18
COM Outlook . Spring 2014
Faculty Focus -
Activities, Achievements, and Awards
Sultan Salahuddin Ahmed,
M.D.
,
clinical associate profes-
sor of family medicine, was re-
cently appointed to the Florida
chapter of the Bangladesh
Medical Association of North
America Board of Trustees.
Cheryl
Atherley-
Todd,
M.D.,
CMD
,
assistant
profes-
sor of
family medicine and geriatrics,
has been sanctioned by the
American Medical Directors
Certification Program as a cer-
tified medical director (CMD)
in long-term care. The CMD
certification requires indicators
of competence in clinical medi-
cine and medical management
in long-term care. The selec-
tion process is based on an ex-
periential model that incorpo-
rates existing mechanisms such
as fellowship programs, board
certification, and continuing
medical education.
Daniel
Hatton,
Ph.D.,
M.S.
,
adjunct
associate
profes-
sor of
biomedical informatics, was
elected president of the Marine
Corps Air Station Miramar
Military Officers Association
of America this past January
in San Diego, California. The
chapter is one of the largest
in the United States, with 475
active members, plus auxiliary
and associate members, includ-
ing members on active duty
serving around the globe. The
focus is on service, particularly
to junior enlisted members,
their families, and their units
in harm’s way, wherever they
may be. Dr. Hatton has taught
for the Biomedical Informat-
ics Program since 2008 and
was the recipient of the 2012
Golden Apple Award.
James T.
Howell,
M.D.,
M.P.H.
,
assistant
dean of
profes-
sional
relations, chair of the Depart-
ment of Rural and Underserved
Urban Medicine, and professor
of public health, participated
in the celebration of 125 years
of public health in Florida
that took place on February
20 at the Florida Department
of Health headquarters in Tal-
lahassee. During the event, Dr.
Howell was recognized as the
founding secretary of the newly
reestablished Florida Depart-
ment of Health in 1996 and as
having served three times as
Florida’s state health officer.
Kenneth
Johnson,
D.O.,
FACOOG
,
associate
professor
and chair
of the
Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, was appointed
to the NSU-COM Consortium
for Excellence in Medical
Education Board of Directors.
Nancy
Klimas,
M.D.
,
director
of the
college’s
Institute
for Neuro-
Immune Medicine, was promi-
nently featured with several of
her colleagues in an in-depth
January 2 segment of the Al
Jazeera network’s
America
Tonight
program concerning
chronic fatigue syndrome. Dr.
Klimas was also featured in
the January 7 edition of
USA
Today
in an article highlight-
ing her visit to Washington,
D.C., to speak to the Veterans
Administration Research Advi-
sory Committee. In addition,
she received the 2014 Perpich
Award from the International
Association for Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome/Myalgic Encepha-
lomyelitis (IACFS/ME) for dis-
tinguished community service.
She was honored at the 11
th
IACFS/ME Biennial Interna-
tional Research and Clinical
Conference held March 20-23
in San Francisco, California.
The award is named for the
late Minnesota Governor Rudy
Perpich, who as an IACFS/ME
board member worked hard
to influence his fellow politi-
cians to recognize CFS/ME and
to fund research to help treat
and find a cure for the disease.
The accolade is presented to a
distinguished scientist, physi-
cian, or health care worker
every two years at the IACFS/
ME conferences.
Jennie Q.
Lou, M.D.,
M.Sc.
,
professor
of bio-
medical
informat-
ics, public
health, and internal medicine
and director of the Biomedical
Informatics Program, was in-
terviewed for a cover story en-
titled “Educating Tomorrow’s
Informaticists” for the February
edition of
Clinical Innova-
tion+ Technology
magazine.
Linda Maurice, M.A.
,
direc-
tor of the Lifelong Learning
Institute (LLI), was quoted in
the
Sun Sentinel
on January 17
in a front-page story about the
impor-
tance of
lifelong
learning
educa-
tional
programs.
Since
2007, the LLI has almost
doubled in size, growing from
about 110 members to more
than 210 in 2014.
Raymond
Ownby,
M.D.,
Ph.D.,
M.B.A.
,
professor
and chair
of the De-
partment of Psychiatry and Be-
havioral Medicine, was quoted
in a front-page story in the
Sun
Sentinel
on January 17. The
article discussed changes to
the federal Medicare program
that would remove prescrip-
tion antidepressants from the
protected list of drugs vital to
seniors’ health.
Norman
Rose,
D.O.,
FACOS,
FICS
,
clinical
professor
of surgery
and academic director of the
Larkin Community Hospital
General Surgery Residency
Program, was named a Guard-
ian of the Profession by the
American Osteopathic Associa-
tion. The honor recognizes
an osteopathic physician who
advances the culture of os-
teopathic medicine by having
served in a local, state, or na-
tional osteopathic leadership
role. A guardian also demon-
strates a strong sense of pride
in the osteopathic medical
profession and works actively
to promote and advance it.
