Mystery Classmate 041

Congratulations to Jack Horner, Bob Smith, Ken Van Cara, Mary Bender Knight, Kristin Burgard, Maribeth Mahoney Misitis, Paula Recchio Joseph, Brian "S.D." Stevenson, and Maria Wojtaszek Romanelli, who correctly identified Shernaaz Kapadia ('87) and are listed in the order that their responses were received.

In case you were wondering, Shernaaz is the Chief Resident at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She previously served as a physician in the United States Navy after completing her studies at Temple University. Regarding her experiences at Children's, Shernaaz notes, "The residents, attendings and teaching are great at Children's. The patient population is very large and will give you vast experience in taking care of healthy as well as critically ill children. This residency program will prepare you well if you want to become a general pediatrician or go into a fellowship."

Many classmates had fond memories of Shernaaz. Ken Van Cara reports that Shernaaz was one of the nicest, smartest people in his class. Paula Recchio Joseph remembered that Shernaaz was friends with Paula's sister Claudia. Jack Horner rode the school bus with Shernaaz and her brother Maneck.

Jerry Koutavas, Paul Rodgers, Amy Chufo Prezelski, and Bill Stout guessed Aarti Gurnani. Amy noted that Aarti was a Blackridge girl, and Bill even remembered that he and Aarti were lab partners in physics. I hope Aarti is reading this!

Beth Chufo Nichols wrote, "I know this one because she lived in Blackridge, but can't remember her name... She was always really quiet on the bus..." The judges have ruled that Beth was thinking of Aarti too, so she also gets credit for an incorrect guess this week.

Carrie Schadle guessed Marie Aquino. David Kortyna guessed Sara Gopal.