This from David Corteville

Hey everyone, Just wanted to say hi. Tiffany, Alethea and I are doing well. We just got back from a house hunting expedition and ended up buying an old home in a great neightborhood in Ypsilanti. We'll be moving in the first week in June. Our new address will be 916 Pleasant Dr.Ypsilanti, MI 48197 If you want to see pictures of our chubby babe or the house check out the link below.

Dave

http://picasaweb.google.com/davidcorteville

This is what Joe Ix had to say when I asked him about the recent fires in his area...

Jeff:

Our place did fine, but my folk’s house (where I grew up) went down. They’ve got architect plans and will be rebuilding soon. Interesting, my sister went into labor that same night and delivered a pre-me (34 weeks) within hours of when the house burned. It put everything in healthy perspective – no house and lost tone of memories, but a new grand-son/nephew/son, and everyone is healthy. Funny how things work some times.

Joe

From Garth Beinart

Hi Jeff,Great email. I am shocked and saddened about Melinda Gordon. We are still in Houston. We now have 3 boys (Jake (6), Noah (4), and Kyle (7 mos). I finished MD Anderson fellowship in '07; and now am doing general med onc at Methodist Hospital in Houston. I have a faculty appt w/ Weill-Cornell as Asst Prof; but doing mostly clinical work.

Tell us how you are doing in your next email!

Garth

From Elaine Yu

Hi Jeff,

good to hear news about PRIME. I hope this year is going well with the new larger group!
Fellowship has been going well, although I miss the fact that our conference room doesn't have a couch and my program doesn't have a Poetry in Endocrine class... I just resubmitted my paper w/ Doug to another journal a few weeks ago (unfortunately since we got scooped it last year, it got rejected by our 1st choice). But I should be hearing soon, and I'll be sure to keep you posted.

Best,

Elaine

From Deepu Nair

Jeff,This is a great idea. It's amazing to see the list of PRIME graduates and how much everyone has accomplished. What a talented group!! And we owe a good portion of it to you. Even more amazing, of course, is that Brent Kinder and Pamina Kim are married! I had no idea that was in the works....that's great news!

current status: chief fellow, cardiology, cleveland clinicstatus as of july '08: cardiologist, palo alto medical foundation, camino medical groupI can't wait to come back West. I'll definitely stop by once I'm back.Look forward to catching up,

Deepu

From Pamina Kim

hey jeff!

good to hear from you. brent says hello, by the way. the scoop on us is that brent is faculty at univ of cincinnati, where he continues his clinical research in ILD. he also lives and breathes the Reds (it's sick!). he's very happy and is doing well. i am working as a hospitalist at bethesda north hospital, a private hospital in cincinnati. but as you know, i'll be starting dermatology residency at univ of cincinnati next year.

hope all's well!

pamina

Here's a hello and a job posting from Lily Huang

Hi Jeff,

Hope you're doing well! Amelia and I keep meaning to stop by sometime to see you at the VA-- we'll get around to it one of these days!

I wanted to pass on to you info about part-time job possibilities, in case you knew of anyone job-hunting for something in geriatrics. One of my fellow attendings at the Free Clinic, John Fullerton, has a private practice part-time in Marin, as well as being medical director at a number of SNF's/residential communities. He is looking for some part-time help (geriatrics certification not necessary).

Anyone interested should contact his wife/P.A. Kate McElroy-Fullerton at katemcelroy@gmail.com.

How are the kids? They must be so grown up by now!
Take care, and hope to see you soon!

Lily

Jeff,

I ran into Lisa Young at IDSA this weekend. She is doing very well.
All is fine here in Atlanta. I am busy (probably work more than I did as a resident), but the work is good. I look remarkably awake in this picture considering that I had about 4 hours of sleep the night before.
I hope you are well. Please say hi to all the PRIMErs, and don’t forget to get your flu shot.
Justin
Justin R. Ortiz, MD

Up to Speed

Hey Everyone,

To kick things off here I thought I'd share some of the news I've gotten from PRIME folks lately. Lots of great stuff.

Jeff

Dearest Alums

Welcome All,

This site will serve as the forum for the new millinium grads of the UCSF PRIME Program. Yes, it’s the much awaited PRIME alumni blog - your site for staying in touch, sharing photos, talking medicine, and reliving the glory days of your UCSF Residency. As members, you’ll also serve as the authors of this site and should feel eternally welcome to post opinions, news, pictures, links to cool articles, shout outs, etc. at your leisure. To sign on, you'll need to have a gmail account if you don't already.

If you have questions about how to do any of this try the help page on the blogger.com homepage or send me an email at arthur.ramsey@va.gov and I’ll do my best to help.

I hope eveyone enjoys the site and I now leave it now in your capable hands.

All the Best,

Art Ramsey, PRIME Program Assistant