1960s

Hossein Gharib (M.D. 1966) was elected to mastership of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and honored in April at the society’s convocation ceremony. The ACP is the nation’s largest medical specialty society focused on enhancing the quality and effectiveness of health care. Gharib, a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, was “humbled, overwhelmed and thrilled to be recognized.” Gharib can be reached at gharib.hossein@mayo.edu.

I. Kaufman Arenberg (M.D. 1967), founder of the Prosper Meniere Society, was honored by the society with its Gold Medal Award at its annual international symposium and workshops, March 4-11 in Zill im Zillertal, Austria. Arenberg was recognized for his “broad and diverse contributions to inner ear medicine and surgery,” and, more specifically, for his development of nondestructive surgical and inner ear drug delivery treatments for Meniere’s disease, one of the leading causes of vertigo. As a medical student, Arenbreg studied at the U-M Kresge Hearing Research Institute and recently donated the income of several medical device patents to the institute. Arenberg resides in Bayville, New York, and reports that his daughter, Julie Arenberg Bierer (Ph.D. 2001) and her husband, Steve (Ph.D. 2001), studied neuroscience at Kresge, and that his two sons have joined him in his research and business enterprises.

1970s

Julius M. Gardin (M.D. 1972, Residency 1975) is the St. John Guild Distinguished Chair and chief of the Division of Cardiology at St. John Hospital and Medical Center, and professor of medicine at Wayne State University in Detroit. He has held numerous visiting professorships nationally and internationally, and has been an invited lecturer on topics related to echocardiography and clinical cardiology around the world. He has served as president of the American Society of Echocardiography, the International Cardiac Doppler Society and the Council on Geriatric Cardiology. His research focuses on the use of echocardiography and other non-invasive tests to evaluate the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease.

Goodman, Schoomaker and McAuliffe

Richard A. Goodman (M.D. 1975, Residency 1978) and Jay F. McAuliffe (M.D. 1975), colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, recently were visited at the CDC by another fellow alumnus, Major General Eric B. Schoomaker (M.D. 1975, Ph.D. 1979). Goodman began his career at the CDC in 1978, immediately after completing his residency, and today serves as co-director of the Public Health Law Program there. McAuliffe is a leader of the Geographic and Program Coordination Team in the Coordinating Office for Global Health. Schoomaker serves as commanding general of the U.S. Army’s Medical Research and Materiel Command at Ft. Detrick in Maryland, and as chief of the Medical Corps. Schoomaker and a delegation of U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command senior scientists and laboratory leaders were visiting CDC Director Julie Gerberding, M.D., and others to observe the CDC’s progress in building new biocontainment laboratories, and to improve cooperation between the agencies on developing countermeasures against man-made and natural biological threats, such as pandemic flu and anthrax.

John Niederhuber, M.D. (Residency 1973), was appointed acting director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) upon resignation of the previous director, June 10. Niederhuber also holds a clinical appointment on the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Medical Staff and heads the National Institutes of Health Laboratory of Tumor and Stem Cell Research, which studies tissue stem cells as the cell-of-origin for cancer. He has served as deputy director for translational and clinical sciences at the NCI since September 2005, and prior to that chaired the National Cancer Advisory Board. In addition to being an alumnus, Niederhuber was a member of the U-M Medical School faculty from 1973-87, and was promoted to professor of microbiology/ immunology and professor of surgery in 1980.

Fred Sutton (M.D. 1979), associate professor of medicine and chief of the Department of Gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, was named 2006 Physician of the Year by the Ben Taub General Hospital/Quentin Mease Community Hospital Professional Image Work Team. The award recognizes outstanding physicians who contribute to the work environment, maintain employee/physician relationships and promote patient- centered care. Sutton joined the college faculty in 1984 and also serves as director of medical quality for Affiliated Medical Services in the Harris County Hospital District.

Wayne Trinklein (M.D. 1971) received a top Award of Excellence at the 26th annual West Port Festival of Fine Arts in St. Louis in June. A juried member of the Foundry, the Best of Missouri Hands and the American Draft Council, Trinklein sculpts realistic trees out of copper and tin. His trees are on display in galleries in 40 states and sit on the desks of three governors and several university presidents. Trinklein began sculpting trees during his family practice residency, and continued through his 25 years of clinical practice. He attained prudent patience by sculpting trees while waiting with women in labor. He now enjoys promoting physical and spiritual health full time through his art. For more on Trinklein’s sculptures, visit www.grandnatural.com.

1980s

John K. Niparko (M.D. 1980, Residency 1986, Fellowship 1987), of Glen Arm, Maryland, was elected president of the American Otological Society, the senior society of U.S. ear and skull base surgeons, and was named editor-in-chief of the journal Otology & Neurotology. Niparko is the George T. Nager Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and is the principal investigator of a multi-center study of childhood development after cochlear implantation. The study, which includes the U-M as a clinical site and is supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, assesses the impact of conventional clinical indicators and parent-child interactions on levels of oral language, speech recognition, selective attention, and quality-of-life attained with cochlear implantation.

Douglas Van Zoeren (M.D. 1984) became the physician director of Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers in Washington, D.C., in 2004. He maintains an active clinical practice in Washington, and has served as the chair of Kaiser Permanente’s Regional Bioethics Committee since 2002. Van Zoeren specializes in internal medicine and has served as the volunteer medical director of the Washington Free Clinic, where he led the development of an HIV treatment program. He enjoys spending time with his family and sailing on the Chesapeake Bay, and has been a runner for more than 35 years. He can be reached at douglas.vanzoeren@kp.org.

