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Fellows in Action Addressing Health Disparities

Volume 13 Issue II

Summer 2011

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ASF’s mission is to develop Leaders in Service: individuals who are dedicated and skilled in addressing the health needs of

underserved communities, and whose example influences and inspires others.

board of directors

Ralph FuccilloCHAIR

Sally HarrisTimothy Johnson, MD

VICE CHAIRS

Lachlan Forrow, MDPRESIDENT

Arthur Kohrman, MDSECRETARY

Harvey E. Bines, Esq.TREASURER

Lawrence Gussman (1915-2004)Mark L. Wolf

CHAIRS EMERITI

Robert J. AbernethyBruce Auerbach, MD

Jennifer Daley, FACP, MDStefan Kertesz, MSc, MD

Matthew KleinRobert Lawrence, MD

Wilfred Mbacham, DScH. King McGlaughon, Jr., MDiv, JD

James O’Connell, MDJoseph F. O’Donnell, MD

Phillip E. Pulaski, MDMitchell T. Rabkin, MD

Mary Wissemann

advisory board

John C Baldwin, MDArn Chorn-Pond

Robert Coles, MDHoward Gardner

Jackie Jenkins-ScottStacey Kabat

John Karefa-Smart, MD, MPHStephen B. KayJudith Kurland

Jennifer Leaning, MDBernard Lown, MD

Yo-Yo MaMichael McCally, MD

Andrew RowanVictor Sidel, MD

Christoph Westphal, MD, PhDQuentin D. Young, MD

Antje B. LemkeRhena Schweitzer Miller (1919-2009)

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Sylvia Stevens-Edouard, MS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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A hospital’s emergency room is almost always a bustling place—but the Emer-gency Center (EC) at Houston’s largest public hospital, Ben Taub, might be even busier than most. It’s where over 106,000 emergency patients are seen each year—and where a large percentage of Harris County’s HIV patients receive their initial diagnosis.

As Schweitzer Fellows Revathi Jyothindran and Joshua Liao saw firsthand, it’s also where some of those patients spend their final moments.

“In the Ben Taub Emergency Center, we saw HIV patients run the natural course of their disease—when in this day and age, HIV is a disease to die with, not to die from,” says Jyothindran, who like Liao is a student at Baylor College of Medicine.

The two Houston-Galveston Schweitzer Fellows took action, launching an initia-tive to link Ben Taub’s newly-diagnosed HIV patients to follow-up care. Ben Taub

EC Director Dr. Shkelzen Hoxhaj told the Houston Chronicle that thanks to Jyothindran and Liao’s individualized outreach to newly diagnosed HIV pa-tients, 80 percent of them—twice as many as before—returned for follow-up care. “The hospital district already offered in-formation on where to find treatment, and both the district and the city health department try to steer people to medi-cal care,” the Chronicle reported. “But Hoxhaj said Jyothindran and Liao made a huge difference through their personal outreach and explanations of why the newly diagnosed should begin treatment.”

“You can’t just say, here’s a clinic and a bus pass,” Liao told the Chronicle.

The Chronicle said that the success of Jyo-thindran and Liao’s project “[suggests] new solutions for a problem that has

After spending four years working with refugees on the Thai-Burma border, Walsh returned to the U.S.—and saw that refugee youth now living in Worcester, Massachusetts faced an acculturation process often fraught with anxiety, uncertainty, and isolation.

With the support of the Boston Schweitzer Fellows Program, Walsh helped to launch the Worcester Refugee Assistance Project and the Burma Youth Organiza-tion—programs aimed at developing and uniting a strong cadre of refugee youth peer leaders while promoting health literacy, life skills, and conflict resolution.

Thanks to what this University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Nursing student set in motion, these youths are navigating their lives in the U.S. with increased confidence—a confidence that’s rippling outward: 2011-12 Schweitzer Fellow Nang Maung is training them to teach literacy to the adults in their community.

meet boston schweitzer fellow Meredit h Wa ls h

Learn more about the Worcester Refugee Assistance Project and the Burma Youth Organization by visiting worcesterrefugeeassistanceproject.org

inside this issue

see HIV, page 4

On June 10 in Washington, DC, Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba announced the creation of a new Albert Schweitzer University Hospital Center in Lambaréné that will lead scientific, clinical, and public health efforts to eliminate deaths from tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS, as well as serve as a training center for health workers and scientists from across Africa.

“I am thrilled about President Bongo’s support for the planned creation of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Albert Schweitzer à Lambaréné, and his commitment to immediate additional support for the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, which will serve as a coordinating hub,” says Lachlan Forrow, MD, President of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital and ASF. “There is no better way to begin building up to the global celebra-tions in 2013 of the Centennial of Dr. Al-bert Schweitzer’s founding in 1913 of his remarkable hospital.”

The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Albert Schweitzer à Lambaréné will unite the Albert Schweitzer Hospital (HAS), its Medical Research Unit (MRU), and the Gabon Ministry of Health’s Regional Hospital of Lambaréné (HRL).

In his statement, President Bongo announced an immediate contribution of $1 million in new support from Gabon for the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, which will lead the launching of a region-wide TB initiative as the first project of the new Center, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health.

President Bongo has also pledged the provi-sion of all-terrain vehicles to support TB out-reach and control programs in the Lambaré-

Gabon president announces Schweitzer Hospital Centennial initiative

né region and in all other provinces of Gabon. An additional $1 million in Gabonese sup-port will immediately match outside funding contributed to the launching of the new Center.

The Center will open in April 2013, in con-nection with the hospital Centennial.

“The work of Dr. Schweitzer ripples on forever in the people who owe their lives to the ances-tors that he treated,” says Dr. William Foege, former U.S. Center for Disease Control direc-tor and a Senior Fellow with the Bill and Me-linda Gates Foundation. “But it also continues in the work of the many who were inspired to follow the path that he pioneered.”

“The launching of this new public/private Schweitzer initiative in Lambaréné, and its emphasis on achieving dramatic and demon-strable impact on tuberculosis, malaria, AIDS and other problems, is a fitting ripple effect,” Foege adds.

Visit schweitzerfellowship.org/lambarene to learn more about ASF’s work in Lambaréné, including the Lambaréné Fellows Program.

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Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched its first-ever National Partnership for Ac-tion to End Health Disparities—a call to action that, much like ASF’s mission and programming, emphasizes the im-portance of interdisciplinary, cross-com-munity collaboration and coordination.

When it comes to achieving health eq-uity, it’s not just going to take doctors, nurses, and dentists; it’s going to take coordinated, comprehensive, and cul-turally competent efforts from health

see CONFERENCE, page 3

Achieving Health Equity Together: Oct. 28 & 29

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In Houston, new HIV solutions

At Houston’s largest public hospital, two Schweitzer Fellows dramatically improve the rate of follow-up care for new HIV patients

So she took action—and she had impact.

Pictured, L-R: Professor Peter Kremsner, Director, HAS Medical Research Unit; Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondim-ba; ASF President Lachlan Forrow; ASF Board Chair Ralph Fuccillo; Eric Benjaminson, US Ambassador to Gabon.

portunities, we’re confident that attendees will emerge knowing that they are valuable members of an increasingly vibrant and diverse community dedicated to achieving health equity together,” Stevens-Edouard adds.

line of Fellows and Fellows for Life have a unique opportuni-ty to deepen their understand-ing of the role they play in the broader movement to achieve health equity,” says ASF Exec-utive Director Sylvia Stevens-Edouard.

“Thanks to the conference’s blend of practical program-ming and networking op-

focusing on topics such as health care reform, cultural competency, and the princi-ples behind community-based participatory research. Discus-sions will illuminate the myr-iad perspectives and “pieces of the puzzle” involved in bring-ing about large-scale change.

“Through this conference, ASF’s interdisciplinary pipe-

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Visit schweitzerfellowship.org/bayarea to learn more about the Bay Area Schweitzer Fellows Program.

Boston Schweitzer Fellow for Life David Beakey passed away unexpectedly in June. “His support and enthusiasm will be greatly missed—he always had a kind word for ASF staff members and Fellows,” says ASF National Program Director and Fellow for Life Meghan Johnson, a member of Beakey’s 2000-01 Fellowship class. “I will always remember his commitment to making the world a better place—especially for seniors and veterans in need.”

A July Investor’s Business Daily article on Albert Schweitzer’s legacy quoted ASF President Lachlan Forrow, MD dis-cussing Schweitzer Fellows’ reaction to learning more about their namesake. “The majority of them learn about Schweitzer and go, ‘Whoa, what an amazing role model,’” Forrow told the paper. “This idea of reverence for life immediately grabs them.”

A June Triad Business Journal piece detailed the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust’s support of the North Carolina Schweitzer Fellows Program—specifi-cally, the program’s expansion to his-torically black colleges and universities. Allen J. Smart, director of the Trust’s health care division, told the paper that the Fellows Program serves to “energize outstanding graduate students who are interested in community service, and put them in positions where they will acquire a lifelong commitment to com-munity service, whether professionally or personally, or both.”

