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WINTER 2011 PUBLISHED BY UPSTATE MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

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2011 MEDICAL ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Zella Small, MD ’77, President

Debra Buchan, MD ’87, Vice President

K. Bruce Simmons, MD ’79, Treasurer

Richard M. Cantor, MD ’76, Secretary

A. Geno AndreattaThomas A. Bersani, MD ’82Larry S. Charlamb, MD ’88Dennis D. Daly, MD ’83Richard W. DoustRobert A. Dracker, MD ’82Mark Erlebacher, MD ’79Brian J. Gaffney, MD ’72Sadri GarakaniDiane Green-el, MD ’78Douglas W. Halliday, MD ’79Ruth Hart, MD ’80Karen Heitzman, MD ’83Kirsten Magowan, MD ’87Mark Persky, MD ’72Andrew J. Rurka, MD ’70Charles J. Ryan, III, MD ’82David R. Smith, MDRalph L. Stevens, MD ’81James Terzian, MD ’75

Gregory A. Threatte, MD ’73Willie Underwood, MD ’94Jack Yoffa, MD ’69

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERSDonna Bacchi, MD, MPHDavid B. Duggan, MD ’79Vincent J. Kuss, MBA, MSJulie White, PhD

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVESRyan LaFollette ’12Evan Savage ’12

(Binghamton)Shray Patel ’13

(Binghamton)Anthony Rossettie ’13Daniel Harris ’14Natalie Jones ’14Devin Halleran ’15

EMERITUSFrederick R. Davey, MD ’64E. Robert Heitzman, MD ’51Patricia J. Numann, MD ’65Michael H. Ratner, MD ’68

HONORARY MEMBERFrederick N. Roberts, MD ’42

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Table of Contents12Patricia J. Numann, MD ’65, Takes the HelmThe pioneering surgeon adds president of the American College of Surgeons to her list of accomplishments.

14Room to GrowUpstate Medical University acquires Community General Hospital, expanding its patient coverage across town.

16Unfinished BusinessDavid Cywinski, MD ’00, completed a bike trip he began 25 years ago to raise money for needy children in his home towns.

23Report of GiftsAlumni and friends support Upstate’s long tradition of excellence in medical education by giving to the College of Medicine.

Departments 2 COURTYARD 44 STUDENT ROUNDS 46 CLASS NOTES 55 IN MEMORIAM

WINTER 2011 ISSUEPublished three times in 2011 in spring, fall, and winter.

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

Issue Number: 54

Submissions and address corrections should be sent to Director of Medical Alumni Relations and Giving, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Setnor Academic Building #1510, 750 E. Adams St., Syracuse, New York 13210-9976Phone: 315/464-4361Fax: 315/464-4360 Email: [email protected]

Vincent J. Kuss, MBA, MSExecutive Editor

Renée Gearhart LevyManaging Editor

Sarah BurnsDonna GatalettoLaura GloseLori MurphyChere RavenContributing Editors

Kiefer CreativeDesign and Production

Darryl GeddesSusan KeeterDoretta RoyerContributing Writers

John Hickey Susan KahnSusan KeeterWilliam MuellerFrank Ordonez

Debbie RexineRich WhelskyPhotographers

Andrew Rurka, MD ’70, Chair

Debra Buchan, MD ’87Fred Davey, MD ’64Diane Green-el, MD ’78Willie Underwood, MD ’94Editorial Board

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIESAre you or is someone you know seeking a new career opportunity? Review faculty, research, and other positions available at SUNY Upstate Medical University at www.upstate.edu and click on “Jobs at Upstate.”

ON THE COVER: Dan Alexander, MD, Dave Cywinski, MD ’00, and pal Tony Glosek completed a 25-year-old quest to bike around the nation for charity this summer. Photo by John Hickey/The Buffalo News

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L E T T E R F R O M T H E D I R E C T O R

Dear Alumni,IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT I inform you that Upstate Medical Alumni Association President, Zella Small, MD ’77, passed away on Thursday, December 1. Born on May 26, 1951, Dr. Small received her BA from SUNY Albany and went on to earn her medical degree here at Upstate in 1977. After completing her residency in radiology at Upstate, she joined Crouse Radiology Associates and served as medical director of the Medical Imaging Center in East Syracuse. She held a faculty appointment of clinical assistant professor at Upstate Medical University. Dr. Small was predeceased by her father, Jake, and youngest sister, Jeanne Fish. She is survived by her mother, Elizabeth Small, husband, David Kennedy, son Derek, daughter Danielle and five siblings. Dr. Small’s life and many accomplishments as a mother, wife, sister, doctor and friend were celebrated at a beautiful service on December 6, 2011.

As many of you know, Dr. Small was a very caring physician and dynamic leader in our community. Her professional accomplishments were many, but her personal impact on those that knew her was immense, even while dealing with illness over many years. She had very high values and a strong sense of duty to her family and profession. According to her husband, David, “Zella lived by high standards expecting her children to always behave and perform at a certain level. She had similar expectations of her co-workers. However, if you fell short, she always provided the resources needed to improve. And while her love was a tough love, it was everlasting.”

I will forever remember Dr. Small’s thoughtful demeanor and infectious laugh. No matter how serious a situation was, she had an uncanny ability to put people at ease, which is a quality that came easy to her. As president of the Alumni Association, she deeply cared for her medical school and all that it stood for as a physician.

Dr. Small was the same way with her practice and patients. She was

very dedicated to her work and highly respected within our greater community. She was also very proud of her children’s achievements and rightfully so. She spoke glowingly of Danielle and Derek with that gleaming smile on her face. Derek has just completed his third year of medical school at Yale and Danielle is a producer with CNBC Business News. I am sure she is looking over them now, just as she always has.

Bruce Simmons, MD ’79, friend and col-league of Dr. Small shared the following reflection: “Zella and I met as first-year medical students in 1973. Even then she made an immediate impression with her wonderful personality. Over the years she consistently demonstrated qualities of kindness, generosity, and friendship. She had high principles, particularly regarding her family and her profession, but she was a ‘down to earth’ person, and would more easily find humor, rather than dismay, in life’s situations.”

On behalf of the Alumni Association, we extend our deepest sympathies to Dr. Small’s family. Her memory will always be with us, and we know that her legacy will continue through her children. We will miss Dr. Small dearly, but are so grateful for having known her through the years, for her leadership and commitment and also her sense of humor. We say goodbye for now, but certainly not forever. Rest in Peace, Dr. Small.

With great sadness, but fond memories,

Vince Kuss, Executive Director

Hal Wanamaker, MD ’56, with Dr. Small

Vincent J. Kuss, MBA, MS

In memory of Dr. Small, contributions may be made to the Sarah Loguen Fraser Scholarship, c/o Upstate Medical Alumni Association, 750 E. Adams Street, Setnor Academic Bldg., Ste. 1510, Syracuse, NY 13210.

Dr. Small and Bruce Simmons, MD ’79, make a scholarship presentation to medical stu-dent Nicole Sanders.

“She had high principles . . . but she was a ‘down to earth’ person, and would more easily find humor, than dismay, in life’s situations.”— BRUCE SIMMONS, MD ’79

Dr. Small with children, Derek and Danielle, and husband, David Kennedy

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Upstate Partners with Private Developer on Community Project

A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY was held on December 1 for the redevelopment of 10 acres of Kennedy Square, a collaboration between Upstate Medical University and COR Development Company.

Kennedy Square is located north of Upstate’s campus, bordered by E. Fayette Street on the south, Forman Avenue on the west, E. Water Street to the north and S. Crouse Avenue to the east. The development project involves 10 acres of land adjacent to the Central New York Biotechnology Research Center

(CNYBRC), a $22 million project between Upstate and the State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry that is currently under construction.

Upstate officials say the site will likely be a mix of residential, retail, office, and educational space. An office complex planned for the site will allow Upstate to reduce significantly the amount of space it leases for various offices.

“We are pleased to partner with COR Development Company on this transformative project for Syracuse,” says Upstate President David R. Smith, MD. “This publicprivate partnership will showcase how working together we can create new opportunities for economic development.”

As part of the redevelopment, Kennedy Square will be renamed Loguen’s Crossing in a tribute to the Loguen family, who lived nearby on E. Genesee Street. Sarah Loguen became one of the first AfricanAmerican women physicians in the United States, earning her medical degree in 1876 from what is now Upstate Medical University.

WHITE COAT CEREMONY. Medical students marked the beginning of their educa-tional journeys by receiving the traditional white coat in a ceremony at the OnCenter on August 24th. In addition to receiving their coats, students heard from faculty and upperclassmen about building the bonds of physician-patient relation-ships and offering compas-sionate care. Paula Ortiz is congratulated by President David Smith, MD. Many thanks to the Onondaga County Medical Society for sponsoring the lovely recep-tion after the ceremony.

Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy announces the project at a press conference.


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PROMOTING HEALTHY TEENS. Upstate pediatrician Robert Michael Cavanaugh, Jr. MD, believes most pediatricians are attracted to the specialty because they want to take care of babies. He champions the pediatricians who focus on adoles-cent medicine and hopes his new book, Dying to be Perfect: How Teens Can Stay Happy, Healthy and Alive will help raise aware-ness of the sub-specialty. Dr. Cavanaugh has been Upstate’s director of adolescent medicine since 1981.

Pediatrician Honored for Long CareerONE OF CENTRAL New York’s longest serving pediatricians, Frederick Roberts, MD ’42, was honored with a retirement ceremony at Upstate Medical University’s Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic in August.

Dr. Roberts estimates he has cared for more than 300,000 children in his more than 60year career in medicine, as well as training countless medical students in pediatric medicine. He has been honored numerous times for his care of area children, including a Post- Standard Achievement Award in 1999 in recognition of his selfless service to the

community. He opened an outpatient clinic for poor children in 1995 and helped raise funds for the Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital, directing proceeds from the sale of his second book, Children Courageous and Their Families, to the fundraising campaign.

Frederick Roberts, MD ’42

PHILADELPHIA RECEPTION HELD FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14th. (L to R) Larisa Syrow, MD ’07, Ben Raile, MD ’08 Caryn Kerman, MD ’07, Jason Freedman, MD ’06, Sara Karjoo, MD ’07, W. Soyini Powell, MD ’80 and Niel Miele, MD ’86

McCabe Ranked Among Top Healthcare Executives

Upstate University Hospital CEO John McCabe, MD ’79, has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s list of “291 Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know,”

which recognizes individuals leading prominent American healthcare organizations.

It’s the second time this year that Becker’s has recognized McCabe. In March, Becker’s named McCabe to a list of “130 Hospital and Healthcare System CEOs to Know.”


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College of Medicine Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Cornerstone LayingON SEPTEMBER 29, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Upstate College of Medicine building. On that chilly day, President Roosevelt spoke of the need to prepare a large number of welltrained doctors and nurses and congratulated Dean Weiskotten, the faculty, and medical students on the new building’s usefulness to future generations.

In September, the Upstate Medical University celebrated the 75th anniversary of the cornerstone laying with a ceremony in the Weiskotten Courtyard, unveiling both a historic marker and a painting of President Roosevelt.

The cornerstone laying was Roosevelt’s last visit to Syracuse. More than 25,000 people lined the streets to view his motorcade. One of those was 13yearold Murray Grossman, MD ’45.

“The schools were closed because of the president’s visit, so there were lots of children there. The crowd was electrifying. I remember climbing up on something to get a better view. I was fortunate to see President Roosevelt drive up and do his dedication ceremony. It was something I shall never forget,” says Dr. Grossman, who would go on to earn his medical degree from Upstate as well as serve as professor of medicine for many years.

Family Medicine Chair Named

John Epling, MD, MSEd, has been named chair of the Department of

Family Medicine. He succeeds Andrea Manyon, MD, who accepted a position at the University of Buffalo. Epling joined Upstate in 1999 and most recently served as vice chair of the department. He co-directs Upstate’s Preventive Medicine Program, the Studying, Acting, Learning and Teaching Network (SALT-Net, the department’s practice-based research network), and serves as medical director of the Central New York Region

Office of the New York state Area Health Education Consortium (AHEC). He holds joint appointments as asso-ciate professor in the departments of Family Medicine and Public Health and Preventive Medicine. His research focus is evidence-based medicine, quality improvement and human performance technology.

Upstate alumnus Murray Grossman, MD ’45, left, and Dan Hurley, assistant vice president for government and community relations, unveil a historical marker that highlights President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s role in laying the cornerstone of what is now Weiskotten Hall, home of Upstate Medical University’s College of Medicine. Grossman attended the cornerstone ceremony 75 years ago, on Sept, 29, 1936.

John Epling, MD, MSEd

“I was fortunate to see President Roosevelt drive up and do his dedication ceremony. It was something I shall never forget.”— Murray Grossman, MD ’45


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Dr. Sarah’s Dominican Republic: 125+ Years LaterTHE FIRST WOMAN doctor in the Dominican Republic was Sarah Loguen, MD, class of 1876. Recently, photographer Susan Kahn visited Puerto Plata, the Dominican town where Dr. Loguen lived and worked from 1884 to 1897, and looked for signs of Dr. Loguen and her family.

More than 125 years later, Loguen’s presence is evident. The street where she and her husband lived and worked is a medical district with doctors’ offices and pharmacies. Her family’s pharmacy and doctor’s office/home are still standing, although in need of repair. Today, the colorful streets and beautiful town center of Puerto Plata look much the same as they did in 1890, as can be seen in Loguen’s photograph albums in the Goins Collection at Howard University. The Sociedad Cultural Renovacion, a library and historic center in Puerto Plata, likely has some of their family and business records.

How did Loguen get from Syracuse, New York, to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic? By ship, after her 1884 marriage to Charles Fraser, a Dominican pharmacist she met through Frederick Douglass. (Fraser’s wedding gifts to Loguen were surgical tools and a horse so that she could make house calls in the Dominican countryside.) In Puerto Plata, the couple owned a banana plantation in addition to a pharmacy, and a home with her doctor’s office. They had a daughter, Gregoria, who was born in 1885.

Prior to living and working in the Dominican Republic, Loguen earned her medical degree at Syracuse’s College of Medicine, becoming one of the nation’s first AfricanAmerican women physicians and the first to graduate from a coeducational medical school. Loguen interned in Philadelphia and Boston, and practiced medicine in Washington, DC. Several years after her husband’s death in 1894, she and her daughter returned to Washington, DC, where LoguenFraser resumed her medical practice, and lived for the rest of her life.

Interior of pharmacy owned by Dr. Sarah Loguen and her husband, Charles Fraser. Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, circa 1885. Goins Collection, Howard University.

Top: A contemporary pharmacy in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, 2011. Located on the same street, it bears a striking resemblance to the Loguen-Fraser’s 19th century pharmacy.

Sarah Loguen-Fraser, MD, class of 1876, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, circa 1890. Goins Collection, Howard University.


The College of Medicine welcomed back members of classes ending in 1 and 6

Upstate Medical University alumni of the College of Medicine returned to campus to celebrate the 136th annual Reunion weekend, held September 23-24. As always, this wonderful weekend of learning, vis-iting, and recognition provided a great opportunity

to rekindle the spirit of the medical school experience at Upstate while reaffirming alumni commitment to the profession and the institution.

Reunion Weekend began on Friday, with a medical writing seminar and tours of the library, historical exhibits, and the Golisano Children’s Hospital. The Weiskotten Lecture featured a talk on Space Medicine given by Joseph M. Dervay, MD ’84, who shared safety challenges of moon and exploration class missions as medical director of the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. An awards ceremony honored out-standing alumni, class giving and participation, and student scholarship winners, followed by a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception and an all-class dinner party.

On Saturday, alumni enjoyed the Dean’s Breakfast and Alumni Association Annual Meeting, a family luncheon at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, and individual class dinners that evening.

If it’s been a while since you’ve been back, plan to join us in 2012 for our 137thth Reunion Weekend. Place it on your calendar for September 21-22, 2012. We hope to see you there!

Reunion“This was the best delivery

of hospitality, good food,

and generally allaround

attention to detail from the Alumni

Office that I can remember.

All of my classmates

had a really nice time.

Thank you!”— HENRY EISENBERG, MD ’56

Members of the Class of 1981 enjoying their 30-year reunion.

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Named Scholarship RecipientsA. Geno Andreatta Scholarship FundBrett Cherrington

The Ayanian Family Scholarship (endowed by Zaven S. Ayanian, MD ’59)Omosede Ighile

Dracker Family ScholarshipAllison Barz and

Brian D. Santacrose

Joseph C. Fischer, MD ’79 Memorial ScholarshipChristopher Browne

Sarah Loguen Fraser, MD, Class of 1876 ScholarshipNicole Sanders

Dr. Joseph’43 and Ann Gadbaw ScholarshipAaron Stupple

Max Gara and Robert H. Gara, MD ’56 ScholarshipLiliya Abrukin

Samuel Gersten, MD ’39 and Martha Gersten Endowed Scholarship FundLiliya Abrukin and

Christopher Weaver

Grant H. Hobika, MD ’52 Scholarship FundRhonda L. Diescher

Stanley D. Leslie, MD ’51 Memorial ScholarshipWing Kay Fok

B. Dale Magee, MD ’75 ScholarshipCorey Vasisko

The Patrick T. Mathews, MD ’03 Memorial ScholarshipRyan LaFollette

Peggy and Adolph Morlang, MD ’66 ScholarshipNathaniel Herr

Rudolph J. Napodano, MD ’59 ScholarshipGene DeCastro

Onondaga County Medical Society (OCMS) Medical Student Scholarship FundMatthew Peckham

Betty Reiss, MD ’68 and Jacob Reiss, MD ’68 Family Endowed ScholarshipChristina DiBattista

Samuel G. Rosenthal, MD ’64 ScholarshipChirag D. Patel

Schein Family ScholarshipRyota Kashiwazaki

Jack J. Schneider, MD ’66 ScholarshipAllison Barz

Julius Schwartz, MD ’33 ScholarshipChirag D. Patel

John B. and Henriette E. Simeone Scholarship in Memory of Fiorindo A. Simeone, MDHilary M. Gamble

Frederick W. Sloan MD ’74 ScholarshipBrian C. Ruhle

Susan B. Stearns PhD Scholarship for Community EngagementCharles D. Hannum and

Samuel Schueler

Harold H. Wanamaker, MD ’56 and Barbara Wanamaker ScholarshipMichael Cummings

Herbert M. Weinman, MD ’65 and Suzy Weinman Scholarship AwardRebecca LaValley

Susan and Jack Yoffa, MD ’69 Scholarship, in memory of Elaine Yoffa HornungJennifer Makin

Frank E. Young, MD ’56 and Leanne Young Endowed ScholarshipKatherine Hinchcliff and

Kortney Robinson

Class of 1966 Scholarship FundMegan Pope

Carol Kavanagh and Class of 1973 ScholarshipRobert Kribs

Barry Berg, PhD, presents Ryan LaFollette with the Patrick Mathews, MD ’03 Memorial Award.

Nicole Sanders received the Sarah Loguen Fraser, MD, Class of 1876 Scholarship, presented by Bruce Simmons, MD ’79.

Christine DiBattista received the Reiss scholarship from Genevieve Russo, sister of Jacob Reiss, MD ’68.

Katharine Hinchcliff, and Kortney Robinson received the Young Scholarship endowed by Frank Young ’56, MD (center).

Steven Scheinman, MD, Zella Small, MD ’77, and President David Smith, MD, presented awards to the following recipients:

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Reunion 2011DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS:

Peter Greenwald, MD, DrPH Class of 1961

Peter Greenwald, MD, DrPH is Associate Director for Prevention, Office of the Director, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH). In this position he assesses cancer prevention and early detection research all across the NCI. His major

research interests include basic and preclinical studies through firstinhuman to phase III clinical trials, nutritional science, biomarker discovery and validation, biometry, and systems approaches to cancer prevention. In March 2011, he retired as Director of the NCI Division of Cancer Prevention, which he established and led for 30 years, to take this new position. When he retired, he was Assistant Surgeon General (Rear Admiral) in the U.S. Public Health Service.

Following medical residency at Boston City Hospital, Dr. Greenwald earned

master and doctoral degrees in epidemiology at the Harvard

School of Public Health. From Harvard, he joined the New York State Department of Health in Albany, first as Director of Cancer Control, then as head of the Epidemi

ology Division. His work there included confirmation of vaginal

cancer after maternal

treatment with the synthetic estrogen, DES, studies of a Hodgkin’s Disease cluster among Albany High School students, and overseeing the Love Canal investigation of health effects of environmental contamination, conducted by a young physician under his general supervision.

In 1981, Greenwald was recruited to establish what is now NCI’s Division of Cancer Prevention. Complementing the analytical epidemiology research in place at NCI, he built a nationwide program of clinical and public health research and interventions to lower the incidence of cancer. In public health, he started the “American Stop Smoking Intervention Trial”—a broad collaborative effort for tobacco control—and “Five A Day for better health,” aimed at improving eating behavior all across the United States. His division sponsored largescale clinical trials that have demonstrated about half of postmenopausal breast cancer and one quarter of prostate cancers are preventable, using drugs that have some side effects, but

are low in toxicity. They provide an option for people at moderate to high risk of these cancers and establish that medical approaches to cancer prevention are possible. Under his leadership,

other studies were aimed to learn how to lower risk of several different cancers, prevent adverse outcomes from therapy, and make clinical trials more efficient. Greenwald has received numerous awards and is author or coauthor of about 300 scientific papers.

