October 19, 2007
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Nova Southeastern University Cardiac Simulation Center to be Dedicated in Honor of Longtime Cardiologist
FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. -- Nova Southeastern University’s Health Professions Division (HPD) will proudly dedicate on Monday its cardiac simulation center in honor of A. Alvin Greber, a longtime cardiologist at the University.
Greber, a D.O. who teaches internal medicine and cardiovascular medicine, is currently HPD’s Associate Executive Dean for Professional and Extramural Affairs. HPD comprises the colleges of osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, dental medicine, allied health and nursing, optometry and medical sciences.
“Dr. Greber is the mentor to many of our most accomplished health professionals such as physicians, optometrists, dentists and physicians assistants based upon his academic skills and simulation in cardiac and cardiovascular care,” said HPD Chancellor Fred Lippman, R. Ph., Ed.D. “He is the epitome of what a physician is all about.”
The dedication ceremony will take place on Monday, Oct. 22, at 3:30 p.m. Currently known as The Harvey Laboratory, HPD’s cardiac simulation center will be renamed the A. Alvin Greber Cardiac Simulation Center during the ceremony.
The center has a cardiology patient simulator ---- called Harvey ---- which emulates the bedside findings of almost all cardiac diseases at the touch of a button. It allows medical students and others who need such training to observe and feel pulses as well as listen to heart sounds and murmurs.
Some of the findings it can simulate include blood pressure, bilateral jugular venous pulsations, carotid and peripheral arterial pulsations, precordial pulse abnormalities and auscultatory events of each cardiac disease state.
Greber, who has been teaching at HPD since 1989, began his illustrious career in his hometown of Philadelphia. He attended the University of Pennsylvania before going on to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, the alma mater of his mentor, Arnold Berger, D.O., a beloved south Philadelphia physician.
At HPD, Greber is credited for modernizing internal medicine and recruiting renowned faculty. He also single-handedly created the curricula syllabi and implemented an innovative log system to track medical students’ attendance and performance during their third and fourth year rotations.
About Nova Southeastern University: Situated on 300 beautiful acres in Davie, Florida, Nova Southeastern University is a dynamic fully accredited institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs of distinction from preschool through the professional and doctoral levels. NSU has more than 26,000 students and is the sixth largest not-for-profit independent institution nationally. The university awards associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, doctoral, and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields, including business, counseling, computer and information sciences, education, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, dentistry, various health professions, law, marine sciences, early childhood, psychology and other social sciences. For more information visit www.nova.edu.
