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People You Know novel cancer therapeutics, from new target identification through first-time-in-man trials and beyond. He also leads pediatric oncology drug development efforts for GSK Oncology. Blackman's focus on cancer drug development began after completing a pediatrics residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and a pediatric hematol- ogy/oncology fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. He subse- quently served for more than two years in the experimental medicine/ oncology group at Merck Research Laboratories. Blackman balances his time between cutting edge sci- ence, clinical medicine and spend- ing time with his wife and daughter. In our last issue, we asked if you recognized anyone from this archive photo. William E. Meisenheimer '44, MD '46, wrote to identify one of them: "The last lady on the right in the picture of the librarians is Mrs. Leigh E. Alexander (I've forgotten her maiden name), who married Raymond Alexander, MD '46. They were married in November or December of 1945 and after graduation in June 1946 went to the U.S. Naval Hospital in Oakland, Calif., for internship. They lived and Ray practiced in Mount Vernon, Ill., for over 30 years, and they had four or five children. Ray died in the '80s, and Leigh died several years later. Two of their sons and a daughter became MDs at UIC. Last time I knew they still resided at the Alexander compound in Mount Vernon, Ill. Ray and I roomed together in pre-med at Carbondale, Ill., and at UIC until I married in 1945." his residency in anesthesiology at Mas- sachusetts General, holds a doctorate in physiology from Pennsylvania State University and has completed postdoc- toral studies in vascular pathology at the University of Chicago. is the assistant professor of surgery in the department of plastic and oral surgery, Vascular Anomalies Center at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School. '97 '98 Chi Cheung, MD '98, an internist with Adams Internists, was elected to the Northern Berk- shire Healthcare (NBH) Arin K. Greene, MD '97, MMSc, has co- edited a book, Vascular Anomalies: Clinics in Plastic Surgery. Greene Chi Cheung, MD '98 Board of Trustees. He will serve as liaison to the NBH Ethics Committee. Cheung, who is board-certified in internal medicine, joined Adams Internists in 2001. He earned his medical degree from the College of Medicine at Rockford and served his residency at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. He also holds a law degree from New York University. '01 Samuel C. Black- man, MD '01, PhD '05, is the director of the oncology early development unit at GlaxoSmithKline. Based in Philadel- phia, he leads the development of Kristen E. Holland, MD, Res '01, has been appointed medical director of dermatology at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, where she is a pediatric dermatolo- gist. She also serves as assistant professor of dermatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. After receiving her medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, Holland completed an internship in internal medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Board-certified in der- matology and pediatric dermatol- ogy, she completed her residency in dermatology and a fellowship in pediatric dermatology at the Medi- cal College of Wisconsin. Holland resides in Whitefish Bay, Wis., with her husband and two sons. '05 Vijay Khiani '01, MD '05, joined the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in digestive diseases and nutrition as medical director of the esophageal Vijay Khiani '01, MD '05 program and as as- sistant professor of medicine. He is also the founder of New Life Volunteering Society, a non- profit that helps to provide community service, education and health care to those in need. After attending the University of Illinois at Chicago for both his undergraduate work and medical school, Khiani completed a residency in internal medicine and international health at Case Western Reserve Uni- versity and the University Hospitals of Cleveland. He completed a gastroen- terology/hepatology fellowship at Yale University. Laura M. Seske '05, MD '10 '10 Laura M. Seske '05, MD '10, was awarded the St. Louis Chil- dren's Hospital Annual President's Award for her service, dedication to patient care and fulfillment of the hospital slogan of "doing what's right for kids." It was the first time in the award's 40-year history that a resident received the award. Tell us what you're up to! Your classmates are curious about what you are doing. Fill them in by sending your latest news and accomplishments to medcomm@uic. edu, and we'll be sure to include it in the next issue of Illinois Medicine. ILLINOIS MEDICINE | 41