Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Lyons supposedly commuted from NYC to TUSM even day for five lone years (this is true), until he finally bought a house near Manayunk. He purportedly has a lifetime ban from the Rutherford B. Hayes High School library (his alma mater), for which Lyons simply explained. It was a complete frame-up for which I deny any and all responsibility except perhaps for refusing to stop talking, refusing to stop talking about not talking ... and refusing to stop talking about refusing to excuse myself from the library. Lyons is even rumored to have been found sitting in a lawn chair as he “supervised his youth group's community service project. ... This is precisely the problem with this Lyons character: Just when you think you’ve dug up some dirt on him. it turns out that it was part of a church youth group activity. This is a man who says with complete sincerity that he loves his job. that he loves going to work every day, and that he couldn’t imagine a better life for himself. IllIMBLY.SI BMirn-A) BY STi: 'EN BUSSELEN. Ml) Selecting Dr. Lyons as the 2005 Skull Yearbook IX'dicatec was a given for many senior medical students. Jovcncl Chcrcnfant had this to add about Dr. Lyons. Among his many admirable traits, the most striking thing about Dr. Lyons is his ability to not make a student feel stupid. He can turn any idiotic statement made by a student into a thought-provoking idea. I guess he does that in order to alleviate the stress and fear that most students experience during teaching sessions. It seems that he never forgets what it is like to be student. He is not just a clinician, he is .1 true pedagogue. The profession needs more people like him.” Janine Chen mentioned that she selected Dr. Lyons because he is a great mentor. She also added. It didn't matter what Specialty I w.is interested in. II I was confused about my career path, he always patiently listened to my concerns and set aside time from his hectic schedule. Another student added that Dr Lyons has been an outstanding clinical educator who has played a pivotal role in the lives of many students. He is always a student advocate and is always ready to teach...He is a favorite among his patients and a favorite among students. He is a multi-talented person with numerous hats. He’s m the family medicine clinic, goes to deliver babies in OB. spends time as an internal medicine attending and also sees teens in Temple Children's Hospital. He also has served an advisor to numerous clubs and is one of the primary attendings in the Temple Cares clinic. Dr. Lyons is the full package. Devin and Daddy! Dr. Paul E. Lyons, we the (lass of2005 salute you. Year after year you continue to show students at Temple the real meaning of being a clinician, a physician, a teacher, a role model, and a heater not only by your words, hut by your actions and your heart. The Skull 2005 Yearbook Staff counts it an honor to dedicate this yearbook to you. 6 femple University 'School of Medicine

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day school with my husband [Jascy Schnaars|, which was funny because he |Lyons| haled Sunday school.” She added that it wasn’t only Lyons who hated Sunday school, but also Iter husband The two Sunday school teachers sought to make the experience more palatable for the kids they taught, as well as for themselves. “They’d take the group golfing on Sundays before Sunday school Jascy Schnaars added. Some of the kids had never played golf.” The two men decided to make the game a bit more interesting by adding an additional clement of chance. You'd roll dice to see w hich club you'd use. Mr. Schnaars. a high school Lnglish teacher, said that Lyons is an excellent Ultimate Frisbee player, a decent golfer, and was once an avid Dungeons Dragons player with a group that included his fellow amateur taxidermist. Chris Houser. Medical school did not kill the iconoclast in Lyons. As a mod student. he was invited to speak at his high school's National Honor Society induction Mr. Schnaars recalled that Lyons said. The people wc should be honoring are the ones who have to bust their butts to get C’s. While many of the students cheered, a group of parents and teachers were irate. Rumors about Lyons abound. He is an alleged poet. (In fact he's published in the Mandrake Poetry Review. Cider Press Review. Barbaric Yawp. etc.). He is believed to have hitchhiked to Alaska w ith best friend Chris Houser. (He actually admitted to this one.) Houser added by e-mail. “We had fairly clear plans. ... Wc would hitchhike from Berkeley where 1 was in school to Valdez and work the salmon season. Paul had worked there the year before.” There w as a 1.000-milc ferry ride from Seattle to Haines. Alaska, where they became stranded with several other hitchhikers. “Somehow a resident of Haines was recruited to drive the remaining folks to Canada for a fee. Houser said. They eventually ended up shivering in the back of a pick-up truck for the final five hours to Valdez. The rest of the summer was fairly routine, pulling the guts out of dead fish for 12-20 hours a day. except for the time our backpacking stove exploded. 2005 Sku! 15

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the joys of fatherhood the apples of Paul Lyons' eyes: Dylan Devin - Like father, like son Dr. Lyons with his father at the Madison Marathon Man's best friend. Toby kids do the— darnedest things Just the Karts on Paul Eric Lyons Limibl Wtfe.OndvSprague;dauphin,Devin.5:son,Dylan.3 .g,,, LlhiiiilMU B.A . Philosophy. Oberlrn College. 1985. M I) Oho Stale In ™}-' KeMiienn: I .of Mum . IX-pc of Kamil) and Community Health. I‘ 91 1 '• 1 ' ' . Kclho»ships: Faculty Development. 1994-95.I997-9K; (IraniGwcnhngProject Kei -a. 2«M ' TUSM Academic Appointments Assoc. Prof . Dent, of Family and Community Med- -M.-pcoewtAssl. I tot Deft, of Pediatrics. I'W-present; Asst Pr.-i. Family Med . 1998-2002 Other Vfjdemic Appointments: Asst ProL Albert Einstein College of Medic s«. Dept of Family Med 1995 |99S. Asst Prof I of Minn Dept of Family Med. 1994-95: Clinical Instmc tor. Adult Nurse Practitioner Program. Vale School of Nursing. 199'-present .Adjunct Facility. Family Nurse Practitiooer Program. Pace I 1997-99 V few of his ID Xcademic dminisir-jtion Positions: Associate Ch.ur tor Clinical Education. Family Med II SM. |99s present A» ; i:eRc «!cn-.y Director. Bror.s-i.dun. , Far -iy Prac tier Reodencv. 1996-9$ wards i highlights;: Graduation Speaker. Tf 'SM. :•-5 Evcmplary reaching Aw ■ 1 PA Ac idcri y of Fan; ly Phy sack I 'Award. ur.iscrsity-wid: lc-i.fr.nc iwarJ. 2004; White Coat Ceremony. Presenter. 2003; Faculty Hnoder. 2001.2003.2004. Excellence in Research Award. Commmcc on Rescan!i AAFP. 1994. Resident TeacbcT Award. Society of Teachers of Family MeJ.. 1994 Bftl Damn PubllVillil,n ftri'd; “Gel out ol my Office, 2000; ;2i J0t;675-7T l'lllfllVillil |l Pvd VV mPftniyil.to2filJr MtfMG ‘lTui Family Medicine Inline Family Methane. I999.31tl).594l EMfaAdMMLto I'froptc CARES. Family Med Interest Group. Basic Medical Skills.PSR student chapter. Gerutncs Interest Gnrnp 2005 Skull 7