Class Note 2008
Issue
September-October 2021
Let’s take a tour around America, clockwise from Hanover!
Matt Mackwood is still at Geisel Medical School, increasingly doing research around telehealth, given the “opportunities” presented by the pandemic. He writes in from a beach in Saco, Maine, watching his kids occupy themselves with sand and surf. “Bliss,” he says.
In April Sandy Hunt opened a medical aesthetics practice, the French NP, in Hingham and Brockton, Massachusetts. She specializes in nonsurgical procedures, with a focus on aging gracefully.
Ben Jastrzembski lives in Boston and got a golden retriever puppy named Pumpkin!
Sophie Pauze had a baby boy, Lucas Peper, in October 2020. “Despite being born during a pandemic, he is a healthy 9-month-old who loves to eat, play outside, and scoot around the house,” says Sophie. When you’re reading this, he’s even older!
Meeka Charles and her husband, Brandon ’05, are moving back east to New York City. “Who still lives there and wants to hang out?” asks Meeka.
Meli Garber-Browne is excited to celebrate Jon Hopper’s wedding with fellow ’08s in September! That’s in the past!
Yasmin Kothari and husband Aamir had a daughter, Sabina Kothari, on June 11. They live in Jersey City, New Jersey, and would love to hang out with any alums in the neighborhood.
Let’s head south! After a year stuck in their Manhattan apartment with a baby, Alix Toothman and her husband decided to take advantage of the new hybrid working arrangements and buy a house in Philadelphia! “If anyone else is based in Philly, hit me up,” says Alix. “We need friends.”
Down in the mid-Atlantic Betsy Bryant Struse shares that Dr. Sarah Isbey passed her boards and is now an emergency medicine physician at Children’s National Hospital. Betsy witnessed Sarah’s expertise firsthand when Dr. Isbey stitched up her toddler son’s face in the ER after a gardening accident. Betsy also notes that Andrea Palmer Kleinbard moved to Chevy Chase, Maryland, and welcomed her second child, Eloise Gray Kleinbard, in April.
After years splitting time between work as an autopsy technician and graduate studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Kinsey Stewart is kicking off the last leg of her Ph.D. in anthropology with a cross-country sampling of medical examiner and coroner offices.
On the left coast Tim K. Shen finished his pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in June. “This year has forever changed my outlook,” says Tim. “I’ve gained a lot of faith in and respect for some, lost a lot of the same for others, and bonded heavily with those who slogged through the hospital trenches. It’s a bit cliche but true: It’s hard to really explain to those who weren’t there.” He and Aimy Tran are moving out to the eastern end of the San Gabriel Valley, California, where Tim will be working as a physician and Aimy will be working as a general dentist.
Kate and Taylor Kauer welcomed baby boy James Joseph Kauer into the world on March 5. “We are still in awe and James is taking it easy on us, sleeping a lot and growing too fast!” says Kate. They are living on Mount Tam in Mill Valley, California, and are always up for a hike with any visitors.
Outside the United States, Pat Delgado popped the big question to fiancée Kelsey on a trip to Iceland! Pat proposed while they hiked up the (very!) active Fagradalsfjall volcano. “Yes, the photos were as bonkers as you’d imagine,” Pat says. He notes that the happy couple is looking forward to a loving marriage and a festive Phi Delt wedding!
—Chris Barth, 315 14th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413; (609) 405-9153; cbarthrun@gmail.com
Matt Mackwood is still at Geisel Medical School, increasingly doing research around telehealth, given the “opportunities” presented by the pandemic. He writes in from a beach in Saco, Maine, watching his kids occupy themselves with sand and surf. “Bliss,” he says.
In April Sandy Hunt opened a medical aesthetics practice, the French NP, in Hingham and Brockton, Massachusetts. She specializes in nonsurgical procedures, with a focus on aging gracefully.
Ben Jastrzembski lives in Boston and got a golden retriever puppy named Pumpkin!
Sophie Pauze had a baby boy, Lucas Peper, in October 2020. “Despite being born during a pandemic, he is a healthy 9-month-old who loves to eat, play outside, and scoot around the house,” says Sophie. When you’re reading this, he’s even older!
Meeka Charles and her husband, Brandon ’05, are moving back east to New York City. “Who still lives there and wants to hang out?” asks Meeka.
Meli Garber-Browne is excited to celebrate Jon Hopper’s wedding with fellow ’08s in September! That’s in the past!
Yasmin Kothari and husband Aamir had a daughter, Sabina Kothari, on June 11. They live in Jersey City, New Jersey, and would love to hang out with any alums in the neighborhood.
Let’s head south! After a year stuck in their Manhattan apartment with a baby, Alix Toothman and her husband decided to take advantage of the new hybrid working arrangements and buy a house in Philadelphia! “If anyone else is based in Philly, hit me up,” says Alix. “We need friends.”
Down in the mid-Atlantic Betsy Bryant Struse shares that Dr. Sarah Isbey passed her boards and is now an emergency medicine physician at Children’s National Hospital. Betsy witnessed Sarah’s expertise firsthand when Dr. Isbey stitched up her toddler son’s face in the ER after a gardening accident. Betsy also notes that Andrea Palmer Kleinbard moved to Chevy Chase, Maryland, and welcomed her second child, Eloise Gray Kleinbard, in April.
After years splitting time between work as an autopsy technician and graduate studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Kinsey Stewart is kicking off the last leg of her Ph.D. in anthropology with a cross-country sampling of medical examiner and coroner offices.
On the left coast Tim K. Shen finished his pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in June. “This year has forever changed my outlook,” says Tim. “I’ve gained a lot of faith in and respect for some, lost a lot of the same for others, and bonded heavily with those who slogged through the hospital trenches. It’s a bit cliche but true: It’s hard to really explain to those who weren’t there.” He and Aimy Tran are moving out to the eastern end of the San Gabriel Valley, California, where Tim will be working as a physician and Aimy will be working as a general dentist.
Kate and Taylor Kauer welcomed baby boy James Joseph Kauer into the world on March 5. “We are still in awe and James is taking it easy on us, sleeping a lot and growing too fast!” says Kate. They are living on Mount Tam in Mill Valley, California, and are always up for a hike with any visitors.
Outside the United States, Pat Delgado popped the big question to fiancée Kelsey on a trip to Iceland! Pat proposed while they hiked up the (very!) active Fagradalsfjall volcano. “Yes, the photos were as bonkers as you’d imagine,” Pat says. He notes that the happy couple is looking forward to a loving marriage and a festive Phi Delt wedding!
—Chris Barth, 315 14th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413; (609) 405-9153; cbarthrun@gmail.com