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SUMMER 2001 HO IN THE WAR, DOCTOR? Harvardphysicians reflect on their experiences duringWorldWarII %. 4 dSlh., If'.. 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 i))' 20 ACalltoArms AbattahonsurgeonrecallsthehorrorsofwaronthefrontHnes. DEPARTMENTS BERNARD RYAN b}' J. 28 Letters 3 Their Finest Hour I Pulse 5 Aninternist,apsychiatrist, andasurgeonreflectontheirexperiences Ii MatchDay2001;HMShospitalrankings ofWorldWarII. BEVERLY BALLARO fo}' President's Report 9 I * byCharlesJ.Hatcm o Bookmark 10 AreviewbyElissaElyofTheReal 36 I Invisible Children 5 WorldGuidetoPsychotherapyPractice AphysiciandescendsintothesewersofLaPaz,Bohvia,totreatthe 1 Bookshelf 11 forgottenchildrenofthe streets. 6 Benchmarks 12 hy CHI-CHENG HUANG, WITH IRWIN A. TANG I I Anewapproachtoasthmatreatment. 42 Stand and Deliver " hyMisiaLandau o Physicianswhobecomepregnantduringresidencyoftendiscover I Alumnus Profile 54 thatthepainsoflaborcanextendwellbeyondthedeliveryroom. 8 AphysiciandevoteshimseHtohelping JOSHUA SHARFSTEIN AND YNGVILD OLSEN fo}' 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 Harvard Merliml 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 ISSN0191-7757•PrintedintheU.S.A. Lj^ih Ou/i\ IAa HARVARD MEDICAl ALUMNI BULLETIN • SUMMER 2001 SECOND OPINIONS FROM OUR READERS L X A J i ji J. i J I ^ k 7 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 experiences 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 SUMMER 2001 • HARVARD MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN N TETTERS SECOND OPINIONS FROM OUR READERS ,.J>^ I 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 The Bulletin welcomes letters to the editor Pleasesendlettershymail(HarvardMedical Alumni BuUetin,25ShattuckStreet,Boston, Massachusetts 02115);fax (617'384'8901); or email([email protected]).Lettersmay MADSCRAMBLE: GeoffTabin on the EastFaceofEverest,onceconsidered unclimbable. heeditedforlenffihorclarity. 4 HARVARD MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN • SUMMER 2001 X LJ ri "i I i NicholasWeiss 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 — dencieswerethoseinprimarycare familypractice,internalmedicine,medi- Walter Lech — 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 Suma DuHa Kerri Armon Massachusetts General Hospital Stanford University Programs Johns Hopkins Hospital Patricia Bachiller MatthewMcCotter Michelle Charfen Brigham and Women's Hospital IJniversity of California, Horbor-UCIA Medical Center, Meghan Baker San Francisco Torrance, CA Massachusetts General Hospital Daryl Oakes David Gordon Ishir Bhan Brigham and Women's hlospital The University Hospital, Cincinnati, OH Massachusetts General Hospital Gabriel Ledger Paul Bollyky Dermatology University of NewMexico Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital Michelle Bush Albuquerque Paige Brennan Boston University Medical Center Dustin Paz Yale-New Haven Hospital Anne Chapas University of Southern California, AndyChen Boston University Medical Center Los Angeles Stanford University Programs Sola Cheng Christine Tsien Jason Gaglia Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital Beth Israel Deaconess Hanover, NH Medical Center Caroline Choi Family Practice David Gonz Massachusetts General Hospital Lia Bruner UCLAMedical Center 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 SUMMER 2001 • HARVARD MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN PTIT.SE MAKING THE ROUNDS AT HMS I Brian Wolpin 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 David Miller Giselo Torres and Brigham and Women's Hospital Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Baylor College ofMedicine, Neurosurgery JeffreyMunson Houston, TX Yole-New Haven Hospital TracyWang Clark Chen Deanna Nguyen Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Martin Were Suresh Mogge Reeno Pande Brigham and Women's Hospital University of Pennsylvania, Brigham and Women's Hospital YvonneWilson Philadelphia Lee Peng NewYork Presbyterian Hospital Sathish Subbaiah Massachusetts General Hospital (Columbia) Horvard/Brigham and Women's Hospital HARVARD MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN • SUMMER 2001 THE SCHOTT LETTER Thenation'smostuniqueinvestment & Ob/Gyn letter,wriftcn edited RobertMonroe by]ohnSchottM.D.HMS'66 Colleen Brownell Stanford University Programs Duke UniversityMedical Center, Aliyah Rahemtullah **The highly regarded Schott Letter Durham, NC Massachusetts General Hospital helps investors cope with emotional Lisa Callegari Miguel Rivera hang-upsthat mal<e for mistakes University ofCalifornia, San Francisco Brigham and Women's Hospital in the stock market. Shireen Donaldson Forbes,February1996 Pediatrics Yale-New Haven Hospital Catherine Friedman SuneetAgarwai In1986Dr.Schott UniversityofCalifornia, San Francisco