CLASS NOTES

1991

Paul C. Buechel, of Nolensville, TN, accepted a position with St. Thomas/ Ascension Hospitals, on their elite acute stroke treatment/neuro-hospitalist team, which covers three major facilities in middle Tennessee, in addition to providing tele-stroke coverage for nine other regional medical centers.

1993

October 13•14, 2023

Peter Hogenkamp, of Rutland, VT, is a practicing physician, public speaker, and author of medical fiction and thrillers. His writing credits include The Intern (April 2020); The Vatican Conspiracy book and audiobook (October 2020); The Vatican Secret (April 2021); The Vatican Secret audiobook (March 2022); and Conspirazione Vaticano (July 2021). The Woman from Death Row, the first book of the new Jade Stryker thriller series, will be published this summer. He is the creator, producer, and host of Your Health Matters, a health information program that airs on cable television, streams on YouTube, and streams as a podcast. He was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize. He tweets, against the wishes of his wife, four children and feisty cairn terrier, Hermion, on Twitter. You can find his personal blog at peterhogenkampwrites.com.

1995

Carolyn L. Danzi Marasco, of Wesley Chapel, FL, has worked for BayCare Health Systems for 22 years and is core faculty for the BayCare pediatric residency program, a wellness champion, and will be lead physician at the residency clinic at the start of this academic year.

Heather

1998

October 13•14, 2023

2003

October 13•14, 2023

2004

2005

Lisa R. (Weisfelner) Allen, of Yardley, PA, and Mita R. Patel, both FACS, were recently appointed as National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers site surveyors by the American College of Surgeons.

1996

Gregory G. Carnevale, of Canandaigua, NY, began a new role with United Healthcare as the market chief medical officer for New York State after working almost five years at Excellus BCBS as chief medical officer for value based contracting and the Medicare line of business.

Farzad Sarmast, of Fayetteville, NY, is doing primary care team red at the VA in Syracuse. “I hope everybody is well,” he writes. “Thank God COVID is on its way out. My wife and kids are well; Kian is now 15 and Jonas is 12.”

Jaclyn

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