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MedicalAlumniM A G A Z I N EInsidedepartments1 from the editor 6 president’s letter 16 class notesFall 2008: Volume 49, Number 2Editor-in-Chief: Kenneth H. Fye, MD ’68Managing Editor: Anne KavanaghContributing Editors: Gary Bernard, DebraHolcomb, Jean MurrayWriters: Lisa Cisneros, Jody Duncan, Anne Kavanagh,Kate Volkman, Tina VuPhotographers: Noah Berger, Earl McCowen,Fabricio Meneses, Susan Merrell, Mary Lane VazEditorial AssistanTS: Gina Martinez,Michelle PardoDesignER: Laura Myers DesignAdministrative Council 2008–2009OFFICERSLawrence Lustig, MD ’91, President; Lawrence Hill, MD’67, President-Elect; TBD, Vice President (NorthernCalifornia); H. John Blossom, MD ’70, Vice President(Central California); Ronald P. Karlsberg, MD ’73, VicePresident (Southern California); Donna Hoghooghi, MD’98, Secretary/TreasurerCOUNCILORS AT LARGERobert J. Albo, MD ’59; Kenneth M. Bermudez, MD ’92;Caley Castelein, MD ’98; Neal H. Cohen, MD ’71;Timothy J. Crowley, MD ’80; Ruth Goldstein, MD ’79;Uri Ladabaum, MD ’91; Tomas Magana, MD ’95;Mary Eleanor Margaretten, MD ’03; Gary Mizono, MD;Willis Navarro, MD ’90; Harlan B. Watkins, MD ’63;Jane Phillips, MD, President, Association of theClinical Faculty; Albert Hall, MD ’52, Councilor Emeritus;Robert C. Lim, MD ’60, Councilor EmeritusPAST PRESIDENTSGordon L. Fung, MD ’79; David N. Schindler, MD ’66;Judith A. Luce, MD ’74; John Fletcher, MD ’57HOUSESTAFF REPRESENTATIVETBDSTUDENT REPRESENTATIVEDaniel Orjuela, MS5EX-OFFICIOJ. Michael Bishop, MD, ChancellorSam Hawgood, MB, BS, Interim Dean,UCSF School of MedicineUCSF School of MedicineMedical Alumni Association220 Montgomery Street, 5th FloorSan Francisco, CA 94104-4709Tel: 415/476-1591Toll free: 866/904-2400Fax: 415/476-3264Email: maa@support.ucsf.eduWebsite: www.ucsfalumni.org© 2008 UCSF School of Medicine, MAA. All rights reserved.features2 A Brazilian Love StoryHow Irene Adams, MD ’63, came to care for – and cherish – Brazil’s street kids.3 Black Caucus Honors Longtime UCSF LeaderStatue pays homage to former dean of the School of Medicine, Haile Debas, MD,and his dedication to transforming health worldwide.4 Record-Breaking HomecomingYou came, you enjoyed, and you donated in droves to honor your class reunions.5 Alumnus of the YearChampion of neuro-ophthalmology, William Hoyt, MD ’50, receives the MedicalAlumni Association’s highest honor.6 Your Medical Alumni AssociationMeet the new MAA president and learn how members support UCSF.7 UC: Under ConstructionThe history behind building the medical school on the hill.15 When the Student Doctor’s Not WellWell-being program helps stressed and depressed medical students.ON THE COVER: Looking southwest toward Sutro Forest from the LangeDairy at Cole and Carl streets in 1892. Inset: Parnassus campus map, 2008.See story, page 7.

alumni profileA Brazilian Love StoryBy Kate VolkmanNot long after Irene Adams, MD ’63,moved to Belo Horizonte, Brazil,in 1986, she met some streetkids who stole her heart.“These children go on the streets at5, 6, 7 years old,” she says. “They’resexually active at a very young age.They’re using drugs. Their parents aren’tpart of their lives and they don’t go toschool. They steal – that’s how they getmoney. They have very low self-esteem.If you don’t like yourself, think you’reno damn good, why would you protectyourself against anything – trafficaccidents, drug overdose, AIDS. ...”As a doctor who recently hadlearned about AIDS, Adams was determinedto educate these children aboutthe new disease. With financing fromthe National Institutes of Health, andin collaboration with Johns HopkinsSchool of Medicine and the FederalUniversity of Minas Gervais in Brazil,Adams helped found the AMMORClinic (www.ammor.org.br). AMMORis an acronym in Portuguese, whichtranslates to Multiple ProfessionalAction with Children at Risk.Its original intent was to offer generalhealth services to street kids andeducate them about AIDS. But “withinthe first week it became very clear thatour mission was not prevention ofAIDS,” says Adams. “It was the rescueof these kids. They have no ideaabout their bodies – they don’t knowabout STDs, pregnancy, wound care.That’s why our mission statement is‘education for life through health.’ I’mnot there to treat their illnesses; I’mthere to help them find themselves.”In the process, Adams found herself,as well. “My life took on significanceand meaning,” she reflects.After graduating from UCSF Schoolof Medicine in 1963, Adams moved toNew York for a residency in internalmedicine and oncology at CornellMedical School and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital. She married Dutcheconomist A.C. Bruinsma, who took ajob with Shell International PetroleumCompany. They moved to London,where their daughter was born;Maracaibo, Venezuela, where their sonwas born; Caracas; Santiago, Chile;and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.In 1986, Adams and her husbanddecided the family would stay in Brazilbecause they felt they could make adifference there in a way they couldn’tin the U.S. or Holland. That’s whenhe left Shell and took a position at acompany in Belo Horizonte.Each time they moved, she wouldset up the family home, get the kids“I think I’m a better person since I started working with AIDS.I’ve never kissed and hugged so many people in my life.”“Dr. Irene” gives at-risk children check-upsat the AMMOR Clinic.into school and then set off for thelocal university, offering her medicalservices. Over the years she picked upnew specialties and interests, one ofwhich was immunology. So when theyarrived in Belo Horizonte, Adamswanted to learn about a new diseasecalled AIDS.She attended a lecture and saw aslide which showed the structure ofthe AIDS virus. “It was love at firstsight,” she says. “Immunology isfascinating to me.”Simultaneous to her work with theAMMOR Clinic, Adams began aprivate practice where she treatedHIV-positive patients. She admits,“My original interest was purelyscientific; but when I started to seepatients, I saw this disease wasdifferent. It wasn’t like cancer or lupus.These people had tremendous guilt,lived in isolation and had to deal withthe fact that they were going to die.It was a very, very, very rough time inmy life – sitting across the table fromsomebody telling him he’s got AIDS.“I got involved in a support group.I have to be honest; I think I’m a betterperson since I started working withAIDS. I’ve never kissed and huggedso many people in my life. One of thefirst things I do with a patient is shutthe door behind him and say, ‘Now it’sjust you and me,’ and give him a hug.”Four years after the AMMOR Clinicwas born, public financing ran out.Adams set off with her photo albumfor Holland, where she raised enoughmoney to keep the AMMOR Clinicafloat. But after a few years thatmoney ran out, too. Now the funding2 | fall 2008

