In Memoriam

Kenneth Hatch, MD

Dr. Hatch served as President of ASCCP from 1996-98. He passed away on November 12, 2020 after a brief illness.

Dr. Hatch earned his medical degree at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 1971. He completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology followed by a fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology, both at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. As a member of the US Air Force, he joined the faculty at Alabama prior to his recruitment to the University of Arizona in 1989. During his tenure at COM-T, he served as residency program director, division chief of gynecologic oncology, and as department chair.

Dr. Hatch’s many innovative accomplishments include the introduction of laparoscopic approaches to gynecologic malignancies, leading the first randomized clinical trial testing the effectiveness of this approach, having performed the first radical laparoscopic hysterectomy for cervical cancer in 1994. This procedure revolutionized the field and continues to be used worldwide today as the standard approach to gynecologic cancers. One of the many books he authored is Hatch’s Innovations in Gynecologic Laparoscopic Surgery. Also, he was among a few surgeons who treat early stage cervical cancer by radical trachelectomy, thus allowing young women the potential for future fertility. In addition, he was a primary investigator in the HPV vaccine trials that lead to FDA approval of the HPV vaccine.

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Thomas M. Julian, MD

Dr. Thomas Michael Julian, age 70, of Middleton, passed away on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, from pancreatic cancer. He was born on June 30, 1949, in Minneapolis, Minn., the son of Earl and Pearl (Passi) Julian. Tom graduated from Silver Lake High School and went on to graduate from St. Cloud State University. He married Kathy Chalupsky on June 12, 1971, in Silver Lake, Minn. and they moved to Brainerd, Minn. where he was a social worker.

They then moved to Minneapolis where Tom attended medical school at the University of Minnesota and graduated in 1978. He was a physician there until moving to Middleton, Wis. in 1988. He practiced and taught medicine at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics for 23 years, retiring in 2011. He was a member of many professional organizations and did much speaking, editing, and writing of papers and books. He greatly enjoyed the many physicians, nurses, students, staff, and patients that he worked with over the years.

He had a lifelong passion for the arts. He was an avid reader, an amateur cartoonist, and, in his retirement, an award-winning wood carver. He loved playing baseball, softball, and the guitar. He also enjoyed teaching, crossword puzzles, gardening, and spending time with his grandchildren. His favorite thing in life was being a grandpa.

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Burton Krumholz, MD

Dr. Krumholz, former President of ASCCP from 1992-94, passed away on July 21, 2022, at the age of 93.

He was a pioneer in treating women with laser surgery. Mid-career he fostered a deep interest in working with women born to mothers who had taken the drug diethylstibestrol (DES). From 1975 to 1995, he was Director of OB/GYN at Queens Hospital and Associate Chair of OB/GYN at Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center. During that time, he also taught medical students at SUNY Stonybrook and Albert Einstein School of Medicine. He loved teaching and took great pride in working with medical students and OB/GYN residents. Throughout his career he was active in professional associations, including his term as President of ASCCP from 1992-94. The ASCCP Burton Krumholz Lifetime Legacy Award—recognizing an individual who has donated significant enduring materials to the society or been responsible for an ongoing long-term project—was named in his honor.

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Michael S. Mack, MD

Dr. Mack, a longtime member of ASCCP, passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2022 at the age of 74.

He began his group practice in obstetrics and gynecology at the Toledo Clinic, specializing in infertility. His accomplishments included becoming a local pioneer in the field of advanced operative hysterectomy and laparoscopy. He retired from practice in 1999 due to health reasons, but that did not stop him from continuing his mission. Dr. Mack became a volunteer teacher at the Medical College of Ohio, instructing residents and medical students in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology and physical diagnosis. In 2012, he was promoted to the rank of Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the college and later received multiple recognitions and awards from his peers and students including: The University of Toledo College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, first annual "The Michael Mack M.D. Education Award."

