Upstate Medical Alumni Journal Winter 2014

JOURNALAlumniU P S T A T E M E D I C A L

WINTER 2014 PUBLISHED BY UPSTATE MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

PLACE MATTERSHOW THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT IMPACTS MEDICAL TRAINING

REPORT OF GIFTS

2014 MEDICAL ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

K. Bruce Simmons, MD ’79 President

Richard M. Cantor, MD ’76 Vice PresidentDennis D. Daly, MD ’83 TreasurerRobert A. Dracker, MD ’82 SecretaryThomas A. Bersani, MD ’82Debra Buchan, MD ’87Larry S. Charlamb, MD ’88Richard W. DoustGregory L. Eastwood, MDMark Erlebacher, MD ’79Brian J. Gaffney, MD ’72Sadri GarakaniDiane Green-el, MD ’78Douglas W. Halliday, MD ’79Ruth Hart, MD ’80Karen Heitzman, MD ’83Jeffrey R. LaDuca, MD ’98Kirsten Magowan, MD ’87Barbara A. Morisseau,

MD ’98Mark S. Persky, MD ’72Amy L. Reynders, MD ’01Charles J. Ryan III, MD ’82Jack Schneider, MD ’66Ralph L. Stevens, MD ’81

James Terzian, MD ’75Jack Yoffa, MD ’69

EMERITUSA. Geno AndreattaFrederick R. Davey, MD ’64E. Robert Heitzman, MD ’51Patricia J. Numann, MD ’65Michael H. Ratner, MD ’68Gregory A. Threatte, MD ’73

EX-OFFICIODonna Bacchi, MD, MPHDavid B. Duggan, MD ’79Paul NorcrossJulie White, PhD

HONORARYFrederick N. Roberts, MD ’42

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVESMeenakshi Davuluri ’15 BinghamtonDevin Halleran ’15William Ericksen ’16Lisa Ryder ’16 BinghamtonRamzi El Hassan ’17Gabrielle E. Ritaccio ’18

Table of Contents6 Reunion RecapThe College of Medicine welcomed back classes ending in 4 and 9.

16 Be Willing to Leave Your Comfort ZoneSharon Brangman, MD ’84, on leading through challenges.

18 Place MattersA unique photo research project documents the impact of training in rural communities on medical education for students in the RMED program.

22 Bubblehead MedicineJohn McCarthy, MD ’69, shares memories of his tour as a submarine doc.

Departments 2 COURTYARD 26 REPORT OF GIFTS46 STUDENT ROUNDS48 CLASS NOTES58 IN MEMORIAM

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WINTER 2014 ISSUEPublished three times in 2014 in spring, fall, and winter.

Published by the Syracuse (HSC) Medical Alumni Foundation of Upstate Medical University, Setnor Academic Building #1510, 750 E. Adams St., Syracuse, New York 13210-9976

Issue Number: 63

Submissions and address corrections should be sent to Director of Medical Alumni Relations and Giv-ing, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Setnor Academic Building #1510, 750 E. Adams St., Syracuse, New York 13210-9976

Phone: 315/464-4361

Fax: 315/464-4360

Email: [email protected]

Paul NorcrossExecutive Editor

Renée Gearhart LevyManaging Editor

Sarah Burns Lori MurphyKristen PiescikChere RavenContributing Editors

Kiefer CreativeDesign and Production

Darryl GeddesStan LinhorstJohn McCarthy, MD ’69Jim McKeeverDoretta RoyerAmber SmithContributing Writers

Matt ChamplinWilliam MuellerDebbie RexineRich WhelskyKlineberg PhotographyChuck WainwrightPhotographers

Michael H. Ratner, MD ’68, Chair

Thomas Bersani, MD ’82Debra Buchan, MD ’87Fred Davey, MD ’64Diane Green-el, MD ’78Ruth Hart, MD ’80James Terzian, MD ’75Editorial Board

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Medical Alumni Foundation

Dear Fellow Alumni,

It’s hard to believe a year has passed since beginning my two-year term; I am happy to report to you on a productive year. My first important undertaking was to form a search committee to fill the vacant Medical Alumni Association executive director position. Having served on a number of search committees in the past, I was fully aware of the challenge of having the right candidate available at the right time for

consideration. Fortunately, Paul Norcross stood out as having the experience we were looking for, as well as personality and enthusiasm that make him an ideal fit for the job.

Another plus is Paul’s interest in going on the road to meet with alumni face-to-face. Give him a call if you would like to have him meet with a group of alumni in your area.

Reunion Weekend is always one of the highlights of the year, and for me, this year’s reunion was extra special. Not only was I able to represent the Medical Alumni Association as president, I was also able celebrate my 35th Upstate reunion with many fellow classmates. Overall, a record number of alumni returned and the weather was near perfect. It’s wonderful to see how delighted alumni are to reunite with former classmates and view all of the changes to campus. If you haven’t been back in awhile, please plan to do so in the future.

As president, I have also had the honor of being a part of a number of events for students supported by the Medical Alumni Association, including graduation of the Class of 2014, the White Coat Ceremony for the incoming Class of 2018, and the scholarship presentation ceremony during Reunion Weekend. This year 87 students received 102 scholarships totaling more than $300,000, entirely as a result of alumni giving over the years.

I truly appreciate the opportunity to serve as your representative, and in that role, learn how appreciative College of Medicine students (also known as future alumni) are for all the benefits that your generosity provides for them. Thank you for your participation and support of the Medical Alumni Association.

Best wishes,

K. Bruce Simmons, MD ’79President Upstate Medical Alumni Association

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Upstate Faculty and Clinician HonorsUpstate held its annual

fall convo cation and awards ceremony in September to recognize distinguished service to the institution. Among those honored:

THE THIRD GENERATION of the Wanamaker fam-ily is represented in this year’s incoming class. Emily Wanamaker ’18 is the daugh-ter of Hayes Wanamaker, MD ’85, and Tammy Anthony, MD ’86, and the granddaughter of the late Hal Wanamaker, MD ’56 (below).

Upstate Welcomes the Class of 2018 at the Annual White Coat Ceremony and Reception David R. Halleran, MD (left), past president of the Onondaga County Medical Society, and K. Bruce Simmons, MD ’79, president of the Upstate Medical Alumni Foundation, welcome incoming students Gabrielle Ritaccio ’18 and Cody McGee ’18.

President’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service: Vincent E. Frechette, MD ’91, Department of Medicine

President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching: Ann Sutera Botash, MD ’85, Department of Pediatrics

President’s Award for Outstanding Voluntary Faculty College of Medicine: Michael J. Parker, MD ’82, Center for Sinus & Allergy Care, Camillus, NY

Academy of Upstate Educators: Neerja Vajpayee, MD, HS ’02, Department of Pathology

President’s Award for Excellence in Philanthropic Service: Robert B. Cady, MD ’71, (pictured with wife Linda and granddaughters Hope and Chloe)


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Upstate Library Adds Curator of Historic CollectionsTHE UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY has hired Cara Howe as Curator for Historic Collections. Howe comes to Upstate with dual master’s degrees in library sciences and museum studies and an additional certification of Advanced Study in Cultural Heritage Preservation. She was previously the assistant archivist for the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at Syracuse University.

As Howe begins her work with the Historic Collections, she will spend a signif-icant amount of time cataloging, arranging and preserving the materials currently held in the vault on the second floor of the Library, in addition to making efforts to expand the collection.

Initial projects include an oral history program focusing on interviews with long-time Upstate faculty and staff, new exhibitions for the library’s display areas, and a memorial web page for Carlyle “Jake” and Ellen “Cookie” Jacobsen, to coincide with the dedication of the new Jacobsen lobby in Weiskotten Hall.

Howe invites anyone with materials related to the history of medicine, Upstate Medical University, and/or the research materials of alumni and faculty to contact her at 315-464-4585, or [email protected]. Information on the collecting policy for the Historic Collections, guides to the current collections, as well as hours of operation, may be found on the website http://library.upstate.edu/resources/historical/.

Cara Howe, Curator for Historical Collections at Upstate

Dr. Patricia Numann pictured with the portrait and plaque honoring Drs. Carlyle and Ellen Jacobsen

Jacobsen Foyer Dedicated

The foyer of Weiskotten Hall was officially named the Carlyle and

Ellen Cook Jacobsen Foyer on November 12, a tribute to the former Upstate administrators who worked tirelessly and effectively to promote academic excellence and a strong sense of community during a period of exceptional growth at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Carlyle Jacobsen, PhD, was an internationally known neurophysiologist and leading figure in medical administration who served as president of Upstate

from 1957 to 1965. His wife, Ellen Townley Cook Jacobsen, MD ’50, was a longtime Upstate professor of medicine and psychiatry and the founding director of Student and Employee Health.

Speakers at the dedication ceremony included David G. Murray, MD, HS ’58, professor and chair emeritus of the Upstate Department of Orthopedic Surgery, and Patricia J. Numann, MD ’65, Lloyd S. Rogers Professor of Surgery Emeritus.


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Eastwood Honored as Public Health ChampionGREGORY L. EASTWOOD, MD, interim president of Upstate Medical University, is being honored as a public health champion for his role in creating a smoke-free campus by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. Also recognized are the continu ing leadership efforts of Upstate Medical University in promoting practices and policies to reduce the incidence and burden of cancer. He received the network’s Donald A. Gemson Cancer Prevention Public Policy Award at a ceremony in New York City on October 2.

Under Eastwood’s leadership, Upstate became the first smoke-free hospital in New York in 2005, and the first SUNY site to establish an entirely smoke-free campus. In partnership with the American Cancer Society, Upstate has led policy change in the 64-campus State University of New York and Onondaga County. In the work environ-ment, its clinical mission and research focus, cancer is the highest priority at Upstate.

Gregory L. Eastwood, MD

Two Upstate Medical Students Chosen as National Leadership Scholars

U pstate Medical University fourthyear medical students

Andy Beltran ’15 and Elizabeth Zane ’15 were among 40 students nationwide selected for the highly competitive Paul Ambrose Scholars Program Student Leadership Symposium in June.

Beltran and Zane were selected from applicants from more than 80 health professions schools across the country, and spent three days with other medical, physician assistant, dental, pharmacy, public health and graduate nursing students at the Washington, DC, leadership program.

The Ambrose scholars submitted project proposals with an eye toward federal Healthy People 2020 goals. The initiative is designed to improve the health and lives of Americans of all ages and all groups.

Zane’s “Spring Sprouts” proposal brings nutrition education and gardening skills to a Syracuse elementary school. Beltran’s “Breaking the Silence” proposal aims to educate children in grades 412 about mental health and decrease suicide rates among youth.

New Alumni Website— Includes Alumni Directory!TO BETTER SERVE ALUMNI AND STUDENTS, the Medical Alumni Association has launched a new improved website. It is now easier than ever to stay in touch with Upstate. Alumni can create and

update an on-line profile and access the Alumni Directory. You can also register for events, make donations, view giving history, submit class notes, and more! Students, parents and friends can also create on-line profiles and use many of the new interactive features. Visit www.upstate.edu/medalumni today!

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Neurology NewsLUIS J. MEJICO, MD, has been named interim chair of the Depart-ment of Neurology. Dr. Mejico most recently served as associate chair of the department and succeeds Jeremy Shefner, MD, PhD, who has accepted a position at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. Mejico has served as medical director of the Neurology Ambulatory Services since 2006. He is an active clinical investigator and has been supported by several grants from the NIH since 2005, as well as many industry-supported trials. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neuro-logical Society, and the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society.

Luis J. Mejico, MD

Medical Students Share Research at Refugee Conference

A group of medical students who volunteered at the Upstate Health Care Center’s Refugee Intake Clinic

as first and secondyear students presented five research posters at the North American Refugee Health Conference in Rochester in September.

The students, most of them now MSIIIs, served as coordinators of the Refugee Intake Clinic, an Upstate volunteer opportunity through the Center for Civic Engagement. The students participate in the Domestic Health Screening exams for refugees at the Upstate Health Care Center (UHCC).

While working with the clinic, the team of coordinators collected data on health trends among the refugee patient population. They presented their findings at the June conference on a variety of refugee health issues and case studies.

Clinic director Peter Cronkright, MD, who was also a speaker at the conference, mentored the Upstate students and led the team throughout the process of submitting their findings to conference organizers.

Upstate’s College of Medicine was well represented at the North American Refugee Conference in Rochester. From left, students Matthew Perlstein ’16, Cheryl DuMond ’16, Finny John ’16, and Ruchika Sangani ’16; Associate Professor of Medicine Peter Cronkright, MD; students Yu Lin Chen ‘16, Peter Edmonds ’16, Kristy Semenza ’16 and Wing Tai Kong, MD ’14.


WelcomeWelcome

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Reunion 2014

THE SUN WAS OUT. The leaves

were turning. We couldn’t have

asked for a more beautiful Syracuse

weekend to welcome back alumni

from classes ending in 4 and 9. Indeed, Reunion 2014 attracted a fantastic

turnout from across the country.While it may seem like just yesterday that

they were students themselves, alumni enjoyed

the opportunity to reminisce with classmates

and mentors during activities that included a

medical writing seminar, tours of exciting new

facilities on the ever-evolving campus, and of

course, class dinners.

A standing-room-only crowd filled the Med-

ical Alumni Auditorium to hear Patrick Basile,

MD ’03, give the Weiskotten Lecture on Military

Medicine and Lessons from the Global War on

BackBackTerrorism. His talk was followed by the recog-

nition of exceptional alumni—Distinguished

Alumnus Frederick Davey, MD ’64, Outstand-

ing Young Alumnus Nienke Dosa, MD ’94, and

Humanitarian Zaven Ayanian, MD ’59—and the

presentation of scholarships to 87 current

students, all funded through alumni giving.

Whether visiting from near or far, Reunion

2014 was a wonderful weekend of looking back

and paying it forward, of reconnecting and

revisiting. Thanks to all who made it such a

wonderful weekend. See you again in five years!


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Members of the class of 1964 celebrate their 50th reunion.

Robert Kribs ’15 received the Ayanian Family Scholarship.

Jasmin Sahbaz ’15 received the Samuel G. Rosenthal MD ’64 Scholarship.


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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

Frederick R. Davey, MD ’64

Frederick R. Davey, MD ’64, is professor emeritus of pathology at Upstate Medical University. At the time of his retirement in 2001, he was chairman and professor of the Department of Pathology, director of the Pathology Laboratories, and professor of

internal medicine and microbiology. After earning his medical degree in 1964, Dr.

Davey stayed at Upstate for his internship, then completed a residency in pathology at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston Chil-dren’s Hospital, and the Boston Wom-en’s Hospital. In addition, he served as a research fellow at Harvard Medical College. In his final post-graduate year, he was a fellow in hematology with William Maloney, MD, director of hematology at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

Following service in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, Davey joined the Upstate faculty as an assistant pro-fessor of pathology in the Division of Clinical Pathology in 1971. He became full professor in 1979.

Davey’s research activities focused on the fields of blood banking and hematopathology. His earliest inves-tigations were in collaboration with Charlene Hubble and Dr. John Henry regarding the association of human histocompatibility antigens with the incidence of several hematologic disorders. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Davey, along with Michael Morris, MS, Douglas Halliday, MD ’79, and Dr. A.A. Marucci, used histochemical stains and immunoperoxidase labeled antibodies to phenotype lymphoid neoplasms. They demon-strated that the classification of lymphoid malig-nancies at that time was not only inadequate but, inaccurate. In the next several years, Dr. Davey, together with Dr. Nancy Dock and Dr. Jeffrey Wolos, used early cell separation techniques and autologous mixed lymphocyte cultures to examine

Reunion 2014the function of lymphocyte subpopulation in vari-ety lymphoid malignancies.

During a sabbatical leave at the Ratcliff Hospital in Oxford, Davey gained significant experience in the use of a panel of monoclonal antibodies in the immunophenotyping of non-Hodgkin’s lympho-mas in paraffin embedded tissue section, technol-ogy brought back to the Upstate Medical University and applied to the study of myeloid leukemias and myelodysplastic syndromes. These studies

were among the first to demonstrate the utility of enzyme labeled antibodies in identifying antigens in paraffin embedded tissue sections. Variations of these techniques are now routinely used in today’s histopathology laboratories.

As a result of combined efforts with many col-leagues, Davey contributed to 165 journal publica-tions and 50 textbook chapters. In 1988, he was guest editor of a volume of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine entitled “Classification, Diagnosis and Molecular Biology of Lymphoproliferative Disor-

Fred Davey, MD ’64, with Dean David Duggan, MD ’79, Alumni Association President K. Bruce Simmons, MD ’79, and Interim President Gregory Eastwood, MD


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ders” and in 1990, he served as guest editor for another issue entitled “Myeloproliferative Dis-orders.” Davey was also associate editor of the textbook Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods.

During his tenure, Davey held various positions within the Department of Pathology, the College of Medicine, and at University Hospital. He was also active in a variety of national committees, serving as secretary, vice-president and president of the American Board of Pathology; chair of the Residency Review Committee in Pathology for the ACGME; and serving on the executive committee of the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists.

In 1998, Davey received the Certificate of Appreciation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education for his leadership as chair of the Residency Review Committee in Pathology. In 2000, he received the President’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, and the following year was made Life Trustee of the Ameri-can Board of Pathology. In 2004, he received the President’s award for Excellence in Philanthropic Service.

OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNA

Nienke P. Dosa, MD ’94, MPH

Nienke P. Dosa, MD ’94, MPH, is a developmental pediatrician who joined the Upstate faculty in 2002. She currently holds the Upstate Foundation Professorship in Child Health Policy and is a Senior Fellow

at Syracuse University’s Burton Blatt Institute. Dr. Dosa is a graduate of Yale University, the Upstate Medical University College of Medicine, and Upstate’s Pediatric Residency Program, where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. She was the recipient of a National Research Service Award at the University of Rochester, where she obtained a Master of Public Health degree and completed fellowship training in neurodevelopmental disabilities. While at Roches-ter, Dosa received the Clausen Research Award to study the health care of children with developmen-tal disabilities in neonatal and pediatric ICUs in the Netherlands. She is board certified in pediatrics and in neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Dr. Davey with classmate Gerald J. Bargman, MD ’64

Nienka Dosa, MD ’94, with Drs. Duggan, Simmons, and Eastwood

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Dosa’s clinical practice is the care of children and adolescents who have spina bifida, cerebral palsy, and vision impairment/blindness. Her academic work focuses on the development and evaluation of community-based models for developmental disability care, particularly as this relates to transition to adulthood and inclusive fitness. As medical director of the Spina Bifida Center of Central New York, she launched a group visit program that has received national recogni-tion. She works closely with faculty in the Depart-

ment of Adapted Physical Education at SUNY Cortland, Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies, and the Syracuse University School of Education. Via her affiliation with the Burton Blatt Institute, she also works with scholars in public policy and disability law.

Dosa is a member of the Professional Advisory Council of the Spina Bifida Associa-tion and leads the research

reviews for that organization. She is also active in the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Devel-opmental Medicine. She was the recipient of that organization’s Transformative Care Award for work she is doing with the Department of Orthopedics at Columbia University to launch a lifespan care pro-gram at the Weinberg Cerebral Palsy Center in Man-hattan. She is a member of the executive cabinet of the National Center for Health Care Transition and has published numerous scholarly articles and text-book chapters on lifespan care for individuals with developmental disabilities. She has also produced six instructional DVDs, a 10-part curriculum on healthcare transition for youth with developmental disabilities (www.HealthyTransitionsNY.org), and a series of guidebooks on inclusive fitness for high school students.

Dosa is interested in pipeline initiatives to bring students into the field of developmental disability

care. Each summer she offers internships to local high school and college students. She launched “Parent Partners in Health Education,” a home visit program that introduced residents in pediatrics, family medicine, and psychiatry to systems of care for patients with developmental disabilities. Since 2006, she has directed the New York State Institute for Health Transition Training, and in 2010, she was appointed to the New York State Council for Gradu-ate Medical Education.

With support from her Upstate Foundation Endowed Professorship, Dosa has launched an annual “Fit-IN” conference to promote inclusive fitness in Central New York. She is involved with numerous adapted sports and health promotion programs for people with developmental disabili-ties and has received more than $1-million in grant support for various community-based initiatives since joining the Upstate faculty.

HUMANITARIAN AWARD

Zaven S. Ayanian, MD ’59, FACP

The Upstate Medical Alumni Association honors Zaven S. Ayanian, MD ’59, for his voluntarism and commitment to pro-viding health care for the underserved in his community as a volunteer physician at the Parker Family Health Center.

A native Syracusan, Dr. Ayanian earned his undergraduate degree at Syracuse University and attended Upstate Medical University with assis-tance from the GI Bill after serving in the Korean conflict. He completed internship and residency training in internal medicine at Robert Packer Hos-pital/Guthrie Clinic in Pennsylvania, then joined a multi-specialty practice in Matawan, New Jersey, where he practiced for 35 years.

Early in his career, Ayanian became involved in the creation of a new acute care hospital needed in his community, and upon its opening, became the first medical staff president of the 225-bed Bayshore Community Hospital and chairman of


its Department of Medicine. He was later elected to the hospital’s board of trustees, serving until 2010, when the hospital merged with the Meridian Health System.

In 1995, Ayanian was selected by the medical staff of Bayshore Commu-nity Hospital as Physician of the Year. The selection committee described their honoree as the “quintessential doctor to people in the community . . . Besides practicing excellent medicine, his love and devotion to his patients has endeared him to them.”

Although he retired from private practice in 1999, Ayanian continues to care for low-income, uninsured patients at the Parker Family Health Center, an organization he has helped grow from a walk-in clinic operating out of a modified trailer two nights a week into a comprehensive healthcare facility open six days a week, providing 10,000 patient visits annually.

The Parker Family Health Center serves the working poor in Monmouth County, New Jersey, providing care at no cost to patients, in some cases even paying for medications when the situation calls for additional assistance.

Ayanian was the second physician-volunteer recruited for the clinic and for the past 15 years has treated more than 3,000 patients. He has also been an active participant in the clinic’s program for third-year medical students from UMDNJ, the state’s university of health sciences.

Ayanian’s focus at the clinic has been on patients with chronic disease, primarily heart dis-ease, hypertension and diabetes, which are present in the patient population at very high rates, but also patients who are triaged when they present with acute problems, thus preventing emergency

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room visits and hospitalizations. His approach to chronic disease care is comprehensive. He works closely with the clinic’s dietician, social worker and diabetes educator, seeking to educate patients about their condition and—in his words—facili-tate their self-care. Many patients have complex conditions and significant co-morbidities and Ayanian is committed both to improving patients’ health as well as reducing strains on the healthcare system by preventing hospitalizations that would be inevitable without proper care.

In 2010, the Parker Center nominated Ayanian for the American Medical Association’s Jack B. McConnell, MD Award for Excellence in Volun-teerism, an honor he received. In announcing the award, AMA Foundation president Richard Hov-land praised Ayanian’s enduring presence with the Parker Family Health Center and his commitment to serving the working poor. “Dr. Ayanian is not only a compassionate physician,” said Hovland, “he is also a teacher, mentor and leader.”