tributeBlack Caucus Honors LongtimeUCSF Leader Haile DebasBy Lisa Cisneroscomes from a few private donors inBrazil, and she dreams of anAmerican organization that wouldraise funds stateside. In the meantime,she’s planning a benefit for 2009in San Francisco.Adams expanded the AMMORClinic to treat all children at socialrisk, including those who have beenabandoned or victims of familyviolence. Most of the 2,200 childrenwho have seen “Dr. Irene” werereferred by one of 72 government ornongovernmental organizations.Along with providing medical care,she and her volunteers educateat-risk kids about sex, drug use andhuman rights. They also train adultswho work with at-risk kids.From 1995-2006, Adams alsowas the clinical director of a 24-bedhospital for terminal cancer and AIDSpatients, which included night duty onFridays and 24-hour duty on Sundays.When the hospital was closed bythe Roman Catholic Archdiocese inBelo Horizonte, she created theAMMOR Project. The project provideslegal support for people living withHIV and AIDS whose rights have beenviolated, a support group, incomegeneration activities, a gymnasium,nutritionist and psychologist.Due to her own health, Adamsslowed down, just a wee bit, in the lastcouple of years. She still works for theAMMOR Clinic and Project six days aweek, has 172 unanswered emails in herinbox and 35 items on her “to do” list.“As long as I’m of sound mind, I planto work until my day comes,” she says.And when that day comes, she plans tobe laid to rest in the place where shecame alive – Belo Horizonte.Haile Debas, MD, executive director of UCSF Global Health Sciences,was recently recognized for his vision, passion and inspirationin transforming medical education and advancing health aroundthe world.Colleagues, friends and family joined Debas during an intimate ceremonyheld by the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators on June 3 forthe unveiling of a bronzed statue in his honor. The statue, titled “Homage tothe Divine Healers,” was commissioned by the UCSF Black Caucus andcreated by Oakland artist Woody Johnson as a tribute to Debas.“This artwork honors Haile’s vision and dedication to the healing artsworldwide,” said David Irby, PhD, vice dean for medical education andprofessor of medicine in the UCSF School of Medicine. Irby spoke on behalfof Sam Hawgood, MB, BS, interim dean of the school.“During his tenure atUCSF, great thingshappened in research,patient care, educationand the creation of ourMission Bay campus,”Irby continued. “But,he had an even broaderimpact worldwidethrough his leadershipin global health, surgery,the Council of Deansand the United Nations– to name just a few.”For members of theBlack Caucus, theunveiling of the statuewas a celebratory andsentimental occasion,a culmination of aproject that took severalyears to complete.At the unveiling of the new sculpture are, from left,Alma Sisco-Smith, who spearheaded the project aschair of the UCSF Black Caucus; Haile Debas; andMolly Cooke, director of the Haile T. Debas Academyof Medical Educators.Alma Sisco-Smith, who is retiring this year after a long career at UCSF,says the Black Caucus was eager to help support a lasting tribute toDebas, a beloved leader who served as chancellor of UCSF and dean ofthe School of Medicine.Debas is recognized throughout the University as a champion foreducation – which is why the Academy of Medical Educators bears hisname – and he is lauded for his efforts to create a more diverse andsupportive work environment at UCSF. He is remembered for his sentimentthat UCSF should be known as much “for caring as curing.” Support forthe Academy of Medical Educators was one of Debas’ top priorities;it was this focus that brought the academy and the Black Caucus together.“We are delighted that this has been brought to fruition,” saidSisco-Smith, who served as chair of the Black Caucus in 2002 when theidea to honor Debas first arose.medical alumni magazine | 3

2008 REUNIONRecord-BreakingOutgoing MAA president, Gordon Fung, MD ’79,congratulates incoming president, Larry Lustig, MD ’91.HomecomingAlumni came in drovesto Homecoming weekend,May 9-10, for what onemember of the Class of1953 called the “bestreunion ever.” Theweekend kicked off witha Friday night dean’sreception at the PalaceHotel, followed by a paneldiscussion and luncheonawards ceremony atUCSF Mission Bay onSaturday and rollickingclass parties that evening.More than 400 alumniattended their reunions –a record number.Class of 195850th Reunion4 | fall 2008Robert Brown, MD ’58 (right), presents a checkfor $1,562,891 to David Irby, PhD, vice dean foreducation at the School of Medicine.In honor of their reunions, the followingclasses raised more than $1.5 million forkey medical education priorities, includingscholarships – up 175 percent over lastyear and exceeding all prior years.1948 • 1953 • 1958 • 1963 • 19681973 • 1978 • 1983 • 1987 • 1993Class of 1983Harvey Birsner, MD ’65, andMarilyn Reed Lucia, MD ’56Carol Jessop, MD ’78,Paul Satwicz, MD ’78, andSexton Sutherland, PhD,retired facultyOttiwell Jones III, MD ’58,and James Slama, MD ’58Bernhard Votteri, MD ’64,and Linda Votteri

StanleyFahn,MD ’5825th ReunionCharlesBlair, MD ’63William F. Hoyt, MD ’50Doyen of Neuro-ophthalmologyNamed Alumnus of the YearThe Alumnus of the Year Award is the highest honor bestowed by theMedical Alumni Association. This year’s honoree, William Hoyt, MD ’50, aUCSF faculty member since 1958 and professor emeritus in the departmentsof ophthalmology and neurological surgery, developed a world-renownedunit in the field of neuro-ophthalmology at UCSF. He was also amongthe first West Coast ophthalmologists to investigate visual problems inneurologic disease. Below is a condensed version of the award nominationsubmitted by Harvey Birsner, MD ’65, who trained under Hoyt in the 1970s.Dr. Hoyt is the living paragon of an academic scholar, clinician andresearcher. He is the champion of neuro-ophthalmology as a seriousdiscipline and is known throughout the world as the father of this evermoreimportant branch of medicine.For many years Dr. Hoyt conducted a trainingfellowship that was the envy of every such trainingprogram in the world. Many of his fellows weretrained at sister schools such as the BascomPalmer Eye Institute in Miami and then sent to Dr.Hoyt for “polish.” He has personally trained at least50 program chairs in neurology and ophthalmology(and two in neurosurgery) from all over Europe,South America, Asia and the United States. A list ofhis trainees reads like a “Who’s Who” of themedically scholarly masses.He has authored nearly 300 scientific papers and is co-author along withFrank Walsh, MD, of the bible of his specialty, Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology.This three-volume compendium is among the most cherished sets of tomesin every ophthalmic and neurologic office.Dr. Hoyt is no shuttered, personality-free hermit. While he was setting thebar higher every year for the eye and brain doctors of the planet, he raised afamily and to this day is a superb skier and athlete in the Brody Stephensmodel. (In his 80s, Dr. Stephens met his housestaff on the ground floor ofMoffitt and they walked together to the 15th floor to see his thoracic surgerypatients.) Dr. Hoyt is 82 and comes to work at UCSF every weekday at 7 a.m.He still has a sparkle in his voice and has never turned down an opportunityto excel or to help a trainee.Dr. Hoyt is known as “Billhoyt” as if it were one word. At the end of a yearof training, he gave his charges a kangaroo tie. At every ophthalmic andneurologic meeting in the world, wearing this tie is a secret handshakebetween attendees saying, “I survived a year of _____!” All of us who werethus trained have adopted Dr. Hoyt as a second father. I can offer no greatercompliment.Donna Cooper, Stephen Cooper, MD ’68,James Dowling, MD ’68, and Carol Dowling — Harvey Birsner, MD ’65MAA and School of Medicine award recipientsPuja Kohli, Tracey McLean, Hemal Kanzaria, andDana Myers Henry, all Class of 2008.Save the DateSchool of MedicineHomecomingMay 8-9, 2009medical alumni magazine | 5