Dr. Greenwald is congratulated by President David Smith, MD, Zella Small, MD ’77, and Steven Scheinman, MD.


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OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNA :

Molly Brewer, DVM, MD, MS Class of 1991

Molly A. Brewer, DVM, MD, MS, is director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Director of the Women’s Cancer Prevention Program, professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and associate director for

academics at the University of Connecticut Carol and Ray Neag Cancer Center. She is also a research professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UConn Storrs and a professor in genetics in the Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology at the University of Connecticut Health Center. Dr. Brewer completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland and a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Following her fellowship, she had a joint appointment with University of TexasHouston Medical School and MD Anderson Cancer Center and completed a Master of Science in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor.

Early in her career, Brewer began working with fluorescence and reflectance spectroscopy for the early detection of ovarian cancer with the biomedical engineers from the University of Texas at Austin. They published the first manuscripts on the use of optical imaging in evaluating the ovary, which served as the beginning of a long collaboration with biomedical engineers in the use of light outside of the visual spectrum for early detection of ovarian cancer. Based on this early work, she has expanded to using imaging to understand the biology of carcinogenesis. Dedicated to improving the quality of international healthcare, she regularly travels to China where she teaches advanced radical surgery to gynecologic surgeons.

Brewer is active in medical student and resident teaching and was awarded the teaching award in 2010 by the fourthyear obstetrics and gynecology residents. She has a laboratory where she works on ovarian cancer stem cells with PhD and post

doctoral students, residents and medical students. Her current funded research projects include noninvasive photoacoustic ovarian imaging; and using second harmonic generation imaging to understand changes in the extracellular matrix that accompany cancer.

Prior to earning her medical degree, Brewer was trained as a DVM and practiced for five years in a largeanimal practice and four years in a smallanimal practice. She became frustrated with the lack of ability to fully treat her patients because of the economic limitations of veterinary medicine and now uses her veterinary degree in the development of animal models in ovarian cancer, working with rodents, primates, and large animals.

Dr. Brewer is congratulated by Steven Scheinman, MD, Zella Small, MD ’77, and President David Smith, MD.


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http://microbiology.uchc.edu/

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Alumni Merit ScholarshipsAwarded to the top medical students in each class (listed in alphabetical order).

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Mark HodgesJanhavi ShiraliDavid StrosbergChristopher Weaver

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Laura AndrewsBrett CherringtonCatherine DickinsonKatharine HinchcliffChristopher NaccaZachary Vredenburgh

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Daniel J. BryanSarah EvansBrian C. RuhleAli SyedMarat A. Volman

Alumni ScholarsThe Medical Alumni Foundation supports full or partial tuition payments for outstanding medical students identified by the Admissions Committee.Andrew AgoliatiDanso Ako-AdjeiKyle ArmstrongChinelo AtuegwuCarlos E. Brown, Jr.Keisha FrenchRebecca LaValleyLambert Lewis

Joanne Abby M. MarasiganMichael L. McGrattanBeth-Ann OllivierreNadia OroszMarsha PeartFelix B. TavernierDanielle WilliamsJustin Zelenka

Susan Stearns, PhD, presents the Susan B. Stearns, PhD Scholarship for Community Engagement to Samuel Schueler and Charles D. Hannum

Rhonda L. Diescher (Hobika Scholarship) and Brian Ruhle (Sloan Scholarship)

Steven Scheinman, MD, Zella Small, MD ’77, and President David Smith, MD, presented Scholarships and awards to the following students:

Corey Vasisko (Magee Scholarship) and Aaron Stupple (Gadbaw Scholarship)William Hannan, MD ’81, and Erol R. Atamer, MD ’81, reminiscing at their 30-year reunion.

Students Joanne Abby Marasigan, Felix Tavernier, Robert Kribs, Clara Kribs, and Priya Chhikara enjoying the scholarship presentation.

“I cannot possibly thank

you enough for this generous

scholarship. This is a huge

honor and I am so very

grateful!” —REBECCA LAVALLEY, ’12


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Student Citizen AwardsThese awards recognize those medical students who have distinguished themselves as leaders and volunteers in the life of our campus and the greater Syracuse community.

Matthew Basciotta, Solomon Bisangwa and Oluwadamilola Oluyede (Presidential Awards).

Right: Representing the Class of 1966, Norman Feinman, MD, Marla Feinman, Adolph Morlang, MD, Lawrence Panitz, MD, and George Newman, MD.

Hilary Gamble (Simeone Scholarship) and Christopher Browne (Fischer Scholarship)

Gene DeCastro (Napodano Scholarship) and Omosede Ighile (Ayanian Scholarship)

Presidential AwardsThe President’s Office supports full or partial tuition payments for out-standing medical students identified by the Admissions Committee.Matthew Basciotta Solomon Bisangwa Oluwadamilola Oluyede

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Daniel Jay GoldsteinKasandra L. Scales

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Nyssa AdackaparaCharles D. HannumJessica Sassani

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Nkechi ChukeSean P. HaleyLishan J. Jackson

Reunion 2011

Lori Murphy, James Norton, MD ’46, and Katie Egner

Barbara Wanamaker chats with Michael Cummings.


Patricia J. Numann, MD ’65, FACS, the Lloyd S. Rogers Professor of Surgery Emeritus, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, added president of the American College of Surgeons to a long list of career accomplishments when she was installed as the 92nd president of the organization on October 23

during the opening of its Clinical Congress in San Francisco.

“We all became physicians—not only because of our interest in science—but also because of our commitment to humanity,” Dr. Numann told the College’s 1,591 Initiates during the Convocation ceremony. “Each of us is a steward of our profession by the example we set in our personal and professional behavior. In this time of health care reform we must be ever more vigilant in protecting our patients and our profession.”

Her own professional behavior has been no less then exemplary, serving as a role model for generations of surgeons.

Numann ardently devoted her entire professional life to SUNY Upstate Medical University. After earning her medical degree in 1965, she com

pleted a combined internship in medicine and surgery and then trained as a general surgery resident. After residency, she was appointed assistant professor of surgery (197075), and then rose through the academic ranks at Upstate, serving as associate professor of surgery (197589); associate dean of the college of medicine (197884); associate dean of the college of medicine clinical affairs (198994); professor of surgery (19892007); medical director of University Hospital (19972007); and Lloyd S. Rogers Professor of Surgery (200007).

Throughout her surgical career, Numann’s clinical and scientific interests have focused on breast disease and thyroid and parathyroid disease, a commitment reflected in the 2007 establishment of the Patricia J. Numann Breast & Endocrine Surgery Center at Upstate. She received grants and served as principal investigator or coinvestigator of several studies researching various aspects of breast and endocrine disease and has also served as an author or coauthor of several chapters in surgical textbooks as well as numerous journal articles and abstracts, many of which focus on breast and parathyroid disease. She has served on the editorial boards of several prestigious medical and surgical

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journals including the Journal of the American Medi-cal Association, World Journal of Surgery, and Journal of Surgical Research.

Known as an outstanding and motivating educator, Numann received both the Distinguished Teacher Award and President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from Upstate, where the graduating medical students regularly asked her to serve as faculty marshal or to deliver the Oath of Hippocrates during commencement.

Numann became a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) in 1974 and has actively contributed to the work of the College for many years. Since 2003, she has been Director of the ACS Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum. In 2006, the ACS recognized Numann for her invaluable service contributions by naming her the recipient of its Distinguished Service Award, the College’s highest honor.

In addition to service to the ACS, Numann has been an active leader and member of several national surgical and medical organizations. She was the first woman to serve as chair of the esteemed American Board of Surgery (19942002) and was vice president of the American Associa

tion of Endocrine Surgeons (1992). She was one of the founding members and president (198586) of the Association for Surgical Education and founded the Association for Women Surgeons in 1982, later serving as its president (198687).

The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational organization with more than 77,000 members and is the largest organization of surgeons in the world. “The election of Pat Numann as president is among the highest honors any academic surgeon can receive,” says Robert Cooney, MD, chair of the Upstate Department of Surgery. “All of us are proud of Pat’s many professional accomplishments and honored to have her as an alumnus of our medical school and surgical residency program.”

The trailblazing female surgeon becomes president of the American College of Surgeons.

“All of us are proud of Pat’s many professional accomplishments and honored to have her as an alumnus of our medical school and surgical residency program.”

—ROBERT COONEY, MD, CHAIR OF THE UPSTATE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY


Health care delivery is a competitive business, particularly in an era of shortened inpatient hospital stays and shifting reimbursement. But in Syracuse, decisions made

on economic practicalities have resulted in a health care system that provides high quality care to a broad geographic region and also is a driving element of the economy.

After more than a year of intense planning, Upstate Medical University acquired Community General Hospital on July 7, 2011, expanding Upstate’s patient care and teaching across the city.

“This is a momentous day for Central New York, and especially for patients and the future of healthcare in our region,” said David R. Smith, MD, president of Upstate Medical University. “As we unite with Community General Hospital, we build a larger foundation to serve the community and the state, by providing outstanding care, educating the healthcare professionals of tomorrow, strengthening our research and fueling sustainable economic growth. Our commitment to this region cannot be overstated.”

The acquisition is widely viewed as a winwin for both institutions. University Hospital had long operated at capacity

and needed more beds while Community General faced closure or bankruptcy because of declining patient volume and financial losses. The institutions will operate as one hospital with two campuses, making Upstate, long Syracuse’s thirdlargest hospital, the biggest with 715 licensed beds.

“Upstate and Community are now one hospital, with one workforce and one medical staff serving the Central New York community on two campuses,” said John McCabe, MD ’79, chief executive officer at University Hospital, who led the yearlong discussions between Upstate and Community. McCabe says the acquisition unites Community General and Upstate in the common mission

of providing quality care to patients all across the region. “We have ushered in a new era of medical care in Central New York that will enhance access to care and provide patients with a broader range of medical services,” he says.

Both campuses now function under Upstate’s operating certificate. Community General Hospital was renamed Upstate University Hospital at Community General.

“We wanted to respect the significant history and tradition of Community as well as respect the physicians who send their patients to Community,” McCabe said. “Upstate University Hospital at Community General signifies a new direction, but pays homage to this vital healthcare institution that has served the western suburbs.”

Under the acquisition plan, Upstate has acquired nearly all of CGH’s assets and property as well as assumed a percentage of CGH’s debt.

The acquisition saves approximately 900 healthcare jobs in Central New York and provides needed space for Upstate to continue to grow its operations.

McCabe says Upstate has plans to renovate and refurbish parts of the facility to make way for additional services that will complement University Hospital’s downtown location, while addressing patient needs on the west side of Syra

ROOMGROWTO Upstate Medical University’s acquisition of

Community General Hospital expands Upstate’s patient care and teaching across the city while preserving more than 900 jobs.

“WE KNOW THIS HAS BEEN THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN THIS TOWN FOR YEARS. MANY HOSPITALS, OUR OWN INCLUDED, HAVE TRIED TO CONSOLIDATE IN OTHER WAYS. WE’VE FINALLY SUCCEEDED.”

—TOM QUINN


cuse. A pediatric urgent care center and additional beds for many indemand adult services are among the options Upstate will explore for the westcampus location. Additionally, the west campus provides Upstate Medical University’s academic programs with a community hospitalbased setting to implement an array of medical education programs.

Upstate’s procurement of Community General brings to a close more than a decade of merger talks between various Syracuse hospitals. While there had long been speculation about a merger between University and Crouse Hospitals, more recently, Crouse and Community General had been in negotiation to merge. “When that unraveled we stepped in and changed the course of the discussion,” says McCabe.

Former Community General Hospital President Tom Quinn praised the acqui

sition and says Community was fortunate to partner with Upstate.

“Upstate is an excellent organization, and it is wellpositioned for upcoming changes in health care,” he says. “The Upstate leadership team deserves much credit for their forward thinking and foresight. They deserve a lot of credit for the standup way they worked with Community General’s board, medical staff, employees, and volunteers throughout the process of due diligence and affiliation planning. Within Upstate’s healthcare system, Community General is better poised to meet future challenges and opportunities.”

Quinn, now senior vice president of Upstate University Hospital, calls seeing the acquisition through “the capstone of a career. We know this has been the right thing to do in this town for years. Many hospitals, our own included, have tried to

consolidate in other ways. We’ve finally succeeded,” he says.

Meredith Price, former director of operations for Upstate’s College of Medicine who played a key role in the transition efforts, is Upstate’s new chief administrative officer at the Community General campus.

“The July acquisition has yielded a number of opportunities for both Upstate University Hospital campuses,” says Price. “The expansion of existing services and development of new clinical programs bring tremendous benefit to the community, with prospects for additional growth on the horizon. This is truly an exciting time for Upstate, and the Community General campus is the avenue by which many goals are becoming within its reach.”

New services Upstate is introducing at Community General include an after-hours urgent care center for children and an epilepsy monitoring unit.


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Dan Alexander, MD, Dave Cywinski, MD ’00, and Tony Glosek during their summer 2011 bike trip.


Physicians don’t typically come out of the workingclass Buffalo neighborhood of Babcock. Decades ago, it was home to several large factories, including Buffalo China. Most residents have bluecollar jobs, in this tough, poor section of town, where it wasn’t unusual to

have your electricity or phone shut off. “Pretty much everyone in the neigh

borhood had someone in their family who was an alcoholic, a drug addict, or was on some form of public assistance,” says David Cywinski, MD ’00.

Dr. Cywinski stayed out of trouble by spending most of his free time after school and on the weekends at the local Boys & Girls Club. Amidst the poverty, it was the one place he could always find solace, a good meal, and adults that served as positive role models.

In 1986, David Cywinski, MD ’00, embarked on a bicycle trip around the country with two lifelong friends. Twenty-five years later, they completed their journey, paying forward their good fortunes in the process.BY RENÉE GEARHART LEVY

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“We were so poor on one hand but very rich in another, because we had the Boys Club,” says Cywinski.

In the summer of 1981, he and his friend Dan Alexander were 16 and looking for something to do, when they settled on a bike trip to Colorado, where Cywinski had lived when he was younger. “I don’t know what our parents were thinking, but they basically said, “Just be back in time for school,” he recalls.

With $50 a piece in their pockets, the duo set off by themselves for Denver, riding approximately 100 miles a day and sleeping alternately in a tent, churches, Boys Clubs, and jail cells. “Wherever we could find a place to stop, we slept.” Cywinski says.

It was a trip that would change both their lives. “Dave and I were two poor kids without much, but when we did that trip—riding 100 miles a day in the blistering heat through Kansas—and we got to Colorado, we realized we could do anything we wanted in life,” says Alexander.

Cywinski caught a train home and Alexander a bus, keeping their promise to make it back in time for their junior year of high school to begin.

That trip was the catalyst for the duo to take on an even longer trip five years later when they were 21. At the time, Cywinski was an EMT and a junior at Buffalo State College. Alexander was a Buffalo firefighter. They wanted to give back to the organization that had taught them life skills they didn’t learn at home when they decided to bike the perimeter of the United States—8,141 miles—in 100 days to raise money for the Boys & Girls Club. This time they weren’t alone. Joining them was Tony Glosek, a 16yearold, who like them, had grown up in the Babcock Boys & Girls Club, and the club’s executive director, Bob Kurtz. In May 1986, they set off, accompanied by an RV driven by another childhood friend.

I T WAS GRUELING, both physically and mentally. “Physically, it was demanding. Mentally, it was really, really tough,” Cywinski says. “The first five days was a nightmare,” echoes

Glosek.Halfway through the trip, Bob Kurtz flew home

to join his wife, who’d just had a baby, and to focus on fundraising for the trip.

Then tragedy struck at the 5,700mile mark in Seguin, Texas, when Cywinski and Glosek were hit by a pickup truck whose driver fell asleep at the wheel.

“Tony and I would often draft behind the RV,” Cywinski recalls. “Dan didn’t like doing that so he was about a mile behind us.”

“Dave and I were two poor kids without much, but when we did that trip—riding 100 miles a day in the blistering heat through Kansas—and we got to Colorado, we realized we could do anything we wanted in life.” —DAN ALEXANDER, MD

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Cywinski heard the squeal of breaks and turned around just in time to see Glosek get run over. The truck continued into Cywinski, propelling him against the rear of the RV, where he became pinned between the RV and its rearmounted spare tire. Emergency personnel had to peel off both the mangled truck and the spare tire to get to him.

Cywinski got off easy with only a broken tibia and some nerve damage in his left foot. Glosek was far worse off, with compound fractures of his legs,

a broken back, and jaw. Ultimately, he endured several surgeries and a yearandahalf of rehabilitation to learn to walk again.

Although the trip was over for three of the riders, Alexander continued the final 2,500 miles on his own. “It was important for me to finish, both for myself, for the Boys & Girls Club, and for Dave and Tony,” says Alexander.

T RUE TO HIS BLUE-COLLAR ORIGINS, Cywinski had taken a job as a welder out of high school. After setting himself on fire

more than once, he found a free course to become an EMT. A friend told him he could volunteer for the ambulance corps at Buffalo State College, but he’d have to be a student.

“I figured, what the heck, I’ll register for school,” says Cywinski.

A biology major, Cywinski had a growing interest in medicine. “I thought maybe I’d like to be a doctor, but never in a million years would that come out of someone’s mouth from my neighborhood.”

Despite his interest and desire, Cywinski was ill prepared for college. He graduated, but without the grades for medical school, he became a paramedic and firefighter, working for 14 years in Fayetteville, New York. He also taught paramedics at Upstate Medical University.

In 1993, Cywinski was looking for an opportunity to do some Christian relief work as a paramedic or EMT when he heard about an organization looking for people to teach paramedics in Bosnia. “I was thinking of doing something for two

All photos from the 1986 bike trip:

1. Cywinski, Boys Club direc-tor Bob Kurtz, and Glosek.

2. The RV they traveled with.

3. Wayne Howard (RV driver both in 1986 and 2011), Glosek, Alexander, and Cywinski at the Mexico border.

4. Alexander with former Buffalo Mayor James Griffin at the start of the trip.

5. Glosek gives a thumbs up.

6. and 7. In San Francisco at the Golden Gate Bridge.

8. Cywinski on Pacific Coast Highway 101 on the Oregon coast.

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weeks not two months, plus there was a war going on,” he says of his immediate reaction.

Then he saw a story on television about the war wounded in Bosnia and the suffering caused by lack of medical care. The report featured a little boy who had lost an eye. “I knew right then that I was going,” Cywinski says. Two weeks later he was on a plane.

His experience in Bosnia fueled the paramedic’s latent desire to become a physician. When he returned home, he enrolled in a master’s program at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry to prove he had the academic chops to make it in medical school.

“Unlike most people who apply to 1015 schools, I only applied to one. I decided that if I couldn’t get into Upstate, where I had a lot of community experience, I wasn’t going to get in anywhere,” he says.

Fortunately, that wasn’t a problem. Cywinski graduated from Upstate Medical University’s College of Medicine in 2000, then took a dual residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Rochester.

Cywinski’s odyssey is remarkable enough, but the story becomes even more amazing.

Dan Alexander, who worked himself up to the rank of lieutenant in the Buffalo Fire Department, also became a doctor at the same time, earning his degree from SUNY Buffalo in 1999. He completed orthopedic training at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, specializing in orthopedic surgery.

Cywinski was a fellow in pediatric critical care when his first child was born. “The one thing I’ve always wanted more than anything was to be a dad and I was never home,” he says. “I knew I needed to make a career shift.”

Today, the two are partners at the Finger Lakes Bone and Joint Center in Geneva, NY. Alexander specializes in general orthopedic surgery while Cywinski practices nonsurgical orthopedic medicine, managing patients with ailments such as back pain, arthritis, gout, osteoporosis, and sports injuries.

“I’m working with my best friend from childhood and I’m home every night with my family. It’s worked out phenomenally,” he says.

W HILE CYWINSKI AND ALEXANDER escaped the tentacles of Babcock, Glosek wasn’t so lucky. A talented

baseball player, the accident ended his athletic career. Like many in the neighborhood, he succumbed to drugs and alcohol. The deaths of his brother, Mike, and of Bob Kurtz, his fatherfigure from the Boys Club, sent him into a tailspin that continued for years.

Nearly two years ago, Cywinski and Alexander got word that Glosek was in desperate shape.

“We put in an enormous number of miles before the trip, much more so than with the initial trip. At 21 and 16 we had the hubris of youth on our side. Not so much at 47.”

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Alexander went to Buffalo and brought him back to Canandaigua, where he and Cywinski both live with their families.

“He weighed 250 pounds and was in horrific shape,” Cywinski says.

With Cywinski and Alexander’s support, Glosek began rehabbing his life, physically, mentally, and spiritually. He worked in the billing department of their office, lost 80 pounds, and got into the best physical shape of his life.

