William Rubinoff (M.D. 1955), Harvey
Stein (M.D. 1954) and
Allan Weiner (M.D. 1953) have practiced together for 40 years — ever since they completed
their residencies —and this year retired together from their most
recent practice at the U-M Livonia Health Center. The three alumni have been
active together at the state level with programs for the immunization of
children.
1960s
Hossein
Gharib (M.D. 1966), F.A.C.E., has been chosen as president
of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists,
of which he’s been a member
since 1991, at its eleventh annual meeting and clinical congress in Chicago
in May. Gharib is professor of medicine at the Mayo Medical School in Rochester,
Minne-sota, where he resides, and a consultant in the Department of Internal
Medicine, Division of Endocrinology/Metabolism at the Mayo Clinic-Rochester.
Martin Nemiroff (M.D. 1966, Residencies 1967 and 1971) retired
from the U.S. Public Health Service and U.S. Public Coast
Guard after a career
which resulted
in the rescue of 2,200 near-drowning and hypothermia victims in Michigan,
Alaska and the North Pacific region. He also retired as president of
the Coast Guard
Flight Surgeons Association and is honored with the “Captain Martin J.
Nemiroff Medical Clinic”in North Bend, Oregon, named in his honor. Nemiroff
is available for contact at Martinsgate@aol.com.
1970s
Jeffrey Hecht (M.D. 1979) is chief of the Division of Surgical
Rehabilitation in the Department of Surgery at the University
of Tennessee. He welcomes
contact from fellow alumni via email at jeffhecht@ mc.utmck.edu.
Michael Liepman (M.D. 1973) is medical director of Michiana
Addiction & Prevention
Services and director of research for the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan
State University. He was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Psychiatric
Association and Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He and
his wife, Marcia Liepman, M.D., have three children, two of whom have graduated
from the U-M, and a third currently enrolled. Liepman can be reached at MikeLiepman@pol.net.
Steven C. Winokur (M.D. 1979), associate director of medical
education at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, is one
of 50 health
care leaders in the National
Patient Safety Foundation’s inaugural Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship.
The Fellowship provides opportunities for senior leaders to advance the creation
of cultures of safety and promote breakthroughs in patient care.
1980s
Warren
Lockette (M.D. 1981) is the 2002 Navy recipient of the
Roy Wilkins Service Award, given by the National Association
for the
Advancement
of Colored People
at their 93rd annual convention in Houston on July 9. The
award is presented annually to a member from each branch
of the armed
services
who has best
demonstrated accomplishments that support the Association’s principal goal of ensuring
political, educational, social and economic equality for minorities in America.
Lockette, a medical officer, scientist, and special advisor to the U.S. Navy’s
top SEAL commando, received the award in recognition of his groundbreaking
work in assisting the Navy SEALs in their diversity and recruiting programs.
Mary Lynn Moran (M.D. 1987) co-chaired the 2002 American
Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Fall National
Meeting in
San Diego
in September. She also serves as the chairman of the
Face to Face Committee, an organization
within the Academy that serves victims of domestic violence
and educates surgeons in third-world nations. Moran can
be reached
by e-mail at
mlmoran@mlmoran.net.
Jeri A. Weyher (M.D. 1983, Residency 1985) received the
William B. Weil Jr., M.D., Endowed Distinguished Pediatric
Faculty
Award from
the Michigan
State
University College of Human Medicine at the school’s annual awards banquet
in Lansing on April 11. Weyher is assistant professor of clinical pediatrics
at MSU and regularly staffs the pediatric clinic she opened last year in a
local women’s and children’s shelter.
1990s
Jeffrey
R. Marcus (M.D. 1994) was recently appointed head
of Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery at Duke University
and is working on a fellowship in pediatric plastic surgery
at The Hospital for Sick Children at the University of
Toronto.
2000s
Jordan Fridman (Ph.D. 2000) is completing a post-doctoral
fellowship at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
in New York where he is
examining the
genetics
of tumorigenesis and drug-resistance in cancer.
He has accepted a position with Incyte Genomics
in 2003
where
he will serve
as Senior
Research
Scientist of In Vivo Biology. He can be reached
at fridman@cshl.org.
LIVES LIVED
Bill (Marion S.) DeWeese (M.D. 1939, Residency
1948), 86, died on July 27 at St. Joseph
Hospital in Ann
Arbor. Intellectually
gifted,
DeWeese
completed
his undergraduate education at Kent State
University at age 19 and graduated from the University
of Michigan Medical
School
at 23. He
married Helen,
a surgical
nurse he met at U-M hospital, in 1941 and
retired in 1998 after 49 years in surgery. DeWeese
was a founding
member
of the Frederick
A. Coller
Surgical Society, the American College
of Surgeons, and the
Southern,
Central and
Western
Surgical Associations, among others. He
enjoyed golfing, tennis, fishing, monthly poker games
with his friends,
and especially
vacationing and
spending time
with his family. Contributions may be made
to the M.S. DeWeese Student
Fellowship Fund, c/o U-M Department of
Surgery, 301 E. Liberty, Suite 300, Ann Arbor,
MI 48104-2251.
Aggrey Nyong’o (M.D. 1977), a pathologist in Kenya, chief pathologist
at the Nairobi Hospital and chair of the Pathology Department at Nairobi Medical
School, died on May 14 at age 58.
Hossein
Gharib (M.D. 1966), F.A.C.E., has been chosen as president
of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists,
of which he’s been a member
since 1991, at its eleventh annual meeting and clinical congress in Chicago
in May. Gharib is professor of medicine at the Mayo Medical School in Rochester,
Minne-sota, where he resides, and a consultant in the Department of Internal
Medicine, Division of Endocrinology/Metabolism at the Mayo Clinic-Rochester.
Martin Nemiroff (M.D. 1966, Residencies 1967 and 1971) retired
from the U.S. Public Health Service and U.S. Public Coast
Guard after a career
which resulted
in the rescue of 2,200 near-drowning and hypothermia victims in Michigan,
Alaska and the North Pacific region. He also retired as president of
the Coast Guard
Flight Surgeons Association and is honored with the “Captain Martin J.
Nemiroff Medical Clinic”in North Bend, Oregon, named in his honor. Nemiroff
is available for contact at Martinsgate@aol.com.
Jeffrey Hecht (M.D. 1979) is chief of the Division of Surgical
Rehabilitation in the Department of Surgery at the University
of Tennessee. He welcomes
contact from fellow alumni via email at jeffhecht@ mc.utmck.edu.
Steven C. Winokur (M.D. 1979), associate director of medical
education at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, is one
of 50 health
care leaders in the National
Patient Safety Foundation’s inaugural Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship.
The Fellowship provides opportunities for senior leaders to advance the creation
of cultures of safety and promote breakthroughs in patient care.
Warren
Lockette (M.D. 1981) is the 2002 Navy recipient of the
Roy Wilkins Service Award, given by the National Association
for the
Advancement
of Colored People
at their 93rd annual convention in Houston on July 9. The
award is presented annually to a member from each branch
of the armed
services
who has best
demonstrated accomplishments that support the Association’s principal goal of ensuring
political, educational, social and economic equality for minorities in America.
Lockette, a medical officer, scientist, and special advisor to the U.S. Navy’s
top SEAL commando, received the award in recognition of his groundbreaking
work in assisting the Navy SEALs in their diversity and recruiting programs.
Jeffrey
R. Marcus (M.D. 1994) was recently appointed head
of Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery at Duke University
and is working on a fellowship in pediatric plastic surgery
at The Hospital for Sick Children at the University of
Toronto.
