Medical Reunion Weekend

Medical alumni are invited to reconnect with Brown and each other through Reunion festivities.

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Medical Reunion Weekend

Medical alumni are invited to reconnect with Brown and each other through Reunion festivities.

Medical alumni from classes ending in 0 and 5: Come back to Brown to celebrate your Reunion May 23-25, 2025! We are planning an exciting program to celebrate you and your fellow medical alumni and welcome you back to campus. This years festivities will be particularly momentous for The Warren Alpert Medical School as we celebrate our first 50th Reunion with the MD Class of 1975.

The weekend is full of opportunities for inspiration and connection, including:

  • Medical Community Celebration: Kick off the weekend with fellow alumni, and the MD Class of 2025—the newest members of the Brown Medical Alumni Association.
  • Ruth B. Sauber Distinguished Alumni Lectureship: Reflect on medicine as a socially responsible human service profession.
  • Reunion Class Dinner: Come take a class picture and connect with friends old and new.
  • Commencement: Walk through the Van Wickle Gates with the Class of 2025!

Registration

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Excited to return to Providence? Register now for Reunion Weekend, happening May 23-25, 2025.

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Weekend Schedule

We’re fast at work planning events, lectures, and other activities. Check back often to see what’s new! In the meantime, it’s not too early to plan your visit.

4 – 6:30 p.m.

Medical School Registration

The Warren Alpert Medical School, The Herbert M. Kaplan Atrium, 222 Richmond Street

Stop by to pick up your nametag(s) and a schedule of events.

7 – 8:30 p.m.

Medical Community Celebration

The Warren Alpert Medical School, The Herbert M. Kaplan Atrium, 222 Richmond Street

Celebrate your Reunion and raise a glass to the MD Class of 2025! Welcome remarks by Mukesh K. Jain, M.D., Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, and Senior Vice President for Health Affairs.

9 p.m. – 1 a.m.

Campus Dance ($)

The College Green and Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle

Join fellow Brunionans at the biggest outdoor party of the year and a decades-old Brown tradition! Dance tickets must be purchased separately here.

8:30 a.m. – noon

Medical School Registration

The Warren Alpert Medical School, The Herbert M. Kaplan Atrium, 222 Richmond Street

Stop by to pick up your nametag(s) and a schedule of events.

10 – 11 a.m.

Reception

The Warren Alpert Medical School, Herbert M. Kaplan Atrium, 222 Richmond Street

Gather with fellow alumni, family, and friends before the Ruth B. Sauber Distinguished Alumni Lectureship.

11 a.m. – noon

The Ruth B. Sauber Distinguished Alumni Lectureship

A Lived Life: Reflecting on a 50-year Career in Medicine 

Glenn W. Mitchell ’67 ScM’69 MD’75

Glenn W. Mitchell ’67 ScM’69 MD’75 is an emergency medicine physician and emergency medical services pioneer who served as an Army colonel, commanding medical centers and responding to disasters around the world. As part of the American Indian Health Service, Dr. Mitchell provided care for Native Americans and native Alaskans. He was also chief medical officer for the 10th largest not-for-profit U.S. hospital system and is now professor emeritus of Healthcare Informatics.

Join Dr. Mitchell—a graduate of Brown’s inaugural medical school class—as he examines the twists and turns that guided his illustrious career, as well as his lasting connection to Brown.

The Warren Alpert Medical School, Lecture Hall 170, 222 Richmond Street

11 a.m. – noon

The Frank and Joan Rothman Lecture

Successful Aging: An Agenda in Prevention (Fit at 50, Sexy at 70, Nimble at 90)

Richard W. Besdine, M.D. ADE’02 hon. professor of medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School, and professor of Health Services Policy and Practice, School of Public Health

Tactics to prolong human vitality have become a billion-dollar industry. While geroscience moves forward, current research has already documented abundant opportunities. This forum will discuss more than a dozen strategies that can make vigorous old age within the grasp of currently younger and middle-aged people. Richard W Besdine, MD, has spent 50 years working in academic, clinical and federal settings advancing this agenda.