He was working out in Alexander’s pool when the idea first hit. “I jumped out and said, you know, next summer marks 25 years. Let’s finish the trip,” Glosek recalls.

Initially, Cywinski was reluctant. “I had no burning desire to finish the trip,” he says. “I’ve got a lovely wife, and two adorable girls and I just didn’t want to be away that long.”

But once the concept was hatched to try and raise money, Cywinski got excited.

The ambitious goal was to raise $2.5 million to build a new community center and athletic field in their old neighborhood, as well as donate to the Boys & Girls Club of Geneva. The Finger Lakes Bone and Joint Center donated $250,000 to jump start the effort.

They bought spinning bikes and began training, moving their cycling outdoors once the weather permitted. “We put in an enormous number of miles before the trip, much more so than with the initial trip,” says Cywinski. “At 21 and 16 we had the hubris of youth on our side. Not so much at 47.”

That was the genesis of last summer’s Bike Trip for Kids. On the 25th anniversary of their original

trip, the three men set out to finish the final 2,500 miles of their original journey from where the accident happened in Segiun, Texas, back to Buffalo, New York.

Appropriately, they began the trip at the Guadalupe Regional Medical Center, where Glosek and Cywinski were treated in 1986. They rode an average of 115 miles a day for 23 days, with an additional two days off, making their way through

Cywinski with the mascot of the Greensboro Grasshoppers in North Carolina.

All photos from the 2011 trip.

1. A press conference announcing the trip.

2. Alexander, Cywinski, and Glosek give a radio interview in Geneva, NY.

3. Cywinski in Times Square.

4. Leaving Guadalupe Medical Center at the start of the trip.

5. Nearly back to Buffalo: Alexander, his son Josh, Glosek and Cywinski.

6. The trio in front of the White House.

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Texas, across the South, and up through Pennsylvania and New York, ending up in Buffalo on August 22, the same exact day they were scheduled to finish 25 years earlier.

The two days off were not for rest but for Alexander and Cywinski to fly home and see patients. “We’re the only two physicians in a practice and took off 25 days. We flew home on two Sunday nights, spent all Monday working and then flew back to where we’d stopped on Tuesday morning,” he explains.

Because of the intense training, or perhaps because this time around they were sleeping in hotels, Cywinski says the trip was much easier than anticipated.

And in addition to the successful journey, he was able to check an item off his personal bucket list when he rode his bike through midtown Manhattan at rush hour. “I used to see bike messengers whiz by and think that looked like fun and I finally got my chance to do it myself,” he says.

NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN BABCOCK since Cywinski, Alexander, and Glosek grew up there. It’s not a neighborhood where

progress and good things typically come calling.That is until the new Seneca Babcock Commu

nity Center and athletic field opens for use, hopefully by 2013. That’s ultimately what the bike trip was about.

“It’s really about paying forward the things that were given to us as kids,” says Cywinski, who is still actively fundraising for the project.

“I’d love to hear a story 25 years from now that two of these kids who grow up to become physicians or lawyers or engineers because of the benefits they received at this center.”

For more information about Cywinski’s trip and fundraising effort, visit www.biketripforkids.com

Glosek, Alexander, and Cywinski in Times Square.

http://www.biketripforkids.com


Legacy SocietyPeter J. Adasek, MD ’65Stanley A. August, MD ’69Q

Leo S. Bell, MD ’38Q

Mat G. Boname, MD ’26Q

Arline I. BournerQ

KathrynQ and George J. Buchholtz, MD ’52Q

Bernard J. Burke, MD ’43Q

RuthQ and Leonard D. Carpenter, MD ’33Q

Edwin T. Dailey, MD ’68Q

Frederick Dushay, MD ’57Walter F. Erston, MD ’70Edwin J. Foley, MD ’31Q

Robert H. Gara, MD ’56Q

MarthaQ and Samuel Gersten, MD ’39Q

Amy and Leon I. Gilner, MD ’74Catherine and P. William Haake, MD ’65Emma M. Kent, MD ’35Q

Stanley D. Leslie, MD ’51Q

Geraldine G. Lynn, MD ’40Q

William G. McKechnie, MD ’54Q

Sydney L. McLouth, MD ’40Q

Roy S. Moore, Jr, MD ’45Q

Cheryl Morrow Brunacci, MD ’97Lloyd S. Rogers, MDQ

RoseQ and Jules R. Setnor, MD ’35K. Bruce Simmons, MD ’79Margery W. Smith, MD ’50Julius Stoll, Jr, MD 12/’43Q

William Wickman, MD ’36Q

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Leadership GiftsWEISKOTTEN SOCIETY$25,000 and aboveMr. and Mrs. Guy NumannFrank E. Young, MD ’56

ELIZABETH BLACKWELL SOCIETY $10,000-$24,999 Barbara Carter-Moore, MD ’50 William G. McKechnie, MD ’54Q Mons Concepit Foundation Department of Pharmacology Mark H. Sanders, MD ’74 Paula Trief, PhD Joseph P. Whalen, MD ’59

JACOBSEN SOCIETY $5,000-$9,999 Martin M. Black, MD ’51 Robert A. Dracker, MD ’82 Bruce M. Leslie, MD ’78 Marcia Mathews Peggy and Adolph Morlang,

MD ’66 Patricia J. Numann, MD ’65 Onondaga County Medical

Society, Inc. Peter D. Swift, MD ’77 Suzy and Herbert M.

Weinman, MD ’65

PLATINUM SOCIETY $2,500-$4,999 Michael L. Black, MD ’83 Robert M. Black, MD ’84 Joseph P. Dervay, MD ’84 Brian J. Gaffney, MD ’72 Amir Garakani, MD ’02 Sadri Garakani Lawrence F. Geuss, MD ’71 E. Robert Heitzman, MD ’51 Ellen Cook Jacobsen, MD ’50 Jonas T. Johnson, MD ’72 Amy L. Ladd, MD ’84 Priscilla R. Leslie Mr. and Mrs. Hank O’Neill Betty Reiss, MD ’68 Jacob Reiss, MD ’68 Charles J. Ryan, III, MD ’82 Patrick Ryan, MD Susan Stearns, PhD Joseph R. Tobin, MD ’83 Brian P. Wicks, MD ’84

GOLD SOCIETY $1,000-$2,499 David H. Adamkin, MD ’74 Barrie Anderson, MD ’67 Tammy L. Anthony, MD ’86 Frederick Arredondo, MD ’78 Joseph P. Augustine, MD ’85

Bank of America Cynthia A. Battaglia, MD ’79 Joseph G. Battaglia, MD ’79 Douglas Bennett, MD ’92 Jane S. Bennett, MD ’92 N. Barry Berg, PhD Melvyn D. Bert, MD ’67 John E. Bloom, MD ’55 Wesley H. Bradley, MD ’46 Malcolm D. Brand, MD ’94 Arlene Brandwein, MD ’68 Elliot Brandwein, MD ’67 Stephen D. Brenner, MD ’70 Schiele A. Brewer, MD ’61 Jerry Brown, MD ’74 Erick C. Bulawa, MD ’88 Linda Burrell, MD ’84 William Canovatchel, MD ’85 Robert L. Carhart, Jr, MD ’90 Khyzar Chaudhry, MD ’06 Emanuel Cirenza, MD ’84 Lynn M. Cleary, MD Steven B. Cohen, MD ’84 Mary E. Collins, MD ’44 Robert N. Cooney, MD Kevin M. Coughlin, MD ’83 James J. Cummings, MD ’82 Hugh D. Curtin, MD ’72 Dennis D. Daly, MD ’83 Sidney T. Dana, MD ’58 Colleen M. Dargie, MD ’86 William V. Delaney, MD ’56 Surinder S. Devgun, MD ’96 Lewis Dubroff, MD David B. Duggan, MD ’79 Srinivas Dukkipati, MD ’98 Alan Ehrlich, MD ’72 Daniel W. Esper, MD ’86 Excellus, BlueCross

BlueShield Fenimore Asset

Management, Inc. Thomas M. Flanagan, MD ’45 Philip A. Fraterrigo, MD ’94 Jill Freedman, MD ’90 Barry Freeman, MD ’70 Hugh S. Fulmer, MD ’51 Richard and Elaine Gergelis Elaine K. Goldstone, MD ’56 Geoffrey M. Graeber, MD ’71 Janet E. Graeber, MD ’72 Mary Ellen Greco, MD ’91 Edward C. Gross, MD ’80 David B. Grossberg, MD ’81 Kenneth M. Grundfast, MD ’69 Andrew W. Gurman, MD ’80 Douglas W. Halliday, MD ’79 Allan E. Hallquist, MD ’80 William M. Harmand, MD ’73 Arlene S. Harris

Steven Hassig, MD ’85 Health Professions Alumni

Association Edward F. Higgins, Jr, MD ’78 Timothy S. Huang, MD ’95 Mark D. Iannettoni, MD ’85 John J. Imbesi, MD ’99 Johnson & Johnson Family of

Companies Ann Kasten-Aker, MD ’79 Mark H. Katz, MD ’75 Donald W. King, MD ’49 Gerald A. King, MD ’65 Paul J. Kronenberg, MD ’69 Michael A. Kwiat, MD ’87 Christina LaBella, MD ’91 John LaBella, MD ’91 John A. Larry, MD ’89 Margaret A. Leary, MD ’94 Claudia Leslie and

Louis Lipschutz Barbara A. Levey, MD ’61 Robert A. Levine, MD ’66 David A. Lynch, MD ’75 Daniel E. Mack, MD ’46 Alphonse A. Maffeo, MD ’72 C. David Markle, MD ’64 Joseph Marsicano, MD ’90 Timothy McCanty, MD ’85 Andrew C. McIvor, MD Stanley P. Meltzer, MD ’61 Patricia Merritt, MD ’91 Donald S. Miller, MD ’88 Lisa Minsky-Primus, MD ’00 Bradford K. Mitchell, MD Gregory F. Montgomery,

MD ’78 Mordred Realty Corp Geoffrey G. Morris, MD ’86 Lori J. Mosca, MD ’84 Ralph Mosca, MD ’85 Maxwell M. Mozell, PhD Douglas G. Mufuka, MD ’73 Henry P. Nagelberg, MD ’86 National Analysts, Inc. David Nelson, MD ’90 James J. Norton, MD ’46 Nursing Alumni Association Nancy A. Nussmeier, MD Michael J. Parker, MD ’82 Jack Peretz, MD ’57 Paul E. Perkowski, MD ’96 Beverly Khnie Philip, MD ’73 James H. Philip, MD ’73 Norman L. Pollock, MD ’61 Patricia Randall, MD Kirk P. Rankine, MD ’98 Veronica Ravnikar, MD ’75Q William G. Reeves, MD ’78 Michael A. Riccione, MD ’85

Monroe Richman, MD ’55 Harold Richter, MD ’82 Jane Robinson Lewis Robinson, MD ’73 Anne H. Rowley, MD ’82 Stephen M. Rowley, MD ’82 Irwin Savodnik, MD ’72 Louise Judith Schwartz Susan Schwartz McDonald,

PhD Lloyd I. Sederer, MD ’70 Robert J. Segal, MD ’75 Lawrence Seidenstein, MD ’70 Leonard Sicilian, MD ’75 Russell Silverman, MD ’78 Robert L. Slavens, MD Zella M. Small, MD ’77Q William Snearly, MD ’86 Philip J. Speller, MD ’55 Ronald H. Spiro, MD ’55 Ralph L. Stevens, MD ’81 Keith Stube, MD ’88 Gregory A. Threatte, MD ’73 George P. Tilley, MD Barbara C. Tommasulo,

MD ’86 Raymond C. Traver, Jr, MD ’68 Christopher G. Ullrich, MD ’76 Elizabeth Velz Joseph D. Verdirame, MD ’75 Hayes H. Wanamaker, MD ’85 John R. Wanamaker, MD ’87 Maurice J. Whalen, MD ’76 Bradley A. Woodruff, MD ’80 Jack E. Yoffa, MD ’69 Jason T. Zelenka, MD ’96 Phuong A. Zelenka, MD ’96 Richard G. Zogby, MD ’84




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1933Total Giving $100

Percentage of Giving 100%

$100-$499Abel Kenin♦



$1-$99Shirley J. CorneyQ



$100-$499Alson F. Pierce♦

Frederick N. Roberts♦

DECEMBER1943Total Giving $200


$100-$499Bruce E. ChamberlainQ

MARCH 1943Total Giving $600


$500-$999Miriam B. Swift♦

$100-$499Jesse T. LittletonQ♦

1944Total Giving $1,225


$1,000-$2,499Mary E. Collins♦

$100-$499Harry P. FelgerDonald C. Samson♦

$1-$99Edmund Furcinito♦



$1,000-$2,499Thomas M. Flanagan♦

$100-$499Brinton T. DarlingtonGeorge R. Gillmore



$1,000-$2,499Wesley H. BradleyDaniel E. MackJames J. Norton

$500-$999Theodore Bacharach

$100-$499Curtis C. Fuller♦

Frank J. Kroboth♦

Robert C. Lockwood♦

Anthony J. Oropallo♦

George A. RobertsS. William Ross

$1-$99Lyman L. Hale, Jr



$100-$499Carl I. Austin♦

George P. Fulmer♦

Lynne T. Greene♦

George C. HeitzmanMaerit B. Kallet♦

Muriel C. Silbar♦

Arthur A. VercilloWarren Winkelstein, Jr

$1-$99Richard K. DickinsonWolfram G. LocherBina E. SawyerCarlyle W. Schumacher♦

THE CLASS OF 1946 RECEIVED THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF GIVING AWARD, accepted by James Norton, MD ’46.


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$100-$499William LevyHenry J. Romano♦

$1-$99Thomas N. Gigantelli



$1,000-$2,499Donald W. King♦

$100-$499Donald R. BeckerQ

Stuart K. Cohan♦

Leona C. Laskin♦

Robert Meyer♦

Shirley M. Stone CohlanMargaret S. Vercillo

$1-$99Frank A. Bersani, Sr♦

Bernard R. Lustick♦

Charles B. MarshallRobert W. Rakov♦

Thomas E. Snyder♦



$10,000-$24,999Barbara Carter-Moore♦

$2,500-$4,999Ellen Cook Jacobsen♦

$100-$499Karl M. Easton♦

John W. Esper♦

Margery W. Smith♦♣

Arthur G. Smith♦

Charles B. Teal♦



$5,000-$9,999Martin M. Black♦

$2,500-$4,999E. Robert Heitzman♦

$1,000-$2,499Hugh S. Fulmer♦

$100-$499Edward Dunn♦

Helen R. Early

$1-$99Frances P. FiorilloAlice J. Turek



$100-$499Anonymous♦

Joseph G. ChanatryNorman R. LoomisRonald A. Miller♦

Frank J. Staub♦

$1-$99Norma B. Granville♦



$500-$999Sheldon J. Horowitch♦

$100-$499Donald S. AbelsonDonald L. Brooks, JrMurray L. Cohen♦

James B. Hanshaw♦

Irving A. Rothe♦

Frederic F. Taylor♦

Roy P. Walchenbach

$1-$99Robert T. BuranJohn S. Forrest♦

J. Robert HuszarJames E. Lewis♦

Stuart S. PinesJohn L. RuryPaul P. Stobnicke



$10,000-$24,999William G. McKechnieQ♣

$500-$999Philip L. Ferro♦

David C. GreenRobert H. Zimmer

$100-$499Salvatore J. DalberthWilliam H. Hampton, Jr♦

Frank G. HesseDonald W. Hillman♦

Carl W. Janovsky♦

Albert F. ManganJesse H. Marymont, JrBertram S. Mersereau♦

Arnold M. MosesWilliam M. NicholasMallory StephensThomas A. Treanor♦

$1-$99Keith R. DahlbergMarvin H. Gellen♦

William L. Hinds♦

Harold L. KaplanBradley T. PinkernellRobert E. SostheimWilliam I. Staples♦

Gerald E. Weinstein♦



$1,000-$2,499John E. Bloom♦

Monroe Richman♦

Philip J. Speller♦

Ronald H. Spiro

$500-$999Eleanor M. Luce♦

C. Brent B. OlmsteadRichard J. Rice

$100-$499Richard W. BarrFernando C. CoccaIrving H. GoldmanWilliam H. Hartmann♦

Eugene R. Jacobs♦

Aram JigarjianDeMaris B. MatteoRichard S. MatteoBernard PortnoyRobert G. SpiroRichard A. SullivanEdward P. Wandersee♦

R. Douglas Wayman♦

$1-$99Robert E. AustinRobert H. DrachmanHoward E. Fink, Jr



$25,000 and aboveFrank E. Young♦

$1,000-$2,499William V. DelaneyElaine K. Goldstone

$500-$999Bertram G. Kwasman♦

Irwin M. Weiner♦

$100-$499C. William AungstSheldon H. BarnesJerome H. Blumen♦

Stanley D. Chovnick♦

Willard Cohen♦

Michael L. Del MonicoJohn G. EgnerHenry M. Eisenberg♦

David M. Essom♦

Donald M. Ettelson♦

Albert Frankel♦

James P. Giangobbe♦

Joseph GoldMarshall A. GreeneGordon E. Hill♦

Arvin J. KleinDouglas S. LangdonJohn W. Lawrow♦

Robert D. LindemanDonald N. MantleRobert Penner♦

Lawrence H. PortDonald E. RobinsJudah Roher♦

I. Michael SamloffJohn C. SanbornWesley P. SauterIra H. ScheinermanArthur I. Segaul♦

James L. SterlingArthur M. Stockman♦

Harvey I. Wolfe♦

$1-$99Frank E. Coughlin, JrJames J. La Vine♦



$1,000-$2,499Jack Peretz♦

$500-$999Paul L. Maglione

$100-$499Melvin E. CohenArnold H. Derwin♦

Frederick Dushay♦♣

Arthur J. FlorackFrancis J. FroehlichEugene A. KaplanBertram G. KatzungMarvin A. Leder♦

David B. LevineRonald A. Nackman♦

Jerome B. Shapiro♦

Edmund J. TrepaczQ

Walter L. WayQ

$1-$99Gene L. Cary♦

Bernard L. MeyersMurray V. OsofskyBertram Warren♦



$1,000-$2,499Sidney T. Dana

$500-$999Newton B. Chin

$100-$499Jon BjornsonKarl G. Fossum♦

Allen S. GoldmanGeorge B. JacobsDavid S. PearlmanL. Robert Rubin♦

Richard SchoenfeldHoward L. Weinberger♦

Stuart L. YunisSeymour Zimbler

$1-$99Benjamin H. Button♦

Dennis R. Derby♦

Paul M. FineJohn F. GormanMartin L. NusynowitzHoward J. OsofskyGeorge E. Randall♦

Donald H. Wilsey

Class of 1955 Scholarship Gifts

John E. Bloom, MD ’55Eugene R. Jacobs, MD ’55Eleanor M. Luce, MD ’55C. Brent B. Olmstead, MD ’55Bernard Portnoy, MD ’55Monroe Richman, MD ’55Philip J. Speller, MD ’55Ronald H. Spiro, MD ’55





$10,000-$24,999Joseph P. Whalen

$500-$999Angeline R. MastriStanley Zinberg

$100-$499Martin BerkowitzSamuel J. BraunSheldon P. Braverman♦

Philip J. BurkeFrank T. CiceroA. Byron CollinsHenry K. HasserjianSamuel Hellman♦

Sheldon Kapen♦

Richard J. Lubera♦

Myron Miller♦

Allen C. MinserBarry P. Pariser♦

Andrew C. Sabey♦

David A. Scheer♦

Carl E. Silver♦

$1-$99Gerald E. Epstein♦

John A. GarnishByron B. HamiltonGaro H. Taft



$500-$999Carmen C. Calescibetta

$100-$499Robert E. Alessi♦

Mary G. Ampola♦

Julian M. AroestyAngelo R. Brigandi♦

Lynn J. DeFreestDaniel L. Dombroski♦

Robert K. FreebernHarvey R. Gold♦

Mark Greenspan♦

Harold J. HubisEugene J. KarandyWilliam B. Kremer♦

Michael R. Miller


THE CLASS OF 1956 RECEIVED THE LARGEST REUNION CLASS GIFT AWARD, accepted by John Egner, MD, Lawrence Port, MD, Frank Young, MD, Henry Eisenberg, MD, and Barbara Wanamaker.




