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Mervin Green (1937)
Mervin Green (1937) died on May 13, 2004.
Submitted on Sep 4 2009

John Goldblum (1989)
John Goldblum (1989) writes, "Dr John Goldblum is Chairman of the Department of Anatomic Pathology at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr Goldblum has been a gastrointestinal and soft tissue pathologist at the institution since 1992 and became Chairman in 2001. In 2009, he published two major textbooks in two different fields, including Enzinger and Weiss's Soft Tissue Tumors, 5th edition and Surgical Pathology of the GI Tract, Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas, both of which are the leading selling subspecialty texts in the field. "
Submitted on Jun 5 2009

Nathaniel Pernick (1983)
Nat Pernick (1983) has started a charity called The Detroit College Promise, based on The Kalamazoo Promise, for Detroit Public School(DPS) students. For 2009-2010, it is providing scholarships for 138 eligible students at Cody High School in Detroit. Additional schools will be added, based on available funding, until all DPS high schools are included. Visit www.DetroitCollegePromise.org for more information.
Submitted on Apr 3 2009

Thomas Coles (1956)
Tom Coles (M.D. 1956), 77, was the second-oldest finisher in the Detroit International Marathon in October. He participated in the marathon . his 18th so far . to raise awareness for NARSAD, a charity which supports mental health research at the U-M and elsewhere. Coles also holds a master.s degree in hospital administration from the U-M; he retired from the medical policy department at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in 1998. He resides in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan.
Submitted on Apr 1 2009

William Comai (1961)
William B. Comai (M.D. 1961) and his wife, Barbara, are the recipients of the 2008 Dale G. Griffin Healthcare Leadership Award from the Battle Creek Health System (BCHS). The annual award recognizes exemplary contributions that improve the quality and accessibility of health care in the local community. Comai practiced surgery in Battle Creek, Michigan, for four decades, retiring from the BCHS in 2007. He previously served as president of the Calhoun County Medical Society and is currently a trustee of the Southwest Rehabilitation Foundation and president of the board for the Calhoun County Department of Human Services.
Submitted on Apr 1 2009

Jeffrey Marcus (1994)
Jeffrey R. Marcus (M.D. 1994) has been named assistant vice-chair for pediatric surgical affairs in the Department of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. He will represent 13 surgeons in eight surgical sections and hopes to become a bridge between the departments of surgery and pediatrics and the medical center. Marcus, a plastic surgeon, serves as surgical director for Duke Children.s Hospital, director of the cleft team and the Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Program, and as an assistant professor at Duke University Medical School.
Submitted on Apr 1 2009

Jason Hwang (1999)
Jason Hwang (M.D. 1999) has co-authored The Innovator.s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care (McGraw-Hill, January 2009). Hwang and his co-authors . Harvard business professor Clayton M. Christensen and health care management expert Jerome H. Grossman, M.D. . apply the business theory known as .disruptive innovation. to suggest ways to reduce health care costs while improving quality, accessibility, convenience and safety. Their work has recently been featured in Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. Hwang resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Submitted on Apr 1 2009

Alan Hilgenberg (1969)
Alan D. Hilgenberg (M.D. 1969) died on December 25, 2008, of pancreatic cancer. He was 64. Hilgenberg was an accomplished cardiac surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, and co-director of the Thoracic Aortic Center there. He served from 1971-73 with the U.S. Army Medical Corps at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He was an avid cook and wine connoisseur, and enjoyed music and sailing.
Submitted on Dec 25 2008

David Dickinson (1945)
David G. Dickinson (M.D. 1945, Residency 1950), professor emeritus of pediatrics and communicable diseases, died at the age of 77 on December 22, 2008, in Ann Arbor. Born in Blissfield, Michigan, Dickinson graduated from nearby Adrian College before enrolling in the U-M Medical School. Following service in the U.S. Army, he returned to Michigan to complete his residency in pediatrics. During a career spent entirely at Michigan, Dickinson.s contributions included directing one of the nation.s first three polio respirator centers . precursors to today.s intensive care unit. Dickinson also served as chief of clinical affairs at University Hospital, as well as acting director. After his retirement, a professorship in his name was established in the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases. Memorial gifts in Dickinson.s name may be directed to the New Children.s Hospital Fund, 300 N. Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109.
Submitted on Dec 22 2008

David Sloan (1967)
David B. Sloan Jr., M.D. (Residency 1967), 71, died on December 19, 2008. Sloan served as a physician with the U.S. Navy in Guam for two years during the Vietnam War. He practiced ophthalmology for 30 years, and co-founded Eye Associates of Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in 1975. During his career, Sloan served as president of the New Hanover County Medical Society, chief of staff of the New Hanover Regional Medical Center and chair of the Section of Ophthalmology of the North Carolina Medical Society. He was an avid golfer, sportsman, weekend farmer and devoted fan of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.
Submitted on Dec 19 2008

