COM Outlook Spring 2003

Nova Southeastern University NSUWorks COM Outlook College of Osteopathic Medicine Spring 2003 COM Outlook Spring 2003 College of Osteopathic Medicine Follow this and additional works at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_com_outlook Part of the Osteopathic Medicine and Osteopathy Commons This Magazine has supplementary content. View the full record on NSUWorks here: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_com_outlook/57 NSUWorks Citation College of Osteopathic Medicine, "COM Outlook Spring 2003" (2003). COM Outlook. 57. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_com_outlook/57 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Osteopathic Medicine at NSUWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in COM Outlook by an authorized administrator of NSUWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. challenges presented in a general ambulatory pediatri"! Dean"s Message practice as well as a hospital setting. Thanks to this r------------_ The past few years symbiotic collaboration, nine pediatric residency slots have been exciting three per year-have been established. ones [or the College of Osteopathic Medicine We are also investigating the possibility of developing a as we have added proposal for the creation of a fellowship in correctional new programs, medicine that would be coordinated through the Florida incorporated new Department of Corrections. Over the years, correctional teaching paradigms, medicine has evolved into a very complex specialty that and broadened the requires physicians to acquire specific skills because of overall scope of our its uniqueness. There is obvious justification for creating pre- and postgraduate additional qualification in this field. Consequently, the curriculum. This is a development of a fellowship in this discipline will trend we are committed ultimately benefit the state correctional departments "::===::;;;==;;;;;;;=====:.1 to continuing as we across the country because of the added value these highly explore new aTeas of educational development and provide trained physicians would bring to the system. additionalleaming opportunities that will em-ich both CUlTent and future generations of osteopathic physicians. Within the next year, our students will have an opportunity to enroll in a new dual-degree program that will allo' I am excited to report that a number of new programs them to pursue a Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) are currently in the developmental stages, including the degree in conjunction with their D.O. designation. We a implementation of two sports medicine fellowships as also providing additional learning opportunities for our well as a landmark forensic pathology fellowship that is faculty via the establishment of the Master of Science ·_ being developed in partnership with the Broward County Education Degree Program in collaboration with NSU's Medical Examiner's Office. The forensic pathology Fischler Graduate School of Education and Hum 1 . fellowship is the first such program of its kind to be Services. Currently, we have three faculty members established in the osteopathic profession and, if enrolled in the program. implemented, will be open to D.O.s who have obtained either AOA or ABMS board certification in pathology. In addition, the potential acqUlsltlOn of two Healt Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grants We are also strengthening our existing affiliations with also bodes well for our students and faculty, who would institutions like the Bay Pines Veterans Mfairs Medical be able to conduct additional research that has the Center and the West Palm Beach Veterans Mfairs Medical potential to positively impact many sectors of humanity. Center in order to provide additional postgraduate clinical If funded, these projects will opportunities for our students. Through our relationship • provide correctional primary care preceptor training with Sun Coast Hospital in Largo, which serves as our • help to develop problem-based learning/primary-care West Coast Academic Centel~ we may secure nine new oriented modules [or third-year students residency positions at Bay Pines in internal medicine, as well as an expansion in our surgery and family medicine Medical education is a constantly evolving entity that residencies. We have also obtained a new position at the requires frequent modification to prepare students for the West Palm Beach Veterans Mfairs Medical Centel~ which everchanging practice of medicine. Therefore, we cannot we may use as a traditional rotating internship tied in afford to remain static if we intend to cultivate a future with the program at Columbia Hospital- West Palm Beach. generation of physicians that is both compassionate yet CULLing-edge in the clinical environment. In July, the collaboration bet,,-een SU-COM and Palms West Hospital in Palm Beach County will officially initiate with the launch o[ a pediatric residency program. This partnership was established to provide training for new primary care pediatricians who are prepared to meet the 2 COM Outlook • Spring 2003 Health Professions Division Executive Administration Mortoll Terry, D.O. , M.Sc., FACOI Fred Lippman, Ed.D. , B.Sc., R.Ph. Chancellor Executil'e Vice Chancellor and PrOl'ost Following the horrific events of September 11, 2001, and adjunct clinical faculty members in urban and rural NSU-COM established the Task Force on Bioterrorism areas. This virtual library gives free and unlimited and Weapons of Mass Destruction Preparedness. Since access to full-text articles, reference books, and peer its inception, a number of valuable programs for reviewed journals. Access to resources such as MD physicians, other health professionals, and first Consult, MEDLINE, and the EBSCOhost Journals responders have been provided throughout the state. Service also is available. The task force, which has been upgraded and renamed On April 26, we are hosting the Fifth Annual CPR Day, a the Center for Education and Research in Bioterrorism joint effort between the American Heart Association and and Weapons of Mass Destruction, is currently the Florida College of Emergency Physicians. The purpose collaborating with the other medical schools in Florida. of the event is to reduce the number of lives lost from cardiac death by educating people about the Chain of Major funding is expected from the state that will provide Survival- the four-step process of providing treatment to significant support for these important activities involving victims of sudden cardiac death. faculty and deans from several NSU colleges as well as the directors of the county health departments in Broward, Maureen Campbell, D.O., medical director of emergency Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach. medical services (EMS) education and training for NSU COM, and Kevin Nugent, director of EMS education and The executive administration would like to congratulate training, will be co-chairing the event. Broward County's the NSU-COM students who won the Eastern Atlantic goal is to train 1,000 people in cardiopulmonary Student Research Forum. In this event, medical resuscitation and in the use of the Automated External students from the eastern United States, including Defibrillator (AED) machine. schools such as Duke, Johns Hopkins, and Harvard, share their research with peers from the many medical We are winding down another outstanding academic year. schools in this part of the country. With graduation just a month away, we would like to congratulate Dean Silvagni as well as our faculty and Our virtual library is now operational and consists of an students for a year of hard work and a commitment to electronic catalog, which is now available to our part-time excellence that has never faltered. COM Outlook • Spring 2003 3 COM Outlook is produced by FEATURES Nova Southeastern Universi ty College of Osteopathic Medicine Pre-Doc Program Enlightens High School Students - J6 3200 South University Drive Since its inception in 2001, the Pre-Doc Program has educated countless high Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33328 school students about basic medical procedures and introduced them to the http://medicine.nova.edu principles that distinguish osteopathic medicine from its allopathic counterpart. Morton Terry, D.O., M.Sc., FACOI Hibsman Hobnobs with Hollywood Royalty - J8 Chancellor When M-4 student Trevi Hibsman traveled to California in September 2002 Health Professions Division to perform an elective rotation in family medicine, she had no idea she was about to be welcomed into a fairy tale world dri pping with diamonds, opulence, Fred Lippman, Ed.D., B.Sc., R.Ph. sports superstars, and Hollywood heavyweights. Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Preventive Medicine Residency Program Earns Recognition - 2J Health Professions Di vision Since its July 2000 inception, NSU-COM's Osteopathic Preventive Medicine and Public Health Residency Training Program has Anthony]. Silvagni, D.O., Pharm.D. evolved into a postgraduate paradigm of excellence that has earned universal Dean praise and national recognition for its quality and uniqueness. College of Osteopathic Medicine Exotic Maladies Highlight Medical Outreach Program to Guatemala - 22 Sara Brenner Over the past three years, NSU-COM has coordinated six medical missions Assistant Vice Chancellor for to Guatemala. The most recent expedition proved to be yet another action Marketing and Communications packed adventure for the volunteers who donated their time and expertise to Health Professions Division the medical outreach crusade. MANAGING EDITOR Dr. Anthony Ottaviani Plays Key Role in

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