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44 | S U M M E R 2 0 1 7 Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, Ill. He also serves as vice president of the Aerospace Medical Association, where he is a fellow and life member. In his 24th year in the U.S. Navy, Dalitsch has been selected for promotion to captain. He previously served as the force surgeon for the Naval Air Forces, Pacific Fleet in San Diego and as senior medical officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Dalitsch also spent three years in charge of public health for the Naval Hospital in Naples, Italy. Rolando Toyos MD '94, MA, has published the book, "Dry Eye Disease Treatment in the Year 2020," in which he focuses on treatments that have been proven to work. Toyos' invention of Intense Pulse Light for dry eye disease is now used by top treatment centers throughout the world. His innovations have won awards from UNESCO and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Toyos has tackled some of the most difficult dry eye cases, providing relief when other remedies have failed. Stuart King '90, MD '95, MBA '10, and his wife, Terri King, DO, presented a lecture to College of Medicine at Urbana- Champaign students titled, "Career Exploration Series: The Two Physician University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Thoelke, who still spends two- thirds of his time on clinical services, became the first hospitalist at Barnes- Jewish Hospital in 1998. He helped form the Hospital Medicine Division in 2000, one of the first in the U.S. Steven H. Kroft, MD '91, has received the Mastership Award from the American Society for Clinical Pathology in recognition for his long and distinguished service to the fields of pathology and laboratory medicine, and to the Society. A past president and board member of ASCP, Kroft currently serves on the Commission for Science Technology and Policy and co-chairs the Lymphoma Guidelines Committee. Kroft is professor and executive vice chair of pathology, director of clinical pathology and hematopathology and residency program director at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Kroft is a member of the editorial boards of the American Journal of Clinical Pathology, International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, and Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. Lauren Hana, '88, MD '92, is a physician at the Boca Grande (Fla.) Health Clinic. Hana completed her residency at Northwestern University in Evanston and at Glenbrook Hospital, then moved back to her hometown of Kankakee, Ill., where she worked in private practice in general internal medicine for 15 years, specializing in the treatment of chronic medical conditions in adults. Board- certified in internal medicine, Hana moved to Florida when her daughter decided to attend the University of Florida, and she soon began working as a hospitalist doing in-patient work in Gainesville. She previously worked at the University of Florida as a full-time assistant professor and hospitalist physician. Walter Dalitsch '88, MD '93, MPH, is the chief medical executive for the Captain James A. where he helps manage orthopaedic services from Santa Barbara to San Diego. He has been actively involved with the AAOS for more than 15 years, serving on committees and participating in the Leadership Fellows Program as both a mentor and a fellow. Additionally, he represents all California orthopaedic surgeons as a member of the California Orthopaedic Associations' Presidential Line. Navarro has co-authored a number of articles on shoulder and knee surgery. A Peoria campus graduate, he completed orthopaedic residency training at Harbor UCLA Medical Center with a post-residency fellowship program at the University of Pittsburgh in shoulder surgery, sports medicine and arthroscopy. Robert W. Panton MD, Res '90, was re-elected vice speaker of the Illinois State Medical Society in 2016. A member of the ISMS since 1987, Panton serves on the board of trustees and in the House of Delegates. A former president of the Chicago Medical Society, Panton is also a member of the American Medical Association and a fellow of both the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American College of Surgeons. Board-certified in ophthalmology, he has been an admitting physician at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Elmwood Park, Ill., since 1993. A graduate of Brown University Medical School, Panton completed an internship in internal medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center, followed by a residency in ophthalmology at the University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. He also served a fellowship in cornea and anterior segment surgery at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Mark S. Thoelke '82, MD '90, was recognized with the 2016 Award for Clinical Excellence in Hospital Medicine by the Society of Hospital Medicine. Thoelke is the chief of hospital medicine at Washington Octavio Diaz MD '87, MPH, has been appointed chief medical officer of Tenet Healthcare Corporation. With nearly three decades of clinical experience and 16 years of executive healthcare leadership, Diaz works to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided throughout Tenet's network of 79 hospitals and affiliated facilities. He previously served as the CMO for Tenet's Florida and Northeast regions. A Rockford campus COM alum, Diaz began his career with Tenet in 2004 at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., first as chief of the emergency department and later as CMO. Board-certified in emergency medicine, he holds a master of public health degree from Boston University. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. George Bell '84, MD '88, recently joined Novant Health Family and Internal Medicine South Brunswick in North Carolina. Bell completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the VA West Los Angeles Medical Center and is board certified in internal medicine. Adrienne L. Fregia MD '88, recently served as vice president of the Illinois State Medical Society. A board-certified internist specializing in gastroenterology, Fregia is a sole practitioner in Flossmoor, Ill. An ISMS member since 1993, she previously served as secretary-treasurer, and she now serves on the Council on Education and Health Workforce. She is a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, the American Gastroenterological Association and the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Locally, Fregia has been a member of the Chicago Medical Society since 1993, most recently serving as the board chair. She completed residency and fellowship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Ronald Navarro, MD '88, has been named a board member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Navarro is the regional chief of orthopaedic surgery at Kaiser Permanente in southern California, '88 '90 Octavio Diaz Robert W. Panton Steven H. Kroft Lauren Hana Ronald Navarro Mark S. Thoelke '87 '91 '93 '94 '95 '92 Walter Dalitsch Rolando Toyos