The McGlothlin Medical Education Center opened with a daylong celebration in April. James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin were on hand, along with other donors to the project, including 1978 classmates Tom Scalea, Debbie Clapp and John Scandling. Jerry Strauss III, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the medical school, welcomed hundreds of alumni and friends to events that were a highlight of Reunion Weekend.

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School of Medicine on Virginia Commonwealth University’s Medical College of Virginia Campus

summer 2013

H undredsofalumniwereonhandforthe

grandopeningoftheJamesW.andFrancesG.

McGlothlinMedicalEducationCenterinApril.

Theoccasionalsocelebratedthecompletionofthe

firstphaseofthemedicalschool’sfundraising

campaignthatraised$190millioningiftsand

pledges,including$44.8millioninsupportofthe

educationcenter,atotalthatsurpasseditsinitial

goalby$7million.

“Thisfacilityisatestamenttotheloyaltyand

commitmentofouralumniandfriends.Theirgifts

andpledgeshavefueledthefirstphaseofwhat

willclearlybethemostsuccessfulfundraising

campaigninthemedicalschool’shistory,”said

with a foundation of givingNewCenterOpens

AttheheartoftheMCVCampus,theJamesW.andFrancesG.McGlothlinMedicalEducationCenterissituatedat12thandMarshallstreetswheretheA.D.WilliamsClinicformerlystood.DesignedbyI.M.Pei’sinternationallyacclaimedarchitecturalfirm,thefacilitywillallowtheSchoolofMedicinetopioneernewapproachesfortrainingphysicians. Youcantracetheprojectonline,where41monthsofnewscoveragehasbeendistilledintoadozenslides.Withlinkstophotogalleriesandstories,thetimelinechroniclesprojectmilestones,fromitslaunch,totherenovationofthecurriculum,therestorationof70-year-oldmuralsandthecenter’sremarkablesimulationandstandardizedpatientprograms.

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JerryStraussIII,M.D.,Ph.D.,deanofthemedical

schoolandexecutivevicepresidentformedical

affairsfortheVCUHealthSystem.

Theunprecedentedlevelofsupportwasanchored

bya$25-millionleadgiftfromtheMcGlothlins,

whomadetheirgiftinhonoroftheirfriend

NeurosurgeryChairHarryYoung,M.D.

Thecenteropensinamilestoneyearinwhichthe

medicalschoolmarksits1838founding.Tofurther

commemoratethe175thanniversary,laterthisyear

themedicalschoolwillembarkonthesecondphase

ofitscampaign,akeyfeatureofwhichwillbeaschol-

arshipendowmenttosupportthestudentswhowill

trainintheMcGlothlinMedicalEducationCenter.

175Buildinginthetraditionofthe

MedicalCollegeofVirginia

years

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Take Offs, Match Day and Graduation are a trio of milestones that close our medical students’ four years. This year, the Class of 2013 continued the medical school’s tradition of matching to top choice

residency programs. Thirty-nine percent of the students are headed into primary care fields with

dozens more matching into highly competitive fields including Thoracic Surgery, a specialty

that only offers 12 training spots in the entire U.S.

Classof2013Celebrates

73inPrimaryCare(31incategoricalInternalMedicine,21inFamilyMedicineand21inGeneralPediatrics)•17inAnesthesiology•13inEmergencyMedicine•

10inOrthopaedicSurgery•8inObstetricsandGynecology•6inDermatology•6inDiagnosticRadiology•6inNeurology•6inOphthalmology•4inPhysi-

calMedicineandRehabilitation•4tomilitaryprograms•3inUrology•3inOtolaryngology•1inPlasticSurgery•1inNeurosurgery•1inThoracicSurgery

Formany,thatfinancialassistancemakesiteasiertofollowdreams

ofpracticinginanunderservedareaortofacethefuturewithoutthe

burdenofheavydebt.

WhenhearrivedontheMCVCampusin2005,DeanofMedicine

JerryStraussIII,M.D.,Ph.D.,wasdeterminedtomakeamedical

educationmoreaffordableforourstudents.

“Throughasustainedeffortofholdingtuitionincreasestoa

minimum,ourmedicalschool’stuitionisnowthelowestinVirginia

forresidentsoftheCommonwealth,”saysDr.Strauss.Nowhe’s

recruitingpartnersforthesecondhalfoftheequation.“Wehavea

responsibilitytoprovidemeaningfulscholarshipsupporttothe

medicalstudentswhostudyinthetraditionoftheMedicalCollege

ofVirginia.”

Hereyou’llfindabbreviatedstoriesofahalfdozenofthosepartners.

Nearly half of the graduating students benefited from scholarships made possible by private and school-based funds.

CareersinMedicine

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theMedicalCollegeofVirginia

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You can find out if any graduates are headed to your area:

Partofourgraduatingstudents’successcanbeattributedtotheClassof1997’sChrisWoleben.ThePediatricEmergencyMedicinephysicianalsoservesastheschool’sassociatedeanforstudentaffairs.Inthatcapacity,he’sbeenthearchitectofafour-yearadvisingprogramthathelpsmedicalstudentsselecttheirpathsinmedicineanddevelopcareerplanningskills. “Accordingtosurveysofourstudents,approximately65percentchangetheirmindsduringmedicalschoolaboutthemedicalspecialtytheywanttopursue,”Dr.Wolebensays.“ThegoalofCareersinMedicineistohelpstudentsfindtheirfitwiththespecialtythatbestsuitsthem.” Thiswinter,heexpandedhisreachtothenation’s80,000medstudentswhentheAAMCaskedhimtoserveasaguestcolumnist.HisperspectiveonhowmedicalstudentscanmakethebestuseoftheM4yearwasfeaturedintheAAMC’sChoicesnewsletter.

