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Harry T. LesterPresidentcreditsCover StoryMedicine &the Military18Gerald J. Pepe, Ph.D.DeanClaudia Keenan HoughVice President for External AffairsEDITORSVincent RhodesEditor-in-Chief,Director of Marketing& Communicationsschool of healthprofessions14Doug GardnerNews DirectorDaniel ShumanSenior Writer,Photo EditorEDITORIAL BOARDRyan MartinDirector of DevelopmentMelissa LangDirector of Alumni RelationsTheresa HamlinDirector of Marketing,EVMS Health ServicesDenise Cohan, John Comerford,Joy Ellinor, Kim LewandowskiOffice of Marketing & CommunicationsCONTRIBUTORSBruce Ebert, Madeline B. Hill,Barbara TaychertEVMS Magazine, the flagship publication forEastern Virginia Medical School, is publishedquarterly. Copies are available on campus,in Hampton Roads doctors’ offices andby mail. To request a copy of this issue,suggest a feature story or share EVMSnews for consideration, please contactDoug Gardner, News Director, at(757) 446-7070 or gardneda@evms.edu.P.O. Box 1980Norfolk, VA 23501-19804303335departmentsNewsAbuhamad named one of the top docs for women Vorona first leader of state associationTerzis garners achievement award Remembering EVMS pioneer William Andrews, MD EVMSfaculty and alumni named among top 40 young business people Romero named medicaldirector at Chespeake Regional Counselman elected to American Board ofEmergency Medicine leadership Britt Scholarship draws strong supportAlumniPhilanthropyAround CampusThree new members join Board of Visitors Annual Report releasedEight new members join Board of Trustees Medical campus nowtobacco-free Judith Robinson now associate dean and director ofeducation technology Five tips for better sleep in 2009Castillo named to Scribner professorship Recent graduates give back toEVMS Burroughs remembered for dedication to EVMSUpcoming9Health Professions grads establish alumni association ’06 alum gains literary acclaimFirst Health Professions alumni meeting is April 18 Medical alumni gatheringin Northern Virginia is April 23 Cavish Golf Tournament is April 272 WINTER 2009 WWW.EVMS.EDU

from the presidentthe researchdean2412Welcome back to EVMSMagazine. We’ve received many complimentson our new publication — and our new look.Our goal is to make each edition even betterthan the one before. In this second issue, we’veadded a new section called “To Your Health”which provides valuable information and tips from our EVMS HealthServices doctors and EVMS researchers aimed at keeping you healthy. Be sure tofind out how you can get better sleep in 2009 (page 13).Here at Eastern Virginia Medical School, we can all rest easier thanks to theleadership of Dean Gerald J. Pepe. I am pleased that this issue features our dean(page 24) and describes his vision for enhancing research here at EVMS. It’s trulya pleasure to work with him to build a stronger, more innovative organization.Thankfully, many people believe in EVMS and the important work we do everyday. We recently added three new members to our Board of Visitors (page 9) andeight new members to the Board of Trustees for the EVMS Foundation (page 10).We look forward to their leadership and thank them for their service.EVMS’ strength is its people — employees, faculty, students, alumni, donorsand community supporters. Their stories fill the pages of EVMS Magazine. Theiractions enhance our reputation and I thank all of them for their service tothe community.I also thank you for reading about — and supporting — Eastern Virginia MedicalSchool. Community need gave birth to EVMS 35 years ago. Your continuedinterest and advocacy allows us to grow stronger and to make an even morepositive impact on the Hampton Roads community.Harry T. LesterTeaching. Discovering. Caring. PresidentWWW.EVMS.EDU WINTER 2009 3

Top DOCTORIfis a “remarkable man”you’re looking for one of thenation’s top PHYSICIANS FORWOMEN, look no further thanEastern Virginia Medical School.Women’s Health magazine singledout EVMS Health Servicesphysician Alfred Z. Abuhamad,MD, for a top spot on the magazine’s annuallisting of outstanding doctors for women.Abuhamad was one of four obstetrician/gynecologists practicing in the southernUnited States cited by the magazine.Abuhamad is the chairman of obstetrics andgynecology and the Mason C. AndrewsProfessor. He also is director of maternal-fetalmedicine at EVMS and serves as the school’sassociate dean for clinical affairs.“This acknowledgement is a testament toDr. Abuhamad’s hard work, dedication andcommitment to excellence,” says EVMSDean Gerald Pepe, PhD. “EVMS and theHampton Roads community are fortunateto have him here.”Women’s Health, one of the fastest growingmagazines in the country, compiled its listingsof outstanding physicians basedon input from doctors andmedical leadership athospitals across thecountry.Abuhamad has earned his colleagues’ respectand admiration for his capabilities as acompassionate clinician, a highly productiveresearcher and a generous mentor. In 2008, afaculty panel selected Abuhamad to receive theschool’s highest honor for faculty — the Dean’sOutstanding Faculty Award.“In academic medicine, it is difficult to findan individual who excels in all three areas ofteaching, research and patient care,” saysone colleague who nominated Abuhamad forthe award. “However, Dr. Abuhamad hasaccomplished this with amazing commitmentand vigor.”Abuhamad oversees one of the school’slargest and busiest departments. In additionto general obstetrics and gynecology, theDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecologyincludes the Jones Institute for ReproductiveMedicine, the CONRAD research anddevelopment program and the region’s onlycollection of specialists in high-risk obstetrics.He has delivered more than 450presentations to national and internationalsocieties, published 60 peer-reviewed researcharticles and authored or co-authored 21 bookchapters and two entire texts. He is areviewer for more than a dozen scholarlyjournals and holds leadership roles in severalmedical societies.And, fortunately for women, children andfamilies everywhere, Abuhamad continuesto push the frontier of medicine.He recently patented groundbreakingultrasound software that simplifies thedifficult task of locating congenital heartdefects prior to birth. Heart defects are themost common birth defect and the leadingcause of death during the first year of life. Whendoctors have adequate lead time, they canarrange for a mother to give birth in a hospitalwhere surgeons can repair the newborn child’spotentially deadly heart problem.It’s no wonder that more than one physicianfamiliar with Abuhamad’s accomplishmentsregard him as a “remarkable man.”Abuhamad received his medical degree at theAmerican University of Beirut. He continuedhis postgraduate training at the University ofMiami, where he completed residency trainingin obstetrics and gynecology and a fellowship inmaternal-fetal medicine. He also pursued asecond fellowship in ultrasound and prenataldiagnosis at Yale Medical School. Abuhamadjoined the faculty at EVMS in September 1992.He is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecologyas well as maternal-fetal medicine.NEWS

Specialist helps establishvirginia academy ofSLEEP MEDICINEEVMS Health Services sleep specialistRobert D. Vorona, MD, has been electedfounding president of the Virginia Academyof Sleep Medicine.Joining Vorona on the founding Board ofDirectors are J. Catesby Ware, PhD, directorof the EVMS Division of Sleep Medicine,and Debbie Akers, a registered polysomnographictechnologist in the Sleep DisordersCenter located at Sentara Norfolk GeneralHospital and operated jointly by EVMS andthe hospital.Vorona and Richmond sleep specialistRichard Parisi, MD, first discussed the needfor a state academy and later enlisted othersto help get it started. The board includes representativesfrom all corners of the state, andthe organization is now recruiting members.“We have a national organization, theAmerican Academy of Sleep Medicine,”says Vorona, praising that group for itsassistance in establishing the state academy.“They are a good proponent overall, butthere are issues that are best dealt withat the state level.”For example, Vorona says states vary inhow they categorize technicians andtechnologists who conduct sleep tests. TheAcademy will ask the state Department ofHealth Professions to formally recognizethese specialists for the professional medicalrole they play in Virginia sleep centers.The organization may advocate for otherissues as well. One area involves highwaysafety. Vorona says studies show that manytruck drivers operate their vehicles withoutproper rest because they have troublesleeping. He would like to screen truckers forRobert D. Vorona, MDsleep disorders — a process that he says cansave money and lives.Another area of particular concern forVorona is sleepy teenagers. With so manyextracurricular activities, teens often stay uplate into the evening to finish homework.“Too many high-schoolers are sleepdeprived,”Vorona says. He contends thatlack of sleep contributes to poor performancein school. He wants to encourage schools tostart classes no earlier than 8:30 a.m. to giveteens an opportunity to get at least nine hourssleep nightly, the generally accepted norm forthat age group.Vorona also wants the Virginia academyto take the leadership role in providingprofessional education and building publicawareness of the importance of sleep.newsTerzis garnerssurgery honorsJulia Terzis, MD, PhD,professor of clinical plasticsurgery and director ofthe EVMS Microsurgeryprogram, recently becamethe first woman to receivethe Clinician of the YearJulia Terzis, MD, PhDAward from the AmericanAssociation of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS).It is the second major award given to Terzisby the AAPS. She previously won the JamesBarrett Brown Prize for scholarly publication.According to the association, the Clinician ofthe Year is chosen annually by the organization’spresident to recognize significant clinicalachievement of one of its members in the fieldof plastic and reconstructive surgery.“It’s for very significant contributions to thepractice of plastic surgery overall,” says Terzis,an EVMS faculty member since 1981. “This isrecognition of the entire body of work for the last30 years.”The self-described “grandmother” of nerverepairresearch says those accomplishmentsinclude expanding the microsurgery lab andinvestigating new therapies for injuries such asfacial paralysis after a stroke and damage to thebrachial plexus, the group of nerves that allowsfeeling and movement in the arm. She alsoconducts extensive research, often with the helpof student volunteers, into growth factors thatmay benefit nerve repair.“This is one of the things that brings satisfactionto me, training young people to restore [nerve]function,” she explains. “The research componentof my life in Hampton Roads is extremelyimportant to me.”Terzis also recently published a book thatdocuments the origin and development of thefield of microsurgery, History of Microsurgery:5 Generations from 1957, detailing the lineage ofthe specialty from its hopeful beginnings throughits growth at an international level — growth inwhich she has continually been directly involved.NEWSWWW.EVMS.EDU WINTER 2009 5

