1. Pediatric Allergy Immunology and Blood and Marrow Transplant Division
Morton J. Cowan, MD
Chief
Kristin Ammon Shimano, MD
Laurence Cheng, MD
Christopher Dvorak, MD
Robert Goldsby, MD
Biljana Horn, MD
Jim Huang, MD
Jennifer Puck, MD
Diane Wara, MD
Trish Murphy, RN, MSN
Mica Muskat, PNP
Coriana Seelig-Gustafson,
RN, BSN
Mara Bailey-Olsen, PNP
Janelle Faccino, PNP
Amanda Kice, MSW
Anu Sood, MSW
Helen Crouch, Unrelated
Donor Search Coordinator
Betty Lau, Unrelated
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October 7, 2012
RE: Katharina Vester
To Whom It May Concern,
It’s a pleasure to write this letter of support for Katharina who I knew when she was
assigned to be the Allergy Immunology Fellowship Program Coordinator in 2011. At the
time, our application for a new program was being submitted and the individual assigned by
the Department of Pediatrics to help us through this very complicated process was
overwhelmed and our application in serious trouble. Katharina simply took over the process
and guided us through to a successful completion and approval. Along the way she also
organized and was present for the site visit that was also very difficult but with Katharina’s
help we were able to be successful. When Katharina left UCSF in order to go back to
school she organized our program documents so that the new coordinator could easily take
over. She has been greatly missed!
As you can imagine, Katharina is very bright, extremely well-organized, and a pleasure to
work with. I strongly recommend her to you.
Sincerely,
Morton J. Cowan, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Allergy, Immunology and Blood and Marrow Transplant Division
Director, Pediatric Stem Cell Laboratory
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital,
Digitally signed by Morton Cowan
DN: cn=Morton Cowan, o=AI BMT,
ou=BMT,
email=mcowan@peds.ucsf.edu, c=US
Date: 2012.10.07 12:09:23 -07'00'