Your MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONProud Sponsor of...You!We consider you a member of n Paying for the Advanced Cardiacthe UCSF Medical Alumni Life Support certification that allAssociation – and when you students must receive before they canbecome a dues-paying member, you enter their residency program.also become a supporter of our students,n Welcoming first-year students toresidents, faculty and graduates.UCSF with a barbecue dinner. Youalso give them a UCSF sweatshirt toYour dues help our students by... protect against the cold, foggy daysahead on Parnassus.n Purchasing their first white coatplaced on them by their mentor inthe first week of medical school in avery moving White Coat Ceremonywitnessed by family and friends.n Providing a $5,000 studentscholarship for academic excellencepresented each year at Homecoming.You also provide a $100 check toevery graduating senior on Match Day,helping defray the costs of relocationto their residency program.Your dues support ourgraduates by...n Investing in class reunions, whichgive our graduates the opportunityto reconnect with their classmatesand UCSF.n Paying for the semi-annualpublication of this magazine, whereyou learn about important newprograms in medical education,the history of UCSF and the manycontributions our alumni are makingin medicine.Your dues also make possible anumber of benefits that you areeligible to receive, such as discountsat any Club Quarters Hotel aroundthe world and discounts at theUCSF Bookstore and the SourceTechnology Store.In addition, your dues supportthe UCSF Online Alumni Community,which allows you to keep in touchwith your friends and colleaguesanytime.To pay your dues and see otherbenefits available, please visit www.ucsfalumni.org.Thank you for helping sponsorour students and alumni!Dear Fellow Alumni,It is both a privilege and an honorthat I am now handed the responsibilitiesof the new president of theUCSF Medical Alumni Association.I would first like to take this opportunityto give tremendous thanksto the outgoing president, GordonFung. Under Gordon’s watch the alumni associationwas responsible for many new initiatives and featsthat we can all be proud of: inclusion of all medicalstudents and housestaff into the family of UCSFmedical alumni, an expansion of services offered bythe association, and an unprecedented increase in ourmembership. On behalf of all alumni, we give our mostheartfelt thanks to Gordon for his keen leadership.This is also an opportunity to introduce myself tomany of the alumni who do not know me. Aftergraduating from UC Berkeley, I attended UCSFmedical school from 1987-1991, where I subsequentlycompleted a residency in otolaryngology and headand neck surgery. I am now on faculty at UCSF inthe Department of Otolaryngology.My goal as president is to continually strive tomake this an organization that suits your needs. Ithus would encourage you to contact me at any timewith suggestions on how we can better serve theneeds of our community. We are here to serve youand would love to hear from you.Lastly, on behalf of all alumni, I cannot expressenough gratitude to Kenneth Fye, who has been theeditor of the UCSF Medical Alumni Magazine for thepast several years. Under Ken’s watch, the magazinehas become one the premier publications emergingout of our University. In our search for a new editor,if we can find someone with even half the insight,motivation and dedication that Ken put into themagazine, then I know we will continue our successfor years to come.Sincerely,Larry Lustig, MD ’91Contact us! Your letters are welcome. Write to: UCSF Medical Alumni Magazine, Letters to theEditor, 220 Montgomery Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104-4709. You may also email your letterto: maa@support.ucsf.edu. Please type “Letter to the Editor” in your subject field.6 | fall 2008

cover storyUC: Under ConstructionBy Kate VolkmanIn the 1800s, a failed gold miner established a medicalschool that would evolve into the UCSF School of Medicineon Parnassus Avenue. A horse-drawn plow began theconstruction, which would continue for more than 100 years …medical alumni magazine | 7

IntroductionDitching Gold toDevelop MedicineIn 1852, South Carolina surgeon Hugh H.Toland joined a wagon train bound forCalifornia in search of gold. After a fewdiscouraging months as a miner, he sold hisclaim and headed to the coast to establish asurgical practice in booming San Francisco.Toland located his office near the waterfrontat Montgomery and Merchant streets andwithin months became the city’s foremostsurgeon, managing what wasreportedly the largestpractice on the WestCoast.In 1864, hedecided toestablish a medicalschool in SanFrancisco andpurchased land forthat purpose inNorth Beach, atStockton andFrancisco streets,opposite the San FranciscoCity and County Hospital.By 1870, Toland Medical College had aToland Medical College – the original building ofclass of 30 students and had already granted the University of California School of Medicine.diplomas to 45 graduates. Toland sought toLocated on Stockton Street, between Chestnutand Francisco streets, it was destroyed by theaffiliate his medical school to the University of fire and earthquake in 1906. A part of the oldCalifornia, which itself was not yet two yearsfoundation still stands.old. In March 1873, the trustees deeded theSan Francisco, circa 1864.Toland Medical College to the UC Regents,establishing the Medical Department of theUniversity of California.By June of 1873, the California College ofPharmacy, at 113 Fulton Street, also affiliatedwith the University of California. Then, inresponse to a proposal from the medicalfaculty, the UC Regents established a DentalCollege, located in the Donohoe Building atMarket and Taylor streets, in September 1881.INSET: Hugh H. Toland, founder of Toland MedicalCollege, the original Medical Department of theUniversity of California.8 | fall 2008

1895-1898A Campus at ParnassusBy the mid 1890s, the three affiliated colleges were rapidlyrunning out of room. In 1893 Medical College Dean RobertMcLean complained to the UC president that TolandMedical Building “has become unfit for the teaching ofmodern medicine.” A committee of faculty and alumnilobbied the state legislature for three years, and finally in1895 Governor James H. Budd (a California alumnus)approved the legislature’s unanimous appropriation of$250,000 for construction of the University colleges ofmedicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine and law.Controversy developed over the potential sites for thecolleges, and as late as May 1895, seven different siteswere still being considered. In July of 1895, San FranciscoMayor Adolph Sutro donated 13 acres overlookingGolden Gate Park for the proposed affiliated colleges.Construction began on October 20, 1896. The threeRomanesque stone buildings of the colleges werecompleted and occupied by October 1898. State supporthad been limited to construction, leaving the furnishingof labs and lecture halls to the college faculties andtrustees. The Medical Department succeeded indeveloping a 1220-seat auditorium, “the finest dissectingroom in the world at the present time,” and “spaciouslaboratories for pathology, bacteriology, chemistry andphysiology,” all featured in a glossy brochure.The cornerstone of the medicalschool was laid on March 27, 1897,in a driving spring rainstorm. Todayit sits in a garden on the easternedge of Saunders Court (inset).The three Romanesque stone buildings of the colleges were completed andoccupied by October 1898. State support had been limited to construction, leavingthe furnishing of labs and lecture halls to the college faculties and trustees.The University of California Affiliated Colleges. From left to right: The College of Veterinary Science, which was later occupied by the HooperFoundation; the Pharmacy/Dentistry Building (Pharmacy entrance to the north, Dentistry to the east); the College of Medicine; the buildingintended for but never occupied by Hastings College of the Law, because the faculty considered it too far from the city’s courts. Instead thebuilding became an anthropology museum.18989 | fall 2008 medical alumni magazine | 9

