Harvard medical alumni bulletin

58 Pages·2001·5.8 MB·English

by  Harvard Medical Alumni Association

SUMMER 2001
HO
IN THE
WAR, DOCTOR?
Harvardphysicians reflect on their
experiences duringWorldWarII
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SUMMER 2001 • VOLUME 75, NNUMBER 1 TF.N
SPECIAL REPORT: WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, DOCTOR?
HMS Prepares for War 14
FromthehallsofVanderbilt,totheshoresofTripoli,Harvard
medicalstudentsandfacultyansweredtheircountry'scalltoduty.
BEVERLY BALLARO
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AbattahonsurgeonrecallsthehorrorsofwaronthefrontHnes.
DEPARTMENTS BERNARD RYAN
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Letters 3 Their Finest Hour
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Pulse 5 Aninternist,apsychiatrist, andasurgeonreflectontheirexperiences
Ii MatchDay2001;HMShospitalrankings ofWorldWarII.
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President's Report 9
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Bookmark 10
AreviewbyElissaElyofTheReal 36
I Invisible Children
5 WorldGuidetoPsychotherapyPractice
AphysiciandescendsintothesewersofLaPaz,Bohvia,totreatthe
1 Bookshelf 11 forgottenchildrenofthe streets.
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Benchmarks 12 hy CHI-CHENG HUANG, WITH IRWIN A. TANG
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I Anewapproachtoasthmatreatment. 42
Stand and Deliver
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o Physicianswhobecomepregnantduringresidencyoftendiscover
I Alumnus Profile 54 thatthepainsoflaborcanextendwellbeyondthedeliveryroom.
8 AphysiciandevoteshimseHtohelping JOSHUA SHARFSTEIN AND YNGVILD OLSEN
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3 athletesreachpeakperformance.
48
o hySusanCassidy The Discovery Channel
I Class Notes 56 whatdoestheunfoldingsuccessofthestatinstellusaboutthe
o natureofmedicalbreakthroughs?
I Obituaries L 62 fe^ DAVID A. SHAYWITZ AND DENNIS A. AUSIELLO
CoverphotographofHarvardmedicalstudent-soldiersintheQuadrangle,courtesy
oftheHarvardMedicalLibraryintheFrancisA.CountwayLibraryofMedicine
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ALUMNI BULLETIN
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
WiLLiamIraBennett'68
EDITOR
In This Issue PaulaBrewerByron
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
YEARLIESTMEMORIESAREOFWORLDWAR11.PERHAPSTHEFIRSTISOF BeverlyBallaro,PhD
beinggivenachoicebetweentheNavyandtheArmy. Inavery ASSISTANT EDITOR
smallflushofpost-Depressionprosperity,myparentsdecidedto SusanCassidy
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
replacethewallpaperinourtwo-bedroombungalow.Soonafter
EhssaEly'88
Ihadgraduatedfromthecribtoa"real"bed,Iwasaskedtopickapatternfor
myroom.ThesampleIpreferredhadabluebackgroundwithbattleshipssailing EDITORIAL BOARD
JudyAnnBigby'78
acrossit,butalsoatwo-inchtearontherightside.Theother,showingatansky RafaelCampo'92
withfighterplanes,wasnottorn. Ichosethetanpaperwiththeairplanes AtuElhsGsaawEalnyd'e88'94
becauseIthoughtthatthesamplewouldbeexactlyreproducedonthewallsof RobertM.Goldwyn'56
myroom,andIdidritwantatwo-inchteareveryfewfeet. VicPteorrriiaKMlcaEssvo'8y6'75
OverayearlaterIwasinmy"real"bedalmostrecoveredfromthemeasles. JamesJ.O'Connell'82
NancyE.Oriol'79
Lyingthereunderthenow-familiarairplanes,theroomdarktoprotectmy GordonScarmeU"40
J.
