Deborah Proctor

Deborah Proctor, M.D., professor of medicine (digestive diseases) and medical director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, received the Angel Among Us Award from the Middletown (Conn.) Elks at a meeting in November. Proctor donates much of her time to helping patients pro bono. She started the Free Flex-Sig screening program, and she and her husband have made more than 10 trips to Honduras, where they have sponsored more than 40 children in an orphanage.