Zaven Ayanian, MD ’59, with Dean David Duggan, MD ’79, Alumni Association President K. Bruce Simmons, MD ’79, and Interim President Gregory Eastwood, MD

Dr. Ayanian with cousin Charles Koolakian and wife Judy


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Scholarship Recipients Thanks to the generosity of alumni support,

the Medical Alumni Association awarded more than $300,000 in student

scholarships during Reunion Weekend. A. Geno Andreatta Scholarship Ryan Van Nostrand

Benjamin N., Mollie P. and Gerson H. Aronovitz, MD ’57 Memorial Scholarship Sarah Beth Evans and

Kathryn McHugh

The Ayanian Family Scholarship (endowed by Zaven S. Ayanian, MD ’59)Robert Kribs

The Martin Black Family Scholarship (endowed by Drs. Martin, Gerald, Michael and Robert Black)Devin R. Halleran

Bernard J. Burke, MD ’43 Jeremy Di Bari

Leonard D. Carpenter, MD ’33 and Ruth E. Carpenter Memorial Scholarship Colm Kelleher

Edwin T. Dailey, MD ’68 Memorial Scholarship in Radiology Evan Kastner

The Dracker Family Scholarship Zoe Grabinski and Amy

Reed DuFlo

Robert Eitches, MD ’78 Scholarship in Honor of Shirley and Irving Eitches Sarah Beth Evans

Alfred F. and Shirley D. Enwright Endowed Scholarship Rachel Kopicki

Joseph C. Fischer, MD ’79 Memorial Scholarship John Charitable

Sarah Loguen Fraser, MD, Class of 1876, Scholarship Michael Enechukwu

Joseph J. Gadbaw, MD 12/’43 and Ann Gadbaw Scholarship Nefertari Alisha Owens

Max Gara and Robert H. Gara, MD ’56 Scholarship Sabine S. Khan

Suzan and Philip M. Gaynes, MD ’63 Scholarship Zoe Grabinski

Samuel Gersten, MD ’39 and Martha Gersten Endowed ScholarshipsColm Kelleher, Robert Kribs,

Michael Christopher Harold Miller, and Ryan Van Nostrand

Jerome C. Goldstein, MD ’63 and Rochelle Goldstein Scholarship Tammer Ghaly

Frances A. Harmatuk, MD ’41 Geriatric Scholarship Kelly Cummings

Grant Hobika, MD ’52 Scholarship Tommy Fu

Robert V.P. Hutter, MD ’54 and Ruth L. Hutter Scholarship Ellie Garbade

E. Gregory Keating, PhD Memorial Scholarship Michael Roberts, College of

Health Professions

Martha S. Kincaid, MD Scholarship Jeremy Di Bari

Sonya A. LaBella Memorial Scholarship Benjamin Onderdonk

Stanley D. Leslie, MD ’51 Memorial Scholarship Nicole Thompson

The Lynch Family Scholarship Ellie Garbade

Alphonse A. Maffeo, MD ’72 Scholarship Fremlin Akwasi Dekyi

B. Dale Magee, MD ’75 Scholarship Corey Vasisko

Patrick T. Mathews, MD ’03 Memorial Scholarship Thomas Franzon

James L. McGraw, MD ’41 Scholarship Sabine S. Khan

Gustave P. Milkey, MD ’43 and Janet B. Milkey Merit Scholarship Erika Steinbrenner

Peggy and Adolph Morlang, MD ’66 Scholarship Adeseye Adekeye

Rudolph J. Napodano, MD ’59 Scholarship Mary Ngaleu Nkamany

Onondaga County Medical Society (OCMS) Medical Student Scholarship Adwoa Boahene and

Melissa Gadsden

Betty Reiss, MD ’68 and Jacob Reiss, MD ’68 Family Endowed Scholarship Krista Tookhan

Esther and Monroe Richman, MD ’55 Scholarship Lambert Lewis

The Samuel G. Rosenthal, MD ’64 Scholarship Jasmin Sahbaz

Sanders/Kilkelly Scholarship Hansitta Uche

The Schein Family Scholarship Catherine White

Jack J. Schneider, MD ’66 Scholarship Matthew Chiarello

Julius Schwartz, MD ’33 Scholarship Thomas Franzon and

Jasmin Sahbaz

John B. and Henrietta E. Simeone Scholarship Sarah Lander

Frederick W. Sloan, MD ’74 Scholarship Nathan Jones

Susan B. Stearns, PhD Scholarship for Community Engagement Nicole Cifra and Cheryl

DuMond-Martinez

Susan B. Stearns, PhD Scholarship for International Travel Adeseye Adekeye and

Rebecca Roach

Ralph Stevens, MD ’81 Madison-Oneida Counties Scholarship Joshua Bonville, Allie

Clapp, Mary White Kolb, William Reed, Michael Siegenthaler, and Butros Toro

Subik Family Scholarship Tiffany Bush

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Dr. Oscar and Mrs. Luba Trief Memorial Scholarship Rebecca Adler

Medical Alumni Foundation Founders Scholarship Devin R. Halleran

Barbara and Harold H. Wanamaker, MD ’56 Scholarship Jessica Christiano

Andrew D. Weinberg, MD ’78 Memorial Geriatric Scholarship Kelly Cummings

Herbert M. Weinman, MD ’65 and Suzy Weinman Scholarship Award Alexandra Aarons

Susan and Jack Yoffa, MD ’69 in Memory of Elaine Yoffa Hornung Scholarship Rachelle St. Onge

Leanne and Frank E. Young, MD ’56 Scholarship Sarah Beth Evans, Thomas

Franzon, and Matthew Helm

Class of 1966 Scholarship Lindsey Koester

Carol Kavanagh and Class of 1973 Scholarship James Sul

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Dr. Sharon Brangman has a number of titles: professor of medicine at Upstate Medical Uni versity. Division chief of geriatrics at the university,

where she also directs the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Training Program. Director of University Geriatricians, a clinical practice associated with Uni-versity Hospital. Director of the Central New York Alzheimer’s Disease Assis-tance Center. Past president of the American Geriatrics Society and presi-dent-elect of the Association of Direc-tors of Geriatric Academic Programs.

She uses her prominence to push America’s medical schools to improve training in geriatrics.

“There’s a certain amount of advo-cacy that goes with geriatrics, because we’re always fighting to help older adults get the right kind of care,” Brangman says. “We need to make sure the health-care workforce is educated so they can take care of them. So I got involved in doing things in Washing-ton and in various national committees to help make sure we’re training the health-care workforce.”

She champions new approaches: “We have an ACE team — an acute-care-for-the-elderly team. We eval-uate people when they come into the hospital so we can help make sure that they don’t lose any physical or cogni-tive function.”

WERE YOU IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS GROWING UP? I probably was always the organizer, the one who would come in and next thing you know I’m doing something.

I remember organizing a little summer day camp with kids who were just hanging out. I charged like 25 cents a day. I created things for the kids in the neighborhood to do.

I like to put lots of moving parts together and make sure things are organized and that we’re working toward a common goal. Disorganiza-tion isn’t efficient.

I was born in Brooklyn. We moved to Syracuse when I was in eighth grade. So I’ve got a foot in two places, but my New York City blood is getting thinner.

So I went to junior high school here, and I went to high school here, and I went to Syracuse University and I went to med school here.

Then I left. In fact, I was never coming back. I was down in New York City, but the appeal of Central New York was really strong, especially after I had two kids. So we moved back.

WHO INFLUENCED YOU AND HELPED DEVELOP YOUR LEADERSHIP? My mother.

She was the first or among the first nurse practitioners in Central New York. She was in the first class at the University of Rochester. If things were different in her day, she probably would have been a physician.

She had a lot of different interests and was involved in the arts. The Met-ropolitan School for the Arts and Salt City Playhouse and other little things that were always interesting and maybe unexpected.

That was the spirit I grew up with. Here’s an example: I went to Not-tingham High School. I wanted to do skiing. There was nobody interested in skiing that looked like me. But I wanted to do it, and I ended up skiing.

A lot of things that I did I was the first or the only and I may not have always had someone per se as a mentor. Over time, I was able to find some. I know mentors now are considered very important in success. It’s challenging when you’re the first or the only and trying to find someone who can help.

YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT GENDER AND BEING AFRICAN-AMERICAN? Yeah.

HOW DID THAT INFLUENCE THE WAY YOU DEVELOPED? I was determined to make things happen no matter what. I have always been very determined to succeed or make things happen or pull the right groups together no matter what. I can’t say I’ve always been suc-cessful in that, but a good part of the time I have been.

If you spend a lot of time thinking about it, that’s all you’ll do. That can be pretty depressing, so you just gotta keep moving.

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TELL ME MORE ABOUT GERIATRICS AND YOUR WORK ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. There are not enough of us, which is one of our biggest concerns. Friends who aren’t in medicine say, “Oh, this is the best time to be in geri-atrics because of the demographics and the population increasing.”

But this is not a demographic-driven specialty. So just when we have the Baby Boomers aging—I think the statistics are they’re turning 65 at the rate of 10,000 a day—the number of people who are trained to take care of them is taking a precipitous dive.

We don’t have the pipeline to pro-vide the care. It’s not just doctors. It’s also nurses, it’s pharmacists, it’s phys-ical therapists, it’s the way hospitals and health-care services are designed to be accessible.

A lot of it is just changing the cul-ture and the mindset of aging. Aging is something we all aspire to, but most people are terrified of it. We have a culture and society that doesn’t value old people.

WHY ARE NUMBERS OF CAREGIVERS DECLINING AS THE MARKET IS GOING UP? Economics is a big issue. You have medical students who are graduating with a record debt, and geriatricians are among the lowest paid of the docs.

Medical care in our country is reimbursed based on procedures—what you can do to someone, like surgery or scoping them or something like that. Geriatrics, like general inter-nal medicine, is a cognitive specialty so you’re thinking about the person—they’re often complex—and you’re helping to coordinate their care among different specialists.

We don’t focus on one organ; we take care of the whole person and often their family and how they relate to the community. That’s time consuming, and it’s not reimbursed at the same level. So you have medi-cal students who are graduating with $200,000 debt. They have to make decisions.

It’s not always taught in medi-cal schools. A lot of nursing programs have eliminated geriatrics. It’s not part of pharmacy training or a lot of physi-cal therapy training.

A lot of students, no matter what their discipline, aren’t even getting exposed to geriatrics.

Then we have challenges in our society and in Washington in problem solving — identifying a problem and coming up with a rational approach to solving it. That creates obstacles that are completely unnecessary.

So we have a perfect storm of events impacting the way care is delivered to the coun-try in general, but especially to older people.

WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR OVERCOMING OBSTACLES OR TAKING ON A TOUGH CHAL-LENGE? One of the key factors of aging well is flexibility. If you’re rigid and you can’t adapt to the environment around you,

you’re not going to live to be very old. So that’s a metaphor for how you have to evalate and be flexible and maybe change approach and keep at the main goal.

You have to be willing to leave your comfort zone because none of this is comfortable.

If you have a tough problem, you have to bring together people who have good skills and knowledge. Fill in gaps you don’t have, figure out a way to pick maybe a few pieces out of the bigger problem that you can start working on.

You have to be persistent. Some-times we set a timeline that’s too short. It takes longer to do things than we really understand or can imagine. The path isn’t usually a straight one. It usu-ally has lots of turns and deviations.

If you have an issue that you think has merit, you have to be in it for the long haul. You have to set goals, but I think a lot of times we give up too soon. Because change takes a long time. n

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A lthough the medical student was a smalltown girl herself, she

wasn’t particularly excited about the location of her clinical assignment in Upstate’s Rural Medical Education Program (RMED), which places medical students in small communities in Upstate New York to work sidebyside with local physicians.

But over the course of the year, as she grew in her clinical confidence, became acclimated to the area, and made friends and professional connections, all of that changed. She became a member of the community and pictured herself returning there to practice when her training was complete.

That metamorphosis is captured in a photograph that shows a wall of coats and snowmobile helmets in a restaurant coatroom. “By the end

of the winter,” the student wrote in her caption, “my own coat and snowmobile helmet were hanging among many others in the entrance of a local restaurant.” That was her way of knowing—and showing—that she belonged.

The photo was taken as part of a research project that used student photography to explore how training in a rural community changed RMED students’ perspectives about practicing medicine.

The study was initiated by coprincipal investigator Carrie Roseamelia, PhD, associate

director of the RMED program, who has a background in qualitative medical education research. She thought the project would be a great method to learn more about students’ clinical training experiences and how those experiences interact with their rural site.

The study coincides with the 25th anniversary of the RMED program, which was established in 1989 to address the needs of medically underserved communities in Upstate New York by attracting young doctors to rural practice.

The program places thirdyear Upstate medical students in small, rural communities for nine consecutive months to work and learn under the supervision of boardcertified family physicians and other specialists. The goal is to attract students to return to similar areas to practice when their training is complete, and it seems to be working.

Program data shows that students who participate in RMED are four times more likely to practice in a rural setting and five times more likely to work in rural New

PLACE MATTERS

It’s often said that a picture is worth 1,000 words. A unique photo research project documents the impact of training in rural communities on medical education for students in the RMED program.


York than their peers. One in five students who go through the program end up practicing in an RMED community and one in 10 return to the same community where they did their RMED training to practice.

“Statistics tell us the program is effective in recruiting clinicians to serve in rural communities and our evaluations tell us students are highly satisfied with their experiences in rural training, but we don’t really have a lot of data on how students interact with their rural communities during their rotations and how the rural setting influences their clinical training,”

says Roseamelia. “We conducted our study to learn more.”

The RMED Student Photo Research Project, conducted from March to May 2014, is an Upstate IRBreviewed human subjects research project, and as such, requires student participants to remain anonymous. Roseamelia asked the thirdyear medical students and physicians’ assistant students working at RMED sites to take photos that captured their feelings about working in their rural environment and to write a few sentences—or vignette—about the photo.

It’s a group analysis method known as Photovoice,

which is commonly used in the fields of community development, public health, and education. Participants are asked to represent their community or express their point of view by photographing scenes relevant to their community or experience, in this instance, to convey their impressions of how their rural medicine experience impacted their lives, what they learned from their experiences, and how their experiences have changed their perspective on medicine. “Photovoice allowed the students to represent their experiences through their own lenses and to express what they might have trouble saying outright,”

“By the end of the winter, my own coat and snowmobile helmet were hanging among many others in the entrance of a local restaurant.”

“Photovoice allowed the students to represent their experiences through their own lenses and to express what they might have trouble saying outright.”— CARRIE ROSEAMELIA, PHD,

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF

THE RMED PROGRAM

“Farm life involves a close relationship between farmers and animals. An understanding of potential infections, illnesses, and injuries that can result from this close interaction is important in rural medicine.”

“Some moments in my rural community were so breathtakingly beautiful, they made me stop and appreciate simply being alive and well enough to experience them.”

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said Roseamelia, who received 64 photographs back from 11 participating students.

“An image of rolling fields, for example, gives the notion of a seemingly isolated setting,” says one student participant. “This helps depict the idea that rural areas struggle to attract physicians who fear professional and social isolation. Another example is a farmer laboring in her orchard while a foot of snow lay beneath her feet, which depicts the strong work ethic and resilience often found in rural patients who make their livelihood off of hard labor. This lifestyle has implications in areas of care such as access to care and patient compliance.”

Once the students submitted their photographs, the interdisciplinary research team coded each picture and vignette with the themes they thought the photos represented. Next, a second focus group session was held with the participating students, who confirmed, revised and elabo

rated on the themes that emerged, allowing Roseamelia and fellow researchers to “code” the photos and vignettes into thematic areas:

PARTICIPANTS’ PERCEP-TIONS OF OTHERS. The ethnic and cultural diversity of patients and the specific medical conditions typical in their rural settings was clearly different than what the students experience in Syracuse. “They see more Mennonites and refugees and medical conditions related to farming and a work culture that keeps patients from seeking medical attention and resistant to rest,” says Roseamelia. In addition, students see things like intestinal issues related to eating game.

“Farm life involves a close relationship between farmers and animals,” wrote one student. “An understanding of potential infections, illnesses, and injuries that can result from this close interaction is important in rural medicine.”

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE. Students described the beauty of the rural setting as a space for personal reflection, relaxation and spirituality, which took on much more importance to them. “Students talked about how they were really close to their patients and really dealing with hard stuff such as abuse and death. Up here, we train them to rely on their cohort of peers as a support system, but out there, they’re on their own, which can be tough,” says Roseamelia. “They used the physical space as an outlet.”

“There are places where I go to refresh my mind and body so that I can be mentally

and physically prepared to be the best medical provider that I can be,” wrote one student.

Students also described rurality in terms of its inaccessibility for patients seeking care. “Many rural patients live, work, and play in remote wilderness,” wrote another. “This has many implications on access to care, particularly emergency care. In winter, it can take several hours for a rescue team to reach a snowmobile trauma in such a location.”

TRAINING ENVIRONMENT. As rural trainees, students felt appreciated, part of the team, and given unparalleled learning opportunities. They experi

“There are places where I go to refresh my mind and body so that I can be mentally and physically prepared to be the best medical provider that I can be.”


enced the true essence of continuity of care as they followed patients from the clinic, into surgery, to the hospital floors, and later back in the clinic, resulting in a depth of patient/student interactions and understanding. Continuity of family care, including extended families, was not unusual.

“Medical training is not all about lecturing and science,” one student wrote. “Rather, because of my experience in a rural site with such welcoming physicians and staff, I have learned it is very humanistic and includes a great deal of social work, cultural awareness, offlabel treatments, and pearls only learned from experience.”

SELF IDENTITY. Students described the juxtaposition as insiders and outsiders of the rural communities where they trained. They felt like insiders in terms of making real connections within their hospital and professional circle, yet revealed themselves as outsiders in their vignettes as they made assumptions and generalizations of the patients they encountered and their work in trying to “fit in” with their rural communities. For those training in their hometowns, fitting in was much easier.

“I learned almost immediately that as an outsider

mov ing into a small rural community, all eyes were on me . . . ,” wrote one student. “I began to understand the importance of maintaining a professional image, as I was very much in the spotlight and the members of this community were trusting me with their health.”

Roseamelia is in the process of analyzing all of the coded data, which will result in a manuscript the team will try to publish. In the meantime, she is presenting on the project at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Conference in Atlanta in February. And ultimately,

the information gained can be used to enhance Upstate’s RMED Program and better prepare students for their experience through the program’s Introduction to Rural Health course.

She also plans to repeat the project, with a few changes. This time around, she will introduce the project to RMED students during their orientation, allowing them a longer time period to take photos. With the inaugural project, in an effort to get quick approval through the IRB process, students were not allowed to take photos showing people’s faces. “I didn’t think that would matter, but one of the things that emerged in the focus group was how connected students were to patients in their communities,” says Roseamelia.

“One student told the story of going to a local pizza place and the owner remembered her as being in the delivery room when his baby was born. He had a photo of the baby up in the restaurant and she would have liked to have taken a picture of herself with the father and the photo. So I’m hoping next time to be able to allow students to take photos of identifiable people.”

Funding from the Department of Family Medicine allowed Roseamelia to create a photo book using some of the photos and vignettes. Each participating student was asked for the name of a preceptor who was particularly influential, and the books were sent to those preceptors as a thank you. “They had a very hard time choosing just one,” she says. “I was also surprised that all of the students wanted

a book for themselves. They wanted to capture a memory of their experience.”

As one student wrote in her photo caption, “I am grateful that my rural education has allowed me to appreciate the small things in life; getting a medical education doesn’t mean sacrificing everything. It is a balance, one that seems easier in a rural area.” n

“. . . because of my experience in a rural site with such welcoming physicians and staff, I have learned it [medical training] is very humanistic and includes a great deal of social work, cultural awareness, off-label treatments, and pearls only learned from experience.”

25 Years of RMEDRMED was created in 1989 by Thomas Wolff, MD, in the Department of Family Medicine with a goal of alleviating the state’s ongoing shortage of physicians who practice general medicine in New York’s rural communities. Over 25 years, 215 students have graduated from the program, which has proven successful in providing primary care and specialty physicians for rural practice. A few facts:

Upstate’s RMED students are 4x more likely to practice in a rural set ting and five times more likely to work in rural New York than their peers.

70% of the RMED students go into primary care (mostly family practice) and the remainder into specialties or non-clinical practice.

RMED’s specialty graduates are equally likely to work in a rural setting as primary care RMED graduates.

1 in 5 students end up practicing in an RMED community; one in 10 students go back into practice in the same community where they com-pleted their RMED training.

41 of the graduates who have completed residency training in the last 10 years are in practice in Upstate New York; about half are in rural communities.

For information on how you can support the RMED program, please contact Paul Norcross at (315)464-4361 or [email protected].

“Snow or rain, the work must get done. Work ethic and resilience of rural laborers persist even when treatment calls for rest.”


— M E M O I R —BU

BBLEHEAD MEDICINE

MY TOUR AS A

SUBMARINE DOC

BY JOHN T. MCCARTHY, MD ’69


On a cold, wintry January 12, 1971, I arrived at the submarine base in Groton, Connecticut, to begin a six-month submarine medicine course for drafted physicians. The Navy had snatched me from the jaws of a pediatric residency in Denver, Col-orado, in the midst of an increas-

ingly unpopular Vietnam War that had already claimed my kid brother, Peter, on a battlefield in An Lao Valley. Not knowing left from right when it came to military matters, I stumbled into my first class with 10 other equally clueless newbies looking for adventure on the high seas in foreign ports. I set my sights on the tropical waters of Hawaii and dreamed of sipping Mai Tais while surfing the waves. Thus began my career in Bubblehead medicine.

I quickly learned that submariners were aptly dubbed “Bubbleheads” in contrast to sailors (“Skimmers”) aboard surface ships. Bubbleheads are obsessed with buoyancy, ballast, and, yes, bubbles. Filling a sub’s ballast tanks with water makes a boat heavier, more sinkable, and less buoy-ant. Displacing water in ballast tanks with highly pres-surized air makes a boat less sinkable and more buoyant. Maintaining a balance between the two at any given depth is known as trim. That’s where bubbles come in. Like a carpenter’s level, you can shift the centralized bubble to the right or to the left should you desire to have the aft section of a sub to be heavier than the fore section. Our submarine medicine indoctrination included such topics as atmospheric control, potable water, sanitation, radi-ation monitoring, diving medicine, trauma treatment, emergency surgery, dental care, indications for medical evacuation while on patrol, and of course, general well-being and mental health of the crew. We also practiced escape from a sunken sub on a simulator and took scuba lessons in the frigid Thames River on base.

Upon graduation from the course in June, 1971, I received orders to report to the Blue crew of the USS James Monroe. Nuclear Polaris Subs have two 130-man Blue and Gold crews, alternating on 90-day cycles. I happily noted that the James Monroe was attached to Submarine Squad-ron 15 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and thinking I had won the Trifecta, headed for the sands of Waikiki. Having failed to read the fine print, however, my bubble burst a nano-second after my arrival when my predecessor greeted me with a smile and a lei and informed me that the rest of the Blue crew was eager for me to join them in the long flight past the International Dateline to Guam for a rendezvous with the Gold crew in Apra Harbor.

