SPOTLIGHT
FACULTYFACTS Daniel Bertrams (’14), MMS, PA-C, instructor, published a reflective essay, “No Textbook Necessary,” in the March issue of JAAPA. Alisha DeTroye (’04), MMS, PA-C, adjunct assistant professor, has been named director of physician assistant services for Wake Forest Baptist Health. In her new role, she will engage with PAs throughout the health system and ensure that PA practice opportunities are enhanced. She continues part-time practice in neuro-oncology and as the current director of transitional and supportive care for Wake Forest Baptist. DeTroye made a presentation on “Readmissions: Moving from Data to Patient Engagement” in February at the N.C. Alliance for Effective Care Transitions in Durham. Sarah Garvick, MS, MPAS, PA-C, assistant professor, has been appointed to a threeyear term on the PAEA Exam Development Board for the Family and Internal Medicine EOR Exams beginning in March 2017.
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STUDENTNEWS Sobia Hussaini, MHA, assistant professor and director of academic practice partnerships, and Kristin Lindaman, MMS, PA-C, recently completed the Early Career Development Program for Women through the Office of Women in Medicine and Science at Wake Forest Baptist. The professional development fellowship is targeted toward early-career women faculty. Janie McDaniel, MS, MLS(ASCP)SC, assistant professor, recently completed the Career Development for Women Leaders Program through the Office of Women in Medicine and Science at Wake Forest Baptist. The program is a nine-month professional development fellowship. K. Patrick Ober, MD, professor of internal medicine – endocrinology and medical director of the PA program, was the keynote speaker at a meeting of the Gold Humanism Honor Society in February at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Ober’s talk was titled, “What Mark Twain Would Tell Us About Medicine, If He Were with Us Today.” Ober, a UFCOM alumnus, is an internationally recognized expert on Mark Twain.
Jeffrey Woodard (’18) received a scholarship from the Governor’s Institute to attend the Addiction Medicine 2017 Conference held in March in Asheville, N.C. The conference provided clinically practical and up-to-date substance abuse-related training. The Governor’s Institute is a nonprofit that offers professional education, workforce development and other programs in the substance abuse field to educational programs, professional organizations, treatment facilities, clinics and hospitals.