1899-1929Earthquake Inspires New HospitalUC President Benjamin Ide Wheelerwanted the University of California tobe regarded as a center for medicalscience that ranked alongside JohnsHopkins and Harvard. In 1902 herevealed his plans for developing aUniversity teaching hospital, believingthat it would attract the best cliniciansin the country.With the Great San FranciscoEarthquake on April 18, 1906, many ofthe city’s hospitals were damaged ordestroyed. The Affiliated Colleges,located in what was once the farwestern section of the city at the endof the Masonic streetcar line, werenow much closer to the center of theSan Francisco population – because40,000 people had taken shelter inGolden Gate Park.President Wheeler’s long-expressedwish for a teaching hospital atParnassus had suddenly become anurgent civic responsibility. Within amonth of the disaster, the Board ofMen’s ward of the old UC Hospital, 1915.Regents transferred the Departmentsof Physiology, Anatomy and Pathologyto Berkeley in order to devote themedical college to the clinical years.Converting the Medical SchoolBuilding into a teaching hospital was amonumental task.To replace the city’s decimatedoutpatient facilities, the entire groundfloor was opened by October 1906 asan outpatient clinic. The rest of theconversion was completed by April1907. Donors were assured that “themaintenance of this hospital will domuch for the care of the sick poor,but far more for the advancement ofscientific medicine in this state…”(California State Journal of Medicine,1907).However, the difficulties of patientcare in a three-story building with noelevators became apparent immediately.Almost from the opening day,medical staff began planning for a newbuilding. In 1913 active fundraisingbegan under the direction of theMedical Department’s popular dean,Herbert Moffitt. Secure in his communityconnections, Moffitt initiated asuccessful private fund drive to raise$750,000 to build a new UC Hospital.In 1915 the Regents appointedLouis Parsons Hobart as architect forthis project. A leading architect in theBay Area, Hobart also designed GraceCathedral, the California Academy ofSciences and Steinhart Aquarium.The new hospital opened in August1917, just as the United States enteredWorld War I.Below, from left: San Francisco residents took refuge in a tent city in Golden Gate Park in 1906, with the Affiliated Colleges visible in thebackground; the Medical School Building of the University of California served as the first UC hospital 1907-1917 and was refitted in 1917 asan extensive outpatient department, finally giving full-time clinical professors adequate infrastructure to support their academic ambitions;UC Hospital, circa 1920.192610 | fall 2008Blueprint of the Universityof California MedicalSchool campus, 1923.

1930-1949Room to GrowClinics Building“When Langley Porter was the dean – to be precise, in 1931 –he used to have a group of the younger members of the facultymeet in informal discussion at his place on Vallejo Street. And weconstituted a body, which came to be known later asthe Young Turks. We were very concerned aboutthe future and development of [UCSF]. The groupof us went to Sacramento, and we bearded thegovernor in his den. We were able to obtain fromhim the first capital funds for this campus sincethe construction of the old affiliated colleges inthe 1890s. This money resulted in the building of anew outpatient department.”– John B. de C.M. Saunders, MD, UCSF chancellor emeritusIn 1931 the anthropology museumwas torn down to make room for anew Clinics Building. After intenselobbying, in 1934 the statelegislature allocated $600,000 forthe building, designed to housethe growing outpatient teachingservice at Parnassus. This facilitywas quickly filled to capacity withsmall offices, making medical anddental care available to SanFrancisco citizens regardless oftheir ability to pay. It also unitedactivities of all the colleges andthe training school for nurses.Langley Porter Psychiatric InstituteIn 1937, while the nation was still in the grip of the Depression,Robert Langley Porter, dean of the School of Medicine, begana campaign to cooperate with the State Department of MentalHygiene to build a psychiatrichospital on land belonging tothe University on the Parnassuscampus. State officials,concerned with indigents andmigrants flocking to California,were persuaded that a stateacute psychiatric hospital wasnecessary. Porter wiselyproposed to operate the facilityjointly with the state, therebyobtaining psychiatric teachingbeds for the medical school.In 1942 the Langley PorterClinic opened its new facility:a 105,000 square foot buildingClinics Building, circa 1933.Langley Porter Clinic, 1942. Itwould later become the LangleyPorter Psychiatric Institute.that contained 100 beds, a large outpatient department and aspecial children’s ward. The symbiotic relationship with the statecontinued for the next 30 years.INSET: Robert Langley Porter (1870-1965) was dean of the School ofMedicine from 1927-1940.1950-1958Monumental ConstructionMoffitt Hospital and MedicalSciences BuildingWhile Dean Porter was negotiating with the stateover the psychiatric hospital, another ambitiousgroup of San Francisco clinical facultypetitioned the state for money tobuild a modern teaching hospital atParnassus. The state’s responsewas definite: a $2 million bondissue was approved in 1940 byGovernor Earl Warren, althoughWorld War II delayed construction formany years.In 1944 the faculty proposed a science buildingto provide an auditorium, lecture rooms, studentlaboratories, animal quarters and research laboratories.The governor and legislature responded byallocating an additional $4 million for constructionof a 14-story medical sciences building.Ever since basic science instruction was movedto Berkeley just after the Great San FranciscoEarthquake, the UC Regents, faculty in SanFrancisco and faculty in Berkeley had been at oddsabout the reconsolidation of the medical school. In1949 the Regents officially designated theParnassus campus as the UC Medical Center inSan Francisco, and renamed what was by thencalled the UC Medical School the “UC School ofMedicine.”The new medical center officially opened onMarch 13, 1955. In June, 240 patients were movedinto the 485-bed Moffitt Hospital. Construction ofthe Medical Sciences Building was completed in1958, as the faculty in anatomy, biochemistry andphysiology moved across the San Francisco Bay.Millberry UnionIn 1958 Millberry Union opened, creating for thefirst time ample facilities for student housing,recreation (a swimming pool and fitnesscenter), cafeteria, conference rooms,a bookstore, and parking on theParnassus campus. The site hadbeen acquired by the College ofDentistry in the early 20th centuryand donated to the Regents forerection of a student union.INSET, TOP: Moffitt Hospital, completed in 1955, wasnamed for Herbert C. Moffitt (1867-1950) who had servedas dean (1912-1919), faculty member and chief of medicinefor 37 years.INSET, BOTTOM: Millberry Union was named for GuyS. Millberry (1872-1952), longtime dean of the School ofDentistry (1914-1939). Millberry Union celebrates its50th anniversary in 2008.

1959-1979Medical Research Building, completed in 1951, was home to labscentered around basic science research and located adjacent tothe Hooper Foundation.The Pharmacy/Dental Building had to be destroyed in 1956 tomake room for the Medical Sciences Building.1952The first several floors and steel girders of Moffitt Hospitaland Medical Sciences Building, 1952.Containing Medical EducationIn the 1950s the Regents acquired and developednew and existing campuses for the University ofCalifornia. As part of the decentralization process,in 1964 they designated the UC Medical Center inSan Francisco the University of California,San Francisco Medical Center. In1970, the Regents changed thename to the University of California,San Francisco. The “Medical Center”continued to refer to the hospitalsand clinics on Parnassus.UC Hospital, built in 1917, begantwo refurbishment projects in 1960, whichprovided 103 beds and surgical and lab facilities. Newbuildings included University House, which opened in1965 as the Chancellor’s residence, and the two glasstowers called Health Sciences Instruction and Research(HSIR) Buildings East and West, which were completedin 1966. HSIR provides space for teaching and researchactivities of the schools of medicine and pharmacy.The Hooper Foundation was torn down in 1966.The old Medical School Building was demolished in1967, creating Saunders Court. The Ambulatory CareCenter building was completed in 1973. In 1975, UCSFoccupied more than 3,000,000 square feet of clinical,research and office space.As part of a series of accommodations toneighborhood and state legislative concerns aboutfurther growth, in 1976 the Regents designated 58acres on the steep slopes of Mount Sutro as an openspace reserve, and designated the boundaries of thecampus so as to limit the further acquisition or leasingof property by UCSF. Certain houses at the westernborder of the campus, on Third and Fifth avenues inparticular, were to be returned to residential use fromoffice uses. Most importantly, the Regents limited theamount of built space at the Parnassus Heights site to3.55 million gross square feet.INSET: Saunders Court was named for John Bertrand deCusanceMorant Saunders (1903-1991). Saunders came to UC in 1931as an anatomy professor and was chair of the department1938-1956. Among his many other positions during his 60 yearswith UCSF, he was chair of the Department of History of HealthSciences 1942-1975, dean of the UCSF School of Medicine1956-1963, University librarian 1943-1971, first UCSF provost1958-1964, and the first chancellor of UCSF 1964-1966.Laboratory of Radiobiology was built in 1951 with funds providedby the Atomic Energy Commission. The building was originally usedto conduct research on clinical uses of high energy radiation.1975Saunders Court was named for John BertranddeCusance Morant Saunders (1903-1991). Saunderscame to UC in 1931 as an anatomy professor and waschair of the department 1938-56. Among his manyother positions during his 60 years with UCSF, he waschair of the Department of History of Health Sciences1942-75, dean of the UCSF School of Medicine 1956-63,University librarian 1943-71, first UCSF provost 1958-64,and the first chancellor of UCSF 1964-66.medical alumni magazine | 12

