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UC Davis School of Medicine Alumni Association

board of directors 2009–2011

President
Jamie McManus, M.D.,
School of Medicine '79, Residency '82

Vice President
Michael Carl, M.D.,
School of Medicine '92, Residency '95

Joseph Antognini, M.D.
Residency '87

Mark V. Blum, M.D.
Residency '77

Terrance T. Chang, M.D.,
School of Medicine '75

Jamie Cobb, M.D.,
School of Medicine '93, Residency '96

Douglas S. Gross, M.D., Ph.D.,
School of Medicine '90

I-Mei Hsiu, M.D.,
School of Medicine '97

Michael Lucien, M.D., M.P.H.,
School of Medicine '79

John M. Osborn, M.D.
Residency '72

Rajiv S. Pathak, M.D.
Residency '90

Peggy (Margaret) Portwood, M.D.,
School of Medicine '77, Residency '80

Praveen Prasad, M.D.,
School of Medicine '78, Residency '81 & '87

Denise Satterfield, M.D.,
School of Medicine '87, Residency '91

Topher Stephenson, M.D.
Residency '08

ex officio members

Mark C. Henderson, M.D.
Associate Dean, Admissions and Outreach

William McGowan
Chief Financial Officer

Thomas Nesbitt, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Vice Chancellor,
Strategic Technologies and Alliances

Claire Pomeroy, M.D., M.B.A.
Vice Chancellor, Human Health Sciences, and Dean, School of Medicine

Ben A. Rich, J.D., Ph.D.
Alumni Association
Endowed Chair of Bioethics

school of medicine alumni office

Beth Abad
Alumni and Development Officer 916-734-9410

Welcome to the Health Alumni and Friends section of UC Davis Health magazine. This section includes news and updates from the UC Davis School of Medicine Alumni Association and the new Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis. It is also a source to keep in touch with faculty, staff, students and graduates of UC Davis Health System’s many programs. These include the medical degree, graduate nursing, health informatics, public health and physician assistant/family nurse practitioner programs, as well as the graduate medical education program at UC Davis Medical Center.

Suzanne Kilmer

Suzanne Kilmer,
Laser Surgeon and operator, Laser and Skin Surgery Center of Northern California

Medical Alumna: Suzanne Kilmer
Nationally prominent laser surgeon Suzanne Kilmer hosts fellowship and residents in her practice

Nationally prominent laser surgeon Suzanne Kilmer ’87, an innovator in use of laser equipment for removal of tattoos, resurfacing, hair removal and other procedures, believes that her devotion to conducting research has benefited her practice as well as her patients.

Ethics, law and public policy of health-care reform

On Bioethics: Ben Rich
Ethics, law and public policy of health-care reform

Health-care reform had not been a major focus of American bioethics until the Association of Bioethics Program Directors took it under consideration last year. Consider what a just health-care and injury-compensation system might look like.

Class Notes Spring 2011

Class Notes

Serotonin Surge event

Articles

 UC Davis Health > Spring 2011 > Health Alumni and Friends

Spring 2011

Spring / Summer 2011 Issue Cover
Spring / Summer 2011 Issue

Health-care reform is now on the top of the national agenda, but at UC Davis Health System, researchers have been contributing provocative and impactful work to improve health care in America for nearly two decades.

UC Davis School of Medicine Alumni