Volume 13, No 2, Fall 2011 - Albert Schweitzer Fellowship

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advisory board
John C Baldwin, MD
Arn Chorn-Pond
Robert Coles, MD
Howard Gardner
Jackie Jenkins-Scott
Stacey Kabat
John Karefa-Smart, MD, MPH
Stephen B. Kay
Judith Kurland
Jennifer Leaning, MD
Bernard Lown, MD
Yo-Yo Ma
Michael McCally, MD
Andrew Rowan
Victor Sidel, MD
Christoph Westphal, MD, PhD
Quentin D. Young, MD
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DIRECTORS EMERITAE
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At Houston’s largest public hospital, two Schweitzer Fellows
dramatically improve the rate of follow-up care for new HIV patients
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hospital’s emergency room is almost
always a bustling place—but the Emergency Center (EC) at Houston’s largest
public hospital, Ben Taub, might be even
busier than most. It’s where over 106,000
emergency patients are seen each year—and
where a large percentage of Harris County’s
HIV patients receive their initial diagnosis.
As Schweitzer Fellows Revathi Jyothindran
and Joshua Liao saw firsthand, it’s also
where some of those patients spend their
final moments.
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Thanks to what this University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Nursing student
set in motion, these youths are navigating their lives in the U.S. with increased
confidence—a confidence that’s rippling outward: 2011-12 Schweitzer Fellow
Nang Maung is training them to teach literacy to the adults in their community.
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President Bongo has also pledged the provision of all-terrain vehicles to support TB outreach and control programs in the Lambaré-
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“The launching of this new public/private
Schweitzer initiative in Lambaréné, and its
emphasis on achieving dramatic and demonstrable impact on tuberculosis, malaria, AIDS
and other problems, is a fitting ripple effect,”
Foege adds.
In Houston, new HIV solutions
launch the Worcester Refugee Assistance Project and the Burma Youth Organization—programs aimed at developing and uniting a strong cadre of refugee youth
peer leaders while promoting health literacy, life skills, and conflict resolution.
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In his statement, President Bongo
announced an immediate contribution of
$1 million in new support from Gabon
for the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, which
will lead the launching of a region-wide
TB initiative as the first project of the new
Center, in close collaboration with the
Ministry of Health.
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Summer 2011
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With the support of the Boston Schweitzer Fellows Program, Walsh helped to
Arthur Kohrman, MD
“The work of Dr. Schweitzer ripples on forever
in the people who owe their lives to the ancestors that he treated,” says Dr. William Foege,
former U.S. Center for Disease Control director and a Senior Fellow with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. “But it also continues
in the work of the many who were inspired to
follow the path that he pioneered.”
REVERENCE
So she took action—and she had impact.
PRESIDENT
The Center will open in April 2013, in connection with the hospital Centennial.
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Fellow s in Action Addressing Health Dis par ities
ASF’s mission is to develop Leaders in Service:
individuals who are dedicated and skilled in addressing the health needs of
underserved communities, and whose example influences and inspires others.
The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
Albert Schweitzer à Lambaréné will unite
the Albert Schweitzer Hospital (HAS),
its Medical Research Unit (MRU), and
the Gabon Ministry of Health’s Regional
Hospital of Lambaréné (HRL).
Lachlan Forrow, MD
né region and in all other provinces of Gabon.
An additional $1 million in Gabonese support will immediately match outside funding
contributed to the launching of the new Center.
Me redit h Wa lsh
After spending four years working with refugees on the Thai-Burma
border, Walsh returned to the U.S.—and saw that refugee youth
now living in Worcester, Massachusetts faced an acculturation
process often fraught with anxiety, uncertainty, and isolation.
VICE CHAIRS
Pictured, L-R: Professor Peter Kremsner, Director, HAS
Medical Research Unit; Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba; ASF President Lachlan Forrow; ASF Board Chair Ralph
Fuccillo; Eric Benjaminson, US Ambassador to Gabon.
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CHAIR
Sally Harris
Timothy Johnson, MD
President Ali Bongo Ondimba announced
the creation of a new Albert Schweitzer
University Hospital Center in Lambaréné
that will lead scientific, clinical, and public
health efforts to eliminate deaths from
tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS, as
well as serve as a training center for health
workers and scientists from across Africa.
“I am thrilled about President Bongo’s support
for the planned creation of the Centre
Hospitalier Universitaire Albert Schweitzer
à Lambaréné, and his commitment to
immediate additional support for the Albert
Schweitzer Hospital, which will serve as a
coordinating hub,” says Lachlan Forrow,
MD, President of the Albert Schweitzer
Hospital and ASF. “There is no better way
to begin building up to the global celebrations in 2013 of the Centennial of Dr. Albert Schweitzer’s founding in 1913 of his
remarkable hospital.”