1980-2008Destruction in 1967 of the old Medical School Building,whose cornerstone was laid in 1897.Charles Wycoff, MD ’43, remembers,“It was so darn cold in the medicalbuilding that when we were going tohave a test, I’d go into the john outsidethe lecture hall and run warm waterover my hands. I wanted to have nicewarm hands so I could write quickly.”Parnassus 100 Years LaterThe hospitals cared for an average of 20,000 inpatients annually,while the clinics at the Ambulatory Care Center received anaverage of 190,000 patient visits each year, plus 25,000emergency room visits.The schools of dentistry, nursing and pharmacy had occupiedthe Medical Sciences Building since its completion in themid-1950s. The School of Pharmacy’s classes and labs remainthere, as well as at the Clinics Building and UC Hospital buildingto this day. Nursing moved into its own building in 1972. And in1980, the School of Dentistry moved from the Medical Sciencesand Clinics buildings into its new building on the western edgeof campus.Also in 1980 Moffitt Hospital was modernized. In 1983, the15-story Joseph M. Long Hospital was added. The 103 bedsand inpatient services of UC Hospital were relocated to the newhospital. It also featured pavilions for surgery, emergency serviceand radiation oncology. It had new physical therapy, inhalationtherapy and pharmacy units, plus a whole array of new diagnosticfacilities, including a newly invented nuclear magneticresonance imaging, now known as magnetic resonance imaging.In 1977 the UC president agreed to plans for the constructionof a new UCSF library. With help from a $400 million generalobligation bond, construction began in 1987 for the new facilityto house the 600,000 volume collection as well as readingrooms, study rooms and facilities for instructional technology.The building opened in 1990. In 1999 it was named after Pauland Lydia Kalmanovitz, whose foundation generously helpedfund construction.The Residence Hall at 610 Parnassus, across from UCHospital, was demolished in 1980. The Koret Vision ResearchLaboratory was completed in 1986 and named for Joseph Koret,a philanthropist who suffered from serious vision disability.School of Dentistry, 1980.Long Hospital is seen behind thecross-shaped Moffitt Hospital.School of Nursing building, completed in 1972, is locatedjust off Saunders Court where the original building thathoused the School of Medicine once stood.UCSF aerial view, 1975. Health Sciences East andWest are the two towers behind Medical SciencesBuilding II. The Ambulatory Care Center is thecube-shaped building east of Millberry Union.1987Construction begins on the site for thenew UCSF Library, across ParnassusAvenue from the Clinics Building, 1987.Kalmanovitz Library, circa 2006.medical alumni magazine | 13

Parnassus today...and tomorrowFrom left: Remains of the old Medical School Building, completed in 1898, in Saunders Court, 2008; renderings of the Institute for RegenerationMedicine building – the five-level building will step up the slope of Mt. Sutro with green roof terraces on each level echoing the nature preservebehind; the Kirkham Street Childcare Center, located on the corner of Kirkham Street and 5th Avenue, expected to be complete in 2009.A New Century at ParnassusDue mainly to the Regents 1976 pledge to limit growth at Parnassus, campus buildings haveremained almost unchanged since Kalmanovitz Library opened in 1990. Instead, UCSFexpanded to other parts of San Francisco. There are presently upwards of 13 sites around thecity for UCSF faculty and staff.Plans are in place to tear down UC Hospital and the Laboratory of Radiobiology in 2012.Sometime thereafter, Medical Research Building IV (built in 1944) will be demolished, as well.The Institute for Regeneration Medicine plans to erect a state-of-the-art facility to bringtogether laboratory and clinical investigators in an intensely collaborative environmentspecially designated for stem cell research. The building, expected to be complete in 2010,received a glowing review from the independent design firm hired by the California Institutefor Regenerative Medicine to evaluate all facilities’ grant applications. The firm wrote, “On animpossible site, the architect has created a breathtaking building that exudes collaborationand interaction … the perfect example of how a building design can enhance interaction.”This article was writtenmostly with resourcesprovided by theUCSF Library and theHistory of UCSF website:history.library.ucsf.edu.Historical photos providedby the UCSF Library.Special thanks to BrianDolan, Josue Hurtado,Lisa Mix and NancyRockafellar.2008It’s About Time…There is a 110-year-oldalumna living on UCSF’smain campus. If you’veever strolled that windy stretchof road between Hillway and3rd, you might have walkedright past her without evennoticing she’s there.The original Medical SchoolBuilding, completed in 1898,was one of the first buildingson the Parnassus campus.The building’s majestic façadewas graced with a stately clocktower that held a timepiecebuilt by Seth Thomas ClockCompany, the oldest clockmakerin the United States.Dubbed the Founders Clock at itsunveiling in ’82, the new tower wasdesigned to display the clock’santique inner workings.Seth Thomas also built thetower clock in New York’sGrand Central Station.For almost 70 years thatclock stood on ParnassusAvenue, a faithful reminderto students of just how latethey were running to class.But in 1967 the old buildinghad to be razed, threateningthe clock’s fate.Thanks to the efforts of ahost of concerned UC friendsand family, the clock wassaved from destruction andtemporarily placed in storageuntil her future could bedecided upon.She was restored andunveiled in February of 1982at the inaugural Founders Daycelebration, standing not farfrom her original location,encased in a glass tower thatextends the full height of theMillberry Union building.Among those present at thededication were representativesof the Class of 1911,contributors to the effort tosave the clock and at thattime, the oldest living alumniof the school.Thanks to these people andothers like them, this pieceof history still stands today,looking out over Parnassus,just like she did back in 1898.In a sense, UCSF’s otheroldest living graduate.–Jody Duncan14 | fall 2008

