Class Notes -
1971
Evan H.
Bellin
Professional Life: Continue with
private practice of psychiatry in Scarsdale, NY and
community psychiatry in the Bronx. Teaching
faculty at Albert Einstein College of
Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx;
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training
and Research in NYC; Visiting Faculty Rambam and Afula
hospitals, Israel. Past president, Westchester
Psychoanalytic Society. Once monthly, I commute to
Israel…teach and supervise for five days.
Personal
Life: Remarried about five years ago and became an
Israeli citizen, maintaining U.S. citizenship as
well. My wife and three step children live full
time in Timrat…near the Sea of Galilee. I’m there
for five days every month. My oldest stepson (age
18) is serving in the armored corps. I volunteer
for civil defense duty when there (not as a
physician). My own children, Adam and Sophie, live
in Westchester and make frequent trips to
Israel.
David W. Brandes
Professional Life: 1)
1977—Founder, Northridge Neurological Center. 2)
1994—Director, Northridge Sleep Disorders Center.
3) 1999—Director, Northridge Multiple Sclerosis
Center. 4) Clinical research in epilepsy, stroke,
multiple sclerosis. 5) National and international
speaker on multiple sclerosis. 6) 1992-1994—Chief
of Staff, Northridge Hospital Medical Center. 7)
Member and Chairman of Board of Directors of Numerous
Charities.
Personal Life: 1) Water-skiing for
45 years, taking up wake boarding. 2) Snow-skiing
for 33 years, taking up snow boarding. 3) Marilyn
and I love to travel and take family members with
us.
Bob Cannon
Professional Life: Joined
Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento in 1993 as Regional
Sub-Chief in Pediatric Gastroenterology after a 13 year
career at the University of California,
Davis.
Personal Life: Elaine and I celebrated
27 years of marriage in 2000 and are looking forward to
many more. “Spare time” these days is devoted to
restoring vintage 356 Porsches and anything
digital.
Henry K. Chang
Professional Life: I was
the President of the Medical Staff of Mercy San Juan
Hospital from 1989 to 1991. After 18 years of solo
private practice, I joined a multi-specialty medical
group, the Medical Clinic of Sacramento in 1994. I
am currently on the Board of Directors of the
clinic.
Personal Life: I reached the epitome
of success in my tennis career when I won the City of
Folsom Men’s A’s Doubles Tennis Tournament. I took
up Tae Kwon Do and received my black belt in 1994.
I performed in the Medical Society talent shows doing an
unusual act which combined singing with board breaking
in 1994. Unfortunately, I injured my shoulder in
Martial Arts and had to give up tennis. I then
took my golf and won my 1st golf tournament at the club
with a 15 under par in 1998.
Robert J. Cooper
Professional Life: I’m
still practicing psychiatry in Beverly Hills. I
have a solo practice, almost all forensic evaluations
with most of my work done in the California Workers
Compensator System.
Personal Life: I’ve become
an avid gardener, perhaps to give me something to do
with my hands and to provide “immediate gratification”,
I’m in the UCLA Extension Program for horticulture,
where I again have to take midterms and finals!
Peter M. Falk
Professional Life: I was
recruited out of private practice to direct the bone
marrow transplant program for the Southern California
Permanente Medical Group. Almost 3 years ago our
program became too large for the L.A. Kaiser Medical
Center and we moved our in-patient program to the City
of Hope. I remain a Clinical Professor of
Pediatrics at UCLA.
Personal Life: Broken down
as a mediocre tennis player, I have become a lousy
golfer. I hope to retire in 4-5 years and teach
skiing. Rena and I hope to travel more and work a
little less. Maybe my daughter will support
me.
Rena Falk
Professional Life: After nearly
16 years at L.A. Children’s Hospital, I moved to
Cedars-Sinai (and back to UCLA where I am a professor of
Peds) in 1993—a very good move as the Genetics Program
at Cedars is the size of many small departments. I
direct the Genetics aspects of a very busy Prenatal
Diagnosis program and am Associate Director or Medical
Director of the Cytogenetics lab.