Chosen not as a resort destination, Guam was even closer to the equator than the Hawaiian Islands and more remote. But it had strategic importance. Apra Harbor, within spitting distance of the famed, nearly seven-mile

deep Marianas Trench, was a great hiding place for Nuclear Polaris subs to become virtually invisible from anyone interested in tracking them. In a few days, we relieved the Gold crew and took over control of the James Monroe, dubbed the “Jimmyfish.” When I first glimpsed her, this black hulk looked like a gigantic whale, more than a foot-ball field in length and God only knew how deep below.

“Welcome aboard, Sir,” the Jimmyfish sentry replied to my request to come aboard, as I gingerly crossed the gang-way, entering my new home for the next three months. A distinct whiff of submarine air tinged with the scent of sweat, smoke, and male hormones confronted me. I felt calm as I descended down a 20-foot steel ladder into its womb and thought of the biblical story of Jonah being swallowed by a whale. I first entered a compart-ment referred to as the Control Room, where the Cap-tain ruled supreme as he barked out orders. I would get to know this room even more intimately once we were sub-merged on patrol. Another stairway, much easier to nav-igate than the vertical entry ladder, led down to the next level where Officer Country was located. The dining room seated 10 officers and served as a multi-purpose room for meals, meetings, and movies. Three-man staterooms were located across the hall. Each stateroom, no larger than a pantry, contained triple-decker twin-sized beds covered by a thin mattress. It certainly felt cramped when all three men were there. We shared a small sink and a few drawers

August 1971: Captain J.H. Nicholson, Submarine Squadron Commander, presents Dr. McCarthy with a citation for meritorious service for treating five crewmen aboard the USS James Monroe Blue crew overcome by Freon gas intoxication, who required resuscitation and evacuation to the hospital.


for our personal possessions. I chose the bottom bunk so I could easily roll out of bed when needed rather than climb up and down. It reminded me of my room growing up in the Bronx, which was no bigger than a walk-in closet but at least had a window, which looked out on a tall maple tree and the one-way street below. No such luck here.

All submariners must by nature be claustrophiles. Cramped spaces don’t bother them. By contrast, the majority of people I’ve met over the years are claustrophobes. During the first 30 days in port preparing for our two month submerged patrol, we often escaped evenings to the Officers Club for some fun. While there, many of the Naval Hospital’s doctors and nurses begged me to take them on a tour of the Jimmyfish. Almost always, they called me to cancel the next day after they had sobered up. One physician actu-ally showed up and descended down the verti-cal steel ladder into the air-conditioned Control Room. I noticed beads of sweat dripping from his forehead and asked if he was okay. “I don’t know how you can go out on patrol on this boat even for one day let alone 60,” he responded, and beat a hasty retreat up the ladder never to be seen again.

As a physician aboard a nuclear Polaris submarine, my primary responsibility was to advise the Captain on mat-ters of health and habitability both in port and at sea. I ran our Medical Department of two aboard with the help of a seasoned, well-trained Hospital Corpsman. During our month in port, the Corpsman and I held sick call daily. Most visits were routine and included minor injuries, sun-burn, colds, and hangover headaches. Some required a physical exam as part of the boat’s radiation control pro-gram. Once, while canoodling at the local Chief’s Club after work, one of our crewmen drank too much, got into a brawl, and sustained a lacerated lip. We dragged him onto the Proteus where I, in plastic surgeon mode, care-fully stitched up his lip good as new. Not bad for a half-baked pediatrician.

The time to “ship ahoy” arrived just when most of the crew chomped at the bit to go to sea. While the Com-modore of Submarine Squadron 15 gave his Bon Voyage

speech topside, five machinist mates working in a cramped compartment down below were overcome by a Freon gas leak and the Corpsman and I were summoned to help. After resuscitating a few, they were all evacuated to the Guam Naval Hospital for further evaluation and treat-ment, where the puzzled ER staff asked, “Why did they drink Freon?” revealing their ignorance about Freon and its toxic effects. The next day, the Chief of Medicine at the

hospital medically cleared three of the five crewmen, but because two had abnor-

mal EKGs, he advised they not go on patrol. Two days late and two men

short, the Jimmyfish steamed out of Apra Harbor and rap-

idly disappeared.When the Captain

ordered “Dive, Dive,” I thought we were surely going to sink to the bottom of the Marianas Trench, as an eerie crack-ling-crunching noise surrounded me. Amused, my Corps-man explained that’s

the normal sound the boat’s hull makes when

expanding and contract-ing as it changes depth. What

a relief. I learned to ignore this sound as we settled into a patrol

routine and continued to hold daily sick call. Although most visits were rou-

tine, we occasionally dealt with some challeng-ing health problems that had me scouring through old medical texts to come up with a diagnosis and treatment. Once I treated our Master Chief Torpedoman for a rela-tively rare ophthalmic Herpes Zoster (shingles), primar-ily with pain medication in a pre-Acyclovir era. I prayed that it not extend into his eye, which would require the Jimmyfish to surface for an air evac to the nearest medical center. Luckily by the end of our patrol, his shingles had largely resolved.

My physician duties did not fill the entire day, so as a means to mingle with the crew, learn how a nuclear sub works, and pass time, I volunteered to stand a six-hour watch daily as a Diving Officer in the Control Room. (If a medical emergency occurred while I stood my Diving Officer watch or the boat held a practice drill, someone relieved me.) My job entailed monitoring two helmsmen and maintaining the depth ordered by the Captain or his designated Officer of the Deck. It could get dicey when the boat was at periscope depth of 70-feet below the surface. Holding a perfect trim was absolutely essential for the boat in the evening during “housekeeping chores,” which

“My life began flashing before me. The Captain calmly ascended the stair

way to the Control Room where he ordered a manual tweak of the emergency blow system. Just as suddenly, this maneuver rapidly

reversed the sub’s downward trajectory . . . . ”


included peering through the periscope to scan the horizon for surveillance, dumping compacted trash, discharging waste, and snorkeling to suck in fresh air to enrich the boat’s atmosphere. Too heavy, the sub sinks like a rock, but too light it pops to the surface like a cork, risking detection. I remember one of those “housekeeping chores” evenings while having dinner with other officers and the Captain, when the sub began to take a disconcert-ing steep nose dive and soon passed 300 feet. I thought, “This is it!” My life began flashing before me. The Captain calmly ascended the stairway to the Control Room where he ordered a manual tweak of the emergency blow system. Just as suddenly, this maneuver rapidly reversed the sub’s downward trajectory by forcing enough pressurized air into the main ballast tanks to make the boat more buoyant.

During my stint as a Diving Officer, I learned an awful lot of useful information: (1) When in doubt, ask the Chief of the Watch to bail you out; (2) If the boat’s trim suddenly goes kafluey, suspect a trim party and, where appropriate, take action; (3) The fastest way to get a hot cup of coffee is to ask the Go-fer to bring you “black and bitter”; (4) For credibility, pepper your conversation with scatologi-cal Bubble-ese. For example, if you want someone to get organized, say, “Get your shit together.” Or should you want to tell a tale, refer to it as a “No Shitter”; (5) How to imitate a dead shrimp for comic relief; and finally (6) the value of the Emergency Blow System to keep one safe from Davey Jones Locker.

Before I knew it, my first patrol was over and we were headed home to Honolulu for our three months off crew.

During this time, in addition to holding sick call on Ford Island, I went to the Tripler Army Medi-cal Center’s library to find out everything then-known about human Freon toxicity. The librarian helped me collect a pile of scientific review arti-cles, which I pored over and brought with me on my second patrol. In addition to my usual patrol activities, I finished reading and re-reading those papers and then wrote a comprehensive review paper. Conclusion: Freon 11 and 12, then used on nuclear subs for cooling and refrigeration, are toxic indeed like a bad anesthetic and a potential killer. Recommendation: Use fewer toxic Freon substances aboard.

To become “Qualified in Submarines” as a physician, I submitted the following documents

to a review board at the Submarine Med-icine School on the Groton Sub Base: (1) a completed com-prehensive written exam on Subma-rine Medicine; (2) my review paper enti-tled: “Freon Toxic-ity in Humans”; and (3) a cover letter by my Captain recom-mending approval of

my application. Hap-pily, in May 1972,

toward the end of my tour aboard the USS James Monroe, I received board approval designating me as “Qualified in Submarines,” entitling me to wear the prestigious Gold Medical Dolphins. I thereupon joined a small elite group of physicians so honored. This accomplishment undoubtedly cemented my bond with my fellow Blue crew bubbleheads that has lasted me a lifetime. To top it off, I subsequently learned several years after my tour of duty that my recom-mendation to employ more benign Freon on Submarine cooling and refrigeration systems was actually imple-mented. n

After finishing his tour of duty, Dr. McCarthy returned to Denver, Colorado, to complete his pediatric residency. This launched his civilian career in medicine, which included stints in pediatrics, child development, and child and adolescent psy-chiatry. McCarthy found time to join the Army Reserves in 1986 after serving another tour of duty at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, retiring in 2003 as a Colonel in the Medical Corps. In 2011, he and his wife, Jane Lowinger Falken-stein, MD ’69, retired from their medical practices and moved to Troy, New York, where they enjoy an active life. Between them, they have nine grandchildren.

June 1973: Dr. McCarthy is promoted from Lieutenant to Lieutenant-Commander. Captain Robert Chewning, Commander of Submarine Squadron 7, places McCarthy’s new rank on his right collar.

The USS James Monroe


Legacy SocietyPeter J. Adasek, MD ’65

Stanley A. August, MD ’69*Leo S. Bell, MD ’38*

Mat G. Boname, MD ’26*Arline I. Bourner*

Kathryn* and George J. Buchholtz, MD ’52*Bernard J. Burke, MD 3/’43*

Jane and Benjamin H. Button, MD ’58*Ruth* and Leonard D. Carpenter, MD ’33*

Edwin T. Dailey, MD ’68*Frederick Dushay, MD ’57Walter F. Erston, MD ’70

Mary Elizabeth Fletcher, MD ’41*Edwin J. Foley, MD ’31*

Robert H. Gara, MD ’56*Martha* and Samuel Gersten, MD ’39*

Amy and Leon I. Gilner, MD ’74Catherine and P. William Haake, MD ’65

James B. Hanshaw, MD ’53Emma M. Kent, MD ’35*

Donna W. Layden, MD ’82*Stanley D. Leslie, MD ’51*

Geraldine G. Lynn, MD ’40*David T. Lyon, MD ’71

William G. McKechnie, MD ’54*Sydney L. McLouth, MD ’40*

Roy S. Moore, Jr, MD ’45*Cheryl Morrow Brunacci, MD ’97

Lloyd S. Rogers, MD*Seymour H. Saltzman, MD ’51*

Rose* and Jules R. Setnor, MD ’35*K. Bruce Simmons, MD ’79

Margery W. Smith, MD ’50*Julius Stoll, Jr, MD 12/’43*

Alice J. Turek, MD ’51*William Wickman, MD ’36*

Leanne* and Frank E. Young, MD ’56*DECEASED

2013-2014 Report of Gifts



Leadership GiftsWEISKOTTEN SOCIETY$25,000 and aboveAnonymousCoyne Textile ServicesThomas M. CoyneRichard Endres, MDEdward F. Higgins, Jr., MD ’78Jules R. Setnor, MD ’35*Peter D. Swift, MD ’77Alice J. Turek, MD ’51*Frank E. Young, MD ’56

ELIZABETH BLACKWELL SOCIETY$10,000-$24,999Zaven S. Ayanian, MD ’59Jane ButtonAdolph Morlang, MD ’66Marshia K. Witting

JACOBSEN SOCIETY$5,000-$9,999Mindy and James H. Brodsky,

MD ’74Barbara Carter-Moore, MD ’50Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. DoustRobert A. Dracker, MD ’82Marc Isaacs and FamilyJonas T. Johnson, MD ’72Ann Kasten-Aker, MD ’79Angeline R. Mastri, MD ’59Marcia MathewsPatricia J. Numann, MD ’65Catherine E. Palmier, MD ’85James Palmier, MD ’85Stephanie S. Roach, MD ’93Suzy and Herbert M.

Weinman, MD ’65

PLATINUM SOCIETY$2,500-$4,999Jay G. Barnett, MD ’64Peter J. Christiano, MD ’85Emanuel Cirenza, MD ’84James J. Cummings, MD ’82John J. DeTraglia, MD ’68David B. Duggan, MD ’79Barry Freeman, MD ’70Brian J. Gaffney, MD ’72Onondaga County Medical

Society, Inc.Lewis Robinson, MD ’73Anne H. Rowley, MD ’82Stephen M. Rowley, MD ’82Charles J. Ryan, III, MD ’82Peter F. Sharkey, MD ’84Susan Stearns, PhDRalph L. Stevens, MD ’81Marc A. Subik, MD ’79Joseph R. Tobin, MD ’83

GOLD SOCIETY$1,000-$2,499David H. Adamkin, MD ’74Robert F. Agnew, MD ’64Honora AhernLuz Alvarez, MD ’85Barrie Anderson, MD ’67David J. Anderson, MD ’84AnonymousFrederick Arredondo, MD ’78Associated Gastroenterologists

of CNY, PCJohn R. Ayres, MD ’84Robert Baltera, MD ’85Bank of AmericaCinthia T. Bateman, MD ’98Michael C. Bateman, MD ’98Joseph G. Battaglia, MD ’79Cynthia A. Battaglia-Fiddler,

MD ’79Douglas Bennett, MD ’92Jane S. Bennett, MD ’92Melvyn D. Bert, MD ’67Martin M. Black, MD ’51John E. Bloom, MD ’55Robert D. Bona, MD ’80Arlene Brandwein, MD ’68Elliot Brandwein, MD ’67Jerry Brown, MD ’74Edward Burak, MD ’64Stanley B. Burns, MD ’64Linda Burrell, MD ’84William Canovatchel, MD ’85Robert L. Carhart, Jr., MD ’90Laura R. Carucci, MD ’96Michela T. Catalano, MD ’71David L. Charney, MD ’68Frank T. Cicero, MD ’59Janet F. Cincotta, MD ’74Joseph A. Cincotta, MD ’75Lynn M. Cleary, MDCoca Cola Matching Gifts ProgramKenneth J. Cohen, MD ’87Steven B. Cohen, MD ’84Mary E. Collins, MD ’44Robert N. Cooney, MDGeorge N. Coritsidis, MD ’83Richard D. Cornwell, MD ’84Kevin M. Coughlin, MD ’83Hugh D. Curtin, MD ’72Dennis D. Daly, MD ’83Colleen M. Dargie, MD ’86Frederick R. Davey, MD ’64Mr. and Mrs. I. Stephen DavisJoseph P. Dervay, MD ’84Stamatia Destounis, MD ’88Surinder S. Devgun, MD ’96Kenneth J. Edwards, MD ’84Kenneth A. Egol, MD ’93Alan Ehrlich, MD ’72Nathan EndresDaniel W. Esper, MD ’86Excellus BlueCross BlueShieldMichael and Elizabeth FascitelliFenimore Asset Management, Inc.Philip L. Ferro, MD ’54

Noah S. Finkel, MD ’69Joseph W. Flanagan, MD ’92C. Michael Franklin, MD ’81Philip A. Fraterrigo, MD ’94Jill Freedman, MD ’90Hugh S. Fulmer, MD ’51Philip M. Gaynes, MD ’63Jeffrey Gelfand, MD ’92Lori J. Goldstein, MD ’82David A. Goodman, MD ’84Mary Ellen Greco, MD ’91Seymour Grufferman, MD ’64Kenneth M. Grundfast, MD ’69Andrew W. Gurman, MD ’80Lowell L. Hart, MD ’80William M. Hartrich, MD ’84Steven Hassig, MD ’85E. Robert Heitzman, MD ’51Robert W. Hempel and E. Ann GillWilliam L. Hinds, MD ’54Timothy S. Huang, MD ’95Patsy M. Iannolo, MD ’81Prosper I. Igboeli, MD ’77John J. Imbesi, MD ’99Johnson & Johnson

Family of CompaniesLewis W. Johnson, MD ’64Peter C. Johnson, MD ’80David J. Joswick, MD ’98Rachel KapenMark H. Katz, MD ’75Beverly Khnie Philip, MD, ’73Chong S. Kim, MD ’95Donald W. King, MD ’49Gerald A. King, MD ’65Adam P. Klausner, MD ’96Alan S. Kliger, MD ’70Patrick W. Knapp, MD ’77Reginald Q. Knight, MD ’80Michael Komar, MD ’84Paul L. Kupferberg, MD ’70Michael A. Kwiat, MD ’87Christina LaBella, MD ’91John LaBella, MD ’91Amy L. Ladd, MD ’84Jeffrey R. LaDuca, MD ’98Ira J. Langer, MD ’59Margaret A. Leary, MD ’94Avery Leslie O’Neill and

Hank O’NeillBarbara A. Levey, MD ’61Renee M. LustickDavid A. Lynch, MD ’75Helen Lynch PetrinaAlphonse A. Maffeo, MD ’72C. David Markle, MD ’64John M. Marzo, MD ’84Maureen E. McCanty, MD ’78Timothy McCanty, MD ’85Medical Liability Mutual Insurance, Co.Patricia Merritt, MD ’91Donald S. Miller, MD ’88Gregg A. Miller, MD ’95Lisa Minsky-Primus, MD ’00Michael J. Moeller, MD ’78

Christina Morganti, MD ’92Lori J. Mosca, MD ’84Ralph Mosca, MD ’85Maureen T. Murphy, MD ’85Henry P. Nagelberg, MD ’86David Nelson, MD ’90Michael F. Noe, MD ’69Michael J. Parker, MD ’82Lucia Pastore, MD ’77Donald Patten, MD ’84Joseph T. Pedersen, MD ’94Todd R. Peebles, MD ’94Paul E. Perkowski, MD ’96Mark S. Persky, MD ’72James H. Philip, MD ’73Debra I. Poletto, MD ’83Bernard Portnoy, MD ’55Eleanor Fischer Quigley and

Bob QuigleyPamela J. Reinhardt, MD ’84Michael E. Rettig, MD ’86Patrick J. Riccardi, MD ’76Michael A. Riccione, MD ’85Monroe Richman, MD ’55Harold Richter, MD ’82William H. Roberts, MD ’69Stewart J. Rodal, MD ’80Natalie M. Roney, MD ’04Louis A. Rosati, MD ’66Gary G. Sauer, MD ’85Dorothy F. Scarpinato, MD ’84Louise Judith SchwartzLawrence Seidenstein, MD ’70Lawrence Semel, MD ’79Elaine M. Silverman, MD ’89David R. Smith, MDWilliam Snearly, MD ’86Philip J. Speller, MD ’55Mallory Stephens, MD ’54Thomas J. Stevens, MD ’65Lawrence C. Stewart, MD ’82Dr. and Mrs. Richard StramKeith Stube, MD ’88Pamela L. Sunshine, MD ’82Dawn M. Sweeney, MD ’89Dr. and Mrs. George P. TilleyRobert L. Tiso, MD ’86Raymond C. Traver, Jr., MD ’68Paula Trief, PhDLauren H. Turteltaub, MD ’98Christopher G. Ullrich, MD ’76Josef J. Vanek, MD ’89Katherine A. Van Savage, MD ’98Joseph D. Verdirame, MD ’75John R. Wanamaker, MD ’87R. Douglas Wayman, MD ’55Elizabeth V. WhalenBradley A. Woodruff, MD ’80Elizabeth Yerazunis Palis, MD ’84Jack E. Yoffa, MD ’69Ralph D. Zehr, MD ’64Robert H. Zimmer, MD ’54Stanley Zinberg, MD ’59

*DECEASED

ALL GIFTS RECEIVED FROM OCTOBER 1, 2013 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 | *DECEASED





1935Total Giving $1,768,405

Percentage of Giving 50%

$25,000 and aboveJules R. Setnor*

1942Total Giving $315


$100-$499Alson F. Pierce

March of 1943Total Giving $500


$500-$999Miriam B. Swift*

1944Total Giving $1,275


$1,000-$2,499Mary E. Collins

$100-$499Harry P. Felger

$1-$99Edmund Furcinito



$500-$999Thomas M. Flanagan

$1-$99George R. Gillmore



$100-$499Anthony J. Oropallo*George A. Roberts



$100-$499Carl I. AustinLynne T. GreeneMaerit B. KalletWolfram G. LocherMuriel C. Silbar

$1-$99Shirley M. Ferguson

RayportGeorge P. Fulmer



$100-$499William Levy



$1,000-$2,499Donald W. King

$100-$499Stuart K. CohanLeona C. LaskinRobert MeyerShirley M. Stone Cohlan

$1-$99John H. Grimm*Thomas E. Snyder



$5,000-$9,999Barbara Carter-Moore

$100-$499John W. EsperKenneth F. Golden

$1-$99Milton AlvarezWilliam F. BernhardKarl EastonFleurene P. Holt



$25,000 and aboveAlice J. Turek*

$1,000-$2,499Martin M. BlackHugh S. FulmerE. Robert Heitzman

$500-$999Edward Dunn

$100-$499Helen R. Early



$500-$999Anonymous

$100-$499Norma B. GranvilleNorman R. LoomisRonald A. MillerFrank J. Staub



$500-$999John S. ForrestSheldon J. Horowitch

$100-$499Donald S. AbelsonRobert T. BuranMurray L. CohenJames B. HanshawPaul P. StobnickeFrederic F. Taylor

$1-$99J. Robert HuszarJames E. Lewis



$1,000-$2,499Philip L. FerroWilliam L. HindsMallory StephensRobert H. Zimmer

$500-$999Albert F. ManganBertram S. MersereauH. Ketcham Morrell

$100-$499Keith R. DahlbergDavid C. GreenWilliam H. Hampton, Jr.Donald W. HillmanWilliam M. NicholasThomas A. Treanor

$1-$99Carl W. JanovskyHarold L. KaplanWilliam E. LockeJesse H. Marymont, Jr.Arnold M. MosesRobert E. SostheimWilliam I. StaplesWilliam D. Wiley



$1,000-$2,499John E. BloomBernard PortnoyMonroe RichmanPhilip J. SpellerR. Douglas Wayman

$500-$999Fernando C. Cocca

$100-$499Robert H. DrachmanIrving H. GoldmanEugene R. JacobsAram JigarjianEleanor M. LuceRichard J. RiceRobert G. SpiroRonald H. Spiro

$1-$99Robert E. AustinHoward E. Fink, Jr.C. Brent B. OlmsteadEdward P. Wandersee



$25,000 and aboveFrank E. Young

$100-$499Jerome H. BlumenStanley D. ChovnickWillard CohenMichael L. Del MonicoDonald M. EttelsonAlbert FrankelJames P. GiangobbeJoseph Gold*Howard W. Goldbas



Marshall A. GreeneMilton IngermanArvin J. KleinBertram G. KwasmanW. Frederick LahvisJohn W. LawrowRobert D. LindemanDonald N. MantleRobert PennerLawrence H. PortDonald E. RobinsJudah RoherI. Michael SamloffIra H. ScheinermanJames L. SterlingArthur M. StockmanHarvey I. Wolfe

