Kohn Teaching Fellowships Announced by the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

June 15, 1998

The Department of Medicine at the University of Rochester's School of Medicine and Dentistry has announced the appointments of seven Lawrence A. Kohn Senior Teaching Fellows for 1998-1999.

The following physicians have been reappointed as fellows: S. Zane Burday, M.D., John Chamberlain, M.D., clinical assistant professor of pediatrics; James Haley, M.D., clinical assistant professor; Robert Kerper, M.D. clinical assistant professor; Mary Labanowski, M.D., clinical assistant professor of medicine; and Michael S. Schneider, M.D., clinical assistant professor of medicine. Appointed for the first time as a fellow is Margaret Bergin, M.D., clinical assistant professor of medicine.

Physicians whose academic titles include the "clinical" designation maintain private offices in the community as well as teach and fulfill other responsibilities within the Department of Medicine at various Rochester- area hospitals. Drs. Burday, Haley, Kerper, Labanowski and Bergin all teach at Strong Memorial Hospital; Dr. Chamberlain teaches at Rochester General Hospital; and Dr. Schneider teaches at the Genesee Hospital.

The fellowships honor the memory of Lawrence A. Kohn, M.D., a well-known and greatly respected Rochester physician who, in 1925, was the first chief resident of medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital and the first clinical professor of medicine at the School of Medicine and Dentistry. The fellowships were established in 1966 by Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert J.C. McCurdy.