Alumni Council
School of Medicine and Dentistry Alumni Council
The Alumni Council is the administrative body representing all alumni of the School of Medicine and Dentistry. It is advisory to the Dean and supportive of the faculty, administration, students and alumni.
The Council members serve four-year terms and represent all regions of the United States. The Council meets four times each year.
CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center and UR Medicine, Dean |
Current Position: CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center and UR Medicine, Dean School of Medicine and Dentistry, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, and Associate Director for Clinical Research at the Wilmot Cancer Institute. |
President |
Committee: Executive Committee, Chair Bridge Committee Medical Specialty: Microbiology and Immunology Current Position: Senior VP, Research and Chief Scientific Officer at Vaccinex, Inc. Email: esmith@vaccinex.com Region: Rochester, NY |
Vice President |
Committee: Executive Committee Medical/Scientific Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery Resident Current Position: Senior Researcher, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness: Harvard Medical School, Harvard Business School, Massachusetts General Hospital Email: bernsteindavidn@gmail.com Region: Cambridge, MA |
Members at Large |
Committee: Bridge Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Current Position: Medical Student, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Email: Bianca_duah@urmc.Rochester.edu Region: Rochester, NY |
Committee: Alumni Awards Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Rheumatology Current Position: Retired, Medical Director – MVP Health Email: Pfine@rochester.rr.edu Region: Rochester, NY |
Committee: Alumni Awards Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery, Musculoskeletal Oncology Current Position: Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Email: efox1@hmc.psu.edu Region: Hershey, PA |
Committee: Alumni Awards Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Internal Medicine Current Position: Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry; Retired, Internal Medicine Primary Care/Administration Email: jmhaleyjmh@gmail.com Region: Rochester, NY |
Committee: TBA Medical Specialty: Musculoskeletal Research Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Rochester Email: alayna_loiselle@urmc.rochester.edu Region: Rochester, NY |
Committee: Awards Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Microbiology/Immunology Current Position: Executive Director, Early Clinical Development, Bristol Myers Squibb Email: kofi_mensah@urgrad.rochester.edu Region: Medford, MA |
Committee: Medical Specialty: Current Position: Chief of Anesthesiology & Pain Management at Woodhull Hospital Email: patrickmilord@gmail.com Region: Brooklyn, NY |
Committee: Communications Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Allergist/Immunologist/Food Allergy Specialist Current Position: Allergist at Latitude Food Allergy Care Email: joanne.moreau@hotmail.com Region: Brooklyn, NY |
Committee: Alumni Awards Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Microbiology/Immunology Current Position: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Radiologist, Boston Children’s Hospital Email: jeannette.perez-rossello@childrens.harvard.edu Region: Boston, MA |
Committee: Communications Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Public Health/Genetics Current Position: Pediatric Neurologist, University of Tennessee Medical Center Email: dramirez@utmck.edu Region: Knoxville, TN |
Committee: Awards Committee, Bridge Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Medicine and Neuroscience Current Position: MD/PhD Student, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Email: bryan_redmond@urmc.rochester.edu Region: Rochester, NY |
Committee: Bridge Committee, Member Medical Specialty: PhD-Cellular, Molecular Pharmacology/Physiology Current Position: PhD Candidate, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Email: Michal_Shaposhnikov@URMC.rochester.edu Region: Rochester, NY |
Committee: Medical Specialty: Current Position: Manager, Ohio State College of Medicine Email: patriciasheridan01@gmail.com Region: Columbus, OH |
Committee: Bridge Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Surgeon-Scientist, Urology Current Position: Resident Physician Email: aishalynn@gmail.com Region: Chicago, IL |
Committee: Alumni Council, Ex-Officio Immediate Past President Medical Specialty: Neuromedicine Current Position: Leader of Scientific Communications, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital Email: jennifer.stripay@stjude.org Region: Memphis, TN |
Committee: Communications Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Radiology Current Position: Interventional Neuroradiologist, Mayo Clinic Florida Email: Stone.jeffrey@mayo.edu Region: Jacksonville, FL |
Committee: Executive Committee, Chair Awards Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Internal Medicine Current Position: Retired, Primary Care Physician at Kaiser Permanente in Washington, DC (1984 – 2015) Email: thomastesoriero@gmail.com Region: Washington, D.C. |
Committee: Communications Committee, Chair and Executive Committee, Member Medical/Scientific Specialty: Neuroscience Current Position: Senior Director of Therapeutic Development and Scientist, Pediatrics and Rare Disease Group at Sanford Research; Professor, Department of Pediatrics at University of South Dakota; Chief Science Officer, Amicus Therapeutics. Email: jill.weimer@sanfordhealth.org Region: Sioux Falls, SD and Philadelphia, PA |
Committee: Communications Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Epidemiology Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Rochester Department of Surgery Email: Annalynn_Williams@URMC.Rochester.edu Region: Rochester, NY |
Ex Officio Members
David C. Linehan, M.D.
CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center and UR Medicine, Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University Vice President for Health Sciences
Email: David_Linehan@URMC.Rochester.edu
Eric Vaughn, M.Ed.
Director of Career Services, Graduate Education & Postdoctoral Affairs, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Email: Eric_Vaughn@URMC.Rochester.edu
Diane Frank
Director, Offices for Medical Education, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Email: Diane_Frank@URMC.Rochester.edu
Melissa L. Head '99W (MS)
Executive Director, URMC Academic Programs
Alumni Relations & Engagement
Email: melissa.head@rochester.edu
Mia Cannon
Senior Director, URMC Academic Programs
Email: mcannon7@ur.rochester.edu
Stephanie Ripley
Assistant Director, URMC Alumni Relations
Email: stephanie.ripley@rochester.edu
Lindsay Anderson
Associate Director, URMC Academic Programs
Email: lindsay.anderson@rochester.edu
Colleen Brown
Associate Director, URMC Academic Programs
Email: colleenqbrown@rochester.edu
Alumni Council Committees
Executive Committee: Ernest Smith, Chair
Awards Committee: Tom Tesoriero, Chair
Communications Committee: Patti Sheridan, Chair
Bridge Committee: Ernest Smith, Chair
Next Alumni Council Meeting
To be determined.
Ernest Smith ’97M (MS), ’99M (PhD)
David Bernstein ’16S (MBA), ’20M (MD)
Paul Fine ’57, ’61M (MD), ’66M (Res)
Edward Fox ’91, ’95M (MD)
James M. Haley ’85M (MD), ’88M (Res)
Patrick Milord ’12S (MBA), ’12M (MD)
Jeannette Perez-Rossello '95M (MD)
Denia Ramirez-Montealegre '01M (MPH), '04M (MS), '07M (PhD), '12M (Res)
Bryan V. Redmond '18M (MS), '26M (MD), '26M (PhD)
Patricia Sheridan ’01M (MS), ’03M (PhD)
Jennifer Stripay ’14M (MS), ’16M (PhD)
Jeffrey Stone ’87, ’91M (MD)
Thomas Tesoriero ’81M (MD)
AnnaLynn Williams '08, '19M (PhD)