Faculty Forward 2016

FACULTY

FORWARD COMMUNITY

WELLBEING

INNOVATION

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MESSAGES FROM TCMC’S DEAN AND VICE-DEAN

Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., President and Dean.............................................................. 2 William Iobst, M.D., Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Vice-Dean........................... 4

REGIONAL CAMPUS UPDATES

North Campus............................................................................................................... 6 South Campus............................................................................................................... 8 West Campus...............................................................................................................10 Guthrie Campus............................................................................................................14

MESSAGES FROM TCMC’S DEPARTMENT CHAIRS

Diana Callender, M.B.B.S., D.M., Chair of Department of Clinical Sciences......................16 Pam Lucchesi, Ph.D., F.A.H.A., Chair of Department of Basic Sciences.............................17

CLINICAL SCIENCES FACULTY UPDATES .................................................................18 BASIC SCIENCES FACULTY UPDATES...................................................................... 30 FACULTY PROMOTIONS........................................................................................... 41 NEW PARTNERSHIPS

Geisinger Health System – Genomics in TCMC’s Curriculum .......................................... 42 The Wright Center – Memorandum of Understanding ................................................... 43 Baruch S. Blumberg Institute – MBS-Doylestown Program............................................... 44

NEW LEADERSHIP.................................................................................................... 46 TCMC’S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE (BHI)..................................................... 47 FACULTY AWARDS.................................................................................................... 48

CELEBRATING the SUCCESS of TCMC’S FACULTY

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NEW ideas are always exciting

These successes don’t equate to “mission accomplished.” We continue to seek new ways to deliver both doctor of medicine and master’s degrees. One outstanding example this year is our partnership with the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute to deliver our MBS degree at the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County in Doylestown.

This innovative model – integrating education, scientific research and entrepreneurism – is another example of TCMC’s willingness to “go bold.”

And once again, innovation paid off. Our first Doylestown MBS class exceeded enrollment expectations and is well on its way to completing course requirements.

until the time for testing comes -- when faith in an idea either proves itself or disappoints.

It’s the trial and the fear it engenders that make advancing new concepts such a bold endeavor. At the doorstep of a new academic year, it gives me great pleasure to report once again that TCMC’s faith in a new educational model and the courage of the faculty who deliver it continue to prove themselves – in USMLE exams, in feedback from residency program directors and, above all, in the Match.

TCMC’s fourth class of M.D. graduates once again gave us reason to be proud as they matched into some of the most prestigious programs in the country. Their success validates our flipped classrooms, LIC and distributive model. Our graduates also disproportionately chose primary-care residencies, choices that admirably reflect our mission and values. And though it is still early, we are already pleased to see the first signs of our graduates returning to NEPA as full-fledged physicians, ready to serve our community, confirming another important tenet of our mission.

As we embark on a new academic year, let’s continue to be bold and continue to innovate. These are the qualities that make us unique and that make TCMC an exciting place for educators and scientists to be.

Sincerely,

Steven J. Scheinman, M.D. President and Dean

PUBLICATIONS

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS

In press. Focal Global Glomerulosclerosis is common in Dent Disease and is associated with kidney function. Authors: Wang, X; Anglani, F; Beara-Lasic, L; Mehta, A ; Vaughan, L; Herrera Hernandez, L; Cogal, A; Scheinman, SJ; Ariceta, G; Isom, R; Copelovitch, L; Enders, F; Del Prete, D; Vezzoli, G; Paglialonga, F; Harris, P; Lieske, J

Bleyer, A., Kmoch, S., Antignac, C., Kmoch, S., Robins, V., Kidd, K., Kelsoe, J., Hladik, G., Klemmer, P., Knohl, S., Scheinman, S.J., Vo, N., Santi, A., Harris, A., Canaday, O., Weller, N., Hulick, P., Vogel, K., Rahbari-Oskoui, F., Tuazon, J., Deltas, C., Somers, D., Megarbane, A., Kimmel, P., Sperati, C.J., Orr-Urtreger, A., Ben-Shachar, S., Waugh, D., McGinn, S., Bleyer, Jr., A., Hodanova, K., Vyletal, P., Zivna, M., Hart, T., Hart, P.S., Variable clinical presentation of MUC1 mutations causing medullary cystic kidney disease type 1. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 9: 537-535, 2014.

BOOK/BOOK CHAPTERS Freedman, B.I., Scheinman, S.J., and Winn, M.P., Genetics and Chronic Kidney Disease, Chapter 21 in Chronic Renal Disease, eds.

Kimmel, P.L. and Rosenberg M.D., Elsevier, 2014 Scheinman, S.J. and Lieske, J.: Dent disease in UpToDate, ed. B.D. Rose, 2016

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PRESENTATIONS Keynote address at Stony Brook University School of Medicine’s Research day (“Dent’s Disease: Solving a Clinical Mystery with Molecular Genetics”), April 30, 2014.

Moderator for “Oathtaking in Academic Medicine: Expanding the Commitment to Ethics within the Profession”, AAMC Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL), November 9, 2014.

Dent’s Disease Talk @ 3rd Rare Kidney Stone Consortium (RKSC) Dent Patient Meeting (NYU Langone Medical Center), October 10, 2015.

Keynote Speaker for Guthrie’s Post-graduate Medical Education and Graduation Awards Ceremony, June 23, 2016.

PROUDEST

MOMENTS Steven Scheinman, M.D. WHEN speaking about his work developing a genomics thread for TCMC’s curriculum, Kandamurugu Manickam, M.D., a geneticist with Geisinger Health System, said he was very impressed with the college’s “forward-thinking” faculty, whom he found so willing to embrace new ideas.

“There isn’t another school doing it the same way as TCMC,” he said.

Dr. Manickam’s observations aren’t unique. Our faculty’s openness to innovation – educational and scientific – has become one of the most compelling characteristics of TCMC. In the past few months, let’s look at some of the truly inspiring things our faculty have helped bring about: We expanded our network of clinical partners, launching our fourth campus at Guthrie in Sayre.

The efficiency and speed with which we formed the Guthrie campus is truly amazing. Both our faculty and Guthrie leadership proved to be enthusiastic, responsive and creative partners. Our first cohort of third-year students just completed their rotations at Guthrie and their experiences bode well for the future success of the partnership. For example, New York University awarded student, David Kugelman, a prestigious orthopedic surgery research fellowship at its Langone's Hospital for Joint Diseases. David completed his third-year orthopedic surgical rotation under Joseph Choi, M.D., Ph.D. at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital. He credits Dr. Choi’s mentorship and TCMC’s innovative curriculum for helping him to receive the fellowship. Our students have also jumped right in to the communities Guthrie serves. The health system’s newsletter informs us the students have volunteered for Habitat for Humanity and organized a food and clothing drive for Sayre’s House of Hope.

Our faculty should be proud of the role they played in modeling this kind of civic engagement.

The Behavioral Health Initiative is off to a most auspicious start since its launch in July 2015.

explains the excitement and hope with which our partner agencies embraced the project. In the beginning, we had a grant from the Luzerne Foundation but the outlook for future funding was murky. BHI had to prove it was a collaborative concept that could work and not become mired in bureaucracy. Because so many faculty members and community partners approached the initiative with dedication and vigor, several foundations decided BHI was worthy of investment. In March, the Moses Taylor Foundation awarded BHI $1.2 million and in May, AllOne bestowed $640,000, for the first year of a five-year grant totaling $3.2 million to develop a psychiatric residency program in collaboration with The Wright Center. Partly thanks to this support, on June 29 The Wright Center was notified that the psychiatry residency has received initial accreditation from the ACGME. We launched our MBS program in Doylestown.

Although the content of the Doylestown MBS is identical to the program taught in Scranton, it is delivered differently, after hours and in collaboration with the impressive scientists on the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute staff. The success of the program relied heavily on TCMC faculty, who succeeded beyond our fondest hopes. We were prepared to be content with 12 to 15 students, but enrolled 23. The MBS-D, as we call the Doylestown program, is an exceptional example of TCMC growth that adheres to three principles.

First: It is aligned with our mission. Second: It is selfsupporting and, in fact, generates revenue. Third: It expands our faculty. The Doylestown partnership meets all three, while enhancing TCMC’s reach and furthering our reputation as an innovative community-based medical school.

Our faculty has reason to be proud of these achievements and we look forward to more innovation ahead!

The community’s needs in mental health, substance abuse and suicide prevention are substantial, which

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FROM THE

VICE-DEAN LET me begin by offering my

congratulations to the TCMC faculty recognized in this volume of Faculty Forward. Their accomplishments are truly remarkable, but just how remarkable only becomes apparent when you appreciate the context in which this work has occurred. Since the last publication of Faculty Forward, Guthrie Campus became the fourth TCMC regional campus, the third-year curriculum was redesigned, our two clinical departments merged to become one, while Admissions and Student Affairs split to become separate departments and the Doylestown MBS experiment and the Behavioral

Health Initiative were launched. Any one of these accomplishments alone would be cause for celebration.

Taken in total, these changes are amazing! While we cannot predict how TCMC will evolve between now and the next publication of Faculty Forward, I do know that evolution will be innovative and will serve the college well. I am continually thankful to count myself as a member of the TCMC community and look forward to shaping our continuing evolution with all of you! — William Iobst, M.D. Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Vice-Dean

TCMC’s Scranton campus

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PUBLICATIONS Hauer KE, ten Cate O, Boscardin C, Irby DM, Iobst W, O’Sullivan PS. Trust as an essential element of trainee supervision. Understanding trust as an essential element of trainee supervision and learning in the workplace. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2014; Aug;19(3):435-56.

Kogan J, Conforti L, Iobst WF, Holmboe ES. Reconceptualizing Variable Rater Assessments as Both an Educational and Clinical Care Problem. Acad Med: 2014; Vol. 89, No. 5, pp.721-727.

Carney PA, Eiff MP, Green LA, Carraccio C, Smith DG, Pugno PA, Iobst W, McGuinness G, Klink K, Jones SM, Tucker L, Holmboe E. A Primary Care Transformation Collaborative Among Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatric Residencies. Academic Medicine 03/2015; 90(8). DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000701.

Hauer KE, Chesluk B, Iobst W, Holmboe ES, Baron RB, Boscardin CK, Cate OT, O'Sullivan PS. Reviewing residents' competence: A qualitative study of the role of clinical competency committees in performance assessment. Academic Medicine. 2015; 90(8): 10841092.

Fuster V, Halperin JL, Williams ES, Cho NR, Iobst W, Mukherjee D, Vaishnava P, COCATS 4 Task Force 1: Training in Ambulatory, Consultative, and Longitudinal Cardiovascular Care1. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015:65(17): 1734 – 1753. doi: 10.1016/ j.jacc.2015; 03.023.

Creager MA, Gornik HL, Gray BH, Hamburg NM, Iobst WF, Mohler ER, White CJ. COCATS 4 Task Force 9: Training in Vascular Medicine.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015; 65(17):1832-1843. doi:10.1016/j. jacc.2015.03.025.

Kogan JR, Conforti LN, Bernabeo E, Iobst W, Holmboe E. How faculty members experience workplace based assessment rater training: a qualitative study. Med Edu. 2015:49(7):692-708.

Reporting Milestones: Cross-sectional description of initial implementation in a population sample. Accepted for publication in Annals of Internal Medicine. M15-2411. March 14, 2016.

PRESENTATIONS American Academy of Neurology (AAN) National Meeting Plenary – “Milestones and Entrustable Professional Activities. Theory to Practice”. Philadelphia, Pa. April 26, 2014.

International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) Innovations in Assessment Webinar Series - ACGME Milestones – March 27, 2014.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. International Conference on Residency Education. Mini-Course – “Key Concepts in Implementing an Assessment System”. Toronto, Canada. October 23, 2014.

American College of Rheumatology Educator Session – “Direct Observation of Clinical Skills: Educationally Indicated, Therapeutically Required.” 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting. Boston Mass. November, 15, 2014.

Eighth Annual House Staff and Clinical Campus Student Research Day Keynote Lecture. “Variations on Research – What Resonates with You?” Winthrop University Hospital. Mineola NY. April 22, 2015.

Association of Hospital Medical Educators (AHME) National Institute Plenary. What’s a Competent Intern? Assessing Milestones Progression from the Beginning to End of the Intern Year. San Diego CA. May, 15, 2015.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) CC Grand Rounds: Contemporary Issues in Graduate Medical Education: The Current Reality of Competency-based Medical Education. Bethesda, Maryland. August 12, 2015.

Iobst W. Building the Plane as we Fly it. JGME. 2015; 7(2): 259261.

American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Conference Plenary.

The Commonwealth Medical College, An Overview. Chicago Ill. September, 9, 2015.

Iobst W, Holmboe E. Building the Continuum of Competency-based Medical Education. July 2015; Perspectives in Medical Education.

First online: doi: 10.1007/s40037-015-0191-y

Evan’s Lecture, Wellspan York Hospital. “The Nuts and Bolts of Competency-based Medical Education.” York, Pa. September 24, 2015.

Ten Cate O, Hart D, Ankel, F, Busari J, Englander R, Glasgow N, Holmboe E, Iobst W, Lovell E, Snell LS, Touchie C, Van Mell E, Wycliffe-Jone K. Entrustment Decision Making in Clinical Training.

Acad Med. 2016; 91(2). doi:10.1097/ACM0000000000001044.

BOOK/BOOK CHAPTER

Hauer K, Ten Cate O, Boscardin C, Iobst W, Holmboe E, Chesluk B, Baron R, O’Sullivan. Ensuring Resident Competence: A Narrative Review of the Literature on Group Decision Making to Inform Work of Clinical Competency Committees. DOI:http://dx.dio.org?10.4300/ JGME-D-15-00144.1 Kogan J, Conforti L, Iobst W, Holmboe E. Commitment to change and implementation challenges after workplace-based assessment rater training. Accepted in Academic Medicine. AcdMed-D-15-00981R2.

Carraccio C, Iobst WF, Philibert I. Letter to the editor. Milestones: Not Millstones But Stepping Stones. JGME. 2014; 6(3): 589-590.

Holmboe E, Iobst W. Evaluating Clinical Competence in Residents and Fellows. APDIM Toolkit for Internal Medicine Education Programs. Eleventh Edition. 2014.

AWARDS Academic Alliance of Internal Medicine (AAIM) 2014 Special Recognition Award-Formerly an Association of Professors of Medicine award, the Special Recognition Award is presented by the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) to an individual who has contributed most to helping the alliance meet its mission which “fosters the advancement of learning, discovery, and caring by enhancing the professional growth of academic internal medicine faculty, administrators and physicians-in-training.”

