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  • rodolfo gonzalez plays the guitar

    A musician's new tune

    Rodolfo Gonzalez traveled the world playing and producing music before he came back to his roots in medicine.

    Bobby King  |  May 29, 2024
  • emily wachner with her two kids in an apple orchard on a sunny day

    A priest's new calling

    Emily Wachner believes the scenic journey she has taken so far will, one day, make her a good doctor.

    Bobby King  |  May 29, 2024
  • Mychael Spencer in white coat

    An educator's next lesson

    For 10 years, medicine remained on the backburner as Myke Spencer became a teacher, then a school administrator, then a principal.

    Bobby King  |  May 29, 2024
  • water color painted portraits of the alumni award winners who include Mason Goodman, Sharon Singleton, Daniel Hayes, Richard Rink, Allison Brashear, and Brandon Brown.

    The Difference Makers

    IU School of Medicine recognizes graduates whose work recognizes its enduring message to provide compassionate care, train future healers, and use research to transform health. ...

    Bobby King  |  Jan 19, 2024
  • a red and white indy car race car is parked in front of the pagoda suites at the indianapolis motor speedway. A billboard in the background reads "Chip Ganassi Racing" and "Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center"

    Getting Cancer Research on Track

    A slick paint job on a quick car zooming around an iconic venue brought attention to vital research unfolding at IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center. ...

    Bobby King  |  Dec 21, 2023
  • Ted Kitchel boxes against a dummy in the gym. He has short cropped white hair, a black t shirt and black boxing gloves.

    Fighting Back

    Former IU basketball star Ted Kitchel takes his fight against Parkinson’s disease seriously – in the gym to keep his motor skills sharp and outside ...

    Bobby King  |  Dec 13, 2023
  • Keeping The Momentum

    NIH grant funding to IU School of Medicine has exploded in the last 10 years. How did it happen?

    Bobby King  |  May 03, 2023
  • Dean Hess with his arms crossed in a home library

    A Decade As Dean

    Dean Jay Hess brought a fresh perspective — and a game plan — to IU School of Medicine, elevating it to a higher level.

    Bobby King  |  May 03, 2023
  • Lester Thompson, MD, flanked by Dean Glenn Irwin, Jr., MD, and Thompson's father, Calvin, at the 1968 IU School of Medicine graduation.

    Lucky Medicine

    A memoir by Lester Thompson, MD, '68 tells the story of his father's dream, a special gift and what it took to navigate the 1960s. ...

    Bobby King  |  Feb 01, 2023
  • an older white couple stands in front of a luxury car

    Room for Innovation

    Longtime supporters Dave and Susan Roberts have committed to outfitting labs in a new medical research building that will seek answers for neurodegenerative diseases.

    Bobby King  |  Nov 30, 2022
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Bobby King

Bobby King is the director of development and alumni communications in the Office of Gift Development. Before joining the IU School of Medicine in 2018, Bobby was a reporter with The Indianapolis Star. Before that he was a reporter for newspapers in Kentucky, South Carolina and Florida.

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