Benefactor 2017 by Marshall Health

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FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE MARSHALL UNIVERSITY JOAN C. EDWARDS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

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Marshall Advantage Class of 1985 graduate reflects on what makes Marshall great.

A New Class of Doctors The school of medicine conferred 72 Doctor of Medicine degrees and one Doctor of Philosophy degree during its annual investiture ceremony on May 5, 2017.

FROM THE DEAN’S DESK Dear graduates and friends of the school of medicine, It is a privilege to share with you the many milestones we’ve celebrated over the past year at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and equally exciting to tell you about future initiatives. As is our primary mission, this past May, 72 graduates received their Doctor of Medicine degrees and headed toward outstanding residencies throughout the country and in West Virginia. Our commencement speaker was Erling C.J. Norrby, M.D., Ph.D., a virologist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and a widely-recognized authority on the Nobel Prizes selection process. We were thrilled to have hosted a physician-scientist of his standing at our investiture. We recently were quite buoyed by the results of the 2017 graduate questionnaire which showed students at our medical school are, in general, more satisfied with their experience at Marshall than students at other medical schools. We have maintained a small class size (about 75 students per year) allowing students to easily connect with their peers and faculty. The success rate of our students on licensing exams as well as matching into their desired residency programs are at or above the national average. We are in a period of unprecedented growth in our clinical, research and educational missions. We currently have more undergraduate and graduate medical education positions than ever before. My sincere appreciation goes to alumni Drs. Paulette Wehner, our vice dean for graduate medical education, and Paul Ferguson, neurology department chair, who successfully guided us to an ACGME-approved neurology residency. All of our educational programs are fully accredited without significant citations or sanctions. Our faculty are also to be commended for their dedication to moving this institution forward on many levels — our scholarly output has doubled over the past five years. This message would be incomplete if I didn’t mention our enterprise-wide efforts to address the opioid epidemic that has a vicious grip on our region. The school of medicine is meeting this public health care challenge through a variety of responses, including hiring a professor of addiction sciences who will coordinate our efforts. At press time I’m not at liberty to share his name, but stay tuned for our announcement. Additionally, we are updating our addiction curriculum, leading research initiatives and organizing community responses to this most terrible epidemic. As the academic medical center in the region, it’s incumbent upon us to lead the fight. Rural health continues to be a priority for us. Our departments interface with physicians in outlying parts of the state to deliver health care through 21st century telemedicine. A tip of the hat to Dr. Steve Petrany, our chair of family and community health, for the work his department does in terms of medical care and research, particularly in southern West Virginia. All in all, this is a great time for the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. I am very excited about our growth and expansion as we continue our mission to provide a high-quality medical education to bolster a skilled physician workforce for our state and region. Finally, let me thank you for your encouragement and financial support to our school. Your help is essential to the growth of our program and the success of our students.

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executive editor

Linda S. Holmes

assistant executive editor

Sheanna M. Spence

director of public affairs

Leah C. Payne publisher

Jack Houvouras managing editor

Kasey Madden art director

Suzanna Stephens graphic designer

Katie Sigler

contributing photographers

Lexi Browning, Matt Crutchfield, Rick Haye, Rick Lee, Brian Patton, Sholten Singer contributing writers

Jenny S. Drastura, Robert H. Hansen, Linda S. Holmes, Leah C. Payne, Katherine Pyles, Sheanna M. Spence MARSHALL UNIVERSITY JOAN C. EDWARDS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE dean

Joseph I. Shapiro, M.D. vice dean, governmental relations, health care policy & external affairs

James B. Becker, M.D.

vice dean, clinical affairs & chief medical officer marshall health

Larry D. Dial, M.D.

vice dean, medical student education

Bobby L. Miller, M.D.

vice dean, business development

Ali Oliashirazi, M.D.

vice dean, basic sciences

Gary O. Rankin, Ph.D. vice dean, research

& graduate Education Uma Sundaram, M.D. vice dean, graduate medical education

Paulette S. Wehner, M.D.

senior associate dean, clinical affairs & special advisor to the dean

Joseph W. Werthammer, M.D.

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THE MARSHALL ADVANTAGE A true son of Marshall, Kevin Yingling, R.Ph., M.D., reflects on his time as founding dean of the Marshall University School of Pharmacy and how he seeks to continue to make a difference in the lives of those around him.

FROM THE DEAN’S DESK

SCHOOL NEWS

QUALITY CARE FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES Four Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine alumni share how they rise to meet medical challenges in caring for rural communities in Appalachia.

View the Class of 2017’s Match Day, Investiture Ceremony, Golf Classic and Standing Out In Our Field 4 video and photos.

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Honduras medical mission, new simulation lab and much more

Reflect on the fun of our largest fundraiser each year, Standing Out in Our Field. This year’s event raised more than $100,000 for medical student scholarships.

A BATTLE OF EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS: THE FIGHT AGAINST ADDICTION

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ON THE COVER: SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ALUMNUS AND RECENTLY RETIRED DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY KEVIN YINGLING, R.Ph., M.D., RELAXES ON THE FRONT PORCH OF HIS HOME IN ONA, WEST VIRGINIA. PHOTO BY RICK LEE.

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S C H OOL NEWS

TEAM SERVES 2,100 ON HONDURAS MEDICAL MISSION Volunteers from the Marshall University community spent a week in July 2017 vaccinating and treating more than 2,100 patients on its ninth annual Herd for Honduras medical trip. This year, the 66-member team focused on preventive medicine and follow-up treatment via the Lions Club affiliate in La Esperanza, Honduras. The Marshall group administered TDap vaccinations and distributed more than 160 water filtration systems to Honduran families to help prevent the spread of waterborne illnesses and parasites. In addition to

general medicine, the team also provided specialized ophthalmology, dentistry and gynecology care. Herd for Honduras carries on the legacy of the late Paul W. Ambrose, M.D., Class of 1995, and his passion for global/public health. Ambrose lost his life in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. The trip is made possible through an endowed fund in Ambroseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honor and the generous support of his parents, Dr. Kenneth and Sharon Ambrose; other community supporters, including Cabell Huntington Hospital, and various student-led fundraising initiatives.

MEDICAL SCHOOL PARTNERS WITH HEALTH RIGHT ON MOBILE DENTAL CLINIC The Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine launched a new partnership in May 2017 with West Virginia Health Right to take much-needed dental services to low-income, rural West Virginia residents. The new mobile dental unit is a 38-foot gooseneck trailer with three dental chairs and an x-ray machine. The school of medicine provides

the faculty dentist and the resident dentist through its department of dentistry, oral & maxillofacial surgery who visit patients three days a week, serving uninsured and Medicaid-insured patients free of charge. West Virginia Health Right estimates the mobile unit will treat about 3,000 patients annually.

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S CHOOL NE W S DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY UNVEILS SIMULATION LAB

The department of surgery unveiled a new simulation laboratory in February 2017 that provides surgical and procedure learning opportunities for surgical residents. The lab incorporates technology such as the GI MENTOR™ and the BRONCH MENTOR™ to simulate various training scenarios with true-to-life patient cases as well as a wet lab where animal tissues are utilized to facilitate learning about suturing and knot-tying for future surgeons. The lab was dedicated in honor of Department Chairman David A. Denning, M.D., who has served the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine for 25 years.

GME PROGRAMS RANK HIGH ON NATIONAL SURVEY Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine’s graduate medical education programs ranked significantly above the national mean on the 2016-2017 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Resident and Faculty Survey. The annual ACGME assessment surveys

medical residents for their feedback in six different areas of accreditation compliance-duty hours, faculty, evaluation, educational content, resources and patient safety/teamwork. Marshall ranked above the national mean in every category.

MARSHALL APPROVED FOR NEUROLOGY RESIDENCY PROGRAM

The Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to offer a neurology residency training program beginning July 1, 2018. The four-year program will train up to three residents per year, for a total of 12 resident physicians when the program reaches capacity. “The demand for neurologic care in the United States continues to increase,” said Paul B. Ferguson, M.D., Class of 2007, and chairman of the department of neurology. “The incidence of stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease is rising, and we will now be better positioned to meet that growing need.”

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RESEARCH NEWS STUDY FINDS PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA LEADS TO SHORTENED LIFESPAN

A research team from the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine recently published findings that show patients who recover from invasive pneumococcal pneumonia live, on average, 10 years less. Researchers say the findings underscore the recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that all adults over 65 years old should be immunized with the pneumococcal vaccine and that younger adults with chronic disease should be vaccinated. The research team included Nancy B. Norton, M.D., Class of 1999; Todd W. Gress, M.D., MPH, Class of 1993; Ronald J. Stanek; Oluwandamilare Ajayi, a fourth-year medical student; and professor emeritus Maurice A. Mufson, M.D.. The study was published in the May 2017 issue of the American Journal of Medicine Sciences.

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ADVANCES METABOLIC SYNDROME RESEARCH

Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine researchers successfully demonstrated that pNaKtide attenuates the development of experimental nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and atherosclerosis. The researchers noted marked improvements in insulin sensitivity, dyslipidemia, aortic streaking and weight gain in the C57Bl6 mouse model. In addition, significant reduction in low density lipoprotein (LDL) and increases in high density lipoprotein (HDL) concentrations were observed. The team will use these findings to identify better ways to treat or even prevent these conditions from occurring. The findings were published in the March 15, 2017, edition of Scientific Reports.

MARSHALL PARTNERS WITH VA ON MERIT REVIEW GRANT

The Huntington Veterans Affairs Medical Center received its first Merit Review award from the VA Office of Research and Development, Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Service in more than two decades. In collaboration with the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, the $650,000 grant will go to fund research led by Vice Dean Uma Sundaram, M.D., to determine the causes of diarrhea in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Diarrhea is one of the most common causes of disability of U.S. veterans serving overseas.

MARSHALL RESEARCHER RECEIVES NIH GRANT TO STUDY NICOTINE ADDICTION

Brandon J. Henderson, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of biomedical sciences at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, received a $650,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to continue his work on the study of nicotine addiction. The three-year grant will allow Henderson and his team to study how the brain is changed by nicotine, specifically dopamine signaling.

FUELING THE FUTURE OF CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH MARSHALL UNIVERSITY PARTNERS WITH UK ON NIH RESEARCH GRANT

Marshall University is partnering with the University of Kentucky on a $19.8 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award. Marshall will receive $640,000 over a four-year period to support the continued development of the infrastructure and capacity for clinical and translational research through its Appalachian Clinical Translational Science Institute.

MARSHALL COLLABORATES WITH WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ON MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR RESEARCH GRANT

As part of a $20 million federal grant to West Virginia University, in partnership with the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Marshall will receive $4.3 million over a five-year period to support continuing research in biomedical, genomics and addiction as well as clinical trials. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant will further support research aimed at improving the health of West Virginians and those in the Appalachian region.

R E TI REES Since July 1, 2016, the school of medicine announced the retirement of two long-time faculty members. Thank you for your dedication to our students, research and the practice of medicine.

Renee S. Domanico, M.D. Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Dates of employment: September 1, 1994 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; March 29, 2017

Terry W. Fenger, Ph.D. Director, Forensic Science Program Professor/Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Dates of employment: July 1, 1979 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; August 17, 2017

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PEOPLE N E W S MEDICAL STUDENT NAMED TO NATIONAL POSITION WITH LCME

Raj Singh was selected to serve as one of two students on the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the accrediting body for medical schools in the U.S. and Canada. Student members participate fully in LCME activities and have full voting privileges. Singh has an undergraduate degree from Duke University and is a member of the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Class of 2018.

MEDICAL STUDENT SELECTED FOR NATIONAL ADDICTION EDUCATION PROGRAM

Christian S. Adams, a rising third-year medical student at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, was selected for the 2017 Summer Institute for Medical Students presented by the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The weeklong intensive program at one of the nation’s premier addiction treatment centers allowed medical students to participate in patient interaction and small group therapy, along with special presentations from the clinical team and discussions with other medical students.

CHRISTOPHER APPOINTED TO ACADEMIC AND CAREER SUPPORT POSITION Laura L. Christopher has been named assistant director of academic and career support services at the school of medicine. Christopher has been with Marshall since 2006 and was named the university’s Employee of the Year for the 20142015 academic year. She is primarily responsible for coordinating and managing all programs associated with student tutoring and for implementing early-career advising, as well as managing all student interest groups. Christopher is a 1992 graduate of Radford University in Radford, Va., and is pursuing a master’s degree in adult education at Marshall University.

FACULTY MEMBER NAMED WEST VIRGINIA FAMILY DOCTOR OF THE YEAR

Dilip Nair, M.D., a family medicine physician and professor in the department of family and community health at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, received the 2017 Family Doctor of the Year award, the highest honor presented to a physician by the West Virginia Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Nair has been on faculty at the school of medicine since 1997.

MARSHALL PHYSICIAN RECEIVES NATIONAL DISTINCTION FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CARE

Paul B. Ferguson, M.D., chair of the department of neurology at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and a physician specializing in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, received a Partners in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Care designation in neurology by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Marshall is the only facility in the state that has a neurologist this designation. Ferguson is a graduate of the Class of 2007.

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A Battle of Epidemic Proportions: The Fight Against Addiction

By Robert H. Hansen

ubstance Abuse. Addiction. Epidemic. These are the words synonymous with the public health crisis we are facing in Huntington, W.Va., and truly across the country. August 16, 2016, served as our “wake-up call” when Cabell County EMS responded to 26 overdoses in just one afternoon. By October, Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert had announced the creation of a new substance abuse coalition to find holistic solutions to the addiction problem and its last impact on the lives addiction touches. One of those solutions has been dubbed “Healthy Connections” and is positioned to affect the lives of many who find themselves in the fight of their lives. That’s exactly what we, at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, have been doing ever since. Establishing Healthy Connections As its name suggests, Healthy Connections bridges the “town-gown” relationship between Marshall University and the City of Huntington to unite local efforts in order to make a broader, greater impact. The new group was created, in large part, due to what school of medicine clinicians and researchers were seeing in our clinics through existing programs. Today, more than 25 groups, including 20 different community agencies, are part of Healthy Connections. Funding the Fight The formation of the coalition has also allowed greater opportunities to solicit federal grants to support our initiatives. Together, we’ve received federal funding to reopen a child care center that will provide and improve on the best practices known for working with infants with neonatal substance exposure. The school of medicine is also working with the City of Huntington’s Office of Drug Control Policy and others to develop quick response teams (QRT) to follow up with people after an overdose episode to get them the help they need. Despite ongoing efforts, the community has seen overdoses increase in 2017, primarily due to heroin, but also increasingly mixed with other substances, such as fentanyl. The QRT includes a team of three people: a police officer, medical personnel and trained clinician, and is modeled after similar efforts proved effective in Colerain, Ohio, where about 80 percent of the people contacted eventually entered a treatment program.

What It Means for Medical Education Internally, the opioid epidemic is changing the way we teach. A team led by faculty members Richard Egleton, Ph.D., Adrienne M. Mays, M.D. (’09) and Matthew B. Curry, M.D. (’13) is developing different strategies to help medical students understand the science of addiction and generate awareness of their role in addressing addictionrelated issues, such as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, hepatitis B and C, HIV and other infections and conditions caused by IV drug use. Ultimately, the school of medicine plans to establish a Center for Excellence for treatment and research of substance abuse disorders. After conducting a national search, Marshall’s School of Medicine is in the final stages of naming a professor of addiction sciences who will guide further teaching, training, hands-on experiences and establish a think-tank for continued problem solving. This journey is far from over. The progress we make during the next few years will have a direct impact on the Huntington community and the potential to serve as a model for other communities across the country for years to come. Robert H. Hansen is the director of addiction services at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. He has a long career in the field of addictions and retired from the Prestera Center in 2012 after 22 years of service. Areas of Research

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome • Neurobiology • Neuropharmacology

Targeted Clinical Care Partnerships

Meeting primary care needs; provides health care to participants in the Cabell-Huntington Adult Drug Court as well as assistance to recovery programs throughout the Tri-State.

Maternal Addiction Recovery Center

Provides comprehensive obstetrical care, outpatient addiction care and counseling for expectant mothers with opiate addiction.

Lily’s Place

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Sean Loudin, M.D., Class of 2005, serves as medical director for the first Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Center in the United States.

Quick Response Teams

Provides patient navigators to people following an overdose episode to get them recovery help.

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Class of 1985 graduate and retired school of pharmacy dean reflects on what makes Marshall great. BY KATHERINE PYLES PHOTO BY RICK LEE

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C OV E R S TORY

s founding dean of the Marshall University School of Pharmacy and previous chairman of the school of medicine’s department of internal medicine, Kevin W. Yingling, R.Ph., M.D., shares what he refers to as “the Marshall advantage.” Since moving to Cabell County at the age of 10, he said he’s known there’s something special about Marshall University — but decades of practicing medicine, educating future doctors and pharmacists and serving the community have taught him what the Marshall advantage truly is. It starts with the rich heritage surrounding the school.

“The Marshall University School of Medicine is now a growing academic medical center surrounded by the heritage of West Virginia — the perseverance, diligence and independence of the people of this state,” said Dr. Kevin Yingling, a 1985 graduate of the School of Medicine. “I think that attracts students who want more than a cookie-cutter approach to medicine and who are willing to push themselves to be successful, and it provides an opportunity to serve a population that deserves the best and has significant needs. You leave Marshall’s medical school knowing that you can make a difference in people’s lives across Appalachia, and that’s a unique aspect of the Marshall advantage.” The idea is multifaceted, but it has a common theme: Marshall University is a place of opportunity. That’s something Yingling knows firsthand. Before deciding to pursue a college education, he enrolled in entry-level courses at the university. “Growing up, I didn’t think I had the skill set to be a college student. I didn’t come into higher education with accolades or achievements. But Marshall University taught me that I could fit into an academic community and be successful. To me, Marshall was always a place of opportunity — and when I accepted the position as dean of the pharmacy school, my goal was to create a place of opportunity there as well.”

Having had an interest in pharmacy since high school, Yingling went on to earn his B.S. in pharmacy from West Virginia University in 1981 and his M.D. from Marshall in 1985. He completed his internal medicine residency and fellowship training at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. “I wanted to make a difference for others, and I knew one way to do that was to enter the health care profession,” he said. “Once I was in pharmacy school, I really fell in love with medicinal chemistry — how the molecules of medicines move around the body and trigger positive actions, like lowering your blood pressure or controlling your diabetes or curing your headache. When I decided to enroll in medical school, it was to enter the field of clinical pharmacology. I wanted to design drugs.” At the University of Cincinnati, Yingling led clinical pharmacology research and later served as an honorary visiting academic fellow in clinical pharmacology at the University of Southampton in Southampton, England. Along the way, however, he discovered a passion for medical education. “The fundamental reason I went into pharmacy and then medicine was to make a difference in people’s lives,” he said. “I began to realize that I could make a bigger difference through training and educating than

“The fundamental reason I went into pharmacy and then medicine was to make a difference in people’s lives.”

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COVER STO R Y Yingling’s Accomplishments • 2010 — Given the Laureate Award from the West Virginia Chapter of the American College of Physicians, recognizing excellence in medical care, education and research.

Patrick I. Brown, Ph.D., former associate dean for medical student affairs, presents Yingling with the Upjohn Achievement Award in 1985.

• 2012 — Received the Award of Distinction from the Marshall University Alumni Association, the first recipient from the school of medicine. • 2014 — Inducted into the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy Hall of Fame. • 2015 — Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus Award. • 2017 — Recognized by the department of internal medicine with the dedication of an educational room at the Byrd Clinical Center in his honor.

Dr. Kevin Yingling, founding dean of the Marshall University School of Pharmacy, cloaks incoming pharmacy student Aaron Bond during the 2016 White Coat Ceremony.

through my own work and skills. I began to understand that it’s not about the seeds that are inside the apple; it’s about the apples that come from those seeds once they’re planted.” So, along with his wife Mary Alice and their young children, Yingling returned to Huntington in 1990 and began a career as a physician at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Yingling previously served as the medical director of the School of Medicine Center for Pharmacologic Study since 1995. He is also an associate professor of medicine and pharmacology in the department of internal medicine, where he served as chairman for 10 years and continues to see patients today. He said the patient-physician relationship is a cornerstone of internal medicine - something he’s emphasized both in his own practice and in the teaching of future physicians. “That a patient would entrust themselves to you, sharing with you their symptoms and the details of their lives that perhaps they wouldn’t share with anybody else, and that over time you would begin

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Dr. Kevin Yingling, dean of the Marshall University School of Pharmacy, leads Dr. Katherine Harper, left, dean of West Virginia State University’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Dr. R. Charles Byers, provost and vice president for academic affairs at WVSU, on a tour of the school of pharmacy.

C OV E R S TORY to make a difference in their lives, even beyond the diagnosis and treatment of disease — that, to me, is the cornerstone of the practice of medicine,” Yingling said. “You begin to know the patient as a person. In many cases, you know their family. You know their kids and their grandkids. You know what brings them joy and what has brought them sadness in their life journey. And using all of that to implement what’s best for them and the outcome of their health care is incredibly rewarding.” In 2010, after years of advocating for a pharmacy school at Marshall, Yingling was named dean of the new Marshall University School of Pharmacy. Although he continued to see patients in the internal medicine department, he retired in 2012 from his position as chairman to serve in the new role. He said he accepted the position for two reasons: first, to advance the clinical practices of pharmacy throughout Appalachia, which he felt had fallen behind, and, second, to incorporate pharmacists into the teambased approach to health care. However, it was something more personal that became the highlight of his tenure as dean. “Our students are diverse — many are firstgeneration college students — and they’ve chosen to come to the Marshall University schools of pharmacy and medicine because of the Marshall advantage,” he said. “A clear point of satisfaction for me in starting the new school was helping these young men and women from all walks of life understand that they could make a difference in people’s lives through pharmacy. It was helping them see that, no matter who they are or where they come from, they’re qualified to make a difference.”

Dr. Kevin Yingling looks on at the school of pharmacy commencement in 2017.

vine” — and spending more time with his wife, four children and four grandchildren, whose nickname for Yingling is “Paw Paw Doc.” “I’m a blessed man to be able to turn my attention more completely to my wife, my family and my grandchildren,” he said. “Having the freedom to focus on these precious individuals and make a difference in their lives is a joy.” From a young boy working in his parents’ restaurant, unsure of whether he’d succeed as a college student, to the chairman of Marshall’s department of internal medicine, to the inaugural dean of the school of pharmacy, Yingling is no stranger to new chapters. But being prepared for the unknown is yet another aspect of the Marshall advantage, he said. “Moving toward retirement, I have the same sense of wonderment that I did starting out as a medical student,” Yingling said. “We all learn, earn and return in our life journey; and while I’m still doing all three, it’s time for me to return to my faith, family and community, and to the institutions that have supported me so well on my journey.”

“Our students are diverse — many are firstgeneration college students — and they’ve chosen to come to the Marshall University schools of pharmacy and medicine because of the Marshall advantage.” Yingling is moving toward full retirement and yet, making a difference remains his priority. Having participated in faith-based medical mission trips to Russia, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Honduras and Haiti, he plans to continue serving in Haiti each year with TriState Medical Missions. He’s also looking forward to enjoying life’s simple pleasures — “having time to feed my chickens and watch my tomatoes ripen on the

Katherine Pyles is a freelance writer and editor living in Huntington.

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Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine’s Class of 2020

WHITE COAT CEREMONY E

August 5, 2016

ach fall, the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine ushers in a new class of medical students with its annual White Coat Ceremony. Among the 83 members of the Class of 2020 — the school’s largest class to-date — are eight legacy students. The White Coat Ceremony, where incoming students receive their first white coats, stethoscopes

and medical instruments, was first introduced at Marshall in 1996. It is considered a rite of passage for first-year students and is designed to instill the values of professionalism, humanism and compassionate care. The school of medicine alumni family, faculty and friends listed below generously sponsored white coats and medical equipment for the Class of 2020.

White Coats ALUMNI & FRIENDS

(Top and Middle) Joseph B. Touma, M.D., a retired ear, nose and throat specialist and former chair of the Marshall University Board of Governors, and his wife, Omayma T. Touma, M.D., retired medical director of the Cabell-Huntington Health Department, generously donated funds to provide each student with a stethoscope and presented the gifts during the ceremony. (Bottom) Farid B. Mozaffari, M.D., associate professor of surgery, was selected by the graduating Class of 2016 to deliver the keynote address to the incoming students in the Class of 2020.

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CLASS YEAR

Shelley R. Bailey, M.D. 2000 Drs. Jennifer L. Bennett Grube 1996 & Richard D. Grube Drs. Michael C. Binder 2010/2012 & Elise M. Henning R. Daniel Bledsoe, M.D. 2001 Dr. E. Fritz 1994 & Mrs. Jamie L. Braunlich Jared T. Brownfield, M.D. 2012 Jared T. Brownfield, M.D. 2012 Lisa R. Carchedi, M.D. 2000 Dr. Amy L. 1998 & Col. James W. Conley Robert J. Cure, M.D. 1998 Pamela A. Cyrus, M.D. 1989 Dr. Ramona A. 1995 & Mr. Timothy J. Dagostine Jerry A. Dague, M.D. 2000 Samuel R. Davis, M.D. 1983 J. Beth Day, M.D. 1991 Mr. Ron E. Friends & Mrs. Susan W. DeTemple Larry D. Dial, M.D. 1999 Joseph E. Evans, M.D. 1982 Ryan C. Fowler, M.D. 2003 Drs. Adrian S. 2001 & Amy L. Garmestani Dr. Jeffry T. & Mrs. Mary S. Gee 1996 Deborah H. Gillispie, M.D. 1991 Dr. W. Doug 1983 & Mrs. Mary L. Given Christopher S. Goode, M.D. 2002 Shea M. Goodrich, M.D. 2011 Dr. Nancy B. 1987 & Mr. P. Nolan Graham Robert B. Gray, M.D. 1999

SOM STUDENT Chase M. Warner Seth J. Deskins Christopher R. Atkins Dakota W. Stevenson Achraf A. Mansour Daniel T. Crow Eric T. Mendenhall Dominic G. Thomas Jordan L. Preston Allison M. Hines Anna C. Lefevre Anna C. Wood Gabriella P. Casinelli Fadi Chanaa Jonathan S.W. Winalski Rebecca L. Barnes Jennifer M. Hess Zachary R. Robateau Muntasir H. Chowdhury Katherine S. Billups Tyler C. Miller Alexandra M. Gillispie Katie E. Rollins Lucas R. Bolyard Benjamin M. Williams James C. Gainer Collin M. Burke

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White Coats ALUMNI & FRIENDS

CLASS YEAR

SOM STUDENT

ALUMNI & FRIENDS

Dr. Todd W. 1993 & Mrs. Shannon Gress Dr. Curtis W. 1998 & Mrs. Lisa Harrison Jr. Dr. R. Mark 1983 & Mrs. Monica J. W. Hatfield Erich R. Heinz, M.D. 1995 Tracy L. Hendershot, M.D. 2008 Jonathan A. Hess, M.D. 2012 Drs. Marc & Nika Hettlinger 2009 Becki Sue Hill, M.D. 1994 Eric W. Janssen, M.D. 1986 Joseph L. Joyce, M.D. 1997 Dr. David C. 1988 & Mrs. Lori L. Jude Dr. Jack L. 1991 & Mrs. Beth W. Kinder Jr. Devin A. King, M.D. 1999 Nicole E. Leedy, M.D. 2007 Brian P. Magrane, M.D. 1993 Dr. Patti Jo 2001 & Mr. Michael D. Marcum Shabbir M. Matcheswalla, M.D. 2007 James C. McCabe, M.D. 1988 Dr. James M. 1988 & Mrs. Sherri B. Mears Nimish K. Mehta, M.D. 1997 Dr. Bobby L. 1997 & Mr. Eric K. Hardin Miller Drs. Matt W. & L. Emily Morris 2008 Drs. Matt W. & L. Emily Morris 2008 Dr. J. Jeffrey 2010 & Mrs. Laura B. Mullins Michael J. Nerenberg, M.D. 1985 Justin M. Nolte, M.D. 2007 Gretchen A. Oley, M.D. 1982 Julia L. Pasquale, M.D. 2003 Mohammed I. Ranavaya, M.D. Faculty Mohammed I. Ranavaya, M.D. Faculty Leslie Pack Ranken, M.D. 2006 Charlotte A. Rhee, M.D. 1991 Ezra B. Riber, M.D. 1984 Hobart K. Richey, M.D. 1983 Richard E. Ryncarz, M.D. 1995 Joseph C. Shanklin, M.D. 1996 Dr. W. Mitchel 1990 & Mrs. Micki R. Shaver Tina M. Sias, M.D. 1992 Dr. Bernie M. 1990 & Mrs. Laura M. Simons Virgil W. Smaltz, M.D. 1993

Evan J. Childers

Mr. Terry A. Friend/Faculty & Mrs. Amy M. Smith Mr. Terry A. Friend/Faculty & Mrs. Amy M. Smith Nina K. Smith, M.D. 1981 Dr. Stephen C. 1981 & Mrs. Judy A. Smith Mary E. Smyrnioudis, M.D. 2009 Steven C. Southern, M.D. 1991 Thomas B. Styer, M.D. 1982 Drs. Paula F. & John G. Taylor 1996 Susan A. Terry, M.D. 1984 Drs. Gary Rankin Faculty & Monica Valentovic Drs. Gary Rankin Faculty & Monica Valentovic Tsailing Wang, M.D. 1991 Mrs. Kelly Webster-Fuller Staff/Friend & Ms. Josie Boyd Keith H. Wharton, M.D. 1981 Donnah S. Wolodkin 1984 Whitaker, M.D. Jeanne M. Zekan, M.D. 1987

Corey S. Moore Steven J. McHenry Destiny D. Carte Cierra C. Hardt Tani E. Berzins Wesley J. Wright Iman Ferdjallah Anthony G. Abadir Julia E. Poe Mouhammed A. Sakkal Lonnie K. Lucas Jr. Jonathan E. Hanson Meghan A. Anderson Thomas J. Magrane II Dakota T. May Sher A. Khan Somaiah K. Ahmed Brandon M. Wright Haleigh E. Jeffrey Jasmyn E. Atalla Jordan K. Kahle Ian L. Yahnke Jordan L. Tate

CLASS YEAR

SOM STUDENT Will T. Lester Preeya T. Shah L. Dalton Border Alexander C. Schlarb Taylor C. Boggess Caleb J. Lee Allyson L. Bias Anne A. Jarrell Andrea B. Hart A. Benja Lamyaithong Reagan M. Stafford Marjorie G. McCoy W. Tyler Freeman Christopher L. Watson Anne E. DeFruscio Alexandrine M. Ratnani

Medical Instruments ALUMNI & FRIENDS

CLASS YEAR

SOM STUDENT

Quartel-Ayne Amjad, M.D. 2007

Daniel T. Crow

Shelley R. Bailey, M.D.

Reagan M. Stafford

2000

Drs. Jennifer L. Bennett Grube 1996 & Richard D. Grube

Seth J. Deskins

Cameron S. Killmer Stephanie L. Broughman Lee E. Mendenhall Katherine M. Parks Sumaiya S. Chaudhry Jamila I. Ranavaya Shane T. Musick Tyler J. Skidmore Alexander B. Cheslock Joseph T. Simmons Luke J. Prudich Sang Hyun Elliot Park Corey A. Alley

R. Daniel Bledsoe, M.D.

2001

Dakota W. Stevenson

Darin K. Bowers, M.D.

1987

Evan J. Childers

Eric R. Sias Asad A Khawaja Lauren N. Smaltz

Dr. E. Fritz 1994 & Mrs. Jamie L. Braunlich, M.D.

Achraf A. Mansour

Dr. Amy L. & Col. James W. Conley

1998

Jordan L. Preston

Chad B. Crigger, M.D.

2016

Lucas R. Bolyard

Robert J. Cure, M.D.

1998

Allison M. Hines

Pamela A. Cyrus, M.D.

1989

Anna C. Lefevre

Dr. Ramona A. 1995 & Mr. Timothy J. Dagostine

Anna C. Wood

Jerry A. Dague, M.D.

2000

Gabriella P. Casinelli

Samuel R. Davis, M.D.

1983

Fadi Chanaa

J. Beth Day, M.D.

1991

Chase M. Warner

J. Beth Day, M.D.

1991

Jonathan S.W. Winalski

Drs. Ronald deAndrade & Kim M. Jordan

1983/1982 A. Benja Lamyaithong

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Medical Instruments ALUMNI & FRIENDS

CLASS YEAR

Drs. Ronald deAndrade 1983/1982 & Kim M. Jordan Mr. Ron E. Friends & Mrs. Susan W. DeTemple Larry D. Dial, M.D. 1999 Joseph E. Evans, M.D. 1982 Ryan C. Fowler, M.D. 2003 Drs. Adrian S. 2001 & Amy L. Garmestani Dr. Jeffry T. & Mrs. Mary S. Gee 1996 Deborah H. Gillispie, M.D. 1991 Dr. W. Doug 1983 & Mrs. Mary L. Given Bijan J. Goodarzi, M.D. 1983 Robert B. Gray, M.D. 1999 Drs. Forrest S. Harrison 2011 & Megan E. Docherty Dr. Curtis W. 1998 & Mrs. Lisa Harrison Jr. Dr. R. Mark 1983 & Mrs. Monica J. W. Hatfield Dr. R. Mark 1983 & Mrs. Monica J. W. Hatfield Mary J. Haynes, M.D. 1997 Mary J. Haynes, M.D. 1997 Tracy L. Hendershot, M.D. 2008 Drs. Marc & Nika Hettlinger 2009 James T. Holbrook, M.D. 1987 Laura Feaster Hysell, M.D. 2003 Eric W. Janssen, M.D. 1986 Joseph L. Joyce, M.D. 1997 Dr. Jack L. 1991 & Mrs. Beth W. Kinder Jr. R. Aaron Lambert, M.D. 2008 Nicole E. Leedy, M.D. 2007 Sean Loudin, M.D. 2005 Brian P. Magrane, M.D. 1993 Dr. Patti Jo 2001 & Mr. Michael D. Marcum James C. McCabe, M.D. 1988 Reginald J. McClung, M.D. 1983 Dr. James M. 1988 & Mrs. Sherri B. Mears Nimish K. Mehta, M.D. 1997 Dr. Bobby L. 1997 & Mr. Eric K. Hardin Miller Drs. Matt W. & L. Emily Morris 2008 Drs. Matt W. & L. Emily Morris 2008 Michael J. Nerenberg, M.D. 1985 Justin M. Nolte, M.D. 2007

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SOM STUDENT

ALUMNI & FRIENDS

Will T. Lester

Gretchen A. Oley, M.D. Julia L. Pasquale, M.D. Steven Pribanich III, M.D. Terry G. Pritt, M.D. Charlotte A. Rhee, M.D. Charlotte A. Rhee, M.D. Charlotte A. Rhee, M.D. Ezra B. Riber, M.D. Hobart K. Richey, M.D. Richard E. Ryncarz, M.D. Joseph C. Shanklin, M.D. Dr. W. Mitchel & Mrs. Micki R. Shaver Dr. Bernie M. & Mrs. Laura M. Simons Virgil W. Smaltz, M.D. Nina K. Smith, M.D. Dr. Stephen C. & Mrs. Judy A. Smith Mary E. Smyrnioudis, M.D. Steven C. Southern, M.D. Drs. Michael A. & Danielle M. Staton Drs. Michael A. & Danielle M. Staton Thomas B. Styer, M.D. Susan A. Terry, M.D. Ray M. Van Metre, M.D. Amy A. Vaughan, M.D. Tsailing Wang, M.D. Mrs. Kelly Webster-Fuller & Ms. Josie Boyd Keith H. Wharton, M.D. Donnah S. Wolodkin Whitaker, M.D. Jeanne M. Zekan, M.D.

Rebecca L. Barnes Jennifer M. Hess Zachary R. Robateau Muntasir H. Chowdhury Katherine S. Billups Tyler C. Miller Alexandra M. Gillispie Katie E. Rollins Christopher L. Watson Collin M. Burke Eric R. Sias Corey S. Moore Corey A. Alley Steven J. McHenry Iman Ferdjallah Shane T. Musick Cierra C. Hardt Wesley J. Wright Benjamin M. Williams Jonathan E. Hanson Anthony G. Abadir Julia E. Poe Lonnie K. Lucas Jr. James C. Gainer Meghan A. Anderson Jordan L. Tate Thomas J. Magrane II Dakota T. May Somaiah K. Ahmed Luke J. Prudich Brandon M. Wright Haleigh E. Jeffrey Jasmyn E. Atalla Jordan K. Kahle Ian L. Yahnke Cameron S. Killmer Stephanie L. Broughman

CLASS YEAR

SOM STUDENT

1982 2003 1991 1985 1991 1991 1991 1984 1983 1995 1996 1990

Lee E. Mendenhall Katherine M. Parks Dominic G. Thomas Christopher R. Atkins Jamila I. Ranavaya Mouhammed A. Sakkal Tyler J. Skidmore Alexander B. Cheslock Joseph T. Simmons Eric T. Mendenhall Sang Hyun Elliot Park Sumaiya S. Chaudhry

1990

Asad A. Khawaja

1993 1981 1981

Lauren N. Smaltz L. Dalton Border Alexander C. Schlarb

2009 1991 2012

Taylor C. Boggess Caleb J. Lee Anne A. Jarrell

2012

Sher A. Khan

1982 1984 2000 1992 1991 Staff/Friend

Allyson L. Bias Andrea B. Hart Destiny D. Carte Preeya T. Shah Marjorie G. McCoy W. Tyler Freeman

1981 1984

Tani E. Berzins Anne E. DeFruscio

1987

Alexandrine M. Ratnani

Sponsors ALUMNI & FRIENDS

CLASS ALUMNI YEAR & FRIENDS

CLASS YEAR

Quartel-Ayne Amjad, M.D.

2007

Charlotte A. Rhee, M.D.

1991

J. Beth Day, M.D.

1991

Ezra B. Riber, M.D.

1984

Mary J. Haynes, M.D.

1997

Mitsuko P. Shannon, M.D.

1988

Brian P. Magrane, M.D.

1993

Siraj U. Siddiqi, M.D.

1990

James R. Patterson, M.D.

1998

Susan A. Terry, M.D.

1984

Steven Pribanich III, M.D.

1991

Amy A. Vaughan, M.D.

1992

Quality Care for

RURAL COMMUNITIES Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine alumni meet the health care challenges of practicing in rural Appalachia. By Katherine Pyles

ural medicine isn’t for everyone, said Philip A. “At the time of its inception, the focus of the medical Galapon, M.D., a family medicine physician school was on primary care,” Elkins said. “It was on who practices in Boone and Logan counties in providing doctors to rural, underserved communities in West Virginia. West Virginia and throughout Appalachia. Even as the It takes someone who isn’t afraid of being uncomfortable school has grown, putting doctors into places with need and who’s willing to jump into the unknown. is still one of the most important things the But for those who do choose to serve rural medical school does.” communities, there’s no greater reward than The family medicine residency at the knowing they make a difference in the lives school of medicine, where Elkins serves of their patients. as an associate professor in the department “The challenges and the rewards of of family and community health, provides rural medicine are one and the same — the residents with extensive experiences in rural patients,” said Galapon, a 2008 graduate of settings, like those at Lincoln Primary Care the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards Center. The medical school’s rural health School of Medicine. “Some days, patients will track teaches family medicine residents absolutely exhaust your stores of information how to function in areas where access to an and patience. Other days, those same patients immediate referral is limited and where the PHILIP A. GALAPON, M.D. will brighten your day with a kind compliment latest diagnostic and treatment equipment or with improvement in their disease state.” is not always available. The 2010 U.S. Census states 51.3 percent of “Literally, 100 percent of the folks who’ve West Virginia’s population is considered rural, spent their clinic time here with us have either which considers population threshold, density, stayed in the area to practice rural medicine land use and distance from an urban area. or gone into rural primary care elsewhere in “We have to have care that reaches out the region,” Elkins said. “It’s a tremendous to those people who can’t make it to the testament to the quality of the program.” city, whether because of physical or financial Part of the mission of the school of limitations or because they don’t know a medicine is to equip students with the world beyond their ‘holler’ even exists,” education necessary to treat healthcare Galapon said. concerns in Appalachia. Today’s family Galapon and other alumni of the school physicians must be equipped to handle a wide GREG A. ELKINS, M.D. of medicine have answered the call to serve range of patient problems, Galapon said, rural communities throughout Appalachia, an important including knowing when to refer a patient to a specialist. part of the medical school’s mission, said Greg A. Elkins, “No two days are the same, but I love the variety,” M.D., a 1988 graduate of the school of medicine and he said. “I see patients with high blood pressure, high chief medical officer of Lincoln Primary Care Center cholesterol, common colds, diabetes and, last but never in Hamlin, W.Va. least, obesity. The more rare things I see are rheumatoid

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RURAL M E DICINE diseases, sarcoidosis and the occasional skin cancer.” When you’re caring for friends, family and neighbors, said Elkins, the reward is inherent. “It’d be hard to think of anything more gratifying than taking care of people you know and who know you,” said Elkins who returned to his hometown of Hamlin after residency training and has remained there ever since. “Giving back to the community where I grew up has really been an honor for me.”