Hauer K, Clauser J, Lipner R, Holmboe E, Caverzagie K, Hamstra SJ, Hood S, Iobst w, Warm E, McDonald FS. The Internal Medicine

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NORTHCAMPUS IN August 2014, Shubhra Shetty, M.D., was named associate regional dean for TCMC’s North (Scranton) Campus. Dr. Shetty oversees all aspects of medical student educational and clinical experiences as students train with primary care and internal medicine physicians, clinical preceptors, families, hospitals and healthcare systems in communities throughout Lackawanna, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties. Dr. Shetty succeeds Gerald Tracy, M.D., who retired after serving in this role since 2008 and helping establish TCMC. William Iobst, M.D., vice-president for academic affairs and vice-dean of TCMC, said "Dr. Shetty played an integral role in the establishment of TCMC, and she has the administrative, academic and clinical experience to move us forward.”

Dr. Shetty is professor of medicine and chair of the committee for academic and professional standards at TCMC, medical director of The Wright Center’s HIV Clinic in Scranton, and an infectious disease consultant. She continues as director of the HIV Clinic and as an infectious disease specialist at Moses Taylor and Regional Hospitals, while executing her responsibilities as regional dean.

Dr. Shetty earned her medical degree from The Armed Forces Medical College in Pune, India. She did her residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and completed a fellowship in infectious disease at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Dr. Shetty is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious disease.

PRESENTATIONS “Diversity in Healthcare Management” Eastern Pennsylvania Health Care Executives Network, September 16, 2015

PUBLICATIONS Patel MD, Krupa D, and Shetty S. Lepromatous Leprosy with Erythema Nodosum Leprosum.

Consultant. 2015; 55(4):300-302.

HONORS/AWARDS Executive Fellowship in Academic Medicine, Drexel University, May 2016

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REGIONAL

UPDATE

I AM happy to have completed two years

in my position as regional dean of the North Campus. We have successfully completed the implementation of revised six-month block and six-month LIC curriculum changes in the past academic year. I am very grateful to the regional team, especially Dr. Elizabeth McGill, and Ms. Nora Alu, as well as Dr. Lisa Thomas, regional assistant dean and the regional education coordinators.

The North Campus has 36 students for the upcoming third year, including 10 students

— Shubhra Shetty, M.D. Regional Associate Dean, North Campus

Psychiatry Nelson Asante, M.D.

Regional Assistant Dean Lisa Thomas, M.D.

Internal Medicine Wasique Mirza, M.D.

doing clinical rotations in the Pocono area under the able guidance of Dr. Jonathan Goldner. I would also like to take the opportunity to extend my gratitude to our dedicated clinical partners, including hospitals, clinics and volunteer clinical faculty who train students and serve as role models for them despite their busy schedules.

Pediatrics April Troy, M.D.

OBGYN Harold Davis, M.D.

Surgery David Onofrey, M.D.

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REGIONAL

UPDATE

THE medical school may physically be located in Scranton; however, TCMC is truly a 17-county regional community medical school.

I am proud of all the quality educational resources that the South Campus faculty offer our students.

who will return to the area. The alumni recruitment committee members have worked hard to spearhead that initiative and have had some wonderful results‌. trained doctors are returning! — Michael Ferraro, M.D. Regional Associate Dean, South Campus

Our mission is to give back to the community by providing highly qualified physicians

Regional Assistant Dean Mary Elizabeth Sokach, D.O.

Psychiatry Steve Kafrissen, M.D.

Internal Medicine John Citti, M.D.

Family Medicine James Galasso, D.O.

Surgery Mark Schiowitz, M.D.

OBGYN Joseph Narins, M.D.

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WESTCAMPUS Welcome, Dr. Janet Townsend... thank you, Dr. Shenberger 2015 marked the retirement

Dr. Townsend served as the founding chair of TCMC’s Department of Family, Community and Rural Health from 20082015. In this capacity she recruited the founding faculty and established a program of community-based education and research.

During the past six years, she has supervised students working in partnership with regional partners such as Dr. Shenberger will remain Susquehanna Health’s Family active both in private practice Medicine Residency Program, as a rheumatologist and Susquehanna Community as a preceptor and clinical Health and Dental Center, professor at TCMC. His and members of the local Seen at a reception honoring outgoing regional associate dean, Dr. remarkable career stretches Amish community on Keith Shenberger and Dr. Janet Townsend, senior associate dean for across more than 35 years. regional campuses, community and educational affairs and regional research projects addressing A native of Pennsburg, associate dean, West Campus, The Commonwealth Medical College community health priorities. he received his doctor of(TCMC) are, from left, William F. Iobst, M.D., FACP; Dr. Townsend; In her role as senior Steven P. Johnson, president and CEO of Susquehanna Health; Dr. medicine degree from associate dean, she provides Shenberger; and Steven J. Scheinman, M.D. Dartmouth College, Hanover, leadership and oversight of New Hampshire and academic activities in TCMC’s completed his residency in regional campuses to achieve internal medicine at Reading Hospital and articles. Dr. Shenberger was recognized TCMC’s education, research and service Medical Center, Reading. He went on to for his essential leadership in founding missions and to contribute to improved complete a rheumatology fellowship at TCMC’s West Campus in partnership health in the region. the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center with Susquehanna Health, recruitment in Hanover, New Hampshire. He has of several hundred volunteer clinical served as president of the medical staff faculty members, contributions to TCMC’s for the Susquehanna Health System and curriculum, mentorship of students, and his as medical director of the Williamsport role in establishing academic partnerships Hospital Arthritis Center. He is the throughout the six counties of the West author of numerous scholarly journal Campus region. of Keith Shenberger, M.D., regional associate dean for the West Campus of The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) and the appointment of Janet Townsend, M.D. as senior associate dean for regional campuses, community and educational affairs and regional associate dean, West Campus.

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“I am pleased that Dr. Townsend will continue to build and strengthen medical education throughout our region of Pennsylvania, particularly in our rural and underserved areas.”

— Keith Shenberger, M.D. Susquehanna Health

REGIONAL

UPDATE

IN my first year as regional associate dean,

I was blessed by the talent, experience and commitment offered by all members of our regional team. Regional Assistant Dean Peggy Shoemaker, in her first year as a full-time TCMC faculty member, was a font of ideas and wisdom that constantly enrich the student experience and facilitated my entrance into my new role. Our team of regional education coordinators work together incredibly well. They value the opportunity to teach, the support of the specialty education directors, and the commitment of our students to learning and mutual support.

We enjoy tremendous support from our clinical partners, especially Susquehanna Health and Evangelical Community Hospital.

JANET TOWNSEND, M.D. PUBLICATIONS Schisterman EF, Silver RM, Lesher LL, Faraggi D, Wactawski-Wende J, Townsend JM, Lynch AM, Perkins NJ, Mumford SL, Galai N. Preconception low-dose aspirin and pregnancy outcomes: results from the EAGeR randomized trial. Lancet. 2014; 384(9937):29-36.

Strelnick AH, Anderson MR, Braganza S, Capps L, Gold M, Gorski V, Korin E, Soloway B, Townsend J. (letter to the editor). Health disparities training in residency programs in the United States. Family Medicine. 2014; 46(10):809-10.

Lesher LL, Matyas RA, Sjaarda LA, Newman SL, Silver RM, Galai N, Hovey KM, Wactawski-Wende J, Emerick L, Lynch AM, Mead B, Townsend JM, Perkins NJ, Mumford SL, Stanford J, Schisterman EF. Recruitment for longitudinal, randomized pregnancy trials initiated preconception: lessons from the effects of aspirin in gestation and reproduction trial. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2015; 29(2):162-7.

Wong LF, Schliep KC, Silver RM, Mumford SL, Perkins NJ, Ye A, Galai N, Wactawski-Wende J, Lynch AM, Townsend JM, Faraggi D, Schisterman EF. The effect of a very short interpregnancy interval and pregnancy outcomes following a previous pregnancy loss. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2015; 212(3):375.e1-11.

Reader S, Fornari A, Simon S, Townsend J. Promoting Faculty Scholarship – An evaluation of a program for busy clinician-educators, Canadian Medical Education Journal. 2015; 6 (1): e 43-60.

Silver RM, Ahrens K, Wong LF, Perkins NJ, Galai N, Lesher LL, Faraggi D, Wactawski-Wende J, Townsend JM, Lynch AM, Mumford SL, Sjaarda L, Schisterman EF. Low-dose aspirin and preterm birth: a randomized controlled trial. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2015; 125(4):876-84.

The Family Medicine Residency Program at Williamsport Hospital offers sustained support of learning through block rotations for students, LIC precepting, and support of student research and community health projects. We are proud that several classes of West Campus students are contributing to community efforts to address opioid addiction, through collaboration with Drs. John Boll and Brad Miller and Project Bald Eagle, a community coalition. My deep thanks to all involved. — Janet Townsend, M.D. Senior Associate Dean for Regional Campuses, Community and Educational Affairs and Regional Associate Dean, West Campus

Schisterman EF, Mumford SL, Schliep KC, Sjaarda LA, Stanford JB, Lesher LL, Wactawski-Wende J, Lynch AM, Townsend JM, Perkins NJ, Zarek SM, Tsai MY, Chen Z, Faraggi D, Galai N, Silver RM. Preconception low dose aspirin and time to pregnancy: findings from the effects of aspirin in gestation and reproduction randomized trial.

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2015; 100(5):178591.

White, M, Simoyan O, Cardelle A, Godin S, Kuchinski E, Townsend E, Townsend, J, Collaborative Efforts towards an Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Dual Degree Program for Public Health Training in a New Rural Medical School. International Journal of Public Health.

2015; 7(1).

Radin RG, Mumford SL, Silver RM, Lesher LL, Galai N, Faraggi D, Wactawski-Wende J, Townsend JM, Lynch AM, Simhan HN, Sjaarda LA, Perkins NJ, Zarek SM, Schliep KC, Schisterman EF. Sex ratio following preconception low-dose aspirin in women with prior pregnancy loss. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2015; 125(9):361926.

Mumford SL, Silver RM, Sjaarda LA, Wactawski-Wende J, Townsend JM, Lynch AM, Galai N, Lesher LL, Faraggi D, Perkins NJ, Schliep KC, Zarek SM, Schisterman EF. Expanded findings from a randomized controlled trial of preconception low-dose aspirin and pregnancy loss.

Human Reproduction. 2016; 31(3):657-65.

Ahrens KA, Silver RM, Mumford SL, Sjaarda LA, Perkins NJ, Wactawski-Wende J, Galai N, Townsend JM, Lynch AM, Lesher LL, Faraggi D, Zarek S, Schisterman EF. Complications and Safety of Preconception Low-dose Aspirin Among Women with Prior Pregnancy Losses. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2016; 127(4):689-98.

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WESTCAMPUS

Regional Assistant Dean Margrit Shoemaker, M.D.

OBGYN Janice Schifferli, M.D. www.tcmc.edu

Family Medicine Timothy Heilman, M.D.

Surgery Susan Branton, M.D.

Psychiatry Teresa Bianco, M.D.

Pediatrics Joseph DeMay, M.D.

Internal Medicine Donald Nardone, M.D.

PROUDEST

MOMENTS

Keith Shenberger, M.D. IT would be easy to

say that my proudest moment was when the charter class graduated in 2013, and perhaps that is true. I especially bonded with the students from the West Campus of course, and it was so gratifying to send these newly minted physicians out into the world to disseminate the principles of TCMC’s curriculum. What I hope is that the other doctors and program directors they work with will say: “Wow! Where did THAT resident go to medical school!!!”

I must say, however, that my most gratifying moment was the first day of regional orientation for the Class of 2013, on the summer solstice in 2011, when we actually had a group of students who were OURS, and we could start to cultivate a wonderful living and learning community

for them. All the work to recruit faculty, liaise with the community, create the educational infrastructure, organize the regional office, and formulate the clinical curriculum was worth it when we finally had some students in our midst to work with. I will never forget my brief welcome session with them as they began here in Williamsport, two hours from their home in Scranton, seeing a number of skeptical student faces and feeling quite as a novice, promising them a robust clinical experience, and then having to come through on that promise!

The creative work of designing the whole clinical experience for these students was the most exhilarating thing I have ever done in my professional career. This opportunity challenged me to use knowledge and skills I basically did not know I had. Our success as a team, Jill Taggart and Tammy Button and Chris Wise and Dr. Shoemaker and all our RECs, is so gratifying, and I am just thankful that I was able to be a part of it. The personal relationships I developed were wonderful, and it was just downright FUN!!

I anticipate that the BEST moment, which will trump all of this, will be when we actually have one of our TCMC students return to Williamsport to practice after residency training. This will complete the circle and fulfill the mission of TCMC completely.

— Keith Shenberger, M.D. Susquehanna Health

KEITH SHENBERGER, M.D.

Medical College. Journal of Interprofessional Healthcare. 2014; Volume 1 Issue 1 Article 6.

PUBLICATIONS

Wool N Shenberger K. Mycobacterium avium intracellulare septic arthritis in a patient with dermatomyositis. Current Orthopaedic Practice. 2014;25(2):175-178. doi:10.1097/ bco.0000000000000077.

Ayzenberg, M. and Shenberger, K.N.; Successful Treatment of a Large Cutaneous Ulcer and Improvement in the Hematologic Manifestations of Felty Syndrome with Rituximab. The Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, 2014;20(8):440-441.

Foote E, Clifton M Shenberger, K. A Required Interprofessional Clerkship for Fourth Year Medical Students at The Commonwealth

AWARDS Gold Humanism Honor Society 2015

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GUTHRIE CAMPUS WE wish to acknowledge the many

contributions of DWIGHT STAPLETON, M.D., M.M.M., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.P.E., the founding regional associate dean of the TCMC’s Guthrie Campus, for his leadership in establishing the campus and for his mentorship of TCMC Guthrie students. Dr. Stapleton worked

closely with TCMC and Guthrie leaders to assure the excellent educational experience that our first cohort of Guthrie students have enjoyed. Dr. Stapleton has stepped down to assume the role of chief medical officer at the OSF HealthCare system in Illinois. We wish him great success in his new position.

DWIGHT STAPLETON, M.D., M.M.M., F.A.C.C., ABSTRACTS Kulkarni, A, Prasad, H Stapleton, D; A Shocking Revelation" F.A.C.P., F.A.C.P.E. A Case of Recurrent Twiddler's Syndrome Presenting with PUBLICATIONS Ali, F. Rehman, H, Babayan, Z, Stapleton, D, Joshi, D; Energy Drinks and Their Adverse Health Effects: A Systematic Review of the Current Evidence; Postgraduate Medicine. 2015.

Kondareddy, S, Singh, M, Stapleton, D, Rudzinski, W, Kaluski, E. Fractional Flow Reserve and Instantaneous Wave Free Ration in 2015. Minerva Cardioangiol, 2015; 63:217-29.

Inappropriate Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Discharge. JACC 2015;65(10_S) Prasad, H, Stapleton, D; Predicting Readmission in a Heart Failure population at a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital. Cardiology. e-ISSN 1421-9751.