Personal
Life: After 5 years of living as a ski bum (teaching
skiing) in Steamboat Springs, daughter Susan bit the
grad school bullet and entered Boalt Hall (UC Berkeley)
in 2000. We still love to ski, enjoy golf (an evil
game), travel, friends, theater, music; still married
after more than 32 years.
Paul G. Feldon
Professional Life: Private
Practice in Hand Surgery: Hand Surgical Associates, New
England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA. Also, St.
Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Brighton, MA, Newton
Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA.
Personal Life:
Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedics at Tufts
University School of Medicine American Orthopedic
Association. Still lecturing and writing on
arthritis of the hand and wrist. Kids are all in
various stages of college; we are empty nesters as of
July, 2000. We love living in New England.
Still sailing and skiing after all these years.
Latest hobby: Welding.
Bob Franklin
Professional Life: I taught
Epidemiology and International Health at the Tulane
School of Public Health and tropical Medicine for 20
years, then went back for a residency in Psychiatry in
’94. I’m currently practicing public and private
psychiatry in northern New Mexico. While at Tulane
I did a lot of work overseas especially in West
Africa.
Personal Life: After 25 years in New
Orleans, we just moved to Taos, New Mexico exchanging
urban for rural, wet for dry, hot for cold and low for
high. Its great being back out west!
Nick Kanas
Professional Life: I continue
to teach and do research at UCSF as Professor of
Psychiatry and see patients at the San Francisco
VA. I have been PI of 3 NASA grants, studying
astronauts in space in terms of how they interact with
one another. Currently, we are studying crew
members during International Space Station
missions.
Personal Life: Carolynn has stopped
working for now but continues to be active doing museum
and investing activities. Both boys have attended
UCSB. Andrew is working in the Bay Area, and Peter
is still in college. I’m an amateur astronomer and
collect antiquarian constellation prints from old
atlases.
Jon Scott Kerns
Professional Life: I was
in solo practice until 1999, then I closed my office to
work full-time at local nursing homes and
hospital.
Personal Life: Recently, I’ve gotten
into rolling pigeons as a hobby. Rollerblading is
my usual exercise, I rarely do windsurfing any more,
getting a little old for that in heavy windshere in the
S.F. Bay area.
Sarah Martin
Professional Life: After 8
years of private practice in Pediatrics in Anchorage,
Alaska, I joined Kaiser in Hapa in 1989. Despite
the rocky decade of the 1990’s for medicine, Kaiser is
overall an excellent place to work. My greatest
professional joy is teaching and coaching communication
skills for physicians.
Personal Life: My
greatest joy is my wonderful daughter Kafiel, now
15. She’s a freshman in high school, made the
softball team, and loves drama. She is an awesome
kid! I love to cook and garden with native
plants. And sing!
F. Geoffrey Marx
Professional Life:
Internal Medicine in a small town in the
Northwest. Great medical facilities. Great
outdoor recreation…hike, camp, swim, snow ski,
boat. Amicable split with Portia 1988.
Married Nancy and her 3 daughters in 1990. Happy,
healthy and still enjoying solo practice (few
HMOs). Please visit!
Personal Life:
Favorite activities—jogging, biking, spending time with
family. Favorite vacations—cruises with the whole
family.
Thomas Maxwell
Professional Life: Internal
Medicine Practice. Teaching at USC.
Personal
Life: Traveling, gardening.
Richard May
Professional Life: 22 years
Associate Clinical Professor at LAC/USC Acute Ambulatory
Care Area. Medical Tech Advisor CBS. Dr.
Quinn Medicine Woman Physician Advisor. CORE
Disability Management.
Personal Life:
Married—4 kids. Love to restore Antique cars, and
full size narrow gauge steam locomotives. In 1993,
shot at LAC/USC Med Center in E.R. Multiple
Surgeries, great recovery!
Mary C. Macfarlane
Professional Life:
Pediatric practice in Fairbanks since 1974.
