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DEAN’S MESSAGE WARD ROUNDS NEWS RESEARCH FEATURES ALUMNI NEWS PROGRESS NOTES UPCOMING EVENTS
1993
Arthur Ollendorff , MD, GME ’97, and his wife,
Candace Ireton, MD ’93, relocated from Cincinnati
to Asheville, N.C. Dr. Ollendorff took on new
positions as the medical director of the Mountain
Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) OB/
GYN practice and a clinical faculty member at the
University of North Carolina.
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Eliza Shin, MD, GME ’97, of Chicago, starred as
Mu Chang in the Chicago Dramatists’ spring
production of Jade Heart, written and directed by
Northwestern graduates Will Cooper and Russ
Tutterow. Dr. Shin has also had roles in Ballet
Entre Nous’ production of The Nutcracker and
the Neo Futurists’ productions of Patriots and
Voyaging. She sings at St. Vincent de Paul Parish,
with the children’s band Super Stolie and the
Rockstars and in city coff ee-houses.
Carlo Contreras, MD, of Mobile, Ala., accepted
a faculty position at the University of South
Alabama as assistant professor of surgical
oncology. He is interested in hepatobiliary and
pancreatic cancer, and also treats patients with
melanoma, sarcoma, and stomach cancers.
Dr. Contreras recently completed a surgical
oncology fellowship at the University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Jennifer Kurth, MD, GME ’07, of Chicago, coauthored
a mental health book, “Challenging
Depression: The Go-to Guide for Clinicians and
Patients,” explaining the causes, diagnoses, and
wide variety of treatment options for depression.
Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Paul A. Greenberger, MD, GME ’78, professor of
medicine in the division of allergy-immunology
at Northwestern University Feinberg School of
Medicine, was appointed to the Food and Drug
Administration’s Pulmonary Allergy Drug Advisory
Committee. His term will run through 2013.
carlos contreras,
md ’03
jennifer kurth,
md, gme ’07
paul a. greenberger,
md, gme ’78
Indiana University School of Medicine recently named Emily
Walvoord, MD ’94, GME ’98, of Indianapolis, assistant dean for
Faculty Aff airs and Professional Development. Her focus will be
to improve the academic climate for clinical faculty.
Mark J. Kupersmith, MD ’75, of New York City is chair of the
medical board of the New York Eye and Ear Infi rmary; director
of neuro-ophthalmology at NYEEI, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital
and Beth Israel Medical Center; and professor of ophthalmology
and neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
He was awarded a U10 grant by the National Institutes of
Health and the National Eye Institute in February 2009. Dr.
Kupersmith is directing the Neuro-Ophthalmology Research
Disease Investigator Consortium (NORDIC), which includes
44 sites at major med ical institutions in the United States and
Canada. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award
for Contributions in Neuro-Ophthalmology from the North
American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. He and his wife, Geri,
have two children, Dana and Matthew.
Andrew P. Lazar, MD ’82, GME ’87, of Highland Park, Ill., was
named vice president of the American Academy of Dermatology
in March 2010. He served until early February 2011.
emily walvoord,
md ’94, gme ’98
francisco
antonio
gonzálezscarano,
md ’75
Francisco Antonio González-Scarano,
MD ’75, was installed as dean of the
School of Medicine at The University
of Texas Health Science Center at San
Antonio in August 2010. Dr. González-
Scarano, who was previously the chair
of the Department of Neurology at
the University of Pennsylvania School
of Medicine, was selected from more
than 60 highly qualifi ed candidates
throughout the nation.
Michael J. Racenstein, MD ’86, GME ’88,
of Wilmette, Ill., a radiologist at Alexian
Brothers Medical Center, was inducted
as a fellow of the American College of
Radiology in May.
Irwin Benuck, PhD, MD ’79, GME ’82,
professor of clinical pediatrics at Northwestern
University Feinberg School of
Medicine, received the David Applebaum
Humanitarian Award from the Shaare
Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem in
November 2010. In January 2011, he
accepted a new role as division head
of community-based primary care
pediatrics, providing leadership for
community-based pediatricians on
staff at Children’s Mem orial Hospital
and/or on faculty in the Department of
Pediatrics at Feinberg.
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