eyes,Ilistenedtomymotherreadmeastory. Halfwayintoit,herreadingwas JoEhlneaDn.orStSoheocrkele'5'547
interruptedbyacacophonyofsirensandhorns. Shestiffened,stoodup,and
DESIGN DIRECTOR
walkedtothewindow. InaWestCoasttown,hummingwithNavyyards,
LauraMcFadden
windowswereregardedasdangerousplaces,coverednotonlyformeasles,
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
butalsoforfearofairraids. Shestoodtherefor
READERS TAKE NOTE amomentandthenliftedtheshadealltheway PaCuhlarJ.leDsavJ.isHa'6t3,empr'e6s6i,dpernets-eildeecntt1
We've Moved. IheBunennhasmoved upandshouted,"Thewar'sover!Thewar's MiSttcehpehlelnT.G.RaPbakuikner'5'56,8,pr\e'isciedpernets-iedleecntt2
totheLandmarkCenterat401ParkDrive, over!" Surroundedbymyfighterplanes,I MariaC.Alexander-Bridges'80,secretary
Boston,MA02215.Ourofficialaddress,hoMwA- asked,"Whatwar?What'sawar,Mommy?" CecilH.Coggins"58,treasurer
ever,remains25ShattuckStreet,Boston,
02115.Ournewphonenumberis617-384-8900: Forreasonsofluckandprivilege,Ihavenever COUNCILLORS
ourfaxnumberis617-384-8901;andouremail RafaelCampo'92
[email protected]. learnedwhatawarisinthepainfulwaythat PaulEarmer'90
manyofmyteachersandmentors,someofmy B.LachlanForrow'83
MichaelA.LaCombe'68
patients,andafewofmyfriendshavehadto. NorwasIevertoldmuch.Only GinaT.Moreno-John'94
now,asImyselfcrossoverfrommiddletooldage,andthegenerationofWorld NDaenWeattyeneKaMs.sWPeurnsgleeyr''8524
WarIIveteransisdiminishingbysomeestimatesattherateofathousandaday, FrancisC.Wood,Jr.'54
KathrynA.ZufaU-Larson'75
amIbeginningtorealizehowhttleIwastoldaboutthewarandhowmuchless
Iasked.Iknewthatoneofmyfavoriteteachersinhighschoolhadanarmthat DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS
didritworkwell;Ididritknowthatoneofmyfavoriteteachersincollegehad DanielD.Eederman'53
beendecorated.AtHMS,whereinmytimemanyofthefacultywereveteransof ASSISTANT DEAN FOR ALUMNI
AFFAIRS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
theSecondWorldWar,Imanagedtobeonlypohtelyawareofthatfact. NoraN.Nercessian,PhD
—
Therecouldbymanyreasonsforthis myowncallownessprominentamong
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE
them.Butanotherreasonisalsoapparent:theextraordinarymodestyofthe HARVARD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
"greatestgeneration."Inthisissue,aswecontinueouraccountofHarvardMed- Chesterd'Autremont'44
icalSchoolinthewar,severalalumnidescribetheirwarexperiencesandAssoci- TheHarvardMedicalAlumniBulletinis
publishedquarterlyat25ShattuckStreet,
ateEditorBeverlyBallarogivesusabriefhistoryoftheQuadrangleasabar- Boston,MA02115"^bytheHarvard
racks. IthadnotbeenmyhabittocontradictthelateBillMcDermott'42,but Phone:(M6e1d7i)c3a8l4A-l8u90m0ni.AFsasxo:ci(a6t1i7o)n3.84-8901
whenhetoldtheBulletin,"Weweren'theroesatall.Wewerejustdoingwhat TEhmiaridl:[email protected],
wasrightandwhathadtobedone,"Ihadtorespectfullydissent. Matsos2a5chSuhsaettttusc.kPSotsrtemeat,stBeors,tosne,ndMfAor0m21315579
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HARVARD MEDICAl ALUMNI BULLETIN • SUMMER 2001
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The yearlong leave came and went,
and I ultimately withdrew, with Her-
mann'ssanctionandwithhimsaying,"It
PICTURE PERFECT
just wasn't time to return." During my
whileperusingmyWinter2001 absence I workedas alongshoreman on
issue, I cameacross "Questforthe the Boston wharves and then with a
West"byBettyAnneJohnson79 health planning agency, all the while
meeting every few months with Her-
andhadreadmostofthearticle mann, who accepted and understood
before Irealizedthat Iknewthe everything. These were extremely sup-
author!Thephotographyis portive meetings on his part; he was
—
great mywifeis ablack-and- alwaysgentle,willingtolistenandshare
fromhisownexperiences,nonjudgmen-
whitephotographer, so Iliketo
talandnondirective,eventhoughhewas
think—I atleasthave aneyeforthis my soleliaisonwiththe medicalschool.
