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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 twice each year.

President

Jennifer Stripay ’14M (MS), ’16M (PhD)

Committee: Executive Committee, Chair

Medical Specialty: Neuroscience, Neuro-Oncology

Current Position: Post Doctoral Fellow, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Email: jennifer.stripay@stjude.org

Vice President

James M. Haley ’85M (MD), ’88M (Res)

Committee: Executive Committee and Alumni Awards Committee

Medical Specialty: Internal Medicine

Current Position: Chair, Department of Medicine, Unity Health System, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Email: James.Haley@rochesterregional.org

Past President

Michael Schneider ’73, ’77M (MD)

Committee: Bridge Committee, Chair, and Executive Committee

Medical Specialty: Internal Medicine

Current Position: Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Email: Michael_schneider@urmc.rochester.edu

Members at Large

James Brodell ’83M (Res)

Committee: Alumni Awards Committee, Chair

Medical Specialty: Orthopaedics

Current Position: Solo private practice, Warren, Ohio

Email: jbchodan@windstream.net

Paul Fine ’57, ’61M (MD), ’66M (Res)

Committee: Alumni Awards Committee

Medical Specialty: Internist

Current Position: Medical Director, MVP Health

Email: Pfine@rochester.rr.edu

Edward Fox ’91, ’95M (MD)

Committee: Alumni Awards Committee

Medical Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery, Musculoskeletal Oncology

Current Position: Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Email: ejfoxmd@urgrad.rochester.edu

Humberto Mestre Payne

Committee: Bridge Committee

Current Position: MD/PhD Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program

Email: humberto_mestre@urmc.rochester.edu

Allison Ramsey ’05M (MD), ’08M (Res), ’11 (Flw)

Committee: Communications Committee

Medical/Scientific Specialty: Internal Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Email: allisoncramsey@gmail.com

Douglas D. Reh ’01M (MD)

Committee: Communications Committee

Medical Specialty: Otolaryngology

Current Position: Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic, Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Associate Program Director, Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Medical Director, Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery at Green Spring Station, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Email: dreh1@jhmi.edu

Kurt Schilling ’87M (MS), ’90M (PHD)

Committee: Communications Committee

Medical/Scientific Specialty: Microbiology/Immunology

Current Position: Senior Vice President Basic Science Research & Advanced Technologies, Estee Lauder, Inc.

Email: kschilli@estee.com

Ernest Smith ’97M (MS), ’99M (PhD)

Committee: Bridge Committee

Medical Specialty: Microbiology and Immunology

Current Position: Senior VP, Research and Chief Scientific Officer at Vaccinex, Inc.

Email: esmith@vaccinex.com

Jeffrey Stone ’87, ’91M (MD)

Committee: Communications Committee

Medical Specialty: Radiology

Current Position: Interventional Neuroradiologist
Mayo Clinic Florida

Email: Stone.jeffrey@mayo.edu

Thomas Tesoriero ’81M (MD)

Committee: Bridge Committee

Medical Specialty: Internal Medicine

Current Position: Retired, Primary Care Physician at Kaiser Permanente in Washington, D.C

Email: thomastesoriero@gmail.com

Jill Weimer ’97, ’04M (MS), ’06M (PhD)

Committee: Communications Committee, Chair

Current Position: Associate Director and Scientist, Sanford Research

Email: jill.weimer@sanfordhealth.org

Annalyn Williams '08, '11 (MS)

Committee: Bridge Committee

Current Position: Doctoral candidate in the Public Health Sciences epidemiology program

Email: Annalynn_Williams@URMC.Rochester.edu

Ex Officio Members

Mark B. Taubman, M.D.

CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center and UR Medicine, Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences

mark_taubman@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

Jolie R. Spiers '17S (MBA)
Senior Director for Alumni Relations & Volunteer Engagement, URMC Academic Programs

Email: jolie.spiers@rochester.edu