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The Bulletin: Sidney Kimmel Medical College At Thomas Jefferson University, Volume 69, Issue 1, Winter 2020

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

This issue includes:

• Dean's Column - An Acquired Taste
• On Campus - Sidney and Caroline Kimmel Fund New Biomedical Research Building
• A Message from Elizabeth A. Dale - Generosity Goes Both Ways
• Discovery - It Takes a Village
• Solving the Puzzle - Shaping Jefferson's Neuroscience Department
• Faculty Profile - Kristin Rising, MD
• Alumni Profile - Neal Flomenberg, MD
• Student Profile - Hannah Garrigan
• Class Notes - 2019 Alumni Weekend
• Class Agent
• In Memoriam
• By the Numbers - The Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience

The Bulletin: Sidney Kimmel Medical College At Thomas Jefferson University, Volume 68, Issue 1, Spring 2019

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

This issue includes:

• Dean's Column - Reflecting on a Decade
• On Campus
• A Message from Elizabeth A. Dale - Jefferson Giving Day
• Discovery - Network Effects
• Alumni Profile - Robert Schless, MD 1916
• Faculty Profile - Cuckoo Choudhary, MD
• Class Notes
• Class Agent
• Bookshelf
• In Memoriam
• By the Numbers - Match Day 2019

The Bulletin: Sidney Kimmel Medical College At Thomas Jefferson University, Volume 67, Issue 3, Fall 2018

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

This issue includes:

• Explaining Uncertainty
• A Series of Fortunate Events
• 2018 Alumni Weekend
• The Dean's Column
• Findings
• The Jefferson Legacy
• Time Capsule
• On Campus
• Jefferson Researcher Explores Cell Death Controls and Effects
• New Alumni Association President
• Class Notes
• In Memoriam
• By the Numbers

The Bulletin: Sidney Kimmel Medical College At Thomas Jefferson University, Volume 67, Issue 2, Spring/Summer 2018

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

This issue includes:

• Exposure: Michael Weinstein, MD '94, had a plan to take his own life; now he is back to living it
• Medical School 2.0: JeffMD - A New Way to Train Physicians
• 25 Years of JeffHOPE Clinics: Student Volunteers Shape Patients' Lives - and Their Own
• Caring for the Most Vulnerable a "Moral, Ethical, Medical Responsibility": Jefferson's Latina Women's Clinic Dispenses Care and Compassion
• The Dean's Column
• Findings: New Look at Eye's Immune Status
• Home at Last: A message from Elizabeth Dale
• Endowed Professorships
• Time Capsule
• On Campus
• Feeling all the Bumps: Jefferson Oncologist Looks at the World …

The Bulletin: Sidney Kimmel Medical College At Thomas Jefferson University, Volume 67, Issue 1, Winter 2018

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

This issue includes:

• Dean's Column
• Findings: "Living Electrodes" may change neurological device design
• Ch-ch-ch-changes: Jefferson's realignment of departments and programs
• The Difference Alumni Make: A message from Elizabeth Dale
• A Fighting Chance: Harrisburg's boxing scene has an unlikely ally in cardiologist Andrew Foy, MD '08
• Alumni Weekend
• 2017 Jefferson Gala: Gathering to celebrate our shared success
• Time Capsule
• The Shot Doc: Meet Herb Magee, head coach of Jefferson's men's basketball team, the Rams
• Going the Distance: Students bring compassion into the clinic in Nicaragua's remote mountains
• On Campus
• Stephanie Moleski, MD '05: Jefferson doctor moves from board room to exam …

The Bulletin: Sidney Kimmel Medical College At Thomas Jefferson University, Volume 66, Issue 2, Fall 2017

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

This issue includes:

• Introducing the New Jefferson: One Name. Two Legacies. Infinite Possibilities
• The PhiladelphiaU Story: A History of Change and Innovation
• Two Alumnae, One Vision: A New Home Base for All Graduates
• Second Opinions for Docs, Second Chances for Patients: The Jefferson Angioplasty Center Helps Cardiac Patients Avoid Open Heart Surgery
• Dean's Column
• Findings: Molecule May Help Maintain Brain's Synaptic Balance
• The Families We Choose: A Message from Elizabeth Dale
• On Campus
• Basil Harris, MD '02: Merging Medicine, Engineering, and Design to Revolutionize Digital Healthcare
• Big Things, Small Beginnings: Jefferson Surgeons Are Exploring New Therapies That May Make Standard …

The Bulletin: Sidney Kimmel Medical College At Thomas Jefferson University, Volume 66, Issue 1, Spring 2017

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

This issue includes:

• Making a difference for Children's Health: Jefferson's Initiatives Aim to Help Kids Thrive
• Who Was the First? Previously unknown African-American graduates of Jefferson's medical college
• Dean's Column
• The Beacon: Lights, Drones, Action
• Vanquishing Banquo's Ghost: A Message from Elizabeth Dale
• Alumni Weekend: Alumni Return to Campus to Reconnect
• Awards: 2016 Alumni Achievement Award Winners
• On Campus
• JEFFMD: A Q&A with Deborah Ziring, MD
• Blue is the New Pink: Colon Cancer Awareness
• Class Notes
• In Memoriam
• By the Numbers

