Class Notes
Class notes from the Winter 2005 issue of Health Professions Connection.
Cytotechnology
Cytotechnology alumni participated in the recent Second Annual Cytotechnology Program Advisory Committee Meeting, representing the program's various clinical affiliations throughout Central New York: Paul Baker '76; Joseph Foti '83; Christopher Fry '92; Denise Hajdasz '95; Janet Miller '80; Yvonne Pringle '69; Mike Robinson '96; Cheryl Schmidt '96; Susan Seidel '00; Melissa Stemmer '02 ; and, CT program director, Susan Stowell '83.
Medical Imaging Science
Kerry Green Donnelly, MIS '95, a radiologic technologist in Auburn, NY and a member of the HP Alumni Association Board, provided welcoming remarks to entering students at the College of Health Profession's orientation ceremony this August.
 MIS Volunteer Instructor Earns President's Award
Shari Lustrinelli, RT ( R ), a 1982 graduate of the College of Health Professions in Medical Imaging Sciences, was presented the President's Award for Outstanding Voluntary Faculty Service at the Fall 2005 Faculty Convocation. She was honored for her high standards and commitment to the clinical education of future radiologic technologists.
Since 1998,Lustrinelli has volunteered as a dedicated and tireless clinical educator for Upstate students at her place of employment, Community General Hospital. She has been a staff radiologic technologist there since 1990 performing procedures that include routine radiography, emergency imaging, surgical imaging, portable imaging and fluoroscopic studies. The range of technology expertise includes computer axial tomography (CAT), nuclear medicine bone scans and mammography. Prior to this position, she worked in Massachusetts as a chief technologist, and then returned to Syracuse in 1988 to work at the Syracuse Community Health Center.
One of Lustrinelli's strengths, her colleagues say, is thinking "outside the box." She takes the extra effort to bring helpful suggestions to faculty regarding student instruction, evaluation and remediation. She works tirelessly and accepts the challenge of diagnosis and remediation of student performance problems. She is committed to keeping students up-to-speed with practice requirements. Lustrinelli has extended her role to effectively showcase the medical imaging profession to prospective candidates for Upstate's program.
Lustrinelli is a member of the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, the American Society of Radiologic Technologists and is an active member of the Central New York Society of Radiologic Technologists.
 Medical Technology
James L. Vossler, MT, ( MS '81), of Syracuse, NY, was re-elected to a second three-year term as an alternate faculty senator for SUNY Upstate Medical University's Council of the Faculty Organization. Vossler is assistant professor, Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, and assistant dean for recruitment in the College of Health Professions.
Physical Therapy
Annette Iglarsh, PT '75, MBA, PhD , is the first to be inducted into the SUNY Upstate Physical Therapist Hall of Fame. She is being celebrated for her enduring commitment and positive contributions to the PT profession. She was inducted last March as part of the Physical Therapy Spring Symposium. Iglarsh is a faculty member and program chair for the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Pa.
Department Abbreviations Key
CP - Cardiovascular Perfusion (formerly Extracorporeal Technology)
CS - Cardiorespiratory Science (formerly Respiratory Care)
CT - Cytotechnology
MIS - Medical Imaging Science (formerly Medical Radiography)
MT - Medical Technology
PT - Physical Therapy
RT - Radiation Therapy
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