SPECIAL EDITION BULLETIN SUMMER 2020 of the ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

VOL. 8 5 NO. 2

URSULA A. MATULONIS, MD ’87 2020 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA

CLASS OF 2020

SPECIAL FEATURE ALUMNI ACT DURING GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS

IN THIS ISSUE: 2020 Alumni Association Awards | 2020 Commencement | 2019 Contributors Report Please consider an estate gift in support of Albany Medical College

Dr. Chhiap understands the important role scholarship plays in launching careers

Pillars Society member Visoth Chhiap, MD ’95, combines annual outright scholarship gifts with an unrestricted charitable trust to support two of Albany Medical College’s most pressing funding needs.

Members of the ALBANY “ I owe my career and success to Albany Medical MEDICAL COLLEGE College, and I am extremely grateful. My scholarship PILLARS SOCIETY have created endowment was established by combining outright lasting legacies using their bequests, gifts with a bequest. I did this because I know there life income gifts and retirement plans. are many intelligent, driven individuals out there who !ey provide inspiration to others to want to become physicians but need help to achieve do the same. !ank you! their dream. I feel honored and privileged knowing I am doing my part to help Albany Medical College Learn more, contact Laura O’Brien and its students. Will you join me and consider Assistant Vice President combining your lifetime and estate giving to help Gift Planning and Principal Gifts (518) 262-6835 | [email protected] our alma mater?” amc.PlanMyGift.org Visoth Chhiap, MD ’95 Dermatologist Morgan Hill, California BULLETIN of the ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

SUMMER 2020 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS President Evan Vosburgh, MD ’82 President-Elect David M. Jones, MD ’97 Immediate Past President Kevin W. Roberts, MD ’77 Secretary Nancy C. Sapio, MD ’85 Treasurer 8 Peter Manes, MD ’04 Historian Jeffrey D. Hubbard, MD ’68

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS Mitchell H. Bamberger, MD ’82 Anthony C. Campagna, MD ’85 Christopher L. Campese, MD ’90, MS ’15 Jodi Della Rocca, CRNA, MS ’02, PhD Clifford A. Erickson, MD ’99 Janet E. Gargiulo, MD ’79 Robert J. Hedderman, MD ’82 Kathryn A. Hogan, MD ’04 Ursula A. Matulonis, MD ’87 Fassil B. Mesfin, MS ’00, PhD ’01, MD ’05 4 President’s Message Michael M. Mueller, MS, PA-C ’17 23 Michael T. Mulligan, MD ’03 5 Dean’s Message Phillip S. Paty, MD ’86 6 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Donna M. Pietrocola, MD ’75 Dennis McKenna, MD ’92 Mary E. Rappazzo, MD ’76 Gary L. Sutter, MD ’76 8 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA: Peter A. Vincent, PhD ’89 Ursula Matulonis, MD ’87 Ferdinand J. Venditti, Jr., MD, Honorary ’15 Ex-Officio 12 2020 Alumni Association Vincent P. Verdile, MD ’84 Award Recipients Ex-Officio 16 COVID-19: Special Feature ALUMNI ASSOCIATION STAFF 29 28 Alumni Connections Sandy DiNoto, Executive Director 29 2020 Commencement Christine Horigan, Associate Director Logan Edson, Administrative Coordinator 33 Family Legacy Supports Scholarships Jessica Watson, MSIS, Archivist 34 2020 Alumni Association Design: Tessa Cochetti Design Student Award Recipients

Dr. Matulonis cover photo by Kayana Szymczak 35 College News & Events COVID-19 virus images provided by the Centers 40 Archives Corner for Disease Control and Prevention 42 PILLARS PROFILE: Neil Lempert, MD ’58 [email protected] or (518) 262-5033 42 44 2019 Contributors Report A copy of the Albany Medical Center Foundation’s most recently 56 Class Notes filed financial report is available from the Charities Bureau Registry on the New York State Attorney General’s website (www.charitiesnys. 58 In Memoriam com) or, upon request, by contacting the New York State Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005, 62 Faculty Openings or us at 43 New Scotland Avenue-Mail Code 119, Albany, New York 12208. You also may obtain information on charitable 63 Reunion Thank You organizations from the New York State Office of the Attorney General at www.charitiesnys.com or (212) 416-8401. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Fellow Alumni:

SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE, THE WORLD HAS CHANGED FOR ALL OF US, AND MY HOPE IS THAT YOU ARE STAYING WELL AND HEALTH Y.

e emergence of the coronavirus pandemic made it necessary for us to reschedule our April 2020 Reunion to October 2020. We recently made the difficult decision—given the uncertainty of the continuing health crisis—to cancel Reunion activities this year. We look forward to gathering with our 2020 alumni celebrants— classes ending in zero and five —and 2021 alumni celebrants— classes ending in one and six — in April 2021 (Friday, April 9 & Saturday, April 10). We will keep you updated on our planning and are looking forward to an exceptional weekend.

In March, we reached out to alumni for their observations and firsthand experiences with COVID-19. Our thanks to those of you who submitted compelling, poignant and hopeful stories which we are pleased to share in this issue.

I was honored to represent our alumni community in leading the Class of 2020 in the recitation of the oath during Albany Medical College’s first virtual Commencement ceremony in May. e oath directly addresses issues of great importance as the confluence of COVID-19 health disparities and systemic racism cannot be separated from healthcare. Congratulations to our newest alumni who have graduated during these extraordinary times. e transition to residency or your next role has been made unusually complex but with such great potential to make significant and lasting change. All alumni, friends, families, colleagues, and patients are confident you will excel as leaders.

ank you to all alumni for staying connected with us and with one another.

Sincerely, Evan Vosburgh, MD ’82 President

4 | alumni.amc.edu DEAN’SN ’ S MMESSAGE E S S A G E

IT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT LIFE HAS CHANGED FOR ALL OF US DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE ARE ADAPTING AT ALBANY MED.

Under AAMC advisement and to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the College in the spring suspended in-person classes and clinical rotations for students. Learning did not cease though. Recorded lectures are stored on our system and access to simulated learning modules and library resources have been online for some time which made the transition seamless for our students who are accustomed to remote learning options. We are establishing plans for how we will transition to training and care in new settings and advance our readiness for the future.

COVID-19 offers real-time teaching opportunities– on the prevention, transmission, treatment and cure of this virus. Other lessons to be learned include the economic impact of pandemics, the disproportionate effect it has on the underserved in our communities, and the importance of coordinated global health planning and responses.

Albany Med has several research projects focused on COVID-19, including work related to the development of a vaccine and potential markers for assessing disease susceptibility. Our researchers have also initiated four clinical trials dedicated to COVID-19 therapeutics, studying the genomics of the virus, and the impact it has on co-morbidities and demographics.

Albany Med was among the first hospitals in the country to obtain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to use convalescent blood plasma therapy to experimentally treat critically ill patients who are infected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Additionally, we have been using Remdesivir as well to treat the most seriously ill patients.

We celebrated the Class of 2020 with a commencement first for the College—a commemorative live video presentation held May 21. A copy of the video can be viewed online through the College website and Alumni Association Facebook page. We are so very proud of our graduating students and their accomplishments during a most unusual time for those entering the healthcare professions.

We are grateful for your interest, concern and support. I hope that you and your loved ones are healthy and safe during these extraordinary times.

Best Wishes, Vincent P. Verdile, MD ’84 e Lynne and Mark Groban, MD ’67 Distinguished Dean

SUMMER 2020 | 5 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT:

DR. DENNIS MCKENNA ’92 LEADS ALBANY MED SYSTEM

DENNIS P. MCKENNA, MD ’92 BEGAN HIS NEW ROLE AS PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE

OFFICER OF ALBANY MED ON APRIL 1. HE REPLACES JAMES J. BARBA, WHO IS RETIRING.

DURING MR. BARBA’S 25YEAR LEADERSHIP, ALBANY MED HAS GROWN TO BE ONE OF THE

LARGEST HOSPITAL SYSTEMS IN THE NORTHEAST WITH MORE THAN 100 LOCATIONS IN 25

COUNTIES; A PHYSICIAN PRACTICE GROUP OF MORE THAN 650; ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE,

AND A WORKFORCE OF MORE THAN 13,000. IN ADDITION, IT HAS AFFILIATIONS WITH THREE

HOSPITALS AN HOUR NORTH AND SOUTH IN SARATOGA, HUDSON AND GLENS FALLS.

graduate of Christian Brothers Academy in Albany, Cornell University and Albany Medical College, A Class of 1992, Dr. McKenna completed his residency at Albany Med. He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine. He spent five years in service to the United States on active duty as a Medical Officer, including a deployment as a battalion surgeon for the Marines to Somalia. He joined the Reserves in 1997 and was mobilized to active duty three times after 9/11, including two tours with the Marines to Iraq. He retired as a Navy Captain. He comes to the CEO position with many years of experience in the Albany Med system. He has held significant leadership roles serving as Medical Director of the Emergency Department, Medical Director of the Hospital, and President of the Albany Med Faculty Physician Group. He has been active outside of the hospital. He was previously a member of the Albany Medical College Alumni Association Board and has been a medical volunteer and serves on the Board with the Double H Ranch in Lake Luzerne, New York. e ranch provides seriously ill children with a carefree camp experience in the Adirondacks. Dr. McKenna is married to Karen Deeley McKenna, a nurse at Albany Med, and they have four children.

We spoke with You began this role during the peak of a downstate, staffing patterns, partnerships with Dr. McKenna global pandemic. How have the challenges other providers, supply chain management, and our of COVID-19 framed your leadership? about his transition. capacity. COVID-19 will impact us for a long time. I was trained as an Emergency Department physician We will have challenges to overcome, but I am and have 20 years of experience in the military with confident we are a stronger, more responsive and a tours of combat duty. I would say this has served me more united organization because of what we have well. In addition, my previous roles at Albany Med been able to accomplish. provided a deep understanding of the organization. Can you talk about the lifelong connection you Mr. Barba has been a supportive mentor to me, and have had with Albany Med? I can’t emphasize enough how well Albany Med, I like to say that while I wasn’t born at Albany Med, at all levels, had preparations in place and became that is the one decision that I had no ability to influ- more agile to meet the demands of the moment. ence. But I went to medical school here, did my resi- I am amazed at the commitment of our entire team. dency here, and it’s been my full time employment ever From the very beginning, you communicated since. In addition, and most importantly, I met my wife with the workforce and the regional on this campus and all four of my children were born in community by providing popular daily video this hospital, delivered by a classmate and dear friend updates about COVID-19 cases and Albany Dr. Cheryl (Bromberg) Burack ‘92. I consider this Med’s preparedness. campus to be my home away from home, where I made It was very important for us to be transparent lifelong friends over 30 years ago and where I continue about our regional cases, patient transfers from to meet and be inspired by new colleagues every day. 6 | alumni.amc.edu “ We will have challenges to overcome, but I am confident we are a stronger, more responsive and a more united organization because of what we have been able to accomplish.”

Do you have specific medical college Incredibly, all four of those doctors are still here today, memories you would want to share? and they continue to teach me things like they did I truly feel blessed to have received such an excellent many years ago. I can never repay them my sincere education at Albany Medical College. We had a appreciation for all that they have done for me. fantastic class with incredible diversity and it’s been Military service was important to you. fun to watch everyone advance along their remarkable e military is about selfless sacrifice and mission, and careers. I was fortunate enough to serve as class those two things define the work we also do here at president, perhaps most famously because I used to Albany Med. I am grateful for the opportunities I had bring in donuts every day to class, but that’s another to serve alongside some of the greatest men and women story. We did all the things most classes did. Outside I have known, from stateside in garrison and all the way of classes and exams we had talent shows, softball to overseas to various theaters of combat. From them, teams and social gatherings of all types. It was a I learned and saw firsthand great examples of integrity, fantastic four years. dedication, physical and mental stamina, loyalty and Did you ever anticipate you would be in accountability. Every day in this new role I draw upon this role? experiences I had in the military that make me a better Absolutely not, at least not back in 1988, when I started doctor and a better executive. here! But one thing Albany Med and the military Alumni are looking forward to your success. taught me is that you can be successful if you are willing I am humbled to take on this new role. I am acutely to put in the work. And we all had great role models aware of the importance it has, not only on this campus and mentors along the way. but for the greater region. I am confident that if I am Did you seek out mentors? How have they successful it will be because we have a world-class helped your professional career? organization and I am surrounded by talented people In medical school my earliest memory of mentors who are driven in our missions of clinical care, educa- was in the clinical settings during third and fourth tion and research. I thank Albany Medical College and year—the attending physicians I aspired to be more Albany Medical Center Hospital for the remarkable like. I wanted to go into Emergency Medicine so that influence they have had on my life, and I am eager to department’s faculty had the biggest impact on my lead this magnificent organization. career development. I remember very clearly doing my Dr. McKenna was recently named among the Top Five Emergency Medicine Residency in 1991 and really Hospital Administrators by EM Docs, a Facebook group looking up to Drs. Howard Snyder ’85, Mara McErlean comprised of more than 22,000 emergency physicians. and Joel Bartfield. After military service I returned back to Albany Med to do a residency in Emergency Medicine because they had left such an impression on me, and my Chair during my residency years was Dr. Vince Verdile ’84. SUMMER 2020 | 7 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA Ursula A. Matulonis, MD ’87

A Career Devoted to Research, Academics and Patient Care

URSULA A. MATULONIS, MD ’87 CREDITS HER MOTHER, A HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,

WITH EXPOSING HER AT A YOUNG AGE TO THE IDEA THAT SHE COULD BE A PHYSICIAN.

“I GREW UP IN MANHASSET, NEW YORK, AND THERE WERE NO DOCTORS IN MY FAMILY, BUT MY

MOTHER’S PASSION FOR SCIENCE WAS DEFINITELY A SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE ON ME. WHEN I WAS

ACCEPTED INTO THE RPI/ALBANY MED PROGRAM, I CAME WITH AN OPEN MIND TO BE IMMERSED

INTO AN INTENSE, SCIENCE"FOCUSED, SIX"YEARS OF STUDY,” SAYS DR. MATULONIS.

r. Matulonis has been named this year’s Dr. Matulonis is a member of the Massachusetts DAlbany Medical College Alumni Ovarian Cancer Task Force, the NRG ovarian Association Distinguished Alumna. She will committee, and the Scientific Advisory Board receive the award and deliver a lecture on campus for the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, the during Reunion Weekend (Friday, April 9– Clearity Foundation, the Rivkin Ovarian Cancer Saturday, April 10, 2021), originally scheduled Foundation, and Overcome. She received the for April 2020 but postponed because of the Dana-Farber Dennis ompson Compassionate COVID-19 crisis. e award honors an Care Scholar Award, the Lee M. Nadler “Extra alumnus/a who has earned national recognition Mile” Award, the Clearity Foundation Award, for outstanding leadership in healthcare. Dr. and the Zakim Award at Dana-Farber for patient Matulonis is most worthy of the recognition. advocacy. In 2016, she was awarded an Honorary Master’s degree from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Matulonis serves as Chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and Brock-Wilson Family She recalls her Albany Medical College experience Chair at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and as being transformative and rigorous. “I had never Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. really imagined all of the different opportunities She also co-leads the Ovarian Cancer Program that were possible in medicine, and Albany Med within the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. was such an important first step in my career.” She is the co-Director and Principal Investigator Dr. Matulonis mentions the valuable insight she (PI) of the DF/HCC ovarian cancer Specialized gained during third year clerkships and how she Program in Research Excellence (SPORE) grant was drawn to the specialty of Internal Medicine which is federally funded and was recently awarded because of the ability to make diagnoses and treat in May 2020. Her research, presented internation- patients. She felt fortunate to have known many of ally, focuses on developing new targeted therapies her classmates through the RPI program who were for gynecologic malignancies, with a specific brought together by spending summers at RPI interest in ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer. taking organic chemistry. Outside of academics,

8 | alumni.amc.edu “ I had never really imagined all of the different opportunities that were possible in medicine…”

she enjoyed being on the school newspaper staff, eventually becoming co-editor, and was editor- in-chief of the Skull yearbook. “I became a better writer working on these projects, and when I look back at the text I wrote, it wasn’t half-bad. It was also a great break from all the science as there were so few humanities options in college.” When asked about mentors at Albany Med she acknowledges there were several but identifies Aldona Baltch, MD, now deceased, as a great role model who changed the course of her career. Dr. Baltch was a long-time faculty member at Albany Med, an honorary member of the Alumni Association, and served as Chief of Infectious Diseases at the Stratton VA Medical Center from 1972-99. “She was tough, even feared by my classmates, but we got along I think because of our shared Lithuanian heritage,” notes Dr. Matulonis. “She was the one who encouraged me to think about academic medicine. I had never considered it as an option for me. Her support and words to me changed my thinking about pursuing a career that encompasses patient care as well as research and teaching.”

SUMMER 2020 | 9 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA Ursula A. Matulonis, MD ’87 continued

While in residency at the University of Pittsburgh, abnormalities. ey work by blocking damaged she was introduced to a strong hematology and DNA within cancer cells and cancers with BRCA oncology service and initially focused her interest mutations are particularly susceptible to the effects on adult leukemia. She went on to complete of PARP inhibitors. She shares that trials began a fellowship in Medical Oncology at the in 2008, eventually leading to FDA approvals in Dana-Farber Cancer Institute where she witnessed 2014; two studies she was senior author of in the the seriousness of oncological illnesses, validating New England Journal of Medicine led to FDA the direction of her career. approvals for women with advanced ovarian cancer. Since then, these drugs have been FDA approved for earlier treatment of ovarian cancer as well as other cancers with BRCA mutations such as breast, “ The faster we can obtain approvals for drugs prostate, and pancreatic cancer. that will meaningfully help women with Dr. Matulonis is widely published and has gynecologic malignancies, the better.” attracted international attention. She was featured in a 2018 Wall Street Journal article about her advocacy of smaller and nimble clinical trials, often “Very few were going into oncology when I first for patients with advanced cancer. Many of her started out in the specialty,” notes Dr. Matulonis. patients have urgent needs, with short survival “It is a different specialty now than when I first expectancy, and they can profit from trials with entered it. ere were no targeted agents, and we faster read-outs but also ones that focus on solely had chemotherapy to use as treatment. safety. is focus is a significant modification from Now, the field has become revolutionized with larger, longer-duration trials which have formed targeted therapy and immune-oncology agents.” the cornerstone of oncology. “ e faster we can She adds that the basic science of cancer has led obtain approvals for drugs that will meaningfully the way to better treatments. help women with gynecologic malignancies, the better.” In her practice she treats women with gynecologic cancers, predominantly women with advanced Dr. Matulonis notes that clinical trial designs or recurrent ovarian cancer, uterine cancer and are now becoming “smarter” and are taking into cervical cancer and notes that these can be account different histologies of cancers, especially difficult cancers to treat. Dr. Matulonis is the PI ovarian cancers allowing the full potential of a of several clinical trials and translational studies treatment strategy to be tested rather than testing for ovarian cancer. “I love seeing an idea translated in a population more heterogeneous pathologi- into a clinical trial that eventually completes cally and genetically. “ e FDA, to its credit, has enrollment, and leads to a manuscript, new become increasingly open to more novel ways of findings and knowledge, and importantly helping approving agents. However, you must show that women with advanced gynecologic cancers.” your drug works and that it is safe,” she adds. When asked about advancements in treatment She considers her research team to be unique. for ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer “Our group of physicians and researchers work patients, she talks about her research with PARP collaboratively with transitional and basic inhibitors, a group of pharmacological inhibitors of scientists,” says Dr. Matulonis. “We are constantly the enzyme poly (ADP ribose) polymerase which testing new therapies and writing trials to bring have become an attractive target for cancer therapy, patients the best drugs to be tested with a goal of especially those with underlying DNA repair

10 | alumni.amc.edu “ It continues to be an honor to do what I do every day.”

providing expert care that is the most suitable for someone who is ill, and patients entrust a lot to the patient and improves outcomes.” their doctors.” She readily admits there are challenges to balancing the demands and some When asked about what keeps her up at night, of the sadness she experiences in her work. Dr. Matulonis explains the challenges of overseeing 10 medical oncologists, her close to She attributes her ability to pursue a career with 30-person clinical research team, as well as her such intensity to her supportive spouse, Jane faculty’s numerous collaborative projects. “I am O’Rourke, LICSW, CSAT, a clinical social worker also responsible for making certain that the and author. “My advice for new doctors, in addition financial health of our Gynecologic Oncology to finding work they like and are passionate about, Division is good. is means making certain grants is to think hard about picking a partner. Make sure are being written by faculty and that donors are your spouse knows what your life will be like.” being engaged since philanthropy is so critical “It is a 24/7 career which I think is true for most for early stage ideas and projects that are too physicians. I do my best to find happiness outside fledging for grant funding.” Mentoring is also a of the office.” She enjoys family and gardening big part of her position; “I have seen how difficult and finds the time spent with their five dogs “as a the Harvard Medical School promotion process kind of therapy;” she is an avid bird watcher. eir is; I want my faculty to thrive and be successful. daughter Tessa is currently working post-college My goal is to nurture their careers and allow them as part of the Teach for America program in New to follow academic pursuits and interests that get Orleans – “It’s challenging to get to New Orleans them excited about their work. I also want to frequently, but we’re texting and face-timing every see them develop ideas and write their own day to keep in touch with her.” investigator-initiated clinical trials.” She sees patients several days a week and continually As a tribute to her mother’s legacy and encourage- challenges herself on how she and her team can ment, Dr. Matulonis and Jane have endowed be doing a better job for a vulnerable population. a gift to Albany Medical College. “ e Stella U. Matulonis Scholarship Fund is a fitting way to “Not all cancers are cured through surgery memorialize my mother’s passion for science and solely,” says Dr. Matulonis when discussing factors medical education.” driving her research initiatives. For example, the vast majority of women with ovarian cancer Dr. Matulonis continues to be actively engaged present with advanced stage III or IV cancer, with Albany Medical College. She serves on the making systemic treatment of utmost importance board of the Albany Medical College Alumni and life extending. e development of a Association and returns to campus to conduct personalized neoantigen vaccine for recurrent grand rounds, serve as an AMWA panelist, and ovarian cancer is a current focus of her Division. attend annual reunion events. Protein fragments found only on cancer cells, “I am truly humbled to receive the Distinguished neoantigens allow a patient’s immune system Alumna recognition from the Albany Medical to identify and attack cancer cells without College—this is such an incredible honor. impacting healthy cells. is study is funded by My time at AMC was transformative, and I look the Department of Defense, the recently funded forward to returning to campus to meet the other ovarian cancer SPORE grant, and philanthropy. award recipients and discuss my work.” Medicine remains a special and unique profession for her. “It continues to be an honor to do what DR. MATULONIS WILL PRESENT THE DISTINGUISHED I do every day. I am working directly with ALUMNA LECTURE FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021, AT 3:00 PM.

