2009 Day in the Life Opportunities Guide
What are you doing for Spring Break?
Consider spending some time with one of your best resources—Pritzker Alumni.
Please submit your application for Day in the Life to the Medical & Biological Sciences Alumni Association via fax at (773) 702-1670 or scan and send via email to alumni@bsd.uchicago.edu by Thursday, January 15, 2009.
Click here to download the Day In The Life application.
Below you will find a listing of the experiences offered by geographic region. Under the name of each alumna/us offering an experience, there is information about her/his professional life, lodging and location. The days listed are when the alumna/us is available to have a student at her/his workplace. If you would like to apply for an experience but cannot attend all the days listed, please note this on your application, and we will work with your schedule.
If you have any questions, please contact Alumni Association Staff at alumni@bsd.uchicago.edu or (773) 702-0655.
Chicagoland Experiences
Lampis Anagnostopoulos, SB '57, MD '61
Physician
Northwest Heart Specialists
Arlington Heights, IL
Specialty: Cardiology
Dr. Anagnostopoulos will give the student shadowing him an experience in a cardiology private practice. The student may also accompany Dr. Anagnostopoulos to make rounds in the hospital and attend conferences.
March 23, 24, 25, 26
Student must provide their own transportation and lodging.
Diana Chung, MD '92
Partner
Radiation Oncology Consultants
Chicago, IL
Specialty: Radiation Oncology
Dr. Chung will provide her assigned student with experiences in consultation, treatment decision-making, radiation planning, managing side effects and follow up.
March 23, 24, 26, 27
Student must provide their own transportation and lodging.
Julius W. Few, Jr., MD ’92
Director
The Few Institute
Chicago, IL
Specialty: Plastic Surgery
The student shadowing Dr. Few will have the opportunity to observe a busy plastic surgery practice.
March 24
Student must provide their own transportation and lodging.
*For this experience, it is ideal but not mandatory for the student to have taken their CPP (pathology and therapeutics) course.
James E. Hannigan, Jr., MD ’81
President
La Grange Oncology Associates
La Grange, IL
Specialty: Medical Oncology
The student who shadows Dr. Hannigan will meet patients “with cancer, who had cancer, who are cured, who may be dying—and yet are trying to live as best they can.”
March 23, 24, 26
Student must provide their own transportation and lodging.
Lauren M. Pachman, MD ’61
Professor of Pediatrics – Rheumatology Division
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Director, Program of Excellence in Juvenile Myositis Research
Co-Director, FOCIS Center of Excellence in Clinical Immunology
Children’s Memorial Research Center
Chicago, IL
Specialty: Pediatric Rheumatology
Dr. Pachman’s clinical and research interests center on the regulation of the immune response in children with vascular involvement and rheumatic disease. Her specific focus is the study of factors affecting the onset and course of the most common pediatric inflammatory myopathy, juvenile dermatomyositis. To this end, she has one of the largest clinics in the world for children and a team of clinicians to help children with this disorder. This focus is implemented by both a national NIH funded study of the immunogenetics and clinical profiles of Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) and several general clinical research grants to dissect out the vascular components and mechanism of inflammation in JDM.
The student will meet with members of the translational research lab and experience the organization needed to conduct translational research. The student will attend the afternoon clinic and have the opportunity to meet with a variety of patients who have been diagnosed with JDM.
March 25
Student must provide their own transportation and lodging.
Paul Rockey, MD ’70
Director, Division of Graduate Medical Education
American Medical Association
Chicago, IL
Specialty: Internal Medicine
The student will meet with a number of staff members at AMA to learn how the association advances physician and patient issues nationally.
March 23, 24, 25
Student must provide their own transportation and lodging.
David H. Whitney, MBA '78, MD '80
President
Medical Surgical Dermatology, S.C.
Berwyn, IL
Specialty: Dermatology/Dermatologic Surgery
This experience involves accompanying a busy primarily surgically oriented dermatologist. Dr. Whitney will also discuss the many other career pathways open to a dermatologist.
March 24, 27
Student must provide their own transportation and lodging.
Arizona Experiences
William W. Wong, MD ’86
Consultant
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale, AZ
Specialty: Radiation Oncology
Dr. Wong will provide his assigned student with a great deal of outpatient experience, including new patients, follow-up, management of patients on treatment, participation of multidisciplinary case conferences, and radiation treatment planning. The student will also gain inpatient experience, including hospital consults, occasional procedures using intra-operative radiation therapy or brachytherapy for cancer.
