COM Outlook Winter 2020

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | 3 The past few months have been landmark ones for the KPCOM. We opened the Tampa Bay Regional Campus with about 150 new osteopathic medical stu- dents, and we had a spectacular ribbon-cutting event replete with congressional representation, Tampa Bay region physicians, and visitors from around the world. This activity was hailed as impossible—to build a 311,000-square-foot building, recruit faculty members, and pass accreditation in 18 months. I want to highlight and congratulate everyone at the KPCOM who put their efforts, knowledge, and tremendous talents to this task. These are the KPCOM heroes. The team was led by Guy Nehrenz, Ed.D., M.A., RRT, senior associate dean of administration and collegiate advancement (accreditation team chair), and Janet Hamstra, Ed.D., assistant dean of osteopathic graduate medical education (accreditation team vice chair). Others pivotal to the process included I would also like to thank all the KPCOM department chairs and faculty and staff members. These people worked days, evenings, and weekends to assure deadlines were met, reports were complete, and rewrites were thorough. The greatest reward for me as dean is to work with this team. They are kind and driven visionaries who saw the goal, came together, and took the prize. These colleagues are the backbone of our college. These are the people who make our college innovative and great. This is my team. This is the KPCOM. Elaine M. Wallace, D.O., M.S. 4 Dean Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine DEAN’S Message • Kenneth Johnson , D.O., executive associate dean (Tampa Bay Regional Campus) • Phyllis Filker , D.M.D., M.P.H., associate dean of undergraduate, graduate, and community education • Mark Sandhouse , D.O., M.S., associate dean of osteopathic medical education • Margaret Wilkinson , Ph.D., M.A., associate dean of osteopathic preclinical education • Hilda De Gaetano , D.O., M.S., senior assistant dean of preclinical education • Paula Anderson-Worts , D.O., M.P.H., assistant dean of faculty and alumni affairs • Cyril Blavo , D.O., M.S., M.P.H. & T.M., assistant dean of osteopathic preclinical education (Tampa Bay Regional Campus) • Delia Harper-Celestine , Ed.D., M.P.H., assistant dean of student affairs • James Howell , M.D., M.P.H., assistant dean of professional relations • Jennifer Jordan , Ed.D., M.S., assistant dean of medical education • Jill Wallace-Ross , D.O., M.S., assistant dean of osteopathic clinical education • Alfredo Rehbein , M.B.A., executive director of finance and administration • Kelly Duke , M.S., director of administrative services • Elizabeth Oviawe , Ph.D., Ed.S., M.S.B.I., M.M.I.S., M.Sc., director of the Division of Institutional Technology • Odessa Pemberton , M.B.A., employee services consultant I • Denise Raof , executive assistant to the dean • Nancy Roussell , assistant to senior associate dean of osteopathic medical education