1870s

Leonora Howard King (M.D. 1877) was selected as the 2004 posthumous inductee into the American Medical Women’s Association International Women in Medicine Hall of Fame. King (1851-1925) was raised on a farm in Ontario and attended the U-M Medical School, in part, because Canadian medical schools still refused to admit women at that time. Upon graduation from U-M, she practiced medicine in China with the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society for 47 years, during which time she helped establish clinics, hospitals and a medical school for women. Her life is the subject of Honour Due: The Story of Dr. Leonora Howard King by Margaret Negodaeff-Tomsik (Canadian Medical Association, 1999). Created in 2001, the International Women in Medicine Hall of Fame honors women posthumously and contemporarily who have made significant contributions to the health of their country or their world, or have been first in an important area of health education, clinical work, research or academic achievement.

1950s

Richard A. Morin (M.D. 1958), former director of the U-M Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, recently authored Masquerade: Unmasking Dual Diagnosis (Arnica Publishing, Inc., 2004). In the book, he examines authors Edgar Allen Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Berryman in an attempt to determine if their traumatic lives were the result of their genius intellect or a possible dual diagnosis — a co-existing mental disorder and addiction disorder. Morin completed a psychiatric residency at Wayne State University Lafayette Clinic in 1983 and lectures on chemical dependency, sexual dysfunction, dual diagnosis and traumatic brain injury. He resides in Ann Arbor.

Kenneth Buckfire, Noreen Trunsky, Ronald Trunsky and Judy Trunsky

“Attending the University of Michigan gave me the four most important things of my life,” says Ronald E. Trunsky (M.D. 1956, Residency 1961), “my wife, my children, my education and my profession.” Following his medical studies and an internship, Trunsky spent two years in France in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. After completing his residency in psychiatry, he joined the faculty of the Wayne State University School of Medicine. He served on the staff of Sinai Hospital in Detroit from 1962 until 1992, where he directed the inpatient psychiatric unit and was chief of staff. Several years ago, Joel Young, M.D. (Residency 1993), one of Trunsky’s former students, wrote of Trunsky in the Detroit Free Press: “He stressed to young doctors that unless we understood our patients in their full context, we did not really understand our patients at all. He felt that no patient cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” In his 42 years of teaching medical students, Trunsky won the Clinical Teacher of the Year Award 10 times. He and his wife, Judy, live in a 150-year-old farmhouse in Orchard Lake. They have three children, Noreen, Matthew and Jefferey, all of whom attended the U-M. Matthew Trunsky earned his U-M medical degree in 1992. Trunsky still works “fulltime and harder now than ever” as a partner of Comprehensive Psychiatric Services, P.C. in Farmington Hills. In 2003, he and his son-in-law, Kenneth Buckfire, established an endowed scholarship in the U-M Medical School.

1960s

James M. Roberts (M.D. 1963) received the Duane Alexander Award for Academic Leadership in Perinatal Medicine from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health. Roberts has committed the past 15 years to finding a solution to preeclampsia, a cause of death and injury to mothers and babies that affects 5 percent of pregnancies. In addition to serving as director of the Magee-Womens Research Institute and as professor and vice chair of research in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Roberts currently leads the largest-ever clinical trial in the United States regarding preeclampsia.

1970s

Gerald N. Rogan (M.D. 1972) has moved from Chico to Sacramento, California, and provides consulting services for users of the Medicare Part B Program (industry, physicians, specialty societies and attorneys). He was the carrier medical director for National Heritage Insurance Company (the Medicare part B contractor in California) from 1997-2003 and prior to that was an ER physician for seven years and developed a large family practice clinic that operated for 18 years.

Ellis Ingram (M.D. 1974) received the 2004 Presidential Award of Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering (sponsored by the National Science Foundation) from President George W. Bush on May 6. Ingram is associate professor in the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences. The award, accompanied by a $10,000 grant and given to 10 individuals, recognizes Ingram’s continuous involvement in mentoring St. Louis minority students at elementary, secondary and collegiate levels.

Gordon Goodman (M.D. 1975, Residency 1979) was inducted as a fellow in the American College of Radiology during a formal convocation ceremony at the college’s annual meeting in Washington D.C. last spring. Approximately 10 percent of members are selected for fellowship, based on service to organized medicine, significant accomplishments in scientific or clinical research, exemplary performance as a teacher, and their outstanding reputation among colleagues and the local community. Gordon practices at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Florida.

