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RUSH UNIVERSITY WELCOMES NEW PRESIDENT PAGE 4

BUILDING THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH AT RUSH PAGE 8

Mentorship program builds enriching Alumni across programs share their latest professional and personal experiences news and accomplishments Page 12 Page 16

Patient focus leads to innovative research for one distinguished alumnus Page 14 LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE

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UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP

Sherine Gabriel, MD, MSc K. Ranga Rama Krishnan, MB, ChB President, Henry P. Russe, MD, Dean, Chief Academic Officer, Rush System Rush Medical College Larry Goodman, MD, GME Senior Vice President, CEO, Rush University Medical Center Rush University Medical Center and the Rush System Andrew J. Bean, PhD Thomas Deutsch, MD ’79, GME Dean, Graduate College Provost, Rush University of Rush University Marquis Foreman, PhD, RN, FAAN Charlotte Royeen, PhD, John L. and Helen Kellogg Dean, OTR/L, FAOTA Rush University College of Nursing Dean, Rush University College of Health Sciences, A. Watson Armour III Presidential Professor

EDITORIAL CREDITS

Diane McKeever Bill Grill Senior Vice President, Philanthropy Graphic Designer, Peter Briechle, PhD Marketing and Communications Vice President, Philanthropy Roscoe Crampton Programs and Services Senior Director, Alumni Giving Lisa Aaronson Krista Giuffi Associate Vice President, Director, Alumni Relations Donor Relations Sarah Mickle Sarah Finnegan Senior Director, Associate Vice President, Development Communications 8 Philanthropy Ben Feldheim Ryan Nagdeman Associate Director, Building the Future of Research Associate Vice President, Development Communications Marketing and Communications Since 2002 it has been my distinct Rush University Medical Center. Rush is growing its strong research enterprise to further anticipate and Anna Seifert Rebecca Darmoc Associate Director, Ushering honor to serve as the president of Rush Dr. Gabriel’s leadership will further combat the greatest challenges in health care. Director, University Marketing Development Communications University. I’ve seen firsthand the address future workforce needs, as well

ALUMNI COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COUNCIL dedication, hard work, commitment as maximize the value of an integrated Denise Domel Greer, Pres.-St. Luke’s ’67 in a New Era and passion of our students, faculty and academic medical center like ours. Tony Kotin, MD ’77/RMC; GME Larry Layfer, MD ’74/RMC; GME alumni. It’s been inspiring and has made Dr. Gabriel is exactly the right leader for Frank Ondrey, MD ’89/RMC; PhD ’94/GME Paula Rosenberg-Frey, MS ’88/HSM me incredibly optimistic despite the Rush University and we are so fortunate Marilyn Wideman, DNP ’07/CON challenges in health care. In your hands, to have her take on this position. Jillian De Mik, student representative/HSM the future health of our nation is secure. Rush University Magazine is a publication of the Office of Philanthropy and As importantly, we have developed a In this issue of Rush University Magazine, the Office of Marketing and Communications at Rush University Medical Center. It is published twice a year and is distributed free of charge to strategic plan for the University that you’ll notice so many of our alumni 12 14 alumni and friends. embraces new models of education, encompass the same qualities our A ‘Bright Future’ Patient Focus Leads to Please send address changes, alumni updates and accomplishments, expands research and innovation, new president encompasses — they’re and in memoriam notices to Through Mentorship Research Innovation Office of Alumni Relations and addresses inequities in health care committed to partnerships, creating Rush University Medical Center outcomes — wherever they occur. inclusive environments, reducing health 1201 W. Harrison, Suite 300 , IL 60607-3319 care inequities and recognizing the (312) 942-7199 (phone)/(312) 942-5581 (fax) Larry Goodman, MD, GME rushu.rush.edu/alumni To help usher in a new era for the need to fundamentally change health CEO, Rush University Medical Center 3 Leadership Perspective: 16 Alumni Updates [email protected] University, we’re welcoming Rush care for the better. and the Rush System Ushering in a New Era & Accomplishments Please recycle this magazine. University President Sherine Gabriel, MD, MSc, into our Rush family (see page 4 We hope this issue inspires and 6 Rush News 22 In Memoriam of this issue). For the first time in Rush’s reminds you that your ever-exploring history, with the significant growth of work as alumni is what keeps Rush a our colleges and formation of the Rush global leader in education, research and System, we’ve separated the roles of clinical care. Rush University president and CEO of

2 RUSH UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE RUSHU.RUSH.EDU/ALUMNI 3 RUSH NEWS RUSH NEWS Rush University Leader News Welcomes Rush Alumna Appointed Cancer Center Director

Mia Levy, MD ’03/RMC, PhD, was recently appointed director of the Rush University Cancer Center, Next President where she will play a critical role in achieving Rush’s vision to become a global destination cancer center, providing the best data-driven, patient-centered care.

Dr. Sherine E. Gabriel, former dean of Rutgers Prior to joining Rush in January 2019, Levy served as the Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research and an associate professor of biomedical informatics and medicine at Robert Wood Johnson , Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She was also the director of cancer health is an NIH-funded researcher, national informatics and strategy for the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, where she was a leader in rheumatology medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer treatment.

Levy’s mission is to develop and disseminate learning cancer systems that deliver data- and knowledge-driven clinical decision support across the continuum of cancer care and research. As a practicing medical oncologist, she understands the challenges that clinicians face in trying to access, interpret and apply the results of complex tumor molecular profiling tests to the care of their patients. Levy continues to be a nationally recognized leader in identifying new ways to use data in achieving the best patient outcomes.

Andrew J. Bean Named Dean of Rush University’s Graduate College

“The Board of Governors is confident that Dr. Gabriel has the experience and vision to In April 2018, Andrew J. Bean, PhD, was appointed dean of the Graduate College of Rush strategically lead Rush University into being the premier university for health care delivery University. Bean joined Rush from the MD Anderson Cancer/UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, where he served as associate dean and professor of neurobiology and and health sciences education.” in the University of Texas McGovern Medical School. — Carole Browe Segal, chair of the Rush University Board of Governors “Dr. Bean not only brings to Rush his experience as an associate dean at a world-class research and educational institution, but also his own research expertise,” said Thomas A. Deutsch, MD '79/ RMC; GME, provost of Rush University. Sherine E. Gabriel, MD, MSc, has been appointed the new Last year the Rush Board of Trustees separated the role of president of Rush University. She most recently served as the dean University president from the Medical Center CEO into two From 2006 to 2016, Bean worked as director of the Graduate Neuroscience Program, and since of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, distinct positions. They made this change in recognition of the 2012, served as associate dean of the Graduate School. While at MD Anderson Cancer/UTHealth, New Jersey, and was formerly dean of Mayo Medical School. complexities and the opportunities associated with operating Bean led the development of programs to support recruitment and retention of minority and managing both a new, growing health system and a thriving graduate students — a commitment and passion he brings to his leadership position at Rush. Gabriel succeeds Larry Goodman, MD, GME, as Rush University’s health sciences university. The change paves the way for the president, a position he has held since 2002, alongside his role as University and the health system to continue their strong growth In addition to its reputation for research excellence, Rush's community outreach; the quality of the CEO of Rush University Medical Center and the Rush System. and to build on their achievements. students, faculty and infrastructure; and the dedication of leadership to academic scholarship were among the factors that drew Bean to Rush. “Besides her outstanding credentials as an educator, researcher “The Board of Governors is confident that Dr. Gabriel has the and clinician, Dr. Gabriel impressed everyone who has met her as experience and vision to strategically lead Rush University into “The Graduate College has great potential, and I am excited to help lead the college toward someone committed to the highest standards and values in health being the premier university for health care delivery and health realizing that potential,” said Bean. care,” said Goodman. “We are indeed fortunate to have her join sciences education.” said Carole Browe Segal, chair of the Rush us at Rush in this important leadership position." University Board of Governors.

