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NEWS AND EVENTS 2011 Lyon Daughters Lecture Set
The 20th Annual Lyon Daughters Lecture
in Bioethics will be held Thursday evening, April 28, 2011. The guest speaker
will be Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Professor, Anthropology, University of California,
Berkeley.
********** Salon Concert Dates for 2010 - 2011 Set The dates for the 2010 - 2011 Salon Concert Series will be: October 10, 2010; December 5, 2010; January 16, 2011; February 20, 2011; April 3, 2011 Mark your calendars. **********
Joan Rockwell, Executive Assistant Retires A reception was held at the Academy on Sunday, June 27, 2010, to honor Joan Rockwell as she retired following 30 years of dedicated service as Executive Assistant and more recently as part time Administrative Assistant. On hand to wish her and her family well were several of the past Executive Directors, past Board Presidents and members of the Academy and their families. Executive Director Hechmat Tabechian, M.D., PhD, presented Ms. Rockwell with an engraved plaque commemorating her service at the Academy.
********** Heart Transplant Survivor Tells Her Story At Life Members/Retired MDs Luncheon Ginger Zimmerman, a 12-year survivor of a heart transplant, told her bittersweet story to an attentive audience at the Academy on June 6, 2010. Following four years of missed diagnosis, at age 30, she saw an internist who diagnosed advanced cardiomyopathy, giving her weeks to months to live. Ginger was taken on as a candidate for heart transplant and waited four months for a heart to become available. Three days following her transplant, she was informed that her husband was in a coma, brain dead as a result of an accident. She was asked permission for her husband to become an organ donor. Now, years later, she has become a powerful advocate for organ donation: giving speeches, seminars and interviews worldwide. See her story at her web site www.gingersheart.com
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Rochester Academy of Medicine 110th Annual Meeting The 110th Annual Meeting of the Rochester Academy of Medicine was held on May 11, 2010, at the Academy. The event began with a dinner buffet and social hour. Then following a welcome by Hechmat Tabechian, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director of the Academy, the meeting was called to order by outgoing president, J. Richard Ciccone, M.D., who also gave the president’s report.
The 2010 Albert David Kaiser Medal was
awarded to Bradford C. Berk, M.D., Ph.D. Also honored with the Rochester Academy
of Medicine Merit Award were: Eric A. Birken, M.D.; F. Joseph Flately, M.D.;
John T. Hansen, Ph.D.; Gerald W. Honch, M.D.; and Robert H. Poe, M.D. The Pulsifer Awards, granted this year at the annual meeting, are given in honor of Libby Pulsifer, M.D. to recognize excellence in graduating residents who plan a career in primary care or a medical specialty. The awardees were: Neha Badheka, M.D., Rochester General Hospital; Aylin Akay, M.D., Unity Hospital; Joseph Gasparino, M.D., University of Rochester Medical Center. The winners of submitted scientific papers awards were: Lisa M. Niswander; Martin Schiavenato, Ph.D., R.N.; Akshay B. Jain, M.D.; Nancy Meierdierks Bowllan, Ed.D., M.S.N., R.N.; David J. Mener, M.P.H., E.M.T.-B.. The prize awards were followed by the election of officers and new appointments to the Board of Trustees. The traditional passing of the President’s Gold-Headed Cane, a symbol of the office, from outgoing president J. Richard Ciccone, M.D. to newly-elected president Joshua Hollander, M.D. ended the formal ceremonies. Coffee and desserts were served following the meeting. The newly-elected officers are President, Joshua Hollander, M.D.; President-Elect, TBA; Secretary, Ruth E. Hetland, M.D.; Treasurer, Gerald W. Honch, M.D. Newly elected members of the Board of Trustees (term to expire 2013) are James M. Haley, M.D.; Gerald W. Honch, M.D.; Anthony J. Leone, Jr., M.D.