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Mary Madelyn (Gonnella) Rubin, Ph.D. RNC

Dr. Rubin, a longtime member of ASCCP, passed away peacefully in her Sausalito home on February 28, 2022.

She was a pioneer of colposcopy, a way of examining a woman’s cervix and vaginal tissue through a special magnifying instrument to identify pre-cancerous lesions. She was an expert nurse colposcopist, and trained countless medical students, residents, fellows, and nurse practitioners in the technique. She oversaw the DES Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania, where she cared for over 1000 patients, did research studies, and was held in high esteem by her medical colleagues in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. After moving to California, she worked with the Educational Programs Association to train clinicians in colposcopy, and joined the faculty at UCSF, where she attained the rank of full professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and associate professor in the Nursing School. She was recognized for her work with many awards from the American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology and the National Association of Nurse Practitioners.

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Adolf Stafl, MD, PhD

Dr. Stafl was a member of ASCCP since 1979, served as President of ASCCP from 1982-84 and was an  author of the Modern Colposcopy Textbook & Atlas.

Adolf passed away peacefully in his home on April 9, 2020 with his loving wife Jarmila at his side on their 32^nd Wedding Anniversary. Adolf was extremely proud of his adoring and loving family. As a father to his two sons, the late Dr. Jan (Liba) Stafl and Denny (Lisa) Stafl and as a grandfather to Jan and Liba’s children: Erik (Andrea), Lenka (Cor), Natalie (Jeff), and to Denny’s children: Sydney and Sam. Adolf was also a proud great-grandfather to Nathan (son of Erik and Andrea) and to the soon-to-be baby daughter of Lenka and Cor.

Adolf's family, life, colleagues, and medical career are his legacy and some of his legends. We will miss him with all our hearts and beyond any words.

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Edward J. Wilkinson, MD

Dr. Wilkinson served as President of ASCCP from 2000-2002 as well as an Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. He passed away on December 21, 2021 surrounded by family and friends..

Dr. Wilkinson was an internationally respected figure in the field of pathology. He published over 160 referred articles, 50 book chapters and 3 books, mostly focused on gynecologic pathology and cytopathology. He was an active educator of medical students, residents, and graduate students; he especially enjoyed his work directing the yearlong fellowships in gynecologic cytology. Over his years of service 31 fellows completed his program. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award of the College of Medicine in 2017.

He served as president of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease, president of the American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, and president of the Florida Society of Pathologists. He played an advisory role in the development of Gardisil, a vaccine developed by Merck to prevent cervical cancer, the first successful anticancer vaccine. He served on advisory committees at the Food and Drug Agency and the National Institutes of Health as well as WHO. He served on numerous professional journal editorial boards, including serving for 12 years as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease.

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Barbara A. Winkler, MD

It is with great sadness we report that Barbara A. Winkler, MD passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2020 from complications with COVID-19.

Dr. Winkler completed her pathology residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and was a Pathologist at CareMount Medical in Mount Kisco, New York. Dr. Winkler was an active member of the ASC and the College of American Pathologists. She was recently Chair of the ASC Public Affairs and Advocacy Committee from 2013-2016 and a Member of the CAP’s Cytopathology Committee. She was the force and the inspiration behind the humanitarian efforts at CervicoCusco, a Peruvian non-profit organization committed to improving the health and quality of life of Peruvian women through the prevention of cervical cancer.

Dr. Winkler is survived by her husband of 45 years, Dr. David Enrique Monsanto, daughter, Gabriela, and son-in-law, Kevin. She was a devoted aunt to Dominick and Henry Fortnash and a loving sister to David Winkler. She loved to watch and play tennis, traveling, shopping, going to Broadway shows, but above all, she loved the opera. She was an avid reader but her real passion besides her family was cooking. Those who worked with Dr. Winkler remember her very fondly for her wisdom, guidance, kindness, compassion, humor, and friendship. She was loved by all. May her memory be eternal.