SUMMER 2020 | 11 2020 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Award Recipients

2020 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA 2020 EXEMPLARY ALUMNI AWARD SUPPORT AWARD Ursula A. Matulonis, MD ’87 Edward R. Alexson, MD ’70

Dr. Alexson, a Hematologist and Oncologist in private practice, was in the first class of the combined degree program offered by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Albany Medical College. He credits his mentor, hematologist and former Albany Med Dean, Anthony Tartaglia, MD, Honorary ’91, with exposing him to his specialty which guided Dr. Alexson toward what he describes as a “fulfilling and purposeful career treating cancer patients.” Dr. Alexson completed residency training at Boston University Medical Center and, in the midst of his medical training, served during the Vietnam War as a major in the U.S. Army, along with Albany Med classmates William Vanneman, MD, and Michael PHOTO BY KAYANA SZYMCZAK Fischetti, MD, who were stationed with him at a hospital in Korea. Dr. Alexson is being recognized for his generous philanthropic support of Dr. Matulonis is Chief of the Division of Albany Medical College. He notes that the practice of medicine has been good to him, and he is committed to supporting student scholarship. Gynecologic Oncology and Brock-Wilson Family Because of the impact of his mentor, he was moved to establish the Chair at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Professor Anthony P. Tartaglia, MD Scholarship Fund in 2000 to support of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She also a fourth year medical student at Albany Med interested in the specialty of co-leads the Ovarian Cancer Program within the Oncology/Hematology. Dr. Alexson’s expression of gratitude towards his mentor has also generated additional gifts from classmates contributing Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. Her research to the fund. focuses on developing new targeted therapies for “Our students struggle with difficult financial decisions and Dr. Alexson’s gynecologic malignancies, with a specific interest gifts are providing meaningful support to help them fulfill their dreams of becoming physicians,” said Dean Vincent P. Verdile, MD ’84. Dr. Verdile in ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer. notes that Dr. Tartaglia was still alive when Dr. Alexson announced the Dr. Matulonis has led several PARP inhibitor, scholarship fund in his honor. anti-angiogenic agent, immunotherapy, and “I am forever grateful for the guidance Dr. Tartaglia provided me and combination trials for ovarian cancer in the contributing to this legacy gift for future physicians continues his great legacy,” shares Dr. Alexson. United States and internationally. Two studies she led resulted in the FDA and EMA approval of drugs called PARP inhibitors for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer.

Please see Dr. Matulonis’ full profile on page 8.

12 | alumni.amc.edu 2020 HUMANITARIAN 2020 HONORARY MEMBER OF ALUMNA AWARD THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Wendy Leonard, MD ’97 James J. Barba

Wendy Leonard, MD ’97 is a Family Practice Having served in the position since 1995, physician and director of Santa Cruz County’s James J. Barba stepped down in April as HIV Quality Management Program in President and Chief Executive Officer of Albany Santa Cruz, California, and the county’s Med, overseeing the largest locally governed Tuberculosis Controller. Previously, Dr. Leonard health care system in 25 counties as well as served as President of the Board of Directors for Albany Medical College; a biomedical research the Santa Cruz AIDS Project, where she worked operation; a workforce of more than 13,000; to expand HIV prevention, education and care and a Physician Practice Group of more than services to the Latino community. 650. From 1994-2006, he also served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Albany Medical Center. Dr. Leonard received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology, with a minor in Health Care, Social Issues from the University of California, During his tenure, Mr. Barba guided the affiliations with Columbia San Diego. After she completed her medical degree at Albany Medical Memorial Health and Saratoga Hospital (and soon Glens Falls Hospital) College in 1997, she became certified as an HIV Specialist by the to create the Albany Med system and directed an ambitious expansion on American Academy of HIV Medicine. the campus of Albany Med. Construction was recently completed on a $52-million pediatric emergency department, the Massry Family Dr. Leonard first went to Rwanda in 2006 as a volunteer clinician Children’s Emergency Center, the only one of its kind in the region. sponsored by the Clinton Global Initiative, an HIV clinical mentoring program. She expected to oversee the implementation of HIV protocols Mr. Barba has served on numerous special commissions, economic established by the Rwandan Ministry of Health. What she found was development councils and other posts by gubernatorial appointment. a medical community overwhelmed by illness and lacking in basic He has served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Economic resources. e providers needed critical medical knowledge required to Growth, e College of Saint Rose and Park Playhouse. He was care for their communities, but the international development community chairman of both the Board of Directors of the Albany-Colonie thought they needed only protocols, supplies and medication. In 2008, Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trustees of the Dr. Leonard founded e Ihangane Project (TIP), supported by the Trudeau Institute. Medical Director of Ruli District Hospital, with a goal of inspiring Mr. Barba was honored as a Citizen Laureate of the University at local health system innovation to provide high quality health care Albany and recognized with the Career Achievement Award by both to vulnerable people in resource-limited settings. TIP’s first project was the Albany Business Review and Siena College. He has received honorary intended to establish mobile HIV services at seven rural health centers degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Siena College. He in the catchment area of Ruli, Rwanda. Unfortunately, these sites did not received the Community Partner Award from e College of Saint have electricity to effectively utilize this equipment, and so Dr. Leonard Rose and the “Envoy Salute” from the Albany-Colonie Regional and her team invested in solar power to ensure effective implementation Chamber of Commerce. In addition, he is a member of the Tech Valley of HIV services in these rural health centers. Hall of Fame. What began as a grassroots effort in Rwanda has evolved into a Formerly with the Albany law firm of Hiscock & Barclay, Mr. Barba is highly effective model for delivering primary health care to vulnerable a graduate, cum laude, of the University of Notre Dame Law School, people everywhere—and a leader in the design and implementation and a graduate, summa cum laude, of Siena College. of local health care delivery systems which motivate care workers and strengthen the economy. In addition to being named an honorary member of the Alumni Dr. Leonard’s work in Rwanda is proving that even poor and medically Association, Mr. Barba was awarded an honorary degree from underserved communities can create a sustainable health system Albany Medical College at this year’s Commencement ceremony. that saves lives and empowers patients and providers with opportunities to thrive.

SUMMER 2020 | 13 2020 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Award Recipients

2020 HONORARY MEMBER OF 2020 MERITORIOUS THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SERVICE AWARD Richard J. Keller, Jr., PhD Kevin W. Roberts, MD ’77

Dr. Keller has devoted more than 30 years Kevin W. Roberts, MD, is immediate past of his professional career to Albany president of the Albany Medical College Medical College, retiring in 2018 as Alumni Association, a leadership post he Associate Dean for Graduate Studies held from 2016-18. He is an active alumni and Professor in the Department of volunteer and an enthusiastic supporter of Neuroscience and Experimental erapeutics. alumni initiatives, outreach and events. He was granted Professor Emeritus following When addressing students at an awards his retirement and continues to be involved ceremony during his presidency, Dr. Roberts teaching courses and taking part in expressed his appreciation about his long Albany Med’s student interview process. tenure and the reason he is so dedicated to Albany Med. “Albany During his tenure, Dr. Keller served on numerous committees within Medical College gave me my profession and Albany Medical Center the College and led a productive research laboratory. His passion was has given me my career.” always teaching, and he was known for having an open-door policy He is grateful for the opportunity and is generous to support and mentor with students, regardless of the situation. others in their roles as students, faculty and administrators. He has Dr. Keller received a BS in Chemistry from the University of served on multiple committees and boards at Albany Med and retired in Delaware and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry/Neurochemistry from April this year, after more than 21 years as chair of the Department of the University of Kansas. He was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Anesthesiology. His team included 64 anesthesiologists, 75 CRNAs, 24 Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh residents and five administrative staff. and remained an additional three years as a research associate at the His philanthropic support of Albany Med is well-known and has been University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Biological Sciences. significant, directly impacting students, scholarship, research and the He is widely published and has served as principal investigator Department of Anesthesiology. and co-investigator for multiple research grants. He has been Dr. Roberts is a graduate of Union College in Schenectady and a 1977 active in multiple professional associations, including the American graduate of Albany Medical College. He completed an internship in Chemical Society, Phi Lambda Upsilon, e Society for Neuroscience Medicine and a residency in Anesthesiology at Jackson Memorial and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Hospital of the University of Miami, Florida, returning to Albany Dr. Keller has been an enthusiastic and collaborative partner with the Medical Center as an attending physician in 1980. Alumni Association, always including an alumni presence at graduate He has served as chair of the Electronic Communications Committee student functions and encouraging graduate student participating in and as vice chair of the Academic Anesthesiology committee of the alumni initiatives and events. New York State Society of Anesthesiologists and additionally has “Dr. Keller’s dedication to the entire Albany Med community and to served on the Quality Committee of Capital District Physicians’ Health educating future research scientists and health care professionals has Plan (CDPHP). been extraordinary,” said Peter A. Vincent, PhD ’89, Associate Dr. Roberts has conducted numerous clinical trials, including involvement Dean of Graduate Studies at Albany Medical College and Alumni in studies of anesthesia delivery, intubation approaches, and cardiac Association board member. and vascular anesthesia techniques. Well published, Dr. Roberts has contributed to journals including the Journal of Anesthesiology and Analgesia, the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, the Journal of Anesthesiology, the Journal of Cardiothoracic Vascular Anesthesiology, and the Canadian Journal of Anesthesiolog y. Former Alumni Association President Dr. Anthony C. Campagna ’85 shares, “Dr. Roberts’ sincere dedication to the entire Albany Med organization is commendable and evident in both his attitude and his actions. ere is no one more deserving of this award.”

14 | alumni.amc.edu 2020 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 2020 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FRANK C. MAXON, JR., MD ALUMNI AWARD GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD Tristan R. Boyer, MD ’20 Shanti S. D’Souza, PhD Candidate

Tristan Boyer came to Albany Medical Shanti is a graduate student in the College via his hometown of Sacramento, Department of Immunology and California. A graduate of the University of Microbial Disease at Albany Medical California, Berkeley, Tristan spent three years College. She completed a BSc in developing his resume and accruing work Microbiology from Goa University, India, experiences to prepare himself for the rigors and an MSc degree in Immunology from of medical school. King’s College London, England. Upon arriving at Albany Med, Tristan Shanti joined Dr. Qi Yang’s lab at Albany focused on forging strong peer relationships Med in 2018 and most recently has been and encouraging open conversations among his classmates and fellow working on two projects determining the effects of aging on a subset students. He served as a class representative his first year and was of T cells, known as Mucosal Associated Invariant T cells (MAIT), elected class president for the remaining three years of medical school. in mouse and human lung tissues. Additionally, Tristan has participated in many important programs She has published research and been recognized with numerous awards, which have greatly benefited the Albany Med community. including the 2020 AAI Trainee Abstract Award at the American In 2018, Tristan helped conduct a successful audit process to maintain Association of Immunologist conference, the AAI Young Investigator the College’s national accreditation status. He also worked toward im- Award at the 2019 Upstate New York Immunology Conference, and a proving LGBTQ education, visibility, and representation by serving as travel award for the International Congress of Mucosal Immunology Co-President of Albany Medical College’s LGBTQ club for two years. held in Australia. During the 2019 Albany Medical College Graduate rough his advocacy work, he developed LGBTQ Health Week and Student Research and Awards day, Shanti received the Dean’s Award helped institute curricular changes including the third year LGBTQ for Excellence in Research and the Richard Miller Alumni Prize for the Teaching Day at Albany Med. Tristan also established the Advocacy most outstanding research presentation. subcommittee within Student Council, providing students an Shanti holds leadership roles at Albany Med, serving as a student opportunity to participate in lobbying at the regional and state level. representative to the Advisory Committee on Campus Safety and In July, Tristan started his Family Medicine residency in his home previously to the Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease. state of California. e medical specialty offers him exactly what he She has been a mentor to a Hudson Valley Community College wants – the breadth of experience and patient-centered relationships. student interning at Albany Med. Ultimately, Tristan hopes to become a community advocate dedicated She has been active in the community, organizing fundraising to caring for patients of all backgrounds. He has special interests in campaigns which benefit graduate students and volunteering for the areas of LGBTQ health, end of life care, addiction medicine, and Habitat for Humanity, the Bernard and Millie Duker Children’s inpatient medicine. Hospital at Albany Med, Ronald McDonald House and the Tristan is humbled to be the recipient of the Frank C. Maxon, Jr., MD Albany Police Athletic League. Alumni Award. He gives thanks to the Albany Med students and Shanti would like to continue with a career in research following her community, his fiancé, David, and his parents, Nola and Rich, for their graduation from Albany Med. support and love.

SUMMER 2020 | 15 SPECIAL FEATURE

ALUMNI ACT DURING GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS

Albany Medical College alumni physicians, scientists and educators are steadfast in their commitment to combatting COVID-19 in their clinical work, research and teaching. The Alumni Association is pleased to share essay reflections from alumni and news of their important work during the early days of the pandemic.

16 | alumni.amc.edu Historical Background on Epidemics JOHN BOOSS, MD, 1965 / 27 MAY 2020

As the United States and the world struggle Memorial Day, the number of deaths in the proportion to the numbers afflicted. As in the grip of the COVID-19 epidemic, United States from COVID-19 had passed children, my generation was kept from what can we learn from epidemics past? 100,000. That was less than 20 percent movie houses and swimming pools each What lessons can be drawn from the Black of the total deaths from the 1918-1919 season until the Salk polio vaccine arrived. Death of the 14th century, the several epidemic. Healthcare personnel have been What does history suggest for the outcome cholera pandemics of the 19th and 20th at particular risk in the COVID-19 epidemic; of the COVID-19 epidemic? The track centuries, smallpox and yellow fever especially where hospital systems were record is good. All forms of plague are epidemics, the “Spanish Flu” of 1918-1919, overwhelmed and insufficient supplies of caused by Yersinia pestis and are treatable and the HIV/AIDS pandemic of cur- personal protection equipment were avail- by antibiotics; smallpox was eliminated by rent times? As a post-doctoral fellow in able. The SARS epidemic of 2003, caused the smallpox global eradication program; experimental virology in 1969-1971, I had by another coronavirus, was notable for polio is preventable by vaccine; and HIV/ wondered what it would have been like to the degree of risk to healthcare providers. AIDS was stopped in its tracks by triple live through the 1918-1919 flu epidemic. Yet the COVID-19 epidemic has been anti-viral therapy. Most importantly, in The current, “once in a century,” COVID-19 remarkable for the extraordinary courage this age of molecular biology, antiviral epidemic is demonstrating that. of providers and other frontline workers. development is underway as are several Massive deaths of patients and vulnera- Fear is common. Of a smallpox epidemic novel approaches to vaccine production. bility of health providers are perhaps the among the Huron in the 17th century, But a crucial question remains. Since most feared aspects of epidemics. The Jesuit sou rces would report: “Terror was epidemics amplify the divisions in a culture Black Death of the 14th century, said to be universal…No house was left unvisited… and also change its fundamentals, what the most fatal epidemic in history, killed Everywhere was heard the wail of sick kind of society will emerge? Will the social up to half the population of Europe. The and dying children; and on or under determinants of health be addressed so that Great, or Spanish, Flu of 1918-1919, just the platforms at the sides of the house health care disparities will be eliminated? a century ago, killed at least 50 million crouched squalid men and women in Editor’s note: For those wanting to dive people worldwide. The estimate for the all stages of the distemper.” In mid-20th further into the history of epidemics, United States was about 675,000 deaths. century the fear of polio, infantile paralysis, Dr. Booss strongly recommends “Epidemics By the last week of May 2020, the week of gripped American families out of and Society” by Frank Snowden, 2019.

JOHN BOOSS, MD ’65 IS CO"AUTHOR OF “TO CATCH A VIRUS” &A HISTORY OF VIROLOGY', 2016 RECIPIENT OF THE ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE HUMANITARIAN AWARD, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, DEPARTMENTS OF NEUROLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE, YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, AND FORMER NATIONAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR, NEUROLOGY SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

RECENT GRAD PENS OP"ED IN WASHINGTON POST

Danielle Stansky, MD ’19 shared her experience as an emergency room resident in New York City with a compelling op-ed in the April 1 Washington Post, “If you could see my hospital, you would know the horror of COVID-19.”

She writes, “These past few weeks have been some of the most heart-wrenching in my life. Coding a patient before I even knew her name. Telling families, they can’t be with their loved ones. It is exhausting, and by no means does it feel heroic.”

SUMMER 2020 | 17 SPECIAL FEATURE

Adult Care Facilities Face Challenges

David A. Trachtenberg, MD ’93, specializes in geriatrics and dementia care, and works primarily in nursing homes and assisted living facilities on Long Island. With vulnerable popu- lations, these facilities have struggled to contain the virus. Two months into the pandemic it was estimated that they accounted for 42 percent of all COVID-19 deaths.

In late April he wrote, “Going to work last week and seeing the census on one long term care unit drop from 45 beds to 27 beds in one week's time is something I will never forget. The infection spread so fast that the isolation precautions in place were ineffective. Several of the facilities ran out of PPE or were forced to ration it. We ran out of swabs to test for the virus. Many of the nurses and caregivers became ill.”

CONTRACTING “ I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SOME ADMINISTRATORS

THE VIRUS AND NURSING DIRECTORS SAVED COUNTLESS AT THE EPICENTER LIVES THROUGH QUICK THINKING AND BY TAKING DECISIVE ACTION EARLY ON.” In March, Ryan Johnsen, MD ’18, attended a conference in New York City which, because of the outbreak, became America’s He shares that the situation has been improving gradually, but families are still unable to visit Ground Zero again. and they remain challenged with not being able to test patients and staff appropriately.

When he returned home to the “I have not observed a difference in the quality of the facilities that had COVID outbreaks vs. Midwest, he felt ill but never those that did not,” said Dr. Trachtenberg. “The only factor that mattered once COVID was had a fever. He was ultimately in the building was how effective the facilities were at handling infection control. I have no diagnosed with COVID-19, and doubt that some administrators and nursing directors saved countless lives through quick shared the story of his illness thinking and by taking decisive action early on.” during an interview with a local news station in the Twin Cities which is posted online at www. twincitieslive.com. A Matter of Ethics Dr. Johnsen has recovered and Bioethicist Jacob M. Appel, MD, MS ‘12, JD, provided a judgment to an Ethics Consult posted is back at work in the ICU at May 1 on Med Page Today. The online publication selects an ethical dilemma in patient care Region’s Hospital in St. Paul, and offers readers the opportunity to vote on the subject with a follow up presented by an Minnesota. expert’s conclusions. Dr. Appel responded to the question posted of who should get the first COVID-19 vaccination—hospital staff or the high-risk individual community.

He shared his thoughts with readers and concluded, “A far more challenging question is whether, should this pandemic continue without a viable vaccine for COVID-19, the government could temporarily mandate flu shots to return to work or school for lay people so as to mitigate the possible stresses on the healthcare system, a scenario that may transpire should the COVID-19 pandemic and a flu epidemic occur simultaneously.”

Dr. Appel is director of ethics education in psychiatry and a member of the institutional review board at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. He holds an MS in Bioethics from Albany Medical College.

18 | alumni.amc.edu ALUMNI ACT DURING GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS

COVID"19 CHANGED THE WAY WE PRACTICE MEDICINE

Michael S. Albert, MD ’86 is chair of the Pathology department and laboratory medical director for a Catholic health system in the Buffalo, NY region.

“The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we practice medicine in our system which encompasses 900 beds and five hospitals,” shared Dr. Albert. “As laboratory director, I was involved in the effort to bring in-house nucleic acid testing for COVID-19 and assisted to institute antibody testing.” As transfusion medicine director, he worked with infectious disease physicians and critical care doctors to develop a convalescent plasma therapy program.

He shares that his private practice group had to deal with the financial repercussions caused by the pandemic. “A large amount of elective surgery and procedures have been postponed and we had to try and maintain our private lab which employs over 50 people,” adds Dr. Albert.

At home, he and his wife have four of their five children back in the house. His son, Nathan, is completing his first year at Albany Medical College and learning to deal with remote education. “This is a unique experience for both of us on opposite ends of our careers in medicine,” said Dr. Albert.

Struggle to Fight COVID-19 Has No Borders

In early March 2020, the World Health campaign raised funds for megaphones for Organization declared the COVID-19 community health workers who are viewed outbreak a pandemic, acknowledging its as trusted local partners. They were able to likely spread to all countries on the globe. share information about virus prevention and treatment safely at a distance. Wendy Leonard, MD ’97, Family Practice physician and director of Santa Cruz County’s More than 400 hand washing stations and HIV Quality Management Program in Santa liquid soap and reusable masks were Cruz, Calif., founded TIP (The Ihangane distributed and TIP established strong health Project) in Rwanda in 2008 as a grassroots and safety measures for staff with training effort to address health challenges in covering symptoms, proper hygiene, the country. prevention efforts and rapid isolation.

She reports that the organization sent A network of community leaders and busi- a COVID-19 newsletter in late March ness owners aided their outreach strategy. announcing a community led response “We are almost done with a module of our focusing on the following areas: education, digital tool that helps community health prevention and protection, identification, workers screen for high-risk COVID-19 and care management, socioeconomic safety continue with care,” said Dr. Leonard. net and staff safety. Dr. Leonard is the recipient of the Megaphones help fight Key messaging was done through radio 2020 Alumni Association Humanitarian COVID-19 in Rwanda. interviews and local and national text Award. Read more about her work and Photo credit: messaging. A tool as simple as a megaphone The Ihangane Project. TIP on page 13. became valuable and needed and an online

SUMMER 2020 | 19 SPECIAL FEATURE

Melissa Leber, MD ’09 (top left) and Tom Rinaldi with Derek Jeter (center).

“ AS AN ATHLETE THE WORD HERO IS THROWN AROUND QUITE A BIT, BUT THE TRUE HEROES ARE PEOPLE LIKE YOU ON THE FRONT LINES.”

HALL OF FAMER SURPRISES ALUMNA WITH MOTHER'S DAY MESSAGE

In May, the ESPN network celebrated Mother’s Day by profiling Melissa Leber, MD ’09 and other mothers on the front lines of the COVID-19 health crisis. Dr. Leber, board certified in Sports Medicine and Emergency Medicine, is an emergency room doctor at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City.

In her “health care hero” video, narrated by ESPN and ABC reporter Tom Rinaldi, Dr. Leber discusses the challenges of working during COVID-19, especially as a mother with many priorities and two young children at home.

She admits, “This is the first time in my 10-plus years of practice that I ever thought my life or my family’s life was in danger.” Despite the risks, she was determined to carry out her work. “There was never going to be a question in my mind that I was not going to keep working,” said Dr. Leber.

She shares that it was shocking in the early days of the crisis when she and other employees would go out at 7:00 pm to hear cooped up New Yorkers at their windows and balconies banging pots and pans and offering thunderous applause for their daily thanks and gratitude to frontline health workers and first responders.

