Class Notes

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Latest Notes from Classes of 2000 - present

Heather Conrad, M.D.'02

September 4, 2008 - Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) announced today that UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine alum Heather Conrad, MD, has been named CHA's Director of Pediatric Emergency Services.

Dr. Conrad, a board-certified emergency medicine physician, will oversee the care of children at CHA's three emergency department locations – the Cambridge hospital campus, Somerville hospital campus, and Whidden hospital campus in Everett . CHA's three hospital campuses provide expert, 24-hour care for people of all ages. Last year, patients made more than 90,000 emergency room visits to CHA.

As part of her responsibilities, Dr. Conrad will help oversee pediatric residents from Massachusetts General Hospital who work at CHA's Cambridge campus. Dr. Conrad graduated from the University of California-Berkeley and the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. She completed her emergency medicine residency at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center as well as a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Children's Hospital Boston.

Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning health system that provides high quality care in Cambridge , Somerville , and Boston 's metro-north communities. It includes three hospital campuses, more than 20 primary care and specialty practices, the Cambridge Public Health Dept., and the Network Health plan. CHA is a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate and is also affiliated with Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Tufts University School of Medicine. Visit us online at www.challiance.org .

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Latest Notes from Classes of 1990 - 1999

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.

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Latest Notes from Classes of 1970 - 1979

Patricia A. Ganz, MD '73

October 23, 2007 - Patricia A. Ganz, professor of health services at the School of Public Health; professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine; and director of cancer prevention and control research at the Jonsson Cancer Center, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine. This month, she will also receive the American Cancer Society's Distinguished Service Award for her outstanding contributions to the field of cancer.

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Latest Notes from Classes of 1955 - 1959

Paul H.Goodley, MD '59

"Man plans; G-d laughs." Much of the time my practice has been a white water experience. As some of my classmates know, every year in med school I was positive what I'd specialize in - and change the next year. As a senior I committed to Orthopedic Surgery. I interned at Harbor General Hospital in Torrance shortly before it became an official part of the UCLA structure. I was the only intern who applied for it and I'd finished all the Orthopaedic Prosthetic courses even before I graduated, but I didn't get it. Looking back over decades - and getting into my website: www.drgoodley.com explains some of it. I entered general practice in Wilmington, California for 12 years. Wilmington, the port of L.A. is a small town, and I had an extraordinarily busy practice from which my prediliction to Orthopaedic Medicine developed. I took a residency in PM&R first at USC then UC Davis. My CV on my website and the histories therein describe some of the challenges.

In 2003 I came to Israel where I started a whole new life - with a wondrous new wife, a gratifying practice, a new stabilization.

G-d willing, I'll be at the 50th reunion in 2009. Enough for now.