Alumni, faculty and staff members, current students and friends met up with mascot Boomer for a Youngstown Phantoms game Saturday, Feb. 18. The group that gathered for the NEOMED Alumni and Friends Night (pictured from left to right) included Lindsey Loftus, senior development officer at NEOMED; Debbie Grinstein, Youngstown Jewish Federation; Jeff Mellott, Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology at NEOMED; Aafke Loney, owner of the Youngstown Phantoms; Jen Sensor, NEOMED Ph.D. student; Troy Loney, two-time Stanley Cup Champion for the Pittsburgh Penguins; Eleanor Watanakunakorn; Hans Theweissen, Ph.D., Ingalls Brown Chair of Anatomy at NEOMED; Paul Watanakunakorn (’98), team physician for the Youngstown Phantoms; Derek Hennecke, president and CEO of Xcelience; Cynthia DeVito; Daniel Blain, Vice President of Advancement at NEOMED; Jeff Grinstein; and Peter DeVito, M.D. (’91).
From left to right: Hans Thewissen, Boomer and Derek Hennecke | Eleanor and Amanda Watanakunakorn with Boomer |