Consistent with the sports network’s mission, the four-minute video takes a turn to mention Dr. Leber’s time as a college softball player who spent years cheering on her own hero, former New York Yankee and Marlins CEO and Hall of Fame shortstop, Derek Jeter. In a surprise twist, Derek Jeter appears on the video stream to wish Dr. Leber a happy Mother’s Day.

She is speechless when she sees him and blurts out, “I don’t know if this is real.”

Jeter responds, “As an athlete the word hero is thrown around quite a bit, but the true heroes are people like you on the front lines. What you do every day, risking your personal health and the health of those you love the most for the good of others, is pretty remarkable.”

Dr. Leber expresses her thanks to Mr. Jeter for being an inspiration to her and other young athletes. The two agree to meet in person at a future date not impacted by the crisis.

It made for a memorable Mother’s Day.

THE VIDEO CAN BE VIEWED AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: HTTPS://WWW.ESPN.COM/VIDEO/CLIP/_/ID/29155529 DR. LEBER’S FATHER, GEORGE B. LEBER, MD, IS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1976.

20 | alumni.amc.edu ALUMNI ACT DURING GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS

In This Confinement, What Do I Miss Most? BY EDWARD IANNUCCILLI, MD ‘65

When our governor and the Rhode Island Texts, phone calls, face time, and Zoom I miss leafing through pages at bookstores Medical Society put out a call for doctors (yep, I’m in) are hardly a substitute for and libraries with their lingering aromas to help during this health care crisis, I family. A drive by blown kiss and a wave of familiarity. paused a moment, just for the blink of an just doesn’t do it either. I’ve learned spatial intelligence and sweep- eye. Might I be able to do this? Might I be I miss a round of golf, the excitement of ing detours, so I miss the friendly hug. I miss able to return to the hospital, the site of snapping the clubs out of the trunk, walking shaking hands. I know. Things change, of many an emergency/critical care encounter to the first tee to the tapping of irons, necessity these days. Wallace Stegner writes, of my past, and help? In the next blink setting the terms of the match, teeing up “How simple and memorable a good day can of an eye, I remembered my age; halt! the ball, taking a few practice swings and be when expectation is low.” The days are The fleeting moment was over. Though BAM! Off we go. A walk in the park. Birds good because, with lower expectations, I see at times I feel 35, and I miss those days, cheering us on, clouds moving us along daylight. I hear the start of the car’s engine, the no, I could never return. and the fuzzy, tired, slightly achy feeling clanging of restaurant dishes, the snap, snap of That stirred me to think of what I miss at the finish. the clippers, the tap of the conductor’s baton, during this time of confinement. I miss the smell of movie popcorn. I miss going to the movies, a night out to seeing my children and grandchildren— dine, concerts, the barber…oh yes, Now, the gloomy gravity comes with their beaming faces, the lunches and the barber. what I miss most. I miss having the choice dinners, and the many games they play. to do these things.

DR. IANNUCCILLI IS A RETIRED GASTROENTEROLOGIST. HE MUSES ABOUT FAMILY AND LIFE AT WWW.EDWRITES.COM.

ROCK AND ROLL WITH PANDEM"PALOOZA

Peter Skaff, MD ’97, a neurologist in El Dorado Hills, Calif., plays guitar in a local cover band called the Tachy Phylanges, along with a pediatrician and two paramedics.

In an effort to motivate neighbors to step outside and connect from a safe distance, the band presented a pop-up concert titled Pandem-Palooza in April using pick-up trucks as the concert stage.

The band held an additional concert the following week and offered Facebook live concerts. Their performances garnered local and national media attention. Dr. Peter Skaff ’97 and his band, The Tachy Says Dr. Skaff, “We are all feeling this yearning to connect. Our goal Phylanges, perform for Pandem Palooza III—San was to address the negative impacts social isolation has on mental Juan Salute, using trucks as a stage. The concert was held to honor and thank the staff of Mercy San health, especially in younger people. Our message is spread love Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, Calif. and music, not the virus.” PHOTO BY PETER SKAFF, MD ’97

SUMMER 2020 | 21 SPECIAL FEATURE

2013 Classmates Give Vaccination Rates a Boost THE DEFINING MOMENT OF A GENERATION

A PERSONAL ESSAY FROM AARON PROVISOR, MD ’10, A HOSPITALIST IN SUMTER, SC.

I am pro-life. I am pro-science. In the midst of the greatest pandemic and economic fallout of many generations, we have the opportunity to learn some valuable lessons. We are not superior to nature or to the pitfalls of our own hubris.

Evolution works to put checks on systems when they become off balance. As our population grows and we live closer to each other and intermingled with animals, nature may continue to find ways to cull the population.

Our global impact is deeply altering our environment. Our lack of sufficient wages adjusted for inflation and dearth of adequate social safety nets has a waterfall effect on those living paycheck to paycheck.

We have discovered the divine entity of science, which allows us to make reliable predictions and improve our lives. It is critical that we rely on data and empirical Classmates, Kristina Gracey, MD ’13 facts to plan our next moves. and Aniqa Anwar, MD ’13 were featured in an April 23 New York Times article Times like these bring out the best of people and the worst of people. In times of about the lag in vaccinations due uncertainty it is easy to listen to the loudest voice, but it is usually those who are to the pandemic, Vaccine Rates in the fray who have the clearest comprehension of the truth. Drop Dangerously as Parents Avoid I do not have the answers to any of these major issues, but I hope that we can all Doctor’s Visits . open our ears, our hearts, and our minds to those who have the experience, Dr. Gracey, a family medicine physician insight and expertise to help us address these issues. at the Barre Family Health Clinic at the There is no doubt that this is the defining moment of our generation, so let us University of Massachusetts Medical ensure that our children and their children will be able to reap the benefits. School, reached out to a new mother who was apprehensive about visiting a medical office due to virus concerns. Dr. Gracey offered an at-home visit to provide the newborn’s immunizations. As she concluded her visit, the infant’s mother wept with relief. Gracey was quoted, “We have so many women who are struggling with what it feels like to have a child in the setting of COVID-19. And, especially for a new mom who has concerns about the risks of coming into the office, it can feel comfortable to receive care within the home.”

ABOVE: Aniqa Anwar, MD ’13 vaccinating a patient via drive-up car service in Norwalk, Conn.

PHOTO BY DAVID DEGNER, THE NEW YORK TIMES/REDUX

22 | alumni.amc.edu ALUMNI ACT DURING GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS

Military Mobilization Brings Alumnus to 1,000-bed Field Hospital in New York

Col. Anthony Plunkett, MD ’04, lives in “This is a very different working North Carolina and is a member of the environment. Being stuck in personal Army Reserve Medical Command, protective equipment for multiple South East Medical Area Readiness Group, hours at a time can become very taxing. 7458th Medical Backfill Battalion based There is very little opportunity for a break at Fort Bragg, NC. He joined the military as the time and effort to continually to ease the financial burden of medical don and doff PPE makes breaking not school, and his 10 years of active duty worth it,” said Col. Plunkett. He added where he grew up and where most of service has included assignments at the that it is very challenging to hear and his family lives. former Walter Reed Army Medical Center talk while wearing PPE. in Washington, DC, and Womack Army “Whenever I think my job is difficult, “When your shift is over, stay at home Medical Center at Fort Bragg, NC, where I think of all the medical professionals and social distancing makes developing he is now employed as a Department in the local New York City hospitals that camaraderie difficult, if not impossible. of Defense Civilian anesthesiologist. have had to endure these conditions and Even when deployed in Afghanistan, care for patients in much worse conditions In April, he returned to New York serving the medical providers had time to socialize, than I have,” reflected Col. Plunkett. in an Army Reserve Urban Augmentation develop a community of friends that “If my service in any way helps relieve Medical Task Force at the Javits Conven- could discuss their concerns and the burden for tireless NYC hospital tion Center in New York City, one of frustrations, take a walk, or watch a movie workers, then I will have been fulfilled 1,200 Army Reserve medical professionals with friends,” he says. in this mobilization.” mobilized as part of the Department of He has found it hard to be separated from Defense response to the virus outbreak. his family and shares that the virus has ABOVE: Army Col. Anthony Plunkett, MD ’04, Col. Plunkett was interviewed for news created “challenging” working conditions. at right, and Lt. Col. Zac Highberger check from the Army Reserve Medical Command He maintains a positive and passionate a patient chart on April 17, 2020 while assigned to the Javits New York Medical Station. in April and compared his New York attitude about the mission and the experience with other military missions. opportunity to serve New York, the state PHOTO CREDIT: U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY SGT. DEONTE ROWELL

STUDENTS RESPOND

When classrooms and labs closed in mid-March, Albany Med students stepped forward to support the local community by assisting with food pantry calls for those in need of meals, acting as translators, and assisting frontline health workers with free childcare, pet care, grocery pickup or delivery and tutoring.

With faculty guidance, medical students created the COVID-19 Compassionate Coalition and volunteered to set up safe interactions with patients and their loved ones through video and audio technology.

SUMMER 2020 | 23 SPECIAL FEATURE

Medicine and Public Health ALBANY MED Converge ADVANCING ITS MISSION DURING PANDEMIC

ABOVE: Primary care physician Josephine Lee, MD ’88, began telemedicine visits with patients in April. LEFT: Pulmonologist, Ariel Jaitovich, MD, physician-scientist and assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, with his team analyzing the blood samples of COVID-19 patients as part of a study with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. BELOW: The 24/7 Hospital Incident Command Center opened on March 9, “ …THE PANDEMIC HAS two days before the World Health Organization declared the outbreak BEEN A COLLISION OF of the novel coronavirus a pandemic. YEARS OF THE LEARNING Meeting during a briefing early in pandemic are, left to right, I DID IN PUBLIC HEALTH Vincent Verdile, MD ’84, The Lynne AND MEDICINE.” and Mark Groban, MD ’67 Distinguished Dean and Senior Executive Vice

President for System Care Delivery, Ferdinand Venditti, Jr., MD, Executive Priya Sarin Gupta, MD ’08, MPH is a Vice President for System Care Primary Care physician at Massachusetts Delivery and Hospital General Director General Hospital, staffing the respiratory (Honorary ’15), and President and illness clinic/COVID Surge Clinic. She CEO Dennis McKenna, MD ’92. described it as a sobering experience.

“I went into medicine with a particular interest in addressing health disparities,” says Dr. Gupta, adding that the “pandemic has been a collision of years of the learning I did in public health and medicine.”

She shares that her organization established “pop up” clinics in the most vulnerable local communities which seemed to be hit the hardest by the pandemic.

ABOVE: Respiratory Illness Clinic (RIC) in Chelsea, Mass.

PHOTO BY PRIYA SARIN GUPTA, MD ’08

24 | alumni.amc.edu ALUMNI ACT DURING GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS

Montana Doc Aids Hard Hit New York

Early in the pandemic, Tim Caramore, MD a few days. I can’t imagine what it’s been “ I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT ’09, a clinical professor at the University like for the people in and out of there all day IT'S BEEN LIKE FOR THE of Montana's Family Medicine Residency long, every day, for months.” of Western Montana, watched news PEOPLE IN AND OUT Upon returning to Montana, Dr. Caramore coverage of areas hardest hit by COVID-19 OF THERE ALL DAY quarantined for two weeks from his wife, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s alumna Elizabeth Paddock, MD ’08. LONG, EVERY DAY, daily updates. He corresponded with a FOR MONTHS.” former clinical student heading to New Dr. Caramore practices inpatient and York to aid the city’s hospitals which were outpatient Family Medicine with the Family overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases. Medicine Residency of Western Montana. Hospitals in his home state of Montana He is also a hospitalist and chair of the had seen a slowdown and in April he felt Ethics Committee with Providence the time was right to help the world’s St. Patrick Hospital. worst-hit virus hotspot. In 2018 he completed a Master’s Degree In a May 10 interview with Missoulian.com in Bioethics at Albany Medical College. he shared his reasons for heading to He served on an ad hoc committee to write New York. crisis guidance for the state of Montana as “Thinking back to when we were dealing the coronavirus pandemic emerged. with the H1N1 pandemic, we had a couple patients at a time coming in, and we had to RIGHT: Dr. Caramore’s temporary wear personal protective equipment, but hospital identification. the stakes didn’t feel nearly as high as they do now,” said Dr. Caramore.

He arrived in New York in late April, spending 10 days at University Hospital of Brooklyn. The hospital was beginning to see a decline in patients by the time he arrived, but Dr. Caramore said it still had almost all of its double rooms filled, each with two coronavirus patients.

He described sobering scenes. Healthcare workers were challenged with insufficient PPE. He recalls having to keep all the doors open in each of the COVID-19 wards so that oxygen-deprived and delirious patients could be monitored, as they often attempted to remove their oxygen supply out of confusion.

Dr. Caramore was quoted as saying, “It was stressful for me as a visiting physician in the coronavirus ward for

RIGHT: Dr. Caramore at right with doctors in the SUNY Downstate Family Medicine Residency program.

SUMMER 2020 | 25 SPECIAL FEATURE

Dr. Davies served as Professor of Pathology at Albany Medical College from 1963-1980.

JACK DAVIES ON PESTILENCE, 1976

And are we finished, if not with endemic disease, then at least with the major pestilences of men and animals? My microbiological colleagues, justly proud for the most part of the magnitude of their achievements in the last century, are very confident that such pestilences will not recur. They have good reasons for this confidence but it is one that I do not share. I believe that the antecedents of great pestilences are even now building up in the world, not least in Africa. One can only speculate about the cumulative implications of ever-increasing overpopulation, the overcrowding in large cities, and the vast and poor peri-urban shanty towns with their inadequate pure water, sanitary and garbage disposal facilities and the attendant insect breeding such circumstances have as their consequence. Who knows how all these factors are influencing the known causes of epidemics?

And if this is true of the known causes, then what of those that are unknown? Old diseases recede as new ones erupt, and it is not improbable that super-virulent organisms may be building up in some ecological niche under our feet, or in our roofs, or in the woods and bushes around us. What fate holds, apart from the potential villainy of biological warfare, therefore remains unknown.

This has always been so in Africa since those remote times when man’s ancestors, the subject of Raymond Dart’s great discoveries, peered from their caves into the African sunshine and the African darkness. Their prayer, however expressed, would, I believe, have articulated the same sentiments as those in the litany:

From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us. NTION

Jack N. P. Davies, MD, FRCPath [1915-1998] Professor of Pathology, Albany Medical College, 1963-1980

Pestilence and disease in the history of Africa. The fourteenth Raymond Dart Lecture, Johannesburg, June 23, 1976. Witwatersrand University Press, 1979, pages 19-20

—JDH, Historian PHOTO CREDIT: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVE

26 | alumni.amc.edu ALUMNI ACT DURING GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS

Clinical Research— THE CRISIS BECOMES KEY Vibrant and Essential TO CURRICULUM In courses covering medicine, history, biology and Suzanne J. Rose, MS ’05, PhD ’07, CCRC is director of the business, COVID-19 has become a key class topic in Office of Research at Stamford Health in Fairfield County, real time at Harvard University. Conn., a region which was the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in her state. Sue J. Goldie, MD ’88, MPH was recently featured in the Harvard Gazette and a public panel discussion “Stamford Hospital experienced a prolonged wave of as a faculty member who is leading the charge in critically ill patients, at one time filling four ICU’s from an integrating the public health crisis into course original one pre-COVID-19,” says Dr. Rose. “Two floors in curriculum. Through adaptations she made during our hospital doubled capacity to create space for patients her flagship undergraduate course, World Health: not requiring mechanical ventilation.” Challenges and Opportunities, Dr. Goldie emphasizes Her office worked tirelessly to bring new therapies to how educators can introduce and contextualize such critically ill patients. an urgent global crisis into their learning goals.

“The first trial we were able to open was to study convalescent “We often race to the thing that’s right in front of us plasma. After Mt. Sinai and the Mayo Clinic treated their first to teach. Coronavirus is there right now, and it’s a patients, Stamford Hospital was one of the earliest sites in prime example of a great teaching topic. But I’ve the United States to offer this therapy and the first hospital also found that it is really important to teach about in Connecticut to treat patients,” said Dr. Rose. interrelated public health issues alongside the topic most at the forefront. I’ve been trying to integrate In April she wrote, “We treated our first patient on April 10 into my teaching not [only] a comparison of the disease and since have treated 72 patients, 44 in the various itself, but a comparative of the entire social, political, intensive care units and 28 on other general medical floors economic context and encouraging the students to where COVID-19 patients were being cared for.” She adds, wrestle with that.” “We have cheered on the successful extubation of 20 patients and discharges of 26!” Dr. Goldie is the Roger Irving Lee Professor of Public Health. She is a physician, decision analyst, and The Connecticut media took note and shared news about her public health scientist working to improve the health hospital’s work. of vulnerable populations across the globe. Renowned “There have been several articles in the Connecticut for her scholarship in decision science, commitment newspapers about our trials and the hope they are providing to policy translation, and innovative approach to to patients, their families and our healthcare providers,” interdisciplinary education, Dr. Goldie serves as the notes Dr. Rose. Director of both the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator (Harvard University) and the Center Stamford Hospital was able to obtain compassionate use for Health Decision Science (Harvard T.H. Chan School approval for four patients in need of the drug Remdesivir as of Public Health). well as treating 11 patients in partnership with Gilead through its Expanded Access Program for Remdesivir. In 2019, Dr. Goldie received an honorary degree from Albany Medical College for her efforts to improve Dr. Rose reinforces the integral role her department has played the health of vulnerable populations worldwide. in responding to challenges presented by pandemic. “While many clinical research sites decided to (or by necessity had to) close their doors, we have remained vibrant and essential during this time of crisis.”

Dr. Rose is also Adjunct Professor at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn.

Editor’s note: Albany Med was among the first hospitals in the country to use convalescent plasma therapy for treating the coronavirus disease.

SUMMER 2020 | 27

ALUMNI CONNECTIONS

Kimberly A. Davis, MD ’91 James V. Bono, MD ’87 Honoring e Department of Surgery hosted Kimberly e Department of Orthopaedic Surgery hosted Military Service A. Davis, MD ’91, MBA, FACS, FCCM on James V. Bono, MD ’87 for a Grand Rounds February 13 for a Grand Rounds lecture on lecture on February 26 titled “Update in Total Captain Thomas L. Snyder, MD “First do no Harm: e Role of Palliation in Knee and Hip Replacement.” ’69 hosted a virtual meeting in Acute Care Surgery.” June with Albany Base Hospital Dr. Bono is the Vice Chair for Orthopedics No. 33 Society members. Dr. Davis is Professor of Surgery and Vice and the Roderick H. Turner Distinguished Chairman for Clinical Affairs at the Yale School Professor of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty at Health Professions Scholarship of Medicine Department of Surgery. She is the New England Baptist Hospital. Program (HPSP) students, LT Chief of the Division of General Surgery, Trauma Jennifer Park ’22 and LT Gregory Dr. Bono joined students interested in Altman ’22, gave a presentation and Surgical Critical Care at Yale, as well as the orthopaedic surgery for a discussion over lunch on military medical student life. Trauma Medical Director for Yale New Haven in the Alumni Lounge. James Kellerhouse, Albany Med Hospital. Dr. Davis also serves as the Surgical Vice President of Philanthropy, Director of Quality and Performance provided an update on the Improvement for Yale New Haven Hospital. Military A ffinity Group endow- Dr. Davis is the 2018 Albany Medical College Class of 1995— ment fund. Leonard Kirschner, MD ’61 shared information about Department of Surgery Alden March Surgeon Virtual Reunion Dr. Warren E. Day, Class of 1863, Award recipient. Dr. Debra Stein organized a virtual 25th who served in the Civil War as a e Alumni Association sponsored a round- Reunion get together on Zoom, for members Union surgeon. table lunch with Dr. Davis and medical students of the Class of 1995 on Saturday, April 4— Fellow alumni joining Dr. interested in trauma surgery. the day of their canceled reunion gathering Snyder at the meeting included: in Albany. William Barry, MD ’69, Leonard Kirschner, MD ’61, Dan Mirski, MD More than 30 classmates, from across the ’96, William Vanneman, MD ’70, Kari M. Rosenkranz, MD ’99 country, participated: Drs. Carol Roeder; and Alumni Association Presi- e Department of Surgery Daisy Uppal; Suzanne Pastore; Laura Cooper dent, Evan Vosburgh, MD ’82. Spinelli; Anthony Spinelli; June Chan; hosted Kari Rosenkranz, The Mission of the Albany Henry Tong; Michael Bartlett; Anna Rooney; MD ’99 for the Annual Base Hospital No. 33 Society is Women in Surgery Grand Annette Liu; Betsy Hunt; Linda Emmer; to honor Albany Medical College Rounds on February 20. Darius Naraghi; Ann Platzner; Valerie Sprenz; alumni who served or are serving e topic of Dr. Rosenkranz’s Mikael Bedell; Ethan Cutts; Ethan Berke; in the uniformed services of the presentation was “Breast Moneeka Zaman; Vinay Aggarwal; United States or other nations; foster a sense of camaraderie Surgery from en to Now: Maximal Invasion Rajesh Patel; Jennifer Annett; Vijay among Albany Med staff, to Unemployment?” Bindingnavele; Robert Shaw; Michelle Jardine; Charles Rheeman; Anya Koutras; students and alumni with Dr. Rosenkranz is the Associate Professor John Koutras; Stacey Swaika and Rena uniformed service; support and of Surgery at Geisel/Dartmouth Medical Yanover Kass. mentor Albany Med students School as well as the Medical Director of the with present or potential military Comprehensive Breast Program at the Norris affiliation, and instill a culture of Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock philanthropy for the College. Medical Center.

28 | alumni.amc.edu LEGE ICAL COL MED ALBANY

Commencement2020 “#e smaller, virtual nature of this year’s ceremony in no way reflects the magnanimous spirit of this year’s graduating class,” said Dr. Verdile. “#ese graduates are entering the world of science and health care at a time when the entire world will be looking to them for answers and care. We have come to know these students very well over the last few years. We have seen their talents first-hand. We have been the lucky recipients of their many contributions. If the future of medicine and science rests in their hands— and there’s good reason to expect that it does—we feel nothing but assurance and pride.”

ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE HOLDS VIRTUAL COMMENCEMENT C EREMONIES

Albany Medical College awarded 228 degrees on ursday, 25 years, was recognized for his long history of visionary leadership May 21, during a virtual commencement ceremony. Commencement that has transformed Albany Med and its surrounding community. proceedings were livestreamed from Huyck Auditorium inside Dennis P. McKenna, MD ’92, Captain (Ret.) MC USN, Albany the Medical Center to accommodate efforts to contain the Med president and CEO, conducted the commissioning ceremony novel coronavirus and to help keep those who are most vulnerable for three graduates who, as commissioned officers, will enter on active safe. e Class of 2020 participated virtually and received service in a military residency: Dr. Julie Bernstein, Captain, United diplomas through the mail. States Navy, Dr. Anirudh Dwarakanath, Captain, United States Speakers included Vincent Verdile, MD ’84, e Lynne and Air Force, and Dr. Brian Graziose, Captain, United States Army. Mark Groban, MD ’67, Distinguished Dean of Albany Medical e ceremony concluded with the singing of the national anthem College, Maggie Gillis, vice chair of Albany Med’s Board by Jessica Rivetz, MD ’20. of Directors, and Jessica Nuwer, PhD, and Tristan Boyer, MD, Medical degrees (MD) were awarded to 148 students. In addition, elected student representatives of the Class of 2020. 41 received Master of Science degrees in Physician Assistant Studies, Evan Vosburgh, MD ’82, President of the Alumni Association, 12 received either Master of Science or doctoral degrees in the administered the Hippocratic oath to graduates. Each graduate biomedical sciences, six students received master’s degrees from was recognized by name. the Alden March Bioethics Institute, while two received doctoral Albany Medical Center President Emeritus James J. Barba degrees from the program. Twenty-three students who will receive received an honorary degree in absentia. Barba, who served as Master of Science degrees in Nurse Anesthesiology in November president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Albany Med for also participated in the ceremony.

SUMMER 2020 | 29 e Alumni Association welcomes FOLLOWING IS members of the Class of 2020 with SAGE ADVICE generational ties to the College: FROM MEMBERS OF THE ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE Dena Hayes, MD ’20 Daughter of Rosalind Dickman Hayes, MD ’85 CLASS OF 1970+ CELEBRATING Chela Mandeep, MD ’20 THEIR 50TH Sister of Karamjit K. Chela, MD ’14 ANNIVERSARY YEAR+TO THE Patrick O’Connor, MD ’20 CLASS OF 2020: Son of William W. O’Connor, MD ’86

Christopher Poggi, MD ’20 Brother of Jonathan A. Poggi, MD ’16 and grandson of John A. Poggi, MD ’57

David Pokorny, MD ’20 Son of George R. Pokorny, MD ’81

Zachary Robbiano, MD ’20 Son of Peter J. Robbiano, MD ’83 and grandson of Class1970of Dewey Robbiano, Jr., MD ’54

Jason Schon, MD ’20 Son of Lew C. Schon, MD ’84

Libby Stein, MD ’20 Daughter of Theodore N. Stein, MD ’84

Shelley Uppal, MD ‘20 Daughter of Gurvinder S. Uppal, MD ’86

Sarah Wachtel, MD ’20 Daughter of Andrew S. Wachtel, MD ’81

Amanda Walker, MD ’20 Granddaughter of William Arthur Little, Jr., MD ’42

30 | alumni.amc.edu

LEGE ICAL COL MED ALBANY

“Strive to be the physician you would want to take care of you.”

+WILLIAM BOEHME, MD 20202 “Seek balance in your life: professional personal, and altruistic.” GOLDENG APPLE

+CHRISTINE BURNS, MD RECIPIENTSR

“ Do not let the business of medicine dominate your career – strive The late Kate and Robert D. Wickham, MD ’52 for excellence and take many vacations.” generously established the Golden Apple Award to honor the College’s commitment to +MICHAEL T. COOPERMAN, MD excellence in teaching. The award, stewarded by the Alumni Association, allows graduating medical students the opportunity to recognize “ Never stop learning, work hard, always strive for your best, the outstanding educators they encountered own and learn from your mistakes, commit to the art of listening during their time at the College. and make sure you make time for your family and friends.”

+DONALD CRAVEN, MD This year, the Class of 2020 recognized the following faculty members:

“ Embrace your chosen profession to the fullest while always OUTSTANDING CLINICAL being guided by your Hippocratic oath.” GOLDEN APPLE AWARD +MYLES R. DESNER, MD James Desemone, MD Associate Professor/Director of Quality, “Enjoy the steep part of the learning curve (medical school and Department of Medicine residency). It’s the most fun you’ll ever have.”

+ERIC C. DISBROW, MD OUTSTANDING PRECLINICAL GOLDEN APPLE AWARD Rebecca S. Keller, PhD “ Practicing medicine is a gift both for your patients and you. Assistant Dean, Medical Education Enjoy every day. If you are honest and always do what is best Professor, Department of Molecular for the patient, you will have a fulfilling and great career.” and Cellular Physiology +STEVEN M. LITINSKY, MD

OUTSTANDING OUTPATIENT “ No matter how difficult it may be, always strive to put the PRECEPTOR GOLDEN needs of your patients ahead of yours, especially those patients APPLE AWARD who, on the surface, do not appear to have anything to give Ann E. Rutter, MD ’08 to you. Practice each day with a sense of thanksgiving that Academic Vice Chair you have been given the talents and opportunities to enter Director of Medical Student Education what is truly a sacred profession.” Associate Professor, Department of Family

+FREDERICK B. ROSE, MD & Community Medicine

OUTSTANDING RESIDENT “Listen more. Click less. Embrace learning. Enjoy your patients GOLDEN APPLE AWARD and craft, but never forget your personal life and family.” Fatima Daoud-Yilmaz, MD +WILLIAM M. VANNEMAN, JR., MD Obstetrics & Gynecology

SUMMER 2020 | 31 LEGE ICAL COL MED ALBANY Commencement2020

GOLD HUMANISM 2020 SOSA ACADEMY OF MEDICINE SCHOLARS AWARD RECIPIENTS

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation The Sosa Academy of Medicine provides advocacy and support for faculty advances humanism in medicine, educators, stimulates curriculum development and reform across the perpetuating the tradition of the continuum of medical education—offering a variety of faculty development caring doctor. Through innovative activities, emphasizing the patient—doctor relationship; encouraging medical education, the Foundation extramural funding for educational activities, and promoting educational promotes and affirms more scholarship in the form of presentations and publications. compassionate medical care The following Sosa Academy awards were presented to faculty at this year’s and caregivers. Commencement ceremony: The Alumni Association acknowledges recent inductees NEW TEACHER AWARD from the Class of 2020 to the Danielle P. Wales, MD ’10 Gold Humanism Honor Society Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (GHHS). The Society honors medical students, residents, fellows, role-model physician teachers EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION AWARD and other exemplars recognized for “demonstrating excellence in Richard Trierweiler, MD humanistic clinical care, leadership, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine compassion and dedication to service.” FACULTY TEACHING SCHOLAR AWARD David Jones, MD ’97 CLASS OF 2020 SCHOLARS Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Pathology Education, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Tristan R. Boyer, MD William M. Calawerts, MD Michael Y. Joo, MD OUTSTANDING MENTOR AWARD Sarah Kader, MD Jodi Della Rocca, CRNA, MS ’02, PhD Sara Khan, MD Center Director and Associate Professor, Center for Nurse Anesthesiology Victoria M. Mattick, MD Christopher Michael Mayer, MD Michael D. Robek, PhD Margaret E. McDonough, MD Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease Stephanie A. Owusu, MD Roshal Patel, MD David Pokorny, MD Sarah Saad, MD Samae Sekeema Sihoma Scott, MD Betsy W. Stevens, MD Eva McComb Zalis, MD Andrew Jay Zen, MD Commencement

32 | alumni.amc.edu Doris Greenberg, MD ’65 Alan Markowitz, MD ’70 (left) and Benjamin Markowitz, MD ’34

FAMILY LEGACY SUPPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS

FOR SOME ALUMNI, BECOMING A PHYSICIAN IS A FAMILY LEGACY. THIS IS TRUE FOR THE MARKOWITZ FAMILY+ WITH ONE SMALL TWIST. THE FAMILY’S LEGACY INCLUDES RECEIVING THEIR MEDICAL DEGREES FROM ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE AND CONTINUING TO PRACTICE MEDICINE THROUGH THE AGE OF 75 AND BEYOND.

Dr. Benjamin Markowitz , Class of immunology in his late 80s, passing away the Dolly Haugh Chair in Valvular 1934, began his first job at age six with years later and leaving a solid legacy of Heart Surgery at University Hospitals a local paper route, realizing early on as proudly serving patients. of Cleveland. a child of the Depression that the only If you ask Dr. Alan Markowitz what he On the special occasion of Dr. Markow- way to succeed was through hard work is most proud of, it is two things: the itz’s 50th Reunion this year, the family and a great education. His family had path their father led them down, and his established the Benjamin Markowitz, nothing. With the knowledge that he older sister Dr. Doris Greenberg , Class MD ’34 Endowed Scholarship at only had himself to depend on, he made of 1965. “She has always been an excep- Albany Medical College to honor their his way through college and onto Albany tional student, not only of medicine, but father and the remarkable legacy they Medical College because of a generous of life,” he said. Dr. Greenberg continues inherited. eir father’s medical education scholarship. Following medical school full-time practice in developmental started with a scholarship and his entire and a job with the Civilian Conservation medicine at the age of 80 with no plans professional career was made possible Corps, he set up practice in Albany to slow down. She served as an associate because of it. His children, who follow in the downstairs of the home he clinical professor of Pediatrics at the so closely in his hard-working footsteps, shared with his family, including two Mercer University School of Medicine want to make a career in medicine impressionable young children. in Macon, Georgia, and as a national possible for other students who embody Dr. Alan Markowitz , Class of 1970, and international speaker for the those same qualities. ey hope this recalls, “growing up behind the candy U.S. Congress of Psychiatry. Following scholarship will alleviate some of the store,” and watching his father kind- in the accomplished footsteps of his financial difficulties their father experi- heartedly serve his patients—never father and sister, Dr. Markowitz is enced when he was in medical school. questioning their ability to pay for his currently the Chief Surgical Officer at “Ben,” as his patients and family called services. Dr. Benjamin, after fellowship the Harrington Heart and Vascular him, gave everyone a chance and never training at Cleveland Clinic, became an Institute and Director of the Valve forgot where he came from.

Commencement allergist and practiced in Albany until Center at the Harrington Heart Vascular he was 79. He recertified in allergy and Institute in Cleveland, Ohio. He holds

SUMMER 2020 | 33 2020 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION t Studen Award Recipients

THE FOLLOWING AWARDS WERE GIVEN OUT BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION TO MEDICAL STUDENTS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS:

2020 Medical Student Awards

The Academic Excellence Award in the Anatomies The Dr. David J. Dickerman Alumni Prize Sairisheel Gabbireddy, ’22 Chaitali Korgaonkar-Cherela, MD ’20

The Academic Excellence in Freshman Year Award The Dr. James Derham Alumni Award Sairisheel Gabbireddy, ’22 Anicia Ivey, MD ’20

The Academic Excellence in Sophomore Year Award The Frank C. Maxon, Jr., MD Alumni Award Meghan Hodson, ’21 Tristan Boyer, MD ’20

The Academic Achievement Award of the Medical The James and Rita Dougherty Alumni Award Society of the County of Albany Richard Marchese, MD ’20 Yufan Lin, MD ’20 The Richard H. Edmonds, PhD, Alumni Leadership Award The Angelo Pappanikou Award David Pokorny, MD ’20 Jennifer Lu, MD ’20 The Venona Mae VanOrnam Mankes Memorial Award The Donald P. Swartz, MD Award Vinata Kusupati, MD ’20 Karissa Leong, MD ’20

The Dr. Bernard F. Brophey Alumni Memorial Scholarship David Pokorny, MD ’20

2020 Graduate Student Awards

The Alumni Award for Excellence in Bioethics Studies The Graduate Student Alumni Award Sara Silberstein, MS ’20, MD Candidate Shanti D’Souza, PhD Candidate

The Alumni Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice— The Richard H. Edmonds, PhD Alumni Leadership Award Center for Nurse Anesthesiology Janine Warren, PhD Candidate Sergey Yermakovich, MS ’20 The Richard Miller Alumni Awards for the Most The Alumni Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice— Outstanding Research Presentation Center for Physician's Assistant Studies FIRST PLACE: Kacey Carter, MS ’20 Jesse Rabinowitz, PhD Candidate

The Alumni Research Awards SECOND PLACE: Martin Bach, PhD Candidate Renee Thiemann, PhD Candidate Poornima Sankar, PhD Candidate THIRD PLACE: Ping Gao, PhD Candidate

34 | alumni.amc.edu COLLEGE NEWS & EVENTS

Bioethics Institute Starts a New Doctorate Program New Chief Officer The Alden March Bioethics Institute has established a of Health Equity, Doctorate of Professional Diversity and Studies in Bioethics concentration: Clinical Ethics. Inclusion and This new concentration is Associate Dean designed for working health care professionals who for Student hold a master’s degree in Wellness Named bioethics, or equivalent, and who seek advanced education and training in both knowledge and applied skills pertaining to clinical ethics.

For more information, visit online: www.amc.edu/ bioethics or contact Alex Busch, Graduate In June, clinical psychologist Angela A. Antonikowski, PhD, MA, was named Chief Officer Studies Coordintor at of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and associate dean for Student Wellness. A new [email protected]. critically important role at the Medical Center, the Chief Officer of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will foster the development of a comprehensive strategy toward advancing diversity within Albany Med and the community. Dr. Antonikowski will serve as a central resource for staff, students, patients and the community SNMA Feature and collaborate to ensure the fair and equitable treatment of individuals within these populations. Dr. Antonikowski will also spearhead a Leadership Diversity Council overseeing Speaker the engagement of faculty, staff and students. rough training, staff development and a variety The Albany Medical College of other initiatives, she will increase awareness and support of equity and inclusive values. Student National Medical Dr. Antonikowski began her clinical career at Albany Med in 2009. She was most recently Association (SNMA) Chapter the chair of the Educational Outcomes Committee for Albany Medical College, director of and the Student Surgery Research and Behavioral Science in the college’s Department of Family and Community Interest Group hosted an Medicine and co-director of the Department of Neurology’s Headache and Pain Behavioral Albany Med Black History Health Program. Until 2016, Dr. Antonikowski served as chief psychologist of the Department Month event with featured of Pediatrics. She is a member of numerous Albany Medical College committees and speaker Dr. Steven Stain, Chair professional organizations. In 2017, Dr. Antonikowski was awarded the Capital District of Albany Med’s Department YMCA Black and Latino Achievers Award for outstanding community leadership. of Surgery, on February 25.

SUMMER 2020 | 35 COLLEGE NEWS & EVENTS

Building the Next Generation of

Albany Med Academic Physicians (BGNAP) Welcomes New Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Rebecca G. Rogers, MD, has joined Albany Med as chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gyne- cology. Dr. Rogers was previously at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School where she was professor and associate chair for clinical integration and operations, as well as director of the Women’s Health Institute. Her clinical interests focus on female pelvic medicine (incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse) and reconstructive surgery.

Dr. Joseph Wayne Selected as Fellow of the Royal College Conference attendeees (from left): Roselande Marcellon, ’21, Sarah Martinez, ’22, of Physicians Dr. Hyacinth Mason, Tristen Boyer, MD ’20, Grace Rivera, ’22, Samir El-Sawaf, ’22

Joseph Wayne, MD, Albany Med Internal Medicine physician Tristan Boyer, MD ’20, Samir El-Sawaf, ’22, Roselande Marcellon, ’21, Sarah Martinez, ’22, and professor of Medicine and and Grace Rivera, ’22, attended the 10th anniversary celebration and second Pre-Faculty Career Pediatrics, has been selected as Development Conference of Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians (BGNAP) a Fellow of the Royal College in Phoenix in January. Each was recognized with a National Trainee Leadership Award for of Physicians of London. making contributions that are significantly influencing pre-faculty development efforts in academic medicine. BGNAP was founded in 2010 to promote diversity and inclusion in the “This is an extraordinary and academic medicine workforce and to effectively address health equity in the United States. rare honor and very much deserved,” said Edward F. Albany Medical College was a silver-level sponsor of the event. Philbin, III, MD, the George E. Pataki Endowed Chair in Cardiology and chair of the Department of Medicine.

36 | alumni.amc.edu Albany Med Welcomes Stephanie B. Jones, MD as Chair of Anesthesiology

In April, Stephanie B. Jones, MD was named the new Chair of Anesthesiology. Dr. Jones comes to Albany Med from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, where she was associate professor and vice chair for education and faculty development. She also was associate professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. Earlier in her career, she held faculty appointments and administrative leadership positions at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Jones succeeds Kevin W. Roberts, MD ’77, who, having served as chair since 1999, was one of the Medical Center’s longest-serving chairs. Dr. Roberts also served as president of Albany Medical College’s Alumni Association. “Dr. Jones will be an outstanding addition to our clinical leadership team,” said Vincent P. Verdile, MD, ’84, e Lynne and Mark Groban, MD, ’67 Distinguished Dean of Albany Medical College and senior executive vice president for system care delivery at Albany Med. “We extend a warm welcome to Dr. Jones and our profound gratitude to Dr. Kevin Roberts for his many years of dedication and steadfast leadership to Albany Med.”

2020 Match Day

This year, medical students adjusted to Match Day on March 20 without a celebration with their peers and family members. Typically held on the third Friday of March, the College made the difficult decision to cancel the event amid the coronavirus outbreak. Although the traditional in-person gathering was canceled, it was a momentous time for fourth- year students.

We congratulate our 148 students who entered residency in July. Top specialties matched are Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine and Anesthesiology, with 53 percent of our students entering fields leading to primary care careers.

2020 Match Day celebrants (from left): Jennifer Lu, MD, Karissa Leong, MD, Vinata Kusupati, MD, MBA and Eva Zalis, MD

SUMMER 2020 | 37 COLLEGE NEWS & EVENTS

STUDENT NEWS

Annual Graduate In April, Sarah Martinez , Class of 2022, was appointed to the Student National Medical Studies Program Association (SNMA) Board of Directors as National Diversity Research Committee Co-Chairperson. Research & SNMA is the nation’s oldest and largest independent, student-run organization focusing on the needs Awards Day and concerns of minority students who are underrepresented in medicine. It has more than 150 chapters throughout the country and its membership includes more than 7,000 medical students, The 41st Annual Graduate pre-medical students and physicians. Studies Program Research & Awards Day was held virtually on June 24. Peter A. In June, Allyssa Abel , Class of 2021, was named a recipient of the 2020 Sandra L. Panther Vincent, PhD ’89, Associate Fellowship in the History of Family Medicine for her project, “Reinvigorating the Visions of the Dean of Graduate Studies, Founders of Family Medicine,” by e Center for the History of Family Medicine (CHFM). led the program and award presentations. Graduate CHFM serves as the principal resource center for the collection, conservation, study, exhibition, and students—representing dissemination of materials relating to the evolving history of the specialty of Family Medicine in the the Departments of United States for the benefit of the specialty and the public. Immunology & Microbial Disease, Regenerative & Cell Biology, Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics, Dr. Ariel Jaitovich Partners with University of along with the Centers for Nurse Anesthesiology, Wisconsin on COVID-19 Research Physician Assistant Studies and Bioethics—were In May, Ariel Jaitovich, MD, Albany Med pulmonary and critical care physician and assistant professor recognized for their in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, began a partnership with the University of academic excellence Wisconsin-Madison to study why some patients experience COVID-19 more severely than others. and research. Dr. Jaitovich has been caring for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic. e researchers will use mass spectrometry, an analytical tool that measures the molecular mass of Dr. Vincent is a member biomolecules, to examine blood samples from two groups of patients who had been hospitalized in the of the Alumni Association intensive care unit at Albany Med: those who tested positive for COVID-19 and a control group who Board of Directors. tested negative for the virus.

Miller Prize Recipients

PhD Candidates and 2020 Richard Miller Alumni Prize Recipients (from left): Jesse Rabinowitz, Renee Thiemann, Ping Gao and Dr. Peter Vincent

38 | alumni.amc.edu Collaborative Research by Local High School Student is Recognized

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School senior Hannah Shell has been named a finalist in the Regeneron Science Talent Search. Hannah conducted research at Albany Medical College under Kevin Pumiglia, PhD, professor in the Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology. e Regeneron program is the nation's oldest and most prestigious science competition for high school seniors.

$2.5 Million NIH Grants Will Help Scientists Search for Cure for Chronic Hepatitis B

In May, College researchers received a $2.5 million five-year grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study chronic hepatitis B. “Chronic hepatitis B results from an ineffective immune response that can’t control the virus,” said Michael Robek, PhD, professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, who is leading the study. “Current therapies can help manage the infection, but they rarely cure it.” Dr. Robek and his team hope their studies will provide new insight into the relationship between the persistence of HBV and the immune system’s dysfunction, and reveal new immunotherapeutic targets for potential approaches to cure chronic hepatitis B.

Matthew Bender IV, Tireless Philanthropist

Matthew Bender IV, an Albany native and scion to Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., the law book publisher, passed away on February 23, 2020. He held a significant relationship with Albany Med for the last 49 years. In 1971, he joined the Board of Trustees of Albany Medical College, ultimately becoming Board Chairman and later Co-Chairman of Albany Med’s Board of Directors. At the time of his death, he was a Director Emeritus of the Board of Directors. In 2013, he received an honorary degree from the College and the Albany Med Pillars Award. Mr. Bender’s contributions were countless, and the impact of his leadership, philanthropy and generosity limitless. In 1985, he endowed the College’s first scholarship earmarked to recruit students underrepresented in medicine. It has been awarded to more than 30 students. In 1995, Mr. Bender made another substantial gift to endow a College Chair in Neurology.

SUMMER 2020 | 39 40

| alumni.amc.edu ARCHIVES CORNER

A

mortem examinations. have assistedwithpost pandemic andwould during the1918flu second yearstudents These graduates were College Classof1921. Albany Medical Eagle andLancasterStreets. building onthecornerof Lancaster School 1914, located intheold Albany MedicalCollege OF 1918 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA THE GREAT L O

O

K

B

A

C K . With the Great War raging around the world, in early 1918, all medical TO READ MORE ABOUT THE 1918 FLU PANDEMIC students were declared members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps. e United AND ALBANY MEDICAL States War Department further declared that no students could enter the COLLEGE, VISIT WWW.ALUMNI.AMC.EDU/ medical school or advance without its approval. e Students’ Army Training ARCHIVES Corps was established in September with all students inducted into the Corps on October 1. e lives of medical students were further upended when the College ordered them to live in barracks at Union College in Schenectady.

As the war raged on, the great influenza pandemic of 1918 struck the world, including Albany. Soon, the city was overwhelmed with the sick, and medical students were needed to provide care. Second year students were called upon to perform post mortems during the pandemic. ird and fourth year students were released from classes for five weeks in order to provide care to those who had fallen ill. Dean Ordwayay prepared the students to provide on call care, day and night, in addition to the work of caring for those sick with other illnesses. While working with those who had fallen ill, 16 medical students caught the flu and two lost their lives. After the pandemic was over, attention was called by Dean Ordway “to the remarkable work during the influenza epidemic that the medical students did for the people in district work and in the hospitals of Albany, Schenectady, Troy and Pittsfield.”

DID YOU KNOW? It was thought Albany would avoid the brunt of the disease as not many cases appeared initially. However, as the days continued, more people fell ill and reports from doctors indicated it was influenza. Following this news, City Health Officer, Dr. Arthur Sautter, (Albany Medical College Class of 1894), recommended a general closure order. Within a day, Albany Commissioner of Publicic Safety James Sheldon Frost ordered all schools, churches, theaters, movie houses and libraries closed, in addition to suspending all indoor public gatherings.

As a result of hospitals in Albany overflowing with sick influenza patients, the new Smallpox Hospital was open for the care of those ill with the deadly flu disease.

The community came together during and after the pandemic. Albany Medical College students provided on call and regular patient care, the police drove patients to hospitals, school nurses wereere assigned to work for the Bureau of Health, and even an official within Albany's administration department loaned his personal vehicle as an ambulance. Following the pandemic, the Catholic diocese offered assistance housing to the many children who had become orphaned.

>> CORRECTION A feature about the class of 1970 in our last issue incorrectly stated that tuition was $12,000 per year. According to the 1969-70 College catalog, tuition was $2,200 per year. SUMMERSUM MER 20202020 | 41 PILLARS PROFILE

DONOR SPOTLIGHT: Neil Lempert, MD ’58 Family Matters Esteemed Surgeon and Loved Ones Establish Scholarship

Growing up in his hometown of Astoria, Queens, immunology and transplantation and recruited Neil Lempert, MD ’58, was surrounded by him to start a renal transplant program. people who mentored and influenced him— “It was very exciting. We were one of the first sometimes in very unexpected ways. “I was seven programs in New York State to get off the when I ran out into the street and was hit by a ground,” Dr. Lempert recalled. car, ending up with a compound leg fracture. I was in traction and a full body cast for three He worked day and night on all aspects of the months. e skill of the orthopedic surgeon who fledgling program. In addition to transplant cared for me made a lasting impression. I told him surgery, a tissue-typing program and research I wanted to be a doctor, too,” said Dr. Lempert. laboratory were established, and the Center for Donation and Transplant was formed for Fast forward to when he worked as an orderly procurement of donor organs. Dr. Lempert at Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica, oversaw research to improve preservation of Queens. e interns “were very good to me organs and to streamline immunosuppression. and fueled my continued interest in medicine,” He also was influential in New York State’s he recalled. At Stuyvesant High School in acceptance of “brain death” in 1979, defined as Manhattan, his physics teacher suggested he the irreversible loss of brain function. attend Hamilton College for a good pre-med In addition to being involved in nearly 1,000 education. At Hamilton, he was mentored by

professors who became good friends. When transplant cases, Dr. Lempert mentored he finally made his way to Albany Medical numerous medical students and residents, and College, Dr. Lempert had a clear goal; he became a beloved figure at Albany Med, including wanted to be a surgeon. being named a Pillars Award recipient, the Medical Center’s highest honor. e Kidney “Summers during medical school, I stayed at Transplant Program reached milestone after the hospital and conducted research with Dr. milestone including national awards and Joseph Doyle in cardiology and Dr. Arthur Stein recognition for excellent survival rates. in pathology. ese summer student fellowships In 2019, the program marked its 50th anniversary helped lay the groundwork for my eventual as Dr. Lempert’s successor, David Conti, MD, surgical residency at Albany Med,” he said. is getting close to performing Albany Med’s After completing residency and service as an 3,000th kidney transplant. Army surgeon during the Vietnam War, Dr. Lempert began work as a research fellow studying “In some ways kidney transplantation at its transplant techniques at Mary Imogene Bassett core remains the same, however there have Hospital in Cooperstown, NY. In 1969, Charles been advances in infection control, immuno- Eckert, MD, chair of Surgery at Albany Med, suppressive medications, types of donors and became aware of Dr. Lempert’s interest in even how surgery is performed,” said Dr. Lempert.

42 | alumni.amc.edu (ABOVE): Dr. Lempert with his family (RIGHT): Judy and Neil Lempert, MD ’58 leave a family legacy

He said he imagines another advance is the Since retiring in 2000, Dr. Lempert has continued smartphone. “Having the ability to communicate his commitment to philanthropy by establishing constantly with a hospital when you are traveling important funds for charitable contributions— to procure a donor organ is essential. For us, the including the Schaffer Library Mollie and David advent of ‘car phones’ was a big deal,” he said. Lempert Division, in memory of his parents, and Dr. Lempert sees being an academic surgeon as the Dr. Neil Lempert Endowed Chair in Surgery. ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE having three important components, “You are He has also supported other funds such as e PILLARS SOCIETY a physician, a researcher, and a teacher. I value Carter Scholarship, the Alpha Omega Alpha Student Emergency Endowment, the Alumni all three,” he said. One former student shared Members of the Annual Fund, the Syed Haqqie Memorial Fund, his fond recollection of time shared with Albany Medical College Dr. Lempert: the Goodman Scholarship, and the Class of ’58 Pillars Society have Scholarship Fund. created lasting legacies using their bequests, “As a third-year medical student rotating Recently, he and his wife funded the Judy and Neil Lempert, MD ’58 Endowed life income gifts in surgery, I was amazed at Dr. Lempert’s and retirement plans. Scholarship Fund using a combination of They provide ability to seemingly be present in several outright and planned gifts. e planned gift inspiration to others places at the same time. Patient rounds combines a bequest in Dr. Lempert’s will with to do the same. with him on the transplant service taught outright gifts from his IRA required minimum distribution. e Lempert’s four daughters To learn more, us to know everything about the patients (Elizabeth, Nina, Heidi, and Katie) took an active contact: and most importantly to think through role in the decision to support scholarship at Laura O'Brien the complex medical issues these patients Albany Medical College. Assistant Vice President, had. While working in his laboratory, “Mentorship carries many forms. With Gift Planning the understanding of transplant immunology philanthropy, I can continue to help the and Principal Gifts and its depth became more apparent and College and patients at the hospital. And, of 518.262.6835, course I can continue to impact the lives of intellectually stimulating. Here again, [email protected] or; students. Certainly today, we live in a world that amc.PlanMyGift.org he was always fully engaged in the lab’s needs well-trained physicians and it is up to us activities with focus on the most important to help young people from all walks of life to aspects of research.” achieve success,” he said.

ZORIK SPEKTOR, MD ’86 PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGIST BOCA RATON, FLORIDA

SUMMER 2020 | 43 2019 Contributors Report

On behalf of Albany Medical College and the Albany Medical College Alumni Association, thank you to the following alumni and friends for their support in 2019 through their philanthropy.

Anonymous (13) Class of 1956 Maurice E. Keenan, MD Mary E. Geiger, MD Anthony J. Leone, Jr., MD Ralph A. Giannella, MD Robert P. Newhouse, MD Donald L. Price, Sr., MD Doris M. Greenberg, MD Class of 1945 William A. Petersen, MD Bruno P. Tolge, MD Lawrence A. Holfelder, MD William R. Dorrance, MD Fred A. Phillips, Jr., MD Clyde W. Turner, MD Edward A. Iannuccilli, MD Richard O. Schultz, MD Class of 1946 Kaarina M. Kettunen, MD Class of 1962 Class of 1957 J. Peter Lawler, MD Elizabeth Veeder, MD* John R. Furman, MD Gary D. Miller, MD Henry E. Zellmann, MD* William A. Africano, MD* Paul E. Phillips, MD David R. Nalin, MD Saebert L. Chamikles, MD Donald J. Proferes, MD Donald H. Namm, PhD Class of 1947 John J. Condemi, MD Robert M. Rosenblatt, MD Robert L. Phyliky, MD Seymour Thickman, MD John I. Larkin, MD J. George Russo, MD Douglas W. Rainforth, MD Wilbur C. Rust, MD Edwin C. Shuttleworth, Jr., MD Alexander B. Snyder, MD Class of 1948 Ernest E. Sponzilli, MD Jerry C. Worsham, MD* Fred C. Storm, MD David L. Sparling, MD Class of 1958 Warren F. Woodworth, MD Norman Zheutlin, MD Class of 1963 Henry A. Camperlengo, MD* Class of 1966 Ronald J. Anderson, MD Class of 1950 Pasquale J. Fugazzotto, MD Irving N. Bachner, MD James S. Breivis, MD Daniel N. Hertz, MD Ambrose Alfonsi, MD Charles T. Fruehan, MD Dennis A. Brown, MD Neil Lempert, MD Richard C. Bozian, MD William B. Henry, MD * George P. Delyanis, MD Joseph C. Loffredo, MD Arthur K. Brelia, MD Edward J. Khantzian, Jr., MD Leonard R. Geiger, MD Arthur Maron, MD Edward A. Meyers, MD* John A. Klamar, MD* David M. Gottesman, MD Carl A. Paulsen, MD Karl R. Meyers, MD J. Bruce Hagadorn, MD Class of 1952 Felix E. Schletter, MD Roger F. Robison, MD Arthur H. Knowlton, MD I. Arnold Slowe, MD Lewis E. Patrie, MD Jon E. Rosenblatt, MD Ronald C. Meyer, MD Samuel R. Spitzer, MD Class of 1953 Clara E. Staunton, MD Jeffrey Rudnick, MD Class of 1959 Nancy G. Worsham, MD Paul C. Schreiber, MD John J. Dapolito, Jr., MD Maureen C. Sze, MD Leonard Antiles, MD Charles G. Leonhardt, MD Class of 1964 Robert E. Tank, MD Howard B. Goldstein, MD Robert W. McDonald, MD Stephen S. Chan, MD Betty R. Vohr, MD Eugene M. Hoenig, MD* John A. Duers, MD Carl R. Wirth, MD Class of 1954 Peter C. Lombardo, MD Harold R. Hahn, MD Wellington J. Pindar, MD* Class of 1967 David Beck, MD Norman D. Kathan, Jr., MD Rudolph F. Bono, MD Class of 1960 Donald R. Kelly, MD James L. Bernene, MD Jay V. Dewell, Sr., MD Robert G. Long, MD Robert M. Dewell, MD Robert Kiesel, MD Kenneth A. Linstruth, MD Charles "Tom" McHugh, MD Matthew A. Farina, MD Richard A. Larson, MD Richard G. O'Leary, MD Alan D. Megibow, MD Mark D. Groban, MD Stuart T. Nevins, MD Dewey Robbiano, Jr., MD Gary E. Mombello, MD Richard E. Lavigne, MD Richard P. Propp, MD* Donald D. Pollock, MD Thomas H. Lesnik, MD Class of 1955 Robert M. Schwartz, MD Lewis I. Schainuck, MD Richard G. Masson, MD Merritt F. Spear, MD Joseph L. Belsky, MD Charles P. Shoemaker, Jr., MD Robert F. Moseley, III, MD Jack Tatirosian, MD Richard W. Blide, MD George F. Walsh, Jr., MD Robert F. Pickels, MD James I. Thompson, MD Joseph R. Gabriels, MD* C. Wendell Wickersham, III, MD A. John J. Popp, MD Stafford W. Gedge, MD Class of 1961 Richard W. Price, MD Alfred M. Gomez, MD Class of 1965 Lucy A. Sandler, MD Anthony J. Bardinelli, MD Richard A. Wagner, MD Albert A. Apicelli, MD Laurence Shandler, MD John P. Carroll, MD John Booss, MD Thomas P. Smith, MD Anthony J. DeTommasi, MD Warren W. Bovie, MD D. Billings Wheeler, MD Dante L. Gismondi, MD* Louis M. Fink, MD John J. Gregory, MD

44 | alumni.amc.edu SPECIAL EDITION 2019 Contributors Report

Class of 1968 Michael R. Fischetti, Jr., MD* Lawrence A. Horn, MD Steven M. Silver, MD Paul D. Garson, MD Robert G. Insley, MD Thomas F. Spethmann, MD Joseph Agris, MD Frank J. Gaudiano, Jr., MD Randall S. Krakauer, MD Jay D. Sprenger, MD Peter T. Burkart, MD John J. Geren, MD Jeffrey Lozman, MD Andrew J. Sullivan, Jr., MD Herbert J. DiMeola, MD Walter L. Groff, MD Richard T. MacDowell, MD John R. Warkentin, MD James J. Glynn, MD Diane J. Henderson, MD Michael H. Metzler, III, MD T. Michael White, MD Arthur S. Hengerer, MD Robert P. Hoffman, MD Jeffrey S. Mogelof, MD Jeffrey D. Hubbard, MD Steven M. Litinsky, MD Arthur E. Orlick, MD Class of 1975 Denis N. Lusignan, MD Mary Anne Rathbun, MD Norman R. Romanoff, MD Andrew I. Bressler, MD Donald E. Ware, MD Alan H. Markowitz, MD William P. Schecter, MD James J. Ciarcia, MD Alfred H. Woodworth, MD John F. O'Brien, MD Peter B. Sherer, MD George M. Cibik, MD Class of 1969 Brian L. Sayer, MD Edward M. Staub, MD James C. Cruickshank, MD Daniel L. Scharf, MD Barry S. Yoss, MD Albert A. Fiorini, MD William Swanson Barry, MD Edward C. Schmidt, MD Paul A. Forman, MD William P. Batsford, MD Howard D. Shapiro, MD * Class of 1973 Erik J. Funk, MD Robert H. Brakemeier, MD William M. Vanneman, Jr., MD Ken R. Adler, MD Martin A. Goldsmith, MD Price M. Chenault, MD Frederick P. Ambrose, MD Michael S. Heller, MD Peter C. Ewing, MD Class of 1971 John F. Assini, MD Edward J. Jacobs, MD L. Nelson Hopkins, III, MD Robert A. Appert, MD Robert G. Briggs, PhD William R. Kimball, MD G. Timothy Johnson, MD Thomas A. Bailey, MD Jonathan C. Britell, MD Alan R. Klibanoff, MD William G. Johnston, Jr., MD Michael A. Boxer, MD Richard E. Carroll, MD Robert J. Levai, MD David B. Lawrence, MD Patricia M. Catalano, MD Harry L. Haroutunian, MD Michael G. Levitzky, PhD William H. Montano, MD Richard M. Dickerman, MD Earl L. Horton, MD Stanley M. Lewis, MD Barbara F. Mufti, MD John E. Dooley, MD Donald R. Howard, MD James G. McAnulty, MD Thomas M. Mulcahy, Jr., MD Ernst R. Dorsch, MD David S. Jackson, MD Austin I. Mehrhof, Jr., MD John D. Norton, MD Madeline E. Gerken, MD Helyn M. Lefgren, MD Mark J. Mittenthal, MD John J. Olichney, MD Ronald J. Graf, MD J. Bryan Murphy, MD Charles J. Neilson, MD William C. Rosen, MD James R. Hengerer, MD Harry C. Odabashian, MD Arthur G. Pettygrove, MD Seymour J. Rosenbloom, MD Richard G. Honig, MD Derace L. Schaffer, MD Donna Pietrocola, MD Harvey D. Scherer, MD Charles Y. Kawada, MD Charles E. Staunton, MD Steven Pinheiro, MD Fred S. Schwartz, MD Sanford L. Klein, MD Steven M. Turbiner, MD Alfred Saleh, MD Thomas L. Snyder, MD Michael H. Lager, MD John B. Waldman, MD Glenn S. Shear, MD David H. Sprague, MD Gary C. Lang, MD Craig J. Youner, MD Lawrence D. Weber, MD Harvey P. Wald, MD Charles W. Lasky, Jr., MD Allen W. Zieker, MD John C. Wheeler, DMD, MD Peter D. McGann, MD Class of 1974 Scott C. Yeaw, MD Jerry Meislik, MD Eloise Aguirregoitia, MD Class of 1976 John K. Yen, MD W. Dale Overfield, DDS, MD Sterling S. Baker, MD Debra A. Bell, MD Class of 1970 Matthew P. Rogan, MD Francis A. Bellino, MD Donna Anne Caniano, MD Neal L. Rogers, MD Alan J. Berrick, MD Linda L. Civerchia Balent, MD Edward R. Alexson, MD Peter D. Shapiro, MD John J. Botti, MD Diane I. Cohen, MD Ann V. Als, MD Alan P. Sitron, MD Edwarda M. Buda-Okreglak, MD Arthur R. Copeland, MD Anita Balodis, MD Michael R. Sorrell, MD William R. Dooley, MD John J. Cronan, MD James P. Barrett, PhD '68, MD Neil T. Wolfman, MD Mark N. Goldberg, MD Charles R. Fikar, MD Bonnie B. Baswell, MD Thasia Woodworth, MD William C. Hall, MD Thomas Flotte, MD David L. Baswell, MD Murray Korc, MD Ivan A. Friedrich, MD William M. Boehme, MD Class of 1972 Janice L. Lee, MD Gregory R. Harper, PhD, MD Steven J. Burakoff, MD Wilfred N. Beaucher, MD Clifford C. Marr, MD Dorothea M. Hoover, MD Christine L. Burns, MD Allan R. Bernstein, MD William S. Martens, MD Kirk R. Kanter, MD James S. Campbell, MD Robert Burakoff, MD Geoffrey W. McCarthy, MD Ralph L. Kramer, MD Charles R. Carozza, MD George E. Burns, MD Kenneth M. Pariser, MD George B. Leber, MD Edward B. Clark, MD J. Kenneth Davison, MD Patricia T. Pisciotto, MD Kenneth C. Low, MD Eric C. Disbrow, MD W. Jarrard Goodwin, Jr., MD Robert F. Ruggiero, MD Scott E. Maizel, MD Steven H. Dorfman, MD David C. Grenoble, MD Craig J. Schaefer, MD Catherine M. Mills, MD Jeffrey M. Dunn, MD Vincent F. Guida, MD Ronald S. Scheinzeit, MD Daniel J. O'Connell, MD Anthony Falbo, MD

SUMMER 2020 | 45 2019 Contributors Report

Mary E. Rappazzo, MD Malcolm H. Gottesman, MD Stephen A. Hillman, MD Martin J. Edelman, MD Linda H. Rogers, MD Risa Kagan, MD Jeffrey A. Hirst, MD Vittorio Fiorenza, MD Gary R. Rombough, MD Catherine A. Kiley, MD Mark M. Hoffman, MD Michael M. Goldberg, MD Jeffrey S. Schottland, MD Janet P. Lord, MD Michael J. Horgan, MD Mark N. Hadley, MD John V. Scialli, MD Amelia M. Martinko, MD Patricia L. Hughes Brandt, MD Robert J. Hedderman, MD Lawrence W. Silvers, MD Meryl H. Mendelson, MD Katherine Karlsrud, MD Kathleen M. Kelly, MD Susan Singer, MD Bruce Nash, MD Henry J. Katz, MD E. Michael Kramer, MD Gary L. Sutter, MD Kathryn T. O'Keeffe, MD Theodore N. Keltz, MD Andrew D. Mann, MD George J. Zambetti, Jr., MD Loretta Patton-Greenidge, MD Andrew J. Kurman, MD Nancy R. Mann, MD Mark D. Perry, MD Richard A. Lane, MD Brian J. McGrath, MD Michael A. Santoro, MD Anne K. Marthy-Noonan, MD Daniel A. Morgenstern, MD Class of 1977 Gary S. Silverstein, MD Stuart J. Miller, Jr., MD Patrick G. O'Connor, MD, MPH Marino Baselice, MD Morris M. Milman, MD Christopher Ritchlin, MD Teresa S. Briggs, MD Class of 1979 Pamela J. Moore, MD Doria Ritchlin, MD Michael B. Clark, MD John J. Cambareri, MD Michael J. Mulvaney, MD Arnold M. Rosen, MD Joseph G. Coroso, MD Paul C. Chalmers, MD Brian R. Port, MD Michael P. Scherl, MD Isabella A. Danel, MD, MS Maureen Donnelly, MD Sharon Shapiro, MD Richard P. Silton, MD Carolyn L. Frymoyer, MD Barbara S. Ducatman, MD John J. Wasenko, MD Edward Skwiersky, MD Paul A. Frymoyer, MD Thomas D. Fogel, MD John R. Zech, MD Marc A. Swerdloff, MD James D. Fuchs, MD Steven M. Frisch, MD Lonice M. Thomas, MD William E. Greiner, MD Steven H. Gardner, MD Class of 1981 Debra A. Tristram, MD David E. Kaplan, MD Janet E. Gargiulo, MD Richard H. Alfred, MD Evan Vosburgh, MD Steven M. Keller, MD Kim Goldenberg, MD David M. Barnert, MD Alan J. Kivitz, MD Richard A. Greene, MD Roger A. Barrowman, MD Class of 1983 Paul E. Kross, MD Margaret M. Grogan, MD Deborah A. Belchis, MD Victoria I. Balkoski, MD Leonard S. Lilly, MD Christopher D. Kearney, MD David A. Bernstein, MD Douglas H. Bass, MD Barry S. Lindenberg, MD Harold B. Luke, MD Arnold J. Blank, MD David E. Baum, MD Glenn E. Mathisen, MD Daniel R. Mackenzie, MD Richard Ciulla, MD Mitchel A. Campito, MD Thomas P. Mawhinney, PhD Steve Z. Mitchell, MD Sarah L. DiStefano, MD Jeffrey M. Feldman, MD Woods McCahill, Jr., MD Ronald V. Musto, MD Mark H. Eckman, MD Robert T. Grant, MD John J. Meharg, MD Laurence A. Primack, MD Brenda E. Field, MD Mary E. Hartnett, MD David S. Mendelson, MD Nanette F. Santoro, MD Kathie L. Hermayer Dawson, David G. Heisig, MD Fred E. Mensch, MD Stuart J. Schnitt, MD MS, MD Carol L. Howe, MD John A. Nolan, MD Gary A. Schnur, MD James E. Kolb, MD Kathleen A. Kennedy, MD Marvin S. Packer, MD Richard Schreiber, MD David H. Kuehler, MD Jack S. Krushell, MD Mark E. Parker, MD Roy E. Schwartz, MD David H. Livingston, MD Michael Luvin, MD Jonathan A. Polikoff, MD David L. Semenoff, MD Jean Oakes, MD Louis G. Prevosti, MD Kevin W. Roberts, MD Neil H. Spitalny, MD Arthur W. Perry, MD James M. Provenzale, MD John F. Schenck, MD J. Scott Toder, MD Jeffrey B. Persons, MD Edna Anne Pytlak, MD Donald R. Schoch, MD John H. Wales, MD, MBA Van J. Ritter, MD Matthew W. Rowe, MD Vicki M. Sommer, MD Gary A. Weinstock, MD Duncan E. Savage, MD Gary K. Schwartz, MD Toni B. Walzer, MD Jacques L. Winter, MD Richard J. Seeger, MD Glynis Scott, MD Robert O. Webster, PhD Diane D. Wirz, MD Douglas A. Tebor, MD Thomas G. Ward, MD Herschel Tress, MD Class of 1978 Class of 1980 David M. Widlus, MD Class of 1984 Robert A. Bergamini, MD Suzanne M. Ackley, MD Anthony G. Bassanelli, MD Bruce R. Blazar, MD James W. Biondi, Jr., MD Class of 1982 Randall Beatty, MD Jeffrey D. Blonstein, MD Naomi Bloomfield, MD Mitchell H. Bamberger, MD, MBA Amy S. Bloom, MD John J. Byrne, MD Frederick W. Brandt, III, MD Lynn D. Bertram, MD Peter W. Cohen, MD Lorraine E. Davis, MD Richard M. Buschatzke, MD Michael L. Burke, MD Susan L. Cohen, MD Richard B. Deatsch, MD Margaret R. Carley, MD Timothy F. Christian, MD Mary Groda-Lewis, MD John P. Donovan, MD Phyllis Chang, MD Bruce E. Cooper, MD Richard Hernandez, MD Leigh G. Durlacher, MD Eileen K. Cutler, MD Marianne H. Cowley, MD Neil S. Kaye, MD Hal J. Freiman, MD James M. DeMasi, MD Richard H. Dal Col, MD Thomas M. McCormack, MD Monte R. Friedman, MD Mary Ellen Drislane, MD David J. Dickoff, MD Mark R. Milunski, MD

