Summer 2013 COM Outlook | NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine

Deidre E. Bass, D.O. (’10) has accepted a general pediatric position with Kaiser Perma- nente Santa Rosa Pediatrics in Santa Rosa, California. She completed her pediatric resi- dency training in June at Advo- cate Children’s Hospital Park Ridge in Park Ridge, Illinois. Maria Behnam-Terneus, D.O. (’09), was named as- sociate program director for Miami Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Residency Program in Miami, Florida, and has become a pediatric hospitalist at the institution. Charles J. Chase, D.O. (’89), who serves as president of the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists, established a $25,000 endowment called the Chase Honorary Anesthesiol- ogy Support Endowment Fund (CHASE Fund). The endow- ment’s purpose is to provide several NSU-COM students in- terested in anesthesiology with an opportunity to attend an all-expenses-paid educational conference at the Breakers Ho- tel in Palm Beach, Florida, and meet their future peers. “It’s a great way to introduce aspiring anesthesiologists to the profes- sion,” Dr. Chase explained. “The endowment is in its first year, and I hope to get support from other anesthesiologists that realize the importance of encouraging medical students to go into our profession. The endowment idea was a product of my desire to thank NSU-COM for giving me an opportunity to become a physi- cian and to thank my specialty society for giving me a leader- ship opportunity.” Rosendo Collazo, D.O. (’89) has joined Baptist Health Medi- 41 COM Outlook . Summer 2013 Alumni Corner - Activities, Accomplishments, and Awards cal Group—an organization of more than 120 physicians in multiple specialties closely aligned with Baptist Health South Florida. Roya Ghorsriz, D.O. (’05), who completed her family practice and dermatology residencies at NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, has accepted a posi- tion as a practicing dermatolo- gist at Gessler Clinic in Winter Haven, Florida. She also serves as a Winter Haven Hospital medical staff colleague. Lisa Gwynn, D.O, M.B.A., FAAP, CPE (’98), assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and medical director of the Pediatric Mobile Clinic at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Mailman Center for Child Development, was featured on WSVN 7 News on April 5 in a two-minute segment profiling the mobile clinic. Colonel Wayne E. Hachey D.O., M.P.H. (’89) recently retired from the U.S. Army after 28 years of service. His most recent deployment was to Afghanistan as chief of public health for 1 st Medical Brigade; however, his last assignment before retirement was as exec- utive secretary of the Defense Health Board. Following his retirement from the Army, Dr. Hachey accepted a leadership position with the governmen- tal and clinical affairs unit of Protein Sciences Corporation in Meriden, Connecticut. Melissa Hartman, D.O. (’08), who works at Family and Women’s Health at Avalon Park in Orlando, Florida, coau- thored an article entitled “Mus- culoskeletal Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain: What a Gynecolo- gist Should Know” that was published in the March issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology . Marlow Hernandez, D.O., M.P.H., M.B.A. (’11), a clinical internal medi- cine resident at Cleveland Clinic Florida, recently had his coauthored ar- ticle entitled “Predictors of 30- Day Readmission in Patients Hospitalized with Decompen- sated Heart Failure” published in Clinical Cardiology . He also is working on an ongoing pro- spective clinical trial at Cleve- land Clinic Florida entitled the “Model for Heart Failure Ex- acerbation Reduction (Model HEART) Trial” that is listed on clinicaltrials.gov . Christopher E. Keel, D.O. , (’09), a chief resident in the Department of Urology at Tulane Uni- versity School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, was recently named Physician of the Year at University Hos- pital. The award recognizes Dr. Keel’s contribution to the rollout and troubleshooting of the hospital’s introduction of Epic—its electronic medical records system. Bradley Marcus, D.O., FAAPMR , (’01) recently estab- lished a cutting-edge, nonprof- it facility named VIP Neuro- Rehabilitation Center in San Diego, California, which offers top-quality outpatient care to disabled military veterans, children, and the underserved. Jana Marjenhoff, D.O. , (’87) currently serves on the New Mexico Medical Review Board and works for the Indian Health Service at a remote reservation. Michael MacDonald, D.O., M.P.H., M.B.A., FAOCOPM , (’90), who is a board-certified and residency-trained occu- pational medicine physician in Melbourne, Florida, was named the United States Naval Reserve Flight Surgeon of the Year for 2012. He currently serves as a captain in the Navy Reserves and as a flight sur- geon for VP-62—a Navy P-3 Orion squadron based at the Naval Air Station in Jackson- ville, Florida, whose squadron mission is maritime patrol. Jilleen M. Pan- nozzo, D.O., FAPA (’89) received her Fellow designation from the American Psychi- atric Association. Tiffany Size- more-Ruiz, D.O. (’09) was recently named as one of the 15 top concierge medicine physicians in the country by Concierge Medicine Today , which looks for physi- cians each year who have made an impact on patients, their community, their state, social media, and technology. In addition, she and Camilo Ruiz, D.O. (’07) recently opened a private, retainer-fee concierge internal medicine and sleep medicine practice in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Practice information can be found at www.Choice- PhysiciansSFL.com . Craig Ziering, D.O. , (’89), who is board certified by both the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery and the American Osteopathic Board of Dermatology, was named chairman of Biologix Hair Inc.’s recently established medical advisory board.