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Regional Campus Review THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Class of 2009 Graduation
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Naval and Veterans Hospitals
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Faculty Awards
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Alumni News
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Student Spotlight
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FSU Mourns Loss
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Campus Highlights
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We welcome the Class of 2011. As we start our seventh year of medical education in northwest Florida, we are continuously pleased with the students who arrive – 22 this year – and even more so with the faculty that takes the time Dr. Paul McLeod and energy to train them. We have more than 200 faculty members in the area who contribute to the education of the next generation of physicians. Our apprenticeship model would not work without the contributions of our outstanding faculty.
One of our own is returning to us to start her life as a family medicine physician. Kara Brooks (Class of 2006) has completed her residency training and is working in Crestview. Having students return to the Panhandle as physicians is a great outcome for the Pensacola Regional Campus. With six Panhandle students in the Class of 2011, we hope to see a trend of more students returning to this area after residency training. Finally, congratulations to our Class of 2009. They are excellent students and wonderful people, and we wish them all the best as they begin their residency training. We will miss them.
Welcome the Class of 2011 Upcoming Dates: Faculty Development Sessions:
August 25 Disease Quick Reference and eBooks September 23 Finding and Accessing Full Text Journal Articles via PubMed Front Row (Left to Right): David Harris, Mark Elliott, Kathleen McGlynn, Tiffany Vollmer, Greg Peters, Natasha Spencer Middle Row: Jessica Blick, Vanessa Escobar, Jennifer Brown, Abby Hunter, Ashley Chandler, Caitlin Van Sickler, Tashara Martin Back Row: Ashley Newell, Eric Martinez, Bradford March, William Nguyen, Kelli Murphy, Emily Lagergren, Erin Golden, Anand Vakharia
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Graduation of the Class of 2009 Jada Aikman Surgery-General Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA Catherine Liu OB/GYN St. Lukes - Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY Second Row Amy Gordon Family Medicine Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, Tallahassee, FL Lydia Snyder Pediatrics University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Paul McLeod, M.D. Campus Dean Eric Mervis Emergency Medicine University of California Irvine, Orange, California Mikel Hoffman Family Medicine Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C.
First Row, Left to Right Becky McGilligan Internal Medicine Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH Kendra Buscetta Anesthesiology University of Washington Affiliate, Seattle, WA Kelly Jones Pediatrics University of Tennessee COM, Memphis, TN
Third Row Mark Gallagher Emergency Medicine Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, MI Richard Rodriguez Emergency Medicine Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA Rees Porta Surgery–General Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma , WA Aaron Wagner Surgery-General Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Naval Hospital Pensacola and VA Gulf Coast Health System The Florida State University College of Medicine Pensacola Regional Campus is proud to announce its affiliation with both the Naval Hospital Pensacola and the VA Gulf Coast Health Care System. Students have been training in the Family Medicine residency program at the Naval Hospital and have recently started rotations in surgery there. Plans are under way to add internal medicine at the Naval Hospital to the rotation. Dr. Don Mason with the Family Medicine Residency Program at the Naval Hospital Pensacola stated, “Rotating through outpatient clinics, procedure clinics, and being exposed to family physicians on the wards, emergency
department and labor and delivery students are able to see family medicine in a community hospital setting. The high caliber of students from the FSU College of Medicine has been impressive. The HPSP students and civilian students have all been eager to learn, fun to work with, and have gained a good insight into family medicine today.” This summer students began training at the VA Clinic in psychiatry, family medicine and internal medicine. We are very excited to have two wonderful new partners in educating the physicians of the future.
Affiliated Partners Baptist Health Care Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Naval Hospital Pensacola Nemours Children’s Clinic
Sacred Heart Health System Santa Rosa Medical Center VA Gulf Coast Health System West Florida Hospital
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Faculty Awards Join us in congratulating Dr. Mark Stavros. He has been selected as The Florida State University College of Medicine’s education director for emergency medicine.
Mark Gallagher presented Dr. Dennis Mayeaux with the Class of 2009’s Outstanding Clerkship Faculty Member Award during the graduation party at Scenic Hills Country Club on May 8.
Dr. Joseph Peter, one of our summer clinical practicum faculty members from Crestview Pediatrics, was selected by the American Association of Physicians to receive the 2009 Pediatric Heroes Award. He was one of four who received this honor and the only pediatrician from Florida. Congratulations!
Amy Gordon presented Dr. Michael Daum with the Outstanding Clinical Educator Award from the Class of 2009 during the May 8 graduation party.
Dr. Dennis Mayeaux, our clerkship director for family medicine and informatics, was inducted as president of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians July 18.
Alumni News
The Pensacola Regional Campus is proud to announce that Class of 2007 graduate Savita Pai, M.D., has been named internal medicine chief resident of her program at the University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Student Spotlight Danielle Barnes is exceptional. Her classmates describe her as sincere, friendly and compassionate. Her preceptors often comment about her professionalism, delightful personality and exceptional ability to work well with patients, staff and colleagues.
represent the student division of AMWA at “Conversations on The Hill,” an event that provides advocacy training and an opportunity to meet with local legislators on Capitol Hill to discuss key issues involving women and children.
In addition to these qualities, she also possesses a passion for the health issues of women and children and has become an advocate for their causes.
Danielle also demonstrates her compassion for women and children and passion for their issues through her work with Favor House. She has spent countless hours assisting at the domestic-violence shelter and was instrumental in arranging events to benefit it.
She is the national advocacy chairperson for the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) and was recently selected as one of only two medical students nationwide to
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FSU Mourns the Loss of an Amazing Physician
W. Ian Rogers, M.D.
The Florida State University College of Medicine joins Baptist Hospital, as well as the entire community, in mourning the loss of W. Ian Rogers, M.D.
Dr. Rogers’ plastic surgery elective was highly sought after, and all of the students who had an opportunity to work with him had an immense respect for him as a physician and mentor.
Dr. Rogers, in addition to being a board-certified plastic and microvascular surgeon, was also a clerkship faculty member for our fourth-year medical students.
Dr. Rogers will be deeply missed by the faculty, staff and students of the Florida State University College of Medicine.
Campus Highlights The Class of 2009 students received several awards during the graduation award ceremony on May 15. We are so proud of them all! Becky McGilligan took home the J. Ocie Harris Outstanding Student Award for the College of Medicine. The award is given to the graduate with the best all-around promise of becoming a physician of the highest caliber. Becky also received the Florida Geriatrics Society Award for Outstanding Student in Geriatrics and the American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Citation. Mikel Hofmann was given the Individual Achievement Award for her commitment to ensuring quality medical care for those most in need. Richard Rodriguez received the Medical Student Professionalism and Service Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians for demonstrating outstanding patient care and involvement in medical organizations and the community.
Catherine Liu received The Merritt Ryals Clements, M.D., Award for Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology for the Pensacola Regional Campus for her dedication to the health of women. Kendra Buscetta received the Golden Caduceus Award for being the student who has been most helpful and dedicated to the welfare and success of classmates. Jada Aikman was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Congratulations, Aaron Wagner! Aaron received the Dean’s Award for the Pensacola Regional Campus. He was selected for his positive attitude and outstanding performance.
Thank you, Escambia County Medical Society, for the generous contribution to FSUCares!
Faculty Reminder:
Faculty members teaching required third- and fourth-year courses must complete six hours of faculty development prior to teaching and two hours each additional year. Please check the calendar on the front of this Regional Campus Review for details.
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