2007 Spring - University of Toronto Medical Alumni Association

U N I V E R S I T Y O F T O R O N T O M E D I C A L A L U M N I A S S O C I A T I O N M A G A Z I N E
Spring 2007
MAAMATTERS
“We shall not sleep”
U of T docs at war and peace
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TREASURER’S REPORT Dr. Flavio Habal (Class of 1977)
Adding up a successful year
Your investment in the best and
brightest grows significantly
Iam pleased to submit highlights of the
Medical Alumni Association financial
report for the year 2005/2006. As a key
part of its mandate to assist the undergrad
student body in financial matters, the MAA
provided the following to our students:
• $193,000 in interest-free student loans
• $231,773 in total awards and student
support
• $125,500 in international health
scholarships, including: $30,000 for undergrad
medical student international health
electives; $40,000 for summer research
scholarships and $40,000 for resident travel
grants for international health electives
In 2005/2006 this translated into direct
and indirect help for numerous students,
an exceptional achievement made possible
by your financial and moral support.
Total 2006 calendar year donations
were $522, 674, including gifts from direct
mail campaigns; securities; bequests; the
MAA/OMF Ontario Medical Student
Bursary fund pledge donations; and
class reunion donations. Thanks to
you, donations increased by 26 percent
from the previous calendar year!
Also thanks to you, as of December 31,
2006, we completed our $500,000 pledge
to be matched to $1,000,000, provided by
the Ontario Student Opportunities Trust
Fund II matching fund through the university,
all targeted for undergraduate medical
student bursaries.
In terms of our investments, we continued
with BMO Nesbitt Burns in our tradition
of a conservative strategy, balanced
between equities and fixed income. As we
have always required cash flow to maintain
our bursaries and student support, the result
has been a slightly smaller amount to invest.
Here are some highlights of our holdings for
2005/06:
• As of December 31, 2006, our investment
portfolio totalled $2,914,839.
• In calendar year 2006, our return on
investments year-over-year was 9.28 percent
compared to last year’s 5.93 percent, significantly
better than in previous years. This
was due to the fact that over the past
year we decreased our American holdings
in favour of Canadian equities.
All of these numbers reflect a successful
year, thanks in large part to your unwavering
support. This is vitally important,
since there is another number that I must
mention: $17,608.00. That is the tuition
our students must pay per year, and of
course does not include books or living
expenses. While many of us faced debt
You helped
to provide
over $550,000
in total student
support
coming out of medical school, the
prospect of graduating with a mortgagesized
claim on our future is daunting, to
say the least. (Medical students graduate
with an average size debt of just under
$100,000.) You help us to help deserving
students, ensuring that we continue to
attract the best and the brightest.
Beyond our significant financial and
moral commitment to medical students,
the MAA plays a large role in helping you
to stay connected with other U of T alumni.
We support class reunions, the production
of this magazine, MAA Matters; and the
annual MAA Convocation Banquet, where
the graduation classes celebrating their 50-,
60-, 65- and 70-year anniversaries, and convocating
students, are honoured.
All of this would not be possible without
the volunteer efforts of our board members
and of Ruth Gillings, our administrator/
manager. As always, she keeps on top of
our vibrant roster of alumni activities, and
a diligent watch on our books. Thanks to
Ruth and her assistant, Julienne Ramos,
and our board for their tremendous work.
And again, I would like to especially thank
all of our donors. You’ll see their names
beginning on page 8. If you haven’t made a
donation I respectfully ask you to consider
making one today. It’s one of the most
satisfying ways I know of giving back. ■
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DEAN’S MESSAGE Dr. Catharine Whiteside (Class of 1975)
A tradition of service
In times of war and peace our
grads make a difference
Our Faculty mission is to
prepare future health leaders,
contribute to our communities
and improve the health of
individuals and populations, through the
discovery, application and communication
of knowledge. Throughout our history,
our medical graduates have embodied that
mission, and their commitment to innovation
and excellence in health care has contributed
to improved patient outcomes
and an ever increasing body of knowledge
that has had an impact across the globe.
As you will read in these pages, our alumni
have a long and distinguished history of
contributions in times of conflict. Physicians
from our medical school have cared for the
wounded under intense and stressful conditions,
from the First World War to present
conflicts in Afghanistan. While serving in
times of conflict, many of our alumni have
also pioneered significant new medical treatments.
These innovations include Norman
Bethune’s mobile blood-transfusion unit
during the Spanish Civil War, Fulton Risdon
and A. Ross Tilley’s development of plastic
and reconstructive surgery techniques during
the First and Second World Wars respectively,
and Sir Frederick Banting’s design of a
pressurized flight suit and oxygen mask for
aviators during the Second World War.
Unfortunately, many of our alumni such
as Banting and Bethune also made the ultimate
sacrifice of their lives while in service.
Our alumni have also made important
contributions to peace initiatives around
the world. Since 1984 the Canada
International Scientific Exchange Program
(CISEPO), under the direction of Arnold
We are proud
of the numerous
ways that our
medical graduates
have contributed
to making a
difference around
the world, both
in times of conflict
and times of peace.
Noyek, has contributed to peace building
in the Middle East, bringing Israeli,
Jordanian and Palestinian individuals and
institutions together for the common purpose
of health care. Also, for the past four
years, medical students have been collecting
medical textbooks to send to Afghan
medical schools via the Canadian Armed
Forces, as part of the Books with Wings
project. Many of our faculty and alumni
contribute to this important rebuilding
effort with donations of textbooks and
monetary funds.
We are proud of the numerous ways
that our medical graduates have contributed
to making a difference around the
world, both in times of conflict and times
of peace. The Faculty of Medicine is committed
to ensuring that our students and
alumni continue to make vital contributions
to the advancement of health care,
and address the crucial issues that confront
us locally, nationally, and internationally. ■
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COVER STORY
“We shall not sleep”
Medical alumni help heal wounds of war
MOST OF US KNOW AT LEAST THE FIRST FEW
lines of “In Flanders Fields,” perhaps reciting it
at school every Remembrance Day. Some of us
may even know that in April of 1915, Dr. John
McCrae, devastated by a close friend and fellow
soldier’s death, and surrounded by the terrible
carnage of the Second Battle of Ypres,
penned the poem that has come to symbolize
the sacrifices of all those who fought during
the First World War (and indeed, all subsequent
wars).
McCrae, a field surgeon in the Canadian
artillery, composed “In Flanders Fields” as he
sat on the back of an ambulance beside his
dressing station, close to the growing rows of
simple white crosses planted in a field of
blood-red poppies. The dressing station was
in a hole at the foot of a bank manned at the
top by Allied soldiers; as they were shot, the
wounded and the dead would often roll down
into McCrae’s station.
What many don’t know is that Dr.
McCrae was a graduate of the University of
Toronto Faculty of Medicine, a gold medalist
in the Class of 1898. He was a poet and a
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
- JOHN MCCRAE
physician who saved the lives of numerous
soldiers during the South African Boer War
and the First World War. Dr. McCrae is part
of a distinguished U of T medical alumni
legacy forged in both times of war and the
pursuit of peace.
From the well-known pioneering contributions
of Frederick Banting and Wilfred
Bigelow to the numerous important but lesserknown
medical war efforts of U of T physicians,
we pay tribute to all alumni who have
served their country and their profession so
remarkably and in so many ways. The following
brief snapshots represent only a very few
contributors and their stories.
Bringing blood to the front
Dr. Norman Bethune’s desire to fight fascism
propelled him to travel to Spain in 1936.
While his socialist political leanings may have
made him a controversial figure, it was his
time on the battlefields of Spain and then later
in China, which inspired him to develop the
first mobile blood bank. Bethune saw how
many wounded soldiers died enroute to base
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Canadian medical
personnel tend to
the wounded in a trench,
the Somme, Sept. 1916.
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A surgical team, including a
nursing sister, works on a
wounded patient at Casualty
Clearing Station No. 2,
Remy Siding near
Poperinghe, ca. 1917.
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A Jeep ambulance
evacuates a wounded
soldier to a Field
Dressing Station,
Dittaino Valley, Sicily,
July 1943. Speed of
evacuation was
an important
contributing factor
to a lower death rate
from wounds in the
Second World War
than in the First.
Survival rate of Canadian
wounded who reached care:
First World War 89%
Second World War 94%
Korean War 97%
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hospitals from the battlefields, often for the
want of a blood transfusion. He created
mobile medical units, made up of a wagon
with a refrigerator, sterilizer, incubator, blood
transfusion sets and stored blood, which followed
regiments to the front where the casualties
occurred.Within months, Dr. Bethune
and his team were giving up to 100 transfusions
every day. It was a radical new way of
practicing battlefield medicine that has saved
the lives of countless soldiers all over the globe.
POW experience shaped a career
Dr. Miller Fisher (Class of
1938) is 93 now, yet his
memory is as sharp as ever
when it comes to recalling
his three-and-a-half years in
a German prisoner of war
camp during the Second World War. The
1998 laureate in the Canadian Medical Hall of
Fame, inducted for his pioneering work in the
recognition of the clinical features, stroke risk
and treatment of Carotid Artery Disease,
refuses to characterize his experience in the
POW camp outside of Bremen, Germany, as
anything beyond “a bit rough at times.” As a
physician in the camp for Royal Navy prisoners
in 1941 (Dr. Fisher was a surgeon lieutenant
in the Royal Navy when his cruiser was
sunk in the South Atlantic), he had no medicines
or equipment, yet felt, on the whole, that
the health of the men
was relatively good.
“As I used to say, if
you remove men
from wheels, wine
An article from
the Sept. 18,
1945 edition of
The Hamilton
Spectator
lists Dr. Fisher’s
name among
repatriated
Canadian prisoners
of war.
and women, they remain healthy,” he quips.
What was difficult he says, was the feeling of
hopelessness that many of the prisoners experienced.
“My job as a physician was to keep
the men on as even a keel as possible,” Dr.
Fisher explains. “When a POW came to me
and said, ‘I can’t take it anymore, I’m going
through the barbed wire,’ I would shoot
back, ‘You’re the fifth prisoner to come along
today; you’ll have to get over it like the others;
we’re all in this together you know.’”
To combat the mind-numbing boredom,
Dr. Fisher turned to the classics of literature
and learned to read German. That latter skill
would, on his return to Canada, allow him
access to critical original German medical literature
about cerebrovascular disease. His
attention to new areas and specific causes of
stroke led to the discovery of aspirin as a prevention
method. “The ability to learn German
was an important dividend for my career,” he
says, modestly—and for modern medicine, we
would add.
U ofT story of love and war
Dr. James Goodwin (Class of 1955) loves a
good story. The retired alumnus who has
taught and practiced perinatology both
domestically and abroad, also loves medical
history, an interest which he is pursuing
at his alma mater. It’s not surprising then
that Dr. Goodwin has just published “Our
Gallant Doctor” Enigma and Tragedy: Surgeon
Lieutenant George Hendry and HMCS Ottawa,
1942 (Dundurn Press: 2007). The book, a
biography that is a compelling blend of love
story, tragedy and great courage set against the
torpedoing of a Second World War Canadian
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Stretcher bearers
prepare to remove a
wounded soldier
from the front, 1918.
destroyer, gives an account of another U of T
alumnus, Dr. George Hendry (Class of 1935).
Dr. Hendry, second son of Dr. William
Hendry, a revered U of T alumnus and professor
of medicine at the university, was a talented
and much-loved young doctor set to marry his
adored sweetheart. But because of a romantic
indiscretion, the rest of his short life took
a very different turn, a
personal tragedy that
was nonetheless defined
by honour, courage and
dignity. Trying to flee a
disasterous marriage, Dr.
Hendry abruptly enlisted
in the navy, and in
September, 1942, his ship was torpedoed and
sunk in the mid Atlantic. Clinging to a raft,
Dr. Hendry survived, but exhausted from six
heroic nights of operating on sick and injured
men strapped down to the captain’s dining table,
he soon slipped away into the turbulent sea.
Dr. Goodwin says, “I think this is a good
story that needed to be told, that reflects all of
our hopes and frailties.” Michael Bliss, professor
emeritus at U of T, adds in the book’s foreword:
It is also a story of medicine and its values in
an age that only a shrinking few of us still
remember—the age before miracle treatments,
high technology, insurance, bureaucracy, and
shifting social values changed forever the meaning
of being a doctor.
The only pathologist in Afghanistan
Dr. John Deck (Class of 1956) recently
returned from Afghanistan where he volunteered
at CURE International Hospital in
Kabul, as the only practicing pathologist in
Afghanistan. He began sending regular
emails to his class website last October to
keep in touch with friends and colleagues.