Gus M. Garmel (M.D. 1988) has published his second emergency medicine textbook, An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine: Guide to Practitioners in the Emergency Department (Cambridge University Press, 2005), which has become the required text for medical students and residents at a number of medical schools. Garmel is program co-director of the Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency, and enjoys speaking at national meetings. He resides in San Francisco.

1990s

Sunghoon Kim (M.D. 1994) is a pediatric surgeon at Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland in California. He can be reached at sukimmd@gmail.com.

Jennifer Stojan (M.D. 2006) was the first recipient of the Mark Supiano Award for Excellence in Geriatrics from the U-M Medical School. The award, which includes a $500 honorarium, certificate and placement of the winner’s name on a plaque in the Geriatrics Division administrative offices, is given to the fourth-year student who demonstrates outstanding skill in geriatrics education and clinical management.

 

Lives Lived

Harold Francis Falls (M.D. 1936, Residency 1939), an emeritus professor of the U-M Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences who played an early and influential role in the field of medical genetics, died May 27, 2006, at the age of 96. Falls was born in Winchester, Indiana, in 1909, and later moved to Detroit. He helped establish the Heredity Clinic at the U-M in 1941 and became medical director of the clinic two years later. He was named professor of ophthalmology in 1959 and retired in 1975. Falls held numerous leadership positions in local, state and national medical associations. He encouraged his residents to study the relatives who accompanied the patient, noting that they might reveal the carrier states of the patient’s disease. Falls often told residents, “No medical history is complete without the question, ‘Does anyone in your family have a similar disease?’” In 2003, colleagues and alumni honored Falls by establishing the Harold F. Falls Collegiate Professorship in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. The family has requested that memorial gifts be made to the professorship fund. Contributions may be sent to: Harold Falls Professorship Fund, U-M Medical Development Office, 301 E. Liberty St., Suite 400, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2251.

James P. Jacobs (M.D. 1956), 74, of Traverse City, Michigan, died March 14, 2006, at Munson Medical Center after a brief battle with cancer. Jacobs graduated from Lake Orion High School in 1949 and received both his bachelor’s and medical degrees from the U-M, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Chi Medical Fraternity. He completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Iowa in 1960 and taught there until he moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, to join a private practice in 1968. In 1986 he joined Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company as a clinical research manager, and retired 10 years later. In 1997 he moved to Traverse City, where he was active in the Central United Methodist Church, the Lake Ann Lions, Golden K (Kiwanis) and served in many positions for Long Lake Township. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, their three children and two grandchildren.

James W. Logie (M.D. 1935, Residency 1942) died June 22, 2006. After completing his education at the University of Michigan (he received bachelor’s and master’s degrees here in addition to his medical training), Logie was invited by his mentor, Frederick Coller, M.D., to teach at the U-M Medical School, and he did so for three years. He then moved to his native Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he practiced surgery until retiring in 1982. Logie was on the medical staffs of Blodgett Memorial Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital. He was an avid outdoorsman and hunter. He enjoyed golfing in his free time, achieving six holes-in-one — all after his 80th birthday. He is survived by his wife, Jean N. Logie, three children, two stepchildren, nine grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

James David Pappin (M.D. 1957) died April 8, 2006, on Vashon Island, Washington. He was 74. Originally from Cadillac, Michigan, Pappin received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Alma College and a medical degree from the U-M, and then was commissioned as a captain in the medical corps of the U.S. Air Force. He completed a residency at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, received a master’s in public health from the University of California at Berkeley, and was board certified in aerospace medicine. In 1976 he completed a second residency in psychiatry at the University of Washington and served as chief of psychiatry at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. After 20 years in the military, including service as hospital commander at Phu Cat Air Force Base in Vietnam in 1969, he retired in 1979 with the rank of colonel. Pappin practiced psychiatry at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, the Kitsap Mental Health Clinic in Bremerton, as well as several Washington state agencies, and retired in 1996. Retirement allowed him to pursue his many interests, including cooking, languages, genealogy, gardening, travel, community service and politics, and he spent valuable time with his wife, Jeannine, their children and their grandchildren.

J. Haddon A. Peck Jr. (Residency 1952), 86, died April 1, 2006, at his home in San Diego, California, after a brief battle with cancer. The son of a physician, Peck grew up in St. Fancis, Kansas, where he was an Eagle Scout and participated in several high school sports. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado and his medical degree from the Northwestern University School of Medicine. Peck served 17 years in the Navy Reserve and returned to practice after he was discharged in 1954. He was on the staffs of a number of San Diego-area hospitals and was associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Medical School. As chief of staff at the County Hospital of San Diego in 1968, he initiated the transition of that facility into what is now the UCSD Medical Center. An avid sportsman and traveler, Peck and his wife, Jane, went fly fishing in New Zealand, golfed in Morocco, and skied in Switzerland. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters and four grandchildren.

Jay Van Zoeren (M.D. 1948) died October 29, 2005, at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, following a year long illness. He was 81. Van Zoeren graduated from Hope College before receiving his medical degree, served in the U.S. Navy from 1952-54, and studied at the Western Psychiatric Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was assistant medical director at the Haven Hospital in Rochester, Michigan, from 1954-60, then established a private practice in Birmingham. Throughout his career he held several positions in the state, including chief of psychiatry at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry for the Michigan Sate University College of Human Medicine, and medical director of the Maple Clinic in Birmingham. He was a consultant to the Michigan State Psychiatric Ethics Committee and served as chair of the committee from 1986-94. In 1986, Van Zoeren was elected a life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He was a committed volunteer with several community service agencies in the Detroit area, including Habitat for Humanity, and served as board president at the Oakland Child Guidance Center, which provides mental health services to at-risk adolescents. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, four sons and seven grandchildren.