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class notes News and Updates From Alumni of the University of Illinois College of Medicine '48 J.F. Wacker '46, MD '48, recently attended the August 2011 White Coat Cer- emony at the College of Medicine's Chicago campus for his grandson, Andrew Mark Widmer '15. Wacker has been a general prac- titioner for nearly 50 years in Men- dota, Ill. He and his grandson share a love of diagnosis and a passion for healing, compassion for patients and their families, and respect for the human body. Wacker enjoys reading nonfiction, fishing, studying nature and being with family. '58 Richard A. Levin- son '56, MD '58, has been promoted from deputy director for policy and pro- grams to interim senior deputy director of the Community Health Administration of the District of Co- lumbia Department of Health. including the best-selling 365 Days, hailed by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet as the best book about the Vietnam War. Glasser attended Johns Hopkins University and medi- cal school and served as a major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during the Vietnam War. '69 '70 Levinson (right), pictured with colleague Ponnuswamy Swamidoss '68 Ronald J. Glasser, MD, Res '68, has written Battered Bodies/Shattered Minds. Published by the History Publishing Company, the book deals with brain injuries from explosives in the Iraq and Afghan wars and the need for ongoing medi- cal attention of injured soldiers. It has been lauded by The Library Journal and Publishers Weekly. Glasser is the author of several other books, years at Kaiser-Permanente in Sacramento, Calif. '77 '78 Georges C. Ben- jamin, MD '78, has been appointed as the fall 2011 Joan H. Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at Hunter College of the City University of New York. Benjamin is currently execu- tive director of the American Public Health Association. Carey Allen Weiss '74, MD '78, FACR, has been inducted as a fellow in the American College of Geoffrey S. Sim- mons '65, MD '69, has written the book Common Sense and Disaster Prepared- ness (Weston Medical Publishers). In this pocket-sized guide, Simmons, a Community Emergency Response Team trainer, provides a primer on disaster preparedness along with life-saving preparatory steps. He is the author of nine books. Robert S. Wein- stein '67, MD '70, is still researching and publishing in the New England Journal of Medicine at age 65. His most recent article was "Glucocorticoid- Induced Bone Disease." Weinstein is a professor of medicine and director of the Bone Morphometry Laborato- ry at the Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Sidney Crain '72, MD '77, has retired at age 60 after working as a medical oncolo- gist for the past 28 People You Know In our last issue we asked if you recognized anyone from this archive pho- to. We heard from three people: John Frisch '51, MD '53, Res '58; Howard Moses '52, MD '54; and James H. Mason, MD, Res '63. All recognized the surgical research laboratory of Warren Cole, MD, at what was then called the University of Illinois Research and Educational Hos- pitals, and Frisch pinpointed the year as 1953. The two residents behind the table were Robert Madden, MD '52, Res '58, and Alvin Watne '50, MD '52, MS '56, Res '58 (Watne died recently; see page 42 for his obituary). Frisch and Mason identified the man at right as Mr. Hoppe, lab manager and technician. None could remember the name of the man in the center of the foreground for certain, although Mason thought he might be John Schneewind '47, MD '49, Res '54. '79 Georges C. Benjamin Radiology, one of the highest honors the ACR can bestow on a radiolo- gist, radiation oncologist or medical physicist. Approximately 10 percent of ACR members achieve this distinction. Weiss is a senior attending radiolo- gist at Mercy Hospital and a clinical assistant professor at the University of Illinois. He is a member of both ACR and the Radiological Society of North America. Daniel H. Angres, MD, Res '79, was again included among the U.S. News & World Report list of "Top Doctors" and the Best Doctors Inc. list of the "Best Doctors in America." Angres is an addiction psychiatrist and medical director of Resurrection Behavioral Health's Addiction Services. An associate professor of psychiatry at both the College of Medicine and Rush University Medical Center, Angres in 1994 founded Rush Behavioral Health, a multisite chemical dependency treat- ment program that was acquired by Resurrection Behavioral Health in 2007. He specializes in treating high-account- ability professionals, especially those in the health care professions, through his Professionals Program, a nationally recognized program for professionals who are in safety-sensitive positions. Angres is the creator of the Positive So- briety Program, an approach that trains ILLINOIS MEDICINE | 39

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