Although he’s modest about his contribution
to helping rebuild Afghanistan, Dr. Deck,
like many U of T medical alumni, staff and
students involved in international peacebuilding
efforts, is making a real difference in
our world. These are various excerpts from
his series of fascinating emails:
Most of the other hospitals in the region are
now sending their path. specimens here and I am
really enjoying being back at work and feeling
useful. The outcome of Canadian efforts in this
country hang in the balance, but every little effort
to build a better society here seems worthwhile.
The resources here are limited but this hospital
is doing a fine job. Unusual features for me are
that patients and their families troop into the lab
with specimens or to collect reports. They are very
respectful and almost all Afghans are warm and
welcoming. Their hospitality is legend, and I am
experiencing it. . .
. . . I have an Afghan resident in training who
has been threatened because he “works with the
Americans.” So have other residents at the hospital.
The people I meet all are glad the Taliban is
gone and fear its return. Now and then, my technician
comes to me shaking, thinking that visitors
at the lab were Taliban. I don’t often think about
security. When an American doctor comes from
the American base in Kabul to speak to the residents
here, he comes with an armed convoy, part
of the routine security practiced by the military.
The hospital operates on a very limited budget
and most of the patients cannot
pay. Poverty is a major
problem. . . . Corruption in
government is rife, and
Karzai has to walk a very
fine line. This is one of the
more important features of life here and a major
hindrance to economic progress.
I have been working here with great satisfaction
because I am involved in helping in some
small way, and the ultimate outcome of the hostilities
is out of my hands. The personal rewards
have been great and I would encourage others to
consider using whatever skills they have to do
something like it.
From the incredible sacrifices of our veterans
to our Faculty’s many and varied contributions
to peace-building efforts, U of T has a great
deal to be proud of, in its past and present.
Thanks also to the following alumni who generously
shared their war experiences and peacebuilding
efforts with MAA Matters: Dr. Ernest
G. Meyer (Class of 1938); Dr. Henry Barnett
(Class of 1944); Teresa Pun (Class of 2007). ■
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Thanks To Our Donors
Sharing your dream
You worked hard to fulfill your dream of becoming
a physician. You were driven to succeed no matter
what the obstacles were: long hours of study, difficult
lectures, family commitments or money worries, might
have been one or all of the challenges you faced. But you persevered
and now you’re generously sharing some of your success
with those students who dare to dream of improving the
health of under-serviced northern communities, or working in
breast cancer research, or pioneering a new surgical technique.
Your donation to the Medical Alumni Association means
that those students in financial need can pay their rising
tuition costs. It means that they can be part of the Faculty’s
International Health program, opening their eyes to global
health realities and bringing our world closer together. And
it means that excellence is recognized and rewarded, inspiring
all of us in so many ways. On behalf of each and every
student and the MAA, thank you for your 2006 donation.
CLASSES OF
1930 TO 1939
Dr. John Bickle
The Late Dr. Cameron Gray
Dr. Louis Lester
Dr. Ernest Meyer
Dr. John Roger
Dr. Elspie Shaver
Dr. Charles Sheard
Dr. Isadore Tepperman
CLASSES OF
1940 TO 1949
Dr. E.Vivien Abbott
Dr. Edwin Abbott
Dr. Crawford Anglin
Dr. John Armstrong
Dr.William Arnup
Dr. Borden Bachynski
The Late Dr. Hugh Barber
Dr. John Barker
Dr. Guy Barnes
Dr. Henry Barnett
Dr. Edward Best
Dr. Mary Black-Brenneman
Dr.Walter Bonney
Dr. Margaret Brander
Dr. Frederick Brason
Dr. Elizabeth Bridgman
Dr.Wilbert Brien
Dr.Thomas Brown
Dr. Frederick Bryans
Dr. F. John Button
Dr. Douglas Campbell
Dr. George Campion
Dr. Doreen Caplin
The Late Dr.Alan Carrie
Dr. Gordon Caudwell
Dr. Morris Charendoff
Dr. Frederick Clinckett
Dr.William Cochrane
Dr. Saul Cohen
Dr.Alan Conn
Dr. John Connolly
Dr. Peter Crassweller
Dr. Elsie Crawford
Dr. John Crawford
Dr. Katherine Cross
Dr. James Cumming
Dr. Leonard Davies
Dr.Ambrose (Jack) Denne
Dr. Doris Denne
Dr. Ross Dobson
Dr. Natalie Dyer
Dr. L. Jean Erb
Dr. Emmanuel Farber
Dr. Joseph Fineberg
Dr. John Finlay
Dr. Murray Flock
Dr. Marjory Folinsbee
Dr. Robert Forsey
Dr. Donald Fraser
Dr. John Gardiner
Dr. Emily Gear
Dr. Margaret Gentles
Dr. Donald Gibson
Dr.William Graham
Dr. Harvey Gurian
Dr. George Harvey
Dr. Gordon Hawks
Dr. Barbara Hazlett
The Late Dr. John Hazlett
Dr. John Heron
Dr. Frederick Hess
Dr. Jean Hill
Dr. Harry Hotz
Dr. Douglas Hutchison
The Late Dr. Robert Jeffs
Dr. CCR (Chauncey)
Johnson
The Late Dr. David Kahn
Dr. Norman Kalant
Dr. John Kilgour
Dr. Kenneth Kinch
Dr. R. Selby Kneeshaw
Dr. Oscar Kofman
Dr. Joseph Kyle
Dr. John Laughton
Dr. Lewis Little
Dr.Wallace Lotto
Dr. John Maus
Dr. Dermot McCarthy
The Late Dr. Ross
McCendie
Dr. John McCulloch
Dr.Mary McKim-Mackenzie
Dr. Katharine Mirhady
Dr. Marjorie Moore
Dr. George Moss
Dr. Frank Newland
Dr. Stephen O’Brien
Dr. Fraser Parrott
Dr.William Paul
Dr. Lois Pearce
Dr. Joseph Peller
Dr. Kenneth Phillips
Dr. Clifford Preece
Dr. John Ridge
Dr. L. Isobel Rigg
Dr. John Robinson
Dr.Thomas Robson
Dr. Zelda Rothbart-Fox
Dr. Irving Rother
Dr. Paul Saintaubin
Dr. Robert Salter
Dr. George Sanger
Dr. Joseph Scales
Dr.William Sedgwick
Dr. Morris Shusterman
Dr. Henry Shykoff
Dr. Edward Simmons
Dr. Harry Smith
Dr. Jeanne Smith
Dr. Shena Sourkes
Dr. John St. John
Dr.Taylor Statten
Dr. Bette Stephenson
Dr. Donald Stewart
Dr. Harold Stewart
Dr.Wilma Stewart Dare
Dr. George Stock
Dr. Clinton Story
Dr. John Strathearn
“
Dr. Irvin Strathman
Dr. L John Sullivan
Dr. Bernard Teichman
Dr. John Toogood
Dr. George Trusler
Dr. Earle Varty
Dr. Neil Watters
Dr. Maxwell Weingarten
Dr. M. Patricia White
Dr. Gabriel Whiteman
Dr. Donald Wilson
Dr. John Yoshioka
Dr. Mabel Young
CLASSES OF
1950TO 1959
Dr. Ruth Alison
Dr. Douglas Alton
Dr. Kenneth Asselstine
Dr. Bernard Awerbuck
Dr. Maxwell Bardenstein
Dr. Donald Barr
Dr.T.Arnold Bayley
Dr. Matthew Bazoian
Dr. Lindsay Belch
Dr. Barbara Berner
Dr. M. Mendel Bocknek
Dr. Henry Bonney
Dr. James Boone
Dr.Thomas Briant
Dr. James Bricker
Dr.Alice Briggs
Dr. Irvin Broder
Dr. Donald Brown
Dr. Bruce Buchanan
Dr. Robert Bull
Dr. Joseph Burkholder
Dr. Kenneth Butler
Dr. James Carson
Dr. David Cartwright
Dr. Joseph Cavon
I would like to thank the MAA
for your support of this project....
I am very much looking
forward to the opportunity
to enrich my medical
education and broaden my
medical
”
perspective through this
experience. -ALICE HAN (OT9)
Dr. Leo Chaikof
Dr. Hugh Chambers
Dr. J Ewart Charters
Dr. Brian Coggins
Dr.Arthur Cole
Dr. Garson Conn
Dr. Harvey Coopersmith
Dr. Eugene Cornelius
Dr. Donald Cowan
Dr. Robert Creighton
Dr.Audrey Crocker
Dr. Donald Cruickshank
Dr. Jane Cruickshank
Dr. George Davis
Dr. Ruth Davis
Dr. John Deadman
Dr. Frederick Ditchburn
Dr. Grant Eckert
Dr. Gerald Edelist
Dr. Richard Edwards
Dr. Sidney Effer
Dr. George Eggleton
Dr. John Elliott
Dr. John Evans
Dr. James Fallis
Dr. Harold Fields
Dr. Leslie Fine
Dr. Samuel Fine
Dr. Donald Fraser
Dr. Gordon Fyffe
Dr. Lorne Gazley
Dr. Barnett Giblon
Dr. Edward Gibson
Dr. John Gibson
Dr. Benjamin Glatt
Dr. Charles Gonsalves
Dr. Duncan Gordon
Dr. David Gove
Dr. Gordon Gray
Dr. Paul Greenhow
Dr. Frederick Griffiths
Dr. Irving Grosfield
Dr. Cyril Gryfe
Dr. Carole-Ann Guzman
Dr. Robert Hadden
Dr. Harry Hall
Dr. James Hall
Dr. John Halliday
Dr.William Hanley
Dr. Joan Harrison
Dr. Hubert Higgins
Dr. F. Marguerite Hill
Dr. Paul Hoaken
Dr. Jack Holtzman
Dr. Gordon Horne
Dr. Scharley-May Horne
Dr. Joseph Houpt
Dr. Peter Huschilt
Dr. Francis Invidiata
Dr. Nancy Ironside
Dr. Patricia Irwin
Dr. Ross Irwin
Dr.Teruo Izukawa
Dr. Peter Janetos
Dr. Gerald Jones
Dr.Wentworth Jones
Dr. Hubert Keenleyside
Dr. Irwin Keltz
Dr. Norman Kerbel
Dr. Robert Kilborn
Dr. Graydon Knupp
Dr. Jerome Kopstein
Dr. Stefan Kopytek
Dr. Martin Kosoy
Dr. Dorothea Kulis
Dr. Robert Lane
Dr. Bernard Langer
Dr. Gerald Lansky
Dr. Richard Lee
Dr. Beverly Lewis-Harris
Dr.William Linton
Dr.William Little
Dr. Marlyn Livermore
Dr. James Loudon
Dr. John Lowden
Dr.Ahti Lundquist
Dr. Duncan MacDonald
Dr.William MacEachern
Dr. Robert MacKenzie
Dr. J. Robert MacLean
Dr. Elizabeth Malone
Dr. Milton Margulies
Dr. Cyril Marks
Dr. John Martin
Dr. Robert Martin
Dr. Edward Masson
Dr. Hisashi Matsusaki
Dr.William Matthews
Dr.William McAdam
Dr. D. Dale McCarthy
Dr. Fleming McConnell
Dr. Rebecca McDermot