James P. Moore♦

Roger D. Moore♦

Frank Paoletti♦

Ralph Reichert♦

Samuel O. Thier♦

Allen H. Unger♦

Lewis Wexler♦

Philip A. Wolf

$1-$99Robert A. Bornhurst♦

Leonard R. Friedman♦

Jerome GlazerHoward I. Levine♦

Leonard LevyRichard P. MalsanRonald A. NaumannJames W. M. Owens♦

Conrad L. Pickett♦

Robert R. Siroty♦



$1,000-$2,499Schiele A. Brewer♦

Barbara A. Levey♦

Stanley P. Meltzer♦

Norman L. Pollock

$500-$999A. Stephen CasimirNorman S. CoplonCarlo R. deRosa

$100-$499Roger AjluniJacob L. CohenJohn B. GilleranPeter Greenwald♦

Robert C. KellyRussell F. KnopeRichard A. KonysAbraham S. LakshinHoward R. NankinBarton PakullRobert I. Raichelson♦

Bennett L. Rosner♦

Alfred SteinschneiderWilliam TedescoNelson P. TorreDonald I. WoolfolkMatthew Zucker

$1-$99Edwin H. DombrowskiCharles H. ReinersArthur Sternberg♦



$500-$999Bedros Markarian

$100-$499David J. Albert♦

Steven A. ArtzMorris AschRichard H. Bennett♦

Steven N. BerneyReynold S. Golden♦

Joseph E. GolonkaKirtland E. HoblerPeter A. KlemMartin Lerner♦

William J. Mesibov♦

Karl Newton

Walter J. Okunski♦

Albert J. OlszowkaYounger L. Power♦

Burton A. Scherl♦

Stuart J. Schwartz♦

Richard K. ShadduckJack Wittenberg♦

$1-$99Howard B. Demb♦

Robert E. Long♦



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

$100-$499Paul E. Berman♦

Richard H. ConantPhilip M. GaynesIrwin P. Goldstein♦

I. Bruce Gordon♦

Ronald A. Housman♦

Robert M. KleinJames R. Moyes♦

Janice S. OlszowkaDavid F. PearceRichard F. SeidnerRaymond W. ShampKenneth T. SteadmanDavid G. StorrsEdward D. Sugarman♦

Richard J. Wells

$1-$99Bernard W. Asher♦

Arnold R. CohenHoward A. FabryMalcolm E. LevineCarl Salzman



$1,000-$2,499C. David Markle♦

$500-$999Robert F. AgnewLester E. Austin♦

Edward BurakFrederick R. Davey♦

Daniel J. MarrinJack C. Schoenholtz♦

Ralph D. Zehr

$100-$499AnonymousJay G. Barnett♦

Kenneth J. BartFrank J. BrunsDonald W. CurtisJohn P. FitzgibbonsSeymour GruffermanNathan M. Hameroff♦

Carl A. Hammerschlag♦

Daniel L. HarrisElizabeth HattonJames C. HofmannLouis S. JagermanLewis W. Johnson♦

Mark D. Kiviat♦

David S. LedermanMurray J. MillerGene R. Moss




Lawrence W. MyersAlan J. Noble♦

Stephen Z. SchilderRobert J. SnoweA. A. TripodiAnthony E. VoytovichRichard J. Werner♦

$1-$99Stanley L. AltschulerRonald G. Harper♦

Phineas J. Hyams♦

David W. Watson♦

Milton A. Weiner♦



$5,000-$9,999Patricia J. Numann♦

Herbert M. Weinman♦

$1,000-$2,499Gerald A. King♦

$500-$999Peter J. Adasek♦♣

P. William Haake♦♣

$100-$499Bruce E. Baker♦

Alan L. BreedJack Egnatinsky♦

Herbert Fellerman♦

David B. GellesJohn P. HemmerleinPaul J. Honig♦

Dirk E. Huttenbach♦

Donald L. Jeck♦

Bruce M. MarmorRobert G. Noble♦

Terrence M. O’NeillRonald A. Rohe♦

Thomas G. Rumney♦

Philip S. Schein♦

James R. Tobin♦

Kari J. VitikainenDaniel H. WhiteleySusan R. Young

$1-$99Daniel K. Creighton♦

Robert A. NoverNicholas M. Ricciardi



$5,000-$9,999Adolph Morlang♦

$1,000-$2,499Robert A. Levine

$500-$999Norman L. Fienman♦

Elizabeth R. McAnarney♦

$100-$499AnonymousAnonymousNathan BilligHarry I. BrownCharles E. CladelAlvin CohenMalcolm D. DavidsonNorman DishotskyNeal M. Friedberg♦

Martin S. Goldstein♦

Ronald A. HenriksonA. Michael Kaplan♦

Ernest KovacsMichael S. Levine♦

George H. NewmanBonnie M. Norton♦

Stuart N. NovackAustin M. PattnerJohn W. PetrozziAlan F. PritchardIrwin Schlossberg♦

John A. SoumaGerald SufrinStephen A. Wilson♦

Frank G. Yanowitz

$1-$99Richard R. JamisonLawrence Panitz



$1,000-$2,499Barrie Anderson♦

Melvyn D. BertElliot Brandwein♦

$500-$999Martin L. CohenMichael D. Horn♦

Daniel G. McDonald♦

Harvey A. Rubenstein

$100-$499James A. Barnshaw♦

Michael A. BermanAbba E. Borowich♦

Roger A. Breslow♦

Leslie M. Burger♦

Alfred P. CoccaroCharles F. Converse♦

Paul A. DeMare♦

Warren C. Gewant♦

Sybil A. GinsburgMark A. GoodmanJay Grossman♦

Michael KozowerIra D. Levine♦

Gilbert B. Mandel♦

Norman J. MarcusDaniel C. McCabe♦

Bruce L. McClennanJohn R. MooreLouis D. NapoliMartin R. Post♦

Allan J. PressRobert M. Quencer♦

Robert S. RhodesCharles T. Sitrin♦

Aaron N. Tessler♦

Hollis A. Thomas♦

Jesse Williams♦

Elizabeth D. Woodard

$1-$99Anonymous♦

Alan M. DavickJoseph C. Martino



$2,500-$4,999Betty Reiss♦

Jacob Reiss♦

$1,000-$2,499Arlene Brandwein♦

Raymond C. Traver, Jr♦

$500-$999Bruce W. Berger♦

Cathey E. FalvoKenneth H. FalvoDavid J. Greenfield♦

Barbara J. Miller

$100-$499Karl G. BaerIra I. Berger♦




Stephen P. BlauHarvey K. BucholtzPeter F. Coccia♦

Richard J. FeinsteinS. Jerome HoltzKathryn D. Iorio♦

Allan I. KanterPhilip KaplanDavid L. Katz♦

Marvin Kolotkin♦

Robert J. KurmanWilliam W. MacDonald♦

Betty Miller♦

Wayne A. Miller♦

Douglas F. NewtonJohn O. Olsen♦

David H. Postles♦

Michael H. Ratner♦

David A. RossNicholas C. Russo♦

Charles SalingerGary P. Schwartz♦

Arthur J. SegalMichael L. Silverstein♦

Eleanor Williams♦

$1-$99Barton W. KaplanElliott Rosenworcel♦



$1,000-$2,499Kenneth M. GrundfastPaul J. KronenbergJack E. Yoffa♦

$500-$999Nicholas Bambino♦

Noah S. Finkel♦

Aart GeurtsenCharles MerkerMichael F. Noe♦

Lee F. RancierWilliam H. Roberts♦

$100-$499Donald P. Alderman♦

Allan L. BernsteinLaura L. BernsteinJoan E. Berson♦

Joann T. DaleRobert C. DaleLarry A. Danzig♦

Ruth B. DeddishDaniel J. Driscoll♦

Jane L. FalkensteinFrederic C. Fenig♦

James H. FleisherWarren L. Gilman♦

Joel GreenspanJeffrey G. KaplanRobert J. Kasper♦

Robert I. KleinIvens LefloreZan I. LewisRichard I. Markowitz♦

Martin D. Mayer♦

John T. McCarthyDouglas J. MorrowEdward M. Nathan

Michael Novogroder♦

Robert H. Osofsky♦

Stanley I. RekantMark C. RogersThomas E. RootRonald M. Rosengart♦

Gerard SelzerAndrew J. Swinburne♦

Harvey A. TaylorRobert A. WarnerJudith S. Warren

$1-$99Robert V. Davidson♦

Richard HillelSherwood B. LeeRonald J. Saxon♦



$1,000-$2,499Stephen D. Brenner♦

Barry Freeman♦

Lloyd I. SedererLawrence Seidenstein♦

$500-$999Mary Ann AntonelliAlan S. Kliger♦

Paul L. Kupferberg♦

Steven H. LefkowitzA. Peter PaladinAndrew J. Rurka

$100-$499Paul E. Buckthal♦

Richard R. Capone♦

Robert W. DoeblerDennis A. Ehrich♦

William J. GoodmanDouglas J. Harben♦

Donald M. Haswell♦

William A. HenionBenjamin F. LevyJohn P. Marangola♦

Arthur C. Peckham♦

Bruce P. Smith♦

Joel A. Strom♦

Richard L. SullivanLawrence A. VirgilioAlan L. Williams♦

Mark L. WolraichHoward D. WulfsonNathan J. Zuckerman

$1-$99Michael V. CummingsAlan D. Drezner♦

Peter A. Freedman♦

Richard M. GritzFrida G. ParkerLinda M. Simkin♦



$2,500-$4,999Lawrence F. Geuss

$1,000-$2,499Geoffrey M. Graeber

$500-$999Robert B. Cady♦

Robert J. CirincioneSteven R. Hofstetter♦

Gary J. Levy♦

Charles L. Rouault♦

Albert Wildstein

$100-$499Philip AltusRosemary Bellino-HallDominic Cappelleri♦

Richard A. GoldmanAlben G. GoldsteinRichard J. Hausner♦

Tomas M. HeimannBruce HershfieldMichael Hertzberg♦

Jeffrey A. KleinRobert T. LiscioCharles J. MatuszakLester D. MillerDavid A. Ostfeld♦

James F. ParksDavid J. PocoskiPaul I. SchneidermanRichard M. Stratton♦

Lee P. Van VorisErnest B. Visconti♦

Edward J. Zajkowski♦

John J. Zone

$1-$99Walter C. Allan♦

Jay B. Brodsky♦

Michael EndeWilliam R. GreeneNorman F. JacobsIra D. LiptonDaniel Rutrick♦



$2,500-$4,999Brian J. Gaffney♦

Jonas T. Johnson♦

$1,000-$2,499Hugh D. Curtin♦

Alan EhrlichJanet E. GraeberAlphonse A. Maffeo♦

Irwin Savodnik

$500-$999John L. Sullivan♦

Paul F. Torrisi

$100-$499Dennis L. AllenCarol L. BenderDouglas J. Blatz♦

Joann Blessing-MooreRonald S. BogdasarianHarvey M. Cohen♦

Joseph P. DeVeaugh-Geiss

Bruce E. FredricksonL. Robert HanrahanWilliam J. Malone♦

Stephen P. Michaelson♦

Thomas I. Osborn♦

David N. OsserStephen C. RobinsonSanford P. Temes♦

Michael L. WeitzmanEva Z. Wiesner♦

Stephen J. Winters

$1-$99Richard M. ByrneJohn W. ElyRobert E. EttlingerAlan G. KenienAndrew K. Palmer♦

C. William SchwabStephen A. Silbiger






$1,000-$2,499William M. HarmandDouglas G. MufukaBeverly Khnie Philip♦

James H. Philip♦

Lewis RobinsonGregory A. Threatte♦

$500-$999Melvyn C. MinotJohn D. Nicholson♦

Marc J. Schweiger♦

$100-$499Blanche A. BorzellDavid M. Davis♦

Harold P. Dunn♦

Timothy FenlonPaul G. Fuller, Jr♦

Benjamin R. Gelber♦

Thomas L. KennedyMartha S. KincaidLars C. LarsenNorman A. LasdaEdward H. LipsonJoseph MaloneyJudith D.S. NoelLee Rosenbaum♦

Steven M. Rothman♦

Steven A. SchenkerBarry ShapiroWarren SteinbergPaul L. Sutton♦

G. Robert TaylorDaniel R. Van Engel♦

Ralph J. WynnfJohn F. Zdrojewski

$1-$99Richard F. AdamsDonald F. Clukies♦

Athanasios Mallios♦



$10,000-$24,999Mark H. Sanders♦

$1,000-$2,499David H. Adamkin♦

Jerry Brown

$500-$999Anonymous

$100-$499Jack A. Aaron♦

Jeffrey A. Abend♦

Thomas L. ApplinJoseph A. Blady

James H. Brodsky♦

Rosalind M. CaroffJanet F. CincottaStephen CooperRobert A. EdelmanWilliam B. ErshlerRonald A. FischmanAlan D. FreshmanAaron L. Friedman♦

Leon I. Gilner♦♣

David E. GorelickCharles W. Hewson♦

John M. HoranLia E. KatzNiki Kosmetatos♦

Joseph P. LiPumaTeresa J. Pagano-ParkeRobert G. ParkeJay M. RittErnest P. ScarnatiLeo J. ScarpinoPeter R. SimonMichael W. Slome♦

Stuart O. Tafeen♦

Albert I. Tydings

$1-$99Philip Schulman♦



$1,000-$2,499Mark H. KatzDavid A. Lynch♦

Veronica RavnikarQ

Robert J. SegalLeonard SicilianJoseph D. Verdirame

$500-$999John D. FeyJeffrey E. Grossman

$100-$499Gary C. BrownGlenn Champagne♦

Joseph A. CincottaJames A. Dispenza♦

Jay A. Erlebacher♦

Donald Fagelman♦

Judy S. Fuschino♦

Robert GaetjensEmile H. Galib♦

Mark D. Goldman♦

Bruce GreensteinNeil K. HallJoseph W. HelakLouis KormanDennis M. MahoneyGlen MoganDavid J. Novelli♦

Samuel N. PearlRobert S. Pyatt, Jr♦

Gretchen H. RookerAnthony J. Scalzo

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

Naji N. Abumrad, MDPhilip Altus, MD ’71Phoebe W. AmosDr. Susan B. and S. Jeffrey BastableRosemary Bellino-Hall, MD ’71Kathleen BigelowMarie J. Blackman, MDMary Blome, MD ’80Laurence and Lauri BousquetJulie and Robert Brandon, MD ’87James H. Brodsky, MD ’74Alan Buschman, MD ’82Marisa and Sergio Casillas-Romero, MDJayne Charlamb, MDLarry S. Charlamb, MD ’88 Robert N. Cooney, MDCaitlin M. Cusack, MD ’89Frances and William DeLuccia, MD ’85Donna F. Desmone, MD ’85Cheryl A. DeVito, MD ’83Michael A. DeVito, MD ’84A. Tyrell EckerGeorge Ellis, MDAlfred E. Falcone, MDDennis L. Feinberg, MD ’76James E. Freije, MD ’85Robert Gaetjens, MD ’75Steven P. Galasky, MD ’81Jeffrey Gelfand, MD ’92Lawrence F. Geuss, MD ’71Sybil A. Ginsburg, MD ’67Stanley J. Goldberg, MDArnold Goldman, MD ’81William J. Goodman, MD ’70Diane F. Green-El, MD ’78Gary and Bonnie Grossman, MD ’80Andrew W. Gurman, MD ’80Catherine and P. William Haake, MD ’65Charlene Li and William G. Harris, MD ’77Howard D. Harrison, MDDavid P. Haswell, MD ’84David G. Heisig, MDEdward F. Higgins, Jr, MD ’78William J. Holaday, MDTracy L. Hull, MDEllen Cook Jacobsen, MD, ’50Mark H. Katz, MD ’75Robert A. Kozol, MD ’79Kristen Kratzert, MDDrake M. Lamen, MD ’77Rebecca and Eliot J. Lazar, MD ’81Michael S. Levine, MD ’66Daniel Luthringer, MD ’86Lisa A. Manz-Dulac, MD ’87Mehdi A. Marvasti, MDAndrew C. McIvor, MDJulia A. McMillan, MD ’76Elizabeth and James L. Megna, MD ’88Stanley P. Meltzer, MD ’61Barbara J. Miller, MD ’68

Bradford K. Mitchell, MDGregory F. Montgomery, MD ’78Sakti and Jyotsna MookherjeeChristina Morganti, MD ’92John C. Morris, MD ’82Robert D. Nesbit, MDJohn D. Nicholson, MD ’73Mr. and Mrs. Guy NumannPatricia J. Numann, MD ’65Nancy A. Nussmeier, MDAgnes Palocz, MDVishnudas Panemanglore, MDCharles W. Parkins, MDPaul E. Phillips, MDDebra I. Poletto, MD ’83Elisabeth M. Post, MD ’76Rebecca K. Potter, MD ’87Suhas V. Pradhan, MDMichael D. Privitera, MD ’80Patricia Randall, MD Vicki C. Ratner, MD ’84Patrick J. Riccardi, MD ’76Deborah W. Robin, MD ’80Lewis Robinson, MD ’73Richard A. Romer, MD ’86Ronald M. Rosengart, MD ’69Claire RudolphPhilip S. Schein, MD ’65C. William Schwab, MD ’72Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. SchwartzFrank Sforza, MD ’86Eve Shapiro, MD ’76Ahmad H. Shatila, MDMichael L. Silverstein, MD ’68Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. SlavensHarold Smulyan, MDDr. and Mrs. George A. SouflerisHelene and George Starr, MDRichard M. Steinbruck, MD ’81Richard J. Steinmann, MD ’78Marc A. Subik, MD ’79John Sudkamp, MDGerald Sufrin, MD ’66Joby Swerdlow, MD ’79Mary Jean and F. Deaver Thomas, MDJoan L. Thomas, MD ’83Carol and George Tilley, MDJames R. Tobin, MD ’65Dennis and Barbara C. Tommasulo, MD ’86James Traver, MDGeorge Tremiti, MDPaula Trief, PhDJames A. Truax, MD ’75Ann and Lee P. Van Voris, MD ’71Anne and Kevin M. Walsh, MDRobert A. Warner, MD ’69Daniel H. Whiteley, MD ’65Frank G. Yanowitz, MD ’66Susan R. Young, MD ’65




Walter H. ShortJay P. SlotkinRichard SouthwellJames A. TerzianJames A. Truax♦

Jay M. WalshonAlbert L. Zens

$1-$99Jeffrey J. Boxer♦

Joseph EshagianPaul M. GrossbergIra KastenbergDavid N. Lisi♦



$1,000-$2,499Christopher G. Ullrich♦

Maurice J. Whalen

$500-$999Gerald A. Black♦

Grace D. Holmes♦

Leon MullenElisabeth M. PostThomas J. Rakowski♦

Margaret A. Sennett

$100-$499Michael R. AielloAllen D. Alt♦

Adrienne AltmanByron H. Chesbro♦

Gerald A. CohenStephen D. ConradJames F. Cornell♦

Dennis L. Feinberg♦

Stephen HellemsPaul KayeFrank J. Kroboth♦

Marc LevensonLeonard H. Madoff♦

Michael H. MasonJulia A. McMillanJanice M. NelsonLorinda J. PricePatrick J. RiccardiHoward SackelEve Shapiro

$1-$99Mary DayeMichael A. Finer♦

John F. Finkenstadt



$5,000-$9,999Peter D. Swift♦

$1,000-$2,499Zella M. SmallQ♦

$500-$999Charles C. GibbsThomas R. Holmes♦

Robert M. KellmanJohn M. Manring

$100-$499Paul F. BachmanJeffrey BermanPeter BirkJody S. BleierJohana K. BrakeleyStephen C. BrighamArunas A. BudnikasLarry ConsensteinJohn J. Cucinotta♦

Gary DunetzRobert H. Fabrey, IIHenry S. FriedmanPeter J. GencarelliWilliam G. HarrisPatrick W. KnappLester KritzerThomas J. LaClairDrake M. Lamen

William R. Latreille♦

Celeste M. MaddenCharles L. McCordMark J. Reger♦

Anthony ScardellaCarolyn A. Smith♦

Jud A. Staller♦

Donald S. Stevens♦

Neil E. Strickman♦

Cynthia S. Terry♦

Mark Zilkoski

$1-$99James S. CollinsRonald CriscitielloBarbara H. Greenbaum♦

James A. SchneidKok-Peng Yu



$5,000-$9,999Bruce M. Leslie♦

$1,000-$2,499Frederick Arredondo♦

Edward F. Higgins, Jr♦

Gregory F. MontgomeryWilliam G. Reeves♦

Russell Silverman

$500-$999Stephen L. Cash♦

Diane F. Green-El♦

Maureen E. McCanty♦

Michael J. Moeller♦

Colleen E. O’Leary♦

Michael R. O’Leary♦

Jean-Bernard Poulard

$100-$499AnonymousAnonymousDavid AuerbachJudy A. Beeler♦

Mark BelskyStephen W. Blatchly♦

Patricia L. ChapmanPatrick S. Collins♦

Robert Fulop♦

Gerald N. GoldbergJames L. GreenwaldJohn B. Grippi♦

Robert A. HirschMelanie S. KimRobert J. KitosRonald D. KlizekThomas Kristiansen♦

Michael Lustick♦

Stephen E. Presser♦

Leon RosenbergRichard J. SteinmannJames J. Vacek♦

Patricia M. WilliamsGary M. Yarkony

$1-$99A. James CiaccioRonald W. PiesNeal RzepkowskiJames A. Shaw



$1,000-$2,499Cynthia A. Battaglia♦

Joseph G. Battaglia♦

David B. Duggan♦

Douglas W. HallidayAnn Kasten-Aker♦

$500-$999Richard M. Goldberg♦

Joseph C. KonenK. Bruce Simmons♦♣

Marc A. Subik♦

James A. Trippi

$100-$499Sharon L. Abrams♦

David R. Ancona♦

Robert J. BalcomJay W. ChapmanPeter D. ChapmanJeffrey K. CohenRobert M. ConstantineJames P. Corsones♦

