Class Notes

Classes of 1990 - 1999

Madhu Chopra Agarwal ’95, M.D. ’99

Hi, Bruins! I hope you all are well. I can't believe it's been 10 years! Seems like yesterday! Well, I married Jay M.D. '00 and have two kids, Neal, age 5, and Sonia, age 3. We live in the "IE" aka the Inland Empire since I am doing neuro-ophthalmology and oculoplastics for Loma Linda University for the last 5 years. No lack of wild cases here! Jay is a nephrologist in private practice here. We are busy, but having fun. Hope to reunite soon! Glad to read about such successful alum! Cheers!

Martin T Donohoe, MD, FACP (UCLA BS '84, MD '90)

Dear fellow Bruins:

I have been practicing internal medicine part-time while teaching public health and women's studies. I recently developed a website covering public health, social justice, and the medical humanities (http://www.phsj.org or http://www.publichealthandsocialjustice.org).The website contains articles, slide shows, syllabi, and other documents relevant to topics in public health and social justice. References for most of the information contained in the slide shows can be found in the accompanying articles. Presentations will be updated a few times per year.

Feel free to use information from the articles and slide shows, indeed even the slides themselves, with appropriate citation. It is my hope that this information can be disseminated widely, influencing current and future generations of health professionals and others concerned about creating a more just and peaceful world.

I am hoping to add other syllabi and articles from the many talented individuals working in this area. Please email me any articles and/or slide shows you would be willing to share, along with comments, corrections, and suggestions re my content.

Rollington Ferguson M.P.H. ’86, M.D. ’90

Currently working in the Oakland/East Bay region. Private practice invasive but non- interventional cardiology. Fifty percent internal medicine.

Leighton Chan, MD, MPH '90

October 17, 2007 - Dr. Leighton Chan graduated with a degree in political science from Dartmouth College, and then went to medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles. He completed his postgraduate training in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Washington (UW). During his residency, he also completed an M.S. degree in rehabilitation science. He then became a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar at the UW, and earned a master's degree in public health from the UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine. He was also a congressional fellow for the Honorable Jim McDermott. Chan served on the UW medical school faculty from 1994 to 2006, and directed the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at UW Medical Center. He was named an outstanding teacher in Continuing Medical Education for practicing physicians. He has published more than 50 peer reviewed articles and numerous book chapters on the quality of care given to Medicare beneficiaries. He became chief of the Rehabilitation Medicine Department at the National Institutes of Health this past year.

Marla Lynn Shaver, M.D.'90

I have moved to Florida. Since Jan 2007 I began working with Signet Diagnostic imaging of south Florida. They are part of a larger New York based corporation Doshi/Signet. We offer complete range of imaging services, Im working as a general radiologist 50% and breast imager 50% of the time. Im very happy to be here in Coral Springs, FL. My son is 18 years old and at Full Sail an orlando school for Recording Arts. I also have a three year old daughter, who is well just being three.

Sana U. Khan, MD '93

Hmmm ... I wonder if anyone is reading this :)

I graduated with my MD, PhD Degrees in 93', did my residency in Diagnostic Radiology from 94-98'. I also got married that year to my lovely wife Safura. I can't believe it has already been 10 years since. We have 4 beautiful children, 3 boys and 1 girl (8,6,3,1) so needless to say that we have our hands full.

Professionally, I am Founder/CEO of a imaging company called TrueMRI. A bit about the compnay: We were the first Radiology Group in the country to provide MRI imaging in multipositional planes. The Verticle magnet design actually allows patient's to watch T.V. while being scanned but more importantly we can image patients in the position which is causing the symptoms. Typically patients feel most comfortable in the supine position in musculoskeletal injuries so scanning them in the lying position may not fully demonstrate the anatomical defects cauing the problem. Much research is being done on this with Dr. Jeffrey Wang and his team in the Dept. of Orthopedics at UCLA.We currently own and operate 10 centers in California and just began our venture out of state in Las Vegas.

I really do miss being at UCLA a lot. It was a wonderful 7 years.I do get to go often for research meetings so at least I get to see the amazing continuous growth of the campus. OK gotta go, the 3 year old wants to play!!

Rumi Cader, MD '94

October 25, 2007 - Quite a bit has happened since graduating in 1994. I did go on to do my MPH in Epidemiology at UCLA in 1995 and then went on to pursue a residency/chief residency in Internal Medicine at the UCLA/San Fernando Valley Program. On the work front, I have been promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. I teach in the Cedars-VA Program in Internal Medicine and am Director of Medical Education at UMMA Community Clinic in South Los Angeles. I was fortunate to have been able to participate in the Tsunami Relief effort in my homeland of Sri Lanka and have continued my academic interests of Cultural Competence and Global Health.

On the family front, Farah and I have 3 boys - Luqmaan age 10, Yusuf age 6, and Ayub age 4. Its AYSO Soccer Season and they are keeping us busy with practices and games all week long. This week we had to endure both soccer games/practices and basketball tryouts at the same time. We love nature and national parks. Last summer, Farah and I endured the 3 of them in the back of the car (are we there yet?) going to Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Glacier National Parks. We live in Redondo Beach, California, where the boys like to go boogie boarding all summer long.

Jason Haukoos, M.D, '98

September 22, 2006 - Jason Haukoos (M.D, 1998), Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, has received a two-year, $840,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control. Haukoos served his emergency medicine residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

The grant will study the clinical effectiveness, clinical efficiency, and cost effectiveness, of routine, voluntary rapid HIV tests in the emergency department. It will compare the emergency department test to a targeted HIV testing program.

The results will determine best practices for identifying patients with HIV infection in the emergency department.

About 40,000 new HIV infections occur annually in the U.S.

Denver Health, formerly known as Denver General Hospital, is the Rocky Mountain Region’s Level 1 academic trauma center, and the safety net hospital for the Denver area. The Denver Health system, which integrates acute and emergency care with public and community health, includes the Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, Denver Health Paramedic Division, nine family health centers, 12 school-based health centers, the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, NurseLine, Correctional Care, Denver CARES, Denver Public Health, the Denver Health Foundation and the Rocky Mountain Center for Medical Response to Terrorism, Mass Casualties and Epidemics.

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