********** Tax Law Updates Discussed at Luncheon Eugene Parrs, Esq. gave a talk entitled Update of the Tax Law and Estate Planning at the Life Members/Retired Physician luncheon May 18th at the Academy. Mr. Parrs discussed the changes in the estate tax, both Federal and New York State, and warned the attendees to be wary of making any permanent changes in wills because you’re never sure just what the Federal or State governments are going to do. He also discussed the importance of appropriate beneficiary designations and strongly encouraged all to be sure your family knows exactly where your original signed will is kept. There were numerous questions following the talk.
********** Neurologist Speaks at the Lyon Daughters Lecture
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Prostate Cancer Subject of Retired
Physician’s Luncheon
John Valvo, M.D., Chief of Urology at
Rochester General Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor at University of
Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, gave the Life Members/Retired
Physician’s talk April 13, 2010, at the Academy of Medicine. Dr. Valvo’s talk,
Nutrition and Prostate Cancer, began with a review of prostate cancer
statistics, diagnosis and treatment options, including some recent new
developments in robotic surgery.
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Salon Concert ends Twelfth Season
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RPO Music Director Christopher Seaman Speaks at Academy Luncheon Christopher Seaman, Music Director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, enlightened and entertained the audience at the Retired/Lifetime Physicians Luncheon, on Tuesday, March 29. Maestro Seaman likened his role as an orchestra conductor to the role of a physician: having knowledge of anatomy of the orchestra and the instruments; practice in diagnosis of tempo, and emphasis and applying treatments as needed. Maestro Seaman outlined the approaches that conductors use and offered insight into differing approaches to conducting familiar orchestras and guest conducting unfamiliar orchestras. He pointed out how important the conductor’s body language, facial expressions and baton motions are in interacting with the musicians. Maestro Seaman’s talk, spiced with many anecdotal tales, prompted many questions from the appreciative large audience.
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Salon Concert Treat: Rarely Performed Trio The audience at the February 28, 2010 Salon Concert was treated to a rarely performed Trio by Schumann, Trio No. 2, Op. 80 with its melodic first movement and its brooding second movement. Also on the program was a Trio by Beethoven, Trio Op. 1, No. 2 including a bright and fanciful fourth movement. All much enjoyed be the near capacity audience. Mark your calendar for the last concert of the season, April 11, 2010.
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Salon Concert Again Plays to SRO Audience The cold weather didn't keep the audience away, filling the parlor at the Academy for the third salon concert of the five concert series February 7, 2010. The Salon Concert series perennial favorites, Rebecca Penneys, piano, Mikhail Kopelman, violin and Stefan Reuss, cello entertained with their performances of Trios by Beethoven and Schumann.
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Annual Holiday Party and The Annual Holiday Party and Photo Contest will be held Sunday, December 14, 2009, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the Academy. Light refreshments will be served and the results of the Photo Contest will be announced. Attendees are encouraged to bring an appetizer or dessert, preferably an ethnic dish. Come to enjoy the exhibit and the holiday spirit.
Members of the Academy and their
families are also encouraged to submit their favorite Photos for fun, sharing
and, of course prizes.
* Each family member may submit up to
three photos ********** Salon Concert Features Clarinet in Trios The Salon Concert held November 15 at the Academy featured the addition of a clarinetist, Robert Dilutis, performing in Trios for piano, clarinet and cello by Beethoven and Brahms. Mr. Dilutis was warmly received by the SRO audience, as were the Salon Concert series perennial favorites, Rebecca Penneys, piano, and Stefan Reuss, cello. Mr. Dilutis is Professor of Clarinet at the Eastman School of Music and had previously served as Assistant Principal and E-flat clarinetist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
********** Researcher Outlines the Future of Stem Cells in Neurology Steven Goldman, M.D., Ph.D. gave a talk, Stem Cell Therapeutics of the CNS, at the November 10 meeting of the Life Members/Retired Physicians’ group. Dr. Goldman explained how his research group was able to coax human embryonic stem cells into becoming somatic stem cells having CNS potentials. These would further differentiate into astrocytes and oligodendrogliomas and the rare neuron. When these were inserted into a mouse model having a genetic demyelinating disorder, the stem cells and their progeny would rapidly spread in the CNS and remyelinate the CNS axions. Several videos and photomicrographs demonstrated these remarkable effects. Dr. Goldman said that this type of CNS stem cell research points to a very hopeful therapeutic approach to treating demyelinating diseases in humans such as multiple sclerosis and even some types of cerebral palsy.