*deceased

46 | alumni.amc.edu SPECIAL EDITION 2019 Contributors Report

John R. O'Reilly, MD Class of 1986 Class of 1988 Class of 1990 John Papandrea, MD Michael S. Albert, MD Joseph S. Cirrone, MD Michael P. Aquino, MD Diane F. Patrick, MD Ave I. Bacher, MD Stuart V. Demirs, MD Christopher L. Campese, MD, Cynthia R. Pegler, MD Charles F. Botti, Jr., MD Neil A. Fisher, MD MS '15 Dawn Provenzale, MD Yim H. Chan, MD Eric D. Freedman, MD Kristen L. Carroll, MD Philip A. Seibel, MD Andrew H. Dubin, MD Nicole Kenney, MD Patrick S. DePippo, MD Paul R. Sklarew, MD Marjorie P. Golden, MD Marcia S. Miller, MD Brian M. Freed, PhD Mark P. Slovenkai, MD Ronald J. Gulotta, MD Mitchell B. Miller, MD Joseph A. Garvey, MD Theodore N. Stein, MD Katherine M. Hess Tallering, MD John C. Notaro, MD Steven Huy B. Han, MD John D. Tydings, MD Gregory F. Keenan, MD Barry J. Perlman, MD Maura C. Kibbey, PhD Vincent P. Verdile, MD Robert D. Lerman, MD Robert J. Rapoport, MD Peter E. Levesque, MD Paul M. Weidoff, Jr., MD Beth S. Marcus, MD Iris W. Rotker, MD Ayaz T. Madraswalla, MD Duncan F. Winter, III, MD Anthony J. Marinello, MD Jonathan D. Rotker, MD Kathleen Mantaro, MD Ronald S. Zelnick, MD Donna I. Meltzer, MD Alan M. Sanders, MD Joseph Patane, MD Peter Zloty, MD Gregg S. Meyer, MD Stephen M. Schutz, MD Thomas Ptak, MD, PhD Class of 1985 Gregg E. Moral, MD Michael S. Severance, MD David I. Shapiro, MD Robert J. Newborn, MD Michael H. Winston, MD Richard D. Siegel, MD John B. Bennet, II, MD Richard P. Noonan, MD Jitka L. Zobal-Ratner, MD Steven B. Weinfeld, MD Melanie Bone, MD William W. O'Connor, MD Susan P. Welgrin, MD Mark P. Callery, MD Philip K. Paty, MD Class of 1989 Donald M. Williams, MD Anthony C. Campagna, MD Pasquale Petrera, MD Linda Anderson, MD Daniel S. Casper, MD, PhD John-Patrick Python, MD Jane P. Balint, MD Class of 1991 Rose C. Christian, MD Susan D. Roseff-Dickerson, MD Alyse R. Bellomo, MD Michael T. Aubrey, MS Mary V. Collins, MD Zorik Spektor, MD Regan L. Cardamone, MD Cathy J. Berry Lozoponi, MD Mark A. Coppes, MD Gurvinder S. Uppal, MD Wilson Chau, MD Linda M. Callahan, PhD James L. Darling, MD George A. Vassolas, MD Marjorie Curran, MD Kimberly A. Davis, MD Susan M. Donnelly, MD Robert A. Wolff, MD Edward Escott, MD Josephine Gambardella, MD Howard Grodman, MD Samuel Hakim, MD Michael W. Graber, MD Rosalind Hayes, MD Class of 1987 Gerardus L. Jameson, MD John M. Haworth, MD Michael S. Lauer, MD Geoffrey W. Bacon, MD Samuel D. Kao, MD Suresh G. Kamath, MD Gregory Leghart, MD Donna L. Balewick, MD Edward J. Kaplan, MD Bernadette M. Levesque, MD James J. Litynski, MD Ellen M. Biggers, MD Hilary Kern, MD Sandra M. Nagler, MD Frank Lo Re, MD James V. Bono, MD Thomas Q. Kong, Jr., MD Nancy P. Peitavino Young, MD David M. Mastrianni, MD Russ U. Braun, MD Dane R. Lacey, MD Maria Fagan Shier, MD Mary Ann McDonald, MD Elizabeth A. Foley, MD Sandra L. Marwill, MD Anthony M. Szema, MD Rosanna Polsinelli, MD Samuel E. Green, MD Mark E. McDade, MD Peter C. Young, MD Joan F. Puglia, MD Russell W. Hartung, MD Joel E. Passick, MD John M. Roehmholdt, MD Aries Liu Helm, MD Mark A. Patterson, PhD, MD Class of 1992 Nancy C. Sapio, MD Thomas N. Helm, MD Elaine A. Rosenfeld-Margulis, MD Jeffrey Berger, MD Robert E. Shangraw, PhD '81, MD Jerome C. Hill, MD Lorraine M. Schratz, MD Tyrone G. Bristol, MD, MPH, Kenneth Shildkrout, MD Lorna F. Honan, MD Steven B. Schulman, MD FAAP, CPE Nicholas A. Smyrnios, MD Vincent J. Honan, MD Raymond O. Schultz, MD Theresa DePippo, MD Howard S. Snyder, MD Gerard P. Johnson, PhD Steven D. Schwartz, MD Marianne L. Feran, MD Robert Sorrentino, MD Valsa S. Madhava, MD Debra L. Sherman, MD Cynthia E. Flynn, MD Nirit R. Swerdloff, MD Ursula A. Matulonis, MD Christopher A. Sullivan, MD Neal A. Foman, MD Deborah L. Toppmeyer, MD Eric S. Molho, MD Karen L. Tan, MD Rajesh R. Gandhi, MS '90, Darrell J. Triulzi, MD Leonard C. Moses, MD Sharon T. Tietgens, MD PhD '91, MD Fran R. Wallach-Stein, MD W. Terence Reilly, MD Paolo B. Trubiano, MD Eric M. Horwitz, MD Michelle L. Whiteman, MD Edward Rydzak, MD Peter A. Vincent, PhD Lynne B. Kaplinsky Brown, MD Karen Wood, MD John Sarris, MD Ian J. Weinstein, MD Gisele M. Lafond, MD Barry Ziring, MD Bradley H. Seely, MD Steven M. Wolf, MD Jamie P. Levine, MD Halina M. Zyczynski, MD Michael F. Zwicklbauer, MD Karim Mansour, MD

*deceased

SUMMER 2020 | 47 2019 Contributors Report

Dennis P. McKenna, MD Class of 1995 Class of 1998 Class of 2001 Matthew J. Murnane, MD Michael E. Carley, MD Shellie Asher, MD, MS '10 Allison D. Lupinetti, MD Rita S. Patel, MD Visoth Chhiap, MD Alexander C. Brand, MD Van Vu Mai, MD John S. Pujals, MD Kim L. Escudero, MD Steven R. Brown, MD Dan-Thuy Tran, MD Kristen E. Robillard, MD Elizabeth A. Hunt, MD Felicia Chen, MD Felix Urman, MD Stefan A. Swicker, MD David E. Johnson, MD Michael K. Chung, MD Justin Yeh, MD Class of 1993 Rena B. Kass, MD Jeanette A. Legenza, MD Harpal S. Khanuja, MD Daniel T. Phelan, MD Class of 2002 Bryon A. Dickerson, MD Laurie Lambert Nadal, MD Donna Phelan, MD Elliott J. Anderson, MD Steven T. Hayes, MD Hartwell N. Lin, MD Julie G. Pilitsis, MD, PhD Neesha N. Choma, MD Philip J. Hlavac, MD Mona Magennis-Swanson, Kinga Pluta, MD Jodi M. Della Rocca, CRNA, John C. Lantis, II, MD CRNA, MS Lilian Asi L. Quaye, CRNA, MS MS, PhD Kevin Lau, MD Nolawi M. Mengesha, MD Renee B. Rodriguez- Laurene M. Fleischer, MD John P. Nabagiez, MD Jason Mouzakes, MD Goodemote, MD Vanessa R. Greenwood, MD Bernard T. Ng, MD Karen Mrejen-Shakin, MD Michael J. Zapor, MD, PhD Manish Khanna, MD Bidyut K. Pramanik, MD Suzanne I. Pastore, MD Kristin H. Lehr Anderson, MD Judith M. Van Woert, MD Michael A. Piplani, MD Class of 1999 Anne Lorenson, MD Class of 1994 Carol L. Roeder, MD Tracey J. Browning, MD J. Rafe R. Sales, MD Anthony W. Spinelli, MD Anthony Chang, MD Juan Sheng, CRNA, MS Resham Aswani-Wadhwani, MD Laura L. Spinelli, MD Alexandra M. Clark, MD Matthew Waxman, MD Alan S. Boulos, MD Debra M. Stein, MD Vincent T. Cooper, MD Amanat Yosha, MD, MPH Maria B. Boulos, MD William E. Swanson, MD Rachel A. Egler, MD Assaf Yosha, MD Robin M. Brody, MD Kathryn L. Egly, MD George Zanaros, MD Mohsin Cheema, MD Class of 1996 Clifford A. Erickson, MD Catherine Chiu Tan, MD Victor Alexander, MD Marc B. Feingold, MD Class of 2003 Nancy Ciavarri, MD Jennifer K. Bogan, MD Robert W. Giering, MD Shayna C. Klein, MD Uday Dasika, MD Mary E. Chmura, MD Frederic J. Hellwitz, MD Gregory T. Lesnik, MD Philip Devine, MD Steven J. Fleischman, MD Lynn D. Hickey, MD Seth O. Mensah, MD Miranda Durham, MD Michelle C. Guevarra-Pena, MD Gordon M. Kaplan, MD Michael T. Mulligan, MD Emily Etzkorn, MD Wayne Hioe, MD Suneet Kaur, MD Joseph Gauta, PA, MD Mary H. Lombardi, MD Anita R. Kohli-Pamnani, MD Class of 2004 Sheela S. Graney, MD Sandra J. Shin, MD Wendy A. Lavezzi, MD Gerald E. Beckham, MD Kathleen M. Hawkins, MD Nilesh B. Shukla, MD Michael J. Rosenblum, MD Nirupa Beckham, MD Gregory Heeb, MD Irene Y. Tien, MD Heather J. Shenkman, MD Kelly K. Curtis, MD Elizabeth Kann, MD, MPH Scott Weisberg, MD Heather J. Symons, MD Steven D. Enrich, MD Sunil K. Khanna, MD Frank J. Wessels, MD Heather A. Wick, MD Colin L. Failey, MD Mubashar Mahmood, MD Rollin Wright, MD Christopher J. Freeman, MD Amisha Malhotra, MD Class of 1997 Lindsay Gennari, MD Shahrzad Mohammadi, MD Class of 2000 Pamela K. Adelstein, MD Marc W. Gordon, MD Elizabeth D. Paskowski, MD Jess G. Alcid, MD Liva Andrejeva, MD Todd D. Gregory, MD Joseph Paskowski, MD Allison R. DeTommasi, MD Gene Balboa, MD John R. Hart, MD Vinisha Patel, MD Timothy F. Goggins, MD Emile L. Benardot, MD Adrianna M. Hekiert, MD Anne M. Prentice, MD David M. Jones, MD Patrick A. Costello, MD Kathryn A. Hogan, MD Raymond Tan, MD Dana R. Rausch, MD John P. Gavin, MD Jennifer I. Hughes, MD Maria E. Vergara Barbe, MD Aradhana Ghosh, MD Anna Kaltsas, MD Jane Williams, MD Michelle G. Hofmann, MD Sonalika Khachikian, MD James Wilson, III, MD Stacey L. Jeronis, MD Stephen S. Khachikian, MD Jennifer J. Wu, MD Lyra W. Ng, MD Malisa L. Lahtinen, MD Lucio A. Pavone, MD Kristina M. Lahtinen-Aley, MD Robert M. Peskin, MD David C. Lamoreaux, MD Vivian Reyes, MD Frederick Y. Wu, MD Marcin M. Zygawski, MD

*deceased

48 | alumni.amc.edu SPECIAL EDITION 2019 Contributors Report

Ingrid A. Li, MD Class of 2009 Class of 2014 Timothy J. Hartigan, MD Peter Manes, MD Olivia C. Hayostek, MD Megan Applewhite, MD Sarah E. Dobrzynski, MD Marie C. Matthews, MD Brandi L. Heinz, MD Krystal Cascetta, MD Neil V. Mandalaywala, MD Jessica Meir, MD Fatima I. Hosain, MD Amy Harbeck, CRNA, MS, Patricia Northrup, MS, PA Deborah E. Myers, MD Gregory C. Hsu, MD DPS '19 Alexander C. Sutton, PhD Nestor B. Nestor, MD Kevin M. Hughes, MD Melissa Leber, MD Njogu K. Njuguna, MD Max A. Jackson, MD Alana E. Nagle, MD Class of 2015 Daniel K. Pauze, MD Ashwini D. Javlekar, MD Heather Prunty, MD Bridget M. Cuccia, MS Joseph A. Picca, MD Philip K. Johnson, MD Swapna Reddy, MD Andrew W. Mak, MD Gregory M. Pyne, MD Brandon Jun, MD Kimberly Robinson, MD Veronica T. Nguyen, MD Christine M. Whitman, MD Jason P. Kartis, MD Kiley Toder, MD Marjahna C. Segers, MD Eric J. Whitman, MD Rhiannon Kelsh-Lasher, Bruce D. White, DO, JD, MS Adare Yanagihara, MD PhD '16, MD Class of 2005 Class of 2010 Class of 2016 Andrew S. Kopecky, MD Michael P. Beckett, MD Claire P. Miller, MD Stephen A. Antonucci, MD Erin M. Bayley, MD Gina M. Geis, MD, MS '19 Kathleen H. Miller, MD David E. Auringer, MD Mark B. Chaskes, MD Fassil B. Mesfin, MS '00, Ruby Monichan, MD Christopher D. Brook, MD Charles H. Kite, MS, PA PhD '01, MD Ranjani Natarajan, MD Alexandra L. Chomut, MD Julia M. Macina Burns, MD Jane Scribner, MD Garrett H. Ni, MD Tejveer S. Dhillon, MD Marissa A. Potenza, MD Molly A. Nicol, MS Nadia Haqqie, MD Lauren L. Trembley, MD Class of 2006 Stephane Owusu-Sarpong, MD Adam S. Howe, MD Joanne N. Barlin, MD Robert R. Pacheco, MD Melissa D. Kivitz-Krantzow, MD Class of 2017 Matthew T. Burke, MD Sophia Peng, MD Gregory C. Perry, MD Patrick C. Cheney, MD Jonathan F. Cahill, MD Asa Z. Peterson, MD Melissa A. Perry, MD Michael M. Mueller, MS, PA-C David P. Choma, MS '04, MD Dylan Pomerantz, MD Nicole R. Smizer, MD Stacy Townsend, CRNA, MS Laura J. Hoeksema, MD Chetna Prasad, MD Paul Husson, MD Class of 2011 Class of 2018 Maya K. Raad, MD Diana M. Kim, MD Matthew K. Rosenblum, MD Lynn A. Craft, MS, PA John J. O. Accarino, MD Michael A. Kubalik, MD Christina M. Rudolph, MD Ganary Dabiri, PhD '08, MD Abigail Belasen, MD Kundandeep S. Nagi, MD Robert J. Scagnelli, MD Sean P. Geary, MD Christina M. Kratlian, MD Stacey C. Olney, MD Jenna M. Schlefman, MD Catherine Gill, MD Megan E. McCarty, MD Duc D. To, MD David Shieh, MD Sarah E. Koch, MD Timothy Walker, CRNA, MS Kyle A. Simonsen, MD Jonathan Kurman, MD Class of 2007 Meghan M. Yi, MD Joshua M. Smith, MD Michael A. Feurstein, MD Class of 2012 Class of 2019 Michael Swerdloff, MD Neil R. Gildener-Leapman, MD Babak Tehrani, MD Nicole Lostritto, MD Zachary A. Abelson, MD Jackcy Jacob, MD Asha C. Thomas, MD Patrick G. Marinello, MD Monica E. Anis, MD Amy Pound, MD Tuan G. Tieu, MD William Raible, III, MD Kristen E. Beikirch, MD Brandy L. Shattuck, MD Courtney J. Willis, MD Alyse Sherwin Blanchette, MD Arman S. Bhatti, MD Lauren E. Winter, MD Class of 2008 Alisha Bouzaher, MD Class of 2013 Margaret Yang, MD David K. Bowers, MD John M. LaMar, PhD Crystal Yu, MD Kayla M. Abitabile, MS Benjamin B. Caesar, MD Nicholas L. Pantaleo, MD Chaofan Yuan, MD Joseph T. Mahon, MD Ryan L. Chin, MD Amar Parikh, MD Alan S. Nyquist, MD Michael Chung, MD M. Lucius Pomerantz, MD Alexandra W. Rehfuss, MD Claire M. Collison, MD David Z. Rabady, MD Christopher Tyler, MS Kate V. Dennett, MD Ann E. Rutter, MD Meaghan J. Flatley, MD Salvatore J. Taliercio, MD Jonathan D. Fogel, MD Victoria Varga Huettner, MD Nitya Hajela, MD

*deceased

SUMMER 2020 | 49 2019 Contributors Report Alumni Partners

Partners in Leadership are those donors who make gifts totaling $1,000 or more to Albany Medical College in a year. Our Alumni Partners are leaders in helping to secure the future success of the College. ank you for your generous support.

Anonymous (3) Naomi Bloomfield, MD '80 and Jay Bloomfield Susan and Kenneth Adler, MD '73 William M. Boehme, MD '70 Jess Alcid, MD '97 Meg and James V. Bono, MD '87 Victor Alexander, MD '96 Anne McRae Botti and Charles Botti, Jr., MD '86 Ellen and Edward Alexson, MD '70 Elizabeth and John Botti, MD '74 Betty and Ambrose Alfonsi, MD '50 Arthur Brelia, MD '50 Kelly and Richard Alfred, MD '81 Tyrone G. Bristol, MD '92, MPH, FAAP, CPE Sandra and Frederick Ambrose, MD '73 Catherine Britell, MD and Jonathan Britell, MD '73 Ronald Anderson, MD '63 Suzanne and Steven Burakoff, MD '70 Susan and Albert Apicelli, MD '65 Christine Burns, MD '70 and George Burns, MD '72 Anna and Robert Appert, MD '71 Maureen and Richard Buschatzke, MD '80 Megan Applewhite, MD '09 Kate and Jonathan Cahill, MD '06 Cheryl and Michael Aquino, MD '90 Angela and Mark Callery, MD '85 M. Lynn and Thomas A. Bailey, MD '71 Anthony Campagna, MD '85 Cheryl and Sterling Baker, MD '74 Dianne and James Campbell, MD '70 Jane Balint, MD '89 and Kenneth Ramsey Margaret Carley, MD '80 and Harry Dunn, MD Victoria I. Balkoski, MD '83 and Paul S. Winkeller Rose and Charles Carozza, MD '70 Anita Balodis, MD '70 Daniel S. Casper, MD '85, PhD Grace and Anthony Bardinelli, MD '61 Patricia Catalano, MD '71 and Anthony Catalano David M. Barnert, MD '81 Arlein and Saebert Chamikles, MD '57 Irmgard and James P. Barrett, PhD '68, MD '70 Brittany and Anthony Chang, MD '99 Lorraine Schulte Barry and William Swanson Barry, MD '69 Phyllis Chang, MD '80 Kathy and Marino Baselice, MD '77 Barbara and Price M. Chenault, MD '69 Stephanie and Anthony Bassanelli, MD '84 Visoth Chhiap, MD '95 Bonnie Baswell, MD '70 and David Baswell, MD '70 Catherine Chiu Tan, MD '94 and Raymond Tan, MD '94 Joanne and Wilfred Beaucher, MD '72 Karen and Joseph Cirrone, MD '88 David Beck, MD '54 Linda L. Civerchia Balent, MD '76 Debra Bell, MD '76 and Thomas Flotte, MD '76 John J. Condemi, MD '57 Jane and Joseph Belsky, MD '55 Laurie and John Cronan, MD '76 Melissa and Emile Benardot, MD '00 Kelly Curtis, MD '04 Diane and James Bernene, MD '67 Eileen Cutler, MD '80 and Lawrence Cutler Susan and Allan Bernstein, MD '72 Kathleen Ciancetta-Dal Col and Richard Dal Col, MD '82 Lynn Bertram, MD '82 Kimberly Davis, MD '91 James Biondi, MD '80 Maureen and J. Kenneth Davison, MD '72 Patti and Richard Blide, MD '55 Jodi Della Rocca, CRNA, MS '02, PhD and Tom Della Rocca

