May 2007

Celebrate Your Medical School Memories at Michigan! October 26-27, 2007

It’s time once again to plan for Reunion! This fall, the emeritus class of 1957, all previous emeriti classes, and all classes whose graduation year ends in either “2” or “7” are invited to Ann Arbor for Reunion ’07.

The weekend will be filled with memories relived and friendships rekindled. A variety of events are planned, from faculty presentations to class dinners to an exciting afternoon of Michigan football as the Wolverines take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers. It’s a weekend you won’t want to miss!

We look forward to seeing you at Reunion ’07! For more information, please visit our Reunion ’07 Web site. If you have questions regarding registration or hotel accommodations, please contact Gina Jennings at medevents@umich.edu or (734) 998-7597. For general information, please contact Julie Antis at antisj@umich.edu or (734) 998-7703.

Match Day — A Rite of Spring

The National Residency Match Program ended weeks of anticipation for members of the Class of 2007 on March 15, when Michigan’s imminent physicians learned where residency training will take them next in the course of their medical careers. For a complete list of this year’s student matches, visit our Match Day 2007 Web site.

Husband and wife David Lee and Cheryl Kim donned Cincinnati Reds caps at the 2007 Match Day ceremony — both will perform residencies in internal medicine/pediatrics at University Hospital in Cincinnati.

MCAS Student Scholarship Award Winners Announced

The U-M Medical Center Alumni Society (MCAS) annually presents three awards to students who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in their careers or in their studies. This year, MCAS presented the awards during its annual Senior Awards Luncheon on Thursday, May 10.

MCAS Scholarship Service Awards are given to one second- and one third-year student for their outstanding service to the U-M Health System, the University, or the community at large, as well as for their demonstrated academic excellence. This year’s Scholarship Service Award winners were Krisda Chaiyachati (M2) and Anne Hiniker (M3).

The MCAS Academic Achievement Award, on the recommendation of the faculty of the Medical School, is given to the graduating senior who has achieved the highest academic standing in his or her medical school class. This year’s Academic Achievement Award-winner is Lisa Whitehead.

Krisda Chaiyachati and Lisa Whitehead

The Medical School and MCAS wish to congratulate all of our award winners. To learn more about the MCAS Student Awards, or about how to nominate a student, please visit the MCAS Awards Web page, or contact Julie Antis at (734) 998-7703 or antisj@umich.edu.

Medical School Commencement 2007

On May 11, 165 U-M students received their medical degrees at the Medical School’s 157th annual Commencement Ceremony. At this year’s event, held in Hill Auditorium, graduates were joined by their friends, family members, mentors and peers to hear remarks by Interim Dean James O. Woolliscroft, M.D. (Residency 1980); as well as by the event’s keynote speaker, Tadataka Yamada, M.D., president of the Global Health Program of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Medical School Alumni and Friends Enjoy “Medicine That’s Making the Michigan Difference” Seminar in Phoenix.

The U-M is very fortunate to have some of the world’s most talented physicians and scientists, and very proud to offer medical research, education and patient care that is among the best available anywhere. To showcase this wealth of talent and expertise, the U-M Health System recently sponsored its first “Medicine That’s Making the Michigan Difference” seminar in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 29.

Approximately 200 U-M Medical School alumni and friends attended the seminar, which was held at the Ritz-Carlton Phoenix. Following welcoming remarks by Medical School Interim Dean James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., seminar participants were treated to a pair of presentations by two of the Health System’s most engaging researchers:

Diet and Dietary Supplements from A – Z: What Works and What’s Worthless by Mark A. Moyad, M.D., Phil F. Jenkins Director of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for the Michigan Urology Center, and senior research associate, Michigan Urology Center

Cardiac Surgery: The Future Horizon by Richard L. Prager, M.D., professor of surgery, chief of the Division of Adult Cardiac Surgery and co-director of the U-M Cardiovascular Center

The Health System hopes in the future to sponsor similar seminars highlighting other topics, in other locations. We urge you to stay tuned to future issues of MPulse for information about seminars in your area.

Mark Moyad, M.D., speaks with attendees at the “Medicine That’s Making the Michigan Difference” seminar in Phoenix.

Attendees enjoying the Phoenix seminars.

Dinner Celebrates New Holland Scholarship

On May 1, Jean Holland (M.D. 1977) hosted a scholarship dinner at her Birmingham, Michigan, home to celebrate the new Frederick Richard Holland, M.D., Endowed Medical Scholarship. Holland, along with her children, established the scholarship in memory of her late husband, and in honor of the couple’s desire to help future generations of medical students. The event provided a wonderful opportunity for Medical School alumni from throughout the Detroit area to spend time together, and to visit with Interim Dean James O. Woolliscroft, M.D.

The Medical School, in conjunction with MCAS, routinely organizes such dinners to provide our alumni with a chance to connect with others in their areas, as well as with the dean. In addition to dinner, guests have an opportunity to learn more about the latest Medical School developments, as well as about the ongoing need for additional scholarship funds to support our talented and hard-working medical students.

If you would like to learn more about how you can help support medical student scholarships, please contact Director of Alumni and Donor Relations B.J. Bess at (734) 998-6044 or bjbess@umich.edu.

The Holland Family in 1995 (Front: Jean, Thomas and Michael; Back: Stephen, Peter, Frederick and Philip)

Support the Future of Medicine by Sponsoring a
White Coat

Each year, approximately 170 outstanding scholars have the honor of joining one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the country when they are formally welcomed as the U-M’s newest class of medical students at the White Coat Ceremony.

During the ceremony, sponsored by MCAS, our new medical students gather in the presence of their families, guests, faculty members and leaders of the Medical School to formally receive the cloak of their future profession — the white coat. This event marks a milestone in the education of a medical student — entry into clinical medicine.

Many of the white coats presented at the ceremony are supported by our generous and dedicated alumni. Click on the link below to find out how you can support the future of medicine by sponsoring a white coat.

Support for Student Scholarships: Lifting the Burden … Realizing the Dream

Through support for student scholarships, our generous alumni are increasingly making the difference for medical students choosing between attending the U-M or another institution. For some, it makes the difference between earning a medical degree and pursuing another career altogether.

Scholarship support from generous benefactors helps guarantee access to a future in medicine for our talented and hard-working scholars. Please click on our Ways of Giving Web site to learn more about how you can help.

 

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