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Paul Abson, MD, HS’86-’91, the chief of surgery with the Everett Clinic in Everett, Wash., also is a lieutenant colonel and a flight surgeon with the U.S. Air Force. He lives in Everett.

J. Eugene “Gene” Lammers, MD, MPH, HS’91-’93, has been promoted to the newly created position of medical director of Senior Patient Safety and Quality for Clarian Health Partners in ndianapolis, Ind. He provides geriatric medical expertise and manages quality improvement initiatives within the Clarian hospitals and its partner institutions. He also is an adjunct clinical professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He lives in Carmel, Ind.

Stephen F. Kingsmore, MD, HS’88-’93, is president of the National Center for Genome Resources in Santa Fe, N.M., an independent research institute focused on improving human health and nutrition by translating bioscience research with computing and math. His research is focused on the development of biomarkers to predict outcomes in infectious diseases and disease gene discovery by genome sequencing. He and his family live in Santa Fe.

David S. Ruch, T’84, HS’93-’94, is an orthopedic surgery professor and director of hand surgery at Duke University Medical Center. He and his wife Susan, T’84, L’87, have three children and live in Chapel Hill.

Jean-Francois Tanguay, MD, HS’93-’95, an interventional cardiologist, currently is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Montreal School of Medicine and invited lecturer at McGill University. His current research interests focus on estrogen and vascular healing, platelet-leukocyte interactions, vulnerable plaque and acute coronary syndrome. He is a fellow of the American Heart Association, the American College of cardiology, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada. He and his wife Helene Massicotte live in Montreal.