Class Notes
1960s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Obituaries
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1960s
NORMAN M. RICH, ’60 (MD) — He was honored with a Festschrift celebration for 40 years of government service and 25 years as founding chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. A collection of scientific papers inspired by Rich was published in April 2005 as a supplement to the World Journal of Surgery. A program of scientific presentations in his honor took place in March 2004 in conjunction with the annual USU Surgical Associates Day.
LAWRENCE H. COHN, ’62 (MD) — He received the prestigious Paul Dudley White Award from the Northeastern affiliate of the American Heart Association, presented at the annual gala in May. Cohn is the chair of cardiac surgery at Harvard Medical School and former chief of cardiac surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
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1980s
FRED COHEN, ’84 (MD) — He writes, “While I have not been very good with alumni updates, I thought that I should let you know that I was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in October 2004.”
BRUCE QUINN, ’88 (MD) — He is the medical director for Medicare Part B in California. Quinn tells us: “Each year, California Medicare Part B processes some 60 million claims covering $6 billion of benefits.” A pathologist with an MBA, Bruce is married with two young daughters and lives in Los Angeles.
EDDIE REED, ’81 (internal medicine resident) — He was selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the new director of the division of cancer prevention and control at the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. He assumed the position June 12. As director, Reed will provide the strategic leadership and direction for more than $310 million in appropriations for nationwide cancer prevention and control programs and public health scientific initiatives.
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1990s
ROBERT B. BURNS, ’91 (MD) & CAROL L. OZAWA, ’93
(PEDIATRICS) — They recently celebrated the birth of their eighth
child, Caera Riley Manami Ozawa Burns, born April 29, 2005, at Packard
Hospital. Caera weighed 10 pounds, 1 ounce. She joins siblings ages 13,
11, 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2. Robert practices adult urgent care at the Santa
Clara Valley Medical Center, and Carol is chief of the newborn nursery
at the same facility.
K.Q. CHANNELL, ’99 (MD) — More baby news: “My daughter Selah Nisia Channell was born Nov. 13, 2005. She was born premature at 31 weeks, however she is healthy and strong.”
NATHAN WATSON, ’99 (MD) — Since graduating from the medical school in 1999 and completing a residency in emergency medicine here in 2002, Nathan has been working as an emergency physician in San Diego. He has recently returned from Indonesia where he spent time as a volunteer relief worker after an earthquake struck the area in March. He and a team of three RNs and NPs treated more than 100 casualties per day. “Overall it was an amazing experience,” he says.
JOELLE OSIAS, ’93 (MD) — She and her husband Manar Zarroug celebrated the birth of their fourth child, Dahnia, at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital on Feb. 14, 2005. Dahnia joins her siblings ages 10, 6 and 4. Joelle recently completed a graduate degree in management at Stanford Business School and is now a pool physician at Kaiser Permanente in Redwood City.
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2000s
ERIC P. WILKINSON, ’01 (MD) — He is currently an otolaryngology resident at the University of Iowa and will be finishing residency next year. In July 2006, Wilkinson will be a fellow in otology/neurotology at the House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles.
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Obituaries
JOHN M. BAKER, MD, class of 1944, died May 1, 2005, at home of complications from pancreatic cancer at the age of 87. Baker grew up in Gardnerville, Nev. After graduating from the medical school, he served in the U.S. Army’s medical corps at a number of locations. He completed his general, thoracic and research surgery residencies at Ohio State University and received his master’s of medical science while serving as chief resident in thoracic surgery from 1950-51. Baker established his practice in Sacramento in 1951 as the city’s first thoracic surgeon. He loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter, as well as an expert marksman and musician. He retired in 1987 but continued working with young surgeons for the next 10 years. Baker is survived by his wife, daughter, three sons, six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
RODNEY R. BEARD, MD, class of 1938, died of congestive heart failure on July 12, 2005, at his home on campus. He was 93. Beard was born in Yolo County and grew up in Oakland. He received a master’s degree in public health from Harvard. After earning his medical degree from Stanford, Beard joined the faculty in 1940 and served as chair of the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine from 1949-69. Beard was instrumental in the school’s move from San Francisco to Palo Alto, as well as in the development of the new medical center’s first buildings and its curriculum. He retired in 1976. Outside of Stanford, Beard was committed to environmental, occupational and preventive health issues. He helped draft the first state air-quality standards adopted in the country while serving as a technical advisor to the California Air Resource Board. Beard is survived by his son, two daughters, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
WILLIAM H. HOMBACH, class of 1948, died April 16, 2004. He was 80. Hombach was born in Grand Island, Neb. After earning his medical degree, he served as a flight surgeon in the Air Force during the Korean War. He served as an obstetrician for 35 years in Billings, Mont., and moved to Dewey, Ariz., when he retired. Hombach is survived by his wife, a daughter, a son and four grandchildren.
CHARLES DAVID MILLER, MD, class of 1947, died Nov. 29, 2003. After graduating from medical school, he completed his residency in internal medicine at the Stanford campus in San Francisco. During the Korean War, Miller volunteered for the U.S. Navy Medical Corps and was attached to the 1st Marine Division, where he received the Bronze Star. He later practiced internal medicine at the Palo Alto Medical Clinic. In 1955, he moved to Redding, Calif., where he was the only internal medicine specialist. During the 1960s and 1970s, Miller was active on the board of governors of the Stanford Medical Alumni Association. He retired in 1999 due to health reasons, and spent the last years of his life on his ranch in Shingletown. He is survived by his four sons, a daughter, two brothers, a sister, nine grandchildren and one great-grandson. One of his sons, D. Craig Miller, class of 1972, is the Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor in Cardiovascular Surgery at Stanford.
N M. TROXEL, MD, class of 1986, died June 16, 2005, after suffering a cerebral aneurysm. He was 45. Troxel grew up in Missoula, Mont. After finishing his residency in otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, he completed a plastic surgery residency at Stanford to fine-tune his surgical skills. Troxel, former president of the Alaska Medical Association, was an avid outsdoorman and loved to fly his airplane. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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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