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Rodney R. Reid, MD’87, is the longest serving chief of Rheumatology in the 91-year history of the Columbia, South Carolina, VA Health Care System.

Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD’16, recently started as senior policy adviser for the County of San Diego.

On March 4, Friesinger Society members gathered in New Orleans for a reception during the American College of Cardiology annual meeting. Those in attendance included Ben Byrd, MD ‘77, HS’81, FE’83, Ben Citrin, MD ‘89, HS’92, FE’95, the president of the ACC, B. Hadley Wilson, MD, HS’84, FE’87, and Jane Freedman, MD, director of Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Physician-in-Chief of the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute.

Ronald Bronitsky, MD‘77, HS’80, is now fully retired and was the lead player in “The Drowsy Chaperone.”

Eric Rowinsky, MD’81, here with his daughter Anya, is focusing on cancer therapeutic development.

Leonela Villegas, MD’16, MSCE, graduated from a pediatric nephrology fellowship in June 2022 and started her first position as an assistant professor at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

Robert Northcutt, BA’58, MD’62, HS’67, FE’69, enjoys working in his yard.

Marilynn Michaud, MD’91, HS’94, FE’95, and her husband, Bjarki Olafsson, MD, FE’88, are celebrating becoming empty nesters as the last of their three children heads off to college.

Class of 2011 alumni and their children smile for a photo in Light Hall during Reunion in October 2022: from left to right: Britni Caplin, MD, Charles Phillips, MD, Lara Phillips, MD, HS’14, and John and Meredith Eicken, MD.

Morgan Wills, MD’96, HS’00, President & CEO of Siloam Health, has stepped down to take an administrative leadership role as associate professor of Medicine and associate dean for Clinical Education at the Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University.

Jennifer Casaletto, MD’00, FACEP, president of the North Carolina College of Emergency Physicians, spoke at a Capitol Hill press event with Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis).

Robert Wilson, MD’11, HS’17, and Jessica R. Wilson, BS’07, MD’11, MS’16, FE’17, have three children.