COM Outlook Winter 2019

38 | DR. KIRAN C. PATEL COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE ALUMNI Corner Theodore L. Aquino , D.O., M.B.A., M.S.P.H. (’09), is the new medical director for the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Nationwide Provider Network and the William Street Clinic. The WTC Health Program provides medical monitoring and treatment for 9/11 responders and survivors. The William Street Clinic, located in Manhattan, New York, provides health evaluations for 9/11 survivors. Octavia Cannon , D.O. (’95), became the 11th woman—and first African American—president of the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists in April. Cannon is a board-certified physician and co-owner of Arboretum Obstetrics and Gynecology—the only private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina, that has only female physicians. Prior to joining the practice in 2005, Cannon was the director of women’s health at the Gaston County Health Department for six years. Tyler Cymet , D.O., FACP, FACOFP (’88), served as editor of Body, Mind, and Spirit: Essays from Osteo- pathic Medical Students , published by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. The essays shed light on how the osteopathic profession looks at health, how it practices health care, and how it views itself within the larger health care system. Ryan Garbalosa , D.O., FACC (’09), was elected president of the Sumter-Clarendon-Lee tricounty chapter of the South Carolina Medical Association (SCMA). He also is the acting chair of the Young Physicians Section of the SCMA and continues to serve as the medical director of the cardiac rehabilitation and echocardiography depart- ments at McLeod Health Clarendon hospital. Jeffrey S. Grove , D.O., FACOFP (’90), received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who —the world’s premier publisher of biographical profiles. The award recognizes individuals who have achieved greatness and excelled in their field for at least 20 years. (See story page 40.) Quinn Holzheimer , D.O., FACEP (’03), was elected executive vice president of Madison Emergen- cy Physicians—a large, independent, board-certified emergency physician group based in Madison, Wiscon- sin. He also was named Preceptor of the Year by the University of Wisconsin’s Physician Assistant Program. Claude L. Jones , D.O., M.P.H., FACOI (’05), was appointed to the Council on Legislation by the Florida Medical Association Board of Governors and to the Florida Environmental Health Advisory Board by Florida’s surgeon general. Helen K. Martinez-Costa , D.O. (’15), received the 2018 Outstanding Resident of the Year in OB/GYN Award on October 5 at the American Osteopathic Foundation Honors ceremony in San Diego, California. The event recognizes excellence among osteopathic physicians, educators, students, and other individuals. Tracy Romanello , D.O. (’11), is the new medi- cal director at Catholic Hospice in South Florida and is responsible for the medical operations at Catholic Hospice, Inc. and Catholic Palliative Care. Romanello is board certified in family practice and osteopathic manipulative treatment and is fellowship trained and board certified in hospice and palliative medicine. James M. Turner , D.O., M.P.H., FACOFP, FACOEP (’88), dean of the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was appointed to the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA). Turner and the other commissioners will review site visits, as well as mid-cycle and annual reports submitted by the numerous colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States, with the goal of ensuring that each is meeting COCA standards. “I am honored to be chosen to serve in this capacity, and I look forward to helping my colleagues uphold the standards and advancing the progress of osteopathic medicine,” he said. † Alumni in the News ALUMNI CORNER