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Edwin Matlin, 37M |
Against patient protest, John D. McKey, 38C, 41M, took down his shingle last year after 51 years and seven months of doctoring three generations of kids. More than 400 patients, former patients, and parents and grandparents of patients gathered on March 21 to observe "Dr. John McKey Day," at Central Christian Church in Orlando. On the eve of his final office visit day, well-wishers honored him at an open house. Orlando Sentinel columnist Greg Dawson was there and wrote about Dr. Key's old time style: "John McKey is an island of certainty in a sea of change, a refuge from the switchboard hell of managed care. He talks to every worried parent who calls his office. He has no computer and no fax machine. . . ." In retirement, Dr. McKey looks forward to more time on the golf course. His only regret is that he didn't make more money, "but that goes with the territory. Nobody works till age 80 unless he's motivated by something grander." J. (Jesse) Lee Walker, 38C, 41M, is a 1998 recipient of the Emory Medal of Honor. |
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Dr. Smith goes to Washington, often. Martin H. Smith, 41Ox, 43C, 45M, who practiced pediatrics in Gainesville, Ga., for almost 50 years, has served not only the patients in his rural community but also children across the country. William M. Madison Jr., 46C, 49M, has retired in Jacksonville, Fla., where he practiced cardiology from 1957 to 1992. He and his wife, Julia, spend their summers in Maine. He continues to work part time at the VA hospitals both there and in Jacksonville. |
Martin Smith, 45M |
Henry D. McIntosh, 51M, recently retired from his cardiology practice. But Heartbeat International, which he established in 1984, beats on. This not-for-profit organization sets up Pacemaker Banks throughout the world for patients who can't afford a pacemaker. Heartbeat International is a consortium of physicians, medical manufacturers, hospitals, community groups, and organizations working together to provide cardiac health care to people in need worldwide. There are now 35 Pacemaker Banks in 23 countries. All but two of these banks are sponsored by local Rotary Clubs. When Dr. McIntosh was chief of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, a former student and cardiologist told him about a young boy in his native homeland for whom he could do nothing because the child's family was too poor to afford a pacemaker. This same story subsequently was relayed to a local Rotary Club in Mexico, fortuitously attended by a representative of Intermedics, an American pacemaker manufacturer. The Intermedics representative contacted Dr. McIntosh to inform him that the company would be willing to donate pacemakers if he had a use for them. With the success of the first Pacemaker Bank, the medical community and Rotary International began to set up additional banks in locations throughout the world with generous donations from leading pacemaker manufacturers. Through the efforts of Dr. McIntosh, a former president of the American College of Cardiology, Heartbeat International has helped more than 4,000 people, improving their quality of life and forging lasting bonds of international friendship. Spencer S. Brewer, Jr., 48C, 52M, has been a solo practitioner in internal medicine in his hometown of Atlanta since 1956 - July 1, to be exact, the day of the annual changing of the chief resident. He and his wife, Nancy Sorrells Brewer, have four children. He's also been clinical associate professor of medicine at Emory since July 1963. Dr. Brewer's goal is "to make professor before retiring from practice." Bascam F. Anthony, 53C, 56M, of Potomac, Md., retired from academic pediatrics in 1990 and from the Food and Drug Administration in 1998. He's now a clinical consultant to the vaccine industry. He and his wife, Marietta, have four children ranging in age from 19 to 35. |
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Philip T. Schley, 56M, of Columbus, Ga., received the 1998 Wyeth-Ayerst Physician's Award for Community Service from the Medical Association of Georgia. For more than 30 years, he's worked in Columbus on behalf of young people and education, historic preservation, and other community concerns. |
Philip Schley, 56M |
Richard L. Hammonds, 60M, of Powder Springs, Ga., was re-elected chair of the WellStar Health System Board of Trustees for an additional two-year term. Headquartered in Marietta, Ga., WellStar includes Kennestone, Cobb, Windy Hill, Paulding Memorial, and Douglas General hospitals. Now retired from family practice, Dr. Hammonds served as an adviser to President Jimmy Carter during his term of office. After 40 years of school and work, Lee T. Allen, 64M, retired from Decatur Urologic Clinic at age 65. The Allens live in Stone Mountain and have four children and six grandchildren. They're enjoying many projects, including travel, and are thankful for good health to enjoy their hobbies. Albert W. Pruitt, 64M, entered the General Theological Seminary in New York City in the fall of 1997. A pediatrician, he is former dean of the medical school and vice president of health affairs at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. Both Pruitts are still in intellectual overdrive. His wife, née Ellanor Hanson, 59Ox, 61C, 67G, 76G, says she is a bookworm at the Cokesbury Bookstore on the seminary campus. TD> |