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Jason S. Turner Named Associate Dean Rush Rises to No. 2 in Showcasing Alumni Rush Expands for College of Health Sciences National Quality Study Association Accomplishments Simulation Center Jason S. Turner, PhD, MAE, has joined Rush University as associate dean for the College of Rush University Medical Center ranked During the 2017-18 school year, A newly constructed phase II addition of the Rush Center for Clinical Skills and Simulation Health Sciences and associate professor of health systems management. Before joining second among 99 leading academic medical the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Nurses opened in 2018. The center’s expansion was specifically designed to refine not only clinical Rush, Turner served as director of the health services management concentration at the centers in the , up from fourth and Rush Medical College alumni technique, but also communication and interpersonal skills. New available trainings include University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and was an associate professor in their last year, in a study conducted by the health associations supported current medical and a standardized patient program with live actors posing as patients, a virtual reality room Department of Environmental Health. For nearly 10 years, Dr. Turner was an assistant care services company Vizient. It is the sixth nursing students with scholarships, funding and additional space for group learning exercises. professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy at St. Louis University. In consecutive time Rush has been ranked in for research opportunities, and information addition, he worked a number of years in the health care sector, serving as a controller for a the top five among participating academic about their experiences working in specific large, national health care insurer and an administrator for a chain of hospitals. medical centers in the annual Quality and specialties and areas of focus. Stethoscopes Accountability Study. and white coats were sponsored for 134 first-year medical students. And 28 In recognition of its superior performance, student travel awards were given for Rush received the 2018 Vizient Bernard A. nursing student professional development Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award. opportunities. Learn more about these Rush is the only academic medical center alumni associations’ commitment to among those in participating in the students at rushu.rush.edu/alumni/connect. study to receive the award.

“Being ranked so highly again among so many of our peer institutions in Vizient’s Excellence is just survey shows once more that the patient care Rush provides is among the best in the the beginning. nation,” said Larry Goodman, MD, CEO of Rush University Medical Center and the Rush This may be our new tagline, but we Rush Medical College Celebrates System. “It’s just as important that we so think it articulates the Rush you’ve 175th Anniversary of First Class consistently have been ranked among the known all along. top five participating medical centers, On Dec. 4, 1843, 22 students trudged through muddy pathways to reach their first demonstrating the consistent excellence of In five words, we convey the Rush class at Chicago's first medical school, Rush Medical College. They met in a small the care Rush provides, year after year.” System’s long-held commitment to classroom in a rented hall and paid $60 for a 16-week curriculum. They studied going above and beyond — from anatomy, surgery, chemistry, obstetrics and diseases of women and children. U.S. News Ranks Rush University Rush University Recognized discovery and innovation to teaching With five faculty members, the college term started after the fall harvest and for Excellence in Diversity and connecting with the communities finished in time for spring planting. Programs Among Nation’s Best we serve. While other health systems Rush University has received the 2018 Health see excellence as their destination, Professions Higher Education Excellence in In the 175 years since, Rush has grown and thrived, while quickly moving at Rush it’s our starting point. Our forward to transform health care and health sciences education. Rush University received high marks in the 2020 edition of U.S. News & World Diversity, or HEED, Award from INSIGHT Into alumni and students are living proof Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings released March 12, with seven College Diversity magazine. INSIGHT Into Diversity is of that tenet, bringing a little piece of Back in 1843, when medical schools were few and many did not teach using of Nursing programs and one College of Health Sciences program ranked in the the oldest and largest diversity-focused scientific methods, Rush Medical College's founders stood for science and top five in the country. Among them, the College of Nursing had two programs Rush to the important work they do publication in higher education. clinical practice. Already the early faculty, students and leadership were ranked No. 1 in the nation: Clinical Nurse Leader and Psychiatric/Mental Health and the many lives they change. concerned with the cost of a medical education and balancing the need for study Nursing. The college also is ranked No. 2 in the Doctor of Nursing Practice category Every year, the HEED Award recognizes compared to hands-on learning. They debated whether students should study and jumped from No. 18 to No. 8 in the master’s degree category. Additionally U.S. medical, dental, pharmacy, osteopathic, Learn what else makes the same 16-week course two times, learning through repetition, or whether the College of Nursing was ranked No. 4 in U.S. News’ 2019 Best Online Programs nursing, veterinary, allied health, and other two years of clinical practice under the guide of an experienced physician would rankings in January and No. 1 on the list of Best Online Master’s in Nursing Rush excellent at be as valuable. Recognizing both the need to serve the poor and for clinical Programs for Veterans. The College of Health Sciences has two disciplines ranked health schools and centers that demonstrate rush.edu/excellence. experience, the college's founder, Daniel Brainard, opened Chicago's first city in the top 10: Health Systems Management (No. 5) and Audiology — Doctorate an outstanding commitment to diversity dispensary, or clinic. (No. 9; ranked in 2016). and inclusion.

