2007 Alumni Achievement Award Recipients
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2007 ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS
The 2007 receipients of The Ohio State University College of Medicine Alumni Achievement Awards were honored at the All Class Dinner during the 54th Annual Medical Alumni Reunion, on Friday, September 7.
David G. Ashbaugh, MD ‘57
Celebrating his 50-year medical school reunion this fall, David Ashbaugh, MD, cultivated a fulfilling career in the fields of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. After earning his bachelor’s degree at Miami University in 1953, he came to The Ohio State University for medical school. Completing an internship and assistant residency at the University of Colorado, Dr. Ashbaugh was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1962 and chose to study at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh, Scotland. Later, as an associate professor at the University of Colorado from 1964-72, Dr. Ashbaugh conducted extensive research in Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS, or Shock Lung Syndrome) and established the rationale for the use of Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) as treatment. After 16 years of private practice in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery in Boise, Idaho, Dr. Ashbaugh became professor of surgery and, later, the director of the Department of Surgery, at the University of Washington. He eventually returned to clinical practice at Harborview Medical Center, UW’s main trauma center, from which he retired in 1993. Dr. Ashbaugh was a member of numerous professional organizations and societies, one being the Western Surgical Association, which named him president in 1991. David and his wife, Shari, currently live on Lopez Island in Washington.
Doris N. Carson, MD ‘50
Doris Carson, MD, broke a number of gender barriers during her remarkable medical career, including bringing family planning to the forefront of her Jacksonville, Fla. community. Dr. Carson obtained her undergraduate degree from Miami University prior to medical school at The Ohio State University, graduating in 1950 as one of four women in a class of 100. She started her residency at John Gaston Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., one of the few hospitals that would allow women into the training program. She completed her program at St. Luke’s Hospital in Jacksonville. As the first female resident on staff, Dr. Carson slept on a cot in a broom closet while on call; there were no accommodations for female doctors. In 1956, she joined the staff at Baptist Medical Center as an ob/gyn. In 1981, she became Baptist Medical Center’s first and, to date, only female chief of staff. Dr. Carson dedicated much of her career to women’s health. She instituted the Breast Center at Baptist Medical Center, now known as the North Florida Breast Center, to provide women access to mammography. In 1965, with funding from the Davis family, founders of Winn-Dixie, she opened Planned Parenthood of Northeast Florida, followed by The Bridge of Northeast Florida in 1982, helping women in her community make better decisions about their health and the well-being of their children. Dr. Carson was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the late 1970s but never allowed the disease to stop her work in the community. She has been involved with the North Florida chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) since 1988, as a member of various committees and a peer advisor to the newly diagnosed. In 2003, Dr. Carson received The Betaseron Champions of Courage award for extraordinary dedication to the MS community over the last decade.
Lester R. Mohler, MD ‘64
Lester Mohler, MD, is internationally recognized for his skills as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon. In fact, the Mohler technique, a surgical procedure used to repair unilateral cleft lip deformity, is used in all major cranio-facial clinics around the world. Dr. Mohler has performed more than 1,200 cleft lip and palate surgeries. He has been on more than 50 medical missions for groups such as Operation Smile, Midwest Medical Mission and Honduras Central America Medical Outreach. A 1964 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, his early career highlights include the Surgical Award for Outstanding Performance and the Phi Delta Epsilon Senior Achievement Award in 1964. After serving an internship in Santa Barbara, Calif., and residencies in Columbus, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Penn., he returned to Columbus, becoming director of plastic surgery training at Riverside Methodist Hospitals, chief of plastic surgery at Mount Carmel Medical Center and assistant clinical professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University, respectively. Dr. Mohler has received numerous awards, including the 2006 Most Outstanding Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Award from the worldwide Smile Missions Program, a 2006 Jefferson Award, sponsored by The Columbus Dispatch and WBNS-TV, and the 2007 Alumni Distinguished Service Award from his undergraduate alma mater, Capital University.