COM Outlook Summer/Fall 2020

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | 13 ALUMNUS DETAILS WAR-ZONE MENTALITY AT GEORGIA HOSPITAL BY SCOTT COLTON, B.A., APR Interview date: March 20, 2020, when patients began flooding Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia As the number of COVID-19 patients began flooding into Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia, 2015 alumnus Nason D. Rouhizad, D.O., M.P.H., M.S., M.S., knew he was well-prepared to deal with an unprece- dented pandemic that was radically altering lives across the globe. That’s because Rouhizad, who earned his D.O. degree from NSU’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM) in 2015, had augmented his educational ar- senal with both Master of Public Health and Master of Science in Disaster and Emergency Management degrees from the KPCOM. “I felt mentally prepared, even though the FRONTLINE INSIGHTS