Dr. James McGillivray
Dr. John McIlraith
Dr.Thomas McKee
Dr. Frederick Moffat
Dr. Donald Montgomery
Dr. N. Peter Montgomery
Dr. Peter Morse
Dr. Philip Morton
Dr. Kenneth Mustard
Dr. Lawrence Naiman
Dr. Ryoichi Nishikawa
Dr. George Novotny
Dr. Michael O’Dwyer
Dr.Terence O’Heany
Dr.Thomas Patterson
Dr. Donald Paul
Dr. G.Allan Pengelly
Dr. Gordon Perkin
Dr. Reginald Perkin
The Late Dr. Frank
Thomas Porter
Dr. Jack Posnikoff
Dr.Arthur Price
Dr. Leonard Raizin
Dr. Helen Reesor
Dr. Marvin Reingold
Dr.Wells Renwick
Dr.William Reynolds
Dr. Robert Ridge
Dr. Hugh Rose
Dr. Gerald Rosen
Dr. Irving Rosen
Dr. Harold Rotman
Dr. Robert Ruderman
Dr. Leon Rudnick
Dr. Francis Rundle
Dr. Clark Russell
Dr. Mitsuko Sada
Dr. Kenneth Sakamoto
Dr.William Samis
Dr.Arthur Scott
Dr. David Scott
Dr. C. Harvey Shaul
Dr. John Sherin
Dr. Donald Shier
Dr. Robert Shortreed
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Thanks To Our Donors
Dr. Bernard Silverman
Dr. Lloyd Silverman
Dr. Michael Simurda
Dr. Francis Skain
Dr. Joseph Sladen
Dr. Donald Smith
Dr. David Sowby
Dr. Ross Speck
Dr.Alvin Spector
Dr. Margaret Spence
Dr.Arthur Stanley
Dr. Lawrence Steinberg
Dr. John Stewart
Dr.Allan Stocks
Dr.Albert Strickler
Dr. Marjorie Swanson
Dr. Denis Sweeney
Dr. Philbin Tackoor
Dr. Henry Taylor
Dr. Hugh Thomson
Dr. Robert Thomson
Dr. George Thow
Dr. James Topp
Dr. Howard Trupp
Dr.Allan Tucker
Dr. Katherine Turner
Dr. R. Edward Turner
Dr. Murray Tyber
Dr. Ian Van Praagh
Dr. Stanley Venis
Dr. Paul Walfish
The Late Dr.Thomas
Walker
Dr. David Watson
The Late Dr.Victor
Weinberg
Dr. Donald Welsh
Dr. Howard Wernick
Dr. John White
Dr. Joseph Wiener
Dr. Ruth Wiens
Dr. E. Douglas Wigle
Dr. Douglas Wilson
Dr. Henry Wolstat
CLASSES OF
1960TO 1969
Dr. Kenneth Adam
Dr. Ulo Ambus
Dr. Harvey Armstrong
Dr. George Awais
Dr. Robert Babchuk
Dr. Karen Baer
Dr. Henry Bahmann
Dr. Michael Baker
Dr. Mary Bedford-Jones
Dr. Peter Bentz
Dr. James Boyce
Dr. Erik Braaten
Dr. Susan Bradley
Dr. Louis Brenner
Dr. Solomon Brickman
Dr. Emory Burke
Dr. Stephen Butler
Dr. Iivi Campbell
Dr. Donald Carom
Dr.William Cass
Dr. Patricia Chaikoff
Dr. Richard Charron
Dr.Albert Cheskes
Dr.Victor Chiu
Dr.Allan Connolly
Dr. Gerald Cooney
Dr. Marvin Cooper
Dr. Perry Cooper
Dr. Peter Cordy
Dr. Colin Couper
Dr. Ronald Crago
Dr. Karen Cronin
Dr.Ann Cuddy
Dr. Edward Davies
Dr. Stanley Debow
Dr. David Dellandrea
Dr. Helen Demshar
Dr. Christine Derzko
Dr. Ernest Dick
Dr. Jacob Dick
Dr. Francis Dicum
Dr. Geoffrey Duckworth
Dr.Allan Dyer
Dr. Howard Eckler
Dr. Maurice Edwards
Dr. Edward English
Dr. Jerome Epstein
Dr. Inara Ezers
Dr. Joseph Falletta
Dr. Shim Felsen
Dr. Bernard Fogel
Dr. Paul Forrest
Dr. Robert Forward
Dr.William Franks
Dr.Arnis Freiberg
Dr. Barry French
Dr. Marvin Gans
Dr. Sidney Gold
Dr. Melvin Goldberg
Dr. Gerald Goldman
Dr. Ronald Graham
Dr. Jerry Graner
Dr. Richard Grosch
Dr. Lawrence Grossman
Dr. Gershon Growe
Dr.Arthur Gryfe
Dr.William Guest
Dr.Ann Haag
Dr.Vladimir Hachinski
Dr. Linda Hadley-Piscopo
Dr. Fred Hafezi
Dr. Edward Hambley
Dr. Brian Hands
Dr. Stalin Hardin
Dr. Donald Henderson
Dr. John Henderson
Dr. John Hilditch
Dr. Robert Hilliard
Dr. John Hodgkinson
Dr. John Holbrook
Dr. Jane Hosdil
Dr. James Houston
Dr.William Howes
Dr.Verner Isaak
Dr. Edward Istvan
Dr. Brian Jacks
Dr. Maridene Johnston
Dr. Roberta Jong
Dr. Robert Joynt
Dr. Otto Kahn
Dr. Dagnija Kalnins
Dr. Brenda Kane
Dr. Shirley Kellam
Dr.Alvin Kelly
Dr. John Kempston
Dr. Sylvia Kennedy
Dr. Jay Keystone
Dr.William King
Dr. John Kirby
Dr.Agnes Klein
Dr. Gunter Koch
Dr. George Konok
Dr. Peter Kopplin
Dr. Richard Kunica
Dr.Victor Kurdyak
Dr. Igor Laufer
Dr. D’Arcy Lawrence
Dr.Anne Lazenby
Dr. Elizabeth Leach
Dr. John Lee
Dr. Joanne Lennox
Dr.Allan Lewis
Dr. H. Lavina Lickley
Dr. Roland Link
Dr. Irving Lipton
Dr. Charles Listgarten
Dr. Stanley Lofsky
Dr. David Lorenzen
Dr. Joseph MacInnis
Dr. Stuart MacLeod
Dr. Joseph Madigan
Dr. Gary Magee
Dr. Lionel Mausberg
Dr. John McLean
Dr. Juanita McLean
Dr. Norman Mesaglio
Dr. Sheila Milne
Dr.Adrian Minor
Dr. David Mitchell
Dr. Michael Mittelman
Dr. Liliana Monti
Dr. Neil Morris
Dr. Paul Muller
Dr. John Murnaghan
Dr. John Murray
Dr. Bruce Mutter
Dr. Martin Myers
Dr. Grant Nadon
Dr. Bill Nelems
Dr. James Nelson
Dr. John Newall
Dr. Donald Niece
Dr.Arnold Noyek
Dr. Marvin Nussbaum
Dr. Lois O’Brien
Dr. Richard Ogilvie
Dr. John Osborn
Dr. David Ouchterlony
Dr. Priit Pallopson
Dr. James Panabaker
Dr. Charles Pearce
Dr. Melvyn Petersiel
Alice Han (0T9) with
a local colleague at
Moj Teaching and
Referral Hospital
in Eldoret, Kenya.
Assisted by your
donation,Alice was
on an 11-week IH
summer research
scholarship
Dr.Terry Picton
Dr. David Preston
Dr. Kenneth Pritzker
Dr.William Prost
Dr. Ronald Puley
Dr. Stephen Redfern
Dr. Marshall Redhill
Dr. Steven Richie
Dr. Michael Robinette
Dr. Noel Rosen
Dr.Andrew Royko
Dr. Baiba Rozkalns
Dr. George Rungi
Dr. Edward Rusiewicz
Dr. Ernest Salmon
Dr. Ralph Scandiffio
Dr. Joseph Schatzker
Dr. Peter Schmalfuss
Dr. Helmut Schmidt
Dr. Jon Schonblom
Dr. Leonard Schwartz
Dr. Elaine Silver
Dr. Robert Sinclair
Dr. David Smith
Dr.Vivien Smith
Dr. Charles Snelling
Dr. Michael Soboloff
Dr. Marja Soots
Dr. Romas Stas
Dr. Brian Steele
Dr. Sandor Stern
Dr. Ronald Strickler
Dr. Donald Sutherland
Dr.Toni Swechin-Greatrex
Dr. Rocco Tamburro
Dr. Richard Tan
Dr. Margaret Tao
Dr. Bryce Taylor
Dr. Saul Taylor
Dr. Paul Teague
Dr.Aloysius Teglas
Dr. Raymond Tesluk
Dr. Myron Troster
Dr. Murray Trusler
Dr. Otto Veidlinger
Dr. John Wait
Dr.Allan Walker
Dr. Harmannus Walker
Dr. Marvin Waxman
Dr. Michael Weatherhead
Dr. Peter Webster
Dr. Howard Weinberg
Dr.Arthur Weinstein
Dr.William Weiser
Dr. Edward Y.C.Wong
Dr. Caroline Wright
Dr. Peter Wyshynski
Dr. Edward Yamka
Dr. Irving Zelcer
CLASSES OF
1970TO 1979
Dr.Asiru Abu-Bakare
Dr. Paul Adam
Dr. Peter Adamson
Dr. Krystyna Alimurka
Dr. Carolyn Allan
Dr. Janice Andreyko
Dr.William Appell
Dr. Joanne Bargman
Dr. Eric Barker
Dr. Jack Barkin
Dr. Robert Barkwell
Dr. Helen Batty
Dr.Allan Bellack
Dr. Carolyn Bennett
Dr. Steven Bilyk
Dr. Paul Blusys
Dr.Thomas Bluthardt
Dr. Maarten Bokhout
Dr. Denise Bowes
The Late Dr. John Bradley
Dr. Christopher Brand
Dr. Robin Brooks-Hill
Dr. Ronald Burkes
Dr. Patrick Butler
Dr.Arthur Cain
Dr. Robert Carlen
Dr. June Carroll
Dr. Donna Cescon
Dr. Mel Cescon
Dr.Alex Chan
Dr. John Chan
Dr. Kwok Chan
Dr. Suk Chan
Dr. Kenneth Chapman
Dr. Hiu-Chung Cheng
Dr. Kenneth Cheung
Dr. Emily Chew
Dr. Khoon Chew
Dr. Robert Chisholm
Dr. Chin Chung
Dr.Wilfred Chung
Dr. Joanne Cohen
Dr. Richard Cooper
Dr. Deborah Copes
Dr. Charles Cruise
Dr. Ronald Cyr
Dr.William Davies
Dr. Jacqueline Davis
Dr.Anna Day
Dr. Dorrit de Demeter
Dr. James Deutsch
Dr. Rueben Devlin
Dr. Peter Dodek
Dr. Robert Doherty
Dr.Alice Dong
Dr. Kwame Donkor
Dr. Maurice Druck
Dr. Kevin Dwyer
Dr. Jonathan Ennis
Dr. Barbara Fallis
Dr. Michael Fan
Dr. Bruce Farrington
Dr. Pietro Flora
Dr. John Floras
Dr. Jeremy Freeman
Dr. Kan Fung
Dr.Anthony Fyles
Dr.W. Derek George
Dr. Michael Gildiner
Dr. Morton Goldbach
Dr. John Goode
Dr. Robert Greco
Dr. Laurence Green
Dr. Rudy Greene
Dr.Ann Grise
Dr. Ronald Grossman
Dr. Richard Gruneir
Dr. John Grynoch
Dr. Michael Guinness
Dr. Madhulika Gupta
Dr. Flavio Habal
Dr. Richard Haber
Dr. R.Andrew Hackett
Dr. Michael Haiduk
Dr. John Hall
Dr. Edward Hamer
Dr. Judith Hamilton
Dr. David Harris
Dr. Jeremy Hatch
Dr. Robert Heath
Dr. Patrick Heffernan
Dr.Anthony Hii
Dr. David Hinton
Dr. Lai Ho
Dr. Man Ho
Dr. Rosanna Honig
Dr. Frederick Hui
Dr. Hilary Hui
Dr. Peter Hui
Dr. Frank Ianni
Dr. Christopher Ibey
Dr. Margaret Ibey
Dr. Richard Inman
Dr. Elizabeth Irvine
Dr. Peter Izso
Dr. George Jablonsky
Dr. Klaus Jakelski
Dr. Richard Jay
Dr. Robert Johnson
Dr. Paul Joza
Dr. Riho Kalda
Dr. Helen Karsai
Dr. James Kavanagh
Dr. Magdi Kayal
Dr.Warren Ke
Dr. Sarah Keating
Dr. Barbara Kee
Dr. David Kennedy
Dr. Donna Keystone
Dr. Charles King
Dr.Albert Kirshen
Dr. Steven Kirzner
Dr. Irvin Klinghofer
Dr. Norman Komaranski
Dr. Catherine Koo
Dr. Jouni Kraft
Dr. Stephen Kraft
Dr. John Kristensen
Dr. Denis Kulesha
Dr. Normand Laperriere
Dr. John Lazarus
Dr. Lap-Cheung Lee
Dr.Victor Lee
Dr. Jerrold Lerman
Dr. Lawrence Lerner
Dr. Hsien-Cheng Liang
Dr. Bill Lim
Dr. Peter Liu
Dr. Carolynne Locke
Dr. Konstantin Loewig
Dr. Donald Lowcock
Dr.William Lucas
Dr. Janis Lusis
Dr. Elliott Lyons
Dr. Leslie MacMillan
Dr. Richard Mah
Dr. Barry Malcolm
Dr. Oscar Mandel
Dr. Pirjo Manninen
Dr. Douglas Margison
Dr.Anne Matlow
Dr. Michael Matthews
Dr.Andrew Maykut
Dr. John McCormick
Dr. David McGillivray
Dr. Hugh McGowan
Dr. Robert McKenzie
Dr. David McKnight
Dr. Richard McLean
Dr.William McMullen
Dr. Patricia McNama
Dr. David McNeely
Dr. Marianne McPhail
Dr.Terence McQuiston
Dr. George McWilliam
Dr. Kenneth Melvin
Dr. Shamsh Merali
Dr. Mark Minden
Dr. Garry Moddel
Dr. Beverly Morningstar
Dr. Gary Morningstar
Dr. Mary Nadalini
