Class of 1974 Celebrates Its 40th Reunion at the Gala T KIM SOKOLOFF he Class of 1974 celebrated its 40th reunion at the Fourth Annual Scholarship Gala to Celebrate with Alumni and Friends, where Andrew Stefaniwsky, MD ’77 (far left); president, Alumni Association, and Vicente H. Gracias, MD, dean (interim) (far right); honored members of the medical school’s first four-year graduating class, Mark Bloomberg, MD (second from left); Mark Lehrman, MD (third from left); and Ronald Neal, MD, with a special salute. on OB/GYN. “I enjoyed both sides of the field: you could practice surgery,” he says, “but you could also serve as a general doctor to your patients.” At Muhlenberg Hospital, during his OB/GYN rotation, Dr. Rabin found an excellent mentor in Michael Kreitzer, MD, a recent graduate of the residency program at the University of Southern California (USC)/L.A. County–USC Medical Center—“considered the number one OB/GYN program in the country at that time,” says Dr. Rabin. Encouraged by Dr. Kreitzer, he completed his residency at USC, where, as a first-year resident, he recalls admitting patients and performing 12 deliveries a day. L.A. County Hospital was a leader in the evolution of the field of obstetrics: women were choosing to participate in their baby’s birth with minimal anesthesia or none at all. “Most were Robert Wood Johnson I MEDICINE 57 back” to the medical school, he succeeded his friend Robert Eidus, MD ’74, as president of the Alumni Association. In 2007, the American Academy of Family Physicians named him the Outstanding Volunteer Faculty Physician. Board certified in sports medicine, he started the medical school’s fellowship in sports medicine. Dr. Levandowski’s practice, Princeton Sports and Family Medicine, in Lawrenceville, serves as team physician for The College of New Jersey, Mercer County Community College, and six high schools. He feels especially honored to be serving as head physician for the Special Olympics 2014 USA Games, held in New Jersey this summer. Stephen Rabin, MD ’74 W hen Dr. Rabin transferred to Rutgers Medical School in 1972, he was returning to his alma mater, he says—“on the banks of the old Raritan.” Two years earlier, following graduation from Rutgers College, he had entered medical school at the Universidad de Guadalajara, in Mexico. He chose to complete his third and fourth years at Rutgers Medical School, a small setting that would allow him, as a new student, to readily connect with the faculty. His expectation proved correct: “We learned cardiology, for instance, by talking with the head of the department, not sitting in a lecture hall,” he says. After discovering that he loved performing surgery, Dr. Rabin considered a range of possibilities before settling COURTESY OF RICHARD LEVANDOWSKI, MD ’74