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class notes News and Updates From Alumni of the Universi ty of Il l inois Col lege of Medicine and Medical Center '60 Irwin Menachof, MD, Res '60, was a clinical instructor and later a clinical assistant professor and volunteer at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary for 30 years. He went into private practice with Howard Tessler, MD, in 1974, with the Medical Eye Specialists group in Gurnee, Ill. Since 1994, Menachof has been the volunteer alumni director at the University of Lausanne in Swit- zerland, where he completed his MD training. He is also a founding member of the Waukegan Chamber Music Soci- ety and has served as its president for 40 years. His wife, Pat, passed away from breast cancer in 2007. He has three children and five grandchildren. '70 Paul Kaufman, MD, Res '70, retired last May from the practice he helped start 37 years ago—South- western Ear, Nose and Throat, in Santa Fe, N.M. Now his plans include part-time work and volunteering. The Pittsburgh native went to medical school at the University of Pittsburgh. After graduation, he enlisted in the Army during the Vietnam War and was stationed in Korea after his internship at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. After his residency at the University of Illinois, he and his wife, Lisa, returned to a place they loved to vacation, Santa Fe, and he launched his practice. The Kaufmans have five children. '71 George Witteman, MD '71, Res '77, practiced as an oph- thalmologist at the Eye Clinic of Wisconsin, in Wausau, Wis., from 1977 to 2006. He and his wife, Pat, became fascinated George Witteman, MD '71, Res '77 with the Pueblan Indian cultures of 1,000 years ago, and when they retired to Sedona, Ariz., in 2006, Wit- teman became active as an archaeo- logical docent at the Sinaguan/Ana- sazi ruins. In addition, he is involved in adult, outdoor, adventure education with Exploritas, Inc. (formerly Elder- hostel) as a hiking trip leader. He currently serves as president of the Sedona Westerners, a 350-member hiking club that hikes five days a week from Labor Day to mid-May. '74 James P. Borgstede '70, MD '74, is an associate professor of radiology and vice chair of the depart- ment of radiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver. He has been a trustee for the American Board of Radiology since 2005 and is now that orga- nization's president- elect. A former president of the Colorado State Board of Medical Ex- aminers, Borgstede has received the University of Colorado Outstanding Clinical Faculty Teaching Award three times, and he has served as chair of the Board of Chancellors of the American College of Radiology as well as its president. In 2007, he received the ACR's William T. Thorwarth Award for excellence and merit in economics and health policy. Borgstede is also an expert in economics and health policy and has testified before Con- gress regarding those issues. '75 '78 '84 Jerome J. Epplin '81, MD '75, Res '78, was named the 2010 "Clinician of the Year" by the American Geriatrics Society. He is a partner in the Litchfield Family Practice Center and a clinical professor in the department of family medicine at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. He and his wife, Renee Epplin '74, have resided in Litchfield, Ill., since 1978. They are the parents of three children, Kate, Luke and Rachel. Geoffrey R. Keyes, MD, Res '78, is a plastic surgeon in private practice at the Keyes Surgery Center in Los Angeles. He is board-certified in two medical specialties: plastic surgery and otolaryngology–head and neck surgery. Keyes is president of the Aes- thetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation, the California Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons. L.D. Britt, MD, Res '84, FACS, MPH, SCCM, became chief of trauma, professor of surgery and later the first African-American to obtain an endowed chair of surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He has re- ceived numerous awards, including the Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Award from the American Associa- tion of Medical Colleges, the highest education award in medicine. Britt's research interests have led to more than $2.8 million in grant money, and he maintains a basic science lab inves- tigating the role various cellular media- tors play with regard to septic shock. Leadership roles have placed Britt on 37 different regional, national and inter- national professional societies. He was appointed to the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Board of Regents in 2002. Britt received an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his work on "Youth Violence: A Call to Dis- arm." He is married to fellow physician Charlene Britt, MD, and they have one daughter, Avery Marie Britt. Michael Y. Lee '80, MD '84, was reappointed as chair and professor in the department of physical medicine & rehabilitation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill through 2015. Lee has been the chair of the depart- ment since 1994. He will continue as medical director of the UNC Health Care Rehabilitation Center as well as medical director of UNC occupational and physical therapy. He completed his residency in 1988 at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine/ Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Ad- ditionally, he holds a Master of Health- care Administration from the School of Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill. '85 John Isaac Delgado, MD '85, is celebrat- ing 20 years in private practice in gastroenterol- ogy and hepatology. He serves as chief of the division of gastro- enterology at Tampa General Hospital and medical director of Leda on Swann Medical Aesthetic Spa in Tampa, Fla. Byron R. Tabbut, MD, Res '85, has been president of the Wheaton Eye Clinic, a group with four offices in the Chicago area and 25 physicians on staff, for the past eight years. Tab- but was the ophthalmology university fellow in 1985, studying under Howard Tessler, MD. He and his wife, Marilyn, have three grown children. When he's not working, Tabbut enjoys volunteer- ing at his church, gardening and being outdoors. '86 Paul A. Kinsinger '81, MD '86, is a board-certified family physician who practices at Illini Family Medicine in Washington, Ill. His practice ranges from providing newborn care at the lo- cal hospitals to being co-medical direc- tor of the hospice program at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria. Kinsinger is also the inventor of Dr. Paul's Piggy Paste Gel, a cosmetic toenail gel in- tended to treat toenail fungus. Passion- ate about the University of Illinois, the packaging and branding of his product is orange and blue. Kevin L. Ziffra, MD '86, Res '91, has been in private practice since 2001 with three other physicians, with offices in Park Ridge and Buffalo Grove, Ill. They have a special interest in thyroid 34 | WINT ER 2 011

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