Douglas H. Kirkpatrick, M.D. (Residency 1975), was elected vice president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, assuming office on May 6, 2004. Kirkpatrick, who received his medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine, is in private practice and is a clinical professor of obstetrics-gynecology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.

Elizabeth Burns (M.D. 1976), chair of the Department of Family Medicine and professor at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been selected to participate in the Bishop Fellowship Program by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Foundation. The program consists of self- development, mentorships with current deans and formal educational programs.

1980s

Michael D. Seidman (M.D. 1986) received the 2004 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Board of Governors Practitioner Excellence Award in recognition of his outstanding record of care for his patients, leadership for the specialty, and outstanding community outreach and education. Seidman is the director of the Division of Otologic/Neurotologic Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery for Henry Ford Health System, director of the hospital’s Otolaryngology Research Laboratory, co-director of its Tinnitus Center, chair of the Complementary/Integrative Medicine Program there, and a past president of the Michigan Otolaryngology Society. He resides in West Bloomfield.

1990s

David Cobb (M.D. 1999, Residency 2002) recently served as chief of the Department of Medicine at the 121st General Hospital in Seoul, South Korea. He returned to the U.S. last summer to accept a teaching position in the Family Practice Residency Program at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington. He can be reached at david.cobb@nw.amedd.army.mil.

LIVES LIVED

Margaret and Frederick Chapin

Frederick J. Chapin (M.D. 1942, Residency 1944), 88, died on October 19, 2004, of natural causes. Chapin practiced pediatrics in the Bay City, Michigan, area for 27 years with fellow U-M alumnus Thomas B. Wright (Residency 1950), then went on to train in psychiatry at Traverse City State Hospital. Chapin was actively involved in the creation and construction of Delta College in Bay City, as well as one of the founders of Saginaw Valley State University. He moved to Tennessee in 1976 where he practiced psychiatry until his retirement in 1993. His wife, Margaret, a psychologist who received her master’s in clinical psychology from the U-M in 1942, preceded him in death in February of this year. Contributions in Chapin’s memory may be sent to Department of Pediatrics, U-M Medical Development Office, 301 E. Liberty St., Ste. 400, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104-2251.

Jacob P. Deerhake, M.D. (Residency 2003), died May 8, 2004, of a rare form of brain cancer. He was 30 years old. Deerhake contributed to multiple research projects and prepared presentations for the teaching of medical students, interns and residents at the U-M. He was chief medical resident at the U-M from 2003 to 2004 and planned to begin a cardiology fellowship here in July 2004. He received several awards and honors during his short career, including the Outstanding House Officer Award, the Laure Edmunds award for Intern of the Year, the Golden Beeper Award and the Outstanding House Officer Teaching award (twice). He also was voted most outstanding resident by members of the Department of Internal Medicine. Prior to his death, Deerhake established a memorial fund to provide financial support for training and research for future residents and house staff. Contributions in his memory may be sent to the Dr. Jacob P. Deerhake Endowed Fund, University of Michigan Department of Internal Medicine, 3101 Taubman Center, Box 0368, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-0368.

Kurt W. Deuschle (M.D. 1948) died at home in New York City on February 10, 2003, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Deuschle was a pioneer in recognizing culture as a factor in community medicine, and helped build medical school community medicine programs around that philosophy. He directed the Navajo Health Project and combined Navajo medical practices with Western practices to effectively prevent disease. He was integral in beginning similar community medicine health programs in Nigeria, China, Vietnam and Turkey.

Don and Catherine Finlayson

Don Finlayson (M.D. 1941) died on July 2, 2004, at Munson Hospital in Traverse City. After graduating from the U-M, Finlayson completed his post-graduate work at Harper Children’s Hospital and Herman Kiefer Hospital, and served as a Navy physician during World War II. He then returned to his home in Sault Ste. Marie where he worked as a family practice physician for over 30 years, delivering approximately 4,000 babies. In addition to his private practice, he served as the school physician for Lake Superior State University. In his free time, Finlayson enjoyed singing in the choir at his church and was active in the Rotary Club and other local service organizations. He and his wife of 69 years, Catherine (McLeese) Finlayson (who preceded him in death nine weeks earlier, on April 29) established scholarships at Lake Superior State, Albion College (where Finlayson received his undergraduate degree), and at the U-M Medical School.

Also:

Class Notes

Out of Africa

Reunion 2004

Correction
The spring/summer 2004 issue of Medicine at Michigan reported in Class Notes that Calvin Williams (M.D. 1955) was 86 years of age upon his death on January 2, 2004. Williams was, in fact, 76. Our apologies.