WVSOM Alumni Association

OUR ALUMNI TOWER: A BEACON OF SUPPORT FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROGRAMS Donations (through Nov. 23, 2015)

The upgrade and expansion of our learning environments have been a priority in recent years. Our campus was missing one key element to support student success – a student center.

$5,000 and up

Cathy Dailey, D.O., ‘89

$1,000-$4,999

Joan Allman, D.O., ‘94 Randy Blackburn, D.O., ‘84 Allison Evans-Wood, D.O., ‘97 Thomas Gilligan, D.O., ‘78 David Harrison, D.O., ‘80 Robert Holstein, D.O., ‘79 Tommy Hughes, D.O., ‘92 Rob Hunter, D.O., ‘97 Thomas Johnson, D.O., ‘85 Cynthia Mayer, D.O., ‘86 Hugh McLaughlin, D.O., ‘81 William Minor, D.O., ‘79 Art Rubin, D.O., ‘79 Ronald Smith, D.O., ‘82 Peter Stracci, D.O., ‘83 Lydia Weisser, D.O., ‘92

$501-$999

Cynthia Butler, D.O., ‘90 Christi Cooper-Lehki, D.O., ‘94 Ray Greco, D.O., ‘79 Andy Naymick, D.O., ‘88 L. Faith Payne, D.O., ‘07 Donald Pyle II, D.O., ‘10

$101-$500

Michael Antolini, D.O., ‘12 Jennifer Bailey, D.O., ‘10 Manuel Ballas, D.O., ‘93 Dan Breece, D.O., ‘92 Jason Buckland, D.O., ‘04 Dwight Bundy, D.O., ‘84 John Cavell, D.O., ‘81 James Chambers, D.O., ‘78 Heidi Clark, D.O., ‘02 Shawn Clark, D.O., ‘02 Paul Conley, D.O., ‘97 Roselia Conrad, D.O., ‘93 Jonathan Cook, D.O., ‘93 Edward Corkran, D.O., ‘86 Curt Cornella-Carlson, D.O., ‘87 David Cummings, D.O., ‘86 Christopher Daniel, D.O., ‘05 Sam Deem, D.O., ‘04 James Deering, D.O., ‘78 Russ DeMicco, D.O., ‘99 Carla DiPiero, D.O., ‘14 John Dombrosky, D.O., ‘79 (in memory of) Claudia Duncan, D.O., ‘90 Gene Duncan, D.O., ‘79 Linda Eakle, D.O., ‘79 John Facinoli, D.O., ‘78 Marie Fearon-Jewell, D.O., ‘98 Robert Flowers, D.O., ‘81 Amanda Goins, D.O., ‘05 Donald Gullickson, D.O., ‘83 Kathy Gunter, D.O., ‘99 Michael Harron, D.O., ‘92 Jessica Harvey, D.O., ‘07 John Hibler, D.O., ‘79 Lisa Hrutkay, D.O., ‘93 Randy Huff, D.O., ‘80 Kristy Huffman, D.O., ‘93 Dan Johnson III, D.O., ‘95 Curran Jones, D.O., ‘01 Angel Justice, D.O., ‘09 Gregory Kelly, D.O., ‘78 Afewori Kidane, D.O., ‘95 Matthew Lively, D.O., ‘93 Paul Lomeo, D.O., ‘86 Marshall Long, D.O., ‘83 Kathleen Maley, D.O., ‘83 John Manchin II, D.O., ‘78 Brad McCoy, D.O., ‘01 Jeff McCray, D.O., ‘07 Satish Menon, D.O., ‘89 Mark Mitchell, D.O., ‘89 Katherine Naymick, D.O., ‘89 David Nicholas, D.O., ‘93 David Oliver, D.O., ‘94 Kara O’Karma, D.O., ‘00 Abdul Orra, D.O., ‘82 Cynthia Osborne, D.O., ‘93 Lorenzo Pence, D.O., ‘85 Bruce Petersen, D.O., ‘81 Millie Petersen, D.O., ‘83 Dallas Petrey, D.O., ‘81 Jeffory Prylinski, D.O., ‘86 Roi Reed, D.O., ‘91 Glenn Roberts, D.O., ‘79 Hany Salah, D.O., ‘93 Joseph Schreiber, D.O., ‘78 Kenneth Sells, D.O., ‘94 Jan Silverman, D.O., ‘88 Linda Smith, D.O., ‘87 Robert Snuffer, D.O., ‘01 Julia Spradlin, D.O., ‘91 Scott Spradlin, D.O., ‘91 James Stollings, D.O., ‘91 Maria Tranto, D.O., ‘00 Mark Waddell, D.O., ‘90 Mancel Wakham, D.O., ‘90 Noel Weigel, D.O., ‘89 Charles Williams, D.O., ‘95 Naomi Wriston, D.O., ‘78

$51-$100

David Allen, D.O., ‘78 William Armstrong, D.O., ‘87 David Apgar, D.O., ‘80 Kelly Apgar, D.O., ‘13 Matthew Arvon, D.O., ‘97 Derek Ballas, D.O., ‘12 Lorraine Byrd, D.O., ‘90 Richard Benson, D.O., ‘78 David Butler, D.O., ‘05 Connie Calvert, D.O., ‘05 Hayes Calvert, D.O., ‘05 Maryann Cater, D.O., ‘88 Adrienne Coopey, D.O., ‘01 Gail Dudley, D.O., ‘86 Michelle Endicott, D.O., ‘01 Rick Foutch, D.O., ‘81

IF EVERY WVSOM ALUMNI

gave $100 to support students through the tower campaign, we could build the tower.