In July, Bay Area Schweitzer Fellow and Touro University California medical student Jennifer Tran received a scholar-ship from AT&T and DoSomething.org honoring her outstanding commitment to community service. Tran founded Red Balloon, an organization that brings music therapy to children in need.

In New Orleans, yoga becomes a lifelineSeveral years ago, Tasnim Beg took part in a medical mission to El Guineo, Nica-ragua—and while she enjoyed deepening her medical skills and getting to know the area’s vibrant people and culture, she also began to question the long-term impact of her medical efforts there.

“It is frustrating to know that people are born into a roulette of poverty and governmental neglect that can become cyclical and all-en-compassing,” she says.

Beg saw that same roulette unfolding in New Orleans—and she’s spending her Schweitzer Fellowship year addressing it. She is partnering with the Youth Drop-in Center to develop a yoga program that serves as a gateway for addressing chronic disease risk factors among youth experi-encing homelessness in New Orleans.

The results have been inspiring. “It has been wonderful to have kids open up and ask questions that run the gamut of primary care: smoking cessation, nutrition education, teen pregnancy, STD counseling, depression, and more,” Beg says. “Having the input of other Fellows, with their broad range of experi-ences and diverse educational and cultural backgrounds, has been invaluable.”

Ultimately, Beg hopes the project will prompt a powerful ripple effect. “I hope that the knowledge we are provid-ing through our sessions is disseminated throughout the community,” she says. “Of utmost import is that our kids know how essential they are to the program’s success and to helping others achieve improved health.”

“This project aims to abide by the saying of the philosopher Lao Tzu: ‘When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, the people will say, ‘We did it ourselves,’” Beg adds. “To me, this statement embodies the spirits of public health, community health, and The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.”

Schweitzer Fellow for Life weighs in on physician payment reform in the NEJMLast year, Schweitzer Fellow for Life Zirui Song was selected as one of Boston Magazine’s top emerging doctors. Now, the MD/PhD student in the economics track of Harvard’s health policy program has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

“The paper is about payment reform for doctors and hospitals in Massachusetts,” says Song. “It’s an initial evaluation of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Alternative Quality Contract (AQC), which was implement-ed in 2009. The contract pays physician groups a global budget to take care of their patients (instead of a separate fee for each service) and bonus payments for qual-ity of care. The arrangement is similar to accountable care organizations proposed by the health care reform legislation. We compared spending and quality differenc-es between physicians groups in the AQC and groups not in the AQC, both before and after the payment reform, to get an idea of the intervention’s impact.”

Song’s evaluation found that, “The AQC

Having just completed her year as a Bay Area Schweitzer Fellow, Joyce Ho has been selected as the inaugural Stanford-NBC News Global Health Media Fellow.

“I already know that service will be a strong component of my fu-ture career as a physician, whether in global health or here in the U.S.,” says the Stanford Univer-sity School of Medicine student.

Ho spent her year as a Bay Area Schweitzer Fellow working to improve the mental health status of Asian American teens in Santa Clara County.

“Asian Americans are the least likely racial group in the country to seek mental health services, and recent studies show that the rates of suicide in teenage Asian Ameri-can women are soaring,” says Ho, who grew up in the shadow of frequent teen suicides on the Cal-train tracks.

Now, Ho has the opportunity to shine a spotlight on similarly pressing health-related issues both at home and abroad. Over the next year, she’ll be partnering with individuals including Dick Thompson (the current editor at Health Affairs) and Dr. Nancy

From Schweitzer to NBC

was associated with a modest slowing of spending growth and improved quality of care in 2009. Savings were achieved through changes in referral patterns rather than through changes in utilization. The long-term effect of the AQC on spending growth depends on future budget targets and provid-ers’ ability to further improve efficiencies in practice.”

These findings differ somewhat from those in the recently-released Massachusetts At-torney General’s report, which also looks at the AQC. The findings were discussed at a public August 17th meeting of the MA Health Care Quality and Cost Council. Song—who as a Boston Schweitzer Fellow in 2007-8 helped the Brookside Commu-nity Health Center set up a sports and nutri-tion education program for kids—continues to work toward improved health care for un-derserved people.

“We should be careful to not generalize the findings outside of the study population, which is adults with employer-sponsored health insurance,” he says. “However, it is

Snyderman (Chief Medical Editor at NBC News) to promote dia-logue about global health issues—and she’ll be sharing her experi-ences along the way on her new blog, http://globalhealth.stanford.edu/blog/ghmedia_fellowship/.

