Fall/Winter 2006 - University of Rochester Medical Center

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