TOP40INSIDE BUSINESS:40 UnderevmsphysicianshonoredTwo EVMS physicianswere named to theInside Business “TOP40 UNDER 40” listfor 2008, and a facultymember was amongthe newspaper’s featured“Women in Business.”Joseph Han, MDJoseph Han, MD,an EVMS Health Services physician andassociate professor of otolaryngology, and DanNeumann, MD, assistant professor of clinicalinternal medicine, made the publication’sannual list of leadingyoung professionals.Neumann is a gastroenterologistwithGastrointestinal andLiver Specialists ofTidewater, PLLCwith deep ties toDan Neumann, MDEVMS. In additionto serving among the school’s communityfaculty, he also is an EVMS graduate andpresident-elect of the EVMS Medical AlumniAssociation. Han directs the EVMS Division ofRhinology and Endoscopic Sinus and SkullBase Surgery within the Department ofOtolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.Stephanie MoodyStephanie MoodyAntonio, MDCochlear Implant Program.Antonio, MD, madethe Inside Business listof successful businesswomen.Moody Antonio,an EVMS HealthServices physician, isan assistant professorof otolaryngology anddirector of the EVMSrememberingWilliamAndrewsWilliam C. Andrews, MD, a Norfolknative who helped establish the school’sdepartment of obstetrics and gynecologyand provided invaluable support to thedepartment and the school even intoretirement, died Dec. 31, 2008.In a message to the campus announcingAndrews’ death, Dean Gerald J. Pepe andPresident Harry T. Lester lauded Andrewsfor his “remarkable lifetime achievements”in his roles as a physician, educator, teacherand leader.“Clearly, Andrews combined a remarkabletalent for clinical practice and researchwith dedication to organized medicine andacademia,” they wrote.He was the youngest son of C. J.Andrews, MD, a prominent physician whobrought the specialty of obstetrics andgynecology to Norfolk. William and hisolder brother, Mason, who also went on tobecome a prominent physician, receivedsome early training in their specialty.As youths, the sons would often answerthe phone at home and it would be oneof their father’s patients — in labor. “Theywould ask, ‘How often are the painscoming?’ recalls Robert Faulconer, MD,a medical school classmate of WilliamAndrews at Johns Hopkins UniversitySchool of Medicine.Andrews trained at New York Hospitaland served a tour in the U.S. Navy before hereturned to Norfolk and joined his brotherto set up the practice now known as theGroup for Women. As active members ofthe medical staff of what was then NorfolkGeneral Hospital, the brothers wereinvolved in training residents.One of their early trainees was WilletteLeHew, MD, who had intended to specializein orthopedic surgery but fell in love withobstetrics and gynecology under the tutelageof the Andrews brothers. After completinghis residency, he joined them in practice.“I was so impressed with how they tookcare of their patients,” recalls LeHew.William Andrews, MDHe was equally impressed with theirtireless efforts to improve patient care. Thebrothers conducted research and publishedpapers while maintaining full patient loads.“It was great to work with them. Almostevery day they came up with anothernew idea,” says LeHew, a former rector ofthe EVMS Board of Visitors whorecently retired from active practice. “It’s anobstetrician’s dream to work with peopleyou get along so well with.”Faulconer, a pathologist who founded thedepartment of pathology at EVMS, oftenevaluated tissue samples for Andrews.“He had a relaxed manner,” saysFaulconer. “He was very kind to his patientsand he took a personal interest in them.”Andrews, who upon his retirement wasnamed an EVMS professor emeritus,devoted himself to educating ob-gynresidents. His students were impressed withhis knowledge of medicine, his teachingability, his research efforts and his manner ofcaring for patients.Prior to becoming a member of theoriginal EVMS faculty, Dr. Andrewsdirected the ob-gyn residency and was chiefof the ob-gyn department at Medical CenterHospitals.In retirement, he lectured throughoutthe country in the field of gynecology andremained active in national medical organizations,including serving as presidentof the America College of Obstetriciansand Gynecologists and the AmericanFertility Society.Andrews also stayed involved atEVMS. As a valued member of the EVMSAdmissions Committee, he helped conductmore than 100 student interviews eachyear, and he personally encouraged manystudents to attend EVMS.6 WINTER 2009 WWW.EVMS.EDU NEWS

Cynthia Romero named CMOof chesapeake regional medical centerCynthiaRomero, MD,(’93) has beenCynthia Romero, MD named chiefmedical officerand vice president of quality and patient safetyat Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.The Virginia Beach native assumed hernew role in fall 2008, and, in addition to heradministrative duties, she will continue to seepatients in her nearby private, family practice.Previously, she served as the vice chair andthen chair of family medicine at ChesapeakeRegional. She also was the first woman to bepresident of the hospital’s medical staff.Those positions, she says, gave her theopportunity to foster communication betweenthe hospital’s leaders and caregivers and learnthe behind-the-scenes intricacies of a medicalcenter.“In the physician leadership role, I was ableto work intimately with the administration aswell as the hospital staff, which gave me apretty good perspective on how the hospitalruns,” Romero says.Her new responsibilities mean that inaddition to acting as a liaison betweenadministrators and physicians, Romerocarefully scrutinizes patient care.“There is definitely a lot more analysis thanwhat I would use as a physician,” she says,“but certainly the perspective I bring as aphysician is valuable.”While at EVMS, Romero served aspresident of her class and received the HolmesGillette Award as the graduate who bestexemplifies the school’s ideals. She latercompleted her medical training at RiversideFamily Practice Program.Romero is currently vice president ofthe Medical Society of Virginia. She is aformer president of the Virginia AcademyCounselman elected tonational boardFrancis Counselman, MD, (’83) sets highstandards for his faculty and residents, but thechair of the Department of EmergencyMedicine and director of the department’sresidency program happily leads by example.Counselman recently reached anotherprofessional milestone when he was electedto the Board of Directors of the AmericanBoard of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). TheABEM serves as the medical specialtycertification board for emergency physicians— a critical function given that most hospitalsrequire emergency physicians to have boardcertification.Over the years, Counselman has built theEVMS residency program into one of themost respected and popular training programsfor emergency physicians in the United States.Along the way, he has earned accolades fromhis colleagues nationwide.One of the people who knows Counselmanbest is Michael Bono, MD. The two graduatedtogether from EVMS and then from thefledgling EVMS emergency medicineresidency program.“It’s unbelievable what he does,” says Bono,the department’s vice chair, speaking of hislongtime colleague. He calls Counselman asuperb clinician and teacher with a greatsense of humor and a kind heart. As a mentor,Counselman advises residents to read daily —to keep up on changes in medicine — and totreat patients as they would a family member.He constantly encourages others to strivefor excellence, and he is quick to offer praiseand celebrate their successes. He workslong hours on behalf of the department,Bono explains, and is modest about hisown accomplishments.“He’s the jewel of this program, no questionabout it,” Bono says. “He’s clearly the boss, buteven when we vote on things, he considershimself just one of the nine [faculty].”Counselman has held various leadershippositions within EVMS, at local hospitals andin several local and national organizations.He is a former president of the Associationof Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine,the Virginia College of Emergency Physiciansand the Norfolk Academy of Medicineand is active in many other organizations,including the American College ofEmergency Physicians (ACEP). He hasreceived many local, state and nationalawards.Col. Linda L.Lawrence, MD,chief of the medicalstaff at TravisAir Force Base inCalifornia, nominatedCounselmanfor theABEM post. She Francis Counselman, MDhas worked withCounselman for several years through theACEP, an organization Lawrence recentlyled as president and now serves as chair ofthe board.“He’s been a true leader in the ACEP andsomebody who is asked frequently to takeon big leadership roles,” she says, citing asan example his current oversight of an ACEPworkforce study. “That project turned outto be much larger than we anticipated, andhe stepped up to the plate with brilliant ideasand has worked tirelessly.”Lawrence describes Counselman as ahighly respect academic leader “who seeksperfection and has a very collegial way ofgetting there.”NEWSWWW. EVMS.EDU WINTER 2009 7