Lee Allen, 64M, with three of his six grandchildren. |
After Charles O. Barker, 67C, 71M, completed his naval aerospace medicine residency in Pensacola, Fla., he was senior medical officer on the nuclear carrier USS Enterprise. Recently, he was promoted to captain in the US Navy Medical Corps. This fall he moves to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, in Washington, D.C., as assistant director of aerospace medicine. He and his wife, née Conoly Lemon (68C), have three children, Emma (91C), Tom, and Lucy. Mary Lund Mortensen, 78M, was elected vice president and medical director of Nationwide Health Plans, Inc., and Nationwide Health Systems, part of the Columbus, Ohio, based Nationwide Insurance Enterprise. Dr. Mortensen joined the company in 1995 as associate medical director. Also in 1997, she was appointed to the Columbus Board of Health and is now vice president. Jane T. St. Clair, 79M, of Atlanta, has left the field of anesthesiology and embarked on a new career path in occupational medicine and rehabilitation. In her spare time, she's a physician consultant with MetLife Disability. She and her husband, James E. Sustman, have three sons, Edward, James, and George. |
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In 1995, William C. Warren IV, 79M, gave up an 11-year-old pediatric practice in a north Atlanta suburb to go south to the inner city. For three years, he ran a medical and dental clinic at the Techwood Baptist Center. |
William Warren IV, 79M |
Cynthia Soghikian Wolfe, 80M, and husband Christopher Lane Wolfe (internal medicine) are working at the same hospital for the first time since 1986. They've recently relocated to Washington state. Cynthia is director of the emergency department at Capital Medical Center in Olympia. She formed the group of ER physicians there into an equitable partnership last year. Chris left academia after 14 years and has joined a private cardiology practice in Olympia. The Wolfes love smaller city life and enjoy canoeing and kayaking, as they did in Georgia. Lucy E. Davidson, 70C, 81M, was awarded the Public Service Award from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in New York City on May 12, 1998. Dr. Davidson is a forensic psychiatrist and psychiatric consultant to the CDC. She was clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Emory from 1985 to 1998. She and her husband, Ben Dyer, have two children, Audrey, 10, and Jesse, 17. Camille Davis-Williams, 81M, was recognized by Governor Zell Miller during Georgia Women's History Month as one of the "Georgia Women Pioneers in Health Care." Geraldine Wade, 81M, is a full-time graduate student at the University of Utah School of Medicine in the department of medical informatics. In addition, she's doing an ambulatory care fellowship at the VA Medical Center in Salt Lake City. You can visit her at web site: http://www.med.utah.edu/gwade Grant W. Carlson, 82M, has been named associate section head for oncological surgery at Emory. Mover and shaker Gary D. Chaikin, 78C, 82M, who practices psychiatry in Idaho Falls, Idaho, wrote to us that October 1997 marked his second year of hosting "Healing Alternatives Symposium," bringing alternative therapies to the fore in southeast Idaho. Emory associate professors Thomas C. Pearson, 82M, and Christian P. Larsen, 80C, 84M, received two awards from the Carlos and Marguerite Mason Trust. The grants will support the researchers' efforts to develop a clinical strategy that will lead to acceptance of organ transplants without the need for long-term immunosuppression. See article on page 12. After spending two years at home with her young sons, Patrick (8), David (5), and Benjamin (2), Janie Simms Hamner, 83M, returned to pediatrics practice on a part-time basis. Her office is just five minutes from home, in Dallas, Tex. She loves it and says it's the best of both worlds! Born: To Kim Wilder-Dyer, 78Ox, 83M, and William Dyer, a son, Ian, on Dec. 31, 1997. Penny Castellano, 85M, medical director of the Emory Clinic North, has been appointed to serve on the Emory Healthcare Board. Born: To Kim and H. Craig Philpot, 86M, their second daughter, Elizabeth Grace, on March 8, 1998. She joins sister Emily Nicole (6) and brother Joseph Andrew (2). The family resides in Birmingham, Ala., where Dr. Philpot is associated with Birmingham Gastroenterology Associates. Last summer, Catherine A. Share, 80BMS, 