Elkins said. “You have to take health care to folks. You have to be willing to locate in places where people can’t access the health care system. And in those places, you have to make education a priority. You have to teach patients about chronic disease and prevention. We’re doing a fair job at that now, but we need to do better.” It’s what the rural health track of the family medicine program aims to do — provide increasingly sophisticated care to rural patients throughout the region. With committed, caring alumni leading the way, the future Network of Support looks bright for the region’s rural communities. Growing up in West Virginia, Kimberly R. Becher, “I think what all of us hope is that the work we do M.D., a 2011 graduate of the school of medicine, will lift up rural West Virginia in a way that ensures has also found a way to give back to the Appalachian everybody gets the best health care that’s out there,” community as a family medicine doctor in Clay, W.Va. said Sarah J. Chouinard, M.D., a 1998 graduate of Becher said working closely with family medicine the school of medicine and chief medical officer of physicians throughout the state, as well as Community Care of West Virginia, a the full range of specialists at the school of Federally Qualified Healthcare Center medicine, helps alleviate the isolation that in north central West Virginia. “One can come with practicing rural medicine. of the keys to a community that thrives “Rural West Virginia is gorgeous — I is quality health care — and anytime a like having space, being able to see the stars Marshall family medicine graduate ends up and hearing the spring peepers every year in a rural community, that community is in March,” she said. “But professionally, automatically uplifted. Marshall’s graduates the isolation can be hard. Physicians all are setting the bar high for the health care over the state have helped me in multiple people have available to them at home.” ways. Knowing I’m not alone out here Now, Chouinard’s work in rural medicine KIMBERLY R. BECHER, M.D. trying to do the impossible makes doing it is primarily administrative, overseeing much more palatable. On days when I’m policies and protocols that will shape the entirely overwhelmed by a patient, I know way care is delivered to rural communities I have the resources to reach out and get throughout the nation. In 2008, Chouinard them taken care of.” was recognized by the West Virginia Rural Becher, who sees several patients who Health Association as the Rural Practitioner are homebound, said having a network of of the Year. For the neurobiologist turned support is especially beneficial when a patient family medicine doctor turned policymaker, is unable or unwilling to travel — one of the making a difference has been at the heart of most common obstacles in rural medicine. her career. “People are overwhelmingly grateful when “I didn’t set out to be a family doctor,” you listen to them and take care of them at said Chouinard, a Huntington native who home, without sending them hours away earned a degree in neurobiology from the SARAH J. CHOUINARD, M.D. unless absolutely necessary,” Becher said. University of Vermont and conducted “The gratitude from patients makes it all worthwhile.” scientific research at the University of California before returning to West Virginia to attend medical school. Access to Care “I was really interested in being a research scientist According to the Rural Health Information Hub, because I thought that was the best way to help a lot some of the most difficult healthcare services to access of people. But as much as I loved the work I did as a in rural communities are obstetric, mental health, oral neurobiologist, it was not as fulfilling as what I’ve been health and substance abuse. Other challenges of rural areas able to do in rural West Virginia, where there’s so much include poor health literacy, lack of insurance coverage, work to be done. There’s so much you can do as a family limited access to proper nutrition and limited social doctor that will leave a lasting imprint.” support. Combined with socioeconomic, geographical and transportation barriers, a proactive approach to care is critical, Elkins said. “Studies show that if people have to travel more Katherine Pyles is a freelance writer and editor living in than an hour for their health care, they just don’t go,” Huntington.

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Match Day 2017 It was more than luck that landed fourth-year students with outstanding residency matches in the National Residency Matching Programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Match Day on March 17.

MATCH DAY HIGHLIGHTS

40%

entered primary care fields in West Virginia

TOP LEFT: Adventures near Rushmore. Carissa M. Elkins of Hurricane, W.Va., matches to Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, S.D. ABOVE: The envelope, please! Ryan D. Carroll of Proctorville, Ohio, comes up to accept the envelope with his match results. LEFT: Buckeye Bound. Frank F. Fofie of Gaithersburg, Md., pictured with son Fiachie, smiles about his match to The Ohio State University.

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new doctors remain at Marshall for their training

students matched in the U.S. Military

25%

remain in West Virginia

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RESIDENCY MATCHES FOR THE CLASS OF 2017 CALIFORNIA

NEW YORK

Nisa Hatami Sacramento

Internal Medicine at UC Davis Medical Center

P. Andrew Prusack Ventura

Family Medicine at Ventura County Medical Center

CONNECTICUT Divya Vangala Hartford

Pediatrics at University of Connecticut

FLORIDA Rebecca G. Creel Jacksonville

Psychiatry at University of Florida

Jacob L. Miller Aventura

Surgery-Preliminary at Marshall University, followed by Diagnostic Radiology at Aventura Hospital

Laura A. Scieszka Gainesville

Emergency Medicine at University of Florida Shands Hospital

GEORGIA Hilary Cornell Atlanta

Pediatrics at Morehouse School of Medicine

INDIANA Jason E. Childress Indianapolis

Medicine-Preliminary at Marshall University, followed by Diagnostic Radiology at Indiana University

KENTUCKY Daniel S. Kahn Louisville

Pediatrics at University of Louisville

Joshua H. Kim Lexington

Psychiatry at University of Kentucky Medical Center

Brandon T. Nelson Lexington

Medicine-Pediatrics at University of Kentucky Medical Center

Pritee Taxak Louisville

Medicine-Preliminary at University of Louisville, followed by Diagnostic Radiology at University of Louisville

MARYLAND Lauren M. Burgunder Baltimore

Pediatrics at John S. Hopkins Hospital

Abigail E. Smith Bethesda

General Surgery at Walter Reed National Medical Center

MICHIGAN Philip A. Riley Rochester

Family Medicine at Wayne State University

MISSOURI Eamonn E. Maher St. Louis

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Medicine-Preliminary at Marshall University, followed by Dermatology at St. Louis University

Nathaniel A. Crow Stony Brook Maria Espiridion Buffalo

Family Medicine at Stony Brook Teaching Hospital Obstetrics-Gynecology at University of Buffalo

Mobeen Farooq New Hyde Park

Surgery-Preliminary at Hofstra Northwell, followed by Diagnostic Radiology at Hofstra Northwell

Yueting Yang Stony Brook

Medicine-Pediatrics at Stony Brook Teaching Hospital

NORTH CAROLINA Matthew A. Burton Chapel Hill

Neurology at University of North Carolina Hospitals

Vivian M. Minkemeyer Durham

Medicine-Preliminary at Marshall University, followed by Diagnostic Radiology at Duke University Medical Center

Benjamin A. Perrin Wilmington

Obstetrics-Gynecology at New Hanover Regional Medical Center

Sandra M. Shenouda Winston-Salem

Internal Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Health

Joseph C. Wilson Winston-Salem

Medicine-Preliminary at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, followed by Diagnostic Radiology at Wake Forest Baptist Health

OHIO Frank F. Fofie Columbus

Medicine-Preliminary at Marshall University, followed by Diagnostic Radiology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Yusif Mohammed Cleveland

Internal Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Medicine Institute

Cody A. Stover Columbus

Orthopaedic Surgery at Mount Carmel Health System

Matthew D. Thompson Cincinnati

Transitional Year at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, followed by Ophthalmology at University of Cincinnati

PENNSYLVANIA Oksana A. Bailiff Danville

Medicine-Preliminary at Marshall University, followed by Dermatology at Geisinger Health System

Adam R. Davis Philadelphia

Pathology AP/CP at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Dustin S. Elswick Pittsburgh

Anesthesiology at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

R E S I D E N C Y M ATCHES Rashi A. Fischer Washington

Family Medicine at Washington Hospital

James E. Hatten Charlottesville

Emergency Medicine at University of Virginia

Kenton L. Hess Washington

Family Medicine at Washington Hospital

Aaron A. Heaberlin Richmond

Pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

April E. Hoffman Hershey

Emergency Medicine at Penn State Hershey Medical Center

D. Ryann Justice Richmond

Pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Bibek Joshi Monroeville

Family Medicine at Forbes Family Medicine

WEST VIRGINIA

Thomas J. Melvin Pittsburgh

General Surgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy Hospital

R. Christopher Bowers Huntington

Obstetrics-Gynecology at Marshall University

Ryan D. Carroll Huntington

Internal Medicine at Marshall University General Surgery at Charleston Area Medical Center-West Virginia University

Laura G. Burdette Charleston

Psychiatry at Medical University of South Carolina

Justin Chuang Charleston

Corey A. Hamilton Columbia

Orthopaedic Surgery at Palmetto Health Richland

Laura M. Given Huntington

Family Medicine at Marshall University

Evan J. Madden Greenwood

Family Medicine at Self Regional Healthcare

Amanda J. Stratton Columbia

Justin M. Godby Huntington

Psychiatry at Marshall University

Emergency Medicine at Palmetto Health Richland

Kristen E. Hyberg Huntington

Pediatrics at Marshall University

Matthew B. LaRoe Huntington

Internal Medicine at Marshall University

Erika R. Maynard Huntington

Psychiatry at Marshall University

Akhil K. Patel Charleston

Obstetrics-Gynecology at Charleston Area Medical Center-West Virginia University

Maxwell B. Randall Morgantown

Psychiatry at West Virginia University

R. Asher Sexton Huntington

Family Medicine at Marshall University

Kasey D. Stickler Huntington

Family Medicine at Marshall University

Morgan C. Stickler Huntington

Family Medicine at Marshall University

Troy J. Wallace Huntington

Medicine-Pediatrics at Marshall University

Courtney D. Wellman Huntington

Family Medicine at Marshall University

Michelle M. Worthy Huntington

Medicine-Pediatrics at Marshall University

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SOUTH DAKOTA Carissa M. Elkins Rapid City

Family Medicine at Rapid City Regional Hospital

TENNESSEE Matthew T. Meriweather Nashville

Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Pooja N. Sangani Nashville

Obstetrics-Gynecology at University of Tennessee St. Thomas Hospitals

TEXAS Michael T. Clarke Corpus Christi

Emergency Medicine at Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital

Kelsey G. Cowen Dallas

General Surgery at Baylor University Medical Center

VIRGINIA Sara L. Dusing Charlottesville

Family Medicine at University of Virginia

Yemsrach Y. Gami Falls Church

Internal Medicine at INOVA Fairfax Hospital

Christina R. Graley Richmond

Internal Medicine/ Neurology-Preliminary at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, followed by Neurology at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

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Next stop ... Residency INVESTITURE 2017

s the graduating class of 2017 prepared to embark on residency, they reflected on their time as medical students during the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 37th annual investiture ceremony on May 5, 2017. Five members of the class maintained perfect 4.0 grade point averages during their medical school years. The class logged more than 3,200 hours of community service, including Herd for Honduras, flood relief and Marshall Medical Outreach, during their time in medical school. They also raised enough funds to endow the Class of 2017 Scholarship, so they can continue helping other students following in their footsteps. Marshall University President Jerome A. Gilbert, Ph.D., conferred 72 doctor of medicine degrees and one doctor of philosophy in biomedical sciences degree.

Michelle M. Worthy, M.D., president of the Class of 2017, displays the white coat she received as a first-year medical student as she addresses her class.

Erling C.J. Norrby, M.D., Ph.D., a virologist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and a widely-recognized authority on the Nobel Prizes selection process, delivered the eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keynote address. Drs. Maurice A. Mufson (left) and Jerome A. Gilbert (right) presented Norrby with an honorary degree from Marshall University during the ceremony.

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Biomedical sciences graduate, Kristeena Ray Wright, Ph.D., is completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University researching endometriosis.

INVESTITURE 2017

ach year, a number of family members, friends and mentors with a terminal degree have the distinct honor of hooding a loved one during investiture. This year brought many of our alumni back to Huntington to participate in the hooding ceremony for the Class of 2017.

Jack L. Kinder, M.D., Class of 1991, with his niece, Carissa M. Elkins, M.D.

R. Mark Hatfield, O.D., M.D., Class of 1983, with Frank F. Fofie, M.D., recipient of the Dr. R. Mark & Monica Hatfield Adopt a Medical Student Scholarship.

Pam A. Cyrus, M.D., Class of 1989, with R. Chris Bowers, M.D.

John E. Cornell, M.D., Class of 1999, with his daughter, Hilary K. Cornell, M.D.

W. Douglas Given, M.D., Class of 1983, with his daughter Laura M. Given, M.D.

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PRESIDENT ’ S CO R NE R Dear fellow alumni and friends, I am beyond proud to call myself a daughter of Marshall and serve the school of medicine as president of the alumni association. This year has brought about so many accomplishments for the school of medicine and our fellow graduates. As you read in the letter from Dr. Shapiro, a new neurology residency and an increased concentration on battling the opioid epidemic are paving the way for growth at the school. As state support continues to dwindle and the need for private support becomes more critical, there is a great need for each of us to help grow the school’s endowments. That is why last year, as one of my primary goals, I challenged every class to endow a scholarship. I’m so pleased to share that the members of the classes of 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2012 and 2017 rose to meet that challenge. Fewer than a dozen classes remain that have yet to meet that goal. The accomplishments noted throughout our Class Notes section are also nothing short of impressive. You are doing great things in your respective specialties, and by doing so, you are letting the world see how great the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine is. Just a few noteworthy achievements include Bradley D. Henry, M.D., R.Ph, from the Class of 1991, taking the helm as president of the West Virginia State Medical Association, following in the footsteps of Paula F. Taylor, M.D., Class of 1996; Dennis Burton, M.D., Class of 1981; Elizabeth Spangler, M.D., Class of 1986; Ron Stollings, M.D., Class of 1982; Reggie McClung, M.D., Class of 1983; and others who have paved the way. Beyond professional accolades and promotions, you are also leading volunteer efforts in your communities, raising families and making a difference. We could not be more proud. Enjoy this look at the past year. Best, Tina M. Sias, M.D., Class of 1992 President, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Alumni Association 22

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2017-2018 SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Tina M. Sias, M.D., Class of 1992 SECRETARY/TREASURER Robert J. Cure, M.D., Class of 1998 PRESIDENT-ELECT Krista L. Denning, M.D., Class of 2004 IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Nancy B. Norton, M.D., Class of 1999 MEMBERS AT LARGE Paul B. Ferguson, M.D., Class of 2007 Adam M. Franks, M.D., Class of 1999 C. Andrew Gilliland, M.D., Class of 2007 Deborah H. Gillispie, M.D., Class of 1991 Patti Jo Marcum, M.D., Class of 2001 Adrienne M. Mays, M.D., Class of 2009 William “Skip” A. Nitardy, M.D., Class of 2006 Justin M. Nolte, M.D., Class of 2007 James M. Reynolds, M.D., Class of 2001 Jay A. Shepherd, M.D., Class of 2007 Friday G. Simpson, M.D., Class of 1991 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Joseph I. Shapiro, M.D., Dean, School of Medicine Linda S. Holmes, Executive Director Amy M. Smith, Assistant Dean, Student Affairs Sheanna M. Spence, Assistant Director Cindy A. Warren, MU Alumni Representative Brad C. Gillon, MS-IV President Karl G. Shaver, MS-III President Preeya T. Shah, MS-II President Kara V. Anderson, MS-I President

Giving

OPPORTUNITIES The generosity of alumni and friends who believe in our mission allow the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine to prepare students for life and practice, foster a skilled physician workforce for rural Appalachia and make critical medical research advancements. There are many ways you can give back to the school of medicine that fit your needs, interests and philanthropic goals.

Annual Giving

Annual giving provides ongoing support to the school of medicine. Each year, alumni, faculty, staff and friends give back. Gifts of any and every size make a difference.

Creating a Named Endowment

Named endowments in memory or honor of an individual, family, group or organization can be established with a minimum gift of $15,000. Contributions are invested by The Marshall University Foundation Inc., and earnings are available annually for the purpose designated by the donor.

ENDOWED GIFTS SUPPORT • Scholarships

• Lectures

• Professorships

• Facilities

• Research

• Faculty Development

Matching Gifts

More than 1,000 corporations and foundations in the U.S. match their employees’ gifts to higher education. If your company is eligible, request a matching gift form from your employer, and send in your completed form with your gift. We will take care of the rest.

Planned Giving

A planned gift is an affordable way to support the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and may allow you to give at a level you never thought possible. There are any number of ways to make a planned gift that best meets your giving and financial needs while making a profound difference in the education, research, clinical care and other programs of the school of medicine. Bequest Life Insurance Retirement Plan

Charitable Gift Annuity Charitable Remainder Unitrust

Personal Property/Real Estate

“We have included the school of medicine in our estate plans so that it can continue to benefit and offer new opportunities for future students, faculty members and the community.”

Memorial and Honorary Gifts

Gifts in memory or honor of an individual, group, family or organization may be designated for scholarships, special programs or greatest needs. For more information, please contact Linda S. Holmes, director of development & alumni affairs, at 304-691-1711 or holmes@marshall.edu.

Amy A. Vaughan, M.D. (’92) and her husband, Christopher Keaton, Esq.

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LOYALTY FUND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Make a gift of cash or stock Give online at jcesom.marshall.edu/alumni-giving or call us at 304-691-1711 I (we) want to support the school of medicine’s 2017-18 Loyalty Fund. I (we) want my gift to go toward the Class of ___________ Scholarship. I (we) want to Adopt a Medical Student for $19,000, payable over 4 years. Please send more information about giving to the school of medicine in my estate plans. Other_______________________________________________

HONOR/MEMORIAL GIFTS Honor

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Name: __________________________________________________________ Family member to notify of memorial gift:________________________________ Honoree/family member address: _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

PAYMENT INFORMATION My payment is enclosed. Make checks payable to Marshall University Foundation and send to: Linda Holmes, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine 1600 Medical Center Drive • Suite 3409 • Huntington, WV 25701 Please charge $_________ to my Visa MasterCard Discover American Express Credit Card #: ________________________________________ Exp. Date:_____________ Security Code:__________ Cardholder Signature:___________________________________________________ DONOR INFORMATION Name________________________________________________ SOM Class Year_________________ Address____________________________________________________________________________ Work Phone________________________ Mobile Phone_____________________________________ Email______________________________________________________________________________ YOUR SUPPOR T M AY B E UN R E S T R IC T E D O R D E S IG NAT E D F O R A S P E C IF IC U S E . GIF TS A R E TA X D ED UCTI B LE T O T H E E X T E NT P E R M IT T E D BY IR S R E G U L AT IO NS .

For more information about how your gift can help move the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine forward, contact Linda Holmes, director of development and alumni affairs, at 304-691-1711 or holmes@marshall.edu.

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2017 Marshall University Joan C.Edwards School of Medicine

PHILANTHROPY REPORT On behalf of the entire Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine family, we want to personally thank you for your generosity and support of our mission to educate future physicians. We are truly grateful you have chosen to include the school of medicine in your personal philanthropy and hope you will continue to do so in the future. The Development Office has seen the long-lasting results of philanthropic support from alumni and friends throughout the years. Your continued generosity creates limitless possibilities for the future of the school of medicine. The following donors made gifts from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017. With appreciation,

Linda S. Holmes Director, Development & Alumni Affairs

Sheanna M. Spence Assistant Director, Alumni & Community Affairs

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” — Winston Churchill PINNACLE SOCIETY Gifts of $50,000 or more INDIVIDUALS Mr. Robert H. Smith Drs. Joseph B. & Omayma T. Touma

BUSINESSES Cabell Huntington Hospital elizur Marshall Health Thomas Health System

FOUNDATIONS Huntington Foundation, Inc. Joan C. Edwards Charitable Foundation Maier Foundation, Inc.

FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE Gifts of $10,000 - $49,999 INDIVIDUALS Dr. Kenneth P. & Mrs. Sharon N. Ambrose Dr. John G.* & Mrs. Teresa C. Boswell Mrs. Laura B. Darby Dr. & Mrs. W. Michael Hensley Dr. Eric W. Janssen* Mr. Joseph K. & Mrs. Karen P. McDonie Dr. Venkatesh Nadar Dr. John N. Ralsten

* Alumni

Dr. Bruce A. & Mrs. Ann D. Ratcliff Dr. Chandra S. Sekar Mrs. Donna M. Underwood

BUSINESSES Huntington Internal Medicine Group Marshall Internal Medicine Marshall Pathology Marshall University Joan C. Edwards Class of 2017 Maxor National Pharmacy Services, LLC Radiology, Inc. St. Mary’s Medical Center Valley Health Systems, Inc. West Virginia Community Voices, Inc.

FOUNDATIONS Foundation for the Tri-State on behalf of Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Agee Huntington Clinical Foundation Inc. Mike Ross Family Foundation Inc. Paul Ambrose Charitable Trust Foundation West Virginia Medical Foundation

TRUSTS Arthur & Joan Weisberg Charitable Lead Trust James R. Bloss Trust Prichard School Trust Clyde M. & Pansy W. Slater Trust

DEANS’ ASSOCIATES Gifts of $1,000 - $9,999 INDIVIDUALS Dr. Nader G. Abraham Dr. Clark D.* & Mrs. Robin L. Adkins Dr. Anthony M. Alberico Anonymous Dr. John J. Anton* Dr. Robert C.* & Mrs. Tania B. Anton Dr. Ronald G. & Mrs. Elizabeth L. Area Dr. James B. Becker* Dr. Gerald G.* & Mrs. Cynthia L. Blackwell Mr. W. Fred Boggs Dr. Linda G. Brown* Dr. Patrick I. Brown Dr. Kimberly A. Burgess* Drs. P. Mitchell Charles* & Paulette S. Wehner* Dr. Bruce S. & Mrs. Janice E. Chertow Dr. Charles W. Clements II* Dr. Carolyn A. Cline* Dr. Amy R.* & Col. James W. Conley Dr. Michael D.* & Mrs. Kari A. Cooper Dr. Daniel D. & Mrs. Diana H. Cowell Mr. William B. & Mrs. Linda B. Craig Dr. Robert J.* & Mrs. Suzanne J. Cure Dr. Pamela A. Cyrus* Dr. Samuel R.* & Mrs. Julie E. Davis Dr. Sonja P. Dawsey* Dr. David A. & Mrs. Sharon N. Denning

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PHIL ANTHRO P Y RE P O R T Dr. Krista L. Denning* Dr. Larry D.* & Mrs. Sarah B. Dial Jr. Dr. R. Lawrence & Mrs. Deirdre Dunworth Drs. Mehiar El-Hamdani & Nesreen BenHamed Dr. Yoram & Mrs. Esther Elitsur Dr. Joseph E.* & Mrs. Teresa S. Evans Drs. Laurel A.* & David M. Fedor Dr. Paul B.* & Mrs. Allison C. Ferguson Mr. David & Mrs. Laura J. Fox III Dr. Adam M.* & Mrs. Emily B. Franks Dr. Pradipta Ghosh* Dr. Deborah A.* & Mr. James M. Gillispie Dr. W. Douglas* & Mrs. Mary L. Given Dr. Bijan J. Goodarzi* Dr. Rose Anne* & Mr. Barry A. Goodwin Dr. Robert B. Gray* Dr. Edward J. Grey* Dr. Jennifer L. Bennett Grube* Mr. Sean K. & Mrs. Beth L. Hammers Mr. Gregory S. & Mrs. Teresa L. Deppner Hardin Dr. R. Mark* & Mrs. Monica J. Hatfield Drs. Cyrus C. Heydarian* & Rosemarie Santos Heydarian* Dr. Haleh C. Heydarian* Dr. Dorothy E. Hicks Dr. Nathan S.* & Mrs. Janell L. Hill Dr. Scot D.* & Mrs. Susanne E. Hines Dr. John A.* & Mrs. Renae P. Hoffman Dr. Thomas J. Holbrook Jr. Drs. Joel T.* & Terry S. Hummer* Dr. F. Scott Hunter* Dr. Eric W.* & Mrs. Kristin L. Irwin Dr. Brett E. Jarrell* Dr. James C. Jensen Dr. Matthew L. Jones* Dr. John R. Karickhoff Dr. Jack L.* & Mrs. M. Beth Kinder Jr. Mrs. Virginia D. Kirkwood Dr. M. Ann Kuhn* & Mr. A. Dennis Coronado Drs. Subhash & Rashimi Kumar Dr. Iralene M. Lambros Mrs. Kathleen K. Lotspeich Dr. Sean Loudin* Dr. Thomas B. Maloney* Drs. J. Thomas* & Andrea N. Meadows* Dr. Bobby L.* & Mr. Eric K. Hardin Miller Mr. R. Wayne & Mrs. Johnna Kirk Miller Dr. Brenda L. Mitchell Dr. Carmella Evans Molina* Dr. Manuel E. Molina* Dr. Maurice A. & Mrs. Diane W. Mufson Dr. Kevin R. Nelson Dr. John W.* & Mrs. Kimberly A. Neville Jr. Dr. Richard M. & Mrs. Elaine M. Niles Dr. Ali & Mrs. Corinna Oliashirazi

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Dr. John A. & Mrs. Elizabeth S. Parker Drs. James R.* & Alison S. Patterson Mr. John E. & Mrs. Deborah J. Pauley Dr. C. Douglas Phillips* Dr. Amir R. Piracha* Sen. Robert H. & Mrs. Jennifer T. Plymale Dr. Joseph W. Poe* Dr. Jerome Puryear Jr.* Dr. Mohammed I. Ranavaya Drs. Gary O. Rankin & Monica A. Valentovic Dr. Daniel B.* & Mrs. Sherri L. Ray Ms. Kathleen R. Reedy Dr. James M. Reynolds* Dr. Charlotte A. Rhee* Dr. Douglas F.* & Mrs. M. Yvonne Ritchie Mr. R. O. & Mrs. Nancy M. Robertson Jr. Dr. John D.* & Mrs. Lisa K. Roth Dr. Stuart M.* & Mrs. Anne W. Roth Dr. Lorraine J. Rubis-Franckle Dr. Dwight Saulle* Mr. James J. & Mrs. Shirley W. Schneider Mr. Tushar K. & Dr. Darshana T. Shah Dr. Joseph I. & Mrs. Mary R. Shapiro Drs. Sanjeev S. Sharma* & Barbara A. Lahr Dr. Mark F.* & Mrs. Janet L. Sheridan Mr. Terry A. & Mrs. Amy M. Smith Dr. Mary E. Smyrnioudis* Dr. Ron D. Stollings* Dr. Thomas B.* & Mrs. Julia V. Styer Drs. Uma & Usha Sundaram Dr. Maria T. Tirona Mrs. Wanda G. Tolley Dr. Monica L. Richey Walker* & Mr. Bryan Walker Dr. Larry W.* & Mrs. Bridget R. Watson Mr. Daniel T. & Mrs. Cathy S. Wells Dr. William A.* & Mrs. Margaret C. Welton III Dr. Joseph W. & Mrs. Toby Werthammer Dr. Donnah S. Wolodkin Whitaker* & Mr. William S. Whitaker Ms. Tamela J. White Dr. Patricia L.* & Mr. David A. Wilson Dr. Joanne R. Wunderlich* & Mr. David F. Askew Dr. Charles L. & Mrs. Kathleen H. Yarbrough Dr. Philip N. Zambos*

BUSINESSES ACE Medical, LLC on behalf of Dr. Sandra K.* & Mr. Robert G. Marshall Edward Tucker Architects Inc. Cerner Corporation Champion Industries, Inc. First Sentry Bank

Galaxy Distributing of West Virginia – Mr. Jimmy & Mrs. Julie Todd Herd for Honduras Highmark West Virginia Holzer Health System JTEK, Inc. dba HoneyBaked Ham Lumos Networks Marshall Family Medicine Marshall Obstetrics & Gynecology Marshall Pediatrics Marshall Sports Medicine Institute/Marshall Orthopaedics MUAA Mid-Ohio Valley Chapter NorthStar Anesthesia Ohio Valley Physicians, Inc. – Drs. Robert A.* & Jonathan A. Hess* Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital – Bon Secours Health Systems, Inc. Natural Resource Partners LP Radon Medical Imaging Corporation-WV Pleasant Valley Hospital The Health Plan The Ohio Valley Bank Co. West Virginia Academy of Family Physicians West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company

FOUNDATIONS Cabell Huntington Hospital Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation on behalf of Mr. William B. Craig Jr. Family Medicine Foundation of West Virginia Harry M. & Gertrude Y. Schwartz Foundation on behalf of the Seidler Family Touma Foundation, Inc. West Virginia State Medical Association

DOCTORS’ MEMORIAL SOCIETY Gifts of $500 - $999 INDIVIDUALS Dr. Robert A. Barnabei* Dr. Bonnie L. Beaver Dr. Jessica M. Bensenhaver* Mr. Bradley A. & Mrs. Beth A. Buchman Dr. Cheryl L. Cook* Dr. J. Beth Day* Dr. Harry H. Dinsmore Jr.* Mr. Chad S. & Mrs. Molly B. Fisher Dr. Indira D. Gautam* Dr. Darlene Y. Gruetter* Mr. Gary L. Hamilton Dr. Dennis R. Haslam Jr.* Dr. Bradley D.* & Mrs. Lisa E. Henry Dr. Jeffrey S.* & Mrs. Jennifer S. Holmes Miss Linda S. Holmes & Dr. J. William Haught Mr. B. Keith & Mrs. Tamara D. Huffman Dr. Christopher L. & Mrs. Tammy L. Hugh

* Alumni

P H I L AN T H R O P Y R EPORT Drs. William R.* & Jamie L. Jeffrey* Mr. Christopher K. Jenkins Drs. Eric C.* & Sharmilla M. Matcheswalla Jones* Dr. Joseph L.* & Mrs. Lori G. Joyce Dr. Joanne M. Lebow* Dr. Tracy L. LeGrow Drs. Laco L.* & Janell C. Chandler Mace II* Dr. Brian P.* & Mrs. Lisa L. Magrane Dr. Mary Nan S. Mallory* Dr. Joye A. Martin Dr. Molly R.* & Mr. William W. Mathews Mr. Michael J. & Mrs. Diane M. McCarthy Dr. James M.* & Mrs. Sherri B. Mears Dr. Barbara M. Michael* Dr. Scott W.* & Mrs. Rachel C. Mitchell Ms. Karen Mundy Drs. Nancy B.* & Michael L. Norton Drs. Kenneth J. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor & Hyla M. Harvey Dr. Julia L. Pasquale* Dr. Gary J.* & Mrs. Christa A. Petty Drs. Yaacov R. Pushkin* & Elaine L. Flanders* Dr. Leslie P. Ranken* Dr. Gilbert A. Ratcliff Jr. Dr. Laura L. Richardson Dr. Sarah J. Rinehart* Mr. Walter S. Ryczek Dr. Tina M.* & Mr. Eric K. Sias Dr. Elizabeth L. Spangler * Mr. Joshua D. & Mrs. Sheanna M. Spence Dr. Bryan D. Springer* Dr. Mark M. Stecker Dr. Sharon L. Steinman* Dr. Sheryl L. Stephens* & Mr. Lannie D. Rowe Mr. J. Matthew & Mrs. Jennifer H. Straub Dr. William D.* & Mrs. Nicole L. Terrell Dr. Stephen G. Tolley III Drs. Donald H.* & Mary P. Trainor Jr. Dr. Amy A. Vaughan* Dr. Michael E. & Mrs. Paula Vega Dr. Maria Teresa Vives-Aceves* Dr. John B. Walden Dr. Myra L. Wilkerson*

BUSINESSES 21 at the Frederick American Academy of Family Physicians Geosyntec Consultants Farrell, White & Legg PLLC HealthyTri-State Marshall Athletic Department Marshall Orthopaedics Marshall Pediatrics Marshall University Research Corporation McKesson State Electric Supply Company West Virginia Family Health

FOUNDATION Foundation for the Tri-State Community, Inc. on behalf of Drs. Kenneth E. & Barbara P. Guyer

NEW CENTURY CLUB Gifts of $100 - $499 INDIVIDUALS Drs. James A.* & Ann M. Lambernedis Akins* Mr. Steve Allred Dr. Quartel-Ayne Amjad* Dr. Peter C. & Mrs. Elsa Aragones Drs. J. Brandon Armstrong* & Kara E. Kimberly* Dr. Mitali G.* & Mr. Tapan K. Baksi Dr. Jayne A. Barr* Mrs. Maxine K. Baur Mrs. Lois A. Bickerton Drs. Michael C. Binder* & Elise M. Henning* Drs. Paul A. Blair & Jane A. Kurucz Dr. R. Dan Bledsoe* Dr. Craig L.* & Mrs. Linda K. Bookout Dr. Frank M. & Mrs. Karen T. Booth Dr. M. Wayne* & Mrs. M. Kathy Bosserman Dr. Shane A. Bowen* Dr. Darin K.* & Mrs. Pamela A. Bowers Mr. Keith E. & Mrs. Ellen R. Bowie Dr. Emmett F. Branigan* Dr. E. Fritz* & Mrs. Jamie L. Braunlich Mr. William J. & Mrs. Maria M. Bronosky Dr. Jared T. Brownfield* Mr. Charles & Mrs. Stephanie Bryant Dr. Hoyt J. & Mrs. Amy M. Burdick Mr. James R. & Mrs. JoAnn Burgess Mr. John T. & Mrs. Kathleen A. Burke Mr. Clinton M. & Mrs. Melissa A. Burley Dr. Robin A. Bush* Ms. Meredith Calhoun Dr. Timothy D.* & Mrs. Laura A. Canterbury Dr. Lisa R. Carchedi* Dr. Ignacio* & Mrs. Ann P. Cardenas Dr. Samuel E.* & Mrs. Janice C. Carroll Mr. Walter F. & Mrs. Elizabeth H. Carter Dr. R. Todd* & Mrs. Mary J. Chambers Dr. Simon K. Chang* Mrs. Laura L. Christopher Mr. Jeffrey B. & Mrs. Barbara R. Conley Dr. Robert E.* & Mrs. Sheri A. Connell Dr. Timothy G. Cook* Dr. Norman C. & Mrs. Karen A. Cottrill Dr. Marc V.* & Mrs. Annah L. Courts Ms. Sylvia Crickard Dr. Charles D. & Mrs. Mary B. Crigger Mr. Jon B. Cutler Mr. W. Kirkland & Mrs. Naomi E. Cunningham Dr. Ramona A.* & Mr. Timothy J. Dagostine Dr. Gerald A.* & Mrs. Kelli L. Dague

Mrs. Jean K. Dean Drs. Ronald deAndrade Jr.* & Kim M. Jordan* Dr. Joseph M. & Mrs. Destiny DeLapa II Mr. Ronald E. & Mrs. Susan E. DeTemple Mr. Paul E. & Mrs. Sara B. Dempsey III Drs. William N. & Sarah N. Denman Mr. John N. & Mrs. Judith P. Dorsey Mr. Joshua J. Dorsey & Mrs. Nicole C. Perrone Dr. S. Elliott* & Mrs. Jamie M. Dorsey Jr. Mr. John P. & Mrs. Carol A. Doyle Dr. Henry K. Driscoll Mr. William & Mrs. Julie D. Drummond Mr. Luther S. & Mrs. Betsy A. Ehret Dr. Noeet Elitsur* Dr. Ryan C. Fowler* Dr. Jeremy D.* & Mrs. Sara E. Fuller Mr. Scott A. & Mrs. Kelly R. Fuller Dr. Durwood F. Gandee* Drs. Adrian S.* & Amy L. Garmestani* Mr. John P. & Mrs. Paddy S. Gay Dr. Jeffry T.* & Mrs. Mary S. Gee Dr. Charles E. & Mrs. Jean M. Giangarra Dr. Michael W*. & Mrs. Judith A. Gibbs Dr. Gary G. & Mrs. B. Ruth Gilbert Dr. C. Andrew* & Mrs. Hayley S. Gilliland Mr. Barry & Mrs. Nancy A. Godby Dr. Christopher S. Goode* Dr. Shea M. Goodrich* Dr. Nancy B.* & Mr. Paul N. Graham Dr. Todd W.* & Mrs. Shannon M. Gress Dr. Charles C. & Mrs. Yen H. Gullo Mr. R. Sterling Hall and Mrs. Rosa Lee Vitez Mr. Jeffrey M. Harkins Ms. Brenda K. Harlow Dr. Curtis W.* & Mrs. Lisa G. Harrison Jr. Drs. Forrest S. Harrison* & Megan E. Docherty* Mr Stephen P. & Mrs. Carolyn D. Hart Dr. Randall F. Hawkins* Dr. Robert B. Hayes Dr. Christopher E.* & Mrs. Denise B. Hayner Dr. Mary J.* & Mr. Howard A. Haynes Dr. Erich R.* & Mrs. Laurale G. Heinz Dr. Tracy L.* & Mrs. Mary E. Hendershot Dr. Shelley R. Hensley* Dr. Marc Hettlinger* Dr. Becki S. Hill* Dr. Samer S. Hodroge* Mr. Joseph R. & Mrs. Denise F. Hogsett Dr. James T.* & Mrs. Kimberly W. Holbrook Mrs. Doris S. Holmes Ms. Veronica L. Hordubay Mr. John H. Houvouras Dr. Laura Feaster Hysell* Dr. David J.* & Mrs. Melissa M. Hunt Dr. Joshua B. Hunter Dr. Andrew R. Hutchens III* Dr. Michael A.* & Mrs. Sharon D. Istfan

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P HIL ANTHRO P Y RE P O R T Dr. Susan H. & Mr. Lance E. Jackman Dr. S. Nichelle Graham Jadhav* Dr. Mary B.* & Mr. Gregory L. Jenkins Dr. Lora J. Jobe* Dr. David C.* & Mrs. Lori L. Jude Mr. James R. & Mrs. Barbara L. Keaton Dr. B. Danielle King* Dr. Devin A. King* Dr. Joseph M. King* Dr. Randy S. Kinnard* Ms. Deborah M. Kitchen Dr. Stacey N. Knox* Dr. R. Aaron* & Mrs. Elyse A. Lambert Mr. John N. & Mrs. M. Jane Tolliver Law Mr. Samuel F. & Mrs. Kay F. Lee Jr. Dr. Nicole E. Leedy* Mr. David & Dr. Mary T. Legenza Dr. Joan B. Lehmann* Dr. Carol M. Spencer Lemay* Dr. Kathleen E. Lucas* Dr. Joan A. Lynch* Dr. John M. Maher Mr. Ashok K. Malhotra Dr. Patti Jo* & Mr. Michael D. Marcum Dr. Shabbir M. Matcheswalla* Dr. Adrienne M. Mays* Dr. Jillian M. McCagg* Mr. Donald R. McCloud Dr. Reginald J. McClung* Drs. Douglas C.* & Lynn H. McCorkle Dr. Helena E. McKinney-Bozorg* Dr. Charles H. McKown Jr. Mrs. Melba B. McMillan Dr. Nimish K. Mehta* Dr. William M. Miller* Dr. Mario R. Morenas* Dr. Eric A.* & Mrs. Tonja J. Morgan Drs. Matthew W.* & L. Emily Morris* Ms. Susan Morris Dr. J. Jeff* & Mrs. Laura B. Mullins Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey M. Nakano Dr. Michael J.* & Mrs. Ruth M. Nerenberg Dr. Ann Binh Nguyen* Dr. Justin M.* & Mrs. Nicki L. Nolte Dr. David R.* & Mrs. Deborah S. Nunley Dr. Gerard J. & Mrs. Tanyia K. Oakley Dr. Gretchen E.* & Mr. Stephen A. Oley Drs. James F. O’Neal* & Emily C. De Los Reyes Mr. Mike Owens Dr. Amanda E. Bennett Palladino* Judge David M. & Mrs. Jane S. Pancake Dr. William E. Passodelis* Mrs. Leah C. Payne Mr. Kenneth E. & Mrs. Sara L. Peller Dr. Amanda L.* & Mr. John T. Pennington Dr. Stephen M. & Mrs. Nancy A. Petrany Drs. Stephen M.* & Benita M. Petri Pickstone*