around campusFrom left: Keynote speaker Gary Gottlieb, MD; Britt scholar Kira Howell; L.D. Britt, MD; and Britt Scholars Theresa Cruthird-Rudd and Danea Campbell.L.D. Britt, MD,Scholarship Dinnerdraws strong supportEven with a shaky economy tightening purse strings across thenation, people recognize — and support — a good cause when they seeit. That’s the reason for the success of the L.D. Britt, MD, ScholarshipFund, a program designed to open opportunities for a career inmedicine for outstanding minority students.The 2008 Britt Scholarship dinner, the 13th annual event heldto support the scholarship at EVMS, drew contributions totaling$139,000. More than 370 community and business leaders turnedout in a show of solidarity behind the scholarship’s mission.The business community in particular showed its strongcommitment to the initiative, with SunTrust continuing its leadershipas the scholarship’s premier corporate sponsor through the Partnersin Excellence Program. Other top-level sponsors include Mr. and Mrs.William Baines; L.D. Britt, MD, MPH, and Charlene M. Britt, MD;Dominion Resources; Robert E. Kelly Jr., MD, and Cynthia S. Kelly,MD; Sentara Healthcare; TowneBank; and Universal Sisters-Norfolk.The evening also served as the occasion of the official announcementof this year’s Britt Scholarship recipient, Jessica Ashley Rivers, who joinsthe three other Britt Scholars currently attending EVMS, TheresaCruthird-Rudd, Kira Howell and Danea Campbell.Rivers, a South Carolina native and graduate of Hampton University,credits her experience as a hospital volunteer in Manning, S.C., withsparking her interest in medicine. Her later experience shadowingprimary-care physicians strengthened her dream of broadening healthcare access for the underserved.Keynote speaker Gary L. Gottlieb, MD, MBA, president of Brighamand Women’s Faulkner Hospitals in Boston, lauded the scholarshipprogram as a steptoward addressingminority health issuesand health caredisparities.As a testament tothe program’s growingsuccess, MauriceYoung, MD, wasintroduced as thefirst participant inAs Britt Scholarship founder William Russell,EdD, looks on, 2008 Britt Scholar JessicaRivers addresses the audience.the loan-forgiveness project funded by the Obici Healthcare Foundationthrough the Britt Scholarship. Young will practice medicine inFranklin and see patients from Sentara Obici Hospital’s surroundingarea, which includes Franklin, Suffolk and Isle of Wight County,regardless of their ability to pay. In return, $120,000 of his student loanswill be paid off with funds provided by the Obici Foundation.The recipients of the 2008 L.D. Britt Community Service Awardsalso were recognized at the event, including Mattie L. Stovall, a communityvolunteer and children’s minister; Bishop L.E. Willis, founderof Garden of Prayer Worship Center and Willis Broadcasting Co.; andthe Optima Family Care Community Girls Basketball Program.The Britt Scholarship was established through the efforts of WilliamRussell, EdD, a patient of Britt’s who wanted to find an outlet for othergrateful patients to honor Britt’s commitment to superlative patientcare and community service. For more pictures of the Britt ScholarshipDinner, visit us online at www.evms.edu/magazine.8 WINTER 2009 WWW.EVMS.EDU AROUND CAMPUS

Board ofVisitorswelcomesnew membersDerwin Gray, MDJohn O. Simpson, PhDJames J. Izard II, MBAEastern Virginia Medical School’s governingbody, the Board of Visitors, recently welcomedthree new members who bring a wide range ofexperience and expertise to the board.The city of Chesapeake appointed DerwinGray, MD, to serve as its representative. JohnO. Simpson, PhD, and James J. Izard II areNorfolk’s new appointees.Gray will complete the unexpired term ofJohn W. Brown, who was named to the ChesapeakeCircuit Court bench. Gray is vice presidentof the Virginia Center for Women andimmediate past president of the medical staff atChesapeake Regional Medical Center.He graduated from Tulane University MedicalSchool before completing an internship andresidency training in obstetrics and gynecologyat Howard University Hospital in Washington,D.C. The Milwaukee, Wis., native is a longtimemember of the Chesapeake hospital’s staff andspent two years as chief of the Department ofObstetrics and Gynecology. Gray also serves asmedical director of the Chesapeake ForensicsSexual Assault Nurse Examiner program andis a volunteer on the EVMS community faculty.Simpson brings a wealth of administrativeand education-related expertise to the position.He served more than six years as superintendentof Norfolk Public Schools and currently isthe executive and educational leader of a foundationthat aims to use school-district reform toimprove public education and life options forchildren of color.He holds a doctorate in educational policy,planning and administration from the Universityof Michigan, where he spent four years asan adjunct professor. Simpson, who began hiseducation career as a music teacher in 1970,served as superintendent of schools in AnnArbor, Mich., and North Chicago, Ill., beforecoming to Norfolk. He has served on numerousboards and committees across the countryand has garnered myriad awards throughouthis career.Izard comes to the board with broad businessexpertise. He is vice president and foundingpartner of Palladium RegisteredInvestment Advisors LLC, a regional investmentadvisor with $1.3 billion under its management.Izard previously served as vicepresident of Virginia Investment CounselorsLLC.He holds a master of business administrationdegree from the University of Virginia’s ColgateDarden Graduate School of Business Administrationand has deep ties throughout thecommunity thanks to his service on the boardsof organizations such as the Norfolk CityForum, Chrysler Museum Corporate Committeeand the Norfolk Assembly.“With the diverse and highly successfulbackgrounds these three men bring to theboard, their input will help us take advantage ofall the opportunities we have in front of us andtackle the challenges as they arise,” Board ofVisitors Rector Wayne Wilbanks says.Annual Report recognizesEVMS Progress & DonorsEastern Virginia Medical School is pleasedto have released its Annual Report for thefiscal year ended June 30, 2008.The report includes information aboutthe financial health of the school and itsfundraising efforts, such as the Annual Fund,which again surpassed the goal of $700,000.The report identifies each donor whocontributed to EVMS and its mission over thepast year, while also highlighting a few of theschool’s benefactors.Unfortunately, a donor was omittedfrom the list of contributors included in thereport. Virginia Ferguson, a stalwartsupporter of the school, should have beenlisted among those giving from $50,000-$99,999. Our heartfelt thanks go out toher and all EVMS and Diabetes CenterFoundation donors.A limited number of the reports wereprinted, but the full report is available fordownload at www.evms.edu/report2008.AROUND CAMPUSWWW. EVMS.EDU WINTER 2009 9

evms foundationBOARD OFTRUSTEESR. Bruce Bradley, MBA Paul J. Farrell, BS Andrew S. Fine, JD Paul D. Fraim, JDEight Hampton Roads business and community leaders have joined the Board ofTrustees of the Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation. The foundation raisedthe funds to establish EVMS and has supported the medical school ever since.The new trustees bring new energy tothe foundation, which organized in 1964,nine years before EVMS opened its doors.“This is a dynamic group of communityleaders who are committed to EVMS and itsmission,” says G. Robert Aston Jr., presidentand chairman of the EVMS Foundation andCEO and chairman of TowneBank.“They join an equally dedicated group ofindividuals who have worked on behalf ofthe school for decades. Together we willbuild on our previous successes and provideinvaluable support for EVMS initiatives thatbenefit the entire community.”New to the Board ofTrustees are:R. Bruce Bradley, recently retired as presidentof Landmark Publishing Group. The groupoversees The Virginian-Pilot and other daily andcommunity newspapers owned by NorfolkbasedLandmark Communications Inc.Bradley began his career at The Virginian-Pilot in sales and subsequently heldnumerous positions, including presidentand publisher.Bradley holds a bachelor’s degree inbusiness administration from VillanovaUniversity and an MBA from Old DominionUniversity. Bradley is a past chairman of theHampton Roads Chamber of Commerce,the Hampton Roads YMCA and theHampton Roads Partnership.Paul J. Farrell, founder and president of theChesapeake construction firm Rosewell Homes.The company builds homes, commercialand investment properties and apartments.Farrell holds a bachelor’s degree fromVirginia Tech and has been in the buildingbusiness since 1963. He is a former presidentof the Tidewater Builders Association andformer chair of the United Way campaignfor the city of Chesapeake. He is a boardmember of the ACCESS College Foundationand the Virginia Beach Foundation andserves as chairman of the TowneBankFinancial Services Board.Andrew S. Fine, president of TheRunnymede Corporation, a Virginia Beachcommercial real estate development andmanagement firm. He is a retired generaldistrict court judge and former rector ofthe EVMS Board of Visitors.Fine holds a bachelor’s degree fromBrown University and a law degree fromthe University of Virginia. He is a formerchairman of the board of the ChryslerMuseum of Art and Workforce Developmentof South Hampton Roads, as well as formerchairman and president of the Virginia BeachFoundation. He is co-chairman of LynnhavenRiver NOW and a founding director ofTowneBank.10 WINTER 2009 WWW.EVMS.EDU AROUND CAMPUS

