Class Note 1988
Issue
July-August 2022
Greetings, ’88s. Following up on my last column, which featured updates from numerous classmates in California, I will start with a few more.
Elizabeth (Apple) Fee has taught math and money to middle schoolers in the Bay Area for the last 12 years and is happy to be back in the actual classroom after teaching virtually in the pandemic. She is adjusting to the empty-nest life now that both her kids have graduated from college and recently has begun skiing again after two pandemic knee surgeries.
Ted Waters, who lives in San Diego, also has been enjoying some skiing. Earlier this year, he spent a terrific four days in Park City, Utah, hosted by Sturgis Woodberry. Traveling from all across the country to join the trip were Fred Ludtke, Brad Grenham, and H.J. Kim. Ted reports they had a blast while skiing in spring-like conditions in February.
Next we turn to news from several doctor classmates who are doing great things.
Sarina Schrager has been appointed editor-in-chief of Family Medicine, the official journal of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. Having served as a family medicine educator for more than 25 years, Sarina’s work in her new role will include highlighting scholarship on issues of primary care education as well as seeking out diverse voices as editors, peer reviewers, and authors. In the announcement of her appointment, Sarina’s colleagues lauded her as having “a truly impressive track record of success in the editorial world” and “a collaborative leadership style.” Previously Sarina served as editor-in-chief of Wisconsin Medical Journal, medical editor for Family Practice Management, and editorial board member of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine and coedited five books.
A group of classmates who are ophthalmologists have been busy collaborating. Bill Trattler is working with Neil Friedman to update the fourth edition of their ophthalmology boards review book, to be published this summer. Bill joined fellow ophthalmologists Rex Hamilton and Amir Khan at an industry event in Washington, D.C., this spring and participated, along with Amir, in a panel discussion organized by Janine (Rausch) Eagle at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, which she joined in 2020 as a pediatric ophthalmologist.
Bill, who lives in Miami, joined Larry Spiegelman, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Miami, to celebrate their 30th reunion at University of Miami Medical School earlier this year. Bill and his wife, who also is an ophthalmologist, have four children, from college-aged to preschool. Bill took a break from all the various ophthalmology-related events to get together recently with Jeff Carton when he was visiting Miami.
Finally, I am pleased to report that Matthew Garcia received the Vermont Bar Association Pro Bono Attorney Award earlier this year. Cited in support of the award was Matthew’s pro bono representation of more than 120 people around the state, especially in adult guardianship cases, since 2012. Matthew serves as the executive director of the Windsor County Mentors, which aims to help youth thrive by creating intergenerational mentoring relationships.
—Tory Woodin Chavey, 128 Steele Road, West Hartford, CT 06119; dartmouth88classnotes@gmail.com
Elizabeth (Apple) Fee has taught math and money to middle schoolers in the Bay Area for the last 12 years and is happy to be back in the actual classroom after teaching virtually in the pandemic. She is adjusting to the empty-nest life now that both her kids have graduated from college and recently has begun skiing again after two pandemic knee surgeries.
Ted Waters, who lives in San Diego, also has been enjoying some skiing. Earlier this year, he spent a terrific four days in Park City, Utah, hosted by Sturgis Woodberry. Traveling from all across the country to join the trip were Fred Ludtke, Brad Grenham, and H.J. Kim. Ted reports they had a blast while skiing in spring-like conditions in February.
Next we turn to news from several doctor classmates who are doing great things.
Sarina Schrager has been appointed editor-in-chief of Family Medicine, the official journal of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. Having served as a family medicine educator for more than 25 years, Sarina’s work in her new role will include highlighting scholarship on issues of primary care education as well as seeking out diverse voices as editors, peer reviewers, and authors. In the announcement of her appointment, Sarina’s colleagues lauded her as having “a truly impressive track record of success in the editorial world” and “a collaborative leadership style.” Previously Sarina served as editor-in-chief of Wisconsin Medical Journal, medical editor for Family Practice Management, and editorial board member of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine and coedited five books.
A group of classmates who are ophthalmologists have been busy collaborating. Bill Trattler is working with Neil Friedman to update the fourth edition of their ophthalmology boards review book, to be published this summer. Bill joined fellow ophthalmologists Rex Hamilton and Amir Khan at an industry event in Washington, D.C., this spring and participated, along with Amir, in a panel discussion organized by Janine (Rausch) Eagle at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, which she joined in 2020 as a pediatric ophthalmologist.
Bill, who lives in Miami, joined Larry Spiegelman, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Miami, to celebrate their 30th reunion at University of Miami Medical School earlier this year. Bill and his wife, who also is an ophthalmologist, have four children, from college-aged to preschool. Bill took a break from all the various ophthalmology-related events to get together recently with Jeff Carton when he was visiting Miami.
Finally, I am pleased to report that Matthew Garcia received the Vermont Bar Association Pro Bono Attorney Award earlier this year. Cited in support of the award was Matthew’s pro bono representation of more than 120 people around the state, especially in adult guardianship cases, since 2012. Matthew serves as the executive director of the Windsor County Mentors, which aims to help youth thrive by creating intergenerational mentoring relationships.
—Tory Woodin Chavey, 128 Steele Road, West Hartford, CT 06119; dartmouth88classnotes@gmail.com