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MEDICINE BuFall 2019 • Volume 104et • Number 2 in A Bold New Vision on BLOOD RESEARCH #1 in Maryland and TOP 10 in the nation for Ear, Nose and Throat Pictured left to right: Nidhi Gupta, MD; John F. Biedlingmaier, MD; Rodney J. Taylor, MD; Kyle Monroe Hatten, MD; David J. Eisenman, MD; Kalpesh Tarun Vakharia, MD; Kevin D. Pereira, MD; Jeffrey S. Wolf, MD, FACS; Amal Isaiah, MD, PhD; Elizabeth Anne Guardiani, MD Not pictured above: The Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery program at University of Maryland Medical Center leads in advanced Ronna P. Hertzano, MD, PhD care. The department provides expertise in conditions that span pediatric disorders, voice and swallowing difficulties, ear disease and hearing loss, sinus and allergic disease, plastic and reconstructive surgery and head and neck neoplasms. The team continually improves surgical care for Andrea Michelle Hebert, MD head and neck tumors by increasingly employing transoral robotic surgery (TORS) and the endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA). These minimally invasive approaches result in less morbidity, easier recoveries and better cosmesis for patients. From innovative research to better understand the molecular basis of congenital and acquired hearing loss, to studying the ZSCAN4 gene in hopes of targeting cancer cells and advance regenerative medicine on a larger scale, the Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery program is pioneering advancements in the field. Learn more at umm.edu/ent Visit our Physician Video Channel at physicians.umm.edu Affiliated with the University of Maryland School of Medicine Bulletin Editorial Board MEDICINE Harry C. Knipp, ’76 Chairman Gary D. Plotnick, ’66 Vice Chairman John Allen, ’14 Frank M. Calia, MD, MACP Triesta Fowler-Lee, ’99 Bu etin Nidhi Goel, ’10 Christopher Hardwick Sachin D. Kalyani, ’03 George C. Kochman III, ’08 Brad D. Lerner, ’84 8 Cover story Jennifer Litchman Philip Mackowiak, ’70 Larry Pitrof A Bold New Vision on Blood Research Michael E. Reichel, ’74 Ernesto Rivera, ’66 Maryland’s Center for Blood Oxygen Transport & Walker L. Robinson, ’70 Julie Rosen Hemostasis opened in June. Among the center’s goals is Jerome Ross, ’60 Semhar Z. Tewelde, ’09 development of an artificial blood product that can serve Tuanh Tonnu, ’90 as a life-saving bridge therapy in places like a battlefield Joseph S. McLaughlin, ’56 Chairman Emeritus or rural community where blood products are not readily Medical Alumni Association available. Heading the initiative is Allan Doctor, MD, who Board of Directors joins Maryland from Washington University in St. Louis. Stanford H. Malinow, ’68 (On the cover: Dr. Allan Doctor. Photo by Richard Lippenholz) President Brad D. Lerner, ’84 President-Elect Elizabeth L. Tso, ’79 18 The MAA Honor Roll Vice President This fall issue of the alumni Bulletin magazine includes a list of Paul A. Tarantino, ’87 Treasurer alumni, faculty, and friends who made contributions to the Medical Harry A. Oken, ’83 Alumni Association during the prior fiscal year. Preceding the honor Secretary John Allen, ’14 roll is a listing of the John Beale Davidge Alliance—the school’s Triesta Fowler-Lee, 99 permanent recognition society for major donors. Nidhi Goel, ’10 Sachin D. Kalyani, ’03 George C. Kochman, Jr., ‘08 Michael E. Reichel, ’74 42 Alumna Profile: Margaret Chisolm, ’88 Walker L. Robinson, ’70 The Heart of Medicine Semhar Z. Tewelde, ’09 Tuanh Tonnu, ’90 In her youth, Margaret Chisolm, ’88, had one Directors Richard Keller, ’58 passion in her life—art. Accepted into the New York Honorary Regional Vice President University graduate program in cinema studies, she Gary D. Plotnick, ’66 Neda Frayha, ’06 wondered what her future would hold. After reading a Helen Cheung, ’20 novel about a country doctor in England, she decided Dr. E. Albert Reece, Dean Ex-Officio to return to school and apply to medical school. Larry Pitrof Today she is professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Executive Director University, teaching a pilot course which introduces art as a stimulus University of Maryland School of Medicine Board of Visitors to help students better understand themselves as well as their patients. Michael E. Cryor Chair Louis F. Angelos, Esq. Peter G. Angelos, Esq. Departments Norman Augustine Kenneth R. Banks Alfred R. Berkeley, III 2 Dean’s Message 39 Medicina Memoriae 47 Student Activities Marc P. Blum, PhD, LLB, CPA Jocelyn Cheryl Bramble 3 Remembered 44 Advancement 48 Class Notes Scott Burger Cynthia L. Egan 4 News & Innovations 45 Managing Money 51 In Memoriam Robert E. Fischell, ScD Neda Frayha, ’06 Faculty News Recollections Carolyn B. Frenkil 16 46 Michael I. Greenebaum Jeffrey L. Hargrave William E. Kirwan, PhD The University of Maryland Medicine Bulletin, America’s oldest medical For information on advertising, please contact: The Medical Harry C. Knipp, ’76 alumni magazine, is produced by the Medical Alumni Association of the Alumni Association of the University of Maryland, Inc. Stanford Malinow University of Maryland, Inc., with support from the University of Maryland email: [email protected] Valencia McClure School of Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical System. Patricia J. Mitchell www.medicalalumni.org The acceptance of advertising by this publication does not in any way Editor-in-Chief Edward Magruder Passano, Jr. Larry Pitrof Jacqueline Young Perrins constitute endorsement or approval by the Medical Alumni Association. Copyright © 1916 Medical Alumni Association Abba David Poliakoff, Esq. Requests to reproduce articles should be directed to: Editor, Medicine of the University of Maryland, Inc. Design Timothy J. Regan Bulletin, 522 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-1636, or by All rights reserved. Brushwood Graphics Maurice Reid, ’99 email: [email protected]. Design Group Melvin Sharoky, ’76 Richard L. Taylor, ’75 Subscriptions are $20 per year (domestic) and $25 (overseas) Art Director Nancy Johnston Fall 2019 • Volume 104 • Number 2 DeaN’s message Remembered Theodore C. Patterson, ’62 his time of year provides an excellent opportunity to greet and get to know our new students, faculty, and staff. The new academic year brings fresh goals, fresh perspectives, and fresh motiva- tion, yet we remain committed to productive, ongoing efforts like the culture transformation initiative (CTI). The CTI enforces the school’s dedication to cultivating our culture into a Theodore C. Patterson, ’62, the Medical Alumni Associa- national model for a respectful, inclusive, and professional work environment. I recently wel- tion’s first African-American president in 1989, died July 9 at the comed all our new medical students in the class of 2023. In addition to a majority representation age of 86. of women among our entering classes, the Bressler Research Building’s new lobby commemorates Born and raised in Dundalk, Md., Patterson earned his bach- some of the most remarkable women in our medical and scientific history. I look forward to the elor’s degree from Morgan State College and was a graduate student conversations, reminiscence, and inspiration that this exhibit will elicit. at Howard University following active duty in the U.S. Army. He One of the new members of our community is Allan Doctor, MD, professor of pediatrics. Featured in this issue of the Bulletin, Dr. Doctor leads the new Center for Blood Oxygen Transport began his medical studies at Maryland in 1958 and graduated four & Hemostasis and the effort to develop an artificial blood product for trauma settings, like battle- years later. fields or rural areas with limited access to donated blood for transfusions. This new research center Upon graduation, Patterson trained at Sinai Hospital in and Dr. Doctor’s leadership bring the promise of critical advances in the field of hematology. Baltimore and became the first African-American resident at South Many rural communities in the United States experience an extreme lack of health care. Baltimore General Hospital. After training in 1964, he began private According to a recent article in The Washington Post, “the federal government now estimates practice in Dundalk where he remained until retirement in 1993. His routine included making that a record 50 million rural Americans live in what it calls ‘health care shortage areas,’ where the number of hospitals, family doctors, surgeons and paramedics has declined to 20-year lows.” house calls on evenings and weekends. In addition to his practice, Patterson served as medical The fact that so many of our neighbors live without access to the same health resources and director for the Meridian-Heritage Nursing Center, was associate medical director of the Church This new research conveniences that we are so privileged to have is astounding. This summer we received a new Hospital Dundalk Center, and was the first African-American attending physician at Franklin center [Center for Blood opportunity to address this need with the support from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Square Hospital. He also served as the first African-American president of the Baltimore County Administration, which awarded our department of family and community medicine a three-year Medical Association. In 1994 the American Academy of Family Physicians named Patterson Oxygen Transport & grant to establish a residency program in rural eastern shore communities. physician of the year. Hemostasis] and Dr. As critical as the need for our students, residents, trainees, physicians, and researchers to maintain the expertise and interest in the many health challenges that exist, so, too, is the need During his entire working career, Patterson remained active in higher education and social Doctor’s leadership bring for resources and mechanisms to fuel those efforts. I am grateful to celebrate the school’s generous services, and in 1978 was elected to the Maryland Democratic State Central Committee. He sat benefactors in the honor roll of donors in this issue of the magazine. Our community of dedicated on the boards of the Dundalk Chamber of Commerce and the Patapsco Federal Savings and Loan the promise of critical donors tells me a lot about the experience people have with the school.