You can read their full stories onlinehttp://go.vcu.edu/GAWSummer13

Chris Woleben, M’97, and Janet Mundie at Match Day. Janet Mundie has helped 36 classes of M4s navigate the Match process.

WhenMasonandWyatt Beazley, M’61,

madeprovisionsforascholarshipintheir

estateplans,longtimefriendsCaroland

CarterFoxwantedtohelpspeedthings

alongsothatthatthecouplecouldactually

meetrecipientsduringtheirlifetime.

With$120,000ingiftsandpledgesraised,

theWyattS.BeazleyIII,M.D.Scholarship

willgotoworknow,honoringaskilledand

much-lovedsurgeon,andalsohelping

thosewhowanttofollowinhisfootsteps.

It’snoteverydaythata

husbandhonorshiswifewitha

$1.5millionscholarship,butfor

Gerry Robbins, M’83,along

andfruitfulcareerwouldn’thave

beenpossiblewithoutherlove

andsupport.Gerryandhiswife

Colettehaveestablishedatrustto

fundascholarshipfollowingtheir

deaths.Bothagree,“nothingis

worthhavingifitisn’tshared.”

GratitudeMovesPatientstoHonorSurgeon

Losingaparentisheartbreaking.Losingtwo

withineightweeksisdevastating.Diane Devita, M’96,wasinmedicalschoolwhenthatblow

came.Shethinksotherschoolsmayhaverequired

hertotakethesemesteroff.Butfacultyatthe

SchoolofMedicineallowedhertostudyfromhome

andtakeherexamswhenshereturned.Itisinthis

spiritofcompassionthatsheandhersisterLynette

Freemanareendowingascholarshipasatribute

totheirparentswho,withnoformaleducationof

theirown,instilledintheirchildrenthepowerto

endureandtheabilitytosetagoalandachieveit.

Whoknewthatagroupofguys

whostudiedtogetherwould

remainclosefriendslongafter

leavingtheSchoolofMedicine?

Forthisgroupofalumniit’snot

justaloveoftravelthathelps

bindthemtogether,butalsoan

appreciationfortheireducation

andexperienceattheSchoolofMedicine.Somuchso,they’veestablished

theMonumentAvenueScholarshiptocommemoratethegoodol’daysand

helpfuturestudentsatthesametime.

Aschairofherreunionclassgiving

efforts,Pat Koors, M’71,spread

herenthusiasmforscholarshipsto

herclassmates.Soinhonoroftheir

40thReunionin2011,theydecided

tomakealastingdifferencefor

medicalstudents.Astheclassplans

fortheir45thReunionin2016,the

Classof1971Scholarshipisagain

atthetopoftheirfundraisinggoals.

175Graduatinginthetraditionof

theMedicalCollegeofVirginia

years

You can read their full stories onlinehttp://go.vcu.edu/GAWSummer13

Celebratingthemarriagethatsurvivedmedschool

ClassmatesMark40thReunion

MonumentAvenue’swhereitallgotstarted

MemorializingMomandDad Taxlawchangeopensopportunity

“WhenIwasinmedicalschool

Iwascalledintothedean’soffice

–youcanimaginehowscared

Iwas,”Lewis D. Johnson, M’65

said.Hewassurprisedtolearn

he’dbeenchosenfora$500

scholarship.“Iwasveryapprecia-

tive.I’dneverbeengivenany-

thing.”Tomakeagiftofhisown,

Dr.Johnsontookadvantageof

acharitablerolloverextension

thatallowstaxpayers70½andoldertomake

tax-freetransfersofupto$100,000fromtheir

IRAs.Thescholarshipwillcarrythenames

ofDr.Johnsonandhiswife.“Haditnot

beenforLucy,

Iwouldn’t

havemadeit

throughmedical

school,”hesaid.

“We’vebeen

fortunate,and

nowwe’regoing

tosharewith

others.”

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(804) 828-4800, toll-free at (800) 332-8813, or by

email at MedAlum@vcu.edu.

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Contributing Writer: Nan Johnson

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The McGlothlin Medical Education Center opens in a milestone year that marks the medical school’s 1838 founding. Over those 175 years, the medical school has welcomed generations of physicians, some even hailing from the same family. You’ll find many of those family names on an honor roll of donors that proudly lists the hundreds of alumni and friends who supported the building project. James E. Gardiner, M’78, is pictured here with his son Daniel, who is a rising third-year medical student.

Honor Roll Chronicles Generosity

Reunion Weekend

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Hundreds of alumni returned

to the MCV Campus for

class parties, campus tours,

a career fair for medical

students and the grand

opening of the McGlothlin

Medical Education Center.Reunion Weekend 2014

April 11-13, 2014 for class years ending in a ’4 or ’9

Reunion Weekend 2015April 17-19, 2015 for class years ending in a ’5 or ’0

Mark your calendars for

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