COM Outlook Summer/Fall 2019

TABLE of Contents Features 04 Parkland Revisited REFLECTION AND ACTION DURING TURBULENT TIMES 10 Pillars of Leadership GRADUATE TRIO EXEMPLIFIES ETHICS, EMPATHY, AND EMPOWERMENT 18 Indelible Experience STUDENTS TRADE SPRING BREAK FOR ECUADOR MEDICAL ADVENTURE 20 Graduation 2019 AWARDS AND PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS Departments 02 Leadership Exchange 03 HPD COMmuniqué 24 Student Perspectives BLUE ZONES TRIUMPH OVER TRAUMA 28 Faculty Perspective GENETIC EDITING 30 Alumni Corner ALUMNI IN THE NEWS 32 Alumni Spotlight PORTRAIT IN PERSEVERANCE 36 COMmunications Briefs 38 Closing Notes 04 10 20 32 ON THE COVER (left to right): Natalie Negron, D.O.; Vikisha Hazariwala, D.O.; and Alixandria Fiore Pfeiffer, D.O. (Correction: In the “Battling Bias” article published in the spring 2019 issue of COM Outlook , the wrong date was listed for when Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D., became the first woman in the United States to earn a medical degree. It should have read 1849 instead of 1949. We regret the error.)