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

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20 Seniors 228 faculty 260 Match Day 274 Student Life 308 Patrons FAR LEFT: Meet Club Read! Jeff Panzer, Kathy McElwec, Corinne Bria, Andy Sheep, Lisa Wray and Kyle Robinson break between innings at a Reading Phillies game. TOP: This anatomy lab group proves that they don’t care just how badly they smell. (L to R): Aisha Taylor, Gia Viggiano, Ann Tannous, Robyn Thomlinson and Mattco Trucco. MIDDLE: Dean Daly stops for a quick ID consult with Dr. Bennett Lorber. BOTTOM: Dr. James Ryan accepts a teaching award. 2006 Skull 3

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LIFE IS BUT A SCREAM ... and scream we did. From skydiving to flying helicopters, we saw the world - doing clinical rotations and just hanging out. We called Philadelphia home, made some great friends and created more stories than we’d like to admit - and we did it all while studying to become doctors. To the Class of 2006, here is your rollercoaster. Are you ready for the ride of your life? Be University Sc hool of Medicine

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Dedication Sean Harbison, MD Associate Professor, Department of Surgery What do a surgeon, a surfer, a lifeguard, and Napoleon Dynamite have in common? These are all words that Dr. Sean Harbison used to describe himself. While it is difficult to draw a parallel between the down-to-earth surgical clerkship director and the socially inept movie character, it is heartwarming to think that someone in his position could engender such humility. It is for these reasons that we, the Class of 2006, chose to dedicate our yearbook to Dr. Sean Harbison. Thanks for letting us stop by, scrub in, and hold the scalpel. Dr. Sean Harbison was born on May 23, i960 to John and Irene Renee” Harbison. He grew up in Glenside, Pennsylvania flanked by two older sisters and a younger sister and brother. However, Dr. Harbison is not your typical middle child. Renee recounts that her oldest son loved to take things apart, but often had to enlist the assistance of his younger brother, Gavin, to help him rebuild things and even when the two joined forces, there were still pieces left over! The Harbison brothers also shared a great love for animals, though their parents forbade them from bringing any in the house. On one occasion, the boys bought a mouse and hid it in a shoebox. Obviously, the little critter escaped and scared their mother when it meandered into the hallway. Dr. Harbison’s parents, both of whom were teachers, instilled the value of education in their children at an early age. During his childhood, he dreamed of being Jacquc Cousteau. As a junior in high school, he spent a weekend at the University of Delaware with his friends. When he returned home, he told his dad, “I don’t want to be a doctor, all those guys do is study.” During his first two years of college, Dr. Harbison majored in marine biology, which combined his passion for science and his love of the seashore. His father translated that into “I want to be a beach bum!” He ultimately decided that he wanted to pursue medicine and graduated summa cum laude from LaSalle University. His father remembered the moment that he knew that his son was going to be a good doctor. Mr. Harbison had just read a newspaper article about young children who were dying of various diseases and he said to his son. “Scan, what do you do if you lose one of these kids?” Dr. Harbison looked him square in the eye and asked, “Dad, what about the ones we save?” It was this answer that 4 Temple University School of Medicine