22 JEFFERSON REVIEW
ClassNotes BIOSCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES Julius Euperio, BS ’82 (cytotechnology), is an assistant supervisor at Clinical Pathology Laboratories in Austin, Texas. Euperio is married with two daughters, ages 18 and 20.
COUPLE AND FAMILY THERAPY Scott Herman, MS ’13, recently was published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Herman’s co-authored paper discusses personality factors that correspond to individuals who vocalize opposing minority positions against large groups. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Kim Gana, MS ’10, OTR/L, was one of 12 people recently appointed to the American Occupational Therapy
Association’s editorial board, which is responsible for developing a test-prep product to help students study for the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy licensing exam. The group will create a study guide of multiple-choice, case-based and clinical-choice questions, provide peer reviews and assist with editing and other aspects of production.
Melissa Muller, OTD ’12, an occupational therapist with Moss Rehab’s outpatient stroke rehab program, was featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer in January 2013 in an article about the Young Empowerment Stroke Support group she runs. “These are young people with their whole lives ahead of them. They want to move on with
Amanda Beal, MS ’13, OTR/L, was a third-year occupational therapy student when she saved the life of off-duty police officer Anthony Radico by giving him CPR. Beal was finishing a workout at a gym in Delaware County, Pa., when she noticed Radico struggling to breathe. She called 911, monitored his pulse and offered him a cool compress. Then he lost consciousness, and she started CPR. “Something inside of me switched into autopilot that day, and even though I was surrounded by a gym packed with people watching me, it felt like it was just me and him,” says Beal. “I was CPR certified through school, but never in a million years did I imagine I’d ever actually need to use it. I’ve had limited exposure to emergency situations but I feel incredibly fortunate to have been in the right place at the right time and am truly humbled by the whole experience.” Radico’s sister, Dana Trigg, was with him, and she credits Beal with saving his life. “My brother Anthony is home safe and sound — thanks to Amanda Beal,” she says. “Amanda came to our rescue. We can’t thank her enough for saving my brother’s life.”
their lives, to work, to drive, to complete college, start a career and raise children. The power of group dynamics is amazing. Nobody understands your situation like those in the same shoes,” says Muller. RADIOLOGIC SCIENCES Adrienne Buckla, BS ’12, is an ultrasound technologist with Spectrum Radiology Associates in Williamsville, N.Y., a suburb of Buffalo. ShuangQi (Jim) Zheng, MS ’10, CRA, RT(MR), is the clinical supervisor of MRI at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Abby Gerding, BS ’12, RDCS, RVT, published “Nerve Hematoma Mimicking DVT” with co-authors Traci B. Fox, Lauren Lown and Laurence Needleman in the July/August issue of the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Gerding works at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. NURSING Loretta Cavaliere, RN, MSN ’12, OCN, published an article, “Thromboprophylaxis in Ambulatory Lung Cancer Treatment,” in the February 2013 issue of the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. Nina Anderson, DNP ’12, recently had a manuscript, “Characteristics of Acute Care
Utilization of a Delaware Adult Sickle Cell Disease Patient Population,” accepted to the journal Population Health Management. Rachael Taylor, ASN ’10, and John Edwards, ASN ’10, who met as Jefferson students, were married April 5, 2013, in Bryn Athyn, Pa. Their story was featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer as a “Love Story” on May 16. Joyce Shaffer, DN ’61, offers free continuing education units to Jefferson nurses on the topics of brain fitness and ideal aging. She reports that a recent session about nutrition and foods that aid in overall brain health was standing room only. Chris Giberson, CRNA ’09, of Voorhees, N.J., has been named president of the New Jersey Association of Nurse Anesthetists, with a one-year term that started in August 2013. Janet Knecht, MSN ’91, assistant professor of nursing at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, Conn., was selected as the 2012-2013 recipient of the Reverend John J. Stack Teaching Excellence Award, which “celebrates the very best in teaching - bringing a depth of scholarship to the classroom that inspires students and fosters academic achievement.”
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IN MEMORIAM Marie Jane Laubacher, BSN ’09 (FACT), MSN ’12, 55, died April 18, 2013. Laubacher is survived by her husband of 27 years, Butch; her children, Nicholas and Elizabeth; seven grandchildren; her mother; her brother; and two sisters.
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