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Edward “Ted” Holyoke, M.D., tries out one of the patient simulators in the new Sorrell Center. Dr. Holyoke is a 1970 College of Medicine alumnus, a member of the Holyoke Society and son of Edward Holyoke, M.D., for whom the Holyoke Society is named. |
The society is composed of people who donated $100,000 or more to the construction of the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education.
The dinner, which was called The Edward A. Holyoke, M.D., Ph.D., Society and John S. Latta, Ph.D., Lectureship Dinner, was part of a weekend filled with alumni events commemorating the opening of the Sorrell Center — the new home of the UNMC College of Medicine.
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Pictured from left are John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the UNMC College of Medicine; Willis Maddrey, M.D., executive vice president for clinical affairs at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and professor of medicine; and Michael Sorrell, M.D., professor of internal medicine at UNMC. Dr. Maddrey delivered the 2008 John S. Latta Centennial Lectureship and is a personal friend of both Drs. Gollan and Sorrell. |
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Dennis Strauss, M.D., a 1968 College of Medicine alumnus and past president of the College of Medicine Alumni Association; James Reilly, M.D., a 1985 College of Medicine alumnus and current president of the college’s alumni association; and Thomas Waring, M.D., a 1957 alumnus and secretary of the alumni association. |
“The Sorrell Center wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our generous alumni,” said Kim Cuda, director of alumni relations at UNMC. “More than 1,000 College of Medicine alumni and UNMC faculty contributed to the project. There’s never been another fundraising campaign on our campus that compares to this. It shows how loyal and appreciative our alumni are.”
Events on July 26 included tours of the Sorrell Center and the presentation of the 2008 John S. Latta Centennial Lectureship by Willis Maddrey, M.D., executive vice president for clinical affairs at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Dr. Maddrey is a close personal friend of two of UNMC’s leading physicians — Michael Sorrell, M.D., professor of internal medicine and the individual for whom the Sorrell Center is named, and John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the College of Medicine.
Dr. Maddrey, who also is an internal medicine professor, talked about the continuing dilemmas surrounding drug-induced liver injuries.
Following Dr. Maddrey’s lecture, a luncheon was held in the Sorrell Center’s Truhlsen Campus Events Center.