Pediatrician with the Fairbanks Clinic
1997-present. Member Fairbanks FAS (Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome) Multidisciplinary community team. Past
chairman Dept. of Pediatrics at Fairbanks Memorial
Hospital. Board member, several local agencies
(Residential treatment facility for emotionally
disturbed adolescents, non-profit agency administering
ILP and other services to disabled infants, children and
adults.) Enjoy NW Pediatric society
meetings.
Personal Life: Enjoy fishing,
hiking, gardening, reading. Teach religion classes
to adults at United Methodist Church. Enjoy music
(classical, jazz). Love to visit own adult
children in CA and WA—no grandchildren yet—just lots of
“grand-pets.”
Mike McGinnis
Professional Life: 1977-1995
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary and Assistant Surgeon
General; 1995-1996 Chair, Task force for health sector
reconstruction, Bosnia; 1995-1999 Scholar in Residence,
National Academy of Sciences/Adjunct professor of Public
Policy, Duke University and Princeton University/
1999-present: Senior VP and Director, Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation.
Personal Life: Getting
involved in some new things after a long gov’t stind has
been here. Brian is a junior at Duke (now in Australia
for term). Kate is a freshman at Sidwell Riends
School and the house jock. Pat is President of
Council for Excellence in Government (our bravest
soul!)
William J. Meehan
Professional Life: I’ve
worked as a “hospitalist” at a small VA hospital in
Helena, Montana for the past 22 years (Fort
Harrison). It’s been a comfortable approach to
medicine with a group of people who actually seem to
enjoy working together.
Personal Life: I’m
married with two teenage boys. We enjoy fishing,
hunting, skiing etc. I’ve had two spinal
surgeries. The 1st a C5-6 cervical fusion and the
second a microscopic L5-Si disckectomy 3 months
ago. Great! But I’m doing okay.
Larry Moore
Professional Life: 6 years ago
due to increasing managed care hysteria, 8 legal sole
F.P.’s and interviste joined together to form a primary
care group with our local hospital. I have been
V.P. and President of our group and continue to find new
leadership challenges while continuing to
practice.
Personal Life: Marriage endures,
children develop independence, parents age and pass
on. An elderly patient becomes my fly fishing
mentor and I redevelop a lost passion.
P. Scott Pollock
Professional Life: I have
practiced Internal Medicine and Rheumatology for the
past 33 years, 20 in my current multi-specialty group of
80 MD’s. I tried being a medical executive as the
Medical Director for 3 years, but decided I would leave
that to others with a thicker skin. I continue to
enjoy teaching and clinical medicine and have managed to
cut back my time in the office and take more time out of
the country! Clinical Professor of Medicine at
University of Washington School of
Medicine.
Personal Life: Visit Israel for 2
months each year being a teacher at Technion Medical
School and most importantly—a grandfather! Read a
lot of non-fiction (archaeology, computers); exercise
frequently (swim, walk with my wife); play with
computers; will begin taking a few adult education
courses at the local university.
John D. Shanley
Professional Life: I
became full professor of Medicine and Director of the ID
Division at University of Connecticut Health Center in
1991. In 1993 I was given the state of Connecticut
endowed chair in Infectious Diseases. I am
continuing as a faculty member at UCHC at present where
I have a research program inUrology. I a also
active in administration and education and have an
active clinical practice.
Personal Life: I
remarried in 1994 to Linda. We have spent a lot of
time coaching soccer for both my son, John and Linda’s
kids, Kristen and Lisa. I gave up rugby in 1995
and replaced it with scuba diving—I have just completed
dive master and plan to become an assistant
instructor.
Gary A. Smith
Professional Life: Private
practice of plastic surgery for 23 years, in the
Sacramento area.
Personal Life: Healthy and
active in various sports, e.g. snow skiing, water skiing
and tennis. Married once, and Debbie is office
manager of the practice.
