COM Outlook Spring 2020

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | 39 Marlow B. Hernandez , D.O., M.P.H., M.B.A., FACP (’11), was named a top 50 Hispanic business leader by the Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Carrie Hersh , D.O., M.Sc. (’09), a multiple sclerosis specialist at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health— Las Vegas, is the new chair of the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Healthcare Advisory Council. Amber Hurley Johnson , D.O., D.M.D. (’13), one of the inaugural graduates from the KPCOM’s D.O./D.M.D. program, is the first graduate from the program to be board certified in oral and maxillofacial surgery. After completing her oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at Virginia Commonwealth Uni- versity in 2017, she opened a private practice in her hometown of Stafford, Virginia. Claude L. Jones , D.O., M.P.H., M.Sc., FACOI (’05), is the new president and chief executive officer of the Care Alliance Health Center in Cleveland, Ohio—a nonprofit community health center that provided comprehensive primary and preventive medical, dental, behavioral health, and wrap-around services to more than 16,000 patients in the past year. (continued on page 40) Daniel F. Leiva , D.O., M.S., FAWM (’16), completed the requirements to receive the designation of Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine from the Wilder- ness Medical Society. The fellowship program offers a means to identify those who have fulfilled a demand- ing set of requirements that validate their training and experience through a combination of learning and demonstration of the advanced practice of wilderness medicine through experience, teaching, scholarly activity, and leadership. Kyle Linsey , D.O. (’11), a board-certified ophthal- mologist whose interests include cataract and refrac- tive surgery, is employed at Perich Eye Center in the greater Tampa Bay area of Florida. He is involved with the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Osteopathic Colleges of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery. Etan Marks , D.O. (’13), is a new dermatopatholo- gist at Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery (ADCS) at its Delray Beach, Florida, location. ADCS is the largest dermatology practice in the United States and has practices in 13 states. Asha Ramsakal , D.O., M.B.S., FACP (’97), is chair of the Moffitt Cancer Center Department of Medicine in Tampa, Florida. She also serves as an associate professor at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine and provides direct oversight of internal medicine resident education at Moffitt.