Dartmouth alumnus Matthew Putnam (D’74, Med’77) talks about his journey from a career in academic medicine to performing surgery on the front lines of the war in Afghanistan.
Alumni
Dartmouth Faculty, Alumni Discuss Advances in Life-Threatening Diseases
Faculty and alumni of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth will discuss recent advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic and life-threatening diseases in a medical education session on Friday, September 19, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
On the Front Line of Health Care in Afghanistan
After ten years working as a neuroscientist, David Royal (’10) decided it was time for a career change. His search for a new career led him to the MS program at TDI. Now he’s putting his TDI education to use every day in Kabul, Afghanistan, helping hospitals transition from being Coalition-led to Afghan-led.
Like Coming Home: Gift Will Benefit Future Students
“It’s my turn to give the next generation the opportunity that I had,” says Alan Mandel ’79, “a great beginning to a lifetime of practicing medicine.”
Gowri Anandarajah (’88): On Doctoring and Spirituality
Gowri Anandarajah, a member of the Class of 1988 and a professor of family medicine at Brown, has studied the place of spirituality in medicine—for both patients and physicians.
Mark Nunlist, TDI ’10: Closing the Gap in Primary Care
Mark Nunlist had been a primary care physician for almost 20 years when he became increasingly aware that there was something missing at the busy and well-respected White River Junction, Vt., practice where he was a partner.
Twenty Years Later: Alumni Reflect on Two Decades in Medicine
Twenty years ago, when they were profiled in Dartmouth Medicine, Jane Auger, Ben Gardner, and Angela Erdrich were Dartmouth medical students and just starting their medical careers. They look back on the changes they’ve seen personally and professionally over the past two decades.
Edward Horton (Class of ’55): 50 Years of Research—and Counting
“I keep telling my staff that I’m going to cut back on travel and stay at home more, that I’m going to take more time off and eventually retire,” says physician-scientist Edward Horton, a 1955 graduate of Dartmouth’s medical school. “They look at me like I’m crazy.”
Nicholas Hill (’73): Forging an Unexpected Partnership
Despite political tensions between Iran and the U.S., Nicholas Hill, a 1973 graduate of Dartmouth’s medical school, has worked with Iranian pulmonologists to improve the treatment of tuberculosis.
Getting Medical Students into the Kitchen
A cooking elective led by Julia Nordgren (’99) teaches students about different diets—and about how to cook healthy, delicious food.
Upcoming Events
- Pediatric Grand Rounds April 24, 2024
- Preventing Overdiagnosis Webinar: Why cancer is our most feared disease. April 25, 2024
- Discovery Science Seminar Series April 29, 2024
- Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series - Akhenaton-Andrew Dhafir Jones III, Ph.D. April 29, 2024
- Psychiatry Grand Rounds April 30, 2024
- Pediatric Grand Rounds May 1, 2024
- Thesis Defense (Kaesi Morelli) May 1, 2024
- Spring DEIB Series "Following the Arc towards Justice: An Editor's Perspective" May 1, 2024
- Spring DEIB Series "Following the Arc towards Justice: An Editor's Perspective" May 2, 2024
- M&I Thesis Defense - Leena Abdullah May 2, 2024
- Microbiology and Immunology Graduate Seminar May 2, 2024
- Dept. of Surgery Grand Rounds May 3, 2024