Prasad, H, Stapleton, E, Choudhary, G, Ali, F, Stapleton, D,; Predicting Readmission in a Heart Failure population at a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital. The Journal of Heart Disease, ISSN 15567451, vol 12: 357 (90).

THOMAS VANDERMEER, M.D., is serving as interim regional associate dean for the Guthrie Campus. Dr. VanderMeer received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, followed by residency training at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. VanderMeer completed fellowships at the

University of Toronto and Harvard Medical School. He is a general surgeon with a focus on diseases of the liver, pancreas, and endocrine system. Since 2005, Dr. VanderMeer has served as the program director for the General Surgery Residency Program at Guthrie, where he is also the vice-chair for surgical quality, education and research in the Department of Surgery.

PUBLICATIONS

Cohesive Cultural Approach Can Lead to Sustained Improvements at the Community Hospital Level.

Presented to the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project Annual Conference, July 2016.

Rebecca Hoffman, MD, Rachel L. Medbery MD, Thomas J. VanderMeer MD, Jon B. Morris MD, Rachel R. Kelz MD, MSCE. The Educational Toolbox: Kick Start Your Educational Program in Quality Improvement. J Surg Educ 2015 S19317204

PRESENTATIONS Hawkins K, Teeter N, Pennypacker B, Cagir B, VanderMeer TJ. Implementation of a Surgical Site Infection Bundle: How Process Changes and a

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VanderMeer, TJ. Clinical Learning Environment Review: Surgical Program Director’s Perspective.

Presented to the ACGME Annual Educational Conference, National Harbor, MD, February 2016 VanderMeer, TJ. Didactic Education in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Presented to the Association of Program Directors in Surgery Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, 2015

REGIONAL

AS we close out our first year as a dedicated clinical campus of TCMC, we reflect on accomplishments experienced through this new collaboration.

We look toward the next academic year and our contribution to educating the future physicians who will serve our community for years to come.

TCMC’s clinical curriculum was successfully delivered to 16 third-year medical students by faculty across The Guthrie Clinic. Further, seven of these 16 will be returning to Guthrie to receive clinical training through fourth-year rotations.

— Joseph Scopelliti, M.D. President and CEO, Guthrie

Regional Associate Dean Thomas VanderMeer, M.D.

Pediatrics Amechi V. Odife, M.D.

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Psychiatry Charles McGurk, M.D.

Family Medicine Donald Phykitt, D.O.

Surgery Silviu Marica, M.D.

Internal Medicine I Am Resurreccion, M.D.

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CHAIRS I AM tremendously grateful

to the faculty for continuing to live the TCMC mission. Their dedication to the students and to the institution is outstanding and is shown by the success of our fourth graduating class. Their tireless effort to improve the educational process, as evidenced by the third-year curriculum

redesign, is truly inspiring. I have enjoyed the implementation of the enriched third-year curriculum, the expansion of the Poconos and the on-boarding of Guthrie as clinical sites in the upcoming year. — Diana Callender, M.B.B.S., D.M. Chair, Department of Clinical Sciences

DIANA CALLENDAR, M.B.B.S., D.M.

Williams, Janet Townsend. Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships. October 2015

PRESENTATIONS

Strategies for implementing simulation in preclinical medical education. Szarek J, Callender D, Gnecco S. The International Meeting on Simulation in Health Care, San Diego, CA. 2016

Szarek, J, Callender D, Gnecco, S. Strategies for implementing simulation in preclinical medical education. The International Meeting on Simulation in Health care, New Orleans, LA. 2015 Pre-professional education and preparation of learners for competency-based health professions education. Boardman JM, Callender D, Szarek JL, and Shanower G. 19th Annual Meeting, International Association of Medical Science Educators, San Diego, CA. 2015 Implementing a longitudinal integrated clerkship for all third year students at an allopathic medical school essons learned. Diana Callender, Brian Wilcox, David Averill, William Iobst, Valerie Weber and Janet Townsend A new medical school developed by the community for the community in North-eastern Pennsylvania, USA Townsend J, Callender D, Iobst W. Outcomes of Implementing a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship for all Third year Students at a New Allopathic Medical School J Townsend, D Callender, B Wilcox, D Averill, S Perlis, M Clifton, V Weber Challenges Faced in Learner Evaluation in a Large Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Model: Lessons Learned Shoemaker M, Shetty S, Callender D, Williams C, Shenberger K, Townsend,J. Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships. October, 2015 Clerkship Education Day: Adding Value to the Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship. Margrit Shoemaker, Karen Arscott, Diana Callender, Carien Wiliams, Janet Townsend. Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships. October 2015 Logistical Dilemmas Associated With Increasing Class Size in a 12-Month Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Model. Margrit Shoemaker, Diana Callender, Shubhra Shetty, Brian Wilcox , Carien

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Merging Two Clinical Departments and the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center into a Department of Clinical Sciences at The Commonwealth Medical College. Diana P E Callender. Presented at the 2016 ELAMÂŽ Leaders Forum. May 2015 Developing an Interprofessional Simulation-Based Learning Activity for Health Professions Students. Karen Arscott, Diana Callender, Kim Subasic, John Szarek, Margarete Zalon. International Association of Medical Sciences Educators Annual Meeting, Leiden, Netherlands.

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PUBLICATIONS M Hall, M Sheakley , D Callender, D Pederson, G Gilbert, K Leighton 2016. Enhancing Knowledge Retention of Cardiovascular Physiology using Simulation. Med. Sci. Edu., 26(1):111-116. DOI 10.1007/ s40670-015-0216-5 M Sheakley, G Gilbert, K Leighton, D Callender, M Hall, D Pederson.

2016 A brief simulation intervention increasing basic science and clinical knowledge. Medical Education Online, [S.l.], v. 21, ISSN 1087-2981.doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/meo.v21.30744.

HONORS/AWARDS Executive Fellowship in Academic Medicine, Drexel University, May, 2016

GRATEFUL

REFLECTIONS THE past year has been filled

with new opportunities to enhance TCMC’s educational and research missions. The faculty and staff welcomed me in August 2015 as their new chair and I am grateful for their support and hard work. I am continuously amazed by their dedication to our students and their willingness to go the extra mile to assure every student’s success.

Our faculty strives for continued excellence in the first- and secondyear curriculum, as well as working with our clinical colleagues to longitudinally integrate biomedical

PAM LUCCHESI, PH.D., F.A.H.A. PUBLICATIONS Lucchesi PA, Trask AJ, Childers R, Carver W. Development of myocardial structure and function. In: Allen H, Driscoll D, Shaddy R, Feltes T, ed. Moss and Adams' Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents Including the Fetus and Young & Adult; 8th edition.

Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016.

Wilson K and Lucchesi PA. Myofilament dysfunction as an emerging mechanism of volume overload heart failure. Pflugers Arch. 2014; 466:1065-10677.

Lewis K, Guggilam A; Trask AJ, Cismowski MJ, Lucchesi PA. The myofilament Ca2+ sensitizer levosimendan preserves systolic function in volume overload heart failure in rats. American Journal Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 2014; 307:H1605-1617.

Hibinio N, Cismowski MJ, Lilly B, McConnell PI, Shinoka T, Cheatham JP. Lucchesi PA, Galantowicz ME, Trask AJ. Potential molecular mechanisms of retrograde aortic arch stenosis in the Hybrid approach to hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015; 100:1013-1019.

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sciences throughout the four years. The department’s research programs continue to cultivate partnerships with community organizations to expand translational research. This year we have also helped start a new and innovative graduate program with a biotech incubator in Doylestown.

I am very fortunate to work with such a talented group of people.

— Pam Lucchesi, Ph.D., F.A.H.A. Chair, Department of Basic Sciences

Husarek, KE, Katz PS, Trask AJ, Galantowicz, ML, Cismowski MJ, Lucchesi PA. The angiotensin receptor blocker losartan reduces inward remodeling of type 2 diabetic coronary arterioles. Vascul Pharmacol. 2016; 76:28-36. PMID:26133668 Husarek KE, Zhang X, McCallinhart PE, Lucchesi PA, Trask AJ. Isolation of Murine Coronary Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. J Vis Exp. 2016; May 30;(111). doi: 10.3791/53983. PMID: 27285607.

Rogers LK, Lucchesi PA. The resilience of youth: fact or fictio?

Physiology (Bethesda). 2014; 29:156.

Thompson MA, Cismowski MJ, Trask AJ, Lallier SE, Graf AE, Rogers LK, *Lucchesi PA, *Brigstick DR. Enhanced steatosis and fibrosis in livers of offspring exposed to maternal high fat diet. Gene Expression: Journal of Basic Liver Research. *senior authors Wilson K, Guggilam A; Galantowicz ML, West TA, Cismowski MJ, Lucchesi PA Impaired function in rats following delayed reversal of volume overload heart failure is rescued by levosimendan. FASEB J. 2015; 29:379.2.

“My research focuses on congenital and acquired forms of cardiovascular diseases. Current projects include the impact of obesity and type 2 diabetes cardiovascular remodeling and mechanisms of heart failure progression in regurgitant valve disease. Since joining TCMC, my research is transitioning to more clinically integrated projects, such as chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and the effects of maternal obesity on heart disease in offspring.”

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CLINICAL SCIENCES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PEDIATRIC SPORTS MEDICINE Thomas Martin, M.D., professor and education director of pediatrics, received the Thomas E. Shaffer M.D. award for pediatric sports medicine at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics

THOMAS MARTIN, M.D.

on Oct. 11, 2014 in San Diego, California. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on Sports Medicine nominated Dr. Martin because of his lifetime contributions to the field of pediatric sports medicine.

PUBLICATION

ALUMNI AWARD

Franklin and Marshall College, June 4, 2016

Carl R, Johnson MD, Martin TJ. Promotion of Healthy Weight-Control Practices in Young Athletes.

Pediatrics. 2005;116:1557–1564

AMA GRANT, $500

PRESENTATION

Submitted by Anna Loshakov for blood pressure screening and urine dipstick screening at the Community Intervention Center, Scranton. May, 2016

OLAPEJU SIMOYAN, M.D. PUBLICATIONS White, MV, Simoyan, OM, Cardelle AJF, Godin, SE, Kuchinski,EC, Townsend EL, Townsend JM Collaborative efforts towards an interdisciplinary and interprofessional dual degree program for public health training in a new rural medical school. Int Public Health J. 2015; 7(1).

White MV, Simoyan OM, Cardelle AJ, Godin S, Kuchinski EC, Townsend EL, Townsend JM. An interdisciplinary and interprofessional dual degree program for public health training in a new rural medical school. In: Caron RM and Merrick J, ed. Public health: Improving health via inter-professional collaborations. New York: Nova Science, 2014.

AWARDS/HONORS Best in Class Award- Visual Presentation- Family Medicine Education Consortium, 2015, for “Women in Family Medicine”, a medical humanities project featuring an exhibit and video, 2015.

Second Prize winner – U.S. State Department’s Citizen Diplomacy Challenge, 2015, in recognition of efforts to promote the State Department’s international exchange programs.

Top 25 Women in Business awardee-Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal, 2015.

PRESENTATIONS Simoyan OM, et all. Bridging the gap between public health and medical education through public – private partnerships: The TCMCESU MD/MPH Program. Poster presented at the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) conference, Charleston SC, March 2015.

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Simoyan O. Physician, heal thyself: Achieving self care through the arts. Presented at the Lagos University Medical Society meeting, December 3, 2014.

Simoyan O. Substance abuse, eating disorders and other psychiatric conditions affecting adolescents. Presented to medical students at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, December, 2014.

Simoyan O. Bridging the Gap between the Science and Art of Healthcare: Is there a role for the humanities in health professional education? Presented to dental faculty, staff and students at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, December, 2014.

Simoyan O. Addressing child mental health training and medical education needs in Nigeria: An overview of my Fulbright specialist experience, 2012-14. Presented at the Fulbright scholars orientation/ mid-year review, American Embassy Employee Guest House, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria December, 2014.

Godin, S, Cardelle, AJF, Kerr, VW, Vitris S, White, M, Simoyan O, Townsend, J, Townsend E. Using a web portal to identify public health fieldwork preceptors and research collaborators in northeast Pennsylvania. Presented at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2014.

Simoyan O. An integrated, case- based approach to introducing adolescent mental health topics to medical students. Poster presentation at the International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists and Allied Professionals Congress in Durban, South Africa, August 2014.

Simoyan O. Oshodi Y. A multi-professional approach to addressing child mental health needs in Nigeria: experiences of a Fulbright specialist. Oral presentation at the International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists and Allied Professionals Congress in Durban, South Africa, August 2014.

Panel Discussion: “How to Engage More People in the Arts,” Lackawanna County Office of Arts and Culture, Scranton Cultural Center, May, 2016.

PROUDEST

MOMENTS Olapeju Simoyan, M.D.

IT was an honor to attend the 2014 conference of the

International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists and Allied Professionals (IACAPAP) in Durban, South Africa. In addition to interacting with mental health professionals from all over the world, I had the privilege of presenting results from my Harvard Macy project, which focused on a case-based, integrated approach to teaching medical students about important adolescent mental-health topics, including substance abuse, eating disorders and oral health. I also shared my experience as a Fulbright specialist in Lagos, Nigeria, where I collaborated with colleagues to address child and adolescent training needs among health professionals and school teachers.

It is also a privilege to lead the editorial team in the production of the third issue of Black Diamonds, TCMC’s literary journal, where we explore the connections between medicine and the arts. In addition to submissions from students, staff and faculty, this year’s issue includes submissions from individuals outside of our immediate community, including a retired music therapist, a physician/ pianist and a local artist. These talented and insightful individuals have shared thoughtful reflections on various aspects of the connections between the arts and medicine.

I appreciate our institution’s efforts to promote the arts

and humanities and am grateful for the ongoing efforts to incorporate the arts into the medical school curriculum.

I was recently selected for the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine’s fellowship in medical journalism for the 2015-16 year, an experience through which I have developed further expertise in medical writing and editing.

I am also especially grateful for the support of TCMC’s leadership and the leadership of the Academy of Clinical Educators that have made the publication of yet another issue of Black Diamonds possible.

— Olapeju Simoyan, M.D. Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Epidemiology

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CLINICAL SCIENCES STANLEY DUDRICK, M.D, F.A.C.S. A LIVING LEGEND for transplants. Then TPN will feed the patient until the new bowel sustains the patient, and it serves as a safety net in case the transplant doesn’t work.”

Stanley Dudrick, M.D., F.A.C.S., professor of surgery at The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) was honored as a “Living Legend” by The International Society of Small Bowel Transplantation on June 12, 2015 at its annual conference in Buenos Aries, Argentina.

Known as “the father of intravenous feeding,” Dr. Dudrick pioneered total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in the early 1960s. Originally from Nanticoke, he was the first physician to successfully feed people through an I.V., totally bypassing the normal digestive system.

Prior to TPN, patients who could not eat or digest food routinely died of starvation. Today, more than 10 million premature babies and 20 million adults owe their lives to Dr. Dudrick’s brilliant invention.

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Dr. Dudrick has received numerous accolades for his work. In Skawina, Poland, the Stanley Dudrick, M.D. Memorial Hospital stands in his honor.

Last summer, Dr. Dudrick was named a “Hero of American Surgery” by the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Dudrick explained, “TPN is a lifesaver for patients with short bowel syndrome. They have to be fed by vein or else they die. Some of these patients have a bowel transplant. TPN keeps the patients alive while they’re waiting

William F. Iobst, M.D., vice dean and vice president of academic affairs at TCMC, said, “Dr. Dudrick deserves the title ‘living legend.’ TPN is considered one of the three most important medical advances of the last century.”

“The Living Legend Award is given with great admiration and appreciation for your ongoing contributions to the intestinal rehabilitation and nutritional support areas that have helped bring intestinal transplantation to reality. As a pioneer, you are an inspiration for current leaders in the field and the continued distribution of that knowledge to the future leaders worldwide. As a teacher, you taught many who, in turn, continue to teach others. This results in your words, concepts and principles continuing to be passed on to the next generation and resulting in progress in the field. As a scientist, you have a number of outstanding publications. As a surgeon, your dedication to saving lives through nutritional support has led to your outstanding reputation, which will be a continuous source of admiration for the generations to come.”

— Presented to Dr. Stanley Dudrick June 12, 2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina

STANLEY DUDRICK, M.D., F.A.C.S.

LLC, in refining, modifying, and developing nutrition supplements for the maintenance and improvement of human health and performance.

RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Participated as a member of the Scientific/Medical Advisory Board, together with the Research and Development Department of Advocare LLC, as the primary formulator and developer of a new amino acid product specifically for maintaining the integrity and function, and promoting repair and healing as indicated, for collagen, joint capsules, ligaments, tendons, and other connective tissues.

Multiple discussions with multiple students advising and suggesting avenues and areas of research challenges and endeavors for their consideration; mentoring them regarding research opportunities locally and throughout the country, indeed, the world, which they might consider undertaking in advancing their education, training, and careers; critiquing their investigative proposals, protocols, and potential publications to promote maximum productivity, precision and proficiency.

Participated as a member of the Scientific/Medical Advisory Board, together with the Research and Development Department of Advocare,

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AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS American College of Surgeons, “Heroes in American Surgery, Stanley J. Dudrick, MD: The Father of Intravenous Feeding.” Presentation and video at The Annual Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA, October, 2014

PROUDEST

MOMENTS Stanley Dudrick, M.D. MORE than 30 students in the Class of 2015, for whom telephone calls and

conversations of support in person were undertaken, and letters of recommendation were written, together with Dr. Mark Frattali, were matched successfully with their choices of post-graduate residency training in the nation’s prestigious programs.

— Stanley Dudrick, M.D., F.A.C.S. Professor of Surgery

AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS CONT’D Japanese Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, the JSPEN Morio Kasai Lecturer, 30th Annual Congress, Kobe, Japan, February, 2015 The Vera and Forrest Lumpkin Memorial Lecture in Surgery and Visiting Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, April, 2015 The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) selected Stanley and Theresa Dudrick as Co-Honorees of the 2015 Gala launching TCMC Campaign for Scholarships and Innovation, chosen for their commitment to community, for their dedication to wellbeing, and for their lifetime of creativity and innovation.

TCMC announced in 2015 its campaign for “The Stanley J. Dudrick, MD, Endowed Chair in Innovative Medical Education.”

The Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by formal proclamation, “Congratulated Dr. Stanley and Mrs. Theresa Dudrick on their richly deserved recognition as shining examples of community spirit whose many contributions are worthy of deep gratitude and respect.” In the Senate, September 17, 2015 The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) inaugurated a Life-Time Achievement Award in 2016, and announced Dr. Dudrick’s unanimous election to receive this unique honor in celebration of A.S.P.E.N.’s 40th Anniversary of its founding.

Top General Surgeon, The Leading Physicians of the World, Member of the International Association of HealthCare Professionals, January, 201 Gold Humanism Honor Society; For doctors who promote humanism in medicine; elected as the Faculty member by the Medical Student Class of 2016, The Commonwealth Medical College. February, 2016 The 50 Most Influential Physicians in History, Part 1; #50-#36: Medscape. February, 2016

SACRED FIRE OF LIBERTY: 20TH ANNUAL GALA CAMBRIDGE MARYLAND, SEPTEMBER, 2014 •

Excellence in Integrative Medicine Award, “For pioneering achievements in the field of integrative medicine that have lessened suffering, cured disease, and prolonged life in ways not achievable with traditional modalities and treatments.”

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Excellence in Nutrition Science Award, “For breakthroughs in nutrition science research and discovery, resulting in new understanding of nutritional mechanisms of action and greater informed choice, improved health outcomes, and longevity.”

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Excellence in Medical Research Award, “For the discovery of breakthroughs in medical research that have reduced human suffering and cured disease previously deemed incurable.”

PUBLICATIONS Dudrick SJ, Yoder C: An Interview with Stan Dudrick ’57. F&M Scientist. Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA. Winter, 2014 Dudrick SJ, Haverstick LP, Rothkopf MM: Nutritional Support: Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition. Chapter 22 In: Metabolic Medicine and Surgery. M.M. Rothkopf, M.J. Nussbaum, L.P. Haverstick, Eds., CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, pp 415-449, 2015 Dudrick SJ: Foreword. In: Nutrition Support for the Critically Ill Patient: A Guide to Practice. 2nd Edition, Gail Cresci, Ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp ix-xi, 2015 Dudrick SJ: Recommedation (Foreword). In Parenteral Nutrition for the Series of Techniques of Nutritional Support, Yoshifumi Inoue, Ed., Shorin-sha Company, Japan, pp iii-xi, 2015 Byers PM, Hameed SM, Dudrick SJ: Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Nutritional Support: Strategies for Enteral and Parenteral Therapies.

In: Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care. J. Asensio and D. Trunkey, Eds., Elsevier, Philadelphia, pp 733-742, 2015 Latifi R, Dudrick SJ, Merrell RC: The New Surgeon: Patient-Centered, Disease-Focused, Technology-Driven, and Team-Oriented. Chapter 1 In: Technological Advances in Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care. R. Latifi, P. Rhee and WGG Rainer, Eds., Springer, New York, pp 1-8, 2015 Dudrick SJ: When Should We Quit Operating? Chapter 23 In: Surgical Decision Making: Beyond Evidence-Based Surgery, R. Latifi, Ed., Springer Science, Chapter to be published, 2016 ABSTRACT: Dudrick SJ: The Relationship of Cardinal Virtues and Philosophy to Research Success, The 30th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, PEN-Monthly of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, p 37, February, 2015

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CLINICAL SCIENCES GERALD P. TRACY, M.D. AUTHOR OF TCMC HISTORY I am pleased to report that the history of the first 10 years of The Commonwealth Medical College has been completed.

As a founding member, I believe it is important for us to have a written summary of our development from a good idea and strong community need in 2004 to a fully accredited, autonomous allopathic school by 2014. The proudest moment

came in October, 2007 when the LCME approved TCMC for official student recruitment.

From this point, I knew that everything else would fall into place with a tremendous amount of work and dedication.

Full accreditation was completed in July, 2014.

— Gerald P. Tracy, M.D. Professor of Medicine

HISTORICAL FACTS • TCMC became the first school in the United States to successfully enroll all students in the LIC, Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum.

• Applications for the class of 2013 numbered 1,291. Applications for the class of 2019 numbered 7,285.

• As of 2014, it is estimated that TCMC students donated nearly 20,000 hours of service to the community.

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INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS

KAREN ARSCOTT, D.O. AWARDS TCMC S.T.A.R. Award for faculty, June 2016 “Service, Teamwork, Accountability, and Resourcefulness.”

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, May 2015 Faculty Award,The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society

NATIONAL SERVICE Medical and Professional Advisory Board for Lung Cancer Alliance March, 2016 – present Congressionally Directed Medical Research Panel for Lung Cancer Research Program Integration Panel Member, 2014 – present

Arscott, K, Foote, E, Provinzano, K. “A Required Interprofessional Clerkship for Fourth Year Medical Students at The Commonwealth Medical College.” Updated version presented at NECPA IPEC Faculty Development Day TCMC May 20, 2015 Arscott, K, Foote, E, Provinzano, K. “A Required Interprofessional Clerkship for Fourth Year Medical Students at The Commonwealth Medical College.” All Together Better Health VII (international meeting). June 6-8 2014, Pittsburgh, PA. Arscott, K. Interprofessional Education during an International Medical Mission” All Together Better Health VII (international meeting) June 6-8 2014, Pittsburgh, PA. Winkler, L. Arscott, K. “Global Health Curricula through InterPersonal Collaboration”. Pennsylvania Council for International Education Annual Conference. October 16-18, 2014 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Keynote Speaker at Inaugural American Medical Student Association conference: The Journey to Being a Physician. March 2014 Faculty Mentor for Tobacco Use in Medical Students at The Commonwealth Medical College. Presented at Research Symposium Day as a poster Szarek J, Arscott K. Implementing Simulation-Based Interprofessional Education: Students’ Evaluation of the Pilot Indicate a Very Successful Program. 14th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH 2014) General Session, January 25th – 29th, San Francisco, CA. Also presented at The Institute’s 2014 Interdisciplinary Research Forum in Wilkes-Barre, PA on 4/14/14 where it was awarded a Certificate of Achievement - Best Faculty Research Award – 2014

CME CONFERENCES, PROGRAM CHAIR Spring 2015 - Keystone Symposium Child Abuse: Recognizing and Reporting October 2015 - After the Child Abuse Report: What You Need to Know April 2016 - Child Abuse: Protecting the Innocent

REGIONAL SERVICE Northeast/central Pennsylvania Interprofessional Education Coalition Member (Founding member) 2008 – 2014; Chair June 2014 – present; Regional Coordinator 2010 – present

PUBLICATIONS Arscott K. Foote E, Clarke V, Szarek JL, Waters SK, Walline V, Shea D, Goss S, Farrell M, Easton D, Dunleavy E, Development and Evaluation of a Regional, Large-Scale,Interprofessional Collaborative Care Summit. Journal of Allied Health. 2015; Vol 44, No (2):e23-e28. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26046124 Foote E; Arscott K; McHenry-Sorber E. Development, Implementation and Evaluation of A Novel Fourth Year Interprofessional Clerkship.

Medical Science Educator. 2016. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26046124 Szarek JL, Manetti W, Zielinski D, Heckman C, Shea D, Arscott K, Pellegrino A, Triano M, and Spelman D. Trials and Tribulations in the Development of a Simulation-Based Interprofessional Education Activity. Medical Science Educator. 2013; 23(3S):541.

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CLINICAL SCIENCES MUSHFIQ TARAFDER, PH.D., M.P.H., M.B.B.S. Publications Carabin H, McGarvey ST, Sahlu I, Tarafder MR, Joseph L, de Andrade BB, Balolong E, Olveda R. Schistosoma japonicum in Samar, the Philippines: infection in dogs and rats as a possible risk factor for human infection. Epidemiology and infection. 2015; 143(8):1767-76.

Farrell MS, Wallace SJ, Clarke SM, Tarafder MR, and McLaughlin WA. Implementation of the connective tissue screening questionnaire in Northeast Pennsylvania to identify comorbidities of connective tissue disorders in subjects with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. 2014;5(2):134-8.

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MARK FRATTALI, M.D. PUBLICATIONS Frattali, MA, Gill, KS. An Unusual Presentation of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. Case Reports in Otolaryngology. 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/826436 Frattali, MA, Gill, KS. Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Metastasis to the Tongue. Case Reports in Otolaryngology. 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/242135

MARK WHITE, M.D. PRESENTATIONS

FRATTALI

Szarek J; Boardman J; White M; Holt JT. Integrated and Flipped: 5 Years’ Experience of Integrating Active Learning in an Integrated Course. Medical Science Educator. 15 Dec 2015.

10.1007/s40670-015-0214-7 (DOI).

Zarek SM; Mitchell EM; Sjaarda LA; Mumford SL; Silver RA; Stanford JB; Galai N; White MV; Schleip KC; DeCherney AH; Schisterman EF. Is Anti-Mullerian Hormone Associated With Fecundability? Findings from the EAGeR Trial. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM). 100(11), pp.

4215-4221, 25 Sep 2015. 10.1210/ jc.2015-2474.

Holt JT; Ghormoz J; Sung JY; White M; Szarek J. Medical Student Benefit from Learning Objectives Correlates to Specific Myers-Briggs Types. Medical Science Educator. 25 Apr 2015. 10.1007/ s40670-015-0133-7 (DOI).

WHITE

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Ryckman KK; Rillamas-Sun E; Spracklen CN; Wallace RB; Garcia L; Tylavsky FA; Howard BV; Liu S; Song Y; LeBlanc ES; White MV; Parikh NI; Robinson JG. Ethnic Differences in the Relationship between Birth Weight and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Postmenopausal Women. Diabetes and Metabolism. 18 Apr 2015. pii: S1262-3636(14)000640. 10.1016/j.diabet.2014.03.003 (DOI).

Holt JT; Ghormoz J; Sung JY; Szarek J; White M. Targeting Pedagogies for Appropriate Learners: Downloading Learning Objectives Increases Exam Scores for Men. Medical Science Educator. Mar 2015; 25: 45-51.

White M; Simoyan O; Cardelle A; Godin S; Kuchinski E; Townsend E; Townsend J. Collaborative efforts towards an interdisciplinary and interprofessional dual degree program for public health training in a new rural medical school.

International Public Health Journal. Vol 7(1), Mar 2014.

MARY TRIANO, CRNP-C, ACHPN PUBLICATIONS Cornacchione, M., Withers, D., Lyons, C., White, M., Triano, M, Joyce J. Addiction: An Intervention to Influence Medical Students’ Attitudes and Response to Substance Abuse within Peers and Professionals. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 2015; 27 (2).

WORKSHOPS Szarek JL, de Jong PGM, Triano M. Interprofessional Education 101. A 90-minute focus session on introducing faculty to interprofessional education. IAMSE 2014 DNR and Goals of Care. Drexel Family Medicine Residents. December 7, 2012.

PEER PAPERS TRIANO

Cornacchione, M., Joyce, J., Triano, M. L., Godwin, M. Addiction: An Intervention to Influence Medical Students’ Attitudes And Response to Substance Abuse Within Professionals. Society for Teachers of Family Medicine, 1/2014. Peer Papers – Works in Progress.