Carl Tjerandsen
Professional Life: Ten
years ago I was serving as Medical Program Manager for
the U.S. Coast Guard in Washington D.C. After 4
years in an admin position, I embarked on a 2nd
residency—psychiatry. I am now a B.C. psychiatrist
at the USCG Academy Clinic in New London, CT, seeing a
variety of civilian and active duty folks from the
northeast region. I love doing
psychiatry.
Personal Life: Married for 28
years, my wife and I make our home in the countryside
outside Mystic, CT where we contend with the deer,
rabbits and moles for our garden and foliage. I
adopted an Alaskan Malomute 2 years ago, pictured above
(front row). The old girl is a genuine force of
nature. My late middle age passion is seal surf
kayaking, and in any season, during off time, I can be
found playing off shore waters or at Rhode Island surf
breaks with my friends.
Steve Van Camp
Professional Life: I have
continued full-time clinical practice with Alvarado
Medical Group in San Diego, and have maintained my
interest in sports medicine issues. I serve as
medical director of San Diego’s Suzuki Rock and Roll
Marathon (20,000 runners), which has raised $40,000,000
for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America in its
first three years. I have served as national
President of the American College of Sport’s Medicine
(’95-’96) and am in my 20th year as Medical Director of
the San Diego State Adult Fitness Program. I have
also been able to do research in the area of
non-traumatic sports deaths in young athletes and
currently am compiling data on marathon-related
deaths.
Personal Life: I continue to
enjoy my marriage to Gail, whom I married after our
first year at UCLA. We are blessed with good
health and two wonderful daughters, Noelle in her first
year at Harvard Medical School, and Gretchen, a graduate
student in Art History at San Diego State
University. I try to maintain my physical fitness
and am learning to play golf.
David A. Verhaag
Professional Life: Member
of Large F.P. group in Roseville, CA, growing suburb of
Sacramento. Sold practice to HMO 1992- good
business decision-rode the HMO “Bronco”
(FHP-FPA-Bankrupt!) until 1998 and joined Sutter Medical
Group, large multi-specialty group in Sacramento
area. Busy “hospital free” office practice.
Work 4 days a week with light call and quality time
off.
Personal Life: Besides vicissitudes of
Medical Practice in the 1990’s, have enjoyed consulting
work with the Medical Board of California as well as
family, travel and attempting to play golf.
Computers remain an enigma though children work in the
field with ease. Bonnie returned to college and
graduated and has a busy tax practice.
Larry Vickman
Professional Life: I
practiced Emergency Medicine 1976-1994. I moved to
Barcelona, Spain in 1994 for a 1 year sabbatical.
I began a consulting practice in Barcelona and remained
there until 1996. I am still consulting. I
have board certification in Family practice, emergency
medicine and Medical administration. I received an
MHA from University of Colorado 1991. I have
honorary fellowship in FP, EM and from
ACPE.
Personal Life: I divorced in 1987 and
raised my two children solo. I have met the love
of my life and we will be together in Tampa, FL this
June. My passions are Physician Well Being,
Burnout, and related topics.
Mark Wainer
Professional Life: For the
past 25 years I have practiced orthopedic surgery at the
Santa Cruz Medical Clinic. My practice is limited
to knees, shoulder and hip disorders. My office is
located in a 30 bed hospital of Sutter Maternity and
Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.
Personal Life:
Nancy and I have been married 32 years. 5 years
ago we built a new home on 10 acres located 5 minutes
from my office. The knees no longer allow tennis
and racquet ball but I still am an avid photographer
(all processed and printed in the computer. We
enjoy golf, bridge, and traveling.
Stephen White
Professional Life:
Practicing rheumatology in a group of Internal Medicine
sub-specialists. Less and less of us around.
Teach at Wadsworth. Advisory board of Arthritis
Foundation. Board of trustees of West Hills
Hospital. Consultant at motion picture hospital
doing studies for Amgen.
Personal Life:
Married almost 30 years. Daughter graduated
Berkeley and Brown. Son at Northwestern.
Nobody becoming a doctor. Still like classical
music and French wine. Have dinner with Les and
Mindy Cahan once in a while.
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