Summer 03

Alumni News

We want to know what you’ve been up to – and your former classmates would like to know too. When submitting your material, include your full address and telephone number for verification. Send your material to: Alumni Notes Editor, 850 W. Michigan St., Suite 241, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5198. Fax (317) 274-5064. Email submissions should be sent to ssdavis@iupui.edu.

Centennial Memories

Do you have a unique or interesting story to share about your medical career or experience as a student at IUSM? For example, you might have followed in a family member’s footsteps at the School or in practice, or perhaps they have followed your trek. IU Medicine magazine plans to have special articles and sections later this year and next to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the IU School of Medicine.

You were a part of that history and we want to share it with your fellow alumni. Please send your submissions to Joe Stuteville, Office of Public and Media Relations, IU School of Medicine, Suite 306, 550 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46204. You also can send your submissions via email to jstutevi@iupui.edu.

Back to School

The patient was relaxed on the operating table. All vital signs were normal as the physician carefully snaked the intubation device into the airway, a routine procedure for an anesthesiologist preparing a patient for surgery – a not-so-routine procedure if you are
an ophthalmologist or internist.

“Well, that could’ve been smoother. Sorry ol’ fellow,” the smiling physician said, drumming his fingers on the patient’s head. But this patient didn’t mind; he’s a high-tech simulator used to train anesthesiology residents and students, and just one of the many teaching tools IUSM alumni viewed recently while visiting the Indianapolis campus.

Physicians and their spouses attending Spring Medical Alumni Weekend, May 16-17, were treated to a full range of social and professional activities dubbed “Innovations in Medical Education.” They had the opportunity to use virtual reality tools such as the anesthesia, endoscopy and laparoscopic surgery simulators. IUSM faculty members and residents were on hand to explain the technologies and give the visitors a chance to use them.

Alumni and their spouses also traveled to the IU Clinical Skills Education Center at Methodist Towers. There they met and observed students participating in simulated clinical situations with actor-patients. IUSM is among the first few medical schools in the nation to incorporate Objective Structured Clinical Examinations, which monitor and evaluate students’ ability to interact with patients.

But it wasn’t only students and actors who were performing. With former IUSM Dean “Judge” Robert Holden, ’63 (the only law east of the White River) presiding, several alumni played roles in a comedic courtroom drama, “The Trial of the Class of ’63: The Wrongful Death of Edward B. Smith, MD.” Among the players in a sometimes salty cast were alumni David Spalding, William R. Pugh, Mary Ann Mericle Ferree, Herman F. Rusche, William M. Dugan Jr., John E. Pless and Robert McDougal. When the jury returned its verdict, the Class of ’63 was found not guilty, just in time for the reception for medical and nursing alumni.

The 56th annual Alumni Day Awards Luncheon honored a retiring faculty member and two alumni. This year’s Glenn W. Irwin Jr. Distinguished Faculty Service Award recipient was Robert A. Harris, PhD, chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Dr. Harris has served on IUSM’s faculty since 1970 and has headed his department since 1988.

Distinguished Medical Alumni Awards were presented to Merrill Ritter, MD ’63 and M. Eugene Tardy Jr., MD ’60. Dr. Ritter, a professor of surgery at IUSM, founded the Center for Hip and Knee Surgery in Mooresville, Ind. He’s internationally known for total joint replacement surgery and is currently president of the Association for Arthritic Hip and Knee Surgery. Dr. Tardy, professor of otolaryngology and director of the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Illinois, School of Medicine, also has been on faculty at IU and Northwestern University.

1956

Neil Wilson, MD, retired from family practice in November 1995. He enjoys tutoring, mentoring, teaching parenting classes, volunteering in a child abuse prevention program, golfing, jigsaw and crossword puzzles, and family activities with Carol, his wife of more than 25 years, and his four adult children.

1961

Edward “Ned” Bush, MD, is a family practice physician in Anderson, Ind. He enjoys running and in 1996 had the honor of carrying the Olympic torch. Dr. Bush also enjoys weaving. He and his wife Betty have four adult children: Terry, Jim, Laura and Angie.

Clyde Johnson, MD, retired from family practice in 1994. One of the highlights of his career was his service as president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Academy of Family Physicians in 1986. Dr. Johnson enjoys a variety of activities including scuba diving, hiking, camping, reading and traveling. He has five adult sons.

1966

Wade Rademacher, MD, retired from his orthopaedics practice in Carmel, Ind., in February 2001. He enjoys golf and yard work, including landscaping with trees and flowers. Dr. Rademacher and his wife Phyllis have three adult children: Julie, Dan and Matt.

