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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 57, Number 1, Winter 2008

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 57, Number 1, Winter 2008

Dean’s Column: Maintaining the Momentum; Page 2

Findings: Brain Implant May Detect and Stop Epilepsy Seizures, Effects of Vitamin C on Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma; Page 4

On Campus; Page 6

Getting to the Heart of the Matter; Page 9

Thank you, Dr. Nasca; Page 18

The Jeffersonian Magazine; Page 22

Class Notes; Page 24

In Memoriam; Page 28

By The Numbers: Heart Rate; Page 29

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 56, Number 4, Fall 2007

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 56, Number 4, Fall 2007

Dean’s Column: My Story; Page 2

Findings: Gene Therapy Used to Reverse Heart Failure in Animals, Colon Cancer: A Hormone Deficiency Disease, Breast Cancers More Aggressive in African Americans; Page 5

On Campus; Page 8

A Dedication to the Future of Clinical Care; Page 11

Class Notes; Page 26

In Memoriam; Page 30

Alumni Weekend; Page 32

Alumni Giving; Page 34

The Bulletin Celebrates 85 Years; Page 48

By the Numbers: Eighty Five…

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 56, Number 3, Summer 2007

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 56, Number 3, Summer 2007

Dean’s Column: Estrangement; Page 2

Findings: Targeting Adrenal Gland Could Be Key Strategy Against Heart Failure, Rabies-based Vaccine Could Be Effective Against HIV; Page 6

On Campus; Page 8

Tackling the Tough Questions; Page 11

How Microscopic is Microscopic Anatomy? Page 20

Class Notes; Page 22

In Memoriam; Page 24

Match Day; Page 26

By The Numbers; Match Day; Page 29

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 56, Number 2, Spring 2007

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 56, Number 2, Spring 2007

Dean’s Column: Concerning Professionalism; Page 2

Findings: Soy-based Substance Might Help Fight MS; Page 5

On Campus; Page 8

Calendar; Page 11

Meet the Department of Family and Community Medicine; Page 12

We Are Family; Page 18

In Memoriam; Page 24

Class Notes; Page 26

By The Numbers: It’s All Relative; Page 29

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 56, Number 1, Winter 2007

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 56, Number 1, Winter 2006 Dean’s Column: The One Hundred and One Fund; Page 2 Findings: Gleevec Revisited, Less Radiation Effective in Fighting Brain Tumors Saving Hearing, High Glucose before Surgery Increases Risk of Complications, Prognosis Indicates “Dachshund” Gene Reverts Cancer Genes to Normal; Page 4 On Campus; Page 8 Leaders Among Us; Page 14 Jefferson Gala; Page 24 In Memoriam; Page 26 Class Notes; Page 28 By The Numbers: Jefferson Leads the Way; Page 33

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 55, Number 3, Fall 2006

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 55, Number 3, Fall 2006

Dean’s Column: The Ties that Bind; Page 2

Findings: Gene Mutation Potentially Involved in Breast Cancer Initiation, New Potential Drug Targets for Metastatic Breast Cancer, “Miracle” Cancer Drug Can Be Toxic; Page 4

On Campus; Page 6

Global Initiative: Jefferson Abroad, Page 10

Into Africa: An International Health Elective; Page 16

JUREI: World Class, Right At Home; Page 17

You’re In The Military, Then…And Now; Page 18

Alumni Weekend; Page 22

Class Notes; Page 24

In Memoriam; Page 31

Giving; Page 32

By The Numbers: Jefferson in the World; Page …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 55, Number 2, Summer 2006

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 55, Number 2, Summer 2006 Dean’s Column: A Complex Undertaking; Page 3 Construction Begins on Innovative Breast Care Center; Page 4 Clues to How Molecular Gatekeepers Work; Page 5 A Tie Between Obesity and Alzheimer’s Disease; Page 6 Fighting Artificial Implant Infections; Page 7 Reducing Radiation’s Side Effects; Page 8 Developing a New Vascular Bypass Graft; Page 8 On Campus: Dicker to Direct Translational Research Program; Page 9 Parents Day; Page 12 Class Notes; Page 13 Swatl Shah, MD’95 Rebuilds After Katrina; Page 19 Match Day 2006; Page 23 Special Center Section: Alumni Weekend

