In Memoriam

1960s

Mark Siegler, MD’67, was awarded the Excellence in Medical Ethics Award by the Society of General Internal Medicine. Siegler was recognized for his impact as mentor to numerous fellows at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics and his scholarship on the doctor-patient relationship. He is the Lindy Bergman Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Chicago.

David Myland Kaufman, MD’68,

published Kaufman’s Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists (Elsevier). Kaufman is a professor of neurology and psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

1970s

Kim Williams Sr., AB’75, MD’79, was appointed chair of the University of Louisville Department of Medicine. Williams has previously served as president of the American College of Cardiology, president of the American Society for Nuclear Cardiology, and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Black Cardiologists.

1980s

Diane Altkorn, MD’82, received a 2022 Gold Key Award, which recognizes outstanding and loyal service to the Biological Sciences Division and to the University of Chicago by BSD faculty who are at or near retirement, or transitioning to emeritus status.

Theodore Danoff, PhD’85, MD’87,

was named chief medical officer and senior vice president, clinical development, at Pathalys Pharma, Inc. Pathalys Pharma is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for endstage kidney disease.

1990s

Cheryl Renz, MD’90, was named chief medical officer at Pregistry. Pregistry is a maternal health organization and leader in the development and conduct of observational studies during pregnancy. In this role, Renz will ensure regulatory compliance and develop strategy for future accomplishments by working with scientific advisory committee members and pharmaceutical company representatives. Previously, Renz served as head of benefit risk management at AbbVie. Nancy Keating, MD’93, was awarded the 2022 John M. Eisenberg National Award for Career Achievement in Research by the Society of General Internal Medicine. This award recognizes innovative research that has impacted the way we care for patients, conduct research and educate students.

Rebecca W. Brendel, JD’99, MD’00,

was named president of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). She previously served as chair of the APA Ethics Committee and member of the Board of Trustees. Brendel is director of the Master of Science in Bioethics Program at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics. She also serves as the director of Law and Ethics at the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital.

2000s

Nadia M. Biassou, MD’00, was named chief of the Integrative Neuroscience of Communication Unit within the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Biassou holds a joint appointment in the Radiology and Imaging Sciences Department at the NIH Clinical Center, where she has served as a boardcertified diagnostic clinical neuroradiologist for the past 15 years.

Thomas Fisher, Jr., MD’01, MPH,

published The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER. Fisher is a clinical associate of medicine and emergency medicine physician at the University of Chicago Medicine. The critically acclaimed memoir focuses on what it was like to work in the ED in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, while also confronting gun violence, racial inequity and healthcare disparities. Amy Derick, MD’02, was re-elected trustee-at-large of the Illinois State Medical Society. Derick is a clinical instructor of dermatology at Northwestern University and serves in leadership for the Federation of State Medical Boards. She previously served as chair of the Illinois Medical Disciplinary Board. M. Justin Coffey, AB’02, MD’06, joined Workit Health as chief medical officer. Workit Health provides evidence-based online therapy to treat substance use disorder. Prior to joining Workit Health, Coffey served as chair of psychiatry and behavioral health at Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania.

1950s

Werner Kunz, MD’55, died on May 30, 2022. He was 97. Kunz practiced internal medicine for over 35 years. In retirement, he volunteered at the Hochstein School of music and at School 15, both in Rochester, New York, where he formed bonds with refugee children. He was preceded in death by his parents, York and Margaret, and sister, Hilde. He is survived by his wife, Susan; three children, Elizabeth, Jonathan and Katherine; and his grandchildren. Donald Paul Anderson, MD’58, died on March 24, 2022. In 1969, Anderson volunteered to provide medical care to soldiers and Vietnamese citizens at Tay Ninh Hospital in Saigon, South Vietnam. Anderson’s son passed away from cancer, which led him to the field of nuclear medicine. He went on to complete his graduate studies and clinical residency with a specialty in therapeutic radiology at the UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles. Anderson served as the medical director of the radiology unit at Saint John’s Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. He is survived by his wife, Linda; his daughters, Jane Elizabeth, Abigail and Molly Sue; and his three grandchildren.

1960s

Phillip George Schmid, Jr., MD’61,

passed away on December 14, 2021. Schmid completed his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. During the Vietnam War, Schmid served as a United States Air Force captain and internist at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. He went on to work as a professor of cardiology at the University of Iowa. Upon retirement, he became an emeritus professor of internal medicine-cardiovascular medicine. He also served as associate chief of staff for research at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City, Iowa. Schmid is survived by his wife, Joanne; his son, Phillip; daughter, Kecia; and his grandchildren, Curtis, Drew, Jennifer and Joseph.

1970s

Michael A. Fauman, PhD’70, MD’74,

died on May 31, 2022. Fauman completed his residency in psychiatry at the University of Chicago. He went on to become a successful academic administrator. He wrote peer-reviewed papers and a textbook in psychiatry. Fauman also wrote commercially successful computer programs and gained recognition for his photography. David Neil Toth, MD’72, passed away on April 8, 2022. Upon graduating from the University of Chicago, Toth completed his MPH from Harvard University. In 1973, Toth joined the United States Air Force, serving as a medical officer at Rhein-Main Air Base in Frankfurt, West Germany. He rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel. Toth served as a physician at the VA hospital in San Antonio. He is survived by his son, Andrew; daughter-in-law, Becky; grandson, Cooper; and former wife, Pamela. Drew R. Tomczak, MD’73, passed away on his birthday, March 19, 2020. Tomczak was a gastroenterologist at Michael Reese Hospital. He also enjoyed taxidermy and was an avid fisherman.

1990s

Susan Sicotte, MD’91, died on February 4, 2022. After her internship and residency in neurology at the University of Chicago, Sicotte completed a fellowship at RushPresbyterian-St. Luke’s Hospital. She spent over 20 years practicing neurology at Loyola University Medical Center, RML Specialty Hospital and Neurological Care Associates. She is survived by her husband, Ed, and her children, Nicholas, Eric and Halley.

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This painting is based on a photograph Louise LeBourgeois took at Pebble Beach, also known as 49th Street Beach, one of the artist’s favorite places to swim along the Chicago lakefront. The delicate brushstrokes evoke the physical memory of her practiced swim stroke. LeBourgeois’ painting is on permanent display in the Sky Lobby of the University of Chicago Medicine Center for Care and Discovery. “There is much we cannot control in our lives,” the artist writes. “We live with uncertainty. I hope that my painting can remind the people in the hospital, patients, families, and everyone who works here, that while time spent in flux can be arduous, we are all connected through the fluidity of our resilient and fleeting human lives.”