Class Note 1995
Issue
November-December 2021
Congratulations to Aya Kamaya on the recent publication of the second edition of her 2015 book, Diagnostic Ultrasound of the Abdomen and Pelvis. Aya has written four books on the topic of ultrasound. She is a professor of radiology at Stanford University, where she is chief of the division of body imaging. Aya is also a course director for the Winter Imaging in Beaver Creek conference from CME Science. Calling all radiologists out there, you can get your continuing education points and ski with Aya this January!
David Yuan may be interested. He’s a radiologist at Kern Radiology in Bakersfield, California. David went to medical school in Syracuse, New York, where he met his wife, Ellen. David did a fellowship in musculoskeletal imaging and then moved out to California. He has three kids, the eldest of whom is applying for colleges and hopes to go to Dartmouth.
Amy Barnhorst, an emergency and inpatient psychiatrist,is on faculty at the University of California Davis School of Medicine and is director of the BulletPoints Project for the UC Firearm Violence Prevention Center. “My wingwoman on this project is Rocco Pallin ’13, and our project, funded by a generous grant from the State of California, is the first of its kind in the nation, though certainly will not be the last, given the interest it has generated.” Amy and Rocco are nationally recognized experts in gun violence prevention and the role of healthcare providers in prevention of firearm injury and death. The BulletPoints Project, which provides clinical tools for preventing firearm injury, has attracted interested collaborators and funders from across the nation, ranging from healthcare organizations such as Kaiser and Northwell to research organizations such as Affirm to advocacy organizations such as Moms Demand Action and the Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. Interested in learning more? Check out their website, bulletpointsproject.org.
I end this column with the devastating news of two classmates’ deaths in August. The bells of Baker Tower ring for Michael Chen of Hong Kong, who died of cancer, and our class Empathos committee co-chair Brenda Rangel, who passed away unexpectedly from Covid-19 in Texas. They both will be terribly missed. To quote Henri-Frédéric Amiel, “Life is short. We don’t have much time to gladden the hearts of those who walk this way with us. So, be swift to love and make haste to be kind.” I will add to that, remember your classmates. If there’s someone you were close to during our college days whom you miss or wonder about, reach out to them; call, text, arrange to meet in Hanover (perhaps at our July 2022 reunion) or somewhere down the street. You can use the alumni directory or search our class reunion book (dartmouth.brightcrowd.com/1995) and reach out. It’s one special way to honor the memories of Mike, Brenda, and all those we’ve lost.
—Kaja (Schuppert) Fickes, 2 Bishops Lane, Hingham, MA 02043; kaja.k.fickes.95@dartmouth.edu
David Yuan may be interested. He’s a radiologist at Kern Radiology in Bakersfield, California. David went to medical school in Syracuse, New York, where he met his wife, Ellen. David did a fellowship in musculoskeletal imaging and then moved out to California. He has three kids, the eldest of whom is applying for colleges and hopes to go to Dartmouth.
Amy Barnhorst, an emergency and inpatient psychiatrist,is on faculty at the University of California Davis School of Medicine and is director of the BulletPoints Project for the UC Firearm Violence Prevention Center. “My wingwoman on this project is Rocco Pallin ’13, and our project, funded by a generous grant from the State of California, is the first of its kind in the nation, though certainly will not be the last, given the interest it has generated.” Amy and Rocco are nationally recognized experts in gun violence prevention and the role of healthcare providers in prevention of firearm injury and death. The BulletPoints Project, which provides clinical tools for preventing firearm injury, has attracted interested collaborators and funders from across the nation, ranging from healthcare organizations such as Kaiser and Northwell to research organizations such as Affirm to advocacy organizations such as Moms Demand Action and the Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. Interested in learning more? Check out their website, bulletpointsproject.org.
I end this column with the devastating news of two classmates’ deaths in August. The bells of Baker Tower ring for Michael Chen of Hong Kong, who died of cancer, and our class Empathos committee co-chair Brenda Rangel, who passed away unexpectedly from Covid-19 in Texas. They both will be terribly missed. To quote Henri-Frédéric Amiel, “Life is short. We don’t have much time to gladden the hearts of those who walk this way with us. So, be swift to love and make haste to be kind.” I will add to that, remember your classmates. If there’s someone you were close to during our college days whom you miss or wonder about, reach out to them; call, text, arrange to meet in Hanover (perhaps at our July 2022 reunion) or somewhere down the street. You can use the alumni directory or search our class reunion book (dartmouth.brightcrowd.com/1995) and reach out. It’s one special way to honor the memories of Mike, Brenda, and all those we’ve lost.
—Kaja (Schuppert) Fickes, 2 Bishops Lane, Hingham, MA 02043; kaja.k.fickes.95@dartmouth.edu