Alumni Class Notes Archive Drexel University College of Medicine

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Robert J. Broselow, MD, HU ’66, after three years at Amarillo Urgent Care, now works in emergency medicine in a rural critical access hospital in Crosbyton, Texas. Frederick J. Bloom Jr., MD, HU ’83, the president of Guthrie Medical Group, has been appointed to the board of directors of the AMGA Foundation. Jonathan “Todd” Barlow, MS, Group Process & Group Psychology, HU ’89, has been named director of addiction services at both New Vitae The Mitchell Clinic in Emmaus, Pa., and its parent organization, New Vitae Wellness and Recovery in Quakertown, Pa.

Osa Egharevba, MD ’11, a board-certified internist, joined Bronson Internal Medicine Hospital Specialists and will be working as a hospitalist at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich., and Bronson Battle Creek Hospital in Battle Creek, Mich. Carolyn and Mariann Clemenza Scholarship Fund in honor of his sisters, who both died of cancer. The scholarship fund supports students from western Pennsylvania pursuing education in the health care field.

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Stefanie Porges, MD, HU ’88; Internal Medicine Residency, HU ’91, was reappointed to the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. She is the medical director of the Emergency Medicine Department Observation Unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and an attending in emergency medicine. Laura Napier, MD ’08, was named interim chair and medical director of the Emergency Department at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago.

Jeffrey P. Hein, MD, HU ’92, a family physician with Baden Area Healthcare, Baden, Pa., was inducted into the Quigley Catholic High School Hall of Fame during the school’s Passport to Paris gala on October 9, 2015, at Shadow Lakes Country Club in Hopewell Township, Pa. Laurel P. Hansch, MD, HU ’89, joined the Board of Directors of the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Santa Barbara. Dr. Hansch is the president of South Coast Radiological Association and serves in multiple leadership positions within the medical staff of the Cottage Health Systems. Meghan Stott Haggerty, MD ’10, completed her residency in radiation oncology at SUNY Upstate Medical University, and is a board-certified radiation oncologist at Northeast Radiation Oncology Center in Scranton, Pa. John Gelzhiser, MD ’04, system director of inpatient medicine at Care New England and a hospitalist at Kent Hospital, in Warwick, R.I., was among 10 physicians named by the American College of Physicians Hospitalist magazine as “Top Docs.”

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Mindy Horrow, MD, MCP ’80, vice chair of Einstein Healthcare Network’s Department of Radiology, received the Honored Educator Award from the Radiological Society of North America for her work in advancing the field of radiology. Mitchell Hardenbrook, MD, HU ’97, founder and president of the Advanced Spine Institute of Greater Boston, joined the staff of Milford Regional Medical Center, where he sees patients two days a month. Deepak Gupta, MD, MCP ’92, was promoted to medical director of anesthesiology at Euclid Hospital, Euclid, Ohio, which is part https://turbo-tax.org/ of the Cleveland Clinic Health System. Linda Good, MD, MCP ’85, a family physician who helped start the Mt. Airy Family Practice in Philadelphia in 1989, left the practice in early July to explore other interests. Francisco Gomez, MD, Orthopedic Surgery Residency, MCP, an orthopedic surgeon at Gomez & Gomez MDs in Tampa, Fla., joined Physician Partners of America. Joan Von Feldt, MD, MCP ’81, a professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, was appointed president of the American College of Rheumatology.

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M. Louis Van de Beek, MD, HU ’82, is chief medical officer of Keystone Shops, which opened the Philadelphia region’s first medical marijuana dispensary, in Devon, Pennsylvania. Lauren Tormey, MD ’09, a board-certified gastroenterologist, joined Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Windsor, Vt. She completed a gastroenterology fellowship at Boston Medical Center in 2016, following her residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Richard Shoemaker, MD; Emergency Medicine Resident ’06, an emergency https://turbo-tax.org/ascension-providence-covid-pfizer-vaccine-1/ medicine physician at Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Drexel Hill, Pa., competed for $1 million in the finals of the NBC show, “American Ninja Warrior,” 2015, finishing in eighth place. Madhumita Sadhukhan, MD, MCP ’97, joined SouthEast Lancaster Health Services as a family practice physician. Joseph Raduazzo, MD, HU ’86, a primary care physician with Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare–Pastor Medical Group in Brookline, Mass., received the health system’s annual Golden Stethoscope Award.

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Deric Savior, MD ’02, has been appointed head of medical oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center at Temple University Hospital. David Sachs, MD ’03, a board-certified ophthalmologist practicing in East Meadow and Massapequa, N.Y., was named partner at Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island (OCLI). Michael I. Rothman, MD, HU ’84, a radiologist in private practice in Bethlehem, Pa., was inducted as a fellow in the American College of Radiology.

Sharad S. Mansukani, MD, HU ’93, senior advisor of TPG Capital LP and a member of the board of directors of Kindred Healthcare Inc., was appointed to the board of directors of Endo International, PLC. Kenny Mai, MD, MCPHU ’01, joined Saint Agnes Medical Providers in Fresno, Calif., as an orthopedic surgeon. Kristen Long, PhD Microbiology & Immunology ’12, assistant professor at Mansfield University, in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, was profiled in an article on her work on pancreatic cancer in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. Andrew G. Kundrat, MD, HU ’82, was promoted to medical director of the Riderwood retirement community in Silver Spring, Md. Norman Kreisman, PhD, MCP ’71, professor and vice chair, Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, celebrated 45 years on Tulane’s faculty. He directed the Human Physiology Course for the past 20 years and won the University’s top teaching awards, including the Chancellor’s Teaching Scholar Award and the President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching.