Summer 2023 E-News About and for Alumni

The Summer 2023 e-newsletter has news about Columbia's medical school, its students, and its alumni throughout the United States.

Student News

• Graduation 2023: More than 200 MD and PhD graduates received degrees during May’s ceremony. Atul Gawande, MD, was the speaker. Read more.
• Hueyjong Shih’23 was included in a story about this year’s Columbia University Irving Medical Center graduates. Also read a profile of Dr. Shih.
• Dylan Kim, a VP&S student, was one of two former student athletes to receive a 2023 Walter Byers Graduate Scholarship, which recognizes individuals who combine the best elements of mind and body to achieve national distinction and to be future leaders in their chosen field. An NCAA committee that oversees the scholarship chose Kim, a fencer Princeton University, where he received a degree in chemistry. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• The New York Times wrote about this year’s ceremony honoring individuals who donated their bodies to VP&S to help educate medical students. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Read about the Q Clinic, launched in 2015 by VP&S students and family medicine faculty.

VP&S and CUIMC News

• The VP&S education office has appointed three faculty to new roles in the student affairs office and the newly renamed Office of Student Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. Read more.
• Read about narrative medicine, a field founded at Columbia by Rita Charon, MD, PhD.

Read more news in the CUIMC Newsroom.

Of Historic Interest

• Megumi Yamaguchi Shinoda’33, Daniel S.J. Choy’49, and Clyde Y.C. Wu’56 were included in a Columbia story about the contributions of VP&S Asian American and Pacific Islander alumni and physicians. Read more.
• The Apgar Score, created by Virginia Apgar’33, continues to be of interest. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Bacitracin has been around for 80 years. Read about its beginnings at VP&S.

A Selection of Class Notes

• Read a story(link is external and opens in a new window) about three generations of female doctors, including Marilyn Heins’55.
• John H. Glick’69 delivered the keynote address at the 2023 Drexel University College of Medicine graduation in May. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Read about the work(link is external and opens in a new window) of Calvin Roberts’78, president and CEO of Lighthouse Guild.
• The Hospital for Special Surgery honored Frank P. Cammisa Jr.'82 with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Donna J. Formichella’82 was one of five Providence College alumni to receive honorary degrees at the college’s commencement in May. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Mercy BioAnalytics has appointed Myla Lai-Goldman’83 to its Board of Directors. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Pamela Ann Weber’84 has joined Vitreoretinal Consultants of NY. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Jeffrey C. Paccione’89 has joined Vitreoretinal Consultants of NY. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• The Pennsylvania Medical Society’s Everyday Hero Award was presented to Michael Marvin’92. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• A new documentary features Karen Kinsell’93. Read more and view a trailer for the film(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Read an interview (link is external and opens in a new window)with Yvonne Carter’95 about her career as a surgeon.
• The Healthcare Technology Report included Erik Lium’97 PhD among its list of the top 25 health care technology leaders of New York for 2023. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Catherine “Trina” Salva’99 received the Robert Dunning Dripps Memorial Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education from the University of Pennsylvania. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• The “Today” TV morning program featured a story about Jason Carmel’03 and his twin brother, whose paralysis inspired Dr. Carmel’s research focus. Watch it here(link is external and opens in a new window).
• James Wolak’03 has been named vice president of medical affairs, intensive services for Maine Behavioral Healthcare. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Read about the work(link is external and opens in a new window) of psychiatrist Kamilah Jackson’04.
• Posterity Health, a virtual male fertility center, has expanded to San Francisco. The expansion is being led by Puneet Masson’06, regional medical director for Posterity Health. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Anaeze Offodile II’08 has been named chief strategy officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Wassim M. Abida’08 PhD/’09 MD has been named to the newly created scientific advisory board for Nuvation Bio Inc. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• The Healthcare Technology Report included Neelesh Chudasama’09 among its list of the top 25 health care technology leaders of New York for 2023. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Katelyn Kopcsay’10 has joined the Guthrie Clinic in Sayre, Pennsylvania. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Uzodinma Iweala’11 and the Africa Center will receive this year’s Leo Award from ICI (Independent Curators International) this fall. The award recognizes individuals who have shown support to curators and artists and created new infrastructures in the art world. Read more(link is external and opens in a new window).
• Pamela Good’12 is one of four VP&S physician-scientists who were named 2023 Gerstner Scholars. Read more.
• Read about the research focus(link is external and opens in a new window) of Nathan Brand’18, a surgery resident at UCSF.
• Read a Neurology Today profile(link is external and opens in a new window) of Sarah Wyckoff’23. The profile mentions Eliza Miller’12.

In Memoriam

• John J. “Jack” Medillo’45(link is external and opens in a new window)
• Martin Beller’46(link is external and opens in a new window)
• Enoch Gordis’50(link is external and opens in a new window)
• John Leddy’56(link is external and opens in a new window)
• Vincent Beltrani’57(link is external and opens in a new window)
• Richmond “Dick” Prescott’59(link is external and opens in a new window)
• Richard D. Anderson’60(link is external and opens in a new window)
• Richard Clutz’60(link is external and opens in a new window)
• William Fleming’61(link is external and opens in a new window)
• Robert Mulcare’61(link is external and opens in a new window)
• Alton Steiner’62(link is external and opens in a new window)
• Edward Mullin’68(link is external and opens in a new window)
• Robert Titzler’69(link is external and opens in a new window)
• Charles Max Jones’71(link is external and opens in a new window)
• John Graney’80(link is external and opens in a new window)
• Ramin Oskoui’89(link is external and opens in a new window)

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