“I think the most pressing health-related issue at the moment is lack of preventive medicine in chronic disease conditions,” Ho says. “We need to take action now to focus on preventive medicine before the healthcare system is overwhelmed with the consequences of chronic diseases.”

Ho is grateful for the lessons she learned and connections she forged as a Schweitzer Fellow.

“Being a Schweitzer Fellow for Life means I will have the sup-port of the Fellowship program in whatever projects I tackle,” she says. “A Fellow for Life also has contacts for life, and I know that no matter where I end up, I can easily find other healthcare professionals to collaborate with on projects through this amazing alumni network.”

Visit schweitzerfellowship.org/neworleans to learn more about the New Orleans Schweitzer Fellows Program.

ASF conference will emphasize collaboration, cultural competence

providers, social workers, law-yers, politicians, community organizations, and commu-nity members themselves—all working together, across strata and sectors, toward the same goal.

The 5th Annual Schweitzer Fellows for Life Conference: Achieving Health Equity To-gether will explore this theme,

CONFERENCE, cont.

As for Jyothindran and Liao, they’re look-ing forward with optimism—and dedica-tion to continued service.

“The Fellowship is at once an affirma-tion, encouragement, and challenge,” Liao says. “While the goal is not to live up to the legacy of Albert Schweitzer or other Fellows, I am spurred on to bigger, greater things by their examples.”

HIV project to be sustained, expanded

been around since the virus emerged as a mysterious killer 30 years ago.”

Those new solutions are being sustained and expanded by two newly-selected Houston-Galveston Schweitzer Fel-lows from Baylor College of Medi-cine, John Lin and Dennis Shung.

“I hope that our project will help remove some of the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS, particularly the stigma that these patients feel about themselves,” Lin says.

Visit schweitzerfellowship.org/houston to learn more about the Houston-Galveston Schweitzer Fellows Program.

HIV, cont.

In Columbus, a story of horses, hope, and healingAlbert Schweitzer famously said, “Until he extends his circle of compas-sion for all living things, man will not himself find peace.” Since Schweitzer’s time, science and experience have confirmed many times over the ther-apeutic potential of interacting with our animal kin—from therapy animals who help veterans cope with PTSD, to equine therapy programs that brighten the lives of children and adults with special needs.

“A barn and its animals offer unique opportunities for individuals to con-nect with themselves, derive com-panionship and comfort from the horses, find new personal strengths, and gain satisfaction from the achievement of new skills,” says Elizabeth Coppelman (right), a stu-dent at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine and a member of the very first class of Columbus Schweitzer Fellows.

Coppelman (who began working with horses at age 10) is mobilizing a cadre of skilled student volunteers to enhance Serendipity Stables’ thera-peutic programming. “This could be a very successful long-term fit benefit-ing the children and adults who come to Serendipity, as well as the vet stu-

dents who are able to develop their equine knowledge and skills while simultaneously gaining insight into a public service opportunity through their chosen profession,” she says.

“Thanks to the Schweitzer program, I now have contacts in the schools of medicine, nursing, osteopathic medicine, social work, and dentistry,” she adds. “I am excited to join a com-munity of highly skilled people from many disciplines trying to make the world a better place.”

Visit schweitzerfellowship.org/columbus to learn more about the Columbus Schweitzer Fellows Program.

worth noting that at a time when state Medicaid programs are suffering from budget shortfalls and the underserved are facing either cuts to their Medicaid benefits or increases in their share of out-of-pocket costs, policies that reduce health care spending while improving quality are needed.”

“The same goes for Medicare,” Song adds. “Saving the health care system dol-lars by improving the efficiency of care delivery would be more agreeable for most stakeholders than the alternative of cutting benefits to patients or cutting payments to providers. Studies like this might be baby steps towards figuring out a solution, but at the moment we have a long way to go.”

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where he will participate in a panel on health care reform and its implications.