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Dr. L. Matthew Pittman* Dr. Steven Pribanich III* Mr. David C. & Mrs. Jeanine J. Price Dr. Donald A. & Mrs. Marie E. Manilla Primerano Dr. Terry G. Pritt* Dr. Preena Purewal-Reier* Dr. Bernard Queen Dr. Leela V. Raju* Mr. Derek Raynes Mr. W. Nicholas & Dr. Mary E. Reynolds Dr. Ezra B.* & Mrs. Manda E. Riber Ms. Susan Richardson Dr. Hobart K. Richey* Mr. C. David. & Mrs. A. Kim Robinson Drs. David P.* & Mrs. Katherine J. Steele Rupp* Dr. Christopher W. Russell* Dr. Daniel W. Russell* Dr. Richard E.* & Mr. Susan L. Ryncarz Dr. Kathy L.* & Mr. Mansour Saber Mr. Sam H. & Mrs. Valerie L. Scheidler Dr. Joseph C. Shanklin* Dr. Mitsuko P.* & Mr. William K. Shannon Dr. W. Mitchel* & Mrs. Micki R. Shaver Dr. Siraj U. Siddiqi* Dr. Kara E. Siford* Dr. Bernie M.* & Mrs. Laura M. Simmons Dr. Sandra L. Skar* Dr. Virgil W. Smaltz* Dr. Nina K. Smith* Dr. Stephen C.* & Mrs. Judy A. Smith Mr. Timothy Smith Dr. Tracy L. Soltesz Dr. Lucia I. Soltis* Dr. Stephen C.* & Mrs. Sandra K. Southern Dr. Andrew P. Stack* Dr. Staci K. Stalcup* Drs. Michael A.* & Danielle M. Staton Dr. Mark A. Studeny* Dr. Timothy B.* & Mrs. Sarina K. Tabor Dr. Paula F. Taylor* Mrs. Sheri Taylor Drs. Susan A. Terry* & John R. Shannon Dr. Katrina M. Timson* Mr. David A. & Mrs. Julia E. Tolley Mr. Mark A. & Mrs. Teresa Tolliver Mr. Robert E. Topper Mr. Jack C. & Mrs. Patricia W. Trainor Dr. Jack R. & Mrs. Deborah S. Traylor Jr. Mrs. Jane E. Vandell Dr. Ray M. Van Metre* Miss Isabel R. Walden Dr. Alice A. Walz* Dr. Tsailing* & Mr. Tsanshao Wang Mr. David M. Ward Ms. Cynthia A. Warren Dr. David V.* & Mrs. Jennifer C. Webb

Mr. James W. Wells Dr. Keith H.* & Mrs. Clara E. Wharton Dr. William N.* & Mrs. Laurie B. White II Dr. Christopher J.* & Mrs. Kim Whitten Dr. Donald W. Wickline* Mr. Melvin E. & Mrs. Pamela F. Williams Dr. Kevin J.* & Mrs. Joan L. Willis Mrs. Elaine A. Wilson Mrs. Nancy L. York Dr. R. Allen* & Mrs. Laura D. Young Dr. Hongwei Yu Dr. Sandra L. Zahradka * Dr. Mark S. Zalaznik* Dr. Thomas A. Zban* Dr. W. Matthew Zban* Dr. Mark R.* & Mrs. Kathyrn H. Zeigler Dr. Jeanne M. Zekan* Mr. Ed A. & Mrs. Rebecca B. Zimmerman

BUSINESSES Guyan Golf & Country Club King’s Daughters Medical Center Marshall Clinical & Translational Sciences Marshall Neuroscience PESI, Inc. Premier Therapy & Health Centers, Inc. Volunteer West Virginia Inc. West Virginia Bankers Association

FOUNDATION GE Foundation on behalf of Mr. Luther S. & Mrs. Betsy A. Ehret Jr. Shell Oil Company Foundation on behalf of Mr. David C. & Mrs. Jeanine J. Price

BENEFACTORS Gifts of $1 - $99 INDIVIDUALS Dr. Lynn V. Amores* Mr. Chris G. Bohach Mr. Kenneth & Mrs. Phyllis Brown Mr. Jonathan R. Bruni Mr. Robert S. Buckovan Mr. William Callicoat Dr. Stebbins B. & Mrs. Mary C. Chandor Ms. Krista M. Crabtree Ms. Barbara Dickens Dr. Brian S.* & Mrs. Maryanne S. Dunlap Dr. Terry W. & Mrs. Sandra J. Fenger Dr. Philip J. Ferkler* Mr. Dana Godfrey Mrs. Frances H. Gould Miss Loretta E. Haddy Dr. Panos Ignatiadis Mr. Kenneth D. & Mrs. Marianne R. Johnson Ms. Rebecca J. Johnson & Mr. James P. Linkous

* Alumni

P H I L AN T H R O P Y R EPORT Mr. Dallas H. & Mrs. Geraldine Jude Dr. Brian A. Kilgore* Mr. John K. & Mrs. Betty Sue Kinzer Mr. William T. Lucas Dr. Elsa I. Mangiarua Mr. Brenden F. & Mrs. Natalie J. McKinley Mr. John P. & Mrs. Kristin L. Messinger Dr. Stevan J. Milhoan* Dr. Michael R. Moore Mrs. Melinda R. Morgan Col. Larry C. & Mrs. Glenyce S. Payne Mr. David L. & Mrs. Carolyn B. Plants Mr. Fred Ranson Mrs. Mary J. Rose Ms. Katherine P. Sanford Mr. Timothy P. Smith Mr. Joseph L. & Mrs. Patricia A. Stultz Mr. Sam A. Worthy

BUSINESS Peace, Love & Little Donuts Tri-State Rental Property Association As with any list of this type, errors or omissions can be made. If that is the case, please accept our apology and report the error to Linda Holmes at 304-691-1711 or holmes@marshall.edu.

HONORARY AND MEMORIAL GIFTS A gift in honor or in memory of an individual to the school of medicine is a generous and thoughtful way to recognize a person’s life and accomplishments. When you make an honorary or memorial gift, the honoree or next of kin is notified of your generosity and thoughtfulness, and the gift is used as you specified. When making a gift, send it with a note specifying the honoree’s name and the address of the honoree or next of kin for a memorial gift. Those recognized with honorary or memorial gifts are listed below.

HONORARY GIFTS Dr. Charles Joseph Jr. & Mrs. Mary Louise Anton Mrs. Dolores Boley Dr. Patrick I. Brown Dr. Paul R. Durst* Dr. Terry W. Fenger Dr. & Mrs. George Gevas Dr. Mahmood Heydarian Miss Linda S. Holmes Dr. Paul S. Lee* Dr. Charles H. McKown Jr. Dr. Surendra Nath & Mrs. Shashi Dwivedi Dr. Robert C. Nerhood

Dr. Richard M. Niles Dr. C. Douglas Phillips* Drs. D. Russell “Russ”* & Kathleen H. Richardson* Mr. James J. Schneider Dr. Emily A. Seidler* Dr. Paul V. Viscuse* Dr. Brittany L. Wall* Dr. Kelly A. Yannizzi*

MEMORIAL GIFTS 9/11 Dr. Paul W. Ambrose* Mr. W. B. “Bart” Andrews Mrs. Virginia B. Apple Mr. Harold Band Mr. Emory L. Blankenship Dr. Frank M. Booth Jr. Dr. Clyde A. Burgess Mr. N. Paul Bromley Dr. E. Norval Carter Mrs. Betty I. Clark Dr. Robert W. Coon Mr. Daniel J. & Mrs. Teresa R. Cowell Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Dora Cyrus Mr. Jimmy Donahue Mr. Jerry Dunn Dr. William J. Echols Mrs. Elizabeth D. Esposito Mrs. Mae B. Evans Dr. James Fix Miss Faith M. Fry Mrs. Annie N. Gallagher Mr. Colin “Tom” Gallaher Mrs. Patricia S. Graham Mr. Kenneth E. & Mrs. Hazel O. Guyer Jr. Dr. Elias G. Haikal Mr. John B. Hamilton Dr. John D. Harrah Dr. John D. Harrah Jr.* Mr. Curtis W. Harrison Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Holbrook Miss Jenniffa S. “Jenny” Holmes Mr. Leonard Keller Mrs. Nancy J. Klim Mr. Fred L. & Mrs. Louise J. Janssen Mrs. Linda Johnson Mr. Wesley Jones Dr. Frederick J. Lotspeich Mr. Nelson L. McMillan Jr. Dr. Kevin M. Milam* Dr. Louis R. Molina* Mr. Guy W. Price Mr. Harold B. & Mrs. Dorothy G. Ray Dr. Bradley J. Richardson* Miss Jane Saluta Dr. Eugene W. Skiffington*

Mrs. Linda McCoy Smith Miss Lisa Ann Smith Dr. Steven & Mrs. Josephine Soltesz Dr. C. Anne Gallant Steele* Dr. Melanie A. Stephenson* Mrs. Alma Mae Stollings Mrs. Margaret “Peggy” Theis Dr. Gary M. Tolley Dr. Charles “Skip” E. Turner Mrs. Sally R. Tweel Mr. Edward & Mrs. Anne Valentovic Rev. Glenn I. White Jr.

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ALUMNI DONORS BY CLASS CLASS OF 2014 (67 members, 1% participation) Sonja P. Dawsey, M.D.

CLASS OF 2013 (74 members, 3% participation) Katherine J. Steele Rupp, M.D. Kara E. Siford, M.D.

CLASS OF 2012 (67 members, 7% participation) Jared T. Brownfield, M.D. Elise M. Henning, M.D. Jonathan A. Hess, M.D. Brian A. Kilgore, M.D. Michael A. Staton, M.D.

CLASS OF 2011 (67 members, 4% participation) Megan E. Docherty, M.D. Forrest S. Harrison, M.D. Alice A. Walz, M.D.

CLASS OF 2010 (65 members, 14% participation) J. Brandon Armstrong, M.D. Michael C. Binder, M.D. Nathan S. Hill, M.D. Andrew R. Hutchens III, M.D. S. Nichelle Graham Jadhav, M.D. Kara E. Kimberly, M.D. J. Jeff Mullins, M.D. David P. Rupp, M.D. David V. Webb, M.D.

CLASS OF 2009 (53 members, 11% participation) Marc Hettlinger, M.D. Samer S. Hodroge, M.D. Randy S. Kinnard, M.D Adrienne M. Mays, M.D. Mary E. Smyrnioudis, M.D. William D. Terrell, M.D.

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PHIL ANTHR O P Y RE P O R T CLASS OF 2008

CLASS OF 2002

(41 members, 24% participation) Noeet Elitsur, M.D. Tracy L. Hendershot, M.D. R. Aaron Lambert, M.D. Matthew W. Morris, M.D. L. Emily Morris, M.D. Amanda L. Pennington, M.D. L. Matthew Pittman, M.D. Dwight Saulle, M.D. Lucia I. Soltis, M.D. Andrew P. Stack, M.D.

(46 members, 1 deceased, 18% participation) Christopher S. Goode, M.D. Dennis R. Haslam Jr., M.D. Haleh C. Heydarian, M.D. Eric W. Irwin, M.D. Scott W. Mitchell, M.D. Amanda E. Bennett Palladino, M.D. Douglas F. Ritchie, M.D. Staci K. Stalcup, M.D.

CLASS OF 2007

(51 members, 1 deceased, 20% participation) R. Dan Bledsoe, M.D. S. Elliott Dorsey Jr., M.D. Adrian S. Garmestani, M.D. Amy L. Garmestani, M.D. Brett E. Jarrell, M.D. Patti Jo Marcum, M.D. Carmella Evans Molina, M.D. Helena E. McKinney-Bozorg, M.D. James M. Reynolds, M.D. Sarah J. Rinehart, M.D.

(49 members, 24% participation) Quartel-Ayne Amjad, M.D. Laurel A. Hensley Fedor, M.D. Paul B. Ferguson, M.D. C. Andrew Gilliland, M.D. Cyrus C. Heydarian, M.D. Rosemarie A. Santos Heydarian, M.D. Matthew L. Jones, M.D. Joseph M. King, M.D. Nicole E. Leedy, M.D. Janell Chandler Mace, M.D. Shabbir M. Matcheswalla, M.D. Justin M. Nolte, M.D.

CLASS OF 2006 (46 members, 17% participation) Jessica M. Bensenhaver, M.D. Robin A. Bush, M.D. Laco L. Mace II, M.D. Jillian M. McCagg, M.D. Barbara M. Michael, M.D. Leslie P. Ranken, M.D. Christopher W. Russell, M.D. Donald W. Wickline, M.D.

CLASS OF 2005 (43 members, 7% participation) Marc V. Courts, M.D. Sean Loudin, M.D. Ann Binh Nguyen, M.D.

CLASS OF 2004 (43 members, 12% participation) Krista L. Denning, M.D. Brian S. Dunlap, M.D. Pradipta Ghosh, M.D. J. Thomas Meadows Jr., M.D. Andrea N. Meadows, M.D.

CLASS OF 2003 (50 members, 1 deceased, 10% participation) Ryan C. Fowler, M.D. Jeremy D. Fuller, M.D. Laura Feaster Hysell, M.D. Julia L. Pasquale, M.D. Leela V. Raju, M.D.

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Chris C. Cook, M.D. Mary J. Haynes, M.D. Joseph L. Joyce, M.D. B. Danielle King, M.D. Stacy N. Knox, M.D. Nimish K. Mehta, M.D. Bobby L. Miller, M.D. Jerome Puryear Jr., M.D. Sandra L. Skar, M.D.

CLASS OF 1996 CLASS OF 2001

CLASS OF 2000 (48 members, 15% participation) Lynn V. Amores, M.D. Lisa R. Carchedi, M.D. Michael D. Cooper, M.D. Gerald A. Dague, M.D. Shelley R. Hensley, M.D. Sharon L. Steinman, M.D. Ray M. Van Metre, M.D.

(45 members, 1 deceased, 18% participation) Jeffry T. Gee, M.D. Jennifer Bennett Grube, M.D. M. Ann Kuhn, M.D. Molly R. Mathews, M.D. Joseph W. Poe, M.D. Joseph C. Shanklin, M.D. Paula F. Taylor, M.D. Thomas A. Zban, M.D.

CLASS OF 1995 (47 members, 2 deceased, 20% participation) Ramona A. Dagostine, M.D. Erich R. Heinz, M.D. David J. Hunt, M.D. Mario R. Morenas, M.D. Stephen M. Pickstone, M.D. Amir R. Piracha, M.D. Richard E. Ryncarz, M.D. R. Allen Young II, M.D. Mark R. Zeigler, M.D.

CLASS OF 1994 CLASS OF 1999 (47 members, 1 deceased, 22% participation) Larry D. Dial Jr., M.D. Indira D. Gautam, M.D. Robert B. Gray, M.D. Adam M. Franks, M.D. Dr. Lora J. Jobe, M.D. Eric C. Jones, M.D. Sharmilla M. Matcheswalla Jones, M.D. Devin A. King, M.D. Nancy B. Norton, M.D. Bryan D. Springer, M.D.

CLASS OF 1998 (44 members, 7% participation) Robert J. Cure, M.D. Amy R. Conley, M.D. James R. Patterson, M.D.

CLASS OF 1997 (52 members, 1 deceased, 22% participation) Samuel E. Carroll, M.D. Charles W. Clements II, M.D.

(49 members, 2 deceased, 19% participation) James A. Akins, M.D. Robert A. Barnabei, M.D. E. Fritz Braunlich, M.D. Timothy G. Cook, M.D. Becki L. Hill, M.D. Benita M. Petri Pickstone, M.D. Kathy L. Saber, M.D. Myra L. Wilkerson, M.D. Patricia J. Wilson, M.D.

CLASS OF 1993 (47 members, 2 deceased, 33% participation) James B. Becker, M.D. Shane A. Bowen, M.D. Linda G. Brown, M.D. Robert E. Connell, M.D. Philip J. Ferkler, M.D. Todd W. Gress, M.D. Jeffrey S. Holmes, M.D. Mary Buffington Jenkins, M.D. Brian P. Magrane, M.D. John W. Neville Jr., M.D.

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P H I L AN T H R O P Y R EPORT Preena Purewal-Reier, M.D. Sanjeev S. Sharma, M.D. Virgil W. Smaltz, M.D. Joanne R. Wunderlich, M.D. Mark S. Zalaznik, M.D.

CLASS OF 1992 (40 members, 28% participation) Ann M. Lambernedis Akins, M.D. John J. Anton, M.D. Kimberly A. Burgess, M.D. Edward J. Grey, M.D. Jamie L. Jeffrey, M.D. William M. Miller, M.D. William E. Passodelis, M.D. Gary J. Petty, M.D. Tina M. Sias, M.D. Timothy B. Tabor, M.D. Amy A. Vaughan, M.D.

CLASS OF 1991 (44 members, 34% participation) Mitali G. Baksi, M.D. J. Beth Day, M.D. Deborah H. Gillispie, M.D. Bradley D. Henry, M.D. Joel T. Hummer, M.D. William R. Jeffrey, M.D. Jack L. Kinder Jr., M.D. Joan B. Lehmann, M.D. Eric A. Morgan, M.D. Steven Pribanich III, M.D Charlotte A. Rhee, M.D. Steven C. Southern, M.D. Maria Teresa Vives-Aceves, M.D. Tsailing Wang, M.D. William A. Welton, M.D.

CLASS OF 1990 (37 members, 22% participation) Jayne A. Barr, M.D. R. Todd Chambers, M.D. Terry S. Hummer, M.D. John D. Roth, M.D. Daniel W. Russell, M.D. W. Mitchel Shaver, M.D. Siraj U Siddiqi, M.D. Bernie M. Simons, M.D.

CLASS OF 1989 (38 members, 3 deceased, 23% participation) Robert C. Anton, M.D. Pamela A. Cyrus, M.D. Michael W. Gibbs, M.D. Sandra K. Marshall, M.D. Paulette S. Wehner, M.D. William N. White II, M.D. Sandra L. Zahradka, M.D. W. Matthew Zban, M.D.

CLASS OF 1988

CLASS OF 1984

(42 members, 26% participation) M. Wayne Bosserman, M.D. Ignacio Cardenas, M.D. P. Mitchell Charles, M.D Carolyn A. Cline, M.D. David C. Jude, M.D. Joan A. Lynch, M.D. James M. Mears, M.D. James F. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal, M.D. Mitsuko P. Shannon, M.D. Sheryl L. Stephens, M.D. Katrina M. Timson, M.D.

(36 members, 2 deceased, 32% participation) Timothy D. Canterbury, M.D. Robert A. Hess, M.D. Michael A. Istfan, M.D. Kathleen E. Lucas, M.D. Thomas B. Maloney, M.D. C. Douglas Phillips, M.D. Ezra B. Riber, M.D. Susan A. Terry, M.D. Donnah S. Wolodkin Whitaker, M.D. Christopher J. Whitten, M.D. Philip N. Zambos, M.D.

CLASS OF 1987

CLASS OF 1983

(40 members, 28% participation) Darin K. Bowers, M.D. Nancy B. Graham, M.D. Darlene Y. Gruetter, M.D. Curtis W. Harrison, M.D. Randall F. Hawkins, M.D. Christopher E. Hayner, M.D. James T. Holbrook, M.D. Manuel E. Molina, M.D. Yaacov R. Pushkin, M.D. Mark F. Sheridan, M.D. Jeanne M. Zekan, M.D.

(36 members, 1 deceased, 31% participation) Gerald G. Blackwell, M.D. Craig L. Bookout, M.D. Samuel R. Davis, M.D. Ronald deAndrade Jr., M.D. Durwood F. Gandee, M.D. W. Douglas Given, M.D. R. Mark Hatfield, M.D. Carol M. Spencer Lemay, M.D. Reginald J. McClung, M.D. Daniel B. Ray, M.D. Hobart K. Richey, M.D.

CLASS OF 1986

CLASS OF 1982

(46 members, 3 deceased, 28% participation) Elaine L. Flanders, M.D. John A. Hoffman, M.D. Eric W. Janssen, M.D. Joanne M. Lebow, M.D. Mary Nan S. Mallory, M.D. Stevan J. Milhoan, M.D. Stuart M. Roth, M.D. Elizabeth L. Spangler, M.D. Mark A. Studeny, M.D. Monica L. Richey Walker, M.D. Donald H. Trainor Jr., M.D. Larry W. Watson, M.D.

