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Graduation 2001
Jennifer Bishop, 33 Pauline Germaine,
27 As a nurse in Kiev, she saw first-hand the life-threatening medical conditions caused by the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. She always thought her nursing degree would be a step towards becoming a physician. Following her internship, Germaine will do a residency in radiology at Pennsylvania Hospital ‚a specialty she chose because of her Chernobyl experience. Ivy Altommare, 26 She spent much of her childhood backstage at nightclubs in New York City where her father was a stand-up comic. Pat Benetar, Rodney Dangerfield, Robin Williams and Jay Leno were among her backstage babysitters. She is also an entertainer. Singing, playing piano and performing magic tricks at children"s parties helped her pay tuition. She will do her residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Jaime Kawelbaum, 41, School of Osteopathic Medicine The son of a pediatrician, he was born and raised in Mexico. Following high school, he lived in Israel for six years, then came to the U.S. to enter rabbinical college. He was ordained a rabbi in 1985. Ten years later, with the support of his wife and five sons, the rabbi decided to change careers. One of his brothers is a pediatrician, another an orthopedic surgeon, and his sister is a dentist in Mexico City. Kawelbaum will do a residency in pediatrics at Jersey Shore Hospital. Dathan Enoch, School of Nursing A serious injury during an undercover assignment as a police officer in the narcotics unit of the Philadelphia Police Department ended his law enforcement career. Enoch moved on to pursue his interest in health care. He earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing at Thomas Jefferson University and in May was granted a master"s degree in nurse anesthesia from UMDNJ. Steven Hochman, 43, New Jersey Medical School His interest in medicine dates back to his undergraduate days at Princeton University in the mid-1970s. But he has earned his living for the last 19 years as a labor union negotiator for electrical communications and service employees, and then as an organizing director for the Committee of Interns and Residents, the oldest and largest union of salaried physicians in the country. Hochman will do his residency at Morristown Memorial Hospital. Rebecca Carey, 29, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School The Princeton University honors graduate began her professional life as a chemist studying the synthesis of novel lead compounds. Her love of lab science and medicine led her to enter a dual degree program, in which she earned an MD and a master"s in neuroscience and cell biology. Selected for a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowship Program during medical school, Carey worked on the extracellular factors that regulate cell division in the brain. She is headed for a pediatric residency at Primary Children"s Hospital at the University of Utah |
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The
University awarded 1,190 degrees and certificates to the largest class
in its history on Wednesday, May 23, at the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel.
The road to becoming a doctor, dentist, researcher or other health professional
is arduous and long, and graduation is a grand celebration of achievement.
Every graduate"s story is an intriguing one, but we have space for only
a few: 
Sarah
Rich, 24, New Jersey Dental School She traveled to Honduras at age 14,
and on two subsequent trips to Bolivia, to help deliver dental care as
part of a team organized by Dale Whilden, her family dentist and employer.
Rich"s memories include helping with patients who had walked 10 miles
for needed dental procedures. She became increasingly interested in a
career in dentistry and entered an accelerated, seven-year BS/DMD program
sponsored by Montclair State University and NJDS. Rich will join the dental
practice of Dr. Whilden.