Ralph Fuccillo
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On June 10 in Washington, DC, Gabon
board of directors
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Gabon president announces Schweitzer
Hospital Centennial initiative
“In the Ben Taub Emergency Center, we
saw HIV patients run the natural course
of their disease—when in this day and age,
HIV is a disease to die with, not to die
from,” says Jyothindran, who like Liao is
a student at Baylor College of Medicine.
The two Houston-Galveston Schweitzer
Fellows took action, launching an initiative to link Ben Taub’s newly-diagnosed
HIV patients to follow-up care. Ben Taub
EC Director Dr. Shkelzen Hoxhaj told
the Houston Chronicle that thanks to
Jyothindran and Liao’s individualized
outreach to newly diagnosed HIV patients, 80 percent of them—twice as many
as before—returned for follow-up care.
“The hospital district already offered information on where to find treatment,
and both the district and the city health
department try to steer people to medical care,” the Chronicle reported. “But
Hoxhaj said Jyothindran and Liao made
a huge difference through their personal
outreach and explanations of why the
newly diagnosed should begin treatment.”
“You can’t just say, here’s a clinic and a bus
pass,” Liao told the Chronicle.
The Chronicle said that the success of Jyothindran and Liao’s project “[suggests]
new solutions for a problem that has
see HIV, page 4
Registration is now open for
ASF’s 5th Annual Fellows for Life
Conference in Boston, MA
E
arlier this year, the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services launched
its first-ever National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities—a call
to action that, much like ASF’s mission
and programming, emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary, cross-community collaboration and coordination.
When it comes to achieving health equity, it’s not just going to take doctors,
nurses, and dentists; it’s going to take
coordinated, comprehensive, and culturally competent efforts from health
see CONFERENCE, page 3
inside this issue
• News from Lambaréné
• Horses, hope, and healing
• From Schweitzer to NBC
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From Schweitzer to NBC
In New Orleans, yoga
becomes a lifeline
Several years ago, Tasnim Beg took part
in a medical mission to El Guineo, Nicaragua—and while she enjoyed deepening
her medical skills and getting to know the
area’s vibrant people and culture, she also
began to question the long-term impact of
her medical efforts there.
“It is frustrating to know that people are born
into a roulette of poverty and governmental
neglect that can become cyclical and all-encompassing,” she says.
Having just completed her year
as a Bay Area Schweitzer Fellow,
Joyce Ho has been selected as the
inaugural Stanford-NBC News
Global Health Media Fellow.
“I already know that service will
be a strong component of my future career as a physician, whether
in global health or here in the
U.S.,” says the Stanford University School of Medicine student.
Ho spent her year as a Bay Area
Schweitzer Fellow working to
improve the mental health status
of Asian American teens in Santa
Clara County.
“Asian Americans are the least
likely racial group in the country
to seek mental health services, and
recent studies show that the rates
of suicide in teenage Asian American women are soaring,” says Ho,
who grew up in the shadow of
frequent teen suicides on the Caltrain tracks.
Now, Ho has the opportunity
to shine a spotlight on similarly
pressing health-related issues
both at home and abroad. Over
the next year, she’ll be partnering
with individuals including Dick
Thompson (the current editor
at Health Affairs) and Dr. Nancy
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Snyderman (Chief Medical Editor
at NBC News) to promote dialogue about global health issues—
and she’ll be sharing her experiences along the way on her new
blog, http://globalhealth.stanford.
edu/blog/ghmedia_fellowship/.
Beg saw that same roulette unfolding in New
Orleans—and she’s spending her Schweitzer
Fellowship year addressing it. She is partnering
with the Youth Drop-in Center to develop a yoga
program that serves as a gateway for addressing
chronic disease risk factors among youth experiencing homelessness in New Orleans.
“I think the most pressing healthrelated issue at the moment is lack
of preventive medicine in chronic
disease conditions,” Ho says. “We
need to take action now to focus
on preventive medicine before the
healthcare system is overwhelmed
with the consequences of chronic
diseases.”
The results have been inspiring. “It has been
wonderful to have kids open up and ask
questions that run the gamut of primary care:
smoking cessation, nutrition education, teen
pregnancy, STD counseling, depression, and
more,” Beg says. “Having the input of other
Fellows, with their broad range of experiences and diverse educational and cultural
backgrounds, has been invaluable.”
Ho is grateful for the lessons
she learned and connections she
forged as a Schweitzer Fellow.
