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Mark Alan Burns, MD, HS’87-’91, received the 2005 Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aged. He is a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He lives in New Braunfels, Texas.

Mark B. Silbey, MD, HS’85-’91, is an orthopedic
surgeon and director of sports medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic in Keene, N.H. He also is a consultant for the U.S. Soccer Federation. He lives in Walpole, N.H.

Lisa A. Pawelski, MD, HS’89-’92, a dermatologist
with Dermatologic Care, Inc., in Pittsburgh, Pa., recently visited with current Duke dermatology house staff and explored the pros and cons of various practice types, including salaried HMO, hospital-based multi-doc single specialty, and partnerships. Her husband Ken G. Danchik has been appointed associate organist at St. Paul Cathedral
in Pittsburgh. They have three children—Emily,
15; Elizabeth, 13; and Jim, 11. The family lives in Pittsburgh.

Gregory P. Fontana, MD, HS’84-’93, is vice chairman of surgery and the pediatric surgeon in chief at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif. He and his wife Jeannie, MD, PhD, have three children—Conrad, 15; Christina, 14; and Antonio, 4. The family lives in Los Angeles.

Steven T. Ehrreich, MD, HS’91-’94, is medical director for the Department
of Neurology at Children’s Hospital of Central California in Madera, Calif. He and his wife Lisa have two children—Alexandria, 10; and Maxwell, 6. The family lives in Clovis, Calif.

Stephen P. Combs, MD, HS’92-’95, has completed evaluation and accreditation for the Certified Physician Executive designation from the American College of Physician
Executives. Combs also has been appointed vice-president for medical affairs at Wellmont Health Center at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., where he lives.

Karim Damji, MD, HS’95, a physician at the University of Ottawa Eye Institute in Ottawa, Canada, is co-author of Shields’ Textbook of Glaucoma, 5th ed. He recently completed his executive MBA and has developed clinical partnerships between the University of Ottawa Eye Institute and academic eye institutes in Africa and Asia. He and his wife Salima Somji live in Ottawa.

Thomas A. Grady, Jr., MD, HS’92-’95, a cardiologist with the Cardiovascular Group of Syracuse in Liverpool, N.Y., teaches at St. Joseph’s Hospital and at Syracuse University. In addition to maintaining a clinical practice, he coaches his 11-year-old daughter Maggie’s softball team. He and his wife Carolyn also have twin boys—Patrick and Ryan, age 2. The family lives in Fayetteville, N.Y.

Suzanne Logio, MD, HS’92-’95, is the program director for the internal medicine residency at Indiana University in Indianapolis. She and her husband Stephen J. Wilson, MD’92, HS’98-’00, an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Indiana
University, have three children—Matthew, 6, and 4-year-old twins Ainsley
and Johnathan. The family lives in Zionsville.

Anna L. Wildermuth, MD, HS’93-’95, is a private- practice pediatrician with Froberg Pediatrics in Lafayette, Ind. She and her husband Michael have three children: Andrew, 10; Madeleine, 8; and Isabella, 7. They enjoy jamming to classic
rock tunes with their family band. They live in Lafayette.

Cynthia R. Jackson, MD, HS’93-’96, continues in her role as regional medical
director for Quintiles, Inc., in Research Triangle Park in Morrisville, N.C. She also serves as leader of the Global Therapeutic Infectious Diseases and Pediatrics Team within Quintiles. She remains as a Duke faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics. She and her husband John Jackson, MD, MPH, PHD, live in Chapel Hill.

Michael Lloyd Parks, MD, T’86, HS’90-’96, has been named chief of the Division of Orthopedic Surgery at North General Hospital in New York City and remains co-chief of Total Joint Replacement Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He lives in New York City.

Douglas S. Files, MD, HS’94-’97, is currently deployed to Afghanistan on active duty with the U.S. Air Force. He is serving as chief flight surgeon in a plywood hospital where he cares for military pilots and advises local Afghan doctors.
His home is in Palm Bay, Fla.

Michael Cannon, MD, HS’95-’98, has been promoted to associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology Section on Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He and his wife Karen live in Clemmons, N.C.

Minakshi Madan, MD, HS’96-’99, has been named director of interventional
cardiologyresearch at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center at Sunnybrook & Women’s College in Toronto, Canada. She and her husband Vijay Chauhan have two children—a daughter Anjali, 4, and son Ashwin, 2. The family lives in Toronto.