Class Note 1999
Issue
Nov - Dec 2016
Hello, ’99s!
Another year is quickly coming to a close and I hope you make the most of the holiday season.
Jennifer Lawinski writes that she is enjoying life as editor in chief of online engagement for the RSA Conference—the world’s largest cybersecurity conference—which holds events in San Francisco, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Jennifer took a break from her work travels by taking a road trip around Normandy and Brittany in France with Alyce Erdekian.
In other news, Ruchi (Kaul) Laurita has found an innovative approach to address the healthcare crisis in the United States. Ruchi, a family medicine doctor, offers her patients personalized care that includes direct access to their doctor (no administrative staff), longer consultation times, home visits—even in the middle of the night—and counseling to patients. This approach, known as “direct primary care,” involves doctors taking on a smaller number of patients than usual, in exchange for patients paying a monthly membership fee rather than traditional insurance payments. Ruchi writes that the direct primary care model “embodies why I went into medicine in the first place.” Ruchi’s practice, Maitri Wellness (my3wellness.com), also offers non-Western medical services, including Ayurveda, functional medicine, yoga and meditation, among others. Ruchi lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey, with her husband and daughter and runs into Jaime (Ober) and Steve Jackett and their children from time to time.
That’s all the news for now but I look forward to sharing more updates with you in 2017!
—Tony Perry, 38 Highfield Lane, Maidenhead, SL6 3AP, United Kingdom; tony.j.perry@gmail.com
Another year is quickly coming to a close and I hope you make the most of the holiday season.
Jennifer Lawinski writes that she is enjoying life as editor in chief of online engagement for the RSA Conference—the world’s largest cybersecurity conference—which holds events in San Francisco, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Jennifer took a break from her work travels by taking a road trip around Normandy and Brittany in France with Alyce Erdekian.
In other news, Ruchi (Kaul) Laurita has found an innovative approach to address the healthcare crisis in the United States. Ruchi, a family medicine doctor, offers her patients personalized care that includes direct access to their doctor (no administrative staff), longer consultation times, home visits—even in the middle of the night—and counseling to patients. This approach, known as “direct primary care,” involves doctors taking on a smaller number of patients than usual, in exchange for patients paying a monthly membership fee rather than traditional insurance payments. Ruchi writes that the direct primary care model “embodies why I went into medicine in the first place.” Ruchi’s practice, Maitri Wellness (my3wellness.com), also offers non-Western medical services, including Ayurveda, functional medicine, yoga and meditation, among others. Ruchi lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey, with her husband and daughter and runs into Jaime (Ober) and Steve Jackett and their children from time to time.
That’s all the news for now but I look forward to sharing more updates with you in 2017!
—Tony Perry, 38 Highfield Lane, Maidenhead, SL6 3AP, United Kingdom; tony.j.perry@gmail.com