86M, joined the Duke University Medical Center faculty and is practicing at the institution's first general surgery satellite location. Born: To Nadine Ann Becker, 88M, and Daniel B. Shapiro, 88M, a son, Jeremy, on March 7, 1997. Jeremy joins his sister, Lauren, who got a five-year head start. The family resides in Dunwoody, Ga. Dr. Shapiro is an ob/gyn specializing in endocrinology/infertility at Southeastern Fertility Institute. Dr. Becker practices obstetrics and gynecology at Northside Hospital. The couple recently celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary. R. Scott Turner, 82G, 84G, 88M, received the Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in Aging Research Award from the American Federation for Aging Research. He's assistant professor of neurology at the University of Michigan and VA Medical Center, in Ann Arbor. The three-year award will fund his research on the molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease. He and his wife, Arlene, have two children, 9-year-old Kathryn and 2-year-old Alex. Born: To Lisa and Stuart N. Liberman, 89M, their second son, Jacob Adam, on Nov. 21, 1997. Dr. Liberman is a urologist in Melbourne, Fla. Vascular surgeon Joseph I. Zarge, 89M, has moved his family back to Atlanta, where he's associated with a private practice group at St. Joseph's Hospital. He and his wife, Ellen, have one son, David, who's 2. |
Lucy Davidson, 81M, with former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and Emory Psychiatry Chair Charles Nemeroff |
By day, Charles D. Atkins, 90M, is director of behavioral sciences at Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, Conn., and on the clinical faculty at Yale. By night, he's a chronicler of madness. His first novel, The Portrait, was published this past summer by St. Martin's press. It's billed as a psychological thriller with a manic-depressive protagonist. Actually, Dr. Atkins said it's pretty mainstream as far as novels go - it's just that the hero has a serious mental illness. This book is the first of a two-book contract with St. Martin's. Dr. Atkins' second novel will be published under a pseudonym. "Vultures at Twilight," he told us over the phone, "will be about older people at risk of being preyed upon." His third book, which will again come out under his real name, will be titled Soul-Less and will be something about childhood development going very, very wrong. Dr. Atkins also writes a bimonthly column in American Medical News and recently penned an essay for summer publication in JAMA. When asked if he might give up psychiatry and write full time, he said, "No, they go together." Sort of like night and day. Tamara L. Fisk, 90M, emailed us from China that she was returning to Emory to do a fellowship in infectious diseases, which she began July 1998. Robert E. Frank, 90M, has headed back south with wife Tawnee after a seven-year residency in the Midwest to join Hilton Head Island Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, LLC. Married: Neil S. Kalin, 90M, and Joanie E. Lefkowitz, on May 24, 1998. Dr. Kalin is an ophthalmologist in private practice in Newark, Del. |
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Married: Misha L. Pless, 90M, and Patty Nothmann, who he said is "a lovely physician from Zug." That's Switzerland, for you limerick poets out there. The couple recently moved from Boston to Pittsburgh, where Dr. Pless is now director of neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Sidney M. Barr, 85Ox, 91M, now practices internal medicine with The Emory Clinic at its new primary care 1525 Building on Clifton Road. She and her husband, Laurence S. Sperling, 85C, 89M, have two sons. Born: To Peter M. Farrehi, 91M, and Janice G. Farrehi, a daughter, Clara Jane, on May 30, 1998. Their son, Michael Peter, is 2. Dr. Farrehi is doing a one-year angioplasty fellowship in the division of cardiology at Emory. He said he'd recently bumped into Eric Elwood, 91M, who's also doing postgraduate training at Emory in surgery. |
Misha Pless, 90M, with wife Patty |
Meryl Tillotson Goldstein, 91M, 92G, is an instructor in surgical pathology at the University of Virginia. Her husband, Jonas H. Goldstein, 91M, is also an instructor there in radiology while he finishes a fellowship in diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology. They both will have jobs in Asheville, N.C., beginning in July 1999. Their second son, Samuel Jacob, was born March 30, 1998. Pamela A. Ross, 91M, is assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She was recently elected to the board of directors for the Virginia College of Emergency Physicians. She also recently was awarded fellow status in the American College of Emergency Physicians. Craig L. Schwimmer, 86P, 91M, is an otolaryngology-head and neck surgery attending physician at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, where he's also an instructor at Johns Hopkins. Born: To Martha Hoel Garrison, 87C, 92M, and David A. Garrison, 86Ox, 88C, a son, Andrew Summers Garrison, on July 8, 1997. David is a chief engineer for Delta Air Lines, and Martha is assistant professor of radiology at Crawford Long Hospital. |