Dr. Harding Ng
Dr. Peter Noble
Dr. Claire Nunes-Vaz
Dr. Sidney Nusinowitz
Dr. James Ooi
Dr. Howard Ovens
Dr. Michael Panturescu
Dr. David Parratt
Dr. Brian Phillips
Dr. Lesley Pinder
Dr. Peeter Poldre
Dr. Brian Power
Dr. Howard Price
Dr.Val Rachlis
Dr. Chamkurkishtiah Rao
Dr. Henrietta Rappaport
Dr. Richard Reddick
Dr. David Reid
Dr. Joseph Ricci
Dr.Timothy Richardson
Dr. Richard Rinn
Dr. Frank Rosenberg
Dr.Allan Rubin
Dr. James Ruderman
Dr. Edward Rumble
Dr. Richard Russek
Dr. Edward Russell
Dr. Robert Saito
Dr. Paul Salciccioli
Dr.Abraham Saltzman
Dr.Takaki Sameshima
Dr. David Samra
Dr.William Santo
Dr. Eshratbanu Sayani
Dr. Jocelyn Schaffenburg
Dr. Gerd Schneider
Medical Alumni Association 9

Thanks To Our Donors
Dr. Brian Schwartz
Dr.Avram Selick
Dr. Elizabeth Shane
Dr. Judith Shindman
Dr.William Shoichet
Dr. Frederica Shore
Dr. Earl Silverman
Dr. Katherine Siminovitch
Dr. Louise Sims
Dr.Vahe Sivaciyan
Dr. Lorie Smith
Dr. Kenneth Sniderman
Dr. John Srigley
Dr. Leonard Sternberg
Dr. John Stickney
Dr. Janet Still
Dr. Martin Strauss
Dr. Lucinda Sykes
Dr.Thomas Tam
Dr. Chu Tan
Dr. Ihor Taraschuk
Dr. David Teitel
Dr. Jerome Teitel
Dr.Victoria Thompson
Dr.William Tomson
Dr. Nancy Tozer
Dr. John Ying Choi Tsang
Dr.Tommy Tung
Dr. Eugene Turgeon
Dr. Jobst Von Heymann
Dr. Helen Vosu
Dr. Elfriede Waitschies
Dr. Robert Wald
Dr. David Weingarten
Dr. Michael Weingert
Dr. Rudolf Weitemeyer
Dr. Juliet White
Dr. Catharine Whiteside
Dr. Jerry Wilk
Dr. Jean-Victor Wittenberg
Dr. Joseph Wohlgelernter
Dr. Hoi Wong
Dr. Patrick Wong
Dr.Wilfred Wong
Dr. Daniel Wu
Dr. Hing-Tung Wu
Dr. Sing Wu
Dr. Peter Yeung
Dr. Fai Yip
Dr. Bernita Young
Dr. Charlene Young
Dr.Arthur Zalev
Dr. Shery Zener
Dr. Deborah Zeni
Dr. Robert Ziedenberg
Dr. Hanna Zuckerman
Because of you
CLASSES OF
1980TO 1989
Dr. Sandeep Aggarwal
Dr.Vandana Ahluwalia
Dr. Jonathan Angel
Dr. Janice Armstrong
Dr. Susan Babensee
Dr. Mary Ann Badali
Dr. Lisa Ballinger
Dr.Tapas Banerjee
Dr. Robert Banks
Dr. Lindley Bassarath
Dr. Michael Bazos
Dr. Steven Beatty
Dr. Susan Belo
Dr. Catherine Birt
Dr. Marilena Biscotti
Dr.Alice Bluemke
Dr. Risa Bordman
Dr.Thomas Borys
Dr. Brad Bowins
Dr. Cindy Boyack
Dr. Ruth Brooks
Dr. Brian Burke
Dr. Bruce Cameron
Dr. Paul Castner
Dr.Anthony Chan
Dr Benjamin Chan
Dr. Ruby Chan
Dr. Claudius Che
Dr. Davy Cheng
Dr. Martin Chepesiuk
Dr. Chi-Yiu Cheung
Dr. Kanchana
Chiamvimonvat
Dr. Lisa Chiang
Dr. Siu Chiu
Dr. Brian Chong
Dr. Eva Chow
Dr. Eugenio Cicoria
Dr. Sandra Cockfield
Dr. Steven Cooper
Dr. Denise Coulas
Dr. Michael Csanadi
Dr. M.Anne Curtis
Dr. Karen Cybulski
Dr. Myron Cybulsky
Dr. Beverley Davis
Dr.Walter Delpero
Dr Timothy Devlin
Dr. Janet Dickhout
Dr. Leonard Direnfeld
Dr. Nancy Down
Dr. Kenneth Doyle
Dr. Stuart Dyment
Dr. Neil Edwards
Dr. Mary Elliott
Dr. Michael Fehlings
Dr. Stanley Feinberg
Dr.Andrew Fong
Dr. Christopher Forrest
Dr.Vito Forte
Dr. Esti Friedman
Dr. Richard Friedman
Dr. Steven Gallinger
Dr. Gregory Garrioch
Dr. John Giannoccaro
Dr. Louis Giavedoni
Dr. Leonard Ginsberg
Dr. Rodger Glover
Dr. Jeannette Goguen
Dr.Andrew Graham
Dr.Wendy Graham
Dr. Susan Greenbloom
Dr. Donato Gugliotta
Dr. Eddie Gutman
Dr.Trudy Hall
Dr.Arvad Hamlet
Dr. Keith Hankinson
Dr.Alexander Hartman
Dr. David Hawkins
Dr. Brenda Hayakawa
Dr. Peter Hayashida
Dr. Philip Hebert
Dr. Brian Higgins
Dr. Gail Hirano
Dr. Holger Hirte
Dr. Peter Hodes
Dr. Marika Hohol
Dr.Andree Hollander
Dr. Richard Holloway
Dr. Jonathan Howlett
Dr. Elliot Hudes
Dr. Bethel Hurowitz
Dr. Erik Hurowitz
Dr. Dennis Izukawa
Dr.Terumi Izukawa
Dr Jacqueline James
Dr. Frances Jamieson
Dr.Anthony Jeffery
Dr. Christa Jeney
Dr. Joan Jeu
Dr. Robert Jost
Dr. Margaret Jury
Dr. Ursula Kaiser
Dr. Robert Kassel
Dr. Marion Kreder
Dr. Peter Kujtan
Dr. Peter Kunashko
Dr.Andy Lam
Dr. Justin Lee
Dr.Tin-Chung Leung
Dr. Lawrence Lewis
Dr. Edith Linkenheil
Dr. Fei Liu
Dr.Yin Lo
Dr. John Lu
Dr. David Lynch-Salamon
Dr. Donald MacDonald
Dr. David Malkin
Dr. Pamela Mark
Dr. Robert Masih
Dr. Frederick Matzinger
Dr. Michael McKee
Dr. Carolyn McLean
Dr. Donna McRitchie
Dr. Filippa Meffe
Dr. Steven Melemis
Dr. Sandra Mergler
Dr. Kathleen Michalski
Dr. Marcus Michell
Dr. Donald Miettinen
Dr. John Minardi
Dr. Scott Morehouse
Dr. Catherine Morris
Dr. Gary Morrow
Dr. Gary Moskovitz
Dr. Patricia Mousmanis
Dr. David Mowbray
Dr.Ashok Mukherjee
Dr. Domenic Nasso
Dr. Jane Nixon
Dr. Michael Nowak
Dr. Paul Oh
Dr. Suan-Seh Foo
presents the MAA
Proficiency Scholarships
to Drs. Diana Toubassi
and David Frost (0T6)
Dr.Teddi Orenstein
Dr. Sophia Pantazi
Dr. Gavin Pape
Dr. Monica Pearl
Dr. Corinna Quan
Dr.Arif Qureshi
Dr. Myra Rapoport
Dr. Janak Raval
Dr. Christopher Ricci
Dr. Matthew Robillard
Dr. Gordon Robison
Dr. Gerald Rockman
Dr. Murray Rosenbaum
Dr. Jay Rosenfield
Dr. Robert Ross
Dr. Lea Rossiter
Dr. Margaret Rundle
Dr.Terence Sakamoto
Dr. Julie Schatz
Dr.Alexandra Schepansky
Dr. Martin Schreiber
Dr. Christine Schriver
Dr. Helen Schulz
Dr. Sandra Seigel
Dr. Richard Shaul
Dr. Rowen Shinder
Dr. Martin Simons
Dr. Shaun Singer
Dr.Victoria Siu
Dr. Orest Sochaniwskyj
Dr. Lorne Sokol
Dr. Bruce Stanners
Dr. Janet Strome
Dr. Peter Stroz
Dr. Evelyn Tai
Dr. Danny Tenaschuk
Dr. Lisa Thain
Dr. Margaret Thompson
Dr. Maureen Trudeau
Dr. Smiley Tsao
Dr. Margaret Tutert
Dr.Tony Vettese
Dr. Raymond Viola
Dr. Olga Vujovic
Dr. Ellen Warner
Dr.Anne Watt
Dr. Peter Watt
Dr. Janet Webb
Dr. Hedy Weinroth
Dr. Joel Weinstein
Dr. James Welch
Dr. Peter White
Dr.Tanya-Gay Williams
Dr. Dana Wilson
Dr.Albert Wong
Dr. John Wong
Dr. Edward Woods
Dr. Doreen Yee
Dr. Lauren Yee
Dr.Tsui-Chun Yip
Dr. Chi Sing Yu
CLASSES OF
1990TO 1999
Dr. Michael Aberman
Dr. Michael Aniol
Dr. John Aquino
Dr. Norman Bartlett
Dr.Todd Bastianon
Dr. Nancy Baxter
Dr. Christopher Booth
Dr. Frank Bovell
Dr. Branimir Brcic
Dr. C. Elizabeth Brown
Dr. Jason Burstein
Dr. Susan Campbell
Dr. Benny Chang
Dr. Joan Cheng
Dr.Yvette Cheong
Dr.Aaron Chiu
Dr. Samantha Cogan
Dr. Ezra Cohen
Dr. Patricia Colangelo
Dr.Todd Collier
Dr. Glenn Corneil
Dr Barbara Crawford
Dr. Mastaneh Daghighi
Dr. David Dec
Dr. Robert Di Cecco
Dr. Michael Dickinson
Dr. Simone Douglas
Dr.Anthony D’Urzo
Dr. Dalia Eino
Dr. Susan Ellard
OTHER SUPPORTERS
The Burton Charitable Foundation
The Class of 5T6
The Class of 6T1
The Class of 6T6 40th Reunion Fund
Mrs.“Gittie” Gollish In Memory of
Dr. Irvin (Kelly) Gollish (5T7)
Ms Pam Gollish In Memory of
Dr. Irvin (Kelly) Gollish (5T7)
Mrs. Lenore James In Memory of
Dr. Clifford James (4T7)
Mrs. Judith King In Memory of
Dr. D. Stephen King (6T6)
Ms. Katherine McIntyre In Memory of
Dr.Andrew Evans
Dr. Mary Farrugia
Dr.Thomas Filosa
Dr. Suan-Seh Foo
Dr. Satyajit Ganguli
Dr. Carol Geller
Dr.Abbas Ghavam-Rassoul
Dr. Graham Gibb
Dr. Jonathan Giddens
Dr. Paul Goobie
Dr. Daniel Gorman
Dr. Margaret Grant
Dr. Rolf Gronas
Dr. Karin Hahn
Dr. Brenda Hardie
Dr. Lori Hasulo
Dr. Michael Heiber
Dr. Caroline Huh
Dr.Anne-Marie Humniski
Dr.Warren Kates
Dr. Michael Kiang
Lt Col James Kile
Dr.Ariane Kong
Dr. Catherine Kurosu
Dr. Nicholas Koutras
Dr. Deepa Kumar
Dr. John Kusnierczyk
Dr. Richard Kvas
Dr. Paul Lai
Dr. Peter Lapner
Dr. Eleanor Latta
Dr. Brian Leong-Poi
Dr. Riva Levitan
Dr. Jane Liddle
Dr. John Lingertat
Dr.Vivian Liu
Dr. Jitka Lom
Dr. Grant Lum
Dr. Hugh Mackay
Dr. Laura MacKinnon
Dr. Michael Madani
Dr. Phillip Mah
Dr.Ann Mai
Dr. Daryl Mai
Dr. Paul Marchetti
Dr.Trisha Mark
Dr Robert Masnyk
Dr. Michael Maurice
Dr. Stuart McCluskey
Dr. Janet McKeown
Dr. Martin McKeown
Dr. Dyane McLurg
Dr. David McVinnie
Dr.Anilkumar Menon
Dr.Arvind Nanda
Dr. Kumaraswamy
Nanthakumar
Dr. Jonathan Noble
Dr. Robert Nugent
Dr. Bonnie O’Hayon
Dr. Edward Osborne
Dr. Mirek Otremba
Dr. Robert Paulovic
Dr. Richard Penciner
Dr Christine Pun
Dr. Melanie Quartermain
Dr.Thomas Ransom
Thanks so much
Dr. Imran Rasul
Dr. Deborah Robinson
Dr. Robin Rosen
Dr. David Rosenstein
Dr. Joan Saary
Dr. Michael Schweitzer
Dr. Rachelle Sender
Dr.Tammy Sieminowski
Dr Sujata Suzie Sikka
Dr. Lianne Singer
Dr.Allan Skanes
Dr. Sean Sleeth
Dr. Julia Smith
Dr. Doron Sommer
Dr.Andrew Sommerville
Dr. Sheila Souliere
Dr Karen Stel-Coulibaly
Dr. David Szalay
Dr. James Teresi
Dr. Judith Thompson
Dr. Berton Ung
Dr. Stacey Urbach
Dr. Deborah Van Vliet
Dr. Mark Waldron
Dr. Michael Ward
Dr. Roman Wasylyk
Dr. Jeffrey Werger
Dr. Julie Williams
Dr.Tracy Wilson
Dr.Wendy Wilson
Dr. Hirotaka Yamashiro
Dr. Mylene Yao
Dr. Kenneth Yuen
Dr Jennifer Zelin
CLASSES OF
2000TO 2006
Dr. Rahel Ahmed
Dr.William Andrade
Dr.Vikas Bansal
Dr. Grant Chen
Dr. Ghassan Dally
Dr. Ryan Foster
Dr.Andrew Grant
Dr. Hin Hin Ko
Dr. Marcia Kostenuik
Dr. Karen Leone
Dr. Danielle Manis
Dr.Yatin Bobby Mehta
Dr.Amitha Mundenchira
Dr. Michelle Porepa
Dr. Jacqueline Sandoz
Dr. Jason Shack
Dr. James Stewart
Dr. Helena Sustackova
Dr. Diana Tamir
Dr. Scott Walsh
Dr. Sean Wharton
If we left off or included
your name in error, our
sincere apologies.