Pembroke Hall, Room 305, 172 Meeting Street

1 – 4 p.m.

MD Class of 1975 50th Reunion Luncheon ($)

Waterman Grille, 4 Richmond Square

The MD Class of 1975 will gather to catch up, share memories, and pay tribute to former classmates as The Warren Alpert Medical School celebrates its first 50th medical reunion.

2 – 3 p.m.

Student-Guided Medical School Tours

The Warren Alpert Medical School, The Herbert M. Kaplan Atrium, 222 Richmond Street

The Medical School building will be open for student-guided tours every 30 minutes.

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Medical Alumni Class Dinner ($)

The Warren Alpert Medical School, The Herbert M. Kaplan Atrium, 222 Richmond Street

A party you don’t want to miss! Enjoy a lively dinner amongst friends. This event, celebrating all Reunion classes ending in 0 and 5, features fabulous food and lots of reminiscing.

9:30 a.m.

Commencement Procession

Faunce House, Waterman Street

Feel the excitement and memories of your own graduation day as you watch the MD Class of 2025 march to their Commencement ceremony at the First Unitarian Church. Better yet, join in! Alumni are welcome to march and join in the pomp and circumstance of the day. Line up at 9:30 a.m. and the procession will step off promptly at 9:45 a.m. (Rented regalia must be returned to the parish house at the church immediately following the end of the Procession).

Ruth B. Sauber Distinguished Alumni Lectureship

Ruth B. Sauber
Ruth B. Sauber

Featured annually as part of Medical Reunion Weekend, this lectureship was established as an endowment in tribute to Ruth B. Sauber’s uninterrupted 23 years as the Medical Student Affairs Officer. 

The individual selected to deliver this lecture should embody the philosophy of Brown’s medical education program—medicine as a socially responsible human service profession. The alum who delivers the lecture will be someone celebrating their Medical Reunion.

YearAlumni Lecturer
2024Deborah E. Borne MD'99
2023Peter Chin-Hong ’92 MD’97
2022Kavita M. Babu '96 MD'00 RES'04
2021Kathleen Ferrer, MD '95
2020Joel Selanikio MD'92
2019Peter A. Thompson '80 MD'84, P'15
2018Jonathan D. Kurtis '89 PhD '95 MD '96
2017Steven A. Rasmussen '74 MMSc '77 MD '77
2016Karen Furie ’87 MD’90 RES’94 F’95
2015Atul Butte, PhD ’91 MMS’95 MD’95
2014Stephen R. Ehrlich ’55 and Mary Ann Ehrlich
2014David C. Lyden MD’89
2013Julianne Ip ’75 MD’78
2012Arthur L. Horwich ’73 MD’75
2011Ruth J. Simmons LHD’12 hon.
2011Sandra Nusinoff Lehrman ’69 MD’76
2010Lloyd Minor ’79 MD’82
2009Herbert M. Kaplan LHD’11 hon.
2009Griffin Platt Rodgers ’76 MMS’79 MD’79
2008Mark S. Blumenkranz ’72 MD’75 MMS’76
2007Nora Burgess ’74 MD’77
2006Joseph F. Amaral MD’81 RES’89
2005Bonnie R. Saks ’72 MD’75
2004Kerry J. Kelly MD’77
2003Pardon R. Kenney ’72 MMS’75 MD’75 RES’80
2002Charles N. Mock ’77 MD’80 RES’88
2001Alan J. Zametkin MD’77
2000Anthony A. Caldamone ’72 MMS’75 MD’75
1999Deborah A. DeHertogh ’74 MD’77
1998Bruce M. Becker ’78 MD’81
1997Seth F. Berkley ’78 MD’81
1996Stanley M. Aronson, MD ADE’71 hon. DMS’07 hon.

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