Special 2014 - Albany Medical College Alumni Association

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Bulletin
of the Albany Medical College Alumni Association
SPECIAL
EDITION
Volume 79
Number 2
Summer 2014
Inside
Alumni Association
Award Recipients
Learning to Teach,
Teaching to Learn
Commencement 2014
2013 Contributors
Report
Images from Albany Medical College 175th Anniversary Celebration, Reunion Weekend 2014 and 2014 Commencement events.
Please consider a bequest in support of Albany Medical College.
“Gina and I looked at each other and said,
‘We wouldn’t be where we are now if not
for Albany Medical College.’
It made this gift
an easy decision.”
PILLARS
societ y
Gina and Tom Snyder, M.D. ’69
Vallejo, California
The Snyders keep their link to Albany Medical College
alive through the Alumni Association. Regular annual
gifts and a generous bequest comprise Gina and Tom’s
substantial gift to help the next generation of talented
physicians. Thank you!
Members of the ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE PILLARS SOCIETY have created lasting legacies using
their bequests, life income gifts and retirement plans. They provide inspiration to others to do the same.
Learn more, contact Laura O’Brien, Assistant Vice President, Gift Planning and Principal Gifts
(518) 262-6835 [email protected] www.amc.edu/foundation/giftplanning
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
President
Janet E. Gargiulo, M.D. ’79
President-elect
Anthony C. Campagna, M.D. ’85
Immediate Past President
Alan M. Sanders, M.D. ’88
Secretary
Nancy C. Sapio, M.D. ’85
Bulletin
Summer 2014
of the Albany Medical College Alumni Association
Treasurer
David M. Jones, M.D. ’97
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Historian
Jeffrey D. Hubbard, M.D. ’68
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
DIRECTORS
Albert A. Apicelli, M.D. ’65
Mitchell H. Bamberger, M.D. ’82
Stephanie Bull, M.S., P.A. ’09
Christopher L. Campese, M.D. ’90
Jodi Della Rocca, C.R.N.A.,
M.S. ’02, Ph.D.
Clifford A. Erickson, M.D. ’99
Robert J. Hedderman, M.D. ’82
Siobhan M. Kuhar, M.D. ’99, Ph.D.
R. Peter Manes, M.D. ’04
Dennis P. McKenna, M.D. ’92
Kathryn T. O’Keeffe, M.D. ’78
Phillip S. Paty, M.D. ’86
Donna M. Pietrocola, M.D. ’75
Mary E. Rappazzo, M.D. ’76
Kevin W. Roberts, M.D. ’77
Gary L. Sutter, M.D. ’76
Gurvinder S. Uppal, M.D. ’86
Peter Vincent, Ph.D. ’89
Bruce White, D.O., J.D., M.S., ’09
Charles L. Poskanzer, M.D. ’45,
Emeritus
Steven M. Frisch, M.D. ’79,
Ex-Officio
Vincent P. Verdile, M.D. ’84,
Ex-Officio
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President’s Message
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2014 Alumni Association
Award Recipients
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Reunion Weekend 2014
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Commissioning Ceremony
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2013 Contributors Report
Dean’s Message
Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn
Stuart J. Schnitt, M.D. ’79 2014 Distinguished Alumnus
College News and Events
Albany Medical College 2014 Commencement
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION STAFF
Maura Mack Hisgen, Executive Director
Christine Horigan, Associate Director
Alison Lester, Program Manager
Jessica Watson, Archivist
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Pillars Profile:
John Wheeler, M.D. ’69
Class Notes
2014 -15
Upcoming Alumni Events
alumni.amc.edu/events
Regional Receptions
Stay connected: please join Dean Vincent P.
Verdile, M.D. ’84 and Alumni Association
Board President, Janet E. Gargiulo, M.D. ’79,
at an upcoming alumni event. Dr. Verdile will
provide an update on the exciting news and
developments at Albany Medical College.
1 Hartford, CT: Thursday, September 18, 2014
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2 San Diego, CA:
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
3 Providence, RI:
Thursday, October 23, 2014
4 Boston, MA:
Thursday, November 20, 2014
5 Naples, FL:
Sunday, November 9, 2014
6 San Francisco, CA:
Sunday, December 7, 2014
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7 New York City, NY:
Thursday, February 5, 2015.
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HONORING
’45, ’50, ’55, ’60, ’90,’95,’00,’05,’10
Stay tuned for more 2014-15
regional events to be added.
REUNION
THE CLASSES OF:
WEEKEND
’65, ’70, ’75, ’80, ’85,
and The Gold Society
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Friday, April 24- Sunday, April 26
Highlights:
• Distinguished Alumnus Lecture • Friday Evening Individual Class Dinners
• Dean’s State of the College Address • Awards Luncheon • Reunion Gala
• Tours of the College, including the Patient Safety and Clinical Competency Center
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SPECIAL
EDITION
President’s Message
Dear Fellow Alumni,
We had a full and celebratory spring at Albany Medical College—
the 175th Anniversary Reception in March, Reunion Weekend 2014
in April and Commencement in May. As your president, it was my
privilege to mark the occasion of the College’s milestone anniversary
year with fellow alumni, students and faculty at the special gathering.
I
was also pleased to see so many returning alumni at reunion and was honored to recognize our
2014 Alumni Award recipients at this year’s Luncheon.
I enjoyed serving as a volunteer for the Class of 1979’s 35th Reunion along with fellow classmates,
Steven Frisch, M.D., Margaret Grogan, M.D., James Horn, M.D. and David Semenoff, M.D. As class
agents and class coordinators, we worked together to encourage participation and raise awareness
about the importance of reunion giving. I’d like to extend my gratitude, on behalf of the entire
Alumni Association, to this year’s reunion class agents and class coordinators for their hard work
and dedication.
We have set the date for Reunion 2015: Friday, April 24 – Sunday, April 26. Alumni from classes
ending in “0” and “5”—mark your calendars today! All alumni—please consider nominating fellow
alumni for the 2015 awards for Distinguished Alumnus, Exemplary Support, Honorary Alumni,
Humanitarian Alumnus and Meritorious Alumnus.
This year’s pre-commencement Awards Ceremony and Commencement Eve Reception were
held at the New York State Museum. It was a beautiful May evening and members of the College
community, the Class of 2014 and their families enjoyed these special events.
I’d like to welcome three new board members: Mitchell Bamberger, M.D. ’82, Dennis McKenna,
M.D. ’92, and Gary Sutter, M.D. ’76. We look forward to working with them on important alumni
initiatives and engagement. We are most grateful to our retiring board members for their many
years of generous and amazing service: John Czajka, M.D. ’77, John Kaplan, Ph.D. ’76, Richard
Wilmot, M.D. ’88 and Jitka Zobal-Ratner, M.D. ’88.
In closing, please join me in making your gift to the Alumni Annual Fund, if you have not done so,
this year. Philanthropic support from our alumni enables us to continue providing critical funding for
our teaching programs, financial aid, research and extra-curricular student initiatives. Send your gift
to our alma mater today. Thank you.
Happy Summer!
Janet E. Gargiulo, M.D. ’79
Nominate
your fellow alumni
for the
2015
ALUMNI
AWARDS
Distinguished Alumnus
•
Exemplary Support
•
Honorary Alumni
•
Humanitarian Alumnus
•
Meritorious Alumnus
Summer 2014
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Albany Medical College
175th Anniversary Reception
On Thursday, March 20, nearly 200 members of the college community—students, faculty, staff and alumni—gathered to celebrate the 175th
Anniversary of Albany Medical College at Sixty State Place in Albany.
A welcome and champagne
toast was led by Janet E.
Gargiulo, M.D. ’79, president
of the Alumni Association,
Dean Vincent P. Verdile, M.D.
’84, and CJ Pierce, Class of 2014,
Student Council president.
Dean Vincent Verdile, M.D. ’84
celebrating with the Class of 2014.
To commemorate the College’s
175th anniversary the
Archives is putting
together a memory
CALLING
book of anniversary
ALL
messages and we need
your help.
ALUMNI
Share a memorable
part of your medical education,
an individual who shaped
your career as a physician or a
humorous anecdote from your
college experience. YOU have a
chance to be a part of history!
(see link below)
I remember Manuel J.
“Pearl
who was a teacher,
mentor and friend. As a
3rd year medical student,
Dr. Pearl was influential
in my choosing OB-GYN
as my specialty. He was
a gentle, kind man and a
brilliant, astute professor
and teacher. He became
acting Chair of the
department and is fondly
remembered by all the
OB-GYN residents that
were fortunate enough
to study under him.
”
Albert Apicelli, M.D. ’65
Alumni and students share their
fond memories and anniversary wishes
for Albany Medical College:
to Albany Medical College strictly for its location;
“itI applied
was the only medical school located close enough to
Williamstown, Massachusetts, where my fiancé was on the
faculty at Williams College, so that we could get married.
I arrived as a first year student, newly wed with a different
surname, creating a small uproar at a time when married
women were not generally seen as viable students. As it
turned out, Albany was a fantastic school, providing me
with a wonderful education. As an intern in pediatrics, I
was so much better prepared than most of my colleagues
both in knowledge and practical experience. Two people
stand out in my memory: Richard Beebe for teaching us
examination skills, and my classmate, Mary Rappazzo-Hall,
the consummate physician.
”
Catherine Bartlett, M.D. ’76
Happy Anniversary Albany Med! Thank you for all of your support and providing me
“with
such an enriching learning experience!
Maya Furman, ’15
”
Submit your anniversary message online: alumni.amc.edu/amc175
Rifat Mamun, M.D. ’14, Julia Mayne, M.D.
’14, Shalin Patel, M.D. ’14, and Lindsey
Cilia, M.D. ’14 at the 175th Anniversary
Reception.
Happy Anniversary Albany
“Medical
College! I am so
proud to have attended
such a great school that
I know has prepared me
well for the future. For this,
I am forever grateful.
”
Karamjit Chela, M.D. ’14
you for giving me
“theThankopportunity
to change
the world.
”
Paul Hoerbelt,
2015 Ph.D. Candidate—
Neuropharmacology
SPECIAL
EDITION
Dean’s Message
In honor of the College’s 175th Anniversary this year, we titled the Medical
Center’s Annual Report “History Always in the Making,” designed to reflect
both our the historical milestone we have reached, as well as the extraordinary growth and changes we expect to see in the years ahead.
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n so many ways, Albany Medical College is poised to begin new chapters in our
development. After years of investments, the campus has become a truly modern
showcase for our Medical Center, our city and our region. Over the next two years,
this growth will continue as new housing and retail structures will continue the
evolution of our campus and our neighborhood into a thriving community.
Updates to the facilities and labs offer greater opportunities for our researchers
and students to perform leading-edge work, as well as to attract a new generation
of scientists and practitioners. Our new lab floors and the new Animal Research
Facility have created space to perform state of the art work with an emphasis
on translational research.
These changes and other initiatives will help Albany Medical College shape our
region’s economy and our community into the future. For example, one exciting
project has been our work in collaboration with the University at Albany and
the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to strengthen our region’s economy and our
scientific and research capabilities. By sharing discoveries through the New York
Capital Region Research Alliance (NY Cap), we are identifying opportunities to
develop joint proposals for funding, strengthening our life sciences and technical
economy, and ultimately creating jobs and building businesses.
All of these investments and efforts have enhanced our prestige. For the
Class of 2018, we had a record number of applicants, high performing candidates
who recognize the unique approach Albany Medical College offers. In this issue,
we highlight just one of these initiatives, our Learning to Teach: Teaching to Learn
program that helps prepare students for the challenges of teaching they will need
regardless of the direction their career takes.
Our graduates continue to secure desirable placements within an increasingly competitive
environment. At Match Day, Albany Medical College students received placements at hospitals
throughout the country including such prestigious institutions as Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical
Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Georgetown University Hospital.
The support we get from our alumni is an integral ingredient in ensuring our continued success.
More than half of the funds being raised through our current capital campaign, Lifeline: The Campaign
for Albany Medical Center, will support initiatives in the College.
While we have made tremendous progress towards our goals, continued alumni support is absolutely
vital for supporting scholarships and research. Alumni unrestricted funding is always needed to provide
enhanced opportunities for both faculty and students, such as the gifts that are helping more than 40
students work on summer research projects at Albany Med and throughout the country.
We remain grateful for your support in helping achieve the milestones we have reached, as well as
the ones to come over our next 175 years.
All the best,
Dean Vincent P. Verdile, M.D. ’84
Summer 2014
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Learning
to Teach,
Teaching
to Learn
Unique Course Sets Albany
Medical College Students Apart
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William Chang, ’15, Kathleen Ruzzo, ’15, Katharine Halligan, ’15, Ph.D.
’10, M.S. ’08, and Jonathan Rosen, M.D., in the Patient Safety and
Clinical Competency Center.
When graduate medical program interviewers asked Sarah Dobrzynski,
M.D. ’14, what set her apart from other candidates for residency, she knew
just how to respond—her teaching skills.
“R
esidency programs value this skill, since part of
your job as a resident is to teach fellow residents
and medical students,” says Dobrzynski. “Thanks
to my experience at Albany Medical College, I have
total confidence that I will be a great teacher.”
Dobrzynski, who was accepted into the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center’s emergency medicine training
program, earned her confidence through Learning
to Teach, Teaching to Learn—a unique fourweek course at Albany Medical College.
While a number of medical schools offer
formal students-as-teachers (SAT)
training programs, Albany Medical
College is the only medical school in the
country that makes it a requirement
for its fourth-year students.
Jonathan Rosen, M.D., associate
dean for medical education, conceived
the course in 1999 after observing
fourth-year students teaching clinical
skills to first- and second-year students and
recognizing a wide variability of teaching ability.
“Inevitably, all medical students will have
the responsibility to teach at some point in their careers,”
explains Rosen, who piloted the program with one student
in 2000. In 2001, Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn
was integrated into the fourth-year curriculum.
“ ‘Teaching’ can mean so many things,” he continues. “It
could mean developing a faculty, prioritizing information, or
communicating with a patient or patient’s family. It’s an essential
skill that we felt was important for our students to learn.”
Henry Pohl, M.D., vice dean for academic administration at
the Medical College agrees. “Future physicians need to help
educate the public for wellness and health care maintenance, and
soon after earning their degree, new doctors must teach medical
students. Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn achieves both
outcomes for our medical education program while also acting as
a learning laboratory to refine clinical skills and communication to
make Albany Medical College graduates truly patient centered.”
To hone their teaching skills, students are required to
participate in workshops, teach clinical skills to first- and
second-year students, and teach in local schools. At the end
of the month-long course, they must conduct a capstone
project in which they teach the topic of their choice to a small
group of two to three second- or third-year students.
“When you’re forced to teach something, you
automatically improve your knowledge of it,” says Linnie
Newman, associate professor for medical education, who
oversees the students’ schedules, helps develop the intern
scenarios, and observes and provides feedback. “If you
can teach a topic, you probably understand it well.”
Intern scenarios conducted with the assistance of the College’s
“standardized patients” (but who are not standardized in these
cases so that students may experience the unknowns that
may arise in true patient encounters) in the College’s Patient
Safety and Clinical Competency Center (PSCCC) address
difficult situations such as informing a parent that Child
Protective Services has been called due to their child’s
injuries, informing a spouse of an unexpected
death after an auto accident, or asking for a
family’s forgiveness after a HIPAA violation.
“I remember having to role play that I
was asking a man whose wife had died for
permission to order an autopsy,” recalls
Holly Wagoner, M.D. ’14. “These are
difficult situations that you may not be
exposed to in medical school, but that you
may have to deal with someday, and now I
have the confidence that I can do this. It’s an
extension of the clinical skills we’ve learned.”
In other core workshops, students learn to
give effective feedback to their peers in small group
sessions and at-the-bedside teaching encounters. They
also gain valuable experience practicing sign-out rounds
with attendings and residents, and later participate in
feedback sessions with faculty about their delivery.
Alison Rodriguez, M.D. ’13, now training as a resident
at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, says those
experiences prepared her to interact with other physicians.
“It’s difficult to learn to accept feedback from attendings,
especially constructive criticism, but Learning to Teach
helped prepare me to take all feedback tactfully and in stride,
and to give it to others effectively, as well,” says Rodriguez,
who has been recognized for her outstanding teaching
skills with several “apple pins” awarded by students.
The course also provides a valuable service to the community
by sending students to local middle and high schools to help
educate young people about various topics important to their age
group—like the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Through “Vital
Signs,” fourth-year students are required to develop goals,
objectives and a lesson plan before teaching Albany High School
students. A similar program takes place with other local schools,
helping medical students to further hone their teaching skills.
Chris Smith, M.D. ’14, summarizes the course well: “You
get the chance to teach and give feedback to different people
in different settings. You get to discover what works best
and what people respond to. It reaffirms for you that you’ve
come a long way, and you’re well prepared for what’s next.”
It’s an
essential skill
that we felt was
important for
our students
to learn.
Summer 2014
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REUNION
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WEEKEND
Stuart Schnitt, M.D. ’79
receiving the 2014
Distinguished Alumnus
Award from Janet
Gargiulo, M.D. ’79.
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Top Breast Pathology Researcher
Stuart J. Schnitt, M.D. ’79
Named 2014 Distinguished Alumnus
ALUMNI
AWARDS
Stuart Schnitt, M.D. ’79, Director of the Division of Anatomic Pathology
at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, credits
“serendipity” with putting him on the path to becoming one of the world’s
foremost breast pathology experts.
“
When I was a resident at Beth Israel Hospital in 1980 one of the
attending pathologists asked me if I was interested in getting
involved in a research project to review breast cancer cases,”
recalls Schnitt. “Those were the early days of breast conserving
therapy. We were able to identify a set of microscopic features
associated with an increased risk for local recurrence.”
That study is viewed as the foundation of much of the subsequent
research in the field. “We basically hit a home run on our first study
of this subject. It made it seem like research was really easy,” says
Schnitt, with a laugh.
Today, in addition to his role at BIDMC, Schnitt is a professor of
pathology at Harvard Medical School and co-leader of the DanaFarber Harvard Cancer Center Breast Program. He has authored
more than 300 original articles, editorials, commentaries, review
articles and book chapters; he is the only American editor of the
fourth edition of the World Health Organization Classification of
Tumours of the Breast and a past president of the United States
and Canadian Academy of Pathology. Schnitt is also the author of
a popular breast pathology textbook, Biopsy Interpretation of the
Breast. Currently in its second edition, it has also been published
in Chinese.
Albany Medical College Alumni Association named Schnitt its
2014 Distinguished Alumnus, and in April he returned to campus to
present the annual Distinguished Alumnus Lecture. His topic was
“The Essential Role of the Pathologist in Guiding Management of
Patients with Breast Diseases: From Morphology to Molecules.”
“Breast cancer used to be considered one cancer with one
treatment: mastectomy,” he explains. “We’ve moved from a onesize-fits-all approach to a more personalized approach to treat
not only breast cancer but many other cancers as well as noncancerous conditions.”
Schnitt discovered his passion for pathology during medical
school under the tutelage of Professor R. Foster Scott. “He
helped me realize that pathology was the perfect mix of science
and clinical medicine and that was exactly what I was looking for,”
he says. “Pathologists are often viewed as people who sit in dark
rooms with their microscopes. Many people don’t understand
the major contributions that pathologists make to patient care
and research.”
“Having strong mentors throughout my career has been
critical to any success I have had,” he continues. “I think all
medical students need mentors who can help them find their niche.
But, regardless of what field of medicine today’s medical students
ultimately choose, an understanding of genetics is essential to
really comprehend the risk of diseases, disease treatment and
disease outcome.”