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When Martha Clare Morris, ScD, came to Building the Future Rush in 1992, there were very few studies "You really have to show that your research is going to of nutrition and dementia happening among researchers — but soon, she would save lives and save money, and we have always been of Research at Rush change that. very good at doing that at Rush.” “The field was just getting used to the — Barb Swanson, PhD ’91/ CON, director of Rush University idea that it wasn’t a genetic disease,” How Rush is growing its strong research enterprise to further College of Nursing’s PhD program said Morris, now director of the Rush anticipate and combat the greatest challenges in health care Institute for Healthy Aging and professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Rush Medical College. “I had to fight “Our research revenues have substantially And Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, co-director BY ANNA SEIFERT all of these biases and misconceptions increased despite the austere times,” of Rush’s Molecular Diagnostics Section about nutrition.” said Joshua Jacobs, MD, vice provost for of the Genetic Laboratory, and professor research at Rush University. “And I think in the Department of Pediatrics at Rush A series of Morris’ studies that followed that is a reflection of investments over the Medical College, steers an NIH-funded — revealing various nutrients associated years that have come to fruition, including $11.5 million trial to explore a drug to with lower risk of Alzheimer’s and investments in pilot projects, mentorship improve language learning in children with cognitive decline — would result in a programs and bridge funding that have fragile X syndrome. pilot grant from the Rush Translational allowed our researchers to succeed in a Sciences Consortium to measure diet very tough funding environment.” Like them, faculty across every college of among participants of the Memory and the University are leading groundbreaking Aging Project of the Rush Alzheimer’s On the Shoulders of Research Giants studies with the ability to transform health Disease Center. Today researchers at Rush are conducting care and provide invaluable training more than 1,600 basic, clinical and experiences for our students. “That pilot funding played a large role population-based projects — from in providing the preliminary data for elucidating the underlying mechanisms Found in Translation securing quite a bit of outside funding of diseases and developing innovative “You really have to show that your research to look at other nutrients in relation treatments, to establishing interventions is going to save lives and save money, and to brain neuropathology,” said Morris. in the community that help people live we have always been very good at doing Her successful MIND diet has gained healthier lives. that at Rush,” said Barb Swanson, PhD ’91/ national attention as she leads a clinical CON, director of Rush University College of trial to evaluate the link between diet As Rush’s research enterprise continues Nursing’s PhD program. “If you can’t show and cognitive decline — all funded by to grow, so does the outside funding to that your research is going to somehow $20 million in grants from the National carry forward more studies and trials. save costs, improve people’s lives or lead to Institutes of Health, or NIH. This is proven most strikingly by Rush’s a cure, it’s not going to get funded.” momentous jump in NIH ranking during “The financial support and resources at the last decade (from No. 84 to No. 58) — Specifically in the College of Nursing, PhD Rush planted the seeds for me to do big-time a feat unmatched by any other medical nursing faculty and students are doing research, providing the core infrastructure school in the nation. just that: finding ways to help people needed to prove those misconceptions better manage diseases and provide more wrong and show the world that, yes, Alongside Morris, several of Rush’s top immediate remedies while enhancing maybe there’s something more there.” researchers have played a critical role in quality of life. Pilot grants like Morris’ are only one of the organization’s significant leap. Among several pillars that uphold Rush’s strong them, Mary Hayden, MD, director of the “Nurses spend more time with patients research enterprise. Now, leveraging Division of Clinical , Rush than anybody else,” said Swanson. “We strategic collaboration and innovation, Medical Laboratories, and professor in the get a window into some of the issues that Rush is building upon this foundation to Department of Internal Medicine at Rush patients are facing that other providers further anticipate and combat the greatest Medical College, now leads a $26 million don’t get, and consequently, we’re in a challenges in health care. effort sponsored by the CDC to study the good position to try to find solutions to treatment of drug-resistant infections. those problems.”

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Sound Investments On the Inside Looking Out appropriate sample size to make definitive program that develops this exact kind Halloway’s fellowship — largely funded Building upon its research enterprise, findings,” said Jacobs, who is also one of health care researcher — one who by gifts from nursing alumni and faculty, Rush is helping lead a new health research of three ITM principal investigators. creates new, sustainable ways to provide as well as the College of Nursing’s dean’s accelerator in the Chicago area. With a $35 “By doing multi-center studies, particularly access to care for Chicago’s underserved office — is just one example of the external million Clinical and Translational Science on a common platform through these communities. The BMO Harris Bank investments made across Rush that help Award from the National Institutes of large research consortiums, the efficacy Health Disparities Research Fellows propel the research work and professional Health, the Institute for Translational of clinical and translational research is identify health care barriers in schools, development of students. Medicine, or ITM, helps drive research greatly facilitated, enhancing our ability to clinics and neighborhoods, as well as build breakthroughs and bring those discoveries positively impact clinical care.” the preventive care solutions to improve The Rush Medical College Summer Research into the real world to improve health as health outcomes soon after the challenges Fellowship Program — sponsored by the soon as possible. While the ITM gives Rush access to a large are identified. Rush Medical College Alumni Association network of clinical researchers as well — offers a six-week fellowship program to The ITM is a partnership between as other grant mechanisms that it would “The truth is, Rush was doing translational students who work with Rush faculty on a Rush and the , otherwise not have, Rush University research way before the term was out basic science or clinical research project, or in collaboration with Advocate Health students are no exception. there,” said Swanson. “We’ve always done who are engaged in a unique community Care, the Illinois Institute of Technology, work where it’s clear the outcomes would