William “Bill” Dick, MD, semi-retired from his nephrology practice in October 1998. He enjoys spending time with his family, collecting wine, reading, gardening and traveling. He and his wife Maggie have three adult children: Kim, Kathy and Kristin.

1974

Greg Mathew, MD, and Rich Wampler, MD, recently reunited by chance after 29 years. The unplanned reunion took place when both were on the same cruise to Antarctica. Although neither recognized the other, one quick conversation about Bloomington, Ind., led to the conclusion that they were indeed the same young men in the 1974 class photographs. Dr. Mathew is an otolaryngologist in Bloomington. Dr. Wampler was a general surgeon but recently has been on medical leave.

1977

John Myers, MD, FACS, FACC, is a professor of surgery and pediatrics and director of pediatric and congenital cardiovascular surgery at Penn State Children’s Hospital and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He was recently awarded the Variety Clubs’ 2002 Sir James Carreras Award during the annual Variety Children’s LifeLine dinner. For more than 20 years, Dr. Myers has committed a portion of his practicing time to the LifeLine-sponsored missions to disadvantaged countries including Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.

1978

John E. Crum, MD, FAAFP, is a health care management consultant based in Louisville, Ky. He specializes in the management of health benefits, physician leadership and quality review, e-Health, and health informatics. Dr. Crum was chief medical officer of Emphesys, Inc., an Internet-based health plan, from 1999-2001 and of Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. from 1995-1999.

1981

Douglas Smith, MD, is an internal medicine specialist in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is a fellow with the American College of Physicians and serves as president of the medical staff of the largest hospital in Utah. Dr. Smith enjoys fly-fishing, camping, skiing, hiking and master’s-level swimming. He and his wife Ginger have two sons.

Denise Abraham Winings, MD, is a family practice physician in private practice in Londonderry, N.H., where she now enjoys giving care to the children of her former pediatric patients. She and her husband Timothy have two children: Marissa and Nathan.

1985

Margaret L. Nolting Frazer, MD, delivered triplet girls in October 2002. She and her husband Jeff also have six other girls! Dr. Frazer now works for Pfizer as a regional medical research specialist.

1990

Cathy Bryant, MD, recently received the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians’ A. Alan Fishcher Award. The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to education for family practice in undergraduate, graduate and continuing education spheres. As clinical faculty at St. Vincent Hospital’s Family Medicine Residency program, Dr. Bryant supervises resident physicians who are primarily from IUSM.

1991

Denise Clark, MD, is a pediatrician serving as medical director of a pediatric asthma home education program in Linn County, Iowa. She enjoys skiing, gardening and volunteering at her children’s school. Dr. Clark and her husband Todd Millard have two children: Keegan and McKenzie.

John Koszuta, MD, is a pulmonary critical care specialist in Crestview, Fla. He started his own practice in August 2000 and is board certified in internal medicine, critical care medicine and pulmonary medicine. Since graduating, Dr. Koszuta has learned to fly a private plane. He and his wife Laurie have two sons: Brad and Kyle.

John McGue, MD, is a diagnostic radiologist in a small practice in LaPorte, Ind. He enjoys reading, waterskiing, sailing and running. He and his wife Tonya enjoy family life with their three children: Shannon, J. Connor and Kyle.

1994

Alan P. Ladd, MD, completed his fellowship in pediatric general surgery in June 2002 at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Dr. Ladd has joined the faculty as assistant professor of surgery and a pediatric general surgeon at Riley Hospital.

1996

Patrick Ilada, MD, completed a surgical residency at Michigan State University in 2001 and completed an advanced laparoscopic and endoscopic fellowship at St. Vincent in 2002. He is in practice in Warsaw, Ind., where he lives with his wife and son. He is an avid fly fisherman and enjoys skiing and spending time with his family.

Lora Mangus, MD, is a pediatrician in Kokomo, Ind. She enjoys foreign travel, foreign languages and gardening. Dr. Mangus does medical work in Nicaragua and Kenya. In 1998, she was thrilled to finally marry Todd Wenger after the two had lived on different continents for four years.

Richard Reifenberg, MD, completed his residency in internal medicine/pediatrics at Indianapolis’ Methodist Hospital in 2000. He now works at a community health center in Indianapolis. After nine years of marriage, he and his wife Sara had a daughter, Kate Elizabeth, who was born in 1999.

1998

Eric Sputh, MD, recently finished his residency training in ophthalmology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and began practicing in his hometown of Lafayette, Ind., with Tom Mattingly, MD, ’75. Dr. Sputh enjoys golf, tennis, and hiking. He and his wife have two daughters and one son.