| Class Notes |
1975
David Arthur McClellan (M.D., ’75) recently was named program director of the Brazos Family Medicine Residency, Bryan/College Station, Texas. www.brazosfm.com. It is a community-based program in partnership with the Texas A&M College of Medicine, St. Joseph Regional Health Center, College Station Medical Center, the Brazos-Robertson Counties Medical Society, the Brazos Valley Chapter of the TAFP, the Brazos County Health Department, and the Scott & White Clinic in College Station.
1977
U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess (M.D., ’77) gave the commencement keynote address at the University of North Texas College of Engineering Dec. 18, 2004. “The work at the College of Engineering is nothing short of miraculous, and I am delighted that I have been selected to address their first decentralized graduation and honored to represent these students in Washington,” Michael said.
1981
Joel Dunnington’s (M.D., ’81) research on the chemicals released from indoor smoking was featured in the Houston Chronicle. Joel is an associate professor at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
1982
G. Kevin Thompson (M.D., ’82) is a pediatric anesthesiology at the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Va., where he just completed a term as president of the medical staff. He and his wife, Patsy, recently celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary.
1983
John C. Marlow (M.D., ’83) recently was appointed chief medical officer for Advanstar Medical Economics. John was vice president, Content for Medsn Inc., where he was responsible for designing medical education and pharma-related medical programs. Previously, he was chief medical officer for Wyeth-Ayerst where he implemented a broad array of disease-management programs and developed procedures and processes to maintain evidence-based thinking. In his new role, John will be responsible for creating and leading a medical affairs capability within Advanstar Medical Economics. This will include active participation in sales and marketing business development efforts, content, and e-learning initiatives.
Erica W. Swegler,
(M.D., ’83) is the president of the Texas Academy
of Family Physicians (TAFP). She has been a partner in North Hills Family
Practice in Keller, Texas, for eight years. She has been involved with
the Texas Academy for 17 years. She additionally is on the TAFP-F Board
and the TAFP Political Action Committee Board and is a clinical advocate
for the Texas Medical Foundation. Erica is in her third year on the American
Academy of Family Physicians’ Commission on Health Care Services.
1984
Joseph Lucci III (M.D., ’84) and Ruth
(Cigarroa) Lucci (M.D., ’84) have moved to southern Florida, where Ruth is a hospitalist at Memorial
Regional Hospital and Joe is the director of the Division of Gynecologic
Oncology at the University of Miami. They have three sons, Joseph IV
(12), and twins Dominic and Michael (11).
1985
J.J. Rodriguez (M.D., ’85) is a staff anesthesiologist and pain
management specialist in Los Alamitos, Calif. JJ and his wife, Carol,
celebrated their 20th anniversary with their families in December 2004.
Carol manages her Andalusian farm, which can be accessed at www.ranchosuenoandalusians.com.
1987
Jackie Grosklos (M.D., ’87) and Todd Dean welcomed the birth of
Lucas Edward Dean Dec. 17, 2003. He joins sister Riley (12), and brothers
Zach (14), Josh (6), and Gabe (6). Todd recently graduated from The St.
Louis Psychoanalytic Institute and Jackie works part-time as a cardiologist.
James W. McKinley (M.D., ’87) has joined The University of Texas
Health Center at Tyler’s Department of Family Medicine as an assistant
professor of medicine. James is board certified in family practice and
has a special interest in sports medicine. He comes to UTHCT from the
Azalea Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Clinic in Tyler and completed his
residency in family practice at the University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center, Shadyside Hospital.
1991
Steven J. Ellstrom, (M.D., ’91, R ’95) has served for two
years as chairman of the section of anesthesiology at Vail Valley Medical
Center and is lecturing locally on regional anesthesia techniques. “Hello
to everyone in the Medical School Class of 1991 and the Anesthesiology
Residency Class of 1995,” he writes. “Thanks to the Department
of Anesthesiology!”