Shannon Halloway, PhD ’16/CON, was the College of Nursing’s first postdoctoral research fellow, studying the service project. And the program culminates Loyola University Chicago and “Through this grant, students get access to benefit specific patient populations or relationship between physical activity and cognition in elderly Latinos. with a poster presentation at the annual NorthShore University HealthSystem. national best practice for everything they society as a whole.” Rush Research Forum. This consortium is fueled by funding from need to do, which is critical because they the NIH’s National Center for Advancing are held to a very high level of competition,” As the organization continues to lead For example, Shannon Halloway, PhD research,” said Tom Champagne, In the Graduate College at Rush, the Translational Sciences, or NCATS, over said Mulshine. “And that prepares them for change within the realm of research, and as ’16/CON, the College of Nursing’s first chief research administrator for Rush Initiative to Maximize Student Development the next five years to help researchers, life beyond Rush when they can conduct the part of the University’s 2017-2022 strategic postdoctoral research fellow, studied the University Medical Center. — an NIH-funded PhD training grant for the public, government, industry and very best kind of research.” plan, Rush will not only build upon its relationship between physical activity and underrepresented minority students — is nonprofits work together to improve the current research strengths but invest in cognition in elderly Latinos, discovering “It’s truly the proper mix of translational one example of how the college integrates health of the entire Chicago area. ‘We’re not an ivory the infrastructure necessary to become that older people with heart disease are research that prioritizes patient-centric scientific and professional training activities tower institution’ the national leader in health sciences at greater risk for cognitive impairment outcomes and human health; all the to ensure students are fully prepared to “Institutions that don’t get these kinds of Christy Tangney, PhD, professor, scholarship and discovery. or dementia — a fact that is even more while, affording the opportunity for complete a PhD program and enter the grants are often on the outside looking in,” Departments of Clinical Nutrition and pronounced in women. exploration and novel research.” biomedical workforce. said James Mulshine, an associate director Preventive Medicine, and associate dean “This is about creating a professional within the ITM and former acting dean in Rush’s College of Health Sciences, environment of biomedical research where Studies such as Halloway’s exemplify Halloway, whose work as a PhD student “The goal of a research-based graduate of the Graduate College at Rush. “And we knows well the challenges and triumphs we’re always aspiring to operate at the level how research at Rush takes many shapes was supported by a scholarship from education is to train nascent researchers don’t want to be there; we want to be on of research. of national best practice, and there’s an and forms, whether focused on quality the Golden Lamp Society, arguably how to think critically and analytically,” the inside looking out.” understanding that it takes teams to do this improvement, preventive medicine, struck that exact, winning combination. said Andrew Bean, PhD, dean of the “The world is changing, and we have complex problem solving,” said Mulshine. population-based research, clinical “Without a doubt, Rush’s balance of Graduate College. “Because this training The ITM is part of a network of more than to lead that change in the world,” said “The blended contributions of all health trials or, like Halloway’s, rooted in patient care, research and education is focused on problem solving, rather than 55 hubs across the country supported by Tangney, whose research explores dietary professionals will be essential to drive translational research. is deeply important for my work and clinical skills, research-based students NCATS’ Clinical and Translational Science behaviors of individuals and population the rapid pace of innovation required to cannot be replicated anywhere else," said supplement their research training with Awards Program, bringing local and samples in relation to cardiovascular and address our urgent health care challenges.” “The future of research at Rush is Halloway, who plans to continue her work career development activities that prepare national education, funding and resources cognitive health. “That’s one of the best a combination of basic and clinical next year as an assistant professor in them to put their skills to use in a variety to the Rush community. things that Rush has to offer; we’re not an research working hand-in-hand, Rush University’s College of Nursing. of career paths.” ivory tower institution that’s unrelated to Alumni generally referred to as translational Through this network, Rush also gains clinical practice and caring for patients. and students: access to a larger patient population in We are in the community as well as in a What’s your research which experts can conduct more thorough hospital setting.” success story? Tell us about clinical and translational research — it via email or social media, a crucial resource at a time when less than A prime example is Rush’s Building using #RushUMag. 42 14 YEARS $125 MILLION 10 percent of Americans are participating Healthy Urban Communities initiative, THE AVERAGE AGE OF A THE AVERAGE TIME IT TAKES RUSH’S RESEARCH REVENUE in health research. under the direction of the college’s own [email protected] PHD INVESTIGATOR WHEN TO GET NEW TREATMENTS IN FY18, THE MOST OF ANY Tricia Johnson, PhD, professor of health facebook.com/ THEY RECEIVE THEIR FIRST MADE AND TO THE PUBLIC, YEAR IN RUSH’S HISTORY. “One of the major limitations in clinical systems management. Established in 2013 RushUniversityAlumni NIH-R01. ACCORDING TO THE NIH. research has been accruing a sufficient by a $5 million grant from BMO Harris twitter.com/rushualumni number of patients so that you can have the Bank, the initiative includes a fellowship

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Mentorship program A ‘Bright Future’ builds career-enriching professional and personal Through Mentorship experiences for mentors and mentees alike

BY BEN FELDHEIM

Anne-Marie Malfait, MD, PhD, has Founded 10 years ago, the Rush Mentorship Miller was among the five 2016 Cohn dedicated her research to figuring out why Program connects researchers by field fellows. She continues to collaborate people with osteoarthritis experience pain. and areas of study to develop a mutually closely with her mentor even though she’s Finding an aspiring scientist to help her beneficial bond and work environment. now pursing her own research endeavors. reach that goal was decidedly pain-free. “We have seen that both the amount “We meet to discuss research, but she also Malfait, the George W. Stuppy, MD, Chair of grants is increasing, as is the number of takes time to discuss career development,” of Arthritis and professor of rheumatology papers in publications,” said Giselle Sandi, Miller said. “She makes sure I’m at Rush University, hired Rachel Miller, PhD, director of the Office of Mentoring networking, attending conferences and PhD, as a postdoc in 2010, and the duo has Programs. “So this is to us an indication of developing as a grant writer — all of the been collaborating seamlessly since then, the success of the mentees and it speaks of things besides doing experiments that tackling an area of osteoarthritis research the fact that we are providing the correct make you a successful scientist. It’s those that is being conducted at only a handful of resources and coaching that the mentees soft skills that you don’t always learn at institutions worldwide. need to succeed.” school that are so important in helping you succeed in your career.” “The day that I started working with According to Sandi, 60-to-65 percent of Rachel — that’s when I knew she had the mentees who participate in the a bright future,” said Malfait, who was program continue their work at Rush named Rush University’s Postdoctoral and about 70 percent of participants Mentor of the Year at the 2016 Mentoring have earned funding for their projects, Programs Symposium. “She started including NIH, foundation and private contributing immediately. She asked novel industry grants. In 2018, 58 mentees questions — the right questions.” participated in the program. Many mentees graduate to junior mentors Together they have earned funding from three years into the five-year program, the National Institutes of Health, or said Sandi. NIH, and other organizations for their Alumni: Have you work. And under Malfait’s guidance, Funding for mentorships comes from benefited from a Miller, who was since promoted to a combination of support from Rush mentoring program? assistant professor at Rush, is pursuing University’s Office of the Provost and her particular osteoarthritis research philanthropy. For the last four years, Please share your ideas after starting a lab of her own and the Cohn family has dedicated $100,000 experience with us via receiving an NIH grant for her efforts. annually to fund five fellowships each email or social media, year within the Rush Research Mentoring using #RushUMag. Malfait and Miller have both benefited program. Twenty five percent of the Cohn from being part of the Rush Mentorship fellows received NIH funding for their [email protected] Program, an effort to pair like-minded own projects — compared to a 5-to-10  facebook.com/ researchers with aspiring scientists to percent national success rate for all NIH RushUniversityAlumni Anne-Marie Malfait, MD, PhD, (right) started working with Rachel Miller, PhD, (left) foster partnership while elevating the grant applications.  twitter.com/rushualumni when Miller joined Rush as a postdoc. Since then, Miller joined the faculty at Rush careers and accomplishments of both. and the two continue to perform innovative research into osteoarthritis.