As a faculty member, Schnitt focuses on educating and
training pathologists around the world. In addition to teaching in
numerous post-graduate courses, Schnitt’s department supervises
approximately 35 pathology residents and 10 fellows each year
(including two dedicated breast pathology fellows). An annual
two-day post-graduate course, “Breast Pathology: Current
Concepts and Controversies,” that he launched in 2002 draws
more than 200 people each year.
Schnitt keeps the contributions he has made in perspective.
“You may think you’re making major contributions by publishing
research papers,” says Schnitt. “But, in 20 years, people will
likely not know what research you did or know what papers you
published. In my view, one’s legacy in academic medicine isn’t
determined by your research discoveries or by your papers. Your
true legacy is your trainees and what they accomplish.”
Stuart Schnitt, M.D. ’79 delivering his Distinguished Alumnus Lecture in Huyck Auditorium.
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REUNION
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WEEKEND
Nathaniel Silon, M.D. ’58,
with his spouse, Barbara
Silon, receiving the
2014 Exemplary Alumni
Support Award from
Janet Gargiulo, M.D. ’79.
Thomas Burke, M.D. ’89
Thomas Snyder, M.D. ’69
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2014 Alumni Association
Award Recipients
The following alumni, faculty and students
were recognized at this year’s Alumni
Association Awards Luncheon during
Reunion, April 25-27:
EXEMPLARY ALUMNI
SUPPORT AWARD
HUMANITARIAN
AWARD
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
AWARD
Nathaniel Silon,
M.D. ’58
Thomas F. Burke,
M.D. ’89
Thomas L. Snyder,
M.D. ’69
The Exemplary Alumni Support
Award recognizes an alumnus who
has demonstrated extraordinary
dedication and philanthropic
support of Albany Medical
College. Dr. Silon is a dedicated
supporter of his alma mater
and recently funded a generous
merit scholarship program to
express his deep gratitude to the
College for the opportunity to
fulfill a long-standing dream.
Dr. Silon remains grateful
to Albany Medical College for
the confidence placed in him to
succeed academically and for
enabling him to achieve personal
fulfillment. At age 91, he and his
wife, Barbara, reside in Florida,
where he continues to practice
radiation oncology as a substitute
physician in several East Coast
states.
Dr. Burke is chief of the Division
of Global Health and Human
Rights at the Massachusetts
General Hospital and an associate
professor of surgery at Harvard
Medical School. He has extensive
experience in the public health
arena as a senior emergency
physician, a faculty member and
researcher, and as a leader in the
nonprofit sector directing overseas
health interventions since 1994.
Dr. Burke’s efforts have been
principally focused on women and
children’s health and human rights.
Currently, his Division programs
in Africa include: communitybased maternal and infant health
delivery and human resource
development; advanced midwifery
training; national maternal and
child health strategic planning;
and development of service and
research capacity. Additionally,
the Division is embarking on
action-based research on sex
trafficking of girls and women
on several continents.
The Humanitarian Award
was created in 1995 to recognize
alumni who excel, beyond daily
practice, in serving mankind.
The Meritorious Service Award
recognizes an alumnus who has
demonstrated a deep commitment
and active participation in the
Albany Medical College Alumni
Association. Dr. Snyder served
on the Alumni Association
Board of Directors, is an
enthusiastic advocate for the
Alumni Association-sponsored
Archives, and serves as an active
liaison for the Class of 1969 and
alumni residing in Northern
California. In 2011, he founded
the Albany Medical College—
Military Affinity Group. “AMCMAG,” with Alumni Association
support, sponsoring an annual
Medicine in the Military/Family
Life in the Military Symposium
for current and prospective
Health Profession Scholarship
Program Students (HPSP), and
an Alumni Weekend Sunday
Coffee to honor the military
service of attending alumni.
ALUMNI
AWARDS
FRANK C. MAXON, JR., M.D.
ALUMNI AWARD
CJ Pierce, M.D. ’14
Joel Bartfield, M.D.
Kevin Kiley, M.D.
Paul Hoerbelt,
Ph.D. Candidate
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The Honorary Member of the Alumni Association Award recognizes outstanding senior
members of the College faculty who have contributed meritoriously to teaching and in
furthering the excellence of Albany Medical College. This year, the Alumni Association
was proud to induct two members: Joel M. Bartfield, M.D. and Kevin C. Kiley, M.D.
Joel M. Bartfield, M.D.
Kevin C. Kiley, M.D.
Dr. Bartfield has been at Albany Medical
Center since 1990, serving as program
director in emergency medicine for
eight years prior to becoming the
associate dean for Graduate Medical
Education in 2002. He is immediate
past president of the New York State
chapter of the American College of
Emergency Physicians and serves as an
oral board examiner for the American
Board of Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Bartfield is a physician role model,
residency program director, educator,
administrator and associate dean assuring
the quality of the residency programs at
Albany Medical Center. As an advisor
and mentor, Dr. Bartfield demonstrates
a strong commitment to helping medical
students and residents navigate their way
to becoming competent physicians without
losing sight of their personal needs.
Dr. Kiley is chairman of the Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Albany
Medical Center and Albany Medical
College. His wealth of experience
reflects his many years of U. S. Army
obstetrics and gynecology, including a
term as chairman of OB/GYN at William
Beaumont Army Medical Center in El
Paso, Texas. After retiring as surgeon
general of the Army, he was in practice
before the invitation to Albany. Dr.
Kiley’s clinical interests are in general
gynecology and routine obstetrics,
menopausal and adult woman care,
with special attention to the emotional
component of patient care.
After some years as chairman in
Albany, Dr. Kiley took on additional
responsibilities as director of the College’s
busy OB/GYN residency program.
Several Albany graduates are residents
under Dr. Kiley, or are recent graduates of
the program. Appropriately for a retired
General, Dr. Kiley takes a special interest
in students in military service, and made
the commissioning ceremony for newly
graduated medical officers a major part of
Albany Medical College Commencements.
The Frank C. Maxon, Jr., M.D. Alumni
Award is given each year to a fourth
year medical student who has shown
outstanding personal, academic and
professional qualities, and who has
exhibited an active interest in the projects
and programs of the Alumni Association.
Clyde James Pierce, known as “CJ,”
was elected, in his first year, by his
classmates, as a student representative
to the Student Council and served for
four consecutive years. In his fourth
year, CJ was elected as the executive
president of Student Council. CJ
will pursue his training in internal
medicine at the University of Iowa.
GRADUATE STUDENT
AWARD
Paul B. Hoerbelt,
Ph.D. candidate
The Graduate Student Alumni Award
recognizes a graduate student who has
exhibited outstanding scholastic ability,
and has been actively involved with the
Graduate Student Organization (GSO).
Paul served as the 2011-2012 president,
and sat on two oversight committees: the
College Executive Committee and the
Graduate Studies Operating Committee.
In 2012, Paul was recognized with the
annual Richard H. Edmonds Alumni
Leadership Award. He has volunteered
as a tutor for medical students struggling
through first-year neuro, and led grouptutoring sessions for physician assistant
students. In recognition of his service,
Paul was awarded the 2012 Leonard
Procita Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
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REUNION
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WEEKEND
Neil Lempert, M.D. ’58 and
Robert Rapoport, M.D. ’88,
at the Dean’s State of
the College.
Guests at the Awards Luncheon
at 90 State Street.
At the
Reunion
Gala
Jacques Winter, M.D. ’79 and
Marlene Winter, Ph.D. dancing at
the Gala.
Philip Rabinowitz, M.D. ’89 and
Sharon Taylor, M.D. ’89 at the Gala.
Row 1 (front): Janet Gargiulo,
M.D. ’79, Stuart Schnitt, M.D.
’79, Steve Frisch, M.D. ’79,
Robert Warner, Jr., M.D. ’79,
Margaret Grogan, M.D. ’79.
Row 2 (back): Paul Chalmers,
M.D. ’79, Rob Mackenzie, M.D.
’79, Laurence Primack, M.D. ’79,
Richard Greene, M.D. ’79, Gary
Weinstock, M.D. ’79, Ron Musto,
M.D. ’79, Isabelle Warner.
Dean Verdile, M.D. ’84
delivering the State of the
College.
Cheryl Zentner,
M.D. ’04 and
Kathryn Hogan,
M.D. ’04 at
the Gala.
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REUNION
CLASSES
Reunion 2014 Class Photos
Gold Society. David Beck, M.D. ’54, John Abbuhl, M.D. ’49,
Ron Peets, M.D. ’54, Jay Dewell, Sr., M.D. ’54
Gold
Society
Class of 1964. Row 1 (seated): Janet Hall, M.D. Row 2 (standing):
Lewis Schainuck, M.D., Alan Megibow, M.D., Stephen Chan, M.D.
Row 3 (standing): Robert Judson, M.D., Martin Symansky, M.D.,
Charles “Tom” McHugh, M.D., Larry Sherman, M.D., C. Wendell
Wickersham III, M.D., Richard Balsam, M.D.
Class
of 1964
Class
of 1969
Class of 1969. Row 1: William Barry, M.D., Richard Mannal, M.D.,
William Johnston, Jr., M.D., Thomas Snyder, M.D., John Olichney,
M.D., Russell Weed Walker, M.D., Harvey Scherer, M.D., G. Timothy
Johnson, M.D., Dennis Norfleet, M.D.
Row 2: William Rosen, M.D., Jay Clapp, M.D., John Norton, M.D., J
ohn Wheeler, M.D., Fred Schwartz, M.D., Ron Burkman, M.D.
Class
of 1974
Class of 1974. Row 1: Eloise Aguirregoitia, M.D., Edwarda BudaOkreglak, M.D. Row 2: William Hall, M.D., Mark Goldberg, M.D.
Henry Macler, Jr., M.D., Jim Furlong, M.D., Frank Bellino, M.D.
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Reunion 2014 Class Photos
Class
of 1979
Class of 1979. Row 1 (seated): Laurence
Primack, M.D., Richard Greene, M.D., Stuart
Schnitt, M.D., Terri Schnitt, Janet Gargiulo, M.D.,
James Horn, M.D. Row 2 (standing): Jacques
Winter, M.D., Marlene Winter, Ph.D., Phyllis
Frisch, Steven Frisch, M.D., Robert Warner, Jr.,
M.D., Isabelle Warner, Bonnie Weinstock,
Gary Weinstock, M.D., Lynn Horn.
Class
of 1984
Class
of 1989
Class of 1984. Row 1 (seated): Mark Milunski, M.D., Jill Braverman-Panza, M.D., Deborah Longley, M.D., Elaine Price-Schwartz, M.D., John
O’Reilly, M.D. Row 2: Kirk Wood, M.D., Anthony Ritaccio, M.D., Rhonda Myers, M.D., Diane Gorczyca Patrick, M.D., Catherine Bartholomew, M.D.,
Amy Bloom, M.D. Row 3: Randy Beatty, M.D., Bill Gooch, M.D., Paul Sklarew, M.D., Mark Slovenkai, M.D., Thomas Peltola, M.D., Peter Cohen,
M.D., Ronald Zelnick, M.D., Philip Seibel, M.D., Paul Himelfarb, M.D., Vincent Verdile, M.D., Christopher Baker, M.D.
Class of 1989. Row 1 (kneeling): Dane Lacey, M.D., Viral Sheth, M.D., Harjit Singh, M.D., Christopher Asuncion, M.D., Samuel Hakim, M.D.
Row 2 (seated): Marjorie Curran, M.D., Karen Tan, M.D., Hilary Kern, M.D., Alyse Bellomo, M.D., Karamjit Singh, M.D., Melanie Kazlas, M.D.,
Hillary Whonder-Genus, M.D., Sharon Taylor, M.D., Linda Lepik, M.D. Row 3 (standing): Lorraine Marasco-Schratz, M.D., Sharon Tietgens, M.D.,
Amy Damiani, M.D., Linda Curtin, M.D., Thomas Burke, M.D., Raymond Schultz, M.D., Steven Wolf, M.D., Edward Escott, M.D., Ian Weinstein,
M.D., Steven Schulman, M.D., Paolo Trubiano, M.D., Gerardus Jameson, M.D., Philip Rabinowitz, M.D., Mark McDade, M.D., Jeffrey Bennett, M.D.,
Samuel Kao, M.D.
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REUNION
CLASSES
Class of 1994. Row 1 (seated): Elizabeth Kahn, M.D., Emily Etzkorn, M.D.,
Maria Boulos, M.D., Raveen Saluja, M.D., Mariza Vergara Barbe, M.D. Row 2: Uday
Dasika, M.D., Alan Boulos, M.D., Aaron Katz, M.D., James Wilson, III, M.D., Raymond
Tan, M.D., Catherine Tan, M.D., Vanisha Patel, M.D.
Class of 1999. Siobhan Kuhar, M.D.
’99 and Gordon Kuhar, M.D. ’87.
Class
of 1994
Class
of 1999
Class of 2004. Row 1 (seated):
Kathryn Hogan, M.D., Malisa
Lahtinen, M.D., Deborah Myers,
M.D., Bridget Frawley, M.D., Sarah
Preiss-Farzanegan, M.D., Elizabeth
Rose, M.D., Adrianna Hekiert, M.D.,
Makenzi Evangelist, M.D., Lindsay
Gennari, M.D., Annette Dorfman,
M.D., Chelsea Wicks, M.D., Cheryl
Zentner, M.D., Kristina LahtinenAley, M.D. Row 2: Daniel Pauze,
M.D., Daniel McLaughlin, M.D.,
Christopher Freeman, M.D., Colin
Failey, M.D., Marc Gordon, M.D.,
Risheet Patel, M.D., Peter Manes,
M.D., Eric Whitman, M.D.
Class
of 2004
Class of
2009
Class of 2009. Row 1 (seated):
Jeff Saperstone, Mariko Yasuda,
M.D., Danielle Rooney, M.D., Matthew Zink, Christopher Lackey,
Alana Nagle, M.D. Row 2: Melissa
Leber, M.D., Jared Kutzin, Heather
Prunty, M.D., Stuart Prunty, Joanny
Paul, M.D., Tim Caramore, M.D.
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REUNION
WEEKEND
GIVING
The 2014 Reunion
Giving program
was a great success.
Get Involved:
Together alumni celebrating reunion raised more
than $1.2 million! Over $500,000 will be designated
for scholarship awards, $500,000 will be designated
to help fund a faculty chair, and more than $200,000
will support the Alumni Annual Fund.
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PROGR AM
Become a
Class Agent or a
Class Coordinator!
Consider becoming a Class
Agent or Class Coordinator
to help encourage your fellow
classmates to support your
alma mater. Plans are already
underway for 2015 and alumni
classes ending in “5” or “0”
interested in learning more
about these programs should
contact:
Class Agent
Contact: Julie Ruttan, Albany
Medical Center Foundation at
(518) 262-6806 or by email:
[email protected]
Class Coordinator
Contact: Christine Horigan,
Alumni Association
Office at (518) 262-5033
email: [email protected].
We look forward to seeing
you in 2015!
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WEEKEND
Friday, April 24 Sunday, April 26
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We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to all of our
Class Agent volunteers and alumni donors for making our
Reunion Class Gift program a continued success.
Whether it is their 10th reunion or your 45th, the Reunion Giving Program and Reunion
Weekend celebrations could not happen without our alumni serving in the Class Agent and
Class Coordinator role.
The Alumni Association and the Albany Medical Center Foundation would like to extend a special
thank you to the following Class Coordinators for their assistance planning the weekend, and the Class
Agents for making the 2014 reunion giving program such a success through their fundraising efforts:
Class Coordinators
Class of 1964
Laurence A. Sherman, M.D.
Martin R. Symansky, M.D.
Class of 1969
G. Timothy Johnson, M.D.*
Thomas L. Snyder, M.D.*
Class of 1974
James P. Furlong, II, M.D.
Henry A. Macler, M.D.
Jeffrey R. Stall, M.D.
Class of 1979
Steven M. Frisch, M.D.*
Janet E. Gargiulo, M.D.*
Margaret M. Grogan, M.D.
James F. Horn, M.D.
David L. Semenoff, M.D.*
Class of 1984
Rhonda J. Myers, M.D.*
Elaine Price-Schwartz, M.D.*
Vincent P. Verdile, M.D.*
Class Agents
Class of 1989
Amy Damiani, M.D.
Class of 1994
Catherine Tan, M.D.
Raymond Tan, M.D.
Class of 1999
Clifford A. Erickson, M.D.*
Siobhan M. Kuhar, M.D.*
Class of 2004
R. Peter Manes, M.D.*
Kathryn Hogan, M.D.
*indicates dual role as class
coordinator and class agent
Class of 1954
David Beck, M.D.
Class of 1964
Charles “Tom” T. McHugh, M.D.
Class of 1969
Ronald T. Burkman, M.D.
G. Timothy Johnson, M.D.
Thomas L. Snyder, M.D.
Class of 1979
Steven M. Frisch, M.D.
Janet E. Gargiulo, M.D.
David L. Semenoff, M.D.
Class of 1984
Rhonda J. Myers, M.D.
Elaine Price-Schwartz, M.D.
Vincent P. Verdile, M.D.
Class of 1989
Kevin Hill, M.D.
Class of 1999
Clifford A. Erickson, M.D.
Siobhan M. Kuhar, M.D.
Class of 2004
R. Peter Manes, M.D.
2014
Scholarship
Celebration
was held at the
Hilton Garden
Inn in Albany,
New York on
April 24.
Erika Wilson, M.D. ’14, this year’s
Scholarship Celebration speaker
and recipient of the Vera J. and
Gary L. Sutter, M.D. ’76 Endowed
Scholarship, with Alumni Association
Board Member Gary Sutter, M.D. ’76
and his wife, Vera Sutter.
Volunteer Recognition
Highlighted below are just a few of our wonderful alumni volunteers
who shared with us why they chose to dedicate their time and efforts
to their reunion:
45th Anniversary
10th Anniversary
Class of 1969
Class of 2004
There is no question in my mind that being accepted by AMC
When our 10th year reunion came on the horizon, I knew I
“into
“wanted
the class of 1969 dramatically changed the course of my
to help make it as special and enjoyable for my class as
life - and my financial future. As a result, I have always felt a
deep ‘debt of gratitude’ toward AMC. I contribute every year
to the annual fund and now I have arranged for a substantial
gift in my estate. I love being able to ‘give back.’
G. Timothy Johnson, M.D. ’69
”
(Class Agent and Class Coordinator)
I think all of us were impressed by the many changes in the
“campus
compared to 45 years ago. During the reunion, it was a
pleasure to reminisce about our time at Albany Med. Although
we all took different pathways subsequently, it was clear from
the descriptions of what we had done since graduation that all
have been successful in one way or another. I look forward to
returning for another update in five years’ time.
”
Ronald T. Burkman, M.D. ’69 (Class Agent)
First, I seriously appreciate AMC for starting me out on a richly
“rewarding
career and life journey. Second, inasmuch as we all
realize that medical education is immensely expensive, it’s clear
that our generous financial support of Albany Med helps assure
a healthy future for our chosen art and science. These are the
reasons why I devote time and effort to help build strong alumni
relations, and why I give financially to the point of feeling just a
little ‘discomfort.’
possible. I have so many fond memories of my time at Albany
Med, and wanted the chance to help create new memories
over reunion weekend. Furthermore, I saw this as an excellent
opportunity to support the college and its students financially,
by encouraging donations from my fellow classmates. It wasn’t
that long ago that we were students, so the memories are fresh.
But we now have an opportunity to help current students, and
that opportunity motivated my involvement in Reunion 2014.