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Aid for Africa American Dental Association FoundationAnonymous (2) Robert M. Arnold, MD and Nancy Levine Arnold Bruce Auerbach, MD The Barra Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bines, Esq.Michael Boudett Elizabeth Caren Carnegie Corporation of New YorkBrenda and Peter Diana Thomas Donnelly Drexel University College of Medicine Christiane Engel, MD Eleanor and Brian Forrow Dr. Lachlan* and Ms. Susan Forrow Robert P. Goldberg Fund Dr. William T. and Mrs. Dorothy Green John Gussman William R. Gussman Sally HarrisHarvard Medical School + Guy Hoagland, MD Houston Jewish Community FoundationDr. Gary Hsin* and Elaine Kus The Keller Family FoundationStefan Kertesz, MD* and Alice Walther

Matthew Klein Joyce Lashof, MD Robert Lawrence, MD Marion and David Lifsey Marian Lum MAP Real Estate Midwestern University Helaine Miller Nick Moustoukas, MD James O’Connell, MD Joseph O’Donnell, MDDr. Patrick Perri* and Dr. Elizabeth Cuevas* ProMutual Group Phillip Pulaski, MD* Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell T. RabkinLucy and Ian Rawson Steven K. Rothschild, MD Timothy Scheib Skye Schulte* Elias Shaheen Sylvia Stevens-Edouard Summit Press, Inc. +

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Harry Adams, MD and Jack RoseHolly Ray

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2007-2008 Boston Schweitzer FellowsAllan Pang* Zirui Song*

2009-2010 Boston Schweitzer FellowsDevon Reber

Carlie Brown Dr. David Buck

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Sara Burton*Jonathan Burton

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The Family PlaceMicaela Tucker*

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Megan Hodges*Linda Gladney

Sophia Hwang Juliet Hwang, MD*

Jim HydeHarris Berman, MD Jerome Hymel Daphne W. Hill

The Inauguration of the Houston-Galveston Schweitzer Fellows ProgramRyan Van Ramshorst*

Sybill Hyppolite* Blondine Hyppolite

Carol IronsDr. Thomas Irons

Christina Jeffrey*Charlotte and Bob McGovern Victoria Neal JonesLynne L. and Mark L. Wolf

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Joseph O’Donnell, MDLinda Martin

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William PoorvuCarnegie Corporation of New York

Bob Pozen Holly and Bruce Johnstone

Liz Samuels*AnonymousRalph Vetters, MD

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Sarah M. Schlansker*Mark GonthierMadelyn and William Schlansker

Laura Seidel*Peggy and Glen Seidel

Dr. David SteindlElizabeth Stewart

Ian StevensonDaniel Alvy Lisa M. Wong, MD

Caitlin Synovec*Connie and Rodney Synovec Michael and Ann TorreConstance Novelli

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Dr. Roger WardDr. Cynthia Boyle

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Patricia White, MD*Clayton Owens

Alice E. Williamson*Carmen Williamson

Mark L. WolfMichael BoudettCheryl LappenBert and Goldie LibonCharlotte and Jack StonePhyllis TammJeanne and Peter YozellMarc Zwetchkenbaum

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Joseph BlumenthalDr. Richard B. Taddonio

Rondo Cameron Claydean Cameron

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George CurtisStefan Kertesz, MD* and Alice Walther

Sara L. de la VegaDr. Aurelio de la Vega

Charles H. Ferrin, MD Jimmy Williams

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Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Sr.Doris Gumino

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Frederick FranckJudith Appleton

Lawrence GussmanJohn Gussman William R. Gussman Rusty and Peggy McCormack

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Sunil MehtaSamir Shah

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Philadelphia

Fellows held a health

fair for the local Haitian population,

offering screenings and linkages to

culturally appropriate community

resources.

Fellows planned a Resource Fair for underserved community

members in collaboration with CeaseFire Garfield Park.

Chicago

NH-VTFellows helped to weatherize the homes of elderly and low-income individuals in South Royalton, Vermont.

BostonTufts-Schweitzer Fellows launched a program encouraging under-served students to pursue careers in the health sciences.

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Gifts below $1,000

Pauline Abrego* W. Andrew AchenbaumNicoleta Agrigoroae-Bolos* Mae Alamillo Rev. Dr. and Mrs. H. Pat AlbrightJuan Almaguer Kimberly J. AmatoAnonymous Dominique Anderson Heather Anderson Emily Anderson Kori Anderson-Deasy Judith Appleton Conrad Armstrong Maria Arroyo Robin Avery, MD*Jutta Ayer Katie Bade Claudia Baier Blanca Baldoceda* Dr. Joy Baldwin* Margaret C. BamDr. Esther BarazzoneBarbara Barham Mariclare Barrett Judi and Elmer BartekLaticia R. Barthe Bela Bashar Alice Miller Batchelor Robyn Bates* Joanne Beattie Michelle Beaulieux Tina Beckham Mary A. Beckman George, Paula, and Anne Bellerose Michael Bennett*Alana Wright Benton* Lon Berkeley Harris Berman, MDDr. Jane Holmes Bernstein Nazleen Bharmal* Harshida Bhatt, MD Wallace Bieber

