CHCS - Perspectives - Summer/Fall 2014

Steven Lister, M.M.S., PA-C, a 2005 graduate, recently participated on the Na- tional Wheelchair Basketball Association Di- vision III National Championship team. Competing against the top 26 teams in the country, with the Carolina Tarwheels as the fifth-ranked team in the country, the Tar- wheels defeated the second-ranked Nashville Turnstone Bandits on its way to the champi- onship game, where the team defeated the top-ranked San Diego Wolfpack. Following graduation in 2005, Lister worked at the Florida Institute of Health in Fort Lauderdale until 2007, when he moved back to North Carolina to work for the First Care Medical Clinic. He was also employed by the Carolinas Healthcare System, which is one of the top not-for-profit hospitals in the United States. Married in 2009, Lister, wife Summer, and son Tanner now live in Fort Mill, South Carolina, where he works with the Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute as a cardiovas- cular physician assistant performing pre- and post-op as well as follow-up care. Lister is an inspiration to all and ex- presses his thanks to Morton Diamond, M.D., professor and medical director of physician assistant studies, for inspiring him, and to the Nova Southeastern University family for its support. Diana E. Maurer, M.M.S., PA-C, re- joined the CHCS as assistant professor for the PA Fort Lauderdale Program after spending five years in clinical practice as a physician assistant in family medicine. Her most recent position was at Abrams Med- ical Center in Miramar, Florida, specializ- ing in family medicine, weight loss, and regenerative medicine. Maurer graduated from the University of Central Florida cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology and mo- lecular biology before graduating with hon- ors and earning a Master of Medical Science degree from NSU’s Fort Laud- erdale Physician Assistant Program. In recognition of her achievements, she was inducted into the Pi Alpha National Honor Society for Physician Assistants and re- ceived the program’s Chancellor’s Award for demonstrating scholarship, leadership, integrity, humanity, and loyalty to the PA profession. In addition, she is a Fellow member of both the Florida Academy of Physician Assistants and the American Academy of Physician Assistants. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Fort Lauderdale By William H. Marquardt, M.A., PA-C, DFAAPA Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Physician Assistant education FORT LAUDERDALE PA ALUM on National Championship Team DIANA MAURER Rejoins the Faculty Family By Alicia Bolden, M.P.A.s., PA-C, Assistant Professor PERSPECTIVES • SUMMER–FALL 2014 40