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 55, Number 1, Winter 2006

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 55, Number 1, Winter 2006

Letters; Page 2

Dean’s Column: Disparities In Care; Page 3

On Campus: Pestell Appointed Director of the Kimmel Cancer Center; Page 6

Bookshelf; Page 9

Class Notes; Page 12

Alumni Profiles; Page 16

Achievement Award Winner Jim Baglan, MD’77; Page 17

Helping In Katrina-Ravaged New Orleans; page 18

Giving; page 20

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 54, Number 4, September 2005

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 54, Number 4, September 2005

Learning as a Team, Healing as a Team; Page 2

Dean’s Column: How Many Hours Should Residents Work? Page 7

Input or Outcome: Which Determines Academic Excellence? Page 10

Alumni Weekend, Page 12

Commencements 2005: Surgeon General Carmona Receives Honorary Degree; Page 14

Listening In: The President’s Lecture; Page 15

In Memoriam; Page 16

Class Notes; Page 18

Gift of Health; Page 22

Nominations for the Simon Gratz Research Prize; Page 23

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 54, Number 3, June 2005

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 54, Number 3, June 2005

Message from the President; Page 1

Dean’s Column, Page 2

Shaping the Future; Page 3

The New Campus Plan; Page 4

Coaxing HIV Out of Hiding; Page 7

Explaining How Rabies Invades the Brain; Page 8

Manipulating Molecules to Defeat High Blood Pressure; Page 9

Bookshelf; Page 11

In Memoriam: Anthony DePalma ’29; Page 12

Parents’ Day; Page 13

Class Notes; Page 14

Match Day: Where the Class of ’05 Will Go for Postgraduate Training; Page 17

Nominations for the Simon Gratz Research Prize; Page 21

Special Center Section: Alumni …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 54, Number 2, March 2005

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 54, Number 2, March 2005 Using Shaped Beam Surgery to Sculpt Therapy for Hard-to-Reach Brain Tumors; Page 8 Converting Adult Human Stem Cells to Longer-Lasting Dopamine Neurons; Page 9 New Evidence to Explain Statins’ Effects in Alzheimer’s Disease; Page 9 Liver Transplant: Less Rejection, Better Survival with New Drug Regimen; Page 10 Translational Research: Gene Therapy Rescues Failing Hearts in Lab Animals; Page 10 A Potential Trigger of Diabetic Kidney Disease; Page 11 Zinc May Help Prevent Esophageal, Oral Cancers; Page 11 Clinical Skills Center Named for Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Rector ’48; Page …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 54, Number 1, December 2004

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 54, Number 1, December 2004 Shaping the Future of Clinical Care Inaugural Address by President Robert Barchi MD PhD; Page 4 Standardized Patients and the Clinical Skills Facility: The New Education by Dean Thomas J. Nasca ’75; Page 8 Support for the Claim that Jefferson Initiated the Clinical Clerkship Programs in Medical Schools; Page 10 Cornelius Van Dyck ’1839, Pioneer Medical Educator in Lebanon; Page 14 Urology Department Celebrates 100th Year; Page 15 Jefferson’s International Conference on Terrorism; Page 17 Brent Named to New Endowed Chair at Pitt; Page 23 Heckman, Weinberg Win Achievement Award; …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 53, Number 4, September 2004

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 53, Number 4, September 2004 Core Competencies in the Battle against Medical Errors by Dean Thomas J. Nasca ’75; Page 4 A Promising Vaccine against Alzheimer's; Page 7 Gene Therapy That Restores Function of Damaged Human Heart Cells, in the Lab; Page 8 Clues to How Cells Migrate in Embryos; Page 8 Rosenwasser and Rosenblum Assume Key Posts; Page 10 A Hero of the French Resistance, a Jeff Alumnus; Page 11 Jefferson Specialist Is Team Physician for the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Teams in Athens; Page 12 Healing Spirit: John Dorsey '2000; Page 20 Donald Parks …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 53, Number 3, June 2004

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 53, Number 3, June 2004 Robert L. Barchi MD PhD Is Named President of Thomas Jefferson University; Page 4 The Importance of Mentors: David's Story by Dean Thomas J. Nasca ’75; Page 6 The Center for Human Virology: Confronting the Whole Spectrum of Epidemics; Page 8 Jefferson Selected to Develop Response to Bioterrorism; Page 10 Four Students Win AOA Community Service Award; Page 11 Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan; Page 12 New Book about the Nationally Recognized Physician Shortage Area Program; Page 16

