Fall/Winter 2006 - University of Rochester Medical Center
Fall/Winter 2006 - University of Rochester Medical Center
Fall/Winter 2006 - University of Rochester Medical Center
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class notes<br />
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, SA. He is executive<br />
vice president <strong>of</strong> the Georgia Biomedical<br />
Partnership, a member <strong>of</strong> the board <strong>of</strong> directors<br />
<strong>of</strong> the American Foundation for Suicide<br />
Prevention and Cardiome Pharma Corp. and a<br />
member <strong>of</strong> the board <strong>of</strong> visitors <strong>of</strong> Morehouse<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Medicine.<br />
Paul Todd (MS ‘60) shared the Meriam/Wiley<br />
Distinguished Author Award <strong>of</strong> the American<br />
Society for Engineering Education with<br />
co-authors Roger G. Harrison, Scott R. Rudge<br />
and Demetri Petrides for the winning engineering<br />
textbook Bioseparations Science and<br />
Engineering (Oxford <strong>University</strong> Press, 2003).<br />
The award is made every two years for textbooks<br />
less than five years old, and selection<br />
is made by a panel <strong>of</strong> engineering educators<br />
appointed by the ASEE.<br />
Joanna Toke (BA ‘04, BS ‘04, MPH ‘05) writes:<br />
“I have just finished my first year <strong>of</strong> law<br />
school at Boston College. This year I became<br />
the only law student in Boston to be awarded<br />
the Schweitzer Fellowship. My project<br />
addresses hurdles that people living with<br />
HIV/AIDS encounter in obtaining housing.<br />
Specifically, I will be finding solutions to the<br />
problems faced by members <strong>of</strong> the HIV<br />
community who have a criminal record.”<br />
Stephen Trokel (MS ’56) writes that he is still<br />
working in his practice and at research. He<br />
has two children, ages 5 and 14, at home and<br />
six grandchildren. He gave rounds at Strong<br />
in September. The topic was “clinical and<br />
technical refinements in laser keratorefractive<br />
surgery.”<br />
Joel Wojciechowski (MS ‘01, PhD ‘05) returned<br />
to <strong>Rochester</strong> to serve as manager for business<br />
development and research for Biomed<br />
Solutions.<br />
Resident/Fellow Alumni<br />
arranged alphabetically<br />
Robert T. Brodell (MD ‘79, R ‘81) remains active<br />
with the American Cancer Society, serving<br />
as the national recruitment co-chair for its<br />
advocacy sister organization, the ACS Cancer<br />
Action Network.<br />
Julian Chang (R ‘83) and his wife Doris traveled<br />
from Hong Kong to <strong>Rochester</strong> to dedicate<br />
the “Doris and Julian Chang (R ’83) Physical<br />
Therapy Room” which they donated in honor<br />
<strong>of</strong> C. McCollister Evarts for the Evarts Joint<br />
<strong>Center</strong> at Highland Hospital.<br />
Richard Frothingham (R ‘86) was “Tar Heel <strong>of</strong><br />
the Week” in the August 9 issue <strong>of</strong> the News<br />
& Observer in Raleigh, N.C. The article noted<br />
Frothingham’s work as a drug safety advocate,<br />
a role that grew out <strong>of</strong> his work in Haiti<br />
serving the people <strong>of</strong> the impoverished island<br />
in 1987 in a small hospital about 100 miles<br />
south <strong>of</strong> Port-au-Prince. Currently he works<br />
in infectious disease and is a research scientist<br />
at Duke <strong>University</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Center</strong>. He is<br />
married to Margaret Howell Frothingham and<br />
has four children.<br />
Tom Guttuso (R ‘00) is co-author <strong>of</strong> a report<br />
published in the July Obstetrics and<br />
Gynecology journal highlighting the seizure<br />
drug gabapentin and its use as a treatment for<br />
menopause symptoms. The report states that<br />
gabapentin is as effective as estrogen in<br />
relieving symptoms. Sireesha Y. Reddy (R ‘99)<br />
worked with Guttuso as lead author <strong>of</strong> the<br />
report.<br />
Thomas Hansen (FLW ‘03) has joined the<br />
faculty <strong>of</strong> the Southern Illinois <strong>University</strong><br />
School <strong>of</strong> Medicine as an assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
<strong>of</strong> orthopaedic surgery, specializing in hand<br />
and upper-extremity surgery. Hansen is a<br />
candidate member <strong>of</strong> the American Academy<br />
<strong>of</strong> Orthopaedic Surgeons. Hansen, a native<br />
<strong>of</strong> Ithaca, N.Y., is married to Anjali Singh, M.D.,<br />
and has a daughter.<br />
Diane Hartmann (MD ‘87, R ‘91), associate<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> obstetrics and gynecology and<br />
associate dean for graduate medical education<br />
at the <strong>University</strong>, was given the Physician<br />
Award from the UR <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Center</strong> board.<br />
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