Class Notes

1956 Carroll (Chuck) Hess (MD) (see ’54 College).

1977 James Mold (Res) writes that after having written many journal articles and book chapters, he wrote his first complete book, Achieving Your Person Health Goals: A Patient’s Guide (Full Court Press). A retired primary care physician and public health researcher, James continues to conduct research as a consultant.

1980 Robert Smith (Flw) coauthored Essentials of Psychiatry in Primary Care: Behavioral Health in the Medical Setting (McGraw-Hill). An earlier book, Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method (McGraw-Hill), was released in a fourth edition. Robert is a University Distinguished Professor and a professor of medicine and psychiatry at Michigan State University.

1985 Mark Eisenberg published an e-book, Case Studies in Interventional Cardiology (McGraw-Hill Education), which includes more than 300 videos, 165 multiple-choice questions, and 250 self-review questions. Mark is a professor of medicine and the director of the MD/PhD program at McGill University in Montreal.

1988 Lewis Hsu (MD/PhD) coauthored the newly revised, fifth edition of Guidebook for Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait (Hilton Publishing).

2002 Heather Gold (PhD) writes that she was “promoted to full professor at NYU Langone Health in the Departments of Population Health and Orthopedic Surgery in fall 2018. I also was elected and am serving as the president of the Society for Medical Decision Making.” . . . Kelli Harding (MD) has published The Rabbit Effect: Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness (Atria Books). The book explores how the social dimensions of health affect the body. Kelli is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and is board certified in psychiatry and neurology and the subspecialty psychosomatic medicine.

2004 Roger Di Pietro (Pdc) published Decoding Persistent Depression: Book Two—Mind and Body Mysteries (Lulu), the second book in a series investigating long-term depression. Roger is a clinical psychologist in private practice.

2009 Grace Vangeison Johnston (PhD) (see ’04 College).

2010 Princy Thottathil (MD) (see ’06 College).