College of Medicine: Class Reunion

Michael W. Fong, MD ’01
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Radiology
Keck Medical Center of the University of Southern California

Dr. Fong earned his undergraduate degree in Biology at the University of Toronto in 1997, and his medical degree at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 2001. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Remaining at the University of Rochester, Dr. Fong was co-director of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging before joining the faculty at Keck Medical Center of the University of Southern California in 2011, where he was co-director and established the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Program. At USC, he has been actively involved with Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support programs and established a dedicated heart failure clinic at Los Angeles General Medical Center in 2015; he was Director of Heart Failure until 2024.

Dr. Fong was an Associate Program Director in the Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program from 2016 to 2018, and has been the site director for the USC Physician Assistant Program’s Internal Medicine rotation at Keck Hospital since 2013. He is currently West Region Co-Chair for the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Foundation Global Steering Committee. Dr. Fong was promoted to Professor of Clinical Medicine and Radiology in 2025.

Jan K. Carney, MD ’81, MPH, MACP
Associate Dean for Public Health & Health Policy; Professor of Medicine, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
President, 2026-2027, American College of Physicians

Dr. Carney is associate dean for Public Health and Health Policy, MPH program director, and professor of medicine at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont (UVM). She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College, a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and a Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Preventive Medicine.

Dr. Carney has held the position of Vermont’s Commissioner of Health under three gubernatorial administrations, advocating for advancements in children’s health insurance, anti-smoking initiatives for youth, and enhancements in cancer screening practices.

In 2003, she was recognized as a Local Legend by the National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine and the American Medical Women’s Association. In 2018, she received the “Public Health Champion” Award from the Vermont Public Health Association, and she was recently honored with the UVM President’s Distinguished University Citizenship and Service Award for her innovative teaching, exemplary leadership, and commitment to the university community.

Dr. Carney is actively engaged in public health practice, research, education, and service. She is a Master of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. Additionally, she has authored numerous scientific papers and three books: “Public Health in Action: Practicing in the Real World,” “Controversies in Public Health and Health Policy,” and “A History of Public Health: From Past to Present” (February 2022).

Daniel G. Coit, MD ’76, FACS
Emeritus Member, Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Coit holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University, and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. After completing his surgical residency at the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston, he finished his training in the surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), being named chief administrative fellow in his second year. He joined the MSK surgical faculty as a member of the Gastric and Mixed Tumor Service, rising to chief of service, a role he held from 1997 until 2003.  

Dr. Coit’s clinical and research interests focused primarily on complex cutaneous malignancies and gastric cancer. The unifying theme of his career has been that a thorough understanding of a given cancer’s biology should inform a rational evidence-based treatment paradigm, often leading to treatment de-escalation without compromising end results.

Throughout his career, Dr. Coit has had a profound interest in fellowship training, serving as Director of MSK Cancer Center Surgical Education (1991-1997). He has been closely involved in the training of more than 250 surgical oncology fellows, many of whom are now global leaders in their respective fields. 

Dr. Coit’s commitment to superb clinical care was recognized with the institutional Willet Whitmore Award for Clinical Excellence in 1984. He was honored with the Department of Surgery Teacher of the Year Award on three occasions. Widely published, he has authored or co-authored more than 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts, as well as countless reviews and book chapters.

Dr. Coit’s influence has extended nationally through service as president of the Society of Surgical Oncology (2016–2017), leadership roles within the American College of Surgeons, advisory service to the American Board of Surgery and the National Cancer Institute, and 15 years chairing the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s Melanoma Committee.

After a distinguished 40-year career, Dr. Coit retired from his active role in the Department of Surgery in 2025 and is now an Emeritus Member.