NSU Horizons Fall 2017

9 NSU HORIZONS construction of the education complex and supporting infrastructure, as well as spending by students and faculty and staff members. Thanks to the Patels, Nova Southeastern University and its graduates will change the lives of local residents by increasing access to quality health care, provid- ing educational and employment opportunities, and stimulating the Florida economy. For Dr. K, giving to NSU was an easy choice. “Our passion is health care and education, so we are killing two birds with one stone,” he explained. “Imagine 400 students a year coming out of this institution and, over the next 20 years, you can look at the multitudes of physicians that will be there. Also, all the medical professionals—the impact this will have on the world will be phenomenal.” As an ancient Hindu proverb states: Drs. Kiran C. and Pallavi Patel: physicians, entrepreneurs, phil- anthropists—great ones. n Left: Hands-on instruction is fundamental at NSU, including a class with Mark Sandhouse, D.O., M.S. (left), at the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine. Bottom left: Students in an anesthesiologist assistant class at the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences Below: The commitment from Drs. Pallavi and Kiran C. Patel will affect NSU’s medical education for decades. Visit nova.edu/patelgift to learn more about the Patel Foundation commitment. Rivers do not drink their own water Trees do not eat their own fruit. Clouds do not swallow their own rain. What great ones have is always for the benefit of others.