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Loehrer was in residency at Rush when, “The first time I went to Kenya, they College Distinguished Alumni Award Patient under the direction of Philip Bonomi, would say there’s nothing they could recipient for education and research. MD, professor of medical oncology, he do for cancer patients,” Loehrer said. He described receiving the award as a wrote a paper about three thymic cancer “I came back thinking, ‘If we changed humbling experience. Focus Leads cases. While researching, Loehrer found cancer care in the States, with a little no clinical trials existed for thymic help we can certainly do it there.’ “Looking back, Rush really took cancer treatment. Now every patient they have who a chance on me,” he said. “I was to Research needs chemotherapy can get it.” pursuing a mechanical engineering One year after completing his residency, In recognition for his career-long degree when I applied to medical Loehrer, at Indiana University for a efforts to enrich cancer treatments school. I’m incredibly grateful to fellowship, led the first-ever clinical and health care instruction in the Rush, who in taking that chance, Innovation trial done on thymic cancer using a United States and abroad, Loehrer enabled me to find my true vocation.” combination of therapies. Loehrer’s was chosen as the 2017 Rush Medical therapy remains the standard first-line One distinguished alumnus treatment for thymomas to this day. credits his accomplishments Loehrer’s efforts to bring cancer treatment in oncology research and to those in need weren’t contained to as an educator to working the United States. He partnered with colleagues at IU to create the first closely with patients as a Patrick Loehrer, MD '78/RMC, (left) graduated from Rush Medical College more than sustainable oncology patient care and Rush student 40 years ago and went on to become a foremost expert on thymus gland cancer. education program in western Kenya as He continues to express gratitude for his educational experiences and mentors part of the Academic Model Providing he had as a medical student. Access to Healthcare program, or AMPATH. According to IU, about 8,000 BY BEN FELDHEIM patients are now seen each year and nearly 60,000 women have been screened In the first weeks of studying medicine at Today he is a renowned oncologist “The faculty at Rush were such tremendous for breast and cervical cancers through Rush, Patrick Loehrer, MD ’78/RMC; GME, with expertise in the challenging and role models who led me into academics,” this effort. was seeing patients alongside primary care uncommon cases of thymus gland cancer, he said. “Making contributions through doctors. Witnessing the actual effects of in addition to bladder, pancreatic, the tripartite mission of academic diseases and conditions on people so soon testicular and colon cancers. Seeing lives medicine (research, education and after reading about them in textbooks cut short by the disease fueled Loehrer’s patient care) allows one to fully serve inspired his passion for treatment. desire to not only find better treatments this noblest of professions.”

but also to teach future generations of

“Those experiences right off the bat oncologists to do the same. at Rush have served me during my Rush is the proud alma entire professional life,” said Loehrer, mater of alumni who who serves as director of the Indiana are on the leading edge University Melvin and Bren Simon of health care worldwide. Cancer Center and is an IU Distinguished Which Rush alumni do you Professor as well as associate dean for consider to be trailblazers cancer research and the H.H. Gregg “The faculty at Rush were such tremendous role models in their field? Tell us Professor of Oncology at Indiana who led me into academics. Making contributions via email or social media, University School of Medicine. through the tripartite mission of academic medicine using #RushUMag.

“Incredibly smart people taught me that (research, education and patient care) allows one to [email protected] if you take the time to learn something  facebook.com/ Patrick Loehrer, MD '78/RMC, (right) after being named the 2017 Rush Medical College about each patient during a physical fully serve this noblest of professions.” Distinguished Alumni Award recipient for education and research in 2017; with Mikki RushUniversityAlumni examination, you could really help them. Goodman, MS '75; DNP '00/CON, (middle) and Larry Goodman, MD, GME, CEO of Rush  twitter.com/rushualumni I became very patient-focused through — Patrick Loehrer, MD ’78/RMC; GME University Medical Center and the Rush System (left). my training at Rush.”

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KATHLEEN L. DUNN, MS ’82/CON, KATHY SWARTWOUT MS ’86/CON, PHD 1970s retired in 2017 after 28 years as the A LOOK BACK ’07/GRAD, was appointed to associate clinical nurse specialist for the Spinal Cord chairperson for the Department of CHRISTOPHER GOETZ, MD ’75/RMC; Injury/Disease Center at the VA San Diego Community, Systems and Mental Health SHARE GME, was appointed president of the Healthcare System and continues to serve Nursing at Rush University College International Parkinson and Movement as a moderator for the CareCure website. of Nursing. YOUR NEWS Disorder Society during its 21st annual international congress held in Vancouver. JAMES T. O’DONNELL, MS ’82/CHS, ELIZABETH CARLSON, PHD ’88/CON, Goetz is professor, Department of was appointed to the American College of received the 2017 Lucie S. Kelly Mentor Share your personal and Neurological Sciences and , Surgeons Opiate Task Force. Award at the Honor Society of Nursing professional updates and director, Movement Disorders Program Sigma Theta Tau International’s 44th with classmates and the at Rush University Medical Center. JOHN V. PRUNSKIS, MD ’82/RMC, Biennial Convention in Indianapolis. was appointed to the Health and Human Rush community. SANDRA MILLER, MD ’75/RMC, has Services pain management task force. FREDERICK M. BROWN JR., BS ’89, retired after 10 years of private practice MS ’94, DNP ’07/CON, was promoted to and 30 years of academic family medicine. CARYN D. BING, MS ’83/CHS; GME, associate vice president, psychiatric Miller is now writing novels focused on received the American Society of nursing, Rush University Medical Center. Send your news to fictional medical adventures and is Health-System Pharmacists Board of [email protected] looking to connect with others interested Directors 2017 Award for Distinguished KATHLEEN R. DELANEY, PHD ’89, CERT or complete an in writing medical fiction. Leadership and authored two chapters ’05/CON, was awarded a $1.4 million in Compounding Sterile Preparations, Health Resources and Services update form online at JAMES A. MESEROW, MD ’77/RMC; GME, 4th edition. Lifelong Learning at Rush Administration grant for her project rush.edu/alumniupdate. joined Benefis Women’s Health in Great Ingrid Forsberg, PSL ’65, DNP ’16 titled “Academic/Practice Partnerships: Falls, Montana. KAREN B. WEINSTEIN, MD ’83/RMC; Incubators for Innovations in Clinical GME, was named acting medical director, Learning.” This project develops Forty-one years after Ingrid Forsberg began her journey in nursing as a graduate of Information submitted ROBERT F. MULCH JR., MD ’77/RMC, regulatory affairs, Rush University and evaluates an academic-practice will be considered took the oath of office for the Montgomery Medical Group. Presbyterian-St. Luke’s School of Nursing, she reached another academic milestone. partnership model for clinical training Forsberg, an assistant professor in the Department of Community, Systems and for publication in County Board in Montgomery, Illinois. of family nurse practitioners students. DAVID A. BENNETT, MD ’84/RMC; GME, Mental Health Nursing at Rush, earned a DNP in 2016 focusing on population-wide Delaney is professor, Department of Rush University Magazine RONALD STERN, MD ’78/RMC, joined the received the 2018 Potamkin Prize for health outcomes. Then age 71, she became the second oldest Rush graduate. Community, Systems and Mental Health and on the Rush Florida Pain Relief Group - Melbourne. Research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s and Related “Nursing at Rush has always been bold. In the 1960s they were open to diversity Nursing, Rush University College of alumni website: Diseases, in recognition for his research on and to finding new ways to solve health problems. In these recent years, when Nursing, and project director, Rush MARIE T. BROWN FELDMAN, MD '79/ memory loss. Sometimes referred to as the I became a student again, I experienced similar openness, inclusion and brave University Medical Center Graduate rushu.rush.edu/alumni. RMC; GME, was named a Master by the Nobel Prize of Alzheimer’s research, innovation," said Forsberg. In addition to her role as a faculty member, Forsberg Nursing Education Demonstration. American College of Physicians, the largest the Potamkin Prize is an internationally is a member of the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Nurses Alumni Association medical-specialty society in the world, recognized tribute in the field. Bennett Board of Directors. 1990s recognizing excellence and distinguished is the director of the Rush Alzheimer’s contributions to internal medicine. Disease Center at Rush University Medical Center and the Robert C. Borwell RANDALL W. PORTER, MD ’93/RMC, 1980s Professor of Neurological Science in the was appointed to Arizona Technology Department of Neurological Sciences at Council’s Board of Directors. Rush Medical College. ABBREVIATIONS IN THIS ISSUE ROBERT G. GILLIO, MD ’80/RMC, Colleges and programs Degrees and certifications BLAIR MARTIN ROWITZ, MD ’93/RMC, was appointed by J.C. Blair Memorial AUD Speech & Hearing Science* BS Bachelor of Science MARY LOU MASTRO, MS ’84/CON, is the was appointed as the first permanent Hospital in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, CON Rush University College of Nursing BSN Bachelor of Science in Nursing chief executive officer for Edward-Elmhurst GRAD The Graduate College of Rush University CERT Certificate associate dean for clinical affairs at the as the medical director for the health 1970s Health and was elected to serve on the HSM Health Systems Management* CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Carle Illinois College of Medicine in system’s new Pulmonary Care Center. OT Occupational Therapy* DNP Doctor of Nursing Practice Illinois Health and Hospital Association’s Urbana, Illinois. Gillio will oversee a program of lung PSL Presbyterian-St. Luke’s School of Nursing GME Graduate Medical Education Board of Trustees. PRES Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing (House Staff Alumnus) disease education, prevention, screening, RMC Rush Medical College MD diagnosis and treatment. ST. LUKE’S St. Luke’s Hospital Training School of Nursing MSN Master of Science in Nursing *programs in the Rush University College of Health Sciences PhD Doctor of Philosophy

