Alumni
MD-PhD Program Alumni Updates Fall 2009
Peter J. Hotez, MD '87, PhD '86 is the recipient of the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal for the American Society for Parasitologists, the Bailey Ashford Medal of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and the Leverhulme Medal of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Dr. Hotez is presently serving as Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, & Tropical Medicine at George Washington University, Washington, DC. Read more about Dr. Hotez's exciting award at http://weill.cornell.edu/mdphd/news/news_2008/peter-hotez-mdphd-alumnus.shtml. To read more about Dr. Hotez's work read his recent article which was published in USA Today at http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-03-23-hotez-parasitic-diseases_N.htm
mtmpjh@gwumc.edu
Douglas B. Sawyer, MD '91, PhD '90 has been named Physician-in-Chief of the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute and Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Medicine as the Lisa R. Jacobson Associate Professor of Medicine. To read more on Dr. Sawyer's appointment read the announcement on http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=6879
douglas.b.sawyer@vanderbilt.edu
Jose M. Trevejo, MD '02, PhD '01 recently presented at talk titled, "An Interdisciplinary Career in Global Health: Application of a Novel Sensor to Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis" during a Conversations with Alumni Lunch Talk for a group of MD-PhD students at Weill Cornell Medical College. The Alumni Lunch Talk series is part of a new initiative that connects MD-PhD alumni to the current MD-PhD student body. Dr. Trevejo is currently working as a Senior Scientist and Attending Instructor in the Department of Medicine/Infectious Diseases at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
jtrevejo@bidmc.harvard.edu
Joseph R. Arron, MD '03, PhD '02 is currently working as a Scientist (MD) for Genetech, Inc., an ITGR Biomarker Group in South San Francisco, CA. He enthusiastically states, "I can't tell you enough how much of an advantage I have at Genetech, being able to work on both sides of the fence - I'm doing truly translational work that benefits patients. This is the perfect job for an MD-PhD."
arron.joseph@gene.com
Paul Cohen, MD '04, PhD '03 is presently doing his cardiology fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
pcohen3@partners.org
Debbie V. Friedman, MD '04, PhD '03 has started a fellowship in the Department of Cardiology at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles, CA.
debbie.friedman@gmail.com
Leslie A. Castelo-Soccio, MD '05, PhD '04 completed a dermatology residency and is going to work as a Clinical Instructor/Lab Postdoc at Penn before returning to a pediatric fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
castelol@uphs.upenn.edu
Raymond E. Soccio, MD '05, PhD '04 is starting his third year of an endocrinology fellowship in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
soccior@uphs.upenn.edu
Ariel Levine, MD '09, PhD '08 is doing a postdoc in the lab of Sam Pfaff at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA.
ariel.j.levine@gmail.com
