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Dean B. Adelman, D.O.
(’92)
is working as an associate
professor in family medicine
for the Medical University
of South Carolina and the
University of South Carolina
School of Medicine.
Austin Bach,
D.O., M.P.H.
(‘13), an in-
tern at Larkin
Community
Hospital in
South Miami,
Florida, had his article en-
titled “A Different View of the
Middle East” published in the
March issue of the
Journal of
the American Osteopathic As-
sociation
. He also coauthored
an article entitled “Tapioca
Melanoma of the Iris Without
Iris Heterochromia” that was
published in a recent issue of
Optometry and Vision Science
.
Jeffrey Van
Curtis, D.O.
(’87), who
served as
medical direc-
tor for Emory:
The Doctor’s
Office in Peachtree City, Geor-
gia, was killed in a plane crash
at LaGrange-Callaway Airport
on February 22. Dr. Curtis
was a past president of the
Georgia Osteopathic Medical
Association and served as an
adjunct professor in the Ken-
nesaw State University School
of Nursing Primary Care Nurse
Practitioner Program.
Doede
Donaugh,
D.O.
(’04),
who resides in
Hawaii, cur-
rently works
at two sites—
the Ka’u Rural Health Clinic,
which is part of the Hawaii
Health Systems Corporation
in Pahala, and Mango Medical
Oceanview. The former is a
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National Health Service Corps
Loan Repayment Program site,
while the latter is a branch of
mangomed.org
.
Victoria M. Dreisbach, D.O.
(’97) gave a lecture on “Com-
petency Restoration in the
Elderly” at the 2013 meeting
of the International Academy
of Law and Mental Health in
Amsterdam, Netherlands, and
had her article entitled “Not
Mentally Ill, Not Dangerous,
and Not Discharged?” accepted
for publication in the
Journal
of the American Academy of
Psychiatry and the Law
.
Alan A.
George, D.O.
(’10) coau-
thored an
article entitled
“Unusual Pre-
sentation of
a Granular Cell Astrocytoma”
that appeared in the December
2013 issue of
Histopathology
.
He also coauthored another
article entitled “A Case of Oral
Lichen Sclerosus with Gingi-
val Involvement and Borrelia
Identification” that will be pub-
lished in an upcoming issue of
the same publication.
Chelsea
Gordner,
D.O., M.P.H.
(’05) recently
completed
eight years
of training
at Baystate Medical Center,
which is the western cam-
pus of Tufts University in
Springfield, Massachusetts.
During that time, she did a
four-year internal medicine
and pediatrics residency and
a four-year combined adult
and pediatric endocrinology
fellowship. Dr. Gordner, who
is board certified in internal
medicine, pediatrics, adult
endocrinology, and pediat-
ric endocrinology, currently
serves as a faculty member at
Baystate Medical Center in
both the adult endocrine and
pediatric endocrine divisions
and as director of the center’s
inpatient diabetes program.
Thomas
Green, D.O.
(’88) was
named as-
sociate dean
of clinical
affairs for Des
Moines University College of
Osteopathic Medicine effective
April 1.
Marlow B.
Hernandez,
D.O., M.P.H.,
M.B.A.
(’11)
recently had
his coau-
thored paper
entitled “Risk of Clostridium
Difficile Infection in Hos-
pitalized Patients Receiving
Metronidazole for a Non-C.
Difficile Infection” accepted
for publication in
Clinical
Gastroenterology and Hepa-
tology
. In addition, he made
an oral presentation with a
group of colleagues on their
coauthored research project
entitled “Do All SPECT Ap-
propriateness Criteria Predict
Long-Term Clinical Out-
comes? A Three-Year Follow-
Up Study” at the American
College of Cardiology’s 63
rd
Annual Scientific Session &
Expo held March 29-31 in
Washington, D.C.
Jeremy D.
Ingram, D.O.
(’07) was re-
cently elected
a member of
the Pinel-
las County
Emergency Medical Services
Medical Control Board as the
representative for Bayfront
Heath of St. Petersburg, which
is a Level II trauma center.
Gregory
James, D.O.,
M.P.H.,
FACOFP
dist.
(’88)
was one of six
individuals
nominated for the American
Medical Directors Association’s
(AMDA) Medical Director of the
Year Award. The winner was
selected by an interdisciplinary
panel that assessed the nomi-
nees on their clinical expertise
in long-term care medicine and
contributions to staff educa-
tion, leadership, and commu-
nity involvement.
Marc G.
Kaprow,
D.O., FACOI
(’01) was
elected as a
member-at-
large to the
Florida Osteopathic Medical
Association Executive Commit-
tee in December 2013.
Joshua D.
Lenchus,
D.O., R.Ph.,
FACP, SFHM
(’00), who
serves as
president
of the Jackson Health System
medical staff, has been named
Humanitarian of the Year by
the Soref Jewish Community
Center in Plantation, Florida,
and will be honored on April
27 at the Signature Grand in
Davie. Among his many ac-
complishments, Dr. Lenchus
has provided testimony dur-
ing multiple state legislative
sessions, where he advocates
for public policy affecting the
availability of high-quality and
affordable health care.
Michelle R. Mendez, D.O.
(’96), who received the Physi-
cian of the Year Award in 2012
from the Florida Osteopathic
Medical Association, was ap-
