Medical Alumni in the News
If you would like to share your accomplishments and good deeds with your fellow Georgetown alumni, please send your information to the Medical Alumni Program at medalumni@georgetown.edu.
2009
In late June, five Georgetown Medical School students - Erica Adams, J. Ryan Macdonell, Joseph Murray, Ian Tuznik and Mary Vigil - got the opportunity to interact with President Barack Obama during an episode of Primetime on ABC moderated by Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer. The students also delivered a letter for Obama written by the school's student body president, Claiborne Childs.
Read the letter; June 24, 2009
Lesley Xiong, M.D. (M’09), and her four sisters reflect on their family’s collective drive and commitment to helping the Hmong community.
The Modesto Bee; June 9, 2009
Interview with Esam Omeish, M.D. (C’89, M’92), a surgeon campaigning to be a representative in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Examiner; May 25, 2009
On May 9, 2009, Ernest E. Federici, M.D. (M’57) received the American Heart Association Harvey E. Nussbaum, M.D., Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Federici is Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Trinitas Regional Medical Center and Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences.
The American Heart Association
On April 23, 2009, Susan T. Hingle, M.D., FACP (R’96, Chief Resident of Internal Medicine ‘97) became Governor of the Illinois Southern Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the national organization of internists.
Press release; April 20, 2009
Lisa Dana, M.D. (M’96), was interviewed regarding “Vaccines and autism -- is there a connection?” on San Francisco’s View from the Bay.
View from the Bay; March 19, 2009
Stanley Spinola, M.D. (M’78) was recently elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology.
The American Academy of Microbiology
Press release; February 5, 2009
Reed V. Tuckson, M.D. (M’78), former D.C. public health commissioner and EVP and Chief of Medical Affairs at UnitedHealth Group, has been named to Black Enterprise’s “100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America” list and was featured on the magazine’s February cover.
Black Enterprise; February 2009
Press release; January 21, 2009
2008
Diane R. Siedlecki, M.D. (M’83) serves as the 2008-2009 President of the Rhode Island Medical Society following past presidents and fellow Medical Alumni, Kathleen Fitzgerald, M.D. (M’74) and Fredric V. Christian, M.D. (M’72).
Rhode Island Medical Society