COM Outlook Spring 2020

40 | DR. KIRAN C. PATEL COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE ALUMNI CORNER ALUMNI Corner (continued from page 39) Do you have a compelling story to share with the readers of COM Outlook ? If you do, please contact Scott Colton at scottc@nova.edu . Nicole Ross , D.O., (’17), a third-year family medicine resident at West Kendall Baptist Hospital in Miami, Florida, received the 2019 Florida Academy of Family Physicians (FAFP) Foundation scholarship. The FAFP Foundation has been awarding $1,000 scholarships to outstanding third-year family medicine residents in Florida since 2006. John J. Venezia , D.O., M.P.H., M.A. (’06), a lieutenant colonel and army senior flight surgeon, received the 2019 Associa- tion of Military Surgeons of the United States Awards Program Training and Education Award. The award recognizes the major role a team or individual plays in health care education and training. Venezia serves as the director of medi- cal education, as well as the program director for the Army’s aerospace medicine residency program at Fort Rucker in Alabama. David Alan Clark, D.O. (’96), of Winter Garden, Florida, passed away on November 30 at the age of 52. After gradu- ating from NSU-KPCOM, Clark joined the United States Army, where he obtained the rank of major and worked as a flight surgeon. After serving for eight years, he opened his own practice—South Alabama Orthopedics and Sports Medicine—in Ozark, Alabama. David Henry Hill, D.O. (’14), a pathology resident at Naval Medical Center San Diego in California, passed away on December 2 at the age of 38 after he was struck by a minivan while jogging. According to his family, Hill was born in Guam, traveled to more than 20 countries over the course of his lifetime, and was a “committed physical fitness fanatic” who ran marathons on six continents, plus one on a treadmill aboard a ship while on a trip to Antarctica in March 2019. Andrew S. Lepoff, D.O. (’86), of West Palm Beach, Florida, a general and vascular surgeon who practiced in Palm Beach County for more than 25 years, passed away on December 3 at the age of 63. Lepoff, who enjoyed teaching and being a mentor to many residents and students, including those from NSU-KPCOM, lived a life defined by selflessness, compassion, generosity, and honor. In Memoriam