October 2005 Volume 29 No. 9
Neurologist Bruce T. Adornato passed the gavel he received two years ago to cardiovascular anesthesiologist J. Kent Garman, his successor as Medical Staff president, during ceremonies at the semi-annual Medical Staff meeting, held Tuesday, Sept. 27, in the LINX restaurant at Stanford’s Clark Center. Some 120 staff members attended.
Other highlights of the meeting included awards presentations to four distinguished retired physicians and a talk by astronomer/ physicist Jill Tarter, research director at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute in Mountain View.
Before turning over the gavel, Adornato thanked those who helped manage and advance Medical Staff interests and congratulated, in particular, Bryan Bohman, the incoming vice president/treasurer, as well as Garman, the new president.
The president’s gavel passed, as it usually alternates, from a community practitioner to a faculty member. That Medical Staff tradition was paired with another time-honored ritual, the passing of gifts. Garman, noting that Adornato had asked for a chair, offered his predecessor a metal folding chair with a paper sign taped to the back and the inscription printed in rainbow colors. Then, returning to a more serious mood, Adornato was presented with a much more elegant and sturdy wooden armchair, suitable for a physician’s office. (See Full Story)
