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William N. Wessinger, MD, HS’77-’81, has been
designated a Certified Physician Executive by The
Certifying Commission in Medical Management.
He is medical director of clinical resource anagement
at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Ga., where he lives. The designation indicates that a physician has achieved superior levels of professional excellence and management
education, while also demonstrating effective
knowledge and leadership skills.

George S. Ellis, Jr., MD, HS’79-’82, was installed
as the 101st president of the Southern Medical
Association (SMA) at its 100th annual meeting
in Charlotte, N.C., in October. He is the third
ophthalmologist to serve as president and
specializes in pediatric ophthalmology and adult
strabismus. The SMA is a multi-specialty medical
association that meets for the exchange of medical
information. He lives in New Orleans, La.

Mary M. Deland, MD, HS’78-’82, a radiation
oncologist and president of OncoLogics, Inc. in
Lafayette, Ind., has been awarded fellowship in
the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO), and in 2007 will be awarded fellowship in the American College of Radiology. She says that this year her company had the distinction of acquiring the first privately owned Tomo-Therapy radiation unit in Louisiana. She also recently presented results of her pilot study titled “LED Photomodulation to Reduce Inflammation Following Radiation Treatment of Breast Cancer” at the ACRO 16th annual meeting. She has been invited to present her findings to the International Master Course on Aging Skin meeting to be held next year in Paris, France. She lives in Lafayette.

Elise A. Olsen, MD, HS’80-’83, a Duke professor of medicine, has been named president of the International Society of Cutaneous Lymphomas. Her daughter
Jenny Cheesborough, T’05, is a second-year medical student at Emory University. Her son Kurt Cheesborough is a sophomore at UNC.

Rex McCallum, MD, HS’80-’86, has been the associate medical director of Duke’s Private Diagnostic Clinic for the past three-and-a-half years. In his free time he
enjoys exercising, and recently took up golf. He and his wife Jan, A’81, have two children— David, a second-year student at North Carolina Central University; and
Kim,T’08, a Duke junior. The McCallums live in Durham.

Jorge Gamba, MD, HS’82-’86, a radiologist in Jacksonville, Fla., and his family recently celebrated a friend’s 50th birthday James Bond themed party. In photo from left are: daughter Christina, Jorge, his wife Ann, son Tommy, and daughter Carmen. Jorge says he was instrumental in re-inventing the toga party genre during his Duke residency.

William J. Richardson, MD, HS’82-’86, G’06, is vice chairman of the Department of Surgery at Duke. He recently received a master’s of health sciences degree at Duke. His wife Angela, PA’06 recently completed the physician’s assistant program at Duke. Their daughter Erin, T’07, is a Duke senior.

Philip J. Fracica, MD, HS’81-’87, currently is working in Phoenix, Ariz., in a combined clinical, teaching, and administrative capacity at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center/Barrow Neurological Institute— the largest acute care hospital in Arizona. He is medical director of the Hospital Quality Improvement Department, the medical ICU, Respiratory Care Services; and the Hyperbaric Medicine Clinical Service. He also works as medical director of Donor Network of Arizona, the organ procurement organization for the state, and holds an appointment as assistant professor of clinical medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. This year he is working toward an MBA degree. His wife Lisa is a former clinical microbiology lab supervisor at Duke. They have two children—Elizabeth, 16, and Philip, 14—and live in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Ralph A. Liebelt, MD, HS’82-’88, is a surgeon with Triangle Orthopaedic Associates in Durham, where he lives with his wife, Marie.