CLASS OF 1985 (34 members, 2 deceased, 22% participation) Simon K. Chang, M.D. Cheryl L. Cook, M.D. Scot D. Hines, M.D. Michael J. Nerenberg, M.D. David R. Nunley, M.D. Terry G. Pritt, M.D. Kevin J. Willis, M.D.

(23 members, 2 deceased, 38% participation) John G. Boswell, M.D. Joseph E. Evans, M.D. Rose Anne Goodwin, M.D. Kim M. Jordan, M.D. Gretchen E. Oley, M.D. Ron D. Stollings, M.D. Thomas B. Styer, M.D. Curtis A. Winter, M.D.

CLASS OF 1981 (18 members, 1 deceased, 41% participation) Emmett F. Branigan, M.D. Dwight C. Groves, M.D. F. Scott Hunter, M.D. Douglas C. McCorkle, M.D. Nina K. Smith, M.D. Stephen C. Smith, M.D. Keith H. Wharton, M.D. Of the 1,549 school of medicine graduates representing the classes of 1981-2014, there were 279 donors for an overall participation of 18%.

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2017 School of Medicine

SCHOLARSHIP CAMPAIGN

ore than 90 percent of medical students at Marshall University rely on federal student loans, in addition to other resources, to pay the cost of becoming a doctor. With an average education debt of more than $150,000 by graduation day, it is becoming increasingly difficult for medical students to manage student loan debt, making scholarship funding all the more vital.

Academic scholarships at the school of medicine are based on both merit and financial need. These scholarships ensure that we attract the most promising students in West Virginia and all corners of the country. Listed in alphabetical order on the next four pages are the scholarships created during the past year. We are extremely grateful to the donors who have endowed and supported these essential scholarships.

BRICKSTREET SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SCHOLARSHIP

DR. AMIR RASHID PIRACHA SCHOLARSHIP

BrickStreet Foundation has established a scholarship to benefit medical students who are in good academic standing and are in financial need. First preference is given to children of parents from West Virginia who have a permanent total disability or who have passed away from a work-related injury. Children or grandchildren of employees of BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Company are also granted preference. Recipients of the award are known as “BrickStreet Scholars.” The award is renewable for three additional years pending normal academic progress. CHARLES W. AND NORMA C. CARROLL SCHOLARSHIP

Amir Rashid Piracha (M.D.’95) is establishing a scholarship to be awarded to an entering first-year medical student who represents one of the “racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical professions relative to their numbers in the general population,” as defined by the Association of American Medical Colleges. It is designated for first-year Dr. Amir Rashid Piracha medical students from West Virginia or Kentucky, with first preference given to students from Mercer County, W.Va. DR. AMY L. AND COLONEL JAMES W. CONLEY SCHOLARSHIP

Amy L. Conley (M.D.’98) and her husband, Col. James W. Conley, are endowing a scholarship for medical students. The first recipient receives $1,000 annually for four years as long as normal academic progress is made. Each recipient thereafter receives the annual spending allocation from the endowment, and it will be renewable for three additional years based on normal academic progress. Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll

Longtime Marshall University supporters and alumni Charles W. “Charlie” and Norma C. Carroll are creating an endowed scholarship in honor of their physician, Kevin W. Yingling, R.Ph., M.D. (’85). The Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Scholarship supports a first-year medical student, with preference given to a resident of Cabell or Wayne counties in W.Va. The scholarship is renewable for three additional years, pending normal academic progress.

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BARBARA PLUMLEY MEADE PATTON SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship will become endowed through a bequest from Dr. Virginia D. Plumley’s estate in memory of her sister, Barbara Plumley Meade Patton. Plumley chose to honor Patton because, of all of her siblings, Patton was the one who excelled in the “College of Hard Knocks,” and was the only sibling who did not graduate from college. The scholarship recipient will be an entering first-year medical student who maintained a 3.0 grade point average or higher

S C H O L AR S H I P C AMPA I G N during their collegiate career, with first preference to a resident of Lincoln County, West Virginia, and second preference to residents of West Virginia. Virginia Plumley was a professor of communication arts at Marshall and developed directed the Learning Resource Center in the College of Education and Human Services.

JOHN L. AND DONNA M. UNDERWOOD SCHOLARSHIP

DR. CHARLES JOSEPH JR. AND MRS. MARY LOUISE ANTON SCHOLARSHIP

Robert C. Anton (M.D.’89), John J. Anton (M.D.’92), Christopher G. Anton (M.D.’93) and Michael E. Anton (M.D.’99) are establishing a scholarship that honors the legacy of their parents, Dr. Charles Joseph Jr. and Mary Louise Anton. Charles Anton was a practicing radiologist with Radiology Inc. in Huntington in the late 1960s through the late 1980s, and Mary Louise was actively involved in the Huntington community. After Dr. Anton retired, the couple moved to Hilton Head, S.C. The scholarship is designated for first-year medical students, with preference given to Huntington and/or Cabell County residents and second preference to students who are residents of West Virginia. The award is renewable for three additional years pending normal academic progress. EDWARD JUNIOR AND MARIE ALIFF CLAY SCHOLARSHIP

The Clay family has endowed a scholarship in honor of their parents, Edward Junior and Marie Aliff Clay. Both parents are natives of southern West Virginia and resided in Gilbert. Edward, who believed in hard work, served as the owner and manager of the Clay Brothers Supermarket from the 1950s until his retirement. The Clays were the parents of five children and were proud of their educational achievements. The recipient of the scholarship is an entering first-year medical student with preference given to residents of Lincoln, Logan or McDowell counties. The scholarship is renewable for three additional years, pending normal academic progress. DR. JOHN D. & MRS. LISA K. ROTH EXPENDABLE SCHOLARSHIP

John D. Roth (M.D. ‘90), and his wife, Lisa, have created an expendable scholarship in honor of Cynthia A. “Cindy” Warren, assistant dean of admissions for the Marshall School of Medicine, because she means so much to Dr. Roth and all of the school’s alumni. The recipient shall be an entering first-year medical student who is a resident of West Virginia and who has exhibited financial need. This award is renewable for three additional years, pending normal academic progress.

Donna Underwood (left) signs papers establishing the John L. and Donna M. Underwood Scholarship. Looking on is Linda Holmes, director of development & alumni affairs.

Donna M. Underwood has established an endowed scholarship in her name and that of her late husband, John. The scholarship is designated for first-year medical students. John was born and raised in Huntington. He graduated from Marshall University in 1964 with a bachelor’s degree in business. John served on many boards in support of Marshall University. Donna was raised on a working farm near Lafayette, Ind., and worked her way up in the business world with only a high school diploma. She is a retired Lexis-Nexis statistical process control production supervisor and was co-owner of Dunhill of Huntington, a professional employment agency. She has been very involved with Marshall University over the years, previously serving as a board member of the Big Green Scholarship Foundation and Society of Yeager Scholars. Donna is an annual member of the Quarterback and Tip-Off clubs. KADIRESAN SANNASI & MALLIKAI PUSHPAM NADAR FAMILY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP

Venkatesh Nadar, M.D., is endowing a scholarship for medical students through the school’s Adopt a Medical Student program. Nadar, who trained at Marshall School of Medicine as an internal medicine resident and as a cardiology fellow, created the scholarship fund in honor of his parents. The Kadiresan Sannasi & Mallikai Pushpam Nadar Family Foundation Scholarship supports a firstyear medical student with Venkatesh Nadar, M.D. financial need. Born in southern India, Nadar’s parents struggled to provide for their five children. Through hard work and perseverance, however, all became well educated.

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SCHOL ARS HIP CA M PA IGN MARSHALL CARDIOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP

The faculty and staff of the department of cardiology, under the leadership of Chairman Mark A. Studeny (M.D. ’86), created an endowed scholarship to assist future physicians and reduce student debt. “As part of an endowment made possible by the generous support of the Bernard C. and Pansy P. Wellington Foundation, the department of cardiology is pleased to provide a measure of financial assistance to an outstanding fourth-year medical student who will pursue a career in cardiology,” Studeny said. MARSHALL NEUROLOGY SCHOLARSHIP

The Department of Neurology, under the leadership of Chairman Paul B. Ferguson (M.D. ’07), created this scholarship to assist a future physician who has indicated an interest in neurology. The recipient will be a fourth-year medical student with an interest in a career in neurology, displays academic excellence and has financial need. DR. PAUL AND MRS. ALLISON FERGUSON SCHOLARSHIP

performance, leadership experience and financial need. The Alliance is a membership organization comprising physicians’ spouses. The association has held numerous fundraisers over the years for a variety of health care related projects throughout the state, primarily focusing on women’s and children’s health issues. WILLIAM J. ECHOLS, M.D., MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Paul Ferguson, M.D., (left) and Allison Ferguson (second from left), announce their scholarship with Linda Holmes, development director, and Joseph Shapiro, M.D., dean.

Robert “Bob” Marshall and Sandy Echols Marshall, M.D. (right) pictured with Linda Holmes, director of development & alumni affairs.

Paul B. Ferguson (M.D. ’07), chair of the department of neurology, and his wife, Allison, are endowing a scholarship through the school’s Adopt a Medical Student initiative. The scholarship is designated for first-year medical students at Marshall who are residents of West Virginia, with first preference given to graduates of West Virginia Wesleyan College. The scholarship is renewable for three additional years, pending normal academic progress.

Sandy Echols Marshall (M.D. ’89), a practicing dermatologist, and her husband, Robert, are endowing a scholarship in memory of her father, William J. Echols, M.D., who dedicated his life’s work to the practice and advancement of medicine. The scholarship is designated for first-year medical students, with first preference given to students from Nicholas County, W.Va., and second preference to students from Cabell County, W.Va. A third-generation physician, Echols was a native of Richwood, W.Va., in Nicholas County. He graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College and earned his medical degree from West Virginia University. After serving as a captain in the U.S. Air Force, Echols moved to Huntington in 1970, where he practiced medicine until his retirement in 2005. Echols passed away on June 27, 2016.

WEST VIRGINIA STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ALLIANCE SCHOLARSHIP

The West Virginia State Medical Association Alliance established a $30,000 endowment with the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine to support scholarships for entering medical students from West Virginia. The eligibility criteria include academic

L to R are Sue McKinney; Ruth Gilbert; Sheanna Spence, assistant director, school of medicine; Rahul Gupta, M.D., chairman, West Virginia Medical Foundation; Linda Holmes, director of development & alumni affairs, school of medicine; Sarah Wade; and Rose Romero.

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OTHER NEW ENDOWMENTS COLORADO DOCTOR ESTABLISHES MARSHALL ENDOWMENT FOR ADDICTION RESEARCH

From left Charleston attorney E. William Harvit; Marshall University President Jerry Gilbert; School of Medicine Dean Joe Shapiro; Marshall County Circuit Judge David W. Hummel Jr.; claims administrator Edward “Ted” Gompers; Wheeling attorney R. Dean Hartley and Jennifer Plymale, director of the Byrd Center for Rural Health. MARSHALL, WVU RECEIVE $6 MILLION TO AID RESEARCH AND RURAL HEALTH

More than six million dollars remaining in a court settlement account has been transferred to Marshall University and West Virginia University. The funds were split equally between the Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health at Marshall and the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) at WVU under a court order, ending a decade-long class action court case. Marshall will use the funds to continue its work in rural health, specifically tackling barriers like isolation that many rural providers and rural people encounter. These efforts are coordinated through the Center for Rural Health in concert with Marshall’s department of family and community health and other primary care departments. SMITH HONORS LEGACY OF WIFE, DAUGHTER THROUGH NEUROLOGY ENDOWMENT

Robert H. “Bob” Smith, a 1962 Marshall University graduate and son of former Marshall University president Stewart H. Smith (1961-1968), created an endowment in memory of his wife, Linda, and his daughter, Lisa. Linda and Lisa courageously waged battles with Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO), an autoimmune disorder in which immune system cells and antibodies primarily attack the optic nerve and spinal cord. The Linda McCoy Smith and Lisa Ann Smith Neurology Endowment, established to help train and prepare future neurologists about NMO, funds NMO-related activities such as student attendance at national neurology conferences and bringing nationally-recognized speakers to campus to educate school of medicine faculty, students and others about neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.

Robert W. Schrier, M.D., and Barbara L. Schrier of Englewood, Colo., established a research endowment which supports school of medicine research in pediatrics, with an emphasis on, but not limited to, prenatal assessment of drug-addicted mothers, treatment modalities of the drug-exposed infant, long-term neurologic outcomes, postnatal parental interventions and institutional versus residential treatment. Schrier, professor emeritus of medicine and former chairman of the department of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and head of the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, delivered the keynote address at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine’s graduation and investiture ceremony in 2015. WORLD-RENOWNED SCIENCE HISTORIAN ESTABLISHES RESEARCH ENDOWMENT

Erling C.J. Norrby, M.D., Ph.D., a virologist who served more than 25 years at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, delivered the keynote address at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine investiture in May 2017. Norrby has established an endowment to support a first-year M.D./Ph.D. student conducting research in microbiology and/or molecular biology. The award is renewable for up to seven additional years, pending normal academic progress. Norrby has written and lectured extensively about the Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine and was involved in the work of the Nobel Committee for 20 years. He has authored and co-authored more than 400 scientific papers.

CLASSES WORKING TO REACH THE $15,000 GOAL ARE: Class of 2015, Class of 2010, Class of 2007, Class of 2005, Class of 2003, Class of 2001, Class of 1998, Class of 1995, Class of 1994, and the Class of 1990. In order for a scholarship to reach the endowed status, at least $15,000 must be invested in the scholarship’s corpus through The Marshall University Foundation, Inc. Based on current market conditions and earnings, it is our recommendation that donors consider a $25,000 minimum in order to reach a greater payout benefit for the recipient(s).

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2016-2017 School of Medicine

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS Through the generous support of alumni, patients, families and friends, the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine continues to offer scholarships to medical students to assist in reducing student debt.

JOAN C. EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP Class of 2017

Robert Bowers; Laura Burdette; Lauren Burgunder; Matthew Burton; Ryan Carroll; Jason Childress; Justin Chuang; Michael Clarke; Hilary Cornell; Kelsey Cowen; Rebecca Creel; Adam Davis; Sara Dusing; Dustin Elswick; Maria Espiridion; Mobeen Farooq; Frank Fofie; Yemsrach Gami; Laura Given; Christina Graley; Corey Hamilton; Nisa Hatami; James Hatten; Kenton Hess; April Hoffman; Bibek Joshi; Daniel Kahn; Joshua Kim; Matthew LaRoe; Evan Madden; Eamonn Maher; Erika Maynard; Thomas Melvin; Matthew Meriweather; Jacob Miller; Vivian Minkemeyer; Yusif Mohammed; Benjamin Perrin; Pooja Sangani; Laura Scieszka; Kasey Stickler; Morgan Stickler; Cody Stover; Amanda Stratton; Pritee Taxak; Matthew Thompson; Divya Vangala; Troy Wallace; Joseph Wilson; Michelle Worthy

Class of 2019

Jameson Akins; Neil Blanchard; Harold Burke; Christopher Burrell; Anthony Cantrell; Erin Casey; Jeniece Clark; Harley Davis; Travis Dinsmore; Adee Elhamdani; Donald Gygi; Fadi Hanna; Amanda Krauss; Joshua Leonard; Dylan Maldonado; Julia Preusch; Aeesha Ranavaya; Samantha Richardson; Lindsay Robinson; Karl Shaver; John Urian; Brian Warner; Cathryn Williams; Emily Wright

Class of 2018

Jeremy Adkins; Brooke Andrews; Hayden Ansinelli; Kelsey Ash; Joseph Barbera; Jenna Barbour; Lucas Bracero; Lauren Burley; Alexandria Cremeans; Basem Dahshan; Olumayowa Dayo; Daniel Desiderio; Shaheed Elhamdani; Andrew Feyh; Luke Finley; Aubrey Fleming; Chelsea Gilliam; Bradford Gillon; Rachael Hager; Mary Hanks; Mohit Harsh; Makenzie Hatfield Kresch; Casey Hazlewood; Henry Heisey; Zachary Hunter; Jenna Kerby; Zeynep Koc; Tariq Latif; Forest Lefevre; Stacee Lewis; Brittani Lowe; Bina Malapur; Michael Matheney; Brandon Merritt; Michael Moore; Mallory Morris; Justin Pacor; Travis Parkulo; Anu Pokharel; Adam Shaver; Raj Singh; Leah Stalnaker; Joseph Ta; Niccia Valentine; Alexander Vance; Andrew Vess; Christian Warner

Class of 2020

Lloyd Border; Edward Gardner; Alexandra Gillispie; Haleigh Jeffrey; Luke Prudich; Lauren Smaltz; Christopher Watson

JOAN C. EDWARDS SCHOLARSHIP Class of 2017 Laura Given Corey Hamilton Joshua Kim

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Class of 2018

Shaheed Elhamdani

Class of 2019

Christian Adams Hannah Ashworth

Class of 2020

Christopher Atkins Tani Berzins

S C H O L AR S H I P R E C I PI ENTS Class of 2017 RECIPIENTS

SCHOLARSHIP(S)

Oluwadamilare Ajayi

Touma Family

Matthew Thompson

Oksana Bailiff

Bertha M. & Lake Polan

Michelle Worthy Kenneth Sr. & Hazel Guyer, Slater Trust, Joan & Arthur Weisberg, Charitable Lead Trust Expendable, The School of Medicine Alumni Association

Robert Bowers Thomas & Dora Cyrus Memorial Rebecca Creel Charles Bradrick & Margaret Ruth Lewellen Lewis Sara Dusing Gregory Dean VanMeter Memorial Frank Fofie Dr. Hatfield Adopt a Medical Student, Touma Family Yemsrach Gami

Touma Family

Laura Given

David A. Brosius Memorial

Corey Hamilton

Dr. Franklin D. Shuler

Evan Madden Becker Family, Dr. Frederick J. & Agnes Marie Hoitash, Kevin W. Yingling, M.D. Marshall Family Medicine, Joan & Arthur Weisberg Charitable Lead Trust

Bertha M. & Lake Polan

Class of 2018 RECIPIENTS

SCHOLARSHIP(S)

Jeremy Adkins Evans Family, Walter E. Duling, Weisberg Charitable Trust Joseph Barbera

Dr. Thomas B. Styer

Lacey Chambers

Charles H. McKown

Olumayowa Dayo

Touma Family

Andrew Feyh

Walter E. Duling

Chelsea Gilliam

General School of Medicine

Bradford Gillon

Slater Trust, The School of Medicine Alumni Association Dr. Clark D. Adkins

Erika Maynard

Bertha M. & Lake Polan

Lawrence Harbrecht

Thomas Melvin

Walter E. Duling

Jenna Kerby Clyde Albert Burgess, M.D., Gary M. Tolley, M.D., Memorial Dr. Henry Drury Hatfield Herschel Howard Sargent Memorial

Matthew Meriweather Marshall Orthopaedics Fourth Year Medical Student, Bertha M. & Lake Polan Vivian Minkemeyer

Bertha M. & Lake Polan, Joan & Arthur Weisberg Charitable Lead Trust

Forest Lefevre

Fox Family

Kimiknu Mentore

Touma Family

Mallory Morris

Dr. Donna Wolodkin Whitaker

Yusif Mohammed Bettye Esposito, Dr. Jerome Puryear, Dr. Latonya Brown Puryear Jr., Diversity, Touma Family

Justin Pacor

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Sandra Shenouda

Bertha M. & Lake Polan

Abigail Smith

Walter E. Duling

Melissa Saab Becker Family, General School of Medicine

Kasey Stickler Milton J. & Betty E. Ferguson Morgan Stickler Milton J. & Betty E. Ferguson Cody Stover

Travis Parkulo Marshall Orthopaedics Third Year Medical Student

Leah Stalnaker Herschel Howard Sargent Memorial Alexander Vance

Marshall Family Medicine

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SCHOL ARS HIP RE CIP IE NT S

Class of 2019

Christopher Blackwell Walter E. Duling

Karl Shaver Dr. R.J. Wilkinson Memorial, Slater Trust, The School of Medicine Alumni Association

Maggie Blackwood

Walter E. Duling

Kyle Smith

Alpha Natural Resources

Kristie Burks

Slater Trust

Saidat Sola-Rufai

Touma Family

John Urian

Carl Hensley & Robert Walton Thomas, Eagle Distributing

Brian Warner

Drs. Subhash and Rashmi Kumar

Aaron Whiteman

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Cathryn Williams

Touma Family

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SCHOLARSHIP(S)

Erin Casey Bernice Dorsey Douthat & Lyell V. Douthat, Mary Burris McCollister Ethel Ramsey Endowment Taylor Cater Touma Family, Walter E. Duling Adam Christian

Philip N. Zambos, M.D.