Godwin, M., Joyce, J., Triano, M.L., Cornacchione, M. MD Year 2 Integration: Training Clinicians, Not Researchers. Society for Teachers of Family Medicine, 1/2014. Peer Papers – Works in Progress.

POSTER PRESENTATION Triano, M. L., Cornacchione, M., Joyce, J., Godwin, M. IPE: Interprofessional Education, Internalizing Powerful Experiences. Society for Teachers of Family Medicine, January, 2014.

Godwin, M., Triano, M.L., Joyce, J., Cornacchione, M. Reflection In Doctoring Course Portfolios Using Interprofessional Team As Faculty Mentors. Society for Teachers of Family Medicine. January, 2014.

Szarek JL, Manetti W, Shea DM, Arscott K, Pellegrino A, Spelman D, Zielinski D, Triano M. Implementing Simulation-Based Interprofessional Education: Students’ Evaluation of the Pilot Indicate a Very Successful Program. International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare, January, 2014.

Szarek JL, Manetti W, Shea DM, Arscott K, Pellegrino A, Spelman D (presented poster), Zielinski D, Triano M. A Pilot Simulation-Based Interprofessional Education Activity For Health Professions Students From Marywood University, The Commonwealth Medical College and The University of Scranton. The Institute for Public Policy & Economic Development. April, 2014.

LECTURES Palliative Care: What’s That? The Commonwealth Medical College, Grand Rounds.

March 14, 2016.

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CLINICAL SCIENCES JENNIFER JOYCE, M.D. DIVERSITY PROGRAMS AT TCMC Ideal Medical Care and Physician Suicide Prevention Pamela Wible, M.D., October 2014 Diversity, Privilege and Leadership: Are We Making Any Progress in the 21st Century?

Eddie Moore, Jr., Ph.D., November 3. 2014 White Racial Literacy Robin DiANgelo, Ph.D., Fall, 2015

TRANSGENDER CONFERENCE, 2014 AND 2015 •

Transgender Clinical Etiquette 101 Rachel Levine, M.D., Pennsylvania’s first Transgender Women Surgeon General.

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Provider Do’s and Dont’s Cham Sante, M.D., TCMC graduate and conference founder

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Mental Health Considerations for the Transgender Community Jason Rafferty, M.D., April 11, 2015

Pride Student Group Michael Bronski, Ph.D.

PRESENTATIONS

Primary Care Progress Chapter at TCMC Morris Singer, M.D., November, 2015

Social Justice and Health Wilkes University, October, 2015

The Race Project Yolanda Moses, Ph.D., January, 2016

MBS Honor Society Physician Leadership and Advocacy

Society is unity in diversity.

— George Herbert Mead American philosopher, sociologist and psychologist

Marika Handakas, L.C.S.W. AS a charter member of the inter-professional Advising Task Force, I was part of a cohesive team that helped to re-shape our advising program to be proactive and responsive to student needs, interests, and concerns. We initiated some changes that were designed to bring students from different years together at informal lunches so that they could share information and experiences. According to the survey we developed and administered, students found this additional attention from faculty and peers meaningful. Our Task Force also created a long-term plan describing how to expand the advising program to be more inclusive of faculty input. With that in mind, we developed a “Dashboard” where faculty can find information and communicate with other faculty, thus closing a knowledge gap regarding student performance. It has proven successful in that we can discover and address concerns early to help students stay on track. We also planned and held two well-attended faculty advisor training sessions which were lively and interactive. We recruited new advisors and recognized their contributions with a certificate and appreciative applause at the Spring Picnic.

— Marika Handakas, L.C.S.W., M.Div., Psy.D. Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

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PROUDEST

MOMENTS Michelle Schmude, Ed.D. IN 2014, I had the privilege of being

acknowledged for “inspiring and promoting the work of their students” at the Rochester Institute of Technology Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communications. In addition, I was invited by a former King’s College student to be her personal guest at the 2014 Ford Scholarship Award Dinner in NewYork City. This national scholarship is presented annually to only two students from the entire pool of candidates.

Every year, the four to five top students from the entire graduating class at

MICHELLE SCHMUDE, ED.D PRESENTATIONS Berardi-Demo, L., Schmude, M. “On the Same Page: Aligning Enrollment Practices and Mission” session presented at the AAMC PDI National Meeting, June 23, 2016.

Schmude, M., Berardi-Demo, L. “Utilizing Holistic Policies Aligned with Recruitment Strategies to Attract Students who are Firstgeneration and/or are from Disadvantaged Backgrounds” presented at at the AAMC National General Meeting, November 7, 2015.

Schmude, M. “How to Write Your Personal Statement and Admissions Panel” presented at the UC Davis 13th National Pre-Medical and PreHealth Professions Conference, October 11, 2015.

Schmude, M., Berardi-Demo, L. “Utilizing an Enrollment Management Model in Undergraduate Medical Education to Enhance Student Success” presented at the AAMC Northeast and Southern GSA/OSR Joint Regional Meeting, April 17, 2015.

Sante, C., Weber, V., Schmude, M., Schleicher, J., Goldner, J., Gaieski, D., Nickles, L. “Patient Education: A Missing Link to Urgent Care Utilization as a Means to Decrease Emergency Department Overcrowding and Misuse” session and poster presented at the 19th Annual Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, February 28, 2015.

Schmude, M. “Medical School Admissions” presented at the Student National Medical Association Regional Conference, November 2014.

Schmude, M. “How to Write Your Personal Statement and Admissions Panel” presented at the UC Davis 12th National Pre-Medical and PreHealth Professions Conference, October 2014.

King’s College are honored at the President’s Dinner. The students are allowed to choose a faculty member who made the biggest impact on them during their time at King’s College. In 2013, I was selected as one of the five faculty members to accompany the students to the blacktie event celebratng their academic achievements.

— Michelle Schmude, Ed.D. Associate Dean for Admissions, Enrollment Management and Financial Aid and Assistant Professor

POSTERS Kugleman, D., Eisenburg, D., Macarey, A., Schmude, M. “Longitudinal Student Involvement Contributes to Retention, Recruitment and Student Satisfaction” poster presented at the AAMC National General Meeting, November 6, 2015.

Kugleman, D., Eisenburg, D., White, M., Schmude, M., BerardiDemo, L. “Medical College Outside the Classroom (OCC) Experience Leads to Well-rounded, Empathetic Residents, and Physicians” poster presented at the AAMC Northeast and Southern GSA/OSR Joint Regional Meeting, April 17, 2015.

PUBLICATIONS Schmude, M., Berardi-Demo, L. A Day in the Life of a Health Care Team. Private Colleges and Universities, Health and Medicine Edition, 2014; 18-20.

Weiland, S., Schmude, M. Student Athletes’ Perceptions of Concussions through Media Consumption.” Journal of Mass Communications and Journalism, 2014. DOI: 10.4172/21657912.1000199.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS Meals on Wheels, Board of Directors, 2014-Present Meals on Wheels, Chairperson, 45th Anniversary Celebrations, 2015 Invited Announcer, Fine Arts Fiesta, 2010-present

AWARDS AND HONORS 2014 - Rochester Institute of Technology Conference acknowledgment for “inspiring and promoting the work of their students”

Weiland, S., Schmude, M. “Student Athletes’ Perceptions of Concussions through Media Consumption” presented at the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania Conference, June 2014.

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CLINICAL SCIENCES MARIO CORNACCIONE, D.O., M.S., F.A.A.F.P

Residents with Alzheimer’s Disease and Weight Response with the Use of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)/ Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) and Bioflavinoids: A Pilot Study. (AMDA, Los Angeles and International Academy on Nutrition and Aging 2014, Bologna, Italy)

RESEARCH

UNDERSTANDING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

2012-2015 Multicenter, Randomized Double Blind Placebo Controlled Parallel Group Two Year Study to Evaluate the Effect of Subcutaneous RO4909832 (Gantenerumab) on Cognition and Function in Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease

PRESENTATIONS

2013-2016 A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, PlaceboControlled, Parallel-Group, Multicenter, Efficiacy And Safety Study Of Gantenerumab In Subjects With Mild Alzheimer’s Disease 2013-2015 A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group, 26 Week, Phase 3 Study of 2 Doses Of EVP-6124 Or Placebo In Subjects With Mild To Moderate Alzheimer's Disease Currently Or Previously Receiving An Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor Medication 2012- present A Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Parallel-Group, Double Blind Efficacy and Safety Trial of MK-8931 (beta secretase inhibitor) in Subjects with Mild to Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease.

2012-present A Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Parallel-Group, Double Blind Efficacy and Safety Trial of MK-8931 (beta secretase inhibitor in Subjects with Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease (MCI).

2015-present A Phase 3 Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Aducanumab in Subjects with Early Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

2015- present A Phase 3, Double Blind, Randomized Study Of RVT-101 (5HT6 Antagonist) Versus Placebo When Added To Existing Stable Donepezil Treatment In Subjects With Mild To Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease 2015-present A Phase 2A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel Group, 26-Week, Placebo- Controlled Study of SUVN-502 (5HT6 Antagonist) in Subjects with Moderate Alzheimer's Disease Currently Treated with Donepezil Hydrochloride and Memantine Hydrochloride 2013-present Addiction: An Intervention to Influence Medical Students’ Attitudes and Response to Substance Abuse within Peers and Professionals.

PUBLICATIONS Cornacchione, M., Withers, D., Lyons, C., White, M., Triano, M, Joyce J. Addiction: An Intervention to Influence Medical Students’ Attitudes and Response to Substance Abuse within Peers and Professionals.

Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 2015; 27 (2).

POSTERS David B. Averill, Mario Cornacchione, Magrit Shoemaker, Devon Bremer, Kal Winston. Linking IRAT and GRAT Questions Through Clinical Concepts. 2016 American Physiological Society Conference for the Institute of Teaching and Learning.

Triano, M. L., Cornacchione, M., Joyce, J., Godwin, M. IPE: Interprofessional Education, Internalizing Powerful Experiences.

Society for Teachers of Family Medicine, January, 2014.

Godwin, M., Triano, M.L., Joyce, J., Cornacchione, M. Reflection In Doc¬toring Course Portfolios Using Interprofessional Team As Faculty Mentors. Society for Teachers of Family Medicine. January, 2014.

Cornacchione M. Unintentional Weight Loss in Long Term Care

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Four Schools’ Experiences with Teaching the Family Medicine National Clerkship Curriculum in a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship.

Accepted for 2016 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Cornacchione M. Ensuring and Evaluating the Delivery of Core Family Medicine and Geriatric Medicine Content in a Shortened Family Medicine LIC Experience. Accepted CLIC 2016: The Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC) Conference Linking IRAT and GRAT Questions Through Clinical Concepts. David B. Averill, Mario Cornacchione, Magrit Shoemaker, Devon Bremer, Kal Winston. 2016 American Physiological Society Conference for the Institute of Teaching and Learning Cornacchione, M. Addiction: An Inter¬vention to Influence Medical Students’ Attitudes And Response to Substance Abuse Within Professionals. Society for Teachers of Family Medicine, 2014.

Godwin, M., Joyce, J., Triano, M.L., Cornacchione, M. MD Year 2 Inte¬gration: Training Clinicians, Not Researchers. Society for Teachers of Family Medicine, 2014.

Marywood University 2015 A Comprehensive View of Alzheimer’s Disease: The Patient & Family to Clinical Research

GRAND ROUNDS Moses Taylor Hospital 2015: Evidence Based Medicine Moses Taylor Hospital 2014: Alzheimer’s disease: What Every Clinician Should Know Regional Hospital of Scranton 2014: Alzheimer’s disease: What Every Clinician Should Know Regional Hospital of Scranton 2015: Evidence Based Medicine

APPOINTMENTS Editorial Board 2015 Journal of Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease

PROUDEST

MOMENTS

Mario Cornaccione, D.O. I AM very grateful to have, not

only a moment, but an ongoing opportunity to participate as a PI on numerous clinical trials attempting to find a disease modifying agent for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

One of the most personally rewarding parts of my career has been providing care to both patients and their families through the continuum of this devastating disease.

At the same time I have been fortunate to be able to transition part time to medical education. This too has

been gratifying. The opportunity to develop curriculum and teach clinical skills in the preclinical years through the clinical years in both family and geriatric medicine has been both a challenge and a joy. What I enjoy most is watching the transition and maturation of the students through the four years.

— Mario Cornacchione, D.O., M.S., F.A.A.F.P. Assistant Chair of Family Medicine Associate Professor of Family Medicine

Margrit Shoemaker, M.D. ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA MEDICAL HONOR SOCIETY

I am pleased to say I’ve been involved in the launching of an Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Theta Chapter here at TCMC. AOA, is a professional medical organization that recognizes and advocates for excellence in scholarship and the highest ideals in the profession of medicine. Our values include honesty, honorable conduct, morality, virtue, unselfishness, ethical ideals, dedication to serving others, and leadership.

Members have a compelling drive to do well and to advance the medical profession and exemplify the highest standards of professionalism. The top 25 percent of a medical school class is eligible for nomination to the society,

Dr. Shenberger and I are proud to have recently inducted our newest AOA members from the class of 2016. They are an incredible group of brilliant, dedicated young professionals who will bring honor to their chosen fields and to their alma mater, TCMC! As a young medical school, residency programs may not know TCMC as an educational program, but they all recognize what it means to part of AOA. Celebration of the accomplishments of these deserving students is a tribute to their high standards and serves as an inspiration to their peers.

and up to 16 percent may be elected based on academic standing including leadership, character, community service, and professionalism.

— Margrit Shoemaker, M.D. Regional Assistant Dean, West Campus Director of Clinical Competencies Assistant Chair of Internal Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine

PRESENTATION Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships, October, 2015

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BASICSCIENCES INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS SYMPOSIUM IN 2014, Sonia Lobo Planey, Ph.D., organized a panel of experts to discuss the latest diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis (IC). Also known as painful bladder syndrome (PBS), or chronic pelvic pain (CPP), IC is a chronic inflammatory condition that occurs along the lining of the bladder and urethra that commonly causes chronic pelvic and genital pain, along with increased frequency and urgency of urination. According to the Interstitial Cystitis Association (ICA), four million women and men in the U.S. have been diagnosed with IC and another eight million are experiencing symptoms of the disease but are undiagnosed.

Current tests identify fewer than 75 percent of patients with IC and are expensive, sometimes painful and can involve an invasive procedure performed under general anesthesia. “Many of the struggles clinicians face in diagnosing this disease and in selecting treatments, evaluating effects, and deciding when and how to modify treatments could be overcome if a validated biomarker for IC existed,” said Dr. Planey. She is TCMC’s interim associate dean for research and principal investigator of a three-year contract awarded to TCMC in September 2013 to study the disease. Dr. Planey’s research aims to develop a non-invasive test for IC that, if approved, would not only be safer and less costly, it will help physicians to quickly diagnose this painful condition.

IC Symposium organizers (L to R): Robert J. Echenberg, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., founder, Institute for Women in Pain; Katie Gilarde (Clarks Summit); and Sonia Lobo Planey, Ph.D., TCMC interim associate dean for research, associate professor of biochemistry.

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PROUDEST

MOMENTS

Sonia Planey, Ph.D.

I WAS invited to give a platform

presentation titled ‘Protein Palmitoylation and Cancer: Implications for the Clinic’ at the Origins of Cancer Symposium held at the Van Andel Research Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 10, 2015. The theme for the annual symposium was “Beyond the Genome: The Role of Posttranslational Modifications in Cancer” and brought together scientists and medical professionals from around the country to discuss the latest cancer research.

In 2009, the Foundation for Advanced Cancer Studies (FACS) sponsored the first Origins of Cancer symposium to mark the sesquicentennial anniversary of Charles Darwin’s famous On the Origin of Species and has set up an endowment to support the symposium for years to come. I was pleased to present my work developing a novel proteomic method that identified

SONIA PLANEY, PH.D. PUBLICATIONS Planey SL, Kumar R, and Arnott JA. Posttranslational modification of transcription factors: mechansims and potential therapeutic interventions. Curr Mol Pharmacol, Mar 7, 2014. PMID: 24694345 Chavda B, Arnott JA, and Planey SL. Targeting protein palmitoylation: selective inhibitors and implications in disease.

Expert Opin Drug Discov. 2014:9(9).

Martinkovich S, Darshan, S, Planey SL, Arnott JA. Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators: tissue specificity and clinical utility. Clinical Interventions in Aging.

2014:9 1437-1452.

spoke about his discovery of tyrosine kinases and their role in malignant transformation.

the first palmitoyl acyltransferase substrates linked to cancer in a vertebrate system. Being invited to speak at this event was truly an honor, as I found myself in the company of several distinguished colleagues, including Tony Hunter, Ph.D., who

I was also notified by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that US Patent Number 8,962,341 B2, titled “Cell-Based Detection of APF Through Its Interaction with CKAP4 for Diagnosis of Interstitial Cystitis” issued on February 24, 2015 and that a second patent related to this invention, U.S. Patent Number 13/911,242 issued on July 7, 2015. After a five year examination process, I was thrilled to learn that these patents were granted by the USPTO. They are the first patents for TCMC and are an important protective step for marketing this technology for potential commercialization in the U.S..

— Sonia Planey, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biochemistry

Cho Y, Silverstein R, Geisinger MT, Martinkovich S, Cunnick JM, Planey SL, and Arnott JA. AFAP1 is a novel downstream mediator of TGF-b1 for CCN2 induction in osteoblasts. PLoS ONE. 2015 Sept 4;10(9).

Martinkovich S, Planey SL, Arnott JA. The physiological roles of estrogen signaling in key biological systems. In: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB); Springer. Fietz D and Bergmann M, ed. In Press 2016.

Arnott JA, Doane K, and Planey SL. Matricelluar Proteins in Bone and Cartilage Development. In: Extracellular Matrix.

Travascio, F ed. Intech, 2016. ISBN 978953-51-4747-3

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BASICSCIENCES RAJ Kumar, Ph.D., has published his newest book, Nuclear

Receptors: From Structure to the Clinic (Springer), which he co-edited with his colleague, Iain J. McEwan, Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Nuclear Receptors is a collection of chapters by experts in the field that highlight current areas of nuclear receptor research. The chapters focus on nuclear receptors’ structure and function, as well as opportunities for drug discovery. The information presented has the potential to be translated into new drugs for major diseases.

Dr. Kumar explained, “Nuclear receptors are a superfamily of proteins which are involved in the physiology of virtually all the major tissues and cells. The vast majority of these receptor proteins that have identified natural ligands are also validated targets for clinical drugs and therefore have been a rich source of drug targets for myriad diseases, including inflammation, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. Thus, there remains a significant interest in identification of small molecule ligands that could regulate receptor activities due to their clinical utilities as potential drugs to treat human disease.”

This is Dr. Kumar’s second book. His first book, Practical Chemistry, is an undergraduate college textbook. He has published more than100 scholarly articles and was recently the keynote speaker at the World Congress on Breast Cancer in Birmingham, England.

RAJ KUMAR, PH.D. NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RESEARCH

McEwan IJ, and Kumar R. The glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors. In “Nuclear Receptors: From Structure to the Clinic”.

Chapter 3, Springer Publishers, NY, USA. Pp. 41-57, 2015.

PRESENTATIONS

4th International Conference on Cell & Gene Therapy, London, UK (2015).

Annual Meeting of Endocrine Society (Endo 2016), Boston, MA (2016).

4th Science One Conference on Drug Discovery and Development, Dubai, UAE (2015).

Breast Cancer-2016 Conference (Keynote Speaker), Phoenix, AZ (2016).

4th International Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dubai, UAE (2015).

Breast Cancer-2015 Conference (Keynote Speaker), Birmingham, UK (2015).

World Congress on Breast Cancer, Birmingham, UK (2015).

Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA (2015).

5th International Conference on Cell & Gene Therapy, San Antonio, TX (2016).

Philadelphia Area Biacore Group Meeting, Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA (2014).

World Congress on Breast Cancer Research 2016, Phoenix, AZ (2016).

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (2014)

International Conference on Applied Crystallography, Houston, TX (2016)

BOOK/BOOK CHAPTERS Kumar R, and McEwan IJ. Nuclear Receptors: From Structure to the Clinic. Springer Publications, 2015.

McEwan IJ, and Kumar R. Historical overview of nuclear hormone receptor structure. In “Nuclear Receptors: From Structure to the Clinic”. Chapter 1, Springer Publishers, NY, USA. 1-14, 2015.

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SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS Goswami D, Pascal B, Kumar R, Edwards DP, and Griffin PR. Structural dynamics and inter domain crosstalk of PR-TBP interaction probed by hydrogen/deuterium exchange Mass Spectrometry. CellStructure. 2014; 22, 961-973.

RAJ KUMAR, PH.D. SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS CONT’D Singh CK, George J, Nihal M, Sabat G, Kumar R, and Ahmad N. Novel Downstream Molecular Targets of SIRT1 in Melanoma: A Quantitative Proteomics Approach. Oncotarget 5, 2014; 1987-1999.

Simons SS, Edwards DP, and Kumar R. Dynamic Structures of Nuclear Hormone Receptors: New Promises and Challenges. Mol. Endocrinol.

28, 173-82, 2014.

Planey SL, Kumar R, and Arnott JA. Estrogen Receptors (ERa vs.

ERb): Friends or Foes in Human Biology? J. Receptors Signal Trans.

2014; 34, 1-5.

Planey SL, Kumar R, and Arnott JA. Post-translational modification of transcription factors: mechanisms and potential therapeutic interventions. Current Mol. Pharmacol. 2014; 6, 173-182.

Kumar R, and Khan SH. Intrinsically disordered N-terminal domain of the steroid receptors: a promising target for endocrine-based therapeutics. FASEB J. 28(1s), 2014; 977.1.

DuMond J, Kumar R, Ramkissoon K, Izumi Y, Thompson EB, Burg M, and Ferraris J. An intrinsically disordered region of the transcription factor, NFAT5, becomes more ordered with an increase in osmolality.

FASEB J. 28(1s), 2014; 1182.8.

Ling J, Lopez-Dee Z, Khan SH, and Kumar R. Glucocorticoids differentially regulate gene expression in luminal and basal subtypes of breast cancer. Cancer Res. (19s), 2014; 3356-3356.

Khan SH, and Kumar R. A novel mechanism for structure-based therapeutic targeting of the steroid hormone receptors. Endocrine Rev. 2014; 35(3s), OR21-1.

Shah D, Yatsonsky DS, and Kumar R. Treatment of estrogen receptor-b agonist restores Dexamethasone sensitivity in steroid resistant leukemic cells. Endocrine Rev. 2014; 35(3s), SAT-0319.

Dineley KT, Jahrling J, Hernandez C, Kumar R, and Denner L. PPARy recruitment to active ERK during memory consolidation is required for Alzheimer’s Disease- related cognitive enhancement. Endocrine Rev. 2014; 35(3s), SUN-0427.

Khan SH, Helwig E, Kumar R. A Novel Mechanism to Therapeutic Targeting of AF1 Surfaces to Achieve Tissue-Restricted Activities of Steroid Hormone Receptors. Endocrine Reviews. 2015; 36(2s), 282282.

Kumar R, and Khan SH. A novel mechanism to control cell/tissue specific activities of glucocorticoid receptor. FASEB J. 29(1s), 2015; 712.7-712.7.

Khan SH and Kumar R. A Potential Mechanism for isoform specific glucocorticoid receptor activity. Endocrine Rev. 37 (2Suppl), 2016; FRI-225.

Garza AS and Kumar R. Role of site-specific phosphorylation in the action of glucocorticoid receptor. Endocrine Rev. 37 (2Suppl), 2016; OR06-5.

Miller AL, Johnson BH, Kumar R, and Thompson EB. A naturally occurring molecule restores glucocorticoid-sensitivity in steroidresistant leukemic cells. Endocrine Rev. 37. 2016; (2Suppl), SUN084.

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BASICSCIENCES KATHY DOANE, PH.D. PATRICK BOYD, PH.D. PUBLICATIONS Authoring of Patient Education Materials by Medical Students: An Activity Designed to Demonstrate Communication to the Lay Public. Medical Science Educator. 2015.

Doane K Boyd, P. A Symposium-Based Self-Directed Learning Approach to Teaching Medical Cell Biology to Medical Students. Medical Science Educator. 2016.

JUN LING, PH.D. DOANE

BOYD

PUBLICATIONS Gutierrez LS, Ling J, Nye D, Papathomas K, Dickinson C. Thrombospondin peptide ABT-898 inhibits inflammation and angiogenesis in a colitis model. World J Gastroenterol. 2015; 21 (20):6157-6166.

Liang JX, Ning Z, Gao W, Ling J, et. al. Ubiquitin-specific protease 22-induced autophagy is correlated with poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer. Oncology Reports. 2014; Dec; 32(6):2726-34.

Ling J, Corneillie S, Cottell C, Traugh JA (2016) Activation of PAK2 by Serum Starvation Sensitizes its Response to Insulin Treatment in Adipocyte 3T3-L1 Cells. Biochem Anal Biochem 5: 277. doi:10.4172/2161-1009.1000277

JESS CUNNICK, PH.D. PUBLICATIONS Cunnick JM, Kim S, Hadsell J, Cerra C, Reiser P, Flynn D, Cho Y. (2015) Actin filament-associated protein 1 is required for cSrc activity and secretory activation in the lactating mammary gland. Oncogene. 2015; 34(20):2640-9

LING

Cho Y, Silverstein R, Geisinger MT, Martinkovich S, Corkill H, Cunnick JM, Planey SL, Arnott JA. AFAP1 Is a Novel Downstream Mediator of TGF-B1 for CCN2 Induction in Osteoblasts. PLoS One. 2015;10(9):e0136712.

GREG SHANOWER, PH.D. PUBLICATIONS Atamna H, Atamna W, Al-Eyd G, Shanower G, Dhahbi, JM. Combined activation of the energy and cellulardefense pathways may explain the potent antisenescence activity of methylene blue. Redox Biol.

2015; December; 6: 426–435. Published online 2015 September 10. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2015.09.004 PMCID: PMC4588422

SHANOWER

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CUNNICK

Hani Atamna, Marmik Brahmbhatt, Wafa Atamna, Gregory A. Shanower, Joseph M. ApoHRP-based Assay to Measure Intracellular Regulatory Heme. Dhahbi Metallomics. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 February 11. Metallomics. 2015 February 11; 7(2): 309–321. doi: 10.1039/c4mt00246f PMCID: PMC4326600

MICHAEL BORDONARO, PH.D. DARINA LAZAROVA, PH.D. PUBLICATIONS Lazarova DL, and Bordonaro M. Vimentin, colon cancer progression and resistance to butyrate and other HDACis. J. Cell. Mol. Med. 2016; Epub: DOI:10.1111/jcmm.12850.

Bordonaro, M., and Lazarova, D.L. Determination of the role of CBP and p300 mediated Wnt signaling on colonic cells. JMIR Res. Protoc.

2016; 5: e66.

LAZARAOVA

Bordonaro, M., and Lazarova, D.L. Obesity is associated with a lower mutation threshold in colon cancer. J. Cancer 2015; 6: 825-831.

Bordonaro, M., and Lazarova, D.L. CBP, p300, butyrate, and Wnt signaling in colorectal cancer.

World J. Gastroenterology. 2015; 21: 82388248.

Bordonaro, M., Drago, E., Atamna, W., and Lazarova, D.L. Comprehensive suppression of all apoptosis-induced proliferation pathways as a proposed approach to colorectal cancer prevention and therapy. 2014; PLoS One 9: e115068.

Bordonaro, M., and Lazarova, D.L. Hypothesis: cell signaling influences age-related risk of colorectal cancer. J. Cell. Mol. Med. 2014; 19: 74-81.

Lazarova, D.L., Chiaro, C., and Bordonaro, M. Butyrate induced changes in Wnt-signaling specific gene expression in colorectal cancer cells. BMC Research Notes. 2014; 7: 226.

Bordonaro, M., and Lazarova, D.L. Butyrate, WNT signaling, and colorectal cancer. In Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Butyrate: Food sources, functions and health benefits. Hauppauge, NY: 2014.

Zeng, H., Lazarova, D.L., and Bordonaro, M. Mechanisms linking dietary fiber, gut microbiota and colon cancer prevention. World J. Gastrointestinal Oncol. 2014; 6 (2): 1-10.

Lazarova, D.L., Lee, A., Wong, T., Marian, B., Chiaro, C., Rainey, C., and Bordonaro, M. Modulation of Wnt Activity and cell physiology by butyrate in LT97 microadenoma cells. J. Cancer.

2014; 5: 203-213.

Bordonaro, M., Venema, K., Putri, A.K., and Lazarova, D.L. Approaches that ascertain the role of dietary compounds in colonic cancer cells.

World J. Gastrointestinal Oncol. 2014; 6 (1): 1-10.

MICHAEL BORDONARO, PH.D. PUBLICATIONS Bordonaro, M., Chiaro, C.R., and May T. Experimental design to evaluate directed adaptive mutation in mammalian cells. JMIR Res. Protoc. 2014; 3:e74.

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JEFFREY HOLT, M.D. PUBLICATIONS Szarek JL, Boardman JM, White MV, Holt JT. Integrated And Flipped: 5 Years Experience Of Integrating Active Learning In An Integrated Course. Medical Science Educator. 2015; 10.1007/s40670-015-0214-7 Holt JT, Ghormoz J, Sung Y, Szarek JL, White MV. Targeting Pedagogies for Appropriate Learners: Downloading Learning Objectives Increases Exam Scores for Men. Med Sci Educ. 2015; 25:45–51.

