon. Davison remains on the
staff in the department of plastic surgery at Georgetown University.
Virginia Powel and husband Michael Bay of Tulsa, Okla., report
that daughters Laurel and Lilly are doing well. Richard H. Seidel
and wife Melanie of Tyler, Tex., proudly announce the birth of
Jack Bradley, their third, on August 31, 2005. He joins Madisen, age nine
and James, age seven. Richard continues to practice gastroenterology.
1993: Ricardo Cook and wife Lisa of Sandy Spring, Md., have two
sons: Logan, age three; and Lucian, age one.
1994: Kourosh Baghelai and wife Polya of Saint Joseph, Mich.,
are expecting their first child. Konni Bringman and husband
Neil of Severna Park, Md., announce the birth of Kathleen Elizabeth, their
third child. Amy Church of Stockton, N.J., as residency
director for the department of emergency medicine at Maimonides Medical
Center in Brooklyn, watched her first class graduate last June.
1995: David S. Brenner practices surgical pathology in Dover,
Del., and is assistant medical director for the department of pathology
at Bayhealth Medical Center. He and wife Melissa have two children—two
year-old Benjamin and five month-old Julianna. Sanford Katz
of Shreveport, La., reports that he, wife Michelle, and daughters Renee
and Abby had a wonderful time at the 10th reunion last spring. He enjoyed
seeing everyone. Scott Laborwit and wife Lisa,
’98, of Clarksville, Md., have three children: Gabbi, Tyler,
and Dylan, and are expecting their fourth. Vinay Thohan
has lived in Houston for ten years and works at Methodist DeBakey Cardiology
Associates. He and wife Jeanne have two daughters: Jaya, age six; and
Amara, age 18-months.
1996: Christian Bounds of Salisbury, Md., enjoys practicing medicine
but most of all cherishes his time with wife Marybeth and daughters Catherine
and Elizabeth. He hopes to see everyone at the 10th reunion in spring.
Charles Brett Hoffman and wife Katherine Layton,
’95, of Salisbury, Md., are living in Bolivia with their
two children. They are on a two-year leave of absence from their jobs
to participate in the Concern America project, which works to train selected
residents of rural villages to promote health care in underserved areas
while providing free limited medical care. Swati Lavu-Rao
of Encinitas, Calif., is working part time in a San Diego hospital ER
department and has a two year-old son named Kialash Shaan.
1997: Jennifer Beall of Chicago is living with Andy Schaefer.
She is on the faculty at Northwestern and works in the general medicine
clinic at the VA. She’d love to see any classmates who make it to
the Windy City. Ruwanthi Campano recently moved to the
Los Angeles area where she opened a private practice. Melissa
Hawkins-Holt of Lutherville, Md., works in a rheumatology practice
in Ellicott City. She and husband Stephen have two daughters: Kelly, age
four; and Lindsey, age one.
1998: Jonathan E. Davis and wife Christine of Bethesda, Md.,
announce the birth of Marisa Jordan on July 30, 2005. Thomas J.
Kenney III and wife Erika of Lakewood, Colo.,
are pleased to announce the birth of Grant Thomas on July 18, 2005. Daughter
Claire is two years old. Thomas has a private hematology/oncology practice,
while Erika has her own family practice. Aneel Mandava of
Norfolk, Va., is moving to Bakersfield, Calif., to join a private group
practice as an interventional radiologist. Jessie McCary
married Frank Gaeta in August 2005. They remain in Boston where Jessie
works for Boston Health Care for the Homeless program as an internist.
She recently started a two-year fellowship in public policy. Otha
Myles of Columbia, Md., is assistant director of the vaccine
clinical research center in the retro-virology division of the Walter
Reed Army Institute for Research. This follows completion of an infectious
disease fellowship. Megan O’Brien is living in
Durham, N.C., having left the Army after a four-month tour in Iraq last
year. Her husband is doing a fellowship at Duke, and she is enjoying time
with their children while looking for part-time work. Adebowale
Prest of Hebron, Md., is a community physician with Peninsula
Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. She was recently diagnosed with
pemphigus and had to drop her Ob practice. Karen Raksis of
New York City married Rob Grader on September 4, 2005. Five members from
the class attended the celebration: Alpa Arora, Jenny Kelly, Monique
Nolan, Greg Cohen, and Brendan Berry.
1999: Eric K. Johnson and wife Amy of Evans, Ga., welcomed their
second daughter, Abigail Maryn in December of 2004. Eric is serving a
six-month tour of Iraq with the U.S. Army, having completed his colorectal
surgery fellowship last June and received a promotion to major. He practices
general and colorectal surgery at Eisenhower Army Medical Center. Mallory
Williams of Southfield, Mich., is chief administrative surgery
resident at Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center. He and wife
Patrice recently welcomed Zoe, their third daughter, into the world.
2000: Jianping Yang and husband of Burnsville, Minn.,
announce the birth of Lindsay, their first, on April 18, 2005.
2001: J. Greg Hobelmann of Lutherville, Md., is a pain fellow
at Johns Hopkins. He and wife Elizabeth have two girls—Anna, age
three, and Caroline, age one. Siamak Moayedi of Elkridge, Md., is working
in the ER at Mercy Medical Center since completing residency training.
He is in charge of the intern and medical-student rotations and is teaching
introduction to clinical medicine and physical diagnosis at Maryland.
Kathy J. Weishaar of Finksburg, Md., has joined a private practice of
internal medicine in Carroll County after completing her chief residency
at Case Western Reserve University. She married Robert Rice, MD, a former
co-resident who is completing oncology training at Vanderbilt University.
2002: Ron Brathwaite is serving a residency at Loma Linda Medical
Center. Walid Gellad of Boston is working on an MPH and
was chosen as one of the chief residents for 2007. This follows completion
of a medical residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Talbot
Smith and Nora Olson of Biglerville, Pa., have
opened Apple Bridge Family Practice in Gettysburg. They announce the birth
of Ella, their first, in May 2005. A. Cyril Spiro and
wife Laura of Tampa, Fla., have two children—Alenna, age four, and
Arden, age two. Since serving as the medical information officer for a
hospital network, Cyril now owns an electronic medical records company.
Elissa Thompson of Chevy Chase, Md., is receiving fellowship
training in cardiovascular disease at the Washington Hospital Center.
She and husband Jeff are enjoying Washington, D.C., with their two children—Caroline,
age four, and Jack who is almost two. They invite classmates to stop by.
2004: Jonathan S. Rogers and Joanna Siev were married in June
2005. They are living in Silver Spring, Md., while Joanna attends the
school of public health at George Washington University. Jonathan is a
second-year resident in internal medicine at Maryland. Lisa Storrs
of Emerald Isle, N.C., and Koffi Kla, ’02 of Baltimore
were married on September 18, 2004.
Michael J. Fisher, MD is settled in Denver where he recently
welcomed his fifth grandchild. He enjoys working with Steve Resnick and
is glad to be able to return to Maryland for annual lectures.
John A. Kastor, MD, former chairman of the department of medicine,
published Specialty Care in the Era of Managed Care: Cleveland Clinic
versus University Hospitals of Cleveland. Published by Johns Hopkins
University Press, the book explores managed care’s effort to limit
the use of specialists, requiring patients and their primary care physicians
to focus on a health-maintenance approach. Kastor deals with the question:
where does this leave specialists and their institution? S. Michael
Plaut, PhD, assistant dean for student affairs, will receive
the inaugural service award given by the Society for Sex Therapy and Research
on March 18 in Philadelphia.
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