kudos Denah Appelt, PhD, professor, neuroscience, pharmacology, and physiology; Brian Balin, PhD, professor, pathology, microbiology, immunology, and forensic medicine; and Kate Galluzzi, DO, professor and chair, geriatrics, coauthored “Modern Care for Patients with Alzheimer Disease: Rationale for Early Intervention,” which appeared in the September JAOA Supplement.
Cliff Akiyama, MPH, assistant professor, forensic medicine, wrote the chapter “Youth Gangs and Hate Crimes” in Forensic Nursing Science (Second Edition). Forensic Nursing Science is co-edited by Virginia Lynch, a leader in her field who is credited with developing forensic nursing as a profession.
Walter Ehrenfeuchter, DO ’79, professor and director, osteopathic principles and practice, OMM, GA–PCOM, coauthored five chapters in Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine (Third Edition), including a chapter coauthored with Alexander S. Nicholas, DO ’75, professor and chair, OMM, and Evan A. Nicholas, DO ’81, associate professor, OMM.
Kate Galluzzi, DO, professor and chair, geriatrics, was elected to a two-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging. She also gave two lectures for the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians’ Intensive Update Board Review in Osteopathic Medicine, lectured
on the dementing diseases of the elderly at the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society’s 35th annual convention, was the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) representative at a summit on long-acting opioids and risk evaluation and mitigation strategies hosted by the California Academy of Family Physicians and the American Pain Society, and was the AOA representative at the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine to testify on their proposed rule on standards for physicians practicing in clinics in Orlando.
William J. Gilhool, DO, was granted life membership in the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association. Burton Mark, DO, professor and chair, psychiatry, was nominated by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and confirmed by the Senate for appointment to the State Osteopathic Medical Board. Diane Smallwood, PsyD, professor and director, EdS program in school psychology, served as a member of the National Association of School Psychologist’s Standard Revision Task Force, which published two nationally important policy documents: 2010 Graduate Preparation and Credentialing for School Psychologists and 2010 Ethical and Professional Practices for School Psychologists. Dr. Smallwood also chaired the writing team for Model for Comprehensive and Integrated School Psychological Services.
NEW TITLE, NEW APPOINTMENT FOR KENNETH J. VEIT, DO ’76, MBA Dr. Veit, senior vice president for academic affairs and dean, has had another title added to his name: provost. “The provost title essentially clarifies the role I’ve been performing for a number of years,” explains Dr. Veit. “As PCOM has grown from a DO-only program to include other professional programs and degrees located on two campuses, the responsibilities and knowledge demands of my job have expanded accordingly. While I will still be functioning as the dean of the DO program in Philadelphia, the provost title reflects my responsibilities for the oversight of all educational affairs in more common academic vernacular.” Dr. Veit has also been appointed to another three-year term on the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation and has been appointed chair of the Commission for the 2010-2011 academic year. “This appointment comes at a very complex time in the osteopathic accreditation process,” explains Dr. Veit. “The growth of osteopathic medicine in the last 10 years is unprecedented, and the accreditation process must continue to hold all current and potential new osteopathic programs to the highest standards.”
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