Alumni

School of Medicine Alumni Board

Anyone interested in serving on the National Board should contact SOM Alumni Relations.

Daniel Blanchard, MD '85
President
Location: La Jolla, CA
Specialty: Cardiology
Currently: Professor of clinical medicine at UCSD, Director of the Cardiology Fellowship Program, and Chief of Clinical Cardiology at UCSD Thornton Hospital.

J. Thomas Heywood, MD '80
Location: La Jolla, CA
Specialty: Cardiology
Currently: Director of the Heart Failure Recovery Center at Scripps Clinic and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Loma Linda University Medical Center.

William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE '72

Location: Fripp Island, SC
Specialty: Preventive Medicine
Currently: Senior Vice President and Senior Advisor

John Kasawa, MD, MPH '00

Location: San Diego, CA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Currently: Family Medicine physician at the San Ysidro Community Health Clinic

Bent Kjos, MD '79

Location: Mercer Island, WA
Specialty: Radiology
Currently: Retired

Frank Longo, MD, PhD '81
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Specialty: Neurology, Focus: Development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases
Current: Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University.

Margaret B. Matarese, MD '86
Location: San Diego, CA
Specialty: Family Practice, Occupational Medicine and Aerospace Medicine
Currently: Compensation and Pension Examiner at the VA and Adjunct Faculty Community and Family Medicine at UCSD

Danielle Reicher, MD '81

Location: Encinitas, California
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Currently: Staff Anesthesiologist Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Chairman Department of Anesthesiology.

James P. Rice, MD '81
Location: Mercer Island, WA
Specialty: OB/Gyn
Currently: Obstetrics and Gynecology physician at the Valley Women's Clinic, Renton, Washington.

Nick Yphantides, MD, MPH '92
Location: Escondido, CA
Specialty: Preventive Medicine
Currently: Chief Medical Officer, San Diego County, Author, Consultant, Speaker.