The weekend was a resounding success, thanks to the hard work
and dedication of the Alumni Association staff, and I am already
looking forward to the next one!
”
R. Peter Manes, M.D. ’04
By giving me the tools to succeed, Albany Medical College
“prepared
me for my career in medicine. I view my donation as a
symbolic gesture to say that I believe in AMC’s mission and wish
to safeguard the future of the College by ensuring an outstanding
educational experience for current and prospective students.
Kathryn Hogan, M.D. ’04 (Class Coordinator)
”
”
Thomas L. Snyder, M.D. ’69
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COLLEGE NEWS
AND
EVENTS
ALUMNI On Campus
Albany Medical College was pleased to welcome back the following alumni:
Eleni A. Tousimis, M.D. ’96 delivered the key address at the
American Medical Women’s Medical Association (AMWA)
2014 NY and NJ regional conference Saturday, Jan. 11. On
Friday, Jan. 10, prior to the conference, Stephen C. Stain, M.D.,
Henry and Sally Schaffer chair of the department of surgery
at Albany Medical Center, hosted a luncheon for Dr. Tousimis
attended by residents and medical students.
Dr. Tousimis is the 2013-14 president of AMWA Board of Directors and
chief of breast surgery at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital.
Mina Sun, M.D, Janet Gargiulo, M.D. ’79, Ursula Matulonis, M.D. ’87, Valerie Brutus,
M.D., and Tara Renna, M.D. ’12 at the AMWA Women in Medicine event.
Joanne V. Dannenhoffer, M.D. ’13 led a round table discussion,
“A day in the life of a family medicine resident” for medical
students on Thursday, Jan. 13. Her talk was presented by the
Family Medicine Interest Group.
Dr. Dannenhoffer is a family medicine resident at the University of
Massachusetts in Worcester, MA.
Henry Pohl, M.D., Honorary ’01, keynote speaker
Leonard Lilly, M.D. ’77 and Neil Lempert, M.D. ’58
at the Jan. 2014 AOA Dinner.
Ursula Matulonis, M.D. ’87 and Tara Renna, M.D. ’13
participated in a panel discussion (along with Valerie Brutus,
M.D. and Mina Sun, M.D.) at the annual AMWA Women in
Medicine dinner on Thursday, March 27 at the Hilton Garden
Inn at Albany Medical Center. On Friday, March 28, Dr.
Matulonis delivered a Grand Rounds Lecture, entitled, “New
Paradigms for the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer” on campus.
Dr. Matulonis is Medical Director and Program Leader Gynecologic
Oncology Program at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and an associate
professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Renna is a resident in OB/GYN at Albany Medical Center and
the 2014-2015 AMWA residency division president.
Leonard S. Lilly, M.D. ’77 delivered a lecture on Wednesday,
Jan. 22 to students, staff and alumni and was the keynote
speaker at the Alpha Omega Alpha Dinner on Thursday, Jan. 23.
Dr. Lilly is chief of cardiology at Brigham Women’s/Faulkner Hospitals
and professor at Harvard Medical School.
Jessica Tassinari, AOA Faculty Inductee Robin
Tassinari, M.D., Honorary Alumnus ’12, and
Cynthia Tassinari at the Jan. 2014 AOA Dinner.
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Stuart J. Schnitt, M.D. ’79 delivered the 2014 Distinguished
Alumnus Lecture, entitled, “The Essential Role of the
Pathologist in Guiding Management of Patients with Breast
Diseases: From Morphology to Molecules” on Friday, April
25 as part of Reunion Weekend. Dr. Schnitt received the 2014
Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Award at the
Alumni Association Annual Meeting on Saturday, April 26.
Dr. Schnitt is director of the Division of Anatomic Pathology at Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center, co-leader of the Dana Farber
Harvard Cancer Breast Program and professor of pathology at
Harvard Medical School. (see page 8 for full coverage)
Thomas F. Burke, M.D. ’89 led a round table discussion on
international humanitarian work on Saturday, April 26, during
the morning Academic Sessions at Reunion Weekend. Dr. Burke
received the 2014 Alumni Association Humanitarian Award
at the annual meeting later that day. Jason Frankel, M.D. ’13
also participated in the discussion. While a student at Albany
Medical College, Dr. Frankel accompanied Dr. Burke on an
international medical mission trip to Africa.
Dr. Burke is chief of the Division of Global Health and Human Rights
at the Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor
of surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Frankel is a resident at the
University of Connecticut, pursuing a career in urology.
COLLEGE NEWS
AND
EVENTS
AMWA Regional
Conference
Albany Medical College American
Medical Women’s Association Chapter
Hosts Regional Conference
By Aleena Paul, ‘16
T
he Albany Medical College chapter of the American
Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) hosted the 2014
AMWA NY and NJ Regional Conference, “Empowering
Future Leaders in Medicine,” on Jan. 10 – 11.
Eleni Tousimis M.D. ’96, AMWA’s 2013-2014 National President,
gave the keynote address at the conference. Dr. Tousimis is a
board certified general surgeon who specializes in breast cancer
surgery. She recently joined Medstar Georgetown University
Hospital, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center as the
Director of the Ourisman Breast Center and Chief of the Division
of Breast Surgery. Dr. Tousimis drew on her experiences as a
leader in medicine to speak about achieving success in academic
medicine and encouraged students to take on leadership roles.
She reflected fondly on her time as a medical student at Albany
Medical College, and shared the wisdom she had received from
her own mentors.
The event was organized by Aleena Paul, ’16, who served as
AMWA Student Division’s Regional Director for New York and
New Jersey during the 2013-2014 academic year. More than
60 medical and pre-medical students from across the region
gathered for leadership training and mentorship. Throughout
the conference, students had opportunities to network with
Deans, faculty and residency coordinators from a variety of
specialties. Programming included a poster session for students
to showcase their research endeavors; a panel discussion on
the changing roles of women in medicine; and clinical skills and
professional development workshops covering such diverse topics
as intubation, suturing, building a CV, picking a specialty, and
developing a social media presence.
The conference was made possible with support from the
AMWA Regional Event Grant, the Albany Medical College
Aleena Paul, ’16, AMWA Region 2 Director, with Eleni Tousimis, M.D. ’96,
President of AMWA.
Office of the Vice Dean and the Albany Medical College Alumni
Association. Albany Medical College alumni Vincent Verdile M.D.
’84, Janet Gargiulo M.D. ’79, Shellie Asher M.D. ’98, Meredith
Englander M.D. ’97, Kathryn Hogan M.D. ’04, Dennis McKenna
M.D. ’92, Kate Wagner M.D. ’94, and Annette Dorfman M.D. ’04,
played key roles in making the conference a great success.
The Alumni Association also supported travel costs for medical
students to attend the National AMWA Conference in March
2014. During the conference, Albany Medical College students
were honored for their work with the organization. Aleena Paul,
’16, was awarded the Anne C. Carter Leadership Award, AMWA’s
highest honor for student leadership, for her work as the Regional
Director for NY & NJ and as the Chair of the Publications
Committee. Vaibhavi Umesh, ’17, was elected to the position of
student division global health chair and Analise Peleggi, ’17, was
elected to the position of student division regional director for
New York and New Jersey. Tara Renna, M.D. ’12, currently a
resident in OB/GYN at Albany Medical Center, is the 2014-2015
AMWA residency division president.
Albany Medical College Student Wins Fellowship to Research Blindness Prevention
Devang Bhoiwala, ’16, has been awarded a $30,000 grant by Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) to study retinal disease
at the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Ophthalmology and Scheie Eye Institute.
With the RPB Medical Student Fellowship, Bhoiwala will take a year off from medical school to research age-related
macular degeneration and the connection between high doses of iron and how this may result in retinal damage.
His work has the potential to improve the lives of patients who suffer from “iron-overloaded” conditions, such as hereditary
hemochromatosis, as well as individuals with iron-deficiency anemia who receive various forms of supplementation.
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COLLEGE NEWS
AND
EVENTS
Esteemed Cell Biologist Receives
America’s Most Distinguished Prize
in Medicine
On Wednesday, May 21, Alexander Varshavsky,
Ph.D., whose landmark discoveries transformed
the understanding of how cell behavior
impacts cancer, autoimmune disorders and
other diseases, received the prestigious
Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and
Biomedical Research at Albany Medical Center.
The Albany Medical Center Prize was
established in 2000 by the late Morris “Marty”
Silverman, a New York City businessman and
philanthropist who grew up in Troy, NY, to
honor scientists whose work has demonstrated
significant outcomes that offer medical value
of national or international importance.
For more information: http://www.amc.edu/
Academic/AlbanyPrize
Health Professions Scholarship Program
(HPSP) Student Gathering
On Monday, Jan. 28, a group of military
medical students met to share information
about the different branches of the armed
services and active duty rotations. Recently
matched fourth year medical students led
the conversation and fielded questions about
scheduling, rotations, interview formats, and
more. They also took the time to offer their
reflections on what these experiences taught
them providing valuable insight on the process
for students. The event was held in the Alumni
Lounge with dinner provided by the Alumni
Association and Albany Medical College Military
Affinity Group (AMC-MAG).
Dr. Stain Chosen to Lead National
Surgical Organizations
In February, Steven Stain, M.D., Henry and
Sally Schaffer chair of the Department of
Surgery at Albany Medical Center, was
elected to head the governing committee that
accredits surgical residency programs in the
United States as chair of the Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education
Resident Review Committee for Surgery. Dr.
Stain was also elected to serve as president of
the Western Surgical Association, president
of the Society of Surgical Chairs, and as a
governor of the American College of Surgeons.
In these positions, he works with top surgeons
and medical educators throughout the country
to set national standards for patient care and
medical education for practicing surgeons and
surgical residents
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Stanley D. Glick,
Ph.D., M.D. Celebrates
his Retirement
After 30 years of dedicated
service to Albany Medical
College, Stanley D. Glick,
Ph.D., M.D., professor and
director of the Center for
Neuropharmacology and
Neuroscience, retired at
the end of June.
Back row:
Ph.D. Candidates
Alan Sanfilippo,
Matt Henkel,
Brian Franz,
Nicole Bowens,
Lauren Cowen,
Don Steiner, and
Carlo Savoia.
Front row:
Alicia Soucy,
Ph.D. Candidate.
Dr. Jarvinen-Seppo Presents at American
Academy of Allergy Asthma and
Immunology Conference
Kirsi Jarvinen-Seppo, M.D., Ph.D., assistant
professor in the Center for Immunology and
Microbial Disease, presented a paper at the
2014 American Academy of Allergy Asthma
and Immunology Annual Meeting in San Diego,
California in March. Dr. Jarvinen-Seppo spoke
on exercise-induced anaphylaxis and food
allergy related exercise-induced anaphylaxis.
Dr. Burcher Awarded Prestigious
Fellowship from MacLean Center
In March, Paul Burcher, M.D., Ph.D., ethicist
and obstetrician/gynecologist, was accepted
as a fellow at the internationally-renowned
MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
at the University of Chicago. Dr. Burcher
will conduct research and write on clinical
ethical issues while continuing to serve as
an associate professor at the Alden March
Bioethics Institute (AMBI) and treating
patients as an attending physician in the
department of obstetrics and gynecology.
Dr. Burcher has published on the doctorpatient relationship, physician empathy
and ethical issues in clinical obstetrics.
Graduate Studies Student Research Day
graduate students travelled
to the National Institutes of
Health in Washington D.C. for
an annual career symposium.
Career Night
On Tuesday, March 25,
Alumni Association Board of
Directors Siobhan M. Kuhar,
M.D. ’99, Philip S. Paty, M.D.
’86 and Jitka Zobal Ratner,
M.D. ’88, participated in the
information sharing event for
medical students sponsored
by the Graduate Medical
Education Department.
Board members, Albany
Medical Center and College
medical faculty shared their
professional insights with
the medical students.
On Wednesday, March 12, more than 100
graduate students at Albany Medical College
showcased their research endeavors to
the Albany Medical College community on
Graduate Studies Student Research Day.
Graduate students studying to become
research scientists, physician assistants
and nurse anesthetists presented diverse
topics on large-sized posters. Presentations
included how Tai Chi helps instability in
patients with Parkinson’s disease, the
correlation between violent video games
and aggressive behavior, new insight into
the vascular response to injury, and basic
research focused on better understanding
of the biology of epilepsy and asthma.
Parkinson’s Disease Treatment Update
provided by Eric S. Molho, M.D. ’87 and Julie
G. Pilitsis, M.D. ’98, Ph.D. to Community
In April, Dr. Molho, director of the Parkinson’s
disease and Movement Center at Albany
Medical Center and Dr. Pilitsis, associate
professor of neurosurgery at Albany Medical
Center, discussed the latest treatments for
Parkinsons Disease on Benita Zahn’s Health Link
on the local PBS affiliate in Albany, New York.
COLLEGE NEWS
AND
EVENTS
Katherine M. Wagner, M.D. ’94
On Thursday, May 22, Dr. Wagner, associate professor and vice
chair of the department of Family and Community Medicine,
was inducted into the Sosa Academy of Medical Sciences of
Albany Medical College at the College’s 176th Commencement
Ceremonies in Saratoga Springs, NY.
The Sosa Academy provides advocacy and support for faculty
educators, stimulates curriculum development and reform
across the continuum of medical education, offers a variety
of faculty development
activities, emphasizes the
patient–doctor relationship;
encourages extramural
funding for educational
activities, and promotes
educational scholarship in
the form of presentations
and publications.
Katherine Wagner, M.D. ’94 celebrating
being inducted into the Sosa Academy of
Medical Sciences at Commencement 2014.
As a member of the
Academy, Dr. Wagner is
being recognized for her
outstanding contributions
as an educator.
Dr. Ingrid Allard
Among Top
African American
Medical Educators
In March, Ingrid Allard, M.D.,
associate dean for Community
Outreach and Medical Education,
was recognized as one of 15 of
America’s Top African American
Medical Educators by Black Health
Magazine in its February-April
Ingrid Allard, M.D., M.S.Ed.
2014 edition. The honorees
were selected for their individual accomplishments as well
as the contributions they make to improving medicine and
their communities.
“Since joining our faculty, Dr. Allard has enriched our
community outreach efforts with her energy, enthusiasm
and many positive contributions, and has helped us fulfill
our mission to create a culturally-diverse, communityfocused student body. On behalf of Albany Medical College,
I congratulate her on this well-deserved honor,” said Vince
Verdile, M.D., dean of Albany Medical College.
2014 Alumni Association Student Award Recipients
The following awards were given out by the Alumni Association at the annual Graduate and Medical Student Awards Day
this past spring:
2014 Medical Student
Awards
Academic Excellence
Award in Anatomies
Michael Lavelle, ’16
Academic Excellence
in First Year
Michael Lavelle, ’16
Academic Excellence
in Second Year
Nikolas Raufi, ’15
The Academic Achievement
of the Medical Society of
Albany County
Meredith Lutz, M.D. ’14
The Angelo Pappanikou Award
Nora Callinan, M.D. ’14
The Donald P. Swartz, M.D.
Award
Indira Dhandapani, M.D. ’14
The Dr. Bernard F. Brophey
Alumni Memorial Award
Sarah Pinney, M.D. ’14
The Dr. David J. Dickerman
Alumni Prize
Zar Baqai, M.D. ’14
The Dr. James Derham
Alumni Award
Ekenesenari Omokaro, M.D. ’14
The Frank C. Maxon, Jr., M.D.
Alumni Award
The James and Rita Dougherty
Alumni Award
Elaine Tran, M.D. ’14
The Richard H. Edmonds, Ph.D.
Alumni Leadership Award
Christopher Lops, M.D. ’14
The Venona Mae Vanornam
Mankes Memorial Award
Lindsey Cilia, M.D. ’14
2014 Graduate Student
Awards
The Alumni Award for
Excellence in Clinical Practice—
Center for Nurse Anesthesiology
Glen Cappozzo, M.S. ’14
The Alumni Award for
Excellence in Clinical Practice—
Center for Physician’s Assistant
Jennifer Woodard, M.S. ’14
The Alumni Research Awards
Lauren Cowen, Ph.D. Candidate
Tiffany Zarrella, Ph.D. Candidate
The Richard Miller Alumni
Awards for the Most
Outstanding Research
Presentation
First Place:
Wilson Yu, Ph.D. Candidate
Second Place:
Hamayun John Sharifi,
Ph.D. Candidate
Third Place:
Rhiannon Kelsh,
Ph.D. Candidate
Graduate Student
Alumni Award
Paul Hoerbelt, Ph.D. Candidate
The Richard H. Edmonds, Ph.D.
Alumni Leadership Award
Carlo Savoia, Ph.D. Candidate
Sarah Pinney, M.D. ’14 receiving the
Bernard F. Brophey Alumni Memorial
Scholarship at Awards Day.
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Commencement
2014
Albany
Medical College
commencement
ceremonies took
place on May 22
at the Saratoga
Performing Arts
Center
The college awarded more
than 200 degrees at the
ceremony, including medical,
Master of Science in Physician
Assistant Studies, Nurse
Anesthesiology and Bioethics,
and Master of Science and
doctoral degrees in Biomedical
Science and Bioethics.
This year’s keynote speaker,
Solomon Snyder, M.D., was
one of the first to identify
neurochemical receptors in the
brain that control and manage
pleasure and pain perceptions.
He also identified opiate receptors, which are the targets
of morphine and codeine, as
well as heroin and other drugs
of abuse. The application of
Dr. Snyder’s techniques has
enhanced the development of
new agents in the pharmaceutical industry by enabling rapid
screening of large numbers of
candidate drugs.
Dr. Snyder, who received the
2007 Albany Medical Center
Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, is the Distinguished Service Professor of
Neuroscience, Pharmacology
and Psychiatry at the Johns
Hopkins University.
Sheena Gupta, M.D. ’14 with her parents
who hooded her, Neelam Gupta, M.D. and
Arun Gupta, M.D.
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Thomas Cacciola, M.D. ’14 is all
smiles after Commencement.
Senior Class Gift Project
Each year, the senior class initiates a fundraising project to leave
their legacy at the College. The Class of 2014 raised funds to
purchase and install a shuffle board for the student lounge for
future medical students to enjoy
when taking a study break.
“This class gift is our way to
say thank you to those mentors
and peers who have selflessly
given their time and talents to
make us better physicians; it is
our last chance as students to
join together and do something
positive for our fellow students
and to improve student life;
and it will remain here, bearing
our class year and our names
on the plaque behind it, long
after we have left Albany
Medical College.”
—Steven J. Hannigan, M.D. ’14
Nader Tehrani, M.D. ’14 after receiving his degree.
Steven Hannigan, M.D. ’14 celebrating
with his sister, Cara Hannigan,’16 at the
Commencement Eve Reception.
The Alumni Association
welcomes members of
the Class of 2014 with
generational ties to the
College and
their families.
John DeMasi, M.D. ’14
Son of
James DeMasi, M.D. ’80
Sarah Dobrzynski, M.D. ’14
Sister of
David Dobrzynski, M.D. ’02
Kevin Leadholm, M.D. ’14
Meredith Lutz, M.D. ’14, with her parents, John and Holly, along with Joseph
Wayne, M.D. and Margaret Wayne.
Anil Akoon, M.D. ’14 with his family.
Son of
Deborah Sue Leadholm,
M.D. ’78
Steven Leung, M.D. ’14
2014 Commencement Eve
The Commencement Eve Reception
was held at the New York State
Museum in Albany, New York
on May 21.
