Class Notes
School of Medicine and Dentistry
1956
Allyn May (MD), ’64 (Res) retired professor of surgery at Rochester, has published The Joyful Life of Charles Granville Rob: Surgeon, Soldier, Scientist (Tate Publishing).
1979
Cardiologist Eric Topol (MD) has been named editor-in-chief of Medscape, the online clinical information source for health professionals. Eric has been editing the website www.theheart.org, a division of Medscape, since 1999, and Medscape Genomic Medicine, since 2007. The director of Scripps Translational Science Institute, chief academic officer of Scripps Health, and professor of genomics at Scripps Research Institute, Eric was awarded Rochester’s highest alumni award, the Hutchison Medal, in 2011.
1988
Cedric Alexander (Pdc) has been named police chief for DeKalb County, Ga.
1989
Anthony Gringeri (PhD) (see ’74 College).
1990
Jonathan Gavras (Res), chief medical officer of Florida Blue, has been named to the board of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
1994
Col. Steven Pflanz (MD) has been named chief of Air Force physician utilization. He’s based in San Antonio, Texas.
1999
Tener Goodwin Veenema (MPH), ’01 (PhD) (see ’92 Nursing).
2006
Darria Long Gillespie (MD) (see ’00 College).
