JHFM YearBook -1969

JAMES R. MERIKANGAS

Address: 8808 Kensington Pkwy, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Email: [email protected] Phone: 240-426-9958

Postgraduate Training/Certification:
Yale neurology and psychiatry - Board certified in both
Professional and Volunteer Awards
and Recognition:
Co-founding director American Neuropsychiatric
Association, FANPA, DLFAPA, FACP
Current Employment:
JR Merikangas MD LLC, Consulting Neuropsychiatry.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
The George Washington University School of Medicine
Spouse or Partner’s Name:
Kathleen Ries Merikangas, PhD
Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner:
Notre Dame, University of Pittsburgh
Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren:
Kristin, Alison, and Brian and grandchildren Isabel, Lazlo,
and Liam
Narrative:
I attended Johns Hopkins after serving as an officer in the
Navy. Having witnessed the last above-ground hydrogen
bomb explosion test at Johnson Island in the Pacific,
I decided medicine was a better career choice. Every
year of my life since has been more satisfying thanks to
the friends and faculty of our school. I bought land in
Hyde Park, Vermont, after getting a research grant in the
summer of my first year at Hopkins and have enjoyed the
mountains and forests ever since. I married Kathleen and
have delighted watching and helping her scientific career
greatly exceed mine.

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MIGUEL MIRO QUESADA

Address: 11527 Echo Wood Street, Houston, TX 77024
Email: [email protected] Phone: 713-542-7681

Postgraduate Training/Certification: daughter Valeria was born and in 1980 we had fraternal
Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Board twins, Miguel and Daniela. By 1983 the instability of the
Certified in all 3. country with incredible inflation sent us back to the USA.
Since 1984, I practiced Medicine as a Hematologist/
Current Employment: Oncologist in private practice. I retired at age 68.
After finishing training we moved to my native Peru in
late 1974 Since my time in Chicago, I started running and
1975 to 1984 - Work at Cayetano Heredia Medical continued doing my long runs until my knees told me
School to stop, but not before I completed 3 marathons.
From 1984 to retirement: Work at Oncology Consultants Currently I play golf and do stationary biking and
PA, a large private group in Houston TX. spinning. Spinning keeps me a little healthier. And golf
June 5th, 1969 - Married Valerie (Scott), Goucher keeps me humble. We travel quite a bit and are lucky to
College ‘68 have our two daughters in Houston and be able to witness
the growth of our grandkids.
Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren:
Children: Valeria Burguieres BA JHU and JD UT Austin, My Baltimore memories:
Miguel J. Miro Quesada BA Tufts U. Mass., Coming to Johns Hopkins Medical School had a very
Daniela Miro Quesada BA Brevard College. N.C. profound impact on my life: suddenly facing a heavier
work load, a new country and a new language. My great
Grandchildren: Anika 16, Luke 11, Beau 10 and Emma 7 luck was to be in the same grade with my countryman
Jaime Zusman who gave me the most generous help
Narrative: which was complemented when I moved to Reed Hall II,
After graduation we went to Chicago for 4 years, where I becoming a roommate with Robert Weinberg and Don
trained at Northwestern U. and Rush. Edlow, all three kind and patient friends.
Then one year in NYC at Albert Einstein U. (Montefiore
Hospital). In late 1975 we moved to Lima to join the The Pithotomy Club added needed social interactions,
Cayetano Heredia Medical School where I worked as a friends and some deterioration of my table manners.
hematologist, as I wanted to contribute to my country. Facing so much work, an important discovery for me was
Valerie, always interested in art, found in NYC a way to Osler’s book “A Way of Life”, where I realized that what
train for the preservation of ancient textiles and found a I was doing was not to be considered work but, a way of
job in the archaeological museum in Lima. In 1978 our life.

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JIM MULLER

Address: 29 Studio Road, Auburndale, MA 02466
Email: [email protected] Phone: 617-717-8570

Postgraduate Training/Certification: Narrative:
Board Certification in Cardiovascular Medicine As I look back after 50 years, I realize how fortunate I
was to attend the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. I
Professional and Volunteer Awards was pulled forward by the talent and dedication of my
and Recognition: classmates and teachers.
Most of the awards have been for my role as a co-founder
of International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War, The Hopkins combination of dedication to teaching,
an activity inspired by Dr. Jerome Frank and Dr. Russell patient care, research and community service provided
Nelson, my teachers at Johns Hopkins. an inspiration that has guided me through many difficult
times. While certain activities of mine have met with
1984, Beyond War Award, International Physicians for success, my failures are far more numerous. The spirit of
Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) Hopkins helped me through those hard times.
1984, UNESCO Peace Prize, IPPNW
1985, Nobel Peace Prize, IPPNW Having been raised Catholic, I spent some time in a non-
1986, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Notre medical activity after the 2001 revelation of child abuse
Dame, South Bend, IN by priests was published in the Boston Globe. I became
1987, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Marian College, the founding president of Voice of the Faithful which
Indianapolis, IN became a world-wide movement against cover-up of child
1988, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, St. Mary-of-the- abuse by priests. I published a book about this activity
Woods College, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN entitled “Keep the Faith, Change the Church”.
1994, Doctor of Science, honoris causa, University of
Portland, Portland, OR My research, teaching and clinical contributions have
1995, Doctor of Public Service, honoris causa, University been centered on the topic of coronary artery disease.
of Portland, Portland, OR I left Hopkins residency in 1973 to begin cardiology
1998, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, research at the Harvard Medical School, under the
Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY guidance of Dr. Eugene Braunwald, with studies of the
1998, Community Service Award, Archdiocese of limitation of a myocardial infarction. This work led to the
Indianapolis, IN detection of the morning increase in myocardial infarction
2012, Selected as a Tech Luminary for the founding and and characterization of activities triggering the onset of
development of Infraredx, Inc., Boston Business Journal, coronary events.
Boston, MA
2013, NIRS-IVUS named one of top 100 science Triggering studies led to the publication in 1989 of the
innovations of the year, Discover Magazine concept of a “vulnerable” coronary plaque. Over 40,000
manuscripts have now been published that mention
Current Employment: the vulnerable plaque term. In pursuit of the vulnerable
Chief Medical Officer, SpectraWAVE,Inc. plaque, in 1998 I founded a company to build a near-
Senior Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and IR spectroscopy (NIRS) coronary catheter to identify
Harvard Medical School lipid-rich plaques suspected to be vulnerable. The pivotal
1271 patient trial of this diagnostic coronary catheter
Spouse or Partner’s Name: reported in September 2018 at the TCT meeting that
Kathleen Wartha Muller. Kathleen trained in NIRS can identify patients and plaques at increased risk
Nurse-Midwifery at Johns Hopkins and is now a of experiencing a cardiac event.
psychotherapist. We met at Hopkins in 1968.
From 1973 to 2005 I occupied a full time academic
Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner: position. From 1989 to 1999 I served as Chief of the
Marquette University Cardiovascular Division of the Deaconess Hospital in
Boston, and then as Chief of the Cardiovascular Division
Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren: of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY.
Children are Susan, Brian and Emily. We have 2
granddaughters. From 1980 to 1984, with Drs. Lown, Chivian, Pastore
and Abrams, I was a co-founder of International
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JIM MULLER In my coronary research role I worked with Dr.
Braunwald on the TIMI III study, and later led studies
Continued of prourokinase therapy for infarction, and nifedipine
therapy for prevention of coronary spasm.
Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), the Discovery of the increased morning onset of MI
organization awarded the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. In was recognized to be a special case of triggering of
2007 IPPNW founded the International Campaign to cardiovascular disease onset. A new epidemiologic
Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) which won the Nobel method, the case-crossover study, was developed for this
Peace Prize in 2017. My work for prevention of nuclear triggering research and is now mentioned in over 20,000
war began at Hopkins with guidance from Dr. Jerome manuscripts as a tool to study many diseases in which
Frank and Dr. Russell Nelson who made it possible to triggering of onset plays a role.
spend my 6 month Hopkins elective in the First Moscow
Medical School in 1968.