welcomeseight business, community leadersThomas R. Frantz, JD Paul O. Hirschbiel Jr., MBA Charles W. Moorman, MBA John O. Wynne, JDPaul D. Fraim, mayor of the city ofNorfolk and president of the law firm Fraimand Fiorella, PC. A member of the Norfolk CityCouncil for 22 years, he has served as mayorfor the last 14 years.Fraim graduated from Virginia MilitaryInstitute, received a master’s degree ineducation from the University of Virginiaand earned his law degree from the Universityof Richmond. He is a board member ofthe Hampton Roads Partnership and theHampton Roads Economic DevelopmentAlliance. He is chairman of the HamptonRoads Planning District Commission andchairman of the Norfolk board of TowneBank.Thomas R. Frantz, president and chiefoperating officer of the law firm Williams Mullen.He started a health care practice group as anoriginal principal with Clark & Stant beforethe firm merged with Williams Mullen.Frantz earned a bachelor’s degree inaccounting from the College of William &Mary and a law degree from the MarshallWythe School of Law. He is a CPA and alsoholds a master’s degree in law and taxationfrom William & Mary. Frantz is a formerchairman of the board of Cape HenryCollegiate School and the Virginia BeachFoundation and former president ofVirginia Beach Vision. He is a past chairmanof the board of the Virginia Aquarium andthe Marine Science Center Foundation.Paul O. Hirschbiel Jr., owner and presidentof Eden Capital, an investment and consultingfirm located in Virginia Beach. He is co-founderof a New York City venture capital firm nowknown as Cornerstone Equity Investors.Hirschbiel received his MBA from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.He is chairman of the local initiative SmartBeginnings South Hampton Roads and theVirginia Early Childhood Foundation. He alsoserves on the boards of The NorfolkFoundation and Horizons Hampton Roads.Charles W. “Wick” Moorman, chairman,president and chief executive officer of NorfolkSouthern Corporation. He first worked at thefirm as a student intern and later joinedNorfolk Southern as a management trainee.Moorman holds a bachelor’s degree in civilengineering from Georgia Tech and an MBAfrom Harvard Business School. He is chairmanof the board of directors of the WHROFoundation and chairman of the Board ofTrustees of the Chrysler Museum of Art.He is a trustee of the Virginia Foundation forIndependent Colleges, the Nature Conservancy(Virginia), and the Chesapeake BayFoundation, and sits on the advisory board ofGeorgia Tech.John O. “Dubby” Wynne, retired presidentand CEO of Landmark Communications Inc.He continues as a member of Landmark’s Boardof Directors.Wynne received his bachelor’s degree fromPrinceton and his law degree from theUniversity of Virginia. He serves as vice rectorof the Board of Visitors at the University ofVirginia and is a charter trustee at PrincetonUniversity. He also serves as vice chair of theCoalition for Virginia’s Future and chair of theexecutive committee of the Virginia BusinessCouncil. He was founding co-chairman of theHampton Roads Partnership.AROUND CAMPUSWWW. EVMS.EDU WINTER 2009 11

librarianJudith Robinson leads evolutionin educational technologiesJudith Robinson could count on her fingersthe number of computers in the library whenshe joined Eastern Virginia Medical School13 years ago as assistant dean of library sciences.“We had nine computers,” she says. “We hadan internet connection on campus that wentdown at least once a week. The pathology slideswere Kodachrome slides in a chrome tray.”Since then, things have changed a bit.The Brickell Medical Sciences Library thatopened in 2000 has nearly 500 networkconnections and members of Robinson’s teamregularly provide information that helpsstate leaders set the future course of publicinvolvement in Virginia health care. Theselibrarians touch nearly every facet of educationat EVMS.“The library is the one place where everythingthe school does comes together,” Robinson says.In 2008, Dean Gerald J. Pepe promotedRobinson to associate dean of library sciences anddirector of educational technology. The moveplaces her as one of the cornerstones in the nextevolution of EVMS — teaching processes thatwill place greater emphasis on technology anddigital learning. Placing a large part of thatresponsibility in Robinson’s hands was a logicalchoice, Pepe says.“Judith has been a mainstay at EVMS andhas a national reputation for her expertise inlibrary science,” he says. “We’re fortunate she’sable to apply that knowledge to make oureducational process stronger for the nextgeneration of students.”Despite the job’s evolution over the years,Robinson says the core focus has always beenthe same: supporting the education, clinicalcare, research and community service elementsJudith Robinson conducts a staff meetingin the library computer lab.of the school.“You’ve got all these resources that peoplecan go to for information. Bring it togetherand our faculty members help mediate that.“They articulate what needs to be learned andset very clear learning objectives for the students— this is what you’re going to need, not just topass the exams, but to practice medicine and tobe patient-centered,” she says.continued on page 30EVMS and its hospital partnersBREATHE a little easierThe Eastern Virginia MedicalCenter — home to EVMS, apublic health department andtwo hospitals — has kickedthe habit.Smoking has long beenprohibited inside EVMS,Children’s Hospital of TheKing’s Daughters, the NorfolkPublic Health Department andSentara Norfolk GeneralHospital, but on January 1, 2009, the newlydeclared Tobacco-Free Environment (TFE)banned the use of all tobacco products fromthe center’s outdoor areas as well, includingsidewalks, lawns, parking lots and in privatevehicles on the premises. The policy applies tostaff, patients, visitors and vendors.TFE is a growing movement amonghealth care institutions that want to set apositive example for disease prevention.“It was natural that we take this importantstep,” says EVMS President Harry T. Lester.“As a center focused on health care and wellbeing,it’s our responsibility to encouragehealthy lifestyle choices.”Tobacco use is the leading cause of deathin the United States. According to the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,people who stop smoking greatly reducetheir risk of dying prematurely. Benefits aregreatest for people who stop at earlier ages,but quitting is beneficial at all ages.“Avoiding tobacco smoke is the mostcost-effective way to prevent heart diseaseand common cancers, and banning tobaccois a great place to start,” says Christine Matson,MD, chair of family and community medicine.EVMS and its hospital partners are eachoffering their own smoking-cessation programsto encourage and help staff who use tobaccoto quit. Free nicotine gum is available forpatients and other visitors to the campus.The downtown Norfolk medical center isone of the first in Virginia to adopt TFE,following the example of Sentara VirginiaBeach General Hospital.12 WINTER 2009 WWW.EVMS.EDU AROUND CAMPUS

To Your HealthFive Tips forBetter Sleepin 2009To Your Health is a new addition to EVMS Magazine that will featureEastern Virginia Medical School Health Services physicians and clinicians on avariety of health-related topics. Our guest columnist this issue is sleep specialistJ. Catesby Ware, PhD, director of the Sleep Disorders Center, a joint program ofEVMS and Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.New Year’s resolutions regarding better health are common. Ironically, manypeople started 2009 by staying up late. Make good sleep habits part of yourroutine for a healthier new year. Ware offers five suggestions to help you achievea restful night’s sleep:J. Catesby Ware, PhD1. Know your sleep requirements.Most adults need seven to eight hoursof sleep to feel refreshed. Teens need at leastnine and a half hours; youngsters needmore. A regular rising time in themorning, seven days a week, strengthenscircadian cycling and leads to improvedsleep and alertness.2. Limit food, drink and tobacco inthe evenings. Hunger may disturbsleep; however do not eat a large mealjust before going to bed. The older youare, the more important it is that youavoid having dinner as your largest mealof the day. Caffeine (in tea, coffee and softdrinks), alcohol, chocolate, peppermint,nicotine and spicy food will fragment sleepand increase esophageal reflux, which alsodisturbs sleep and, in some cases, resultsin heartburn-type symptoms during sleep.3. Prepare for sleep. Get as much outsidelight in the morning and during the day aspossible. The correct use of light and darkreinforces your sleep schedule. Get a steadydaily amount of exercise. Exercise in the lateafternoon or early evening deepens sleep,but strenuous exercise just before bed iscounterproductive. Occasional exercise doesnot necessarily improve sleep. Take time torelax 30 minutes before bedtime. Write downthings that need to be done the next daybefore you go to bed to help clear your mind.4. Control your sleep environment.Occasional loud noises disturb sleep evenwhen you cannot remember them in themorning. A white-noise generator may helpif you must sleep close to a busy street orairport. Although excessively warm roomsdisturb sleep, there is no evidence that anexcessively cold room solidifies sleep.5. If you have trouble trying to sleep,take a break. An occasional sleepingpill may help, but sustained use may beineffective and can disturb sleep further. Ifyou are angry and frustrated because youcannot sleep, get out of bed and dosomething different for 15 minutes beforetrying again. Avoid watching the clock. Itmay increase your anxiety and furtherdisturb sleep. Many medications disturbsleep. Your physician can check your regularmedications for possible sleep side effects.Remember that disturbed sleep and excessivedaytime sleepiness often indicate a seriousproblem, particularly if accompanied by highblood pressure and snoring. Whenever yoursleep is chronically disturbed, the cause needsto be discovered. Your family physician is agood person to consult first if the abovesuggestions do not help.Visit us online at www.evms.edu/magazine to take a sleep quiz.AROUND CAMPUSWWW.EVMS.EDU WINTER 2009 13

