A Life Fulfilled
To die with dignity, a patient lives with purpose.
Front and Center
Lynn Taylor moves hepatitis C from the sidelines to the mainstream.
Richard E. Frates Sr., MD P’81 MD’85
Richard E. Frates Sr., 85, of Barrington, RI, died July 9. He was a graduate of Boston College and Tufts…
Marjorie Drucker Thompson ’74 PhD’79, P’02, ’07, ’09, ’12, ’15, ’16
Marjorie Thompson, 60, of Providence, died September 15 after a long illness. After receiving her ScB in biochemistry and PhD…
A Towering Vision
A professorship helps diagnostic imaging build on its success.
The Legacy of Nazi Physicians
A medical student faces hard truths
Ruth B. Sauber P’75
Ruth B. Sauber, 90, of Providence, died September 17. As medical student affairs officer at Brown, she worked with every…
Stephen H. Petersdorf ’80 MD’83, P’13
Stephen H. Petersdorf, 55, of Seattle, WA, died June 28 after a courageous fight against cancer. Born in Baltimore and…
Opinion: Legal vs. Moral
Should doctors participate in capital punishment?
Make Yourself Useful
Lifesaving skills are needed earlier in medical education.
In Their Nature
When Katherine Smith, PhD, realized the potential of her human infectious disease research to define the relationship between global epidemics…
Diagnostic criteria for Christian Syndrome
New diagnostic criteria for Christianson syndrome may double the number of cases of the autism-like condition and provide the most…
Ice Bucket Challenge
Members of the MD Class of 2018 took the Ice Bucket Challenge, a viral social media campaign for amyotrophic lateral…
Doctor to Doctor: Therapeutic Microbes
Are fecal transplants the answer to C. diff infection?
The Real World
Studying abroad shows students varying health systems
The Summit
An eye surgeon sets his sights on curing blindness.
Power Tools
Yu fights cancer, one byte at a time.
Colors on the Autism Spectrum
A mother and her son help a researcher find purpose.
The Head and the Heart
A new professorship in neuroscience honors a legacy.
Milton W. Hamolsky, MD
Four Decades of Leadership
William R. Thompson, MD
William R. Thompson, 84, of Warwick, RI, died January 15, 2014. Bill, a clinical professor of surgery emeritus at Alpert…
Marvin S. Kerzner, MD
Marvin S. Kerzner, 83, of Providence, died December 5, 2013.
Jennifer A. Daru MD’97
Jennifer A. Daru, 42, died March 23, 2014, in Kentfield, CA, after a two-year battle with cancer.
Christopher C. Badger ’73 MD’76
Christopher C. Badger, 62, of Morrisonville, NY, died January 7, 2014.