Steven Biondolillo Monika Black* Oni Blackstock, MD* Carol Blendowski* Matthew Blinky* Marissa Blum Francois Blumenfeld-Kouchner*Fern Bogot Lee Bone Leslie Borsett-Kanter Jennifer Bosch Nacy E. BoydaDr. Cynthia Boyle Dr. Gert Brieger Gerald Brighton E. Maxine BruhnsFrank J. Brumbaugh Lara Bryan-Rest, MD* Carolyn Brzezinski Dr. David Buck Dr. Thuy Bui* John Burton Sara* and Jonathan BurtonDr. Bob Buxbaum Jean and David ByerAnn Byerly G.E. Byers, Jr. Jeannette Byers Susan Cahn Nancy Cahners Nancy and Christopher Caldwell Thomas Calus Claydean Cameron Christopher Campbell*Claudia Campbell Gregory Carey Rima Carlson, MD* Lucianne B. Carmichael Bradley Carter Rebecca Carter* Joseph Cassady Angela Cassano Liceria Castro Chapman University Vandana Chaudhry Alyce Cheatham Meenadchi Chelvakumar*

Chevron Humankind Matching Gift ProgramPeter Chien* Denise and Mark Chisholm Bechara Choucair Edward Chu* Marie Ciaccio John Clem The Clorox Company FoundationLeonard Cohen Lola Coke* Marguerite Cole Lois S. Coleman James Condon Susan Coolidge Derek Costa Caroline Cracraft Suzanne Craig Pammie Crawford* Michael Curren Raymond Curry Paula Cushner Jennifer Daley, MDJean Daubenas Faith DavisGeorgia Davis Dr. Aurelio de la Vega Angel Delgadillo Sujata Desai Roman DeSanctis, MD Jenny DeVoe, MD* Armon Diedrich, Jr. Dr. Lou D. DiekemperJohn L. Digges, MDFrank Diggs* Charisse DiMaria Carolyn Douglas, MD* Peg Dublin Susan Wakerlin Durkin Virginia L. and Wesley H. Eaton Ed Eckenfels Mrs. Argiry Eftimiades Peter Eilbott Thomas Eisele Joanna Elkayam Virginia A. Ellmore

Rochelle and Arthur ElsteinKaori Ema* Ruth Engel Craig Essex Gustavo Estrella, MDDr. Caswell Evans Francesca E. Evans Michelle Falcon, MD Robert F. Farrell Daniel Federman, MD William Feldman Abbott Ferriss Dr. Ruth Fischbach Tessa Fischer Horace Fishback IIIC. Nancy Fisher Eric Flanders, MD William Flangas Maricela and Christopher FloresDr. Elizabeth T. FonthamAndrea Fox, MD and Kenneth Thompson, MD Michelle Freshman* Penelope Anne FreyDr. Allen Fuhs Jose Q. Gabatin, MDElizabeth Gabzdyl Erik Hugo L. Gaensler, MD*Ediss Gandelman Gabriel Garcia, MD Dr. Howard Gardner John Garvey, MD Generocity Community AllianceRoberta Gianfortoni Deresha Gibson* Rachel Gilbert Deborah G. Gilboa, MD* Marquita P. Gillenwater Minal Giri* Linda Gladney Catherine and Maurice Gleeson Sandra R. Glickman Dr. John Glomb Melanie A. Gold, DO and James T. Hovan Mark Gonthier Dr. John Goodson Michael Gorton Mac Grambauer Mercedes Grandin Leatrice Granitto Michael Grant Mary Ann GrassiaPeter Grose JoAnn Gruca Doris Gumino Johanna Gurland Ghennady Gushchin Dr. Cory Gusland Stacey Gutwillig Julie Guyette Trudy Hagen A. Hague Mona Hakky Shandon Halland* David Hamburger, MD Michele Hamilton, MD*Jimmy Hara, MDJoan Harvey Stephen Hassett John Ryan Hayes*Bruce Hector, MD Kimberly* and Andre Henderson

