DukeMed Alumni News
Fall 2007

Class Notes:
1990s


Jeffrey David Byers, MD’92, HS’93-’96, was recently elected president of the Nashville Dermatology Society. In 2003 he released a CD of original Christian songs called Jeff Byers: The Hour Has Come. He and his wife Janet, G’90, A’90, have four children: Daniel, 12; Jessica, 9; Stephen, 7; and Andrew, 5.

Sharon Marie Castellino, MD’92, HS’94-’97, received a Lance Armstrong Foundation Young Investigator Award in her primary clinical and research area, childhood cancer survivors. She says her son Andreas, 10, is a rabid Duke basketball fan. He and her husband Renato M. Santos, MD, HS’90-’95, are also avid bikers, and each year Andreas participates in the annual Brett’s Ride for Rhabdomyosarcoma. Her daughter Olivia, 6, is a budding dancer and violinist.

Carlos Sidney Ince, Jr., MD’92, was recently elected president of the medical staff at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md. He also serves on the board of directors for Midatlantic Cardiovascular Associates. He and wife Tammy will celebrate their 13th wedding anniversary in September. They have three children—Alyssa, 9; Cody, 6; and Ashley, 1.

Robert J. Dabal, MD’95, married Jamie Deanna Box in April at the Florida Yacht Club in Jacksonville. Many Duke School of Medicine classmates attended. Dabal is an assistant professor for pediatric cardiovascular surgery at the University of Florida, Wolfson Children’s Hospital. The couple lives in Jacksonville.

Nathaniel John Moore, MD’95, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 Award in the Social Responsibility category in the Rocky Mountain Region. The award, which was presented in June at an Ernst & Young gala event in Denver, Colo., recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic, growing businesses. Moore is president and founder of Rocky Mountain Urgent Care located in Denver. He is now eligible for consideration for the entrepreneur of the year national award.

Sara Flora, MD’97, has worked for the past six years as an emergency physician in Louisville, Ky. Now working night shifts exclusively, she says she is enjoying “the variety and the moments of unexpected humor.” She also is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Along with her husband Brian, she spends her free time going on vacations to the beach, fishing for tiger sharks, gardening, and playing with their children—Ryan, 9, and Sydney Paige, 2.

David E. McCarty, MD’97, is completing a part-time fellowship in sleep medicine and will sit for the board exam this November. His wife Emma, a physician, has started the first concierge medical practice in the Shreveport, La., area where they live. They have two daughters, Jacqueline, 5, and Audrey, 2.

Shannon Denise Norris, T’93, MD’97, was made a partner last July in her group practice, Northside Radiology Associates, in Atlanta, Ga. She specializes in women’s imaging, particularly breast procedures and breast MRI. She and her husband Shawn have a daughter Grayson, 2, and live in Atlanta.

Kelly McDonough Butnor, MD’97, HS’02, a pathologist with Fletcher Allen Health Center in Burlington, Vt., is a member of the College of American Pathologists Cancer Committee, which sets national guidelines for the reporting of lung cancer and mesothelioma resection specimens. She and her husband John have a 6-month-old basset hound puppy and live in Charlotte, Vermont.

Meera Srinivasan Garcia, MD’97, is the medical director of a skin care spa in Atlanta, Ga., called About Face Skin Care. She is also on the membership committee at the American Urogynecologic Society. Her husband Paul, MD, PhD, currently is in his second year of anesthesiology residency at Emory University. The couple lives in Decatur, Ga.

Jason M. Jacobs, MD’97, has been running his own practice— Premier Eye Care and Surgery, P.C.—in Denver, Colo. since 1995. He and his wife Victoria, L’96, have a daughter, Tabitha, 3, and were expecting their second child this summer. They live in Aurora, Colo.

Joseph S. Miles, T’93, MD’97, an attending physician with Pennsylvania Cardiology Associates in Philadelphia, and his wife Jessica Salzberg Miles, T’93, welcomed their second child—daughter Elizabeth—in March. She joins sister Katherine, 3. He is the recipient of the Edward Viner Teaching Award from the medical house staff of Pennsylvania Hospital, one of the teaching hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital System. The family lives in Philadelphia.

Sean Paul Montgomery, MD’97, and his wife Ranee Chattarjee, MD’97, are living and working in Atlanta, and raising their two daughters, Meera, 3, and Meya, 5. Sean is a trauma/critical care fellow at Emory-Grady Memorial Hospital. In 2003-04 he did an eight-month deployment to Iraq as a surgeon in the U.S. Army. Ranee currently is back in school working towards an MPH degree at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. She also is working at the Atlanta VA Medical Center.

Edward G. Neyman, MD’97, and his wife Elina, welcomed their first child—daughter Evelyn— in May. He is a radiologist with HeartScan of Chicago, and lives in Wilmette, Ill.

Sylvia Ann Owen, MD’97, HS’98-’01, enjoys exploring “off the beaten path” portions of the United States and abroad on her BMW motorcycles and hopes to complete an extended motorcycle tour in 2008. She is a physician with Dermatology Associates, PLLP, in Kalispell, Mont. Outside of work she also enjoys photography, cycling, kayaking, and hiking. She has eight nieces and nephews.

Frank Tull IV, MD’97, and Stacey Saito Tull, MD’97, recently celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary. Frank is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in joint reconstruction in his private practice in St. Louis, Mo. Stacey is a dermatologic surgeon and divides her time between being an assistant professor at Washington University and her private practice, which she recently opened. They live St. Louis with their son Cooper, 5, and daughter Katie, 3. They recently went through a major home renovation and addition to welcome Stacey’s parents.

Rebekeh Ruth White, MD’97, HS’97-’05, is back at Duke after finishing her general surgery residency at Duke and a surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She and her husband Mark W. Onaitis, MD’97, HS’97-’07, Duke assistant professor of thoracic surgery, are expecting their first child in October. They live in Durham.