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Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Dr. Amy Depuy - My Best Student in 33 Years
Amy M. DePuy, daughter of Charles and Regina DePuy, Lansford, recently graduated summa cum laude from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia.Dr. DePuy was the recipient of the Measey Scholarship, the Batroff Scholarship, the Omicrom Delta Kappa Graduate School Scholarship, and the First Catholic Slovak Lades Association Scholarship during her medical school career. She received clinical honors in pediatrics, orthopaedics, OB/GYN, reproductive endocrinology/infertility, and breast surgery, and was awarded membership in the Hobart Amory Hare Honor Society and the Association of Pathology Chairs Honor Society.While at Jefferson, Dr. DePuy was associated with the University Choir, the OB/GYN Society Executive Committee, and the Family Medicine Society. She was also a volunteer with the Jeff HOPE program, which provides health care to the homeless and underserved.In the Panther Valley area, Dr. DePuy has been involved with the music ministry of the Catholic Churches of Coaldale as a soloist, cantor, flutist, and choir director. She has been a performed on the Carbon-Tamaqua American Cancer Society Telethon for the past 21 years.Dr. DePuy is currently participating in a four-year OB/GYN residency program at the Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, and is residing in Emmaus.She is a 2001 graduate of Moravian College, Bethlehem, where she received the Charles Albrecht Graduation Award for the best four-year record in scholarship and participation in college activities, and the Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society Graduation Award for the highest cumulative average in biology.The 1997 valedictorian of Panther Valley High School, Dr. DePuy is the granddaughter of Mildred Radocha of Coaldale and the late Sheriff Paul Radocha, and the late Charles and Mary DePuy.
Amy's daddy Charlie was my best buddy teacher - he taught grade seven math - I taught grade seven science. He still does.
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