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Class Notes

1930s
 1940s
 1960s
 1970s
 1980s
1990s
Obituaries

1930s

Harold Chope (MD ’31) — As a tribute to the San Mateo County Medical Association’s 100th anniversary, a special award was conceived to honor the Physician of the Century in San Mateo County. The award was given to Chope, who passed away in 1976.

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1940s

Eldon Ellis (MD ’49) — He received the Distinguished Service Award by the San Mateo County Medical Association.

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1960s

Elizabeth J. Cecil (PhD ’63) — She was in the recent edition of Marquis Who’s Who in American Education and will be in the 60th anniversary edition of Who’s Who in America.

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1970s

Barbara. B. Kahn (MD ’77) — She was elected to the Institute of Medicine in October 2005. Kahn is chief of the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Her lab recently identified a novel protein secreted from fat cells that might lead to treatments for type-2 diabetes.

Edward Abraham (MD ’78) — He was appointed chair of the department of medicine at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, and will assume the position in March 2006. Abraham is currently head of the division of pulmonary sciences and critical care medicine at the University of Colorado-Denver and editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

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1980s

Linda D. Bosserman (MD ’81) — She has been asked by the American Society of Clinical Oncology to serve for three years on the Roster of Cancer Experts in the categories of breast cancer, quality, safety and pay-for-performance issues, as well as psychosocial oncology, palliative care, end-of-life/quality-of-life care and symptom management.

Allen L. Kindman (resident ’86, internal medicine; ’89, cardiology) — He writes that he and June Almenoff (resident ’88, medicine; ’91, infectious diseases) are happily living in Durham, N.C., with their two teenage boys. June is a vice president at GlaxoSmithKline and Allen is an interventional cardiologist and electronic medical records guru.

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1990s

Lauren Madge Handelman (MD ’94) — “I am already missing Palo Alto weather and always miss the Stanford atmosphere, but I’m enjoying life as a pediatric allergist and mother of two. If Susan Goodman reads this, please call!”

Hossein Jadvar (resident ’98, nuclear medicine) — He writes that he was promoted to associate professor of radiology with tenure at the USC Keck School of Medicine. More news: He’s received a $3.4 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the diagnostic and prognostic utility of positron emission tomography in metastatic prostate cancer. And in November he earned an MPH from Harvard University. He’s currently working toward an MBA in the executive program of the USC Marshall School of Business. On a personal note: He and his wife Mojgan announce the birth of their second daughter, Delara Ava Jadvar, born in July. She joins her sister, Donya Sara Jadvar, now 3. The girls are their parents’ “joy in life.”

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Obituaries

PHILIP R. WESTDAHL (MD ’39), died Sept. 16, 2005, after failing to recover from hip surgery. He was 93. Westdahl was born and raised in San Francisco. He served in the 59th Evacuation Hospital of the Army Medical Corps and in 1942 was called into active military service. After his tour of duty, he returned home to a successful practice, specializing in breast cancer treatment. Westdahl’s research included pioneering studies of the effectiveness of lumpectomies. He was a member of many prestigious medical societies, including the California and American Medical Associations, the San Francisco Surgical Association, the American College of Surgeons and the Pacific Coast Surgical Association. Westdahl also bettered the lives of young people by serving in organizations such as the Guardsmen and the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco. One of his accomplishments was organizing medical exams at the clubs’ summer camp. Westdahl is survived by his wife, three daughters, two grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one step-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by a son.

WILLIAM RIDGE FIELDER SR. (resident ’58, surgery), died Nov. 28, 2005, at 85. Fielder was born in Donley County, Texas, and moved to Colorado at age 11. He served in World War II for 33 months in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany as a first lieutenant. He earned a bachelor’s and medical degree from the University of Colorado after his discharge in 1946. He completed his residency at Stanford Medical School in San Francisco and opened a general surgery practice in Palo Alto in 1958. Fielder was Stanford’s chief of surgery and later served as deputy chief of surgery for 13 years, retiring in 1987. He is survived by his wife, one son, two daughters and four grandchildren.

Extended obituaries are online from the Stanford University Medical Center Alumni Association. Paper copies are available from the SUMCAA: (650) 234-0619.

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