Letter from SMAA President
Newton J. Harband, MD
President, Stanford Medical Alumni Association
I’d like to encourage all of you to participate in our activities
this year.
Stanford Medical Alumni Association has been working hard to provide
you with the most interesting and modern events possible. Your board
and Dean Pizzo have teamed up on trips around the country to update our
alumni on what’s happening at Stanford Medical Center. These “On
the Road” journeys have taken your leaders to Boston, San Diego
and Los Angeles, and a visit to Seattle is planned for next year.
We realize that professional and family commitments prevent many alumni
from returning to Stanford to see us firsthand. But via the Internet
and our Web site — http://med.stanford.edu/alumni — and
through this publication and others, we hope to keep the lines of communication
open. We welcome any and all suggestions.
Some new and ongoing SMAA projects:
- Through a new mentorship program, SMAA and Santa Clara Medical Association
link medical students to physician volunteers in private practice in
local communities.
- The Stanford Wilderness Experience and Orientation Trip offers new
students a chance to establish friendships even before they enter the
medical school classroom.
- In March SMAA sponsors a dinner on Match Day. It’s a time for
celebration as Stanford students match to their first choice at a rate
higher than the national average!
- Each May SMAA presents the annual Alumni Reunion Weekend, totally
supported and run by your alumni association.
- SMAA also funds a breakfast lecture series, the Sterling “Mule
Shoe” award for distinguished alumni, the house staff award, and
many more activities and honors.
We’ll continue to keep you posted on the programs and events of
YOUR Stanford Medical Alumni Association.
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