Perspectives Winter/Spring 2018

Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences 7 “I could have gone and tried to reinvent the wheel, but I thought this partnership was a good one,” Dr. Kiran C. Patel added. “And, I will have an experienced team of academi- cians with all the expertise that’s required.” “This gift and financial commitment from our innovative and visionary donor couple will allow NSU to help fill the growing need for physicians and health care professionals, particularly in underserved, multicultural, and international communities,” said Frederick Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D., who serves as NSU’s interim executive vice president and chief operating officer. “It will also help us continue to take a multidisciplinary approach to ad- vancing health care by enhancing integration of medical and health care education, re- search, practice, and community leadership. That’s how NSU keeps ‘patients first’ Drs. Pallavi and Kiran C. Patel listen to Stanley H. Wilson express his words of gratitude for their benevolence. and delivers better outcomes for families and communities.” As he closed his address to the audience, Wilson said, “To paraphrase the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, we will not go where the path may lead; instead, we will go where there is no path and leave a trail.” In partnership with the Patel family, the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences is prepared to chart a path that will change lives and communities locally, nationally, and internationally. ● Drs. Pallavi and Kiran C. Patel give the Fins Up! sign to their new Shark family. “To paraphrase the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, we will not go where the path may lead; instead, we will go where there is no path and leave a trail.” —Stanley H. Wilson