Artist: hoilam tangSCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONSa small, butImportant changeWalk the campus of Eastern Virginia Medical School, and there’s a goodchance that many of the students you encounter will not be seekingMD degrees. Instead, they are seeking one of 10 other diplomas andcertificates offered in the EVMS School of Health Professions.The roughly 400 health professionsstudents represent 42 percentof EVMS enrollment. That’s anincrease of over 250 percent in thepast decade, according to C. Donald Combs,PhD, vice provost for planning and healthprofessions, who shepherded the programsduring that era of growth.Recently, the Board of Visitors approvedthe designation of the assorted programs asthe EVMS School of Health Professions.“It’s a small, but important change in theorganization,” Combs says of the new umbrella.“It’s a recognition of the professional andintellectual diversity we have on campus.”Dean Gerald J. Pepe, PhD, agrees. “We tookthis important step to acknowledge the importanceof the health professions programs.EVMS isn’t just about our MD students.”By elevating the profile of the healthprofessions programs under a unified school,EVMS intends to grow them even more —particularly the physician assistant program,already the largest with 146 students currentlyenrolled in the 27-month master’s degreeprogram.Physician assistants are trained to practicemedicine under the supervision of doctors ofmedicine. PAs, as they are sometimes called,can exercise a high degree of autonomy and caneven work alone, depending on state laws andrelationships with individual supervisors.PAs are in high demand due to the chronicshortage of medical doctors throughout theUnited States.Aaron Vinik, MD, PhD, EVMS HealthServices physician and director of research atPhysician Assistant students celebrate duringthe ceremony where they receive their white coats.EVMS’ Strelitz Diabetes Center and theNeuroendocrine Unit, says he needs physicianassistants. “PAs have become essential tocurrent-day management of patients withdiabetes,” he explains.“They have become an integral part of ourteam, allowing us to extend our quality of careto many more people than would be possible ifour manpower were limited to specialtytrainedpeople.”Vinik’s diabetes team includes one PA andone PA-in-training. The PAs free the physiciansto resolve complex case problems.To date, 297 students have earned physicianassistant degrees. That’s out of a total 1,555health professions alumni, many of whom arefanned out over Hampton Roads working indoctors’ offices, colleges, health care companies,hospitals and public-health administration.Kelly Walls, 27, of Norfolk, is a corporateoperations analyst at AMERIGROUP,a health care provider with corporate headquartersin Virginia Beach. She graduated fromEVMS with a master’s in public health in 2006.For her, choosing EVMS was an easy decision.“I wanted a school that had an environmentthat would expose me not only to teachers butreal-life professionals,” Walls says.“I liked the smaller classes and the personalfeel. When I walked into a building, thesecurity guard knew everyone’s name. It wasjust very homey.”Walls, who grew up in Portsmouth andhas a background in finance, said many ofthe students in her class were workingclinicians, such as nurses, seeking to moveinto management. “They needed that extradegree to push them over the edge,” she says.Walls intended to use her master’sin public health to move into corporatehealth care. So when students worked ongroup projects — devising a health caresystem, for example — she would choose14 FALL WINTER 2008 2009 WWW.EVMS.EDU HEALTH PROFESSIONS

an aspect appropriate to her interest, such ascost analysis.Walls got a taste of the clinical side of publichealth during a 40-hour internship with theInfectious Diseases Division at EVMS. DuringArtist: sarah garrisonthat time, Walls sat in on an HIV/STD freeclinic conducted by EVMS on the EasternShore. Most of the patients were Mexicanimmigrants working at a poultry plant.“A lot of the people lived 10 to a room interrible living conditions. They were sufferingfrom all kinds of rampant diseases,” says Walls.“This let me look at a whole different side ofhealth care.”The individualization in the public healthprogram, which has the second-largest numberof health professions students at 58, allowedWalls and her advisor to devise a researchproject that would be most beneficial to Walls’career. Walls spent a year analyzing a potentialnew Optima Health Insurance program forMedicaid and Medicare participants.“It was a great exercise for me,” Walls explains.Plus, the experience led to a job with SentaraHealthcare after graduation and then toAMERIGROUP.Abby Calisch, PsyD, is a clinical psychologistand art therapist who directs the GraduateArt Therapy Program at EVMS. A recenttransplant from Texas, Calisch will be the forcebehind EVMS’ plan to expand this program.With 22 current students, it has room to grow.One change that will make a difference, Calischsays, is to widen the scope of classes from theircurrent traditional format of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,Monday through Friday, in order to accommodatestudents who work.The art therapy profession has been aroundmore than three decades, and the EVMSprogram has the second largest total number ofgraduates in the School of Health Professions— 279. That’s why Calisch finds it hardto fathom why more people don’t know aboutthe field.“It’s so shocking to me that some peopleequate it to reading tea leaves,” she says.Art therapy began with in-patient, psychiatricunits, Calisch says, and proliferated torehabilitation centers, special education, andmainstream children and adults. Today, arttherapists work in all therapeutic arenas.“Community centers do art therapy withanyone and everyone,” Calisch points out.She gives an example of art therapy inpractice: “Let’s say I just got referred a clientwho is having difficulty with interpersonalissues. I might ask her to tell me about herfamily. I’ll have art materials out. Imight ask her to draw a picture ofa bird’s nest.”Bird nests, Calisch says,have been shown to berepresentative of family.How the client drawsa nest can berevealing. Theart therapistBIOMEDICAL SCIENCESThe School of Health Professions consists of several educational programsthat prepare students for a variety of professions within the health care field.Biomedical Sciences PhD or MSBiomedical scientists make advances in medicine thatsave and prolong people’s lives. These types of scientistsdiscovered DNA and insulin and developed vaccines formany diseases such as smallpox, tetanus and diphtheria.They work in college, government and pharmaceuticallabs and commonly are involved in research related to thetreatment and prevention of disease. Today’s hot-buttonissues are stem-cell and animal research, genetic testingand bioterrrorism.Medical Masters MSThis one-year program is a stepping stone to medicalschool, ideal for candidates seeking to bolster theiracademic credentials. Study focuses primarily on basicscience subject areas similar to the MD curriculum.Clinical Embryology andAndrology MSClinical embryologists and andrologists performlab services to help couples who are having troubleconceiving a child on their own. Their field isknown as assisted reproductive technology or ART.Andrologists are specialists in male infertility.Embryologists are involved with the formation, earlygrowth and development of a woman’s eggs.Andrologists and clinical embryologists are an integralpart of a fertility clinic — including the Jones Institutefor Reproductive Medicine at EVMS. They helpretrieve, preserve, fertilize and manipulate eggs andembryos. They prepare sperm as well as eggs andembryos in different stages of development for transferto future mothers.EVMS Biomedical sciences graduates areworking in research labs across the country.16 WINTER 2009 WWW.EVMS.EDU HEALTH PROFESSIONS

would look at the colors and drawinginstruments selected by the client. She wouldsee if the nest has any birds or eggs in it. Thiscould lead to many topics relating to the client’sfamily that she and the client could talk about.Art therapy is individual to each patient,she explains.Afew years ago, Combs brought togetheran interdisciplinary group of selectedstudents to form a Scholars Program. Thegroup is devoted to interdisciplinary interactionand mutual understanding among thevarious health professions.Late last year, Calisch moderated a seminarfor the scholars to discuss how their professionscame into play during the Hurricane Katrinacrisis. They talked about what was done,what wasn’t and what could have beendone better.“Katrina shows howwe all can work together,”says Lisa Bolin, a PhDcandidate in biomedicalsciences, one of thesmaller programs atEVMS.Health professions scholarsmeet once a month ineither a first-year or secondyeargroup and gatherjointly about twice a year.Combs hopes one day toadd MD students to themix. He tells incomingmedical students annuallythat, no matter how hardthey try, they can’t do itall. “Everybody is goingto have to depend on everybodyelse,” Combs says.“The common goal forall is health care — just indifferent forms,” says TimDi Giacomo, a student inthe doctor of psychology program.The 20-plus health professions scholarspraised EVMS and the one-on-one instructionmany of them receive. All indicated they expectto find jobs easily upon graduation and about aquarter said they probably would stay inHampton Roads.“The training here is top-notch,” Sidi MehdiBelgnaoui says. He came to EVMS fromMorocco and is working toward a PhD inbiomedical sciences.Artist: haley owensonRenee Scott Walker, whograduated with a master’s inpublic health and is now enrolledin the PA program, agrees.“Overall EVMS is a wonderfulinstitution. You are going to becomfortable in the job you aretrained to do.”In 2002, EVMS realized its rolein the community had grown,and it changed its mission statementaccordingly. To helpbroaden its understanding ofsimilar organizations, EVMSjoined the Association of AcademicHealth Centers, which hasslightly more than 100 memberswho represent the strongest combination ofeducation, research and service programs. Anacademic health center consists of a medicalschool, one or more health professions programsor schools, and a teaching hospital.“Our vision grew broader,” Combs says.“We began to think of ourselves as somethingmore than a medical school.”The establishment of the School of HealthProfessions represents another step in fulfillingthat vision.HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTHArt Therapy MSArt therapists are professionals who use patient artwork asa tool for understanding and healing. After patientscomplete drawings, paintings or collages, for example,therapists and their patients talk about content, colors andmaterials and make discoveries about emotions and feelings.Art therapists are not art teachers, and the skill level of theirpatients is immaterial. Art therapists work with childrenand adults.Clinical Psychology PsyDClinical psychologists are trained to evaluate and counselpeople regarding their behavior and mental processes. Theycan work with individuals of all ages and groups. Clinicalpsychologists may be in private practice or employedwith schools, universities, corporations, counseling centers,government agencies and military services. Specialties includeresearch, clinical, teaching, neuropsychology, forensics andbehavioral medicine. Clinical psychologists trained in the PsyDmodel place greater emphasis on their role as a practitioner,while those trained in PhD graduate programs are moreheavily science- and research-based.Master of Physician Assistant MPAPhysician assistants are licensed to practice medicine underthe supervision of medical doctors. Physician assistants candiagnose and treat illnesses and sometimes are the principalcaregivers in rural areas and inner-city clinics. Physicianassistants take a 27-month program to gain the knowledgeand skills necessary to participate in the delivery of primaryhealth care. They are increasingly being used to offset medicaldoctor shortages.Master of Public Healthor dual MD/MPH degreesPublic health professionals focus on entire populations ratherthan individual patients. They identify community healthproblems and work to prevent outbreaks of disease througheducation, policy and research. Some areas of concern arenutrition, environmental health, occupational safety andlaboratory practices. Career options are wide, ranging fromthe National Institutes of Health to corporate wellnessand managed-care organizations. The dual degree programtakes five years to complete.Ophthalmic Technology BSor certificateOphthalmic technologists help eye doctors treat patients.Technologists take patient histories, administer tests andmaintain equipment. They can specialize in many areasincluding contact lenses and surgical assistance. The 22-monthcertificate program grants credits that can lead to a BS degree.Surgical Assistant certificateand graduate certificateSurgical assistants scrub for operations, position patients, helpprepare the areas that are going to be operated upon andadjust drapings during procedures. No prior medicalexperience is necessary for the 22-month program ofclassroom and clinical training.HEALTH PROFESSIONSWWW.EVMS.EDU WINTER 2009 17