Edward P. DaetwylerJoan S. Dengrove♦

David H. DubeMark S. Erlebacher♦

Mary E. Fallat♦

Laurie FranklinJoseph A. GalloBruce E. Gould♦

Adrienne Greenblatt♦

Margaret A. Hellems-Stanley

Douglas K. HydeBarry F. Kanzer♦

David KasselRobert A. Kozol♦

John M. Manfred♦

John L. MarshJohn B. McCabe♦

Mark L. Moster♦

Marlene R. Moster♦

Richard A. MullerWilliam G. PatrickElizabeth A. Rocco♦

Marilyn Ryan♦

Lawrence Semel♦

Howard M. SimonJoby Swerdlow♦

$1-$99Henry AdamJoan CarrollJonathon DiamondKaren M. KaplanNeil F. Shallish♦



$1,000-$2,499Edward C. GrossAndrew W. Gurman♦

Allan E. HallquistBradley A. Woodruff♦

$500-$999Robert D. Bona♦

Brian J. ChanatryGary C. Enders♦

Stuart H. ForsterQ

Robert MitchellMichael D. PriviteraStewart J. Rodal

$100-$499Jeffrey S. Abrams♦

AnonymousCalla M. Bassett

Susan B. Stearns, PhD, Scholarship for Community Engagement

Jennifer H. AbbottUchenna C. Acholonu, Jr, MD ’03Lisa N. Anderson, MD ’98AnonymousAnonymousJacqueline R. Busingye, MD ’08Luis J. Castro, MD ’96Samantha Chau, MD ’05Barbara L. Clayton-Lutz, MD ’92Elizabeth Dawson-Hahn, MD ’09Michelle De Lemos, MD ’03James S. Demer, MD ’99Matthew R. Di Caprio, MD ’98Scott R. Ekroth, MD ’06Sarah C. Ellestad, MD ’99

Barbara FerroBarbara L. Feuerstein, MD ’84William Hahn, MD ’09Lee J. Herbst, MD ’94Ichiro Ikuta, MD ’09John J. Imbesi, MD ’99Cynthia Jones, MD ’90Rebecca L. King, MD ’03Vincent J. KussStephen R. Lauterbach, MD ’94Dario A. Lecusay, Jr, MD ’98Eugene Lee, MD ’03Christina M. Liepke, MD ’00Matthew J. Liepke, MD ’00Shani L. Lipset, MD ’97

Charles J. Lutz, MD ’93Damon J. Ng, MD ’03Patricia J. Numann, MD ’65Beth and Lyle Prairie, MD ’93Kim L. Rickert, MD ’00Elaine M. Silverman, MD ’89Howard M. Simon, MD ’79Susan Stearns, PhDJason E. Stout, MD ’96Tonimarie Torrillo, MD ’04Nancy L. Wang, MD ’91Wendy C. Wilcox, MD ’94Jennifer L. Young, MD ’04




James T. BilboMary Blome♦

Peter T. BrennanMark D. BrownellMichele A. Cook♦

Bruce C. CorserJohn F. FattiRobert T. Friedman♦

Kenneth FriedmanDavid A. GoodkinDavid Greenblatt♦

Scott R. Greenfield♦

Bonnie GrossmanRuth HartCarl HellerPatricia Herko-Romano♦

Joseph P. Imperato♦

Danna JohnsonGregory G. KenienReginald Q. KnightMarilyn KrchRobert L. LevineCharles A. MaggioJohn F. QuinnJohn E. Ritchie♦

Deborah W. RobinNeal M. Shindel♦

Stephen M. Silver♦

John H. Soffietti♦

Peter J. Stahl♦

Nicholas J. StamatoWilliam L. SternheimRobert M. VandemarkJean M. Weigert♦

Alexander E. Weingarten♦

Dale R. WheelerDavid Withers

$1-$99Jeffrey CarlbergMarybeth H. CarlbergPaul Menge♦



$1,000-$2,499David B. GrossbergRalph L. Stevens♦

$500-$999Brian P. Anderson

Sharon A. BrangmanRaymond J. CarlsonWilliam W. Faloon, JrArnold Goldman♦

Martin P. Jacobs♦

David E. KolvaEliot J. LazarMartin C. Michaels♦

Carol A. SimmonsRichard M. Steinbruck

$100-$499Paul L. Asdourian♦

Wendy L. BalopoleJody S. BlancoRonald C. Brodsky♦

Steven M. ConnollyGary D. DeanKaren E. DutkoC. M. FranklinSteven P. GalaskyAdam A. GallucciMichael R. GilelsLouis H. Gold♦

David C. GoodmanDavid G. Greenhalgh♦

Kent N. HallWilliam P. Hannan♦

THE CLASS OF 1981 RECEIVED THE GREATEST REUNION ATTENDANCE AWARD, accepted by Sharon A. Brangman, MD ’81.




Elizabeth C. HendersonLori Jalens SternheimEllen M. Kaczmarek♦

Scott A. KirkleyPaul L. KuflikVincent J. Leonti♦

Jodi M. Leopold♦

James A. LongoGerard R. MartinLouis M. Papandrea♦

Gary L. Robbins♦

Peter G. Ronan♦

Ira F. SelssStephen A. Spaulding♦

Kathleen Stoeckel♦

Barbara E. Strassberg♦

Scott A. SyverudAnthony J. Viglietta♦

Stuart W. Zarich♦

$1-$99Glen D. ChapmanJonathan B. GrenobleRachel F. HeppenJeffrey C. LongWilliam D. RyanCary W. SchneebaumJonathan R. Sporn



$5,000-$9,999Robert A. Dracker♦

$2,500-$4,999Charles J. Ryan, III♦

$1,000-$2,499James J. Cummings♦

Michael J. ParkerHarold RichterAnne H. Rowley♦

Stephen M. Rowley♦

$500-$999Thomas A. Bersani♦

Anne G. BishopKenneth R. EpsteinBrett P. GodboutAlan J. Goodman♦

Gary B. KaplanGloria KortaSusan H. LeesonAnn M. Lenane♦

Norman R. Neslin♦

Sophia SocarisWilliam S. Varade♦

$100-$499Bruce K. BarachFrederick J. Bunke♦

Alan BuschmanJoseph Cambareri♦

Charles J. Cattano♦

Thomas E. Coyle♦

Joseph J. Fata♦

David E. FayJune Chang I. FayJohn J. GiannoneMonica M. GobleJ. Scott Kortvelesy♦

Dorothy R. LennonHarris B. Leopold♦

Diane H. LubkemanCharles W. Mackett♦

Leon Martin, JrRobert McCannJohn C. Morris♦

John J. MuciaEileen M. MurphyMichael J. Murray♦

Robert B. PosterFrank Rhode♦

Joseph A. Smith♦

Shari StirlingWilliam S. SykoraJohn S. Tsakonas♦

Pamela D. Unger♦

Amy J. Yale-Loehr♦

Steven Yarinsky

$1-$99Richard V. AbdoMonica M. BeckfordRobert C. CupeloMichael P. DuffyMichael E. FosterStephen M. KinneDavid M. Novick♦

James S. Teryl



$2,500-$4,999Michael L. Black♦

Joseph R. Tobin♦

$1,000-$2,499Kevin M. Coughlin♦

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Cheryl A. DeVito♦

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$100-$499AnonymousSandra A. BebakDebra A. Brown-NorkoMichael G. BurkeChristopher A. ClyneLloyd M. Cook♦

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Ellen B. KaplanLya M. Karm♦

Alan F. LanniTerry H. Lapsker♦

Joseph P. Laukaitis♦

Robert LowingerTheodore M. MazerEllen M. Mchugh♦

Everett J. MozellMichael A. NorkoDebra I. Poletto♦

David L. RifkenPaul P. RomanelloMarc R. RosenSusan E. SchraftJenny K. Stern♦

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Sandra D. Wiederhold♦

Darryl A. Zuckerman

$1-$99Susan JensenMarcy E. Mostel♦

Scott A. RossAndrea R. Stewart



$2,500-$4,999Robert M. BlackJoseph P. DervayAmy L. LaddBrian P. Wicks♦

$1,000-$2,499Linda Burrell♦

Emanuel CirenzaSteven B. Cohen♦

Lori J. Mosca♦

Richard G. Zogby♦

$500-$999William P. Bundschuh♦

Michael A. DeVito♦

Frederick D. Grant♦

William M. Hartrich♦

Raymond A. JannettiJonathan E. KleinMaria Tasso Longo♦




Onondaga County Medical Society

Medical Student Scholarship Fund Anwar S. Ahmad, MD Excellus, BlueCross BlueShield Gerald N. Hoffmann Stanley P. Meltzer, MD ’61 Patricia Randall, MD

White Coat Ceremony Fund Advanced ENT Physicians &

Surgeons of CNY Stephen A. Albanese, MD Tammy L. Anthony, MD ’86 Orit and Mark Antosh, MD Arthritis Health Associates, PLLC Carl I. Austin, MD ’47 Bruce E. Baker, MD ’65 Richard A. Beers, MD Thomas A. Bersani, MD ’82 Robert A. Bornhurst, MD ’60 Mitchell Brodey, MD Joan and Armand Cincotta, MD

Lynn M. Cleary, MD CNY Anesthesia Group, PC CNY Diagnostic Imaging Associates,

LLC CNY Family Care CNY Ophthalmology, PLLC Carlo R. deRosa, MD ’61 James A. Dispenza, MD ’75 Daniel L. Dombroski, MD ’60 Robert A. Dracker, MD ’82 Michael P. Duffy, MD ’82 David B. Duggan, MD ’79 Jack Egnatinsky, MD ’65 Mark S. Erlebacher, MD ’79 Donald Fager, MD Family Medicine Associates of

Central New York, PC John F. Finkenstadt, MD ’76 Samuel Garson John F. Gorman, MD ’58 Greater Syracuse Labor Council

Diane F. Green-El, MD ’78 David R. Halleran, MD Daniel L. Harris, MD ’64 George C. Heitzman, MD ’47 Gerald N. Hoffmann Brian Johnson, MD Randy Kalish, MD Richard Keene David E. Kolva, MD ’81 Paul J. Kronenberg, MD ’69 Leonard Levy, MD ’60 Vito J. Losito, MD ’85 Bruce M. Marmor, MD ’65 William H. Marx, DO Stanley P. Meltzer, MD ’61 Midstate IPA, Inc. Ronald A. Miller, MD ’52 James L. Mostrom, MD Office of the Upstate President Colleen E. O’Leary, MD ’78 Michael R. O’Leary, MD ’78

David Page, MD Mark R. Pisik, MD ’90 Joel Potash, MD Barry Rabin, MD Patricia Randall, MD Nicholas M. Ricciardi, MD ’65 Frederick N. Roberts, MD ’42 Lionel A. Rudolph, MD Kendrick A. Sears, MD Jeffrey S. Sneider, MD George A. Soufleris, MD Philip J. Speller, MD ’55 Teamsters Local Union No 1149 George P. Tilley, MD Robert E. Todd, MD ’93 Paul F. Torrisi, MD ’72 Susama Verma, MD Hayes H. Wanamaker, MD ’85 Robert Weisenthal, MD William J. Williams, MD Leslie D. Woodcock, Jr, MD ’00

John M. Marzo♦

Donald Patten♦

Richard D. ScheyerElizabeth S. Yerazunis

Palis♦

$100-$499Lydia A. Alexander-

Cook♦

Sam T. Auringer♦

Deborah BradshawAndrew S. Braunstein♦

Eva F. BriggsBradley M. DenkerAnthony N. DonatelliGeorge T. Fantry♦

Barbara L. FeuersteinDean R. GambinoBrett B. GreenkyDavid P. Haswell♦

Cynthia E. JohnsonThomas J. KettererMichael Komar♦

Richard Lichenstein♦

Sandra M. LombardoHindi T. Mermelstein♦

Vicki C. Ratner♦

David C. Richard♦

Hal Rothbaum♦

Dorothy F. Scarpinato♦

Michael D. SchwartzSteven M. ShapiroKaren S. StacherSteven R. UrbanskiDaniel C. Wnorowski

$1-$99Daniel J. DupreyJames R. JewellBrian D. Woolford



$1,000-$2,499Joseph P. Augustine♦

William CanovatchelSteven HassigMark D. Iannettoni♦

Timothy McCanty♦

Ralph Mosca♦

Michael A. Riccione♦

Hayes H. Wanamaker

$500-$999Luz AlvarezGrace ChungMary DeguardiStephen FederowiczMitchell R. LebowitzGary G. Sauer♦

Mitchell Zipkin♦

Neal Zung♦

$100-$499Robyn AgriYuk-Wah N. ChanPeter J. Christiano♦

Debra J. Clark♦

Mark Costanza♦

Coleen K. Cunningham♦

William DeLucciaAnthony J. DiGiovanna♦

Lori E. Fantry♦

James E. FreijeKarl GaussPaula A. GaussThomas Kantor

Michael W. KelbermanVito J. Losito♦

Drew MalloyAnthony Petracca, JrMichael P. PizzutoMark S. Potenza♦

Maura J. Rossman♦

Marc I. RozanskyMichael D. Rutkowski♦

Alan M. SchullerAndrew ShaerRay StedwellJay SullivanSandra K. WechslerJonathan P. Yunis

$1-$99Michelle M. DavittDonna F. DesmoneDaniel R. KellyAnthony N.

Passannante♦



$1,000-$2,499Tammy L. AnthonyColleen M. Dargie♦

Daniel W. EsperGeoffrey G. MorrisHenry P. NagelbergWilliam SnearlyBarbara C. Tommasulo

$500-$999Steven B. Goldblatt♦

Sharon HertzJohn LabiakKathleen A. LeavittMichael E. Rettig♦

Russell Rider♦

Mitchell S. ShekRobert L. Tiso

$100-$499Marc Behar♦

Andrew S. Bensky♦

Shelley R. Berson♦

Brian BoyleGabriel M. CohnM. Colleen O. DavisDonna D. FasanelloGary M. FreemanJames H. HertzogLaurie Rosenberg KarpfDennis KotlovePeter KouidesDaniel Luthringer♦

Thomas J. MadejskiGerald V. McMahonNiel F. Miele♦

Sarah B. Nemetz♦

Steven P. NicholaisJohn G. O’BrienElizabeth A. PrezioDavid L. Rocker♦

Richard A. RomerRichard RubinErnest M. Scalzetti♦

Edwin J. SeboldFrank SforzaScott SherenSteven TawilAndrew Topf

$1-$99Theresa L. ChafelArthur F. ColiMichael P. CudaDonna E. Roth



$1,000-$2,499Michael A. Kwiat♦

John R. Wanamaker♦

$500-$999Debra A. Buchan♦

Samuel ChunMichael FarrellJohn J. Walker♦

$100-$499AnonymousTimothy N. BaxterRobert BrandonHelen BurstinJohn J. Callahan, JrRosemarie ConigliaroNeil R. Connelly♦

John ConnorsRichard DemmeJoseph F. Femia♦

Joseph T. Flynn♦

Joseph GaffneyBarbara L. GannonEric GentryNidia IglesiasDennis Kelly♦

Ruth Kouides

Paul B. Kreienberg♦

James ListmanKirsten P. MagowanLisa A. Manz-Dulac♦

R. K. Miller♦

Jeanine M. Morelli♦

Peter J. Morelli♦

Howard L. OffenbergRebecca K. Potter♦

Elizabeth RajamaniJoseph RandAnthony R. Russo♦

Julia M. Shi♦

Diane SommerEdward J. Spangenthal♦

Victor Szemetylo♦

Carolyn Thumser GrifoniJames TyburskiCatherine M. VernonMichael Weiner

$1-$99Roberto E. Izquierdo



$1,000-$2,499Erick C. Bulawa♦

Donald S. MillerKeith Stube

$500-$999Rajendra AchaibarLouis Bonavita, JrLarry S. Charlamb♦

Stamatia Destounis




Kurt FoxtonAdam L. Seidner

$100-$499Penny BorensteinDonald CalzolaioAnthony CannuliDaniel M. ClinchotFrank DolisiAndrew M. Goldschmidt♦

Eric M. GrabsteinJohn M. GrayChristina I. KlufasMichael LastihenosDenise LawrenceNelson L. LuiMichael MahelskyAnne MeduriAnne MirthAnthony NostroTimothy ScholesMaureen L. SheehanAndrew M. SopchakThomas Summers♦

John M. ThompsonWayne WeidenbaumPaul A. Zimmermann

$1-$99Leo KatzJames L. Megna♦

Ellen Reich



$1,000-$2,499John A. Larry

$500-$999Karen DeFazioLawrence L. GreenwaldBeth L. JonasGordon M. OrtizSybil SandovalDawn M. Sweeney

$100-$499Robert H. AbloveJeffrey A. AbramsSusan L. AuffingerJeffrey BelanoffEmily S. Brooks

Brian S. BrundageLinda A. BulichDonald A. Chiulli♦

Daniel I. ChooCaitlin M. CusackAngela V. D. D’OrsiBruce EisendorfPamela L. ForesmanThomas A. Holly♦

Gloria A. KennedyPaul F. KentMark MilnerLinda J. PowellGuillermo QuetellMark A. Rubenstein♦

Domenick P. Sciaruto♦

Elaine M. Silverman♦

Christopher T. StrzalkaPaul TalericoNicholas C. Trasolini♦

Josef J. Vanek♦

John D. WrightsonElizabeth Zick

$1-$99Deborah B. AquinoVictor M. AquinoCarolyn CoveneyTeresa C. Gentile

Paul J. OrioliRoger PadillaRonald C. Samuels



$1,000-$2,499Robert L. Carhart, JrJill FreedmanJoseph MarsicanoDavid Nelson

$500-$999John D. BisognanoGregg Foos

$100-$499Kevin AbramsKenneth BizoviLawrence S. BlaszkowskyChristina M. BrownDavid DiamantElizabeth DonohueRobin Gross

Kerry E. HoustonKelly R. HuiattWayne IsaacsonCynthia JonesRobert Murayama-

GreenbaumGail PettersPasquale PiccoLauren PipasMark R. PisikJulianne RandallJoanne Giambo RosserJohn RosserNinad SamantJohn H. Van SlykeStacia L. Van Slyke

$1-$99Ann BartonPhilip RemillardAnthony Sanito



$1,000-$2,499Mary Ellen Greco♦

Christina LaBellaJohn LaBellaPatricia Merritt♦

$500-$999John C. BrancatoMatthew R. Brand♦

Patrick B. GregoryCarol Myrick BrewerChristopher NardoneDaniel O’HearnAnne M. Ranney

$100-$499Molly A. BrewerCynthia Briglin-MavadyLisa A. BuckGwenneth O. CancinoMark CharlambElizabeth DitontoDavid DombroskiVincent E. FrechetteEdward C. GabalskiHayley A. GansLawrence GoldsteinGordon D. HellerJohn C. Kaczmarek♦




Christopher P. KeukerLesley A. KresieJames A. KrukowskiLouise G. LigrestiDenise MonteValerie NewmanJoanne SamantNancy L. Wang

$1-$99Timothy M. MallonRosalind S. OdinDavid RosenAbdul Wali



$1,000-$2,499Douglas BennettJane S. Bennett

$500-$999Jaime A. AlvarezMichael BaccoliAndrew CoopermanJeffrey GelfandSteve Y. KimKara C. Kort-GlowakiChristina Morganti

$100-$499Joseph R. AlonsoPeter ArabadjisKathrin J. BergWendy M. BookDavid CaucciBarbara L. Clayton-Lutz♦

Lisa CupitDorothy T. DamoreNancy GianniniRubia KhalakAlan Kravatz♦

Steven Kushner♦

Lawrence J. KusiorDwight LighamTheresa LipskyDino MessinaMichael PianskyMarc PietropaoliStephanie Schwartz-

Kravatz♦

Eric SeyboldAlan R. Wladis

$1-$99Deborah BassettJoseph P. GaleMirlande JordanMargareta D. Pisarska



$500-$999Matthew KarenPhilip MondiLyle Prairie

$100-$499Bruce BeesleyJason FeinbergPeter HogenkampCharles J. Lutz♦

Joan MitchellSandra NurseFlorence M. Parrella♦

Michael PlevyakJoanne C. Pohl♦

Joseph M. RabinovichElliot RodriguezYvette L. RooksSuzanne F. SkinnerJohn SveenRobert E. ToddDarvin VaronPamela Weaner

$1-$99Daniel AlleyJanice A. BedellDeAnn CummingsGregory DubelBrian GordonHeather C. Koelling

Lauren M. MazaDonna B. MooreDaren RepishtiSean P. RocheMaria J. Ziemba



$1,000-$2,499Malcolm D. BrandPhilip A. FraterrigoMargaret A. Leary

$500-$999John H. EphronWillie Underwood, III

$100-$499Eric R. AronowitzThomas M. ChenRobert J. GadawskiLisa M. HogenkampChristian KnechtStephen R. LauterbachMichael M. MoussouttasTodd R. PeeblesJames M. PerryMichael S.