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LEROY MONROE PARKER

Address: 20 Lincoln Road, Wayland, MA 01778
Email: [email protected] Phone: H: 508-358-2096 C: 617-413-7578

Postgraduate Training/Certification: When we studied pathology we first encountered Osler
Internship: Johns Hopkins (Osler) residents who took us on rounds in a hospital. I admired
Resident: Johns Hopkins (Osler) them and wanted to follow in their footsteps. I spent one
NIH: NIAMD (2 years Public Health Service) summer performing autopsies at Baltimore City Hospital.
Dana-Farber Cancer Center (2-year fellowship in Medical It was an incredible learning experience under Abou D.
Oncology) Certified in Internal Medicine and Pollock, father of our friend, the late Matthew Pollock,
Medical Oncology MD. The clinical rotations in years 3 and 4 were all
exciting. Did we not fall under the spell of Philip Tumulty
Current Employment: and the ‘art’ of forming a differential diagnosis with little
Dana-Farber Cancer Center; 450 Brookline Avenue; more than the history and physical to guide us? I was
Boston, MA 02215 proud to be selected to the Osler service and the training
and responsibilities I had as an intern and resident have
Spouse or Partner’s Name: served me so well throughout my career.
Winifred Berner Parker
While I was a resident my mother died of breast cancer.
Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner: I had already applied for and been accepted in an
Radcliffe College, 1966 immunology laboratory in the Arthritis Branch of the
Johns Hopkins Medical School 1970 Board Certified in NIH. Winifred was an intern and resident in Pediatrics
Pediatrics and Practices Developmental Pediatrics and and we commuted between Baltimore and Bethesda.
Psychiatry After two years at NIH, I became a Fellow in Medical
Oncology and Hematology and returned to Boston to
Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren: the newly formed Sidney Farber Cancer Center. Winifred
Katherine Socarras, mother of Joseph Santiago, Gabriella, studied with T Berry Brazelton at Boston Children’s
Evan Manuel and Maya Hospital. I joined the Farber faculty and after several
Rosalie Loewen, mother of Rosalie Marina, Lydia Louise, years attempting to be both a clinician and a laboratory
and Sylvia scientist, I concluded that the clinic suited me best.
Clare Damner, mother of Hudson and William Monroe
and Charlotte Cecile For the past 6 years I have been working two days
each week at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute caring
Narrative: exclusively for breast cancer patients. Winifred continues
In 1965 I was having trouble deciding between going to practice Child Psychiatry here at our home outside of
to graduate school in Biology at Harvard and going Boston. Neither of us has a definite plan to retire.
to Medical School. Harvard was my first choice and
Hopkins my second. Staying in Boston was a priority My schedule allows me to visit far-flung children and
largely because Winifred, my wife-to-be was still an grandchildren in Vancouver, Mill Valley, California and
undergraduate at Radcliffe. My mentors advised medical Miami. I also am proud to serve on the board of the
school and I was off to my second choice—Johns deBeaumont Foundation, a private foundation dedicated
Hopkins. I have never regretted that decision. After a year to improving public health in the United States.
in Reed Hall I found a home for us on Lanvale Street in
Bolton Hill across from classmates Woolsey, Morris, Saral
et al.

You will recall that Hopkins was required to have 3
women in each class. When Winifred entered Hopkins
in 1966 she was the first married woman to enter the
medical school.

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DAVID J. PIERSON

Address: 2520 100th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
Email: [email protected] Phone: 425-827-3451

Postgraduate Training/Certification: I look back on medical school with great respect for
Medicine Internship: Osler Service 1969-70 the mentors and role models to whom it exposed me,
Internal Medicine Residency: JHH 1970-71; University and with fondness and appreciation for many of my
of Colorado 1971-72 classmates—including those I dragooned into spelunking
Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: University excursions and other atypical non-school activities during
of Colorado 1972-74 the first couple of years.
Active Duty, Army, Germany, 1974-76
I have continued my lifelong avocational pursuits of
Professional and Volunteer Awards music and photography, which have enabled me to stay
and Recognition: busy and enthusiastic during retirement. In recent years,
I have been honored over the years with a number of I have self-published a dozen coffee-table books, more
local, national and international awards. Most of these than 50 photo calendars, and a memoir from my five
have related to clinical teaching, and to work promoting months chasing TB in Alaska between years III and IV.
the scientific stature, educational systems and professional These diversions notwithstanding, my family has been and
recognition of respiratory therapy here and around remains the #1 focus of my affection and attention.
the world. While all of them are meaningful to me,
two of which I am especially proud are a professorship
established in my name by the University of Washington
Department of Medicine, and a named annual teaching
and mentoring award, each year’s recipient selected by
the outgoing fellows of the Division of Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine.

Current Employment:
Full-time faculty, University of Washington School of
Medicine, 1976-2011
Since 2011: Professor Emeritus, Pulmonary and Critical
Care Medicine

Spouse or Partner’s Name:
Dona L. Pierson (married 1968)

Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner:
Oregon State University (Microbiology)

Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren:
Christine M Pierson (Monteverdi) MD, Primary Care
Internist; Two Children
Erika L Pierson (Meek), Cellist and Photographer; Two
Children

Narrative:
The things I wrote for the 35th reunion book—about
what I gained from my experience at Hopkins, the most
important interval changes in the science and practice
of medicine, and advice I’d give to a young person
contemplating applying to medical school—these all
pretty much still hold and I won’t repeat them.

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ELLIOTT RICHELSON

Address: 14455 Marina San Pablo Place South, Jacksonville, FL 32224
Email: [email protected] Phone: 904-900-3078

Postgraduate Training/Certification: Spouse or Partner’s Name:
07/69-06/70: Internship in Medicine, Barnes Hospital, Linda Shipley Richelson
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
07/70-6/72: Research Associate, U.S. Public Health Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren:
Service, Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics, Jason Richelson (Julian and Alice), Matthew Richelson
National Heart and Lung Institute, Bethesda, Maryland (Mio, Lea, Noah), and Sara Richelson
07/72-06/75: Assistant Resident and Fellow, Department
of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Narrative:
University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland I retired from Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida,
1970: Diplomate of the National Board of Medical in 2014 as a consultant in Psychiatry, Pharmacology,
Examiners and Neuroscience; and the Donald C. and Lucy Dayton
1976: Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, College of
Psychiatry and Neurology Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

Professional and Volunteer Awards After medical school, I completed an Internal Medicine
and Recognition: Internship at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis,Missouri and
1977: A. E. Bennett Basic Science Research Award of the then held a research position at the National Institutes of
Society of Biological Psychiatry Health in Bethesda, Maryland in the laboratory of Nobel
1985: Daniel H. Efron Award, American College of Laureate Dr. Marshall Nirenberg. My residency training in
Neuropsychopharmacology psychiatry was completed at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
1987-2002: Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
1987: Fellow, American College of After a brief tenure in the Department of Pharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at the JHU School of
1989: Donald and Lucy Dayton Professor, Mayo Medicine, I went to Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Foundation to hold positions in the Departments of Psychiatry and
1990: Distinguished Investigator, Mayo Foundation Pharmacology. After 14 winters in Minnesota, I moved to
2002: “Highly Cited Researcher” in pharmacology (1981- Mayo Clinic Florida (1989), which had opened in 1986,
1999), ISIHighlyCited.comSM as the first director for research. The research program
2003: Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric in Florida initially focused on the neurosciences and
Association dementia. My primary research and clinical interests
2003-2013: Listed in Best Doctors in America®, 2003- included antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotic
2013, published by Best Doctors, Inc., Aiken, SC drugs, and anti-pain drugs. Presently, I work part time
2003: Excellence in Teaching Recognition 2003-2004, seeing adult psychiatric patients.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
2007: Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric On a more personal note, I am married (for the
Association second time) to Linda, have 3 adult children, and 5
2010: The George N. Thompson Founder’s Award grandchildren. My hobbies include photography and
for Distinguished Service to the Society of Biological home automation.
Psychiatry.
2011: “Top Doctors” listing by U.S. News & World
Report (in partnership with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.)

Current Employment:
I retired from Mayo Clinic, Florida in 2014. I am working
part time in private practice of adult psychiatry
in Jacksonville Beach, Florida

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D A V I D P. R I C H M A N

Address: 4930 Phelps Court, Carmichael, CA 95608
Email: [email protected] Phone: O: 530-754-5006 C: 916-342-2915

Postgraduate Training/Certification: development of peripheral blood as a source of stem cells.
Neurology During that time, I did a neuroimmunology fellowship
(with Professor Barry Arnason) and re-established my
Professional and Volunteer Awards research and clinical interest in myasthenia gravis, which
and Recognition: had begun on the Osler wards.
Marjorie and Robert E. Straus Professor of Neurological
Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL When Arnason moved to The University of Chicago, we
Distinguished Professor, Department of Neurology, followed him there. After 15 years, I took the chair of
University of California, Davis, CA neurology at University of California, Davis to build up
what at the time was a very small department (it was the
Current Employment: Decade of the Brain) – and we have both been here ever
Distinguished Professor, Department of Neurology, since.
University of California, Davis School of Medicine,
Davis, CA I have had dual interests in myasthenia, clinical care and
Member Graduate Group in Neuroscience and the Center research. While I continue to run a large myasthenia
for Neuroscience gravis clinic, I would have to say that my primary interest
has been research into the biochemistry/physiology of
Spouse or Partner’s Name: the neuromuscular junction and the pathophysiology of
Carol (von Bastian) Richman myasthenia gravis and other diseases of this synapse. I
have mainly focused on animal models of these diseases.
Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner: These days I am working on the muscle-specific kinase
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1967-69 (MuSK) form of myasthenia, and especially on antigen-
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1969-71 specific treatment of this disease.

Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren: I just can’t come up with any words of wisdom, maybe
Sarah Ann Richman, Jacob Charles Richman next reunion.

Narrative: 56
I have warm and vivid memories of the exceptional
classmates and teachers at Hopkins, even though it was
somewhat of a challenging transition from being a math
major in college to medical school that is so fact oriented.
The best part of the four years was meeting my wife,
Carol. Next in order was deciding on neurology as a
career and learning rigorous clinical care.

Some of my other major memories were watching on
the television in the lounge at Baltimore City Hospital,
both LBJ’s announcement not to run and news of Martin
Luther King’s assassination – and then being present on
Broadway as National Guard tanks rolled down the street.
Wow.