$1-$99Henry M. EisenbergDavid M. EssomJames J. La VineJohn C. Sanborn



$100-$499M. Arthur BuddenMelvin E. CohenArnold H. DerwinFrederick DushayFrancis J. FroehlichEugene A. Kaplan

Bertram G. KatzungMarvin A. LederDavid B. LevineBernard L. MeyersRonald A. NackmanJ. Walden RetanHoward T. RosenbaumJerome B. ShapiroBertram Warren

$1-$99Gene L. CaryRobert W. DalyRichard R. DoleThomas R. Miller, IIMurray V. OsofskyCharles W. Serby



$500-$999Newton B. ChinGeorge B. Jacobs

$100-$499Allen S. GoldmanMartin L. NusynowitzDavid S. PearlmanL. Robert RubinRichard SchoenfeldHoward L. WeinbergerSeymour Zimbler

$1-$99Robert S. ChavkinDennis R. DerbyPaul M. FineJohn F. Gorman*George E. RandallDonald H. Wilsey



$10,000-$24,999Zaven S. Ayanian

$5,000-$9,999Angeline R. Mastri

$1,000-$2,499Frank T. CiceroIra J. LangerStanley Zinberg

$500-$999Samuel Hellman

$100-$499Martin BerkowitzSamuel J. BraunSheldon P. BravermanPhilip J. BurkeA. Byron CollinsHenry K. HasserjianRichard J. LuberaMyron MillerBarry P. Pariser

David A. ScheerCarl E. SilverPhilip Zetterstrand

$1-$99Gerald E. EpsteinGeorge A. LambGaro H. TaftDonald M. Werner



$500-$999Ronald A. Naumann

$100-$499Robert E. AlessiMary G. AmpolaJulian M. AroestyRobert A. BornhurstAngelo R. Brigandi*Lynn J. DeFreestHarvey R. GoldMark GreenspanHarold J. HubisEugene J. KarandyWilliam B. KremerRichard P. MalsanSuzanne T. MillerJoseph V. ScrivaniRobert R. SirotySamuel O. ThierAllen H. Unger

Lewis WexlerPhilip A. Wolf

$1-$99Leonard R. FriedmanHoward I. LevineLeonard LevyRoger D. MooreFrank J. Weinstock



$1,000-$2,499Barbara A. Levey

$500-$999Schiele A. Brewer*Carlo R. deRosaBarton PakullNelson P. Torre

$100-$499Norman S. CoplonPeter GreenwaldStuart HodoshRobert C. KellyAbraham S. LakshinStanley P. MeltzerHoward R. NankinRobert I. RaichelsonBennett L. Rosner

$1-$99Arthur Sternberg



$100-$499David J. AlbertMorris AschRichard H. BennettHoward B. DembGerald A. GlowackiReynold S. GoldenKirtland E. HoblerRobert E. LubanskiBedros MarkarianWilliam J. MesibovWalter J. OkunskiRobert PossYounger L. PowerJerome M. ReichBurton A. ScherlStuart J. SchwartzRichard K. ShadduckAlan SolomonTheodore K. TobiasJack WittenbergDonald J. Ziehm

$1-$99Peter A. KlemMead F. Northrop







$1,000-$2,499Philip M. Gaynes

$500-$999Gustave L. DavisMarcia C. Kirsch

$100-$499Paul E. BermanRichard F. CarverArnold R. CohenAngela DiamondI. Bruce GordonRonald A. Housman*James R. MoyesFrank A. PedreiraStuart B. PolisnerRaymond W. ShampMartin J. SilversteinKenneth T. SteadmanEdward D. SugarmanRichard J. Wells

$1-$99Carl Salzman



$2,500-$4,999Jay G. Barnett

$1,000-$2,499Robert F. AgnewEdward BurakStanley B. BurnsFrederick R. DaveySeymour GruffermanLewis W. JohnsonC. David MarkleRalph D. Zehr

$500-$999Allan J. EbbinEugene D. GeorgeJack C. Schoenholtz

$100-$499Michael AndrisaniAnonymousKenneth J. BartDonald R. BirnbaumMartin J. BrakerFrank J. BrunsDonald W. CurtisJohn P. FitzgibbonsNathan M. HameroffCarl A. HammerschlagDaniel L. HarrisPhineas J. HyamsLouis S. JagermanMark D. KiviatStephen F. KuceraDavid S. LedermanMurray J. MillerLawrence W. MyersAlan J. NobleIra ReiskinAlan M. RothPeter R. Saltzman

Stephen Z. SchilderRobert J. SnoweA. A. TripodiAnthony E. VoytovichDavid W. WatsonMilton A. Weiner

$1-$99Ronald G. HarperRobert M. Spurgat



$5,000-$9,999Patricia J. NumannHerbert M. Weinman

$1,000-$2,499Gerald A. KingThomas J. Stevens

$500-$999Peter J. AdasekRobert G. NobleLawrence F. Simon

$100-$499Bruce E. BakerAlan L. BreedJack EgnatinskyHerbert FellermanDavid B. GellesMichael L. GoldfeinP. William HaakeJohn P. Hemmerlein

Paul J. HonigDirk E. HuttenbachDonald L. JeckGeorge A. KnaysiGraham B. KretchmanStephen LipsigBruce M. MarmorTerrence M. O’NeillRonald A. RoheThomas G. RumneyPhilip S. Schein

The class of 1964 received the highest percentage of giving award.





$1-$99Daniel K. CreightonAaron KassoffRobert A. NoverNicholas M. RicciardiRobert A. SargentJames R. TobinStephen F. WallnerDaniel H. Whiteley



$10,000-$24,999Adolph Morlang

$1,000-$2,499Louis A. Rosati

$500-$999Robert A. LevineElizabeth R. McAnarney

$100-$499Mark D. AronsonNathan BilligCharles E. CladelMalcolm D. DavidsonNorman DishotskyNorman L. Fienman

Neal M. FriedbergRobert A. GardnerBernard D. GlasserSusan E. GlasserRonald A. HenriksonA. Michael KaplanMichael S. LevineBonnie M. NortonStuart N. NovackJohn W. PetrozziAlan F. PritchardIrwin SchlossbergWilliam H. StoryRussell F. WarrenStephen A. Wilson

$1-$99Lawrence PanitzStuart B. PasterFrank G. Yanowitz



$1,000-$2,499Barrie AndersonMelvyn D. BertElliot Brandwein

$500-$999Alfred P. CoccaroMartin L. CohenJay GrossmanDaniel G. McDonaldMartin R. PostHarvey A. RubensteinHollis A. Thomas

$100-$499Janet O. BernsteinAbba E. BorowichRoger A. BreslowLeslie M. BurgerCharles F. ConversePaul A. DeMareWarren C. GewantMark A. GoodmanMichael KozowerIra D. LevineGilbert B. MandelNorman J. MarcusDaniel C. McCabeBruce L. McClennanJohn R. MooreAllan J. PressRobert S. RhodesCharles T. SitrinJesse WilliamsElizabeth D. WoodardBertram Zarins

$1-$99James A. BarnshawJoseph C. Martino



$25,000 and aboveAnonymous

$2,500-$4,999John J. DeTraglia

$1,000-$2,499Arlene BrandweinDavid L. CharneyRaymond C. Traver, Jr.

$500-$999Karl G. BaerBruce W. BergerDavid J. GreenfieldKathryn D. IorioJohn O. OlsenMichael H. Ratner

$100-$499Ira I. BergerStephen P. BlauPeter F. Coccia

Richard J. FeinsteinAllan I. KanterPhilip KaplanDavid L. KatzMarvin KolotkinWilliam W. MacDonaldBetty MillerWayne A. MillerDavid H. PostlesElliott RosenworcelStanley RothschildCharles SalingerGary P. SchwartzArthur J. SegalMichael L. SilversteinEleanor Williams

$1-$99William S. Halsey



$1,000-$2,499Noah S. FinkelKenneth M. GrundfastMichael F. NoeWilliam H. RobertsJack E. Yoffa

$500-$999Donald P. AldermanNicholas BambinoJoann T. DaleRobert C. DaleDaniel J. DriscollRichard I. MarkowitzLee F. RancierHarvey A. Taylor

$100-$499William AffolterAllan L. BernsteinLaura L. BernsteinJoan E. BersonLarry A. DanzigRobert S. DavisRuth B. DeddishJane L. FalkensteinFrederic C. FenigJames H. FleisherAart GeurtsenWarren L. GilmanJoel GreenspanJeffrey G. KaplanRobert I. KleinSherwood B. LeeIvens LefloreZan I. LewisMartin D. MayerJohn T. McCarthyEdward M. Nathan




2013-2014 Report of Gifts 2013-2014 Report of Gifts

Michael NovogroderRobert H. OsofskyStanley I. RekantThomas E. RootRonald M. RosengartGerard SelzerAndrew J. SwinburneJudith S. WarrenRobert E. Woods

$1-$99Robert V. DavidsonRichard HillelRonald J. Saxon



$2,500-$4,999Barry Freeman

$1,000-$2,499Alan S. KligerPaul L. KupferbergLawrence Seidenstein

$500-$999Mary Ann AntonelliStephen D. BrennerRoy A. Kaplan

$100-$499John L. AlbrigoFrederic S. AuerbachPaul E. BuckthalRobert L. ChitemanRobert W. DoeblerDennis A. EhrichDonald M. HaswellWilliam A. HenionDavid J. HonoldBenjamin F. LevyJohn P. MarangolaA. Peter PaladinArthur C. PeckhamAndrew J. Rurka*Lloyd I. SedererWilliam D. SingerBruce P. SmithJoel A. StromRichard L. SullivanLawrence A. VirgilioAlan L. WilliamsMark L. WolraichHoward D. WulfsonNathan J. Zuckerman

$1-$99Alan D. DreznerPeter A. FreedmanRichard M. GritzDouglas J. Harben*Frida G. ParkerLinda M. Simkin



$1,000-$2,499Michela T. Catalano

$500-$999Robert B. CadyLawrence F. GeussRichard A. GoldmanSteven R. HofstetterJeffrey A. KleinCharles J. MatuszakCharles L. Rouault

$100-$499Philip AltusRosemary Bellino-HallDominic CappelleriGeoffrey M. GraeberWilliam R. GreeneRichard J. HausnerTomas M. HeimannBruce HershfieldMichael HertzbergEugene M. KenigsbergGary J. LevyDavid A. OstfeldJames F. ParksPaul I. SchneidermanRichard M. StrattonErnest B. ViscontiEdward J. ZajkowskiJohn J. Zone

$1-$99Jay B. BrodskyMichael EndeNorman F. JacobsIra D. LiptonDaniel RutrickLee P. Van Voris



$5,000-$9,999Jonas T. Johnson

$2,500-$4,999Brian J. Gaffney

$1,000-$2,499Hugh D. CurtinAlan EhrlichAlphonse A. MaffeoMark S. Persky

$500-$999Carol L. BenderStephen C. RobinsonJohn L. Sullivan

$100-$499Dennis L. AllenPaul BlandoDouglas J. BlatzRonald S. BogdasarianJoseph P. DeVeaugh-

Geiss

Bruce E. FredricksonRichard B. GouldJanet E. GraeberL. Robert Hanrahan, Jr.Richard C. HawleyWilliam J. MaloneStephen P. MichaelsonPaul B. NussbaumThomas I. OsbornDavid N. OsserAndrew K. PalmerJanice E. RossPaul L. TregerDwight A. WebsterMichael L. WeitzmanEva Z. WiesnerStephen J. Winters

$1-$99Robert E. EttlingerAlan G. KenienStephen A. SilbigerSanford P. Temes



$2,500-$4,999Lewis Robinson

$1,000-$2,499Beverly Khnie PhilipJames H. Philip

$100-$499David M. DavisHarold P. DunnLeonard DunnNeil M. EllisonPaul G. Fuller, Jr.William M. HarmandThomas L. KennedyAthanasios MalliosJoseph MaloneyLee RosenbaumSteven M. RothmanHarold A. SandersSteven A. SchenkerMarc J. SchweigerWarren SteinbergPaul L. SuttonG. Robert TaylorGregory A. ThreatteDaniel R. Van EngelRalph J. WynnJohn F. Zdrojewski

$1-$99Richard F. AdamsMichael S. JastremskiJudith D. S. Noel



$5,000-$9,999James H. Brodsky

$1,000-$2,499David H. AdamkinJerry BrownJanet F. Cincotta

$500-$999Stephen P. HeyseMichael W. Slome

$100-$499Jack A. AaronJeffrey A. AbendThomas L. ApplinRosalind M. CaroffRonald A. FischmanPhilip L. FlorioAlan D. FreshmanAaron L. FriedmanLeon I. GilnerJ. Peter GregoireCharles W. HewsonJohn M. HoranLia E. KatzGary M. KohnJoseph P. LiPumaJames T. MarronHoward E. MillerDennis R. NovakTeresa J. Pagano-ParkeRobert G. ParkeJay M. RittErnest P. ScarnatiLeo J. ScarpinoRoni I. SehayikMark D. SimmsPeter R. SimonStuart O. TafeenAlbert I. TydingsJoseph C. Wu







$1,000-$2,499Joseph A. CincottaMark H. KatzDavid A. LynchJoseph D. Verdirame

$500-$999Donald FagelmanJohn D. FeyRobert M. GreenJames A. TerzianAlbert L. Zens

$100-$499AnonymousLouis BlandJeffrey J. BoxerGary C. BrownGlenn ChampagneJames A. DispenzaJay A. ErlebacherJudy S. FuschinoEmile H. GalibPhillip C. GioiaBruce GreensteinPaul M. GrossbergRichard F. KasulkeLouis KormanDavid N. Lisi

Jonathan LowellDavid J. NovelliSamuel N. PearlRobert S. Pyatt, Jr.Anthony J. ScalzoWalter H. ShortJay M. Walshon

$1-$99James A. Truax



$1,000-$2,499Patrick J. RiccardiChristopher G. Ullrich

$500-$999Richard M. AlexanderRichard M. CantorDeborah ReedeMargaret A. Sennett

$100-$499Allen D. AltAdrienne AltmanGerald A. CohenStephen D. ConradJames F. CornellSusan J. DenmanDennis L. Feinberg

Thomas W. FurthIrving HuberFrank J. KrobothMarc LevensonLeonard H. MadoffMichael H. MasonJulia A. McMillanWilliam M. NauseefJanice M. NelsonLorinda J. PriceThomas J. RakowskiHoward SackelEve ShapiroThomas E. StaleyMaurice J. Whalen

$1-$99Mary DayeMichael A. FinerMarc Rothman



$25,000 and abovePeter D. Swift

$1,000-$2,499Prosper I. IgboeliPatrick W. KnappLucia Pastore

$500-$999Arunas A. BudnikasCharles C. GibbsThomas J. LaClairDrake M. LamenNeil E. Strickman

$100-$499Mitchell AtlasPaul F. BachmanPeter BirkJohana K. BrakeleyStephen C. BrighamJohn CanaleLarry ConsensteinJohn J. CucinottaGary DunetzRobert H. Fabrey, IIHenry S. FriedmanPeter J. GencarelliGerard R. HoughCatherine J. HusaRobert M. KellmanLester KritzerDebra KuracinaWilliam R. LatreilleCeleste M. MaddenJohn M. ManringCharles L. McCordFrank V. MessinaLinda RexfordAnthony ScardellaJames A. SchneidCarolyn A. SmithDonald S. Stevens

Cynthia S. TerryMark Zilkoski

$1-$99Theodore D. Close



$25,000 and aboveEdward F. Higgins, Jr.

$1,000-$2,499Frederick ArredondoMaureen E. McCantyMichael J. Moeller

$500-$999Stephen L. CashJoseph Monkofsky

$100-$499AnonymousDaniel E. BechardMark BelskyStephen W. BlatchlyPatrick S. CollinsRobert FulopGerald N. GoldbergDiane F. Green-ElJames L. GreenwaldJohn B. GrippiMelanie S. Kim

Robert J. KitosRonald D. KlizekThomas KristiansenMichael LustickColleen E. O’LearyMichael R. O’LearyJean-Bernard PoulardStephen E. PresserNeal RzepkowskiRichard J. SteinmannCraig SummersJohn N. TalevJames J. VacekIrene O. WernerGary M. Yarkony

$1-$99Elliott FriedmanHerbert E. MendelRonald W. Pies



$5,000-$9,999Ann Kasten-Aker

$2,500-$4,999David B. DugganMarc A. Subik

$1,000-$2,499Joseph G. BattagliaCynthia A. Battaglia-

FiddlerLawrence Semel

$500-$999AnonymousPeter T. CurtinMary E. FallatRichard M. GoldbergTeresa R. MillerElizabeth A. RoccoK. Bruce SimmonsJames A. Trippi

$100-$499Sharon L. AbramsDavid R. AnconaMichael J. BondRobert M. ConstantineJames P. CorsonesJoan S. DengroveDavid H. DubeMark S. ErlebacherBruce E. GouldAdrienne GreenblattDouglas K. HydeBarry F. KanzerKaren M. Kaplan





Joseph C. KonenRobert A. KozolJohn M. ManfredJohn L. MarshJohn B. McCabeMark L. MosterMarlene R. MosterRichard A. MullerWilliam G. PatrickLinda M. RiceMarilyn RyanRonald J. SiegleJoby SwerdlowNancy J. TarbellGregory White

$1-$99Henry AdamStephen L. Ferrante



$1,000-$2,499Robert D. BonaAndrew W. GurmanLowell L. HartPeter C. JohnsonReginald Q. KnightStewart J. RodalBradley A. Woodruff

$500-$999Brian J. ChanatryDavid A. GoodkinEdward C. GrossNancy S. KnudsenRobert MitchellMichael D. PriviteraJohn H. Soffietti

$100-$499Jeffrey S. AbramsMarc H. AppelMary BlomePeter T. BrennanMichele A. CookTimothy E. DudleyGary C. EndersJohn F. FattiErnest M. FoundRobert T. FriedmanDavid GreenblattScott R. GreenfieldBonnie GrossmanRuth HartGregory G. KenienMichael J. KornsteinMarilyn KrchPaul MengeMarjie L. PersonsGerald B. RakosJohn E. RitchieNeal M. ShindelStephen M. SilverPeter J. StahlNicholas J. Stamato

William L. SternheimRobert M. VandemarkAlexander E. WeingartenDale R. WheelerDavid WithersJoanna Zolkowski-

Wynne

$1-$99Deborah W. RobinFleta Sokal



$2,500-$4,999Ralph L. Stevens

$1,000-$2,499C. Micheal FranklinPatsy M. Iannolo

$500-$999William P. BerkerySteven M. ConnollyGary D. DeanWilliam W. Faloon, Jr.Martin P. JacobsCarol A. SimmonsBarbara E. Strassberg

$100-$499Paul L. AsdourianWendy L. BalopoleJody S. BlancoStephen P. BogosianSharon A. BrangmanRonald C. BrodskyCharles F. CarrierSteven P. GalaskyDavid C. GoodmanDavid G. GreenhalghDavid B. GrossbergWilliam P. HannanMichael R. HarrisonRachel F. HeppenLinda HuLori Jalens SternheimDavid E. KolvaPaul L. KuflikVincent J. LeontiDennis J. NaveLouis M. PapandreaPeter G. RonanStephen A. SpauldingRichard M. SteinbruckKathleen StoeckelScott A. SyverudJames D. TelonisStuart W. Zarich

$1-$99David M. ArmestoMichael R. GilelsEllen M. KaczmarekJeffrey C. Long

Gary M. RussottiWilliam D. RyanJonathan R. SpornAnthony J. Viglietta



$5,000-$9,999Robert A. Dracker

$2,500-$4,999James J. CummingsAnne H. RowleyStephen M. RowleyCharles J. Ryan, III

$1,000-$2,499Lori J. GoldsteinMichael J. ParkerHarold RichterLawrence C. StewartPamela L. Sunshine

$500-$999Alan J. GoodmanGary B. KaplanAnn M. LenaneNorman R. NeslinDavid M. NovickMichael A. RicciSophia SocarisWilliam S. Varade

$100-$499Bruce K. BarachJames F. BoehnerFrederick J. BunkeJoseph CambareriThomas E. CoyleRobert C. CupeloJohn D. DiMennaMichael P. DuffyJoseph J. FataJohn J. GiannoneMonica M. GobleJ. Scott KortvelesyDiane H. LubkemanRobert McCannJohn C. MorrisJohn J. MuciaEileen M. MurphyMichael J. MurrayDennis S. PoeRobert B. PosterFrank RhodeRichard C. RothmanHenry W. SchoeneckWilliam S. SykoraJames S. TerylPamela D. UngerAmy J. Yale-LoehrSteven Yarinsky

$1-$99Thomas A. BersaniStephen M. KinneBonnie S. Koreff-Wolf

C L A S S S C H O L A R S H I P G I F T S

1955 Class ScholarshipJohn E. Bloom, MD ’55Fernando C. Cocca, MD ’55Robert H. Drachman, MD ’55Eugene R. Jacobs, MD ’55Aram Jigarjian, MD ’55Eleanor M. Luce, MD ’55Bernard Portnoy, MD ’55Monroe Richman, MD ’55Philip J. Speller, MD ’55

1966 Class ScholarshipMark D. Aronson, MD ’66Nathan Billig, MD ’66Malcolm D. Davidson, MD ’66Norman Dishotsky, MD ’66Norman L. Fienman, MD ’66Neal M. Friedberg, MD ’66Ronald A. Henrikson, MD ’66A. Michael Kaplan, MD ’66Michael S. Levine, MD ’66Bonnie M. Norton, MD ’66Louis A. Rosati, MD ’66William H. Story, MD ’66Stephen A. Wilson, MD ’66

Class of 1971 ScholarshipPhilip Altus, MD ’71Robert B. Cady, MD ’71Dominic Cappelleri, MD ’71Lawrence F. Geuss, MD ’71Richard A. Goldman, MD ’71Michael Hertzberg, MD ’71Eugene M. Kenigsberg, MD ’71Jeffrey A. Klein, MD ’71Ira D. Lipton, MD ’71Charles J. Matuszak, MD ’71Paul I. Schneiderman, MD ’71Edward J. Zajkowski, MD ’71

Carol Kavanagh & Class of 1973 ScholarshipBill and Kathanne Mitchell

Class of 1977 ScholarshipLarry Consenstein, MD ’77Arunas A. Budnikas, MD ’77John J. Cucinotta, MD ’77Robert H. Fabrey, II, MD ’77Charles C. Gibbs, MD ’77Prosper I. Igboeli, MD ’77Patrick W. Knapp, MD ’77Debra Kuracina, MD ’77Thomas J. LaClair, MD ’77

Drake M. Lamen, MD ’77Celeste M. Madden, MD ’77Lucia Pastore, MD ’77Linda Rexford, MD ’77James A. Schneid, MD ’77Neil E. Strickman, MD ’77