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 53, Number 2, March 2004

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 53, Number 2, March 2004 Mentoring: Everyday Lessons by Dean Thomas J. Nasca ’75; Page 4 Medical College Now Has an Honor Code, Established through Student Initiative; Page 6 JeffHOPE: The Light at the End of the Tunnel for Students as Well as for Patients by Lino Miele '05; Page 7 New Endowed Professorship in Otolaryngology; Page 8 The Jefferson Instructor Who Discovered REM Sleep; Page 9 Foundation Grants Support the Asthma Bus as Well as Research into HIV and Lupus; Page 14 In Memoriam: Frederick B. Wagner Jr. '41; Page 16 Jerome Sherard '81: …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 53, Number 1, December 2003

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 53, Number 1, December 2003 The Dean’s Column by Thomas J. Nasca ’75, Page 4 Early Anesthesia Research and Jeffersonians, Page 6 Grunwald Appointed Chair of Anesthesiology, Page 7 Marone Honored for His Involvement in Establishing the Spinal Cord Injury Center, Page 8 Alumni Are Involved in the Search for the Next University President, Page 9 The Fortunate Beneficiaries of Our Education, by Richard Wenzel ’65, Alumni Achievement Award Winner, Page 14 Reunions, Clinic Talks, the Alumni Banquet, Pages 15–32

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 52, Number 4, September 2003

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 52, Number 4, September 2003 The Dean's Column by Thomas J. Nasca ’75, page 4 The Orbit of My Eye an essay by Risa Ravitz ’05, page 8 Students Teach Underserved Children to Read, in Addition to Providing Medical Care for the Parents, page 10 Combining Two Types of Radiation Therapy to Improve the Treatment of Brain Cancer, page 17 Landmark Study of Early Surgery for Epilepsy, page 17 Research on How to Improve Physician Empathy , page 18 Using Plants to Produce Antibodies Against Rabies, page 19 HIV's Escape Route from Drugs and Vaccines …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 52, Number 3, June 2003

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 52, Number 3, June 2003 Dean's Column by Dean Thomas J. Nasca ’75, page 4 Update on Transplant Surgery, page 5 The New Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience and Farber Institute for Neurosciences, page 6 Researchers Show That Human Neural Stem Cells Can Become Dopamine-Making Brain Cells in the Lab, page 8 Evidence of Greater Sensitivity to Addictive Drugs in Adolescence, page 8 New Hope for Patients with Late Stage Parkinson's, page 10 Above and Beyond the Call: Three Alumni Heroes, page 11 The Mother in The Gross Clinic: A Medical Explanation of Her Hand, page …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 52, Number 2, March 2003

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 52, Number 2, March 2003 Dean's Column by Dean Thomas J. Nasca ’75, page 4 Ushering in the Modern Era in Surgery: the Heart-Lung Machine, Developed Here, 50 Years Ago, page 8 One of the "Seven Greatest Doctors in America", page 9 Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellows Win National Competition, Besting 88 Other Medical Schools, page 10 Two Medical Students Win AOA National Awards , page 11 Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Is First in the Delaware Valley, page 12 Jefferson Surgeons Perform Philadelphia’s First Incompatible Kidney Transplant, page 12 Chinese Health Information Center Receives $1.5 Million to Expand, …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 52, Number 1, December 2002

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 52, Number 1, December 2002 Dean's Column by Dean Thomas J. Nasca ’75, page 4 New Chairman of Medicine Art Feldman, page 6 Rao, Buchheit, Siegman, Wender Are Appointed Chairs, page 9 Emergency Medicine Is Made a Department, page 11 Hospital Is Named as the Best in Philadelphia, page 11 Technology Transfer in the 21st Century, page 12 In Kenya, Jeff Students Reach the Underserved, page 14 African Americans' Satisfaction with Medical Careers, page 15 Ana Maria Lopez '88: Reaching Out via Telemedicine, page 22 New Consolidation Rates for Student Borrowers, page 23 Monica Morrow …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 51, Number 4, September 2002

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 51, Number 4, September 2002 Dean's Message by Dean Thomas J. Nasca ’75, page 4 Achievement Award Winner Charles Francis ’65, page 6 Jim Bagian ’77 Receives an Honorary Doctorate, page 7 Reunions and Annual Giving, page 12 Class notes attached as supplemental file.

