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Class Notes
1950
Louis Hoffman, MD, and his wife, Florence, returned from a trip to
Anatolia (Asian Turkey) where they visited the Goreme Valley and
Cappadocia, a region famous for the thousands of homes and more than 800
churches that were carved into the mountainside by early Christians
seeking protection from Roman persecution. The Hoffmans report they
especially enjoyed touring the interiors of churches decorated with
elaborate architectural features such as pillars and arches, as well as
walls and ceilings adorned with paintings.
1959
Earl J. Rudner, MD, vice chair of dermatology at Detroit’s Henry
Ford Hospital, is an associate clinical professor of dermatology at the
School of Medicine. He and his wife, Bonnie Brenner, a WSU grad who
works in the Redford, Mich., school system as a learning disabilities
specialist, enjoy unusual and challenging summer “breaks.”
This year, they traveled to Browning, Mont., where they
volunteered in a Headstart program and Earl performed physical exams on
firefighters battling the area’s unusually fierce wildfires. Last
year, they worked at a small medical school in Greece. Three years ago,
the couple volunteered in New Guinea, where Earl served as a volunteer
dermatologist at the Nazarene Hospital in Papua.
1975
Ervin A. Hire, Jr., MD, is practicing oncology at Northern Michigan
Hospital in Petosky. He
previously served as medical director at the bi-state Christine
LaGuardia-Phillips Cancer Center (TN) / Southwest Virginia Regional
Cancer Center.
1976
John A. Loiodice, MD, has been practicing otolaryngology in
Pittsfield, Mass., since 1980. He is associated with Berkshire Ear Nose
and Throat. An assistant professor of surgery at the University of
Massachusetts School of Medicine, John teaches residents in surgery and
medicine at Berkshire Medical Center.
1977
William O’Neill, MD, was one of the top vote-getters in Hour
Detroit’s list of “The Top Docs” in metropolitan Detroit.
1980
Michael Maddens, MD, was one of the top vote-getters in Hour
Detroit’s list of “The Top Docs” in metropolitan Detroit.
1981
Carl Russell, MD, has relocated from Riverside, Calif., to Bristol,
Tenn., where he is practicing internal medicine with Bristol Medical
Associates.
1983
Peter J. Cronkright, MD, is a clinical associate professor of
internal medicine at the State University of New York, Upstate Medical
University where he has been twice honored for his outstanding teaching.
In September, he joined University Health Care Manlius in the upstate
New York community. The group is associated with SUNY Upstate and its
University Hospital.
Thomas LaLonde, MD, was one
of the top vote-getters in Hour Detroit’s list of “The Top
Docs” in metropolitan Detroit.
1984
Brian Jorgensen, MD, has been working for the Mayo Clinic,
Scottsdale, Ariz., since March of 1999. He relocated there after 12
years of solo practice in Swarthmore, Pa.
1985
Ronald G. Grifka, MD, associate professor of pediatrics at Baylor
University’s College of Medicine and director of the cardiac
catheterization laboratory at Texas Children’s Hospital, is among the
rising stars of pediatric cardiology nationally and internationally. A
recent article in the hospital’s news magazine describes the first
successful implantation of the Gianturco-Grifka vascular occlusion
device as one of six significant medical achievements at Texas
Children’s Hospital during the 1990s. The procedure closes abnormal
blood vessels and corrects cardiovascular defects previously treatable
only with open-heart surgery.
1986
David S. Wilgard, MD, is associated with Desert Orthopedic Center in
the Palm Springs, Calif., area. Board certified in internal medicine,
physical medicine and rehabilitation, and electrodiagnostic medicine,
his special interests are diagnosis and treatment of neck and back pain,
peripheral nerve injury, as well as sports and industrial injuries.
1987
Edward Guindi, MD, ’87, and Jon F. Sweet, MD, ’89, served
their ob/gyn residencies together at Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn and
are in practice with three other partners in Advanced Women’s Health
Specialists’ seven offices in the Orlando, Fla. area.
1991
John S. Bradley, MD, writes, “Kristin and I welcomed our second
daughter, Olivia, into the world on April 30th, promoting
Mikaela to Big Sister. In June, we moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., where I
work as an emergency physician at Metropolitan Hospital. E-mail me at: jkdocnp@aol.com”
1992
Jeffrey Larkin, MD, reports as follows: “I have finally finished
residency/fellowship training in pathology (after switching out of an
anesthesia residency in 1994). I am certified in anatomic and clinical
pathology and have just passed my subspecialty boards in
hematoppathology as well. I am in private practice with a group of 10
pathologists in Minneapolis,/St. Paul, Minn., and am finally enjoying
life! The Twin Cities are really a great place to live (even with the
long winters). I’d enjoy hearing from classmates. Email me at: pathman92@aol.com.
Asha Parekh and Mary Szwapa, where and how are you?
Laura L. Vandenheede, MD, sends
news. “I am living in the beautiful Arizona White Mountains since June
of 1998, and love it here. I can bike, hike and ski right out of my
backyard…and I love orthopaedics.”
1995
Mark A. Burt, MD, is practicing orthopaedic surgery and sports
medicine in High Point, NC. Associated with Orthopaedics and Sports
Medicine, Mark completed graduate medical training at Tulane University
Hospital in New Orleans, La., where he served as chief resident. He
received the Marmor Surgical Arthritis Foundation Award.
Udi Kapen, MD, lives in
Southfield, Mich., with wife Deb and “beautiful 3 year-old Kayln.”
Udi joined Southfield Pediatric Physicians in July, 1998 and reports
“a good time is being had by all.”
Dianne Plath, MD, has joined
the psychiatric staff at Central Michigan Healthcare System in Mount
Pleasant. She completed her graduate medical training, including a
consultation/liaison psychiatry fellowship, at the Detroit Medical
Center.
Don Tynes, MD, has joined
Intercare Community Health Network in Benton Harbor, Mich.
1996
Silas Norman, Jr., MD, was honored by the Wayne State University
Organization of Black Alumni at its annual awards banquet. Dr. Norman is
vice president of the Affiliated Internists of Wayne State University
School of Medicine.
1997
James Whitmyer, MD, completed the family practice residency program
at Bon Secours Cottage Health Services, and has joined Bon Secours
Family Physicians in Roseville, Mich.
1998
Howard R. Belkin, MD, recently gave a grand rounds presentation to
the WSU School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. It
was titled “Legal Aspects of Psychopathologic Behavior in Obstretrics
and Gynecology.” He also presented “Child Abuse Reporting
Requirements in Michigan” at the Wayne County Head Start Program’s
annual meeting.
Graduate Medical Alumni
Nizar Hussain and Deena El-Khateeb, internal
medicine,’00, are in practice at Dominion Medical Center in Colonial
Beach, Va. They have been
married since 1992, having met as medical students in Baghdad, Iraq, and
have two daughters.
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