Class 1980 ScholarshipGerald B. Rakos, MD ’80

Rick Zogby, MD Class of 1984 Memorial ScholarshipDavid J. Anderson, MD ’84John R. Ayres, MD ’84Robert M. Black, MD ’84Eva F. Briggs, MD ’84Linda Burrell, MD ’84Emanuel Cirenza, MD ’84Hal E. Cohen, MD ’84Steven B. Cohen, MD ’84Richard D. Cornwell, MD ’84Joseph P. Dervay, MD ’84Kenneth J. Edwards, MD ’84Philip A. Falcone, MD ’84Debra S. Feldman, MD ’84Albert F. Finn, Jr., MD ’84David A. Goodman, MD ’84Brett B. Greenky, MD ’84Anthony W. Hartmann, MD, ’84

William M. Hartrich, MD ’84David P. Haswell, MD ’84James R. Jewell, MD ’84Cynthia E. Johnson, MD ’84Michael Komar, MD ’84Anthony Lama, MD ’84Richard Lichenstein, MD ’84Sandra M. Lombardo, MD ’84John M. Marzo, MD ’84Timothy McCanty, MD ’85Mega IME CorpJohn J. Minoli, MD ’84Lori J. Mosca, MD ’84Ralph Mosca, MD ’85Erik A. Niedritis, MD ’84Wendy R. Parish, MD ’84Donald Patten, MD ’84Pamela J. Reinhardt, MD ’84Maura J. Rossman, MD ’85Dorothy F. Scarpinato, MD ’84Peter F. Sharkey, MD ’84Michael G. Sheehan, MD ’84Lynn M. Sutley-Hartmann, MD ’84Thomas G. Westner, MD ’84Daniel C. Wnorowski, MD ’84Brian D. Woolford, MD ’84Elizabeth Yerazunis Palis, MD ’84





Steven A. RadiMartha A. ReitmanJoseph A. SmithJeffrey D. SpiroJohn S. TsakonasNicholas G. Tullo



$2,500-$4,999Joseph R. Tobin

$1,000-$2,499AnonymousGeorge N. CoritsidisKevin M. CoughlinDennis D. DalyDebra I. Poletto

$500-$999Larry N. BernsteinDebra A. Brown-NorkoLloyd M. CookEric L. FremedKaren K. HeitzmanMichael A. NorkoGary D. Usher

$100-$499Richard G. BirkheadChristopher A. ClyneCheryl A. DeVitoPhyllis D. FriedDavid M. FriedelSeth S. GreenkyJules GreifEllen B. KaplanLya M. KarmJoseph H. KeoghJoseph P. LaukaitisRobert LowingerTheodore M. MazerEllen M. MchughRobert J. OstranderPaul P. RomanelloMarc R. RosenLarry S. SandbergSusan E. SchraftSandra D. WiederholdCharles I. WoodsDarryl A. Zuckerman

$1-$99Michael L. BlackJames P. BlanchfieldDavid M. ConnuckDennis W. FeraWanda P. FremontSusan JensenMarcy E. MostelDouglas L. SeidnerZachary S. Spigelman



$2,500-$4,999Emanuel CirenzaPeter F. Sharkey

$1,000-$2,499David J. AndersonJohn R. AyresLinda BurrellSteven B. CohenRichard D. CornwellJoseph P. DervayKenneth J. EdwardsDavid A. GoodmanWilliam M. HartrichMichael KomarAmy L. LaddJohn M. MarzoLori J. MoscaDonald PattenPamela J. ReinhardtDorothy F. ScarpinatoElizabeth S. Yerazunis

Palis

$500-$999Lydia A. Alexander-CookRobert M. BlackEva F. BriggsHal E. CohenPhilip A. FalconeAlbert F. Finn, Jr.Frederick D. GrantBrett B. GreenkyAnthony W. HartmannHoward M. HellerHisham E. KashouAnthony LamaRichard LichensteinSandra M. LombardoJohn J. MinoliWendy R. ParishLynn M. Sutley-

HartmannDaniel C. WnorowskiBrian D. Woolford

$100-$499Sam T. AuringerWilliam P. BundschuhBradley M. DenkerMichael A. DeVitoHarry C. DietzPhilip DolinGeorge T. FantryDebra S. FeldmanDavid P. HaswellJames R. JewellCynthia E. JohnsonMaria Tasso LongoHindi T. MermelsteinErik A. NiedritisDavid C. RichardRichard D. Scheyer


The Class of 1984 Honors the Memory of Richard Zogby, MD ’84

Receiving the award for highest reunion class giving was a bittersweet vic

tory for the class of 1984 this year. While the class raised $41,518, a large percentage—$24,600—was given to fund a scholarship in memory of classmate Rick Zogby, MD ’84, who died in February 2013 after a heroic 11year battle with metastic stomach cancer.

Dr. Zogby was a talented, dedicated physician who was highly respected by friends, colleagues, and patients, who he tirelessly served during many years as an orthopedic and spine surgeon in Syracuse. Even during his personal struggles with cancer, he continued to care for patients, providing them the best possible treatment. He left behind a wife, three sons, and a daughter.

Zogby remained close to many of his medical school classmates and his death hit them hard. “Our class wanted to make a gift in Rick’s memory so his example might persist and flourish through the education of gifted future physicians who might choose to follow his path,” says Dan Wnorowski, MD ’84, Zogby’s friend and partner in orthopedic practice. “They will need big shoes.”

In many regards, Zogby was a role model: an Eagle Scout, a college athlete, a U.S. Army reserve officer. “He always had something important to say, and people listened to him,” says Wnorowski.

He was also a lot of fun. Brian Wicks, MD ’84, got to know Zogby when both were tapped by the same “secret society” while seniors at Dartmouth College, and forged a lifelong friendship after they both landed at the College of Medicine. “We studied hard but spent plenty of time in the gym at the CAB and on Marshall Street. We would go to parties at the SU fraternities and pretend we were college freshman seeking advice on what classes to take. We played football at Thornden Park and spent lunch hour eating chicken noodle soup with hot peppers and watching “All My Children” before heading back to class,” Wicks recalls.

Like Wicks, Amy Ladd, MD ’84 was also a classmate of Zogby’s at both Dartmouth and Upstate. “Rick was the kindest, gentlest of

giants I’ve ever known,” she says. “He was compassionate, soulful, and funny, softspoken and all mischief, kind of like the class cutup but the first to bring the teacher flowers.”

After Zogby’s death, class representative Lori Mosca, MD ’84, sent out an appeal to classmates to create a scholarship in his name; the response was immediate, coming within a few hundred dollars of reaching the endowment amount of $25,000.

Michael DeVito, MD ’84, who met Zogby on the first day of medical school orientation, says that response is a reflection of how much Rick meant to his classmates. “He was always generous in all things, whether it was school, listening to problems, or just having fun. He never had a bad word to say about anyone.”

“It’s very clear why it struck a chord,” adds George Fantry, MD’ 84, one of Zogby’s roommates throughout medical school. “Rick had a great zest and love for life. He kept things in proper perspective and was incredibly fun to be around.”

Zogby was a guard on the Dartmouth College football team and Joe Dervay, MD ’84, says he played much the same role in the leadership of their class. “A guard’s job is to lead the sweep and protect the quarterback. It was the same at Upstate—Rick led us with spirit and good nature and protected the friendship and cohesion of our class with loyalty, kindness, and a helping hand.”

While the criteria used to award the scholarship is still under discussion, Wicks says the perfect recipient would be “someone who has a quick and easy smile, someone who thinks first of the needs of others, and is dedicated to working in the ‘trenches’ of medicine to help make this world a little bit better.” Someone just like Rick.

To contribute to the Zogby Scholarship, please visit www.upstate.edu/medalumni, call 315-464-4361, or send gifts to Zogby Scholarship, Upstate Medical Alumni Founda-tion, Setnor Academic Building #1510, 750 E. Adams St., Syracuse, NY 13210.




Michael D. SchwartzMichael G. SheehanGordon W. SingleBruce B. SloaneSteven R. UrbanskiIra M. WeinsteinThomas G. Westner

$1-$99Daniel J. DupreyHolly Kent



$5,000-$9,999Catherine E. PalmierJames Palmier

$2,500-$4,999Peter J. Christiano

$1,000-$2,499Luz AlvarezRobert BalteraWilliam CanovatchelSteven HassigTimothy McCantyRalph MoscaMaureen T. MurphyMichael A. RiccioneGary G. Sauer

$500-$999Yuk-Wah N. ChanGrace ChungAnthony J. DiGiovannaCarol Lundin-SchwartzMaura J. RossmanJoel SchwartzSandra K. WechslerRobert M. ZielinskiMitchell ZipkinNeal Zung

$100-$499 Robyn AgriJoseph P. AugustineRobert C. BerlinJonathan D. BierJane B. BlackJo-Ann Blaymore-BierDebra J. ClarkGerard A. CompitoMark CostanzaMary DeguardiLori E. FantryStephen FederowiczKarl GaussPaula A. GaussMarya C. GendzielewskiJill C. HertzendorfRobert V. HingreThomas KantorMichael W. KelbermanDaniel R. KellyVito J. Losito

Drew MalloyFrancis G. O’ConnorJanet L. O’ConnorAnthony Petracca, Jr.Mark S. PotenzaMarc I. RozanskyMichael D. RutkowskiAlan M. SchullerAndrew ShaerSimon D. SpivackJonathan P. Yunis

$1-$99Coleen K. CunninghamMichelle M. DavittMark A. FogelAnthony N. PassannanteHayes H. Wanamaker



$1,000-$2,499Colleen M. DargieDaniel W. EsperHenry P. NagelbergMichael E. RettigWilliam SnearlyRobert L. Tiso

$500-$999Lawrence C. CalabreseGabriel M. CohnSteven B. GoldblattSharon HertzJohn LabiakKathleen A. LeavittThomas J. MadejskiEdwin J. SeboldBarbara C. Tommasulo

$100-$499Georgianne ArnoldMarc BeharAndrew S. BenskyGregg S. BerkowitzShelley R. BersonArthur F. ColiGary M. FreemanPeter KouidesDaniel LuthringerGerald V. McMahonNiel F. MieleSarah B. NemetzElizabeth A. Prezio

Russell RiderToufic A. RizkDavid L. RockerRichard A. RomerDonna E. RothErnest M. ScalzettiLee M. ShangoldMitchell S. ShekScott SherenMarc Z. SimmonsMichele SimmonsSteven TawilAndrew Topf


The class of 1984 received the largest class gift award.




$1-$99Tammy L. AnthonyPedro J. CepedaJames H. Hertzog



$1,000-$2,499Kenneth J. CohenMichael A. KwiatJohn R. Wanamaker

$500-$999John J. Callahan, Jr.Samuel ChunPaul B. KreienbergElizabeth RajamaniJulia M. ShiMichael Weiner

$100-$499Bernadette AlbaneseJohn BeckerNeil R. ConnellyJoseph F. FemiaJoseph T. FlynnDan GerstenblittEric GoldsmithPaul L. GuadagninoCynthia B. Heller

Bruce M. HenryStafford C. HenryKristina S. HingreRoberto E. IzquierdoDennis KellyRuth KouidesThomas LoRussoRobert E. LubanskiKirsten P. MagowanLisa A. Manz-DulacLeonard MarottaR. Keith MillerRebecca K. PotterJoseph RandDiane SommerEdward J. SpangenthalVictor SzemetyloJames TyburskiCatherine M. VernonSteven Weinreb

$1-$99Debra A. BuchanAnthony R. Russo



$1,000-$2,499Stamatia DestounisDonald S. MillerKeith Stube

$500-$999Rajendra AchaibarLouis Bonavita, JrErick C. BulawaLarry S. CharlambLeo KatzMaureen L. SheehanThomas P. Stuver

$100-$499David AndersonDonald CalzolaioJohanna DailyFrank DolisiKurt C. FoxtonAndrew M. GoldschmidtEric M. GrabsteinJohn M. GrayDavid J. HoffmanTeresa J. Karcnik-

MahoneyJeffrey M. KingChristina I. KlufasDenise LawrenceMichael MahelskyKevin R. MathMichael S. McGarrityJames L. MegnaAnne MirthScott Palmer

James PeakDolores A. Rhymer-

AndersonElissa S. Sanchez-SpeachTimothy ScholesAdam L. SeidnerAndrew M. SopchakDavid P. SpeachThomas SummersJohn P. TeixeiraKathi F. TeixeiraDavid T. Terasaka

$1-$99Beth C. BurghardtMichael LastihenosEllen ReichMichael SchwartzKatherine H. Sikoryak



$1,000-$2,499Elaine M. SilvermanDawn M. SweeneyJosef J. Vanek

$500-$999Jeffrey A. AbramsAnonymous

Karen DeFazioLawrence L. GreenwaldBeth L. JonasGloria A. KennedyG. Michael OrtizSybil SandovalLynn B. SwisherNicholas C. Trasolini

$100-$499Robert H. AbloveJoseph AlbanoDeborah B. AquinoVictor M. AquinoFaranak ArganiRichard J. AubrySusan L. AuffingerJeffrey BelanoffJoseph G. BorerUrsula Boruta-HeberleinBrian S. BrundageLinda A. BulichDonald A. ChiulliDaniel I. ChooCarolyn CoveneySulona DenloyeAngela V. D’OrsiTrent ErneyPamela L. ForesmanTeresa C. GentileElizabeth H. HigginsThomas A. HollyEileen A. KeneckSherry KondzielaKim Kramer

Daniel G. McBrideAmy L. McGarrity ZotterMark MilnerRoger PadillaJames F. PalombaroMichael J. PiccianoJ. Marc PipasLinda J. PowellGuillermo QuetellIra RashbaumMark A. RubensteinMarc S. RudoltzRonald C. SamuelsAllen SchaweDomenick P. SciarutoD. Peter Van EenenaamStephen R. WeinmanJohn D. WrightsonElizabeth Zick



$1,000-$2,499Robert L. Carhart, Jr.Jill FreedmanDavid Nelson

$500-$999Kevin AbramsGregg Foos


2013-2014 Report of Gifts2013-2014 Report of Gifts

O N O N D A G A C O U N T Y M E D I C A L S O C I E T Y

The Jerry Hoffman Advocacy AwardAnwar S. Ahmad, MDAdrienne Allen, MDDepartment of

AnesthesiologyArthritis Health Assoc, PLLCAssociated Gastroenterolo-

gists of CNY, PCRichard H. Aubry, MD*Dr. and Mrs. Bruce E. BakerRichard A. Beers, MDRaymond J. Cassady, MDBrian A. Changlai, Jr., MDBrian Y. Changlai, MDCharles J. Sellers & Co, IncJeffrey B. Chick, MDJoan and Armand

Cincotta, MDCNY Anesthesia Group, PCCNY Fertility CenterPaul S. Cohen, MDTimothy M. Creamer, MDTheodore G. Dalakos, MDRobert W. Daly, MD ’57Mr. and Mrs. I.

Stephen DavisMary Daye, MD ’76Francis J. Durgin, MDGregory L. Eastwood, MDExcellus, BlueCross

BlueShieldDr. and Mrs. Fuad FarahJoyce B. Farah, MD ’01Ramsay S. Farah, MD ’95The Farah FamilyPhilip L. Ferro, MD ’54Gianfranco Frittelli, MDMarya C. Gendzielewski,

MD ’85Aart Geurtsen, MD ’69Joseph Gold, MD ’56*Diane F. Green-El, MD ’78Hank and Carla GreenwaldDavid R. Halleran, MDWilliam M. Harmand,

MD ’73Ruth Hart, MD ’80E. Robert Heitzman, MD ’51Kenneth E. Hoogs, MDPeter P. Huntington, MDLawrence B. Hurwitz, MDDr. Trevor IskanderBrian D. Johnson, MDMary Jumbelic, MD and Marc

Safran, MDRonald Kameny, MDMarcia C. Kirsch, MD ’63

Bonnie S. Koreff-Wolf, MD ’82

Padma Lal, MDAntonio V. Marasigan, MDJohn B. McCabe, MD ’79Medical Liability Mutual

Insurance, CoMichael Meguid, MDDr. Herb and Ilene MendelMadhavi C. Menon, MDBertram S. Mersereau,

MD ’54Robert R. Michiel, MDRonald A. Miller, MD ’52Joseph Monkofsky, MD ’78James L. Mostrom, MDRonald A. Naumann, MD ’60Dennis J. Nave, MD ’81Patricia J. Numann, MD ’65Anis I. Obeid, MDTeresa J. Pagano-Parke,

MD ’74David T. Page, MDRobert G. Parke, MD ’74Virginia and Frederick

Parker, Jr., MDSusan and Barry Rabin, MDResearch & Marketing

Strategies, IncJala Sadrieh, MDHenry W. Schoeneck,

MD ’82Joseph V. Scrivani, MD ’60Kendrick A. Sears, MDJeffrey S. Sneider, MDGeorge A. Soufleris, MDPhilip J. Speller, MD ’55George Starr, MDRichard J. Steinmann,

MD ’78Anne and Donald Stewart,

MDLawrence C. Stewart, MD ’82Neil S. Stewart, MDEdward D. Sugarman,

MD ’63Pamela L. Sunshine, MD ’82Sanford P. Temes, MD ’72Elaine A. ThomasElapumkal A. Thomas, MD*Dr. and Mrs. George P. TilleyRobert E. Todd, MD ’93Darvin Varon, MD ’93Vascular Surgeons of Central

New York, PLLCVisiting Nurse Association of

CNY, IncRichard N. Waldman, MDWilliam J. Williams, MDIvan L. Wolf, MD

OCMS Medical Student Scholarship FundExcellus, BlueCross

BlueShieldMr. and Mrs. Gerald N.

HoffmanOnondaga County Medical

Society, IncWhite Coat Ceremony FundMary Abdulky, MDTammy L. Anthony, MD ’86Arthritis Health Assoc, PLLCCarl I. Austin, MD ’47Dr. and Mrs. Bruce E. BakerRichard A. Beers, MDThomas A. Bersani, MD ’82Allan Birnbaum, MDRobert M. Black, MD ’84Robert A. Bornhurst, MD ’60Debra A. Buchan, MD ’87Beth Cady Burghardt,

MD ’88Edward W. Carsky, MDJeffrey B. Chick, MDJoan and Armand

Cincotta, MDClearPath DiagnosticsLynn M. Cleary, MDCNY Anesthesia Group, PCWillard Cohen, MD ’56Mr. and Mrs. James E.

CoulthartJacinto M. Cruz, MDDr. and Mrs. Robert C.

CupeloCarlo R. deRosa, MD ’61John P. DeSimone, MDMantosh J. Dewan, MDJames A. Dispenza, MD ’75Robert A. Dracker, MD ’82Frank Dubeck, Jr., MDMichael P. Duffy, MD ’82David B. Duggan, MD ’79 Gregory L. Eastwood, MDMatthew J. Egan, MD ’04Dr. and Mrs. Fuad FarahRamsay S. Farah, MD ’95The Farah FamilyPhilip L. Ferro, MD ’54Michael A. Fitzgerald, MDCedric Francis, MDMichael J. Geiss, MDAart Geurtsen, MD ’69Irving H. Goldman, MD ’55John F. Gorman, MD ’58*Diane F. Green-El, MD ’78Eva Gregory, MDRobert J. Gregory, MDDavid R. Halleran, MDDr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Harris

Richard L. Hehir, MDE. Robert Heitzman, MD ’51Frederick S. F. Ho, MDG. David Hoeft, MDGerald N. HoffmanDavid J. Honold, MD ’70Peter P. Huntington, MDBrian D. Johnson, MDRandy Kalish, MDRichard K. KeeneKristine M. Keeney Bogart,

MD ’99Gregory G. Kenien, MD ’80Leslie J. Kohman, MDLeonard Levy, MD ’60James E. Lewis, MD ’53Marybeth McCall, MD Andreas H. Meier, MDStanley P. Meltzer, MD ’61Bertram S. Mersereau,

MD ’54Robert R. Michiel, MDMarissa Mincolla, MD ’08Michael Mincolla, M.D. ’08Sujata V. Murthy, MDMusculoskeletal

Medicine PCDennis J. Nave, MD ’81Ovid O. Neulander, MDPatricia J. Numann, MD ’65Colleen E. O’Leary, MD ’78Michael R. O’Leary, MD ’78Onondaga County Medical

Society, IncDavid T. Page, MDPathology Associates of

Syracuse, PCWilliam G. Patrick, MD ’79

Thangam Perumal, MDJoel Potash, MDBarry Rabin, MDPatricia Randall, MDMichael H. Ratner, MD ’68Rebecca Reeves, MDJianming Ren, MDNicholas M. Ricciardi,

MD ’65Henry W. Schoeneck,

MD ’82Joseph V. Scrivani, MD ’60Kendrick A. Sears, MDRichard K. Sheehan, MDHarold Small, MDJeffrey S. Sneider, MDGeorge A. Soufleris, MDPhilip J. Speller, MD ’55Philip J. Speller, MD ’99Teamsters Local

Union No. 1149George P. Tilley, MDRobert E. Todd, MD ’93Jorge A. Torretti, MDUpstate Urology, IncKevin M. Walsh, MDHayes H. Wanamaker,

MD ’85Robert W. Weisenthal, MDEdwin Yarwood, MDRobert H. Zimmer, MD ’54





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What the White Coat Ceremony Meant to Me

A s I entered the building two hours before the start of our

class’s White Coat Ceremony, I remember looking around at the unfamiliar faces of my new classmates. Everyone looked eager, excited, and carefree while holding their neatly folded, crisp white coats over their arms. We all had seen doctors in white coats before–the recognizable symbol of the established medical professional. It was our turn to receive ours.

I recall feeling a sense of accomplishment and knowledge when I was handed my coat. Certainly attending medical school is an accomplishment, but that night I realized we were not being congratulated for simply attending, but instead being reminded how gratifying and rewarding the next four years of our education were going to be.

Medical school is a journey. It is a challenging process that requires determination and selfguided hard work to navigate. As we walked across the stage that night, we were accepting the challenge not only for ourselves, but also for our classmates and for our patients. The White Coat symbolizes our devotion to completing this journey.

Although the White Coat Ceremony was put on to celebrate the incoming Class of 2016, we students were in the minority that night. The audience consisted of parents, grandparents, siblings, and friends, all of who made it possible for us students to be where we are in our lives. The ceremony was in large part to show appreciation to my family for all the years of

support and reassurance they had given me up until that point.

It is now that I am getting into the clinical rotations of my third year here at SUNY Upstate that my white coat has become a staple in my wardrobe. It holds the essential medicine pocket book, stethoscope, and drug reference guide, but it also keeps granola bars and snacks nearby to keep me moving throughout the day. Patients often yell “Hey, doctor!” in my direction causing me to quickly remind them that I am still a couple years away from that title.

With the white coat comes responsibility to do what is best for our patients.