RamjattansinghScott T. RiebelJohn P. RisoloBruce H. SchwartzAnne R. Sveen

Edward H. TomAlan WangWendy C. Wilcox

$1-$99Timothy S. BoydNienke DosaLee J. Herbst



$1,000-$2,499Timothy S. Huang

$500-$999Gregg A. MillerJoan E. Olson

$100-$499Michael J. CallahanKaren M. ClarySteven J. ColwellMelissa EhlersSean A. FullertonRichard M. IngramSeth M. JacobsonKathleen M. LawlissCarolyn L. MarascoMarco A. MercaderPeter A. PintoSusan A. ScavoThomas L. SchwartzJuliette L. Wohlrab

$1-$99Glennon A. BrownMichael D. GitmanJoseph D. Pianka



$1,000-$2,499Surinder S. DevgunPaul E. PerkowskiJason T. ZelenkaPhuong A. Zelenka

$500-$999Barbara S. EdelheitMary Jo LechowiczValerie K. Merl

$100-$499Andrew BlankErwin J. BulanJeanine H. BulanGregory G. CarnevaleLaura R. Carucci♦

Michael CorialeDaniel S. CroughJennifer A. EhmannWendy L. GarrityTimothy J.D. GregoryLeah Hinkle-ThompsonJennifer H. JohnsonAmy C. KasperAdam P. Klausner♦

Sonja M. Lichtenstein-Zayneh

Philip T. OndocinGary S. ShapiroJason E. StoutElizabeth Tanzi

$1-$99Luis J. CastroJoseph P. GlassEric H. Holbrook



$500-$999Danielle A. Katz

$100-$499Melissa A. BrownRaghuram B. DasariWilliam H. GansShani L. LipsetShelly S. LoJames J. LynchColleen M. QuinnStacy J. Spiro

$1-$99Melissa K. BrandesAaron GarberDonald E. HertweckTimothy G. KeenanGenevieve A. LamaMichelle E. LiebertCheryl A. Morrow♣

Peter T. PorrelloRola H. RashidAndrew B. ReeseJeffrey M. Riggio



$1,000-$2,499Srinivas DukkipatiKirk P. Rankine

$500-$999Jeffrey R. LaDucaHarshit M. PatelTamara A. Prull

$100-$499Gina M. AbbruzziAnonymousJennifer M. BocockDrew M. CaplinEleas J. ChafouleasSandeep ChopraMatthew R. Di CaprioDavid S. EdelheitBruce H. Friedberg




Alexander N. GreinerDario A. Lecusay, JrKaren Y. NgAmy L. PierceSherri E. Putterman

CaplinJoshua M. RubenfeldWendy M. ScintaKatherine A. VansavageJamesine R. Williams

$1-$99Jennifer E. AllenLisa N. AndersonCindy H. BaskinDavid M. DeVellisMichael D. GeorgeYuliya Rekhtman



$1,000-$2,499John J. Imbesi

$500-$999Robert S. CadyJerry Caporaso, JrKenneth K. Cheng

$100-$499AnonymousSarah C. EllestadNavjit K. GorayaVijay K. KothaSteven J. OgnibeneKyle T. OsbornRonald P. PigeonCraig S. SeeJohn P. StoutenburgJohn A. Ternay

$1-$99James S. DemerSaqib RehmanJamey J. RockTracy N. Tippie



$1,000-$2,499Lisa Minsky-Primus♦

$500-$999David J. CywinskiHana F. Jishi

$100-$499Laura DattnerRon ElfenbeinAdam P. EllisJennifer A. HammRajesh K. JainNewrhee KimTimothy H. LeeChristina M. LiepkeMatthew J. LiepkeStacy J. OstapkoDana C. RananiKim L. RickertAmar SinghRichard A. TallaricoLeslie D. Woodcock, JrLiyuan Yu

$1-$99Brian M. BizozaWalter S. BukowskiShelley V. Street

Callender



$500-$999Zafar J. Bajwa

$100-$499AnonymousCarina CartelliLynn E. FraterrigoHeather J. LandauJoseph A. LasekSuzanne M. MesidorMeghan E. OgdenChristie Perez-JohnsonDanielle L. PeterselAmy L. ReyndersJamie D. ShutterLia M. SpinaDanit TalmiJeremy WaldmanKatherine M. WalkerChristopher W. Wasyliw

$1-$99Nicole E. AlexanderRobert W. CruikshankSanjay JobanputraElizabeth Vonfelten



$2,500-$4,999Amir Garakani

$100-$499Roline L. AdolphineRebecca L. BagdonasSarmistha BhoumikEben A. CarrollMatthew J. DowneyMichael T. GaslinJessica J. LeeSohita Mittal-TorgalkarBrian Y. Ng

$1-$99Christian S. KleinJames Mykytenko



$500-$999Damon J. Ng

$100-$499Bo ChaoMichelle De LemosNathaniel S. GouldAri I. JonischRebecca L. KingEugene LeeChristopher E. Paoloni

$1-$99Uchenna C. Acholonu, JrMark F. EspinaJoseph M. Ferrara, JrRobert S. LevyShannon E. RouthouskaMark VaynkhadlerErica D. Weinstein






$500-$999Michael L. LesterTonimarie Torrillo

$100-$499Lauren S. ChernickJames K. FarryJimmy FengAaron M. FischmanEvan B. GrossmanKenar D. JhaveriAmit KumarNatalie M. RoneyJonathan L. SilbersteinAlexander Tsukerman

$1-$99Robert C. ChenWilliam D. LosquadroFares G. MouchantafAndrew J. NajovitsJohn P. O’BrienKevin R. O’ConnorMichelle A. StefkaJennifer L. Young



$500-$999Samantha Chau

$100-$499Dana R. CohenJoby GeorgeLev GrinmanAlice C. MillerAwais Z. Vance

$1-$99Jennifer A. AdairMarcy L. CanaryMichael de la CruzErin R. De RoseYauvana V. GoldMatthew C. MartinezRupesh R. MehtaRobert W. Whelpley



$1,000-$2,499Khyzar Chaudhry

$100-$499Jill-Ann E. CilenteJodie M. HowellBrian F. StricklerAbigail R. WatsonJoanne Williams

$1-$99Kristin M. ArcaraScott R. EkrothShimon M. FrankelDaniel D. HayesLisa M. HayesErin K. HillRobert H. Hill, IIIKathleen M. MorrellMarkhabat O. MuminovaMelissa A. PriceJohn L. ReaganAdam C. TrippLarisa Vorobyeva



$100-$499Roan GlockerMiranda HarrisLisa K. Law

$1-$99Amit S. DhamoonJeremy LiffRalph MililloMohini PatelArash RadparvarLakshmi ReddyAvreliya ShapiroEdward SmitamanSusannah R. Tripp



$100-$499Tina NguyenJacqueline R. Busingye

$1-$99Paul AridgidesSophia BaldermanLisa FigueiredoVikram GargMelanie HawverRachel JonesMijung LeeMarissa MincollaMichael MincollaMary MorrisseyPavlina Natcheva-

SmitamanKevin SmeenkJulie Smolinski



$500-$999John P. FischerRebecca Fischer

$100-$499Elizabeth Dawson-HahnWilliam Hahn

$1-$99Britton M. ChanKathryn CheneyChad CornishEdward R. GouldChristine GranatoTimothy HarrisIchiro IkutaErin NozetzZia RabJennifer Sacks

FriendsLynn M. Cleary, MDThe Community

Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties

Fenimore Asset Management, Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. Philip Fraterrigo

Ann GadbawSadri GarakaniMr. and Mrs. David

GlockerJames Hyla, MDFrank Lancellotti, MDJon B. Loftus, MDTayloe H. Loftus, MDMons Concepit

FoundationPaul E. Phillips, MDSteven J. Scheinman, MDNancy L. Teodecki

Matching Gift CompaniesBank of AmericaDaiichi-Sankyo, Inc.Johnson & Johnson

Family of CompaniesPfizer Foundation

Matching Gift Program

Setnor Academic Building Gifts

Mary ArseneauDr. and Mrs. Lewis DubroffJane L. Falkenstein, MD ’69Gregory Fink, MDGerald B. Gordon, MDArlene S. HarrisHealth Professions Alumni AssociationPaul F. Kent, MD ’89Leslie J. Kohman, MDJohn T. McCarthy, MD ’69Arnold M. Moses, MD ’54Maxwell M. Mozell, PhDGary Nieman, BSNursing Alumni AssociationDepartment of PharmacologyJane RobinsonPatrick Ryan, MDAnthony Scardella, MD ’77Elizabeth Velz

Touring the anatomy lab: Shelley R. Berson, MD, Laurie Rosenberg Karpf, MD, Elizabeth Prezio, MD, and Lisa R. Klein, MD, all from the class of 1986.




Honor, Memorial GiftsIn Memory of Philip B. ArmstrongBarbara Carter-Moore, MD ’50

In Memory of Stephen E. Bloomfield, MD ’66Harry I. Brown, MD ’66

In Memory of Billie BurdickMartin M. Black, MD ’51

In Memory of James T. Callahan, MD ’69Frederic C. Fenig, MD ’69Jack E. Yoffa, MD ’69

In Memory of Natasha CollinsIchiro Ikuta, MD ’09

In Memory of Stephen E. CummingsJames J. Cummings, MD ’82

In Memory of Bernice DenenbergClaudia Leslie and

Louis Lipschutz

In Memory of Herbie DermanClaudia Leslie and

Louis Lipschutz

In Memory of Alfred W. Doust, MD ’35Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. DoustWilliam M. Harmand, MD ’73Tucker Harris, MD

In Memory of David B. Falkenstein, MD ’69Jane L. Falkenstein, MD ’69John T. McCarthy, MD ’69

In Memory of J. Howard FergusonAnonymous

In Memory of Joseph C. Fischer, MD ’79John P. Fischer, MD ’09Rebecca Fischer, MD ’09Dr. Sanders and Kathryn

Fischer DavisScott and Stephanie Laris

In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Charles FranklinC. M. Franklin, MD ’81

In Memory of Edward T. Gaffney, MD ’61Schiele A. Brewer, MD ’61James R. Moyes, MD ’63

In Memory of Edwin C. Gilmore, MD ’56Wesley P. Sauter, MD ’56

In Memory of Leon A. Harris, MD ’45Arlene S. Harris

In Memory of Rosalind IsaksohnDana R. Cohen, MD ’05

In Memory of E. Gregory Keating, PhDAnonymousEvan B. Grossman, MD ’04Burk Jubelt, MDLisa K. Law, MD ’07Ralph Milillo, MD ’07Adam C. Tripp, MD ’06Susannah R. Tripp, MD ’07

In Memory of Stanley D. Leslie, MD ’51Bank of AmericaPhilip L. Ferro, MD ’54Lawrence F. Geuss, MD ’71Bruce M. Leslie, MD ’78Claudia Leslie and

Louis LipschutzPriscilla R. LeslieMr. and Mrs. Hank O’NeillJane M. Walsh

In Memory of Sarah Loguen Fraser, MD, Class of 1876Roline L. Adolphine, MD ’02A. Geno and Ellen S. AndreattaAnonymousMonica M. Beckford, MD ’82Sharon A. Brangman, MD ’81Jacqueline R. Busingye, MD ’08Diane F. Green-El, MD ’78Mirlande Jordan, MD ’92Vincent J. Kuss, MBADenise Lawrence, MD ’88Ivens Leflore, MD ’69John B. McCabe, MD ’79Donna B. Moore, MD ’93Lewis Robinson, MD ’73K. Bruce Simmons, MD ’79Zella M. Small, MD ’77Q

Susan Stearns, PhDShelley V. Street Callender,

MD ’00Gregory A. Threatte, MD ’73

In Memory of Patrick T. Mathews, MD ’03N. Barry Berg, PhDMarcia Mathews

In Memory of Elizabeth M. Mroziewicz, MD ’75Paul Aridgides, MD ’08

In Memory of Andrew Dwight ParmeterCazenovia College

In Memory of James A. Robinson, MD ’80Jane Robinson

In Memory of Julius Schwartz, MD ’33National Analysts, Inc.Louise Judith SchwartzSusan Schwartz McDonald,

PhD

In Memory of Charles “Bud” SmithClaudia Leslie and

Louis Lipschutz

In Memory of John K. Swinburne, MD ’66Harry I. Brown, MD ’66

In Memory of Darwin TraverPriscilla R. Leslie

In Memory of Dr. Oscar and Mrs. Luba Trief Paula Trief, PhD

In Memory of Susan VandemarkRobert M. Vandemark, MD ’80

In Memory of Thomas S. Velz, MD ’55Elizabeth Velz

In Memory of Harold H. Wanamaker, MD ’56Tammy L. Anthony, MD ’86Dennis and Gail BaldwinDr. Susan B. and S. Jeffrey

Bastable

Lee and Jane CagwinCentral New York Community

Foundation, Inc.Dr. and Mrs. Sidney T. Dana,

MD ’58Robert and Virginia DeweyFrank and Barbara FrickerGuy and Patricia HowardBurk Jubelt, MDHenry and Nancy LongPeter and Tammy MarrolettiWesley P. Sauter, MD ’56Adelaide L. SilviaSt. Joseph’s Hospital Health

CenterMiriam B. Swift, MD 3/’43Syracuse Opera Company, Inc.Hayes H. Wanamaker, MD ’85John R. Wanamaker, MD ’87

In Honor of A. Geno AndreattaPeter Arabadjis, MD ’92Mons Concepit FoundationJoseph P. Whalen, MD ’59

In Honor of N. Barry Berg, PhDJeremy Waldman, MD ’01

In Honor of Richard M. Cantor, MD ’76Mark H. Katz, MD ’75

In Honor of Ellen Cook Jacobsen, MD ’50Michael Gordon, PhDWendy Gordon, PhD Brian Johnson, MDEugene A. Kaplan, MD ’57David Keith, MDMons Concepit FoundationPaula Trief, PhDJoseph P. Whalen, MD ’59Brian P. Wicks, MD ’84

In Honor of Gregory Eastwood, MDRichard Demme, MD ’87

In Honor of Miranda Harris, MD ’07 & the completion of her OBGYN residencyMr. and Mrs. David Glocker

In Honor of Patricia J. Numann, MD ’65Ahmad H. Shatila, MDJoan L. Thomas, MD ’83

In Honor of The R-Med Fund for Northern, NYHugh S. Fulmer, MD ’51

In Honor of Lori Reiner’s Bat MitzvahClaudia Leslie and

Louis Lipschutz

In Honor of Lauren TitoneRussell and Maria Titone

In Honor of Amanda Tuman’s GraduationClaudia Leslie and

Louis LipschutzPriscilla R. Leslie

In Honor of My Mother Sima VaynkhadlerMark Vaynkhadler, MD ’03

In Honor of Leslie Weiss’s Bat MitzvahClaudia Leslie and

Louis Lipschutz

Ernest Scalzetti, MD ’86, and wife, Anne, attending the Familiar Faces event at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo.




Gifts to the Parents and Family AssociationJACOBSEN SOCIETY$5,000-$9,999Onondaga County Medical

Society, Inc.

GOLD SOCIETY$1,000-$2,499Richard and Elaine Gergelis

SILVER SOCIETY$500-$999

Ashok and Shilpa Patel

CENTURY SOCIETY$100-$499Glenn Agoliati and

Angela CrosdaleWilliam AhernBenjamin AnakaStephen Anderson and

Gail ParkerMr. and Mrs. John Drew

BarrettPatricia and Joseph A. Bax, MDMichael and Diane BerryBisram BhagwandinJames CirbusMr. and Mrs. Ken CohenMr. and Mrs. Timothy

Daugherty

Mr. and Mrs. John DiescherMr. and Mrs. Joseph DolezalJohn and Suzanne EvansNicholas and Evelyn FiorenzaLynn E. Fraterrigo, MD ’01Mr. and Mrs. Yi FuMr. and Mrs. Alan GurienBarry and Merryl HandelKevin and Jeanne HarrisLauren and David P. Haswell,

MD ’84David and Martha HaugheyMr. and Mrs. Larry HerrJames HoagEllen and Leonard S.

Hojnowski, MDYoshihiko and Sayumi

KashiwazakiThomas and Susan LaGrottaMr. and Mrs. Thomas LeahyDr. and Mrs. Kenneth LiegnerMr. and Mrs. Marchall LiuMr. and Mrs. Philip LubinKong Luk and Sio Leng ChioDr. and Mrs. Leslie MajorMr. and Mrs. Nicholas ManosPaul and Alice MarxJim and Carol Mason

Mr. and Mrs. William McCarthy

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McGrawCatherine McQuillanMr. and Mrs. Ronald MilczarskiLori A. MurphyMr. and Mrs. Tipu NazeerKwame Ofori-Sisa and

Comfort AsiamahMr. and Mrs. Princewill OgbujiMr. and Mrs. Richard PrayMr. and Mrs. Thomas

QuaresimaM. Rahman and Rashida

KhanamMr. and Mrs. Pierce RedmondMr. and Mrs. Willard RogersMr. and Mrs. Kevin SchottMr. and Mrs. Joseph SheehanMr. and Mrs. Robert StondellMr. and Mrs. Kwok Wah TangRussell and Maria TitoneMichael and Sheri VentreToan Vo and Mai LeDavid and Elaine WackerowMr. and Mrs. Roy WienerMr. and Mrs. Dennis WilliamsBill Wong and Patricia Kwan

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Woodworth

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ziolkowski

$1-$99Norman Angelino and

Theresa LeeRashmi and Manoj BakshiPatrick Caines and

Lystra Berkeley-CainesKenneth and Kathleen CaiolaMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey CampbellJeffrey Carlberg, MD ’80Marybeth H. Carlberg, MD ’80Frank and Stephanie

ChiaravallotiBarbara and Robert C. Cupelo,

MD ’82Anne DziubaMr. and Mrs. Miguel EscobarMr. and Mrs. Jerome FergerMr. and Mrs. Willis GarmanMr. and Mrs. Kenneth GnirkeJan GouldMr. and Mrs. Edward GroveMr. and Mrs. Eli HalpernMr. and Mrs. Dale Janson

Robert Kaye and Renee Schwarzberg

Mr. and Mrs. Rhory KlineMr. and Mrs. John LemleyMr. and Mrs. Vernon LooBarbara Rickler, MD and

Michael Lustick, MD ’78William and Alice McNamaraMr. and Mrs. William MorganJohn and Maria OroszMr. and Mrs. Richard OsgoodMr. and Mrs. Muralidhar ReddyWarren and Andrea ReplanskyWilliam RobbinsMr. and Mrs. Stephen RossettieMr. and Mrs. Simon G. SabaMr. and Mrs. Thomas

SantacroseMr. and Mrs. Thomas StimsonGertrude SylinMr. and Mrs. Christopher

TirabassiNancy Whiting

The Justin Nuff band performs for the class of 1981. Band members (all from the class) include Stephen C. Pflugfelder, MD, Louis Papandrea, MD, Martin C. Michaels, MD, and Adam Gallucci, MD.

Reunion attendees: Barbara and Rich Goldman, MD ’71, Robert Levine, MD ’66, Lawrence Panitz, MD ’66, and Sally and George Newman, MD ’66.




