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
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