Illinois Medicine

Just before I started classes reflection at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, I was taken on a tour of Cook County Hospital. The odor of the cleaning products made me feel woozy. It made me wonder: If I almost faint in my new environment, have I chosen the right profession? And on the first day of our gross anatomy lab, it was a creepy feeling to cut into the flesh of a human body. After the second lab, however, it wasn't a body I was cutting into, it was just an inanimate object for learning. In my surgery clerkship, I was witnessing the very first cardiac surgical procedures. The surgeons had gained their first experience with surgery on dogs and other lower animals. The mortality rate was over 50 percent, but it was a necessary step in the development of this new and important field. These procedures now have mortality rates of under 5 percent. There was excitement in being elected president of the senior class and in expressing appreciation to the faculty in an address at our graduation. I was greatly moved by the gradual feeling that I was entering an historical profession, a profession with the prospect of great accomplishment and satisfaction and of service to others, a profession with the responsibility of high standards and of continued learning. — PETER BAKER, MD, Class of 1960 in the Barrington area since 1975. He played an important role in the forma- tion of the medical staff and the writing of its bylaws when Good Shepherd Hospital opened in 1979. He was also one of the initial medical staff presi- dents. Bell continues to practice family medicine and is involved in a research project that will enhance the under- standing of the autonomic nervous system and brain stem function. Richard M. Chavis, MD, Res '75, has practiced in Washington, D.C., and Bethesda, Md., for 32 years and has been on the staff of Georgetown University Hospital and Children's National Medical Center. He plans to spend six months each year working in Florida with uninsured patients. He and his wife, Jan, have three children and seven grandchildren. As a former resident of Morton F. Goldberg, MD, he practices the 6 P's—Proper Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. '76 Ernest D. Gutmann, MD, Res '76, is an ophthalmology resident graduate. After many years of private practice at Ravenswood, he now practices at Methodist Hospital in Chicago. Gut- mann enjoys tennis, golfing, reading and collecting wine. He is married to Cheryl and has three daughters. Donald Jacobs, MD, Res '76, cites Joel Sugar, MD, and Jacob Wilensky, MD, as his most influential professors while at the College of Medicine. For the past 15 years, Jacobs has been working at the Cincinnati Eye Institute, a group of 50 physicians. Prior to this he was in private practice for 17 years. He and his wife, Lynn, have three children and one grandchild. '77 '78 '80 '85 44 | SPRING 2 010 Robert G. Einhorn, MD '77, Res '80, of Olney, recently was honored with a Rural Physician of Excel- lence Award. A pediatrician for nearly 30 years, he practices at Weber Medical Clinic in Olney. He enjoys water skiing and being outdoors, and just became certified in scuba diving this past December. Dwight W. Borrow '74, MD '78, of Na- perville, is co-medical director of Laboratory and Pathology Diag- nostics at Edward Hospital and has been on its medical staff since 1996. When not working, Borrow enjoys weight lifting, bicycling and jogging. Mark J. Green- wald, MD, Res '80, is the interim section chief of ophthal- mology and visual science at the University of Chicago. He sees outpatients at the Center for Advanced Medicine on the U of C campus and at Weiss Memorial Hospital. Sheldon L. Brown- stein, MD, Res '85, has been named medical director of electrophysiology ser- vices at West Chester Medical Center in West Chester, Ohio. Brownstein currently practices at Comprehensive Cardiology Consultants Inc. in Cincin- nati and is the medical director of the EP lab at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Kentucky. He was previously a clini- cal assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Benjamin A. Dubin, MD, Res '85, is president of the Chicago Dermato- logical Society, a 350-member associa- A L U M N I S P A Vision to Serve O a simple pair of glasses can really make a difference in a person's life." Friederich has been volunteering his time and services to the homeless of Albuquerque, N.M., since 1989. In 2001, the city of Albuquerque honored him with the Martin Luther King Human Rights Award for his work at the clinic he established more than two decades ago. A one-man operation at the very beginning, the clinic now has two other eye-care professionals who also volunteer at the site, as well as 10 opticians in the Albuquerque area to fill the prescriptions with new frames and lenses. "There's really a great need among the homeless, who have difficulty accessing health care. It means a lot to help people see better. I see many glasses held together with wire or duct tape," he says. Friederich, a native of Pekin, first worked with the Navajos and Zunis in New Mexico after his residency when he served in the U.S. Public Health Service as he fulfilled a military obligation. Making a dramatic difference in people's lives extends to his private practice as well, where he has an emphasis on cataract surgery. He also has participated in eye surgery projects in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Honduras. Friederich says his time at UIC—including his residency under Morton Goldberg, MD—set him up for success. "The best things about my experience in Chicago were the high quality of the education, the faculty and fellow students," he says. "The emphasis on clinical material was a really good preparation for my career." T L I G H T NE OF THE BEST PARTS OF BEING AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST, says Ron Friederich, MD '71, Res '75, is how quickly a person's health issue can be addressed—even more so when that person is homeless. "It's very gratifying," Friederich says, "that

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