Please report the error
to the MAA office at
(416) 978-0991 or
medical.alumni@utoronto.ca.
Dr. James McIntyre (4T6)
Mrs. Irene Magee In Memory of
Dr. Douglas Magee (5T3)
Dr. H.M. Rosemary Meier
The Dr. Murray & Mrs. Ruth
Miskin Family Charitable Fdn.
Mrs. Nancy Moffat In Memory
of Dr. James Moffat (5T0)
BMO Nesbitt Burns
The Dr. Carl Witus (3T6) Revocable Trust
Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein
In Memory of Dr. Howard Stein (6T9)
Mrs. InezVale In Memory of
Dr. BruceVale (3T8)
10 Univer sity of Toronto • Spring 2007

Thanks To Our Donors
Our Students Thank You
Since 2001, your donations to the MAA/Ontario Medical Foundation
Ontario Medical Students Bursary Fund have helped students in financial
need from all backgrounds to offset the cost of their tuition fees.
The MAA and our students thank you for your
generosity and your recognition that no qualified student
should be denied his/her dream because of lack
of funds. We salute all of the following 2006 donors.
“
I am writing to extend my sincerest thanks and
gratitude to the Medical Alumni Association and
the Ontario Medical Foundation for supporting
me with a generous bursary. As you know, student
fees are high these days and, topped with the
ever-rising cost of living in Toronto, it is very difficult
for medical students to finish school without
a considerable amount of debt. With help from
your organization and others, the difficult task of
keeping this debt within reasonable limits (and of
repaying these limits) is much more manageable.
-MATT CHELLEW (0T7)
CLASSES OF
1950 TO 1959
Dr. Gordon Baker
Dr. John Campbell
Dr. Edwin Gaviller
Dr. J. Milne Harvey
Dr.William Hobbs
Dr.W. Ross Prince
Dr. Edgar Singer
Dr. Robert Watson
Dr. Lorna Jane Woods
Dr. E. George Woodward
CLASSES OF
1960 TO 1969
Dr.William Baldwin
Dr. Peter Clarke
Dr. Phyllis Fitzsimmons
”
Dr. Michael MacKenzie
Dr. Melvyn Petersiel
Dr. Paul Pitt
Dr. David B. Posen
Dr. Ian Quirt
CLASSES OF
1970 TO 1979
Dr. Margaret Adamson
Dr. J. Byron Alldred
Dr. Joseph Blankier
Dr. Donald Cole
Dr. Mary Elliott
Dr. John Frank
Dr. David Graham
Dr. Ron Greenwood
Dr. R.Andrew Hackett
Dr. Gregory Healey
Dr. Maria Healey
Dr. Patricia Houston
Dr. Eric Ireland
Dr. Elizabeth Johnston
Dr. Max Kleinman
Dr. Shirley Kopolovic
Dr. Barry Kurtzer
Dr. Karen McIntosh
Dr. Mark Minden
Dr. Edward Najgebauer
Dr. Jack Newman
Dr. Jeffrey Nisker
Dr. Martin Richmond
Dr. David Saslove
Dr. G. Daniel Schachter
Dr.Violet Shadd
Dr. Samuel Sikaneta
Dr. Gary Taerk
Dr. Murray Treloar
Dr. Felix Tyndel
Dr. Michael Weingert
Dr.William Wong
CLASSES OF
1980 TO 1989
Dr. Mark Azzopardi
Dr. C. Maria Bacchus
Dr. Joseph Bailey
Dr. Kathryn Bailey
Dr. Melanie Binnington
Dr.Alberto Cannitelli
Dr. Sheldon Cheskes
Dr.Anthony Chin
Dr. Claire Coire
Dr. Marilyn Crabtree
Dr. Michael Cusimano
Dr.Al-karim Damji
Dr. Michael Dan
Dr. Leonard Eisen
Dr. Mary Elliott
Dr. Christopher Francis
Dr. Patrick Gallagher
Dr. Caroline Graham
Dr. Mark Greenberg
Dr. Kathryn Healey
Dr. Peter Hodes
Dr. Barbara Howe
Dr. Jane Howell
Dr. Marc Kravis
Dr. Nicholas Krayacich
Dr. Sandra Lang
Dr. Chiu-Ying Lee
Dr. Nicholas Leyland
Dr. Joyce Lock
Dr. Darlene Lunn
Dr. Patricia Marchuk
Dr. Leora Marcovitz
Dr. Caterina
Mastrogiacomo
Dr. Robert Maunder
Dr.Tonino Mazzulli
Dr. Bruce Menchions
Dr. Robert Merotto
Dr. Bernardine Murphy
Dr. Miriam Myers
Dr. Gary Newton
Dr. Heather O’Brien
Dr. Maureen Pennington
Dr.Wayne Potashner
Dr. Ralph Pototschnik
Dr. Jan Raczycki
Dr. David Reimer
Dr.Andre Rivet
Dr. David Rootman
Dr. Suzan Schneeweiss
Dr. Michael Selucky
Dr.Whun Shin
Prof. Peter Singer
Dr. John Stimac
Dr. Mark Sugamori
Dr.Timothy Tatzel
Dr. Roger Taylor
Dr. Nancy Trimble
Dr. D. Elizabeth Tullis
Dr. Robert Urback
Dr. Rudolf Van Der Sluis
Dr. Jacqueline van Hees
Dr. Ronald Vanhoof
Dr. Peter Voore
Dr. Paul Pen Yu Wang
Dr. David Wheler
Dr. David Wheler
Dr. Daniel Yim
Dr.Wingko Yung
Dr.Ari Zaretsky
Dr. Susan Zeldin
CLASSES OF
1990 TO 1999
Dr. Richard Allen
Dr. Charanjit Bageria
Dr. Norman Bartlett
Dr. Kenny Berger
Dr. Gillian Booth
Dr. Robert Bristow
Dr.Teresa Bruni
Dr. Deanna Colpitts
Dr. Stephen Cudmore
Dr. Steven Emon
Dr. Satyajit Ganguli
Dr. Russell Goldman
Dr.Andrew Grant
Dr. Margaret Grant
Dr. David Lindsay
Dr. Patrick Luke
Dr. Nella Mauceri
Dr. Jaydeep Moro
Dr. Janos Pataki
Dr. Luigi Pedretti
Dr. Richard Pittini
Dr. Leonora Regenstreif
Dr. Lise Robillard
Dr. Michael Roe
Dr. Shirley Sit
Dr.Allan Skanes
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CLASS REUNIONS
We can help you get together!
THE CLASS OF 1937, in celebration
of its 70th anniversary, will be among the
honoured guests at the MAA Convocation
Banquet in the Great Hall, Hart House,
on June 5, 2007. Pre-Convocation
Ceremony is June 6, in Convocation Hall,
followed by the Dean’s Luncheon in the
Medical Sciences Building. To attend, phone
Ruth Gillings, MAA, at (416) 978-0991.
THE CLASS OF 1942, in celebration
of its 65th anniversary, will be among the
honoured guests at the MAA Convocation
Banquet in the Great Hall, Hart House, on
June 5, 2007. Pre-Convocation Ceremony
is June 6, in Convocation Hall, followed
by the Dean’s Luncheon in the Medical
Sciences Building. Lunch TBC at noon
on June 5, at the York Club. Contact Ruth
Gillings, MAA, (416) 978-0991, or Dr.
John Maus at docmaus@sympatico.ca.
THE CLASS OF 1946 will hold its
61st reunion luncheon on May 25, 2007,
at the Granite Club in Toronto. Contact
Dr. Bette Stephenson at 60 Forest Ridge
Rd., Richmond Hill, ON L4E 3L8.
THE CLASS OF 1947, in celebration
of its 60th anniversary, will be among the
honoured guests at the MAA Convocation
Banquet, in the Great Hall, Hart House,
on June 5, 2007. Pre-Convocation
Ceremony is June 6, in Convocation Hall,
followed by the Dean’s Luncheon in the
Medical Sciences Building. Class lunch
June 7, 2007, at The Estates of Sunnybrook.
Contact Dr. Patricia White at
pnpwhite@sympatico.ca.
THE CLASS OF 1952 will hold its 55th
reunion on June 13, 2007, at the Park Hyatt
Hotel, at 4 p.m. with registration, a reception
and dinner at 7 p.m. Pre-Convocation
Ceremony and Dean’s Luncheon on June 6,
Convocation Day. Contact Dr. Noreen
Crocker at 1269 Royal York Road, Islington,
ON M9A 4C4 or (416) 233-1083.
THE CLASS OF 1957, in celebration
of its 50th anniversary, will be among the
honoured guests at the MAA Convocation
Banquet in the Great Hall, Hart House, on
June 5, 2007. Pre-Convocation Ceremony
is June 6, in Convocation Hall, followed
by the Dean’s Luncheon in the Medical
Sciences Building and class dinner at
Massey College; reception at 6 p.m., dinner
at 7 p.m. Contact Dr. Barney Giblon at
barney.giblon@utoronto.ca; Dr. Cyril
Gryfe at c.gryfe@utoronto.ca; or Dr. John
Campbell at johbar@speedline.ca.
THE CLASS OF 1962 will hold its
45th reunion with a dinner at the Gardiner
Museum on June 23, 2007, with reception
at 6:30 and dinner at 7:30 p.m. Contact
Dr. Ed Pamenter at (905) 885-2737.
2008 CLASS REUNIONS
THE CLASSES OF 1938 (70th);
JANUARY 1943 (65th); JULY 1943
(65th); 1948 (60th) and 1958 (50th)
are all looking forward to celebrating their
respective anniversaries in June 2008,
Events include the MAA Convocation
Banquet; the Pre-Convocation Ceremony
the following morning, and the Dean’s
Luncheon. Other events TBC. Contact
the following, or call Ruth Gillings at
the MAA at (416) 978-0991.