Jeniece Clark

Walter E. Duling

Harley Davis Dr. Maurice A. & Diane C. Mufson Erin Fankhanel MUSOM Alumni, MUSOM Faculty, Walter E. Duling Tyler Farley

Walter E. Duling

Brett Floyd SOM Memorial, The Darby Family, Walter E. Duling Adam Golembioski

Walter E. Duling

Miles Gray

Touma Family

Donald Gygi

Sanjeev S. Sharma, M.D. & Barbara A. Lahr, M.D.

John Hurley

Walter E. Duling

Benjamin Jude

Dr. R.J. Wilkinson Memorial, Dr. Winfield C. John Memorial, Milton J. & Betty E. Ferguson, Slater Trust

Rachel Marteney

Slater Trust

Kyle Maxwell

Dr. Norval Carter Memorial

Samantha Richardson Dr. Donnah Wolodkin Whitaker

Matthew Riley

Dr. R.J. Wilkinson Memorial, Kenneth E. Guyer Sr. & Hazel O. Guyer

Lindsay Robinson

Robert Carroll Bailey Memorial, Walter E. Duling

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Class of 2020

RECIPIENTS

SCHOLARSHIP(S)

Rebecca Barnes

Dr. Emily A. Seidler

Lloyd Border

Huntington Clinical Foundation

Gabriella Casinelli

Dr. Monica L. Richey Walker

Anne DeFruscio

Dr. Donnah Wolodkin Whitaker

William Freeman

Norma J. Bromley

Jennifer Hess

General School of Medicine

Jordan Kahle

Walter E. Duling

Caleb Lee Walter E. Duling Dakota May Kadiresan Sannasi & Mallikai Pushpam of the Nadar Family Foundation Jordan Preston Dr. Amy L. & Colonel James W. Conley Dr. Dorothy E. Hicks Katie Rollins

Dr. & Mrs. Charles O. Reynolds

Preeya Shah Daniel J. & Teresa R. Cowell Memorial, Goodwin Family, Slater Trust, The School of Medicine Alumni Association Tyler Skidmore

Huntington Clinical Foundation

Jordan Tate

Dr. Paul & Mrs. Allison Ferguson

Dakota Ward

Frederick J. Lotspeich

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARDS Each year the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Alumni Association has the distinct pleasure of honoring two very special individuals.

2017 Faculty

CHOICE AWARD This special honor is presented to the most outstanding fourth-year medical student as selected by the faculty.

Erika R. Maynard, M.D. Maynard is a native of Charlottesville, Va., and earned her undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech. She is currently completing a psychiatry residency at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. She was a 2017 inductee into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.

2017 Honorary

Director of Development & Alumni Affairs Linda Holmes presents the Faculty Choice Award to Erika R. Maynard, M.D.

ALUMNUS AWARD

A special recognition bestowed by the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Alumni Association, the Honorary Alumnus Award is presented annually at the investiture ceremony to the individual(s) who is not a graduate of the school of medicine but has most exemplified distinguished service to our school and/or the medical community we serve.

Terry W. Fenger, Ph.D. Fenger has dedicated his entire career to Marshall University, the school of medicine and its students. After earning his Ph.D. in microbiology from Southern Illinois University, he completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Louisiana State University Medical Center. Fenger then joined Marshallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s department of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics in 1979. Since then, he has risen through the ranks, earning full professor in 1991 and serving as chairman of the department of microbiology for more than 10 years. In 1994, he became the director of the Marshall University Forensic Science Center, leading the development of a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree program in forensic science. He has brought nearly $50 million in grants and awards to Marshall University during his tenure and made Marshall a world leader in the field of forensic science. His cutting-edge research focuses on human identification through DNA technologies, aspects of digital evidence examination and bacterial source tracking. Fenger retired from Marshall University on August 17, 2017.

Alumni Association President Dr. Tina Sias, Class of 1992, presents the Honorary Alumnus Award.

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19th Annual

Golf Classic THE MARSHALL UNIVERSITY JOAN C. EDWARDS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE HOSTED ITS 19TH ANNUAL GOLF CLASSIC AT SUGARWOOD GOLF CLUB IN LAVALETTE, W.VA., ON MAY 2, 2017. AS PART OF OUR GRADUATION WEEK FESTIVITIES, THE GOLF OUTING ALSO SERVED AS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CLASS OF 2017 SCHOLARSHIP.

2017 SPONSORS TITLE SPONSOR LUMOS NETWORKS GREEN SPONSORS CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL CERNER HEALTHLINK ADVISORS HUNTINGTON INTERNAL MEDICINE GROUP HOLZER HEALTH SYSTEM DR. JULIA PASQUALE, CLASS OF 2003 LILY’S PLACE – DR. SEAN LOUDIN, CLASS OF 2005 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS MCKESSON OHIO VALLEY PHYSICIANS, INC. – DR. ROBERT A. HESS, CLASS OF 1984, & DR. JONATHAN A. HESS, CLASS OF 2012 VALLEY HEALTH WEST VIRGINIA FAMILY HEALTH WHITE SPONSORS MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION FIRST SENTRY BANK DR. DAVID A. & MRS. SHARON N. DENNING PUTTING SPONSOR HQ PUBLISHING ADDITIONAL SPONSORS ATOMIC DISTRIBUTING COMPANY COCA COLA BOTTLING CO. CONSOLIDATED EAGLE DISTRIBUTING HONEYBAKED HAM STATE ELECTRIC THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF OUR SPONSORS, THE CLASS OF 2017 ACHIEVED ITS GOAL OF ESTABLISHING AN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP BEFORE GRADUATION.

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Thank you to our friends at Lumos Networks for serving as this year’s title sponsor. Pictured (L to R) are Nathan Cantrell, Kevin Maynard, Greg Florence and Allen Taylor.

Marshall Athletics walked away as this year’s winning foursome, (L to R) Associate Athletic Director David Steele; Head Men’s Golf Coach Matt Grobe; Head Women’s Golf Coach Brooke Burkhammer; and (not pictured) Mitch Jacobs, pictured with Linda Holmes, walked away as this year’s winning foursome.

It isn’t a school of medicine golf outing without the Gress-Dial team — Larry Dial, M.D., (far right) Class of 1993, and Jim and Mary Gress, parents of Todd Gress M.D., Class of 1993.

Marshall Health Chief Operating Officer Nathan Ward won our 2017 Putting Contest after an intense putt-off on the green.

The Hess Team consisted of Mark Wilson (far right), Stacey Shy (right center) and father-son duo Robert A. Hess, M.D., (left center) Class of 1984, and Jonathan A. Hess, M.D., (far left) Class of 2012.

The Best Dressed Award goes to this team that never fails to deliver on style — Nathan Ward and Class of 2007 alumni Drs. Andy Gilliland, Jeff Harris and Jay Shepherd.

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This amazing group of medical students worked hard serving guests well into the evening.

Standing Out IN OUR FIELD 4 The hard work and generosity of community volunteers and sponsors raised more than $100,000 to support medical student scholarships at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine.

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STANDING OUT IN OUR FIELD 4 SPONSORS DEAN’S CIRCLE SPONSORS CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER MS-III SPONSORS MAXOR NATIONAL PHARMACY SERVICES VALLEY HEALTH

Guests were greeted with our Jamaican Me Crazy Rum Punch and a festive fedora upon entering the “Jamaican paradise.”

MS-II SPONSORS GALAXY DISTRIBUTING OF WEST VIRGINIA NATURAL RESOURCE PARTNERS OHIO VALLEY PHYSICIANS PLEASANT VALLEY HOSPITAL RADIOLOGY, INC. RETINA CONSULTANTS/MARSHALL EYE SURGEONS MS-1 SPONSORS CHAMPION INDUSTRIES HUNTINGTON INTERNAL MEDICINE GROUP MARSHALL OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY DIANE C. & MAURICE A. MUFSON, M.D. NORTHSTAR ANESTHESIA BAND SPONSORS HIGHMARK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF WEST VIRGINIA OHIO VALLEY BANK WEST VIRGINIA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY WINE SPONSORS EDWARD TUCKER ARCHITECTS MARSHALL HEALTH

An amazing Jamaican feast including lobster tail, cabrito asado and mahi mahi was prepared by hospital CEO and grillmaster Kevin Fowler and his team from Cabell Huntington Hospital, our event co-sponsor.

DECORATION SPONSOR CERNER OTHER SPONSOR WOODMENLIFE

PLANNING COMMITTEE

GREG & TERRY DEPPNER HARDIN, CO-CHAIRS DR. BOBBY & ERIC HARDIN MILLER, HOSTS TAMI FLETCHER KEVIN FOWLER KATHY HETTLINGER JOE MCDONIE DON SALLADA JIMMY & JULIE TODD

VOLUNTEERS EXTRAORDINAIRE

Bobby Miller, M.D., Class of 1997, and Eric Hardin Miller hosted the event on their 10-acre Ohio farm for the fourth straight year. They are pictured with School of Medicine First Lady Mary Shapiro, and her brother, George Ryan.

This year’s planning committee led by Greg and Terry Deppner Hardin, worked tirelessly to pull off an incredible event. Thank you!

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Kevin & Karen Fowler wrapping up the evening with Eric and Bobby Miller (center).

Event co-chairs Greg and Terry Deppner Hardin, are pictured with Wayne and Johnna Miller.

School of medicine class presidents Karl Shaver, Class of 2019, and Preeya Shah, Class of 2020, serving our guests.

R. Mark Hatfield, M.D., Class of 1983 alumnus, father of a current Marshall medical student and administrative chair of the department of ophthalmology at the school of medicine, joins his wife, Monica, on the dance floor.

Dean Joseph Shapiro, M.D., (left) enjoyed the evening with Marshall University President Jerry Gilbert, Ph.D., and radiologist Pete Chirico, M.D.

What a crowd!

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Taking You BACK IN TIME 30TH ANNUAL HOMECOMING WEEKEND Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Milestone Reunion Classes 1981 • 1986 • 1991 • 1996 • 2001 • 2006 • 2011

OCTOBER 20 - 22, 2016

Honoring the past and present. Mark A. Studeny, M.D., Class of 1986, receives the 2016 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Dean Joseph Shapiro, M.D., Linda Holmes, director development & alumni affairs and former dean Charles McKown, M.D.

The Class of 1986 celebrates its 30-year reunion. Front L to R: Drs. Elaine Young, Sue Hanks, Kathy O’Hanlon, Donna Slayton. Back L to R: Ken McNeil, John Hoffman, Mark Studeny, David Ratliff, Mark Workman, Steve Milhoan

1986 classmates catching up — Drs. David Ratliff, M.D., (left) and William Haney, M.D.

SuSu Kapourales, M.D., Class of 2011 president, and husband, Roger Lambert, visit with vice dean of medical education, Bobby Miller, M.D., Class of 1997.

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Robert C. Turner, M.D., Class of 1981, (center) enjoys the brunch at the Marshall University presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home with President Jerry Gilbert, Linda Holmes and First Lady Leigh Gilbert.

Drs. Kathy Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hanlon and Donna Slayton, both Class of 1986, share a 30-year secret.

Legacies and reunions. Debbie Gillispie, M.D., Class of 1991, with daughter Alexandra, Class of 2020, and Michelle Studeny Worthy, M.D., Class of 2017, with her father Mark Studeny, M.D., Class of 1986.

Celebrating 35 years, Drs. Sandy Joseph, Dwight Groves, Nina Smith and John Toney.

Drs. Cindy Zhao Pinson & Fauzi Nizami-Rizvi represented the Class of 1996.

Representing the Class of 2001 were Drs. Josh Frazier, Carmella Evans Molina, class president, and John Wolen.

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’80s Katherine M. Stone, Class of 1982, lives in Tucson, Ariz. She recently attended Burning Man, held in Black Rock City, Nev., as a member of the theme camp, “And Then There’s Only Love.” At the event, she and her friends are the public health geeks, not participants.

Charles C. McCormick, Class of 1985, has moved to Wenatchee, Wash. He is the medical director for palliative care for Confluence Health.

Katherine Stone at Burning Man, sporting her mask to protect against a possible dust storm/whiteout that can happen with no notice

Terri G. Pritt, Class of 1985, was welcomed by The International Association of HealthCare Professionals with his publication in The Leading Physicians of the World. Pritt is a renowned expert in providing psychiatric treatments and counseling to children and adolescents. He was declared among America’s Top Psychiatrists by the Consumer’s Research Council for three years in a row. Pritt has been practicing more than 24 years and is currently serving patients at Bay Counseling in Bel Air, Md.

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Curtis A. Winter, Class of 1982, and his wife, Cynthia, will be grandparents. Their son and daughter-in-law, Drs. Luke and Pamela Winter (WVU SOD) are expecting their first child April 2018. Luke and Pam are pediatric dentists practicing in Virginia Beach, Va. Curt and Cynthia’s youngest son, Matthew, completed his master of science in higher education administration (UVA ’17) and is employed at the University of Virginia Finance, Office of Sponsored Programs. Their oldest son, Seth, has made partner at Troutman/Saunders in Richmond, Va. Seth specializes in banking and finance law. He attended the University of Virginia for Commerce and Law.

Brenda J. Baker, Class of 1990, has joined Bellefonte Primary Care - Cannonsburg (Kentucky), which is operated by Bellefonte Physician Services and is a member of the Bon Secours Kentucky Health System.

C. Douglas Phillips, Class of 1984, is on the CastleConnolly Medical Ltd. list of Best Doctors 2017 in the doctor issue of New York Magazine. Phillips is professor of radiology and director of head and neck imaging at Weill Cornell Medicine Department of R adiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York City. His wife, Dr. Debbie Shatzkes, is a radiologist.

Wanda M. Hembree, Class of 1990, is medical director for Aetna Better Health of West Virginia, based in Charleston.

C. Douglas Phillips, 2017 Best Doctors plaque

D o n n a h S . Wo l o d k i n Whitaker, Class of 1984, became a grandmother. Her daughter, Sarah, gave birth to Benjamin Philip Siems on January 31, 2017.

Gregory A. Hale, Class of 1990, is clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of South Florida and professor of oncology and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He and his wife, Verna, reside in St. Petersburg, Fla., where he practices at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. The Hale’s oldest son, Zachary, and his wife, Leeann, adopted a little boy named Jayden. Jayden is the Hale’s first grandchild.

Bradley D. Henry, Class of 1991, was inducted as president of the West Virginia State Medical Association on Aug. 26 at The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. In addition to graduating from medical school, he is a 1987 graduate of West Virginia University Pharmacy School. Brad and his wife, the former Lisa Edmonds, have two sons, Justin and Andrew. Brad practices internal medicine in Charleston with Jack Kinder, M.D., Class of 1991.

Donnah Whitaker (right) with her daughter, Sarah, and grandson, Benjamin Philip Siems

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CL ASS NO T E S Kimberly A. “Kim” Burgess, Class of 1992, has accepted a long-term locum tenens position with the Indian Health Service near Gallup, N.M. The position is on the largest Navajo reservation in the country. David C. Fisher, Class of 1993, was voted the State’s Best Doctor in South Carolina in 2016. Fisher is with Family Medicine Centers of South Carolina in Columbia. His areas of special interest are geriatrics, diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

Myra L. Wilkerson, Class of 1994, is chair of the Laboratory Medical Service Line at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa. Wilkerson’s subspecialty areas are cytopathology, genitourinary pathology and laboratory informatics. Her current research interests include tissue microarrays and immunohistochemistry of testicular and bladder tumors. She currently serves on the Informatics Committee for the College of American Pathologists, is the author of 25 peerreviewed publications and nine book chapters, and is on the editorial boards of three peer-reviewed journals. B. Danielle King, Class of 1997, was elected to City Council, Mount Sterling, Ky.

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Ishmael W. Stevens Jr.

Patrick A. “Pat” Stone, Class of 1999, a cardiovascular surgeon, is now at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings, Mont.

Stephen B. “Steve” Miller, Class of 1994, is practicing in Huntington and is a member of The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, one of only seven members of the society in West Virginia.

Jerome Puryear Jr.

Ishmael W. “Ish” Stevens Jr., Class of 1997, earned his Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP) certificate from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), a professional organization that promotes the business and clinical uses of electronic and paper-based medical information.

Jerome Puryear Jr., Class of 1997, was highlighted during Black History Month, February 2017, on the Marshall School of Medicine webpage by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Puryear is a practicing interventional and diagnostic neuroradiologist at Kettering Network Radiology Inc. in Kettering, Ohio.

’00s Raymond H. Kim, Class of 2000, has joined The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo. Kim specializes in adult reconstruction with a focus on primary and revision knee and hip replacements. He was awarded the prestigious John Insall Award for research on total knee replacements and was named as one of the top Raymond H. Kim 22 knee surgeons in the U.S. by Orthopedics This Week. His wife is Melissa A. Kim, Class of 2000. Brett E. Jarrell, Class of 2001, is an emergency medicine physician at Pikeville Medical Center in Pikeville, Ky. Jarrell enjoys sports, traveling and takes an interest in international health care. Christine L. Jones, Class of 2002, was named to WV Brett Jarrell Living magazine’s 2017 list of “Wonder Women” for her work caring for underserved rural populations. In addition to practicing at clinic in Clay County, W.Va., Jones has served on medical missions in India, Ecuador, Honduras and Haiti. She and her husband have two adopted children and reside in Charleston, W.Va.

C L AS S N OTES Elizabeth M. “Betsy” Schmidt, Class of 2005, has joined Parkview Health as a general surgeon at Parkview LaGrange Hospital in LaGrange, Ind. Schmidt specializes in robotic, laparoscopic and complex abdominal wall hernia surgeries. Benjamen H. “Ben” Williams, Class of 2005, has joined Mercy Clinic Family Medicine in Columbus, Ohio, providing comprehensive health care for all ages. The Air Force veteran was a flight surgeon and practiced family medicine at McConnell AFB in Wichita, Benjamen Williams Kan., where he provided primary care services to more than 3,300 active duty, reserve and Air National Guard members and their families. He trained military emergency medical technicians and is certified in advanced life support for trauma, cardiac and pediatrics. Quartel-Ayne “Anye” Amjad, Class of 2007, has announced her intentions to run for the 3rd Congressional District U.S. House seat, West Virginia. Amjad practices in Beckley, initially with weight loss initiatives, and recently establishing a needle exchange program to curb the spread Ayne Amjad, photo courtesy of Chris Jackson, The Register-Herald of HIV and hepatitis C. Amjad believes her medical background will be beneficial in the areas of health care and opioids. Amjad was named to WV Living magazine’s 2017 list of “Wonder Women.” Elizabeth A. “Betsy ” Dovec, Class of 2007, joined the Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) Comprehensive Obesity Management Program as a bariatric surgeon in July 2013 after completing a Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)/ Elizabeth “Betsy” Dovec Bariatric Surgery Fellowship at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. She rose internally to become the medical director of the program, which is the busiest bariatric surgery program in the state of Maryland and one of the busiest in the Mid-Atlantic. In October 2016, she became a fellow in the American College of Surgeons (FACS). She is past president (2015-2016) of the Maryland State Chapter

of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons (ASMBS) and active at a national level. This October, she was highlighted as The Baltimore Sun’s “25 Women to Watch in 2017.” Dovec and her husband, Aaron Wik, have two children, Adrienne, 1, and Evan, born May 12, 2017. Elke R. Fahrmann, Class of 2007, is lead author of research presented in June 2017 at the 77th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association in San Diego. According to Fahrmann, the preliminary results of their analysis suggest that patients who experience frequent hypoglycemia and are engaged in very hard leisure activities have an increased risk of atherosclerosis. In order to investigate how intense physical activity can affect the relationship between hypoglycemia and coronary artery calcification (CAC) in patients with type 1 diabetes, Fahrmann and her colleagues analyzed data from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) and the Epidemiology of Diabetes Intervention and Complications (EDIC) study. The National Center for Research Resources and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases support the research. Justin G. Adkins, Class of 2008, and his wife, Lisa Marie, have moved to Lincoln, Neb. Adkins is an emergency room physician at the Saint Elizabeth Medical Center Emergency Department in Lincoln. Robert C. “Rob” Gabordi II, Class of 2008, and his wife, Tracie, recently welcomed their first child, a son, Brady, on May 16, 2017. Gabordi is a breast surgical oncologist at St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital in Tampa, Fla. J. Robert “Rob” Hayes, Class of 2008, completed his tenure as chairman of internal medicine at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital (OLBH) in Ashland, Ky., in January. He now practices as a hospitalist at OLBH and serves as the medical director of the hospitalist service. Hayes also functions as the medical director of utilization management. Hayes and his wife, Brittany, reside in Ashland with their children Reagan, Carter, and Camden. R. Aaron Lambert, Class of 2008, is with Cabarrus Family Medicine residency near Charlotte, N.C. He resides in Concord, N.C. with his wife, Elyse, and his three sons David Robert, Bryan Paul and Christopher. Amanda N. Pauley, Class of 2008, an assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the Marshall School of Medicine, has been chosen as the recipient of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) 2017 District IV Donald F. Richardson Outstanding Faculty Award. The award is given to an individual who has been consistently

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CL ASS NO T E S dedicated to the education of ACOG Junior Fellows and has supported their involvement in the organization. Pauley was unanimously nominated by the department’s resident physicians and then selected by an ACOG council for the award. As a recipient of the award, Pauley delivered the Donald F. Richardson Memorial Amanda Pauley Lecture during the district’s annual meeting in October in Charlotte, N.C. Pauley is also participating in the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Surgical Education Scholars program. She lives in Milton with her husband, Josh, and children, Addison and Graham. Todd M. Derreberry, Class of 2009, is with Novant Health Psychiatric in Winston-Salem, N.C. He previously was a faculty member in the psychiatry department from 2014 to 2016. Derreberry completed a geriatric psychiatry fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and a general psychiatry residency at Todd Derreberry Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Todd’s wife, Jessica Cipoletti Derreberry, is also a graduate of the Class of 2009.