Well-Being ProgramWhen the Student Doctor’s Not WellBy Tina VuKarin Tamerius, MD ’08, wasn’tangry. Given her classmate’sresponse to her decision to gointo psychiatry, she had every right tobe. “I could never work with thosepeople,” the classmate said. Thosepeople. Rather than anger, Tameriusfelt compassion; mental illness canbe foreign and frightening. Besides,there was no way her classmate couldhave known Tamerius suffers frombipolar disorder.Diagnosed at 24, Tameriusrecognized her initial symptoms asdepression. Beyond that, she was lost.“I didn’t know anything about mentalillness and had never been taughtanything on the subject,” she says.“I knew something was wrong. I justthought of it as a character flaw.”When Tamerius learned what she’dbeen struggling with for a long timecould be treated, she felt relief.For students at UCSF like Tamerius,help exists through the Medical StudentWell-Being Program. The programbegan approximately 15 years agowhen a number of suicides led theschool to realize there were studentswith problems who were not seekinghelp. Designed to address issues thatarise during medical school, theMedical Student Well-Being Programprovides completely confidential clinicalservices – including from academicaffairs – and prevention initiatives.Clinical services provided by wellbeingstaff treat a broad range ofcases, including eating disorders andsubstance abuse. The majority ofcases, however, relate to anxiety,general stressors – including careerdecision-making, relationship issuesand family stress – and depression.In 2005, the New England Journal ofMedicine reported that one quarter offirst- and second-year medical studentsat UCSF suffered from depression.Program Director RachelGoldstone, MD, saysacademic stress can bedifficult for students.“These are people used tobeing at the top of theirclass, and then everybodyhere is at the top of theirclass. There’s the fear thatyou can’t make a mistakebecause you’re going to killsomeone if you do. It heightens thisperfectionism and the anxiety aboutit,” she says.“From day one, the school talkedabout the well-being program and howto use their services,” Tamerius says.“I never felt like I was out there on myown.” While a student, Tamerius –whose bipolar disorder is under controlthanks to a psychiatrist recommendedby Student Health Services – helpedstart the Mental Health AdvocacyGroup (MHAG). The goal of MHAG isto fight stigma.“Medical students are just likeeverybody else: They get the samemessages as the world at large,”Tamerius says. “It doesn’t surprise methat when people arrive at medicalschool, they don’t have much exposureto alternative images of mental illness.”To change perceptions, MHAGjoins annually with the Medical StudentWell-Being Program to host MentalHealth Awareness Week. As part ofthe activities, a panel of faculty andstudents discuss their experienceswith mental illness. “That is thestrongest part of the week,” Tameriussays. “People are always amazed tofind out their fellow classmates, whomthey’ve always respected, havestruggled with these issues. Theywould never have known.”Goldstone, who ranthe Medical StudentWell-Being Program for10 years, is now startinga similar program forresidents and fellows.In her work with students,she has seen utilizationincrease with cultural shifts.“There’s a very macho culturein medicine around not tolerating ourlimits as physicians, not taking careof ourselves, treating everybody elsefirst,” she says. “But there’s definitelymore acceptance of the whole ideaof well-being and self-care.” A billpending in the California legislaturewould mandate wellness programsin medical school.Despite this shift, Goldstone admitsstigma remains strong. She believes it’sworse in the medical field than in thegeneral population and that studentsfeel a great deal of shame in gettingtreatment. “This is a professionalschool. Students need to have aprofessional façade as they becomephysicians. But this feeling of needingto protect their image may get in theway of their seeking help,” she says.Goldstone adds that physicians oftendeny their vulnerability, which maylead to delay of treatment by years.Tamerius can relate. “It’s thisfeeling that I should really know theanswer or that I should be taking careof this myself,” she says. “Lettingsomeone else take care of your healthis very difficult.”The Medical Student Well-Being Program Promotes a Healthier Learning Environmentn Curriculum: Increased educational hours are devoted to well-being. Topics such as depression and substance abuse arepaired with talks by physicians affected by the same issues in order to help students recognize these issues in themselves.Linked sessions further personalize classroom education with real-life application of topics such as cognitive behavioraltherapy. Intersession curriculum allows students to meet in-between rotations to reflect on experiences, discuss mistakes andlearn how to deal with feedback.n Partners in Medicine: Events offer opportunities to address the stress of medical education on students’ relationships.n On Doctoring Groups: Students discuss issues that arise in the process of becoming a physician.n D-Stress Rounds: Third-year students debrief each other on their experiences in clerkships.n Mental Health Awareness Week: A week of activities works to expose mental health issues and reduce stigma.medical alumni magazine | 15

ClassNotesRead more class notes online — There are hundreds more class notes online at www.ucsfalumni.org.You can add your own class note and digital photo to keep your classmates updated. If this is your first visit tothe site, you will need your community ID number as a temporary password. Your ID is printed next to yourname on the address portion of this magazine.19 4 0 sNational Seashore with his horse, DrakesStardust.n James A. Merrill, MD ’48, retiredfrom a distinguished career in ob-gyn in1993. His only medical activity is weeklyGrand Rounds at UCSF. He pursues hishobby of styling bonsai and gardeningand does not miss a performance by theSan Francisco Ballet.n Peter Packard, MD ’48, enjoyshis family life with his wife, Mary Jane,seven children, nine grandchildren andn George D. Guido Jr., MD ’48, one great-granddaughter.was in private practice in San Mateo inthoracic, vascular and general surgeryin 1956 and continued practicing there 19 5 0 sfor 40 years before he retired in 1996.n Delbert A. Fisher, MD ’53, retiredHe writes, “The past 12 years have beenfrom Quest Diagnostics in January 2007,wonderful for my wife of 62 years,where his areasBarbara, and me to see our children –of interest haveGeorgia, Diana and David – and [watchbeen clinicalour] five grandchildren grow up. We havepediatricenjoyed swimming, skiing, motorcyclingendocrinologyand travel worldwide.”and perinataln Alan J. Margolis, MD ’48, reads research,journals and keeps up his CME credits with emphasisand license to practice. He served on on endocrinethe boards of a non-profit family medical systems ontogenesis and thyroidpractice in West Marin and Audubon development and metabolism. He andCanyon Ranch. With a truck and trailer, his wife, Beverly, celebrated their 57thhe enjoys the many trails in Point Reyes wedding anniversary in January.16 | fall 2008n Elmer R.Grossman, MD’53, is a retiredpediatrician whoenjoys homewinemaking(27vintages), writing forSaveur (a food andtravel magazine),gardening and hissix grandchildren.n Stuart W. Hollingsworth, MD ’53,spends his retirement enjoying his sixgrandchildren, tennis, travel, reading,following investments and serving oncommunity boards.n William A. Dworsky, MD ’58, isa clinical professor emeritus of ob-gynat Stanford School of Medicine. He andhis wife, Dorothy, have two children andfive grandchildren. He has an acre ofCabernet Sauvignon and does much ofthe work himself along with growingtomatoes, lettuce, carrots and spices.In addition to the San Francisco Operaand Symphony, they regularly attendGiants baseball, 49ers football,Stanford football and basketball, andtheir granddaughter’s soccer games.1960sn George A. Gregory, MD ’63, is thedirector of anesthesia for Interplast, aninternational organization that providesfree, life-changing surgery for childrenand adults with clefts, disabling burnsand hand injuries. Interplast empowersand trains local doctors in developingcountries and creates free access tosurgical care where none previouslyexisted. He has organized three anesthesiameetings for the anesthesiologists workingwith Interplast in Ecuador, Peru andVietnam and will return to Ecuador nextMay. Additionally, he works a few days aweek at UCSF in the Departments ofAnesthesia and Pediatrics.