Brother of
Amanda Leung, M.D. ’11
Elaine Tran, M.D. ’14
Sister of
Timothy Tran, M.D. ’11
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Commencement
2014
Teodora Cartisano, M.D. ’14, Captain, Medical Corps, United States Army, Brian
Lerner, M.D. ’14, Captain, Medical Corps, United States Army, Meredith Lutz, M.D.
’14, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy, Riley O’Neil, M.D. ’14, Lieutenant,
Medical Corps, United States Navy and Christopher Smith M.D. ’14, Captain, Medical
Corps, United States Air Force during the Commissioning.
New Doctors, New Officers
By Jeffrey D. Hubbard, M.D. ’68
Following conferral
of Doctor of
Medicine degrees
at Commencement
and the recitation of
the Physicians’ Oath
by the graduates,
Kevin C. Kiley, M.D.,
chair of obstetrics
and gynecology,
retired 41st Surgeon
General, United States
Army, and Honorary
Member of the Alumni
Association (elected
2014) approached the
podium and spoke:
[Thanks to Kevin C. Kiley, M.D.,
for sharing his text and permitting
publication.]
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“These fine young doctors have
just sworn the oath that marks
their entry into the profession
of medicine. You will now see
some of them take another
oath, which marks their entry
into the profession of arms.
Notwithstanding this happy
day in Saratoga, the world is
still a dangerous place. Just
ask the people of Ukraine,
Taiwan or anyone in the
Middle East within shooting
distance of Iran. We are safe
because our Army is the best in
the world, our Navy is the best
in the world, our Air Force is
the best in the world, we have
the best Marines in the world
and they are that way because
the members are all volunteers
who see service as an affair
of the heart. Now we have five
volunteers to join those ranks
as doctors, to care for soldiers,
sailors, airmen and marines,
families and retirees!
I ask Dennis McKenna, M.D. “Raise your right hands and
repeat after me:
’92, CAPT, MC, USNR, and
“I (state your full name),
medical director of Albany
having been commissioned an
Medical Center Hospital, to
officer in the Armed Forces of
join me in administering the
the United States, do solemnly
Officers’ Oath, which is legally
swear that I will support and
binding under the Uniform
defend the Constitution of the
Code of Military Justice.
United States, against all
Dr. Kiley called the officer
enemies, foreign and domestic,
candidates on stage, each in
that I will bear true faith and
the dress uniform of the
allegiance to the same; that I
respective service:
take this obligation freely,
without mental reservation or
Teodora Cartisano,
purpose of evasion; and that I
Captain, Medical Corps,
will well and faithfully execute
United States Army
the duties of the office upon
Brian Lerner,
which I am about to enter. So
Captain, Medical Corps,
help me, God!”
United States Army
General Kiley and Captain
McKenna congratulated the
Meredith Lutz,
officers, and then Deirdre
Lieutenant, Medical Corps,
Michael of Albany Medical
United States Navy
Center Space Management
Riley O’Neil,
came to the podium. The
Lieutenant, Medical Corps,
assembly faced the colors, the
United States Navy
new officers saluted, and Ms.
Michael’s voice rang through
Christopher Smith,
the space with the National
Captain, United States Air
Anthem.
Force Medical Corps
Stay connected
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This resource enables you to connect with fellow alumni
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Calling All Alumni Humanitarians
Albany Medical College alumni have a strong and long standing
tradition of giving back. Each year, hundreds of alumni volunteer
in their communities and perform critical humanitarian work
abroad. The Alumni Association would like to hear from our
alumni who have dedicated their time to the service of others.
Please share your personal experiences and photos with us:
[email protected]
We will share them in the next issue
of the Bulletin.
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PILLARS
PROFILE
F
or more than 40 years, John Wheeler, M.D. ’69, D.M.D.,
has been tirelessly treating Vermonters in need of
reconstructive surgery. The Rutland-based solo plastic
surgeon is known in medical circles for his willingness to come to
the bedside of patients in emergency rooms throughout southern
Vermont any time, day or night.
It’s not surprising his selfless nature has turned to helping
future physicians. Dr. Wheeler recently celebrated his 45th
Reunion and became a Pillars Society member by endowing a
scholarship at Albany Medical College with a blended gift of
income and retirement assets.
“Albany Medical College provided me with a solid foundation
which led to a successful career in medicine. I want today’s
students to experience what I had the privilege of doing these
past many years,” he said. “I know it can be tough to afford
medical school and to take on its rigorous schedule. It is certainly
worth it, and I am eager to help.”
Dr. Wheeler, who is also a graduate of Harvard College and
the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry, established Wheeler Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery in 1976. By doing so he had become the first plastic surgeon in southern Vermont, following
in the footsteps of his father, who was that area’s first trained general surgeon, practicing there for
50 years.
Dr. Wheeler has made helping people a priority not only through his practice but with his work
as a community educator. After seeing the same preventable injuries time and again, he began
making presentations on preventable injuries, first in New England and, eventually, at national and
international conferences.
“I saw patients who lost eyes and had deep injuries because of improper use of chain saws. I saw
hand injuries from snow blowers and facial and head injuries from branches falling on people who
were cutting down trees. One time, I saw three people in one week from the same company with the
same injuries from the same industrial machine,” he said. “I wanted to spread the word about injury
prevention.”
Busy, even as he begins retirement, Dr. Wheeler said he was eager to make a gift to the Medical
College, and it was easy. He worked through his investment advisor to create the scholarship by
combining an outright gift with a rollover from his individual retirement account.
As a member of the Vermont Medical Society, his practice aligned with the society’s credo: “not
for ourselves do we labor.” He said during his retirement he will continue to give talks and to spend
more time with his wife, two siblings, three children and six grandchildren.
On a tour of the facility during Reunion weekend, Dr. Wheeler knew he did the right thing. “The
school and training programs are just as excellent as I remembered and even better. I was very
impressed with the new Patient Pavilion. My gift will help students for years to come. I hope my
fellow alumni will consider the idea as well.”
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PILLARS
Helping Others Is His Priority
societ y
SPECIAL
EDITION
On behalf of Albany Medical College and the Albany Medical College
Alumni Association, thank you to the following alumni and friends
for their support in 2013 through their philanthropy.
Class of 1938
Class of 1947
Ethel G. Cermak, M.D.
Levon Bedrosian, M.D.
Christopher H. Demos, M.D.
Julian B. Hyman, M.D.
Philip L. Lewis, M.D.
Verne M. Marshall, M.D.
Nicholas Preston, M.D.
Seymour Thickman, M.D.
Henry E. Wolfe, Jr., M.D.
Class of 1939
Orel Friedman, M.D.
Class of 1941
Dominick Mele, M.D.
Class of 1943
David Falk, M.D.
Class of 1944
Janet G. Gissen, M.D.
Class of 1945
William R. Dorrance, M.D.
Robert L. Meineker, M.D.
Daniel F. O’Keeffe, M.D.
Charles L. Poskanzer, M.D.
Class of 1946
Herbert E. Gade, M.D.
Paul W. Myers, M.D.*
Stewart A. Wilber, M.D.
Class of 1948
Marie E. Cuadra, M.D.
James E. Ryan, M.D.*
David L. Sparling, M.D.
Irving Van Woert, Jr., M.D.
Norman Zheutlin, M.D.
Class of 1949
John W. Abbuhl, M.D.
Barbara C. Noyes, M.D.
Matthew Presti, M.D.
Martin C. Wilber, M.D.
Class of 1950
Ambrose Alfonsi, M.D.
Richard C. Bozian, M.D.
John J. Kovaric, M.D.
Edward A. Meyers, M.D.
Daniel J. Shapiro, M.D.
Robert D. Terry, M.D.
Byron H. Terk, M.D.
Joan P. Treuer, M.D.
Class of 1954
Stanley M. Ball, M.D.
James Dougherty, M.D.
Melvin Horwith, M.D.
Evelyn G. Redlich, M.D.
Karl R. Sohlberg, M.D.
Franklyn H. Ashby, Jr., M.D.
David Beck, M.D.
Kenneth A. Linstruth, M.D.
Richard G. O’Leary, M.D.
John R. Payne, M.D.
Ronald C. Peets, M.D.
Kathaleen C. Perkins, M.D.
Dewey Robbiano, Jr., M.D.
Class of 1952
Class of 1955
Joseph I. Bernstein, M.D.
Lewis E. Patrie, M.D.
David C. Rees, M.D.
Ann Ruth Turkel, M.D.
Joseph L. Belsky, M.D.
Richard W. Blide, M.D.
Joseph R. Gabriels, M.D.
Stafford W. Gedge, M.D.
Alfred M. Gomez, M.D.
Herbert Kaplan, M.D.
John M. Lanigan, M.D.
John C. Lathrop, M.D.
William Meyer, Jr., M.D.
Richard A. Wagner, M.D.
Class of 1951
Class of 1953
George P. Boolukos, M.D.
John J. Dapolito, Jr., M.D.
Aubrey L. Griffith, M.D.
William H. Hoffman, M.D.
Charles G. Leonhardt, M.D.
*Deceased
Summer 2014 29
Class of 1956
Class of 1959
John H. Bowker, M.D.
Frederick R. Brandlin, M.D.
David Corn, M.D.
Paul M. Davidson, M.D.
T. Donald Eisenstein, M.D.
Henry F. Hosley, M.D.
Robert P. Newhouse, M.D.
William A. Petersen, M.D.
Fred A. Phillips, Jr., M.D.
David Rosenthal, M.D.
Richard O. Schultz, M.D.
H. P. Wintrich, M.D.
Samuel A. Cassell, M.D.
Milton H. Dunsky, M.D.
Donald W. Edwards, M.D.
Eugene M. Hoenig, M.D.
Allen I. Hyman, M.D.
Gerardus S. Jameson, M.D.
Peter C. Lombardo, M.D.
William J. McEntee III, M.D.
Wellington J. Pindar, M.D.
Russell F. Shaw, M.D.
Class of 1957
William A. Africano, M.D.
John J. Condemi, M.D.
David Pankin, M.D.
John A. Poggi, M.D.*
Kenneth L. Pratt, M.D.
Wilbur C. Rust, M.D.
Ernest E. Sponzilli, M.D.
Class of 1958
Richard G. Bertini, M.D.
Arthur S. Cummins, M.D.
John E. Cunningham, Jr., M.D.
Michael I. Freilich, M.D.
Pasquale J. Fugazzotto, M.D.
James M. Gavin, M.D.
Terry H. Goff, M.D.
Arthur Lehrman, M.D.
Neil Lempert, M.D.
Walter S. Levitsky, Jr., M.D.
Jerome Levy, M.D.
Mario B. Lo Monaco, M.D.
Joseph C. Loffredo, M.D.
Arthur Maron, M.D.
Carl A. Paulsen, M.D.
Felix E. Schletter, M.D.
Nathaniel Silon, M.D.
I. Arnold Slowe, M.D.
Thomas F. Spath, M.D.
S. Richard Spitzer, M.D.
*Deceased
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Class of 1960
Antoine C. Harovas, M.D.
Keith A. Horton, M.D.
Donald E. Kamm, M.D.
Robert Kiesel, M.D.
Richard P. Propp, M.D.
Robert M. Schwartz, M.D.
Merrit F. Spear, M.D.
James I. Thompson, M.D.
Class of 1961
Anthony J. Bardinelli, M.D.
John R. Bosco, M.D.*
John P. Carroll, M.D.
Ethan T. Colton III, M.D.
Anthony J. DeTommasi, M.D.
Philip M. Grimley, M.D.
M. Edward Keenan, M.D.
Leonard J. Kirschner, M.D.
Anthony J. Leone, Jr., M.D.
Norman B. Pike, M.D.
Donald L. Price, M.D.
James H. Puleo, M.D.
George E. Sims, M.D.
Bruno P. Tolge, M.D.
Clyde W. Turner, M.D.
Class of 1962
Richard W. Brenner, M.D.
Elliot Danforth, Jr., M.D.
G. Dwight Maud, M.D.
Roger L. Miller, M.D.
Paul E. Phillips, M.D.
J. George Russo, M.D.
Edwin C. Shuttleworth, Jr., M.D.
Stephen J. Sills, M.D.
John R. Soeter, M.D.
Jerry C. Worsham, M.D.
Class of 1963
Anonymous
Ronald J. Anderson, M.D.
Irving N. Bachner, M.D.
Donald A. Barrett, M.D.
John M. Cohen, M.D.
Richard S. Fields, M.D.
Patricia Gehrt London, M.D.
Edward Goldberg, M.D.
Edward J. Khantzian, Jr., M.D.
John A. Klamar, M.D.
John A. Lang II, M.D.
Robert K. Leet, M.D.
Karl R. Meyers, M.D.
Valmore A. Pelletier, Jr., M.D.
Roger F. Robison, M.D.
Jon E. Rosenblatt, M.D.
H. James T. Sears, M.D.
James W. Shorey, Jr., M.D.
Clara E. Staunton, M.D.
James M. Sullivan, M.D.
Charles Umansky, M.D.
Arthur J. Wallingford, Jr., M.D.
Frederick A. Wilson, M.D.
Nancy G. Worsham, M.D.
Class of 1964
Christopher S. Demtrak, M.D.
H. Thomas Dodds, M.D.*
John A. Duers, M.D.
James R. Ford, M.D.
Harold R. Hahn, M.D.
Donald R. Kelly, M.D.
Robert G. Long, M.D.
Charles T. McHugh, M.D.
Alan D. Megibow, M.D.
Donald D. Pollock, M.D.
Lewis I. Schainuck, M.D.
Charles P. Shoemaker, Jr., M.D.
Sheldon B. Staunton, M.D.
George F. Walsh, Jr., M.D.
Class of 1965
Albert A. Apicelli, M.D.
John Booss, M.D.
Warren W. Bovie, M.D.
David A. Eppard, M.D.
Louis M. Fink, M.D.
Mary E. Geiger, M.D.
Ralph A. Giannella, M.D.
Lawrence A. Holfelder, M.D.
Edward A. Iannuccilli, M.D.
Kaarina M. Kettunen, M.D.
J. Peter Lawler, M.D.
Anthony R. London, M.D.
Gary D. Miller, M.D.
David Nalin, M.D.
Donald H. Namm, Ph.D.
Robert L. Phyliky, M.D.
Douglas W. Rainforth, M.D.
George J. Roff, M.D.
Alexander B. Snyder, M.D.
George Weingarten, M.D.
Class of 1966
Dennis A. Brown, M.D.
William H. Donovan, M.D.
Leonard R. Geiger, M.D.
J. Bruce Hagadorn, M.D.
Arthur H. Knowlton, M.D.
J. Brett Lazar, M.D.
Ronald C. Meyer, M.D.
Jeffrey Rudnick, M.D.
Paul C. Schreiber, M.D.
Maureen C.H. Sze, M.D.
Robert E. Tank, M.D.
J. David Valentine, M.D.
Thomas A. Vest, M.D.
Betty R. Vohr, M.D.
SPECIAL
EDITION
Class of 1967
James L. Bernene, M.D.
George J. DiDonna, M.D.
Matthew A. Farina, M.D.
Gault M. Farrell, M.D.
Gerald Felsenthal, M.D.
Mark D. Groban, M.D.
F. Robert Jordan, Jr., M.D.
James E. Joy, M.D.
Richard E. Lavigne, M.D.
Richard G. Masson, M.D.
Robert F. Moseley III, M.D.
Robert F. Pickels, M.D.
A. John Popp, M.D.
Richard W. Price, M.D.
Laurence Shandler, M.D.
Thomas P. Smith, M.D.
D. Billings Wheeler, M.D.
Class of 1968
Peter T. Burkart, M.D.
Charlotte C. Carnes, M.D.
Philip F. Corbett, M.D.
Edward A. Curran, M.D.
James J. Glynn, M.D.
Neil E. Green, M.D.
Jeffrey D. Hubbard, M.D.
George F. Lee, M.D.
Lawrence K. Siegel, M.D.
Donald E. Ware, M.D.
Stephen D. Wolfe, M.D.
L. Thomas Wolff, M.D.
Class of 1969
William S. Barry, M.D.
William P. Batsford, M.D.
David J. Haidak, M.D.
L. Nelson Hopkins, M.D.
G. Timothy Johnson, M.D.
William G. Johnston, Jr., M.D.
Gerald M. Lazar, M.D.
William H. Montano, M.D.
Barbara F. Mufti, M.D.
Thomas M. Mulcahy, Jr., M.D.
Rebecca F. Nachamie, M.D.
William Nemzek, M.D.
Dennis P. Norfleet, M.D.
John D. Norton, M.D.
Seymour J. Rosenbloom, M.D.
Harvey D. Scherer, M.D.
Fred Schwartz, M.D.
Thomas L. Snyder, M.D.
David H. Sprague, M.D.
John C. Wheeler, D.M.D., M.D.
Scott C. Yeaw, M.D.
Class of 1970
Edward R. Alexson, M.D.
Ann V. Als, M.D.
Anita Balodis, M.D.
Gary E. Barnett, M.D.
James P. Barrett, M.D., Ph.D.
William M. Boehme, M.D.
Steven J. Burakoff, M.D.
Christine L. Burns, M.D.
Edward B. Clark, M.D.
Donald E. Craven, M.D.
Myles R. Desner, M.D.
Steven H. Dorfman, M.D.
Michael R. Fischetti, Jr., M.D.
Paul D. Garson, M.D.
Frank J. Gaudiano, Jr., M.D.
John J. Geren, M.D.
Diane J. Henderson, M.D.
Steven M. Litinsky, M.D.
Mary Anne MacCaughelty, M.D.
Alan H. Markowitz, M.D.
Brian L. Sayer, M.D.
Daniel L. Scharf, M.D.
Edward C. Schmidt, M.D.
Class of 1971
Thomas A. Bailey, M.D.
Bruce Bienenstock, M.D.
John H. Blewett, M.D.
Michael A. Boxer, M.D.
Victor L. Carpiniello, M.D.
Richard M. Dickerman, M.D.
M.S. ’02, Ph.D.
Educating
for the Future
Jodi Della Rocca, C.R.N.A., M.S. ’02, Ph.D., sees her
obligation as both an alumnus and educator to ensure
students receive the benefit of her knowledge and experience
—and also the benefit of her financial support. The assistant
professor and associate director of the Center for Nurse
Anesthesiology encourages other educators and health care
workers to think the same way.
“While we give back by teaching and performing well
in our profession, it’s also our responsibility to ensure that
students are financially able to attend seminars, present their
work at national conferences and take part in all of those
‘extras’ that enhance the learning experience,” said Dr. Della
Rocca, who has contributed to the Albany Medical College
Alumni Annual Fund.
Dr. Della Rocca joined Albany Medical Center in 1992 as an
intensive care nurse. She credits Lynne Longtin, R.N., then
her manager in the Cardio-Pulmonary Surgery Unit (CPS),
with encouraging her to continue her education. Taking her
mentor’s advice to heart, Dr. Della Rocca went on to earn
both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in nursing, and most
recently a Ph.D. in post-secondary and adult education.
“One thing I love about Albany Med is the supportive
environment. We are challenged to be the best we can be, and
it shows,” she said.
*Deceased
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John E. Dooley, M.D.
Ernst R. Dorsch, M.D.
Alexander Filipp, M.D.
Madeline E. Gerken, M.D.
James R. Hengerer, M.D.
Thomas Klepetar, M.D.
Daniel A. Kramer, M.D.
Michael H. Lager, M.D.
Charles W. Lasky, Jr., M.D.
James C. Leyhane, M.D.
Peter D. McGann, M.D.
Jerry Meislik, M.D.
W. Dale Overfield, D.D.S., M.D.
Albina Santilli, M.D.
Peter D. Shapiro, M.D.
Alan P. Sitron, M.D.