Honoring the Philanthropy that Created Endowed ScholarshipsPeter J. Adasek, MD ’65 Scholarship A. Geno Andreatta ScholarshipBenjamin N. and Mollie P. Aronovitz Memorial Scholarship The Ayanian Family Scholarship

(endowed by Zaven Ayanian, MD ’59)N. Barry Berg, PhD Scholarship for Musculoskeletal MedicineThe Martin Black Family Scholarship (endowed by Drs. Martin,

Gerald, Michael and Robert Black)George J. Buchholtz, MD ’52 ScholarshipBernard J. Burke, MD ’43 ScholarshipLeonard D. Carpenter, MD ’33 and Ruth E. Carpenter

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

Shirley and Irving EitchesAlfred F. and Shirley D. Enwright Endowed Scholarship (endowed by

Michael O’Leary, MD ’78 and Colleen Enwright O’Leary, MD ’78)Joseph C. Fischer, MD ’79 Memorial Scholarship The Medical Alumni Foundation Founders ScholarshipSarah Loguen Fraser, MD, Class of 1876 ScholarshipJoseph J. Gadbaw, MD 12/’43 and Ann Gadbaw ScholarshipMax Gara and Robert H. Gara, MD ’56 Scholarship The Garakani Family ScholarshipSamuel Gersten, MD ’39 and Martha Gersten Endowed ScholarshipsJerome C. Goldstein, MD ’63 and Rochelle Goldstein ScholarshipFrances A. Harmatuk, MD ’41 Scholarship Grant Hobika, MD ’52 Scholarship

Robert V.P. Hutter, MD ’54 and Ruth L. Hutter Scholarship E. Gregory Keating, PhD Memorial ScholarshipStanley D. Leslie, MD ’51 Memorial ScholarshipThe Lynch Family ScholarshipAlphonse A. Maffeo, MD ’72 ScholarshipB. Dale Magee, MD ’75 ScholarshipPatrick T. Mathews, MD ’03 Memorial ScholarshipJames L. McGraw, MD ’41 ScholarshipGustave P. Milkey, MD ’43, and Janet B. Milkey Merit Scholarship Peggy and Adolph Morlang, MD ’66 ScholarshipRudolph J. Napodano, MD ’59 Scholarship Sam and Carol Nappi Endowed Scholarship Onondaga County Medical Society Medical Student ScholarshipBetty Reiss, MD ’68 and Jacob Reiss, MD ’68 Family Endowed

ScholarshipEsther and Monroe Richman, MD ’55 Scholarship Samuel Rosenthal, MD ’64 Scholarship Rhoda & Bernard Sanders Scholarship (endowed by Patricia and

Mark H. Sanders, MD ’74) The Schein Family ScholarshipJack J. Schneider, MD ’66 Scholarship Julius Schwartz, MD ’33 Scholarship John B. and Henrietta E. Simeone Scholarship in Memory of

Fiorindo A. Simeone, MD Frederick W. Sloan, MD ’74 ScholarshipSusan B. Stearns, PhD Scholarship for Community EngagementSubik Family ScholarshipDr. Oscar and Mrs. Luba Trief Memorial ScholarshipBarbara and Harold H. Wanamaker, MD ’56 ScholarshipAndrew D. Weinberg, MD ’78 Memorial Geriatric ScholarshipSusan and Jack Yoffa, MD ’69 in Memory of Elaine Yoffa Hornung

ScholarshipLeanne and Frank E. Young, MD ’56 Scholarship

AwardsAlfred W. Doust, MD Endowed Program in OtolaryngologyMedical Alumni Merit AwardsMedical Alumni Recruitment AwardsStudent Citizen AwardsHerbert M. Weinman, MD ’65 and Suzy Weinman Scholarship Award

FellowshipsEllen Cook Jacobsen, MD ’50 Fellowship in Psychiatry

LectureshipsThe Lawrence Pickett, MD Endowed Lectureship in Pediatric Surgery

ProfessorshipsMedical Alumni Endowed Professorship in BioethicsPatricia J. Numann, MD ’65 Endowed ProfessorshipLloyd S. Rogers Endowed Professorship in Surgery

Jack Schneider, MD ’66, and wife, Susan Barnett, chat with scholarship recipient, Allison Barz.




Miriam B. Swift, MD 3/’43 being introduced at the

Familiar Faces event.

Medical Alumni Association board members Geno Andreatta and Larry S. Charlamb, MD ’88, enjoying breakfast at the Annual Meeting.

Michael Lathrop, Laura Santacrose, Tom Santacrose, Brian Santacrose, and Diane CapousRight: Ellen Kaczmarek, MD ’81, and Eliot Lazar, MD ’81, enjoying old class photos.

Danso Ako Adjei, holding son Samir, with wife, Nadia.

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Healthy Role ModelsA NEW STUDENT GROUP PROMOTES HEALTH BY ENCOURAGING

HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS.

Every Tuesday at 5 pm, about a dozen Upstate Medical University

students meet at the CAB for a weekly group run. Led by medical students Dawn Lammert ’14 and Sarah Evans ’14—both former college athletes—the students run for 30 to 60 minutes (there’s a long-run group and a short-run group), exploring areas such as Barry Park and South Campus. “It’s a nice communal way to relieve stress and stay in shape,” says Lammert.

Promoting healthy lifestyles is somewhat of an avocation for Lammert and Evans, who are president and vice president of Anastomosis, a new Upstate student organization ded-icated to making connections between lifestyle choices and health.

The group takes its name from a medical term referring to collateral connections, usually in relation to blood vessels. “The idea is to make connections between the way you live and your health and to pro-mote the student body to live by example,” she says. “If you’re making good health decisions, then hopefully your peers will see that and make better health decisions, and when we become doctors that will hopefully rub off on our patients.”

The organization was the brain-child of Chethan Sarabu ’13, who had studied both biology and landscape architecture as an undergraduate at Cornell. Despite being seem-ingly disparate topics, Sarabu found increasing connection between them. “A lot of what we talked about in landscape architecture—the design of cities, how to get people walking, community gardens—were related to health,” he says.

When he got to medical school, he wanted to figure out a way to both stay connected to environ-mental health issues and to engage others to think about healthcare in a broader setting.

Thus began Anastomosis. Although the group didn’t achieve official “club” status until last spring, it’s members organized activities such as lunch speakers on topics

including “Food as an Adjuvant to Medicine,” “iPhone Applications that Promote Healthy Lifestyles,” and “Urban Food Deserts,” attracting up to 70 people from across the campus community.

They also worked with Upstate’s Think Green initiative to help estab-lish the community garden located in front of the CAB on Elizabeth Blackwell Street, a project largely overseen by third-year medical student and former chef Giancarlo Rondash ’13.

Lammert was introduced to the group at the activities fair during the beginning of her first year of medi-cal school. Coincidentally, she’d just listened to a story on NPR about the Meatless Mondays movement before attending the fair and hearing Sarabu talk about Anastomosis. “I suggested that it might be an appropriate activ-

“The idea is to make connections between the way you live and your health and to promote the student body to live by example.”

— DAWN LAMMERT ’14


Anastomosis members helped out at the Pride in Syracuse clean-up day in the fall.


ity for the club, and he said, ‘Great. Do it.’”

That led to a series of “meatless” potluck dinners for the student com-munity, an activity that has contin-ued this year.

Nutrition is a focus area. The group has surveyed students about dietary preferences and met with the Morrison’s cafeteria staff to share their results and explore promoting healthy food choices and Meatless Mondays in the hospital cafeterias. They’re also working with Donna Bacchi, MD, director of the Upstate MPH program, to develop a nutri-tion elective where students will work with hospital nutritionists and dieticians to learn about patient care through diet. “The idea is to learn about how nutrition is intimately linked to disease and treatment,” Lammert says.

Anastomosis continues to pro-mote use and care of the community

garden, which is open to all Upstate students and this year produced rad-ishes, beets, tomatoes, lettuce, basil, sunflowers, peppers, yellow beans, green beans, potatoes, and herbs.

“We really try to encourage students living in Clark to use the produce since they live right next to it,” Lammert says. “We just ask that anyone using it help weed. We’re going to have a log book next year so we can keep better track of when it has been watered, weeded, and how many people are using it.”

Another focus area is music, pro-moting music therapy in medicine, which Sarabu calls “a natural stress reliever.”

The group’s largest event to date was Keys to Cancer, a concert held in August at Hendricks Chapel with the assistance of the Upstate Vocal Music Club. “We are working to con-nect medical students to patients through music,” says Sarabu, who is

currently doing a clinical year on the Binghamton campus.

Club advisor Susan Stearns, PhD, is impressed by the innovative and fun ways the organization promotes healthy lifestyles, whether its listen-ing to or performing music or taking the stairs instead of the elevator (an upcoming club campaign).

“This club is unique because its activities highlight how easy it is to promote a healthy lifestyle,” says Dr. Stearns. “Dawn even went out to the SPCA and found that one can volunteer to run or walk with a dog!”

While it seems common sense that future doctors should be natural role models for healthy choices, that’s sometimes easier said than done. “A lot of medical students lead very stressful, unhealthy lives,” says Lammert. “We’re trying to make health connections adjuvant to medicine that don’t get covered in the core curriculum.”

Former college athletes Sarah Evans ’14 (third from left) and Dawn Lammert ’14 (third from right) lead fellow medical students on group runs from the CAB each Tuesday evening.


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1942Frederick N. Roberts, of Syracuse, NY, is looking forward to his 70th Reunion in 2012.

1946S. William Ross, of Little Rock, AR, and his wife, Charlotte, were sorry to miss the Reunion in September. But they sent photos as evidence that they are still going!

1949Robert Meyer, of Fort Pierce, FL, was presented with the William P. Didusch Art and History Award by the American Urological Association (AUA) at a private black-tie banquet in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. This award recognizes his outstanding photographic and written contributions to urological history in the United States and Canada. Dr. Meyers was Historian and a member of the AUA-Northeastern Section board of directors from 1990-2003 and also served on the AUA Centennial History Committee. With co-author Margaret Dietz Meyer, PhD, he compiled two major publications: Urologists of Two Nations (1998), which documents 50 years of urological medical accomplishments

in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, and History of the Northeastern Section: Waterways (2002), which documents 100 years of urological history in the same area.

1954Philip L. Ferro, of Jamesville, NY, was honored by the Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region (PPRSR) as the 2011 recipient of the Ellen Fairchild Award. Dr. Ferro, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Upstate Medical University, is being honored for his skilled and compassionate care in obstetrics and gynecology in the Syracuse community for more than 50 years.

1955Walter E. Berdon, of Mamaroneck, NY, is an emeritus professor of pediatric radiology.

1956 Arthur I. Segaul, of Carbondale, CO, and his wife, Barbara, are both well and still active. They could not attend Reunion because of a previous com-mitment but plan on seeing everyone in 2016!

1957Ronald Leifer, of Ithaca, NY, suffered a heart attack and stroke last year and is in rehab learning to walk again.

1958George B. Jacobs, of Cape Coral, FL, has retired from his position as professor and chair of the depart-ment of neurosurgery at the Hackensack University Medical Center and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and has become a spine consultant for Florida in the Veteran’s Administration System. Dr. Jacobs and his wife, Rosanne L. Wille, PhD, who retired as the provost and senior VP for Academic Affairs at Lehman College of the City University of NY, have a young German shepherd, Thor, who shows great promise as a major show dog.

Julian M. Aroesty, MD ’60, of Lexington, MA, turned 80 and will stop doing direct patient care on December 31 to spend more time with children and grandchildren in San Francisco, Saint Louis, and Cincinnati. Dr. Aroesty will continue to attend rounds, teach, write and take some courses at Harvard.

Robert Meyer, MD ’49

S. William Ross, MD ’46 Charlotte Ross


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CARL HAMMERSCHLAG, MD ’64

Clowning AroundCarl Hammerschlag, MD ’64, brings community psychiatry to impoverished people of Peru through a whimsical means.

In the heart of the Peruvian Amazon lies the world’s largest city, Iquitos. At its outskirts is the Belen slum,

where people live in extreme poverty, without electric-ity or clean water in ramshackle shacks built on 10-foot stilts. The area lies in a floodplain and is largely under-

water from February through July each year.It’s definitely a break from the normal trials of life

when 100-some clowns descend upon the village each August to bring joy, laughter, arts, music and health-care to the community. For the past four years, Carl Hammerschlag, MD ’64, has been part of the effort. The Yale-trained psychiatrist was recruited by his friend, Patch Adams, MD—perhaps the world’s best known humanitarian clown—to join his Gesundheit! Institute’s annual trip to Peru. The organization teams with the Pan American Health Organization and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to conduct work-shops on health, art, music, dance, percussion, theater, puppetry and juggling, as well as paint houses and run medical clinics. “It’s a community public health and edu-cation project in which clowning is the vehicle to make connections and promote a sense of what’s possible,” says Dr. Hammerschlag.

Working 14-hour days, Hammerschlag clowns in AIDS shelters, hospitals, orphanages and marketplaces, healing the spirits of people with unimaginable suffer-ings with his six-foot-six ballerina clown persona. Through the assistance of Amazon Promise, an NGO that provides health care to indigenous people, he also conducts a mobile mental health clinic.

In this realm, Hammerschlag draws from two decades working with Native American communities in the Southwest through the Indian Health Service, for many years the only psychiatrist for the Indian reser-vations spread throughout Arizona. That community-based psychiatry gave him valuable insight into Native American culture, where the spirit plays an integral role in wellness and healing.

Hammerschlag is a leader in the field of psycho-neuroimmunology, or mind-body-spirit medicine, and the belief that how you feel about yourself has a direct correlation to your immune system and healing process.

“Clowning is a way to open the hearts and break down the boundaries to promote health,” says the

physician. “As a clown, it’s not necessary to have a com-mon language. People can feel the essence of your heart and it allows you to connect with people other than through just the genius of your mind. I think we dra-matically underuse those connections as physicians and healers in contemporary life.”

When not clowning, Hammerschlag lives in Phoenix, Arizona, where he maintains a small private practice, lectures widely, and runs workshops; he has written six books and now spreads his messages via the internet, calling the computer “the new contemporary fireplace.

There’s no need to wait until people are labeled and diagnosed with diseases before we can reach out and help each other. I think we’re making far too many diagnoses and prescribing far too many pills,” he says.

“In our culture, if you’re feeling anything other than wonderful in every moment you could be suffering from a disease that drugs can cure. The pervasiveness of this norm saddens me, because with time and support most people will recover and learn to take control of their lives.”

Hammerschlag bemoans the biochemicalization of his profession “I do not believe that one in every four Americans is mentally ill,” he continues. “We now diagnose everything from feeling a little shy or anxious when going to a party to being depressed as a mental illness and we need to stop doing that. These are ordi-nary aspects of living and you can find ways of dealing with it without making it a disease.”

First step, try putting on a clown suit.—Renée Gearhart Levy

Carl Hammerschlag, MD ’64 with other volunteers in Belen.

1960Frank J. Weinstock, of Canton, OH, retired from his office practice on August 25, 2011 but keeps active with writing, con-sulting, tennis and bridge.

1961Norman L. Pollock, of Greenacres, FL, is approaching 50 years of marriage. Dr. Pollock has four children and 11 grand-children, five of whom are in college.

Donald I. Woolfolk, of Williamsburg, VA, has retired from active practice. Dr. Woolfolk teaches chess at a local jail and spends his time traveling and enjoying his grandchildren.

1962Steven N. Berney, of Bala Cynwyd, PA, a professor of medicine and former chief of the section of rheuma-tology at Temple University School of Medicine, a faculty member since 1971, was presented with the medical school’s 2011 Honored Professor Award. This honor is given

Steven N. Berney, MD ’62


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to professors who have made a profound impact on trainees, exemplifying the values Temple strives to instill. Dr. Berney is also noted for inspiring young trainees to go into rheu-matology. The American College of Rheumatology cites Temple as the place most frequently identified in the educational back-grounds of rheumatologists across the United States.

Mark A. Treger, of Carlsbad, CA, is enjoying retirement with an MBA at San Diego State University and eight grandchildren; all in San Diego. Dr. Treger’s oldest two grandchildren are at Stanford.

1963

John G. Barlett, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, has been honored with the prestigious Cubist-ICAAC Award from the American Society for Microbiology. Supported by Cubist Pharmaceuticals, the award rewards outstanding accomplishment in anti-microbial chemotherapy, development of new agents, investigation of antimicrobial action or resistance to antimicrobial agents, and/or the phar-macology, toxicology or clinical use of those agents.

1964

Stanley B. Burns, of New York, NY, a noted collector and photo historian, offered a rare collection of albumen portraits and cartes de visites of wounded Civil War soldiers by Dr. Reed Bontecou in recognition of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. The exhibit Reed Bontecou Masterpieces of the Civil War Portraiture Photographs from the Burns Collection ran from September 28 through November 12 at the Robert Anderson Gallery in New York, NY.

Murray J. Miller, of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL, sends regards to all his friends and former classmates. Dr. Miller

is in his 38th year of endocrinology practice in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and is still not ready to retire. He is the only endocrinologist in two hospitals, University Community Hospital and Florida Medical Center Hospital.

1966Laurence B. Levenberg is still practicing family medicine in Sarasota, FL. Over the summer he and his wife, Maritta, went on a cruise to Alaska. Dr. Levenberg was sorry to miss the Reunion in September but sends his regards to all his class-mates.

John G. Barlett, MD ’63

Stephen J. Alderman, MD ’65, of Bedford, NY, writes he and Liz were awarded the Presidential Citizen’s Medal by President Obama for the work of the Peter C. Alderman Foundation in Global Mental Health on October 20, 2011. They received the $100,000 Purpose Prize in 2009 for the Foundation’s work.

Stanley B. Burns, MD ’64, exhibit poster

http://www.asm.org/asm/index.php/professional-development/sanofi-aventis-icaac-award.html

http://www.asm.org/asm/index.php/professional-development/sanofi-aventis-icaac-award.html


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George H. Newman, of Bedford, NH, retired six years ago and is on the emeritus staff of several regional hospitals. His time is spent with his wife, Sally, of 47 years, his three children, and his five grandchildren. Dr. Newman and Sally do a lot of hiking and traveling. When he is home, Dr. Newman takes care of his orchid green-house and large collection of native plants.

1967Melvyn D. Bert, of San Francisco, CA, writes that his Tibet Vision Project is back in Tibet, the result of his new affiliation with Sun Yat Sen Medical University, China. As a visiting professor, Dr. Bert has reviewed the surgeries of many young Chinese eye surgeons. They will be trav-eling to Tibet again in May 2012. Bert’s son, Benjamin Bert ’08, will be joining his practice in San Francisco in 2013.

Sheldon Cohen, of Miami, FL, writes he and his wife of 47 years, Sandy, are two years retired and enjoying every minute of it. They have four grandchildren whom they see frequently.

Bruce D. Edison, of Houston, TX, writes he and Reva continue to enjoy good health and extensive traveling. Dr. Edison’s daughter, Brenda, had her first child, Emily Kapner, which is his second grandchild. Edison’s son, Andrew, opened his own law firm, Edison-McDowell-Hetherington, which is doing well.

1969Jane L. Falkenstein and John T. McCarthy bought a home in Troy, NY, where they now happily reside. On June 6, they were blessed with the arrival of their seventh grandchild, Shaiya Grace McCarthy. In April of 2011, Dr. Falkenstein retired from Beth Israel Medical

Center after 42 years of practice as an internist and Dr. McCarthy retired from NYU School of Medicine Child Study Center as a child and adolescent psychiatrist.

1970Michael Harris, of Green Brook, NJ, is celebrating his 35th year in private solo practice as a general ophthalmologist. Dr. Harris has been totally enjoying his career and has no immediate retirement plans. His son, Kenneth B. Harris ’95, practices cardiology in Neptune, NJ, and has three children. His younger son has a real estate agency in Boston (Boston Proper Realty). Harris writes life has been good and best regards to all!

1971Lee P. Van Voris, of Ninety Six, SC, still holds the position as chief of medical staff affairs and interim CMIO at Greenville Hospital System in Greenville, SC.

1972Joseph E. Parisi, of Rochester, MN, was honored with the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Laboratory Improvement Program Service Award at a ceremony held on September 13, 2011, in Dallas. The award, estab-lished in 2006, is presented to an individual serving within the ranks of the CAP’s Council on Scientific Affairs (CSA) who has demon-strated exceptional service. Dr. Parisi received this award for his outstanding contribu-tions and service to the CAP Laboratory Improvement Programs.

1974Joseph A. Blady, of Franklin Links, NJ, is currently teaching international relations at the United States Military Academy.

Mark L. Wolraich, MD ’70, of Oklahoma City, OK, received the C. Anderson Aldrich Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for outstanding work in the area of child health and human development. Dr. Wolraich also chaired the committee that revised the AAP Clinical Practice Guidelines for ADHD.


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1975Craig Byrum, of Manlius, NY, has completed 30 years pediatric cardiology practice and is still going strong and loving what he does, including catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias and the care of adults with congenital heart disease. He and his wife, Kathy, celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary in November. Their youngest son just graduated from Boston College and their oldest son is living in South Florida. Dr. Byrum remains very active in skiing, kayaking, hiking and piano study. He writes he has many blessings and he is grateful for them all.

1977Jeffrey Berman, of Teaneck, NJ, recently retired from the U.S. Army Reserve after 23 years of service. Dr. Berman is associate medical director of behavioral health at Bergen Regional Medical Center, which is New Jersey’s largest psychiatric hospital. His son, Yonah, 30, is an associate rabbi at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal and his son, Yosef, 23, begins a combined MD/MBA program at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, NJ. Berman’s wife of 33 years, Bonnie, passed away in January 2010, after an eight-year battle with breast cancer.

Thomas J. LaClair of Syracuse, NY, and his wife, Jane, now have six grand-children with two more on the way.

1978Robert Fulop, of Short Hills, NJ, writes that his son, Andrew, graduated from Seton Hall Law School and passed the bar exam for New York and New Jersey. His daughter, Julie, started NYU Law School in August 2011.

1980Andrew W. Gurman, of Altoona, PA, was recently elected to preside over the policy-making body of the American Medical Association. Dr. Gurman, an orthopaedic hand surgeon and chief of orthopaedic service at Altoona Hospital, was elected speaker of the AMA House of Delegates at the AMA’s annual meeting.

1981Wendy L. Balopole, of Garden City, NY, has been working hard as a medical oncologist in private practice on Long Island for more than 20 years. Her husband, David Brillon, MD, is a professor at Weill Cornell Medical College. They are proud of their daughter, Rachel, who just graduated from Vassar College and their son, Jason, who is a high school honor student entering his senior year. They were unable to attend their 30th Reunion this past September due to a family wedding but they wish everyone the best.

