4
Helping
Joey's Life
Get Back on
an Even Keel
After 14-year-old Joey
Zarello endured years
of confusion and mis-
diagnoses, P. Ashley
Wackym, MD, diagnosed third window syndrome and
performed surgery that changed Joey's life.
By Lynda Rudolph
9
Three Women Need
to Write Far More Than Can Fit
on a Prescription Pad
Two students and one alumna study medicine yet
continue to fulfill their lifelong passion for writing.
Both fields require the same talents of observation and
analysis, and these women show how each can,
ultimately, complement the other.
By Jacqueline Cutler
13
Sandra Hill,
Eric B.
Chandler Health
Center Executive
Director, Brings
Patience and Kindness to the Job
The executive director of the Eric B. Chandler Health
Center keeps a busy clinic running smoothly and the
staff and patients happy.
By Jacqueline Cutler
16
Traumatic
Brain Injury Leads
to a 3-DPrinted
Skull
After Chris Cahill spent
months in and out of con-
sciousness, Gaurav Gupta,
MD, performed surgery
using 3-D printing to create a custom cranial skull
implant for his patient.
By Jillian Prior
20
Larger Than Life:
Newark Mural Honors
Three Doctors
The two-story-high mural is a tribute to medical school
alumni Sampson Davis, MD '99, and Rameck Hunt, MD
'99, and George Jenkins, DMD, a 1999 graduate of
New Jersey Dental School, who have a deep commit-
ment to motivating inner-city youth.
By Kate O'Neill
25
Breaking
New
Ground in Disaster
Preparedness:
Student-Faculty
Collaboration
Leads to Seminal
Publication
Publication in a scholarly journal was the crowning
moment for students who collaborated with Clifton
Lacy, MD '79, on a study of health care students'
willingness to work in infectious disease outbreaks.
By Kate O'Neill
28
Nancy
Walworth,
PhD, the Lure of
Pure Discovery:
Career Options for
Women in STEM
Innate curiosity led Nancy
Walworth, PhD, to research
and then to academia, where
she is an esteemed scientist, leader, and educator, as
well as a revered teacher and role model for young
women scientists.
By Kate O'Neill
33
Dual Chairs with
a Singular Vision
Balancing chair responsibilities on two campuses, Suhayl
Dhib-Jalbut, MD; Chen Liu, MD, PhD; and Bruce Haffty,
MD, MS, talk about the benefits and challenges in their
dual roles.
By Lynda Rudolph
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MEDICINE 3
RobertWoodJohnson
MEDICINE
A Publication for Alumni and Friends of
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Dean
Sherine E.Gabriel, MD, MSc
Executive Editor
Patricia M. Hansen, MA
Director,
Communications and
Public Affairs
Editor
Jillian Prior
Writers
Jacqueline Cutler
Kate O'Neill
Jillian Prior
Lynda Rudolph
Copy Editor
Richard Slovak
Alumni Association
Officers:
President
Paul F. Weber, MD '87,
RPh, MBA
Vice President
Elena Frid, MD '06
Treasurer
Hank Lubin, MD '83
Art Direction/Design
Barbara Walsh
Graphic Design
Cover Illustration
Anatomical Art by SCIEPRO
Digitial Composite Illustration
by Barbara Walsh
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D E P A R T M E N T S
Letter from the Dean
1
News
37
Research News
40
Letter from the
Alumni Association President
41
Class Notes
51
F
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T
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R
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A L U M N I P R O F I L E S
Elena Frid, MD '06:
Working to Solve the Puzzle
That Is Lyme Disease
42
By Lynda Rudolph
Charlene Flash, MD '06:
A Goal to Put Herself Out of Work
44
By Jaqueline Cutler
Dr. Klein, Mayor Klein:
Both Are All in a Day's Work
46
By Lynda Rudolph
Mahalia Desruisseaux, MD '00:
"A Rare Combination"
48
By Kate O'Neill
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