In retrospect, the true highlight of our reunion was knowing that we are directly making a difference in the lives of those who are following us. - Vena Ricketts,M.D.'76
Congratulations to all! The School of Medicine Class of 1976 30th Reunion was a tremendous success, including a weekend filled with wonderful, gratifying, fun-filled activities and celebration.
More important, thanks to the generosity of our classmates, we reached our goal of raising $100,000 for the Class of ’76 Endowed Scholarship. James Harris, our first scholarship recipient, impressed us all when he spoke at the class dinner. But we’re not resting on our laurels. The bar was raised, and we are now working on our second $100,000.
The mission of the UCLA Medical
Alumni Association (MAA) is to advance the cause of medical education,
contribute to the excellence of the School of Medicine and encourage fellowship
among the members of the MAA. There are many events and activities associated
with the MAA, including Reunion Weekend, the Medical Alumni & Aesculapians
Awards Banquet and Senior Breakfast.
One gathering that helps foster relationships
between alumni and students is the annual Conference on Career Choices
inMedicine. Hosted by theMAA and the Office of Student Affairs, this half-day
event is an excellent opportunity for first-, second- and third-year medical
students to hear from a variety of physicians in different specialties and
practice settings (e.g., private practice, HMOs and academia) who talk about
their work and balancing life and career, and answer questions. There are three
sessions with several panels from which to choose (three-to-five doctors per
panel), as well as a roundtable lunch session where students can network with
panelists and fellow classmates in a less formal setting. The 19th annual
conference will be held on January 13, 2007, from 9:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m. You can
participate as a panelist by contacting the MAA.
A nation’s treasure is in its scholars. — Chinese Proverb
…for reaching
the $100,000 endowment goal and creating Alumni Class Scholarship Funds. Four
classes have now hit this mark—1955, the first to do so, reached it during the
2005 Reunion. Alumni are providing critical scholarship support for future
generations of physicians. If you would like to contribute to your class
scholarship fund, contact the MAA.
The UCLA Medical Alumni & Aesculapians Awards Banquet is held to honor distinguished faculty, alumni and friends of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Please join the UCLA MAA in celebrating the accomplishments of the 2007 award recipients on Friday, October 19, at UCLA’s Susan G. Covel and Mitchel D. Covel, M.D., Commons. The banquet begins at 6:30 p.m., and honors will be given to Tomas Ganz, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Science Award; Stanley G. Korenman,M.D., Distinguished Service Award; Michael Zucker, M.D., Professional Achievement Award; and Vicente Honrubia, J.D., D.M.Sc., Award of Extraordinary Merit. To receive an invitation, please contact the MAA.
Are you a member of the Class of: 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992 or 1997?
Mark your calendar for the weekend of April 20–22, 2007, to reconnect
and reminisce with medical school classmates. The festivities will start Friday
evening with a casual all-classes reception. Activities during the weekend will
include a Distinguished Speakers Series (CME credit available), an afternoon in
the newly renovated Getty Villa in Malibu, a campus tour, an all-classes
reception, and individual class dinners Saturday night and brunch at the beach
on Sunday.
Meeting again with classmates and friends was a special pleasure. We were all rather astounded that we had not done so more often, and were very happy to see each one enjoying life. — Bob ’61 and Jerrie Peters
MAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2006-2007
President
Valdemar Ascencio, M.D. ’75
Vice-President
Edward J. Zaragoza, M.D. ’87
Secretary/Treasurer
Dolly H. Saxton,
M.D., Ph.D. ’82
Directors
Wade M. Aubry, M.D. ’77 Benjamin F.
Cowan, M.D. ’75* Christian de Virgilio, M.D. ’86 Dennis Evangelatos, M.D. ’82
Patrice M. Healy, M.D. ’84 Michael Levine, M.D. ’80 Norman Namerow, M.D. ’58*
Jeannine Rahimian,M.D.,M.B.A. ’00 George M. Rajacich, M.D. ’79* Ronald M.
Reisner, M.D. ’56* Vena Ricketts, M.D. ’76 Doris Soghor, M.D. ’63 Livia G.
Solti-Bohman, M.D. ’75 James R. Tipton, M.D. ’80 Rosalind C. Warner, M.D. ’81
Gelareh Zargaraff, M.D. ’03
*Past Presidents
Student
Representatives
Sameer Ahmed (M.D. ’09) Monica Constantinescu (M.D. ’08)
Christopher English (M.D. ’08) Nevine Hanna (M.D. ’10) Ruby Shandilya (M.D. ’09)
Kimberly Shapiro (M.D. ’07) Michelle Sugi (M.D. '10) Goldie Winge (M.D.
’07)
Ex Officio
Norman Abrams, J.D. Albert Carnesale, Ph.D. Mitchel
D. Covel, M.D. Sidney H. Golub, Ph.D. Gerald S. Levey, M.D. Sherman M.
Mellinkoff, M.D. Neil H. Parker, M.D. Kenneth I. Shine, M.D. Charles E. Young,
Ph.D.
Please
contact the MAA office at (310) 825-0988 or visit medschool.ucla.edu/current-alumni for more information on our programs or to become more involved.
You are a lifetime member of the UCLA Medical Alumni Association (MAA) if you are a School of Medicine M.D. or Ph.D. graduate, past intern or resident, facultymember or emeritus faculty member. If you have recently changed your mailing or e-mail address and/or telephone number, please let us know. Contact the MAA at (310) 825-0988 or maa@support.ucla.edu