stuff andBettyAnne'sgrand- He was enormously important in keep-
motherisbeautiful, aUsixfeetof ingthepossibilityofacareerinmedicine
her. IjustfinishedreadingJohn stillinmymind.
Grisham's semi-autobiographical Ultimately I returned to HMS, much
novelAPaintedHouse, andthephotosBettyAnneincludedare mthaenwifsaceirliftraotmedmayrleifaececxeppetrainecnecetso.mHeedr--
veryreminiscentoftheimagesheportrays, eventhoughhe ical school and I graduated in 1977. I
writes aboutcottonfieldsinArkansasintheearly1950s. realized my ambition to become a psy-
IhavealwayssaidthattheBulletinisbyfarthebest alumni chiatrist and every six months or so,
magazineIget,andthisarticleisfurtherfuelformyargument. untilImovedawayfromBostonin1989,
JOHN M. DORMAN '67 I met with him and his wife at their
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA home in Brookline to share my experi-
ences and success. Hewas always eager
to see me and chat, and was never too
rushedortoobusy.
I visited him a year or so before his
Guiding Light motivation. To this end, I had to visit deathwhenhewaswheelchair-boundby
I read with great sadness and vivid with numerous deans and compose Parkinson's disease and living in an
remembrance Charles Krauthammer's explanationsandaplanforaleave;every- extended-carefacihty. Hiseyeswerestill
tribute to Hermann Lisco in the winter one had difficulty understanding why a bright and his mind inquisitive. "Isn't it
issue of the Bulletin.Just as he had with medical student who was doing atleast ironic," he quipped, "that I, who have
Dr.Krauthammer,Hermannhadanenor- passable work wanted to leave. I can spentsomuchtimestudyinginstitutions,
mouseffectonmylifeandcareerinmed- rememberthelateJoseph Gardella,who shouldendupdependentonone?"
icine. Originally inthe Class of1973 and was dean ofstudents at the time, finally It is to my mind a reflection of the
interested in psychiatry, I was waylaid acknowledging that this was not such a greatdepthandstrengthofHMSthatit
frommedicalschoolbyacombinationof badideaafterall,asheapprovedit. was able toprovidefor a physicianand
theturmoilofthetime(theVietnamWar Onstartingmyleave,Iwasreferredto person of Hermann's sensitivities to
was at its height, as were protests and Hermann as someonewhowouldwatch beinaplacetocounselandassistmed-
disaffection with the American system) over me during this absence and other- ical students such as myself in this
andmyownneuroticuncertainties. wise help. I can recall from our first unorthodox and very personal way. I
Therewasasayingatthetimethatthe meetinghissnow-whitehair,brighteyes, wasblessedtohavemetandbeenguid-
onlythingharderthangettinginto Har- keenattention,curiosity,verygentleway, ed by Hermann, and Ihold him in my
vardMedicalSchoolwasgettingout,and knowledgeofotherprodigalmedicalstu- mind and heart as one who helped me
asIbecameincreasinglydisaffectedwith dents, and reflections on his own Life, enormously in my darkest hours. I will
themedicalstudiesthatlayontheroute amongwhichwerethathealsohadtaken sorelymisshim.
topsychiatry,Idecidedtotakealeaveof a few years off from his studies, to be RICHARD B. KRUEGER 'JJ
absence to straighten out my mind and treatedinatuberculosissanatorium. NEW YORK, NEW YORK
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sarily the most challenging peaks on Butkeepupthegoodworkontherestof
For the Record theirrespectivecontinents. yourwriting.
