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A L U M N I S P tion consisting of practicing dermatolo- gists from the Chicagoland area as well as several neighboring states. His term is from June 2009 to June 2010. Dorothy Moore, MD, Res '85, is in solo practice at the Delaware Eye M.D. Associates in Wilmington, Del. She is mar- ried and has two children, a fresh- man in college and a freshman in high school. Moore is very involved in her field at the state level, but when she has spare time she enjoys the perform- ing and visual arts. '87 Luis G. Fernandez III, MD, Res '87, was awarded the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution American- ism Medal for the state of Texas, Mary Tyler chapter. Chairman of trauma and surgical critical care at Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, Texas, and brigadier general of the Texas State Guard Medical Brigade, Fernandez was selected on his qualities of leadership, trustworthiness, patriotism and service. The DAR Americanism Medal is the highest award given by the organization to a naturalized citizen. Board-certified in several specialties, Fernandez is the recipient of numerous medical and military awards, and holds member- ships in 40 professional medical societ- ies. His academic positions include clinical assistant professor of surgery and family practice at the University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, adjunct professor of nursing and medicine and physician preceptor at the Univer- sity of Texas at Arlington, and clinical professor of surgery at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. '88 Daniel Billman, MD, Res '88, joined St. Luke's Pediatric Associates. He is board- certified in pediatrics and neonatal/prenatal medicine. Bill- man received his medical degree and completed his internship at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Beach, N.J., a residency in neonatology at UIC and a fellowship at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Brenda L. Brak '83, MD '88, of Lake Barrington, has been in private practice in family medicine since 1991 and is on the medi- cal staff of both Good Shepherd Hospital and St. Alexius Medical Center. She enjoys being involved in her children's school and community activities and is an advisor for the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps. Anne Coleman, MD, PhD, Res '88, is a professor of ophthalmology in the Jules Stein Eye Institute of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, as well as a professor of epide- miology in the UCLA School of Public Health. She holds the Frances and Ray Stark Endowed Chair and is director of the Jules Stein Eye Institute Mobile Eye Clinic. Coleman also is secretary of quality care and director of the Hoskins Center for Quality Eye Care with the American Academy of Ophthalmol- ogy. She is married to Tom Belin, PhD, and has a daughter, 12, for whom she enjoys being a "Soccer Mom." George Reiss, MD, Res '88, com- pleted his fellowship in glaucoma with Drs. Eve Higgenbotham and Jacob Wilensky at the Eye and Ear Infirmary in 1988. He married Maria in 2009 and they have six dogs. Reiss focuses on glaucoma and cataract surgery and is in private practice with an associate. He is a member of the Arizona Ocular Trauma Service that covers the state for ocular trauma cases. He plays ice hockey and has served as team ophthalmologist for the NHL Phoenix Coyotes since 1997. '89 Ronald D. Ford, MD '89, FACS, has been appointed program director of the Grand Rapids Medical Educa- tion and Research Center/Michigan State University Plastic and Recon- structive Surgery Residency Program. He is currently a partner in Elite Plastic Surgery of Grand Rapids, Mich., and is fellowship- trained in hand surgery, with special interest areas including breast, hand and cosmetic surgery, and cancer and burn reconstruction. Ford is also an assistant professor at I T L I G H T Building a Teaching Tool T'S NOT OFTEN THAT AN ACTIVE FACULTY MEMBER gets a center at a major university named after him. But the two-year- old, 34,000-square-foot Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education at the University of Miami, honoring cardiologist Michael Gordon, MD '61, is proof that it's not impossible. Gordon has been a pioneer for more than 40 years and has been presented with the highest teaching award given by the American College of Cardiology. His work with simulators trains thousands of first responders each year—in fact, medical professionals from all over the world travel to Miami for training from Gordon. Gordon created his first medical man- nequin in the mid-1960s. Named Harvey, it weighed 675 pounds. Today, the latest iteration of Harvey—the eighth one—weighs a mere 83 pounds. Before his stints at Miami, the National Institutes of Health, Georgetown and the Mayo Clinic, Gordon called Chicago home. He graduated from UIC with two degrees at the same time, an MD as well as a master's degree in physiology. "I love the medical center. It gave me the best possible preparation. I learned how to study there," he says. UIC professor and cardiologist George Kondos, MD, is part of Gordon's MIAMI Group, a think tank of medical leaders from major universities and hospitals. He has used Harvey for more than 20 years to train more than 2,000 students on the art of the cardiovascular physical exam. "Dr. Gordon really taught me how to teach and, more importantly, how to love teaching," Kondos says. "The gleam in a medical student, resident or cardiology fellow's eyes when they have mastered the cardiovascular physical exam is rewarding, and that's due to the work of Dr. Gordon and his group at the University of Miami." MSU's College of Human Medicine in the department of surgery and chief of surgery at Saint Mary's Mercy Medical Center in Grand Rapids. Luis R. Munoz, MD, Res '89, MPH '91, is president and medical director of Work Care Medical Center, a clinic that provides immigrants with examinations as well as travel medicine and work injury treatments. He is an associate professor in the department of medical education at the College of Medicine and is active on the board of directors for the Cook County Bureau of Health. He is one of the founders and director of the Illinois Hispanic Physician Association and an advocate for Illinois Hispanic public health care issues and medical education oppor- tunities for Latino students. Munoz has been an ambassador for the Hispanic Center of Excellence at UIC and in 2007 became a part-time member of its staff. '90 Lawrence J. Bartusek '79, MD '90, is a partner with Pathology Consultants at Delnor Hospital in Geneva. He completed his intern- ship, residency and fellowship at the University of California, San Fran- cisco. When not working, both he and his wife, Sandy, keep busy with their three sons' school sports and music activities. James J. Gomez, MD '90, of River Forest, is in private practice in Melrose Park and is also an assis- tant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Loyola University Medical Center. In addition, he is the assistant chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Loyola University Medical Center–Gottlieb Memorial Hospital. He and his wife, Anita Alvarez, Cook County state's at- torney, both enjoy running and are the I L L INOI S MEDICINE | 45

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