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THERESEARCHDEANEVision and open-doormanagement stylefoster faculty unityarly in his term, the Eastern Virginia Medical Schoolfaculty gave President Harry T. Lester a petition.“The department chairs came to me and asked me in writing toappoint Gerald Pepe as the permanent dean,” Lester recalls.This was the spring of 2005, a time when the school, founded toimprove health care in Hampton Roads, was confronting its ownchallenges related to financing and accreditation.“I said, ‘Hallelujah! I’ll do it today,’” Lester recalls. “The facultygave me advice that made me look good.”With that appointment, “interim” was removed from Pepe’s titleas dean, and he also became the provost — free to exert leadership onmatters of curriculum, faculty staffing and student admissions. Andthe school was set solidly on course to follow the vision of a facultyveteran who draws on his passion for the medical school and hisexperiences as a highly respected researcher.WWW.EVMS.EDU WINTER 200925

Dean Gerald J. Pepe, right, and President Harry T. Lester have won widespread praise for their congenial relationship and numerousaccomplishments over the last few years such as building strategic partnerships and expanding research in line with community needs.Those who work with him depict Pepe as a modest man with agenerous sense of humor, a knack for interacting with others anda relentless drive to see the school reach its full potential.“I find Dr. Pepe to be extremely approachable and a very goodthought partner,” says Mary Blunt, who as corporate vice presidentand administrator of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital meets withPepe regularly.“He’s rock-solid — a powerhouse,” Lester says. “He’s well-liked,well-respected and just goes about his business of running the school. Hefixes what’s not working right. He’s low-key, quietly making significantchanges that improve the school.”Longtime peers say those traits have been a hallmark of Pepe’scareer — even from his early days at the National Institutes of Health.“He’s able to see the big picture, and I think that, along with hisaffability, makes for a perfect, strong administrator,” says EugeneAlbrecht, PhD, a friend and research colleague for more than 30 years.Campus leaders whose tenure predates Pepe’s appointment as deansay his leadership has helped build a spirit of camaraderie among thefaculty and served as a catalyst for creating a clear direction forEVMS’ future.“His transparency and his open-door management style havebrought about a unity that had been lacking among the faculty,” saysAlfred Z. Abuhamad, MD, associate dean for clinical affairs and chair ofthe Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. “For the first time, wehave a clear vision.”Squarely in that vision is greater emphasis on continuing EVMS’evolution into a prominent academic medical center. Early in his career,Pepe was a researcher at the NIH. Since his arrival at EVMS in 1978,Pepe has continued his research work with continuous support from theNIH — the gold standard for medical research and among the mostdifficult flows of funding to tap.His commitment to research served as a guiding influence as Pepeinherited the responsibility of developing similar potential on campus.And it has formed the foundation of his growing reputation as “theresearch dean.”“Research distinguishes the institution,” Pepe says. “Why do peoplethink they have a better chance of surviving if they go to the MayoClinic or Johns Hopkins? Because that’s where they’re doing research.That’s where they have the opportunity to be seen by the top physiciansin the country.”26WINTER 2009 WWW.EVMS.EDU DEAN PEPE

Students lined the hallway to applaud newly installed Dean Pepe and President Lester during an academicconvocation February 15, 2006. Previously, Dean Pepe had been serving on an interim basis.Pepe sees EVMS as a magnet that draws together scientists,physicians, institutions and patients toward the development of betterhealth care. That was the rationale behind the agreement that EVMSrecently signed with the University of Virginia that will bring new clinicaltrials to Hampton Roads. The agreement also will foster collaborativeresearch between scientists and physicians at the two institutions.“We don’t want to be just testing drugs,” Pepe explains. “We wantto develop some of them for others to test.”Besides the bottom-line goal of saving lives,that will mean greater prestige and awarenessfor EVMS, which will build momentum tosteer even more research toward the school andprovide even greater reason for the best teachersand students to come here.In his State of the School address lastNovember, Pepe explained, “The goal iscollaboration and the creation of teams thatparticipate in translational research — researchthat moves findings from the laboratory to thepatient to the community.“You won’t finda dean who worksany harder and ismore hands-on.”JERRY L. NADLER, MDCHAIR OF“By bringing together our researchers, our hospital partners, ourcommunity and EVMS Health Services physicians, we positionourselves as the regional leader in integrating research into medicalpractice. We facilitate the delivery of cutting-edge treatment to thepatients who need it most.”While EVMS has shed its veneer as a young institution, Pepe,who holds a doctorate in physiology from the University of Kansas,notes that the idealism and determination ofthe 1970s abounds — the spirit of a medicalschool that sprang not from any legislature orworldwide foundation but from a regionalgrassroots movement.“EVMS is a phenomenal place to be,” Pepesays, espousing a theme he repeats whenever hehas the chance. “We create an environment ofmaking something happen, not just forourselves, but for the community. We arealways helping each other. We have a spiritof community.“We want our students to be number one,DEAN PEPEINTERNAL MEDICINEWWW.EVMS.EDU WINTER 200927

and we are proud that the Hampton Roads areathinks of us as their own. The crown jewel ofour area is this medical school. It brings toHampton Roads people who otherwisewouldn’t be here.”One such person is Jerry L. Nadler, MD,another NIH-funded researcher, who left theUniversity of Virginia last summer to join theEVMS faculty as chair of the Department ofInternal Medicine.Nadler says Pepe’s status as a successfulresearcher helped attract him and others toEVMS. But it is his work ethic and hiscommitment to EVMS that impresses candidates once they meet him.“You won’t find a dean who works any harder and is more handson,”Nadler says. “I noticed that, and all the other recruits have said howimpressed they are with how Dean Pepe gets directly involved and has apositive attitude about EVMS.”Nadler says he still finds Pepe responsive and true to his word.“He’s very up front and very direct, and what he says he reallymeans,” Nadler says. “That’s very refreshing.”Pepe’s research vision is a major element of encouraging veteranresearchers, such as Nadler, to come on board.“We’re trying to dovetail research where we can,” Pepe explains,“bringing programs together. This is how we get the most out of thecollegiality we foster, and how we get more than we would get if eachdepartment just worked separately.”Pepe’s own research, which focuses on fetal development, standsas an example of the caliber of studies he hopes to grow at EVMS. Heis one of three project leaders on a cooperative research grant — one ofonly 14 of its kind in the country — from the NIH. Also, he andAlbrecht, his long-time research collaborator, have for 30 years receivedcontinual NIH grant funding for their study of estrogen’s role in fetaldevelopment. Receiving funding for that length of time is a rareaccomplishment in an environment where the two must compete withscientists from around the country for funding every five years.“He is an internationally renowned scientist. He is well known inthis country and internationally for his research,” says Albrecht, whoworked with Pepe at the NIH and now serves as a member of the school’sresearch advisory council. “He is highly respected for his integrity and thenovelty of his research.“Jerry is just a modest person. He’s not out to achieve all the glory andthe limelight, but he achieves it because what he does is so good.”It was the opportunity to continue what he started at the NIH thatattracted Pepe to EVMS in 1978. The small-school environment offeredhim the opportunity to advance his career and pursue the research thatmost interested him, and he rose through the faculty ranks to serve aschair of the Department of Physiology (now known as Physiological“He’s rock-solid —a powerhouse.He’s well-liked,well-respectedand just goesabout his businessof runningthe school.”HARRY T. LESTERPRESIDENTSciences) for 20 years before he was tappedas dean.An ice hockey fan who keeps a picture ofthe old Boston Garden on a shelf in his office,the Rhode Island native acknowledges in amanner that only hints at a New Englandupbringing that his job requires a balancing act— the kind of balancing that a skater dashingup ice while fending off defensemen wouldeasily understand.“Obviously, there are a number ofcompeting priorities,” he says. “But I work witha team of highly qualified people.”Since Pepe became dean, EVMS has achieved fullaccreditation through 2012 from the Liaison Committee onMedical Education, the nationally recognized accrediting authority formedical education programs leading to the MD degree in all Americanand Canadian medical schools.“We’re now nationally competitive — for faculty and students,”Pepe says. For 115 openings in the incoming MD class, the school received5,000 applications. That doesn’t count a significant number of applicantsfor the health professions programs.“Students who are applying here want to come here. And those whohave been here and come back are impressed,” he says.Those who come today, he says, remind him much of those whowere part of the early years. “Their goals and aspirations are comparable.They’re eager to participate in the learning process, and they’recompassionate,” Pepe says.And, he adds, they have in common with their predecessors theesprit de corps that has always bonded EVMS classmates to each otherand to the school. “Collegiality has always been the nature of thecommunity here. It’s part of the philosophy of the school, the fiber ofour organization.”In his November address, Pepe touched on EVMS’ commitment toenhanced student-body and faculty diversity, pointing to the increase ofpartner institutions participating in EVMS’ BS/ MD program. All five ofVirginia’s historically black colleges are now involved — Hampton,Virginia State, Virginia Union and Norfolk State universities, and St.Paul’s College.And, his effort to strengthen the faculty never ends. “We’re nowbringing in faculty members who might not have given us muchconsideration in earlier years,” Pepe says. “We’re nationally competitive.“The world of science has changed and the world of student learninghas changed. What remains constant here is that we have high-levelindividuals who can be compassionate and respectful of each other —even when we disagree. We want stars, but we want those stars to shineon EVMS, not just themselves.”28WINTER 2009 WWW.EVMS.EDU DEAN PEPE

