Pathfinders in Medicine, a WSU School of Medicine black-tie event established in 2000 to honor outstanding vision and leadership in medicine, scientific research and the availability of quality health care within the community, will be at 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8, in Ford Field. This year's honorees include:

• Larry Fleischman, M.D., president of Children's Hospital;
• Henry McKinnell, chairman and CEO of Pfizer;
• Tina Kelley (posthumously), a WSU School of Medicine resident dedicated to serving children who was killed in a car accident Feb. 4;
• Roberto Romero, M.D., head of National Institutes of Health's Perinatology Research Branch at the WSU School of Medicine;
• Ebony Rucker, a WSU School of Medicine third-year student; and
• Sophie Womack, M.D., president of the Detroit Medical Center medical staff and chief neonatologist at Sinai-Grace Hospital.

Proceeds from Pathfinders in Medicine go to scholarship funds, including the The Black Medical Association of Wayne State University Endowed Grant Fund and the Charles F. Whitten, M.D., Post-Baccalaureate Fund. For more information or to make a reservation, please contact Sue Helderop at Sue Helderop (313) 993-4179 or sheldero@med.wayne.edu.