Ultimately, Beg hopes the project will
prompt a powerful ripple effect. “I
hope that the knowledge we are providing through our sessions is disseminated
throughout the community,” she says. “Of
utmost import is that our kids know how
essential they are to the program’s success
and to helping others achieve improved
health.”
“Being a Schweitzer Fellow for
Life means I will have the support of the Fellowship program
in whatever projects I tackle,”
she says. “A Fellow for Life also
has contacts for life, and I know
that no matter where I end up, I
can easily find other healthcare
professionals to collaborate with
on projects through this amazing
alumni network.”
Visit schweitzerfellowship.org/bayarea
to learn more about the Bay Area
Schweitzer Fellows Program.
“This project aims to abide by the saying of
the philosopher Lao Tzu: ‘When his work
is done, his aim fulfilled, the people will
say, ‘We did it ourselves,’” Beg adds. “To
me, this statement embodies the spirits of
public health, community health, and The
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.”
Visit schweitzerfellowship.org/neworleans
to learn more about the New Orleans
Schweitzer Fellows Program.
HIV project to be sustained, expanded
health care reform spotlight
HIV, cont.
Schweitzer Fellow for Life weighs in on
physician payment reform in the NEJM
Last year, Schweitzer Fellow for Life
Zirui Song was selected as one of Boston
Magazine’s top emerging doctors. Now,
the MD/PhD student in the economics
track of Harvard’s health policy program
has been published in the New England
Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
“The paper is about payment reform for
doctors and hospitals in Massachusetts,”
says Song. “It’s an initial evaluation of the
Blue Cross Blue Shield Alternative Quality
Contract (AQC), which was implemented in 2009. The contract pays physician
groups a global budget to take care of their
patients (instead of a separate fee for each
service) and bonus payments for quality of care. The arrangement is similar to
accountable care organizations proposed
by the health care reform legislation. We
compared spending and quality differences between physicians groups in the AQC
and groups not in the AQC, both before
and after the payment reform, to get an
idea of the intervention’s impact.”
Song’s evaluation found that, “The AQC
was associated with a modest slowing of
spending growth and improved quality of
care in 2009. Savings were achieved through
changes in referral patterns rather than
through changes in utilization. The longterm effect of the AQC on spending growth
depends on future budget targets and providers’ ability to further improve efficiencies in
practice.”
These findings differ somewhat from those
in the recently-released Massachusetts Attorney General’s report, which also looks at
the AQC. The findings were discussed at
a public August 17th meeting of the MA
Health Care Quality and Cost Council.
Song—who as a Boston Schweitzer Fellow
in 2007-8 helped the Brookside Community Health Center set up a sports and nutrition education program for kids—continues
to work toward improved health care for underserved people.
“We should be careful to not generalize the
findings outside of the study population,
which is adults with employer-sponsored
health insurance,” he says. “However, it is
been around since the virus emerged as a
mysterious killer 30 years ago.”
ASF conference will emphasize collaboration, cultural competence
CONFERENCE, cont.
The 5th Annual Schweitzer
Fellows for Life Conference:
Achieving Health Equity Together will explore this theme,
focusing on topics such as
health care reform, cultural
competency, and the principles behind community-based
participatory research. Discussions will illuminate the myriad perspectives and “pieces of
the puzzle” involved in bringing about large-scale change.
“Through this conference,
ASF’s interdisciplinary pipe-
Albert Schweitzer famously said,
“Until he extends his circle of compassion for all living things, man will not
himself find peace.” Since Schweitzer’s
time, science and experience have
confirmed many times over the therapeutic potential of interacting with
our animal kin—from therapy animals
who help veterans cope with PTSD, to
equine therapy programs that brighten
the lives of children and adults with
special needs.
Boston Schweitzer Fellow for Life David
Beakey passed away unexpectedly in
June. “His support and enthusiasm will
be greatly missed—he always had a
kind word for ASF staff members and
Fellows,” says ASF National Program
Director and Fellow for Life Meghan
Johnson, a member of Beakey’s 200001 Fellowship class. “I will always
remember his commitment to making
the world a better place—especially
for seniors and veterans in need.”
“A barn and its animals offer unique
opportunities for individuals to connect with themselves, derive companionship and comfort from the
horses, find new personal strengths,
and gain satisfaction from the
achievement of new skills,” says
Elizabeth Coppelman (right), a student at The Ohio State University
College of Veterinary Medicine and
a member of the very first class of
Columbus Schweitzer Fellows.
Are you intrigued by Song’s perspective on health care and the findings he published in the NEJM?
Talk with him in person by registering for ASF’s 5th Annual Fellows for Life Conference: Achieving Health Equity Together,
where he will participate in a panel on health care reform and its implications.
providers, social workers, lawyers, politicians, community
organizations, and community members themselves—all
working together, across strata
and sectors, toward the same
goal.
