Class
Notes
1971
Michael Sandler, MD, a
member of the school’s Medical Alumni Association board of governors,
has been elected chair of the Michigan State Medical Society’s
Legislative Policy Committee.
1972
Michel Sucher, MD,
was promoted to senior vice president and chief medical officer of
Rural/Metro Corporation earlier this year. With more than $50 million in
annual revenue, Rural/Metro Latin America is the largest ambulance
service in Argentina, employing 2,000 people (including 1,000
physicians) in four cities. The corporation also provides medical
transportation and fire protection services in more than 400 communities
across the United States. Sucher previously served for five years as
Rural/Metro’s Vice President for Medical Affairs.
1985
David Hunstad, MD, was
featured in a July 5th Detroit News Health report. An
anesthesiologist at Beaumont Hospital/Royal Oak, Hunstad was lauded for
his innovative application of a device he uses as an amateur auto racer
to alleviate motion sickness caused by high speed driving. Manufactured
by a California biomedical company, the device is worn like a
wristwatch. Receiving FDA
approval in early 2000 for its use in treating patients, the ReliefBand
is being used to treat postoperative nausea in Beaumont’s hospitals.
1987
David Randolph, MD,
has been elected to the Michigan State Medical Society board of
directors. He practices internal medicine in Midland, Michigan.
1989
Mark Juzych, MD,
has recently been promoted to associate professor in ophthalmology at
the WSU affiliate, Kresge Eye Institute, where his responsibilities
include directing the residency program. Mark has also been named
associate chair of the school’s ophthalmology department.
1992
Charles Oh, MD, will
be the piano soloist when the Michigan Symphonietta and the Detroit
Concert Choir perform Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in a benefit concert
for medical research on Sunday, November 12, 2000.
For ticket information contact the Detroit Concert Choir at (313)
882-0118 or visit their website, www.detroitconcertchoir.org.
Mark
Thompson, MD,
reports that he left family practice in the United States in 1998 and
moved with Donna, his wife of 5 years, and their children, Jesse, 4 and
Janelle, 3, to Amazonas, Brazil. After
spending 1999 learning Portuguese, the Thompsons settled in Santo
Antonio, a town located in the rainforest along the Amazon River. “A
good atlas will show it near the Columbian border.” Mark and Donna are
working with a trauma surgeon in a 20-bed mission hospital. Classmates
can write to them at Hospital Batista do Amazonas, 937 Rua Sao Salvado,
Santo Antonio do Ida, 69680-000, Am Brasil.
1994
Douglas Files, MD,
completed an internal medicine residency at Duke University Medical
Center in 1997. After two years in private practice in Palm Bay, Fla.,
he joined the U.S. Army. Doug
is currently working as a flight surgeon at Ft. Campbell, Ky. Doug
enjoys caring for pilots and flying in helicopters. Classmates can
contact him at douglas.files@gateway.net.
1997
Lydia Juzych, MD,
is currently chief resident in dermatology at Henry Ford Hospital in
Detroit.
1998
Jim Pribble, MD,
a second year resident in emergency medicine at William Beaumont
Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich., has been selected as a Robert Wood Johnson
Clinical Scholar. The prestigious award recognizes excellence in
research and scholarly activity. Jim will spend his two-year tenure as a
RWJ Clinical Scholar at the University of Michigan Medical Center.
2000
Daniel
Dibardino, MD, is entering a general surgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine in
Houston.
Graduate
Medical Programs
Aurelio
Rodriguez, MD, fellow in cardiothoracic surgery,’77 -’79, has been appointed
director of the trauma program at Allegheny General Hospital in
Pittsburgh. In his new position, Dr. Rodriguez will oversee coordination
of all clinical specialties involved in caring for trauma patients, as
well as trauma research and trauma related emergency medical services
outreach initiatives. Most recently, he was associate director of trauma
at the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Shock Trauma Center in
Baltimore.
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