Boston Combined Pediatric Residency recommendedthepurchase ofBerkshireHathaway;willyoube Elizabeth Lipson Roland Brusseau areaderwhenhefinds Mount Sinai Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital thenextBerkshireHathaway? New York, NY MargaretCrawford Erica Marsh Boston Combined Pediatric Residency 24% average returnsfor 12years Brigfiam and Women's Hospital Michelle Dorrell Rebecca Perkins NewYork Presbyterian Hospital THESCHOTTLETTER Brigfiam and Women's Hospital (Cornell) 1D2O0VCEERN,TMRAES0T2R0E5E0T Xun Zhou Elizabeth Fortescue Yale-New Haven Hospital Boston Combined Pediatric Residency $110.00for12issues Mark Gorman MC/VISA Ophthalmology Boston Combined Pediatric Residency (800) 797-9678 Amitabh Bharadwaj David Jones Wasfiington University, St. Louis Boston Combined Pediatric Residency Marsha Cheung Emily Katz University of California, San Francisco Massachusetts General Hospital Howard Fine Justine Larson Wilmer Eye Institute,JoFins Hopkins, Massachusetts General Hospital Baltimore, MD Katherine Lemon Lily Koo Boston Combined Pediatric Residency Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary AmitMalhotra RodrigoTorres St. Louis Children's Hospital Universityof Southern California, BridgetMcCabe Los Angeles Boston Combined Pediatric Residency Jean Raphael Orthopedic Surgery Boston Combined Pediatric Residency JenniferGraham Sarah Ringold Harvard Combined Orthopedics Program University ofWashington Affiliated Hospitals Rajiv Sethi Andrea Sachs Harvard Combined Orthopedics Program Boston Combined Pediatric Residency Susan Stewart Gregory Sawicki CarpetDiem Harvard Combined Orthopedics Program Boston Combined Pediatric Residency ARugforEveryday&rEveryMood MarySilvia Otolaryngology Johns Hopkins Hospital FromAntiqueOrientalsto Deidre Larrier Christina Ullrich Contemporary,andEverythinginBetween Tufts University Program Boston Combined Pediatric Residency DECOR INTERNATIONAL Pathology JennieVotava 141NewburyStreet University ofWashington Affiliated Hospitals Boston,MA02116 Quentin Eichbaum 617-2621529 ValidatedParking Pediatrics/Primary Core Massachusetts General Hospital BESTOFBOSTONRECIPIENT David Lombard Anne Lee Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Combined Pediatric Residency SUMMER 2001 • HARVARD MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN ptit.se MAKING THE ROUNDS AT HMS I Nikki Gordon Other 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, BRIGHTFUTURES: Greg Sawicki chose a pediatrics residency,v^hileAliyah Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Boston Centerfor Blood Research/ Rahemtullah selected pathology. Children's Hospital, Boston Radiology Neil Ghiso Jing Chen Research, Boston Plastic Surgery University ofCalifornia, San Francisco David Hirsch Jesus Garcia Lino Chen Associate, McKinsey & Co., 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 AmirTaghinia Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Research, New York, NY Brigham and Women's hlospital Aradhana Venkatesan Jessica Premdas Massachusetts General Hospital Associate, McKinsey& Co., Psychiatry JesseWei Florhom Pork, NJ Paul Borghesani Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Mayukh Sukhatme University of Washington Affiliated Associate, NorrogonsettAsset hHospitals, Seattle Urology Management, New York, NY Andrew Gerber Constance Marks Kweli Thompson New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Cleveland Clinic Foundation Health Core Policy, Boston U.S. NEWS RATES HARVARD HOSPITALS AMONG THE COUNTRY'S BEST arvard-affiliated teaching hospitals continued gastroenterology, 16 in geriatrics, 3 in gynecology, 2 in to rank high in this year's listing by U.S. News nephrology, 13 in neurology, 12 in orthopedics, 9 in pul- and World Reportof the nation's best hospi- monarydisease, 4 in rheumatology, and 20 in urology. tals. The annual rankings include an "honor Children's Hospital ranked number 1 in pediatrics. Dana- roll" that lists hospitals that "demonstrate unusual excel- Farber Cancer Institute came in at4 in oncologyand 20 in lence across the board," and again Massachusetts Gener- neurology. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary ranked 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 ber 27 in oncology, 10 in cardiology, 5 in endocrinology, gastroenterology, 5 in geriatrics, 7 in gynecology, 1 in 19 in gastroenterology, 1 1 in geriatrics, 42 in gynecology, nephrology, 2 in neurology, 3 in orthopedics, 16 in 21 in nephrology, 43 in neurology, 37 in orthopedics, and pediatrics, 1 in psychiatry, 7 in pulmonary disease, 6 in 31 in rheumatology. Brigham and Women's ranked number rheumatology, and 8 in urology. McLean Hospital ranked 18 in oncology, 5 in cardiology, 4 in endocrinology, 15 in number4 in psychiatry. HARVARD MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN • SUMMER 2001