Class Notes
School of Medicine and Dentistry
1965
Ralph Stroup (MD) writes: “I’ve returned from my third trip to Kenya, where I’ve been helping develop primary care infrastructure among the Maasai living in Laikipia North and East, in the central highlands of Kenya. I’m currently working on initiatives involving clean water acquisition, improvement in rural health care clinics, grants for nurses to further their education, and community health care educational initiatives. I also spent two weeks in April in Swaziland as part of the American Urological Association Circumcision Task Force, performing circumcisions in a clinic as part of an HIV/AIDS initiative supported by the World Health Organization, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.”
1974
Paul Mintz (MD) (see ’70 undergraduate).
1975
John Bowman (MD) writes: “I’ve been happy to be spending some time back in Rochester. My daughter, Anne Michelle Bowman, graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in the spring and started her internal medicine/pediatrics residency at Strong Memorial Hospital in June.” . . . Scott Valet (MD), ’78M (Res), ’80M (Flw), founder of Westside Allergy Care, opened a new office in Batavia, N.Y. This year marks Westside Allergy Care’s 25th year in business. The other two offices are in Rochester and Brockport.
1978
Martha Somerman (Pdc), ’80M (PhD) has been named director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
1982
Rick Hodes (MD), the medical director of Ethiopia for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, received the 2011 Dr. Bernard Heller Prize at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. The prize honors a person whose life and work embody the Talmudic teaching that “saving one life is like saving an entire world.”
1986
Thomas Barber (MD) was elected chair of the board of counselors of the American Academy at its 2009 annual meeting at the Venetian Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas.
1989
Tony Gringeri (PhD) (see ’74 undergraduate).
1990
Jeanne Putinas Spencer (MD) (see ’86 undergraduate).
2005
Todd Florin (MD) (see ’00 undergraduate).