The Bulletin: Sidney Kimmel Medical College At Thomas Jefferson University, Volume 65, Issue 4, Fall 2016

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

This issue includes:

• Creating the Ideal Physician-One Note at a Time: The Dean's concert series is more than a respite in the middle of a busy day at SKMC
• Tiny Bubbles, Big Future: New uses for microbubble-filled ultrasound contrast agents could reduce the need for highly invasive medical tests.
• Dean's Column
• Findings: New pathway to treat heart failure
• #Giving Tuesday: A Message from Elizabeth Dale
• On Campus
• Clara Callahan, MD: A keen eye for aspiring physicians
• Kate Sugarman, MD '88: A career guided by social justice
• Nick Benvenuto: Finding Science and Art in Both Winemaking and Medicine
• Class Notes
• In …

The Creation Of A Model Pediatric Ward For African American Children In 1920s Kansas City., Jane F. Knapp, Robert Schremmer

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

No abstract provided.

Curated Exhibit Practice Of Compassion: Celebrating Unm School Of Medicine’S Fifty Years Of Excellence, Laura J. Hall

Posters and Presentations

The Practice of Compassion: Celebrating UNM School of Medicine’s Fifty Years of Excellence exhibit, curated by Laura J. Hall, MFA, commemorated the 50th anniversary of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. The exhibit highlighted the institution's history and its leadership in medical education, research, and compassionate care. Through historical photographs, documents, and stories, it traced the school's significant milestones and its contributions to improving healthcare in New Mexico. The exhibit was on display from August 2014 to June 2015 at the Domenici Center for Health Sciences Education.

Plagiarism Of Ideas. Benjamin Rush And Charles Caldwell--A Student-Mentor Dispute, Charles T. Ambrose

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Ohio Academy Of Medical History Annual Meeting Program, April 13, 2013, Ohio Academy Of Medical History

Annual Conference Programs

This program is from the annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of Medical History held on April 13, 2013 at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio. The program details the events and presentations of the meeting.

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 62, Number 1, Winter 2013

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Features:

• Jefferson and Nemours: Partnering for Pediatric Patients
• Residency Program Limits: Can We Break the Training Bottleneck?
• Whooping Cough’s Comeback and Consequences

Departments:

• Dean's Column
• Findings: Targeting Dual Roles of PARP-1 May Slow Cancer Growth
• Faculty Profile: Robert L. Brent, MD, PhD: An International Authority on Congenital Disorders
• On Campus
• Alumna Profile: Cynthia L. Sears, MD ’77: A Life’s Work Inspired by Service Overseas
• Class Notes
• In Memoriam
• By the Numbers

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 61, Number 4, Fall 2012

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Features:

• Melanoma: Personalized Medicine's Latest Poster Child
• Getting a Head Start on Treating Migraines

Departments:

• Dean's Column
• Findings: Breast Cancer Tumors Lacking RB Protein Function Respond Better to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
• Faculty Profile: Aaron Dumont: Unraveling the Mysteries of Neuroscience
• On Campus
• Alumni Weekend 2012
• Alumnus Profile: Joseph M. Giordano, MD '67: Revolutionizing Trauma Care - and Saving an American President
• Class Notes and In Memoriam (login to view)
• Alumni Giving

The Closure Of New Orleans' Charity Hospital After Hurricane Katrina: A Case Of Disaster Capitalism, Kenneth Brad Ott

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Abstract

Amidst the worst disaster to impact a major U.S. city in one hundred years, New Orleans’ main trauma and safety net medical center, the Reverend Avery C. Alexander Charity Hospital, was permanently closed. Charity’s administrative operator, Louisiana State University (LSU), ordered an end to its attempted reopening by its workers and U.S. military personnel in the weeks following the August 29, 2005 storm. Drawing upon rigorous review of literature and an exhaustive analysis of primary and secondary data, this case study found that Charity Hospital was closed as a result of disaster capitalism. LSU, backed by Louisiana state officials, …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 61, Number 2, Spring 2012

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Features:

• Cultivating Great Physicians & the Timeless Art of Physical Diagnosis
• Waking Up to a Sleepy Specialty
• Dancing the Hygiene Hustle

Ohio Academy Of Medical History Annual Meeting Program, March 31, 2012, Ohio Academy Of Medical History

Annual Conference Programs

This tri-fold program is from the annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of Medical History held on March 31, 2012 at the Rose Melnick Museum of Medical History at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio. The program details the events and presentations of the meeting.

