1970's

For complete class notes, please see the latest issue of the Grapevine.

Announcements

• Paul A. Gluck '72 has been elected to the board of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).  He will serve as Assistant Secretary.  Dr. Gluck is in private group practice in Miami and is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Miami.  An ACOG Fellow since 1980, he has chaired several committees and task forces for the organization.
• Amy E. Newburger '74 is President Elect of Westchester County Medical Society.  Dr. Newburger is the founder of Dermatology Consultants of Westchester.  A graduate of Barnard College, she completed her dermatology residency at the University of Miami School of Medicine.  She was a Visiting Scientist at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health where her research focused on malignant melanoma.  Her previous full-time academic appointments include Assistant Professor of Dermatology at University of Miami School of Medicine, and at University of California, Irvine.  She is the only dermatologist and the only physician in private practice to be a Voting Member of the Food and Drug Administration's Panel on General and Plastic Surgery Reconstructive Devices.
• Frank Estrada '75, '71WSC received a faculty appointment at Mount Sinai School of Medicine as Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, the first Family Practice physician to be so recognized. 
• Carol E.H. Scott-Conner '76, Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Iowa (UI) Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, received the school's Distinguished Achievement Award on April 9, 2008 at their Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women.  Dr. Scott-Conner became Chair in the Department of Surgery in October 1995, at which time she was one of only two women in the United States to hold such a position.  
• Howard E. Takiff '76 was unable to attend the Celebration of the Achievements of Saul J. Farber, M.D. '42 in late February but told us "Thank you for the invitation, but as I live and work in Caracas, Venezuela, it would be difficult to attend.  Dr. Farber remains one of the most impressive people I've ever met, and only this week, while driving my commute, I was recalling the few interactions I had with him, all of which are still vivid.  The most impressive part about Dr. Farber was not just his smarts, knowledge base, or judgment, all of which seemed extraordinary, but his caring, not only for the patients, but also for the students and residents..... Twenty years after leaving NYU, I attended a topoisomerase meeting and saw Dr. Farber in the cafeteria.  He looked at me as if he recognized me, and would have welcomed my greetings.  Ever since, I have regretted that I was too shy to approach and tell him how central he was in my image of the model physician.  I'm sure this is a biased, sentimentalized remembrance based on a few interactions that excludes a fuller picture of Dr. Farber, but that's my myth and I thank him for it." 
• David Vilabrera '77 shares, "my two children are adults - my son is in South Korea teaching English, and my daughter is finishing up college.  I am looking forward to going to South Africa with my karate school for an upcoming tournament there - I have been to Japan twice and had a great time when I went." 
• Terri S. Gershon Minford '78 tells us "I retired from medicine completely about 18 months ago, and have a small horse farm in Maryland, where I care for and train 14 horses (showing, lessons, pleasure). . . My regards to my classmates." 
• Lance D. Dworkin, HS/House Staff Medicine '79, is Interim Chief of Medicine at Brown. 

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