On behalf of myself and all of the students here at SUNY Upstate, I want to thank the Onondaga County Medical Society for continuing to cosponsor this memorable event, (along with the Medical Alumni Foundation). As I have mentioned, the White Coat Ceremony is a night that neither my family nor I will ever forget. It served as a reminder of how far we had come as college graduates but that we still have a lifetime of dedication and learning ahead of us. White coats are a part of the medical profession and it is our duty to understand and respect what they symbolize to ensure the best care for all those we come across in the years to come.Tommy Marino ’16OCMS Medical Student Representative

Reprinted with permission from the OCMS Bulletin






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$1-$99Julie D. McNairnRebecca L. Orendorff



$100-$499Patrick L. BasileJonathan I. BergBo ChaoJay ChenJoseph M. Ferrara, Jr.Natasha FievreNathaniel S. GouldAri I. JonischMatthew C. MillerChristopher E. PaoloniShannon E. RouthouskaJessica F. ShermanWilliam M. ShermanErica D. Weinstein

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Patricia J. Numann, MD ’65 Endowed Department Chair of Surgery

Lynn M. Cleary, MDRobert N. Cooney, MDCoyne Textile ServicesThomas M. CoyneDavid B. Duggan, MD '79 Amy L. Ladd, MD '84Patricia J. Numann, MD '65Marshall E. Redding, MDNatalie M. Roney, MD '04Mary Jean and F. Deaver Thomas, MDMarshia K. Witting





Randy S. ParkhurstJason P. ScimemeAnna ShapiroAlyssa M. StephanyAlexander TsukermanAnselm H. WongJulie E. Yoon

$1-$99Chris C. BannermanRobert L. KittsLeon KushnirFares G. MouchantafMichelle A. Mouchantaf



$100-$499Jeremy B. BarowskyJonathan C. GabelDaniel R. LefebvreMatthew C. MartinezMegan E. SheehyKelly M. WillmanIsabelle Zamfirescu

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$100-$499Jill-Ann E. CilenteJames G. DistefanoJodie M. HowellKathleen M. MorrellElyssa L. Pohl

$1-$99Kristin M. ArcaraJennifer Erin BashantKatrine J. EnrileShimon M. FrankelGlenn E. GroatDaniel D. HayesLisa M. HayesJoanne KacperskiMarkhabat O. MuminovaDuc T. NguyenAaron M. PowellMelissa A. PriceJohn L. ReaganAnne M. Tremaine



$100-$499Yvonne CuffyAmit S. DhamoonPaige DornAnthony GiordanoRoan GlockerMiranda HarrisFaye KnollLisa K. LawEmily LazzariAlexandra McGann AdamsNaveed NaeemMarny ShohamKendra Smith

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$1-$99Jennifer ClarkeChad CornishBruce DerrickEdward R. GouldKatherine A. Kaproth-JoslinErin NozetzLauren SchlangerSachin ShahAly SheralyKrystle Williams



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$1-$99Andrew AgoliatiAnjuli CherukuriRyan LaFolletteKerry Whiting

FriendsChandra and Ramaseshu AnneLynn M. Cleary, MDThe Community Foundation

of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc.

Fenimore Asset Management, Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. Philip FraterrigoAnn GadbawSami Husseini, MDFrank Lancellotti, MDMark Schmitt, PhD

Matching Gift CompaniesBank of AmericaCoca Cola Matching Gift

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Gift Program

Sarah Loguen Fraser, MD Class of 1876 Scholarship

Lydia A. Alexander- Cook, MD ’84

AnonymousMarsha T. Austin, MD ’04N. Barry Berg, PhDSophia Bichotte-

Ligonde, MD ’02Louis Bland, MD ’75Sharon A. Brangman,

MD ’81Jerry Brown, MD ’74Lynn M. Cleary, MDLloyd M. Cook, MD ’83Madison C. Cuffy, MD ’02Yvonne Cuffy, MD ’07David B. Duggan, MD ’79 Natasha Fievre, MD ’03Sean A. Fullerton, MD ’95Diane F. Green-El, MD ’78Alicia K. Guice, MD ’96Bruce M. Henry, MD ’87Roberto E. Izquierdo,

MD ’87Mirlande Jordan, MD ’92Reginald Q. Knight,

MD ’80Ivens Leflore, MD ’69John B. McCabe, MD ’79Donna B. Moore, MD ’93Patricia J. Numann,

MD ’65Lewis Robinson, MD ’73K. Bruce Simmons,

MD ’79Shelley V. Street

Callender, MD ’00Wanda M. Thompson,

PhD


The class of 1989 received the award for highest attendance.



Endowed ScholarshipsPeter J. Adasek, MD ’65 Scholarship A. Geno Andreatta ScholarshipBenjamin N., Mollie P. and Gerson H. Aronovitz, MD

’57 Memorial Scholarship Nathan and Ada August Memorial ScholarshipStanley A. August, MD Memorial ScholarshipThe Ayanian Family Scholarship

(endowed by Zaven Ayanian, MD ’59)Theresa Baltera Memorial ScholarshipN. Barry Berg Scholarship for

Musculoskeletal MedicineThe Martin Black Family Scholarship (endowed by

Drs. Martin, Gerald, Michael and Robert Black)Elliot Brandwein, MD ’67 and Arlene Eckstein

Brandwein, MD ’68 ScholarshipGeorge J. Buchholtz, MD ’52 ScholarshipBernard J. Burke, MD ’43 ScholarshipLeonard D. Carpenter, MD ’33 and

Ruth E. Carpenter Memorial ScholarshipClass of 1966 Scholarship Carol Kavanagh and Class of 1973 Scholarship Douglas E. Cox, MD ’63 ScholarshipEdwin T. Dailey, MD ’68 Memorial Scholarship The Dracker Family ScholarshipRobert Eitches, MD ’78 Scholarship in Honor of

Shirley and Irving EitchesAlfred F. and Shirley D. Enwright Endowed

Scholarship (endowed by Michael O’Leary, MD ’78 and Colleen Enwright O’Leary, MD ’78)

Joseph C. Fischer, MD ’79 Memorial Scholarship Sarah Loguen Fraser, MD, Class of 1876 ScholarshipJoseph J. Gadbaw, MD 12/’43 and

Ann Gadbaw ScholarshipMax Gara and Robert H. Gara, MD ’56 Scholarship The Garakani Family ScholarshipSuzan and Philip M. Gaynes, MD ’63 ScholarshipSamuel Gersten, MD ’39 and Martha Gersten

Endowed ScholarshipJerome C. Goldstein, MD ’63 and Rochelle

Goldstein ScholarshipFrances A. Harmatuk, MD ’41 Scholarship Edward F. Higgins, MD ’78 ScholarshipGrant Hobika, MD ’52 Scholarship Robert V.P. Hutter, MD ’54 and Ruth L. Hutter

Scholarship Kasten Aker Family ScholarshipE. Gregory Keating, PhD Memorial ScholarshipMartha S. Kincaid, MD ScholarshipSonya A. LaBella Memorial ScholarshipStanley D. Leslie, MD ’51 Memorial ScholarshipThe Lynch Family ScholarshipAlphonse A. Maffeo, MD ’72 ScholarshipB. Dale Magee, MD ’75 ScholarshipPatrick T. Mathews, MD ’03 Memorial ScholarshipJames L. McGraw, MD ’41 ScholarshipMedical Alumni Foundation Founders ScholarshipMedical Alumni Foundation Student FundGustave P. Milkey, MD ’43 and Janet B. Milkey

Merit Scholarship Peggy and Adolph Morlang, MD ’66 ScholarshipRudolph J. Napodano, MD ’59 Scholarship Sam and Carol Nappi

Endowed Scholarship

Onondaga County Medical Society Medical Student Scholarship

Betty Reiss, MD ’68 and Jacob Reiss, MD ’68 Family Endowed Scholarship

Esther and Monroe Richman, MD ’55 Scholarship

Samuel Rosenthal, MD ’64 Scholarship Sanders/Kilkelly Scholarship The Schein Family ScholarshipJack J. Schneider, MD ’66 Scholarship Julius Schwartz, MD ’33 Scholarship The Setnor Family Endowed Scholarship

(endowed by Rose and Jules R. Setnor, MD ’35 and Stanford S. Setnor, MD ’42)

John B. and Henrietta E. Simeone Scholarship in Memory of Fiorindo A. Simeone, MD

Frederick W. Sloan, MD ’74 ScholarshipSusan B. Stearns, PhD Scholarship for

Community EngagementSusan B. Stearns, PhD Scholarship for

International TravelRalph Stevens, MD ’81 Madison-Oneida

Counties ScholarshipSubik Family ScholarshipDr. Oscar and Mrs. Luba Trief Memorial

ScholarshipBarbara and Harold H. Wanamaker, MD ’56

ScholarshipAndrew D. Weinberg, MD ’78

Memorial Geriatric ScholarshipSusan and Jack Yoffa, MD ’69 in Memory of

Elaine Yoffa Hornung ScholarshipLeanne and Frank E. Young, MD ’56 Scholarship

Awards/GrantsAlfred W. Doust, MD Endowed

Program in OtolaryngologyThe Jerry Hoffman Advocacy AwardMedical Alumni Recruitment AwardsStudent Citizen AwardsThe Swift Family Legacy GrantsHerbert M. Weinman, MD ’65 and Suzy

Weinman Scholarship Award

FellowshipsEllen Cook Jacobsen, MD ’50

Fellowship in Psychiatry

LectureshipsThe Lawrence Pickett, MD Endowed

Lectureship in Pediatric SurgeryThe Donald and Mary Elizabeth King

Endowed Lectureship

ProfessorshipsStanley A. August, MD Endowed

Professorship in PediatricsMedical Alumni Endowed Professorship in BioethicsPatricia J. Numann, MD ’65 Endowed ProfessorshipLloyd S. Rogers Endowed Professorship in SurgeryLeanne and Frank E. Young, MD ’56 PhD

Endowed Chair in Biomedical Science





Honor, Memorial GiftsIn Memory of Eleanor AbendClaudia Leslie and Louis LipschutzIn Memory of Stanley A. August, MD ’69Richard Hillel, MD ’69In Memory of Lorraine AyanianGaro H. Taft, MD ’59In Memory of Jane BachmanPatrick W. Knapp, MD ’77In Memory of Theresa BalteraGerard A. Compito, MD ’85Jill and Amy ImossiF. Thomas and Linda KaplanIn Memory of Leon BenderClaudia Leslie and Louis LipschutzIn Memory of Dr. Camillo A. BenzoTodd R. Peebles, MD ’94In Memory of Max BerryClaudia Leslie and Louis LipschutzIn Memory of Burton L. Block, MD ’60Philip A. Wolf, MD ’60In Memory of David BlockClaudia Leslie and Louis LipschutzIn Memory of Bronislaw BorutaUrsula Boruta-Heberlein, MD ’89In Memory of Elbert BrodskyRonald C. Brodsky, MD ’81In Memory of Benjamin H. Button, MD ’58Jane ButtonIn Memory of Dorothy CarlClaudia Leslie and Louis LipschutzIn Memory of Maxine CarlinClaudia Leslie and Louis LipschutzIn Memory of Stephen E. CummingsJames J. Cummings, MD ’82In Memory of Edwin T. Dailey, MD ’68David L. Charney, MD ’68In Memory of William T. DeanGary D. Dean, MD ’81In Memory of Alfred W. Doust, MD, ’35Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. DoustIn Memory of Drs. Amelie and Noles EtienneAnnemarie Etienne Hester, MD ’93In Memory of Lana FeingoldAndrew D. Feingold, MD ’99In Memory of J. Howard Ferguson, MDAnonymousIn Memory of Joseph C. Fischer, MD ’79Mary G. Fischer & Anni CampbellEleanor Fischer Quigley and

Bob Quigley

In Memory of Stuart H. Forster, MD ’80Timothy E. Dudley, MD ’80In Memory of Charles GoldsmithPriscilla R. LeslieIn Memory of Rolla Hill, MDMark H. Katz, MD ’75In Memory of Ronald A. Housman, MD ’63Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. BoehmckeBarbara F. CardeaDaniel Cohen, MD, PhDSusie DanzigerMargaret W. DeLucaMr. and Mrs. Albert W. FladeWilliam HassettMr. and Mrs. Edward F. HoffmanMedical Board of Southside HospitalSue Anne VogelsbergPatricia J. WalshClaudia and Robert L. Wasserman, MDDr. Stuart WeitzmanIn Memory of Abraham Huber and Richard MuellerleileIrving Huber, MD ’76In Memory of Robert V.P. Hutter, MD ’54Gustave L. Davis, MD ’63Ruth HutterBertram S. Mersereau, MD ’54Larry & Caren Rothenberg and friends

of Hutter familyLois SteinbergIn Memory of Ellen Cook Jacobsen, MD ’50Johana K. Brakeley, MD ’77Barbara and Tom ClarkeDr. and Mrs. Arthur DubeDr. and Mrs. Fuad FarahMichael Gordon, PhDWendy Gordon, PhD Albert H. HumeDirk E. Huttenbach, MD ’65Burk Jubelt, MDEugene A. Kaplan, MD ’57David V. Keith, MDMichael Mahelsky, MD ’88Arthur C. Peckham, MD ’70Paul E. Phillips, MDDoris E. WebsterMarshia K. WittingIn Memory of Sheldon Kapen, MD ’59Rachel KapenIn Memory of E. Gregory Keating, PhDEvan B. Grossman, MD ’04Nicole Morgante WallisIn Memory of Martha S. Kincaid, MD ’73Nathan EndresRichard Endres, MDFrederick W. Kincaid

Ernest and Alice PutnamKim Sherwood CasoPatrick Stephan and Maria E.

Van De PolIn Memory of Sonya A. LaBellaChristina LaBella, MD ’91John LaBella, MD ’91Wallace L. PhilipsIn Memory of Stanley D. Leslie, MD ’51Bank of AmericaMarc and Janet CrespiMarc Isaacs and FamilyClaudia Leslie and Louis LipschutzAvery Leslie O’Neill and Hank O’NeillPriscilla R. LeslieCynthia B. StewartAlice J. Turek, MD ’51*David and Carol UdisIn Memory of Howard LipschutzMarc and Janet CrespiPriscilla R. LeslieDavid and Carol UdisIn Memory of Anne E. Livingston, MD ’84Cynthia E. Johnson, MD ’84In Memory of Barbara LurieClaudia Leslie and Louis LipschutzIn Memory of Bernard R. Lustick, MD ’49Renee M. LustickIn Memory of Irene "Iloo" LynchCoca Cola Matching Gifts ProgramHelen Lynch PetrinaIn Memory of Thomas J. Maher, MD ’83Kevin M. Coughlin, MD ’83In Memory of Patrick T. Mathews MD ’03Patrick L. Basile, MD ’03Marcia MathewsIn Memory of Murray MellmanClaudia Leslie and Louis LipschutzIn Memory of W. Brian PaulBill and Kathanne MitchellIn Memory of Dr. Stanley PearlDonald E. Robins, MD ’56In Memory of Lawrence Pickett, MDMichael H. Ratner, MD ’68In Memory of John T. "Jack" Prior, MDBertram S. Mersereau, MD ’54In Memory of Ralph Reichert, MD ’60Honora AhernMichael and Elizabeth FascitelliElizabeth FeldmanAlan GregoryEmmet and Arica HirschAndrew KlaberEllis RinaldiNancy Yih

In Memory of Elaine RothPriscilla R. LeslieIn Memory of Adele RubinClaudia Leslie and Louis LipschutzIn Memory of Henry W. Schoeneck, Jr., MD Henry W. Schoeneck, MD ’82In Memory of Julius Schwartz, MD ’33 National Analysts, Inc.Louise Judith SchwartzSusan Schwartz McDonald, PhDIn Memory of Zella M. Small, MD ’77Louis Bland, MD ’75David F. KennedyIn Memory of Joseph A. Smith, MD ’72Kendra Smith, MD ’07In Memory of Arlen K. Snyder, MD ’63James R. Moyes, MD ’63In Memory of my parents Nina L. and Louis M. SpadaroMary Ann Antonelli, MD ’70In Memory of Robert M. Spitzer, MD ’65Eric M. Spitzer, MD ’98In Memory of Selma StahlClaudia Leslie and Louis LipschutzIn Memory of Mernie Swift, MD 3/’43Andrew J. Rurka, MD ’70*In Memory of Elapumkal A. Thomas, MDElaine A. ThomasIn Memory of Dr. Oscar and Mrs. Luba TriefAdam HimmelsbachDaniel HimmelsbachJoshua HimmelsbachPaula Trief, PhDIn Memory of Susan VandemarkRobert M. Vandemark, MD ’80In Memory of Harold H. Wanamaker, MD ’56Donald E. Robins, MD ’56John R. Wanamaker, MD ’87In Memory of Irwin M. Weiner, MD ’56Rose A. Giammarco, MDPatsy M. Iannolo, MD ’81Burk Jubelt, MDDorothy E. KrakuszeskiArnold M. Moses, MD ’54Carl and Rose RosenzweigTrudi M. SchranerLouise and Larry C. Stoner, MDMary Ellen Trimble, PhDBonnie D. Wierbinski




In Memory of Joseph P. Whalen, MD ’59Elizabeth V. WhalenFred M. Ziter, MDIn Memory of Stuart L. Yunis, MD ’58Jonathan P. Yunis, MD ’85In Honor of A. Geno AndreattaPaul F. Bachman, MD ’77David L. Charney, MD ’68Burk Jubelt, MDMark S. Persky, MD ’72In Honor of Mary AmugeJacqueline R. Busingye, MD ’08In Honor of Upstate Medical University FacultyJay M. Ritt, MD ’74In Honor of the Martha and Samuel Gersten, MD ’39 ScholarshipJoshua M. Rubenfeld, MD ’98

In Honor of Roan Glocker, MD ’07 Graduation from UAB fellowshipMr. and Mrs. David GlockerIn Honor of Matthew Mason, MD ’08Jim and Carol MasonIn Honor of Max Mozell, PhDPatricia J. Numann, MD ’65In Honor of the R-Med Fund for Northern NYHugh S. Fulmer, MD ’51In Honor of Robert F. Rohner, MD ’52Robert L. Chiteman, MD ’70Noah S. Finkel, MD ’69In Honor of Jack N. Rothman, MD ’73 RetirementLeonard Dunn, MD ’73In Honor of Elinor Spring-Mills, PhDMichael Baccoli, MD ’92Jamie Shutter, MD ’01In Honor of Susan Stearns, PhDMichael Baccoli, MD ’92

Sarah C. BurnsLisa M. ProcanickK. Bruce Simmons, MD ’79Susan Stearns, PhDIn Honor of Michelle StramDr. and Mrs. Richard StramIn Honor of Paula Trief, PhDAdam HimmelsbachDaniel HimmelsbachIn Honor of Julie White, PhDDr. and Mrs. Richard

StramIn Honor of William J. Williams, MDAnonymousShawky Z.A. Badawy, MD

Gifts to the Parents and Family AssociationGOLD SOCIETY$1,000-$2,499Robert W. Hempel and E. Ann GillDr. and Mrs. Richard Stram

SILVER SOCIETY$500-$999Ashok and Shilpa Patel

CENTURY SOCIETY$100-$499Eileen and Stephen A. Albanese, MDSadiq and Eman Al-SamrraiOrit and Mark Antosh, MDS. Rao Aravapalli, MDDeborah and Joseph P.

Augustine, MD '85Mr. and Mrs. Fai AuyoungJulie and Nabil A. Aziz, MDEdna BaduIsaac and Dinah BampoeWilliam and Luann BartlowRobert and Beth BelkinRegina and Robert M. Black, MD '84Imtiaz Bokhari and Cynthia StrippoliMr. and Mrs. Timothy BuelCathy BushJoseph and Lori CalleoPatricia and Joseph Cambareri, MD '82David Campbell and Noreen Kenney-

CampbellGabriel and Gertrude CapiliCarl and Emelyne CasimirJia Min Chen and Ang Ho LamWilliam and Colleen ConnellyLarry Consenstein, MD '77Joseph and Susan DeMari

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A Community EffortTHE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE CREATES SMALL LEARNING COMMUNITIES TO

ENHANCE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE.

“Do you want Chipotle or Pita Pit?” That was the choice Hal

Cohen, MD ’84, gave the firstyear medical students he was hosting for dinner. The students had never met Dr. Cohen before and didn’t know his reputation as a jokester, so they were surprised when they found themselves with a dinner reservation at the University Sheraton instead of a Marshall Street fastfood restaurant.

The incoming students were having “Dinner with a Doctor” the night before their first day of class. Although the program is not new, the way the students were assigned to the doctors they dined with was given an added twist.

This fall, the Upstate College of Medicine launched a new initiative designed to foster community among students, a connection to the institution, and improve advising, specifically from clinical faculty. All Upstate medical students have been assigned to one of five “learning communities,” each named for one of the Central New York region’s five major Finger Lakes. These firstyear students were dining with members of their community—fellow incoming students, a secondyear peer adviser, and the clinical faculty adviser who was hosting them.

The idea is simple, says Dean David Duggan, MD ’79: create smaller groups that bring students from all four years together with faculty from clinical and basic science backgrounds in settings designed to foster a sense of community, group learning and mentoring. “We also hope that it will be fun,” he says.

So far, it’s working. “Getting to spend time with your mentors in a casual way is what makes these communities so special,” says Ian Kratzke ’17, a member of the Keuka community and part of Cohen’s dinner group. “Now that I have met physicians, researchers, administrators and students who have said they are there to help me, I feel connected to the school in a way that I never would have before these people I’d never previously met put themselves out there for me.”

Noella Richman ’18 had dinner at the home of neurosurgery chair Larry Chin, MD, who heads the Cayuga community. “We spent hours talking about both medical school and a myriad of other topics,” she recalls. “It was early in the year when we were just getting acquainted with medical school and it assured me that SUNY Upstate was a very welcoming academic community.”

In fact, Dr. Chin provided the impetus for creating the College of Medicine’s learning communities. Before joining Upstate three years ago, Chin was on the faculty at Boston University, where he chaired a learning community there. He approached Dean Duggan with the idea of starting a similar initiative at Upstate. Dr. Duggan loved the idea and connected Chin with Julie White, PhD, dean of student affairs. Coincidentally, Dr. White had created the learning community program in her previous post at SUNYESF, and was looking for ways to bolster student advising at Upstate, and specifically, to engage students with clinical faculty earlier in their medical school experience. They pulled in basic science

faculty member Margaret Maimone, PhD, and together began to create the concept for Upstate.

The result is five learning communities—Canandaigua, Cayuga, Keuka, Seneca, and Skaneateles—each composed of 32 students from each of the four medical school classes with a chair and cochair who are clinical faculty members. Within each community, students are broken down into subgroups of eight, each with two clinical faculty advisers, one basic science adviser, and one student affairs adviser.

“The learning community effort really came about as a result of us wanting students to feel like they are getting the very best academic and career advisement and to develop a better connection with the place,” explains White.

The learning communities are not separate entities, but rather five fingers of a hand, adds Chin “The community is really Upstate. There are differences, but in the end, we come together.”

There are high hopes for what the learning communities can achieve. The first is to help bolster a sense of institutional connection and pride. “Upstate is not attached to an undergraduate school where it’s easy to foster that kind of loyalty and school spirit,” says Chin. “We have to work a little harder.”