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin - Volume 51, Number 3, June 2002

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 51, Number 3, June 2002 New Appointments; Page 4 Gift of Health: Herbert Kean Endows Chair in Otolaryngology; Page 6 Investigations: Zebrafish: A Potential Community Outreach Program; Page 7 Hospital Appointments; Page 10 Match Day; Page 12 Profile: Urologic Surgery’s “Real Deal”; Page 14 Profile: When Terror Hit the Pentagon, Stephen Frost’s Reaction Was: Tend the Injured; Page 16 Profile: Searching for the Cause of the Rash That’s Itching Pupils; Page 17 In Memoriam; Page 18 Class Notes; Page 19 Building on Knowledge of Angiogenesis, Invention Provides Hope to the Obese; Page 22 Griffith Heads …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin - Volume 51, Number 2, March 2002

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 51, Number 2, March 2002 Mark Your Calendar; Page 2 Listening In: Lectures on Campus; Page 2 Building a Multicultural Community; Page 4 Jefferson Hosts SNMA Conference; Page 7 New Alumni President Wilfreta Baugh; Page 8 Report from the Alumni Trustees; Page 9 Alumni Spotlight: Al Heath ’57; Page 9 Sebastianelli Named President of the Jefferson Health System; Page 10 Jefferson’s Approach to Monitoring Clinical Education is the Focus of JAMA Article; Page 11 Nothing Fishy About this Research; Page 14 Class Notes; Page 15 In Memoriam; Page 16 Photos of Yemen Evoke a Beautiful …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 51, Number 1, December 2001

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 51, Number 1, December 2001 Building a dynamic multicultural community at Jefferson, page 4 Farber institute for neurosciences will be headed by Samuel Gandy, page 7 Dean Thomas Nasca’s strategic plan, page 10 Bud Bacharach’56 receives the cornerstone award, page 18

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 50, Number 4, September 2001

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 50, Number 4, September 2001 Alumni achievement awards: Bacharach and Higgins earn the association’s highest honor, page 4 Underrepresented minority scholarship committee, page 5 Building our resources: innovative new partnerships, page 6 Annual giving raises over $2.3 million, page 12

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 50, Number 3, June 2001

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 50, Number 3, June 2001 Parents’ day: a glimpse into students’ lives, page 4 A gift of antique medical instruments, page 6 Interview #8: the rite of applying for residencies, page 8 Hospital appointments for the class of ’01, page 10 Jefferson on the bayou, page 14

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 50, Number 2, March 2001

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 50, Number 2, March 2001 Tom Nasca’75 in appointed Dean, page 4 Hospital for neuroscience is created in wills building, page 5 Key molecular pathway in apoptosis, page 8 Swallowing a gene to treat or prevent Cancer? Page 9 “He served Jefferson during difficult times”, page 10 Gardner, Keeley, Slogoff are nominees for trustee, page 21

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 50, Number 1, December 2000

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 50, Number 1, December 2000 Helping troubled teens to heal, page 4 Where does Jefferson go next? Asks Dr. Gonnella, page 8 Grave Robbers and Jefferson’s anatomist-Surgeons in the 19th century, page 10 New professorship in health policy, a rare field, page 16 Alumni Deans and department chairs: Jeffersonians at the helm at other Schools, page 23 A surgeon puts his heart into service abroad, page 26

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xlix, Number 4, September 2000

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XLIX, Number 4, September 2000 Next board chair is Douglas MacMaster, Esg, page 8 Tom Nasca’75 is honored with portrait – and new post, page 8 West coast transplant expert heads surgery, page 9 Alumni awards honor researchers in AIDS and pediatric immunology, page 11 The choir at 30: in perfect health, page 13 Alumni-related giving nears $10 million, page 16 Two medical schools select Jeff Alumni as their top executives, page 41 Two schools establish professorships honoring Jeffersonians, page 43

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xlix, Number 3, June 2000

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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XLIX, Number 3, June 2000 Synergy of clinical skills and behavioral medicine, page 4 African-American students at Jefferson, page 8 Competency based training: a new paradigm?, page 15 An answer on acute respiratory distress syndrome, page 17 FHIT gene implicated in many types of tumors, page 17 Pinpointing genetics of hereditary colorectal cancer, page 19 Phil Marone’57: associate Dean for Alumni relations, page 25