DukeMed Alumni News
Summer 2008

Class Notes :

1980s

Gilda J. Lorensen, MD’81, has been working in OB-GYN for Northwest Kaiser Permanente in Portland, Ore., for 15 years. Outside of work she enjoys singing in a jazz quartet and is working to stay in shape. Her jazz quartet—named Jazz DeLight—includes bass, keyboards, percussion, and vocals. They perform at farmer’s markets, private parties, and nursing homes about six times a year. She and her husband Paul have a daughter Rosa, 10, and live in Portand.

David L. Simel, MD’81, HS’81-’86, A’90, is now chief of the Medicine Service at the V.A. Hospital in Durham. His book, The Rational Clinical Examination, will be published this summer by Journal of the American Medical Association Book Publishing and McGraw-Hill. He and his wife, Joanne T. Piscitelli, MD’81, HS’81-’85, have three children—Lauren, T’05; Brian; and Michael.

William E. Hooper, MD’83, is an orthopedic surgeon with Virginia Orthopedics in Salem, Va., where he mostly performs hand and upper extremity surgery. He and his wife Kelly have three children: Will, 16; Walker, 14; and Mari, 9. The family lives in Roanoke.

William G. Kaelin, Jr., T’79, MD’83, was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2007 and was named a distinguished alumnus by the Duke Medical Alumni Association. His wife Carolyn has written two books related to breast cancer, including Living Through Breast Cancer, which has received several awards. They live in Boston.

Mitchell S. Rein, T’79, MD’83, in 2005 became chief medical officer and senior vice president for The Women’s Health Center in Danvers, Mass. In 2006 he stepped down as the chair of the health center’s OB-GYN department after 10 years. He and his wife Amy have three children—two teenage daughters and a 4-year-old son—and live in Marblehead, Mass.

Stacey A. Wood, Jr., MD’83, and his wife Jean, G’81, recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, and according to Stacey, are “finally empty nesters.” Their son Andy is completing his first year at Georgia Tech, and son Richard is in his fourth year at UNC-Charlotte. Stacey and Jean live in Charlotte, N.C.

Richard Friedberg, MD’86, PhD’88, has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Governors of the College of American Pathologists. He is the chairman of the Department of Pathology at Baystate Health Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., and professor of pathology at Tufts University School of Medicine. Friedberg, his wife Diane, and their children live in Longmeadow, Mass.

Scott T. Howell, MD’86, HS’86-’87, ’92-’95, says he loves living in the warm climate of Vero Beach, Fla. He is a private-practice anesthesiologist. He enjoys riding in a motorcycle racing series with the Florida Trail Riders. Races typically run 35 miles through the woods and last two hours, which he says is a great workout. He always wears the latest protective gear, which includes body armor. His wife Ann is a documentary film maker. They have two sons, Sebastian and Finn.



J. Douglas Bremner, MD’87, recently wrote a book, Before You Take That Pill: Why the Drug Industry May be Bad for Your Health. More information can be found at www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com. He currently is a professor of psychiatry and radiology at the Emory University School of Medicine and director of the Emory Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit in Atlanta, Ga.

Marguerite H. Oetting, T’82, MD’88, DC Century, left private practice after 10 years to start a school-based clinic in the local school district in Iowa City, Iowa, where she lives. Because her position with the school-based clinic is funded by the University of Iowa, she will also serve part time in the university’s Department of Pediatrics. She and her husband Thomas, E’82, G’87, MD’91, DC have three children. Drew plans to play golf at Claremont McKenna College in California after graduating from high school in May 2008. Lilli will be a 10th grader in the fall, and Blake will be in the seventh grade.

C. Keith Ozaki, T’84, MD’88, is a professor of surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, and chief of surgical services for the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System. He conducts NIH-funded research on basic vascular biology in addition to clinical vascular surgery. In his free time he enjoys travel and doing outdoor activities like fishing and sports with his wife Kimberly and their son Trent, 11. The family lives in Gainesville.

Susan Murchison Racine, T’82, MD’88, and her husband Carl will celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary in June. They have one son, Joshua, 11, and live in West Roxbury, Mass.

Michael Armstrong, Jr., MD’89, was recently elected chief of staff of Stony Point Surgery Center in Richmond, Va., where he has an otolaryngology practice. His family life is active and busy with tennis, track, coaching football, officiating basketball, and teaching his oldest child to drive. He and his wife Ellen recently returned from their first visit to Duke as prospective Duke parents. Their children are James, Michael, and Meredith. The family lives in Richmond.