In Columbus, a story of horses, hope, and healing
“I hope that our project will help remove
some of the stigma surrounding HIV/
AIDS, particularly the stigma that these
patients feel about themselves,” Lin says.
“The same goes for Medicare,” Song
adds. “Saving the health care system dollars by improving the efficiency of care
delivery would be more agreeable for
most stakeholders than the alternative
of cutting benefits to patients or cutting
payments to providers. Studies like this
might be baby steps towards figuring out
a solution, but at the moment we have a
long way to go.”
line of Fellows and Fellows for
Life have a unique opportunity to deepen their understanding of the role they play in the
broader movement to achieve
health equity,” says ASF Executive Director Sylvia StevensEdouard.
portunities, we’re confident that
attendees will emerge knowing
that they are valuable members
of an increasingly vibrant and
diverse community dedicated to
achieving health equity together,”
Stevens-Edouard adds.
“Thanks to the conference’s
blend of practical programming and networking op-
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Coppelman (who began working
with horses at age 10) is mobilizing a
cadre of skilled student volunteers to
enhance Serendipity Stables’ therapeutic programming. “This could be a
very successful long-term fit benefiting the children and adults who come
to Serendipity, as well as the vet stu-
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Quick updates on our FFL
network of Leaders in Service
A June Triad Business Journal piece
detailed the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable
Trust’s support of the North Carolina
Schweitzer Fellows Program—specifically, the program’s expansion to historically black colleges and universities.
Allen J. Smart, director of the Trust’s
health care division, told the paper that
the Fellows Program serves to “energize
outstanding graduate students who are
interested in community service, and
put them in positions where they will
acquire a lifelong commitment to community service, whether professionally
or personally, or both.”
Those new solutions are being sustained
and expanded by two newly-selected
Houston-Galveston
Schweitzer
Fellows from Baylor College of Medicine, John Lin and Dennis Shung.
worth noting that at a time when state
Medicaid programs are suffering from
budget shortfalls and the underserved
are facing either cuts to their Medicaid
benefits or increases in their share of
out-of-pocket costs, policies that reduce
health care spending while improving
quality are needed.”
As for Jyothindran and Liao, they’re looking forward with optimism—and dedication to continued service.
news flash
“The Fellowship is at once an affirmation, encouragement, and challenge,” Liao
says. “While the goal is not to live up to
the legacy of Albert Schweitzer or other
Fellows, I am spurred on to bigger, greater
things by their examples.”
Visit schweitzerfellowship.org/houston
to learn more about the Houston-Galveston
Schweitzer Fellows Program.
dents who are able to develop their
equine knowledge and skills while
simultaneously gaining insight into a
public service opportunity through
their chosen profession,” she says.
“Thanks to the Schweitzer program,
I now have contacts in the schools
of medicine, nursing, osteopathic
medicine, social work, and dentistry,”
she adds. “I am excited to join a community of highly skilled people from
many disciplines trying to make the
world a better place.”
Visit schweitzerfellowship.org/columbus
to learn more about the Columbus
Schweitzer Fellows Program.
In July, Bay Area Schweitzer Fellow and
Touro University California medical
student Jennifer Tran received a scholarship from AT&T and DoSomething.org
honoring her outstanding commitment
to community service. Tran founded
Red Balloon, an organization that brings
music therapy to children in need.
A July Investor’s Business Daily article
on Albert Schweitzer’s legacy quoted
ASF President Lachlan Forrow, MD discussing Schweitzer Fellows’ reaction to
learning more about their namesake.
“The majority of them learn about
Schweitzer and go, ‘Whoa, what an
amazing role model,’” Forrow told the
paper. “This idea of reverence for life
immediately grabs them.”
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Mary Higgins* and John Lechner
Houston Endowment, Inc.
Loyola University Chicago
MC Communications, LLC
Northwestern University
PNC Bank Foundation
Quintiles Transnational Corp
Ross Sloan
Southwest Pennsylvania AHEC
partners
leaders
Allegheny County Medical Society
Boston Foundation – Philancon Fund
John Chany Trust
The Couch Family Foundation
Dorothy and Howard Fairweather
The Frees Foundation
Ralph Fuccillo
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group +
Stephen Hendrickson
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
James Hyde
Timothy Johnson, MD
The Lyons Foundation
H. King McGlaughon, Jr.
The Philadelphia Foundation
The William and Lia G. Poorvu
Foundation
Rosalind Franklin University
Rush University
The Simmons Foundation
Thomas Jefferson University –
Jefferson Medical College
University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey – School of Medicine
Aid for Africa
American Dental Association Foundation
Anonymous (2)
Robert M. Arnold, MD and Nancy
Levine Arnold
Bruce Auerbach, MD
The Barra Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bines, Esq.