n Roger K. Howe, MD ’67, publishedhis second book: Healing Healthcare –How to Fix our BrokenHealthcare System.Following twin threads ofbackground – systems theoryand the truism that until weknow what we want thehealth care system to do forus, we cannot know how tofix it – the book postulatesseveral goals for the healthcare system and followsthrough how they might be implemented.The book is available through amazon.com or howehealth.com. Roger continuesas chief medical officer for an HMO inLittle Rock, Ark.n Glenn D. Braunstein, MD ’68, isthe chair of theDepartmentof Medicine atCedars-SinaiMedical Centerin Los Angeles.He has two sons,two daughtersin-lawand sixgrandchildren,one of whom is afrequent playmateof Joanne and Elliot Mercer’s, MD ’68,twin grandsons.n Pamela S. Jensen, MD ’68, retiredin 2002 after a long career (and commute)with the Department of Diagnostic Radiologyat Yale University School of Medicineand four years with her local VA Hospitalin Maine followed by private practice. Shewrites, “As the practice of medicine hadmany rewards, we [she and her husband,Steve] find retirement also keeps us verybusy doing many things we enjoy!”1970sn Stephen M. Russell, MD ’70,pursued pathology and operatednational-based testing services through2000. He currently offers consultingservices in laboratory managementacross the country.n Susan Bennett, MD ’73, is anacademic primary care physician inInternal Medicine Associates at theMassachusetts General Hospital andlives in Brookline,Mass., with herhusband, Jerry Pier.Her daughter Danielleis a third-year medicalstudent, planning to bea pediatric neurologist,and her daughterElizabeth graduatedfrom college last spring and joined Teachfor America in Los Angeles.n Enid LynnRayner, MD ’73, isan internist at StraubClinic in Honolulu.Her husband, JohnMickey, MD, is alsoan internist at Straub.She writes, “I cherishmy experience atUCSF and the strongfooting it gave me.”n Toni L. Martin, MD ’77, publishedWhen the Personal was Political:Five Women Doctors Look Back, thefirst social history of the post-feministgeneration of women doctors. It is toldthrough the story of five women whomet in the freshman class of UCSFmedical school in 1973, formed a studygroup for mutual support, and maintainedtheir friendships for 30 years, weatheringmotherhood and managed care. Thebook is available at amazon.com andiuniverse.com.n Donna E. Foliart, MD ’78, is themedical director of Hospice of the EastBay, a non-profit hospice in Contra CostaCounty. She and husband, Kent Olson,have three kids, Brad, Marlene and Greg.She completed her first marathon withTeam in Training (fundraising for Leukemia& Lymphoma Society) last October.n Priscilla S.A. Sarinas, MD ’78,relocated to the PaloAlto MedicalFoundation at theCamino Medical Groupin Sleep Medicine/Pulmonary Medicineafter 25 years at the VAPalo Alto Health CareSystem and StanfordUniversity’s Division ofPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.She served as chair of the AmericanAcademy of Sleep Medicine InternationalConference clinical workshop on sleepand rheumatological diseases in Baltimorein June. She writes, “Kim and I will becelebrating our 32nd wedding anniversaryand daughter Rose will be a junior in highschool this fall.”n Paul R. Satwicz, MD ’78, divides histime between the OR and as director ofPain Management Services at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts. He ispart of the International Medical SurgicalResponse Team – East, and in recentyears, has been part of various surgicalmission teams to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia,Philippines, China and Guatemala. He andhis wife, Nancy, have three children, Jeff,Laura and Nick.1980sn Richard Kitsis, MD ’80, professor ofmedicine and of cell biology and directorof the Cardiovascular Research Center atthe Albert Einstein College of Medicine ofYeshiva University, hasbeen named chair ofthe American HeartAssociation Council onBasic CardiovascularSciences. As chair, heoversees the council’sactivities, which focuson promoting researchand education to helpimprove understanding of the mechanismsof basic cardiovascular regulation and tosupport the development of new therapiesand insights into clinical cardiovasculardisease.medical alumni magazine | 17

In MemoriamRalph D. Cressman, MD ’34Frederick F. Ragsdale, MD ’38Daniel W. Boudett, MD ’39Ralph L. Byron Jr., MD ’40Paul S. Rubin, MD ’41Alla Handley, MD ’43Felix O. Kolb, MD ’43Allen H. Johnson, MD ’46Wilton E. Vannier, MD ’48Murray E. Jarvik, MD ’51M. Donald Merrill, MD ’53Johnson T. Prescott, MD ’53Ruth A. McCormick, MD ’54R.D. Buchanan, MD ’57Robert H. Reid, MD ’58Thomas G. Moyers, MD ’60Lodema V. Stephens, MD ’72Mark R. Proctor, MD ’75Manuel A. Fernandez, MD ’77Jonathan C. Pevsner, MD ’87Bryan J. Duke, MD ’93faculty, housestaffJerome J. BotkinErik S. CarlssonEdward C. DefoeSanford E. FeldmanMatthew K. Gale Jr.Bruce H. HasegawaSamuel C. HughesJay V. LeopoldDelmont C. MorrisonWilliam R. MurrayJohn J. NiebauerMichael A. PetruJonathan E. RodnickSeymour ZogerClass Notes 1980s | continuedn Roberto A.Cueva, MD ’83, ison the clinical facultyof UC San Diego andco-directs one of 15Accreditation Councilfor Graduate MedicalEducation accreditedfellowship programsin neurotology/skullbase surgery. He hasauthored or co-authored more than 30peer-reviewed papers and seven books/book chapters and presented at nearly50 meetings both nationally and internationally.He and Kathy, his wife of 23years, have one daughter.n George Albert Guerra, MD ’83,works with Kaiser-Permanente inWoodland Hills, Calif., specializing inallergy and immunology, and holds anassistant clinical professor position atUCLA, teaching students, residents andfellows. Hewrites, “I remainmarried to thesame beautifulwoman sincethe beginningof my senioryear at UCSF.We started latewith a family,so we now carefor a wonderful9-year-old boywho is a joyin our lives.I keep myself entertained with computergaming, a passion of mine. I collect finewine for both investment and enjoymentwith friends. I have a vast literature andapparatus collection on magic. This alsoextends to a longtime membership inboth the Society of American Magiciansand the International Brotherhood ofMagicians.”n Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann, MD,an alumnus of the UCSF EndocrinologyFellowship Program, received the2008 Minorities in Cancer ResearchJane Cooke Wright Lectureship fromthe American Association for CancerResearch. He was a Molecular EndocrinologyPostdoctoral Fellow at UCSFfrom 1980-1983 and an instructor from1983-1985. He is now a professorin the Departments of Medicine andBiochemistry & Molecular Genetics atthe University of Colorado DenverSchool of Medicine.n Sue J. Knight, MD ’83, is a partnerat San Ramon Valley Primary Care whereshe continues to enjoy practicing generalinternal medicine with a special interestin eating disorders. She and Andy, herhusband of 24 years, have two daughters,Melissa (22) and Molly (19).n Steven Philip Seizer, MD ’83, is apartner of a private primary care group inSanta Monicawherehe workswith MikeNagata, MD’82. Seizerand his wife,Claudia, havethree youngsons andhe writes,“I keep mysanity withlong Saturdaymorning runs,often in the Santa Monica mountains, andwith beach volleyball. Oh, and wine.”n David Harold Persing, MD ’84,writes, “We moved back to the Bay Arearecently after 20 years of beingeverywhere else – residency at Yale,clinical pathology practice at MayoRochester, then chief scientific officer at abiotech in Seattle that was later sold toGlaxoSmithKline. Eight beautiful kids, trulycountercultural. And I’ve proven that theyare all mine by high-res genotyping!”n Eleanor K. Becker-Melles, MD ’88,is an ophthalmologistwithKaiser Permanentein South SanFrancisco andthe department’squality peerrepresentative.She also workswith the CMEcommittee. She ismarried to RonMelles and they have two boys, Alexander(12) and Daniel (10), who are active inbaseball and soccer.18 | fall 2008

