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COM Outlook . Winter 2015
Scott Colton, B.A., APR
, COM/HPD
director of medical communications and
public relations, was reelected as chair of
the American Association of Colleges of
Osteopathic Medicine’s Marketing and
Communications Advisory Council in October.
John Halpern, D.O.
, a clinical assistant
professor of family medicine and emergency
room physician who also volunteers with
the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Auxiliary,
was featured on WSVN 7 News in early
September for saving the life of an 89-year-
old woman who fainted and stopped
Colton
breathing at a restaurant where he and his
FHP partner were having lunch.
William Levin, D.O.
, a longtime NSU-
COM clinical associate professor of family
medicine who served as president of the Dade
County Osteopathic Medical Association in
1968, passed away on August 24 following
complications from a prolonged illness.
Anthony N. Ottaviani, D.O., M.P.H.,
MACOI, FCCP
, clinical professor of internal
medicine, regional dean, and director of
medical education at Largo Medical Center,
was selected to serve on the Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education’s
Osteopathic Principles Committee.
Yasmin Qureshi, D.P.T., M.H.S., M.P.T.
,
was promoted from assistant to associate
professor of osteopathic principles and
practice in July.
Mark Sandhouse, D.O., M.S.
, associate
professor and chair of the Department of
Osteopathic Principles and Practice, was
appointed medical director of the NSU-COM
Health Care Centers in July.
Halpern
Levin
Ottaviani
Qureshi
Sandhouse
Darren Cohen,
D.O.
, who joined the
Department of Medical
Education and the
Department of Family
Medicine in September,
is a 2005 NSU-COM alumnus who complet-
ed his emergency medicine residency in 2008.
Kira Fenton, D.O.
,
who joined the De-
partment of Internal
Medicine in early
November, is a 2010
NSU-COM alumna
who completed her internship and residency
at Broward Health Medical Center.
Phyllis Filker,
D.M.D., M.P.H.
, who
joined the Master of
Public Health Program
on July 15, had been
associated with the
NSU College of Dental Medicine for several
years and holds the academic rank of associate
professor. In her new role, Dr. Filker serves as
director of graduate and community programs.
Traci-lyn Eisenberg,
D.O.
, who joined the
Department of Family
Medicine on July 21, is a
2011 NSU-COM alumna
who completed her
residency at Broward Health Medical Center.
Beau Gedrick, D.O.
, a one-year sports
medicine fellow, is a 2010 NSU-COM alum-
nus who completed his residency training at
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Michigan.
Lisa Gronski, D.O.
, a one-year sports
medicine fellow, is a 2010 NSU-COM alumna
who completed her internship and residency
training at the University of Connecticut.
Brian J. Medlin, D.O.
, who joined the
college’s Florida Department of Corrections
Psychiatry Residency Program in July, received
his D.O. degree from Lake Erie College of
Osteopathic Medicine.
Sharmayn Sayers-Erfourth, D.O.
, who
joined the college’s Florida Department of
Corrections Psychiatry Residency Program in
July, graduated from William Carey University
College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Jesse Singer, D.O.,
M.P.H.
, a 1999 NSU-
COM alumnus, recently
joined the faculty of
the college’s Biomedical
Informatics Program.
April Thomson,
D.O.
, a 2010 NSU-
COM alumna who
joined the Department
of Internal Medicine in
July, previously worked
at Broward Health Community Health Services.
INTRODUCING…New Faculty Members
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