SALEM - Dr. Randy L. Hanzlick, a physician who has been the chief medical examiner in Fulton County, Georgia since 1998, is this year's Salem High School Alumni Association Honored Alumnus.

Hanzlick has received numerous professional awards for his national efforts to improve forensic pathology practices and death investigation systems based on his work as the medical examiner for the county the covers the Atlanta metropolitan area, for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and at Emory University. Both the CDC and Emory are in Atlanta.

On Saturday, May 24, Hanzlick will be the featured speaker at the 133rd Annual Reunion and Banquet of the Salem High School Alumni Association in the cafeteria at Salem High School (SHS) cafeteria.

Nearly 100 of new SHS graduates and alumni will receive scholarships during the banquet that begins at 6 p.m., the night before Salem's commencement ceremony.

Tickets for the banquet are $20 and must be purchased in advance at the alumni association office at 330 East State Street by May 16. The office is open from 9 a.m. to noon weekdays. The association's phone number is 330-332-1427.

Hanzlick graduated from Salem High School in 1970 and earned his bachelor's degree and then medical degree from The Ohio State University.

He credits Walter "Bing" Newton, his Salem Junior High School science teacher, with instigating his interest in science and medicine. His family's former Salem physicians-Drs. Vernon Ziegler and William Hoprich-also encouraged him to pursue a career in medicine. And Dr. William A. Kolozsi, who served as Columbiana County's coroner for many years, provided positive feedback about his career choice during Hanzlick's pathology residency.

At OSU Hanzlick was mentored by Nobuhisa "Nobi" Baba, a forensic pathology professor who introduced him to the potential for forensic pathology-the study of death-to benefit the living with insights that improve public safety and health. "It is the forensic pathologist's job to find out how and why a person died, and to document information that can be used to answer questions and to address legal issues that may arise. For example, if one person is killed by another, our information may be used in the criminal court to bring justice," Hanzlick explained.

Throughout his career Hanzlick has been involved in efforts to improve medicolegal death investigation systems, the guidelines and standards of forensic pathology practices, and the education of forensic pathologists. He currently directs the forensic pathology fellowship training program at the Emory School of Medicine and serves as vice chairman of the Scientific Working Group for Medicolegal Death Investigation, a national working group.

The most important of his numerous collaborations with the CDC may be the development of national guidelines for the investigation of sudden, unexplained infant deaths. Hanzlick hopes that more thorough investigation of these deaths will provide information that can help prevent more tragedies. He has written extensively on this topic and other forensic pathology issues, as well as authoring several textbooks, numerous chapters, and hundreds of scientific journal articles.

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Dr. Robert D'Esposito (center) enjoying a collegial moment with colleagues Dr. Michael Ferragamo and Dr. Anthony Bruno. The Nassau County Medical Society will be honoring Dr. Robert F. D'Esposito for his service as president of the society. He will be the 2014 Honoree at the Society's Medallion Ball being held on April 6. He is a long time resident of Garden City and a former medical director of the Garden City School District.

Dr. D'Esposito's career in medicine began nearly forty years ago with an internship at Nassau Hospital, now known as Winthrop University Hospital. Robert (aka Bobby D) not only continued his practice at Winthrop but extended his experience expertise and caring to support his peers in the medical community and in the education of medical students and the local school community. His hospital appointments also include North Shore.

Dr. D'Esposito was born in Brooklyn New York and was taught by the Sisters of St. Joseph at Queen of All Saints. His family then moved to Plainedge in 1956, where as a teen he participated in football, wrestling and baseball.

Hofstra University provided the backdrop for achieving his pre-medical Bachelor of Arts in Biology Degree. He proudly earned his medical degree from The University of Padova, Italy in 1971. He became an attending physician in 1977 following residencies with the Departments of General Surgery and Urology at Winthrop and Bellevue Hospital, in NYC.

In addition he is a Clinical Associate Professor at Stony Brook Medical School, teaching third year medical students in their clinical rotation in Urology at Winthrop University Hospital.

Extensive medical community involvement is demonstrated by his past and present affiliations with a variety of organizations. This includes his prior service as Chairman of the Winthrop Laser Safety Committee as well as his service on the Surgical Review and Quality Assurance Committees. He continued to serve his peers as Vice President (1990-94) and President (1994-97) of the Medical Staff Organization.

Dr. D'Esposito is a Fellow of The American College Of Surgeons, The New York Academy of Medicine and The Nassau Academy of Medicine, where he sits on the Board as Secretary. He is the past President and past Governor of The American College of Surgeons where he has been active in the Brooklyn and Long Island Chapters. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors and past Chairman of Scientific and Continuing Education of the American College of Surgeons.

He is also a member of various societies including The American Fertility Society, The American Urology Association and The Society of Clinical Urologists. He serves as Chief Surgeon of the Fraternal Order of Police, New York Surgeons Lodge # 3.

Active in community service, Dr D'Esposito was Medical Director for the Garden City School District from 1977 through 2009. He has been active in lecturing, research studies and publishing.

In 2007, Winthrop awarded Dr. D'Esposito, The Medical Staff Lifetime Achievement Award. In October 2009, he was also honored by Hofstra University for his continued involvement with Hofstra University Alumni. He also received the Physicians Award for Healthcare Heroes in 2009.