*deceased

50 | alumni.amc.edu SPECIAL EDITION 2019 Contributors Report Alumni Partners

Theresa DePippo, MD '92 and Patrick DePippo, MD '90 Judy and J. Bruce Hagadorn, MD '66 Patricia Devine, MD and Philip Devine, MD '94 Diana Timlin and William Hall, MD '74 David Dickoff, MD '82 Nadia Haqqie, MD '10 Herbert J. DiMeola, MD '68 Nicolette and Harry Haroutunian, MD '73 Judith and Eric Disbrow, MD '70 Rosalind Hayes, MD '85 and Timothy Hayes Rosemarie Dooley, RN '69 and John Dooley, MD '71 Linda and Robert Hedderman, MD '82 Marion Blakey and William Dooley, MD '74 Gregory Heeb, MD '94 Steven Dorfman, MD '70 Diane Henderson, MD '70 William Dorrance, MD '45 Arthur Hengerer, MD '68 Patricia and Ernst Dorsch, MD '71 Judith and James Hengerer, MD '71 Mary Ellen Drislane, MD '80 and Joseph Baler, MD Jeffrey A. Hirst, MD '80 Barbara Ducatman, MD '79 and Alan Ducatman, MD Judith* and Eugene* Hoenig, MD '59 Victoria and John Duers, MD '64 Lorna Honan, MD '87 and Vincent Honan, MD '87 Debbie and Clifford Erickson, MD '99 Bonnie and Nick Hopkins, MD '69 Debra and Jeffrey Feldman, MD '83 Sandra and Earl Horton, MD '73 Neil Fisher, MD '88 Ioulia Howard, DO and Donald Howard, MD '73 Andrea and Steven Fleischman, MD '96 Patricia Hughes, MD '80 and Frederick Brandt, MD '80 Cynthia Flynn, MD '92 and Deirdre Boyle, Esq. Kristen and Paul Husson, MD '06 Elizabeth Foley, MD '87 and Steven Bayer, MD Diane and Edward Iannuccilli, MD '65 Gisele and Brian Freed, PhD '90 Barbara and Robert Insley, MD '72 Ellen and Hal Freiman, MD '78 Laura and Edward Jacobs, MD '75 Monte Friedman, MD '78 Nancy and G. Timothy Johnson, MD '69 Dorie and Ivan Friedrich, MD '76 Nancy and William Johnston, Jr., MD '69 Phyllis and Steven Frisch, MD '79 Glory-Anne and David Jones, MD '97 Carolyn Frymoyer, MD '77 and Paul Frymoyer, MD '77 Linda and Suresh Kamath, MD '91 Deborah and Pasquale Fugazzotto, MD '58 Elizabeth Kann, MD '94, MPH and Uday Dasika, MD '94 Josephine Gambardella, MD '91 and Christopher Roberts Josephine and Kirk Kanter, MD '76 Rajesh Ramesh Gandhi, MS '90, PhD '91, MD '92 Zerlina and Edward Kaplan, MD '89 Padma Garvey, MD and Joseph A. Garvey, MD '90 Gail Kathan, RN '62 and Norman Kathan, Jr., MD '64 Mary Geiger, MD '65 and Leonard Geiger, MD '66 Janet and Charles Kawada, MD '71 Patricia and Ralph Giannella, MD '65 Kathleen Kelly, MD '82 and Arnold Rosen, MD '82 Neil Gildener-Leapman, MD '07 Manish Khanna, MD and Evan Khanna Dante L. Gismondi, MD '61* Maria and Harpal Khanuja, MD '95 Kathy and Timothy Goggins, MD '97 Matilda Kiesel, RN '59 and Robert Kiesel, MD '60 Shelley and Kim Goldenberg, MD '79 Catherine Kiley, MD '78 and Donald Schoch, MD '77 Maureen and Alfred Gomez, MD '55 Linda and William Kimball, MD '75 Sheela Graney, MD '94 and Timothy Graney Sanford Klein, MD '71 Carol and David Grenoble, MD '72 James Kolb, MD '81 Lynne and Mark Groban, MD '67 Lynn and Thomas Kong, Jr., MD '89 Patricia and Walter Groff, MD '70 Antoinette Korc, MD and Murray Korc, MD '74 Lori and Mark Hadley, MD '82 Marcia and Randall Krakauer, MD '72

*deceased

SUMMER 2020 | 51 2019 Contributors Report Alumni Partners

Margaret and E. Michael Kramer, MD '82 Mary and Steve Mitchell, MD '79 Margaret* and John Larkin, MD '57 The Hon. Stacy Pettit and Eric Molho, MD '87 Charles W. Lasky, Jr., MD '71 William Montano, MD '69 Margaret and J. Peter Lawler, MD '65 Moriah Moser and Daniel Morgenstern, MD '82 Helyn Lefgren, MD '73 Mary Anne and Robert Moseley, III, MD '67 Judith and Neil Lempert, MD '58 Jason Mouzakes, MD '95 Bernadette Levesque, MD '91 and Peter Levesque, MD '90 Cynthia and Thomas Mulcahy, Jr., MD '69 Melissa and Jamie Levine, MD '92 Christine and Michael Mulligan, MD '03 Elizabeth and Michael Levitzky, PhD '75 Janet and Michael Mulvaney, MD '80 Carolyn Langer, MD and Leonard Lilly, MD '77 Michele and Ronald Musto, MD '79 Andrea and Hartwell Lin, MD '95 David R. Nalin, MD '65 Kenneth Linstruth, MD '54 Donald Namm, PhD '65 Laura and Steven Litinsky, MD '70 Andrea and Robert Newborn, MD '86 Peter C. Lombardo, MD '59 Molly Nicol, MS '19 and James Nicol Janet Lord, MD '78 Donna and John Nolan, MD '77 Judy and Kenneth C. Low, MD '76 Patricia Northrup, MS, PA '14 Allison Lupinetti, MD '01 and John Gavin, MD '00 Maura and John O'Brien, MD '70 Julie Hu and Michael Luvin, MD '83 Kathleen and Harry Odabashian, MD '73 Mubashar Mahmood, MD '94 Jeanne and Richard O'Leary, MD '54 Neil Mandalaywala, MD '14 John Olichney, MD '69 Nancy Reisman Mann, MD '82 and Andrew Mann, MD '82 W. Dale Overfield, DDS, MD '71 and JoAnn R. Overfield Engella Mansour, DDS and Karim Mansour, MD '92 Debra and Joseph Patane, MD '90 Kathleen Mantaro, MD '90 Rita Patel, MD '92 Cathy Pollard and Alan Markowitz, MD '70 Dawn and Philip Paty, MD '86 Anne Marthy-Noonan, MD '80 and James* Noonan, MD '80 Joann and Carl Paulsen, MD '58 Amelia Martinko, MD '78 Karyn and Daniel Pauze, MD '04 Lucille and David Mastrianni, MD '85 Kathleen and Pasquale Petrera, MD '86 Ursula Matulonis, MD '87 and Jane O'Rourke Leslie and Arthur Pettygrove, MD '75 Juliet and Geoffrey McCarthy, MD '74 Donna Phelan, MD '98 and Daniel Phelan, MD '98 Kris and Peter McGann, MD '71 Sharon Sullivan and Paul Phillips, MD '62 Ashley and Brian McGrath, MD '82 Donna Pietrocola, MD '75 and Steven Pinheiro, MD '75 Charles "Tom" McHugh, MD '64 and Anne McHugh Nancy* and Wellington* Pindar, MD '59 Karen and Dennis P. McKenna, MD '92 Patricia and Jonathan Polikoff, MD '77 Rhona and Jerry Meislik, MD '71 Reena and Bidyut Pramanik, MD '93 Sarah and Seth Mensah, MD '03 Vera* and Richard* Propp, MD '60 Andrea and Fred Mensch, MD '77 Dawn Tranchino Provenzale, MD '84 and James Provenzale, MD '83 Natalie and Fassil Mesfin, MS '00, PhD '01, MD '05 Joan Puglia, MD '85 Bonnie and Gregg Meyer, MD '86 Mary Kay and John Pujals, MD '92 Gary Miller, MD '65 Edna Anne Pytlak, MD '83 and Fredrick Pytlak Bonnie and Stuart Miller, Jr., MD '80 David Z. Rabady, MD '08 Morris Milman, MD '80 Suzanne Rapoport, MD and Robert Rapoport, MD '88

*deceased

52 | alumni.amc.edu SPECIAL EDITION 2019 Contributors Report Alumni Partners

Martinati Alvarez and Dewey Robbiano, Jr., MD '54 Gina and Tom Snyder, MD '69 Judith and Kevin Roberts, MD '77 Vicki Sommer, MD '77 and Alan Kivitz, MD '77 Tiiu and Roger Robison, MD '63 Rebecca and Robert Sorrentino, MD '85 Carol Roeder, MD '95 and Greg Roeder Joan* and Merritt Spear, MD '60 Sheliah and John Roehmholdt, MD '85 Ellen and Zorik Spektor, MD '86 Adele and Matthew Rogan, MD '71 Clara Staunton, MD '63 Seymour Rosenbloom, MD '69 Lori Krop and Theodore Stein, MD '84 Susan and Jeffrey Rudnick, MD '66 Danielle and Christopher Sullivan, MD '89 Sue and Wilbur Rust, MD '57 Vera* and Gary Sutter, MD '76 Nancy and Edward Rydzak, MD '87 Karen Tan, MD '89 and Kevin Lau, MD '93 Leizbeth and Alan Sanders, MD '88 Stephanie and Douglas Tebor, MD '81 Nancy C. Sapio, MD '85 and David Taffany Kim and J. Scott Toder, MD '79 Leola and Brian Sayer, MD '70 Kiley Toder, MD '09 Marilyn and Derace Schaffer, MD '73 Deborah Toppmeyer, MD '85 and Robert Hilkert Michelle and Lewis Schainuck, MD '64 Debra Tristram, MD '82 and James Tristram Miriam and Daniel Scharf, MD '70 Irene and Clyde Turner, MD '61 Happy and Harvey Scherer, MD '69 Jessie Uppal, MD and Gurvinder Uppal, MD '86 Michael Scherl, MD '82 Irene and William Vanneman, Jr., MD '70 Susie Burton and Jeffrey Schottland, MD '76 Gloria and George Vassolas, MD '86 Diane and Richard Schultz, MD '56 Elizabeth Veeder, MD '46* Elisa and Stephen Schutz, MD '88 Lou-Ann and Vincent P. Verdile, MD '84 Fred S. Schwartz, MD '69 Elizabeth Myers, PhD and Evan Vosburgh, MD '82 Constance Young and Gary Schwartz, MD '83 Christine and Thomas Ward, MD '83 Jill and Steven Schwartz, MD '89 John Warkentin, MD '74 Glynis Scott, MD '83 and Sam Crabb Tammy and Steven Weinfeld, MD '90 Julee Richards, MD and Bradley Seely, MD '87 Sarah and D. Billings Wheeler, MD '67 Catherine and David Semenoff, MD '79 John Wheeler, DMD, MD '69 Patricia Ford and Robert Shangraw, PhD '81, MD '85 Delphine and Duncan Winter, III, MD '84 Mary Pfeifer-Shapiro and David Shapiro, MD '90 Diane Wirz, MD '79 and William Wirz Patricia and Peter Shapiro, MD '71 Robert A. Wolff, MD '86 Sharon Shapiro, MD '80 and Andrew Kurman, MD '80 Scott Yeaw, MD '69 Brandy Shattuck, MD '07 and Geoffrey Zmyslowski Vivian* and Barry Yoss, MD '72 Michele and Glenn Shear, MD '75 Jolie Patak, MD and Craig Youner, MD '73 Maria Fagan Shier, MD '91 Eileen Zambetti, MD and George Zambetti, Jr., MD '76 Sandra Shin, MD '96 and John Nabagiez, MD '93 Amy and George Zanaros, MD '02 Apexa and Nilesh Shukla, MD '96 F. Zech and John Zech, MD '80 Cheryl and Steven Silver, MD '74 Henry E. Zellmann, MD '46* Barbara and Paul Sklarew, MD '84 Nancy and Allen Zieker, MD '75 Mark Slovenkai, MD '84 Marcie and Peter Zloty, MD '84 Carol and Alexander Snyder, MD '65

*deceased

SUMMER 2020 | 53 2019 Contributors Report Alumni Pillars Society Members

Members of the Albany Medical College Pillars Society have created a lasting legacy using their wills, life income gifts or retirement plans.

Anonymous (2) Sheela Graney, MD '94 and Timothy Graney Ellen and Edward Alexson, MD '70 Lynne and Mark Groban, MD '67 Betty and Ambrose Alfonsi, MD '50 Alan Gulick, MD '78 Susan and Albert Apicelli, MD '65 Diana Timlin and William Hall, MD '74 Mary Louise and Anthony Arena, MD '60 Arthur Hengerer, MD '68 M. Lynn and Thomas A. Bailey, MD '71 Judith and James Hengerer, MD '71 Irmgard and James P. Barrett, PhD '68, MD '70 Elaine Henry, RN '61 and William* Henry, MD '63 Lorraine Schulte Barry and William Swanson Barry, MD '69 Jeffrey A. Hirst, MD '80 Myrna and Arnold* Baskin, MD '52 Judith* and Eugene* Hoenig, MD '59 David Beck, MD '54 Lorna Honan, MD '87 and Vincent Honan, MD '87 Mary* and Levon Bedrosian, MD '47 Diana Honet, RN '58 and Joseph* Honet, MD '57 Jane and Joseph Belsky, MD '55 Sylvia and Seymour* Horwitz, MD '39 Diane and James Bernene, MD '67 Nancy and George Howard, MD '59 Lynn Bertram, MD '82 Barbara and Robert Insley, MD '72 William M. Boehme, MD '70 Laura and Edward Jacobs, MD '75 Diane and John Robert* Bosco, MD '61 Nancy and G. Timothy Johnson, MD '69 Alice and John Bowker, MD '56 Beatrice and Herbert* Kaplan, MD '55 Joan and Hamilton* Boyd, MD '39 Cynthia and Maurice Keenan, MD '61 Jacqueline Brown, RN '64 and Dennis Brown, MD '66 Matilda Kiesel, RN '59 and Robert Kiesel, MD '60 Millie and Ronald Burkman, MD '69 Catherine Kiley, MD '78 and Donald Schoch, MD '77 Christine Burns, MD '70 and George Burns, MD '72 Peggy and Leonard Kirschner, MD '61 Donna A. Caniano, MD '76 and Richard A. Flores Ruth and John* Kovaric, MD '50 Margaret and Donald Capuano, MD '68 Laura and Daniel* Kramer, MD '71 Barbara and Donald* Carter, MD '52 Nancy Carlson and Ralph Kramer, MD '76 Carol and Samuel* Cassell, MD '59 John LaFerla, MD '72 Arlein and Saebert Chamikles, MD '57 Margaret* and John Larkin, MD '57 Visoth Chhiap, MD '95 Irene* and John C.* Lathrop, MD '55 Claudia and David Chittenden, MD '64 Margaret and J. Peter Lawler, MD '65 James Cilecek, MD '80 Helyn Lefgren, MD '73 Jeré* and James Claghorn, MD '61 Beverly and Arthur* Lehrman, MD '58 Bette and John Cohen, MD '63 Judith and Neil Lempert, MD '58 John J. Condemi, MD '57 Evelyn and Charles Leonhardt, MD '53 Herbert J. DiMeola, MD '68 Leona and Jerome Levy, MD '58 Ashley DiMeola, MD and Michael DiMeola, MD '08 Mary Anne MacCaughelty, MD '70 and Robert MacCaughelty Adrian Dobs, MD '78 and Martin Auster, MD Isabelle Maisonneuve, PhD '92 and Stanley Glick, MD, PhD Linda Dubins, MD '77 and David Baer, MD Jerilyn Marr and Clifford Marr, MD '74 Elynor* and David Falk, MD '43 Elizabeth* and Verne Marshall, MD '47 Nancy and Matthew Farina, MD '67 Juliet and Geoffrey McCarthy, MD '74 Brooke and Michael* Freilich, MD '58 Charles "Tom" McHugh, MD '64 and Anne McHugh Deborah and Pasquale Fugazzotto, MD '58 Rhona and Jerry Meislik, MD '71 Babette and Herbert* Gade, MD '46 Catherine Mills, MD '76 and Jonathan Posin, MD John J. Geren, MD '70 William Montano, MD '69 Janet Gissen, MD '44* Moriah Moser and Daniel Morgenstern, MD '82 Ronald A. Goodsite, MD '68 Paula Mroz, RN and Frank* Mroz, MD '73

*deceased

54 | alumni.amc.edu SPECIAL EDITION 2019 Contributors Report Alumni Pillars Society Members

John M. Myers, MD '68 Arline and Ronald Scheinzeit, MD '74 David R. Nalin, MD '65 Susie Burton and Jeffrey Schottland, MD '76 Donald Namm, PhD '65 Suzanne and Martin Schulman, MD '57 Mary* and Robert Newhouse, MD '56 John Seaman, MD '56* Doren and Dennis* Norfleet, MD '69 Mary Pfeifer-Shapiro and David Shapiro, MD '90 Margaret and Mark* Ortelee, MD '54 Stephanie and Charles Shoemaker, Jr., MD '64 W. Dale Overfield, DDS, MD '71 and JoAnn R. Overfield Nathaniel Silon, MD '58 Joann and Carl Paulsen, MD '58 Gina and Tom Snyder, MD '69 Albert Peters, MD '61 Barbara and David Sparling, MD '48 Norma and Fred Phillips, Jr., MD '56 Jay Sprenger, MD '74 Sharon Sullivan and Paul Phillips, MD '62 Janet and Robert* Steele, MD '53 Donna Pietrocola, MD '75 and Steven Pinheiro, MD '75 Robert J. Sterling, MD '76 Nancy* and Wellington* Pindar, MD '59 Elizabeth and David* Stewart, MD '48 Eleanor and Charles* Poskanzer, MD '45 Stephanie and Douglas Tebor, MD '81 Betty* and Kenneth* Pratt, MD '57 Irene and Clyde Turner, MD '61 Helen and Matthew Presti, MD '49 Elaine and William* Van Ost, MD '54 Vera* and Richard* Propp, MD '60 Lou-Ann and Vincent P. Verdile, MD '84 June* and John* Raymond, Jr., MD '50 John Warkentin, MD '74 Kathleen Riley, MD '90 and Mark Reed Roberta and John Wasenko, MD '80 Judith and Kevin Roberts, MD '77 John Wheeler, DMD, MD '69 Mary and George* Roff, MD '65 Lynne* and Frederick Wilson, MD '63 Adele and Matthew Rogan, MD '71 Marlene Winter, PhD and Jacques Winter, MD '79 Elizabeth Randall, PhD and Corky Rosan, MD '57 Diane Wirz, MD '79 and William Wirz Nell and Michael Rosco, MD '60 Nancy Green Worsham, MD '63 and Jerry C.* Worsham, MD '62 Susan and Jeffrey Rudnick, MD '66 Joan* Zangara, MD '57 and Anthony Zangara, MD Sue and Wilbur Rust, MD '57 Marlene and Philip Saccoccia, Jr., MD '71

2020 Match Day Match Challenge Campaign Donors

Ronald J. Anderson, MD '63 Jennifer Y. Lu, MD '20 Edward C. Schmidt, MD '70 Debra A. Bell, MD '76 Anthony J. Marinello, MD '86 Jason M. Schon, MD '20 John Booss, MD '65 Peter D. McGann, MD '71 Samae S. Scott, MD '20 Tristan R. Boyer, MD '20 Jessica B. Metlay, MD '20 Ramail Siddiqui, MD '20 Kelly S. Smith Der Cola, MD '92 Jennifer Earle-Miller, MD '11 Alan P. Sitron, MD '71 Arthur R. Copeland, MD '76 Barbara F. Mufti, MD '69 Carol E. Soteropulos, MD '16 Philip Devine, MD '94 Lynn Y. Nakamura, MD '01 Libby Stein, MD '20 Jay V. Dewell, Sr., MD '54 Christopher B. Nicpon, MD '97 James I. Thompson, MD '60 Thomas Flotte, MD '76 Richard G. O'Leary, MD '54 Debra A. Tristram, MD '82 Tiffany Forti-Swindle, MD '08 William A. Petersen, MD '56 Vincent P. Verdile, MD '84 Amanda Giordano, MD '20 Fred A. Phillips, Jr., MD '56 Evan Vosburgh, MD '82 Mark D. Groban, MD '67 David R. Pokorny, MD '20 Matthew Waxman, MD '02 Vincent F. Guida, MD '72 Brian R. Port, MD '80 Kristy M. Wilkinson, MD '20 J. Bruce Hagadorn, MD '66 Joan F. Puglia, MD '85 Amy Y. Yue, MD '20 John R. Kearns, MD '72 Alexandra W. Rehfuss, MD '13 Andrew J. Zeng, MD '20 John J. LaFerla, MD '72, MPH Kevin W. Roberts, MD '77 Alexis Zumbrunn, MD '20 Anne Lorenson, MD '02 Ann E. Rutter, MD '08

SUMMER 2020 | 55 CLASS NOTES

Notes are CLASS OF 1955 host plant for the butterflies. e CLASS OF 1985 edited to fit butterflies travel from Mexico to as Fred M. Pierce, MD far north as Canada each spring and Mark PP.. CallCallery,ery, MD available In June, Dr. Pierce shared, “I’ve return to the same areas in Mexico Dr. Callery, chief of General space. been pleasantly retired since 1995 in fall. Along with other factors, the SuSurgery at the Beth IsIsraelel at age 66. I lived in Winter Haven, use of pesticides has contributed to Deaconess Medical Center and Fla. for 19 years. My wife, Connie, the decline in their numbers.” professor of Surgery at Harvard died in May 2017. She was an Medical School, presented the RN and my helpmate for 46 years. CLASS OF 1973 Margret Oddsdotir Lectureship I am now living in Kissimmee, at Yale School of Medicine last James A. Menke, MD Fla. at Good Samaritan Village fall. His presentation was titled, (independently) at age 91. Never Dr. Menke shares, “I retired from “GI Surgery and the SSAT: thought I would live this long!” e Ohio State University and e Road Ahead.” Dr. Callery Nationwide Children’s Hospital, is the president of the Society CLASS OF 1965 where I served as Chief of for Surgery of the Alimentary Neonatology at the Children’s Tract (SSAT). David R. Nalin, MD Hospital from 1982 to 2002. Earlier this year, Dr. Callery was Dr. Nalin, an avid collector of Asian e NICU system at Children’s awarded a Fellowship ad hominin art, has published an article titled, Hospital is currently the largest by the Royal College of Surgeons “Analysis of a Pala-Sene Metal NICU complex in the US.” at Edinburgh, an organization of Durga Mahishsuramardini Shrine,” over 27,000 medical professionals in the July/August 2020 of Orien- CLASS OF 1979 from more than 100 countries tations magazine. e bi-monthly worldwide. Dr. Callery will Barbara A. Ducatman, MD publication focuses on the arts receive the prestigious award at of East and Southeast Asia. In April, Dr. Ducatman was named a ceremony at the college’s head- Featured on the cover is the Durga CMO of Beaumont Hospital, quarters in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mahishsuramardini shrine from Royal Oak in Royal Oak, Mich., Dr. Callery is the inaugural Dr. Nalin’s collection, described as a and associate dean of clinical affairs recipient of the Albany Medical sculptural masterpiece of medieval at Oakland University William College Department of Surgery northeast India. Beaumont School of Medicine in Alden March Distinguished Rochester, Mich. Surgeon Award in 2015. CLASS OF 1971 Dr. Ducatman has served as chief Dennis S. Gordan, MD of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine for Southfield, Mich., Dr. Gordan shares, “Fully retired based Beaumont Health and chair CLASS OF 1986 since July 2018, I traveled, with of Pathology and Laboratory my daughter, on a University of Medicine at Beaumont, Royal Oak Michael S. Alpert, MD Florida trip to Mexico to observe for three years. She also teaches In February, Dr. Alpert shared, the overwintering monarch Pathology at Oakland University “I was selected as chairman of butterflies near Angangueo. William Beaumont School of Pathology and medical director of Besides getting great views, Medicine. laboratories for the Catholic Health beautiful photos, and entrancing System in Buffalo, NY, composed slow motion video, the group was of five hospitals with 900 active made aware of the overuse of beds. I will oversee 16 pathologists pesticides by American farmers and in the department. its detrimental effects on bystander plants, including milkweed, the My oldest son, Nathan, is a first year medical student at Albany Med and is part of the RPI–Albany Med physician scientist program.”

