Perspectives Spring 2015

PERSPECTIVES • SPRING 2015 4 Nova Southeastern University George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer Health Professions Division Frederick Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D. HPD Chancellor MANAGING EDITORS Scott Colton, B.A., APR HPD Director of Medical Communications and Public Relations Jonathan Infante-May, M.A. Assistant Director of Student Affairs GRAPHIC DESIGN/ART DIRECTOR Brandee Evans Graphic Designer, NSU-HPD The purpose of Perspectives is to • promote a sense of identity and family within the college • recognize outstanding students, faculty members, and program achievements within the college • connect and involve faculty/staff members, students, and alumni in opportunities for community engagement and learning • provide resources and information that support student, staff, and faculty development and success Stanley Wilson, Ed.D., PT, CEAS Dean Guy M. Nehrenz, Ed.D., RRT Executive Associate Dean William H. Marquardt, M.A., PA, DFAAPA Associate Dean Physician Assistant Education Peter Taylor, Ph.D. Associate Dean Academic Affairs Sandra Dunbar, D.P.A., OTR/L Assistant Dean Professional Development and Education Terry Morrow Nelson, Ph.D. Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor Student Affairs Erica Friedland, Au.D. Chair and Associate Professor Audiology Sandrine Gaillard-Kenney, Ed.D. Assistant Dean, Chair, and Associate Professor Department of Health Science Wendy Stav, Ph.D., SCDCM, FAOTA Chair and Professor Occupational Therapy – Fort Lauderdale Ricardo Carrasco, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA Chair and Professor Occupational Therapy – Tampa Melissa J. Coffman, Ed.D., PA-C Chair and Assistant Professor Physician Assistant Department – Fort Lauderdale Julie Keena, D.H.S., PA-C Department Chair and Associate Professor Physician Assistant Studies – Fort Myers Lorilee Butler, M.P.A.S., M.Ed. Chair, Assistant Professor, and Program Director Physician Assistant Program – Orlando Madeleine Hellman, Ed.D., M.H.M., PT Chair, Director of Ph.D. Program, and Associate Professor Physical Therapy Department – Fort Lauderdale Kerry Whitaker, D.H.Sc., PA-C Department Chair, Program Director, and Assistant Professor Physician Assistant Program – Jacksonville Robert Wagner, M.M.Sc., RRT, AA-C Chair and Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology College of Health Care Sciences (CHCS) CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Llalando Austin, Ed.D., RRT, AA-C Ava Bittner, Associate Professor, O.D., Ph.D. Mary T. Blackinton, Ed.D., PT, GCS Austin Bruhl, SPT, Class of 2017 Ricardo C. Carrasco, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA Rick D. Davenport, Ph.D., OTR/L Heather Hettrick, Ph.D., PT Pamela Jaffey, M.D., FCAP Julie Keena, D.H.S. Lauren Kellner Adrienne Lauer, Ed.D., OTR/L Judith Lynch, B.S., B.A. Michelle McCarroll, Class of 2016 Deborah Mendelsohn, M.S., RDMS, RDCS, RVT Noelle Michels, Class of 2016 Terry Morrow Nelson, Ph.D. Eric Otero, Class of 2016 Jace Payne, Class of 2018 Cathy Peirce, Ph.D., OTR/L Ingrid Pichardo-Murray, D.P.T., M.P.A.S., PA-C Gustavo Reinoso, Ph.D., OTR/L Emily Reul, Class of 2018 Iris M. Reynolds Shari Rone-Adams, D.B.A., M.H.S.A., PT Donald Shaw, Ph.D., D.Min., PT, FAACVPR Keiba Shaw, Ed.D., PT Debra F. Stern, D.P.T., D.B.A., M.S., PT Laura Toomey, D.P.T., Class of 2014 Melissa Tovin, Ph.D. Patricia Vargas, M.H.Sc., RVT Lori Wise, M.S. Rachel Woodson, Class of 2015 Carole Zangari, Ph.D., CCC-SLP