Announcements - 2006 Graduation Event (By Invitation Only)

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2006 Graduation Event (By Invitation Only)

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CONGRATULATIONS to this year's graduating Residents and Clinical Fellows. A Graduation Dinner and Awards Ceremony in their honor will be held at the Omni William Penn Hotel on Saturday, May 20, 2006. This invitation only event will commence at 6:30 PM and is scheduled to last until 12:30 AM.

Location and contact info: 530 William Penn Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 TEL 412-281-7100 The reception and dinner will be held at the William Penn Level of the Hotel.

Directions: Please see http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/PittsburghWilliamPenn/MapAndDirections.aspx ;

Maps: Please see the following for an interactive map of Downtown Pittsburgh (#15 is the Omni) http://www.downtownpittsburgh.com/Content/DowntownMap.aspx ; or download/print a map from http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/maps/central_business_district_down.html

Parking: Please park at the Mellon Square Garage across from the Omni. Garage Clearance is 6 Feet. You can enter from Oliver Avenue or Sixth Avenue. Take a ticket upon entering. We will provide you with a coupon that'll cover the parking fee. http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/pghparkingauthority/html/mellon_square.html ;

Overheight vehicles can park at the Oliver Garage, where Clearance is 8 Feet 2 Inches, but you will be responsible for paying the charges. http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/pghparkingauthority/html/oliver.html ; Metered street parking is also available on some streets adjacent to the Omni.

In case these arrangements don't suit your needs, here is a link to the other Downtown facilities maintained by the Pittsburgh Parking Authority. http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/pghparkingauthority/html/map.html ;

Attire: Semi-formal, please.

Guests: Adults only, please.

2006 teaching and recognition awards: We will be announcing this year's winners. In order to recognize all of the wonderful faculty and support staff we have, those people who won in each category last year were not eligible for nomination this year. This year's nominees are:

Teaching, AP Faculty: (congratulations to last year's winner Dr. Ron Hamilton)
· Dr. Ronald Balassanian
· Dr. Leon Barnes
· Dr. Sheldon Bastacky
· Dr. Mamatha Chivukula
· Dr. Jennifer Hunt
· Dr. Ronald Jaffe
· Dr. Geoffrey Murdoch
· Dr. Alka Palekar
· Dr. Anil Parwani
· Dr. Robert Peel
· Dr. Linan Wang

Teaching, AP Technical Support: (congratulations to last year's winner Frank Fusca)
· Melissa Russell (Magee gross room)
· Mario Masucci (Presby gross room)
· Price Robinson (Medical Examiner's office)
· Keith Seese (Presby gross room)
· Howard Segal (Presby gross room)
· Alena Sikorova (Presby gross room)
· Tracie Wagner (Shadyside gross room)

Teaching, CP Faculty: (congratulations to last year's winner Dr. Darrel Triulzi)
· Dr. Franklin Bontempo
· Dr. Lydia Contis
· Dr. Fiona Craig
· Dr. Sara Monaghan
· Dr. Mark Yazer

Teaching, CP Technical Support: (congratulations to last year's winner Darla Lower)
· Bonnie Beiler (CLSI Chemistry Lab)
· Lorna Cropcho (CLSI Chemistry Lab)
· Lisa Fitchwell (Hematopathology)
· John Sheaffer (Microbiology)

Non-Teaching, Support Staff in AP or CP: (congratulations to last year's winner Tom Lagan)
· Ishtiaque Ahmed (Informatics)
· Donna Bowen (Presby AP)
· Dee Ann Sapienza (Presby AP)
· Donna Eberst (Transcription)
· Tammy Fung (Shadyside AP)
· Sue Kelly (Hematopathology)
· Eileen Misencik (Shadyside AP)
· Ray Sestilli (Presby AP)
· Chris Simmons (Presby Histology)

Any questions can be directed to the Pathology Residency/Clinical Fellowship Program Office at 412-648-8090.

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5/22/2006

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