At the fall 2007 white coat ceremony for entering medicalstudents, Dean Pepe congratulates student Danea Campbell.WWW.EVMS.EDU WINTER 200929

When the more than 350 students nowenrolled in the EVMS School of HealthProfessions graduate, they will automaticallybecome members of the newest alumniorganization on campus.The EVMS Health Professions AlumniAssociation was recently established tostrengthen the school’s ties to graduates ofthe programs that comprise a large portionof the EVMS student body.Establishing an association gearedspecifically toward the 1,246 EVMS HealthProfessions alumni gives them parity withtheir MD counterparts while acknowledgingtheir distinct contributions to patient careand research.“The point of it all is to bring the alumni backto campus, to reinvigorate their relationshipwith their program and make sure they feel apart of the EVMS family,” Alumni RelationsDirector Melissa Lang explains.Graduates from the Master’s of PublicHealth Program gave the concept its initialpush, and former students of otherprograms endorsed the idea. The increasingnumber of health professionals across thecountry and billowing demand for caregiverslike physician assistants make it all themore necessary to have an organization inplace that satisfies their needs — particularlywhen it comes to continuing education.“Alumni associations are powerful andbeneficial contributors to the continued successand growth of their schools,” Aaron Lambert,a 2007 MPH graduate, says.“The new association represents thebeginning of what I’m hoping will be astrong and collaborative effort towardsgrowing the [Health Professions] programs,providing the opportunity to networkamong fellow alumni and working with thestudents, faculty and EVMS community tohelp us continue to succeed.”With that kind of momentum andenergy, it didn’t take long for the newassociation to come to fruition. A steeringalumniHealth professionsalumni association schedules elections, banquetcommittee came together in 2008 to lay thegroundwork for the organization, and bylast summer, its bylaws were approved.The association will operate much likethe medical alumni organization, but caterto the needs of health professionals. Inaddition to continuing education, it providesan avenue for reunions and a range ofother activities.A call for Health Professions AlumniBoard of Trustees members will go out viathe alumni Website, www.evmsalumni.com/Health-Professions.cfm, and its first officialevent will take place in the spring.The first annual Health ProfessionsAlumni Association Meeting and Banquetwill be held at 6:30 p.m. on April 18 at theNorfolk Yacht and Country Club. EVMSPresident Harry T. Lester and School ofHealth Professions Vice Provost C. DonaldCombs, PhD, are scheduled to speak alongwith the soon-to-be-elected first presidentof the association.Robinson leads technology continued from page 12The methods and resources used in those efforts, though, havechanged dramatically, and EVMS has been at the forefront ofdeveloping many of those new resources.For instance, EVMS was among the first schools to have librarianson both its Institutional Review Board and its Institutional AnimalCare and Use Committee. All research involving living subjects goesthrough at least one of those bodies, and the librarians’ role is toprovide the committee with information about whether there areways to complete the investigation other than the proposed method.Robinson and her staff have since trained other institutions how toincorporate librarians into their research proposal vetting processes.Robinson also provides the Brickell Library’s services to theVirginia General Assembly’s Joint Commission on Health Care.The library has teamed up with other state agencies to provideresources that school children can use for health-related homework.Going forward, Robinson anticipates more journals andtraditionally printed materials moving exclusively to digitalformats, and she expects the school to use the internet moreextensively to take advantage of resources generated elsewhere, suchas other medical schools.The dean’s Library Advisory Committee is leading the way inpart of that effort, experimenting with a blog-based meeting formatthat allows members to discuss ideas from wherever they may be.If successful, other committees on campus could replicate thatmodel. Along the same line, enhanced web-conferencingcapabilities also would allow, for instance, the two clinical medicallibrarians to expand their participation in physician-trainingopportunities.Whatever the specifics, Robinson says her mission now is tocontinue building the network of new information outlets so theschool is positioned to best cater to the needs and capabilities ofstudents for whom technology is innate.“The Net Generation is here, and we need to be ready for them,”she says.30 WINTER 2009 WWW.EVMS.EDU ALUMNI

Graduate combinespassions forMedicine,Writing& ReligionHad Chris Adrian, MD, been born a fewcenturies earlier, his aptitude for jugglingwould have made for an act worthy of amedieval king’s court. Adrian is a trueRenaissance man — and busy.He wrote a novel while attending EasternVirginia Medical School; authored anothernovel, several short stories and numerousarticles while completing a pediatric residencyat the University of California at SanFrancisco; is enrolled in a pediatric medicinefellowship program there; and is pursuing adegree at Harvard Divinity School.“Sometimes I think I’ll be 60 years old andstill attending school,” says Adrian, 38.As much as there is talent and passion, therealso is a plan behind the varied career path ofthe 2001 EVMS graduate. Residency camebefore divinity school because breaking thecontinuity of medical training, he says, “wasprobably not a good idea.”The practice of medicine goes hand-in-handwith the insights gained from the study ofreligion, says the pediatric oncologist. “What Ilearn in divinity school will make me a betterphysician. I’ll be better able to counsel andminister to my patients and their families.”He expects to graduate from Harvardin 2010.And all the while, ideas for stories andnovels continue to develop and provide anoutlet for creativity.While a student at EVMS, the 2001publication of his first novel, Gob’s Grief, drewattention to Adrian and Eastern VirginiaMedical School.Gob’s Grief, a surrealistic work set in theCivil War era, is about how the death of abrother sets a sorrow-filled young man ona journey that includes meeting the poetWalt Whitman, discovering his mother hasbecome a suffragette and building a machineto resurrect the dead.That novel was followed in 2006 by TheChildren’s Hospital, the story of a medicalstudent endowed with unusual powers,working in a hospital that floats atop an Earthcovered with water seven miles deep.Reviewers have described the book as full offairy tale-like characters, blending medicineand magic.Journals such as The Paris Review,Ploughshares, The New Yorker and Esquirehave published his short stories.But how does he find the time? “I don’t getto watch much television,” Adrian says. Moreseriously, he explains that he has beenfortunate to work with people who haveafforded him flexibility to accommodate hismany passions.Adrian’s first book,Gob’s Grief, wasauthored duringhis studies at EVMS.His latest book, TheChildren’s Hospital(left), was writtenduring his residency.Find links tohis books online atwww.evms.edu/magazine“I’m lucky that people have worked withme in that respect,” he says. “As a student atEVMS, they gave me eight weeks off to finishGob’s Grief, and the administration [at UCSF]has given me permission to take longer tocomplete the fellowship.”With planning and the cooperation ofothers, he says, an individual who applieshimself or herself can pursue several passionssimultaneously, to the detriment of none.“It’s not as difficult as most people think,”Adrian says.And it will get you away from thetelevision.ALUMNIWWW.EVMS.EDU WINTER 2009 31

35th anniversaryTHENTHENJim Carraway, MDNOWTHENPat Williams, PhDNOWAs EVMS celebrates its 35th year,we thought it appropriate to highlightsome of the people who have beenhere since we opened our doors.Clockwise from top left are pharmacologistPat Williams, PhD; plasticsurgeon Jim Carraway, MD; librarianKerrie Shaw; and Tom Hubbard,MD, JD, who was a student in theschool’s first MD class and now is anadministrator and member of thepediatric faculty.THENKerri Shaw,MS, MSLSNOWFor a full list of our 35-year veterans, visitwww.evms.edu/magazine.Thomas Hubbard,MD, JDNOW32 WINTER 2009 WWW.EVMS.EDU ALUMNI