Eunice Hendrick Sophia Hermann* Mark HertweckJean Hess James Hickman Barbara and Lee HicksDr. Richard Hiers Daphne W. HillVara HimathongkhamMaxine Hoag Dena Hofkosh Nara Hojvat-Gallin Joel Holtz, MD Victor Hood Laura Hooper* Amy Hope Libby Horter Claire Horton, MD* Christopher HorwitzShkelzen Hoxhaj, MDSteve Huggard Eileen Hughes Juliet Hwang, MD* Blondine Hyppolite Jan Inao, MD Dr. Thomas Irons Eloy ItuarteYuri Iwaoka-Scott, MDGina Jae* Laurie and Jonathan JaffeAllen I. Janis Patricia Jessop Jane Jih* John Johnson, Jr. Lise Johnson, MD* Stephanie Fantauzzo Johnson* Katherine Johnston*Veronica Johnston Holly and Bruce Johnstone Christiana Jones* Dale M. Jones Jerome H. Jones, MDKohar Jones, MD* Patricia Jones Lauren Jonkman* Christine Jordan Dr. Opas Jutabha Susan Kaminski, MDPeter Karczmar, MD*Dr. Kathryn M. KashElizabeth Kass, MD Gary Katz Dennis Kaufman Denis Kelemen Elizabeth Kelly Dr. Susan KellyMary Ruth Kelsey Daphne Kempner Maximilian Kempner Mark Keroack, MD* Liliane and Thomas Kertesz Alice Kindling Louise Rambo King, MD*Roger S. KingAnne Labowitz Klee, MD* and Robert Klee Jacques Paul KleinAllison Kliber, MD* and Scott Stickney Tamsin Knox, MD* Michael Kobold Erica Koegler* Robert Koenig Dr. Uwe Koepke

Dr. Helmut Koester Arthur Kohrman, MD and Claire KohrmanDiane Kondratowicz Eric Kramer Diane Krause, MD* Cathrine L. KringsDr. Tim Lahey* and Jessica Potts Lahey* Matthew Lally, MD*Harry W. LangeCheryl Lappen Catherine LarsonJulie Lauffenburger*Rodney Laurenz Melanie Lawrence*Pamela Lawrence, MD Dr. Cathy LazarusKhanh Le Alice LeBlanc Craig Leman Joseph Leporati Wayne Lerner Vivian Leung* Eleanor Levine Dr. Lovie Lewis Yi Li* Goldie and Bert LibonMeei Ing Lin Dr. Joann Lindenmayer Louise Lintz Joanne Lister Peter Liu Rev. Dr. Robert K. Loesch Marsha Love Shaula Lovera Dr. Daniel Lowenstein Nancy Lowenstein Luke Family Antoinette Lullo* William Lydecker Peter Lyman Amy Macht A. Mackey Kathleen E. MacleanMarian Macsai Gene Majka* Geeta Maker-Clark*Syed Malek Ann Eldridge Malone*Ximena Marinero Janice Markland Lillian S. Marshall Linda Martin Crystal W. Mattimore, MDAlison May, MD* Emily and Jerry MayerPeggy and Rusty McCormackDr. Jonathan McDonagh* McFeeley Rogers Foundation Susan and Daniel McGarryCharlotte and Bob McGovernLynn McKinley-Grant, MD*Amber McLendon* Richmond McPherson Cody McSellers-McCray* Barbara Meem Sven Meier Alan Meisel Tanya Melich-Munyan* Dr. Sam Merabi* Bridgid Merkle Gene Merlino

Lt. Col. Richard O. MerrittB. Lafe Metz, Esq.Benjamin Meza* Dr. Aaron MichelfelderEdward Miller Miroslava Miller Katrina Mitchell* David Mock Kathleen Moohead Zamrik Moqtaderi Cheri MoranMichael Moran Naomi Moran Michelle Morphew Jaclyn Morrill Dr. Robert Morris Rickie and Robert MorrisonMr. and Mrs. John Moustoukas Anna Mueller Anne Mueller Christopher Murdakes* Catherine Myers Jill Myers Nelson Nagle, Jr. Tricia and Vas NarayanabhattaDonna Nativio Karen H. Natsuhara Anne Neely Harvey Negoro Heidi and Bruce NelsonNora NercessianNancy Newkirk Christine M. Newsom, MDMrs. Leslie Nickels Lorriane Niemela Constance Novelli Rev. W. David Peter NovesMichael Nussbaum Daniel Oblitas Heather O’Donnell Orange County Leadership AcademyThomas G. Osler Clayton Owens Nicole Oxendine* Paz Pacifico, MD N. Thad Padua, MD Allan Pang*Panwy Foundation, Inc. Hubert Park* Bhavesh Patel Sangeeta Patel* Daniel Peed Jon Pennycuff* Henry Perry III Dr. Edward Peters Henry Pfeiffer Dr. and Mrs. Russell and Elise Phillips Carla Picardo Bethany Pickens Diana Pierce-Tremblay Judith L. PlowmanAnn L. PollackMichael Porter Rev. John Post Kelly PowersRebecca Couch Pride* David Proum Camille Quinn* Johanna Raimond Jerry Raisch Fobi Ngebi Raissa

