Susan Berry Pakula
CHS Class of 1965
CHS ’65 Class Rank-3rd, National Honor Society (VP), Class Marshall (3), Science Club (4-President), Science Fair (3,4), Yearbook Staff (4), Booster Drive (1,2,3,4), Planning Committee (4), Pep Club, Math Team, Drama Club, AFS Club (3,4), Leaders Club (4), Homeroom Rep (1,2,3,4), English tutor to newly arrived immigrant children at the International Institute in Lowell, Lowell General Hospital (Candy-Striper), Girl Scouts (Curved Bar)
University of Massachusetts-Amherst BS Zoology minor Chemistry Cum Laude ’69, Honors Program, Dormitory Counselor (3,4-Head Counselor), Summer Study Abroad-Italy (3), Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society
Boston University MA Medical Science & Biochemistry ‘76
Brown University Doctor of Medicine ’76 Upjohn Award (Outstanding Community Responsibilities), Mosby Book Award (Scholastic Excellence), American Medical Women’s Association Recognition Award, Sigma Xi Honorary Society
Rhode Island Hospital Residency (Pediatrics); RIGHA HMO Staff physician-pediatric/adolescent medicine, head of quality assurance & mortality review programs, Established adolescent pregnancy program, acting Associate Medical Director
Career
Brown University Health Services general medical care of undergraduate, graduate and medical students, Co-leader of student group with eating disorders, outreach program for dormitory residents, Clinical Instructor – pediatrics at Medical School, Co-teacher “Medical Ethics in Pediatrics”;
Community
Medical lectures (Girl Scouts, Mother of Twins Club, Nursery Schools, High Schools & Colleges)