2021 - 2022 COM Student Handbook

Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM)—Osteopathic Medicine Program 2021–2022 184 Email: fomansu@gmail.com Faculty adviser: Luzan Phillpotts, D.O. Location: Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus Faculty adviser: Tonni Bacoat-Jones, D.O., M.P.H. Location: Tampa Bay Regional Campus Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) The Arnold P. Gold Foundation infuses the human connection into health care by engaging schools, health systems, companies, and individual clinicians in the joy and meaning of humanistic health care, so that they have the strength and knowledge to ensure patients and families are partners in collaborative, compassionate, and scientifically excellent care. Keeping Healthcare Human requires persistent and determined efforts dedicated to maintaining the human connection in modern medicine. The foundation’s Community of Caring is made up of like-minded individuals who support humanism in medicine and who want a place to connect, share, and advocate for the cause. Email: luzan@nova.edu Faculty adviser: Luzan Phillpotts, D.O., M.P.H. Location: Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus Email: hlaird@nova.edu Faculty adviser: Holly Laird, D.O., M.S. Location: Tampa Bay Regional Campus Hispanic Osteopathic Medical Student Association (HOMSA) HOMSA at NSU focuses on volunteer work in the community while promoting Hispanic culture. It assists future physicians with improving their Spanish interviewing skills and prepares them to assist with the various problems facing the Hispanic community. Email: nsuhomsa@gmail.com Faculty adviser: Alina Perez, J.D., M.S.W., M.P.H. Location: Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus and Tampa Bay Regional Campus Indian Physicians of South Florida (IPOF) The IPOF interest group at NSU is an affiliate of the American Association of Physicians of Indian origin (AAPI). The mission of IPOF is to enhance patient care and assist student physicians interested in Indian American heritage to pursue the fields of their choice. The group promotes the preservation of identity, while providing forums for social and cultural interaction and bringing additional improvements to the field of health care. IPOF hosts an annual medical outreach trip to Gujarat, India, in December. Email: nsu.ipof@gmail.com Faculty adviser: Naushira Pandya, M.D. Location: Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus