Alumni Council
School of Medicine and Dentistry Alumni Council
The Alumni Council is the administrative body representing all alumni of the School of Medicine and Dentistry. It is advisory to the Dean and supportive of the faculty, administration, students and alumni.
The Council members serve four-year terms and represent all regions of the United States. The Council meets twice each year.
CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center and UR Medicine, Dean |
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Current Position: CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center and UR Medicine, Dean School of Medicine and Dentistry, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, and Associate Director for Clinical Research at the Wilmot Cancer Institute. |
President |
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Committee: Communications Committee, Chair and Executive Committee, Member Medical/Scientific Specialty: Neuroscience Current Position: Senior Director of Therapeutic Development and Scientist, Pediatrics and Rare Disease Group at Sanford Research; Professor, Department of Pediatrics at University of South Dakota; Chief Science Officer, Amicus Therapeutics. Email: jill.weimer@sanfordhealth.org Region: Sioux Falls, SD and Philadelphia, PA |
Vice President |
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Committee: Executive Committee, Communications Committee Medical/Scientific Specialty: Internal Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Current Position: Allergy & Immunology Specialist with Rochester Regional Health; Clinical assistant professor at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Email: allisoncramsey@gmail.com Region: Rochester, NY |
Members at Large |
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Committee: Bridge Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Emergency/Public Health Current Position: Emergency Medicine Physician, Kaiser Permanente, Downey Medical Center, Founder, Shared Harvest Fund Email: ceo@sharedharvestfund.org Region: Los Angeles, CA |
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Committee: Bridge Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Current Position: Medical Student, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Email: Bianca_duah@urmc.Rochester.edu Region: Rochester, NY |
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Committee: Alumni Awards Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Rheumatology Current Position: Retired, Medical Director – MVP Health Email: Pfine@rochester.rr.edu Region: Rochester, NY |
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Committee: Alumni Awards Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery, Musculoskeletal Oncology Current Position: Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Email: efox1@hmc.psu.edu Region: Hershey, PA |
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Committee: Alumni Awards Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Internal Medicine Current Position: Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry; Retired, Internal Medicine Primary Care/Administration Email: jmhaleyjmh@gmail.com Region: Rochester, NY |
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Committee: Communications Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Anesthesiology Current Position: Resident, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Email: Lauren_Kozakiewicz@URMC.Rochester.edu Region: Rochester, NY |
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Committee: TBA Medical Specialty: Musculoskeletal Research Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Rochester Email: alayna_loiselle@urmc.rochester.edu Region: Rochester, NY |
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Committee: Awards Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Microbiology/Immunology Current Position: Executive Director, Early Clinical Development, Bristol Myers Squibb Email: kofi_mensah@urgrad.rochester.edu Region: Medford, MA |
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Committee: Communications Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Allergist/Immunologist/Food Allergy Specialist Current Position: Allergist at Latitude Food Allergy Care Email: joanne.moreau@hotmail.com Region: Brooklyn, NY |
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Committee: Alumni Awards Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Microbiology/Immunology Current Position: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Radiologist, Boston Children’s Hospital Email: jeannette.perez-rossello@childrens.harvard.edu Region: Boston, MA |
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Committee: Communications Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Public Health/Genetics Current Position: Pediatric Neurologist, University of Tennessee Medical Center Email: dramirez@utmck.edu Region: Knoxville, TN |
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Committee: Awards Committee, Bridge Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Medicine and Neuroscience Current Position: MD/PhD Student, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Email: bryan_redmond@urmc.rochester.edu Region: Rochester, NY |
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Committee: Bridge Committee, Member Medical Specialty: PhD-Cellular, Molecular Pharmacology/Physiology Current Position: PhD Candidate, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Email: Michal_Shaposhnikov@URMC.rochester.edu Region: Rochester, NY |
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Committee: Bridge Committee, Member Medical Specialty: Surgeon-Scientist, Urology Current Position: Resident Physician Email: aishalynn@gmail.com Region: Chicago, IL |
Allison Ramsey ’05M (MD), ’08M (Res), ’11 (Flw) 
Nanaefua E. Afoh-Manin ’07M (MD)
Paul Fine ’57, ’61M (MD), ’66M (Res)
Edward Fox ’91, ’95M (MD)
James M. Haley ’85M (MD), ’88M (Res)
Lauren Kozakiewicz '22M (MD), '25M (Res)
Jeannette Perez-Rossello '95M (MD)
Denia Ramirez-Montealegre '01M (MPH), '04M (MS), '07M (PhD), '12M (Res)
Bryan V. Redmond '18M (MS), '26M (MD), '26M (PhD)Ernest Smith ’97M (MS), ’99M (PhD)
Committee: Executive Committee, Chair Bridge Committee
Medical Specialty: Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position: Senior VP, Research and Chief Scientific Officer at Vaccinex, Inc.
Email: esmith@vaccinex.com
Region: Rochester, NY
Jennifer Stripay ’14M (MS), ’16M (PhD)
Committee: Alumni Council, Ex-Officio Immediate Past President
Medical Specialty: Neuromedicine
Current Position: Leader of Scientific Communications, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital
Email: jennifer.stripay@stjude.org
Region: Memphis, TN
Jeffrey Stone ’87, ’91M (MD)
Committee: Communications Committee, Member
Medical Specialty: Radiology
Current Position: Interventional Neuroradiologist, Mayo Clinic Florida
Email: Stone.jeffrey@mayo.edu
Region: Jacksonville, FL
Thomas Tesoriero ’81M (MD)
Committee: Executive Committee, Chair Awards Committee, Member
Medical Specialty: Internal Medicine
Current Position: Retired, Primary Care Physician at Kaiser Permanente in Washington, DC (1984 – 2015)
Email: thomastesoriero@gmail.com
Region: Washington, D.C.
AnnaLynn Williams '08, '19M (PhD)
Committee: Communications Committee, Member
Medical Specialty: Epidemiology
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Rochester Department of Surgery
Email: Annalynn_Williams@URMC.Rochester.edu
Region: Rochester, NY
Michael Zuscik '89 (MS), '93M (PhD)
Committee: Communications Committee, Member
Medical Specialty: Orthopedics
Current Position: Mark Clayton Professor and Vice Chair of Research Orthopaedics, University of Colorado
Email: Michael.Zuscik@cuanschutz.edu
Region: Aurora, CO
Ex Officio Members
David C. Linehan, M.D.
CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center and UR Medicine, Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University Vice President for Health Sciences
Email: David_Linehan@URMC.Rochester.edu
Eric Vaughn, M.Ed.
Director of Career Services, Graduate Education & Postdoctoral Affairs, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Email: Eric_Vaughn@URMC.Rochester.edu
Diane Frank
Director, Offices for Medical Education, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Email: Diane_Frank@URMC.Rochester.edu
Melissa L. Head '99W (MS)
Executive Director, URMC Academic Programs
Alumni Relations & Engagement
Email: melissa.head@rochester.edu
Stephanie Ripley
Assistant Director, URMC Alumni Relations
Email: stephanie.ripley@rochester.edu
Lisa Shepard
Assistant Director
Email: lshepar5@ur.rochester.edu
Colleen Brown
Associate Director
Email: colleenqbrown@rochester.edu
Alumni Council Committees
Executive Committee: Jill Weimer, Chair
Awards Committee: Tom Tesoriero, Chair
Communications Committee: TBD, Chair
Bridge Committee: TBD, Chair
Next Alumni Council Meeting
To be determined.