Class of 1970 Commemorative Biographical Book

EL I ZABETH S PENCER - SMI TH

Address: 4774 Baytree Place, Santa Rosa, CA 95405 Email: foxydoxy9@yahoo.com ● Phone: H: 707-591-0433 ● C: 707-484-7362

Alma mater: University of Southern California, B.A., 1966

Postgraduate Training/Certification: Internal Medicine Internship and Residency: University of Missouri Medical School, Columbia, MO, 1970-72 Rheumatology Fellowship: Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA 1972-1974 Endocrinology Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, 1972-73 Endocrinology Fellowship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1973-74

Santa Rosa Junior College: 4 art classes 1985-1995; Anthropology and Geology 2016

Certifications: Board of Internal Medicine, 1974 BIM Subspecialty of Rheumatology 1975 Positions: Lecturer, Spirituality and Healing in Medicine Harvard Medical School 2006-present

Current Employment: Last place of gainful employment: Rheumatology practice in Greenbrae, CA, 2013

Spouse or Partner’s Name: Barry Smith

Volunteer Positions: Chairperson, Program Committee, Sonoma County Medical Association 1985-1986 Chairperson, Arthritis Foundation of Sonoma County, 1986- 1993 Editorial Board Member, Sonoma County Physician Magazine, 1987-1988 Founding Chairperson, Women Physicians Committee, Sonoma County Medical Association, 1989-1990 Chairperson, Patient Care Committee, North Coast Rehabilitation Center 1988-1990 Chief of Staff, North Coast Rehabilitation Center Santa Rosa, CA 1991-1992 Chairperson, Practitioners’ Aid Committee, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, 1992-1993 Member, Lyme Disease Steering Committee, State of California 1992-1993 Member, Medical and Scientific CommitteeArthritis Foundation, Northern California Branch 1993-1998

Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren: Children: Laurel Timms (caterer in Napa), Shay Timms (business lawyer/CEO San Diego), Tracy Balboni (radiation oncologist at Harvard), Nick Cady (stepson and high school engineering teacher in Louisville, Colorado), Tara Smith (vocalist for Big Syn and Babe-alon 5, masseuse, massage teacher in Chicago). Grandchildren: Anthony Joaquin (just graduated from Berkeley in neurobiology), Tyler Joaquin (sophomore at USD), Narrative: What was your most memorable moment from medical school? The superb lectures by those world-renowned professors come to mind, but pale in comparison to joining a class of scholars who above all loved to laugh and have fun. But nothing compares to telling my resident, who asked me to do a stool guaiac on everyone on the floor, to bend over. Caleb Balboni (15), Eva Balboni (12), Morgan Cady (14), Justin Cady (11).

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