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SUSAN BREITENSTEIN, BS ’94, MS ’97, RUTH M. KLEINPELL, CERT ’95, CERT SOPHIA DRINIS, MD ’96/RMC, joined PHD ’09/CON, associate department chair ’16/ CON, received grant funding from Samaritan Urology in Albany, Oregon, ALUMNI UPDATES A Different Taste of Medicine and associate professor, Department of the American Association of Nurse as a urologist. & ACCOMPLISHMENTS Valerie Duffy, MS ’84/CHS Community, Systems and Mental Health Practitioners for the study demonstrating Nursing, Rush University College of the outcomes of nurse practitioner care SIMON LEE, MD ’97/RMC; GME, and Nursing, and LOLA COKE, PHD ’05/ using a national collaborative. JOHNNY L. LIN, GME, were selected to be Many people have misconceptions about like to eat, which has been proven to CON, associate professor, Department of company physicians at the Joffrey Ballet Adult Health and Gerontological Nursing, ANTHONY PERRY, MD ’96/RMC; GME, in Chicago. eating healthy, but Valerie Duffy, MS ’84/ correlate with biological measures Rush University College of Nursing, were vice president, population health and CHS, proves them wrong daily. “People of their health, including body weight, inducted as fellows in the American ambulatory services at Rush University EDWARD F. HOLLINGER, JR. PHD ’98/ think healthy food has to taste bad, but it’s lipids and blood pressure.” Academy of Nursing. Medical Center, has been appointed to GRAD; MD ’01/RMC; GME, and simply not true,” said Duffy, professor and lead Rush’s newly formed Ambulatory DAVID J. CIMBALUK, GME, received the director of the graduate program in the This was just one of the lessons Duffy Transformation Center. 2017 Lifesaving Partners Award from Gift Department of Allied Health Sciences at shared with the Rush community last of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network University of Connecticut. spring as keynote speaker of the 35th for their work in addressing the important Annual Rush University Forum for need for organ and tissue donations. Her team works to understand the Research and Clinical Investigation. psychology of eating, tailoring health SAM GEORGE PAPPAS, MD ’98/RMC, ALUMNI UPDATES promotion messages to what people enjoy “Whether through mentorship joined Rush as chief, Division of Surgical & ACCOMPLISHMENTS eating and moving them toward more opportunities, coming back to speak Oncology. Pappas is a leading expert in robotic surgery for patients with sustainable, healthy eating behaviors. with students or just succeeding as A Lifetime gastrointestinal cancers and regional alumni, giving back to Rush in any way therapies for advanced malignancies. “People tell you what you want to keeps it the strong institution it is,” of Service hear in nutrition assessments, or perhaps said Duffy. “I always tell my students, MICHELLE STUERCKE, DNP ’98/CON, they misreport or can’t remember what ‘Your strength is only as good as your Paul Henderson, CRNA ’79/CON joined Transitional Care Management in they eat every day,” said Duffy. “Our institution.’ And I’ve always felt our goal Lisle, Illinois, as the chief clinical officer. research shows that people will more as alumni is to make sure we’re adding easily and accurately tell you what they value back into Rush.” ROSEMARIE SUHAYDA, CERT ’98/CON, “Rush prepared me well for an indepen- of the College of Nursing’s anesthe- and Pam Levin, MD, developed a paper dent practice,” said Paul Henderson, sia program, which celebrated its 50th titled “Transitioning to the DNP: CRNA ’79/CON, founder of Great Lakes anniversary in 2017. “Rush has a great Assuring integrity of the curriculum SUSAN K. O’CONNER-VON, PHD ’01/CON, AMON T. FERRY, MD ’04/RMC; GME, 2000s Anesthesia. “It also presented me reputation throughout the Midwest, through curriculum mapping” that was received the American Society for joined OrthoArizona in the Arizona Sports with some of the most difficult cases and I’ve hired many Rush grads who accepted for publication in Nurse Pain Management Nursing Dr. Jo Eland Medicine Center. Ferry completed a sports that I would encounter during my have all been excellent.” Educator. Suhayda currently serves as MELISSA ANDREA SIMON, MD ’00/RMC, Excellence in Pediatric Nursing Award. medicine and shoulder surgery fellowship assistant dean of evaluation and received the 2017 Marion Spencer Fay at Harvard Sports Medicine Service in 40-year career.” Henderson also served as a Vietnam-era associate professor, Department of Award for her contributions to women BEN REMOR E. INVENTOR, MS ’03, Boston, has worked with the New England Before retiring in June 2016, Henderson’s veteran in the U.S. Air Force and as an Women, Children and Family Nursing, health and health equity. PHD ’15/CON, received the Excellence in Patriots, Boston Red Sox and Boston company — which he and a fellow CRNA officer in the U.S. Army Reserves during Rush University College of Nursing. Nursing Education/Research Award from Bruins, and now works with the Arizona founded in 1999 — became one of Operation Desert Storm. THOM BLOOMQUIST, MS ’01/CON, the 23rd annual Chicago Filipino Asian Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners. VICTORIA M. VILLAFLOR, MD ’98/RMC; presented on neuroplasticity at the American Hall of Fame. Inventor is an the largest Certified Registered Nurse “During my years of administering GME, was named a 2018 “Top Doctor in National Guild of Hypnotists and instructor in the Department of Adult CARRIE PIKE, BS ’04/CON, Anesthetist-owned groups in the country anesthesia, I was amazed at the Chicago” by Chicago magazine for her work presented on non-drug pain management Health and Gerontological Nursing, was appointed by the Department of and one of the largest anesthesiology courage that many patients exhibited in medical oncology. at the New Hampshire Medical Society. Rush University College of Nursing. Psychiatric Nursing at Rush University groups in Indiana. when faced with overwhelming health Medical Center as interim unit director XINQI DONG, MD ’99/RMC, has been KEVIN LETZ, DNP ’01/CON, joined Sound MIA LEVY, MD ’03/RMC, see page 5 for for 8S/8N in the Johnston R. Bowman “Several times in my career, when I told issues,” said Henderson. “And I know named the director of Rutgers University’s Physicians in Tacoma, Washington, full announcement. Health Center. people where I went to anesthesia there were a few times in my career Institute for Health, Health Care Policy as the vice president of Advance Practice school, there seemed to be a feeling of where my actions were responsible for and Aging Research and is the inaugural Providers. Letz is responsible for LOLA COKE, PHD ’05/CON, see note for awe,” said Henderson, who was part saving a life — and there is nothing Henry Rutgers Professor of Population the Advance Practice Providers strategy, SUSAN BREITENSTEIN, BS ’94, MS ’97, more rewarding than that.” Health Sciences. clinical education and career development. PHD ’09/CON.

