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John T. Bailey, D.O.
(’86), a
self-employed psychiatrist,
was reappointed by Florida
Governor Rick Scott to the
Medicaid Pharmaceutical and
Therapeutics Committee.
Camille
Bentley,
D.O., M.P.H.,
FACOFP
(’92) was ap-
pointed as a
full professor
in the Rocky Vista University
(RVU) College of Osteopathic
Medicine’s Department of
Primary Care in July and is
serving as chair of the Global
and Community Medicine De-
partment. She also organizes
and participates in several
international medical outreach
programs yearly to sites such
as Kenya, Nepal, Guatemala,
and Peru for the college, which
is located in Parker, Colorado.
Jessica L. Brown, D.O.,
M.P.H., FAAP
(’04), a second-
year pediatric pulmonary
fellow at the University of Ala-
bama at Birmingham, received
an American Association
Foundation Seed Grant for her
project entitled “A Compari-
son of Two Methodologies for
Determining Required CPAP
Pressures for Children with
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syn-
drome (OSAS).”
Bob Cambridge, D.O.,
M.P.H.
(’08) authored a book
entitled
Pocket Guide to the
American Board of Emergency
Medicine In-Training Exam
that
was published by Cambridge
University Press and is the
first review book to focus
on the in-training exam all
emergency medicine residents
must take. Dr. Cambridge,
who serves as the assistant
program director for research
at the San Antonio Military
Medical Center Emergency
Medicine Residency Program,
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Activities, Accomplishments, and Awards
is currently deployed with the
U.S. Air Force in Afghanistan,
where he is the EMS director
for a role III medical facility in
the eastern province.
Mark Ciaglia,
D.O.
(’04) re-
cently opened
his own
hand-surgery
practice called
the Wood-
lands Center for Special Sur-
gery in The Woodlands, Texas.
In addition, he was featured
on the local TV program
Great
Day Houston
to discuss hand-
surgery issues.
Tyler Cymet,
D.O.
(’88),
associate vice
president
of medical
education for
the American
Association of Colleges of
Osteopathic Medicine and
member of the NSU-COM
Dean’s Leadership Council,
received the Maryland State
Medical Society’s Dr. Henry
P. and M. Page Laughlin
2013 Distinguished Edito-
rial Award for his service
on the
Maryland Medicine
Editorial Board and his work
with
Maryland Medicine – The
Maryland Medical Journal
.
Joanna
Drowos,
D.O., M.P.H.,
M.B.A.
(’04)
was recently
appointed
interim asso-
ciate chair of the Department
of Integrated Medical Science
at the Charles E. Schmidt
College of Medicine at Florida
Atlantic University and also
serves as director for the
third-year Community and
Preventive Medicine Clerk-
ship. In addition, she was
selected to attend the Ameri-
can Association of Medical
Colleges Early Career Women
Faculty Professional Develop-
ment Seminar held July 13-16
in Denver, Colorado.
Christopher
Durando,
D.O.
(’01),
who is board-
certified
in internal
medicine,
has joined the staff at Internal
Medicine Associates of Fort
Myers, which is a multispe-
cialty practice in Fort Myers,
Florida, comprising more than
40 physicians.
Michelle A. Ferreira, D.O.
(’06), who is a board certified
neurologist and movement
disorder specialist with special
interest in Parkinson’s Disease,
recently accepted a staff posi-
tion at Neurology Offices of
South Florida in Boca Raton.
Greta Dowl-
ing Flaherty,
D.O.
(’10)
joined the
Floyd Primary
Care Network
in Rome,
Georgia, which is where she
recently completed her family
medicine residency training.
Lisa Gwynn, D.O., M.B.A.
(’98), assistant professor of pe-
diatrics at the University of Mi-
ami (UM) and medical director
of the UM Pediatric Mobile
Clinic, was featured on WLTV
Univision 23 and in
The Wall
Street Journal
for the launch of
the mobile clinic’s Telehealth
services. This innovative
technology will bring specialty
care to children in underserved
communities throughout
Miami-Dade County.
Jessica E. Hilst, D.O.
(’10)
was recently selected for the
Training in Policy Studies
Fellowship
by NYIT/
NYCOM. Ten
residents are
selected an-
nually for the
fellowship,
which allows them to join a
cadre of health policy experts
that may serve on committees
and taskforces at the federal
and state levels, testify on is-
sues relevant to osteopathic
medicine/education, and
develop policy positions.
Darren
Hoffberger,
D.O.
(’98)
was elected
chief of the
medical staff
at Broward
Health North by the hospital’s
medical staff. Dr. Hoffberger,
a pulmonary specialist who
has been active at Broward
Health North since 2004, is
board certified in pulmonary
diseases, critical care, and
sleep medicine.
Edward Jones, D.O.
(’05) and
John Kim, D.O.
(’05)
are cur-
rently in Afghanistan serving
as majors in the U.S. Army. Dr.
Jones is a Special Forces group
battalion surgeon specializing
in family medicine, while Dr.
Kim, a general surgeon, is
serving as a forward surgical
team commander.
Lloyd G.
Logue, D.O.
(’98) is nearing
the end of his
second year as
medical staff
chief at Bay
Medical Center Sacred Heart
Health System in Panama City,
Florida, and continues to serve
as president of Bay Radiology
Associates, PLLC.
Patrick Kenney, D.O.
(’08)
recently joined the medical
