Perspectives Winter/Spring 2018

FEATURE 4 A Time of Transformation: Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences DEPARTMENTS Dean’s Message Interim Chancellor’s Communiqué PCHCS Welcomes New Ambassadors Board Member 9 Alumni Updates 10 Student Affairs Faculty Spotlight 13 Current Research 16 CAPE Corner 18 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration 52 PCHCS Donor Circle DR. PALLAVI PATEL COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE SCIENCES Anesthesiologist Assistant—Fort Lauderdale 22 Anesthesiologist Assistant—Tampa 24 Audiology—Fort Lauderdale 26 Cardiopulmonary Sciences—Palm Beach 28 Health and Human Performance Athletic Training—Fort Lauderdale 30 Health and Human Performance Exercise and Sport Science—Fort Lauderdale 32 Health Sciences—Online and On-Site Programs 34 Medical Sonography—Fort Lauderdale 36 Occupational Therapy—Fort Lauderdale 38 Occupational Therapy—Tampa 40 Physical Therapy—Fort Lauderdale 42 Physical Therapy—Tampa 44 Physician Assistant—Fort Lauderdale 46 Physician Assistant—Fort Myers 48 Physician Assistant—Orlando 50 Speech-Language Pathology—Fort Lauderdale 4 TABLE OF CONTENT S 13 16 2 3 Cover Caption : From left: George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., NSU president and CEO; Stanley H. Wilson, Ed.D., PT, CEAS, dean; Dr. Pallavi Patel, M.D., family medicine pediatrician; and Ronald G. Assaf, chair, NSU Board of Trustees, unveil the renamed Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences. 8 1 1 20