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MARK S. FRATZKE, DNP ’08/CON, was ALICE M. GEIS, DNP ’14, CERT ’11/CON, TERESA W. YAMBO, PHD ’15/GRAD, SARAH G. AURICH, DNP ’17/CON, joined appointed president and chief executive has been appointed interim medical joined the University of Colorado Colorado Sanford Bemidji in Minnesota as a family officer of Seton Medical Center and Seton director at Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare Springs as a faculty member in the Helen nurse practitioner on the pediatrics team. ALUMNI UPDATES Coastside in California. in Chicago. and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of & ACCOMPLISHMENTS Nursing and Health Sciences. THOMAS STARR, MS ’17/CON, has ECE A. MUTLU, MS ’08/CON; GME, was LYNN MOHR, PHD ’15/GRAD, see note been appointed to unit director of the Congratulations, Alumni and House Staff promoted to professor in the Department for TERRI BOGUE, MS ’14/CON. BREYANNA GRAYS, MD ’16/RMC; GME, neurosciences, stroke and epilepsy unit of Internal Medicine at Rush University is now practicing at Carle Neurology Clinic at Rush University Medical Center. Named ‘Top Doctors’ Medical Center. in Urbana, Illinois. HOUSE STAFF MARY S. BECK, DNP ’09/CON, was appointed as the chief nursing officer Several Rush alumni and house staff were named ‘top doctors’ in the January 2019 at University of Missouri Health Care. JOSEPH U. BARKER, GME, is the first issue of Chicago magazine. The list of Chicago-area doctors was compiled by Castle surgeon in Wake County, North Carolina, Connolly Medical, a health care research and information company, from a survey of ALUMNI UPDATES and first surgeon in the Raleigh metro 2010s fellow physicians. & ACCOMPLISHMENTS area to perform a treatment to regrow knee cartilage. AMANDA J. BATTERBEE, MS ’10/CON, • Philip D. Bonomi, GME • Thomas R. Mizen, GME joined the University of Colorado Colorado Fancy Footwork MIGENA BETZ, GME, joined Mercyhealth • Charles A. Bush-Joseph, GME • Mary Wood Molo, GME Springs as new faculty in the Helen and in Rockford, Illinois, as a board-certified • Melody A. Cobleigh, MD '76/ • Anthony J. Perry, GME Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of diagnostic radiology physician. Christopher Ferrigno, PhD ’15/GRAD RMC; GME • Roger A. Rodby, GME Nursing and Health Sciences. • Gordon H. Derman, MD '75/RMC • Theodore J. Saclarides, GME ASOKUMAR BUVANENDRAN, GME, • Daniel J. Deziel, GME • Beverly E. Sha, GME JULIE M. BOLL, MD ’10/RMC; GME, was appointed president of the American • Steven Gitelis, MD '75/RMC; GME • Michael R. Silver, GME joined Saint Thomas Hospital West Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Christopher Ferrigno, PhD ’15/GRAD, the therapeutic application of a • Christopher G. Goetz, MD '75/ • Mary Kay Tobin, MD '77/RMC; GME in Nashville as a registered physician in Medicine. Buvanendran is vice chair, admits his doctoral experiences were pressure-detecting shoe insole to RMC; GME • Gordon M. Trenholme, GME vascular interpretation. research, and director, orthopedic paramount in helping to form his conservatively treat the osteoarthritic • Joshua J. Jacobs, GME • Robert B. Wright, GME anesthesia, in the Department of MERRICK J. DONENBERG, MD ’11/RMC, current role as a clinical researcher and knee, alongside Markus Wimmer, PhD, Anesthesiology at Rush University • Timothy R. Lubenow, GME joined the OSF HealthCare Cardiovascular basic science educator. “I learned how professor and director of the Motion Medical Center. Institute office in Ottawa, Illinois. to use 3-D motion analysis to quantify Analysis Laboratory, and Najia Shakoor, human motion, how joints are MS ’05/GRAD. DOMINIC S. CARREIRA, GME, joined the CHRISTOPHER J. DUNNING, MS ’13/CON, loaded during these motions and how Partners of Peachtree Orthopedics Additionally Ferrigno’s teaching was appointed emergency department unit to clinically translate these measures,” in Atlanta. AMANDA L. KRATOVIL, BS ’05/CON; MARY JANE WELCH, DNP ’07/CON, responsibilities now span all four director at Rush Oak Park Hospital. said Ferrigno, who investigated PHD ’16/GRAD, accepted an assistant retired after 14 years of service to Rush, colleges at Rush — a role that brings DAVID J. CIMBALUK, GME, biomechanical approaches to improve see note for professor, tenure track position in most previously serving as associate vice NILI L. SELESKI, MD ’13/RMC, joined the his clinical experience as a physical EDWARD F. HOLLINGER JR. PhD ’98/ loading conditions at the knee during the College of Nursing at Purdue president, research regulatory operations. Silver Cross medical staff. She is a board therapist into the classroom to GRAD; MD ’01/RMC; GME. gait. “I was also afforded multiple University Northwest. She helped strengthen the foundation for certified pediatrics physician and is located enhance the learning experience a comprehensive research administration opportunities to teach gross anatomy to at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie’s Children’s for students. WILLIAM B. INABNET III, GME, was JONATHAN R. KAMERLINK, MD ’07/RMC, infrastructure that is focused on service Outpatient Center in New Lenox, Illinois. the students at Rush Medical College — selected as the new editor-in-chief for started his own paid medicine practice, and excellence. Under her leadership, all experiences that greatly enhanced “As a clinician, researcher and educator, VideoEndocrinology by the American Kamerlink Pain Institute in Boca Rush was awarded its first human research TERRI BOGUE, MS ’14/CON, published an my academic opportunities following I’m continually rewarded by the Thyroid Association. Raton, Florida. protections accreditation from the article co-authored with LYNN MOHR, PHD my degree.” graciousness of patients, research Association for the Accreditation of Hu- ’15/GRAD, titled “Putting the Family Back subjects, and students with whom I’ve MUSTAFA KHAN, GME, joined the man Research Protection Programs which Ferrigno now serves as an instructor in in the Center: A Teach-Back Protocol to had the privilege to interact,” added Milwaukee Orthopaedic Group. has since been renewed. Improve Communication During Rounds the Department of Cell and Molecular Ferrigno. “I thrive from watching in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.” Medicine and Department of Orthopedic GUENTHER KOEHNE, GME, has a student experience an ‘ah-ha’ BRITTANY A. FOOTE, BS ’08/CON, This article appeared in a special Pediatric Surgery at Rush. Supported by a been named chief of bone marrow moment or hearing a patient say joined Edward Medical Group’s obstetrics Critical Care Edition of Critical Care fellowship grant from the Cohn Family transplantation and hematologic ‘thank you.’” and gynecology practice in the Lisle, Nursing Clinics of North America. Foundation, Ferrigno is investigating oncology at the Miami Cancer Institute. Illinois, office.