Jonas and Meryl Goldstein, 91M |
Born: To Jeffrey T. Kuvin, 92M, and Emily Mathes Kuvin, a daughter, Sylvie Jane, on Jan. 7, 1998. Dr. Kuvin is completing a cardiology fellowship at New England Medical Center in Boston. Married: John R. Coleman Jr., 93M, and Jennifer Rozelle (93A), on Aug. 23, 1997. They live in Nashville, where John is a sixth-year otolaryngology resident at Vanderbilt and Jennifer is an anesthesiologist assistant. Born: To David Knoll, 93M, and wife Susan, a son, Andrew, April 3, 1998. Dr. Knoll is an internist with the US Air Force at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. Upon completion of his internal medicine residency at Emory this past summer, William Keith Fackler, 94M, and Sondralyn McCard Fackler, 96M, moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where Keith begins a GI fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic and Sondralyn will complete her residency in psychiatry at Case Western. Born: To Aimee Post League, 90C, 94M, and Mark T. League, a daughter, Avery Alexandra, on April 10, 1998. There's always plenty of action in the career of Navy Lt. Peter D. Panagos, 94M. He participated in a special operations exercise while serving the 31st marine expeditionary unit, deployed to Okinawa, Japan. It was designed to train Dr. Panagos' unit in amphibious operations and combat hand-gunning, close-quarters battle, sniping, reconnaissance, and surveillance. The exercise was held off the coast of Okinawa aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Belleau Wood. Born: To Gena Alexander-Albert, 95M, and Warren Albert, a son, Warren Alexander, on Dec. 21, 1997. Dr. Alexander-Albert is chief resident at Children's Medical Center in Dallas, Tex. Erik D. Blake, 95M, is chief resident in physical and rehabilitation medicine at the University of Colorado. He's engaged to Jeri Kogen of Phoenix, Ariz. Having finished his residency in surgery, Stephen A. Small, 97M, is now a captain in the Air Force, serving as a primary care physician for one year at an air base near Seoul, South Korea. Married: Daniel Seth Budnitz, 97G, 98M, and Tina-Lynn Paul, 96G, on May 24, 1998. David Hays, 94C, 98M, is a resident in family medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University, in Portland. |
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Dan Barrow |
Martin Scott Dawson (internal medicine), of Maple Shade, N.J., is chief cardiology fellow at Allegheny University Hospital. Miguel A. Faria Jr., (neurosurgery), of Macon, Ga., received the Americanism Award of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In addition, the Medical Sentinel, of which Dr. Faria is editor, has garnered national attention as a result of its coverage of controversial topics. The July/August issue was titled "The Police State of Medicine" and included tales about Medicare extortion. Steven R. Grimes (ophthalmology) is in a new US military program in San Antonio, Tex. He recently was selected to spend two weeks on a humanitarian mission in Peru. Henry T. Gunter (obstetrics/gynecology) is a diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology. He and his wife, Sandra, live in San Jose, Calif. Laura F. Hall (radiation oncology) is a resident in radiation oncology at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. She's married to Jeffrey Allen. Barry N. Hyman (internal medicine) was awarded Recognition with Distinction by the American Diabetes Association/ National Committee for Quality Assurance Provider Recognition Program. Emory professor Spencer B. King III (cardiology) is president of the American College of Cardiology. He's the first interventional cardiologist to hold this title. Douglas C. Morris (cardiology) was elected to sit on the Emory Clinic Board. In addition, he's been appointed associate section head for internal medicine at Emory. Thomas Upson Muller (otolaryngology) was selected team flight surgeon/MD for the US aerobatic team for the August 1998 world championships in Slovakia. Dr. Muller explained, "This is the olympics of aviation." He and his wife, Stacey, have one son, Tommy, who's 8. Dr. Muller is associated with Allatoona ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery in Cartersville, Ga. Richmond K. Nuamah (internal medicine) began a nephrology fellowship at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in Cleveland. Stuart C. Segerman (pediatrics) is medical director of Georgia Baptist Life Flight at Georgia Baptist Medical Center and is president-elect of the Georgia College of Emergency Physicians. He and his wife, Kristin, have two sons. Hugh M. van Gelder (80C, cardiovascular surgery) is surgical director of pediatric heart transplantation and chair of both the department of cardiovascular services and the division of cardiac surgery at All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Fla. Nanette K. Wenger (cardiology) was awarded the Physician of the Year Award from the American Heart Association. See the article on page 18. |