John Van Orden, M.D.
Neil T. Wolfman, M.D.
Stephen A. Youngwirth, M.D.
Class of 1972
Allan R. Bernstein, M.D.
Edward L. Bove, M.D.
Robert Burakoff, M.D.
George E. Burns, M.D.
Margaret M. Craven
Snowden, M.D.
W. Jarrard Goodwin, Jr., M.D.
David C. Grenoble, M.D.
Vincent F. Guida, M.D.
Randall S. Krakauer, M.D.
John J. LaFerla, M.D., M.P.H.
Kevin G. Looser, M.D.
Jeffrey Lozman, M.D.
Richard T. MacDowell, M.D.
James C. MacIntyre, II, M.D.
Michael H. Metzler III, M.D.
Arthur E. Orlick, M.D.
Earl P. Robinson, Jr., M.D.
William P. Schecter, M.D.
Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
Barry S. Yoss, M.D.
Class of 1973
Frederick P. Ambrose, M.D.
John F. Assini, M.D.
Robert G. Briggs, Ph.D.
*Deceased
32 alumni.amc.edu
Jonathan C. Britell, M.D.
Richard E. Carroll, M.D.
David R. Coursin, M.D.
Garry B. Gewirtzman, M.D.
Richard I. Gracer, M.D.
Harry L. Haroutunian, M.D.
Douglas J. Ivan, M.D.
David S. Jackson, M.D.
Michael A. Kieserman, M.D.
Steven A. Leveston, M.D.
Paul A. Levine, M.D.
Frank M. Mroz, M.D.*
J. Bryan Murphy, M.D.
Winford A. Quick, M.D.
Robert B. Rockwell, M.D.
William J. Rockwell, M.D.
Derace L. Schaffer, M.D.
Steven M. Turbiner, M.D.
John B. Waldman, M.D.
Craig J. Youner, M.D.
Class of 1974
Stephen J. Abrams, M.D.
Sterling S. Baker, M.D.
Michael R. Barnett, M.D.
John J. Botti, M.D.
William R. Dooley, M.D.
John T. Fallon III, M.D.
Murray Korc, M.D.
Henry H. Macler, Jr., M.D.
John W. Malo, M.D.
Clifford C. Marr, M.D.
Eugene C. Maso, M.D.
Kenneth M. Pariser, M.D.
Patricia T. Pisciotto, M.D.
Ronald S. Scheinzeit, M.D.
Paul R. Sherban, M.D.
Steven M. Silver, M.D.
Jay D. Sprenger, M.D.
John R. Warkentin, M.D.
Charles H. Weissan, M.D.
T. Michael White, M.D.
Bruce J. Yee, M.D.
Class of 1975
Andrew I. Bressler, M.D.
James J. Ciarcia, M.D.
George M. Cibik, M.D.
James C. Cruickshank, M.D.
Richard A. Feit, M.D.
Denise B. Finck-Rothman, M.D.
Paul A. Forman, M.D.
Martin A. Goldsmith, M.D.
William R. Kimball, M.D.
Alan R. Klibanoff, M.D.
Peter J. Koltai, M.D.
Robert J. Levai, M.D.
Stanley M. Lewis, M.D.
Luke K. LiCalzi, M.D.
Austin I. Mehrhof, Jr., M.D.
Mark J. Mittenthal, M.D.
Charles J. Neilson, M.D.
Arthur G. Pettygrove, M.D.
Donna M. Pietrocola, M.D.
Steven Pinheiro, M.D.
Deborah Toppmeyer, M.D. ’85
Matching Gift
is Twice as Nice
Many alumni can double their
financial impact on today’s
medical students by making
a corporate matching gift to
Albany Medical College. Many
companies nationwide partner
with Albany Med to match the
philanthropic contributions
of their employees and their
spouses.
That’s how Deborah
Toppmeyer, M.D. ’85, is giving
back to her alma mater. As
a corporate match partner
with Albany Med, her
husband’s employer, Novartis, matched dollar for dollar
Dr. Toppmeyer’s donation to the Alumni Annual Fund.
“In my academic journey, Albany Medical College
stands out in so many ways. The College provided a broad
and sturdy foundation to launch my career in academic
medicine. My time to say thank you is long overdue. The
ability to partner with Novartis is a wonderful opportunity
to maximize our donation to Albany Medical College and our
other charities.”
Dr. Toppmeyer is professor of Medicine at the Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School and section chief of Solid
Tumor Oncology and director of The Stacy Goldstein Breast
Center at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
To learn more about corporate gift match, or
to see if your employer participates, refer to:
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SPECIAL
EDITION
Michael W. Rosenberg, M.D.
Glenn S. Shear, M.D.
John A. Walsh, M.D.
Lawrence D. Weber, M.D.
Allen W. Zieker, M.D.
Class of 1976
Arthur Altbuch, M.D.
Linda Civerchia L. Balent, M.D.
Catherine E. Bartlett, M.D.
Margaret Block West, M.D.
Donna Anne Caniano, M.D.
Diane I. Cohen, M.D.
Douglas B. Coursin, M.D.
John J. Cronan, M.D.
Desmond R. Del Giacco, M.D.
Ivan A. Friedrich, M.D.
Philip J. Gara, Jr., M.D.
James S. Gracer, M.D.
D. Vernon Holbert, M.D.
Dorothea M. Hoover, M.D.
Kirk R. Kanter, M.D.
John E. Kaplan, Ph.D.
John R. Kittredge, M.D.
Ralph L. Kramer, M.D.
George B. Leber, M.D.
Kenneth C. Low, M.D.
Scott Maizel, M.D.
Catherine M. Mills, M.D.
Gary S. Needell, M.D.
Daniel J. O’Connell, M.D.
Mary E. Rappazzo, M.D.
Gary R. Rombough, M.D.
John V. Scialli, M.D.
Lawrence W. Silvers, M.D.
Gary L. Sutter, M.D.
George J. Zambetti, Jr., M.D.
Class of 1977
Marino Baselice, M.D.
Teresa S. Briggs, M.D.
Stuart B. Cherney, M.D.
Joseph G. Coroso, M.D.
John Czajka, M.D.
Isabella A. Danel, M.D.
Steven P. Dunn, M.D.
Ira Esformes, M.D.
Carolyn L. Frymoyer, M.D.
Paul A. Frymoyer, M.D.
James D. Fuchs, M.D.
Harold R. Goldberg, M.D.
L. Michael Graver, M.D.
William E. Greiner, M.D.
Peter H. Kelly, M.D.
Alan J. Kivitz, M.D.
Paul E. Kross, M.D.
Leonard S. Lilly, M.D.
Woods McCahill, Jr., M.D.
John J. Meharg, M.D.
David S. Mendelson, M.D.
Fred E. Mensch, M.D.
John A. Nolan, M.D.
Robert J. Panzer, M.D.
Mark E. Parker, M.D.
Jonathan A. Polikoff, M.D.
Kevin W. Roberts, M.D.
John F. Schenck, M.D.
Donald R. Schoch, M.D.
Kenneth A. Sherban, M.D.
Vicki M. Sommer, M.D.
Theodore B. Swirat, M.D.
Toni B. Walzer, M.D.
Robert O. Webster, Ph.D.
Class of 1978
Anonymous
Pamela R. Benitez, M.D.
Bruce R. Blazar, M.D.
Jeffrey D. Blonstein, M.D.
Harry D. Burack, M.D.
John J. Byrne, M.D.
David A. Collins, M.D.
Lorraine E. Davis, M.D.
Richard B. Deatsch, M.D.
Harry J. DePan, M.D.
Dennis D. Dewey, M.D.
John P. Donovan, M.D.
Amy Ducatman Dunn, M.D.
Leigh G. Durlacher, M.D.
Hal J. Freiman, M.D.
Monte R. Friedman, M.D.
Catherine A. Kiley, M.D.
Charles Kite, M.D.
Janet P. Lord, M.D.
Amelia M. Martinko, M.D.
Arthur V. McDowell, M.D.
Meryl H. Mendelson, M.D.
Irving Mizus, M.D.
Jeffrey F. Morgan, M.D.
Bruce D. Nash, M.D.
Kathryn T. O’Keeffe, M.D.
Loretta Patton-Greenidge, M.D.
Mark D. Perry, M.D.
Fredric S. Schoen, M.D.
Gary S. Silverstein, M.D.
Class of 1979
John J. Cambareri, M.D.
Paul C. Chalmers, M.D.
John A. Covington, M.D.
Maureen Donnelly, M.D.
Barbara S. Ducatman, M.D.
John M. Eckel, M.D.
Paul J. Feustel, Ph.D.
Steven M. Frisch, M.D.
Janet E. Gargiulo, M.D.
Kim Goldenberg, M.D.
Gary L. Gottlieb, M.D.
Margaret M. Grogan, M.D.
Margaret M. Hawn, M.D.
James F. Horn, M.D.
Steve Z. Mitchell, M.D.
Ronald V. Musto, M.D.
Laurence A. Primack, M.D.
Nanette F. Santoro, M.D.
Richard Schreiber, M.D.
David L. Semenoff, M.D.
Harold M. Sokol, M.D.
Neil H. Spitalny, M.D.
J. Scott Toder, M.D.
John H. Wales, M.D.
Gary A. Weinstock, M.D.
Claire M. Weitz, M.D.
Jacques L. Winter, M.D.
Diane D. Wirz, M.D.
Samuel H. Zwillich, M.D.
Class of 1980
Suzanne M. Ackley, M.D.
Edmond N. Amyot, M.D.
Roxana F. Barad, M.D.
Richard A. Beyer, M.D.
Naomi Bloomfield, M.D.
Frederick W. Brandt, M.D.
Margaret R. Carley Dunn, M.D.
Joseph A. Corsetti, M.D.
Eileen K. Cutler, M.D.
Jeffrey S. Daniels, M.D.
Robert L. Dannenhoffer, M.D.
Mary Ellen Drislane, M.D.
Robert H. Dropkin, M.D.
Eric D. Gordon, M.D.
Stephen A. Hillman, M.D.
Mark M. Hoffman, M.D.
Michael J. Horgan, M.D.
Jing W. Hsieh, M.D.
Patricia L. Hughes, M.D.
Ann M. Hughes Daniels, M.D.
Donald Jue, M.D.
Katherine Karlsrud, M.D.
Henry J. Katz, M.D.
Theodore N. Keltz, M.D.
Stephen S. Kornbluth, M.D.
Paul K. Kosty, M.D.
Andrew J. Kurman, M.D.
Leonard Lefkovic, M.D.
Lee R. Lumpkin III, M.D.
Anne K. Marthy-Noonan, M.D.
Thomas M. Mauri, M.D.
James M. Noonan, M.D.
Lawrence J. Parsley, Jr., M.D.
Sharon Shapiro, M.D.
John J. Wasenko, M.D.
Estelle I. Yamaki, M.D.
John R. Zech, M.D.
Class of 1981
Richard H. Alfred, M.D.
John A. Arcuri, M.D.
David M. Barnert, M.D.
Roger A. Barrowman, M.D.
Allan P. Baustin, M.D.
David A. Bernstein, M.D.
Robert F. Dunton, M.D.
Mark H. Eckman, M.D.
Brenda E. Field, M.D.
Robert A. Kaslovsky, M.D.
James E. Kolb, M.D.
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David H. Kuehler, M.D.
Arthur J. Matzkowitz, M.D.
Ronald L. Moy, M.D.
Jean Oakes, M.D.
Arthur W. Perry, M.D.
Van J. Ritter, M.D.
Richard J. Seeger, M.D.
Paul Z. Siegel, M.D.
Michael P. Sonnekalb, M.D.
Jane A. Starr, M.D.
Douglas A. Tebor, M.D.
Herschel Tress, M.D.
Ron K. Wolner, M.D.
Class of 1982
Mitchell H. Bamberger, M.D.
Curtland C. Brown III, M.D.
Michael L. Burke, M.D.
Martin J. Cleary, M.D.
Michael B. Cohen, M.D.
Bruce E. Cooper, M.D.
Richard H. Dal Col, M.D.
Steven C. Dennis, M.D.
David J. Dickoff, M.D.
Martin J. Edelman, M.D.
William J. Feeney, Jr., M.D.
Bradford S. Germain, M.D.
Mark N. Hadley, M.D.
Robert E. Hawkins, M.D.
Robert J. Hedderman, M.D.
Kathleen M. Kelly, M.D.
E. Michael Kramer, M.D.
Christopher Luttmann, M.D.
Andrew D. Mann, M.D.
Nancy Reisman Mann, M.D.
Patrick J. McCreesh, M.D.
Brian J. McGrath, M.D.
Daniel R. Miller, M.D.
Daniel A. Morgenstern, M.D.
Patrick G. O’Connor, M.D.
Thomas H. Openshaw, M.D.
Arnold M. Rosen, M.D.
Michael P. Scherl, M.D.
Philip E. Shapiro, M.D.
Richard P. Silton, M.D.
Edward Skwiersky, M.D.
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Marc A. Swerdloff, M.D.
Evan Vosburgh, M.D.
Dean E. Wolanyk, M.D.
Vincent P. Verdile, M.D.
W. Gregory Ward, M.D.
Duncan F. Winter, M.D.
Class of 1983
Class of 1985
Victoria I. Balkoski, M.D.
Susan Castronuovo Feeney, M.D.
Daniel Driscoll, M.D.
Jeffrey M. Feldman, M.D.
Robert T. Grant, M.D.
Carol L. Howe, M.D.
Thomas M. Hughes, M.D.
Anne H. Kalter, M.D.
Mitchell E. Kalter, M.D.
Karen A. Kennedy, M.D.
Thomas M. Kennedy, M.D.
Barbara E. Krenzer, M.D.
Bruce J. Kriegel, M.D.
Jack S. Krushell, M.D.
David H. Levoy, M.D.
Kai H. Moy, M.D.
Kenneth I. Pearlman, M.D.
Louis G. Prevosti, M.D.
James M. Provenzale, M.D.
Edna Anne Pytlak, M.D.
Peter J. Robbiano, M.D.
Gary K. Schwartz, M.D.
Glenn E. Waldman, M.D.
Thomas G. Ward, M.D.
Barbara W. Wolner, M.D.
Robert A. Belgam, M.D.
John B. Bennet, II, M.D.
Melanie Bone, M.D.
Anthony C. Campagna, M.D.
Daniel S. Casper, M.D., Ph.D.
John P. Daigneault, M.D.
Michelle Hansman
Whiteman, M.D.
William M. Kufs, M.D.
Michael S. Lauer, M.D.
James J. Litynski, M.D.
Frank Lore, M.D.
David M. Mastrianni, M.D.
Mary Ann McDonald, M.D.
William O. McKinley, Jr., M.D.
Suzanne M. Murphy, M.D.
Joan F. Puglia, M.D.
John M. Roehmholdt, M.D.
Nancy C. Sapio, M.D.
Steven J. Seminer, M.D.
Robert E. Shangraw, M.D.
Nicholas A. Smyrnios, M.D.
Howard S. Snyder, M.D.
Robert Sorrentino, M.D.
George O. Stasior, M.D.
Deborah L. Toppmeyer, M.D.
Darrell J. Triulzi, M.D.
Laura Weissberg, M.D.
Class of 1984
Catherine R. Bartholomew, M.D.
Susan T. Crowley, M.D.
Vivian M. Gandy, M.D.
David M. Jablons, M.D.
Alan M. Lessner, M.D.
Anita Levin, M.D.
Jay R. Lieberman, M.D.
William L. Niedrach, M.D.
Diane F. Patrick, M.D.
Elaine C. Price-Schwartz, M.D.
Anthony L. Ritaccio, M.D.
Mark P. Slovenkai, M.D.
Theodore N. Stein, M.D.
Dawn Tranchino Provenzale, M.D.
Class of 1986
Anonymous
Vincent P. Beltrani, M.D.
Laura A. Carinci, M.D.
Richard G. Clift, M.D.
James W. Doyle, Ph.D.
Andrew H. Dubin, M.D.
Frederick J. Fletcher, Jr., M.D.
William M. Forman, M.D.
Marjorie P. Golden, M.D.
Robert S. Haber, M.D.
Harry L. Haus, Jr., M.D.
Katherine M. Hess Tallering, M.D.
Michael S. Katz, M.D.
Gregory F. Keenan, M.D.
Jackson H. Kuan, M.D.
Laura Y. Lecours, M.D.
Joseph E. Lellman, M.D.
Robert D. Lerman, M.D.
Marta O. Lopatynsky, M.D.
Kevin C. Lunde, M.D.
Beth S. Marcus, M.D.
Nalin J. Mehta, M.D.
Gregg S. Meyer, M.D.
Robert N. Moukarzel, M.D.
Robert J. Newborn, M.D.
Richard P. P. Noonan, M.D.
William W. O’Connor, M.D.
Mary M. O’Hare, M.D.
Philip S. K. Paty, M.D.
Pasquale Petrera, M.D.
Zorik Spektor, M.D.
William R. Tetreault, M.D.
Ralph W. Torr, M.D.
G. Sunny Uppal, M.D.
George A. Vassolas, M.D.
Class of 1987
Anonymous
Geoffrey W. Bacon, M.D.
Donna M. Bhisitkul, M.D.
Ellen M. Biggers, M.D.
Russ U. Braun, M.D.
Randall S. Feingold, M.D.
Elizabeth A. Foley, M.D.
Elizabeth Garland, M.D.
Samuel E. Green, M.D.
Aries Liu Helm, M.D.
Thomas N. Helm, M.D.
Lorna F. Honan, M.D.
Vincent J. Honan, M.D.
Gordon N. Kuhar, M.D.
Ursula A. Matulonis, M.D.
Eric S. Molho, M.D.
W. Terence Reilly, M.D.
Edward Rydzak, M.D.
Bradley H. Seely, M.D.
Thomas A. Swift, Ph.D.
Spiro Theoharakis, M.D.
SPECIAL
EDITION
Class of 1988
William J. Angelos, M.D.
Alan J. Barcomb, M.D.
Hannah L. Brooks, M.D.
Michael E. Brown, M.D.
Christine L. Castano, M.D.
James W. Catanese, M.D.
Margaret M. Centurioni, M.D.
Joseph S. Cirrone, M.D.
Karen C. DaSilva, M.D.
Stuart V. Demirs, M.D.
Conrad T. Fischer, M.D.
Neil A. Fisher, M.D.
David J. Friedman, M.D.
Dasa V. Gangadhar, M.D.
Paula M. Goodrich, C.R.N.A., M.S.
Jeffrey A. Greenhouse, M.D.
Gail A. Herzig, M.D.
Theresa Hetzler Denu, M.D.
James G. Houle, M.D.
Mark D. Jessen, M.D.
Nicole Kenney, M.D.
Betsy Lantner, M.D.
Lawrence S. Lepler, M.D.
Douglas A. MacPherson, M.D.
Steven O. Marx, M.D.
Marcia S. Miller, M.D.
Mitchell B. Miller, M.D.
Gary B. Nackman, M.D.
Teresa Ning, M.D.
John C. Notaro, M.D.
Julie A. O’Keefe, M.D.
Barry J. Perlman, M.D.
Murali A. Perumal, M.D.
Gerhard L. Perz, M.D.
Daniel A. Picard, M.D.
Robert J. Rapoport, M.D.
Jonathan D. Rotker, M.D.
Alan M. Sanders, M.D.