Michael Boudett
Elizabeth Caren
Carnegie Corporation of NewYork
Brenda and Peter Diana
Thomas Donnelly
Drexel University College of Medicine
Christiane Engel, MD
Eleanor and Brian Forrow
Dr. Lachlan* and Ms. Susan Forrow
Robert P. Goldberg Fund
Dr. William T. and Mrs. Dorothy Green
John Gussman
William R. Gussman
Sally Harris
Harvard Medical School +
Guy Hoagland, MD
Houston Jewish Community Foundation
Dr. Gary Hsin* and Elaine Kus
The Keller Family Foundation
Stefan Kertesz, MD* and Alice Walther
Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999
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University of Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of North Carolina School
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University of Pennsylvania School
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University of Vermont College
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Vermont Law School
Wake Forest University School
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Matthew Klein
Joyce Lashof, MD
Robert Lawrence, MD
Marion and David Lifsey
Marian Lum
MAP Real Estate
Midwestern University
Helaine Miller
Nick Moustoukas, MD
James O’Connell, MD
Joseph O’Donnell, MD
Dr. Patrick Perri* and Dr. Elizabeth
Cuevas*
ProMutual Group
Phillip Pulaski, MD*
Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell T. Rabkin
Lucy and Ian Rawson
Steven K. Rothschild, MD
Timothy Scheib
Skye Schulte*
Elias Shaheen
Sylvia Stevens-Edouard
Summit Press, Inc. +
George Surgeon
Lynn and Edwin Taff
Temple University +
Thomas Jefferson University –
Jefferson School of Health Professions +
Thomas Jefferson University –
Jefferson School of Pharmacy +
Tufts University Friedman School
of Nutrition Science and Policy +
Tufts University School of Dental
Medicine +
Tufts University School of Medicine +
Tufts University School of Medicine –
Public Health Programs +
University of California, San Francisco
School of Nursing +
University of New Hampshire School
of Law +
University of Pennsylvania School
of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of
Nursing
University of Pittsburgh School of
Pharmacy
Eric Van Loon
Wainwright Bank
Molly Waite Fund
Christoph Westphal, MD*
Jonathan White
Mary Wissemann
Linda Witherill
Lynne L. and Mark L. Wolf
Lisa Wong, MD
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contributors
Gifts below $1,000
Pauline Abrego*
W. Andrew Achenbaum
Nicoleta Agrigoroae-Bolos*
Mae Alamillo
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. H. Pat Albright
Juan Almaguer
Kimberly J. Amato
Anonymous
Dominique Anderson
Heather Anderson
Emily Anderson
Kori Anderson-Deasy
Judith Appleton
Conrad Armstrong
Maria Arroyo
Robin Avery, MD*
Jutta Ayer
Katie Bade
Claudia Baier
Blanca Baldoceda*
Dr. Joy Baldwin*
Margaret C. Bam
Dr. Esther Barazzone
Barbara Barham
Mariclare Barrett
Judi and Elmer Bartek
Laticia R. Barthe
Bela Bashar
Alice Miller Batchelor
Robyn Bates*
Joanne Beattie
Michelle Beaulieux
Tina Beckham
Mary A. Beckman
George, Paula, and Anne
Bellerose
Michael Bennett*
Alana Wright Benton*
Lon Berkeley
Harris Berman, MD
Dr. Jane Holmes Bernstein
Nazleen Bharmal*
Harshida Bhatt, MD
Wallace Bieber
Steven Biondolillo
Monika Black*
Oni Blackstock, MD*
Carol Blendowski*
Matthew Blinky*
Marissa Blum
Francois Blumenfeld-Kouchner*
Fern Bogot
Lee Bone
Leslie Borsett-Kanter
Jennifer Bosch
Nacy E. Boyda
Dr. Cynthia Boyle
Dr. Gert Brieger
Gerald Brighton
E. Maxine Bruhns
Frank J. Brumbaugh
Lara Bryan-Rest, MD*
Carolyn Brzezinski
Dr. David Buck
Dr. Thuy Bui*
John Burton
Sara* and Jonathan Burton
Dr. Bob Buxbaum
Jean and David Byer
Ann Byerly
G.E. Byers, Jr. Jeannette Byers
Susan Cahn
Nancy Cahners
Nancy and Christopher
Caldwell
Thomas Calus
Claydean Cameron
Christopher Campbell*
Claudia Campbell
Gregory Carey
Rima Carlson, MD*
Lucianne B. Carmichael
Bradley Carter
Rebecca Carter*
Joseph Cassady
Angela Cassano
Liceria Castro
Chapman University
Vandana Chaudhry
Alyce Cheatham Meenadchi Chelvakumar*
Chevron Humankind Matching
Gift Program
Peter Chien*
Denise and Mark Chisholm
Bechara Choucair
Edward Chu*
Marie Ciaccio
John Clem
The Clorox Company
Foundation
Leonard Cohen
Lola Coke*
Marguerite Cole
Lois S. Coleman
James Condon
Susan Coolidge
Derek Costa
Caroline Cracraft
Suzanne Craig
Pammie Crawford*
Michael Curren
Raymond Curry
Paula Cushner
Jennifer Daley, MD
Jean Daubenas
Faith Davis
Georgia Davis
Dr. Aurelio de la Vega
Angel Delgadillo
Sujata Desai
Roman DeSanctis, MD
Jenny DeVoe, MD*
Armon Diedrich, Jr. Dr. Lou D. Diekemper
John L. Digges, MD
Frank Diggs*
Charisse DiMaria
Carolyn Douglas, MD*
Peg Dublin
Susan Wakerlin Durkin
Virginia L. and Wesley H.