1990sn Eric Stanton Bain, MD ’93,completed a radiology residency at UCSDand then moved to Stanford for a fellowshipin bodyimaging. Hehas beenpracticingsince 2000 atAlta Bates inBerkeley. Ericmet his wife, Kathy (also a radiologist),at Stanford and they live in Orinda, thetown he grew up in. In June 2008, theywelcomed their first child, a baby daughternamed Erin.n Lee Anna Schwartz Botkin,MD ’93, works half-time at Santa ClaraValley Medical Center in primary carepediatrics and is starting a medical legalpartnership clinic in her office. Herhusband, Dave, works for CBS, doinginteractive media analysis. They have threechildren, Julia (9), Rachel (6) and Owen (3).n Cindy A. Grijalva, MD ’93, is inprivate practice as an ob-gyn at CaliforniaPacific Medical Center. She and herpartner are the proud parents of two boys,ages 3 and 6, who keep them busy!n Roberta L. Keller, MD ’93, is on theneonatology faculty in the Department ofPediatrics at UCSF where she works inpatient-oriented research, with interestsin newborn respiratory failure and lunghypoplasia and dysplasia in term andpreterm newborns. Her clinicalresponsibilities include attending in theintensive care nursery and directing theNeonatal Extracorporeal MembraneOxygenation program. She writes, “Imarried my husband, Bruce, in 2000. Heis a health care investor in San Francisco.Our son, William Eli, was born in January2007, and we are enjoying him immensely.Hopefully, the feeling is mutual! Oursampling of Bay Area restaurants hasslowed considerably, but our expertise inplaygrounds is growing.”n Timothy P. Ong, MD ’93, is on staffat Santa Clara Valley Medical Center inSan Jose working full-time in internalmedicine primary care and also doesinpatient attending as well. He lives inSan Mateo with his wife, Angela, and twosons, Tyler (9) and Cameron (5).n Kathryn Pearson Peyton, MD ’93,is a radiologist specializing in women’simaging in a private practice inJacksonville, Fla. She writes, “I have twowonderful boys, Kent (1) and Connor (2½),with my husband, John Peyton, the mayorof Jacksonville. We live a crazy busy, butfun life out on this other coast. Aside fromthe kids, job, social obligations as amayor’s wife, involvement with severalboards, exercise and occasional violintrios (sounds better with wine), I love tosleep! Email: kpeyton@comcast.net.”n Catherine Sarkisian, MD ’93, is ageriatrician and health services researcherat UCLA focusing on prevention ofdisability among underserved older adults.She and herhusband, MitchellWong, MD ’94,have a 9-year-olddaughter and6-year-old son.Mitchell is on theresearch faculty atUCLA in generalinternal medicine.She writes,“We love livingin Los Angeles. Our Saturdays are spentgoing to our kids’ sporting events. Westarted a non-profit organization calledAct4Education to try to improve our localpublic middle and high school.”n Aviva Jacoby Zigman, MD ’93,works as an emergency medicinephysician in Portland, Ore., at PortlandAdventist Hospital. She is married toAndrew Zigman, a pediatric surgeon, andhas two children, Jonah (8) and Annie (6).She still enjoys traveling the world, butloves to come home to Portland wherethey are active participants in theircommunity.n Donna Hoghooghi, MD ’98, worksat Marin General Hospital and is clinicalfaculty at UCSF and SFGH. She ispresident of the UCSF Margulis Societyand lives in San Francisco with herhusband, Ted Bartlett, and daughters,Millie (18 mo.) and Jasmine (3½).n Knef Lizaso, MD ’98, is in privatepractice in LosAngeles. Heand his wife,Elizabeth,had a baby girl,Isabella, onMay 28, 2008,weighing 8 lbs. 5 oz.n Rebecca Sudore, MD ’99, joined theUCSF faculty in geriatrics in 2005. Herclinical work involves geriatrics, hospiceand palliative care medicine. Her researchfocuses on health literacy, communication,health disparities and end-of-life decisionmaking.She writes, “Life outside of workhas been great, too. My partner, Johnny,works for Apple in the iTunes Department.It has been fun to vicariously engage in allthe Apple excitement over the past fewmedical alumni magazine | 19

Class Notes 1990s | continuedyears. It has also been nice to haveaccess to new and cool technologies ANDsomeone who actually knows how touse them – I am such a technophobe!I still live in San Francisco and very muchenjoy the food and music scene here.Would enjoy hearing from any of youat rsucsf@yahoo.com.”2000sn Jennifer L. Lee, MD ’04, and AnuSinha, MD ’04, were married in June2007. Both are at UC Davis, where Anu isfinishing up his last year of Anesthesiologyand Jennifer is in her first year of fellowshipin Rheumatology.n Akilesh Palanisamy, MD ’03, isa clinical instructor in the Departmentof Family andCommunityMedicine atUCSF and workspart-time in theurgent care clinicat SFGH. He alsoworks at On CallMedical Group,where he practicesurgent care, integrative medicine, anddoes housecalls (like an old-fashionedcountry doctor). His integrative medicinepractice incorporates Ayurvedic medicine,the indigenous healing system of India,and Western herbs and dietary supplements.He writes, “The housecalls enableme to better understand patients in theirhome environments, provide meaningfuland convenient service, and play withmy patients’ pets! Overall I’m having a lotof fun.” In addition, Akilesh got marriedlast year and has taken up salsa dancing.He is working on his copa turns.n Kevin C. Yee, MD ’03, married AnnKim in 2004. After finishing an internalmedicine residency at Brigham andWomen’s Hospital in Boston, he returnedto Californiaand was anassistantprofessor ata countyhospitalaffiliated withLoma LindaMedical School. He transitioned back toSan Francisco and is currently working atMcKinsey Consulting.StayConnectedGive us new information at www.ucsfalumni.org, or fill out this coupon, and fax it to 415/476-4724 or mail it toAlumni Services, UCSF Box 0248, San Francisco, CA 94143-0248. Or email your news and high-resolution photo toalumni@support.ucsf.edu.Today’s date:________________________h Contact me about volunteer opportunites with fellow alumni.NAMEDEGREE/yearaddress city state zipTELEPHONEEMAILEMPLOYERTITLEWhat’s new? Your classmates want to know what’s new in your life. New job? New kid?20 | fall 2008

Broad-billed HummingbirdMadera Canyon, ArizonaBirds at duskBosque Des Apaches,New MexicoHooded OrioleRio Grande Valley, Roma, TexasGreen HoneycreeperAsa Wright Plantation, TrinidadClass of ’58Thomas C. Merigan, MD ’58,has taken up a new hobby,bird photography.His photos can be viewed atwww.pbase.com/merigan/profile and www.flickr.com/photos/merigan. He isenjoying semi-retirement withhis wife, Joan M. Merigan,MD ’58, who is concentratingon her piano in retirement.

Husband and Father.Otologist-Skull Base Surgeon.Donor.Life Member.Roberto A. Cueva, MD ’83I became a Life Member because I wantedthe permanence of membership in theMAA supporting the services it provides forstudents and my fellow alumni. Additionally,I continue to make my annual donations toUCSF to support student scholarships. Myprofessional achievements have their rootsin the superb education I received at theUCSF School of Medicine. I want others tohave the same opportunity for success.ConnectforLifeTo become a life member, visitwww.ucsfalumni.orgUCSF School of MedicineMedical Alumni Association220 Montgomery St., 5th FloorSan Francisco, CA 94104-4709ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTEDNon-profit OrganizationU.S. PostagePAIDSacramento, CAPermit No. 333