Class NOTES
CLASS OF 2005
Bryan S. Bush, M.D. ’05 In February, Dr. Bush, a cardiothoracic surgeon, joined the Bethesda Heart Hospital in Boyton Beach, FL. Dr. Bush was with the East Carolina Heart Institute in Greenville, NC where he completed a Fellowship in Minimally Invasive & Robotic Cardiac Surgery at the International Robotic Training Center. CLASS OF 2006
Michael M. Van Vliet, M.D. ’06 Dr. Van Vliet has joined the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Tennessee (UT) Medical Group in Memphis, Tennessee. He has also been named assistant professor at the UT Health Science Center and been appointed director of burn critical care for the Firefighters Regional Burn Center at The Regional Medical Center in Memphis. CLASS OF 2007
Trevor J. Bayliss, M.D. ’07 In May, Dr. Bayliss was featured in a USA TODAY Sports “Throwback Thursday” piece. The last time Bayliss was profiled, he was running for the Williams College men’s track team at the 1999 NCAA Division III Championships. (In 1994, after feeling fatigued during his freshman year, he was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma. An experimental drug helped treat his specific cancer and Bayliss started training again a year later.) According to the article, Dr. Bayliss’ personal experience
with cancer and specifically the physician who treated him motivated him to apply to medical school. “I came out of that thinking ‘Man, I could Trevor Bayliss, M.D. ’07 have done that better and had more compassion than that doctor had in that moment,’” Bayliss said. “It was a crystallizing moment of a lot of experiences I’d had in medicine as a patient. In a lot of areas, they lacked that personal touch and empathy in how huge a doctor’s word can be or lack of words for that matter. I remember thinking if I ever got healthy, I’d like to take care of cancer patients and find ways to do it well and help them through that.” Dr. Bayliss currently works at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts as an oncologist. CLASS OF 2008
Ann Rutter M.D. ’08 Dr. Rutter, director of medical student education for the Department of Family Medicine was selected by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Foundation (STFM) as one of seven recipients of the 2014 New Faculty Scholars Award. The award is in recognition of outstanding leadership potential and supported her attendance at the 2014 STFM Annual Spring Conference in San Antonio, TX.
2014 Golden Apple Award Recipients Robert D. Wickham, M.D. (departed member of the Class of 1952) and his spouse, Kate Wickham, generously established the Golden Apple Award to honor the College’s commitment to excellence in teaching. The award, stewarded by the Alumni Association, allows the graduating medical students the opportunity to recognize outstanding educators they encountered during their time at the College. This year, the Class of 2014 recognized the following faculty members:
Outstanding Pre-Clinical Golden Apple David M. Jones, M.D. ’97 Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Rebecca S. Keller, Ph.D. Assistant Dean for Medical Education and Associate Professor, Center for Cardiovascular Sciences
Outstanding Clinical Golden Apple Richard J. Blinkhorn, M.D. Chair, Department of Medicine
Outstanding Outpatient Preceptor Golden Apple Joseph T. Wayne, M.D. Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Outstanding Resident Golden Apple Nazeel Qureshi, M.D. Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
Richard Pryor, M.D. ’99 and his family send greetings from Sydney, Australia.
Trevor Bayliss, M.D. ’07.
CLASSES OF 1987, 1990 AND 1994 Vinisha Patel, M.D. ’94, Paul Garland, Steven Weinfeld, M.D. ’90 and Elizabeth Garland, M.D. ’87 at the 2014 Alumni Association reception in New York City, Jan. 23.
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