NSU CDM Lasting Impressions Fall 2018

50 | COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE NSU made history on July 28 as it welcomed approximately 300 incoming medical students in the nation’s first combined White Coat Cere- mony celebrating Doctor of Osteopathic Medi- cine (D.O.) and Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) candidates together. The White Coat Ceremony also served as the official welcome for the charter class of 53 M.D. students, who are enrolled in the NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (NSU MD). The college received preliminary accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Educa- tion on October 10, 2017, allowing it to begin recruiting students. NSU is now one of only three universities in the United States with two medical colleges. NSU’s medical colleges both bear the name of university benefactor Dr. Kiran C. Patel, M.D. The university also is now home to the only D.O. and M.D. programs in Broward County. The NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine is the largest medical school in Florida. It offers one of two D.O. programs in the state and one of 34 in the United States. NSU MD is home to the 8th M.D. program in Florida and 1 of 151 in the nation. To meet demands in its various medical, health care, and life science programs, NSU is planning to construct a 250,000-square-foot, integrated medical education building to comple- ment its health professions facilities and health care centers. The new complex will be within walking distance of NSU’s existing health ed- cation facilities, the Center for Collaborative Research, and the future HCA East Florida teaching and research hospital planned adjacent to University Drive. Nova Southeastern University also is opening a Tampa Bay Regional Campus in Clearwater, Florida. When construction is complete, the 325,000-square-foot complex will replace NSU’s existing Tampa Campus and will include a second educational site for the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine. u D.O., M.D. Students Begin Education The HPD Library was renamed the Martin and Gail Press Health Professions Division Library in honor of South Florida philanthropists Martin and Gail Press. Gail Press, who initially worked as a reading specialist, launched her career at Miami Carol City High School before becoming a full-time professor at Miami-Dade College for more than 30 years. Martin Press is an attorney with the Gunster law firm, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service, business law firms. Over the past decade, he has been involved with NSU, dedicating his time to the university’s Board of Trustees. For more than 15 years, Martin Press served as both chair and vice chair of the NSU Shepard Broad College of Law’s Board of Governors. The Martin and Gail Press Health Professions Division Library has been designated as a Resource Library for the National Library of Medicine and National Network of Libraries of Medicine. On a day-to-day basis, it supports approximately 7,800 HPD students and 1,600 faculty members, clinicians, and medical researchers. The library’s professional reference and instruction librarians provide indiv- idualized service and serve as subject specialists and liaisons for the HPD’s eight colleges. “The library’s 3-D printing lab supports ongoing research and has played a key role in actual dental trauma surgery,” said the late Kaye Robertson, M.L.S., executive director of the Martin and Gail Press HPD Library, who passed away in July. “Virtual reality software gives students a better grasp of the human anatomy and even enables them to practice patient interactions.” u HPD Library Named in Honor of Couple HPD IMPRESSIONS HPD Impressions