Ann Rakoczy* Holly RayMark Reardon* Karen Reavis Devon Reber Robert Redwood* Kimberly Reese* Rachel Reichlin* Roy M. Reid, Jr. Jan Reiss Rhode Island FoundationMaya Ricci Dr. Roland RichmondH. Henry Rieke IVMadhavi Risbud Mary Roberts Ward A. RobidartBeverly Robins Dr. and Mrs. John C. RobinsonMaria E. RodriguezDr. Christine Rohde* Chastity Rolling* Lisa Rosenberg Phyllis Rosenfield Andrew Rozmiarek*Norm RyanRev. Regis Ryan Dr. James Sabin Nancy Sacks Shana Salik* Jack Salmon Larry Salzmann Dr. Eugene Sandler Monica Sarfaty Lili-Charlotte Sarnoff Pamela Sawhney, MD Dorothy SawyerSamir Shah Dulcie Schackman Lizabeth and David SchapsMargie SchapsHolly Scheib*Joshua Schickman Madelyn and William Schlansker Helen Chin SchlichteLeila and Robert SchnitzerIngeborg Scholz Sarah-Anne Schumann* Dr. Walter Schur Mary Schwager Scott Schwartz* Peggy and Glen SeidelMargaret Senge* W. Kenneth SeubertRichard Sewell Dr. Karen Sheehan Christopher Shim Daniel ShivelyLaurence Shoprio, MDSharon Silveira* Eva Silvestre Sandra E. Simpson Megan Skarr* Slade Gorton and Company, Inc.Lisa Slatt Herbert Slutsky Nancy Smalzel, MD* William Smith, MD Jack Snarr Zirui Song* Raquel Soto Jeannette E. South-Paul, MD

Stephanie and Seth Spaulding Stephen Speeg, MD Spencer FoundationDavid F. Squire Lorraine Stanfield, MD* and Burns F. Dudley Stanfield Janna Stansell* Barbara Steiniche Ian Stevenson Elizabeth Stewart Stewart International Travel ConsultantsCharlotte and Jack StoneMarinus Strydom Deborah Studen-PavlovichJohn Su, MD* Aurapin Sukanich, MD Joe Sungnam Dr. John and Ms. Gail Swartzberg Lois Anne Sweatt Rev. Ronald Swenson Carmen and Rodney Synovec Dr. Richard B. Taddonio Thomas Tadros Allison Taff Carole Taira, MDMary and Jack Takayanagi Phyllis Tamm Shirley Tan, MD Janine Tanner Vanessa Tatum, MD Peter S. Terris Constance Thayer Dr. Frank ThorpTouro Hospital James Traver, MD* and Marguerite Conan David Trimble Trinity Technologies Norman Truxton Micaela Tucker* Jocelyne Tufts Richard D. TysonJeanne VallasRyan Van Ramshorst* Steve Verbinski, MD* Vermont Community Foundation Ralph Vetters, MD Estate of John L. Vincius

Jessica Virag Eve Visconti Dr. Irene Wakam Jason Waldinger* Robert Wall* Claire and Brian Walsh Ray Wang Joan Warburg William E. Watkins Dr. and Mrs. Cyril Wecht Jessica Weeks, MD*Rebecca Reynolds Weil* Saul Weiner, MD* Samuel Weinstein Family Foundation Stanley WeinsteinJames Weiss, MD Lorna and Ray WerntzHermine Weston Dennis Randal Whaley Kim White Gloria K. Whitehead Yvonne Ator Whitelaw*Sarah Hayes Wiggin Richard Wilk Donald Williams, MDJimmy Williams Carmen Williamson Mildred Williamson Roberta A. Williamson, MD Marilyn Willis Thomas Wilson, Jr. Paraisia Winston* Paul Wisneskey James Withers, MD Maurine Witte James Wolfe Patty and David WrayCheng-Tsung Yeh, MD Stan Young Stephanie Younger Jeanne and Peter Yozell Katherine Yu Mary Zabelski Elena Zalyapin Joseph Zanoni Walfredo Zarraga Maryann ZavezMark ZeidelSteven Zona*Marc Zwetchkenbaum

Los Angeles

Two Fellows launched STRIDES L.A., a running program aimed at improving

at-risk students’ mental and physical health that culminated with a 5k race.

Pittsburgh

North Carolina

Fellows delivered hands-on oral health

education to pediatric patients at the

N.C. Cancer Hospital.

A Fellow used art therapy to promote well-being among vulnerable women living in the city’s North Side.