Scribnerprofessorshipis part of a family legacyphilanthropyFor more than a half-century,chemist and Portsmouth businessmanA. Kenneth Scribner Sr.encouraged philanthropy throughhis commitment to education, communityservice and the advancementof others. He and his wife weregenerous supporters of severallocal schools and universities, andsupported the founding of EasternVirginia Medical School.Their son, Ken Scribner, andhis wife, Sue, took up the familytradition with their own passion andcommitment. The two were regularcontributors to the medical schooland many other charitable causes inthe Tidewater region.Ken Scribner was born inPortsmouth and attended Harvardbeginning at age 17. His studieswere interrupted by his service asa navigator on a B-29 bomber —called the City of Portsmouth — inthe Pacific during World War II.With additional training throughthe Advanced Management Program(AMP ‘59) at Harvard, he worked 33years for what was then VirginiaChemicals, eventually retiring at theage of 55. He survived a brush withlung cancer and now, a great-grandfather,is going strong.Sue Scribner, a native of NewHampshire, raised the couple’s threechildren and led a life that combinedservice with the pursuit of eclecticinterests. She volunteered at thePortsmouth Naval Hospital as anon-medical aide, or “gray lady.” Anavid reader, she repaired books andregularly provided reading materialsto mentally ill veterans.Sue Scribner was interested inmedicine and unafraid of experimentaltreatments. When theirchildren were born, she was an earlyproponent of natural childbirth, apractice then known as childbirthwithout fear.“She was a fascinating companion,”Ken Scribner says. “She lovedboating, she loved fishing, snorkeling,scuba diving, snow skiing — she hadto quit jumping because she messedup her knee.”When Sue Scribner died inSeptember 2002, more than 100people attended her memorialservice. They varied in age from 13 to89 and represented the array ofindividuals she had befriended as aresult of her varied interests. “Sheloved the sea so much we scatteredsome of her ashes in the ChesapeakeBay,” says Ken Scribner.While her death was a loss to thecommunity, her foresight allowedher to leave the community one lastgift — the Sue Faulkner ScribnerDistinguished Professorship inGeriatrics at EVMS.“She was always interested in oldpeople being treated with respect,”Scribner says of his wife’s motivationto create the Scribner professorship.He also is a strong advocate forhealthy aging. “Exercise your mind,exercise your body, watch your dietand watch your weight,” he imploreshis friends.For Marissa Galicia-Castillo, MD,the newly named Scribner professor,that respect begins with understandingthe special needs of the elderly.Galicia-Castillo works with studentsKen Scribner and Marissa Galicia-Castillo, MD,the newly named Scribner professor.across the health care spectrum, from health-professions studentsto medical students, residents and geriatrics fellows.The attention for geriatric medicine is welcome. Even thoughthere is a growing need for physicians trained in geriatrics andthe specialty has a high rate of job satisfaction, only about onepercent of medical students choose to enter the field. “It helpsaugment what we’re already doing and raises awareness thatgeriatrics is important,” says Galicia-Castillo. “The ScribnerProfessorship allows me to spend more time in education.“He’s got a great attitude,” Galicia-Castillo says of KenScribner. “He’s not just going to give you the money. He wantsyou to show him how you can put it to work.”She says Scribner sets a good example. “He’s a model forsuccessful aging.”PHILANTHROPYWWW.EVMS.EDU WINTER 2009 33

Burroughs made a mark on EVMS, regionCharles F. Burroughs was a keenbusinessman whose devotion to hiscommunity helped bring Eastern VirginiaMedical School from ambition to reality.“Charles Burroughs embodied thosecharacteristics that one would treasure in aclose friend. Integrity and reliability, ofcourse, but Charlie was also a pleasant andcheerful person who was fun to be withwhether things were going well or not,” saidToy Savage Jr., a Norfolk attorney andlongtime friend of Burroughs’.Burroughs played an instrumental role inbuilding early support for the medical school,and once EVMS opened its doors, heremained a guiding influence at what grewinto one of Hampton Roads’ most crucialassets. But his dedication didn’t end there.Burroughs, who passed away last fall, lefta $1.4 million estate gift to the school. Thisgenerous donation honors his commitmentto EVMS and ensures his legacy as one of thevisionaries who realized long ago theimportance of having a robust academicmedical center in the region.Burroughs brought steady leadership tothe roles he filled at EVMS, including histime as rector of the EVMS governing bodyand as interim president. He laid thegroundwork for his bequest 20 years beforehe died. He penned a handwritten note in1987 saying he planned to give at least$250,000, but that sum more than quintupledin subsequent years. He wrote that he did notknow what the school might need money for,so he did not designate a purpose for thefunds. Today, that means his legacy cantouch every corner of campus and benefitschool priorities that could not have beenenvisioned two decades ago.In recognition of his gift and his decadeslongcommitment to the school, therenovated Board of Visitors meeting room inFairfax Hall was renamed the Charles F.Burroughs Board Room.“Charlie Burroughs left an indelible markon this region, and EVMS in particular has alot to thank him for,” says EVMS PresidentHarry T. Lester. “He was one of the mostimportant philanthropists in Hampton Roadsand a pillar in the community. He wasa generous, wonderful person — a reallygreat guy.”recent graduates becomeNew DonorsElizabeth Illig thinks of it as the equivalentof forgoing a dinner out. The $35 she couldspend on a meal in a nice restaurant goesinstead to the school that trained her tobe an art therapist and set her off on apromising career.Though she received her degree last Mayand is just starting out, she has joined the corpsof donors to Eastern Virginia Medical Schoolbecause she views it as critical to give back tothe institution that laid the groundwork forher future.Painful? Not really, she says.“The $35 I give is nothing huge, but I knowit helps,” Illig says. “All donations areimportant, and it helps me continue to feelconnected to EVMS and the art therapyprogram. I want to feel that connection tosomething larger than myself.”Becoming a donor right out of schoolalso gets her into a constructive routine thathelps build the bright future envisioned forher school.Many of today’s medical school graduatesface debts of more than $100,000 when theyleave school, and typically it is not untilabout five years later that they begin giving totheir alma mater.According to the 2007 Annual DevelopmentSurvey of the Association of AmericanMedical Colleges, the average yearlydonation by a medical school alumnus oralumna is $1,256.What Illig, who now practices in Austin,Texas, and a few other 2008 graduates ofEVMS are doing is not only helping to makea difference now; it’s creating a pattern fortheir own futures and setting an examplefor others.“EVMS is a different kind of medicalschool because it was founded on the visionof the Hampton Roads community, and itwas founded by the people of the community,”Alex Seamon, MD, says. He’s now aninternal medicine resident at the Universityof Florida’s hospital in Gainesville. “I believeall of us can do something to continue to fundit and make it better than we found it.Elizabeth Illig, MPAAlex Seamon, MD“Yes, I have student loans,” the Roanokenative says, “but I’m glad now just to bemaking money. And as long as I am, I’mmotivated to give back to EVMS — to givewhat I can.”Physician assistant Deanna Salyer of VirginiaBeach, a member of the emergency team at BonSecours, views her contribution as aninvestment in the training of future membersof the medical profession.“EVMS has done a lot for me,” she says,“and I think it’s important to support theprograms for the students who will comealong.” To donate to EVMS online, go towww.evms.edu/giving.34 WINTER 2009 WWW.EVMS.EDU PHILANTHROPY

“He was one of the mostimportant philanthropistsin Hampton Roads and apillar in the community. Hewas a generous, wonderfulperson — a really great guy.”Harry T. Lester,presidentParents’ Weekend – March 13-14Families of first-year MD students are invited tocampus for an inside look at medical education.The event will give parents a chance to mingle withthe school’s leaders, including the president anddean, and experience a taste of student life. OnSaturday, members of the EVMS faculty will giveshort medical lectures, and students will lead toursthrough some of the school’s active research areas.Tours of the Brickell Medical Sciences Library anda session detailing how students are taught tointeract with patients also will be available. Formore information, go to www.evms.edu/parents.Match Day – March 19Fourth-year medical students will join othersacross the country in learning where they will servetheir residency and spend at least the next threeyears continuing their medical training. Adding tothe excitement of the day, the outgoing medicalstudents dress in costumes and decorate LewisHall’s McCombs Auditorium, where the event takesplace, based on a predetermined theme.First Annual Health ProfessionsAlumni Meeting & Banquet – April 18The first-ever EVMS Health Professions AlumniAssociation reunion and meeting will be held thisspring at the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club. AllSchool of Health Professions students, alumni andfaculty are invited to take part in this inauguralevent. There will be plenty of opportunities for socialand professional networking and to hear the latestnews about EVMS. Visit www.evmsalumni.com forevent and registration details.Northern Virginia EVMS AlumniAssociation Gathering – April 23EVMS medical, health professions and residencyalumni in Northern Virginia are invited to thisgathering with a panel of MD and HP AlumniAssociation Board members at 7 p.m., Thursday,April 23, in Northern Virginia. The evening willinclude a cocktail reception and an EVMS updatefrom Claudia Keenan Hough, vice president forexternal affairs. For the location and furtherdetails, visit www.evmsalumni.com.Mike Cavish Golf Tournament –April 27Golfers from across the region will take tothe course this April for the 11th annual MikeCavish Golf Tournament.The event, which honors the memory of localrestaurateur and community leader Mike Cavish,will be held at the Elizabeth Manor Golf & CountryClub in Portsmouth, and benefits the StrelitzDiabetes Center.upcomingGraduation – May 16EVMS will hold its commencement ceremonyfor graduating medical and health professionsstudents beginning at 10 a.m. in the ScopeArena in downtown Norfolk. Students will receivegraduation information packets soon detailing thespecific events of graduation week and informingeach graduate what they must do to ensure asmooth transition to the next phase of theircareers. Information also will be available onlineat www.evms.edu.Cookout for the Cure – May 28The Hampton Roads Shipping Association andthe International Longshoremen’s Association willhost the 15th Annual Cookout for the Cure atFleet Recreation Park at Naval Station Norfolkfrom 4 to 8 p.m.The event raises money for the Diabetes CenterFoundation, which supports the Strelitz DiabetesCenter of Eastern Virginia Medical School. Thecookout features barbecue grilled by competingteams from organizations throughout HamptonRoads, as well as musical entertainment andchildren’s activities.PHILANTHROPYWWW.EVMS.EDU WINTER 2009 35

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