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Lillian M. Teigland, MD’80, DC, has opened a new practice in Charlotte called South Park Family Physicians. Her first associate hired was James W. Schaffer, T’90, MD’94. Teigland’s husband
Chris, T’76, MD’80, continues to thrive in his role as chairman of the Department of Urology at Carolinas Medical Center. He maintains a private practice in urologic oncology as well as teaching and performing clinical and basic science research. They have two grown children—Peter, 23; and Claire, 20, a Duke junior—and live in Charlotte.

David Calcagno, MD’82, left his busy vascular surgery practice this year and opened an office limited to treating varicose vein disease. He says the quality time it has allowed with his family has been priceless. His prior career included surgery residency at Cornell, a fellowship at The Mayo Clinic, four years on the Georgetown faculty, and 15 years practicing in Harrisburg, Pa. He lives in Mechanicsburg, Pa., with his wife Elizabeth, and says he would welcome e-mail from old friends at vasculardoctor@ comcast.net.

Kemp H. Kernstine, T’78, MD’82, and his family moved to California
two and a-half years ago, a decision that he says “has been good for our family.” He and his wife Cass have five children—four of them in college. He has left his
traditional academic career to work in a private cancer center in Los Angeles, where he manages a chest disease service line and performs robotic and standard chest surgical procedures.

Martin A. Morse, MD, T’79, MD’83, DC, continues with his solo practice in plastic and reconstructive surgery in Great Falls, Va. He also continues to perform limb-saving surgery on injured U.S. soldiers and Marines from Iraq and Afghanistan. For his efforts he was recently awarded a Meritorious Service Medal from U.S. President George W. Bush. He lives in Vienna, Va.

Joseph R. Newton, Jr., MD’84, a cardiothoracic surgeon, has been named director of Thoracic Surgical Services at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va., where he lives.

William R. Lewis III, MD’85, DC, has been appointed full professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the University of California-Davis Medical Center. He also has been named the Cardiology Consultant of the Year by the California Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. He and his wife Julie live in Sacramento, Calif.

Thomas F. Slaughter, MD’87, HS’88-’92, a professor of anesthesiology
at Wake Forest University, has been named head of the Section of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia in the Department of Anesthesiology. The section oversees care of more than 600 patients per year who are undergoing heart and lung surgeries. Before joining Wake Forest in 2004 he was a faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University and at Duke.He and his wife Janie live in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Perry F. Cook, A’82, MD’88, is still practicing radiology at Lander Valley Medical Center—a small hospital in Lander, Wyo. She and her husband Richard have two teenage children and live in Lander on a ranch with cattle and horses.

Angela D. Odom- Austin, MD’89, is a pediatrician at Pediatrics At The Hamptons in Hampton, Va. In 2004 and 2005 she did medical missionary work in Kenya and is planning another trip soon. She would love to hear from Duke Medicine
contacts in Kenya.