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KEN N. KUO, GME, was awarded the IN MEMORIAM SUSAN DORRANCE DYKSTRA, PSL ’60, Distinguished Life Achievement Award of Platteville, Wisconsin; June 9, 2017 of Asia Pacific Orthopedic Society for his work in pediatric orthopedic surgery. JOHN M. AYERS, MD ’42/RMC, of ; KAREN S. HARRER, MSN ’81/CON, Oct. 12, 2017 of New Orleans; May 20, 2017 PRIMO N. LARA JR., GME, has been named the director of the National NANCY ROBERTSON RHODES, ST. LUKE’S JARL E. DYRUD JR., MD ’82/RMC; Cancer Institute-designated UC Davis ’45, of Peoria, Illinois; Oct. 23, 2017 Feb. 4, 2015 Comprehensive Cancer Center. BETTY RUTH ANDERSON BLOOMER, ALVARO (AL) LICEAGA, MD ’83/RMC; JOHNNY L. LIN, GME, see note for ST. LUKE’S ’46, of McAllen, Texas; GME, of Rowland Heights, California; Jan. SIMON LEE, MD ’97/RMC; GME. Dec. 25, 2015 28, 2019

RICHARD PAZDUR, GME, was listed MARY ELLEN EICH BUELL, PRES ’46, JILL H. MALAN, BSN ’94, MSN ’96, among the 2017 “Bloomberg 50,” of Lancaster, California; Nov. 27, 2016 CERT ’02/CON, of Chicago; Dec. 18, 2017 a list of the most influential people nationally and internationally as DOROTHY MENNECKE BONTHRON, ST. JEANNIE DIXON, DNP ’12/CON, determined by Bloomberg Businessweek. LUKE’S ’48, of Elmhurst, Illinois; Nov. 2017 of Westchester, Illinois; Jan. 17, 2019 He was recognized for his work as a director at the U.S. Food and Drug AUDREY D. DEAN, PRES ’49, of Madison, JOSEPH J. FEDORCHIK JR., GME, Administration Oncology Center of Wisconsin; July 6, 2017 of College Station, Texas; March 28, 2016 Excellence and success with increasing the approval rate for cancer drugs ANNA BECKA GALLANT, PRES ’49; JIAGENG “JOHN” XU, GME; and medications. Sept. 24, 2015 June 30, 2018 JAMES S. RICKARDS, GME, recently “My education is only as valuable as the Rush alumni practicing in the field. RUTH BRANER BAKER, ST. LUKE’S ’50, released his book, Our Health Plan: Thank you for creating a reputation of excellence at Rush so that future health Community Governed Healthcare That of Romeoville, Illinois; Jan. 19, 2017 Works, focusing on transforming health care professionals like me will be seen as leaders in our careers.” care systems. SALLY HAMILTON HAYES, PRES ’50, Petoskey, Michigan; Dec. 12, 2017 — Rachel Slager, College of Health Sciences SARAH SUNG, GME, has joined the Speech-Language Pathology Student University of Oklahoma College of ANNA MARIE TALLMAN MIEDEMA, Medicine as an assistant professor. PRES ’50, of St. Anne, Illinois; Feb. 20, 2018

CRAIG J. DELLA VALLE, GME, was named RUTH RINNE, ST. LUKE’S ’50, the 28th president of the American of Tomahawk, Wisconsin; July 19, 2017 Excellence begins with you. Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. HARRIETT SPOONER WYLAND, PSL ’52, Thanks to alumni giving, students like Rachel begin their education knowing that someone, somewhere — once in JAMES WEINSTEIN, GME, was honored as of Plainfield, Illinois; November 16, 2017 their shoes — supports them. “Even the smallest gift tells us students that there is someoneCredit: Photo who courtesy believes of the Rush in Universityus enough Rush’s Distinguished Surgical Alum. Medical Center Archives JOAN C. NELSON, ST. LUKE’S ’53, to act on it,” said Slager, who received alumni support through a College of Health Sciences scholarship. of Des Plaines, Illinois; July 18, 2017 Gifts of all sizes not only contribute to countless scholarships, but improve the quality and availability of resources RUTH RIEMERSMA STOVER, ST. LUKE’S throughout the University. This is where philanthropy makes the difference, allowing our students to carry forward ’53; Feb. 7, 2017 the same excellence that our alumni now bring to their fields. JOANNE M. STANKIEWICZ MADONNA, PRES ’55, of Summit Argo, Illinois; Find out more about supporting Rush University at rushu.rush.edu/giving. Nov. 30, 2017

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