Doing Well and Doing Good: Alumni in Medicine
For decades and even centuries Moorestown Friends School has produced graduates who “do well and do good” in medicine and allied fields. This tradition of excellence includes Alice Paul Merit Award winners Mary Ellen Avery ‘44 (winner of National Science Medal for contributions to pediatrics), Christian Hansen ‘50 (a pediatrician who spent most of his career traveling to impoverished countries to aid malnourished and sick children), Peter and Bonnie Greenfield Reagan ‘64 (physicians and community leaders), Tom Hedges ‘67 (ophthalmologist and humanitarian), Ken Mayer ‘68 (pioneer in AIDS research), Anne Rosenberg ‘74 (distinguished surgeon), and Maria Elena del Socorro Jefferds ’89, Ph.D. (nutrition expert at the CDC).
Increasing numbers of MFS grads are entering into the medical profession and adjacent fields. Enjoy reading about the following graduates who are continuing this tradition of MFS alumni serving communities with their expert talents and skills in medical care.
- Nathaniel Evans III ‘94, M.D. – Thoracic Surgeon
- Danielle Chung Couture, M.D. ’06 – Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist
- Angela Dixon Guerrera, M.D. ’99 – Emergency Medicine Physician
- Sonia Ananthakrishnan, M.D. ’93 – Endocrinologist
- David Fischer ’06 – Neurocritical Care Physician
- Shouli Tung ’12 – Resident Physician
- Colleen Coleman ‘91, M.D. – Ophthalmologist, Cataract Surgeon, and Glaucoma Specialist
- Jonathan Zaid, M.D. ’04 – Internal Medicine Physician
- Julie Son Valenzuela ‘95, M.D. – Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon
- Mansoor Movaghar ’87 – Associate Clinical Professor, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Surgery
- Blair Dickinson, M.D., M.S. ’00 – General Pediatrician
- Genevieve Maquilan, M.D. ’02 – Radiation Oncologist
- James A.S. “Huck” Muldowney III, M.D. ’90 – Director of Echocardiology and Anticoagulation, Cardiologist
- Matthew Brown ’13 – Incoming Psychiatry Resident at Columbia University
- Lauren Nigro, M.D. ’05 – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
- Karen Abele Scheu ’91 – Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing Family and Community Health
- Jonathan Dunn, M.D. ’82 – Obstetrician and Gynecologist
- Steven Porter ‘98, M.D. – Anesthesiologist
- Mikel Jadyne Pride, D.O. ’99 – Family Medicine Physician
Alumni News
Brian Turner ’98 To Be Inducted Into South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame
The Albert Carino Basketball Club of South Jersey has announced its selections for the Class of 2018 to be inducted into the South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday, Feb. 11 at the Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill. Brian Turner '98 (pictured at right with Director...
Deborah Harris Beard ’03 Leaves the D.C. Rush and Becomes a Bed & Breakfast Owner in Virginia
For the past few years, Deborah Harris Beard '03 and her husband Drew were seriously intrigued by running their own bed and breakfast. Both were working in Washington D.C., Deb as a climate change and energy consultant at ICF and Drew at the Department of Defense, but...
Jim Scott ’54 Presents Evidence on Why Civilization Is Bad for Your Health in New Book Against the Grain
In his recently published book Against the Grain, Jim Scott '54 shared compelling ideas about why many “schoolbook lessons” about the first states in the world and early civilizations are wrong. Although the subject matter is a bit outside his area of expertise, as...
