Class Notes

Jay Katzen, M.D. ’72, B.A. ’67, was among six George Washington University alumni who received the 2016 Alumni Outstanding Service Award at the 55th annual Alumni Outstanding Service Awards ceremony.

For Sheila Pinette, D.O., PA ’83, chief health officer for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the path leading to Maine’s highest public health office was a fast-paced and challenging journey — and one that began at the GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) phy

Assad Meymandi, M.D. ’62, Ph.D., Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, was selected to serve as the 2015 Commencement Speaker for William Peace University in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina.

Alan E. Greenberg, M.D. ’82, M.P.H., professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at GW, and director of the District of Columbia Developmental Center for AIDS Research, received the Alvan R.

Class pride runs deep in the culture of GW, and the School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) Class of ’68 has a particularly good reason to be proud. To date, the class has donated more than $1.1 million to GW. That amounts to $23,900 a year, give or take.

After nine years as a member of the George Washington University Board of Trustees, Gerald Lazarus, M.D. ’63, is stepping down, but the School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) won’t let him get away quietly. During this year’s SMHS M.D. Program graduation ceremony Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D.

GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) alumna Lara Oboler, M.D. ’95, member of the SMHS Dean’s Council, recently received the 2014 Alumni Outstanding Service Award.

Seth Rosenblatt, M.D. ’14, M.P.H. ’07, has been named a regional coordinator for the American Academy of Family Physicians National Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) Network.