Campus & Alumni News Winter 2013
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boston university school of medicine + winter 2013 • www.bumc.bu.edu DONOR fy 2013 GivingREPORT back It’s in their DNA Seven alums who have touched BUMC with their time, expertise, and hearts. FPO Kenneth Simons David Bailen Mary Jane England Gilbert Norwood Anna DePold Hohler David DiChiara Donald Grande (MED‘80) (MED‘67) (MED‘64) (CAS‘53, MED‘57) (CAS‘98, MED‘98) (CAS’80, MED‘84) (MED‘73) Message From The Dean winter 2013 Members of the Class of 2017 prepare to recite the Hippocratic Oath after Contents receiving their white coats. by Frank Curran of disease outbreaks that can rapidly identify In meetings with local members of our illness-causing pathogens. Such scientific community and friends and family around investigation with potentially life-saving and the country, I meet many of the wonder- public health consequences is constantly ful people who support this School. They under way on the Medical Campus. confirm a strong connection to BUSM that The research enterprise is being threat- illustrates the strength and enduring legacy ened by National Institutes of Health (NIH) of this institution. budget cuts, jeopardizing current and future The alumni featured in this issue are scientific discovery and the development of a small but representative sample of the the next generation of scientists. The iconic dedicated support BUSM has to develop Framingham Heart Study lost 40 percent resources, enhance the student experi- of its funding. In a recent survey of 3,700 ence, and ensure a vital future for the scientists, 64 percent were having difficulty School of Medicine. securing grant funding, 64 percent said that The faculty, staff, and students of the their funding had been reduced, and 80 per- School of Medicine are grateful for your con- cent report increased time spent on writing tinued support. On days like matriculation, grant applications. residency matching, and graduation all of NIH cutbacks are of concern to all of us, the effort and support was clearly worth it. and especially to our community of scien- Dear FrienDs, tists and clinicians and those who support Our researchers have developed a way to their work. We continue to make the case in Best regards, create an unlimited number of human red Washington, DC, for reversing the rollback of blood cells and platelets in vitro, which may national support for research. reduce the need for blood donations; they While public support for our mission is have created a computer model that can map vital, so too is the outstanding generosity the thousands of molecular interactions in of our donors who are listed in the annual Karen Antman, MD tuberculosis (TB) bacteria, potential targets report of gifts to BUSM in this issue of the Provost, Medical Campus for novel therapeutics; and they have devel- magazine. 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Vaughan, Pioneering Surgeons 26 Donor Report Publications Manager of the University. 1213 KALMAN ZABARS Campus & Alumni News | BOSTON UNIVERSITY School of Medicine Winter 2013 | www.bumc.bu.edu 1 BUSM ON THE www.facebook.com/ www.twitter.com/ WEB BUMedicine BUMedicine CAMPUS News you, and best of all, they will be there when you Admissions Robert Witzburg, MD ’77, in for- during the course of their transition from Class of 2017 Embarks on Medical Education Journey take off the coat and leave the hospital. And I mally presenting the class. student to physician.” say ‘best of all’ because this is the goal of medi- In accepting the Class of 2017 to the While Associate Dean for Academic White Coat Ceremony Highlights Transformative Process cal education: to transform you from the college School of Medicine, Dean Antman noted that Affairs Douglas Hughes, MD, read off their graduate you are today into a physician.” there would be bumps in the road during their names, class members climbed the stage and Drawn from a pool of 11,780 candidates medical education, but reassured them that received assistance donning the white coat from six entry pathways and 82 undergradu- those who have gone before them faced the from Associate Dean for Student Affairs Angela ate institutions, the Class of 2017 comprises same hurdles. She cited the example of one Jackson, MD; Assistant Deans of Student 52 percent women and 15 percent underrep- of her own classmates who fainted numerous Affairs Kenneth Grundfast, MD, and John Polk resented minorities; 20 percent hold at least times during anatomy class only to become a (MED’74); Assistant Dean for Diversity & one graduate degree. Most members of this distinguished professor of psychiatry. Multicultural Affairs Samantha Kaplan, MD; and highly accomplished class have participated “You are about to embark on a great Professor Emeritus of Surgery Robert Beazley, in research and many have published sci- adventure with a steep learning curve,” said MD. Led by Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs entific papers. Some have volunteered with Antman. “Students talk about the process Jean Ramsey (MED’90, SPH’08), the class AmeriCorps, Teach For America, and the Peace of learning medicine as ‘drinking from a fire recited the Hippocratic Oath for the first time. Corps, while others have worked in high tech, hose.’ Nevertheless, you will be supported by “Beneath that white coat, carry your taught elementary school, or started a business. more than 2,000 faculty, upperclass students, uniqueness proudly and with great awareness The class is diverse in many ways; mem- residents, and dedicated staff.” of the contributions each one of you can make bers come from 27 US states and were born She congratulated the parents of the in the open environment we have created in 25 countries. One hundred forty-three class and explained, “Becoming a physician for your education and professional develop- speak more than one language and as a group, will change your daughter or son. Not all of ment,” said Associate Dean for Diversity & speak a total of 25. “In cultural, social, eco- the transition to being a physician is aca- Multicultural Affairs Rafael Ortega, MD, in his nomic, racial, ethnic, educational, and linguis- demic, and having issues with adapting to closing remarks. “Let these white coats collec- tic terms—and in your life experiences—you being a physician is normal. In fact, we worry tively represent a large canvas on which you define the pluralism that we so value in if students don’t have difficulty dealing with will, with great inspiration, paint the master- our society,” said Associate Dean for some of the injuries and illnesses they see pieces of your careers.” 1. 2. eld on Talbot Green on August 5, the 2013 White Coat Ceremony marked the begin- ning of a transformative process that will take the 165 members of the BUSM Class H of 2017 from their current life experiences to the role of healer. 3. 4. 5. Keynote speaker Robert Lowe, MD, BUSM associate professor of medicine, told the class that the white coat is a symbol of intelligence, trust, and responsibility, and is a visible sign to others. “Right now, at the start of medical school, the coat is for you, too, because you’re just starting on this journey. So put it on, take some pictures, and wear it proudly when we have you see patients this year. Soon, it is just going to be a coat, with pockets full of books and tools, impossible to keep clean, with a space-age design that is boiling hot in the summer yet ice-cold in the winter. “That’s what’s supposed to happen. You are going to internalize the knowledge, the skills, and the values of medicine—they will be in you, not on ABOVE: Members of the Class of 2017 ready to put on their white coats. OPPOSITE PAGE: 1. Class of 2017 member Daniel Choi and his family. 2. Adam Johnson proudly wears his white coat. 3. Speaker Robert Lowe, MD, addressing the Class of 2017 and their guests. 4. Brent Silver and his parents, Rachelle Silver and Lee Silver (MED’82) enjoying the reception with RRAN Dean Karen Antman, MD, following the White Coat Ceremony. 5. Sharing the White Coat Ceremony with Hippocrates are Matthew Luchette and his parents. U C K FRAN 2 Campus & Alumni News | BOSTON UNIVERSITY School of Medicine Winter 2013 | www.bumc.bu.edu 3 Campus News BUSM Development Office News Karen Ann Engelbourg, previously associate dean for development, GMS WElcomES NEW GraduaTE STUDENTS is now senior associate vice presi Class of 2017 Parents dent, working with the Schools of Medicine, Law, and Management, On September 3, the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS) welcomed new students to its and the Global Leadership team. Hosted at Reception many programs with a lively barbecue in the Hiebert Lounge cosponsored by the BUSM Alumni Association.