Rick Mitchell

As to what I do now....I am a staff pathologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston; my specialty interest is cardiovascular pathology, and I am heavily involved in the heart transplant community. I am also an associate professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School (with a joint appointment at MIT), and am the course director for the pathology course there as well as one of the junior-level Deans for students (kind of like a glorified guidance counselor). My time gets split between clinical activities, administrative activities, teaching, and basic research concerning the mechanisms of heart transplant rejection (my lab does heart transplants on mice!!). 

I've been happily married now for 23 years (Diane is a Nurse Practitioner at Babson College), with a son, Matt (16) and a daughter, Becky (13), and three (!!) golden retrievers. For fun and relaxation I coach youth basketball and Babe Ruth baseball, and love doing home improvement projects (I'm on a first-name basis with all the folks at Home Depot). We live in Natick (Native American for "Land of a Thousand Malls"), a suburb about 15 miles west of Boston. If any of you are ever in the vicinity, please feel free to call and visit!

I think the next time I'll be in Torrance would be Christmas, which may not be the best time for a picnic at La Romeria.

More later, Rick

My wife Diane with our children Becky and Matt