The second is to help students build some instant friendships and camaraderie, as well as relationships with students from other class years. “Our coursework and schedules rarely allow for us to talk to MS2s and MS3s outside of our community meetings,” says Richman. “I have

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used those meetings to get their advice and perspective.”

Peer advising is key. Already this fall, firstyear students have had advising sessions by community with their secondyear counterparts and secondyear’s have enjoyed similar meetings with thirdyears in their communities.

“Nobody knows better what the students are going through than the group of students who just finished it,” says pathology chair Robert Corona, DO, MBA, chair of the Skaneateles community.

That’s one reason Joseph Kalet ’17 signed on to be an adviser to MS1s in the Keuka community. “The biggest challenge I had in my first year was that I felt overwhelmed at times and did not know if I could do everything I needed to in order to do well. I definitely understand the stress and anxiety the firstyear students may be feeling and want to show that if

we could make it through the first year, then they definitely can too.”

Finally, the program is designed to foster relationships between students and clinicians so that students can intersect with role models earlier in their medical school experience. “Right now, that might seem a little artificial for firstyear students, but that’s okay because when it becomes important for them later next year, they’re going to know at least six docs in their learning communities that they can go to with questions,” says White.

The program was formally launched at this year’s White Coat ceremony, where students were grouped by community and coated by their group’s clinical chair. Within the first few months of the academic year, the groups seem to be solidifying nicely, both through formal advising meetings, and nonacademic

activities such as community service and social events.

“As with any new program, we’re creating this with a basic structure with the understanding that a lot of things will change over time,” says family medicine chair John Epling, chair of the Keuka community.

Regardless of the structure or activities, he says the goal is to create a sense of togetherness that carries students through their time at Upstate. “I think this is an important, positive change. Everyone who is involved is because they want to create a better experience and memory of Upstate and a stronger identity and allegiance once students leave. The learning communities have the ability to deliver that.”

–Renée Gearhart Levy

The Cayuga Learning Community Student Advisory Council meets over dinner to discuss upcoming community programs and services.


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1945Thomas M. Flanagan, of Norwich, NY, and his wife, Esther, held his annual summer meeting at their home, which was attended by Brinton T. Darlington ’45 and wife Ann, George R. Gillmore ’45, William A. Schiess 12/’43, Murray A. Grossman ’45, and Paul E. Norcross, executive director of the Medical Alumni Association. “Life has been good and continues to be enjoyable,” he writes.

1949Charles B. Marshall, of Martinsville, VA, shares that his wife, Doris Decker Marshall, corecipient of the Upstate Humanitarian Award in 2009, departed this life on July 27.

Thomas E. Snyder, of Syracuse, NY, attended his 65th reunion and was reminiscing with classmate Robert W. Rakov, and wanted to share that both their fathers were graduates of the Syracuse Medical School in 1922—Mathias F. Snyder, MD ’22 and Daniel Rakov, MD ’22. Dr. Rakov’s son, Robert D. Rakov, MD ’86, is also a graduate of Upstate Medical University.

1952Aldona L. Baltch, of Menands, NY, is professor emeritus of Albany Medical College.

Martin F. Sturman, of Media, PA, is still involved with his website: easydiagnosis.com, a symptomoriented expert system. “If any grads from SUNY wish a username and password for the site, contact me at [email protected].” The programs on this site are useful for teaching and also exist as Apps on android devices (Google Play Store: “easydiagnosis”) and at http://www.medicinfo.nl, a major Dutch medical insurer. We invite our fellow alumni and students to try our software for free. We will provide a username and password good for two weeks. He also writes he is married, with two children and two grandchildren, and at 87, is still in reasonably good health. “Regards to Ron and all fellow alumni.”

1953Murray L. Cohen, is spending retirement in Boston, MA, at the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement and his winters in St. Petersburg, FL, at the Academy of Senior Professionals at Eckerd College. “It has been fun so far,” he writes.

1954William H. Hampton, Jr., of Greenwich, CT, was unable to attend his 60th reunion but sends “Best wishes!” He will turn 90 next year and is still practicing in Greenwich.

William L. Hinds, of Houston, TX, was unable to make his 60th reunion in September due to declining health and the inability to travel long distances. Combined, he and Marilyn have five children, five grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. He has been retired from his practice of diagnostic radiology for 20 years. He also writes, “My 36 years in the practice of radiology was a pleasure as it spanned darkrooms and red goggles to the birth of CT, ultrasound, MRI, etc. I notice that our current doctors no longer enjoy their practice and many are retiring early due to the many government regulations. I wish good health to all and best wishes to all the members of the class of 1954!”

Albert F. Mangan, of Port Angeles, WA, writes “golf and fishing are things of the past, but I’m still living at home.”

1955Monroe Richman, of Koloa, HI, recently completed a cruise from Singapore to Dubai. “Fabulous!”

1956Arthur I. Segaul, is “alive and well and living in Carbondale, CO. I will try to make our 55th reunion.” Keep in touch at [email protected].

Doris Decker Marshall, late wife of Charles B. Marshall ’49

1945 Classmates: Brinton T. Darlington, George R. Gillmore, Tom M. Flanagan, William A. Schiess 12/’43, and Murray A. Grossman

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1958Paul M. Fine, of Omaha, NE, is “still kicking!” He continues working clinically about two days a week and does volunteer teaching at two local universities. He enjoys spending time with his great grandchildren. “Thinking back on our days together,” he writes.

Richard Schoenfeld, of Bethesda, MD, is enjoying retirement with his beautiful wife, three fantastic grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.

1959Arthur D. Goldstein, of Suffren, NY, is beginning his 50th year in the active practice of plastic surgery. He supports his community as surgeon for Brewer Fire Company, Rockland County Sheriff’s Department and the Ramapo Police. He is now emeritus status (still active, however) as one of the medical examiners in the Rockland County Medical Examiner’s Office.

1961Charles H. Reiners, of Manlius, NY, has just begun his fall series of OASIS classes. These are seniororiented classes on current events, history, American history, music appreciation, etc. that have been a real boon to his retirement education and enjoyment. The classes are one to twohours, and each course is one to sixweeks each. He spends considerable time there on an almost daily basis. “Try it, ‘chule like it.”

1962Michael F. Cahn, and wife Hilda, moved from Port Ludlow, WA, to the independentliving area of a threelevel continuing care community in Redmond, WA. “We remain well and active, and continue to enjoy retirement,” they write.

Bedros Markarian, of Hilton Head Island, SC, has been seeing patients in family medicine at the local

Volunteers in Medicine for the past eight years, two mornings a week.

1963Carl Salzman, of Watertown, MA, writes “Still working full time and loving it!”

1964Stanley B. Burns, of New York, NY, is publishing his 44th book. He is the technical medical advisor to the HBO/Cinemax series “The Knick.” He was recently featured in the New York Times on his historic photo archive and new postmortem memorial photography exhibition.

Anthony E. Voytovich, of Farmington, CT, retired in 2006 as professor of medicine, associate dean, and chief of staff at University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He and Glenna celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary! He is playing alto sax in a local jazz quintet and volunteering as a guide at the New England Air Museum.

1965Jack Egnatinsky, of St. Croix, VI, and his wife Judy, celebrated their 50th anniversary in June, meeting the family in San Diego. Jack remains very active as a surveyor and medical director for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) and their international subsid

iary, Acreditas Global. They are planning on coming to Syracuse for his 50th class Reunion.

Leslie B. Lindenberg, of West Hartford, CT, and wife Ellen have four sons and 13 grandchildren. He is still in solo practice in pulmonology and Ellen is a labor and delivery nurse. Three of their sons have finished medical school. Judah is a neurologist in Cleveland, OH; Noah is an oncologist in Cherry Hill, NJ; and Daniel is a gastroenterologist in Boca Raton, FL. “I still love working and look forward to each day’s challenges,” he writes.

Michael W. Weiner, of San Francisco, CA, is still an active medical investigator. His focus is on use of imaging, biomarkers and technology to study Alzheimer’s disease and to develop improved diagnostic methods treatments. He is the principle investigator of Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) the largest NIH grant on Alzheimer’s disease. He is also the principle investigator

Jack Egnatinsky ’65 and family

Allen S. Goldman ’58, of Camden, ME, has hosted a round table for the last 12 years—first on Greek classics, then Shakespeare, and now on Ovid—which includes about a dozen people gathered around his dinner table two hours a week in the winter.


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of three Department of Defense grants to study the effects of post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury on Alzheimer’s disease. He recently launched http://BrainHealthRegistry.org which is a website for the recruitment, assessment and longitudinal monitoring of brain health for neuroscience studies. He and wife Barbara recently celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary and their two children are doing well.

1966Martin S. Goldstein, of Boca Raton, FL, retired from his gynecologic surgery practice in New York City this year and relocated to Florida. He and Susan have nine grandchildren, ages two to 15. He was awarded the 2014 Jacobi Medallion, the highest award given by The Mount Sinai Hospital Alumni Association.

1967Sheldon Cohen, of Miami, FL, and his wife, Sandy, are more than five years into a happy retirement. They will soon celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with their entire family on an Alaskan cruise.

Herbert S. Sherry, of New York, NY, is clinical professor of orthopaedic surgery and clinical professor of medical education for the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and has been director of the

musculoskeletal course since 1979. He was chief of orthopaedic oncology at Mt. Sinai Hospital for the first 20 years of his clinical practice. In October 2014, he received the Mt. Sinai Alumni Award for Achievement in Medical Education for a lifetime of dedication to educating physicians in the field of orthopaedics. He is also a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Teaching Award by the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.

1969Kenneth M. Grundfast, of Chestnut Hill, MA, continues to serve as professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology and as assistant dean in the office of student affairs at the Boston University School of Medicine. He has a daughter living in Bethesda, MD; a daughter living in Santa Monica, CA; and two grandchildren.

1970Frederic S. Auerbach, of Portland, OR, is retired from emergency medicine and doing overseas NGO work. Son Joshua Auerbach ’08, after completing a residency in anesthesia and fellowship in regional anesthesia, joined a local group. Brandon, who graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2012, is completing an internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and will return to Seattle with his wife. Another son is a mechanical engineer in Washington. “We are delighted the family is finally physically close,” he writes.

Steven H. Lefkowitz, of Swampscott, MA, writes that his oldest son, Todd, was married recently to Jody Blank, MD, a hospitalist at the Lahey Clinic in Boston. Todd is vice

president at an Internet security firm (Rapid7) in Boston. Their younger son, Marc, is heading Youtube in the AsiaPacific region for Google, and resides in Tokyo.

Joel A. Strom, of Tampa, FL, and his wife just spent a lovely French Rivera holiday with their daughters and their families, including five grandchildren ages eight to 18. They are headed to London and Israel this fall. “Good thing I’m still working,” he writes.

Nathan J. Zuckerman, of Langhorne, PA, is currently working as a medical director with United Healthcare. He is a permanent resident of Naples, FL, and is working hard on his golf game.

1971Jeffrey A. Klein, of Virginia Beach, VA, has retired after 26 years with Hampton Roads Radiology Associates in Virginia Beach.

1973Paul L. Sutton, of Danville, PA, writes he retired from the practice of allergyimmunology (Allergy Partners of Lewisburg, PA) in August 2013.

Philip S. Schein ’65, of Bryn Mawr, PA, is a member of the board of the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). The organization manages research on the international space station.

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MARY E. FALLAT, MD ’79

The Children’s Advocate“Children are not small adults” is an adage

frequently referenced by pediatricians. For pediatric surgeon Mary E. Fallat, MD ’79, that holds equally true when it comes to emergency care, both EMS and ambulance services and in the hospital.

In the primarily rural state of Kentucky, where Dr. Fallat lives and works, there are 100 hospitals with emergency departments, 20 of which are located in the urban centers of Lexington and Louisville. “There are many counties in Kentucky with no hospital, and some of those hospitals are very small. The people who serve in the emergency departments or ambulance services may only see an injured or seriously ill child once a year so their abilities to understand how to take care of those children are, in many cases, lacking,” she says.

Fallat, Hirkati S. Nagaraj Professor and chief of pediatric surgery at University of Louisville School of Medicine and chief of surgery at Kosair Children’s Hospital, has spent the last 25 years working tirelessly to ensure that acutely ill and injured children in Kentucky receive the very best care possible. She currently heads two federal grants to improve pediatric emergency services in her state: one to develop standardized protocols and train EMS workers in the emergency care of ill and injured children; the second to train EMS providers who find themselves consoling grieving parents who have lost a child to a fatal accident or illness outside the hospital. Previously, she spearheaded efforts that led to national guidelines to ensure that all ambulances carry equipment to care for children of all ages and campaigns to enforce the use of safety equipment (like seatbelts) to prevent traumatic injury to children in the first place.

“If you can do something that will affect the lives of many children, I think that’s a noble cause,” she says.

Although Fallat is a general pediatric surgeon—she performs 600700 surgeries a year—she has a long interest in trauma, stemming from her own surgical residency at the University of Louisville and pediatric surgery

fellowship at Children’s Hospital National Medical Center in Washington, DC, both busy trauma centers.

When she joined the University of Louisville faculty in 1988, she started the children’s hospital’s first trauma service and trauma team, serving as chief of trauma until 2005, simultaneously developing leadership roles in the American College of Surgeons state and national committees on trauma. “About 10 percent of all ambulance runs involve children, so it’s not unusual for pediatric surgical care to be trauma care,” says Fallat, who was one of the first appointed members of the Kentucky EMS Board and serves as chair of the EMS for Children subcommittee and the vicechair of the Trauma Advisory Committee.

In addition, to her surgical prowess and her national reputation in the fields of trauma and EMS for children, Fallat, for more than 20 years, ran a pediatric surgery research lab

at the University of Louisville focused on the relationship between high Müllerian Inhibiting Substance (MIS) levels and infertility, leading to medical expertise in reproductive endocrinology and surgical expertise in children with intersex anomalies. She also has a strong interest in medical ethics and served as chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Bioethics, writing AAP position statements on fertility preservation for children and adolescents who have cancer, and resuscitation orders for children who need surgery and anesthesia. “The ethics around that have been pretty well solidified for adults for quite a while but I discovered that no one had ever written an ethics statement defining care for children,” says Fallat.

While her areas of involvement may seem divergent, Fallat says they share a common theme. “I’ve tried to recognize areas where we need to be more concerned about children as a group,” she says. “I like to take on things that serve a population that is not being considered in the same light as adults only because they are children,” she says. “Children deserve to be recognized, treated and not discounted simply because they are children.”


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1974J. Peter Gregoire, of Romulus, NY, retired in 2010. He thought he would miss practicing, but hasn’t much. He keeps busy with his five grandchildren, traveling, gardening and running. “Would love to hear from classmates: call, email, or stop by!”

1975Charles I. Hecht, of Glendale, AZ, attended a Pirates game in June and reunited with classmates, Kevin R. O’Hara, Robert M. Green, and Jeffrey J. Boxer.

1978Mauri R. Cohen, of Marblehead, MA, continues to practice internal medicine/geriatrics in Danvers, MA, for Beverly Hospital (now merged with Lahey clinic). His wife and three boys are all doing well. “Middle son Zack is in his second year at Brown Medical School. This will keep me working for many more years,” Cohen writes. “He loves it there.”

Robert Fulop, of Short Hills, NJ, shares that his daughter, Julie, graduated in May 2014 from New York University Law School.

1979Nancy J. Tarbell, of Waban, MA, was unable to make reunion, but writes “Best to my class!”

1980James T. Bilbo, of Ft. Mitchell, KY, says his practice is still going strong in the Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati area and he hasn’t gotten the bug to retire yet. His sports medicine practice is busy taking caring of athletes of all ages and as team physician at Northern Kentucky University. His wife, Becky, is chairman of the Thomas More College Art Department; daughter Carrie is a jewelry designer in New York City; and son Tom is a graduate student at Texas Tech in

environmental toxicology. They make frequent trips to Colorado for winter skiing and summer fun and to Syracuse to visit family.

Ruth Hart, of Manlius, NY, was awarded the St. Joseph Sister Patricia Ann Award in September in Syracuse. The award is given in recognition of the contributions of outstanding physicians and employees who embodied the same characteristics as Sister Patricia Ann, which are their mission values: “passionate healers dedicated to honoring the Sacred in our sisters and brothers.”

Robert M. Vandemark, of Hillsborough, NC, will retire from his position as chief of radiology at the Orlando VA Medical Center at the end of 2014, and head back to North Carolina to be closer to his children and grandchildren. He has had a long, successful career with Duke University and the VA Hospital system in North Carolina and Florida, but is ready to enjoy life with family and friends.

1982Robert C. Cupelo, of Manlius, NY, recently returned to solo practice after 20 years and is enjoying working with his wife, Barbara. His daughter, Emily Daugherty ’13, is in her second year of residency in radiation oncology.

Nicholas G. Tullo, of Towaco, NJ, performed the first implant in New Jersey of the Medtronic Linq min

iaturized cardiac monitor in February 2014. He is a partner at Consultants in Cardiology in West Orange, NJ, and practices cardiac electrophysiology. In May, he was on the faculty and presented his research on implantable cardiac monitors at the Heart Rhythm Society convention. He is currently assistant clinical professor of medicine at Rutgers University School of Medicine and Dentistry. Also in May, he was selected by the faculty, resident physicians, and medical students at St. Barnabas Medical Center to receive the Harvey E. Nussbaum Golden Award for excellence in teaching. He is also the creator of the educational website ECGAcademy.com.

1983Herbert E. Cushing, of Greenwood, IN, has been appointed chief medical officer at Temple University Hospital, effective August 18.

Ruth Zodkevitch Scher, of Holmdel, NJ, wishes to share the exciting news that her daughter, Alyssa, presently a junior at Emory University, was just accepted via the early assurance program to Upstate Medical University. “We are so thrilled and know she will love the medical school as much as I did! Hope she will be lucky to have Dr. Stearns as her Anatomy professor! We are also thrilled to say that our younger daughter, Rachel, a sophomore at Emory, will

Harvey M. Cohen ’72, of Boca Raton, FL, is retired from practice after 36 years. He is teaching and on the admissions committee at Florida Atlantic University School of Medicine. He is grandfather of a three and a-half-year-old. “Come visit in beautiful Boca Raton,” he writes.

1975 Classmates Kevin R. O’Hara, Charles I. Hecht, Robert M. Green, and Jeffrey J. Boxer


MARK A. SUBIK, MD ’79

Small Town RootsGrowing up in Johnstown, New York, Mark A. Subik,

MD ’79, recognized the interconnectedness of his community. “As in most small towns, most people know each other. You’d see people on the street, you knew who they were, and you knew their family.”

Today, Dr. Subik works in similar communities, Procterville and Gallipolis, Ohio, with populations of 574 and 3,000, respectively. “It’s similar to the way I grew up. I know who my patients are. I see them around town. There’s more of a personal relationship,” he says.

Subik, a gastroenterologist, lives in Huntington, West Virginia, where he completed his internal medicine residency, returning after two years in Houston where he did a fellowship in gastroenterology at the Baylor College of Medicine. He met his wife in Huntington (it’s her hometown), and has found it a great community to raise their two children, now teenagers.

For nearly 20 years, Subik worked at the Marshall School of Medicine and the local VA Hospital. Ten years ago, he decided he’d like to pursue private practice and found an opportunity with a large multispecialty group, right across the river in Procterville, Ohio. While Procterville is only 10 minutes from home, Gallipolis, where he works three days a week, is a 55minute commute. “I realize folks in much bigger cities spend as much time in a commute but may go only 5 to 10 miles. My commute is 45 miles on a twolane road, with farmland on both sides. If I need a break from listening to public radio, I can always count road kill and see how it changes from daytoday,” he says, only half jokingly.

Subik’s mother and aunts were nurses and their experiences helped pique his initial interest in medicine. He chose gastroenterology because he liked the combination of internal medicine and technical/surgical aspects of medicine. “It’s a balance of using your knowledge to analyze patient complaints, taking a good history and physical, and putting all the information together to make a diagnosis, which sometimes results in a test or procedure,” he says.

While his practice encompasses all typical areas of gastroenterology, he sees many patients with complications of Hepatatis C, mostly resulting from drug abuse. “I know this is not specific to Southern Ohio or West Virgina, and is prevalent to many rural areas,” he says.

When he came to medical school, Subik was assisted with tuition costs by a scholarship from his county. He appreciates the lifestyle his career has afforded him and, in an effort to pay it forward, has established three scholarship funds to assist others. One is at the Marshall University College of Education in Huntington and is named after Subik’s father, who was a high school guidance

counselor. The scholarship is given annually to assist college students with learning disabilities. The second scholarship was established by Subik and his two brothers at their old high school in Johnstown in honor of their mother, and is given annually to a graduating senior to help with the cost of college tuition during the freshman year.

Subik has also funded a scholarship at Upstate Medical University, specifically for a student from a severalcounty area in the Adirondack region where he grew up. “It’s sort of my way of paying back,” he says. “I think it’s important to give back to your community and I feel fortunate to be in a position to do so.”

From his own experience, Subik recognizes that people from more rural areas are more likely to choose a similar place to practice and those are the places that often need doctors most. “Growing up in Johnstown didn’t inspire me to go into medicine,” he says, “but the experience of growing up there left an impression of the kind of place I’d want to practice.”


Mark Subik, MD ’79


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be getting a nursing degree. Rachel’s twin brother, Evan, is in the business school at The College of New Jersey, but has not yet decided on a career path. The healthcare field has not been excluded! I wish everyone well in the upcoming years and hope that Upstate will forge ahead with the recognition it deserves for its commitment to its students and community.”

1984John R. Ayers, of Saint Petersburg, FL, recently finished the Syracuse Half Ironman with Dan Wnorowski. “Dan went on to do the Lake Placid full Ironman,” he shares. “I went home and recovered with a trip to Scotland and Ireland where I drank Guinness and did NO running, cycling, or swimming!”

Brian D. Woolford, of San Diego, CA, retired from practicing medicine on June 20, after providing comprehensive primary and HIVspecialty care for 19 years at Family Health

Centers of San Diego. Now that he has more free time to travel, he attended his 30year Upstate class reunion this past fall in Syracuse, while also visiting his family in Upstate New York and Vermont.

1985Martin D. Fried, of Asbury Park, NJ, has a new website, www.healthydays.info.

Simon D. Spivack, of Sleepy Hollow, NY, has been professor and chief of pulmonary medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City for the last seven years. His main responsibility is shaking down the feds at NIH to continue his addiction to science, against all reason and health. His complaint is that there was no relevant “holdups and shakedowns” course taught at Upstate, a deficiency he attributes to the “outrageously cutrate state tuition.” Suggestions welcome.

1987 Stafford C. Henry, of Chicago, IL, writes, “In July, before leaving for a business trip to Okocim and Krakow, I put my house in Lincoln Park on the market, thinking that my time away would be a great opportunity for showings. Although I was thrilled my house sold in five days, my joy was soon replaced with panic when I realized I would soon have no place to live. Later in the summer, a home about five minutes from my current one came on the market.” As he looks back on the last several months, two sentiments come to mind. “First, we spend so much time planning and controlling our personal and professional lives, sometimes, we just need to surrender and let life run its course. The second and more compelling, is a profound sense of gratitude, especially given the world in which we live. I try to remember how lucky we are and how fortunate it is to have options.”