Following graduation, Carol and I married, and we
moved to the Bronx, where I did two years of internal
medicine and Carol finished medical school at Albert
Einstein. We then moved to Harvard where I did
neurology and Carol did internal medicine and then
oncology. Carol was in on the ground floor of the
development of bone marrow transplant, especially the

KENNETH B. ROBERTS

Address: 3005 Bramblewood Drive, Mebane, NC 27302
Email: [email protected] Phone: 336-376-5431

Postgraduate Training/Certification: Current Employment:
Residency in pediatrics + 2 years as chief resident (Hopkins) Retired, Moses Cone Health System, Greensboro, NC;
American Board of Pediatrics University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Professional and Volunteer Awards Spouse or Partner’s Name:
and Recognition: Ellen Carson Roberts, RN, BS, MPH
President, Association of Pediatric Program Directors
President, Ambulatory Pediatric Association (renamed Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner:
Academic Pediatric Association) Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (RN); Oglethorpe
Board of Directors, American Board of Pediatrics University (BS); University of Massachusetts (MPH)

Education/Teaching: Multiple awards from medical Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren:
students and residents Daughters Kimberly and Tracy; grandchildren Kaylin and
American Academy of Pediatrics Medical Education Andrew
Professional Award;
Ambulatory Pediatric Association George Armstrong Narrative:
Lecture (“…those who deliver this lecture are …honored as It was quite a time, wasn’t it? Medicare and Medicaid had
outstanding teachers and contributors to our knowledge of just been passed; the war in Vietnam was escalating; leaders
the care of children”) were assassinated; and riots occurred, even in the streets
around us. Through it all, we became doctors, and, for me
Leadership/Mentorship: Association of Pediatric Program at least, the best was yet to come. Nursing student Ellen
Directors Robert S. Holm Leadership Award; Ambulatory Carson and I married during my internship and are now
Pediatric Association (now Academic Pediatric Association) grandparents, still together and loving retirement. A bit to
Miller-Sarkin Mentoring Award; Federation of Pediatric my surprise, I found academic pediatrics a wonderful way
Organizations Joseph St. Geme, Jr., Award (given to “an to channel my various interests and desires, including the
individual who has created a future in pediatrics”). opportunity to include music in my teaching. (eg, https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpmNTwmr0y8) It has been
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award quite a journey, and I am grateful that I am still invited
(first, and to date, only recipient). to teach, serve visiting professorships, engage in projects,
publish, and mentor despite having been retired since 2009.
I hope you all are well and loving life!

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WILLIAM J. ROGERS, JR.

Address: 330 LHR Bldg, UAB Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35294
Email: [email protected] Phone: 205-934-4791

Postgraduate Training/Certification: cardiology faculty there since. I have been Professor of
1969-1971: Internship and Residency: Osler Medical Medicine since 1984, and was Director of the Coronary
Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital Care Unit for 27 years. I have been highly involved in
1973-1973: Fellowship in Cardiology, University of clinical trials in cardiology and have served as principal
Alabama at Birmingham investigator for my institution for numerous, pivotal
Board Certification in (1) Internal Medicine and (2) NIH-sponsored collaborative trials, including CASS,
Cardiovascular Diseases SOLVD, TIMI-II, CAST, BARI and WISE. Working
with many highly qualified and talented colleagues, I
Professional and Volunteer Awards have authored or co-authored 292 original, peer-reviewed
and Recognition: journal articles. I have been active in patient care and have
Fellow, American College of Cardiology been selected by my peers on the Best Doctors in America
Fellow, Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American List annually from 2003-2018.
Heart Association
Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama Medical Since 1980, I have been married to Paulette Lufsey
Center (1984-present) Rogers Ph.D., a graduate of Old Dominion University,
Director of Coronary Care Unit, University of Alabama Southwestern Baptist Seminary, and University of
Medical Center, 1984-2011 Alabama at Birmingham. We have three children and
Principal Investigator for University of Alabama Medical five grandchildren (ages 1-6). Together, we have led or
Center in multiple NIH-sponsored participated in about 20 short-term medical/evangelical
national collaborative clinical trials in cardiology international mission trips over the past 2 decades.
(SOLVD, CAPS, TIMI-II, CAST, BARI, BARI 2D, Presently, I am semi-retired but still active seeing
ACIP, HERS, WISE, WAVE). outpatients and enjoying spending time with my family,
Author or co-author of 292 original, peer-reviewed boating and fishing.
journal publications.
Listed on peer-review poll for Best Doctors in America
annually from 2003-2018

Current Employment:
(part-time): University of Alabama Medical Center,
Birmingham, Alabama.

Spouse or Partner’s Name:
Paulette Lufsey Rogers, Ph.D.

Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner:
Old Dominion University, Southwestern Baptist
Seminary, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren:
Children: John, Paul, Mary Elizabeth
Grandchildren: Evelyn, Alice, Will, Timothy, and Lucy

Narrative:
Following medical school, I completed an internal
medicine internship and residency at The Johns Hopkins
Hospital followed by two years in the U. S. Army
Medical Corps (DaNang, Vietnam, and El Paso, Texas).
I finished a fellowship in cardiology at the University of
Alabama Medical Center in 1975, and I have been on the

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H OWA R D RO S E N B E RG

Address: 12300 Barley Hill Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94024
Email: [email protected] Phone: 650-948-5596

Postgraduate Training/Certification: Clerking on the pediatric service (the only clinical option
After graduation from Hopkins Medical School (I was a available) at the end of Year III. And, with dumb luck,
Year I participant), I trained in general surgery at UCLA diagnosing an African-American failure-to-thrive infant
Medical Center from July, 1969 to June, 1974. I entered with cystic fibrosis using undeveloped X-ray film.
the plastic surgery program at Stanford Medical Center,
completing training in 1976. I am board certified in Working summers as student clerk on the surgery wards
general surgery and plastic surgery. and orienting the new surgical interns. Being graded for
course work, but never receiving the results. (Years later, I
Current Employment: was able to get a copy – what a shock!)
I started a solo private plastic surgery practice in
Mountain View, CA working at El Camino Hospital I have two other related Hopkins’ experiences. I returned
(about 10 miles south of Stanford) and have been in to Hopkins for six months as part of my second year
practice until July 2015, when I retired. of UCLA general surgery residency. This was William
Longmire’s (Chief of UCLA surgery and previous
Spouse or Partner’s Name: Blalock associate) requirement. After entering the Dome
I met and married my wife, Alice, while at Hopkins and immediately after arriving in Baltimore following the long
we will celebrate our 52nd wedding anniversary soon after car journey from LA, I shockingly heard my name paged.
the 50th Hopkins reunion. It was Stanford calling to accept me into their plastic
surgery program upon completion of general surgery
Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner: training. I was a late bloomer and selected this specialty
Alice is a graduate of Goucher College and received a after most programs had filled.
Master in teaching degree the same year we graduated
from medical school. After returning to LA, our second child, a son, (born
while at Hopkins), deteriorated neurologically and was
Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren: diagnosed with Tay-Sachs disease. We discovered that
We have three children. Bonnie is an internist practicing the guru for this condition was my Hopkins Year III
near us in Menlo Park, CA. Julie is a psychiatrist pediatric resident (Michael Kabak) who had relocated to
practicing in Portland, Oregon. Mark is an attorney with Long Beach, CA. He provided expert council for us. We
a home in Santa Cruz, CA. Bonnie and Mark are both participated with him in the set up of genetic screenings
married with two children each. in LA and later in San Francisco.

Narrative: I have been very active in retirement. Alice and I enjoy
As a Year I, taking daily taxi rides to the Homewood our nearby family, travel, and participate in local cultural
campus paid for by chits supplied by the Med School for events. I play violin (I played in a professional orchestra
undergraduate courses. (Two chits got me to Goucher to as a teen) and now play with several string quartets each
visit my future wife.) week.

Watching surgeries from the glass domes one floor above I look forward to hearing about classmates and look
the ORs. forward to our 50th reunion.

The odor of our lab coats and Grant’s anatomy texts after
Year II cadaver lab.

The terror of being called to the front of the class in
neuroanatomy.

Oral exams in pathology.

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PETER L. SALK

Address: 7459 High Avenue, La Jolla, CA 92037
Email: H: [email protected] O: [email protected] Phone: O: 858-459-5935 C: 858-945-0532

Postgraduate Training/Certification: One path led to work on helping countries in Africa and
Internship and first year of residency in Internal Medicine, Asia introduce and support AIDS treatment programs
University Hospitals of Cleveland (1969-1971) at a time when treatment costs were prohibitive in those
areas. Another has involved continued attention on the
Current Employment: contributions my father made in various realms during
President, Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation, La Jolla, CA his lifetime with the goal of maximizing the constructive
Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases and impact of the legacy he left behind. And a third consists of
Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of what may be the most fundamental of the desires I would
Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA still like to try to realize – taking advantage of a deep unity
in nature to help smooth rough edges in today’s world.
Spouse or Partner’s Name:
Ellen S. Salk Those who attended our tenth reunion may remember
a presentation I made describing a meditation program
Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner: I have been engaged with for what is now the last 45
Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA years, and perhaps some of the more preposterous-
MSW, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH sounding ideas surrounding it. What’s within the scope of
MA, Fine Arts, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA possibilities, I believe, is that it does have the potential not
only to help individuals find more peace and stability in
Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren: their own lives, but also to create an influence of coherence
Michael J. Salk, MSc (Oxon) at a fundamental level in which we all are connected,
thus leading to more fluid interactions among individuals
Narrative: within society, and among collective social units (e.g.,
50 years out, looking back, and still striving. I suspect disparate factions, countries, etc.). Quixotic, perhaps, but
most classmates will have a somewhat tangible career I’m still pulled to add my hand to efforts to make the best
behind them and can reflect on that with satisfaction. use possible of an angle that has not been in the forefront
My life feels somewhat more nebulous. There have been of mainstream thought. Through all of this, Ellen has
satisfactions and accomplishments, but they are more like been a source of great richness in my life, and Michael
crystals in a mist. I helped an older woman make her way has added an at times unpredictable creative element that
into the post office and back to her car the other day; that keeps things lively.
counts among them.
I look forward to reconnecting with friends and classmates
Not long after Ellen and I met partway through my and experiencing a melding of the streams that have
first (and last) year of residency, we decided to abandon carried us in our diverse paths over this last half century.
our then-trajectories (she in social work, me in clinical
training) and make our way together in California, with
me working with my father in his laboratory at the
Institute he had founded and with Ellen embarking on her
true calling as an artist. My intentions in joining my father
were complex, and mixed rescue fantasies (wanting to help
him achieve some of his long-held desires) with protection
(not having to forge my way alone). In some sense, neither
of those have fully left me. I was not oriented towards a
“career”, but followed threads that appeared in front of
me, both in the research I undertook during the 17 years I
spent with my father (cancer biology and immunotherapy,
autoimmune disease interventions, and vaccine-related
projects) and in other pursuits before and after his death
in 1995.