Martin Scott Dawson |
Walter W. Williams (internal medicine) is now associate director for minority health at the CDC. During his career there, he's served as chief, guideline activity, hospital infections program, National Center for Infectious Diseases; editor pro tem of CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; and most recently, chief, adult vaccine preventable disease branch, epidemiology and surveillance division, National Immunization Program. Dr. Williams is an epidemiologist and holds faculty appointments at Morehouse Medical School and Rollins School of Public Health at Emory. For the past seven years, William A. Wooden (general and plastic surgery) has been at East Carolina University, where he is associate professor and vice chair of surgery and chair of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Wooden and his wife, Juanita, have three children, John, Anna Kate, and Rebecca - ages 5, 3, and 1. |
Walter Williams |
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John D. Justice, 33M, of Apopka, Fla., on June 18, 1997. He is survived by his wife, Helen. George A. Reynolds, 30C, 34M, of Bowling Green, Va., on Feb. 10, 1998. Dr. Reynolds began practicing medicine in Bowling Green in the mid-1930s and stayed for 45 years. Clyde W. "Whit" Whitworth, 32C, 35M, at home in Evans, Ga., on Jan. 10, 1998, at age 85. Robert V. Brandon, 33C, 36M, of Jackson, Ga., of a heart attack at Westbury Medical Care home, on April 8, 1998. James L. Campbell Jr., 36C, 40M, retired urologist of Orlando, Fla., on June 30, 1998, of an aneurysm. A. Sidney Goss Jr., 44C, 46M, retired obstetrician/gynecologist of Land O'Lakes, Fla., on Oct. 15, 1997. He is survived by his wife, the former Madge LaDue. Roy M. Baker, 48M, of Jacksonville, Fla., on May 14, 1996. He's survived by his wife. Joyce L. Funke, 50M, of Roseville, Minn., of cancer at Fairview University Medical Center on April 8, 1998. She was 72. Fred C. Smith, 43Ox, 44C, 50M, retired surgeon, of Daytona Beach, Fla., on Nov. 12, 1997. He's survived by five children. J. Earle White III, 49C, 52M, of Newburgh, Ind., on Dec. 5, 1997. Arthur D. Draper Jr., 51C, 56M, of Jacksonville, Fla., on April 30, 1997. Dr. Draper was a family practitioner and is survived by his wife, Elaine Turner Draper. James E. Clark, 57C, 60M, of Atlanta, on April 9, 1998, at Piedmont Hospital, where he practiced internal medicine for 38 years. Two of Dr. Clark's greatest passions were playing the piano and traveling in Italy, where he and his wife spent part of each year. In addition to his wife, Carol, he's survived by two daughters, a sister, a niece, and a nephew. C. Duncan Cater Jr., 64M, of Chattanooga, Tenn., on June 6, 1998, of pancreatic cancer. He and his family had recently moved from Statesboro, Ga., to Chattanooga, when he became ill. He is survived by his wife, Ann, and son, Thomas. |
John Justice, 33M |
Peter S. Stevens, 64C, 67M, died at home in Jacksonville, Fla., on April 18, 1998, after a lengthy illness. Douglas O. Cope, 70M, ophthalmologist in Statesboro, Ga., on Feb. 24, 1998, at age 53, of a head injury. That day, Dr. Cope received a call that his father-in-law had died in nearby Sylvania, Ga. He was rushing over there when he lost control of his car and it overturned. |
Peter Stevens, 67M |
Paul G. Jenko, 79M, general surgeon, on October 13, 1998, of glioblastoma multiforme. Dr. Jenko had been medical director of the Watson Clinic in Lakeland, Fla., and had previously served as chair of the department of surgery at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Sandra M. Walden, 75C, 79M, of Baltimore, on April 26, 1996, of pulmonary disease. She's survived by her husband, Sidney O. Gottlieb, 79M, and three sons. |
Paul Jenko, 79M |
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Arthur Franklin Moore (internal medicine), at home in Fayetteville, Ark., on July 4, 1997, at age 72. Stuart H. Shippey (surgery), of Pensacola, Fla., on April 15, 1998. In addition to his wife, Jane, he is survived by brother-in-law and ophthalmologist William T. Humphrey, 56Ox, 58C, 62M. Samuel Jack Sugar (orthopaedic surgery), of Silver Spring, Md., on Jan. 25, 1998. He is survived by his daughter, Marilyn S. Feder. Harry H. Wagenheim (internal medicine), of Bryn Mawr, Pa., on Jan. 20, 1998. He is survived by his wife, Helen. Charles F. Whicker (obstetrics/gynecology), of Moravian Falls, N.C., on Jan. 2, 1995. He is survived by his sister, Ann Reins. |
Arthur Moore |
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Louis Wilson |
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