Joseph Rand and his wife, Debby, of 25 years, recently relocated to Raleigh, NC. Joe left a private solo endocrine practice after 19 years in Venice, FL, and joined a singlespecialty group practice in Raleigh. He was also awarded FACP this past July.

1988Teresa J. Karcnik-Mahoney, of Hurley, NY, is a radiologist at Crystal Run Health Care, LLP, a multispecialty physician group and ACO, based in Hudson Valley, NY. She lives with her husband and younger daughter, who is a senior in high school and currently very involved in the college search. Her older daughter is a thirdyear biochemistry major at SUNYNew Paltz.

Leo Katz, of Voorhees, NJ, was recently appointed cochair of the MD Care Committee on patient satisfaction at Jefferson Health System.

1989 Linda J. Powell, completed 22 years as the sole physician in Odessa, WA, a town of 1,000 people. Her oldest child, Zack, graduated from the Colorado School of Mines and now works in Littleton, CO. Her youngest, Griffey, graduated from high school and will be going to South Dakota School of Mines, and daughter Kira is a junior at the Colorado School of Mines.

Stephen R. Weinman and Herbert M. Weinman ’65, celebrated seeing their medical center’s 100,000th patient this year. They opened FirstCare Medical Center, in Highland, NY, along with Steve’s sister

Stephen F. Coccaro ’85, of Setauket, NY, recently returned from a medical mission in Ecuador with Blanca’s House. He does these missions at least once a year and invites fellow alumni to visit www.blan-cashouse.org if interested in volunteering.

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(Herb’s daughter) Virginia Leitner, PAC, in 2008. It contains an urgent care, a family practice, physical therapy and a medispa.

1990Cynthia Gingalewski, moved to Portland, OR, where she is medical director of pediatric surgical services at Randall Children’s Hospital. She and the kids love the Pacific Northwest and reconnecting with Biz Donohue and Ken Bizovi.

1991 Molly A. Brewer, of Farmington, CT, was recently named chair of obstetrics and gynecology at University of Connecticut Health Center.

Bradley P. Fox, of Fairview PA, has been practicing family medicine since 1991.

He is also the SeaWolves’ baseball team doctor, a position that he has held for the past 22 years, and on occasion he has served as their batboy!

1992Mark E. Ohl, of Hamilton, NY, and his wife recently celebrated the birth of their first grandson: Ethan Mark Schroer, who was born to Jennifer and Tom on November 25, 2013. “Jennifer remembers my medschool years, as she used to help me give tours of the campus to prospective students. After two or three of these tours, she did all the talking!” he shares. We LOVE being grandparents!”

1993Janice A. Bedell, of New Hartford, NY, is working for Upstate University Hospital as a Locum Tenens radiologist and couldn’t be happier. “Being a mom and a doctor is the hardest and most rewarding thing I’ve ever done in my life. I have three beautiful children with one of them considering becoming a doctor, one considering politics and law, and the last considering veterinary School. I couldn’t be more proud.”

Elliot Rodriguez, of Cazenovia, NY, has been promoted to associate professor and named vice chair of clinical operations for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Upstate Medical University.

1995Wai Lang (Winnie) Lau, of Vero Beach, FL, writes, “Finally after more than a decade of internal medicine private practice, I’ve achieved my dream job as a nephrologist. I returned to training for fellowship in 20082010, and have been providing renal care now for one year! Woo hoo! It’s never too late to chase your dream.”

Carolyn L. Marasco, of Wesley Chapel, FL, is a partner in Baycare Medical Group as a pediatrician in Tampa, FL. She is involved in many committees for Baycare as well as Girl

Scouts, with her daughters, Mia and Sofia. Husband Matt and all the family recently returned from Alaska. They could not be happier.

Mary E. Obear of Corfu, NY, is an RMED preceptor and received the preceptor of the year award from the New York State Academy of Family Physicians.

1998Tamara A. Prull, of Canandaigua, NY, and her husband welcomed their first baby, Alison, in June. Tamara is still practicing at Rochester General Hospital and Finger Lakes Health.

Stephen R. Weinman ’89, Herbert M. Weinman ’65 (far right), and Virginia Leiter with Oliver Fisher, their 100,000 patient

Carolyn L. Marasco ’95, with husband Matt and daughters Mia and Sofia, dog sledding in Juneau, Alaska


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Yuliya Rekhtman, of Rockville, MD, was named chief of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at Georgetown University Hospital, in Washington, DC.

1999Keira L. Barr, of Gig Harbor, WA, is currently the cofounder and president of Aegis Consulting Group, LLC, where she provides domain expertise in medical disciplines across broad applications including healthcare, biotechnology, and personal care. She currently serves as domain subject matter expert and medical director for A.R.O., Inc., to develop Brightly, an app that functions as a personal UV exposure monitor. Prior to her work with A.R.O., Inc., she practiced dermatology and dermatopathology

on faculty at University of CaliforniaDavis School of Medicine, serving the departments of dermatology and pathology as an expert in skin cancer and melanoma.

2002Erica D. and Jonathan I. Berg ’03, of New City, NY, welcomed a new member to their family, son Aaron Davis, born in August 2013. He joins big sister, Alexis, who is three. Jonathan was appointed physician champion for his hospital’s network and is busy getting them ready for a new office and hospitalwide computer system. Erica still works parttime in Manhattan and was named a New York Rising Star Physician. They reside in Rockland County.

Timothy D. Riley, of Columbia, PA, was appointed an assistant professor at Penn State Hershey and is on the teaching faculty in the Penn State Hershey Family Medicine Residency.

2003Heather Mackey-Fowler, of South Kingstown, RI, has finally made the move to be near the ocean! She is working for South County Hospital in their primary care office in Wakefield, RI, as well as their urgent care center. Her husband, Jim, who once worked as the residency recruiter at Wilson Hospital in Johnson

City, is the new vice president of enrollment at Salve Regina University in Newport. Their sons, Kieran, seven, and Declan, two, love living five minutes from the beach and are busy making new friends. “We would love to have visitors,” she writes.

2004 Jason Weaver Maloney, of Lakeland, FL, is a neuroradiologist who has recently joined Watson Clinic’s team of imaging specialists.

2005Ruchir Gupta, and his wife, Supurna, welcomed their second child, baby boy Ishaan Gupta, on May 5. They live in Dix Hills, NY.

2007Shaun Conlon, of Atlanta, GA, just celebrated his 10th wedding anniversary with his wife Katherine, and they welcomed their first son, Henry, in October. Shaun is working in private practice in nephrology in the Atlanta area.

2008Robert Nastasi, of Ponte Vedre Beach, FL, has taken a position at Coastal Spine and Pain Center in Jacksonville, FL, to provide comprehensive pain medicine and psychiatric care.

Megan Sick, of Cohocton, NY, is a Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy.

Erin (Murphy) Masaba ’09 and Oliver Masaba ’09

Erica’02 and Jonathan I. Berg ’03 with their new son, Aaron Davis, and daughter Alexis


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2009 Erin M. (Murphy) Masaba, of New York, NY, was recently married to Oliver Masaba ’09, on June 7, 2014 in Geneseo, NY.

Dodji Modjinou completed his internal medicine internship and residency at the SUNY Stony Brook Teaching Hospitals and a rheumatology fellowship at the NYU Hospital for Diseases in New York City, and has joined Arthritis Health Associates in Syracuse.

2010Bridgit Virginia Nolan, of Miami, FL, recently graduated dermatology residency from the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital (2014) and began private practice in dermatology in South Florida with Diane Walder, MD, PA. She married Jesse Ryan Howard, who works for Goldman Sachs in Palm Beach, FL, on April 26, 2014, in Indian Creek Island, FL.

Adam P. Stern, of Boston, MA, married Carrie Vaudreuil in a small ceremony at the Boston Public Garden. On July 1, he was named director of psychiatric applications in the BerensonAllen Center for noninvasive brain stimulation at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He will be an instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

2011Daniel P. Anderson, of Elmwood Park, NJ, completed his residency in pediatrics at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital. He and his wife Stephanie, and children Isabella and Connor, moved to New Jersey, where he is a pediatrician at Tenafly Pediatrics.

2013Nikolai V. Kolotiniuk, of San Diego, CA, and his wife had their first child, Nate, who was born on January 6, 2014.

House Staff1974Salma K. Syed, retired from Summerwood Pediatrics in April and moved to Albuquerque, NM, and is enjoying travelling, and visiting family and grandchildren.

Nikolai V. Kolotiniuk ’13, with his wife, and son, Nate

Bridget V. Nolan ’10 with her husband, Jesse Ryan Howard

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Interested in helping to plan your class reunion...contact Lori Murphy at [email protected].


March ’43MIRIAM B. SWIFT, of Syracuse, NY, died July 10. Dr. Swift returned to Syracuse after residency and began a public practice through community clinics. She worked with the Syracuse University Health Service and College of Human Development, the Syracuse City School District, and the Family Medical Center. She was director of the Family Medical Center and oversaw a comprehensive program that offered medical and counseling services to families from Onondaga County social services. In 1972, she was honored as a Post Standard

Woman of Achievement in medicine and later honored as a Lifetime Woman of Achievement. Her name is included in the Woman’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls. She was survived by her daughter, Cheryl; sons, Douglas, Bradley, and Stephen; seven grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.

1946THEODORE BACHARACH, of Grimes, CA, died July 10, 2013. Dr. Bacharach retired from the military as a Lt. Colonel after more than 20 years of service. He first worked at Weimar Medical Center, then later became a founding member of the Auburn Faith Community Hospital. He practiced medicine until he was 82. He was survived by his daughters, Ellen, Su, and Wendy; grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

1949 JOHN H. GRIMM, of Kerrville, TX, died, July 13. In 1951, Dr. Grimm was commissioned as a 1st Lt. in the Air Force Medical Service Reserve, where he became chief of aviation medicine and assistant medical inspector. In 1952, he was designated a chief flight surgeon. He also served in the Korean War. Grimm practiced radiology at M.D. Anderson Hospital, Hermann Hospital, and Memorial City Radiology in Houston. He retired in the early 1980’s. He was survived by his wife, Linda; daughters Jacqueline, Janet, Jeanette and Patricia; his son, John; grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

1950CHARLES BENJAMIN TEAL, JR., of Gainesville, GA, died on May 19. Dr. Teal was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and served on the Manhattan Project at the University of Rochester. He also held a master’s in public health. He practiced medicine as a family practitioner for 15 years and served for 19 years as district medical director of public health overseeing 13 counties in Northeast Georgia. He was survived by his wife, Arline; daughters Linda, and Janice; grandchildren, step grandchildren, and a great granddaughter.

1953ROY P. WALCHENBACH, of Pittsfield, MA, died November 13, 2013. Dr. Walchenbach served in the Korean War as a ship’s surgeon in the Mediterranean Sea aboard the USS Randolph. He was a surgeon in Berkshire County for 36 years. During that time he served as both the chief of surgery and chief of staff at Hillcrest Hospital. He also practiced at Berkshire Medical Center and Plunkett Hospital in Adams, MA. He was survived by his wife, Dorothy; daughter Amy; sons Paul, Peter, and Tod; nine grandchildren; and several other family members.

1954ROBERT V.P. HUTTER, of West Orange, NJ, died July 2. Dr. Hutter served two years of active duty in the Navy. He returned to Memorial SloanKettering where he was chief resident in pathology and an American Cancer Society clinical fellow, and then to Yale, where he did his residency and became a tenured professor of pathology at the age of 39. Hutter was a former chairman of the Department of Pathology at St. Barnabas Medical Center, beginning his tenure in 1973, and helped transform St. Barnabas Hospital into a world leading center. In 1982, he served as the national president of the American Cancer Society and helped to spearhead the ACS’s first nutrition guidelines that emphasized a lowfat, high fiber diet. He was survived by his wife, Ruth; son Andrew; daughters Randi and Edie; and 10 grandchildren.

GERALD E. WEINSTEIN, of Princeton, NJ, died June 28, 2013. Dr. Weinstein served as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps at Fort Bragg, NC, from 1956 to 1958. He was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice in Baltimore City. He taught at medical schools, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland and the BPI. In 1989 he reestablished his practice and taught at Rutgers University Medical School. He was survived by his wife, Aura Star; sons David, Matthew, and Benjamin; stepsons Orrin and Jonathan Star; two grandchildren; and several other family members.

1956JOSEPH GOLD, of Syracuse, died March 1. Dr. Gold was director of the Syracuse Cancer Research Institute, which he founded in 1966, and was still actively working on his research. He was the developer of Hydrazine Sulfate, which was a breakthrough drug in the treatment of cancer and now used worldwide. He was a member of Temple Adath Yeshurun and a lifetime member of the Onondaga County Medical Society. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Judith; their sons, Shannon and Skye; three grandchildren; and extended family.

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1957ROBERT FAYER, of Walnut Creek, CA, died October 11, 2012. Dr. Fayer was an Army captain and served at a M.A.S.H. unit in Korea. Fayer practiced at three hospitals, primarily in Orange County, CA. He ran the trauma center at the Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, then relocated to Seattle, WA, specializing in family medicine. He was survived by his wife, Maudine; daughter Dina; and several other family members.

1958JOHN F. GORMAN, of Fayetteville, NY, died September 12. Dr. Gorman practiced medicine in Upstate New York. He won the Robert Nesbit Society Award for 50 years of distinguished service as a gynecologist. He was survived by his wife, Martha; daughters Mary Beth and Sheila; sons Kevin and Paul; six grandchildren, and several other family members.

STUART L. YUNIS, of Bayside, NY, died March 16, 2013. Dr. Yunis served in the U.S. Army. He was a pioneer in the field of nephrology. He was double board certified in both internal medicine and nephrology. Yunis founded a very successful medical practice in Lake Success with specialists in every field. He also created the first inhouse department at Long Island Jewish Hospital and later moved to St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, where he launched the inhouse dialysis unit. He was survived by his wife, Victoria SchnepsYunis; seven children; and 14 grandchildren.

1959ANDREW C. SABEY, of Coronado, CA, died September 24. Dr. Sabey began his medical career as director of medical education at Mercy Hospital. In 1963 he established an internal medicine practice in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego, where he practiced solo internal medicine until 1994. He then joined the Mercy Physicians Medical Group, retiring in 1999. He was survived by his wife, Deloscia; son William; daughters Christine and Holly; four grandchildren; and a brother.

1960ANGELO R. BRIGANDI, of Irondequoit, NY, died August 10. Dr. Brigandi entered the Air Force after his residency. He was honorably discharged in July 1966 as chief of internal medicine at Amarillo Air Force Base. He then returned to Rochester, where he practiced medicine for more than 50 years. He was survived by his daughter, Kathy; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

SCHIELE A. BREWER, of Sherrill, NY, died September 4. Dr. Brewer was commissioned with the Air Force as a flight surgeon and performed active duty from 19621964. He also served in the Air Force Reserves for more than 20 years, retiring as a colonel in 2000. In 1968 he started his ophthalmology practice in both Oneida and Rome continuing to help people preserve their vision for 30 years. He also served as a faculty member, training new ophthalmology residents at the VA Hospital in Syracuse. He was survived by his wife Heleene; daughters Christine and Anne; sons William, Edward, Paul, Mark and Ken; 16 grandchildren; and other family members.

ROGER S. KUSHNER, of Niagara Falls, NY, died May 25. Dr. Kushner was chief resident of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin Children’s Hospital in Madison, WI. Kushner also served as a captain in the Army at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, PA, where he was assistant chief of pediatrics. In 1966 he returned to Niagara Falls to open his own practice, first with Niagara Pediatrics and then later with Summit Pediatrics. He also served as chief of pediatrics at Mount St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston. He retired in 2004. He was survived by his wife, Ruthie; a son, Dr. Brian; daughter Stacy; three granddaughters; and a brother.

1961RICHARD A. KONYS, of Hilton Head, SC (formerly Dewitt, NY), died on October 20. After completing his medical training, Dr. Konys was commissioned as a captain in the U.S. Air Force and for two years was chief of surgical services at Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome. He then became a partner in the practice of general surgery and peripheral vascular surgery, Surgical Associates of Upstate New York. He was a Diplomat and Fellow of the American College of Surgery, a past president of the Onondaga County Medical Society and for many years was a County Medical Society Delegate to the House of Delegates of the Medical Society of the State of New York. In 1994, he was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, the County Medical Society’s highest award. Konys was president of the Medical Staff of Community General

Hospital of Greater Syracuse, a clinical associate professor of General Surgery at Upstate, and was a member of the board of directors of many organizations. He was survived by his wife, Elinor; sons, Dr. Richard A. Konys and Dr. David M. Konys; daughter, Susan; and 10 grandchildren.

MAX G. MENEFEE, of Harrison, OH, died January 28.

1962 ROBERT S. COHEN, of Saint Louis, MO, died August 26. He was survived by his wife, Kathryn; daughter, Alice; sons, Alan and Andrew; five grandchildren; and several other family members.

1970DOUGLAS J. HARBEN, of Cornelius, NC, died June 21.

ANDREW J. RURKA, of Syracuse, died November 2. A pediatrician for more than 40 years, Dr. Rurka began his career at the Syracuse Neighborhood Health Center. When that clinic closed, he went into private practice, caring primarily for children from lowincome families. He was proud to care for many families through three generations. He was equally dedicated to his medical school alma mater, having served on the Medical Alumni Association Board of Directors since 1977 (as president from 1990–92) and as a longtime member of the Upstate Medical Alumni Journal Advisory Board. He was survived by his sister, Josephineanne Rurka. (See tribute on page 60.)

FacultyRICHARD H. AUBRY, of Syracuse, NY, died on October 11. Dr. Aubrey is a graduate of New York Medical College and did his training in obstetrics and gynecology at Metropolitan Hospital in New York City, Albany Medical Center, and Upstate Medical University. He also earned a master’s in public health from Harvard in 1987. Aubry was on the obstetrics and gynecology faculty at Upstate for more than 50 years, teaching more than 8,000 students. He was one of the nation’s first maternalfetal medicine specialists focusing on highrisk pregnancies. He founded the Central

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New York Regional Perinatal Center in 1976, one of the first facilities of its kind in the country. The center serves highrisk mothers and babies from a 15county region. He also helped develop the Maternal & Child Health Center at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse. For years, Aubry was a key player in extensive efforts to slash the region’s high infant mortality rate, which, by the early 1990s, rivaled that of developing nations. He worked with Onondaga County to launch a federally funded program in 1997 called Healthy Start that promotes healthy pregnancies through home visits, case management, and education. He was survived by his wife, Marjorie; daughter Ann Marie; sons Richard J. Aubry ’89 (Eileen Keneck ’89) and John; four grandchildren and several other family members.

WILLIAM R. CHAFFEE, of Marlborough, MA (formerly of Auburn, NY), died October 14, 2013. Dr. Chaffee served in the U.S. Navy. He completed his residency in internal medicine, and started a private practice in Orange, CT, before returning to Upstate New York to serve on the faculty of Upstate Medical University and the Syracuse VA. In 1966, he joined Drs. Lawrence Smith and Joseph Rowley in Auburn, NY, to form the practice Internal Medicine Associates. He was a member of the practice for 35 years and retired in 2011. He was survived by his wife, Emily; daughters Anne and Jean; a son, Robert; and seven grandchildren.

LAURA W. NEVILLE, formerly of Cotuit, MA, and Fayette ville, NY, died October 21, 2012. Dr. Neville completed her residency in psychiatry. She was in private practice and served as a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Upstate until her retirement in 1987. She was survived by her daughters,

Margaret, Katherine, and Nancy; sons John and Robert; nine grandchildren; one great grandson; and several other family members.

House StaffMARIA JAVAID, of Lawrence, KS, died October 12. Dr. Javaid was an interventional cardiologist at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City. She completed her internal medicine residency in 2004 and a cardiology fellowship in 2007.

ALI A. KANCHWALA, of Lawrence, KS, died October 12. Dr. Kanchwala was a pulmonologist and Medical intensivist at StormontVail HealthCare in Topeka. He completed his residency in internal medicine in 2007.

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Brothers by Mutual AdoptionA TRIBUTE TO ANDREW J. RURKA, MD ’70, A DEAR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE

By Patsy Iannolo, MD ’81

I first met Andy in the fall of 1979. I was 25, a thirdyear medical student, and a new dad. I was just beginning a pediatric

clerkship, and as part of that training, was assigned to Andy to experience outpatient pediatric care.

He had recently joined a private pediatric practice after nine years with the Syracuse Community Health Center. I liked him right away. As an attending physician, he was engaging, thoughtful, confident, kind, and patient. He was a great teacher, who could simultaneously be respectful and challenging to a student. When I started my own office practice years later, I learned how difficult it can be to have a student in your office, to teach properly and at the same time keep your office schedule. It is challenging to give patients enough of your time despite sending in a student to do most of their office visit. Andy pulled it off with incredible ease and throughout his career he continued to volunteer himself to pediatric teaching and to interviewing medical school applicants.

We shared common backgrounds. He grew up in the Pioneer Homes in the shadow of Route 81. I grew up on Burnet Avenue in the shadow of Route 690. We were both firstborn sons of immigrants with one sister apiece. He worked his way through medical school and I was doing the same. We shared the common values of hard work, a love for God, and a devotion to our families. We shared a passion

for SU basketball and he began to take me to games at Manley Field House. As we began to know each other more on a social basis, I learned that he was a bachelor and devoted to his parents and sister. As opportunities arose, he began to attend family functions with us as well.

As I began teaching at the College of Medicine, Andy was a constant sounding board and advisor for me on how to engage and relate to students. We shared a respect and appreciation for the education and opportunity that we received from Upstate Medical University. In our hearts, I think we both realized that coming from our economic and ethnic backgrounds, neither one of us would have been physicians had it not been for SUNY Upstate. He held a high standard for representing the College of Medicine well, and for giving back time or funds for future generations of students.

The essence of Andy’s life was the practice of pediatrics, especially to the underserved. To many, pediatrics represents the specialty requiring the greatest nurturing of patients with the lowest salary level in medicine, the reason many doctors avoid the field. Andy reveled in it; his rewards did not come in dollars, they came in big grins with missing teeth, high fives and big hugs from little arms. The rewards came in taking care of children who brought him their children and then their grandchildren. He did not need a

Mercedes; a minivan was fine and he filled it with toys from the dollar store that he was always giving away. As the years passed, and he became more debilitated by his own medical illnesses, it was this devotion to his patients that sustained him to practice much longer than many physicians would have.

Ironically, during his final hospital stay, Andy was on 7 Memorial at Crouse, which used to be the pediatric floor and nursery where he cared for many of his patients. I think he found comfort in these familiar surroundings. At one point a nurse made the mistake of calling him “Mister” Rurka. Despite his failing voice and labored breathing, he quickly and loudly corrected her. “Doctor Rurka.” Nothing else need be said.

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T hank you for all the work you have done to make the medical student experience at Upstate Medical University a more enjoyable one, and for the awards and scholarships you have provided to numerous

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