Committed to Learning - Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine ...

Benefactor Spring 2008Tracy J. Gemmell, Class of 1994, is withWestmoreland ObGyn Inc. in Greensburg, Pa.She has two children, Rachel (8) and John (5).She happily reports that she is now allowed to putCCD at the end of her name, as she is a certifiedclinical densitometrist through the InternationalSociety of Clinical Densitometry.Deborah L. Chadwick, Class of 1995, is a generalsurgeon in Delta, Colorado. She has a daughter,Carrie (3), and a son, David (8 months).Jon F. Petersen, Class of1996, practices occupationaland aerospace medicine inBranson, Mo. He retiredfrom the U.S Air Force inAugust 2007 and is stillactive as a flight instructor(CFI-I). Jon enjoys playingbluegrass music with the family band (four kidsplus mom and dad). After graduation, Jon didresidencies at Eglin Family Practice Residency;aerospace medicine at the USAF School ofAerospace Medicine; occupational medicine atJohns Hopkins School of Medicine; and earned amaster’s degree in public health at Johns HopkinsSchool of Public Health.Carrie Ann Twedt, Class of 1996, practices fulltime and is a managing partner of Piedmont Ob/Gyn in Greenville, S.C. She and her husband,Joel Phillips, M.D., have two children, Ashton(26 months) and Ava (16 months).R. Anthony “Tony” Aprea, Class of 1997, worksfull-time at MedExpress Urgent Care, and parttimeat MonValley ER. He and his wife, Lisa, livein Washington, Pa., with their children, Chelsea(15), Nick (10) and Marco (5).Dawn R. Bridge-Alexander,Class of 1998, has beenwith Rockingham MemorialHospital in Harrisonburg, Va.,since 2004. She also practicesfamily medicine at AugustaFamily Practice in Fisherville,Va., caring primarily forinfants, children and women. She and herhusband, Bill, have three children, Morgan andJada (3 months) and Ian (2).William C. Dalton, Class of 1998, recentlyrejoined Bob Hess’s family practice group in theirGallipolis office.Frank E. Fumich, Class of1999, is with the OrthopaedicInstitute of Ohio in Lima.He and his wife, Lisa, havetwo children, Olivia andNicholas.Bryan D. Springer, Class of 1999, and RaymondH. Kim, Class of 2000, have been selected as thetwo North American representative orthopaedicsurgeons for the John Insall Travelling Fellowship.Four surgeons (two North American and twointernational) are chosen each year to participatein the fellowship. This involves travels to 12renowned knee arthroplasty centers in NorthAmerica to observe and learn techniques inknee replacement, and participate in researchand teaching. He completed his residency inorthopaedic surgery at The Mayo Clinic.2000sLynn V. Amores, Class of 2000, is a staff physicianat The Los Angeles Free Clinic, where she hasworked since completing her family medicineresidency at University of California at Irvine.In 2007 she became a Health Leadership Fellowof Coro, a national leadership institute for publicaffairs, health and other arenas. She was marriedin January 2006 to Joshua Rutkoff and they wereexpecting their first child in April.