Andrew Vassil, MD (IM’06, RO’10), an Alumni Association Board Specialty Director representing the Taussig Cancer Institute, is a staff physician and Medical Director for Radiation Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Strongsville Family Health Center. Q. What led you to a career in medicine? Growing up, I loved biology class. After studying plant molecular biology in … Read More
Dr. Steffee’s Pedicle Screw Changed Lives, Including His
Arthur D. Steffee, MD, and Louis Keppler, MD, first met in 1978 as teacher and student. Dr. Steffee was on staff at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland, and Dr. Keppler was a resident at Cleveland Clinic, just as Dr. Steffee had been years before. “I first got to know Art as an intern, and … Read More
Alumni Board Specialty Spotlight
Amar Gupta, MD Welcome to a new series highlighting our Alumni Board Specialty Directors. In this issue, we introduce Amar Gupta, MD (DR’18, ABI’21), a diagnostic and interventional radiologist in Cleveland Clinic’s Imaging Institute. Dr. Gupta, whose specialty is abdominal imaging and intervention, works at main campus and in the west region hospitals. Q. What … Read More
Take a peek inside former gift shop windows
What were once Cleveland Clinic’s gift shop windows are now displays of photos, artifacts and stories of our creation. They are part of a new exhibit gifted from the Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association — inviting us to get to know our founders and our past. The refresh with newly installed monitors brings life to a historic display that has been … Read More
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Dr. Lang Assumes New Role as Alumni Association Board President
During the course of his long and distinguished career at Cleveland Clinic, Richard Lang, MD, MPH (IM’82), has held a variety of clinical, administrative and leadership positions. “It’s been a fun, eye-opening learning process, a growing process,” he says. Now, he looks forward to serving his fellow alumni as the new President of Cleveland Clinic’s … Read More
Dr. Richard G. Farmer is Honored with Alumni Special Achievement Award
Richard G. Farmer, MD, MS, MACP, MACG (Staff’62), is the recipient of the 2022 Alumni Association Special Achievement Award, which recognizes physicians or scientists for exceptional, enduring achievements and leadership that have brought pride and recognition to Cleveland Clinic’s community. Dr. Farmer was on staff at Cleveland Clinic for 30 years, including serving as Chief … Read More
Cardiac Arrhythmia Pioneer Dr. Patrick Tchou Receives Alumni Service Award
Patrick Tchou, MD (Staff’94), 2022 Alumni Association Service Award recipient, is a leader in the field of cardiac arrhythmia treatment who performed catheter ablation from its inception in the early 1980s. In 1986, he was honored with the Young Investigator’s Award by the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. He continues exploring the challenges … Read More
Dr. Yen-Lieberman, Distinguished Alumnus Honoree, Still Loves the Lab
Growing up as the daughter of two college professors, Belinda Yen-Lieberman, PhD (RES/I’78), enjoyed looking through the “big microscope” in her father’s laboratory at the University in Taiwan, where he was Chairman of the Department of Plant Pathology and her mother taught horticulture. When it came time for college, her father insisted that she study … Read More
James B. Young, MD, is First to Receive Distinguished Emeritus Award
James B. Young, MD (Staff’95), says he was surprised to be selected as the first recipient of the Alumni Association Distinguished Emeritus Award. “There have been so many great Cleveland Clinic staff before me,” he says. “This is an extreme honor, and I am so very appreciative.” Cleveland Clinic has surprised him in other ways, … Read More
Dr. Renee Salas is First to Receive Early Career Alumnus Award
Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS (CCLCM‘09), emergency medicine physician and national expert on climate change and health, is the first recipient of the Alumni Association’s Early Career Alumnus Award. The award recognizes exceptional enduring achievements and leadership, as well as dedicated contributions of time, energy and resources to the community. Nominees must be within … Read More