1982 Barry N. Kutner, of Lakewood, CO, recently returned from Germany, where he won gold and bronze medals in two of the four events at the 9th High Speed Telegraphy World Championship. In the 25-year history of the competition, he is the first non-European to win a Gold medal. Dr. Kutner led Team USA to a 10th place finish, just behind Mongolia. He continues to enjoy his almost three-year retirement from ophthalmology, keeping busy by skiing, bicycling, and traveling with wife, Holly. Kutner’s daughter, Lauren, 22, graduated from CU-Boulder last year and is working for Wells Fargo in Boulder, CO, and daughter, Robin, 20, continues to toil as a junior in chemical engineering at Cooper Union in NYC.

Andrew W. Gurman, MD ’80

Michael R. Gilels, MD ’81, has been living in Stuart, FL, for 28 years practicing internal medicine and geriatrics. Dr. Gilels is a parttime geriatrics faculty member for FSU College of Medicine.

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JENNIFER WESTON, MD ’97

No RegretsBy sharing her own experiences, Jennifer Weston, MD ’97, hopes to inspire others to get to their Bucket Lists.

Jennifer Weston, MD ’97, is no stranger to adventure. The California pediatrician has swum in bioluminescent

water and trekked a glacier. She has tamed a tiger and mushed a dog sled. And she’s encouraging everyone else to quit putting their dreams on hold through her website, mydreamcametrue.com.

The site, launched last January, is essentially a chron-icle of various fantasy experiences, intended to serve as a guide for others who may dream of the same adventure.

“I’ve had a lot of unique experiences and when I’ve talked about them with friends, people always wanted to hear more,” says Dr. Weston. “Because some of these experiences are rather unique, I’ve also found there isn’t a lot of information out there about doing them.”

Weston set to write the kind of reviews about her adventures that she would have liked to have read before doing them, sort of a TripAdvisor for the bucket-list set. Other people can also leave reviews of their own fantasy experiences.

Some of Weston’s adventures involve finding tour operators or businesses to make them happen. More often though, she says, it’s just a matter of making the effort.

Take her visit to the Today show in June. “I watch the Today show every morning and have seen the crowd in Rockefeller Center and thought that looked like a fun

thing to do. I actually put off doing it for years,” she says.Today actually inspired one of Weston’s previous

adventures. After hearing Al Roker talk about white water rafting in Costa Rica, Weston took a trip with the same company and had an incredible experience.

When she visited Today, she carried a sign that read “Today Inspired Me,” with photos of Roker rafting on one side, and the name of her website on the other.

That sign, and a strategic standing location, garnered the attention of both Today show guest Ryan Reynolds and correspondent Ann Curry. Weston was more than satisfied with her experience.

“Not only did I get to be on the Today show, I got to chat (briefly) with Ryan Reynolds and be interviewed (sort of) by Ann Curry. Not a bad way to spend a morning,” she wrote in her review.

Weston credits her parents for her adventurous spirit. “They never limited my aspirations but always encouraged every interest that I had, no matter what it was,” she says. “If I’d said I’d wanted to be an exotic animal trainer instead of a pediatrician as a kid, my mom would have said, ‘Okay, let’s look into how you do that.’”

Weston has far from reached the end of her bucket list, which includes snorkeling Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, visiting Antarctica, writing a novel (she’s working on it), and her ultimate fantasy—to do a voice over for an animated movie. “That’s going to be a tough one,” she concedes.

Her goal is to help inspire people not to put off the things in life they’d like to do. “Whether they call it a bucket list or not, I think everyone has things in life they dream of doing but never get around to,” Weston says.

She’s had some evidence it’s working. “A man from Switzerland came to Los Angeles and did the hike to the Hollywood sign I had on my website,” she says. “He con-tacted me afterward to say how helpful the information on the site was and how much he enjoyed it, so that was really wonderful.”

—Renée Gearhart Levy

Jennifer tries out rappelling in Costa Rica.



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Joseph A. Smith, of Hillsborough, NJ, writes his daughter, Becky, 28, is starting her own nonprofit to help children in impov-erished countries and inner city areas in the United States find hope through the arts. It is called the Story Building Foundation and you can check it out at www.storybuilding foundation.org.

1983Richard G. Birkhead, of Chelmsford, MA, is chief of cardiology at Lowell General Hospital and a managing partner of Merrimack Valley Cardiology, a 12-man car-diology group. Dr. Birkhead has three children attending Bates College, Wheelock College, and Tulane Medical School and is newly married to Jean Marie Birkhead. He is also a trumpet player in the Nashua Chamber Orchestra.

Lya Karm and Joseph Laukaitis, of Bethesda, MD, sent their twin daugh-ters, Kristina and Maria, off to college (Tulane University and University of Michigan) and are enjoying a new phase in their lives. Dr. Karm’s medical career has transitioned within the Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Medical group to directing physicians in skilled-nursing facilities and palliative care. Dr. Laukaitis continues to enjoy his private rheumatology practice in downtown Washington, DC.

1985Drew Malloy, of Santa Cruz, CA, is happily married to his first wife, Linda Lou. Their daughter, Maggie Lou, just turned 10 and loves musical theater.

1986Georgianne Arnold, of Pittsburgh, PA, received the Emmanuel Shapira Award for the best paper in molecular genetics and metabolism by a member of the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders. She is professor of pediatrics in the division of medical genetics at The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.

1987

Anthony R. Russo, of Chesapeake, VA, and his wife, Geralyn, celebrated their 25th wedding anniver-sary on July 19, 2011, along with their sons, Anthony, 22, and Michael, 18.

1988Anthony Nostro, of East Stroudsburg, PA, is the chairman of the depart-ment of anesthesiology at Pocono Medical Center. Dr. Nostro is also the director of cardiac anesthesia and the medical director of the operating rooms. He is an avid golfer and pianist. He and his wife of 19 years, Franca, have a nine-year-old son, Anthony.

1989Susan Auffinger, of Clemmons, NC, and her husband, Steve, recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a Rhine River cruise from Basel, Switzerland, through Germany and France to Amsterdam. They were married on July 26, 1986. Their son, Sean, is a junior chemical engineering major at North Carolina State University, who races on the alpine ski team. Their daughter, Grace, is a senior in high school and is an all-state field hockey player. Dr. Auffinger still coaches girls’ lacrosse and field hockey and in her spare time is medical director of three nursing and rehabilitation centers in Winston-Salem, NC.

Anthony R. Russo, MD ’87, with his wife, Geralyn and their sons Anthony and Michael

Joseph Laukaitis, MD ’83, left, Lya Karm, MD ’83, right, and daughters Kristina and Maria


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1991David W. Dexter, of Erie, PA, is a general and trauma surgeon and the medical director for Great Lakes Surgical Specialists and Hamot Shock Trauma at UPMC Hamot. He is also a Governor for the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Dexter and his family have been in Erie for 11 years. His daughter, Jen, is a junior at RIT and son, Chris, is a high school senior. He and his wife, Patti, can be found on their boat or bike when the weather is good. Dexter invites all alumni who ride to join him at the annual Roar on the Shore motorcycle rally held each July. He can be reached at [email protected].

1992Brian A. Meltzer, of Pennington, NJ, is thrilled to be returning to Upstate on a regular basis as a member of the board of directors for the Central New York Biotechnology Research Center.

1993Daren Repishti, of Louisville, KY, is an interventional radiologist and is president of DXP Imaging and Louisville Endovascular. He has three children, Bryan, 17, Julie, 15, and Nicole, 14. Dr. Repishti is engaged to Kimberley Bloomfield also an inter-ventional radiologist.

1997Mutahar Ahmed, of Franklin Lakes, NJ, is enjoying a great career in robotic/laparoscopic uro-logic surgery. Dr. Ahmed is married with four children.

2000Shelley V. Street Callender, of Lincoln Park, MI, married Charles Callender, MD, on July 18, 2010.

2002Mahesh A. Netravali, of Old Saybrook, CT, married Carolina Maharbiz in February of 2011. Dr. Netravali is part of an allergy and asthma practice.

2003

Jonathan Berg and Erica (Shapiro) Berg ’02, of New City, NY, welcome their daughter, Alexis Jamie, born on February 10, 2011. Jonathan is practicing pulmonary/critical care and sleep medicine in Rockland County, NY, and Erica is practicing pediatrics part time in New York City.

Michael J. Eckrich, of Milwaukee, WI, received the 2011 Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Oncology (ASCO).

Craig S. See, MD ’99, of San Antonio, TX, writes that after 15 years on active duty and five deployments to Iraq or Afghanistan as a general surgeon in the U.S. Army, he will be leaving the military practice at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX, on January 2, 2012 and joining a private practice.

Craig S. See, MD ’99, and family

Alexis, daughter of Jonathan Berg, MD ’03 and Erica (Shapiro) Berg, MD ’02

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2004Nisha Singh, of Baldwinsville, NY, and her husband, Joseph Nadzan, announce the birth of their second daughter, Sonia Rani Nadzan, born on September 19. She joins her older sister, Mira, who is two and a half. Dr. Singh is currently a partner with Family Practice Associates in Liverpool and Baldwinsville.

2005Peter K. Hon, of New York, NY, completed his fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, TX, and returned to New York City to join a private colorectal surgery practice operating at Lenox Hospital.

2009Erin Nozetz, of New Haven, CT, is now a third year pediatric resident at Yale Children’s Hospital. Dr. Nozetz writes it is great to have Upstate representa-tion in the Department of Pediatrics with Danielle Ehret ’09 a PGY3; Rajitha Devadoss ’10 a PGY2; Cynthia K. Manos ’11 a PGY1 and Daniel P. Anderson ’11 a PGY1.

2010Toby Anderton, of North Augusta, SC, announces a new addition to his family, Adelaide Marie Anderton.

House StaffNaji N. Abumrad, MD, shares that his son, Jad Abumrad, is one of 22 recipients of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Genius Grants for 2011. Jad Abumrad is the co-host and producer of “Radiolab,” a program on WNYC in New York that explores questions of science and philosophy, such as the nature of altruism. “This show is the central creative mission of my life right now, and the money might give me the space to bring new things into it,” Mr. Abumrad said.

Patrick J. Osgood, MD, HS ’97, has relocated to North Tahoe Orthopedics in Truckee, CA, after 13 years of practice in Reno, NV. Dr. Osgood is treating lots of skiers, snow boarders, mountain bikers, etc., and loving it. Record snow fall last year of more than 900 inches extended the ski season into July!

Thomas A. Ruma, MD, HS ’79, was the recipient of the 2011 Nebraska Medical Association’s Distinguished Service to Medicine Award. He was nominated by the senior leadership team of Immanuel Medical Center for his many contributions to the hospital and to medicine as a profession.

Adelaide, daughter of Toby Anderton, MD ’10

Thomas A. Ruma, MD, HS ’79

Michael Mincolla, MD ’08, of North Syracuse, NY, successfully completed a residency in family medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in 2011 and is currently practicing outpatient family medicine at CNY Family Care in East Syracuse, NY.

Nisha Singh, MD ’04, husband, Joseph Nadzan, Sonia and Mira

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1941SHIRLEY J. CORNEY, of Hilton, NY, died April 9. She is survived by her daughters, Mary and Ann; her son, George; and many other relatives and friends.

12/1943BRUCE E. CHAMBERLAIN, of Jamesville, NY, died November 2. Dr. Chamberlain did his internship and residency at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in New York City. He then served for two years as captain in the Army Medical Corps in Pasadena, CA. Following military service, he returned home to do a four-year surgical residency at Upstate. In 1951, with his training completed, he was asked to join prominent surgeon Robert O. Gregg in partnership. Following Dr. Gregg’s retire-ment, Chamberlain became the second director of surgery at Community General Hospital, a position he held for 18 years. He also held staff emeritus status at Upstate. After his own retirement, he continued working as medical director for several health maintenance organizations in Central NY for more than 16 years. Dr. Chamberlain was a member of many medical organizations and authored numerous medical journal articles. One of Chamberlain’s travels had him joining a group of surgeons from Syracuse to staff a CARE-Medico sponsored operation in war-torn Algeria for six weeks. He is survived by his son, John; his daughters, Linda and Laura; and many other relatives.

SIDNEY P. ZIMMERMAN, of Rye, NY, died February 25. Dr. Zimmerman served on the board of directors at White Plains Hospital where he was affiliated for 53 years. One of his children and several of his grandchildren were born there and in 2001, the Sidney P. Zimmerman Nuclear Cardiology Center was dedicated in his honor. He trained as a physician at Mt. Sinai Hospital and New York Medical College and published the results of his research in medical journals. Zimmerman was best known for his uncommonly optimistic demeanor and his high standard of care. He is survived by his wife, Gloria; his daughters, Beth and Amy; his son, Neal; and many other relatives, patients and friends.

1945GEORGE R. BURNETT, of Fort Collins, CO, died October 4. Dr. Burnett enlisted in the Army and served as a captain in the Philippines from July 1946 to June 1947. He then interned at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, and did his residency in Manchester, NH. He continued studies in cardiology at Upstate from 1950 to 1952 and practiced medicine in Syracuse until he retired in 1991. Burnett was board certified in internal medicine and was a member of many professional organizations. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; his sons, George and Robert; and several grandchildren.

JOSEPH G. REIDEL, of Manlius, NY, died October 29. Dr. Reidel had a general practice in Syracuse for more than 50 years. He was a member of the Onondaga County Medical Society and Community General Hospital. He served as president of the Onondaga County Chapter of the American

Academy of General Practice, Midtown Hospital, and ARC of Onondaga County. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. On August 5, 1955, he was washed overboard from a sailboat in a storm on Lake Ontario. They could not find him and he was given up for dead. He swam for more than eight hours with no flotation device until he landed on East Charity shoal in the middle of the night. There he clung to the rocks until dawn when he was rescued by a small fishing boat. His story became known as “The Miracle of Lake Ontario.” He defied death and went on to have a very full and wonderful life. He is survived by his wife, Lillian; his sons, Joseph, Nathaniel and Daniel; and several other relatives.

1948JAMES W. HEPPLEWHITE, of Urbandale, IA, died May 24. Dr. Hepplewhite practiced medicine most of his life in Des Moines, originally as an anesthesiologist at Iowa Methodist Medical Center with Associated Anesthesiologists, and thereafter performing disability determinations for the Social Security Administration. He served as a reader and a member of the Board of IRIS (Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped), a Deacon at Plymouth Congregational Church, a medical officer in the 82nd Airborne Infantry during the Korean War, and a Mason. He is survived by his wife, Helen; his daughter, Carol; his sons, Daniel and David; and several other relatives.

1954STERLING W. BOYD, North Port, FL, died July 8. Dr. Boyd was a family physician in Binghamton, NY, from 1958 until 1981 and an emergency room physician in Port Charlotte and Englewood, FL, until his retirement in 1994. He also served as a Medical Captain in the Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis, during the Korean War. He is survived by his wife, Mary; his daughters, Kathleen and Ellen; his son, David; and several other relatives.

1955EARL H. FREIMER, of Columbus, OH, died May 23. Dr. Freimer was a physician, medical researcher, and teacher. He volunteered for service in the Navy during World War II, serving as a radar operator in Northern Ireland. After a medical internship and residency at New York’s Bellevue Hospital, he began his research career in the Rockefeller Institute labora-tory of geneticist Maclyn McCarty, studying bacterial diseases. He continued to do research at the Rockefeller Institute until 1968, and co-authored a total of 40 scientific publications between 1959 and 1997. Freimer was recruited in 1968 to become one of the co-founders of the newly created Medical College of Ohio (later the University of Toledo Medical Center). There he served as the founding chairman of the Department of Microbiology, as well as founding chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, during his 30-year career at MCO. He is survived by his wife, Gloria; his daughters, Susanna and Miriam; his sons, Martin and Nelson; and several other relatives.

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1957WALTER (SKIP) L. WAY, of Ross, CA, died July 30. Dr. Way earned a degree in pharmacy at the University of Buffalo and after medical school, did his internship at Highland Hospital. He did his residency in anesthesia at the University of California San Francisco Medical School, where he was a member of the first class of residents in the new anesthesia department at UCSF headed by Stuart C. Cullen in 1958. After his residency, he continued at UCSF where he taught in the Anesthesia Department, received his MS in Pharmacology, and then held a joint appointment in both anesthesia and pharmacology. He was chairman of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee for UCSF from 1974 through 1984. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; his daughter, Barbara; his sons, Jonathan and Jeffrey; and several other relatives.

1961VINCENT I. MADDI, of Vestal, NY, died November 14, 2007.

1963DZINTRA L. GREENWALD, of Minooka, IL, died March 24. Dr. Greenwald was one of those rare people — warm and considerate of everyone, thoughtful and knowledgeable in her pediatric practice — who lifted the hearts and standards of everyone she dealt with. Greenwald’s family immigrated to the United States in 1950 after their home was overrun by Russian and German armies early in World War II. She and her family fled to Germany. The trip was harrowing, and took many months to complete. The family lived in a displaced persons camp in Germany for more than five years before immigrating to the United States. Greenwald practiced pediatrics in Joliet and New Lenox, IL, from 1969 until 2004. She was a staff physician at St. Joseph Medical Center from the time of her arrival in Joliet until retirement to her home in Minooka. She is survived by her husband, Michael Greenwald, MD ’63; her sons, Neal and Eric; and several other relatives.

1975VERONICA ANTOINETTE RAVNIKAR, of Cohasset, MA, died July 15. Dr. Ravnikar was born in Brooklyn. Her family had recently immigrated to the U.S. from what is now Slovenia. Ravnikar

continued her medical training in Chicago, completing her residency in OB/GYN at Prentice Women’s Hospital of Northwestern University. She then completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Boston Hospital for Women and Harvard Medical School. Throughout her career, Ravnikar dedicated herself to her patients, teaching, and research. Among her many hospital and academic appointments, she was most recently the chair of the OB/GYN Department at South Shore Hospital and associate clinical professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard. She received numerous awards for her contributions to her field, and had recently been accepted to Brigham and Women’s Leadership Program. In 2010, she received the William Heath Byford Award from Northwestern, which recognizes outstanding alumni in OB/GYN. She dedicated this honor to her husband and children. She is survived by her husband, Leonard Sicilian, MD ’75; her sons, Gregory and David; her daughter, Victoria; and her siblings, Maria and John.

1977GARLAND E. MOREY, JR., of Ft Lauderdale, FL, died August 1. Dr. Morey set up a rural medical practice in Onley, VA, before moving to Florida, where he went into practice in Marathon and Big Pine Key. He then moved to Pompano Beach, where he opened up his own practice as well as creating his family practice and clinic in Fort Lauderdale. He leaves his legacy behind with all the patients and friends whom he cared for like family. After suffering from his own esophageal cancer and subsequent laryngectomy in 2000, Morey worked with various groups and founda-tions in South Florida. He was one of the directors for the New Voice Club (aka “the hole in the neck gang”), helping other patients learn to talk and live with throat cancers. He traveled throughout South Florida schools, showing young children the hazards of smoking. He was also active with the Ryan White PLWHA program and the Footsteps in the Sand Community Foundation of Broward. He is survived by his father, Bill Silvers; and many other relatives.

1981JOHN R. MICHAELS, of Pennellville, NY, died September 2. Dr. Michaels had a long and distinguished career as a family physician. He was senior partner and medical director of Family Practice Associates in Liverpool and chief of family medicine at Crouse Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Susan; his sons, Paul, John and William; his daughter, Susan; and several other relatives.

1989PAUL J ACETO, MD, FAAP, died on November 1, 2011, Dr. Paul, as he was so lovingly known, passed away from a short, but courageous battle with cancer at the untimely age of 47. He was devoted to caring for children at St. Vincents Hospital on Staten Island, Island Heights Pediatrics in Brooklyn, Staten Island, and New Jersey, and Lutheran Family Health Center in Brooklyn. His quick wit, gentle manner, and many talents brought an outpouring of expressions of love and friendship from family, childhood friends, medical school friends, colleagues and patients alike. Heaven has earned another angel to take care of all his family members, especially his grandparents, and the children who have gone before and after him.

House StaffHEATH ROWSELL, of Loma Linda, CA, died June 26.

JOHN SANDT, of Rochester, NY, died May 16, 2004.

SAMUEL SHATKIN, of Amherst, NY, died April 25, 2010. Dr. Shatkin graduated from the University at Buffalo School of Dentistry and in 1958 from its medical school. In addition to his work as a dentist, he was a respected plastic, maxillofacial, and head and neck surgeon. He is survived by his wife, Joan; his sons, Samuel and Todd; his daughters, Cynthia and Darcy; and many other relatives.

JAMES SKATRUD, of Madison, WI, died February 26, 2006.

DAVID S. SUMMERS, of Williamsburg, VA, died January 13, 2010.

FacultyALFREDO MARIANO “CHICHIN” GARCIA, MD, PhD, of Tully, NY, died October 25. Dr. Garcia was a long-time faculty member in the Histology Department at Upstate. He is survived by his wife, Natalia; his son, Mariano; and his grandchildren, Mikaela, Teresa and Juan Pablo.

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Friends of UpstateAdmissions WorkshopMonday, May 21st

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Reunion 2012September 21st and 22nd

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