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REIN SARAL

Address: 2734 Peachtree Road, Apartment A-105, Atlanta, GA 30305-2965
Email: [email protected] Phone: H: 404-266-2093 C: 404-895-5200

Postgraduate Training/Certification: 2015: Rein Saral, MD Scholarship in Support of the MSTP/MD
1969-1970: Intern, Internal Medicine, Osler Medical Service, PhD Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Hospital 2019: Endowed Chair, The Rein Saral Professorship in Cancer
1970-1971: Resident, Internal Medicine, Osler Medical Service, Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Hospital 2019: Johns Hopkins Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award
1971-1974: Research Associate, Laboratory of Molecular
Biology, National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolic and Current Employment:
Digestive Diseases Professor Emeritus, Emory University School of Medicine
1974-1976: Fellow, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
University School of Medicine The Winship Cancer Institute
1365 Clifton Road NE, RM C-5002
Professional and Volunteer Awards Atlanta, Georgia 30322
and Recognition:
Academic and Professional Appointments Spouse or Partner’s Name:
1976-1991: Active Staff, Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Jane McCleary Saral
Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
1976-1991: Active Staff, Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner:
Baltimore, Maryland Duke, 1965
1985-1991: Clinical Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Johns Hopkins M.L.A., 1984
Unit, Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
1991-1993: Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren:
Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine, Childere: Alexandra McCleary Saral Vadnais,
Emory University School of Medicine Katherine Robinson Saral
1993-2004: Director, Emory Clinic, Inc., Grandchildren: Charlotte Vadnais, age 14, Lily Vadnais, age 10
Emory University System of Healthcare, Inc. Paige Vadnais, age 10
1993-2004: Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Emory Clinic, Inc. Narrative:
1994-1996: Member of the Board of Directors, I came to Hopkins from Grinnell, a small rural college in the
Emory University System of Healthcare, Inc. Midwest, and spent my first year in a closet in Reed Hall.
1994-1997: Member of the Board of Directors, Luckily, a few of us — Becker, Salk, Spencer, Woolsey, and I —
Wesley Woods, Inc. rented a house on Lanvale Street on Bolton Hill for the rest of
1995-1999: Member of the Board of Directors, our medical school years. Those were inspiring years as we began
Emory Adventist Hospital to map our futures. On graduation weekend in 1969 I met my
1996-2004: Member of the Board of Directors, wife Jane at Karl Becker and Gail Gathmann’s wedding. We will
Emory Healthcare celebrate forty-nine years of marriage this summer.
2004-2008: Associate Medical Director, Emory Hospitals
2003-2014: Senior Associate Director, Winship Cancer Institute, Several events have defined my life and career. I was fortunate
Emory University School of Medicine to be a member of the Osler Medical Service as an intern and
resident. Then in 1971 I was accepted as a Research Associate at
Awards and Recognition (selected) the NIH in the Division of Molecular Biology in the Institute
1965: Phi Beta Kappa of Arthritis, Metabolic, and Digestive Diseases. The NIH
1969: Alpha Omega Alpha Academic Honor Society experience with tumor viruses convinced me of the critical role
2005: Awarded Honorary Doctoral Degree, of basic science in the understanding of human disease and the
Grinnell College, Grinnell IA development of approaches to treat and prevent them.
2014: The Lettie Pate Whitehead Second Century Award,
Emory Healthcare In 1974 I returned to Hopkins as a fellow in Oncology and in
1976 joined the faculty. The best part of being a faculty member
61 at Hopkins was interacting with young human capital—
students, house staff, and fellows. The Hopkins pipeline of
talent, creativity, and dedication continues to this day, leading to
remarkable benefits for medicine and society.

REIN SARAL

Continued

I moved in 1991 to Emory with three of my Oncology
fellows to develop what was then a nascent marrow transplant
program. Over the past twenty-eight years I have been
honored to be a part of a trajectory of excellence at Emory,
also serving as the CEO of the Emory Clinic for eleven
years and as a senior advisor to the Winship Cancer Center.
I became Professor Emeritus in 2014 but continue to be
involved as a consultant in optimizing the translation of
fundamental discoveries into therapeutic and preventive
strategies to treat cancer.
In my personal life, I have been blessed to be married to an
extraordinary woman, a lifelong teacher and learner who has
been an anchor in my life. We have two daughters. Alexandra
(Calvert, Roland Park Country School, Carleton College,
and Emory Medical School) is married to David Vadnais,
a cardiologist at Emory. They have produced our three
granddaughters, Charlotte (born in 2004) and twins Lily and
Paige (born in 2008). Our younger daughter, Katie (Calvert,
Roland Park Country School, Yale, Oxford, and Boalt Hall
Law school at UC Berkeley), is a lawyer for Kaiser Permanente
in California.
Returning to celebrate our fiftieth reunion, I look forward to
enjoying the memories of the great years at Hopkins, years
that have defined my professional and personal life. For that I
am deeply grateful.

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E I TA N D. S C H WA R Z

Address: 4905 Old Orchard, Suite 339, Skokie, IL 60077
Email: [email protected] Phone: 847-675-5393

Postgraduate Training/Certification: Since then, my medical identity inspired me to assist
1969-70 Internship: 1 and 3 Medical Service (Tufts), my patients by recruiting these strengths to remove their
Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA mind / brain obstacles to optimal development and health
1970-73 Residency: Psychiatry, University of Chicago — biologically, psychologically, and socially. https://www.
Hospitals and Clinics, Chief Resident, Chicago, IL psychologytoday.com/us/psychiatrists/eitan-d-schwarz-
1973-5 Fellowship- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, skokie-il/178252?sid=1543609449.54_32479&search=60
University of Chicago ; Michael Reese Hospitals; Chicago 091&zipcode=60091&zipdist=3&ref=9&tr=ResultsPhoto
IL
1974-8 Assistant Training Director Child and Adolescent My professional journey of 45+ years of uninterrupted
Psychiatry, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, IL practice continued through many settings: A ‘blood
1974-82 Lecturer, Psychiatry, University of Chicago; and guts’ challenge of Oslerian medical internship in
University of Illinois Boston and the intellectually rich mind – brain residency
1983- Clin Assistant Professor Psychiatry, Northwestern and child and adolescent fellowships in Chicago,
University, Chicago, IL where I settled to build my life. Teaching, research, and
community work all came to a climax when I responded
Current Employment: to a tragic local school shooting thrust into my journey by
Psychiatrist, MD, FAACAP, DLFAPA leading a team at Evanston Hospital that first described
and defined posttraumatic stress disorder in children
Spouse or Partner’s Name: and adults in a series of classic papers. Expert forensic
Co-parent and Ex-spouse Carolyn Schwarz; consultations and a national spotlight became part of my
Partner Ann Wenger journey.

Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner: I have always made giving back part of my gratitude for
Carolyn – Goucher College, Ann – Bradley University. my good fortune. At Hopkins I shared my photos and
tutored neighborhood children. My daughter, Jessica,
Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren: helped with two large projects in my 60’s — see www.
Jessica Schwarz, Chicago IL – AB George Washington mydigitalfamily.org and www.hanukkiot.com .
University; Alissa Lebovich, AB Johns Hopkins
University, sons Michael 7, Noah 4, Glencoe IL I am grateful for raising my family with Carolyn, being
able to persist in important family bonds, and now
Narrative: for the daily treasure of health, work, and miracle of
Happily, my seminal Hopkins Medicine experience, grandchildren, the wisdom of the Jewish faith, and family
shared with delightful, enjoyable classmates and teachers, members and special friends. I am grateful and confident
set my professional identity solidly into bedrock traditions that these will strengthen me in the coming decades.
of rational, moral, humane, and intellectually honest
curiosity and clinical practice. Mentors like Drs. Jerome
Frank, Phillip Tumulty, Nahum Spinner, Alex Haller,
John Dorst, Richard Rowe, Henry Wagner, Leigh
Thompson, Chester Schmidt, and so many others still
inspire and guide. The Hopkins experience gave me the
priceless gifts of a strong identity, expertise, devotion, and
a solid purpose that has defined my life as a person and
doctor.

One experience stands out from the many amazing free
quarters and summers of research and learning. A patient,
mother and housewife in her early 30’s born without
upper extremities, showed us in a junior year orthopedics
rounds class the powerful potential for health, and
the drive towards a good life made possible by hope,
persistence, and inborn resilience.

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ROBERT C. SCOTT

Address: 183 Douglass Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
Email: [email protected] Phone: 415-377-5748

Postgraduate Training/Certification: Narrative:
Rotating internship, Harborview Medical Center/Univ. of 50 years!! As I look back at two-thirds of a lifetime
Washington, Seattle 1969-70 since 1969, essentially the entirety of my adulthood,
I am immensely grateful. Johns Hopkins University
Residency in Internal Medicine, University of played an important early role, but I came into my
Washington, Seattle 1970-71 own after Hopkins, and I especially relish the years of
dynamic experience that followed — the wild ride of my
Enlistment, United States Public Health Service, National Harborview/Seattle internship, the academic intensity of
Institutes of Health, Institute of Allergy and Infectious residency at UW, lofty interchange and travel at the NIH,
Disease 1971-73 the social and personal growth of those years in DC.
Then some bit of the unconscious propelled me to San
General Medical Officer, Clinical Services, St. Elizabeth’s Francisco in 1974 where, in my residency in psychiatry,
Hospital, Washington DC 1973-74 some therapy, and engagement in the wider world helped
to open the closet door. Immersion in the life of a gay
Residency in Psychiatry, McAuley Neuropsychiatric man was exhilarating, though my timing, coincident with
Institute, San Francisco 1974-78 the emergence of AIDS in that community, also brought
heartbreak and pain, as so many friends and colleagues
Fellowship in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, McAuley were lost to this disease. Much of my early psychiatric
Neuropsych. Inst. SF, CA 1976-78 practice was directed to the needs of the gay community,
and I enjoyed a leadership role in the “coming out” of
Current Employment: gay physicians in those early years. Colleagues in this
Private practice, General Psychiatry, San Francisco, CA progressive movement remain an important part of our
1978-2019, Retired 2019 social circle and our family.

Spouse or Partner’s Name: My husband Rick and I have been happily together for 35
Richard Alan Lewis years. Parenting with a lesbian physician couple, we have
raised our remarkable daughter Kell, now 24, a Carleton
Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner: graduate who is also exploring a career in medicine. In our
University of Oregon, 1968 extended family Kell has a brother Jon, an accomplished
SF “techie”, and a sister Kate who is currently a post-MD
Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren: fellow in pediatric intensive care at UCSF.
Kelly Elizabeth Fahrner-Scott, Age 24
I will travel to the reunion this June with Jim Krasno, my
close and enduring friend since Hopkins days. Jim and his
wife Leena play a central role in our life, and we have the
honor to be active godparents to his daughter Anna and
to be a part of her beautiful young family.

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SAMUEL SELINGER

Address: 5441 S Quail Ridge Cir, Spokane, WA 99223
Email: [email protected] Phone: 509-624-2805, 509-994-2753

Postgraduate Training/Certification: Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner:
Residency - General and Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts Speech Therapy, West End Hospital for Neurology &
General Hospital; 1969-77 Neurosurgery, London, England
Includes 6mo England with National Health Service and
research below Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren:
Research – Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Roanne Selinger (Daughter), Hayden Patrick
California, San Francisco 1972-4 (granddaughter) & Ryker Patrick (grandson)
Fellowship in Cardiovascular Surgery: Cleveland Clinic Matthew Selinger (Son)
1978
Boarded – General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery Narrative:
As many may recall, the original timing of the Johns
Professional and Volunteer Awards Hopkins Medical School Graduation was scheduled to
and Recognition: be many days after the final day of school. Rosemary and
2002-10 Appointed as Reviewing commissioner WA I had scheduled our wedding and England honeymoon
Medical Quality Assurance Commission by Governors for the interval. In order to allow graduates more time to
2002 Physician-Citizen of the Year (Spokane County move to internships around the country, graduation was
Medical Society) unexpectedly moved closer to school end. This resulted in
2004 Spokane Volunteer of the Year (United Way) my missing the event in order to share our newlywed status
2004 Governors Community Service Award (American with Rosemary’s relatives in England. So, June 1, 2019
College of Chest Physicians) will be a dual 50th anniversary – marriage and return for
2004 Heroes in Healthcare Award to Spokane County graduation!!
Medical Society Project Access for collaboration
(Washington Health Foundation) Here are some personal items from the 50 years since
2005 Governor twice appointed to Board of Prescription graduation:
Drug Assistance Foundation
2006 Honoree as Founder of Project Access (Spokane Cardiovascular Surgery - My interest in CV surgery started
Chamber of Commerce) in the Hopkins surgery lab. If we think back to anatomy
2007 Sister Peter Claver Award (Providence Health Care) and physiology in the 60’s and 70’s, the textbooks had great
2008 Business Hall of Fame Laureate (Junior Achievement anatomic detail but just the beginnings of contractility
of the Inland Northwest) dynamics and no understanding of the process of
2008 Mission Leadership Award. Program - Health Care myocardial infarction. After training, I joined a CV surgery
for the Uninsured - Project Access & Providence Health practice in Spokane WA that had recently started doing
Care (Board of Directors of Providence Health & Services) acute coronary bypass revascularization as treatment for
2011 John Clark MD Award, Leadership in the field patients in the first hours of myocardial infarction rather
of medical licensure and discipline and commitment to than the then conventional treatment of long bed rest,
advancing the public good (Federation of State Medical morphine and oxygen. Publications from this work in the
Boards) 70’s & early 80’s based on catheterization films, operative
2018 Humanities WA Award for Philanthropy & retrieval of clot and markedly improved survival clarified
Leadership (Shared with Rosemary Selinger) the pathophysiology of infarction and the timeline for early
ischemic intervention and myocardial preservation. This
Current Employment: evolving knowledge has enabled improved prophylaxis and
Retired from practice of Cardiothoracic Surgery – NW intervention. Our family has personally benefited from this
Heart & Lung Surgical Associates, Spokane, WA in town expertise.

Spouse or Partner’s Name: Professionalism - It was an honor to be appointed to and
Rosemary Shone Selinger subsequently chair the Washington State Medical Quality
Assurance Commission that issues medical licenses, sets
quality standards and administers discipline. How does
one best protect the public, be transparent, work with
legislature on laws and rules and uphold the ideals of

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SAMUEL SELINGER

Continued

medical professionalism? These are ongoing areas of
learning, debate and change as I help interview and
mentor medical students at the new WSU Medical School
in Spokane.
Nonprofit “Meeting the Gap” in health care – In
retirement, I wanted to continue to use my medical
knowledge to help patients obtain medical care and
prescribed pharmaceuticals. Rosemary had volunteered
on the boards of a number of non–profits and was
critically important to my working with community
organizations. I helped organize two new state nonprofits.
Project Access combined free physician and hospital
volunteer care for the uninsured. Prescription Drug
Assistance Foundation supplies free medicines to
uninsured or underinsured patients throughout the state
from pharmaceutical companies. So far, this has resulted
in more than $65 million of medicines. Importantly,
this state-based foundation (receives no state money
however) brings together government, pharmaceutical
companies, hospitals, providers and universities to provide
pharmaceuticals for chronic illness.
Family - Especially in my early career as a CV surgeon, I
unfortunately missed many joyous times with the family.
Rosemary basically raised our children. Now, with grown
children out of town, we try to spend time together.
Time with the grandchildren is especially valuable and
instructive as I missed many things the first time around.

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PETER TOMASULO

Address: 132 E San Miguel Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85012
Email: [email protected] Phone: 480-370-2542

Postgraduate Training/Certification: executive positions in medical leadership. The best job I
Certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology and had was at Blood Systems where I had the opportunity to
Transfusion Medicine set policy based on data which we generated ourselves.

Professional and Volunteer Awards Kathleen and I have been happily married for 40 years.
and Recognition: We have moved our family home many times. We
John Elliott Award from AABB; Thomas Zuck Award thought the kids didn’t mind it much and that it was
from Americas Blood Centers good for them to learn for themselves the absolutes of life
and culture. We learned later that the moves were more
Current Employment: traumatic than we had thought, but in the balance, the
Retired, Executive Vice President, Chief Medical and kids feel that they are better off because of their broad
Scientific Officer, Blood Systems Inc exposure. I’m proud that our kids are independent and
objective about patriotism, politics, culture and food.
Spouse or Partner’s Name: At present they are living in Providence, Rhode Island,
Kathleen Buchta Tomasulo Kunming, China and Melbourne, Australia.

Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner: My memories from medical school include Dave
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Pierson explaining music to me, playing touch football
on Saturdays, hoping that I knew enough about iron
Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren: metabolism to please that GYN resident, wishing that I
Anna Francesca Tomasulo, Joseph John Tomasulo, Samuel didn’t have to hold retractors in the OR, enjoying History
Charles Tomasulo of Medicine lectures, bleeding horseshoe crabs, collecting
stool samples for Frank Iber and Rod Kater, thinking that
Narrative: Barry Wood was the smartest person in the world until I
I did internship and residency in Internal Medicine and met Lock Conley, wondering what Sol Snyder was up to
Hematology Fellowship at JHH (Baltimore), Clinical and I remember the 2 great roommates I had in medical
Hematology Research Fellowship at NIH (Bethesda), school – Jan Vangrov and Tom Davis. In retirement,
Transfusion Medicine Fellowship (Milwaukee), was I listen to classical music, take pictures, play tennis
married (Milwaukee), directed non-profit regional regularly, read, hike and drive my car. Most of all I enjoy
blood centers (Miami where Anna and Joe were born, spending time with Kathleen.
Cleveland), was Chief Operating Officer for American
Red Cross Blood Services (Washington, DC where I am grateful that I attended Hopkins. There were many
Sam was born), was Director of Blood Department, great physicians and teachers. C. Lockard Conley was the
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent brightest and most inspiring for me. The Hopkins faculty
Societies (Geneva, Switzerland), Executive positions for was great, of course, but the Hopkins medical students
Haemonetics Corporation (Signy, Switzerland, Braintree taught me as much as the faculty. I think the Hopkins
Massachusetts) and Chief Medical and Scientific Officer students and house staff were the smartest people I have
for Blood Systems (Phoenix). All my jobs have been ever worked with. It was a great opportunity and the core
of the Hopkins experience for me.

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JAN S. VANGROV

Address: 12957 Caminito del Pasaje, Del Mar, CA 92014
Email: [email protected] Phone: 619-977-4607

Postgraduate Training/Certification: Current Employment:
Pediatric internship: Johns Hopkins Worked at Kaiser Permenente San Diego for 23 years as
Pediatric Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Pediatric Oncologist until Retirement in 2002
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Johns
Hopkins
Board Certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology/
Oncology

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ROBERT S. WEINBERG

Address: Office: Department of Ophthalmology JHBMC Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute, 4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21224 Email: [email protected] Phone: 410-550-3000

Postgraduate Training/Certification: Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner:
Intern, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins ’70 Goucher College ’69
Resident, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins ’71
Resident, Ophthalmology, University of Illinois ’73-76 Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren:
Fellow (Cornea, Uveitis) Proctor Foundation, UCSF’77 3 children – Naomi, Ari, Ethan; 8 grandchildren – four
Chief Resident, Ophthalmology, University of Illinois ’78; boys, four girls – ages 1-12 (living in Massachusetts,
AM Board of Ophthalmology 1978 Connecticut, and Pennsylvania).
Professional position:
Faculty, Ophthalmology, Medical College of Virginia ’78-95 Narrative:
Private Practice, Ophthalmology, Richmond, VA ’95-97 Hopkins faculty mentors Philip Tumulty and AM Harvey
Faculty, Ophthalmology, JHU Wilmer Eye Institute ’97- were important role models for both patient care and
present teaching. Two medical school electives in ophthalmology
Chairman, Ophthalmology, Wilmer Bayview 1997-2015 at Wilmer with neuro-ophthalmologist Frank Walsh were
pivotal in my decision to pursue ophthalmology. Dr. Walsh
Professional and Volunteer Awards was still seeing patients and writing at Hopkins into his
and Recognition: 80’s. Those electives led to ophthalmology residency at the
Honor Award-American Academy of Ophthalmology ’85 University of Illinois where Morton F. Goldberg, a former
Senior Honor Award-American Academy of Ophthalmology Wilmer resident and chief resident, was the chairman of
’95 ophthalmology. After residency I was on the faculty of
JHU Wilmer Resident Teaching Award ’01, ’04 ophthalmology at the Medical College of Virginia for 17
Resident Advocate Award ’07, ’14, ’15 years, specializing in cataract, cornea, refractive surgery
Resident Surgical Teaching Award ’11, ’16,’18 and uveitis. Dr. Goldberg became chair of ophthalmology
at Hopkins and in 1997 I accepted a faculty position at
Current Employment: the Wilmer Institute as chair of ophthalmology at Johns
Full-time faculty: Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
Chair Hopkins Bayview Credentials Committee

Spouse or Partner’s Name:
Shifra Weinberg - married 1970 (landscape designer)

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DAVID ZEE

Address: 12229 Carroll Mill Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042
Email: [email protected] Phone: C: 240-476-8804

Postgraduate Training/Certification: As a first-year medical student I became enthralled with
Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital the brain after seeing Vernon Mountcastle, chair of
physiology, using his own hands in experiments with
Professional and Volunteer Awards neural transmission in sensory nerves of the cat. This
and Recognition: was followed by a summer elective with David Bodian,
Endowed Professorship (2018) chair of anatomy, who met with me almost daily to look
Johns Hopkins (Abeloff) Lifetime Achievement Award in at spinal cord anatomy. Because of the alphabet, Tom
Medical and Biomedical Education, (2018). Woolsey was my lab partner and I saw him discover the
Barany Gold Medal from the University of Uppsala for anatomical correlate (barrels) of the whiskers of a mouse
the most outstanding contribution to vestibular science in in their cerebral cortex. Tom and I dissected brains
prior five years (2018) together and I must say exposure to my fellow medical
VEDA (Vestibular Disorders Association) “Champion of students had as much to do with my career choices as did
Vestibular Medicine Award”, (2017) the medical school curriculum. Another medical student,
Koetser Foundation for Brain Research Prize, University Neil Miller, with whom I worked as a first-year neurology
of Zurich, (2013) resident, had a profound influence on my career choice of
Hallpike-Nylén Medal of the Bárány Society, Uppsala, neuroophthalmology and ultimately, a focus on disorders
Sweden, (1994) of eye movements and of the vestibular system.
Ottorino Rossi Award and Medal of the University of
Pavia, Pavia, Italy, (1994) Living at Reed Hall as a first- and second-year medical
31 named lectures including four inaugural named student on the fourth floor with mostly international
lectures students, kindled a lifelong interest in visiting other
countries and meeting and collaborating with people
Current Employment: all over the world. This led to yearly summer visits to
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Neurology Siena, Italy over the past 25 years to collaborate with
my ENT colleagues. In a sense, Italy has become my
Spouse or Partner’s Name: hobby, as I have immersed myself in the Contrada
Paulette Zee (Tartuca is mine) and Palio (horse race) culture of Siena,
with wonderful lifelong friends and colleagues there.
Alma Mater of Spouse or Partner: With a fellow neurology colleague, John Leigh, we have
Morgan University written five editions of a text book, “The Neurology
of Eye Movements”, the last in 2015. The number of
Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren: pages has grown five-fold since the first edition in 1983,
Nathaniel Pemberton Zee, son (Stacey Zee, daughter-in- reflecting the amazing explosion of neuroscience in the
law) last half century. As I recently assumed a role in the
William Landon Zee, son (Megan Lamb, daughter-in- first-year teaching course of Neuroscience, I resurrected
law) the lab visits for the students, which so influenced me,
Brayden Michael Zee, grandson, Ryan Matthew Zee, to give them a chance to see “living” neuroscience, to
grandson, Rachel Katheryn Zee, granddaughter, complement their video, power point and “tele-science”
Rebecca Elizabeth Zee, granddaughter,Jenna Nicole Zee, style of learning. Teaching now is my main academic
granddaughter passion. This past year I gave talks or taught in courses in
15 countries.
Narrative:
My training at Johns Hopkins laid the groundwork Finally, I must say Hopkins has changed dramatically
for my career as a physician-scientist and ultimately over the years, mostly for the good, which is reflected
also as an educator. I attribute my choice of this career in the many different faces of our still superb medical
path largely to my first clinician-scientist mentor, Dr. students and faculty, and the concerted effort to balance
William Zinkham, with whom I worked for one year, life outside of work with the rigorous demands of
putting all my electives together, as a Dennison Scholar. being a physician. Yet the business of medicine and

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DAVID ZEE based not on their passions but on the realities of paying
off debt and which specialties provide the most income.
Continued Too bad in my opinion. We were so lucky to be at
Hopkins and to have worked as physicians in times of
its administrators, along with the costs of a medical opportunity to pursue our calling without these burdens.
education, has co-opted many of the positive aspects
of the psychology and culture of medical education, as
well as the practice of medicine itself. While perhaps
a necessity, I am convinced that many of our medical
students, residents and fellows make career decisions

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JAIME ZUSMAN

Narrative: Professionally, I started out as a Pediatric Heme- Onc
at Duke followed by 7 years at Tulane (’75-’82), where
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the 50th. I established the section of Pediatric Hematology-
Graduating from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Oncology. Academics turned out not to be my call in
has been one of the highlights of my professional life. life, and I completed a second residency in Radiation
Having been taught by luminaries like Lehninger, Oncology at MD Anderson Hospital (’82-’85). I practiced
Mountcastle, Temkin, Wood, Nathans, Harvey, Tumulty, my new specialty in South Florida for 16 years. Following
Krevans and others is a source of pride. Mary Ellen Avery my divorce, I accepted a position at the Harrington
and Syd Levine were great role models. Not to forget Cancer Center in Amarillo, Texas, with the intention of
residents of the caliber of Leigh Thompson (“the electric staying for 3 years, which became 14 without batting an
potato”) and Mike Kaback in Pediatrics. eyelash. I am now working part time and splitting time
Medical education has changed significantly since our between Amarillo, South Florida and travelling the world.
days at Hopkins. Judging from my children’s experience,
it has evolved favorably. Nowadays, there is earlier clinical BIGGEST NEWS OF THE CENTURY:
exposure, greater clinical correlates with the basic sciences GETTING MARRIED TO DR. VICTORIA BEHAR
and more time off for R&R. Alex, 43, is now a pediatric IN MIAMI ON JUNE 15, 2019!!!!!!
hospitalist working for Kaiser-Permanente in San
Francisco; he is married to Denise, a psychiatrist, and has This is the time in life where most men would agree that
two lovely children, Nora and Felix. Benji, 37, is currently it’s time to settle down.
completing an Internal Medicine residency at University
of Florida. See you on May 30.
Jaime