Stephanie Frame, D.O., ‘97 Mitch Fuscardo, D.O., ‘85 Jesamine Fuscardo, D.O., ‘11 C. Wayne Gallops, D.O., ‘85 John Garlitz, D.O., ‘97 Lynette Gogol, D.O., ‘95 Ryan Harris, D.O., ‘05 Mary Hendricks, D.O., ‘10 James Hill, D.O., ‘01 David Hinchman, D.O., ‘82 Carl Hoyng, D.O., ‘84 Michael Kasey, D.O., ‘05 Natalie King, D.O., ‘06 Clay Lee, D.O., ‘97 Wesley Lockhart, D.O., ‘83 Steve Mascio, D.O., ‘93 Dominick McLain, D.O., ‘79 Virgil McGrady, D.O., ‘88 Waid McMillion, D.O., ‘03 Roseline Michel, D.O., ‘01 Melissa Miller, D.O., ‘93 Brad Miller, D.O., ‘85 Andrew Naymick II, D.O., ‘14 Michael Nicholas, D.O., ‘79 Rajendra Nigalye, M.D. Joule O’Connor, D.O., ‘91 Nunzio Pagano, D.O., ‘11 Susan Painter, D.O., ‘84 Mick Paroda, D.O., ‘87 Bonnie Portier, D.O., ‘91 David Pucci, D.O., ‘03 Angelo Ratini, D.O., ‘84 Melinda Ratini, D.O., ‘84 Steve Richman, D.O., ‘79 Jerome Scherer III, D.O., ‘82 Victoria Shuman, D.O., ‘96 James Skrabak, D.O., ‘83 Belinda Smith, D.O., ‘83 Jonathan Stanley, D.O., ‘07 Frank Swisher, D.O., ‘88 Emily Thomas, D.O., ‘08 Dan Trent, D.O., ‘83 Lee Weisberger, D.O., ‘79 Ralph Wood, D.O., ‘82 George Woodard, D.O., ‘83 Terry York, D.O., ‘88 Cindi Knight

$25-$50

Roderick Doss, D.O., ‘03 Jamie Latos, D.O., ‘13 James Paugh II, D.O., ‘08 Madonna Ringswald, D.O., ‘79 Eric Snider, D.O., ‘99 Karen Snider, D.O., ‘98 Kimberly Wichlan, D.O., ‘96

OUR ALUMNI: MAKING STRIDES AND GIVING BACK

1979

Scott Keller, D.O., is the medical director for a group of dedicated volunteers that serve the underserved in the Atlanta area from a mobile medical unit under the name of Grace Medical Missions.

Steve Richman, D.O., was selected as the WV Rural Health Practitioner of the Year, by the WV Rural Health Association. The award was given Oct. 16, 2014, at the WV Rural Health Conference. Naomi Wriston, D.O., chaired the basic course in Occupational Medicine for AOCOPM in Ft. Lauderdale.

1986

John Glover, D.O., was re-elected to the Board of Governors and the Nominating Committee of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) on March 12, 2015, at the AAO’s Convocation in Louisville, Ky. A member of the AAO Board of Governors for more than 20 years, Dr. Glover was one of eight osteopathic physicians from around the country to be re-elected as a governor of the AAO, the largest medical society in the U.S. devoted to fostering osteopathic manipulative medicine and neuromusculoskeletal medicine (OMM-NMM). Dr Glover will serve another three-year term on the board. Roland Powers, D.O., was recalled to active duty. Dr. Powers will be the combined task force surgeon for Horn of Africa for one year.

1987

Richard Van Buskirk, D.O., was re-elected to the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) on March 12, 2015, at the AAO’s Convocation in Louisville, Ky. A member of the AAO Board of Governors since 1997, Dr. Van Buskirk was one of eight osteopathic physicians from around the country to be re-elected as a governor of the AAO, the largest medical society in the U.S. devoted to fostering osteopathic manipulative medicine and neuromusculoskeletal medicine. He will serve another three-year term on the board.

1996

Kelli Ward, D.O., formed an exploratory committee for her running in the U.S. Senate in 2016. She recently completed her second term in the Arizona State

ALUMNI STATS

(all above as of November 24, 2015)

Total Alumni Total life members Tower donations to date

3,086 789 $61,173

Senate with an honorable record with many of her sponsored bills being passed. Dr. Ward also serves as chair of Education and vice chair of Health and Human Services in addition to several committees.

1998

Karen Snider, D.O., is one of four osteopathic physician nominees from AACOM and AOA selected to serve on the ACGME Board of Directors to govern the single accreditation system for graduate medical education, effective Jan. 1, 2015.

1999

Tom Takubo, D.O., was elected in November 2014 to the West Virginia State Senate representing District 17. Dr. Takubo is dedicated to improving economic development, job creation and education in the state.

2004

Scott Lewis, D.O., and his practice, Lake Cumberland Rheumatology in Somerset, Ky., won the Small Business of the Year award from the Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce in 2014. They also won a Community Partner Achievement Award for participation with the Pulaski County Schools Gifted and Talented Students Program Stephanie Peglow, D.O., finished her psychiatry chief resident year at Eastern Virginia Medical School having won the Research Award, Highest PRITE award and the American Psychiatric Association Resident Recognition Award. During residency, Dr. Peglow presented at two conferences, won awards for three poster presentations, and a paper she second authored won the American Society of Addiction Medicine of Addiction Medicine Scientific Program Planning Committee Award. Dr. Peglow began an addiction psychiatry fellowship at Yale University this past fall.

2013

Ashley Zawodniak, D.O., was selected as the first recipient of the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine’s Resident of the Month Award.