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Welcome First Year Medical Students
On Wednesday, September 1st, 86 Medical students celebrated their induction into Stanford University School of Medicine by participating in the annual Stethoscope Ceremony at the Faculty Club. The evenings event presented the students with the traditional "white coat: and the Stanford Medical Alumni Association's gift of a stethoscope. For more about the incoming students and this evening, please read Dr. Pizzo's September 7th newsletter.
SMAA Newsletter
August 2004
From the Desk of the Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs
Dear Colleagues:
There are several items of interest that I’d like to call to your attention. Each of them showcases our efforts to expand on alumni outreach programs.
First is the new look of Stanford MD magazine. Alumni news and articles are now to be interspersed throughout each issue, rather than contained in a special centerfold section. We think this approach is much more appealing. Watch for it!
Secondly, we are initiating a series of joint events with the Stanford Alumni Association. The first is scheduled in San Diego on the afternoon of Saturday, November 6, 2004. The program will include a series of discussions on topics of interest from a cross section of departments and schools. The medical breakout session will be a discussion of the stem cell issue by Nobel Laureate, Paul Berg, MD. Future joint events are being planned for San Francisco and Washington, D.C. with Irving Weissman, MD’65 and Dean Philip Pizzo as keynote speakers.
The third item concerns “young alumni,” those of you who graduated between the years 1994 and 2004. The SMAA is planning events in Boston and New York City in 2005 with recent graduates in mind. Stay tuned for details.
Lastly, we are collaborating with the schools of Law and Engineering to develop programs of mutual interest to our respective alumni in 2005. We will keep you posted about these exciting new programs in up coming newsletters and on the website.
Your participation and any comments you might have concerning our activities are always welcome and appreciated. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Ross Bright, MD ’58
Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs
What's New at the SMAA
Fall Events in 2004
On Wednesday, September 1st, the Stanford Medical Alumni Association and the School of Medicine will welcome 86 incoming medical students to the campus. The traditional Stethoscope Ceremony, which will take place at the Faculty Club, will be the first in a series of fall events hosted by the SMAA.
For more information about this event and other planned activities on campus or in your area, please click on “Events,”located on the left on the SMAA website.
News From the School of Medicine
In the Spotlight: Education, Research, Patient Care, and Community
The School of Medicine has a new look for its website that showcases the four areas that epitomize the mission of the school: Education, Research, Patient Care, and Community.
Spotlighted this month are Tom Robinson, MD '88, director of the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Center for Healthy Weight, and Irving Weissman, MD '65, the Karel and Avice Beekhuis Professor of Cancer Biology and director of Stanford's Institute for Cancer/stem Cell Biology and Medicine.
Stanford Faculty in the News
An Honor for Dr. Ronald Levy and his Stem Cell Research Breakthrough
On June 23rd, Ronald Levy, MD ’68, Chief of the Division of Oncology and the Robert K. and Helen K. Summy Professor, was honored at the inaugural Discovery Health Channel Medical Honors, as one of our nation’s most influential and innovative health care leaders. He was acknowledged for his breakthrough research in the treatment of lymphoma and his belief that the body’s immune system can be used to battle the disease.
Also in the news was a recent research publication by Gary Steinberg. MD '80, PhD '79, Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, and his colleagues in the July 26th advance online issue of Proceedings of the National Academies of Science. "Researchers at Stanford Univeristy School of Medicine report the first success using stem cells to populate the damaged region (a stroke leaves) with new neurons in rats..."
Contact Us
Medical Alumni Association:
Amanda Keris, Program Assistant for Alumni Relations
Stanford Medical Alumni
Association
medalumni_relations@stanford.edu,650-234-0619
Office of Medical Development
Phone: 650-234-0600
Office of Medical
Development
Office of the Dean for Stanford University School of Medicine
Phone: 650-725-3900
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