• 1938: Dr. Ernie Meyer at: egmeyer@
rogers.com • January 1943: Dr. Thomas
Brown: (416) 488-1935 • July 1943:
Dr. Don Stewart: dstewart31@sympatico.ca
• 1948: Dr. Philip Klotz at: p.g.klotz@
sympatico.ca • 1958: Dr. Gary Conn at:
gconn@pathcom.com.
THE CLASS OF 1963 will hold a
45th reunion around the time of the end
of April and beginning of May in 2008,
in Kelowna, BC. Letter to follow.
Contact Dr. Perry Cooper at
perry.cooper@sunnybrook.ca.
THE CLASS of 1983 will hold a 25th
reunion in 2008, tentatively set for Oct.
3rd to 5th. Includes a reception Friday
evening, CME event on Saturday
morning, and a class dinner that evening.
Details TBC. Contact Dr. Christa
Jeney at jeneyc@stjoe.on.ca.
THE CLASS
OF 1967 will
hold a 40th
reunion on May
26 and 27, 2007, at
the Toronto Marriott
Downtown, Eaton Centre. Includes a reception
and dinner that evening in the Trinity
Ballrooms, followed by Sunday breakfast
and an academic session, 9:30 a.m. until
noon. Contact Dr. Shim Felsen at shimfelsen@yahoo.ca,
or go to the 40th Class
Reunion website, hosted by Ray Tesluk at:
http://www.medclass67.com/.
THE CLASS OF 1971 held a belated
35th reunion on April 20 and 21, 2007,
at the Park Hyatt Hotel. Contact Dr.
Alice Dong at: alice88@rogers.com.
THE CLASS OF 1977 is hoping to
hold a 30th reunion in 2007. If you
can help, contact Dr. Kenneth Melvin at
k.r.melvin@rogers.com, Dr. Mary Hanson
at marykhanson66@hotmail.com or
Dr. Laurence Klotz at aurence.klotz@
sunnybrook.ca.
THE CLASS OF 1987 will hold a 20th
reunion on Saturday, October 13, 2007, at
Hart House, beginning at 7:00 pm. For further
information, contact: Dr. Jacqueline
James at: jacqueline.james@rogers.com; or
Dr. Carole Wade at: wadealonso@rogers.com.
THE CLASS of 1992 is foregoing a
15th reunion, and will organize a 20th
in 2012.
THE CLASS OF 1997 will hold
a 10-year reunion, on Nov. 17 and
18, 2007. Activities will include cocktails
and dinner on Saturday evening at the
Faculty Club and a Sunday brunch in
the Medical Sciences Building.
Contact Dr. Cindy MacLoghlin at
cmacloghlin@sympatico.ca.
THE CLASSES of 1972 and 1982
will celebrate their 35th and 25th anniversaries
respectively in 2007. There’s still
time to organize a reunion; contact Ruth
Gillings at medical.alumni@utoronto.ca.
or (416) 978-0991. ■
12 Univer sity of Toronto • Spring 2007

CLASS NOTES
News from Your Classmates
CLASSES OF 1940 and 1942
Drs. John (4T0) and Frances (4T2)
STEWART regret that Frances will be
unable to attend her 65th reunion festivities.
Both John and Frances are not as
mobile as they would like to be, but as
well as one would expect at 92!
Contact: drs.jf.stewart@cogeco.ca.
CLASS OF 1947
Dr. Eric C. ELLIOT moved last year to
Toledo, OH. The Elliots are enjoying their
new home with their son and his family.
Contact: 3931 Oak Park Drive, Toledo,
OH 43623 USA.
Dr. Raymond HEIMBECKER continues
his work on the Outer Islands, Bahamas,
during the winter. He spends his summers
in Collingwood, ON and is currently
publishing a novel based on his years
in medicine from 1943-2006. Contact:
rheim8@aol.com.
Dr. Herbert “Luke” IRWIN is still enjoying
his retirement pursuits including tennis,
birding, history and skiing. Contact: 1886
Ridley Blvd., Orillia, ON L3V 7J2.
Dr. Oliver LAXDAL reports that he is
feeling great, in spite of walking through
the ‘Valley of Death’ three times. His
Saskatoon doctors have been superb!
Contact: (306) 374-0850.
Dr. Albert (Al) PHELPS retired in 1990
from general surgery in Chilliwack, BC.
Contact: 46054 First Ave., Chilliwack,
BC, V2P 1W1.
Dr. Paul W. ROBERTS is still active in
“Friends of Ecuador,” which he has
chaired for the last nine years. In March,
2006, he organized and led a group of
orthopedic surgeons to teach at the Tenth
Canadian Orthopedic Conference held in
Quito, Ecuador. Dr. Roberts is looking
forward to his 60th reunion in June 2007.
Contact: drpwrmd@rogers.com.
Dr. Bob STEPHENS was invested as a
member of The Order of Canada on May
4, 2007, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, for
extraordinary contributions to voluntary
service and health care. Congratulations!
Contact: drbob@odowda.com.
CLASS OF 1952
Dr. Gerald Lloyd HADLEY is enjoying
retirement spending time with family,
travelling, windsurfing, skiing and his
Harley Davidson motorcycle. Contact:
budger1@sympatico.ca.
Dr. John (Jock) ROBINSON was a rural
general practitioner and coroner, as well as
doing some public health work from 1953
to 1980. He fully retired in 1983 to private
forestry practice, woodlot management
and well deserved R& R. He is very
interested in environmental conservation
and self-preservation. Contact:
jockrob@bmts.com.
CLASS OF 1955
Dr. James GOODWIN and his wife,
Alison, recently moved back to Toronto
from Nova Scotia. After obtaining his
MD, he went on to the Harvard Medical
School for his postgraduate training in
obstetrics and gynecology. He has taught
and practised perinatology at four
Canadian universities and abroad. Dr.
Goodwin is now working on a master’s
degree in medical history at U of T. This
spring, his book Our Gallant Doctor, a
tragic war story about Dr. George Hendry,
was released by The Dundurn Group.
A book launch was held in early May.
Contact: jamesgoodwin@rogers.com.
CLASS OF 1956
Dr. Robert L. FOSTER
spent June and July of 2006,
in Angola, supervising the
rebuilding of a clinic at
Cavango that was destroyed
during the civil war. He and his
wife returned in late April to
dedicate the resurrected clinic.
Contact: rlfoster@pngusa.net.
Dr. John DECK has just returned from
Afghanistan where he was working as a
volunteer diagnostic pathologist with
CURE Hospital in Kabul. He sent regular
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CLASS NOTES
missives to his classmates; in February, he
wrote: “I have been giving weekly lectures
to the faculty of the Department of
Pathology at the Medical University of
Kabul and this afternoon they are coming
to tour the Path Lab here. They need all
the help they can get. They operate on a
shoestring and their histology technology
sucks. The lab tour is to show them that,
even in Afghanistan good histology is possible.”
Contact: jhndeck@yahoo.com.
CLASS OF 1956
Dr. Edward Bruce
CHALLIS lives in
Calgary, AB. He is
retired as professor
emeritus, University
of Calgary in the department of family
medicine. His proudest accomplishment
was as chief medical officer in the 1988
Calgary Winter Olympics. He now enjoys
travel and wood carving. Contact:
pawbruch@shaw.ca.
CLASS OF 1957
Dr. John Carruthers
DEADMAN writes that he is
officially listed as semi-retired
because he has continued to
work in one capacity or another. He has
been involved in schizophrenia for about
30 years and still makes presentations on
the topic. He says, “I keep running into
my classmates everywhere I go. Last May,
I received a Distinguished Fellowship from
the American Psychiatric Association, at
their annual meeting in Toronto. Who
should be sitting beside me but Roman
Borsch—also receiving this award. I have
kept in touch with a clinic mate, Nick
Kramolc, who is retired in Phoenix AZ,
and visits these parts occasionally. Ian
Hector is still active and has moved to the
Brockville area recently. Paul Hoaken and
I get together at the OPA meetings and
elsewhere. . . . I still do a bit of coverage
and teaching. . . . I am providing psychiatric
backup to the Psychiatric Emergency
Service a couple of half-days a week.”
Contact: deadmanj@mcmaster.ca.
CLASS OF 1958
Dr. Paul G. WALFISH (professor emeritus
of medicine, pediatrics and otolaryngology)
will receive the 2007 Canadian Medical
Association (CMA) Medal of Service at the
2007 Annual CMA Meeting in Vancouver
in August, for his considerable contributions
to the advancement of the science of medicine
best exemplified through his leadership
and contributions to the study of thyroid
disease. Congratulations Dr. Walfish!
Contact: walfish@mshri.on.ca.
CLASS OF 1962
Dr. Peter BERNDT relocated from
Toronto to Texas some years ago, and has
now once again moved to Golden, CO,
where he is working as a psychiatrist.
Contact: peter_berndt2003@yahoo.com.
Dr. Elaine BORINS is practising psychiatry
in Toronto. She is pleased to announce
the birth of her new granddaughter.
Contact: efborins@gmail.com.
Dr. Richard DAVIES has been retired
for 10 years after 30-plus years in clinical
research in the pharmaceutical industry.
He lives with his wife in Newtown, PA;
they spend three months in Canada each
year. Contact: rodavies@comcast.net.
Dr. Stanley FRILECK has
been practising plastic surgery
in the Brentwood Los
Angeles area for more than
25 years. He reports that
he has “. . . decided to
continue in practice for another 20 years.”
Contact: info@drfrileck.com.
Dr. J. David HOLBROOK worked as a
diplomatic doctor with the Government
of Canada. He has written a memoir,
A Diplomatic Doctor (iUniverse, 2005),
which is available on Amazon, Barnes &
Noble and in bookstores. He and his wife,
Lauretta, a graphic designer, live in
Toronto. After retirement from the foreign
service, David returned to primary care in
a Toronto walk-in clinic facility. Contact:
dholbrook@rogers.com.
CLASS OF 1965
Dr. C. Warren OLANOW, professor chair
of the department of neurology at Mount
Sinai School of Medicine, New York, was
elected to the board of directors of the
National Space Biomedical Research
Institute (NSBRI) in January, 2007.
Dr. Olanow, also chief of neurology service
at Mount Sinai Medical Center, has been
principal investigator overseeing grants for
multidisciplinary biomedical research relating
to movement disorders and Parkinson’s
Disease for more than 20 years. Contact:
warren.olanow@mssm.edu.
CLASS OF 1976
Dr. Stephen FOWLER is in the second
of four years of studying psychoanalysis
with the Toronto Psychoanalytic Institute,
finally pursuing a decades-old interest.
Contact: fowler5438@rogers.com
Dr. Robert JOHNSON is an orthopedic
spine surgeon in San Antonio, TX.
He is president of the American Board
of Spine Surgery, and is actively involved
in teaching and research. Contact:
arh@saneuro.com.
CLASS OF 1978
Dr. Peter LIU was honoured late last
year with the Federation of Chinese
Canadian Professionals (Ontario)
Education Foundation’s 2006 award of
merit. Dr. Liu, scientific director of the
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CLASS NOTES
Canadian Institute of Circulatory and
Respiratory Health at the Institute of
Health Research, made headlines in 2000
when he revealed his discovery of a gene,
P56LCK, that allows viral infection to
trigger heart diseases. His latest research
is on identifying genetic chips that lead to
heart failures and devising a personalized
approach to prevention. Contact:
peter.liu@utoronto.ca.
CLASS OF 1999
Dr. Renée HALL (nee Waterman) and
Gary Hall are pleased to announce the
birth of James Parker Hall, on Jan. 11,
2007, in Vancouver, weighing 9 lbs.,
8 oz. James is named after Dr. Hall’s 9T9
classmate and dear friend Dr. James Paul
Marois, who passed away in 2003.
Contact: renee.hall@vch.ca.
CLASS OF 1989
Dr. John KACHURA and his wife
Nina are delighted to announce the
birth of their fifth son, Luke, on July
27, 2006. Luke joins his older brothers
Jacob (10 years old), Joseph (9), Avram
(7), and John Junior (4). Dr. Kachura
is an interventional radiologist at
University Health Network and Mount
Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Contact:
John.Kachura@uhn.on.ca.
CLASS OF 1994
Dr. Kellie LEITCH has been appointed
Advisor on Healthy Children and Youth
to Tony Clement, Canada’s federal health
minister. Dr. Leitch will examine health
issues facing young people to form recommendations
as to key federal priorities.
Contact: kellie.leitch@lhsc.on.ca.
CLASS OF 1997
Dr. Carole O’BEIRNE remarried in 2003
and she and her husband, Michael, had a
son, Félix, in 2004. He is a little brother
to big Stefan. Dr. O’Beirne is looking forward
to the 9T7 class reunion in November,
2007, and would love to see Alexis, Nancy,
Mark, Andrew, and, of course, all of
her buddies in Toronto. Contact:
caroleob85@hotmail.com.