March 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
Dr. Wong will host the student in his home and provide transportation to his workplace.
*Dr. Wong would prefer that the student has already taken their CPP (pathology and therapeutics) course.
Boston Area Experiences
Bruce Becker, MD ’76
Gastroenterologist-Internist
Waltham, MA
Specialty: Internal Medicine and GI
Dr. Becker’s practice is predominantly primary care, but also 20% GI. The student will shadow Dr. Becker in the office and see a wide range of disease. The student will also shadow Dr. Becker at procedures in hospital endoscopy units.
March 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
Student must provide their own transportation and lodging.
Rene Mora, PhD ’88, MD ’89
Chief Scientific Officer
Leerink Swann, LLC
Boston, MA
Specialty: Financial Services (Dr. Mora functions as a technical analyst at an investment bank that specializes in health care.)
Dr. Mora’s schedule is highly variable, and thus it is difficult to predict precisely what this experience will include. His job generally revolves around reviewing literature, speaking to experts, planning conferences, and advising clients on technical issues.
March 24, 25, 26 (two out of those three days)
Dr. Mora will host the student and provide transportation to his workplace on the days the student shadows him.
California Experiences
Michael Brownstein, SB ’62, MD ’66
Plastic Surgeon
Michael L. Brownstein, M.D., FACS
San Francisco, CA
Specialty: Plastic Surgery
The student will see Dr. Brownstein perform transgender related surgery. The student will also observe the pre- and post-operative care of the patients.
March 24, 25, 26
Dr. Brownstein will host the student in his home and provide transportation to his workplace from March 23-26.
Milton Estes, AB ’64, MD ’68
Medical Director, Forensic AIDS Project
City of San Francisco, Department of Public Health
San Francisco, CA
Specialty: Family Practice/HIV
The student will shadow Dr. Estes in two settings:
- Monday: The student will visit a nonprofit suburban HIV clinic with Dr. Estes.
- Tuesday: The student will accompany Dr. Estes to the San Francisco jail system HIV care (forensic AIDS Project).
March 23, 24
Dr. Estes will host the student and provide transportation to his workplace.
* It is preferable but not crucial for the student to have taken their CPP (pathology and therapeutics) course.
Martin J. Fee, MD ’88 and Janis D. Fee, MD (Former U of C Housestaff)
Infectious Disease Specialist
Self Employed
Newport Beach, CA
Specialty: Infectious Disease/OB/Gyn
In this unique opportunity, the student will spend the majority of the time shadowing Dr. Martin J. Fee in his office and at the hospital, but will spend one day in the office with Dr. Janis D. Fee as well. Both of the Drs. Fee are community private practitioners.
March 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
Drs. Fee will host the student in their home and provide transportation to their respective workplaces.
Douglass Given, PhD ’79, MD ’80, MBA
Partner
Bay City Capital, LLC
San Francisco, CA
Specialty: Biopharmaceutical and medical device venture capital
During the experience, the student will attend a deal review logistics meeting and a weekly investment review meeting. The student will meet with eight CEO/business owners for a half-day (CEO Alliance) and attend a telephonic Board of Directors meeting, as well as a portfolio company orientation by investment professionals to the deal/investment process. The student will receive an introduction to the research and reference resources Dr. Given uses.
March 23, 23, 25
Dr. Given will provide economical air transportation reimbursement. He will also host the student, beginning on Sunday evening and provide transportation to/from work.
Dean L. Rider, MD ’78
Physician
Self-Employed
San Francisco, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
Dr. Rider is a clinician whose specialty is gastroenterology.
March Spring Break--Specific Dates TBD
Please contact the Alumni Association Staff for more information on this opportunity.
George Wu, MD ’71
Plastic Surgeon
George Wu Corporation
San Francisco, CA
Specialty: Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
Dr. Wu is the Chief of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery at St. Luke’s Hospital and also has a private practice. His practice is heavily focused on surgery of the upper extremities (with some general plastic surgery cases). The student shadowing Dr. Wu will gain exposure to life in his private practice.
March Spring Break--Specific Dates TBD
Dr. Wu will host the student in his home student and provide transportation to/from work.
*The student should have had enough clinical training to understand pathology and especially anatomy. It is ideal, but not necessary, for the student to be leaning towards a surgical specialty and have some special interest in plastic surgery or hand surgery.
