University of Maryland School of Medicine - Terrae Mariae Medicus (Baltimore, MD)

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Beginnings — The School Of Medicine The history of the University of Maryland School of Medicine began with John Beale Davidge, M.D., who came to Baltimore from Scotland. In 1807, Davidge, James Cocke, M.D., of Virginia, and James Shaw built an anatomical theater near the corner of Liberty and Saratoga Streets. Within a month, the building was demolished by a mob of “ignorant neighbors” angered about the human dissections being performed. That December, the General Assembly passed a bill to incor- porate the College of Medicine of Maryland with Davidge as Dean. In 1812, the construction of Davidge Hall was completed. This was the beginning. From this beginning have come many accomplishments in medical education. The University of Maryland School of Medicine is credited with many firsts from being the first to require anatomical dissec- tion to being the first to introduce preventive medicine courses. 3

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TERRA MARIAE MEDICOS 1986 CONTENTS Beginnings 3 Faculty 16 Preclinical Years 32 Clinical Years 40 Surviving 49 An End And A Beginning 73 The Class of 1986 89 There is nothing quite so fulfilling as a well-decolorized Gram stain. “$6000 a year to learn how to wash my hands” This yearbook is a collection of some of the moments and a salute to some of the people who have been part of our journey through these last four years. 2 Getting by with a little help from our friends!

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Beginnings — The Class of 1 986 The journey through four years of medical school started in August of 1982 when 175 of us with diverse backgrounds (nurses, engineers, a Ph.D. in philosophy, a nun, a pharmacist, a physician’s assistant, a Ph.D. in nutrition, a mother of three, a Pharm. D., techs, a Ph.D. in biochemistry, physicists, teachers, and recent college grads), ranging in age from 18 to 36, gathered at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore to become the Class of 1986.