Edward Klopp (1950)
Edward J. Klopp Jr., M.D. (Residencies 1950 and 1956), died December 17, 2008, at age 86. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Klopp had a private practice in thoracic surgery in Battle Creek, Michigan, and spent eight years in Africa as a general surgeon. At the time of his death he resided in Brevard, North Carolina.
Submitted on Dec 17 2008

Walter Scheuerman (1942)
Walter G. Scheuerman (M.D. 1942) died December 10, 2008. He was 90. Scheuerman was a neurosurgeon in Trenton, New Jersey, for many years. He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Scheuerman was a former grand knight of the Knights of Columbus of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, and a past president of the American Medical Society in New Jersey.
Submitted on Dec 10 2008

Oscar Schwartz (1934)
Oscar Schwartz (M.D. 1934), 97, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, died on November 22, 2008. He was a dermatologist who practiced primarily in the Detroit area. Schwartz was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1942-46. For many years he served on the board of the Fresh Air Society and worked as a tutor for the Literacy Volunteers of Detroit.
Submitted on Nov 22 2008

John Harm (1952)
John Paul Harm (M.D. 1952) died on November 9, 2008. He was 81. Harm resided in Southfield, Michigan, for 43 years, and practiced pediatrics and neonatal medicine at Hutzel Hospital and Children.s Hospital of Michigan. In 1972 he established the neonatal intensive care unit at Beaumont Hospital. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War, and later was a member of the Naval Reserves. Harm enjoyed reading and playing golf.
Submitted on Nov 9 2008

Frederick Gillett (1944)
Frederick S. Gillett (M.D. 1944, Residency 1951), 87, of East Grand Rapids, Michigan, died on November 7, 2008. For two years following medical school, he served in Japan and South Korea as a member of the U.S. Army. Gillett practiced at St. Mary.s Mercy Medical Center in Grand Rapids for 38 years, and held positions including chair of surgery and chief of surgery. He was active with the Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society at the U-M Medical School, named for the chair of surgery under whom Gillett trained while in medical school. He enjoyed traveling with his wife, Joan, and playing golf.
Submitted on Nov 7 2008

David Bohr (1942)
David F. Bohr (M.D. 1942), professor of physiology and expert on hypertension, died November 4, 2008, in Ann Arbor at the age of 93. Born in Zurich, Switzerland, Bohr earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from the U-M and interned at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit before being assigned by the U.S. Army to a Dutch hospital ship from 1943-46. Bohr returned to the U-M after a research fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, and, in 1957, achieved the rank of professor. Internationally known for his work on the role of vasculature in the development of hypertension, Bohr served as president of the American Physiological Society from 1978-79, and served many scientific societies, including the National Institutes of Health and the National Academies. Gifts may be made to the David F. Bohr Quasi Endowment, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 1301 E. Catherine, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109.
Submitted on Nov 4 2008

George Reynolds (1950)
George E. Reynolds (M.D. 1950), 89, died on October 28, 2008. In addition to his medical degree, Reynolds received bachelor.s and master.s degrees from the U-M, in 1940 and 1942, respectively.
Submitted on Oct 28 2008

Frank Hull (1953)
Frank J. Hull (M.D. 1953), of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, died on October 13, 2008, at age 79. A radiologist, Hull previously worked at St. Joseph.s Hospital in Mt. Clements, Michigan, and at the Professional X-Ray Clinic in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Submitted on Oct 13 2008

John Milliken (1950)
John G. Milliken, M.D. (Residency 1950), 88, died on September 16, 2008, in Traverse City, Michigan. A Traverse City native, Milliken practiced internal medicine for 54 years. He was a captain in the U.S. Army for two years during World War II. With his wife, Elnora, he founded the Milliken Medical Orchestra, comprised of area physicians who played instruments; Milliken himself played violin. He enjoyed downhill skiing, tennis and golf. He was an avid boater and sailed regularly in his younger years with his brother, former Michigan governor William Milliken.
Submitted on Sep 16 2008

Ronald Nishiyama (1957)
Ronald Hiroyuki Nishiyama (M.D. 1957, Residencies 1960 and 1962), age 76, died on September 12, 2008. After completing a pathology residency at the U-M, he was commissioned as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, serving two years in Japan. Nishiyama then joined the faculty at the U-M Medical School, becoming professor of pathology in 1970. While at the U-M, he received the Elizabeth Crosby Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Basic Sciences. In 1979 Nishiyama became the chief of surgical pathology and professor of pathology at the University of Vermont. He retired as chief of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Maine Medical Center in 1997. Nishiyama was recognized internationally as an outstanding endocrine pathologist.
Submitted on Sep 12 2008

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