USA Medical Alumni Association hosts reunion weekend

Alumni gathered at The Lodge in Gulf Shores for the 2024 USA MAA Reunion Weekend.

More than 100 alumni and friends of the Whiddon College of Medicine attended the 2024 USA Medical Alumni Association Reunion Weekend. The event was held June 21-23 at The Lodge in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

This year marked the return to the traditional five-year anniversary cycle, honoring the medical classes of 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019. One of the highlights of this year’s reunion was the reintroduction of the annual Medical Alumni and Leadership Awards at the MAA Awards Luncheon on Saturday, June 22. The USA Medical Alumni Association was proud to present the following recipients with their respective awards:

Dean Emeritus Sam Strada, Ph.D., left, presents 

Daniel Potts, M.D., with the Distinguished Medical

Alumni Award.

S. Lane Rutledge, M.D., ’81
2024 Distinguished Medical Alumni Memorial Award

Daniel C. Potts, M.D., F.A.A.N., ’93
2024 Distinguished Medical Alumni Award

Robert W. Chagrasulis, M.D., ’81
2024 Medical Alumni Humanitarian Award

Jonathan G. Scammell, Ph.D.
2024 Distinguished Service Award

Robert D. Lightfoot, M.D.
The de Juan, Chambers, Oppenheimer Healthcare Award

Speakers for the weekend included T.J. Hundley, M.D., ’04; Michael Ledet, M.D., ’84; Elizabeth VandeWaa, Ph.D.; and Mark Williams, M.D., M.B.A., J.D., C.P.E., ’80. Presentation topics ranged from the business of medicine and updates in medical education to safe opioid prescribing.

Make plans to join us for next year's Medical Alumni Reunion Weekend, June 13-15, 2025, at The Lodge at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Alabama, where we will honor classes ending in 5 and 0.

View more photos from the reunion on Flickr.