Dr. Melanie URSELL is an MS Specialist
at St. Michael’s Hospital. She married
Victor and had two children, Quinlan
Jacob (5) and Ember Autumn Rose (2).
Contact: ursellm@smh.toronto.on.ca.
Dr. Tom KOTALIK is in family
practice at Norfolk Family Medical
in Guelph, ON. He and his wife are
happy to announce the birth of their
daughter, Lily, born October 18, 2006.
Contact: toko@rogers.com.
CLASS OF 1999
Dr. Vincent LAM, a Toronto East General
emergency room doctor, has won Canada’s
richest literary award, the 2006 Scotiabank
Giller Prize for his debut collection of
short stories, Bloodletting and Miraculous
Cures. The 12 tales follow the characters’
paths from medical school at U of T
to the city’s hospitals. Dr. Lam also
co-authored (with Dr. Colin Lee)
The Flu Pandemic and You. Contact:
contact2007@vincentlam.ca. ■
CORRECTION
We apologize to Dr. Sidney Effer (Class of
1957) whose name was spelled incorrectly
in the Class Notes section of the Winter
2006 edition of MAA Matters.
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to Ruth Gillings
at medical.alumni@utoronto.ca
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to Room 3249,
Medical Sciences Building,
1 King’s College Circle,
Toronto, ON M5S 1A8.
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IN MEMORIAM
Lives Well Lived
CLASS OF 1935
Dr. David GREEN, in his 97th year,
on January 4, 2007, in Toronto.
David was a talented plastic surgeon
whose accomplishments contributed to a revival
of interest in the specialty of otolaryngology.
After his son Larry was diagnosed with
Duchenne muscular dystrophy, David founded
Muscular Dystrophy Canada in 1954. In 2002,
he was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee
Medal. David was the only graduate of his class
able to attend the 70th reunion in 2005. He is
fondly remembered by Rose, his beloved wife
of 70 years, his daughter Elaine and son-in-law,
Murray and the late Lawrence (Larry) Green and
his extended family.
CLASS OF 1938
Dr. Mary Eleanor ALBERTSON, in her 94th year,
on Dec. 22, 2006, in Toronto. Dr. Albertson had
an ophthalmology practice at the Medical Arts
Building inToronto and was Chief of Ophthalmology
at St. Joseph’s and Women’s College Hospitals,
especially enjoying her surgical duties.
Predeceased by her husband, Howard Murray
Saul, Mary leaves behind her children Elizabeth,
Murray and Margaret who will miss her greatly.
Dr. John David DUFFIN, in his 92nd year,
on Jan. 17, 2006, in De Winton, Alberta.
Dr. Duffin worked and taught at the Banting
Institute and during the war years he served overseas
with the RCAMC. After moving to Calgary,
he became director of the Red Cross and established
a medical laboratory practice. He will be
remembered lovingly by son David (Charlene);
daughters Judy and Susan (Tom); son Tim
(Cathy); daughter Elizabeth; and his 19 grandchildren
and 12 great-grandchildren.
Dr. William Edward ‘’Bill‘’ HALL, RCAF, in
his 94th year, on Jan. 16, 2007, in Toronto. Bill
was on staff at St. Michael’s Hospital from 1948
to 1967. In 1967, as head of the department of
medicine, he was instrumental in organizing the
medical staff for Centenary Health Centre. He
was the beloved husband of Mary Ann and the
late Dorathea May and father of Marjorie Joan
Lapp (R.T. Towner) and grandfather of Christina
Margaret May Holladay (Ben H.).
16 Univer sity of Toronto • Spring 2007
CLASS OF 1939
Dr. Cameron Coutts GRAY, in
his 91st year, on Feb. 1, 2007, in
Toronto. Cameron was an associate
professor emeritus of internal medicine at
U of T. After a wonderful university football
career, he became a gifted and compassionate
doctor at the Toronto General Hospital. From
1969 to 1981, he served as the first executive
medical director of the Lung Association’s
Ontario Thoracic Society. The association established
the Dr. Cameron C. Gray Fellowship
Fund in 1981. Predeceased by his loving wife
Helen and eldest son Cameron, he leaves his
children Judy, Maribeth and Ron, and several
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Dr. Nathan Benjamin JACKS, age 91years,
on June 20, 2006, in Windsor, ON.
Dr. J. Clement McCULLOCH, in his 92nd
year, on Jan. 10, 2007, in Toronto. He was
professor and chairman for 20 years, emeritus
(ophthalmology) at U of T. The only Canadian
president and past president of the department
of ophthalmology with the American
Ophthalmological Society, Dr. McCulloch was
also vice-president of the American Academy of
Ophthalmology. Beloved husband of Margaret
and the late Nancy Roberts and dear father of
Barbara Mitchell, John, Kenneth, and Christina
Quarton and grandfather of Brent and Suzanne.
CLASS OF 1941
Dr. Benjamin WAGMAN, in his 92nd year, on
Feb. 25, 2007, in Toronto. Beloved husband to
Ruth and loving father of Jill and Richard Kohn
and Erica and Larry Binder, he will be missed by his
eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
CLASS OF 1942
DR. Donald Raymond CLARK, in his 91st
year, on Jan. 20, 2007, in Peterborough, ON.
Dr. Clark served overseas with the RCAMC and
was a charter member of both United Services
Institute and Ducks Unlimited. A former chief
of staff of Peterborough Civic Hospital and chief
of pediatric services at Civic and St. Joseph’s
Hospitals, Dr. Clark was also past president of
the Peterborough County Medical Society and
winner of the Glenn Sawyer Service Award. He
was the beloved husband of the late Lois Belle
Clark and loving father of four daughters and
a treasured grandfather and great-grandfather.
Dr. David S. KAHN, in his 89th year, on
Feb. 12, 2007, in Oakville, ON. Dr. Kahn
served in the RCAMC in 1955 he became head
of pathology at St. Mary’s Hospital and was a
professor emiritus at McGill University Medical
School. Predeceased by his beloved wife, Kitty,
he was a loving father to Jeffery and Susan and
spouses, as well as a wonderful grandfather and
step-grandfather.
Dr. Norman Ray McMURCHY, in
his 88th year on Feb. 5, 2007, at his
home in Kitchener, ON. Ray served
as captain (medical) of the Royal
Canadian Navy Reserves during the 1950s and
had a family practice in Kitchener until 2002. He
was a pioneer in geriatric medicine and a founding
member of the Canadian Society of Geriatric
Medicine. As a pilot, Dr. McMurchy was also the
aviation medical examiner for Central Ontario.
He is survived and forever loved by his wife,
Eleanore, his seven children and ten grandchildren.
Dr. Margaret H. WEST, in her 90th year,
on Aug. 30, 2006, in Halifax, NS.
CLASS OF JANUARY 1943
Dr. Archibald Donald FOSTER, in his 89th
year, on Feb. 7, 2007, in Toronto. Archibald
passed away peacefully at St. Joseph’s Heath
Centre, where he caringly looked after patients
for 55 years. He will be sadly missed by many,
including his son Brian and wife Barbara.
CLASS OF 1945
Dr. Hugh Otter BARBER, in his
83rd year, on Dec. 14, 2006, in
Toronto. Hugh enjoyed guiding
and teaching young doctors at
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and U of T
and was the head of the ENT department at
Sunnybrook for many years. He loved the challenge
and association with NASA and the Space
Shuttle program involving research into dizziness.
He will be missed by his beloved wife Joyce
and children Ann, Kathie and Harry (Scott) as
well as his seven grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.
Dr. Andrew RIDDELL, in his 87th year, on
Dec. 29, 2006, in Kitchener, ON. Andrew was

an anaesthetist for almost 40 years and a charter
founding member of the Kitchener Waterloo
Power and Sails Squadron. Survived by his
beloved wife Mary, his sons, Bill and Drew
(Evelyn); six grandchildren and spouses; and
four great-grandchildren.
CLASS OF 1947
Dr. Arthur H. MALCOLM, in his 85th year,
on Nov. 30, 2006, in Dallas, TX. Dr. Malcolm
practised in Northern Ontario for many years
and was a coroner, regional medical officer for
Ontario before coming to Texas in 1984. He was
the beloved husband to Jane and will be sorely
missed by children Cheri (Paul), Paul (Leslie)
Scott (Grace) and three granddaughters.
Dr. Ross G. McCENDIE, in his 83rd year, on
Sept. 17, 2006, in Blind River, ON. Survived
and sadly missed by Edgar Menard, his life
partner of 51 years.
Dr. William Morris (Bill) PAUL, in
his 83rd year, on Nov. 19, 2006, in
Toronto. Throughout his career Bill
headed the departments of obstetrics
and gynecology at the Toronto Western Hospital,
University of Alberta, professor emeritus, U of T
and was the associate dean of clinical sciences at
U of T. While he held many executive positions
nationally and internationally, he will best be
remembered as a dedicated and engaging teacher.
Bill is deeply missed by his wife Dr. Carol Cowell
and son Andrew (Scott Creeden). Also cherished
father to Shelagh (Bob), Susan (Ken), Alison,
Megan (the late Sol Rusen) and a beloved Papa
to seven grandchildren.
Dr. John STRATHEARN, in his 84th year, on
Jan.13, 2007, in Orillia, ON. Beloved husband of
the late Shirley and loved father of Ian and Paul.
CLASS OF 1948
Dr. Elgin McConnell LONEY (Sr.), in his 83rd
year, on Jan.1, 2007, in Langton, ON. Dr. Loney
practised general medicine in a rural setting for
54 years, over 30 of which he served as a Norfolk
County coroner. With his wife, a nurse, he worked
tirelessly at home births and on house-calls, often
with only his medical bag and a flashlight. Dr.
Loney also served on the staff of Tillsonburg
District Memorial Hospital. As they said at his
funeral: “We shall not see his like again.”
CLASS OF 1949
Dr. William Edward ALPORT, in
his 84th year, on Nov. 8, 2006, in
Regina, SK. Family medicine was a
passion for Dr. Alport. He served as
president of the medical staff at the Regina
General Hospital, medical consultant to the City
of Regina and was a member of the board of governors
of all three Regina hospitals. In 1977, he
was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Medal
and in 1989 honourary life membership with the
CMA. Dr. Alport is predeceased by his wife, Jill,
and survived by his four sons and their families.
Dr. Glen A. MCDONALD, in his 81st year,
unexpectedly on Nov. 25, 2006, in Toronto.
Glen’s career specializing in orthopedics included
positions at St. Joseph’s Health Centre and at
Queensway General Hospital (now Trillium
Health Centre, Queensway site). Among his
numerous contributions, he served as chief of
orthopedics at St. Joe’s and as clinical teacher,
department of surgery, U of T. Glen was also
defined by his deep love of the outdoors. Glen
will be missed by his wife Violet, his sons,
Christopher and Paul and his daughter, Sam.
Dr. Lois Adeen SMALLMAN,
(nee LLOYD), after a lengthy illness
on Dec. 28, 2006, in Toronto.
Practising under her maiden name,
Dr. Lois Lloyd was a neuro-ophthalmologist
at the Toronto General Hospital, the Hospital for
Sick Children and the Toronto Western Hospital.
She was also an associate professor in the U of T
department of ophthalmology. Lois was a pioneer,
the first woman to receive an F.R.C.S. (C)
in ophthalmology; the first woman to be given
an R.S. McLaughlin Travelling Fellowship in surgery;
as well she was a member of the American
Ophthalmological Society. Lois was the beloved
wife of William Smallman Q.C. and dearly loved
mother of Anne Gallagher (Timothy) and
Catherine Grant (John), as well as cherished
grandmother to six grandchildren.
CLASS OF 1951
Dr. Victor WEINBERG, in his 79th year, on
Nov. 12, 2006, in Toronto. Victor, dear brother
of Clara Kotzer and the late Fitchoo, Annie,
Louie, Ruth, Helen, Solly, and Fred, and brotherin-law
of Morris, Max, Cynthia and Ruth.
CLASS OF 1952
Dr. Jack (John) MARLOW, in his 79th year,
on Dec. 27, 2006, in Dundas, ON. Jack
practised family medicine in Lively and
McMaster and did locums in Dundas until
two years ago. Beloved husband of Marion and
loved father of John (Janice), Jane (Tim) and
Tricia and grandfather of six.
Dr. Thomas PORTER, in his 78th year, on
March 24, 2007, in Richmond Hill, ON.