Eaton
Ed Eckenfels
Mrs. Argiry Eftimiades
Peter Eilbott
Thomas Eisele
Joanna Elkayam
Virginia A. Ellmore
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Rochelle and Arthur Elstein
Kaori Ema*
Ruth Engel
Craig Essex
Gustavo Estrella, MD
Dr. Caswell Evans
Francesca E. Evans
Michelle Falcon, MD
Robert F. Farrell
Daniel Federman, MD
William Feldman
Abbott Ferriss
Dr. Ruth Fischbach
Tessa Fischer
Horace Fishback III
C. Nancy Fisher
Eric Flanders, MD
William Flangas
Maricela and Christopher Flores
Dr. Elizabeth T. Fontham
Andrea Fox, MD and Kenneth
Thompson, MD
Michelle Freshman*
Penelope Anne Frey
Dr. Allen Fuhs
Jose Q. Gabatin, MD
Elizabeth Gabzdyl
Erik Hugo L. Gaensler, MD*
Ediss Gandelman
Gabriel Garcia, MD
Dr. Howard Gardner
John Garvey, MD
Generocity Community
Alliance
Roberta Gianfortoni
Deresha Gibson*
Rachel Gilbert
Deborah G. Gilboa, MD*
Marquita P. Gillenwater
Minal Giri*
Linda Gladney
Catherine and Maurice
Gleeson Sandra R. Glickman
Dr. John Glomb
Melanie A. Gold, DO and
James T. Hovan
Mark Gonthier
Dr. John Goodson
Michael Gorton
Mac Grambauer
Mercedes Grandin
Leatrice Granitto
Michael Grant
Mary Ann Grassia
Peter Grose
JoAnn Gruca
Doris Gumino
Johanna Gurland
Ghennady Gushchin
Dr. Cory Gusland
Stacey Gutwillig
Julie Guyette
Trudy Hagen
A. Hague
Mona Hakky
Shandon Halland*
David Hamburger, MD
Michele Hamilton, MD*
Jimmy Hara, MD
Joan Harvey
Stephen Hassett
John Ryan Hayes*
Bruce Hector, MD
Kimberly* and Andre
Henderson
Eunice Hendrick
Sophia Hermann*
Mark Hertweck
Jean Hess
James Hickman
Barbara and Lee Hicks
Dr. Richard Hiers
Daphne W. Hill
Vara Himathongkham
Maxine Hoag
Dena Hofkosh
Nara Hojvat-Gallin
Joel Holtz, MD Victor Hood
Laura Hooper*
Amy Hope
Libby Horter
Claire Horton, MD*
Christopher Horwitz
Shkelzen Hoxhaj, MD
Steve Huggard
Eileen Hughes
Juliet Hwang, MD*
Blondine Hyppolite
Jan Inao, MD
Dr. Thomas Irons
Eloy Ituarte
Yuri Iwaoka-Scott, MD
Gina Jae*
Laurie and Jonathan Jaffe
Allen I. Janis
Patricia Jessop
Jane Jih*
John Johnson, Jr.