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IN MEMORIAM

David S. Bachman Mark Lederman
Hayden G. Braine Loren G. Lipson
Edward H. Conley Henry S. Sabatier
Thomas E. Davis John H. Sheehan
Alan J. Greenfield Sara W. Smith
Harrison C. Spencer
Frank Guerra John L. Sullivan
Catherine J. Ingles
Shepard J. Kantor

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DAVID S. BACHMAN

David Stanley Bachman, M.D., of Wilmington, NC, In 1982, David joined Wilmington Health Associates
passed away in the presence of his loving family on the and established its Neurology Department. He served as
morning of January 1st, 2011. Born April 22, 1944 in Wilmington Health’s president for ten years. A dedicated
Savannah, Georgia, he was the son of the late Dr. Henry volunteer, he also set up and organized the New Hanover
& Ilse Bachman. County Health Dept. Neurology Clinic which gave care
to noninsured patients.
David and his wife Bunnie shared 44 joyful & loving
years together and were involved in activities such as David was predeceased by his loving parents and devoted
flying private aircrafts, boating, fishing and raising two elder son Eric S. Bachman, MD. He is survived, in
wonderful sons, Eric and Kevin. Other interests include Wilmington, by his eternally adoring wife, Bunnie, his
an avid supporter of the Wilmington Symphony & beloved son Dr. Kevin G. Bachman, wife Melissa and
WHQR as well as an enthusiasm for a broad spectrum grandchildren Sophie and Joseph and in Cincinnati,
of music from jazz to classical, rock’n roll and the blues. Ohio, by daughter-in-law Sandra Bachman and twin
A connoisseur of fine cuisine, David immensely enjoyed grandchildren Eric & Ella. His surviving siblings are
cooking for family and friends. Atty. Barbara J. Bronson, Dr. Thomas Bachman and Jim
Bachman, M.D.
David was a graduate of Harvard College in Cambridge,
Massachusetts and then earned his medical degree from David adored his patients. His dedication to them will
Johns Hopkins Medical School. There he continued his surely live in their hearts. He lived his life in the spirit of
residency and also fulfilled two fellowships in both adult Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If ”. A kind and even-tempered
and pediatric neurology. From 1970-72 he served as a soul, he has left his generous footprints in the sands of
Medical Officer at the National Institute of Health in New Hanover County.
Bethesda, Maryland.

HAYDEN G. BRAINE

Dr. Braine graduated with honors from Harvard College provides critical platelet and other specialized blood
in 1965 with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He earned product support to cancer patients to help manage the
his medical degree Alpha Omega Alpha from the Johns toxicities of cancer therapies. It also provides support to
Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Braine completed an the Kimmel Cancer Center’s bone marrow transplant
internship and a residency in internal medicine and a program, assisting with the management of the unrelated
fellowship in oncology in 1973 at Johns Hopkins. After bone marrow donor pool and storing and processing
serving as a major in the Army Medical Corps from bone marrow and blood stem cells for transplant. Dr.
1973 to 1975, he began his career at what is now Johns Braine established a unique operation in blood products
Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. In the late 1970s, production that is critical to processing bone marrow.
he founded and served as director of the hemapheresis Dr. Braine retired in 2006, and was diagnosed with the
program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The program dementia that claimed his life.

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E DWA R D H. C O N L EY

Dr. Conley was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, 1966 and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1969. He was a plastic
surgeon in California.

THOMAS E. DAVIS

Dr. Davis received BA (1965) and MD (1969) degrees at Stanford he brought his special experience to Northern
from Johns Hopkins University and was an oncologist California where he became Director of the Northern
and Professor of Medicine, Stanford University. For California Cancer Center, redirecting many of its research
almost ten years he was the Executive Director of the programs toward epidemiology and prevention of cancer.
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, one of the leading Cause of death: malignant brain tumor.
consortia carrying out advanced studies in the treatment
of the wide spectrum of human cancers. During his time

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ALAN JAY GREENFIELD

Greenfield, Alan Jay, M.D. Age 70, of Boston, Plymouth, University and earned his medical degree from Johns
and Palm Springs, CA, passed away peacefully from Hopkins University. He then served in the US Public
complications of kidney disease on October 9, 2014. He Health Service at the National Institutes of Health. After
was a distinguished interventional and vascular radiologist completing his Residency and Fellowship at MGH, his
at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and several 40-year medical career continued at MGH, Morristown
other leading hospitals; a respected source of knowledge (NJ) Memorial Hospital, Boston University Medical
and recommendations for his colleagues; and a tech Center, and Tufts New England Medical Center. He
support resource for all during the infancy of personal returned to MGH in 2000 until he retired in 2013. He
computers. Alan was a reviewer for multiple journals, was an accomplished choral singer since his college days,
including the New England Journal of Medicine; a performing and touring with a variety of groups including
committee member and committee chairman of various the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Handel & Haydn
radiology societies; wrote or contributed to over 60 Society, New York City and Boston Gay Men’s Choruses,
refereed publications in radiology journals; and made Newton Choral Society, Coro Allegro, Chorus pro Musica
numerous presentations for both clinical education and and the New World Chorale. He will be fondly missed by
research symposia. He loved to teach, and mentored many his devoted husband, G.P. Paul Kowal, and their Maltese-
medical students who are now in positions of prominence Yorkie twins, Katy and Gaga; his beloved children, Jessica
nationwide. His enthusiasm for vascular radiology Greenfield (Hummel) and Ely Greenfield, and their
attracted many young physicians to the field. Alan was mother Harriet Greenfield; his cherished grandchildren,
born and raised in Highland Park, NJ where he graduated Hannah and Theo Hummel, and Tavi and Emilia
from Lafayette Elementary and Highland Park High Greenfield; and his loving sister, Donna Greenfield Belser.
Schools. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers

FRANK GUERRA

Frank Guerra graduated from Stuyvesant High School Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Associate Professor
in Manhattan. He was a student at CUNY for two years, of Anesthesiology at the University of Colorado School
graduated from Johns Hopkins University (1966), and of Medicine. Dr. Guerra was married and had two sons
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1969) . Dr. Guerra aged 28 and 22. His older son was a lifeguard in Hawaii,
was a consulting psychiatrist in Denver. He saw treatment preparing to go to graduate school in oceanography when
refractory patients as a consultant to other psychiatrists he was killed in a surfing accident. The younger son works
in his community. Dr. Guerra had a large practice of at a talent agency in Santa Monica.
electroconvulsive therapy managing most patients as
both anesthesiologist and psychiatrist. He was Clinical

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CATHERINE J.
C A L L AWAY I N G L E S

Dr. Callaway was a graduate of Vanderbilt University PERSONAL ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS/FAMILY:
and received her MD from Johns Hopkins in 1969. (1980 -1981) spent on mission station in rural India;
She was an internist in Canada. PROFESSIONAL (winter 1985 - 1986) spent on mission station in rural
HIGHLIGHTS: American Board Internal Medicine northern Pakistan. Much time spent being “partner-wife”
qualified (1972); Chief Resident-Foothills Hospital, of dairy farmer who grew pedigreed steed. Skiing was
Calgary Alberta (1973 - 1974); Fellow Royal College a favorite family activity -- travel ranked high also. Her
Physicians (Canada) 1974; major practice: “little old husband and five children survive her.
ladies who wouldn’t see a male physician and patients who
want a doctor to take time to listen to them -- nothing to
set the world on fire, but satisfying in its own way. There
are some fascinating problems.”

SHEPARD J. SHEP
KANTOR

Dr. Kantor was a graduate of Colby College, Dartmouth Managed Care Unit, which became a model for other
Medical School, and Johns Hopkins University School of psychiatric programs in the city. Cause of death: leukemia.
Medicine, where he received his MD in 1969. He was a He died at Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, during a
psychiatrist who practiced in New York City, and was the bone marrow transplant.
founder and Medical Director of Gracie Square Hospital’s

MARK LEDERMAN

Mark Lederman was a graduate of White Plains High 1969. He drowned during a family outing in the summer
School and for 2 years a biology major at Colby College. of 1964 on Long Island Sound, age 19. His family
He was one of 15 men accepted as Year I students at established a Memorial Student Research Fellowship at
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1964. He would have Colby College in his memory.
received a BA from Johns Hopkins in 1966 and an MD in

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LOREN G. LIPSON

February 22, 1944 - September 27, 2018 disadvantaged, including the Japanese Americans interned
during WWII, the Alaskan natives who lacked medical
On September 27, 2018, Dr. Loren G. Lipson passed care, the prejudice directed to Mexican Americans, and
away peacefully at his home in S. Pasadena, California. the plight of Native Americans living in poverty on
Loren was born on February 22, 1944, in Los Angeles, reservations. In the last decade of his life, Loren’s mission
California, to his parents, Dr. Morris and Janice Lipson. was to purchase American Indian art, from collectable
Loren received his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, antique pottery to the art of living master ceramicists,
Summa Cum Laude, from the University of California, and to donate the pieces to museums, so that the public
Los Angeles, in 1965, his MD from Johns Hopkins at large would be aware of the great talent of the artists
Medical School, in 1969, followed by two years of and the beauty of their creations. Along the way, Loren
research at the National Institutes of Health where he acquired an interest in a number of contemporary artists
specialized in the field of endocrinology. In 1975, the to whom he was also a generous benefactor. It is hard to
National Institutes of Health honored Loren with a quantify the extent of Loren’s mission, except to say that
National Service Award in recognition of his work in by the time his life’s journey had ended he had donated
diabetes. After further serving as a research fellow and over a thousand pieces of art which are now on display in
teacher at Harvard Medical School, Loren returned over forty museums. Through all these pursuits, Loren’s
home to teach at the University of Southern California, unique personality shined through. To say that Loren
Keck School of Medicine, where he was Chief of was eccentric would be an understatement. Anyone who
Geriatric Medicine until his retirement in 2006. Loren met Loren would say affectionately that there was no
continued to teach at the University of Alaska and one quite like him. Loren had a prodigious memory for
Claremont Graduate University. Loren had an abiding the countless people he met throughout his life, recalling
interest in the care of the elderly, and was instrumental their names and their family histories. Loren was a great
in drafting regulations for nursing homes adopted by a teller of stories, and he could recount with both humor
number of states. Loren was a highly respected forensic and wisdom quirky facts about history, science, and the
witness specializing in the standards for nursing homes arts. To sum up his life in his own words, Loren would
and assistant care facilities, testifying throughout the have said, “Wasn’t that wild?” Loren is survived by three
country. The United States Department of Justice and sons, Keith A. Lipson (Katy), Kyle A. Lipson (Genevieve,
the California Attorney General’s office would seek out granddaughter Marlowe), Kurt A. Lipson (Jean), and Kiki
Loren’s advice, and respected Loren for the depth of L. Schlosberg (Phillip).
his knowledge and for the integrity of his professional
opinions. Loren cared deeply for the plight of the

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HENRY S. SABATIER, JR.

Suddenly, on Tuesday, November 4, 2003, HENRY practice with three regional offices. Most recently, Dr.
STEWART SABATIER JR., M.D. Dr. Sabatier was Sabatier served as medical director for the We Care Clinic,
59 and had lived in Baltimore for much of his life. He an addiction recovery center in Glen Burnie. He was an
attended Johns Hopkins for undergraduate, graduating active member of the American College of Emergency
with general honors, and medical school, graduating Physicians and taught courses to prepare doctors to take
from the School of Medicine in 1969. He completed a the oral board examination for specialty certification. Dr.
surgical residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland Sabatier was an avid collector of wine, and enjoyed travel
and returned to Baltimore in 1976, where he began a and gardening. He was an active member of the Guilford
career in Emergency Medicine. During his career, Dr. neighborhood organization that planted summer flowers
Sabatier was surgical director of the Johns Hopkins in Sherwood Gardens. He also served on the board of
Hospital Emergency Department, began the first the Young Victorian Theater Company, which performs
contract emergency medicine practice at Fallston General Gilbert and Sullivan operettas in Baltimore each summer.
Hospital, and directed the Emergency Department at All who knew Dr. Sabatier felt that he was a great teacher,
Sinai Hospital. In 1980, he opened a private practice, The counselor and mentor.
Pain Treatment & Rehabilitation Center, that grew into
a multi-specialty physical medicine and rehabilitation

JOHN HOLDEN SHEEHAN

Dr. Sheehan was a graduate of St Ignatius High School, Chicago; Harvard College (1965), and received his MD from Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine, 1969. He was a psychiatrist.

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S A R A WAT T S M I T H

Sara Watt Smith, M.D., died Thursday, April 5, 2018, treatments, Sara continued to live her life to the very
after a long and courageous battle with cancer. fullest. She was determined to not let her condition slow
It would not be a stretch to call Sara a Renaissance her down, and she traveled extensively with her family.
woman. Sara was artistic, athletic, and had a keen Sara enjoyed snorkeling, skiing, and weekly walks at the
scientific mind. From a very early age she showed Huntington Gardens and Lacy Park. Her passion for art
tremendous artistic talent, and in her teens sold her never dwindled and her bedside easel contains paintings
paintings to make extra money. While at University of she intended to complete.
Michigan for college, she was one of thirty people in the
nation asked to try out for the Olympic low board diving Sara was a remarkable woman. She was a compassionate
event. She followed this up by going to Johns Hopkins physician, talented artist, and loving mother,
for medical school, originally entertaining the idea of grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. Her strength and
becoming a medical illustrator, but ultimately deciding on perseverance in the midst of life’s challenges were a source
pediatrics. of inspiration to her family and friends. Sara loved life
and was ever so purposeful about living a worthy one.
After living briefly in San Francisco and Anchorage,
Alaska, she settled in San Marino in 1975. Her career as She is survived by her daughter Kelly Smith Parker,
a pediatrician spanned over 35 years in which she mainly Kelly’s husband John W. Parker, III, and their sons,
worked with underserved communities at the Kaiser Cole and Austin; her son Matthew Pierce Smith,
Permanente East Los Angeles clinic. She enjoyed keeping M.D., Matt’s wife Tirza P. Castellanos, J.D., and their
in touch with her patients and their families as they daughters, Sophia and Catalina; and her sister Frances
outgrew her care, and one of her greatest pleasures was to Watt Baker, M.D., Frances’s husband Lenox D. Baker,
hear from those patients who went on to college. M.D. and their daughters, Sarah F. B. Campsen, M.D.,
Margaret W. Baker, J.D., and Carol L. B. Bowman.
Sara was first diagnosed with cancer in 2010, after which She was predeceased by her parents, James Watt, M.D.,
she turned her attention to her health and to spending and Margaret Gutelius Watt, M.D., and by her niece,
as much time with her children and grandchildren Katherine Dial Baker.
as possible. Throughout her retirement and multiple

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HARRISON C.
SPENCER, JR.

Harrison C. Spencer, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., DTM&H, gave him insight into university politics, education, and
CPH, our boss, colleague, and friend, died Wednesday, academic public health.
August 10, 2016. Harrison was a humble man who made
a significant impact on the lives of countless people. His A member of many committees, boards, and professional
death is a tremendous loss to us, to the United States, and societies, including the National Academy of Medicine,
the world. Dr. Spencer was most proud of co-founding the
Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) with his
Having received his bachelor’s degree from Haverford medical, nursing, pharmacy, and dentistry peers in 2009,
College, Dr. Spencer followed his father into medicine, where he had served as chair of the board.
earning his medical degree from Johns Hopkins A true leader, Dr. Spencer worked tirelessly on behalf of
University School of Medicine. He was drawn to the academic public health. He traveled thousands of miles
greater impact he could make in public health, earning annually, was responsive to deans, program directors, and
his Master of Public Health in epidemiology from the partners who asked him to lend his expertise, provide
University of California, Berkeley and his Diploma keynote addresses, serve on panels and review boards, and
in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene from the University inspire the next generation of public health scholars and
of London. He continued on to serve as an Epidemic practitioners.
Intelligence Service Officer at the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). He then served in CDC In recent years, Dr. Spencer was frequently called upon
medical officer positions in San Salvador, El Salvador, and to speak to students, both prospective students in public
Atlanta, Georgia, before moving on to leadership roles health and those already active in the field he came to
at the University of Nairobi Medical School (Nairobi, love and champion. A reserved man, he dug deep into the
Kenya), the World Health Organization (Geneva, many lessons he learned traveling the globe and through
Switzerland), and then returned to become Chief, his professional and personal experiences, to prepare
Parasitic Diseases Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases at remarks that could inspire the next generation of public
CDC. Dr. Spencer stepped into his first academic public health professionals. He often spoke about the enormous
health leadership role by assuming the deanship at Tulane potential of individuals working purposefully, through
University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine barriers and across cultures, for the health of the public
(New Orleans, Louisiana) followed by the deanship at and the value of each and every person’s potential to make
the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine a difference. This quote from a recent speech he gave to
(London, England). students rings true to all of us who knew Dr. Spencer and
who wake up every day excited to continue our work to
In July 2000, Dr. Spencer assumed the newly created improve the public’s health:
position of president and CEO of the Association of
Schools of Public Health (ASPH). In August 2013, he “Public health is filled with heroes, both well known and
led the transformation of ASPH to a new organization, unknown. They are visible on the national or international
the Association of Schools and Programs of Public stage or they work quietly in communities with families
Health (ASPPH). His intellect, passion, leadership, and and individuals. When they do their job, they often become
compelling ethical values were treasured by all in the invisible.”
ASPPH community.
Dr. Spencer often summarized his thoughts with the
Nationally and internationally recognized for his clinical phrase, “at the end of day.” To quote him, “at the end
public health work, research endeavors in infectious of the day,” we are left with a deep sadness and a lasting
disease prevention and control, and authorship of more legacy generated by his energy, vision, and passion for
than 100 publications, Dr. Spencer was uniquely able doing the right thing, and the recognition of what one
to speak on both practice and research perspectives. His person can accomplish for the sake of many.
combined eight years as a dean of two prestigious schools

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JOHN L. SULLIVAN III

Dr. Sullivan graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University 1965 and from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1969. He was
a psychiatry resident at Duke and researched side effects of psychoactive drugs. He was a grandson of the famous prizefighter.

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