Former general secretary of the Ontario Medical
Association he was the beloved husband of
Doreen and loving father of Susan (Warren),
Shirley (Jamie), Lynn (John) and Barb and
devoted grandfather to eight grandchildren.
CLASS OF 1953
Dr. Robert Francis MOORE, in his 82nd year,
on Oct. 30, 2006, in Mississauga, ON.
Dr. Daniel Rogers, in his 83rd year, on Dec.
11, 2006, in Oshawa, ON. Dr. Rogers became
a family practitioner in Oshawa, later joining
the anesthesiology department at the Oshawa
General Hospital and then becoming chief of
staff. Upon retirement he attended Stanford
University to study sleep medicine and worked
in that field for another 11 years. Beloved husband
of Sylvia and father of Jeffrey (Alison).
CLASS OF 1954
Dr. Donald Hugh H. MacKENZIE, in his 78th
year, on Dec. 2, 2006, in Toronto. As a physician
at the U of T Health Service and professor with
the Faculty of Physical Education and Health,
Don was associated with excellence. Don’s
passion was the water, encompassing the Varsity
Blues water polo team; he was a pioneer of
Canada’s diving community and, in 1962, one of
the founders of the Hart House Underwater Club.
He was instrumental in creating the Reception
for Scholars, Faculty of Physical Education and
Health and has continued his support with the
MacKenzie scholarship. Beloved uncle, devoted
friend, mentor, caring physician, academic and
sportsman, Don will be dearly missed.
CLASS OF 1956
Dr. Leo CHARENDOFF, in his 76th year,
on Dec. 14, 2006, in Manchester, CT. Dr.
Charendoff started his urology practice in
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Manchester in 1962 where he became chief of
urology, chief of surgery and chief of staff at
Manchester Memorial Hospital. As a young
man, he served as a surgeon sub-lieutenant in
the Royal Canadian Navy. Among his many
interests, he was an instrument-rated pilot.
He is survived by his wife Elaine, children Bruce
(Pamela Dempsey), Steven and Pamela (Dr.
Jonathan Primack) and eight grandchildren.
CLASS OF 1957
Dr. Martin BERGER, in his
75th year, on Nov. 25, 2006, in
Baltimore, MD. Dr. Berger was a
community activist and a vocal
advocate for the Lochearn community, his home
for 40 years. Although he settled in Maryland,
Martin’s enduring fondness for Canada and for
U of T led him to attend every reunion in the
past 25 years, and his family plans to represent
him at the 50th-anniversary reunion. He will be
sorely missed by his wife, Judith, children Joseph,
Rebekah and Leslie and grandson Lucas. His
family is establishing a scholarship for a young
doctor in financial hardship, who has overcome a
childhood illness and shares Martin’s dream.
Memorial donations may be made to Martin
Berger M.D., Class of 5T7 University of Toronto
Scholarship Fund, c/o Ruth Gillings at (416)
978-0991 or medicalalumni@utoronto.ca or by
mail to Room 3249, Medical Services Bldg., 1
King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8.
Dr. Walter P. BOBECHKO, in his
75th year, on Jan. 6, 2007, in Dallas,
TX. Wally became an orthopedic
surgeon in 1963, furthering his education
with a McLaughlin Travelling fellowship.
He practised at the Hospital for Sick Children
until 1986, and was chief of orthopedic surgery
for ten years. He was an outspoken critic of government
interference in healthcare and in 1987
he moved to Dallas to head a new centre for
pediatric orthopedics, continuing to work until
2006. Wally became a world leader in children’s
orthopedic surgery, treating close to 100,000
patients in over 20 countries. In 1968, he invented
the Toronto Brace. He is survived by his loving
wife Mary and their children Kevin (Lisa), Karen
(Gavin), Janet (Andrew), Ardys (David), and
Debra (Nicholas) and ten beloved grandchildren.
Dr. George Frederick COULTER, in his 76th
year on Jan. 23, 2007, in Toronto. Dr. Coulter
graduated at the top of his class and chose to be
a general practitioner in Toronto’s Danforth area,
then a neighbourhood of new Canadians. He
also dedicated his days to the East General
Hospital. Husband of Virginia Shannon; father
of Diana (Matt), Carolyn, and Sheila (Scott);
stepfather of Colleen, Michael (Rosemarie) and
Sean Shannon (Ann); grandfather of 13.
CLASS OF 1958
Dr. Robert Kirland WEBER, in his 72nd year,
on Nov. 7, 2006, in Toronto. He will be dearly
missed by his wife of 47 years, Joan Adele, son
Kirk (Jill), daughter Deanne (Greg), and his adoring
granddaughters Hannah, Emily and Sarah.
CLASS OF 1959
Dr. John EDMEADS, in his 71st
year, on Nov. 16, 2006, in Toronto.
A gifted physician, an admired
teacher, administrator, expert
witness and all-around wit, Dr. Edmeads was
considered Canada’s, if not the world’s, expert
in headaches and migraines. A neurologist at
Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
for 39 years and professor at U of T, he won two
Silver Shovel teaching awards and was the first
Canadian to serve as president of the American
Headache Society, which posthumously awarded
him a 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award. He
will be sorely missed by his wife Catherine, his
son Christopher, and his entire family.
CLASS OF 1969
Dr. Howard STEIN, in his 61st year, on
Sept. 21, 2006, in Vancouver. Dr. Stein set
up his rheumatology practice in Vancouver in
1975 and was on staff at St. Paul’s Hospital,
The Arthritis Centre and GF Strong
Rehabilitation Hospital. He also taught and
performed clinical research at the University of
British Columbia. In 2002, he co-authored the
book Living Well with Arthritis. Howard is
survived by his wife, Justice Sunni Stromberg-
Stein of the Supreme Court of British
Columbia, and his sons Jaime and Jordan.
Medical Alumni Association
CLASS OF 1970
Dr. Norman Robert SAUNDERS, in his 61st
year, on March 19, 2007, in Toronto. “Dr.
Norm” was a devoted and compassionate physician
to the patients and families of his community
pediatric practice, and a respected staff
pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children
and an associate professor at U of T. Loving
husband of Lynn; proud father of Lyndsey,
Natasha, Bethany, and Megan; father-in-law
of Gordon Soon, he will be deeply missed.
CLASS OF 1976
Dr. Paul Anthony SHASKO, in his 55th year,
on Feb. 7, 2007, in Toronto. Dr. Shasko achieved
excellence in many things, including his practice
as a psychiatrist; and as the beloved husband of
Judith and proud father of Laura and Gregory.
CLASS OF 2003
Dr. David Di CIOMMO, in his 38th year, on
April 3, 2007. In 2002 David won the World
Chorefus Foundation prize for research in the
field of Nanotechnology. It was always his hope
and dream to make a difference with his scientific
accomplishments. Fondly remembered by his
husband David C. Free, his parents Patricia and
Joseph and his brother John (Jessica).
CORRECTIONS
The winter 2006 issue of MAA Matters showed
an incorrect photo of the late Dr. Robert Alan
Armstrong. We sincerely apologize to his family
for the error, as well as to Dr. J.K. Armstrong,
whose photo was mistakenly shown.
The obituary for Dr. Vierkoetter should have
appeared as follows: Dr. Hildegarde Mathilde
Emma Le Gresley Vierkoetter, in her 81st year,
on Aug. 27, 2006, in Toronto. C.E. Balfour’s
devoted wife for 52 years, Hildegarde leaves four
children as well as nine grandchildren.
Dr. Robert Lyman Adam Walker’s correct
graduation year was 1969. ■
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Irun special psychotherapy
groups for people with
chronic physical illness or
disability and for their loved
ones.When my 53-year-old
patient who had to give up her
career track position as a chartered
accountant because of
severe rheumatoid arthritis,
announced that she was no
longer depressed—even though
“DocTalk”
Luck and re-invention
A physician psychotherapist charts her career
the arthritis had worsened—I was euphoric. I
had helped to relieve her emotional suffering.
I was always interested in people, including
myself. I knew that having two Holocaust
survivors for parents had scripted my life.
I wanted to be a psychiatrist even before
I knew that one had to go to medical
school first.
Fast forward to my clerkship year. I found
myself doing my psychiatry rotation and hating
it. All the patients were heavily medicated.
It all seemed to be a non-conversation. I
ran from psychiatry, but where to?
First stroke of luck: I only knew that
medical microbiology was a distinct medical
specialty because my husband’s best
friend from medical school was a medical
microbiologist. He had job satisfaction with
reasonable hours. It was easy to get a residency
spot, my straight internship, planned
with psychiatry in mind, counted; I got my
FRCPC in record time.
Second stroke of luck: working as a medical
microbiologist was not only interesting
and fulfilling, it delivered a huge bonus.As a
hospital employee with management
responsibilities, I learned an enormous
By Dr. Julie
Righter (7T1)
amount about people. Little
did I know how useful this
would be.
Fast forward 16 years:
hospital budgets are shrinking;
salaried physicians are expensive.
I need a new professional life.
Third stroke of luck: it is
before changing your scope of
practice becomes a big hurdle,
so I can switch easily to private
practice as a physician psychotherapist.
I love learning new skills.When patients
share their distress about life in organizations,
I can help by understanding in ways
most physicians cannot.
Fourth stroke of luck: best of all, I get to
combine my creativity with my medical
knowledge to develop innovative programs.
I ran away, ended up far away, then ironically
landed back where my passion lies:
relieving emotional suffering. I can see my
script clearly now.
Dr. Julie Righter (Class of 1971) is a physician
psychotherapist in private practice in Toronto.
Her special interest is the emotional needs of
patients with chronic medical conditions, and
their family members.Visit her website at
www.chronicillness.ca. ■
Have your say in “DocTalk.” Tell us your
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Medical Alumni Association
Board of Directors
2006-2007
Dr. Catharine Whiteside (MD 1975)
Honorary President
Dr. Suan-Seh Foo (MD 1990)
President
Dr. Barney Giblon (MD 1957)
Vice-President
Dr. Jay Keystone (MD 1969)
Past President
Dr. Peter Kopplin (MD 1963)
Secretary
Dr. Flavio Habal (MD 1977)
Treasurer
Dr.Victor Kurdyak (MD 1960)
Loan Officer
Ms. Ruth Gillings
Administrator/Manager
Members-at-Large
Dr. Garson Conn (MD 1958)
Dr. Donald Cowan (MD 1956)
Dr. Lori Hasulo (MD 1995)
Dr. Martin Kosoy (MD 1959)
Dr. Lap-Cheung Lee (MD 1975)
Dr. Irv Lipton (MD 1962)
Dr. David McKnight (MD 1975)
Dr.Tom Patterson (MD 1956)
Archivist
Dr. Peter Wyshynski (MD 1961)
Dr. Diana Tamir (MD 2002)
PAIRO Rep
Justin Chan (MD 2009)
President, Medical Society 2006-07
Ali Okhowat (MD 2010)
President, Medical Society 2007-08
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WAYS OF GIVING
A class act
Join with classmates to establish an award or memorial fund
Now admit it: didn’t you enjoy your last
class reunion? Maybe you didn’t lose
that 10 pounds before the big event,
but then chances are few of your classmates did
either. Like you, they were simply looking forward
to catching up with old friends and reflecting
on careers and life passages. Getting together
at reunions, or staying in touch through a
newsletter, this magazine, or through personal
contact, is also rewarding because it gives many
of us the feeling of belonging to something special.
Even better, many alumni want to use that
special energy to give something back to their
school and the future of their profession.
One way to do this is for a class (or classes) to
establish an award or fund to recognize or help
a current or graduating student. Classes can get
together to commemorate a classmate’s contribution,
commitment or character, or can create
an award or endowment to pay tribute to a particular
specialty or simply to help a current or
graduating student in financial need.
The desire to bring together their class to recognize
a classmate, is what inspired Dr. Barney
Giblon and the Class of 5T7 to create The 5T7
Memorial Dr. Janice Huffman Award in
Radiology. It is designated for a graduating
student who has excelled in and who will be
specializing in radiology and who has an interest
in equity issues.
“Dr. Huffman was one of 16 women graduates
in our class,” Dr. Giblon remembers. “She
entered a specialty that few women went into at
the time and we thought that a memorial award
would be a wonderful way to remember a quiet
woman who considered her class to be her family.
In fact, she was the first one to respond to
the notice of our upcoming 2007 50th-anniversary
reunion,” Dr. Giblon says. Dr. Huffman
died in August, 2006, and the class is collecting
donations for the award and formalizing conditions
for the recipient. “There are numerous
reasons for a class to create a student award,”
continues Dr. Giblon. “It isn’t a difficult thing
to do and the satisfaction of helping a student—and
the enjoyment of working together
with past classmates—is enormous.”
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