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THANK YOU
• STUDENT ORIENTATION WEEK DINNER DANCE
• PURCHASE OF WHITE COATS FOR THE WHITE COAT
CEREMONY
• COMMUNITY PHYSICIAN LUNCHEONS FOR STUDENTS
• MATCH DAY LUNCHEON
• POLITY GOLF TOURNAMENT SPONSORSHIP
• PURCHASE OF MAXWELL REFERENCE BOOKS FOR
SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS, PRESENTED AT THE STUDENT
CLINICIAN CEREMONY
• THE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS DINNER
• REUNION WEEKEND COCKTAIL PARTY
• SPRING CLINICAL DAY
to the alumni who joined the MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION this year! Your membership supports
programs and services for all medical alumni and students. This year’s programs and activities included:
PLEASE CONSIDER BECOMING A MEMBER TODAY. For membership details, visit www.medicalalumni.buffalo.edu.
Or call the Medical Alumni Association at (716) 829-2773, or toll-free at 1 877 826-3246; or e-mail [email protected].
M E D I C A L A L U M N I A S S O C I A T I O N
Fellow Alumni,
look forward to this upcoming year as your president of the Medical Alumni Association (MAA).
Dr. Martin Mahoney, our outgoing president, will be a tough act to follow. He marked this past year with
some terrific achievements—most notably the launching of the MAA web site www.medicalalumni.
buffalo.edu. This is a very user-friendly interactive web site with resources to find classmates, fellow
members, the current officers of MAA, an alumni calendar that includes student events, and an easy link
to the Practice Giving campaign website. I strongly encourage you to take a look and explore it.
Reunion Weekend (May 4–5) this year was a great success. On Friday evening, we sponsored a
cocktail party for all classes on UB’s South Campus, with tours of the medical school and a capella
singing by the Buffalo Chips. Over 200 people attended Spring Clinical Day, which featured the
Harrington Lecture speaker, Dr. Michael Roizen, popular author of Real Age, radio show host, and
regular guest on many broadcasts including the Oprah Winfrey Show (see opposite page). We had a
new format for Spring Clinical Day; it featured student research presentations and a light breakfast,
followed by our speaker and then lunch at the Adam’s Mark Hotel. We hope to hear from attendees
to see whether this shorter format is preferable to the multi-lecture and sometimes multidisciplinary
style of prior years. The change in format was a response to alumni suggestions from past Spring
Clinical Days, and we hope everyone likes it.
On Saturday, May 5, more than 250 alumni and guests continued the reunion celebration at the
Adam’s Mark with dinner and dancing. Thirteen classes from as early as 1942 were represented. I was
impressed with the collegiality and shared enthusiasm so obvious in the room that night. Everyone
seemed to be having fun and enjoying the chance to renew friendships and reminisce.
We welcome suggestions for future Reunion Weekend and Spring Clinical Day events with respect
to format and possible speakers.
I look forward to a productive year as your president. The MAA tries to remain relevant and help-
ful to our membership and to the students we serve as an important part of our mission. This year, we
plan to expand our Community Physician Luncheons for students by involving residents. We also plan
to team up with Polity on the ambitious project of making UB’s South Campus smoke free.
Please do not hesitate to contact me through the advancement office at (716) 829-2773, or through
our new web site, with any ideas, comments or suggestions about the MAA. We can help you!
Respectfully,
Helen M. Cappuccino, MD ’88
President, Medical Alumni Association
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President Helen M. Cappuccino, MD ’88
Vice President Charles R. Niles, MD ’83
Treasurer Sanford H. Levy, MD ’86
Past PresidentMartin C. Mahoney, MD ’95 PhD ’88
MembersMargaret M. Eberl, MD ’00, MPH ’05
Sylvia H. Regalla, MD ’75
Emeritus MembersJohn J. Bodkin, II, MD ’76
Margaret W. Paroski, MD ’80, MMM
Regional MembersJoseph A. Chazan, MD ’60,Rhode Island
Max Doubrava, MD ’59,Nevada
Pictured, LEFT TO RIGHT:
Martin C. Mahoney,
MD ’95, PhD’88,
past president,
Medical Alumni Association;
Michael F. Roizen, MD;
and Helen M. Cappuccino,
MD ’88, president, MAA.
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This year’s speaker was Michael F. Roizen, MD, a Buffalo native, and cofounder and chair of the Real Age, Inc.
Scientific Advisory Board. The topic of his lecture focused on his New York Times’ number-one bestselling book,
“Real Age: Are You As Young As You Can Be?” in which he addressed diet and life-style changes that improve health.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH REUNION WEEKEND, nearly 200 alumni, faculty, students and friends of the medical school participated in Spring Clinical Day on Saturday, May 5, at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in downtown Buffalo.
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ReunionsFriday, May 4, and Saturday, May 5 2007
Class of 1982L E F T T O R I G H T : Mrs. Jacalyn F. Gelormini,
Joseph L. Gelormini, MD ’82, Kevin Barlog,
MD ’82, and Elizabeth P. Barlog, MD ’82.
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A time for old friends and classmates to reunite and reminisce about their medical school years
Class of 1987L E F T T O R I G H T : Mrs. Julie
Weinberg, Michael B.
Weinberg, MD ’87,
Mr. Michael Lillis,
Kathleen A. Lillis,
MD ’87, John O’Brien,
MD ’87, and Brian D.
Gale, MD ’87
Class of 1957L E F T T O R I G H T : Philip Alfred Brunell, MD ’57, Bronson M. Berghorn,
MD ’57, Paul L. Archambeau, MD ’57, Axel W. Anderson III, MD ’57,
and Frank J. Chafel, MD ’57.
Class of 2002L E F T T O R I G H T : Antoinette M. Beaman MD ’02, Shawn T. Beaman, MD ’02,
Janell E. Lundgren, MD ’02 and Emily F. Tenney, MD ’02, reunion chair.
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