IthoroughlyenjoyedthearticleonGeoff JERRY E. LECLAIRE '8o ROGER MOSELEY '59
Tabin'84inthewinterissue. Hismoun- SPOKANE, WASHINGTON PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
taineering exploits and sheer energy are
impressive. I agreewithhisstatement,"I Dead Silence Editor'snote: Your letter prompted us to
htahvienkailt'wsaaysshvaamleuewdhequnaphetoyploevearppsriozea.chI aIrftiicnldest,hienfBuolrlmeatitnivfeilalenddwwietlhl-ipnrteesreenstteidn.g reervaitsiiotn,ouwrepohhacvye. Adfetceirdecdarethfautl,cboengsiind--
mountains simplywanting to get to the However,Iamabitsurprisedthatinthe ningwiththisissue,wewillincludethe
topratherthantohavetheexperienceof obituaries you almost never note the cause of death whenever the informa-
reallyclimbing." It'shardto avoidpoint- causeofdeath.Istheresomesortoftaboo tionisprovidedtous.
ingout,however, that earherinthe arti- here? Perhaps it'sjust a morbid interest
cle the writer notes that Dr. Tabin was generated at HMS, but I always hke to Wake Up Call
the fourthpersonin the world to chmb knowwhysomeone dies. Mostnewspa- In the vdnter issue of the Bulletin, Dr.
thehighestpeaksonallsevencontinents. pers don't hesitate to burble some plati- Robert Stickgoldelegantlydemonstrat-
In view of that feat, either Dr. Tabiris tudehke"diedafteralong,heroicbattle ed the importance of sleep in learning.
views have changed as he's aged or the against..." You're dealing with doctors How nice it would be if our own field
quote is a little disingenuous. Elbrus here, and surely we have more than a wouldattendtothislesson.
(Europe),Kihmanjaro(Africa),Kosciusko casual interest in howwe all eventually MARCIA ZUCKERMAN '96
(Austraha), and even Aconcagua (South lose our battles, personally and profes- CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
America) by the normal route are not sionally. You might even inspire a more
mountains that one climbs in search of interesting, thought-provoking approach Defining Our Dreams
technical difficulty, nor are they neces- to the journahsm of the obituary page. The article in the wiater issue about
images experienced on falhng asleep
reminded me that when we were taking
pathologyatHMSinthelate1950sIused
to see histological images fairlyregularly.
TheywerequitereaUstic,butIcan'trecall
whether I actually identified the specific
tissues.Atthetime,aninstructorpointed
out that although we were taught objec-
tive criteria for identifying tissues, we
wouldrarelyuse themexceptto support
an identification already made from the
fact that, for example, "It looks Kke a
hver." Perhaps my images reflected the
neurophysiologicalprocess ofabstracting
and storing what hver "looks Kke." It
would seemincautious, however, togen-
eralize such \isualimages as "dreaming,"
—
becauseotheraspectsofdreaming emo-
—
tions,story,sound mightbequitediffer-
entneurophysiologicaUy.
C. DENNIS THRON '59
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
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MADSCRAMBLE: GeoffTabin on the EastFaceofEverest,onceconsidered unclimbable. heeditedforlenffihorclarity.
