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Philip Sunshine tribute

Journal of Perinatology volume 31, pages S11–S12 (2011)Cite this article

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In 1960 I attended a wedding in Denver, Colorado, and had the good fortune to be seated with Molly and Sam Sunshine, Phil's parents. During a lively conversation with them I indicated that I was applying to medical school. Molly and Sam shared that their son was Chief Resident in Pediatrics at Stanford University Medical Center, that he was thoroughly enjoying his leadership role, and that he was very fond of his boss, the Chair of Pediatrics. They also said that their son Phil, like me, had received his bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado and that we had been members of the same fraternity at Colorado. Phil had then obtained his MD at the University of Colorado before his pediatric residency at Sanford. Based on Phil's parents’ report of the quality of medical education at Stanford, I applied and was fortunate to be accepted to Stanford University Medical School.

In September of 1961 I arrived in Palo Alto and shortly thereafter contacted Phil. I remember quite vividly that Phil and his fiancée Beth invited me to a party which was the first of many subsequent social events and eventual mentoring that I received from Phil. I realized that Phil had both a humorous personality and a ‘joie de vivre’.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Henry and Mala Dorfman Family Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA,

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LB has received consulting and lecture fees from Alexion and has equity/stock options with Amgen. LB has also received grant support from the National Institutes of Health.

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Boxer, L. Philip Sunshine tribute. J Perinatol 31 (Suppl 1), S11–S12 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2010.169

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