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New Fellows Elected at Annual Meeting; Lawrence Altman of The New York Times gives Keynote Speech

NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 10 — The Annual of Meeting of the Voting Fellows was held Tuesday, December 10, 2002 in the Academy’s Library.

Keynote Speaker Dr. Lawrence K. Altman (left) with Academy President Dr. Jeremiah A. Barondess (right)
Dr. Lawrence K. Altman, an Academy Fellow and a science writer for The New York Times, was the keynote speaker.

32 distinguished individuals were elected Fellows and 8 promising, young health care professionals were elected Associate Fellows. 17 Fellows were recognized for their reaching their thirtieth year as members of the Academy.

New Fellows
Sonia G. Austrian, DSW
David S. Becker, MD
Jeffrey A. Borenstein, MD
Douglas F. Buxton, MD
Maria E. Compte, MD, MPH
William T. Davis, PhD, RN
John M. Driscoll, Jr., MD
Helen D. Feiner, MD
George L. Foltin, MD
Jeffrey C. King, MD
Michael Lesch, MD
Andrew R. Marks, MD
Thomas G. McGinn, MD, MPH
Geraldine B. McGinty, MD, MBA
Robert J. Mitchell, MD
Lloyd K. Mitler, MD, MPH
Joan M. Mones, DO
Gerald Oppenheimer, MPH, PhD
Kathleen E. Powderly, CNM, PhD
Judah L. Ronch, PhD
Bruce J. Schwartz, MD
Robert A. Schwartz, MD, MPH
Sara A. Seims, PhD
Peter P. Semczuk, DDS
Neal M. Shipley, MD
H. Hank Simms, MD
Susan S. Swift, DPA
Peter S. Walker, PhD
Myrna M. Weissman, PhD
Scott Wetzler, PhD
Pierre E. Williot, MD
David I. Wollner, MD

Academy Board Chairman Dr. Jack D. Barchas (left) with newly elected Associate Fellow Guruprasad Madhavan
New Associate Fellows
Peter R. Biernacki
Jessica A. Evert
Dinu P. Gangure
Hakop Hrachian- Haftevani, MD
Laura C. Korin
Pericles J. Lantz II, MD
Guruprasad Madhavan
Elizabeth S. Panessa

Fellows Recognized for 30 Years of Membership
Leslie L. Alexander, MD, FACR
Howard T. Bellin, MD
Alan H. Friedman, MD
Mary E. Goss, PhD
Arthur H. Hayes, Jr., MDv Robert V.P. Hutter, MD
Pascal J. Imperato, MD
Martin M. Josephson, MD
Michael A. Kalman, MD
Joseph Lauterstein, MD
Peter Lombardo, MD
Herman W. Lubetsky, MD
Stanley J. Myers, MD
Frederick H. Sillman, MD
Rodney W. Stuart, MD
Rudolph D. Talarico, MD
Richard I. Ulin, MD

Former Academy Board Chairman Dr. Saul Farber (’55) (center) and Dr. Herbert G. Cohen (’51)
Trustees Elected/Re-lected
Antonio Gotto, Jr., MD
Henry L. King, Esq
Anne Moore, MD
David B. Skinner, MD

Posted on 12/10/2002

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