In Honor of Their 25th Reunion
the Class of 1988 Makes an Impact
In 2013, the Class of 1988 endowed a new scholarship to honor their 25th reunion and in
memory of four departed classmates: Thomas Brassell, M.D., D. Eric Livingston, M.D.,
Peter S. Richard, M.D. and John G. Sirois M.D. The fundraising success of this scholarship
was led by the three class agents: Alan Sanders, M.D., Lee Schulman, M.D. and Stephen Schutz,
M.D. In an astounding six-month time period, the class met the $50,000 endowment goal and
exceeded it, raising $75,000. The funds were immediately invested and the income generated
will be awarded to the first deserving student in Fall 2014.
Lee G. Schulman, M.D.
Stephen M. Schutz, M.D.
Geoffrey L. Serfilippi, M.D.
Scott L. Silliman, M.D.
John W. Trudel, M.D.
Robert W. Wiltshire, M.D.
Michael H. Winston, M.D.
Jitka L. Zobal-Ratner, M.D.
Class of 1989
Michael C. Ain, M.D.
Colleen A. Amato, M.D.
Jane P. Balint, M.D.
The Class of 1988
at the 2013 Reunion Gala.
Row 1: Barry Perlman, M.D., Michel
Winston, M.D., Dasa Gangadhar, M.D.,
Robert Rapoport, M.D., Scott Silliman,
M.D., Lawrence Lepler, M.D., Alan
Sanders, M.D.
Row 2: Lee Schulman, M.D., John
Notaro, M.D., Jitka Zobal-Ratner, M.D.,
Hannah Brooks, M.D., Margaret Mills
Centurioni, M.D., Christina Castano,
M.D., Karen DaSilva, M.D., John Trudel,
M.D., Theresa Hetzler, M.D., Nicole
Kenney, M.D, Daniel Picard, M.D., Jack
Catanese, M.D., Steven Marx, M.D.
Row 3: Stephen Schutz, M.D., Conrad
Fischer, M.D., Mark Jesson, M.D.,
Michael Shivers, M.D., David Friedman,
M.D., Robert Wiltshire, M.D.
25th
Reunion
*Deceased
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Marjorie Curran, M.D.
David Ford, M.D.
Kevin Hill, M.D.
Edward J. Kaplan, M.D.
Melanie Kazlas, M.D.
Thomas Q. Kong, Jr., M.D.
Keith G. Lowenstein, M.D.
Shelley R. Pontier
Lowenstein, M.D.
Steven D. Schwartz, M.D.
Debra L. Sherman, M.D.
Karen L. Tan, M.D.
Margaret von Mehren, M.D.
Steven M. Wolf, M.D.
Michael F. Zwicklbauer, M.D.
Class of 1990
Anonymous
David M. Belcher, M.D.
Christopher L. Campese, M.D.
Frank A. Catanzaro, M.D.
Kathleen M. Crisafulli, M.D.
Patrick S. DePippo, M.D.
Brian M. Freed, Ph.D.
Eric S. Knochenhauer, M.D.
Tara A. Lindsley, Ph.D.
Joseph Patane, M.D.
Thomas Ptak, M.D.
Richard D. Siegel, M.D.
Anne C. Walsh, Ph.D.
Steven B. Weinfeld, M.D.
Susan P. Welgrin, M.D.
Class of 1991
Cathy J. Berry Lozoponi, M.D.
Kimberly A. Davis, M.D.
Katherine C. Eisenmenger, M.D.
Josephine Gambardella, M.D.
Michael W. Graber, M.D.
John M. Haworth, M.D.
Kevin W. Hulseberg, M.D.
Nancy P. Peitavino Young, M.D.
James V. Puleo, Jr., M.D.
Sujatha S. Reddy, M.D.
Naomi Rosenberg, M.D.
Sunil Sharma, M.D.
*Deceased
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Kathleen M. Wroblewski, M.D.
Peter C. Young, M.D.
Class of 1992
Nancy T. Andrea, M.D.
Azmi W. Atiya, M.D.
Jeffrey Berger, M.D.
Tyrone G. Bristol, M.D.
Christine C. Dearth, M.D.
Theresa DePippo, M.D.
Marianne L. Feran, M.D.
Cynthia E. Flynn, M.D.
Rajesh R. Gandhi, M.D., Ph.D.
Charles A. Gatto, M.D.
Jean Paul Hafner, M.D.
Eric M. Horwitz, M.D.
Karim Mansour, M.D.
Dennis P. McKenna, M.D.
Matthew J. Murnane, M.D.
Harpreet K. Pannu, M.D.
John S. Pujals, M.D.
John D. Sadoff, M.D.
Janet L. Scheraga, M.D.
Laura E. Staff, M.D.
Class of 1993
Lori B. Croft, M.D.
Chrystina Czerwinskyj, M.D.
Philip J. Hlavac, M.D.
Alice W. Huang, M.D.
Sheila M. Kelly Lonieski, M.D.
Kevin Lau, M.D.
Eugene D. Mahaney, M.D.
Bernard T. Ng, M.D.
Bidyut K. Pramanik, M.D.
Irina Tartakovsky, M.D.
Class of 1994
Alan S. Boulos, M.D.
Maria B. Boulos, M.D.
Eric N. Bravin, M.D.
Uday Dasika, M.D.
Derek L. Eisnor, M.D.
Emily Etzkorn, M.D.
Kristina D. Hansen, M.D.
Gregory Heeb, M.D.
Elizabeth Kann, M.D.
Sunil K. Khanna, M.D.
Robert J. Paeglow, M.D.
Vinisha Patel, M.D.
Garry H. Schwartz, M.D.
Philip Wilken, M.D.
Jennifer J. Wu, M.D.
Class of 1995
Karen E. Beckman, M.D.
Visoth Chhiap, M.D.
Harpal S. Khanuja, M.D.
Nolawi M. Mengesha, M.D.
Craig M. Mines, M.D.
Jason Mouzakes, M.D.
Laurie Lambert M. Nadal, M.D.
Suzanne I. Pastore, M.D.
Carol L. Roeder, M.D.
Valerie M. Sprenz, M.D.
Debra M. Stein, M.D.
Class of 1996
Jennifer K. Bogan, M.D.
Mary E. Chmura, M.D.
Wayne Hioe, M.D.
Laura M. Lane, C.R.N.A., M.S.
Mary H. Lombardi, M.D.
Kimberly Kilby, M.D. ’03
Giving Back and
‘Paying It Forward’
Kimberly Kilby, M.D. ’03 is enjoying a successful career as an
assistant dean of undergraduate education and an attending
physician in the bariatric surgery program. Like so many
others, to get to where she is, Dr. Kilby took out college loans
—debt that she is still paying. Despite this, she makes it a point to budget for charitable giving,
including to Albany Medical College.
“I’m not rich. I live in a modest house, and I am always cognizant of my finances. However,
I make room for what is important,” said Dr. Kilby, who contributes to the Alumni Annual Fund.
Her reasoning for giving is twofold. She was raised to be charitable, be it donating
money or her time as a volunteer. The second reason: she wanted to “pay it forward.”
Dr. Kilby has regularly given back to her alma mater, especially since she joined the staff
three years ago. “I was supported by scholarships as a medical student, and I greatly appreciate
all of the scholarship donors who help students achieve their dreams. Now it’s my turn,” she said.
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EDITION
Thomas J. Mollen, Jr., M.D.
Michelle C. Pena, M.D.
Robert M. Schneider, M.D.
David E. Seals, M.D.
Nilesh B. Shukla, M.D.
Class of 1997
Pamela K. Adelstein, M.D.
Jess G. Alcid, M.D.
Allison R. DeTomasi, M.D.
Renu Goel, M.D.
Timothy F. Goggins, M.D.
David M. Jones, M.D.
Christopher B. Nicpon, M.D.
John S. Piatkowski, M.D.
Michael S. Ross, M.D.
Aviva D. Zyskind, M.D.
Class of 1998
Shellie Asher, M.D.
Alexander C. Brand, M.D.
Steven R. Brown, M.D.
Kimberley Erbes Culp, M.D.
Jonathan S. Halpert, M.D.
Jeanette A. Legenza, M.D.
Daniel T. Phelan, M.D.
Donna Phelan, M.D.
Kinga Pluta, M.D.
Renee B. RodriguezGoodemote, M.D.
Michael J. Zapor, M.D., Ph.D.
Class of 1999
Anthony Chang, M.D.
Clifford A. Erickson, M.D.
Robert W. Giering, M.D.
Jacqueline M. Jones, M.D.
Suneet Kaur, M.D.
Kevin P. Khaw, M.D.
Anita R. Kohli-Pamnani, M.D.
Siobhan M. Kuhar, M.D.
Susan T. Mahan, M.D.
Marcus Martinez, M.D.
Heather J. Symons, M.D.
Class of 2000
Maude E. Dull, M.D.
Aradhana Ghosh, M.D.
Graham J. Moore, M.D.
Mary Ann Randall, C.R.N.A., M.S.
Andrew Mend Ropp, M.D.
Elizabeth E. Warner, M.D.
Frederick Y. Wu, M.D.
Class of 2001
Anonymous
John J. DeStafeno, M.D.
John C. Drygas, M.D.
Mineke E. Etienne, M.D.
Spencer C. Greene, M.D.
Angela A. Hsu, M.D.
Stephen Krampert, M.D.
Peter Mandwelle, C.R.N.A., M.S.
Jordan E. Pinsker, M.D.
John Powell, M.D.
Stacy Rubtchinsky, M.D.
Class of 2002
James E. Boswell, M.D.
Jodi M. Della Rocca,
C.R.N.A., M.S., Ph.D.
Robert A. Eden, M.D.
Vanessa Greenwood, M.D.
Erin K. McHale, M.D.
William T. Murawski,
C.R.N.A., M.S.
Liza Perpuse, M.D.
J. Rafe R. Sales, M.D.
Juan Sheng, C.R.N.A., M.S.
George Zanaros, M.D.
Class of 2003
Rebecca E. Brizzel Rouse, M.D.
Michael T. Colon, M.D.
Heather M. Engelhart, M.D.
Kevin A. Gallagher, M.D.
Kimberly A. Kilby, M.D., M.P.H.
Paula S. Kue, M.D.
Sandra S. Kwak, M.D.
Seth O. Mensah, M.D.
Michael T. Mulligan, M.D.
James L. Mura, M.D.
Raina Amrutlal Patel, M.D.
Cynthia M. Ritz, C.R.N.A., M.S.
Kristina M. Roddy, M.D.
Jessica M. Ventimiglia, M.D.
Class of 2004
Kelly K. Curtis, M.D.
Annette M. Dorfman, M.D.
Bridget K. Frawley, M.D.
Hosai N. Hesham, M.D.
R. Peter Manes, M.D.
Deborah E. Myers, M.D.
Nestor B. Nestor, M.D.
Neeti B. Parikh, M.D.
Nidhy S. Paulose Varghese, M.D.
Joseph A. Picca, M.D.
Mark Preissler, Ph.D.
Christine M. Whitman, M.D.
Eric J. Whitman, M.D.
Tyrone J. Williams, M.D.
Class of 2005
Michael P. Beckett, M.D.
Maria K. Guyette, M.D.
Barry Hatch, C.R.N.A., M.S.
Tina M. Latimer, M.D.
Matthew L. Monroe,
C.R.N.A., M.S.
Yen H. Nguyen, M.D.
Oteng Walebowa, M.D.
Class of 2006
Jonathan F. Cahill, M.D.
Michael Guest, C.R.N.A., M.S.
Laura J. Hoeksema, M.D.
Scott M. Pregont, M.D.
Kate A. Tauber, M.D.
Class of 2007
Trevor J. Bayliss, M.D.
Erick H. Cheung, M.D.
Anne M. Gregoire, C.R.N.A., M.S.
David M. Tauber, M.D.
Class of 2008
Emma E. Bendana, M.D.
Kristine Carpenter, M.D.
Jamie Chao, M.D.
Artur Chernoguz, M.D.
Michael Freeman, M.D.
Michelle Freeman, M.D.
Christina Jenkins, M.D.
Melanie Loewenthal, M.D.
Paul Pace, M.D.
Elizabeth Paddock, M.D.
Michael L. Pomerantz, M.D.
Kevin Semelrath, M.D.
Sal Taliercio, M.D.
Jonathan Tomasko, M.D.
Victoria Varga Huettner, M.D.
Class of 2009
Stephanie Bull, MPAS
Kathleen Burroughs
Norkun, C.R.N.A., M.S.
Tim Caramore, M.D.
Michael DeGennaro,
C.R.N.A., M.S.
Michael DiMaio, M.D.
Marc Freiman, M.D.
John Hopper, C.R.N.A., M.S.
Melissa Leber, M.D.
Tara Martin, M.D.
Teerin T. Meckmongkol, Ph.D.
Bruce D. White, D.O., J.D., M.S.
Class of 2010
Christopher D. Brook, M.D.
Alexandra L. Chomut, M.D.
Michael R. Gooch, M.D.
Nicole Lemanski, M.D.
Elizabeth H. Ssebayigga, M.D.
Lindsey A. Tillack, M.D.
Danielle P. Wales, M.D.
Class of 2011
Thomas Barrett, M.D.
Mark Conroy, M.D.
Brett J. Morey, C.R.N.A., M.S.
*Deceased
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Class of 2012
William D. Beighey,
C.R.N.A., M.S.
David M. Dobrzynski, Jr., M.D.
LeeAnn M. Hamilton, R.N., M.S.
Patrick G. Marinello, M.D.
Arati M. Patil, M.D.
Brittany A. Potz, M.D.
Aman M. Shah, M.D.
Class of 2013
Danielle E. Alexander, M.D.
Lisa M. Angotti, M.D.
Vidhya T. Aroumougame, M.D.
Matthew A. Berk, M.D.
Dolores R. Blais, M.D.
Michael B. Blazar, M.D.
Megan M. Bourdon, M.D.
Sean P. Boyle, M.D.
Lori A. Brandt, M.D.
Nathan Calabro, M.D.
Allison M. Caldwell, M.D.
Meredith A. Chan, M.D.
Tiffany L. Chan, M.D.
Alexander A. Chapman, M.D.
Anthony G. Conte, M.D.
Matthew J. Cummings, M.D.
Joanne V. Dannenhoffer, M.D.
Ian J. Dempsey, M.D.
Jennifer E. Dinnel, M.D.
*Deceased
38 alumni.amc.edu
Molly Dinnel, M.D.
Brian E. Dorsey, M.D.
Afari Dwamena, M.D.
David Dycus, M.D.
Gregory N. Emmanuel, M.D.
Judd H. Fastenberg, M.D.
Francis Finneran, M.D.
Timbrely Fong, M.D.
Jason K. Frankel, M.D.
Mr. Richard Galarza, M.S.
Christine A. Gallati, M.D.
John T. Garcia, M.D.
Ryan Gill, M.D.
Akira W. Gillingham, M.D.
Allison M. Glaser, M.D.
Swaroop S. Gonchikar, M.D.
Andrea M. Goossens, M.D.
Kristina D. Gracey, M.D.
Ajay Gupta, M.D.
Stephen L. Hasak, M.D.
Brett L. Hayden, M.D.
Everett Hayes, M.D.
Zachary Hena, M.D.
Michelle L. Hughes, M.D.
Shazaan F. Hushmendy, M.D.
Amanda M. Jackson, M.D.
Amit Jain, M.D.
Sidra Javed-Tayyab, M.D.
Elan Jenkins, M.D.
Justine K. Kang, M.D.
Richard B. Katz, M.D.
Amy L. Kerfoot, M.D.
Edward Kim, M.D.
Grace K. Kim, M.D.
Dusty L. Kime, M.D.
Michael Lao, M.D.
Jonathan A. Levy, M.D.
Joseph T. Mahon, M.D.
Mark S. Malamood, M.D.
Christine McGovern, M.S.
Kathryn L. Molt, M.D.
Eduardo Morales, M.D.
Katelyn R. Moretti, M.D.
Roshni R. Naik, M.D.
Mastoora Nasiri, M.D.
Steven A. Nguyen, M.D.
Alan S. Nyquist, M.D.
Sidney H. Olefson, M.D.
Akhila Pamula, M.D.
Katie R. Pandolfo, M.D.
Jeff M. Papazian, M.D.
Jasmine Patel, M.D.
Nikhil M. Patel, M.D.
Frances Perez, M.D.
Jessica B. Poster, M.D.
Richard L. Rabin, M.D.
Fariha H. Ramay, M.D.
Ashish Rastogi, M.D.
Andre Rebaza, M.D.
Alexandra W. Rehfuss, M.D.
Justin Rice, M.D.
Chalese Richardson, M.D.
David A. Richardson, M.D.
Joel N. Roberson, M.D.
Alison C. Rodriguez, M.D.
Jonathan Schimmel, M.D.
Amar S. Shah, M.D.
Mauli N. Shah, M.D.
Sneha Shahane, M.D.
Jenny J. Shim, M.D.
Leina Y. Singh, M.D.
Zoe G. Smith, M.D.
Arjun Sood, M.D.
Kayvahn P. Steck-Bayat, M.D.
Jeffrey A. Steinberg, M.D.
Shana F. Straub, M.D.
Corey Tapper, M.D.
Tara T. Tenney, M.D.
Ali K. Valimahomed, M.D.
Monica L. Vielkind, M.D.
Thien-Huong Vu, M.D.
Christopher Vuong, M.D.
Jennifer Walia, M.D.
John W. Wax, M.D.
Daniel Weinstein, M.D.
Julie M. Westberg, M.D.
Midhuna M. William, M.D.
Timothy M. Wilson-Byrne, M.D.
Deborah Wright, M.P.A.S., M.S.
Peter A. Zmijewski, M.D.
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EDITION
2013 Contributors Report Alumni Partners
Partners in Leadership are those donors who make gifts totaling $1,000
or more to Albany Medical College in a year. Our Alumni Partners
are leaders in helping to secure the future success of the College.
Thank you for your generous support.
Anonymous
Ellen and Edward Alexson, M.D. ’70
Kelly and Richard Alfred, M.D. ’81
Barbara and Ronald Anderson, M.D. ’63
Nancy Andrea, M.D. ’92
Stephanie and William Angelos, M.D. ’88
Susan and Albert Apicelli, M.D. ’65
Molly and Franklyn Ashby, Jr., M.D. ’54
Shellie Asher, M.D. ’98 and Kevin Ware
M. Lynn and Thomas A. Bailey, M.D. ’71
Cheryl and Sterling Baker, M.D. ’74
Linda Civerchia Balent, M.D. ’76
Jane Balint, M.D. ’89 and Kenneth Ramsey
Victoria Balkoski, M.D. ’83 and Paul Winkeller
Edith and Mitchell Bamberger, M.D. ’82, M.B.A.
Catherine and Alan Barcomb, M.D. ’88
Grace and Anthony Bardinelli, M.D. ’61
David Barnert, M.D. ’81
P. Gayle and Donald Barrett, M.D. ’63
Irmgard and James P. Barrett, M.D. ’70, Ph.D.