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 61, Number 1, Winter 2012

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Features:

• The Gift of Time for Patients with Advanced Bile Duct Cancer
• Celiac Disease: Overcoming a Stealth Public Health Menace
• Light Therapy for a Blue Planet and Beyond

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 60, Number 4, Fall 2011

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Features:

• Retainer Physicians: Old-Fashioned Medicine or Destabilizing Trend?
• Advancing Therapeutics for Sickle Cell and Leukemia Patients
• JMC, the American Civil War and the Birth of Modern Emergency Medicine

Osler Came To Boston, Charles T. Ambrose

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 60, Number 3, Summer 2011

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Features:

• Jefferson Graduate Climbs High
• Robotic Surgery Prompts Converts and Critics
• Feelling Ill? There's an App for That

Ohio Academy Of Medical History Annual Meeting Program, May 7, 2011, Ohio Academy Of Medical History

Annual Conference Programs

This tri-fold program is from the annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of Medical History held on May 7, 2011 at the Glen Helen Nature Preserve in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The program details the events and presentations of the meeting.

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 60, Number 1, Winter 2011

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Features:

• Women in Medicine: Bridging the Gaps
• Time & Place
• Jefferson Women: Leaders Through the Decades
• Personal Stories

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 59, Number 4, Fall 2010

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 59, Number 4, Fall 2010

Dean's Message, page 2

Findings: Studies Produce New Tumor Growth Theory, Page 4

No Longer Fringe: Integrative Medicine Blends In, page 6

Breathing New Life into CPR, page 12

The Art of Healing: The Gross Clinic Reborn, page 14

Faculty Profile: Charlie Yeo: The Consummate Competitor, page 20

On Campus, page 22

Class Notes, page 26

Giving, page 32

In Memoriam, page 44

By the Numbers, page 46

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 59, Number 3, Summer 2010

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 59, Number 3, Summer 2010

Dean's Message, page 2

Findings: Researchers Find Breast Tumor Suppressor, page 4

Computational Biology: Turning Data into Knowledge, page 6

Entire Back File of Jefferson Alumni Bulletins Available Online, page 10

Healthcare Reform: What Does it Mean for Physicians and Medical Students?, page 12

Faculty Profile: Janet Larson: Pioneering Fetal Gene Technologies, page 18

On Campus, page 20

Class Notes, page 26

In Memoriam, page 30

By the Numbers, page 33

Ohio Academy Of Medical History Annual Meeting Program, April 10, 2010, Ohio Academy Of Medical History

Annual Conference Programs

This tri-fold program is from the annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of Medical History held on April 10, 2010 at the University of Cincinnati Vontz Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The program details the events and presentations of the meeting.

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 59, Number 2, Spring 2010

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 59, Number 2, Spring 2010

Dean's Message, page 2

Findings: Researchers Decode Powerful Tumor Suppressor, page 4

Jefferson Physicians Respond to Haiti Earthquake, page 6

Student Blog: Exploring Health Care in Uganda, page 10

JHN Physicians Use Robotic System to Examine Patients from Afar, page 13

Crime in the Age of Science: 19th Century Body Snatching, page 14

Faculty Profile: Edouard Trabulsi: Easing the Burden on Cancer Patients, page 18

On Campus, page 20

Class Notes: George Valko, MD ’86: Alumni Association’s New President, page 22

In Memoriam, page 27

By the Numbers, page 29

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 59, Number 1, Winter 2010

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 59, Number 1, Winter 2010

Dean's Message, page 2

Findings: Study Targets Scourge of U.S. Military, page 4

The Rewards and Challenges of Translational Medicine: The Patient-Centered Medical Home, page 6

Beyond the Office Visit: Jefferson Focuses on Advocacy, page 12

Eakins Scholar Follows Her Own Path, page 16

Jefferson Faculty Compile First Medical Professionalism Textbook, page 18

Faculty Profile: Karen Knudsen: Piecing Together the Prostate Cancer Puzzle, page 20

On Campus, page 22

Class Notes, page 28

In Memoriam, page 34

By the Numbers, page 37

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 58, Number 3, Fall 2009

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 58, Number 3, Fall 2009 Dean’s Message, page 2 Findings--Researchers Counter Allergy to Plavix with Steroids and Antihistamines, page 4 Why in the World Would You Go into Medicine Today?, page 6 Philadelphia 1918: The Flu Pandemic Hits Home, page 14 New Movie Underscores Healthcare Conflicts, page 20 Faculty Profile: Vincenzo Berghella, MD ’90, page 22 On Campus, page 24 Class Notes, page 28 Looking at Scholarships from Both Sides, page 36 Alumni Giving, page 38 In Memoriam, page 50 By the Numbers, page 53

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 58, Number 2, Summer 2009

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 58, Number 2, Summer 2009

Dean’s Message, page 2

Findings, Biomaker Predicts Disease Recurrence in Colorectal Cancer, page 4

Service Lines: Guiding Patients Through the Maze, page 6

University’s Emphasis on Interdisciplinary Care Fuels Growth, page 12

Mütter Turns 150 with New Take on the Old, page 16

On Campus, page 18

Graduation 2009, page 22

Class Notes, page 24

In Memoriam, page 30

By The Numbers, page 33