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COM Outlook . Summer 2012
Colton Wins AACOM Writing Award
Scott Colton, APR
, director of medical com-
munications, received a Best Feature Story
or Article Award in the AACOM Communi-
cations Awards Competition held during the
American Association of Colleges of Osteo-
pathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Meeting,
which took place March 28-31 in Washing-
ton, D.C. Colton was honored for his fall
2011
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article entitled “NFL to Osteopathic Physician:
Dr. Claude Jones Completes Incredible Metamorphosis.”
Lippmann Participates in D.O./J.D. Program
In March,
OMS-II Carisa Lippmann
was
the inaugural student accepted into the six-
year NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine/
Shepard Broad Law Center joint D.O./J.D.
degree program. She will begin the law por-
tion of her studies in July 2012. This progres-
sive joint-degree program is of very limited
availability nationally and offers NSU an op-
portunity to be a leader in yet another academic area. Consideration
is being given to making this pilot program a permanent joint-degree
opportunity for NSU students.
Department of Clinical Immunology
NSU-COM has established the
Department of Clinical Immunol-
ogy
and is in the process of developing the Institute for Neuro-Im-
mune Medicine, which will be based in the University Park Plaza
complex located just to the south of the Terry Building. Nancy Kli-
mas, M.D., professor of clinical immunology, will serve as chair of the
newly launched department.
Sivaraman Earns Governor’s Scholarship
Karthik R. Sivaraman
, a student in the
Master of Public Health Program and a work-
study student at the college’s Institute for Di-
saster and Emergency Preparedness, was
awarded a scholarship to attend the Gov-
ernor’s Hurricane Conference held May 12-
18 at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward
County Convention Center. After submitting
an application and essay, Sivaraman received one of 29 scholar-
ship awards from the Governor’s Hurricane Conference – Student
Scholarship Program. In the fall of 2012, he plans to enroll in the
NSU-COM Master of Science in Disaster and Emergency Prepared-
ness degree program.
In Memoriam: Ronald B. Kaufman, D.O.
In April,
Ronald B. Kaufman, D.O.
, a longtime NSU-COM faculty
member who retired several years ago, passed away following a
long illness. Although he became a full-time faculty member in 1994,
his first academic affiliation with the college occurred in 1980 when
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he served as the inaugural chair of the Division of Cardiology. During
his illustrious career, Dr. Kaufman served as president of the Florida
Osteopathic Medical Association in 1972-73 and chairman of the
Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine in 2000-2002.
ECOP Spring Meeting Held at NSU-COM
On April 19-21, NSU-COM and Mark Sandhouse, D.O., hosted the
spring meeting of the
Educational Council on Osteopathic Prin-
ciples (ECOP)
, which is composed of the chairs of the osteopathic
principles and practice (OPP) departments or their equivalents from
all colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States. The main
functions of the ECOP are to develop a common language for OPP
and improve their teachings at osteopathic colleges and postgradu-
ate training centers. A significant amount of work was accomplished
during the meeting, including updates to educational modules used
for teaching OPP, refinement of the
Glossary of Osteopathic Ter-
minology
, and discussion regarding a curriculum for training M.D.
colleagues who oversee D.O. residents.
New Residencies at Larkin Community Hospital
Larkin Community Hospital
in
South Miami, Florida, which is a
member of the college’s Consortium
for Excellence in Medical Education,
received approval from the American
Osteopathic Association’s Program
and Trainee Review Committee to
establish several new osteopathic
medical residency training programs
effective July 1, 2012. They are as
follows: general surgery, dermatology, geriatric medicine, rheuma-
tology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, allergy and immu-
nology, sleep medicine, infectious diseases, addiction medicine,
geriatric psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry.
Medscape’s Physician Compensation Report
According to
Medscape’s
2012 Physician Compensation Report
,
annual physician income declined in general, although the top-
earning specialties remained the same as in Medscape’s 2011
survey. In 2012, radiologists and orthopedic surgeons topped the
list at $315,000, followed by cardiologists ($314,000), anesthesi-
ologists ($309,000), and urologists ($309,000). Previously, radi-