NOTES Kingsdale Gynecologic Associates in Columbus, OH. Gregor Thebaud, DO, has joined J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon, PA. Dr. Thebaud specializes in sports medicine.
Class of 2011 Michelle L. Bretzius, DO, has joined Bayhealth Family Medicine in Smyrna, DE. Christine Crocker, DO, JD, received the American College of Osteopathic Internists’ Resident Award for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching. John Fetchero III, DO, has joined Family Practice Associates of Orange Park, Fla. Kenneth M. Long, DO, recently joined Picayune Family Practice Clinic, a service of Hattiesburg Clinic in Mississippi.
FACULTY NOTES College of Medicine
John Angeloni, DO, has been appointed Vice Provost and Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the Bradenton campus. Mark Best, MD, received a certificate in Laboratory Management from the American Society of Clinical Pathology, Lab Management University and he presented a poster entitled: CQI applied to PBL: Challenges and Solutions at the annual meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators in Nashville, TN. Sonia Dillon, PhD, has been appointed Institutional Director of Diversity.
Peter Thomas, DO, has joined Mount Nittany Physicians Group in State College, PA, as a hospitalist.
Amber M. Eade, Ph.D., has been elected Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Westmoreland (PA) Choral Society.
Jonathan J. Vitale, DO, completed a dual DO/MD family medicine residency at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago.
Thomas Quinn, DO, received $7,500 in medical supplies from the American Osteopathic Foundation Ready Relief Box Grant.
Eric Yoder, DO, has joined Bronson Family Medicine in Portage, WI, as an Internal Medicine Hospital Specialist.
Justin Siebert, PhD, co-authored a review article: Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans in the Nervous System: Inhibitors to Repair, published in BioMed Research International.
Class of 2012 Denise Traficante, PharmD, married Tyler Covert on September 13, 2014 in Amherst, NY.
Class of 2013 James Lozada, DO, is an anesthesiology resident at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
Class of 2014 Benjamin Kelley, DO, has been accepted to an otolaryngology and facial plastic surgery residency at Detroit Medical Center. Dr. Kelley was the recipient of the LECOM Dean’s Award. Rachel Kelley, DO, has been accepted into a family medicine residency at William Beaumont Hospital in Troy, MI. Dr. Kelley was the recipient of the LECOM ACOFP Award. Michael Parslow, DO, has joined the family medicine residency program at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Utica, NY. Christine (Wilk) Sickles, DO, is a primary care resident at Lewis Gale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg, Va.
Travis Small, DO, co-authored Allogenic Blood Transfusion Following Total Hip Arthroplasty: Results from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2000 to 2009, published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc. Joshua A. Tuck, DO, co-authored a book chapter Open All-Suture Repair Technique for the Treatment of Athletic Pubalgia, published in Sports Hernia and Athletic Pubalgia.
School of Pharmacy Hershey S. Bell, MD, MS Med. Ed., Dean of the LECOM School of Pharmacy has been appointed to a three-year term on the Board of Trustees of Mercyhurst Preparatory School. Sarah Dombrowski, PharmD, co-authored Key Factors Associated with Successful Integration of Patient Care Services in Dispensing Workflow: A Traditional Community Chain Pharmacy Evaluation, published in the Pennsylvania Pharmacy Association Grant Report. Frank Etzler, PhD and Michael Madden, PhD, co-authored The Test of Logical Thinking as a Predictor of First-Year Pharmacy Students’ Performance in Required First-Year Courses, published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Michael Madden, PhD; Danielle DeBias, PharmD,
MS; and G. Elliott Cook, PharmD, co-authored Characteristics of Acetaminophen Users Compared with Nonusers during Pregnancy, Behavioral Problems, and Hyperkinetic Disorders, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics. Inna Miroshnyk, PhD and Sabiruddin Mirza, PhD, co-authored Microfluidics-Assisted Engineering of Polymeric Microcapsules with High Encapsulation Efficiency for Protein Drug Delivery, published in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics Justin Scholl, PharmD, has been named one of the Pennsylvania Pharmacy Association 10 Under 10 Award winners. The 10 Under 10 Awards recognizes the top ten pharmacists practicing for less than ten years and who demonstrate commitment to advancing the profession, maintaining involvement in PPA and other pharmacy associations, and/or service to the community. Ruhi Ubale, PhD, co-authored three articles The Effect of Antisense to NF-kB in an Albumin Microsphere Formulation on the Progression of Left-Ventricular Remodeling Associated with Chronic Volume Overload in Rats; Induction of Death Receptor CD95 and Co-stimulatory Molecules CD80 and CD86 by Meningococcal Capsular Polysaccharide-Loaded Vaccine Nanoparticles; and Development and Validation of a UPLC Method for Rapid and Simultaneous Analysis of Proton Pump Inhibitors - to be published in the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Journal and the Journal of Drug Targeting. Ryan Wargo, PharmD and Marcus Campbell, PharmD, co-authored: Is Xylitol Effective in the Prevention of Acute Otitis Media? - published in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy.
School of Dental Medicine Anton Gotlieb, DDS, has been appointed Executive Associate Dean for the School of Dental Medicine. Carolyn Primus, PhD, co-authored Physical Properties of New Generation Tricalcium Silicate Dental Materials, published in Bioceramics Development and Applications.
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