Lise Johnson, MD*
Stephanie Fantauzzo
Johnson*
Katherine Johnston*
Veronica Johnston
Holly and Bruce Johnstone
Christiana Jones*
Dale M. Jones
Jerome H. Jones, MD
Kohar Jones, MD*
Patricia Jones
Lauren Jonkman*
Christine Jordan
Dr. Opas Jutabha
Susan Kaminski, MD
Peter Karczmar, MD*
Dr. Kathryn M. Kash
Elizabeth Kass, MD
Gary Katz
Dennis Kaufman
Denis Kelemen
Elizabeth Kelly
Dr. Susan Kelly
Mary Ruth Kelsey
Daphne Kempner
Maximilian Kempner
Mark Keroack, MD*
Liliane and Thomas
Kertesz
Alice Kindling
Louise Rambo King, MD*
Roger S. King
Anne Labowitz Klee, MD*
and Robert Klee
Jacques Paul Klein
Allison Kliber, MD* and
Scott Stickney
Tamsin Knox, MD*
Michael Kobold
Erica Koegler*
Robert Koenig
Dr. Uwe Koepke
Dr. Helmut Koester
Arthur Kohrman, MD and
Claire Kohrman
Diane Kondratowicz
Eric Kramer
Diane Krause, MD*
Cathrine L. Krings
Dr. Tim Lahey* and Jessica
Potts Lahey*
Matthew Lally, MD*
Harry W. Lange
Cheryl Lappen
Catherine Larson
Julie Lauffenburger*
Rodney Laurenz
Melanie Lawrence*
Pamela Lawrence, MD
Dr. Cathy Lazarus
Khanh Le
Alice LeBlanc
Craig Leman
Joseph Leporati
Wayne Lerner
Vivian Leung*
Eleanor Levine
Dr. Lovie Lewis
Yi Li*
Goldie and Bert Libon
Meei Ing Lin
Dr. Joann Lindenmayer
Louise Lintz
Joanne Lister
Peter Liu
Rev. Dr. Robert K. Loesch
Marsha Love
Shaula Lovera
Dr. Daniel Lowenstein
Nancy Lowenstein
Luke Family
Antoinette Lullo*
William Lydecker
Peter Lyman
Amy Macht
A. Mackey
Kathleen E. Maclean
Marian Macsai
Gene Majka*
Geeta Maker-Clark*
Syed Malek
Ann Eldridge Malone*
Ximena Marinero
Janice Markland
Lillian S. Marshall
Linda Martin
Crystal W. Mattimore, MD
Alison May, MD*
Emily and Jerry Mayer
Peggy and Rusty
McCormack
Dr. Jonathan McDonagh*
McFeeley Rogers
Foundation
Susan and Daniel McGarry
Charlotte and Bob
McGovern
Lynn McKinley-Grant, MD*
Amber McLendon*
Richmond McPherson
Cody McSellers-McCray*
Barbara Meem
Sven Meier
Alan Meisel
Tanya Melich-Munyan*
Dr. Sam Merabi*
Bridgid Merkle
Gene Merlino
Lt. Col. Richard O. Merritt
B. Lafe Metz, Esq.
Benjamin Meza*
Dr. Aaron Michelfelder
Edward Miller
Miroslava Miller
Katrina Mitchell*
David Mock
Kathleen Moohead
Zamrik Moqtaderi
Cheri Moran
Michael Moran
Naomi Moran
Michelle Morphew
Jaclyn Morrill
Dr. Robert Morris
Rickie and Robert
Morrison
Mr. and Mrs. John
Moustoukas
Anna Mueller
Anne Mueller
Christopher Murdakes*
Catherine Myers
Jill Myers
Nelson Nagle, Jr. Tricia and Vas
Narayanabhatta
Donna Nativio
Karen H. Natsuhara
Anne Neely
Harvey Negoro
Heidi and Bruce Nelson
Nora Nercessian
Nancy Newkirk
Christine M. Newsom, MD
Mrs. Leslie Nickels
Lorriane Niemela
Constance Novelli
Rev. W. David Peter Noves
Michael Nussbaum
Daniel Oblitas
Heather O’Donnell
Orange County Leadership
Academy
Thomas G. Osler
Clayton Owens
Nicole Oxendine*
Paz Pacifico, MD
N. Thad Padua, MD
Allan Pang*
Panwy Foundation, Inc.
Hubert Park*
Bhavesh Patel
Sangeeta Patel*
Daniel Peed
Jon Pennycuff*
Henry Perry III
Dr. Edward Peters
Henry Pfeiffer
Dr. and Mrs. Russell and
Elise Phillips
Carla Picardo
Bethany Pickens
Diana Pierce-Tremblay
Judith L. Plowman
Ann L. Pollack
Michael Porter
Rev. John Post
Kelly Powers
Rebecca Couch Pride*
David Proum
Camille Quinn*
Johanna Raimond
Jerry Raisch
Fobi Ngebi Raissa
L o s A n g e le s
Ann Rakoczy*
Holly Ray
Mark Reardon*
Karen Reavis
Devon Reber
Robert Redwood*
Kimberly Reese*
Rachel Reichlin*
Roy M. Reid, Jr. Jan Reiss
Rhode Island
Foundation
Maya Ricci
Dr. Roland Richmond
H. Henry Rieke IV
Madhavi Risbud
Mary Roberts
Ward A. Robidart
Beverly Robins
Two Fellows laun
ched STRIDES L.