Holt JT, Ghormoz J., Sung Y, White MV, Szarek JL. Medical Student Benefit from Learning Objectives Correlates to Specific Myers-Briggs Types. Med.Sci.Educ. 2015; 25: 249-254.

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with John Szarek and Jen Boardman at IAMSE meeting in San Diego, June, 2015. Workshop had the highest number of attendeees during this international scientific meeting with 75 registrants.

Presented teaching workshop on Flipped Classroom: Five years experience with John Szarek and Jen Boardman at IAMSE meeting in San Diego June 2015. Workshop had the highest number of attendeees more than 50 registrants.

Finalist for best poster presentation at IAMSE, International Association of Medical Science Educators.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HONORS Grant Reviewer, NIH review groups: molecular genetics, special cancer grants in biotechnology, and cancer genetics.

Presented skills development workshop on Learning Objectives in Medical Education

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BASICSCIENCES YING JU SUNG, PH.D. PUBLICATIONS Denman, RB, Xie, W., Merz G., and Sung, YJ. GABAAergic stimulation modulates intracellular protein arginine methylation. Neurosci. Lett.

2014; 572: 38-43.

PATENTS US patent 8846742 “Neuronal pain pathway modulators,” Ambron, R, Sung, YJ, Greenwood, J, Frye, L, Deng, SX, Xie, Y, and Landry, DW, September 30, 2014 US patent 20150320761 “Neuronal pain pathway,” Ambron, R, Sung, YJ, Landry, DW, and Deng, SX, November 12, 2015

Holt, JT, Ghormoz, J, Sung, YJ, Szarek, JL and White, M. Targeting pedagogies for appropriate learners: downloading learning objectives increases exam scores for men. Medical Science Educator. 2014. DOI 10.1007/s40670-014-0094-2

US patent 20150126576 “Neuronal pain pathway modulators,” Ambron, R, Sung, YJ, Greenwood, J, Frye, L, Deng, SX, Xie, Y, and Landry, DW, May 7, 2015

Hu, J, Levine, A, Sung, YJ and Schacher, S. C-Jun and CREB2 in the postsynaptic neuron contribute to persistent long-term facilitation at a behaviorally relevant synapse. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2015; 35(1) 386-395.

Columbia University CTV Seed Fund, 2015-2016

Holt, JT, Ghormoz, J, Sung, YJ, White, MV, Szarek, JL. Medical Student Benefit from Learning Objectives Correlates to Specific Myers-Briggs Types. Medical Science Educator. 2015.

RESEARCH SUPPORT Examine antinociceptive effects of two compounds on burn pain, Role: P.I. TCMC Research Pilot Grant, 2014-2015 Study signaling pathways lead to chronic pain, Role: P.I.

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John Szarek, Ph.D. BEGINNING is September 2009,

a group of faculty members began planning the second-year courses, Systems I and Systems II. Early in our deliberations we decided that we would provide content via podcasts instead of traditional lectures. The students would review the podcasts prior to class and class time would be used for application of the content.

We did not realize it at the time, but we had decided to create a flipped classroom. In recent years, the flipped classroom method has been shown

to enhance student performance over traditional lectures. Many medical schools are only now adopting this method while we have been doing it for six years. It is with a great sense of pride for all of us when faculty members from other schools want to know how we did it!

— John Szarek, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Clinical Pharmacology Education Director for Simulation

STAR AWARD

Dr. Szarek is the 2014 recipient of the TCMC STAR AWARD, which stands for Service, Teamwork, Accountability, and Resourcefulness and is presented annually to TCMC faculty for outstanding service. Dr. Szarek, left, is pictured with Dean Scheinman and employees Karen Stine, administrative assistant for institutional advancement and Bill Reuther, building and grounds maintenance.

JOHN SZAREK, PH.D, C.H.S.E. PUBLICATIONS Szarek JL, Manetti W, Shea DM, Arscott K, Pellegrino A, Spelman D, Zielinski D, Triano M. Implementing Simulation-Based Interprofessional Education: Students’ Evaluation of the Pilot Indicate a Very Successful Program. Sim Healthcare. 2014; 8:633.

Holt JT, Ghormoz, J, Sung Y-J, White MV, Szarek JL. Medical Student Benefit from Learning Objectives Correlates to Specific Myers-Briggs Types. Med Science Educ. 2015; 25:249–254.

Holt JT, Ghormoz J, Sung Y-J, Szarek JL, White MW. Targeting Pedagogies for Appropriate Learners: Downloading Learning Objectives Increases Exam Scores for Men. Med Science Educ. 2015; 25: 45–51.

Foote EF, Clarke V, Szarek JL, et al. Development and Evaluation of a Regional, Large-Scale Interprofessional Collaborative Care Summit. J Allied Health. 2015; 44:23E–28E. Szarek JL, Boardman JM, White M, Holt JT. Integrated and Flipped: 5 Years’ Experience of Integrating Active Learning in an Integrated Course. Med Science Educ. 2015; 26: 59. DOI 10.1007/s40670015-0214-7.

Holt JT, Szarek JL. Organ Recitals: A large group active learning technique. In IAMSE Manuals: How-to guide for active learning.

Edited by A. and A. Poznanski, IAMSE, Leiden, Netherlands and WV, USA, 2015.

PRESENTATIONS Preparing learning people: Don’t be afraid . . . you can do it. Plenary presentation and workshop as part of the 2014 Spring Symposium and Faculty Development Day-Active Learning: Teaching based on Learning. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans LA, 2 April 2014 World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology 2014, Cape Town South Africa: Symposium: Internet-based solutions to alleviate shortages of pharmacology faculty in developing countries. Wojnowski L, Maxwell S, Szarek JL, Bartlett J, Sarikas A. My topic was Question writing for any occasion: Use of questions in assessment and learning.

July 2014 IAMSE Symposium - Flipping the Classroom: Imperative or Passing Fad? Huggett KN, Szarek JL, Richards B, Jeffries WB. AMEE Glasgow Scotland September 2015

IAMSE MASTER TEACHER AWARD John Szarek, Ph.D., C.H.S.E., professor of pharmacology, was awarded the 2015 Master Teach Award at the annual meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). This annual award was established to honor an IAMSE member who, over the course of many years, has consistently demonstrated extraordinary excellence in teaching both at his/her institution and within IAMSE.

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SCIENCES JENNIFER BOARDMAN, PH.D. PUBLICATIONS Szarek, J.L., J.M. Boardman, M. White, and J.T. Holt. Integrated and flipped: 5 years experience of integrating active learning in an integrated course. Medical Science Educator. 2016; 26(1):159-167.

Boardman J. Critical Synthesis Package: Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT). MedEdPORTAL Publications; 2015. Available from: https://www.mededportal.org/ publication/10298

PRESENTATIONS Boardman, J.M., D. Callender, J.L. Szarek, and G. Shanower. 2015. Pre-professional education and preparation of learners for compentency-based health professions education. 19th Annual Meeting, International Association of Medical Science Educators, San Diego, CA.

Holt, J.T., J.M. Boardman, and J.L. Szarek.

2015. Writing better learning objectives and complementary exam questions. 19th Annual Meeting, International Association of Medical Science Educators, San Diego, CA. Szarek, J.L., J.M. Boardman, and J.T. Holt. 2015. Five years of flipped classroom experience and counting! What we have learned. 19th Annual Meeting, International Association of Medical Science Educators, San Diego, CA.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS Selected for participation in the Harvard Macy Institute: A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Professions Education Harvard University – March 9-14, 2014 External Reviewer for Master’s Program Accreditation, Tour College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown, NY Promoted to Associate Professor of Microbiology/Immunology January, 2015 Grand Awards Judge, INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair, Pittsburgh, PA

Abhishek Yadav, M.B.B.S. I FEEL extremely honored to have

been the recipient of the ‘Professor of the Year’ award consecutively, and I hold the award as symbolic of the amiability and positive atmosphere TCMC has graced me with. It takes a village to raise a child, and I thank the camaraderie of the faculty and staff and the unwavering dedication of the students for working with me.

Truly, my success is a direct reflection of my students’ success, and they’ve all astounded me with their talent,

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hard work and commitment to their education and prowess. It’s truly an honor to have taught these bright young minds, and I thank them for giving me the opportunity to be a part of their journey to become brilliant and apt individuals. This award lets me know that TCMC’s future is blindingly bright, and I cannot wait to see what it has in store.

— Abhishek Yadav, M.B.B.S., M.Sc. Associate Professor of Anatomy

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Carmine Cerra, M.D. SEVERAL years ago I became

a member of the voluntary clinical faculty of TCMC. From the very beginning of this experience I was impressed with the mission and vision of TCMC and thought I might be helpful if I were able to share my clinical experiences on a more regular basis with young medical students.

When I learned there was a full-time opening for pathology teaching it did not take me long to decide this was right for me and was something I needed to do, both for myself and the students.

I currently am about to begin my third year of full time teaching and

must admit the decision was one of the better ones of my professional career.

This past year I was awarded ‘MD2 Professor of the Year’ by the students. The award validated for me my decision to leave clinical practice and devote the remainder of my career sharing my depth of experience with the students.

I am proud to be part of TCMC and look forward to taking part in the education of a new generation of capable physicians.

— Carmine Cerra, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology

CARMINE CERRA, M.D. PUBLICATIONS Herman CK, Hess J, Cerra C. Dilute Hydrogen Peroxide Technology for the Reduction of Microbial Colonization in the Hospital Setting.

American Journal of Infection Control. 2015; 43(6): A1-A2, S1-S86.

PRESENTATIONS 2016 TCMC Scientific Symposium, Genomic Medicine Dilute Hydrogen Peroxide Technology for the reduction of Microbial Contamination in the Hospital Setting Annual Association of Professionals in Infection Control Meeting, 2015

PROFESSIONAL TCMC Committee on Academic and Professional Standards TCMC Admissions Committee Board of Directors, Pocono Health System Performance Improvement Committee, Chair Pennsylvania Medical Society, member College of American Pathologists, certified laboratory inspector, member American Society of Clinical Pathologists, membe International Association of Medical Science Educators, manuscript reivewer HCPRO Inc., (specializing in physician credentialing) consultant, manuscript reviewer and reviewer of white papers dealing with credentialing criteria

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EDUCATION AND SUCCESS

by Cathy Wilcox, Ph.D.

They are driven to succeed to excel to fix to climb to accomplish We ask them to stop to think to reflect to consider to reveal Where have they slipped stalled missed faltered quailed They say we haven’t we won’t we work we move we push But wait you have we know you are human take time you’ll grow

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CATHY B. Wilcox, Ph.D., presented “Autoimmunity and Immunity” on July 17, 2014 at the Lupus Foundation of Pennsylvania’s “Empowerment of the Alpha Wolf Conference” in Drums.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a chronic autommiune disease that can affect any part of the body, occurs most frequently in women, and commonly causes flu-like symptoms, such as extreme fatigue, body aches and fever, that can come and go. The immune system normally protects people from disease, but when someone has lupus, their immune system attacks their otherwise healthy body systems.

Treatment often requires the use of immunosuppressive drugs. Therefore,

lupus patients are susceptible to infection. This increased risk of getting infections, combined with the fact that lupus symptoms come and go and resemble infection symptoms, often leads people with lupus to wonder, “What is it? Am I having a lupus flare or do I have an infection?” The purpose of Dr. Wilcox’s presentation was to explain the different types of common infections, their symptoms and how they are treated in order to empower patients by helping them to monitor their own health and determine when to consult a healthcare provider.

She has previously served as the patient services director at the Lupus Foundation of Pennsylvania.

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2014-2015 Jennifer Boardman, Ph.D., to Associate Professor Olapeju Simoyan, M.D., to Associate Professor

2015-2016 Patrick Boyd, Ph.D. to Professor Kathy Doane, Ph.D. to Professor Mushfiq Tarafder, Pd.D., M.P.H., M.B.B.S. to Associate Professor

FACULTY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP 2014-2015 Chair: Jess Cunnick, Ph.D. Vice Chair: Kathy Doane, Ph.D. Secretary: Cathy Wilcox, Ph.D.

2015-2016 Chair: Kathy Doane, Ph.D. Vice Chair: Pat Boyd, Ph.D. Secretary: Cathy Wilcox, Ph.D.

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WEAVING A FORWARD-THINKING CURRICULUM WITH THE GENOME THREAD EVERY shopper

knows the problems with buying off-therack clothing.

Manufacturers can approximate your size, but usually the sleeves are too short or the pants too long. Just as your DNA prompts arms too long for a standard size, it may cause you to metabolize drugs differently, predispose you to diseases at a younger age or even protect you from getting them altogether.

Today we prescribe drugs for the standard size first, adjust for individual quirks second. That’s changing because of genomics. The more scientists learn about DNA, the more tailor-made treatments become. Genomics is indeed the future of medicine and Kandamurugu Manickam, M.D. stands at the center of some of the field’s most promising research.

Dr. Manickam, a clinical geneticist, divides his time between TCMC and Geisinger Health System’s Precision Health Center, where he is working with the MyCode Community Health Initiative.

The MyCode project is a genetic researcher’s dream for three reasons, Dr. Manickam said.

First, the Geisinger Health System has electronic health records (EHR) going back nearly 20 years – much longer than typical medical offices.

Second, these records refer to a population with very little migration, either into or out of the geographical area around central and northeast Pennsylvania. Third, there are records for multiple generations of families. “This means we have long-term information with very little variation in

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environment – very few other variables – for many generations,” he said. When genetic information meets this mountain of data, discoveries abound.

Dr. Manickam said the goal is to collect the DNA of 500,000 people. MyCode currently has 100,000 samples and has sequenced the genomes of 50,000 patients so far.

“The main goal of our research is to find things that help patients right now,” Dr. Manickam said. “We’ve deemed 76 genes important (the “Geisinger 76”). These are genes that predispose people to cancer, or to having very high cholesterol, arrhythmias and heart failure.” A cheek swab, followed later by a blood sample, provides researchers with the genetic material they need to sequence an individual’s genome. If one of the 76 genes identified pops up, the individual will know he or she is at greater risk and early interventions are possible.

Although Geisinger is doing this now, Dr. Manickam said the science is far ahead of the marketplace. Moreover, having the information is one thing, knowing how to effectively discuss it with patients is another. For these reasons, he believes that while the future will hold a sequenced genome in every medical chart, that future is still 10 to 15 years away. That’s why Dr. Manickam’s work with TCMC places TCMC students far ahead of their peers when it comes to genomics in the curriculum.

“TCMC will be significantly ahead of the curve when it comes to genomics instruction,” Dr. Manickam said. “This year we are threading genomics instruction into the third year, the following year we’ll weave it into all four. This is very forward-thinking and I am impressed that the TCMC faculty is so willing to do it. There isn’t another school doing it the same way as TCMC.”

TCMC AND THE WRIGHT CENTER Formalizing Relationship, Strengthening Partnerships ON April 7, 2015, Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., president

and dean of The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) and Linda Thomas-Hemak, M.D., president and CEO of The Wright Center signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) formalizing the relationship between the two institutions.

This MOU has been endorsed by both boards. In recognition of their shared community-focused missions to educate physicians using an innovative, evidence-based, patient-centered approach, the MOU provides a meaningful platform for the two institutions to collaborate on a broad array of mutually beneficial endeavors, such as strategic planning, education and training, and clinical initiatives.

TCMC and The Wright Center have been working collaboratively for years to enhance medical education and innovative clinical training throughout the region. One 2014 graduate of TCMC is currently training in internal medicine at The Wright Center, and through the 2015 residency match, two members of the current graduating class are

now training at The Wright Center in the Wilkes-Barre-based family medicine residency program.

Responsive to well documented regional health needs, the institutions have notably just submitted a proposal to co-create a psychiatry residency program starting in 2016, under the leadership of Sanjay Chandragiri, M.D. “This is the most positive, concrete development between the two institutions thus far,” said Dr. Scheinman. “We are particularly excited that we have agreed to do joint strategic planning for expansion of residency training opportunities to benefit this region, and that we will start with psychiatry.”

“The signing of our MOU solidifies our mutual commitment to collaborative efforts focused on recruiting and retaining top physician talent in northeastern Pennsylvania,” said Dr. Thomas-Hemak. “The educational, patient-care delivery and economic impact of this formalized partnership will be very powerful and increasingly tangible to our community as demonstration of our enriched alignment unveils.”

(L to R): Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., president and dean of TCMC; Linda Thomas-Hemak, M.D., president and CEO of The Wright Center.

Standing, L to R: John Moses, Esq., TCMC Board of Trustees; Maxwell Tolan, MD ’15; Kevin Musto, MD ’14; Daniel Shust, MD ’15; Mark Perry, Esq., The Wright Center Board of Directors.

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TCMC LAUNCHES MBS-D in partnership with Baruch S. Blumberg Institute THE Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) and

the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute (BSBI) celebrated the successful launch of their joint Master of Biomedical Sciences program being delivered at the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center in Doylestown. The program, announced in January, admitted its first class of 23 students who attended their orientation session on April 2, 2015.

“The response to our new MBS degree has been astounding,” said Scott Koerwer, TCMC’s vice president of strategy, planning and communication. “The chance to learn in a radically different arena – a biotech park populated by both entrepreneurs and scientists – certainly resonated with students who desire careers in biotechnology, pharmaceutical and life science companies or who want to burnish their applications to medical school. We are also delighted with the caliber of our students. They will be a credit to both TCMC and BSBI.” The Blumberg Institute supports programs dedicated to drug discovery, biomarker discovery and translational biotechnology, a discipline that “translates” research into medicines, diagnostic tools and devices that can be used to improve health and quality of life. The Blumberg Institute is home to one of the world’s greatest collections of microbial and botanical extracts that provide broad chemical diversity for research and scholarship.

The Blumberg Institute was established in 2003 as the research arm of the Hepatitis B Foundation, the nation’s leading nonprofit research and disease advocacy organization solely dedicated to the global problem of hepatitis B. The affiliated organizations are headquartered at the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County, a biotech incubator currently housing more than 40 life science start-up companies. The center was created by the foundation and is managed by the Blumberg Institute.

With proximity and access to both world-class research tools and world-class research minds, TCMC’s Master

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(L to R): Wayne Yetter, M.B.A., founding CEO of AstraMerck, former CEO of Novartis Pharmaceuticals U.S., and board member, BSBI; John Kulp, Ph.D., director of academic affairs and assistant professor of computational chemistry, BSBI; Dr. W. Thomas London, professor emeritus, Fox Chase Cancer Center, and board member, BSBI; Timothy M. Block, Ph.D., president and cofounder, Hepatitis B Foundation and its BSBI and Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center; Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., president and dean, TCMC; Venard Scott Koerwer, Ed.D., vice president of strategy, planning & communication and professor of organizational systems & innovation, TCMC

of Biomedical Sciences Degree Program at Doylestown represents a major advance and a radical re-imagining of the MBS degree. Not only does the program connect students with researchers and entrepreneurs, it is also offered in a way that opens a path to the MBS degree to working adults looking for a distinct learning environment to pursue graduate study – an incubator of companies.

“The curriculum is identical to that of our established MBS program, but is delivered differently, after hours while leveraging the impressive scientific faculty of the Blumberg Institute in conjunction with TCMC’s own outstanding researchers and faculty. The program meets the needs of students by grounding them in the basic sciences for careers in biotechnology, pharmaceutical and life science companies or preparing them for further graduate study or professional programs in medicine. It is our hope to also create synergy with north central and northeastern Pennsylvania’s vast network of business incubators to encourage more biotech start-up firms,” said Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., president and dean of TCMC.

“Imagine being a graduate student studying medical science and pharmacology with a world-class scientist in a lab or classroom and then walking down the hallway into the office of an entrepreneur leading the efforts to take new drugs to the marketplace.

Then imagine closing the loop from mastering the science to developing new products to seeing the application of new drugs or treatments via the impact on public health — this is the educational environment that we invite students to join with TCMC and the Blumberg Institute. This is very exciting and ground-breaking!”

— Timothy Block, Ph.D. President and co-founder, BSBI and the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center

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opportunity to be immersed in the unique learning environment of a stateof-the-art, internationally recognized research institute dedicated to finding a cure for Hepatitis B Virus. Students are being taught by some of the leading researchers in the fields of biotechnology and drug discovery.

Additionally, three MBS-D students have already obtained full or part time employment with companies at

the PA Biotech Center. In addition to their curricular activities, students participate in activities like going to Harrisburg to raise hepatitis awareness, interacting with visiting professors giving seminars, and visiting local biotech and pharmaceutical companies. — Jennifer Boardman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and MBS-Doylestown Cohort Director

First MBS-Doylestown Class April, 2016

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TANJA ADONIZIO, M.D. ASSOCIATE DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS Tanja Adonizio, M.D., joined TCMC in 2015 as associate dean of student affairs. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree from Jefferson Medical College, followed by a general surgery internship and an emergency

medicine residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Dr. Adonizio served as the director of career programs and interim assistant dean of student affairs at TCMC in 2012 and 2013.

CARIEN WILLIAMS, J.D., M.S. ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR CURRICULUM In February, 2015, Carien M. Williams, J.D., M.S., became TCMC’s associate dean for curriculum. Ms. Williams is responsible for the planning, management, and leadership of the curriculum at TCMC. Specifically, she oversees the educational programs leading to the M.D. and M.B.S. degrees, ensuring that the programs’ objectives are met, that the mission is supported and that coherent and coordinated educational programs are

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delivered, with the ultimate goal of equipping students for future careers.

Before her appointment at TCMC, Ms. Williams served as the assistant dean for curriculum management at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Medicine. She expects to receive a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017.

TERESA LACEY, R.N., B.S.N. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE Teresa (Terri) Lacey joined TCMC in August in her new role as executive director of The Commonwealth Medical College’s Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI).

Ms. Lacey will continue to convene BHI’s 100-plus-member advisory committee, in addition to developing training programs in behavioral health for primary care physicians and other health professionals. She will also engage the community in regard to behavioral health awareness and lead various task forces, including those dedicated to suicide prevention and autism.

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Prior to TCMC, Ms. Lacey served as senior vice president for quality, safety and human effectiveness at The Wright Center (TWC) Medical Group and Graduate Medical Education, Scranton. She also served for seven years as director of nursing at Community Medical Center (now G-CMC).

Ms. Lacey is a graduate of Marywood University’s School of Nursing and is a certified professional in healthcare quality (CPHQ).

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VENARD SCOTT KOERWER, ED.D. VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGY, PLANNING & COMMUNICATION Dr. Koerwer joined TCMC in 2015. He is an entrepreneur in the higher education industry and business with more than twenty-five years of experience, three entrepreneurial startups, and numerous program development initiatives around the world, working with senior executives and academic institutions.

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entrepreneurial programs. He has developed and implemented programs and educational partnerships in Africa, Asia, Europe, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and the United States. Dr. Koerwer earned a doctoral degree in education from University of Pennsylvania. He is also a professor of organizational systems & innovation in TCMC’s department of clinical sciences.

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THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE IF, as Seneca said, luck is where preparation meets opportunity, TCMC’s Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI) was lucky in the extreme when it submitted a proposal to the Moses Taylor Foundation last fall.

delivering behavioral health services and those with the lived experience of illness,” she said “BHI clarified for us how to move forward together.

Through the process of forming work groups and identifying priorities, it helped us to see what’s working and where there are opportunities for improvement.”

The foundation’s new president, LaTida Smith, was intent on making the foundation’s first grants investments that Collaboration and would make “lasting integration of services change” in NEPA. She are not new ideas. Evidence Left to right: Teresa Osborne, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department was looking for projects of Aging, Monica Oss, M.S., chief executive officer and senior associate shows these concepts improve that emphasized community of Open Minds, James Gavin, M.S.W., president and CEO, Community patient experiences and collaboration and took Care Behavioral Health Organization, Tina Wydeen, Ph.D., former outcomes and save money. a broad, holistic view of director of the Behavioral Health Initiative, and Steven J. Scheinman, But knowing something works M.D., president and dean of The Commonwealth Medical College. health. Behavioral Health is not the same as making it Initiative met virtually all work. Efforts in northeastern of the foundation’s criteria and north central Pennsylvania often stalled or faltered and was awarded $1.2 million -- the foundation’s largest for lack of a driving force.

BHI became that force and the gift. Another foundation, AllOne Foundation, Wilkes-Barre, resulting collaborative efforts have already borne fruit. awarded $640,000 to BHI in May. Take, for example, increased integration between Scranton BHI was born of collaboration and is dedicated to Counseling Center (SCC) and The Wright Center (TWC), expanding behavioral health (mental health and substance including a “reverse integration” pilot program placing use disorder) services, partially by training the existing primary healthcare services into the behavioral health healthcare workforce. Most of all, the BHI serves as a setting at SCC. Data shows more than 360 behavioralgravitational center, pulling in efforts throughout NEPA to health patients enrolled in the program. Their top diagnoses integrate and coordinate behavioral health care on a large, are hypertension, diabetes, obesity and smoking and region-wide scale. participants previously had a mean of 2.8 visits per month to hospital emergency rooms for physical health-related This regional “coming together” inspires Christine Wydeen, issues. Six months later, the mean had dropped to .98 – a Ph.D., regional director of Community Care and founding finding not only statistically significant, but also financially director of the BHI. (BHI recently welcomed Terri Lacey, RN important too. The reduced ER visits yielded an estimated as its new executive director.) “To me, the most important $816,000 in savings for Medicare. thing BHI did was pull together the committed – those

BHI GOALS • Create a psychiatry residency program through The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education • Integrate physical and behavioral health through innovative models of care • Explore expanded telemedicine within primary care to increase access in rural regions • Develop training programs in behavioral health for primary care providers and first responders while expanding behavioral health competency

• Develop educational programs and practice support to address the serious problem of addiction • Develop a multidimensional approach to suicide prevention • Focus on the unmet needs of people with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities • Educate the public about available behavioral health resources through a website currently in development.

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AWARDS

2015 2015 GOLD HUMANISM HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERS: TCMC Faculty Members: Dr. Keith Shenberger and Dr. Brian Wilcox 

MD CLASS OF 2015 TCMC COMMUNITY AWARDS North Campus Regional Team: Dr. Shubhra Shetty South Campus Regional Team: Dr. Michael Ferraro

SECOND YEAR BASIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT FACULTY AND STAFF Dr. Patrick Coughlin

ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM Dr. Steven Scheinman

FIRST YEAR CLINICAL SCIENCE FACULTY AND STAFF Dr. Mark White

South: Dr. Richard Fischbein West: Dr. Asif Javed and Dr. Alex Nesbitt

MARK MILLER FACULTY AWARD Dr. Patrick Coughlin and Dr. Brian Wilcox Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Faculty Award Dr. Karen Arscott

TCMC AWARDS

West Campus Regional Team: Dr. Keith Shenberger

SECOND YEAR CLINICAL SCIENCE FACULTY AND STAFF

M1/M2 Professor of the year: Abhishek Yadav, M.B.B.S., M.Sc.

FIRST YEAR BASIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT FACULTY AND STAFF

Mary Triano

Fall, 2014 MBS Professor of the Year: MBS Gregory A. Shanower, Ph.D.

Dr. William Zehring

North: Dr. John Farrell

OUTSTANDING FACULTY MENTOR AWARDS

Spring, 2015 MBS Professor of the Year: Youngjin Cho, Ph.D.

2016 2016 GOLD HUMANISM HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERS TCMC Faculty Members: Karen E. Arscott, D.O., M.Sc. and Stanley J. Dudrick, M.D., F.A.C.S.

MD CLASS OF 2016 AWARDS THE SAGE AWARD For reminding us from the beginning to never lose sight of the 10,000 foot perspective... And if you do, to sit and think about it in a well-lit, wellventilated room Dr. Will Zehring

PASSIONATE LEADER AWARD For consistently leading by example and showing us how to practice medicine with the patient at the forefront Dr. Shubhra Shetty

OUTSTANDING FACULTY MENTOR AWARDS Presented to a TCMC volunteer, community based faculty physician who www.tcmc.edu

exemplifies the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students.

North: Dr. Johnathan Goldner

TCMC AWARDS North Regional Campus Professor of the Year: John Farrell, M.D.

West: Dr. Ralph Kaiser

South Regional Campus Professor of the Year: Mary Lawhon Triano, M.S.N., C.R.N.P.-C., A.C.H.P.N.

MARK MILLER FACULTY AWARD

West Regional Campus Professor of the Year: Jeremy Bennett, M.D.

South: Dr. Michael Ferraro

Presented to a TCMC faculty member who has exhibited excellence in faculty/ student relations by connecting with students in and out of the classroom while being an excellent teacher North: Dr. Eric Blomain North: Dr. Anthony Brutico West: Dr. Ralph Kaiser North: Dr. Michael Yoder

LEONARD TOW HUMANISM IN MEDICINE FACULTY AWARD (Selected based on the rules of the Gold Humanism Society) West: Dr. Ralph Kaiser

Guthrie Regional Campus Professor of the Year: I Am Resurreccion, M.D. MD1 Professor of the Year: Abhishek Yadav, M.B.B.S., M.Sc. MD2 Professor of the Year: Carmine Cerra, M.D. Fall 2015 MBS Professor of the Year: MBS Gregory A. Shanower, Ph.D. Spring 2016 MBS Professor of the Year: Youngjin Cho, Ph.D.

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