PERSPECTIVES 25th Anniversary - Fall-Winter 2018

Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences 7 2003 Audiology Program established in the United Kingdom. 2006 Anesthesiologist Assistant Program opens at the Fort Lauderdale/ Davie Campus. Second Anesthe- siologist Assistant Program opens at the NSU Tampa Campus. 2009 Exercise and Sport Science Program launches at the Fort Lauderdale/ Davie Campus. 2011 Physical Therapy Program (hybrid) begins at the Tampa Campus. In 2001, Richard E. Davis , Ed.D., PA-C, became the college’s acting dean. By 2003, he was named permanent dean and served as such until 2013, when he was promoted to vice president of the university’s regional campus network and online operations. While serving as dean of the college, Davis was instrumental in expanding the professional programs from 400 students in 2001 to approximately 4,000 students by 2013. He also served as the first editor in chief of the Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice —the open-access online journal of the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences. The Dean’s Office Davis was succeeded by Stanley Wilson , Ed.D., PT, CEAS, as the college’s dean in 2013, who continues in that position today. Wilson is highly respected by faculty and staff members for his leadership and people skills within the college. He is ex- tremely proud of his faculty and staff members and administrators, who work very hard and unselfishly give of themselves to ensure the high quality of the college’s many programs. ● The college is very fortunate to have had only three deans in its history. The first dean, Raul R. Cuadrado , Ph.D., Dr.Ph., M.P.H., hailed from Cuba and owned an avocado farm on 25 acres in Homestead, Florida. Over the course of his academic career, he served as dean of the NSU College of Allied Health and as dean at Florida International University’s College of Allied Health, and is credited with developing more than 20 fully accredited, innovative health and social degree programs at the master’s and doctoral level. 1993—2001 2001—2013 2013—Present 2004 Bachelor of Science in Vascular Sonography is established at the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus. Changed name to Bachelor of Science in Medical Sonography in 2013. 2005 Physician Assistant Program starts at the Fort Myers Campus. 2007 Physician Assistant Program starts at the Orlando Campus. Physician Assistant Program starts at the Jacksonville Campus. 2010 Ph.D. in Health Sciences begins. Bachelor of Science in Cardiovascular Sonography begins at Tampa Campus. 2012 Occupational Therapy Program (hybrid) begins on the Tampa Campus. 2013 Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy (postprofessional) begins. 2015 Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy (first-professional) begins. The Speech-Language Pathology Master of Science Program begins in 1983. Doctor of Speech-Language Pathology Program begins in 1996. Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language and Communication Disorders begins in 2013. All three degrees transition from the Abraham S. Fischer College of Education to the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences on July 1, 2015.