Catherine Bartlett, M.D. ’76 and Randall Bartlett
Marino Baselice, M.D. ’77
David Beck, M.D. ’54
Mary* and Levon Bedrosian, M.D. ’47
Jane and Joseph Belsky, M.D. ’55
Lois and Richard Bertini, M.D. ’58
Jill and Bruce Bienenstock, M.D. ’71
Marilyn Blewett, R.N. ’68 and John Blewett, M.D. ’71
Patti and Richard Blide, M.D. ‘55
Larry West and Margaret Block West, M.D. ’76
William M. Boehme, M.D. ’70
Diane and John Robert Bosco, M.D. ’61*
Maria Boulos, M.D. ’94 and Alan Boulos, M.D. ’94
Linda and Edward Bove, M.D. ’72
Alice and John Bowker, M.D. ’56
Patricia Hughes, M.D. ’80 and Frederick Brandt, M.D. ’80
Tyrone G. Bristol, M.D. ’92
Catherine and Jonathan Britell, M.D. ’73
Donna and Curtland Brown III, M.D. ’82
Jackie and Dennis Brown, M.D. ’66
Suzanne and Steven Burakoff, M.D. ’70
Patricia and Peter Burkart, M.D. ’68
Millie and Ronald Burkman, M.D. ’69
Christine Burns, M.D. ’70 and George Burns, M.D. ’72
Suzanne and Christopher Campese, M.D. ’90
Donna A. Caniano, M.D. ’76 and Richard A. Flores
Margaret Carley, M.D. ’80 and Harry Dunn, M.D.
Daniel S. Casper, M.D., Ph.D. ’85
Ethel G. Cermak, M.D. ’38
Susan and Paul Chalmers, M.D. ’79
Visoth Chhiap, M.D. ’95
Karen and Joseph Cirrone, M.D. ’88
Bette and John Cohen, M.D. ’63
Rosetta and David Collins, M.D. ’78
Carol and John J. Condemi, M.D. ’57
Martha and Douglas Coursin, M.D. ’76
Claire Weitz, M.D. ’79 and John Covington, M.D. ’79
Edward Curran, M.D. ’68
Karen and John Czajka, M.D. ’77
Lori and John Daigneault, M.D. ’85
Kathleen Ciancetta-Dal Col and Richard Dal Col, M.D. ’82
Ann Hughes Daniels, M.D. ’80 and Jeffrey Daniels, M.D. ’80
Desmond Del Giacco, M.D. ’76
Jennifer and Stuart Demirs, M.D. ’88
Sheila and Steven Dennis, M.D. ’82
Ellen and Harry DePan, M.D. ’78
Theresa DePippo, M.D. ’92 and Patrick DePippo, M.D. ’90
Ronnie and Myles Desner, M.D. ’70
David J. Dickoff, M.D. ’82
Rosemarie Dooley, R.N. ’69 and John Dooley, M.D. ’71
Marion Blakey and William Dooley, M.D. ‘74
Steven Dorfman, M.D. ’70
Patricia and Ernst Dorsch, M.D. ’71
Mary Ellen Drislane, M.D. ’80 and Joseph Baler, M.D.
Victoria and John Duers, M.D. ’64
Amy Dunn, M.D. ’78 and Steven Dunn, M.D. ’77
Christine and David Eppard, M.D. ’65
Debbie and Clifford Erickson, M.D. ’99
David Falk, M.D. ’43
Missy and John Fallon III, M.D. ‘74
Nancy and Matthew Farina, M.D. ’67
Sheryl and Randall Feingold, M.D. ’87
Laurie and Richard Feit, M.D. ’75
Debbie Campbell and Conrad Fischer, M.D. ’88
*Deceased
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Neil Fisher, M.D. ’88
Cynthia Flynn, M.D. ’92 and Deirdre Boyle, Esq.
Gisele and Brian Freed, Ph.D. ’90
Ellen and Hal Freiman, M.D. ’78
Dorie and Ivan Friedrich, M.D. ’76
Phyllis and Steven Frisch, M.D. ’79
Carolyn Frymoyer, M.D. ’77 and Paul Frymoyer, M.D. ’77
Kathryn O’Keeffe, M.D. ’78 and James Fuchs, M.D. ’77
Babette and Herbert Gade, M.D. ’46
Josephine Gambardella, M.D. ’91
Rajesh Ramesh Gandhi, M.D. ’92, Ph.D. ’91, M.S. ’90
Janet Gargiulo, M.D. ‘79
Elizabeth Garland, M.D., M.S. ’87 and Paul Garland
Lisa Longworth-Gatto, M.D. and Charles Gatto, M.D. ’92
Nancy Gedge and Stafford Gedge, M.D. ’55
Patricia and Ralph Giannella, M.D. ’65
Janet Gissen, M.D. ’44
Timothy Goggins, M.D. ’97
Shelley and Kim Goldenberg, M.D. ’79
Maureen and Alfred Gomez, M.D. ’55
Derri Shtasel, M.D. and Gary Gottlieb, M.D. ’79
Rabbi Judy Shanks and James Gracer, M.D. ’76
Robert T. Grant, M.D. ’83
Jodi Cohen and L. Michael Graver, M.D. ’77
Lesley and Neil Green, M.D. ’68
Suzanne Steinberg and Samuel Green, M.D. ’87
Carol and David Grenoble, M.D. ’72
Aubrey Griffith, M.D. ’53
Lynne and Mark Groban, M.D. ’67
Maria Guyette, M.D. ’05 and Francis Guyette, M.D.
Lori and Mark Hadley, M.D. ’82
Cecily and David Haidak, M.D. ’69
Harry Haus, Jr., M.D. ’86
Linda and Robert Hedderman, M.D. ’82
Diane Henderson, M.D. ’70
Anna and Kevin Hill, M.D. ’89
Judith and Eugene Hoenig, M.D. ’59
Donald Holbert, M.D. ’76
The Honorable Jaclyn Brilling and Michael Horgan, M.D. ’80
Lynn and James Horn, M.D. ’79
James G. Houle, M.D. ’88
Margaret and Thomas Hughes, M.D. ’83
Janet and Kevin Hulseberg, M.D. ’91
Valerie and Allen Hyman, M.D. ’59
Nancy and G. Timothy Johnson, M.D. ’69
Nancy and William Johnston, Jr., M.D. ’69
Glory-Anne and David Jones, M.D. ’97
F. Robert Jordan, Jr., M.D. ’67
James E. Joy, M.D. ’67
Josephine and Kirk Kanter, M.D. ’76
Gail and Norman Kathan, Jr., M.D. ’64
*Deceased
40alumni.amc.edu
Melanie Kazlas, M.D. ’89
Matilda Kiesel, R.N. ’59 and Robert Kiesel, M.D. ’60
Linda and William Kimball, M.D. ’75
Vicki Sommer, M.D. ’77 and Alan Kivitz, M.D. ’77
Rita and Peter Koltai, M.D. ’75
Antoinette and Murray Korc, M.D. ’74
Marcia and Randall Krakauer, M.D. ’72
Margaret and E. Michael Kramer, M.D. ’82
Lana and Jackson Kuan, M.D. ’86
Sharon Shapiro, M.D. ’80 and Andrew Kurman, M.D. ’80
John Lathrop, M.D. ’55
Margaret and J. Peter Lawler, M.D. ’65
Beverly and Arthur Lehrman, M.D. ’58
Judith and Neil Lempert, M.D. ’58
Pia and Lawrence Lepler, M.D. ’88
Carolyn Langer, M.D. and Leonard Lilly, M.D. ’77
Peter C. Lombardo, M.D. ’59
Janet Lord, M.D. ’78
Judy and Kenneth C. Low, M.D. ’76
Nancy and Jeffrey Lozman, M.D. ’72
Barbara and Richard MacDowell, M.D. ’72
Susan Mahan, M.D. ’99 and Steven Kirincich
John Malo, M.D. ’74
Nancy Reisman Mann, M.D. ’82 and Andrew Mann, M.D. ’82
Engella Mansour, D.D.S. and Karim Mansour, M.D. ’92
Amelia Martinko, M.D. ’78
Carole and Eugene Maso, M.D. ’74
Lucille and David Mastrianni, M.D. ’85
Patrick McCreesh, M.D. ’82
Anne and Charles McHugh, M.D. ’64
Karen and Dennis P. McKenna, M.D. ’92
Gary Miller, M.D. ’65
Mary and Steve Mitchell, M.D. ’79
Deborah Mizus, M.D. and Irving Mizus, M.D. ’78
William Montano, M.D. ’69
Jeffrey Morgan, M.D. ’78
Moriah Moser and Daniel Morgenstern, M.D. ’82
Mary Anne and Robert Moseley III, M.D. ’67
Lisa and Ronald Moy, M.D. ’81
David R. Nalin, M.D. ’65
Donald Namm, Ph.D. ’65
Nancy and Bruce Nash, M.D. ’78
Andrea and Robert Newborn, M.D. ’86
Helen Vu, M.D. and Bernard Ng, M.D. ’93
Donna and John Nolan, M.D. ’77
Doren and Dennis Norfleet, M.D. ’69
Barbara C. Noyes, M.D. ’49
Bonnie and William O’Connor, M.D. ’86
Jean Evans Oakes, M.D. ‘81 and W. Jerry Oakes
Alice and Thomas Openshaw, M.D. ’82
W. Dale Overfield, D.D.S., M.D. ’71 and JoAnn R. Overfield
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Nancy and Robert Panzer, M.D. ’77
Loretta Patton-Greenidge, M.D. ’78 and Roy Greenidge
Dawn and Philip S. Paty, M.D. ’86
Sharon and Kenneth Pearlman, M.D. ’83
Kathaleen Perkins, M.D. ’54
Kathy and Pasquale Petrera, M.D. ’86
Leslie and Arthur Pettygrove, M.D. ’75
Donna Phelan, M.D. ’98 and Daniel Phelan, M.D. ’98
Sharon Sullivan and Paul Phillips, M.D. ’62
Nancy and Wellington Pindar, M.D. ’59
Donna Pietrocola, M.D. ’75 and Steven Pinheiro, M.D. ’75
Sherry Hartman-Poggi and John Poggi, M.D. ’57*
Margaret Vosburgh and A. John Popp, M.D. ’67
Laura Staff, M.D. ’92 and John Powell, M.D. ’01
Betty and Kenneth Pratt, M.D. ’57
Nicholas Preston, M.D. ’47
Helen and Donald Price, Sr., M.D. ’61
Elaine Price-Schwartz, M.D. ’84 and Joshua Schwartz, M.D.
Richard Propp, M.D. ’60
Dawn Tranchino Provenzale, M.D. ’84 and James Provenzale, M.D. ’83
Lucille and James Puleo, Sr., M.D. ’61
Edna Anne Pytlak, M.D. ’83 and Fredrick Pytlak
Suzanne and Robert Rapoport, M.D. ’88
Catherine Bartholomew, M.D. ’84 and Anthony Ritaccio, M.D. ’84
Kelly Doyle and Peter Robbiano, M.D. ’83
Judith and Kevin Roberts, M.D. ’77
Cathy and Earl Robinson, Jr., M.D. ’72
Tiiu and Roger Robison, M.D. ’63
Sheliah and John Roehmholdt, M.D. ’85
Mary and George Roff, M.D. ’65
Lisa Rome, M.D. ’80
Kathleen Kelly, M.D. ’82 and Arnold Rosen, M.D. ’82
Seymour Rosenbloom, M.D. ’69
Dikea Roussos-Ross, M.D. and Michael Ross, M.D. ’97
Iris Rotker, M.D. ’88 and Jonathan Rotker, M.D. ’88
Susan and Jeffrey Rudnick, M.D. ’66
Sue and Wilbur Rust, M.D. ’57
James Ryan, M.D. ’48*
Judith and Geoffrey Ryder, M.D. ’63
Nancy and Edward Rydzak, M.D. ’87
J. Rafe Sales, M.D. ’02
Leizbeth and Alan Sanders, M.D. ’88
Albina Santilli, M.D. ’71
Nancy C. Sapio, M.D. ’85 and David Taffany
Marilyn and Derace Schaffer, M.D. ’73
Miriam and Daniel Scharf, M.D. ’70
Michael Scherl, M.D. ’82
Robert Schneider, M.D. ’96
Merilyn and Paul Schreiber, M.D. ’66
Diane and Richard Schultz, M.D. ’56
Elisa and Stephen Schutz, M.D. ’88
Fred Schwartz, M.D. ’69
Constance Young and Gary Schwartz, M.D. ’83
Maryjane and Geoffrey Serfilippi, M.D. ’88
Patricia and Peter Shapiro, M.D. ’71
Kenneth Sherban, M.D. ’77
Nilesh Shukla, M.D. ’96
Stephen Sills, M.D. ’62
Nathaniel Silon, M.D. ’58
Cheryl and Steven Silver, M.D. ’74
Carla and George Sims, M.D. ’61
Judy and Edward Skwiersky, M.D. ’82
Mark Slovenkai, M.D. ’84
I. Arnold Slowe, M.D. ’58 and Martha Slowe
Nancy and Karl Sohlberg, M.D. ’51
Joan and Merritt Spear, M.D. ’60
Clara Staunton, M.D. ’63
Lori and Theodore Stein, M.D. ’84
Gary L. Sutter, M.D. ’76 and Vera J. Sutter
Kim and J. Scott Toder, M.D. ’79
Deborah Toppmeyer, M.D. ’85
Joan Treuer, M.D. ’53 and Warren Treuer
Irene and Clyde Turner, M.D. ’61
Gurvinder Uppal, M.D. ’86
Lou-Ann and Vincent Verdile, M.D. ’84
Betty Vohr, M.D. ’66 and Thomas Gidley
Elizabeth Myers and Evan Vosburgh, M.D. ’82
Graceann and Arthur Wallingford, Jr., M.D. ’63
Stephanie and Gregory Ward, M.D. ’84
John Warkentin, M.D. ’74
Roberta and John Wasenko, M.D. ’80
Tammy and Steven Weinfeld, M.D. ’90
Sarah and D. Billings Wheeler, M.D. ’67
John C. Wheeler, D.M.D., M.D. ’69
Sarah and Bruce White, D.O., J.D., M.S. ’09
Jacquelyn and T. Michael White, M.D. ’74
Robert Wiltshire, M.D. ’88
Delphine and Duncan Winter, M.D. ’84
Marlene Winter, Ph.D. and Jacques Winter, M.D. ’79
Nancy Green Worsham, M.D. ’63 and Jerry C. Worsham, M.D. ’62
Scott Yeaw, M.D. ’69
Vivian and Barry Yoss, M.D. ’72
Eileen Zambetti, M.D. and George Zambetti, Jr., M.D. ’76
Amy and George Zanaros, M.D. ’02
Nancy and Allen Zieker, M.D. ’75
Michael Zwicklbauer, M.D. ’89
*Deceased
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PILLARS
societ y
ALUMNI PILLARS SOCIETY MEMBERS
Members of the Albany Medical College Pillars Society
have created a lasting legacy using their wills, life income
gifts or retirement plans.
Anonymous
Mary Louise and Anthony Arena, M.D. ’60
M. Lynn and Thomas A. Bailey, M.D. ’71
Lorraine and William Barry, M.D. ’69
David Beck, M.D. ’54
Mary* and Levon Bedrosian, M.D. ’47
William M. Boehme, M.D. ’70
Diane and John Robert Bosco, M.D. ’61*
Alice and John Bowker, M.D. ’56
Frederick Brandlin, M.D. ’56
Millie and Ronald T. Burkman, M.D. ’69
Christine Burns, M.D. ’70 and George Burns, M.D. ’72
Donna A. Caniano, M.D. ’76 and Richard A. Flores
Margaret and Donald Capuano, M.D. ’68
Carol and Samuel Cassell, M.D. ’59
Claudia and David Chittenden, M.D. ’64
Jeré* and James Claghorn, M.D. ’61
Adrian Dobs, M.D. ’78 and Martin Auster, M.D.
James Dougherty, M.D. ’51
Linda Dubins, M.D. ’77 and David Baer, M.D.
David Falk, M.D. ’43
Brooke and Michael Freilich, M.D. ’58
Deborah and Pasquale Fugazzotto, M.D. ’58
Babette and Herbert Gade, M.D. ’46
Janet Gargiulo, M.D. ’79
Dante Gismondi, M.D. ’61
Janet Gissen, M.D. ’44
Isabelle Maisonneuve, Ph.D. ’92 and
Stanley Glick, M.D., Ph.D.
Alan Gulick, M.D. ’78
Jeffrey A. Hirst, M.D. ’80
Judith and Eugene Hoenig, M.D. ’59
Hans Holzapfel, M.D. ’57*
Seymour Horwitz, M.D. ’39* and Sylvia Horwitz
Nancy and George Howard, M.D. ’59
Julian Hyman, M.D. ’47
Nancy and G. Timothy Johnson, M.D. ’69
Cynthia and Maurice Keenan, M.D. ’61
Matilda Kiesel, R.N. ’59 and Robert Kiesel, M.D. ’60
Catherine Kiley, M.D. ‘78 and
Donald Schoch, M.D. ’77
Peggy and Leonard Kirschner, M.D. ’61
Ruth and John Kovaric, M.D. ’50
*Deceased
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Nancy Carlson and Ralph Kramer, M.D. ’76
John LaFerla, M.D. ’72, MPH
John Lathrop, M.D. ’55
Beverly and Arthur Lehrman, M.D. ’58
Evelyn and Charles Leonhardt, M.D. ’53
Leona and Jerome Levy, M.D. ’58
Jerilyn Marr and Clifford Marr, M.D. ’74
Anne and Charles McHugh, M.D. ’64
Robert Meineker, M.D. ’45
Cora and William Meyer, Jr., M.D. ’55
William Montano, M.D. ’69
Moriah Moser and Daniel Morgenstern, M.D. ’82
Paula Mroz, R.N. and Frank Mroz, M.D. ’73*
Donald Namm, Ph.D. ’65
Robert Newhouse, M.D. ’56
Barbara C. Noyes, M.D. ’49
Margaret and Mark Ortelee, M.D. ’54
Kathaleen Perkins, M.D. ’54
Harriet and Albert Peters, M.D. ’61
Norma and Fred Phillips, Jr., M.D. ’56
Sharon Sullivan and Paul Phillips, M.D. ’62
Nancy and Wellington Pindar, M.D. ’59
Eleanor and Charles Poskanzer, M.D. ’45
Helen and Matthew Presti, M.D. ’49
Richard Propp, M.D. ’60
Kathleen Riley, M.D. ’90 and Mark Reed
Mary and George Roff, M.D. ’65
Elizabeth Randall, Ph.D. and Corky Rosan, M.D. ’57
Sue and Wilbur Rust, M.D. ’57
Suzanne and Martin Schulman, M.D. ’57
John Seaman, M.D. ’56
Thelma and Daniel Shapiro, M.D. ’50
Elbis Shoales, M.D. ’49*
Nathaniel Silon, M.D. ’58
Gina and Thomas L. Snyder, M.D. ’69
Barbara and David Sparling, M.D. ’48
Irene and Clyde Turner, M.D. ’61
Roberta and John Wasenko, M.D. ’80
John C. Wheeler, D.M.D., M.D. ’69
Marlene Winter, Ph.D. and Jacques Winter, M.D. ’79
Nancy Green Worsham, M.D. ’63 and
Jerry C. Worsham, M.D. ’62
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
EDITION
EDITION
Jerilyn and Clifford Marr, M.D. ’74
Partners in Philanthropy
“I give Jerilyn the credit,” says Clifford Marr, M.D. ’74 when he
reflects on what led him and his wife of 43 years to create an endowed
scholarship at Albany Medical College which will be funded with a
bequest of IRA assets.
Dr. Marr entered the Medical College at the age of 20 in
the fall of 1970, just three days after he and Jerilyn were
married in New York City. Clifford’s parents happily covered
the nearly $3,000 annual tuition, and to make ends meet, his
wife, with a master’s degree in biology from Boston College,
took a job performing tissue culture research at Albany Med,
then later taught anatomy and physiology at Hudson Valley
Community College.
While Dr. Marr strived to build and sustain a pediatric
surgical practice in Sacramento, California starting in 1981,
Jerilyn raised their three daughters. The practice is now a
part of Sutter Health and serves
as the Division of Pediatric
Surgery in the Department of
Surgery of the UC Davis Health
System. Dr. Marr turned 64
this year, and together the pair
contemplated the next phase
of their lives. According to Dr.
