COM Outlook - Winter 2016

College of Osteopathic Medicine 35 Joshua D. Lenchus , D.O., R.Ph., FACP, SFHM (’00), was elected vice speaker for the Florida Medical Association (FMA) House of Delegates at its annual meeting held July 31–August 2 in Orlando. “It is an incredible privilege to be the first D.O. elected to office since the FMA began in 1874,” said Lenchus, who set a similar precedent in 2012 when he became the first osteopathic physician to be named president of the Jackson Health System medical staff. Merideth C. Norris , D.O., FACOFP (’00), who is serving as president-elect of the Maine Osteopathic Association, was appointed to the Maine Task Force on the Opioid Epidemic by the state attorney general’s office. Norris is serving on the task force’s treatment section with 11 other medical providers in Maine. She was also appointed to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Methadone Reform Commission. Karolyn Kay Moody , D.O., M.P.H. (’09), who serves as the emergency department medical director at Indian Path Medical Center in Kingsport, Tennessee, was appointed to the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Federal Government Affairs Committee. Her responsibilities as a committee member involve advocacy for health policy reform in emergency care, such as ensuring that required federal quality measures add value for patients. Moody is also president-elect of the Tennessee College of Emergency Physicians. Jaclynn Moskow , D.O. (’13), who serves as an NSU-COM clinical instructor of public health, was the lead author of a manuscript, “Identifying Opportunities in EHR to Improve the Quality of Antibiotic Allergy Data,” that was accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association . Moskow coauthored the article with Nicole Cook, Ph.D., M.P.A.; Angela Garcia, Pharm.D., M.P.H., CPH; and fourth-year student Carisa Champion-Lippmann, J.D. Andrea Palestro , D.O. (’15), left; Elyse Julian , D.O. (’15); and Jacqueline Thomas , D.O. (’05), coauthored an article, “Pediatric Sunscreen and Sun Safety Guidelines,” that was published in the online version of Clinical Pediatrics on June 29, 2015. Robert Searles , D.O. (’92), a radiologist and nuclear medicine physician, was named chief of staff at Aiken Regional Medical Centers in Aiken, South Carolina. Lawrence J. Shapiro , J.D., D.O. (’88), was asked to compose a chapter on nutrition for the second edition of the Asian Hair Loss Textbook . He presented a lecture, “Hair Transplants: FUT vs. FUE and Hair Loss from Anabolics,” at the Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants’ 13th Annual Fall Dermatology Conference, held November 12–15 in Orlando, Florida. In addition, he is scheduled to present the same lecture at the North Carolina Dermatology Association Annual Meeting being held January 15–17, 2016. David Pizzimenti , D.O. (’02), was named as the American College of Osteopathic Internists’ Teacher of the Year and earned the Lincoln Memorial University- DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Preceptor of the Year Award during the past year. Pizzimenti currently serves as director of medical education and internal medicine program director for Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth, Mississippi. Dean M. Wieczorek , D.O. (’12), who completed a family medicine internship and residency at Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, recently joined the professional staff of Lee Physician Group— Family Medicine in Cape Coral, Florida. Fawn Winkelman , D.O. (’10), who completed a family medicine residency at Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, recently opened her own practice, Elite Medicine and Aesthetic Institute, in Boca Raton. Additionally, she was selected to serve on the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association Board of Trustees and was appointed as an NSU-COM clinical assistant professor of family medicine. Winkelman also coauthored a two-part article on linear guttate psoriasis that was published in the peer-reviewed journal Consultant for Pediatricians in April and May and wrote two book chapters on the topics Halo Nevus and bed bugs that were published in the 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2016 Edition . Jason A. Zell , D.O., M.P.H. (’01), was promoted, with tenure, to the position of associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of California—Irvine School of Medicine. He has served as a UC Irvine School of Medicine faculty member since 2007 and will continue as program director of the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program.