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Dinner showcases music and medicine By Imelda Valenzuela
An inspiring evening showcasing the medical, as well as musical, talents of students at the Keck School of Medicine of USC was celebrated at the Medical Faculty Family and Friends and Salerni Collegium Annual Scholarship Dinner at the Jonathan Club in downtown Los Angeles on March 5. The Medical Faculty Family and Friends and Salerni Collegium are organizations of the Keck School of Medicine, sharing the mission to raise money for medical student scholarships. The evening opened with a surprise duet performed by Dean Emeritus of the Keck School of Medicine Allen Mathies, M.D., and Keck School second-year student Morgan Cross. Fourth-year medical student and pianist Matt Greenberg provided piano music during dinner, and third-year medical student Kimberly DeQuattro sang a musical selection from the opera “Carmen.” Chorda Tympani, a mixed voice, a cappella singing group and service organization comprised of Keck School students, provided additional entertainment. The medical talent of the students was apparent through the announcement of 12 student scholarships representing $95,000 in scholarship funds, as presented by Dean Carmen A. Puliafito, M.D., M.B.A., and Donna Elliott, M.D., associate dean for student affairs. A total of $79,000, some of which will be dedicated to future medical student scholarships, was raised that evening. Honorees for the evening included Donald I. Feinstein, M.D., emeritus professor of medicine in the Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology at the Keck School and emeritus chief of medicine at USC University Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, and his wife, Jackie; and Steve Giannotta, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Keck School, and his wife, Sharon. The evening was capped off with a live auction featuring the dean’s Dodgers box seat tickets, master chorale concert tickets at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, jewelry and a Hawaiian vacation. For more information on making a donation for scholarships, contact Sandra Campione at campione@usc.edu 626-457-4219.
Honorees Don Feinstein, M.D., and his wife, Jackie, left, and Steve Giannotta, M.D., and his wife, Sharon, flank Dean Carmen A. Puliafito, M.D., M.B.A., and his wife, Janet Pine, M.D. 28
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Photo by Sara Reeve (left); Photos by 211 Photography (right)
M I N I M E D I C A L S C H O O L D AY
More than 100 parents of current medical students learned first-hand about the experiences of their children at the Second Annual Mini Medical School, sponsored by the Parents Association of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Board members are, from left, George Stoneman, M.D., class of 1965, president; Barbara House, parent of 2008 graduate; Jeanie Riddell, parent of 2011 graduate; and John Reid, parent of 2005 graduate. The free organization is open to all parents of Keck medical students. For more information, contact Connie Wagner, 626-457-4076 or crwagner@usc.edu.
Medical student a capella group Chorda Tympani performs at the 2011 annual scholarship dinner of Salerni Collegium and USC Medical Faculty Family & Friends of the Keck School of Medicine.