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1960s

Marvin Stone, SM’62, MD’63, received the lifetime achievement award from the American Osler Society. He is a member of the American College of Physicians and a fellow at the Royal College of Physicians (London). Previously, Stone served as the president of the American Osler Society.

1970s

Nathan Szajnberg, AB’74, MD’74, published Psychic Mimesis from Bible and Homer to Now: Inner Lives Over Time and The Secret Symmetry of Maimonides and Freud Psychic Mimesis explores the historical development of the inner self from the Bible and Homer to contemporary Western literature. Maimonides and Freud discusses the genre of concealing and revealing from the perspectives of medieval physicians and rabbis as well as Freud.

William B. Lawson, MD’78, was named president of the senior society in the American Psychiatric Association. Lawson will give the distinguished lecture at the annual meeting in May.

1980s

David J. Palmer, MD’80, received the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Secretary for Federal Affairs Secretariat Award. Palmer was recognized for his work on an Illinois drug waste law, PA 102-0155. He is a member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery’s Ophthalmic Instrument Cleaning and Sterilization OR Waste Task Force and co-chairs the subcommittee on surgical pharmaceutical waste.

Clement Ren, MD’87, was appointed to the Richard B. Johnston, Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Additionally, Ren is the director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Michele David, MD’88, was named chief of clinical quality and patient safety at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Medical. Previously, David held teaching positions at Boston University School of Medicine.

1990s

Allison August, MD’93, was appointed chief medical officer at Comanche Biopharma, a preclinical biopharmaceutical company developing a novel siRNA therapy for the treatment of preeclampsia. She previously worked at Moderna, where she was vice president of clinical development, infectious diseases, and spent over five years in various roles with increasing responsibility for the development of mRNA-based vaccines and the first mRNA-encoded monoclonal antibody.

Gail M. Farfel, PhD’93, was appointed chief executive officer at ProMIS Neurosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of antibody therapeutics targeting misfolded proteins such as toxic oligomers, implicated in the development of neurodegenerative diseases. Prior to joining ProMIS, Farfel served as executive vice president and chief development officer of Zogenix, Inc.

Mark Frattini, PhD’94, MD’97, was appointed chief medical officer at Cellectis, a clinical stage biotechnology company using its gene-editing platform to develop lifesaving cell and gene therapies. He has over 20 years of experience in the field of hematological malignancies. In 2020, Frattini joined Cellectis as senior vice president of clinical sciences. In his new role, he will oversee clinical research and development for Cellectis’ UCART clinical trial programs.

Sarwat I. Chaudhry, MD’95, was appointed professor of internal medicine at the Yale School of Medicine.

2000s

Pat Basu, MBA’05, MD’05, joined the leadership team at Varsity Healthcare Partners (VHP), a lower-middle-market healthcare services private equity investment firm. He will lead the entirety of VHP’s Operating Partner program in the role of managing partner, Varsity Operations, as well as support VHP’s healthcare services investment activities as a partner and member of the firm’s investment committee. Basu previously served as president and chief executive officer at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a national network of oncology hospitals and outpatient care centers. Pilar Ortega, MD’06, has been named vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Previously, she was a clinical associate professor of emergency medicine and medical education at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Ortega is a recognized expert in researching and establishing best practices in medical Spanish education, language proficiency assessment and patient-centered communication for physicians and medical students.

Nirav D. Shah, JD’07, MD’08, was named principal deputy director for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He previously worked as director of the Illinois Department of Public Health and director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and served as president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.

2010s

Joshua Williams, MD’13, received the K23 Career Development Award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Williams gained recognition for his work using digital stories to improve influenza vaccination equity. He is currently an associate research scientist at Denver Health’s Center for Health Systems Research, an academic general pediatrician at Denver Health and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado Denver.

Pritzker School of Medicine

2022–2023 ALUMNI COUNCIL

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Doriane Miller, MD’83 President

Chris Albanis, AB’96, MD’00

Immediate Past President

Karyl Kopaskie, AB’07, PhD’14

Vice President

Mark Aschliman, MD’80

Alumni Awards Committee Chair

Sapana Vora, PhD’14

Chicago Partners Program Chair

Jeanne Farnan, AB’98, MD’02, MHPE Editorial Committee Chair

Michael Prystowsky, MD’81, PhD Regional Programs Chair

ALUMNI COUNCIL

Lampis Anagnostopoulos, SB’57, MD’61 ✱

Jennifer “Piper” Below, PhD’11

Kenneth Bridbord, MD’69, MPH

Ava Ferguson Bryan, AM’10, MD’18 ✤

Courtney Burrows, PhD’15, MBA’17

Arnold Calica, SM’61, MD’75 ✱

Richard Cote, MD’80

Leonard Covello, AB’86, MD’90

Ithaar Derweesh, MD’95

Arash Emami, MD’94

Gail Farfel, PhD’93

Jonathan Fox, AB’79, PhD’85, MD’87

Katherine Given, AB’08, PhD’13, MBA’16, MD’16

Jeffrey Goodenbour, PhD’09

Andrew Hack, AB’95, PhD’00, MD’02

Rajiv Jauhar, MD’91

Lucy Lester, MD’72

Daniel Leventhal, SM’13, PhD’16

Rosy Liao ✤

Peter McCauley, MD’86

Jennifer McPartland, PhD’08

Vincent Nelson, MD’98, MBA, MHP

Carol Olson, PhD’82, MD’86

Loren Schechter, MD’94

Steven Server, PhD’22 ✤

Coleman Seskind, AB’55, SB’56, MD’59, SM’59 ✱

Adhir Shroff, MD’96

Puneet Singh, MD’11

Abby Stayart, AB’97, PhD’12

Margaret Steiner ✤

Anne Taylor, MD’76

Cynthia Thaik, MD’90

Vishruth “Vish” Venkataraman ✤

Sydney Yoon, MD’86

Russ Zajtchuk, SB’60, MD’63 ✱

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REUNION | May 19-20, 2023

All medical alumni are invited back to campus to enjoy the Pritzker Reunion. Members of the following classes will celebrate milestone Reunions this year: 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, and 2018. Learn more about Reunion Weekend at mbsaa.uchicago.edu/reunion or follow @UChicagoMBSAA on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.