1992
Koshy Abraham (M.D., ’92) is married to Dr. Annie Joy (who graduated
from UT Southwestern) and is practicing nephrology in Columbia, S.C.
1994
Carlos Barrett Rocha (M.D., ’94) completed his residency in 1999
at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth in obstetrics and gynecology.
He served as chief administrative resident during his final year and
now is in private practice in Mena, Ark. He recently was elected chief
of staff and chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
at the Mena Medical Center. His wife, Norma, gave birth to their first
child, Alexander Barrett Rocha, in December 2004
Jennifer Pepper (M.D., ’94) has joined the emergency room staff
at Providence Hospital in Waco and writes that she is looking forward
to seeing any alumni in Waco.
1995
M. Suzanne Basey-Yeary (M.D., ’95) reports that she is in part-time
private practice in San Antonio and is enjoying being a full-time mom
to three beautiful daughters, Abigail (7), Anna (3), and Allison (1).
Maricela Gulbronson (M.D., ’95) and husband, Charles,
welcomed their second child, Jordyn Taylor Feb. 19, 2005. He weighed
8 lbs. and measured 21 ½ inches long. Her 20-month old brother,
Justin, is a great little helper getting into everything, Maricela writes.
She continues to practice full time in general and developmental-behavioral
pediatrics in Fort Worth and Charles is an attorney.
1996
A. J. Applewhite (M.D., ’96) writes that after four years and three
children in Chicago, Madison, and twins Andrew and Isabel, he and his
family moved back to Texas after he accepted the medical directorship
for the Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center at the Methodist Hospital of
Dallas.
1997
Christina Mygdal Lang (M.D., ’97) and her husband, Steve, announce
the birth of their daughter, Meredith Abigail, who was born Aug. 24,
2004. Christina is in private practice at the Med Peds Clinic of Ft.
Collins, Colo.
1998
Adetola Talasi (M.D., ’98) reports that her activities are shared
between the United States and Nigeria.
Lisa Catherine Moore (M.D., ’98) has completed a UCLA endocrinology
fellowship and has established a solo endocrine private practice. She
is on staff at St. John’s Hospital and Santa Monica UCLA Hospital
in Santa Monica, Calif. Her twin daughters, Abigail and Madeline, have
just turned four.
1999
Monica Anz-Cavazos ( M.D., ’99) and Sonny
Cavazos (M.D., ’99) have moved to San Diego, Calif., for Sonny’s fellowship in bariatric
surgery. Monica completed her residency in internal medicine and will
be a hospitalist. On May 2, 2004, they welcomed daughter Juliana Marguerite,
who joins big sister, Mary Caroline.
Claudia C. Ruiz, (M.D., ’99) along with her husband, Anthony Zacharek, M.D., announce the birth of their son, Luke Alexander, who was born Oct. 6, 2004. Anthony is doing a fellowship in cosmetic plastic surgery, and Claudia is working at the FDA after finishing her fellowship in nephrology. They reside in Columbia, MD.
Sivakami Thayu (M.D., ’99) and her husband, Jeremy Marmer, wish
to announce the birth of their daughter, Avani Thayu Marmer, who was
born Dec. 1, 2003. She joins older brother Vikram. Siva practices internal
medicine in Chicago.
2000
Mike McInnis (M.D., ’00) and his wife, Christi, are proud to announce
the birth of their first child, Andrew, April 29, 2004. Mike is practicing
general internal medicine in Arlington, Texas.
Joseph Mitro (M.D., ’00) was profiled in the Duncan Banner, the
newspaper of Duncan, Okla. He recently started an obstetrics gynecology
practice at Women’s Health Care of Duncan, PLLC.
2002
Ian A. Villanueva (M.D., ’02) and Mae Costello, former coordinator
of admissions at the Medical School, were married in St. Louis, MO, in
April 2004. Ian is a surgery resident at Loyola University in Chicago,
and Mae is a graduate student at DePaul University.
2003
Shezi Ali-Kirmani (R ’03) recently joined Independence Regional
Medical Group in Eastern Jackson County, Mo.