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University ofCalifornia, San Francisco
Family Practice-Psychiatry
MuratAkalin
University ofCalifornia, San Diego
Medical Center
General Surgery
Ibrahim Abdullah
Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Erich Grethel
University of California, San Francisco
Ilie LllVClUUC riCUjC*** LIKEFOURTH-YEARMEDICALSTUDENTS Jason Hall
acrossthecountry,HMS studentscrowdedaroundthedoortotheRegistrar's Massachusetts General Hospital
— — David Joyce
OfficeonMarch22 MatchDay tofindoutwheretheywouldbespending
Johns Hopkins Hospital
theirresidency. Aftergraduation, 94percentofthe Classof2001beganclinical Mary Kv^raan
internships,morethanhalfat HMS teachinghospitals. Themostpopularresi- Brigham and Women's Hospital
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dencieswerethoseinprimarycare familypractice,internalmedicine,medi- Walter Lech
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cine/pediatrics,pediatrics, andobstetrics/gynecology whichattracted56 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Raul Ruiz
percentofthoseseekingplacement.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Anesthesia Emergency Medicine
LarryAllen
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Stanford University Programs Johns Hopkins Hospital Patricia Bachiller
MatthewMcCotter Michelle Charfen Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Caroline Choi Family Practice David Gonz
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Peter Lio Boston UniversityMedical Center Daniel Guerra
Massachusetts General Hospital Stephen Buttenwieser Brigham and Women's Hospital
Diego Marra Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Julia Hayes
Massachusetts General Hospital Lawrence, MA New York Presbyterian Hospital
Stephen Richardson Esiquio Casillas (Columbia)
Hospital of the University of WhiteMemoriol Medical Center, Ivan Ho
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia LosAngeles Massachusetts General Hospital
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Internal Medicine/
Primary Care
Samuel Brovy^n
Massachusetts General Hospital
Shelly-Ann Davidson Fluker
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eileen Kim
University of California, San Francisco
James Morrill
Massachusetts General Hospital
Barbara Saatkamp
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia)
Arnold Seto
Santa Clara ValleyMedical Center,
SanJose, CA
Eytan Szmuilowicz
MEETYOURMATCH: Marco Perez, Ishir Bhan, and Deanna Nguyen v/ereall Brigham and Women's Hospital
offered residencies at Massachusetts General Hospital. Sheri Weiser
Universityof California, Son Francisco
William Wolfe
Lin Jia Marco Perez UniversityofCalifornia, San Francisco
UCLA Medical Center Massachusetts General Hospital
Colette Knight Elizabeth Phillips Medicine/Pediatrics
New York Presbyterian Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital David Harrison
(Columbia) Angela Rogers Harvard Combined Medicine/Pediatrics
Gerald Koenig Brigham and Women's Hospital Jennifer Pippins
University ofMichigan Hospitals Fidencio Soldano Harvard Combined Medicine/Pediatrics
Ian Kronish Brigham and Women's Hospital Rey Ramos
Mount Sinai Hospital, Jodi Savitz Yale-New Haven Hospital
NewYork, NY Hospital of the University of.
Neurology
Susan Kuhn Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Johns Hopkins Hospital RobertSchloss Doris Chacon
Morcia Lux Naval Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles
New York Presbyterian Hospital San Diego, CA Roy Hamilton
(Columbia) Elizabeth Springer University of Pennsylvania,
AndyMiller Stanford University Programs Philadelphia
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital Avni Thakore Jeremiah Scharf
(Columbia) Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Baylor College ofMedicine,
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New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell) Eran Bendavid
Eric Morrow International Medical Experience
Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Solange Brown
Kirsten Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University
Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Yvonne Chan
Postdoctoral Fellowship,
Radiation Oncology
Universityof California, San Diego
BeverlyGuadagnolo Steven Chao
Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Boston Associate, McKinsey & Co., Boston
Reshma Jogsi Richard Christie
Massachusetts General Hospital Associate, McKinsey& Co.,
Benjamin Rosenbluth New York, NY
Memorial Sloon-Kettering, NewYork, NY Katrin Chua
Ping Zhou Postdoctoral Fellowship,
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Radiology
Neil Ghiso
Jing Chen Research, Boston
Plastic Surgery
University ofCalifornia, San Francisco David Hirsch
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Brigham and Women's Hospital UCIAMedical Center Florhom Park, NJ
Sacha Obaid Bryan Hwang AndrewOberwager
University ofTexas Southwestern Stanford University Programs Health Core Finance
Medical School Program, Dallas Stephen Lobo Lori Poi
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Brigham and Women's hlospital Aradhana Venkatesan Jessica Premdas
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tals. The annual rankings include an "honor Children's Hospital ranked number 1 in pediatrics. Dana-
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al Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital made the number 3 in otolaryngology and 4 in ophthalmology.
list, ranking third and eleventh, respectively. Massachusetts General Hospital came in at 13 in
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center came in at num- oncology, 3 in cardiology, 2 in endocrinology, 4 in
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