Dr. and Mrs. John C.
at-risk students
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Robinson
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Maria E. Rodriguez
ith a 5k race.
Dr. Christine Rohde*
Chastity Rolling*
Lisa Rosenberg
Stephanie and Seth
Jessica Virag
Phyllis Rosenfield
Spaulding
Eve Visconti
Andrew Rozmiarek*
Stephen Speeg, MD
Dr. Irene Wakam
Norm Ryan
Spencer Foundation
Jason Waldinger*
Rev. Regis Ryan
David F. Squire
Robert Wall*
Dr. James Sabin
Lorraine Stanfield, MD*
Claire and Brian Walsh
Nancy Sacks
Ray Wang
and Burns F. Dudley
Shana Salik*
Stanfield
Joan Warburg
Jack Salmon
Janna Stansell*
William E. Watkins
Larry Salzmann
Barbara Steiniche
Dr. and Mrs. Cyril Wecht
Dr. Eugene Sandler
Ian Stevenson
Jessica Weeks, MD*
Monica Sarfaty
Elizabeth Stewart
Rebecca Reynolds Weil*
Lili-Charlotte Sarnoff
Stewart International
Saul Weiner, MD*
Pamela Sawhney, MD
Samuel Weinstein Family
Travel Consultants
Dorothy Sawyer
Foundation
Charlotte and Jack Stone
Samir Shah
Marinus Strydom
Stanley Weinstein
Dulcie Schackman
Deborah Studen-Pavlovich
James Weiss, MD
Lizabeth and David Schaps
John Su, MD*
Lorna and Ray Werntz
Margie Schaps
Aurapin Sukanich, MD
Hermine Weston
Holly Scheib*
Joe Sungnam
Dennis Randal Whaley
Joshua Schickman
Dr. John and Ms. Gail Swartzberg
Kim White
Madelyn and William
Lois Anne Sweatt
Gloria K. Whitehead
Schlansker
Rev. Ronald Swenson
Yvonne Ator Whitelaw*
Helen Chin Schlichte
Carmen and Rodney Synovec
Sarah Hayes Wiggin
Leila and Robert Schnitzer
Dr. Richard B. Taddonio
Richard Wilk
Ingeborg Scholz
Thomas Tadros
Donald Williams, MD
Sarah-Anne Schumann*
Allison Taff
Jimmy Williams
Dr. Walter Schur
Carole Taira, MD
Carmen Williamson
Mary Schwager
Mary and Jack Takayanagi Mildred Williamson
Scott Schwartz*
Phyllis Tamm
Roberta A. Williamson, MD
Peggy and Glen Seidel
Shirley Tan, MD
Marilyn Willis
Margaret Senge*
Janine Tanner
Thomas Wilson, Jr. W. Kenneth Seubert
Vanessa Tatum, MD
Paraisia Winston*
Richard Sewell
Peter S. Terris
Paul Wisneskey
Dr. Karen Sheehan
Constance Thayer
James Withers, MD
Christopher Shim
Dr. Frank Thorp
Maurine Witte
Daniel Shively
Touro Hospital
James Wolfe
Laurence Shoprio, MD
James Traver, MD* and
Patty and David Wray
Sharon Silveira*
Marguerite Conan
Cheng-Tsung Yeh, MD
Eva Silvestre
David Trimble
Stan Young
Sandra E. Simpson
Trinity Technologies Stephanie Younger
Megan Skarr*
Norman Truxton
Jeanne and Peter Yozell
Slade Gorton and
Micaela Tucker*
Katherine Yu
Company, Inc.
Jocelyne Tufts
Mary Zabelski
Lisa Slatt
Richard D. Tyson
Elena Zalyapin
Herbert Slutsky
Joseph Zanoni
Jeanne Vallas
Nancy Smalzel, MD*
Ryan Van Ramshorst*
Walfredo Zarraga
William Smith, MD
Steve Verbinski, MD* Maryann Zavez
Jack Snarr
Vermont Community
Mark Zeidel
Zirui Song*
Foundation
Steven Zona*
Raquel Soto
Ralph Vetters, MD
Marc Zwetchkenbaum
Jeannette E. South-Paul, MD Estate of John L. Vincius
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