Summer 2013 COM Outlook | NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine

“I had the privilege of knowing and working with Dr. Greber since May of 1990. During these years, Dr. Greber has been my physician, my friend, my teacher, and my mentor. In many ways, he has been like a second father to me—and a godsend to my family. I used to think I was taking advantage of Dr. Greber, but he told me he would be upset with me if I ever needed him and did not go to him. Dr. Greber was one of the most caring physicians anyone ever met; in fact, you could go to him with any medical problems you, your family, or your friends had. If it was important, you could call Dr. Greber anytime day or night. I know I have asked myself about what am I going to do without Al Greber. The answer is we all have to be a little bit more like him. When someone needs help, do your best to provide it. When someone asks for information or advice, provide it. Dr. Greber has left a legacy on this earth that will go on for generations. The students he has trained who are now in practice and the faculty members he trained will continue to help people and save lives. Al, I love you. I always will, and I will carry you with me always.” – Steve Weinstein, CPA, HPD Director of Finance “Whenever I think of Dr. Greber, my mind and heart fill with admiration, awe, and great love for the most special and wonderful colleague I have ever known in my 40 years in health professions higher education. Al was a giant in his field, a doctor’s doctor, and a brilliant cardiologist revered by all of his peers here at NSU as well as by so many physicians and other health professionals throughout South Florida and the nation. He devoted nearly a quarter century of time here at NSU teaching students and residents, serving as a great faculty member and HPD administrator, and unselfishly providing top-notch medical care, counsel, and support to all of us and our loved ones here at NSU and throughout the community. He had an incredible presence brimming with extraordinary grace, class, kindness, compassion, empathy, charm, wisdom, and wit. He lived life to the fullest and his abundant and openly expressed endless love and adoration for Mary, his wonderful wife, soul mate, and angel, made even spending a brief moment or two with him inspirational and memorable. He will forever be loved but never even close to forgotten.” – Steven Zucker, D.M.D., M.Ed., associate dean for community affairs and AHEC Program director Faculty Focus - Dr. Greber (continued) and a Trio of Faculty Farewells 26 COM Outlook . Summer 2013 Hartley Schwartzberg, D.O. , who served as a clinical professor for over 25 years and as chair of the Department of Dermatology for several years, passed away on May 5 following a six-month bout with illness. In a COM Outlook profile published in 2008, Dr. Schwartzberg shared his insights about becoming a physician, which aptly captured his passion for medicine. “Life is all about choices, and you need to pick what you feel you’re going to be happy doing,” he said. “I think that’s the most impor- tant thing in life, and that’s what I tell my students when I teach them—that you have to enjoy what you’re doing. I also tell them there is no occupation in the world where you can get the satisfaction, excitement, and deep inner feeling of accomplishing something significant than when you’re helping a patient.” Dr. Schwartzberg, who always practiced what he preached, was widely known as a brilliant, innovative, and enthusiastic doctor who treated his patients with compassion from 1973 through 2001 in his private practice in Hollywood, Florida. Clearly a forerunner in his field, Dr. Schwartzberg was the first osteopathic physician to be accepted into an M.D. residency in der- matology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. He is survived by his wife Barbara, his children Jason, Jordan, and Dani- elle, and his granddaughters Kira, Lexi, Zoe, and Miranda. IN MEMORIAM: Dr. Hartley Schwartzberg On May 13, the college coordinated a farewell reception for Robert Hasty, D.O., FACOI , associate professor of internal medi- cine and program director of the NSU-COM/ Palmetto General Hospital Internal Medi- cine Residency Program. Dr. Hasty, a 2000 alumnus who worked as a faculty member for over eight years, left the college to be- come vice president of medical education at Southeastern Health and regional associate dean at Campbell University School of Osteo- pathic Medicine in Buies Creek, North Carolina. Pictured are Dr. Anthony J. Silvagni and Dr. Robert Hasty . On April 19, the college coordinated a farewell reception for Susan Ledbetter, D.O., FACOFP , associate professor of family medicine and program director of the NSU-COM/Palmet- to General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program in Hialeah, Florida. Dr. Ledbetter, who served as an NSU-COM faculty member for almost a decade, left the college to assume a position as medical director for United Health- care in Miramar, Florida. Pictured are Dr. Susan Ledbetter with Dr. Anthony J. Silvagni . Drs. Hasty, Ledbetter Bid Farewell to NSU