56 | alumni.amc.edu CLASS NOTES

Pasquale Petrera, MD Linda Ann Burger, CRNA, Fellowship in Radiology MS, DNP Journalism and the 2017 Leonard Kathy and Berlin Scholarship in Medical Pasquale Linda Ann Burger earned a Professionalism from e Roentgen Petera, MD ’86 Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and their Fund® of NYU Langone Health. family. specializing in Anesthesiology. Dr. Burger graduated from Barry CLASS OF 2009 Dr. Petrera shares, “Kathy and I are University in December 2019. pleased to announce the graduation Her doctoral project was Multidis- Giovanna Mahar, of our son, Matteo V. Petrera, from ciplinary Simulation-Based Train- CRNA, MS, DNAP ing for Obstetrical Emergencies. omas Jefferson Medical College. In January, Dr. Mahar, assistant He started his anesthesiology CLASS OF 1995 professor of the Center for Nurse residency at Jefferson in July.” Anesthesiology for Albany Medical College—and member of the CLASS OF 1989 Anya S. Koutras, MD New York State Association of In May, Dr. Koutras was recognized Nurse Anesthetists—was a guest Bonnie Litvack, MD by the Vermont Chapter of on WNYT-TV (NBC) in Albany Dr. Litvack was elected President the Gold Humanism Honor to discuss the role of a certified of the Medical Society of the Society with the 2020 Leonard registered nurse anesthetist. State of New York (MSSNY) in Tow Humanism in Medicine May. Dr. Litvack is Director of Faculty Award. She is an associate Krisemily McCrory, MD Women’s Imaging at Northern professor at the Larner College of Dr. McCrory was recognized last Westchester Hospital, which is Medicine and director of Fourth year by e New York State part of Northwell Health. Year Electives in Family Medicine at the University of Vermont Academy of Family Physicians CLASS OF 1992 in Burlington. Dr. Koutras as the 2019 Family Medicine practices Family Medicine at the Educator of the Year. She is a Tyrone G. Bristol, MD, University of Vermont Medical faculty member of the Ellis Family MPH, FAAP, CPE Center’s Family Practice in Medicine Residency Program in Dr. Bristol shares, “Exciting News! nearby Colchester. Schenectady. Dr. McCrory also I took a three-year leave from serves as an assistant clinical the University of North Carolina Andrew B. Rosenkrantz, MD professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine (UNC) faculty to do the Child/ In July 2019, Dr. Rosenkrantz, at Albany Medical College. Adult Psychiatry Fellowship at was named editor in chief of the Medical College of Georgia the American Journal of CLASS OF 2016 in Augusta, 1/2020 - 12/2022. Fol- Roentgenology (AJR), the lowing another professional 13th editor of the 113-year-old Natalie V. Singer, MD passion and hope to help with a publication. Dr. Rosenkrantz is huge community need. I plan to professor of Radiology and Urology, In July 2021, Dr. Singer will begin rejoin UNC and practice/teach director of Prostate Imaging, a Foot and Ankle Fellowship at all three specialties.” director of Health Policy, and the Institute for Foot and Ankle section chief of Abdominal Imaging Reconstruction at Mercy Medical William S. Musser, MD in the department of Radiology Center in Baltimore, MD. In November 2019, Dr. Musser was at the Grossman School of Dr. Lew Schon ’84, Director of named Chief of Neurology at the Medicine at NYU. Orthopaedic Innovation, looks Stratton VA Medical Center in forward to welcoming a fellow An American Roentgen Ray Albany, NY. Prior to his member of the Albany Med alumni Society (ARRS) member since appointment, he was a clinical community to the program. 2004, Dr. Rosenkrantz is a recipient assistant professor of Psychiatry of the 2014 Melvin M. Figley at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. SUMMER 2020 | 57 I N MEMORIAM

WE MOURN THE PASSING OF THE FOLLOWING DEVOTED MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE:

Robert P. Leather, MD ’54 1928 – 2020

BY CHRISTOPHER L. CAMPESE, MD ’90, MA, MS ’15, FASA Past President, Albany Medical College Alumni Association

n icon of the Albany Medical Center and an encouraged his fellow vascular surgeons to work in a A embodiment of greatness in both surgical skill collegial and supportive fashion. He fostered a sharing and scientific achievement, Dr. Robert P. Leather ’54 environment, both intellectually as well as surgically, passed from this life on February 4, 2020. Dr. Leather creating a rather unique team-based approach to care was born in Brooklyn in 1928 to parents Percy and that was pioneering for its time. It is often cited as one Conchita (Morcillo) and received his BS in Mechanical of the major reasons for the success and recognition of Engineering from R.P.I. in 1948. He then proceeded to the Vascular Group. And, when I was working as his work for Grumman Aircraft Corporation for two years (young) anesthesiologist, I could gratefully point to Dr. prior to admission to the Albany Medical College, where Leather as one who never raised his voice in the operating he achieved his MD degree. Following his internship, he room. ings were always under control and calm during served in the U.S. Army in Germany from 1955-1957. surgery. Yet, he was never afraid or hesitant to entertain new techniques and methods to solve clinical surgical Dr. Leather returned from his stint in the military to problems, even as he approached the twilight of his career. work at the Albany Hospital and Albany Medical College. In that sense, he was widely respected as a remarkably Over the years, he became an internationally recognized open-minded and free thinker. vascular surgeon, who helped develop and pioneer several important breakthroughs in the field of arterial Dr. Leather had many interests and passions, and these reconstruction. Most notable among these was his role included Formula 1 and other sports car racing, skiing, in the development and refinement of the ‘in-situ’ sailing, airplanes, and traveling around the world. His saphenous vein bypass method for limb revascularization. love for fast cars resulted in his owning one of the first Utilizing many of the skills he initially learned in the Porsche 911s ever brought into the United States in early field of mechanical engineering, Dr. Leather contributed 1965. And one of the last great adventures he took, which to many other advancements in vascular surgery he spoke of with particular pride, was traveling on the throughout his 40+ year career. He worked closely Concorde SST to Europe (largely on frequent flier miles!). with his associates, the late Dr. Alastair Karmody and Once there, he had access to two different Ferraris to Dr. Dhiraj Shah (2018 Honorary Member of the Alumni further enjoy his drives around the continent. His larger- Association) to create and promote a world-renowned than-life presence will be deeply missed by his family, center for vascular treatment that continues to provide friends, colleagues, and by vascular surgeons throughout outstanding surgical care to Capital District residents and the world. Burial was in the Saratoga National Cemetery. beyond. Many national leaders in the field were trained Dr. Leather was the recipient of the Albany Medical by Dr. Leather and his team and their groundbreaking College Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1992. work continues and thrives to this day. His son, Gregory P. Leather, MD, is a member of the Reminiscing with his former student, fellow, and later Class of 1984. partner, Dr. Benjamin B. Chang ’82, we recalled how it was Dr. Leather’s quiet but firm leadership that

58 | alumni.amc.edu I N MEMORIAM

S.H. George Allen, MD 1930 – 2020

BY JEFFREY D. HUBBARD, MD ’68 Albany Medical College Historian

r. S. H. George Allen, teacher of biochemistry D to a generation of Albany Medical College students, died on January 24, 2020, at age 90. He came to Albany in 1963 with a Purdue PhD, after a post-doc at Case Western Reserve. Biochemistry was a major part of the College’s first year curriculum. Dr. Allen, with Drs. Muntz, Glenn, and Beeler, taught in the course which provided a solid biochemical foundation for medical education. Dr. Allen was a real academic scientist, with a special and productive interest in enzyme biochemistry, and a team player, serving on innumerable committees. He was an early supporter of the faculty organization, and tireless in defense of what he saw as right conduct, whether it involved an individual in the College or national policy. His bright smile (photograph, kind courtesy of his widow, Mrs. Jane Allen) at a student’s dawning comprehension, or welcoming a former student to the Admissions Committee after twenty years, was a trademark. When Dr. Allen arrived, there were about 60 medical students per class and a handful of graduate students; the faculty was much smaller, and the College administration was minuscule. Medical students actually attended class, all of which made faculty-student contact closer and more collegial. Dr. Allen’s accessibility and his transparent “DR. ALLEN’S ACCESSIBILITY AND HIS interest in teaching medical students made him a TRANSPARENT INTEREST IN TEACHING much-loved teacher for a generation, during which the MEDICAL STUDENTS MADE HIM A medical school class size more than doubled. Following MUCHLOVED TEACHER FOR A GENERATION, his 1998 retirement, he continued on the Admissions DURING WHICH THE MEDICAL SCHOOL Committee for years, advocating for standards and CLASS SIZE MORE THAN DOUBLED.” shaping the next generation of doctors with all the joy he had brought to teaching their predecessors.

SUMMER 2020 | 59 I N MEMORIAM

“When that time [death] shall come, I shall relinquish many attractions to life, and among them a pleasure which has to me no equal in human pursuits; I mean that which I derive from studying, teaching and practising medicine.”

 BENJAMIN RUSH, MD 1745  1813

DOMINICK MELE, MD ’41 SCHENECTADY, NY PEDIATRICS JULY 26, 2019

JANET GREENBERG GISSEN, MD ’44 LEXINGTON, MA FAMILY MEDICINE MARCH 6, 2020

DANIEL O’KEEFFE, MD ’45 PILOT KNOB, NY OBSTETRICSGYNECOLOGY FEBRUARY 23, 2020

NATHANIEL S. LEHRMAN, MD ’46 ROSLYN, NY PSYCHIATRY JANUARY 19, 2020

LAWRENCE F. KIENLE, MD ’46 MEDFORD, NJ RADIOLOGY DECEMBER 4, 2015

HENRY E. WOLFE, JR., MD ’47 CHAMPAIGN, IL UROLOGY OCTOBER 21, 2019

RICHARD F. CATALANO, MD ’48 SARASOTA, FL MEDICINE OCTOBER 31, 2018

EDWARD A. MEYERS, MD ’50 STAMFORD, CT OTOLARYNGOLOGY NOVEMBER 27, 2019

LEROY DONALD AARONSON, MD ’52 EAST GREENWICH, RI DERMATOLOGY OCTOBER 14, 2019

LESLIE M. ZATZ, MD ’52 PALO ALTO, CA RADIOLOGY FEBRUARY 21, 2020

JEROME G. GREEN, MD ’54 CHEVY CHASE, MD ASS’T SURG.GENERAL, USPHS APRIL 26, 2020

ROBERT P. LEATHER, MD ’54 CHATHAM, NY VASCULAR SURGERY FEBRUARY 4, 2020

MARK ORTELEE, MD ’54 ST. PETERSBURG, FL NEUROLOGY AUGUST 8, 2019

WILLIAM PUGLIESE, MD ’54 CARY, NC FAMILY MEDICINE APRIL 28, 2019

JOSEPH R. GABRIELS, MD ’55 MATTHEWS, NC OBSTETRICSGYNECOLOGY MARCH 19, 2020

MARIE R. GREEN, PHD ’55 CHEVY CHASE, MD N.I.H. SCIENCE MAY 10, 2020

BRUCE R. MILLS, MD ’55 GORHAM, NY FAMILY MEDICINE JULY 2, 2019

JOHN H. SEAMAN, MD ’56 WASHINGTON, DC MEDICINE FEBRUARY 9, 2019

WILLIAM A. AFRICANO, MD ’57 ROCHESTER, NY SURGERY MAY 6, 2019

WALTER E. FARIN, MD ’57 PENSACOLA, FL MEDICINE JANUARY 10, 2020

HENRY A. CAMPERLENGO, MD ’58 DELMAR, NY PSYCHIATRY NOVEMBER 15, 2019

MICHAEL I. FREILICH, MD ’58 LOS ANGELES, CA SURGERY JUNE 29, 2019

JAMES M. GAVIN, MD ’58 DEFREESTVILLE, NY FAMILY MEDICINE APRIL 28, 2019

JAMES W. MEADE, MD ’58 SARASOTA, FL SURGERY MAY 17, 2020

THOMAS R. NADEAU, MD ’58 MEREDITH, NH FAMILY MEDICINE OCTOBER 29, 2019

MILTON DUNSKY, MD ’59 SYRACUSE, NY NUCLEAR MEDICINE FEBRUARY 15, 2020

DAVID C. HEYMAN, MD ’60 MONTOURSVILLE, PA ANESTHESIOLOGY APRIL 21, 2019

JEROME I. LEVINE, MD ’60 BOYNTON BEACH, FL ORTHOPAEDICS JANUARY, 2019

RICHARD PROPP, MD ’60 ALBANY, NY MEDICINE APRIL 21, 2019

60 | alumni.amc.edu I N MEMORIAM

HON. = HONORARY MEMBER, BY ELECTION ALUMNI DEATHS REPORTED TO THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE APRIL, 2019, MEETING AND JUNE 25, 2020 JDH ’68, HISTORIAN

PRESCOTT C. RASMUSSEN, MD ’61 SANTA FE, NM PATHOLOGY NOVEMBER 24, 2019

JERRY C. WORSHAM, MD ’62 SEATTLE, WA OTOLARYNGOLOGY FEBRUARY 2, 2020

WILLIAM B. HENRY, MD ’63 GLASTONBURY, CT PEDIATRICS MAY 8, 2020

JOHN A. KLAMAR, MD ’63 COLUMBUS, OH PEDIATRICS JULY 15, 2019

VALMORE A. PELLETIER, MD ’63 ALBANY, NY NEUROSURGERY JANUARY 7, 2020

CHRISTOPHER M. DEMTRAK, MD ’64 BINGHAMTON, NY PEDIATRICS MARCH 8, 2019

ROBERT R. FAUST, JR., MD ’66 ALBANY, NY MEDICINE JUNE 23, 2020

WILLIAM J. HUNT, MD ’67 OCALA, FL OTOLARYNGOLOGY UNKNOWN, 2020

GERALD DOYLE, MD ’69 HINGHAM, MA MEDICINE, CARDIOLOGY JUNE 21, 2019

DENNIS P. NORFLEET, MD ’69 OSWEGO, NY MEDICINE MARCH 26, 2019

MICHAEL R. FISCHETTI, JR., MD ’70 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA MEDICAL ONCOLOGY OCTOBER 29, 2019

HOWARD D. SHAPIRO, MD ’70 AKRON, OH NEUROLOGY FEBRUARY 17, 2020

DUANE R. BONDS, MD ’71 WASHINGTON, DC OBSTETRICSGYNECOLOGY MARCH 8, 2019

ROBERT M. KELLEHER, MD ’72 ALBANY, NY MEDICINE MAY 25, 2019

MICHAEL ROBERT BARNETT, MD ’74 FALMOUTH, MA MEDICINE OCTOBER 18, 2019

AUSTIN J. CORBETT, JR., MD ’76 COLORADO SPGS, CO RHEUMATOLOGY DECEMBER 9, 2019

DANIEL M. JACOBS, MD ’78 POMPANO BEACH, FL PAIN MANAGEMENT AUGUST 10, 2018

DAVID M. RENISON, MD ’78 MIDDLETOWN, CT GASTROENTEROLOGY FEBRUARY 8, 2020

MITCHELL K. KARTEN, MD ’79 ROSLYN, NY RADIATION ONCOLOGY DECEMBER 28, 2015

STEVEN P. NACHTIGALL, MD ’79 EGG HARBOR, NJ MEDICINE JULY 17, 2019

JAMES M. NOONAN, MD ’80 BALLSTON SPA, NY MEDICINE NOVEMBER 19, 2019

ROBERT F. DUNTON, MD ’81 LAKE GEORGE, NY CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY JANUARY 25, 2020

MICHAEL R. SILVER, MD ’81 ARLINGTON HGTS, IL CRITICAL CARE DECEMBER 29, 2019

JUDITH E. SANDICK, MD ’82 EDGECOMB, ME MEDICINE JULY 24, 2019

JOSE A. NODAR, MD ’84 CHARLOTTE, NC PEDIATRICS APRIL 9, 2020

S. H. GEORGE ALLEN, PHD, HON. ’96 SLINGERLANDS, NY BIOCHEMISTRY JANUARY 24, 2020

EDWARD VARGAS, MD ’97 BREA, CA PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MAY 28, 2020

RICHARD L. JACOBS, MD, HON. ’02 DELMAR, NY ORTHOPAEDICS SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

JOHN C. DEMASI, MD ’14 SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY RADIATION ONCOLOGY FEBRUARY 23, 2020

SUMMER 2020 | 61 FACULTY POSITIONS OPEN

Albany Medical College is seeking to fill the following positions:

Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine • employ a rigorous approach to quality assurance and quality improvement towards the goal of refining evidence- The Department of Medicine at Albany Medical College is based practices on our electrophysiology service and in our seeking a chief to lead our experienced and highly respected EP laboratory; Division of General Internal Medicine. • possess leadership and management competencies required The Division of General Internal Medicine provides clinical care to organize our electrophysiology laboratory and our clinical almost exclusively in the outpatient setting, whereas inpatient service and lead them to a position of regional prominence. care in managed by closely-aligned academic hospitalists. The Division has the central role in the Department of Medicine’s In joining our academic faculty, the successful candidate will undergraduate and graduate medical education programs. enjoy ample opportunities to teach medical students, residents and cardiology fellows. Research and other scholarly work is As chief of the Division, the successful candidate will oversee encouraged and supported commensurate with the skills and all activities of this academic unit. The chief will lead an accomplishments of the clinician scientist. institutional initiative to increase the number of our medical school graduates and post-graduate trainees who choose The Division of Cardiology has fully accredited Cardiovascular a career in ambulatory internal medicine. Working with the medicine and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship programs. program director of our internal medicine residency and the The successful candidate will work in a collegial environment clerkship director for our medical student experience, the that emphasizes multidisciplinary approaches to patient care chief will facilitate excellence in UME and GME education. and research, as well as dedication to medical education. Salary Development of the Division’s scholarly enterprise will be a and academic rank will be commensurate with experience. priority. Operational and fiscal oversight is shared with our professional management team. General GI Faculty Position

The successful candidate will have a track record of clinical The Division of Gastroenterology at the Albany Medical College practice and educational development in an academic is recruiting general Gastroenterology faculty. Interests in ambulatory environment. Prior management and/or program motility and small bowel disease would be appreciated but development experience is desired. It is anticipated that the not required. The division collaborates with colorectal, oncologic future chief will qualify for academic appointment at the and trauma surgeons, interventional radiologist, pediatric associate professor or professor level. gastroenterologists, and GI pathologists. In addition, an onsite infusion unit and endoscopy suite complements the program. The Endoscopy Suite is equipped with state-of-the-art Director of Clinical Cardiac diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, along with anesthesia Electrophysiology Laboratory support. There is also ongoing NIH and industry supported The Division of Cardiology of Albany Medical College is seeking IBD research. Regional demand for complex GI patients is high a board certified electrophysiologist to direct our Clinical and would ensure an interesting practice from day one. In joining Cardiac Electrophysiology program. Leadership assets will be our academic faculty, the successful candidate will enjoy highly valued. The ideal candidate should also: ample opportunities to teach medical students, residents and Gastroenterology fellows. Research and other scholarly • have more than five years of clinical experience, with a proven work is encouraged and supported commensurate with the skills track record of personal excellence in all aspects of clinical and accomplishments of the clinician scientist. electrophysiology, including atrial fibrillation ablation, other complex ablation procedures, and device implantation; SEND CURRICULUM VITAE WITH A LETTER OF INTEREST TO: • be a proven educator, possessing the commitment and skills required to achieve our goals for excellence in undergraduate Valerie D’Aloia | Physician Recruiter and post-graduate medical education, including the future Albany Medical College development of an electrophysiology fellowship; Mail Code-47 47 New Scotland Ave. • support our academic mission through the design and Albany, NY 12208-3478 execution of clinical and/or translational research studies; PHONE: 518-262-1333 EMAIL: [email protected]

62 | alumni.amc.edu THANK YOU

WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING ALUMNI FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP+ FOSTERING CONNECTIONS AMONG CLASSMATES AND ADVANCING ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE’S IMPORTANT PHILANTHROPIC MISSION+DURING THEIR REUNION YEAR.

Reunion 2020 Class Committee Members

Class of 1955 Class of 1980 Joseph Belsky, MD Jeffrey Hirst, MD GET Michael Horgan, MD Class of 1960 INVOLVED! Robert Kiesel, MD Class of 1985 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT Merritt Spear, MD Anthony Campagna, MD PLANNING YOUR Nancy Sapio, MD Class of 1965 REUNION WEEKEND Albert Apicelli, MD Class of 1990 AND/OR ASSISTING WITH John Booss, MD Christopher Campese, MD FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, Edward Iannuccilli, MD Christopher Gabriels, MD PLEASE CONTACT: Douglas Rainforth, MD David Shapiro, MD AMCALUMNI*AMC.EDU Steven Weinfeld, MD Class of 1970 Christine Burns, MD Class of 1995 Jeffrey Dunn, MD Visoth Chhiap, MD Steven Litinsky, MD Carol Roeder, MD John O’Brien, MD Class of 2000 William Vanneman, MD Rami Batniji, MD Class of 1975 Gennady Bratslavsky, MD Donna Pietrocola, MD Steven Pinheiro, MD

SAVE THE DATE for Albany Medical College REUNION 2021 CLASS OF 1970 Friday, April 9 – Saturday, April 10 CELEBRATING CLASSES ENDING IN 0 AND 5 AND 1 AND 6

SUMMER 2020 | 63 ALUMNI OFFICE (MC"5) P4800 NON|PROFIT ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE ORGANIZATION 47 New Scotland Avenue U.S. POSTAGE PAID Albany, NY 12208 ALBANY, NY PERMIT NO. 187

www.facebook.com/amcalumniassociation

YOUR UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF THE ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE ALUMNI ANNUAL FUND HELPS FUEL THREE OVER"ARCHING OB JECTIVES:

ACCESS INNOVATION EXCELLENCE Enabling us to attract the best Ensuring that our students stay current in Helping teach students social determinants applicants, while also addressing their skills and are ready to serve patients of health and instill compassion and a their needs for financial support. in an environment that requires adaptability commitment to improving community health, in today’s information society. particularly in underserved communities.

Please consider making a gift today to help students like Samantha Sattler, MD Candidate 2022:

“ My first year of medical school has proven to be one of the most exciting and fulfilling years I have experienced. Having part of my financial concerns alleviated through the generosity of our donors changes the dynamic for my potential success. My scholarship allows me that much more time, energy, hope, and passion to pursue my education and career. Our donors give us much more than just monetary support and words cannot express how thankful I am for that blessing.” — Samantha Sattler (featured in top right photo)

SIMPLY USE THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE OR MAKE A GIFT ONLINE: ALUMNI.AMC.EDU/ANNUALFUND