Class Notes
Awards? Professional Honors? Special Activities? 1980s
1950s
1970s
Dr. Lois T. Ellison, ’50 of Augusta, was honored with a lectureship by the Medical College of Georgia. Ellison’s affiliation with Georgia Health Sciences University has spanned 60 years and she retired as Professor Emeritus and Provost Emeritus in 2000. She works as the GHSU’s Medical Historian in Residence.
Dr. Richard A. Brown,
’70
Dr. Julian D. Sharpton,
’74
Dr. Louis Scharff,
’59
of Evans, Ga., has been named the 2011 Jewish Humanitarian of the Year by the Augusta Jewish Community Center. Scharff works in the Spinal Cord Injury Unit of the Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He previously severed as commander of a field hospital in Desert Storm and Desert Shield.
1960s Dr. Betty B. Wray,
’60
of Augusta, Ga., received a Lifetime Achievement Award for distinguished service to the Southeastern Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society. Wray is a GHSU Professor Emerita in Pediatrics and Medicine and is a past President and longtime member of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. She earned its Gold-headed Cane Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007. Wray has served as a Delegate to the Medical Association of Georgia through the Richmond County Medical Society and received its Distinguished Service Award in 1999. She earned the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia Chapter in 2000. Wray received the Medical College of Georgia Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2000.
Dr. Bruce Gillett,
’64
of Marietta, Ga., published “Quarter-Peeled Oranges,” a book of poetry. All proceeds from the book support Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Gillett owns Marietta Neurological Associates.
Dr. Paul E. Stanton Jr.,
’69
of Johnson City, Tenn., retired as President of East Tennessee State University after 15 years of service. He was named President Emeritus by the Tennessee Board of Regents and will continue to work part-time. Prior to being named President, Stanton served as Dean of Medicine.
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of Huntsville, Ala., has retired after 38 years of practice at Gleneagles Family Medicine Associates. Brown helped create Alabama’s first family medicine residency program in 1973. He will continue volunteering at the Downtown Rescue Mission and the Community Free Clinic, two Huntsville-area programs that he helped establish years ago.
of Royston, Ga., joined the Athens, Ga., office of Reddy Urgent Care. Sharpton previously operated a family practice in Royston, Ga. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Dr. J. Sydney Cochran,
’76
of Bainbridge, Ga., was honored by the Decatur County Board of Commissioners, which proclaimed Sept. 13 Dr. Sydney Cochran Day in recognition of his years of community service. Cochran serves on the Bainbridge and Decatur County Hospital Authority Board and is Chairman of the Decatur County Board of Education. He completed his residency at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah.
Dr. James K. Elsey,
’79
of Lawrenceville, Ga., has been appointed to the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons. Elsey is a general and vascular surgeon in private practice and is affiliated with Gwinnett Medical Center. He is a visiting Professor of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine and has been a Fellow of the College since 1989. He served as President of the College’s Georgia Chapter from 2008-10.
Dr. Patrick E.T. Godbey,
’79
of St. Simons Island, Ga., was elected to the Board of Governors of the College of American Pathologists. Godbey is Laboratory Director for Southeast Georgia Health System’s Brunswick Campus and is founder of Southeastern Pathology Associates.
Dr. Mercedes Dullum,
’79
Dr. P. Merrill White,
’79
of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, has been appointed Virgin Islands Health Commissioner by Gov. John deJongh Jr. Dullum completed her general surgery residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and her thoracic surgery residency at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
of Knoxville, Tenn., has been named President-elect of the Tennessee Orthopaedic Society. White practices at Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics. Previously, he served as an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. He is a member of North American Spine Society and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. White completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., and an adult spine surgery fellowship at Rothman Institute and Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia.
Dr. Howard T. Walpole Jr.,
’81
Dr. Guy Gober,
’84
Dr. Mark L. Mudano,
’84
Dr. John Meier,
’85
Dr. Tillman Pearce,
’85
Dr. Jack M. Chapman,
’88
Dr. Melissa Holmes,
’89
of Nashville, Tenn., has joined Okyanos Heart Institute as Chief Medical Officer and Interventional Cardiologist. Previously, Walpole served as the Chief of Cardiac Sciences at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. Walpole received a bachelor of science from the University of Georgia and a master’s degree in business administration from Emory University.
of Tiger, Ga., has retired from the U.S. Army National Guard. He served as a medical officer and was mobilized five times during conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and received the Iraq Campaign Medal with two campaign stars and the Army Commendation Medal. He owns the Tiger Urology practice in Rabun County, Ga.
of Milledgeville, Ga., has joined Effingham Health System as an Orthopedic Surgeon. Prior to joining Effingham Health System, Mudano was with Southeastern Orthopedics in Milledgeville. He completed a fellowship in reconstructive knee surgery and sports medicine at the Medical College of Georgia. He is board certified through the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.
of Hickory, N.C., has been recognized by Best Doctors Inc. as one of the best doctors in North Carolina. Meier, of Gastroenterology Associates, was one of 34 in the gastroenterology specialty recognized in the November 2011 issue of “Business North Carolina” magazine.
of San Francisco, was appointed Chief Medical Officer of Threshold Pharmaceuticals. Pearce, a hematologist, will oversee the development of oncology drugs. Prior to joining Threshold, Pearce served as Chief Medical Officer for KaloBios Pharmaceuticals. Pearce will oversee the development of Threshold’s TH-302, a clinical stage hypoxia-targeted cancer therapeutic currently being evaluated in a variety of cancers. He has a bachelor’s from Tulane University and is a board-certified internist and hematologist.
of Gainesville, Ga., was appointed to the Georgia Board of Community Health by Gov. Nathan Deal. Chapman serves on the Board of Directors of the Medical Association of Georgia Foundation, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the Alliant/Georgia Medical Care Foundation, the Georgia Partnership for Telehealth and the Physicians Institute.
of Greenville, S.C., was appointed to the South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Holmes completed her residency at the Medical College of Virginia and is a member of the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina.