william siebert:  

FIRST: Our fellow classmate, Denise Kiely ( now Johnson), has been in the ICU at Marlboro Hospital x 6 weeks...she developed pneumonia, then had a cardiac arrest, from which she was resuscitated. She then developed renal failure, had to have three chest tubes placed, and has been slowly improving. Denise and I are very close; our grandmothers and mothers grew up together; Denise and I grew up next door to each other, too! PRAYERS AND GOOD WISHES ARE WELCOME..SHE WAS JUST TRANSFERRED TO LEONARD MORSE/KINDRED ICU FOR VENTILATOR MANAGEMENT, SO SHE WILL BE THERE FOR A WHILE !!!! Where did the last FORTY years go? I graduated from Bowdoin College, then from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences--->internship/residency at Naval Regional Medical Center, Oakland, CA, then Critical Care Fellowship through Bay Area Health Consortium (UCSF, Navy and Army hospitals), then back to Oakland as Chief of Critical Care for several years. Moved to National Naval Medical Center and completed Digestive Disease/Liver Disease fellowships; then became Consultant to the Attending Physician, U. S. Capitol (took care of members of House of Representatives, Senators, 7 of 9 Supreme Court Justices, and "certain residents and staff" of the White House. After 13 years in the USNavy, moved to West Palm Beach, FL, and became Chief of Medicine at new VA Hospital x 6 years. Active duty and VA opportunities were all incredible; travel opportunities great, and the people I met and worked with were the best! Our vets deserve the best care available !!!!! Moved to Cape Cod in 2001, to care for Mom and Step Dad; opened a private practice in Hyannis, MA; in 2005, o...Expand for more