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2009 - 2010 Salon Concert Dates Set
October 11, 2009
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter Speaks
David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer
Prize-winning reporter, gave the September 8 Life Members/Retired Physicians
lecture series talk entitled Free Lunch and the Cost of Health Care? The
talk, usually given in the parlor, was moved to the Academy’s auditorium because
of the large number of attendees for this event.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter and Best
Selling Author to Speak
Pulitzer prize-winning reporter and best selling author David Cay Johnston will present a talk entitled Free Lunch and the Cost of Health Care? at the Rochester Academy of Medicine on Tuesday September 8, 2009 at 6:00 P.M. David Cay Johnston is the author of Perfectly Legal, a national best seller on our tax system. The book won the 2004 Investigative Book of the Year award. His first book, Temples of Chance, is an expose of the casino industry. Johnston won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for his running investigation of our tax system and was a finalist for that award in 2000 and in 2003 for beat reporting and for national reporting. Mr. Johnston began his career in 1968 at age 19 as a staff writer for the San Jose Mercury. He subsequently worked as an investigative reporter for the Detroit Free Press, the Los Angeles Times, and Philadelphia Inquirer. In 1995 he persuaded the editors of The New York Times to hire him to cover taxes. His work has resulted in unearthing many tax dodges and has resulted in new tax laws, regulations and enforcement efforts. The talk is part of the Life Members/Retired Physicians ongoing lecture series and will be held in the auditorium at the Academy. The event will be preceded by a reception and light refreshments at 5:30 P.M. The talk is free and open to the public. **********
Military Surgeon Discusses Battlefield Injuries David L. Gillespie, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, gave the July 14 Life Members/Retired Physicians program titled Management of Vascular Trauma. The program was based on Dr. Gillespie’s role as a military surgeon and Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services, University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda MD. Dr. Gillespie showed the types of typical injuries encountered in the Iraq war and the approaches to treatment. He also described the registry he started by documenting the injury, treatment and outcome, which is used as a guide for other physicians treating such injuries. Further, he showed photos of many of the front-line facilities and the types of triage needed in caring for the wounded. Of interest was his role in urging the use of self-applied tourniquets, which result in the reduction of initial fatalities by almost half.
This program marked the first late
afternoon time for the series allowing physicians still in practice to avail
themselves of these free, interesting programs.
********** United States District Judge Speaks On Health Care The Life Members/Retired Physician’s luncheon talk June 9 was given by the Honorable Michael A. Telesca, United States District Judge, who spoke on Health Care: The View From The Bench. The overflow audience at the Academy heard Judge Telesca relate cases and other stories from both his professional and personal life about health care and the health care system as he experienced them. He also described, in riveting detail, his experiences with the settlement of the Attica Prison Riot legal action and the influences physicians had on it. Based on his years of experience, Judge Telesca expressed his opinion, quite forcefully, that there desperately needs to be tort reform, subsidy for primary care physicians and also government-sponsored medical school scholarships and grants or loans for physicians willing to go into primary care and who would limit their practice to a geographic area in need of physicians. Judge Telesca stated that in this way new physicians just starting out would not be burdened with huge debt, which often results in their looking for higher-paying positions. By reducing the pressure to practice defensive (read "expensive") medicine with tort reforms, such as malpractice case review by panel rather than jury, the cost of insurance and therefore of medical care would decrease.
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