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Oct. 5, 2020—1970s Ralph E. Wesley, MD’72, HS’73, was honored by the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery with the annual Ralph E. Wesley, MD Leadership Lecture. In 1979, Wesley was the founding director of the Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery division at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Iverson Bell Jr., MD ‘77, was recently appointed chair of...
Alumni Profile: Alice Coogan, MD’88
Oct. 5, 2020—Charting her own course As a student at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in the 1980s, Alice Clark Coogan, MD, thought she’d end up in obstetrics and gynecology. Her soon-to-be husband and classmate, Phil Coogan, had chosen orthopaedic surgery. “At the time, surgery residency was every-other-night call and OB was every third, so we’d see...
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Mar. 12, 2020—1960s David Johnson, MD, MS, HS’69, FE’83, was honored as one of 15 Giants of Cancer Care at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago in May 2019. The award was given by OncLive, the website for the Oncology Specialty Group. Thomas Chesney, MD’69, HS’70, FCAP, FACP, and Carolyn Chesney, MD’68, BA’65, HS’70,...
Alumni Profile: Constance Mobley, MD, PhD
Mar. 12, 2020—Transplant Trailblazer As a molecular physiology and biophysics doctoral student at Vanderbilt, Constance Mobley never had designs on practicing medicine. Her passions were in the lab. The young scholar was infinitely more interested in clinical research. “I wanted to discover how to cure everything in the world,” she says. “I was always interested in...
Alumni Profile: Airron Richardson, MD, MBA, FACEP
Mar. 12, 2020—Career inspired by early influence Airron Richardson, MD’05, MBA’05, attended the University of Michigan on an athletic scholarship, came to the School of Medicine after a stint on the U.S. wrestling team, then capped his University of Chicago residency training in emergency medicine with a sports medicine fellowship at Duke. Today, as a clinician...
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Feb. 28, 2019—1950s Clifton Meador, MD’55, HS’60, FE’61, FAC’00, BA’52, has published a revised edition of his book “A Little Book of Doctors’ Rules III, for Oslerian Clinicians.” His rules are drawn from extensive reading and more than 60 years of teaching and practicing internal medicine. 1960s Alan Graber, MD, HS’63, FE’64, FAC’06, has authored the...
Alumni Profile: Nancy J. Gritter, MD
Feb. 28, 2019—In a league of her own Nancy J. Gritter, MD, grew up in Indiana, and while she roots for the Indianapolis Colts somewhere deep inside, she is fully devoted to the Carolina Panthers. The NFL franchise is more than a Sunday afternoon hobby; it is one of her full-time jobs. The players are not simply...
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Sep. 13, 2018—1960s Phillip Gorden, MD’61, BA’57, received the John Phillips Memorial Award as well as Mastership from the American College of Physicians, a national organization of internists. The award was presented at ACP’s Convocation Ceremony in April. Gorden is a leading investigator in diabetes and lipid metabolism and former director of the National Institute of Diabetes...
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Feb. 28, 2018—1950s Wike Scamman, MD’57, and his wife, Diana, were honored at a reception celebrating his retirement. The 85-year-old pathologist served for many years as laboratory and medical director of several northeast Kansas community hospitals and at one time served as the Shawnee County coroner. 1960s Gordon Gill, MD’63, HS’64, BA’60, chairs the San Diego...
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Sep. 22, 2017—1950s Anderson Spickard Jr., M.D., ‘57, HS ‘59 ‘63, BA ‘53, emeritus faculty, is the author of “The Craving Brain,” which was selected as a finalist for the Foreword INDIEFAB for adult nonfiction. 1960s Antonio Gotto, M.D., ‘65, BA ‘57, is serving as corporate secretary and treasurer of the board of directors for the...
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Mar. 6, 2017—1960s Jere Segrest, M.D., ‘66, Ph.D., ‘69, HS ‘70, BA ‘62, FAC ‘16, has joined the VUSM faculty as a professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Arthur M. Freeman III, M.D., ‘67, has been recognized as a Leading Physician of the World and Top Adult Psychiatrist in Birmingham, Alabama, by The International...
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Aug. 17, 2016—1950s Richard Lester, M.D., ‘53, HS ‘54, BA ‘50, was awarded the Samuel Buford Word Award at the Alabama Medical Association meeting. The award is presented in recognition of service to humanity beyond the scope of medical practice, with such service having been rendered at some personal sacrifice. Paul Huchton, M.D., ‘58, HS ‘59, has...
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Feb. 23, 2016—1950s Gerald Stone, M.D., ‘57, HS ‘58, BA ‘54, and his wife, Lois, celebrated their 59th anniversary on June 10, 2015. They have 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Dr. Stone continues to do locum tenens in Rochester, New York, where he helped pioneer hemodialysis in 1963. 1960s Al Mushlin, M.D., ‘66, BA ‘63, received...
Worthy of Note: Kyla Terhune, M.D.
Aug. 21, 2015—The General Surgery residency program at Vanderbilt School of Medicine has a new program director, but one with a familiar face. Kyla Terhune, M.D., HS ‘11, associate professor of Surgery, took over the residency program, which is one of the largest on campus. She replaced John Tarpley, M.D., ‘70, who served in that role for...
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Aug. 21, 2015—1960s Antonio (Tony) Gotto, M.D., ‘65, BA ‘57, received the 2015 American College of Cardiology Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medical Fellowship’s Excellence in Academic Medicine Award. Richard Johnston Jr., M.D., ‘61, HS ‘63, BA ‘57, was honored by the Institute of Medicine for his outstanding service during the IOM’s 44th annual meeting in...
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Feb. 10, 2015—To see Reunion photos, click here. 1960s Keller Carlock, M.D., ‘64, BA ‘60, HS ‘65, received the top regional award for service from the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. A lifelong scout and former Council Camping Chair, he is a member of the Order of the Arrow Vigil, and of...