Maxwell, son of Adrienne Mays and Kevin Kingston

Adrienne M. Mays, Class of 2009, and Kevin Kingston were married April 5, 2016. They welcomed their first child, Maxwell Sheldon, on Feb. 9, 2017.

’10s Camden B. “Cam” Burns, Class of 2010, has joined the department of orthopaedic surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine as an assistant professor. Burns specializes in orthopaedic trauma and spine surgery and is the department’s only spine surgeon.

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Camden Bur ns, photo courtesy of IU School of Medicine

Sarah E. Churton, Class of 2010, has joined the Woodruff Institute, a dermatology and facial plastic surgery practice in Bonita Springs, Fla. Kelly F. Cummings, Class of 2010, has joined the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the Marshall School of Medicine. Cummings, a board-certified maternal-fetal medicine specialist, is assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology. She specializes in Kelly F. Cummings high-risk pregnancies, including cases of preterm labor, placenta previa, miscarriage risk, multiple births, preeclampsia and gestational diabetes.

David P. Rupp, Class of 2010, and Katherine J. “Kate” Steele, Class of 2013, were married in August 2016. Kate Steele & David Rupp

Nathan R. Hatfield, Class of 2011, completed his fellowship in interventional radiology and has joined Radiology Inc. in Huntington. Jeremiah L. Jeffers, Class of 2011, is an assistant professor in the Section of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, West Virginia University Department of Anesthesiology, in Morgantown. Susanna “SuSu” Kapourales, president of the Class of 2011, is an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics and is seeing patients at the Teays Valley (W.Va.) office of Marshall Pediatrics. She completed her pediatric residency at the University of Florida at Orlando Health/ Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. Prior to joining Marshall Health, Kapourales worked at South Charleston (W.Va.) Pediatrics. On Sept. Samuel Lambert, son of Susanna Kapourales 26, 2017, she and husband Roger Lambert welcomed their first child, Samuel Dale Lambert.

C L AS S NOTES Courtney Kiser McLean, Class of 2011, completed her neonatology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in June 2017. She and her husband, Scott, moved to Omaha, Neb. She is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, working at the Children’s Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha. Tristan F. Meador, Class of 2011, and his wife, Jenn, have moved to Denver. Meador is with Colorado Permanente Medical Group, working in the ER at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Dana C. Point, Class of 2011, has joined New Hanover Regional Medical Center Physician GroupAtlantic Urology in Wilmington, N.C. He completed his residency in urology and preliminary surgery at West Virginia University Hospital in Morgantown. During that time, Point was named Dana C. Point trauma intern of the year and was awarded an in-service scholarship by the WVU Department of Surgery. Danielle H. Whitley, Class of 2011, is “semi full-time” in Port Angeles, Wash., at a busy rural hospital. She also does locum tenens, working out of St. Paul, Minn., as well as Texas. Whitley and husband, Andrew, celebrated their son’s, Miles Joseph, first birthday on Oct. 24, 2016.

Miles Whitley, son of Danielle H. Whitley

Rotem “Ro” Elitsur, Class of 2012, married Sean M. Fitzpatrick, Class of 2014, on Aug.19, 2017, in Pittsburgh, Pa. The couple was married in a private ceremony followed by a reception at the Andy Warhol Museum. Sean Fitzpatrick and Ro Elitsur

Brian M. Hensley, Class of 2012, and his wife, Andrea, welcomed their first child, George, on Aug. 18, 2017. Hensley is doing emergency medicine at Charleston Area Medical Center. Jonathan A. Hess, Class of 2012, practices family medicine with his father, Robert A. Hess, Class of 1984, at Ohio Valley Physicians in Gallipolis, Ohio. He also serves as the medical director for the Emergency Jonathan Hess with his wife, Department at Holzer Medical Genny, and Kaden Avery, 2, and Luke Alexander, 1. Center-Jackson and the EMS medical director for Jackson County, Ohio. Joshua L. “Josh” Houser, Class of 2012, is in private practice with Integrative Emergency Services as the assistant medical director at Baylor Scott and White Hospital in Waco, Texas. He also works part time as an academic attending at Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas, with the Texas A&M Residency Program. He and his wife, Lauren, have two daughters, Grace, 4, and Ava, 2.

Jared T. Brownfield, Class of 2012, and his wife, Brittany, welcomed a son, Ezekiel James, on Sept. 10, 2017.

Ryan S. Okal, Class of 2012, is in private practice at Mountain States Pathology in Colorado Springs, working at Penrose-St. Francis Hospital. The practice has a small pathology residency program associated with it, and there are 10 pathologists. Okal just completed his hematopathology fellowship at West Virginia University.

Isaac and Lauren Cline with son, Ernie

Molly E. Seidler, Class of 2012, and Alexander T. “Alex” Caughran, who did his orthopedic residency at the Marshall School of Medicine, were married on May 13, 2017. They are both at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Md., Molly Seidler and Alex Caughran where Alex has a fellowship in orthopedics and Molly works full-time in the emergency room. They plan to return to West Virginia in 2018.

Ezekiel James Brownfield

Lauren E. Bevins Cline, Class of 2012, is with University of Virginia Primary Care in Charlottesville, Va. Her husband is Dr. Issac Cline.

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CL ASS NO T E S Haresh K. Visweshwar, Class of 2012, was selected as one of 40 medical residents for the Yale/ Stanford Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholars Program, chosen from thousands of applicants. He is the first Marshall resident to be selected for the prestigious program. He will spend six weeks Haresh K. Visweshwar. Photo by beginning in November at Mulago Lori Wolfe, The Herald-Dispatch Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, a 1,500-bed hospital that is almost always at double capacity. Erin “Kickie” Hare Ward, Class of 2012, joined the Lowcountry Women’s Specialists in North Charleston and Summerville, South Carolina, in the fall of 2016. She completed her OBGYN Residency Program at the University of Florida. She and her husband, Price S. Ward, Class of 2012, a neonatology fellow at the Erin “Kickie” Ward Medical University of South Carolina, have two children, son P.J. and daughter Juliette Elisabeth. Juliet E. Wolford, Class of 2012, is in her second year of a gynecologic oncology fellowship at University of California, Irvine. She started a master of science in biomedical and translational science program to be completed in the spring of 2018. Also, Wolford was elected as the fellow representative to the Juliet E. Wolford executive board for the Society of Gynecologic Oncology for this year. She recently won an American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Young Investigator Career Development Award, a $50,000 grant for her research, “An In-Vitro Vascularized Micro-Tumor Model of Ovarian Cancer Used to Examine the Efficiency of Various Anti-Angiogenic Drugs Against Different Histological Subtypes.” Christopher L. “Chris” Daugherty, Class of 2013, completed his residency at Summa Health Systems in Akron, Ohio, and joined Lake Health Ophthalmology Consultants. He and his wife Allison and daughter, Rowan are residing in Novelty, Ohio.

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Chris Daugherty, photo courtesy of Lake Health

Rachel E. Edwards, Class of 2013, was the August 2016 Resident of the Month while completing her third year as an obstetrics/gynecology resident. Rachel Edwards accepts award from Kevin J. Conaway, M.D., Class of 1991.

Caleb R. Huff, Class of 2013, has joined St. Mary’s Women and Family Care in its Barboursville location as an OB-GYN. Huff completed his residency at CAMC Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Charleston, W.Va. Caleb Huff

C. Matthew “Matt” Justice, Class of 2013, is doing a pediatric fellowship in rheumatology at St. Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri. Matt and Emmy Justice introduce their son, Charlie, to Marco

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Capt. Alex C. Overmiller, Class of 2013, and his wife, Nikki, are enjoying their military time in Alaska. He is applying for emergency medicine residencies for next summer. They have two children, Ander, 2, and Ruby, born in April.

Megan B. Luciano, Class of 2013, has joined the OB/GYN department at the Bella Vista location of the Watson Clinic in Lakeland, Fla. She specializes in general obstetrical and gynecological care, as well as robotic and minimally invasive surgical procedures.

Ander and Ruby Overmiller

D. Russell “Russ” Richardson, Class of 2013, is doing a twoyear retina fellowship with Retina Consultants in Huntington. His wife, Kathleen H. “Katie” Richardson, also Class of 2013, is practicing primary care with Charleston Area Medical Center, with an office in Nitro.

C L AS S NOTES Melissa A. Rowe, Class of 2013, is working as an OB/ GYN with Vidant Women’s Care in Kenansville, N.C. She was the October 2016 Resident of the Month at the Marshall School of Medicine during her final year of a fourMelissa A. Rowe year OB-GYN residency program. Rowe, who also has a nursing degree, received honors while in medical school including induction into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. A. Allison “Ally” Roy, Class of 2013, has joined the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the Marshall School of Medicine. Roy, a general OB/GYN, specializes in minimally invasive robotic surgery. She is an instructor with the department.

A. Allison “Ally” Roy

Matt Christiansen

Matthew Curry

Katherine “Kate” Steele

Stephen Roy

Four primary care physicians who graduated with the Class of 2013 joined the clinical faculty of the Marshall School of Medicine in the fall of 2016. Matthew Q. “Matt” Christiansen, Matthew B. Curry and Katherine J. “Kate” Steele are assistant professors in the department of family and community health. Stephen A. Roy is assistant professor in the department of internal medicine. Aaron M. Brownfield, Class of 2014, joined Valley Health in Teays Valley, W.Va., as a pediatrician.

Sonja P. Dawsey, Class of 2014, completed her internal medicine residency with the Air Force at the San Antonio Military Medical Center in June and began a GI fellowship at the University of Vermont in July. She will be separated from the military for three years in order to complete this fellowship and then will finish her time afterwards. D. Scott Murphy, Class of 2014, and Marshall’s first psychiatry resident, is the June Resident of the Month. He completed his first year as a psychiatry resident at West Virginia University-Charleston Division (CAMC). Murphy’s Scott Murphy receives his award Suzanne Holroyd, M.D., educational accomplishments from chair and program director for the include writing seven chapters department of psychiatry at the Marshall School of Medicine. on psychiatric topics for Universal Notes for Medical Students and authoring four research abstracts last year, with two presented at national meetings. He is currently studying suicidal ideation in outpatients. He was selected by medical students for the Gold Humanism in Medicine Resident Award last year, a recognition that honors medical students and professionals for demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service. After finishing his residency next year, Murphy plans to join the department of psychiatry faculty. Rebecca M. “Becca” Hayes, Class of 2014, a third-year internal medicine/pediatrics resident at the Marshall School of Medicine, received a Society for Pediatric Research House Officer Research Award for her work on developing a validated measure for assessing William “Skip” Nitardy, M.D., Class of 2016, internal medicine/pediatrics fitness in young children in residency director and Dr. Hayes. May. The six-minute step test for children 10 years and younger was compared to the “gold standard” for fitness, the maximal graded exercise treadmill test. This project was a collaboration among the departments of pediatrics, exercise science and physical therapy with the support of the Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health and the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. She was the September 2016 Resident of the Month. During residency, she received the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honor and Gold Humanism societies. In addition, Hayes completed a master’s degree in education in health professions (MEHP) from Johns Hopkins University.

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CL ASS NO T E S Freddie W. Vaughan II, Class of 2014, is assistant professor, family and community health, at the Marshall School of Medicine beginning August 1, 2017. In April, he was selected as Resident of the Month for the compassion he displayed Freddie Vaughan II and Tammy L. Bannister, Class of 1994, family while taking care of an elderly medicine residency program patient and their caretaker. director, presenting the award Vaughan received his master’s degree in clinical psychology from the Marshall University Graduate College and practiced clinical psychology for nearly five years before starting medical school at Marshall. He is a member of the Resident Super User Committee; a participant on the CORE Program work group, a program for patient rounding and a member of the Family Medical Center and Primary Care Medical Home committees. He has also worked with Autism Services Center and Marshall Medical Outreach. Vaughan also practices in Kenova. Douglas C. “Doug” vonAllmen, Class of 2014, and his wife, Anna, welcomed a daughter, Mila Ann, on March 27, 2017. Mila joined sister Elyse, 4. They reside in Cincinnati where vonAllmen is completing an otolaryngology residency at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Mila and Elyse, daughters of Doug and Anna vonAllmen

Robert B. “Robbie” Wildman and Jenna K. Fields, both Class of 2014, welcomed a son, Luke Alexander, on August 7, 2017. Luke Alexander Wildman

Beverly “Paige” Phillips, Class of 2015, a third-year resident physician in the department of pediatrics at the Marshall School of Medicine, was selected as the August Resident of the Month. After completing residency in 2018, she plans to practice general pediatrics.

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Paige Phillips accepts the August Resident of the Month Award from Susan Flesher, M.D., Class of 2007, pediatric residency director.

Alexander H. “Alex” and Sarah E. Slocum, both Class of 2015, welcomed a daughter, Evelyn Bryant, on March 17, 2017. Evelyn joined her older sister, Eleanor, 2.

Evelyn Bryant Slocum

Paul V. Viscuse and Brittany L. Wall, both Class of 2016, recently were engaged at the Buffalo Trace Distillery (in front of a buffalo) and are planning a 2019 spring wedding in Richmond, Va., Paul Viscuse and Brittany Wall after their fellowship match. Viscuse is currently doing an internal medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and Wall is completing a pediatric residency at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Sarah Lyn Orr Dusing Class of 2017, is presented with the 2017 Excellence in Medicine Leadership Award from the American Medical Association Foundation by AMA Foundation Treasurer Dr. Sarah Sanders during a ceremony June 9 in Chicago. Dusing was recognized for Drs. Sanders and Orr her work with Marshall Medical Outreach (MMO), a studentled initiative to deliver health care to the homeless and those at risk of being homeless, as well as her work during the devastating 2016 West Virginia flooding. Dusing currently has a family medicine fellowship at the University of Virginia. (Photo courtesy Jorge Norrick) Sean Loudin, Class of 2005, of Marshall Health, and Mike E. Kilkenny, Class of 1982, of Cabell-Huntington Health Department, represented our community in Washington, D.C., on November 2016 at the White House for discussions on the opioid crisis.

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IN MEMORIAM Melanie A. Stephenson, M.D., Class of 1985, passed away Oct. 12, 2016, at age 60, after she was struck by a drunk driver. During her internal medicine residency at West Virginia University, she served as chief resident. She went on to found the school of cytotechnology at Charleston Area Medical Center and trained as an addiction physician at Cleveland Clinic. She is survived by her sister, Judy Stephenson, and brother, James Lee Stephenson. Bradley J. Richardson, M.D., Ed.D., Class of 1993, of Huntington, W.Va., passed away April 22, 2017, at age 60, after a long battle with cancer. Richardson specialized in internal medicine, geriatrics and cardiology. Most recently, he was a physician at MedExpress Urgent Care, after entering partial retirement and closing his private medical practice, Richardson Medical Services PLLC, in June 2016. He was a passionate horseman and especially loved the American Saddlebred. He is survived by his sister, Jessie Richardson, and his faithful and beloved companions, American Saddlebred, Joe, and Jack Russell terrier, Lucy. Cmdr. (Ret.) John D. Harrah Jr., M.D., Class of 2001, passed away June 3, 2017, at the age of 47. Harrah completed his residency in emergency medicine at the Maine Medical Center and a fellowship in undersea and hyperbaric medicine at Duke University. He worked as an emergency medicine physician at Eglin Air Force Base and served as a senior medical physician, departmental director

and fleet liaison in the U.S. Navy, where he was recognized as a leading expert in hyperbaric medicine and provided medical care to a number of special operations personnel and divers. He is survived by his mother, Phyllis, and brother, Ryan. In recognition of Harrah’s many accomplishments, his service to the United States of America and the special place that he holds in their hearts, his classmates from the Class of 2001 have dedicated their class scholarship to his memory. B. Stephen “Steve” Love, M.D., Class of 2003, passed away Aug. 7, 2017. He was 49. Love completed his residency with West Virginia University and was the sole proprietor of Love Family Practice in Beckley. He had recently accepted a position at WVU Medical Center in Morgantown and was looking forward to starting a new adventure. He had a beautiful singing voice and was a part of WVU Tech’s chorus. He is survived by his parents, Shirley and Audrey Painter Love; dog, Willie Nelson; sister, Christie Love; and brother, James Love IV. Jeffrey T. St. Clair, M.D., Class of 1992, passed away Nov. 3, 2017, at age 54. He was a board-certified emergency trauma physician at University Medical Center in New Orleans, where he also served as assistant clinical instructor in emergency medicine. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, St. Clair worked alongside the military to treat the sick and injured and provided medical trauma training to other physicians aboard a naval hospital ship. Jeff was awarded the 2008 Marshall University Alumni Community Achievement Award for his service during the Katrina tragedy. He also appeared in National Geographic Magazine, and had multiple TV appearances on “Trauma: Life in the ER,” “Code Blue New Orleans” and “Critical Hour.” He is survived by his parents, Nancy White St. Clair and Dr. David Thomas St. Clair, and brother, Schon St. Clair, PharmD.

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B. Danielle King, M.D. Internal medicine physician and owner of Mt. Sterling Clinic, PLLC in Mt. Sterling, Ky.

Class of 1997

Hometown: Huntington, W.Va. Favorite Hobby: I love restoring historic buildings, running my own bakery, Spoonful of Sugar, as well as serving my community and city as a city council member. What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a medical illustrator. When did you know you wanted to be a doctor? After my first year of undergraduate school. What are your clinical interests? Primary prevention with focus on outpatient esophagogastroduodenoscopy/colonoscopy procedures. What is the most rewarding part of your job? Providing care to the people in the community I live and work with and striving to keep them healthy. How do you juggle being a small business owner and physician? Having amazing employees that you can depend on is the key. I have an excellent office staff in my medical practice and a very talented chef for the bakery. I get to enjoy the best of both worlds. The bakery allows me to unwind, and it clears my head. This energizes me and gives me more focus when I am taking care of complicated patients. What are your goals for medical education at Marshall? My goal is for every student to be a success story, regardless of his or her level of preparedness. Why do you remain engaged with the school of medicine as an alumna? I support the school of medicine because I know that the education I received has allowed me to excel in my career as a physician. I was able to experience hands-on training that most students just get to watch. I highly recommend Marshall University School of Medicine to anyone interested in helping others.

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