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HSC School of Medicine honors project, alumni By Amy Cunningham Staff Writer Daily Toreador - Dept. of Student Media, Texas Tech University |

The Texas Tech Health Sciences Center will host an appreciation dinner and honor School of Medicine distinguished alumni, local physicians and others at 6:30 p.m. today at the Lubbock Memorial Center.

Additionally, medical students will recognize community participants in the Barber Shop Project, according to an HSC news release.

Students working on the project host health checks at barber shops and beauty salons, according to the release. The students raise awareness about body mass index and blood pleasure by providing information to patients.

Clinical faculty members and physicians from Lubbock will be honored for their support of medical education and health care. More than 600 community-based physicians work as part-time lecturers, according to the release, or provide opportunities in their private practices to students, residents and fellows.

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The Internet carried this week a riveting article titled Trapped Between CulturesNeither Filipino Nor American. The author is Dr. Eugenio Amparo, who has lived in the United States since 1974 when he started residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Now Amparo is retired. I find time to contemplate [issues ranging from] quantum mechanics to the history of the bra, which has led him to an uncomfortable conclusion. Neither Filipino nor American, he is trapped between cultures.

A 2012 head count shows 14,785 Filipino physicians in the United Statesa distant second to Indians. And 2,952 Filipino nurses took US licensure exams from January to September 2013up by nearly 11 percent.

Nurses have a recent face. In his 2013 State of the Union Address, US President Barack Obama said: When Hurricane Sandy plunged New York University Langone Medical Center into darkness, nurse Menchu Sanchez from the Philippines didnt think of her own home Her mind was on the 20 newborns in her care. The rescue plan she organizedtaking babies down eight flights of stairskept them all safe.

As a child in Iloilo City, Amparo recalls dreaming of America: cars, supermarkets, snow. Now, I have a BMW and a Mercedes-Benz in a three-car garage; a refrigerator full of food; and obesity. Add loneliness. I miss the Philippines.

When he visits, I envy the close family and friendship ties. His first cousins are scattered in Metro Manila. Sundays, they lunch together in Quezon City. By contrast, I can count on the fingers of one hand the times I met, in the past 10 years, with my brother in Virginia and sister in Oregon.

Amparos daughter lives in San Franciscoa two-hour drive from his home. They meet once every two months. My son and grandchildren are a 20-minute drive away. Its a major feat to see them once a week.

Americans are too busy. The worlds greatest economic power also has the loneliest people with a very high prevalence of depression. I am not American enough to resign myself to loneliness, as a consequence of a rugged individualism

The solution? Retire in the Philippines? But it takes almost two hours to drive 13 kilometers from the University of the Philippines in Quezon City to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in Manila. You can barrel 104 kilometers from Sacramento to San Francisco in the same time. Im no longer Filipino enough to be patient with Manila traffic.

Dealing with the US Department of Motor Vehicles or Internal Revenue Service can be frustrating. But it is done without bribes. Our medical school alumni association donated a cargo container of supplies for [PGH]. It was confiscated by Customs and released only after politicians intervened.

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MACON Last year, Derick Spellman fractured his tibia while playing an annual high school alumni basketball game. This year his heart stopped.

He plans to sit out of the next alumni game.

Third time's the charm, right? Spellman said.

But luck was what Spellman had last month when he abruptly collapsed and was immediately surrounded by medical personnel.

Carol Dodson, chief nursing officer at St. Marys Hospital, was in the right place at the right time Saturday, March 22.

That afternoon her youngest son, Casey, had convinced her to come out to the Meridian High School alumni basketball tournament. Dodson is from Macon, and her children went to Meridian schools. She even worked as the high school cheerleading coach for some time.

Her youngest of three children, Casey, graduated several years ago and was part of the basketball team that won state in 2009. He convinced Dodson to come out for the alumni basketball tournament after missing the morning game.

She hadn't been back to the newly renovated high school since Casey had graduated and was sitting in the bleachers catching up with other parents.

All of sudden, my son called my name out, Dodson said. And my son doesn't call me by name.

One of the players was spread out on the gym floor.

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The man who opened the doors to Sam Rayburn High School a half-century ago has been selected for induction -- along with six alumni and two other former educators -- in the schools new Hall of Honor.

The late Carter O. Lomax, who served as Sam Rayburns principal from the schools opening in 1964 until his retirement in 1981, will be honored as a member of the Texans first class of inductees during a ceremony on April 26.

The ceremony will be the main feature of the schools 50th anniversary celebration that day. The public is invited to the 50th anniversary observance, which is scheduled from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Sam Rayburn alumni selected for induction are:

Dr. Mike McKinney, Class of 1969, the former chancellor of the Texas A&M University System;

Dave Freisleben, Class of 1971, who pitched seven years in the major leagues;

J. Michael Solar, Class of 1971, a prominent trial lawyer who practices in Houston;

David Brammer, Class of 1977, a world-traveling photographer;

Dr. John Kirkwood, Class of 1979, a family practice doctor in Pasadena and co-founder of Bayside Urgent Care;

And State Rep. Ana Hernandez, a member of the Texas House who has represented District 143 since 2005.

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