Marr, “Jerilyn pointed out that
we have been so fortunate in
our lives it was now time to give
back. We hope other alumni who
reach this stage in their careers
will also consider a gift to the
medical school that helped get
them to that point.”
Dr. Marr said it was Jerilyn’s
idea to create the Marr
Endowed Scholarship, derived
from retirement assets, that
makes Albany Medical College
a beneficiary of the couple’s
IRAs. Dr. Marr said, “She saw
the need to assist students with
the high cost of tuition. We both
wanted to help increase the
medical college’s endowment.”
The Marrs learned scholarship is
the highest funding priority of Dean Vincent Verdile, M.D. ’84,
and also how important charitable gifts are to the continued
success of Albany Medical College.
Dr. Marr stipulated that their charitable gift would be
dedicated in memory of Samuel Powers, M.D., a professor
of surgery and his mentor at Albany Med. “Dr. Powers was
totally approachable and easy to talk to,” Dr. Marr said.
Before medical school, Dr. Marr earned a bachelor’s degree
in mechanical engineering at MIT and he felt a kinship with
Dr. Powers, who collaborated with engineering faculty at RPI
to better understand the physiologic effects of mechanical
ventilation on critically ill
trauma patients. “Dr. Powers
was at the forefront of the field
at the time,” he said. “He made
me very excited about surgery.”
The way the Marrs structured
their charitable donation
appealed to her philanthropic
nature and his pragmatic side.
“It just made good sense to us,”
Dr. Marr said. “I felt we were
fortunate that we did not have
any medical school debt because
of the generosity of Clifford’s
parents,” said Jerilyn, who
earned a second master’s degree
in health services administration
and worked with non-profit
organizations, including teaching
English as a Second Language
to adults. She continues, “I can’t
imagine medical students having
to start a career and a family
with a large debt. I thought
we should try to help. We hope
others will join us.”
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CLASS OF 1949
Frederick H. Grabo, M.D. ’49
Dr. Grabo writes, “I was sorry
to miss my 65th Reunion this
year. I’m in good shape and still
gainfully employed. I look forward
to next year’s Gold Society dinner.”
at the AMA Annual Meeting
in Chicago. The awards honor
physicians who represent the
highest values of altruism,
compassion and dedication
to patient care.
Martin L. Schulman, M.D. ’57
Dr. Schulman was published
in the June 7, 2014 issues of
Barron’s, the weekly financial
newspaper. The title of
his piece, “Social Security:
Indexing to the Rescue” was
printed in the Other Voices
section. Special note: The
Alumni Office would be
pleased to forward a copy of
Dr. Schulman’s article to our
readers. Send a request to:
[email protected].
In April, Dr. Mizus, received a
patent for a slit needle which
allows access to patient fluid
cavities, arteries, and veins
by percutaneous catheter
placement and eliminating the
need for a wire guide for the
purpose of drainage, monitoring
and infusion. The slit needle
system is sized so that it can
be part of an ultrasound guided
system, and be removed completely without breaking the
circuit after catheter placement.
CLASS OF 1981
CLASS OF 1959
David A. Bernstein, M.D. ’81
Samuel A. Cassell, M.D. ’59
In June, the board of
directors of the American
Medical Association (AMA)
Foundation, named Dr. Cassell
as the recipient of the Jack
B. McConnell, M.D. Award
for Excellence in Volunteerism
during the 2013 Excellence in
Medicine Awards presentation
CLASS OF 1956
CLASS OF 1982
Zachary B. Kramer, M.D. ’82
CLASS OF 1978
Irving Mizus, M.D. ’78
CLASS OF 1957
capabilities of medicine
today and its limitations, and
the social issues that adult
Americans face as they age.
Dr. Bernstein has written a
book entitled, “I’ve Got Some
Good News and Some Bad
News YOU’RE OLD: Tales of a
Geriatrician: What to expect in
your 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and beyond.”
The book explores what
happens as we age—physically,
mentally, and socially and also
examines the tremendous
In January, Dr. Kramer joined
the United Memorial Medical
Cancer and Infusion Center,
in Rochester, NY. He is also an
attending physician in Rochester
General Hospital’s Department
of Medicine, and an adjunct
staff member of Roswell Park
Cancer Institute’s Department
of Medicine.
Evan Vosburgh, M.D. ’82
Dr. Vosburgh writes, “I had the
enjoyable experience of traveling
to Florida to play in a Masters
Lacrosse Tournament. I was
pleased to reunite with my coAMC alum Steve Seminer, Class
of 1985, as members of the Elder
Statesmen. Our team won the first
place trophy in our age group.”
Steve Seminer, M.D. ’85 and Evan
Vosburgh, M.D. ’82 at the Masters
Lacrosse Tournament in Florida.
William A. Petersen, M.D. ’56
In February, Dr. Petersen accepted the Starlight Star Award from the Starlight Children’s Foundazation Chapter of Upstate New York on behalf of Shaker Pediatrics of Latham, NY. The Starlight
Children’s Foundation partners with experts to improve the life and health of children and families
around the world. For the past two years, the physicians at Shaker Pediatrics have been overwhelmingly chosen by families for their dedication and expertise in providing care to children with
complex medical conditions.
Fellow alumni Sheela S. Graney, M.D. ’94 and David E. Sherwood, M.D. ’97 are colleagues of
Dr. Petersen’s at Shaker Pediatrics.
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CLASS OF 1983
Gary K. Schwartz, M.D. ’83
In January, Dr. Schwartz was
named New York-Presbyterian/
Columbia University Medical
Center’s new chief of the
Division of Hematology/
Oncology in the Department
of Medicine and associate
director for research of its
Herbert Irving Comprehensive
Cancer Center. He joined New
York-Presbyterian/Columbia
from Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center, where he was
chief of the melanoma and
sarcoma service.
CLASS OF 1991
Anthony M. Szema, M.D. ’91
In February, Dr. Szema appeared
in a CBS news story on toxic
dust from Iraq. Dr. Szema, an
assistant professor at Stony
Brook University School of
Medicine and chief of allergy
and clinical immunology at
the Veterans Affairs Medical
Center in Northport, NY has
been analyzing dust from the
open burn pits at Camp Victory
in Iraq and its impact on
veterans’ lung function. He also
presented the results of his
team’s analysis on Camp
Victory’s dust to a Pentagon
sub-committee. In addition,
Dr. Szema’s Iraq dust research
was profiled in USA Today.
In June, Dr. Szema received
the Award of Appreciation for
Significant Contribution to
Residency Education from the
graduating class of 2014 internal
medicine residents at Stony
Brook University Hospital. The
award recognizes excellence
in teaching.
Class
NOTES
CLASS OF 1992
CLASS OF 1997
Tyrone G. Bristol, M.D. ’92
Andre M. Nye, M.D. ’97
Dr. Bristol writes, “In May, I
joined the Peds faculty at UNCCharlotte/Levine Children’s
Hospital. Enjoying settling into
the South.”
In April, Dr. Nye, a family
medicine physician, joined the
staff of Providence Medical
Group-Seaside in Providence
Rhode Island.
CLASS OF 1994
Robert J. Paeglow, M.D. ’94
In March, Dr. Paeglow was
invited to give the keynote
address at CARE: Cultivating
Authenticity, Reflection
and Empathy in Medicine
event, sponsored by the Gold
Humanism Honors Society of
the University of Wisconsin
School of Medicine and Public
Health at the Health Sciences
Learning Center in Madison,
WI. Dr. Paeglow currently
serves as the assistant director
of Family Medicine Medical
Student Education at Albany
Medical College.
Katherine M. Wagner,
M.D. ’94 (see page 23)
In May, at Albany Medical
College’s Commencement,
Dr. Wagner was inducted
into the Sosa Academy of
Medical Sciences at Albany
Medical College. Dr. Wagner
is an associate professor and
vice chair of the department
of Family and Community
Medicine at Albany Medical
College.
Melinda Clark, M.D. ’02 with one of
her pediatric patients.
Peter T. Skaff, M.D. ’97
In January, Dr. Skaff was elected
chairman of the department of
medicine for Mercy San Juan
Medical Center (M.S.JMC) in
Carmichael, CA, a division of
the Dignity Health Neurological
Institute of Northern California.
He is also a neuro-hospitalist at
M.S.JMC, tele-stroke
neurologist for the Dignity
Health Tele-medicine Network
and general outpatient
neurologist with
the Mercy Medical Group of
Sacramento, which he joined
in 2003.
CLASS OF 1998
Steven R. Brown, M.D. ’98
Dr. Brown is program director
of the Banner Good Samaritan
Family Medicine Residency in
Phoenix, Arizona. He joined
the Residency after four years
in the Indian Health Service
in rural Whiteriver, AZ. Dr.
Brown currently serves as the
2014 chair of the American
Academy of Family Physicians
Commission of the Health of
the Public and Science.
CLASS OF 1984
Anthony L. Ritaccio, M.D. ’84
In January, Dr. Ritaccio and three Albany Medical Center
colleagues and epilepsy specialists were among the first in
the nation to receive board certification in epilepsy by the
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, signifying
exceptional proficiency in the field. The specialists are the
only board certified epileptologists in the Capital Region,
and join only nine other New York physicians outside the
greater New York City metropolitan area in being certified.
CLASS OF 2002
Melinda Clark, M.D. ’02
In May, Dr. Clark, of Albany Medical Center, received a
grant from the New York State Health Foundation to expand
a children’s oral health pilot program across Upstate New
York. She initiated the Women, Infant and Children (WIC)
Smiles Program two years ago to offer targeted preventive
oral health services for Medicaid-eligible children with the
goals of promoting oral health for young children and early
establishment of the dental home. With the three-year grant,
Dr. Clark plans to work with the statewide WIC Program to
develop 36 WIC Smiles Program sites—starting with eight
locations this year.
CLASS OF 2002
M.S. ’02, Ph.D.
Dr. Della Rocca, Alumni
Association board director,
was awarded a Ph.D. in postsecondary and adult education
in 2013 from Capella University.
She is an assistant professor and
associate director of the Center
for Nurse Anesthesiology at
Albany Medical Center.
CLASS OF 2003
Michael T. Mulligan, M.D. ’03
Dr. Mulligan, associate
residency program director in
the Division of Orthopaedic
Surgery at Albany Medical
Center, co-authored an
article, jointly written by a
multidisciplinary team, about
painkillers that patients most
often ask for and that doctors
most often prescribe are
generally ineffective for treating
chronic pain. The lead author
was Richard Uhl, M.D., chief of
the Division of Orthopaedic
Surgery at Albany Medical
Center.
CLASS OF 2004
Daniel K. Pauze, M.D. ’04
In March, Dr. Pauze and a
team of Albany Medical
Center physicians and medical
students presented a poster
on the triggers and treatments
of anaphylaxis at the 2014
American Academy of Allergy
Asthma and Immunology
Annual Meeting in San Diego,
California.
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CLASS OF 2005
Bryan S. Bush, M.D. ’05
In February, Dr. Bush, a cardiothoracic surgeon, joined the
Bethesda Heart Hospital in
Boyton Beach, FL. Dr. Bush was
with the East Carolina Heart
Institute in Greenville, NC where
he completed a Fellowship in
Minimally Invasive & Robotic
Cardiac Surgery at the International Robotic Training Center.
CLASS OF 2006
Michael M. Van Vliet, M.D. ’06
Dr. Van Vliet has joined the
Department of Plastic Surgery at
the University of Tennessee (UT)
Medical Group in Memphis,
Tennessee. He has also been
named assistant professor at the
UT Health Science Center and
been appointed director of burn
critical care for the Firefighters
Regional Burn Center at The
Regional Medical Center in
Memphis.
CLASS OF 2007
Trevor J. Bayliss, M.D. ’07
In May, Dr. Bayliss was
featured in a USA TODAY Sports
“Throwback Thursday” piece. The
last time Bayliss was profiled,
he was running for the Williams
College men’s track team
at the 1999 NCAA Division
III Championships. (In 1994,
after feeling fatigued during his
freshman year, he was diagnosed
with a rare form of lymphoma. An
experimental drug helped treat his
specific cancer and Bayliss started
training again a year later.)
According to the article, Dr.
Bayliss’ personal experience
with cancer and specifically
the physician who treated him
motivated
him to apply
to medical
school. “I
came out of
that thinking
‘Man,
I could
Trevor Bayliss, M.D. ’07
have done
that better and had more
compassion than that doctor
had in that moment,’” Bayliss
said. “It was a crystallizing
moment of a lot of experiences
I’d had in medicine as a patient.
In a lot of areas, they lacked that
personal touch and empathy
in how huge a doctor’s word
can be or lack of words for that
matter. I remember thinking if
I ever got healthy, I’d like to take
care of cancer patients and find
ways to do it well and help them
through that.”
Dr. Bayliss currently works
at Berkshire Medical Center in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts as
an oncologist.
CLASS OF 2008
Ann Rutter M.D. ’08
Dr. Rutter, director of medical
student education for the
Department of Family Medicine
was selected by the Society of
Teachers of Family Medicine
Foundation (STFM) as one of
seven recipients of the 2014
New Faculty Scholars Award.
The award is in recognition of
outstanding leadership potential
and supported her attendance
at the 2014 STFM Annual
Spring Conference in San
Antonio, TX.
2014 Golden Apple
Award Recipients
Robert D. Wickham, M.D. (departed member of the Class of
1952) and his spouse, Kate Wickham, generously established
the Golden Apple Award to honor the College’s commitment
to excellence in teaching. The award, stewarded by the
Alumni Association, allows the graduating medical students
the opportunity to recognize outstanding educators they
encountered during their time at the College.
This year, the Class of 2014 recognized the following
faculty members:
Outstanding Pre-Clinical Golden Apple
David M. Jones, M.D. ’97
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine
Rebecca S. Keller, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Medical Education and Associate
Professor, Center for Cardiovascular Sciences
Outstanding Clinical Golden Apple
Richard J. Blinkhorn, M.D.
Chair, Department of Medicine
Outstanding Outpatient Preceptor Golden Apple
Joseph T. Wayne, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Outstanding Resident Golden Apple
Nazeel Qureshi, M.D.
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
Richard Pryor, M.D. ’99
and his family send greetings from Sydney, Australia.
Trevor Bayliss, M.D. ’07.
CLASSES OF 1987, 1990 AND 1994
Vinisha Patel, M.D. ’94, Paul Garland, Steven Weinfeld, M.D. ’90
and Elizabeth Garland, M.D. ’87 at the 2014 Alumni Association
reception in New York City, Jan. 23.
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NOTES
In Memoriam
We mourn the passing of the following classmates:
John Beeble, M.D. ’48
Elbis A. Shoales, M.D. ’49
Robert J. Cassidy, M.D. ’53
Edward Attarian, M.D. ’55
Bernhardt W. Hausheer, M.D. ’56
Herbert A. Bartholomew III, M.D. ’57
Leonard S. Lustgarten, M.D. ’57
John A. Poggi, M.D. ’57
Peter Hathaway, M.D. ’60
Victor L. Lawoyin, M.D. ‘64
James T. Casey, M.D. ’65
Michael M. Mc Connell, M.D. ’69
John A. Poggi, M.D. ’57
John A. Poggi, M.D. ’57, (Jack) died on March 11, 2014. After
residency at Albany Medical Center, Jack joined Frank C.
Maxon, Jr., M.D. ’39, in the practice of pulmonary medicine
at Albany Hospital and the College. Medical education in
those days was simple and intensive—no simulation, no
standard patients, no computer-watching, just a sick person
and a student, ideally with a good teacher. Drs. Maxon &
Poggi were among the best teachers in the College in the
days when senior faculty were few and heavily involved in
student teaching. Ten fingers, two eyes and a stethoscope
carried the day. Pulmonary rotations were hard work,
and uniquely included a mandatory paper which was read,
graded and discussed in detail with the student. Pulmonary
medicine originated in the treatment of tuberculosis, and
that was Jack’s forte. He ran the Albany County TB clinic
for years, and was widely sought as a consultant. Active in
organized medicine, his good humor and equanimity made
him a valued colleague and friend. He is survived by his
wife of twenty years, Sherry Hartman Poggi, MLS (former
College Librarian and Honorary Member of the Alumni
Association, 1997), four children, and a host of grandchildren.
—Submitted by Jeffrey D. Hubbard, M.D. ’68, Historian
Edward Attarian, M.D. ’55, FACP
Edward Attarian, M.D. ’55, FACP, died in Durham, NC,
on March 21, 2014. His interest in medicine began with a
sanatorium stay for pulmonary tuberculosis in 1947 (in the
infancy of anti-tuberculosis drugs.) He graduated from Albany
Medical College in 1955. In 1963, after training in medicine and
gastroenterology and an Army hitch in Germany, he opened
an office for the practice of gastroenterology at 614 Madison
Avenue, and was on the staffs of Albany and St. Peter’s
Hospitals and the faculty of the College. He took education of
medical students seriously. Dr. Attarian was good-natured,
demanding, patient, and always ready with that smile and
trademark laugh. For the price of working up Dr. Attarian’s
patients carefully, the student could see a master clinician
at work. One student, a half century later, recalls the stern
look that resulted from having missed a murmur of aortic
insufficiency, and the ensuing careful instruction on just where
to listen. In 1976, Dr. Attarian moved his office to Vero Beach,
Francis J. Fenaughty, M.D. ’81
Donna M. Downing-Anderson, M.D. ’96
Kevin D. Barron, M.D., (Hon.) ’03
Vasudha Koganti, M.D. ’08
Nadia Rossman, C.R.N.A., M.S. ’10
Florida. There he practiced gastroenterology for sixteen years,
and later was chairman of the Department of Executive and
International Health at Cleveland Clinic Florida. He remained
an interested and committed alumnus.
—Submitted by Jeffrey D. Hubbard, M.D. ’68, Historian
Kevin Delgado Barron, M.D.
Honorary Member of the Albany Medical College
Alumni Association, 2003
Kevin D. Barron, M.D., professor and chairman-emeritus of
neurology at Albany Medical College, died on October 28, 2013,
at the age of 84. After attending medical school at Dalhousie
University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and serving as a
ship’s doctor and as an intern and medical resident is Canada,
he completed his training in neurology and neuropathology
at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in New York
City. In Dr. Barron’s view, neurology and neuropathology
were inseparable, and all of his many trainees had to be very
proficient in the diagnosis of nervous system diseases at the
bedside and at the microscope. In 1959, Dr. Barron became
the Chief of the very large Neurology Service at the Veterans
Affairs Medical Center in Hines, IL, and after a 10-year-period
of intense practice, education, and research, he answered
the call to become chairman at Albany Medical College. The
Chicago tradition of clinical excellence and required scholarly
pursuit continued in Albany, and the Department of Neurology
grew rapidly. While handling the large administrative, clinical,
and teaching obligations of the department, Dr. Barron had
sufficient energy to establish research laboratories at the
College and the Albany Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
All his investigative efforts focused on retrograde and
transneuronal atrophy of the central nervous system, and many
papers arose from both sides of the street. Dr. Barron and his
wife Lisa were most gracious hosts at their home, and all who
met him learnt of his devotion to excellent writing. He had a
unique highly polished style that reached the complexity of
William Faulkner. He guided many of his trainees toward their
own career goals, and all of us who worked with him recall with
much gratitude that he was so devoted to our own success.
—Submitted by Arnulf H. Koeppen, M.D., professor-emeritus
of neurology, professor of pathology, Albany Medical College
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