Class Notes
Fitness Is His Specialty Four years after starting Advanced Fitness & Wellness, a sports training and personal training business in Louisville, Ky., Adam Masternick,’98 BSAS in exercise science, is launching an exercise program he designed, The BandIt Body Workout System, using elastic resistance bands. Masternick earned a second bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from Adam Masternick Cleveland State University in 2001 and started his company in 2007, providing services in schools, hospitals, homes, work places and for professional sports teams. The business offers sports training, personal training, injury prevention, weight loss and consulting services. Masternick has used resistance bands in his work for 20 years, and in January he released a workout DVD showcasing the BandIt Body Workout System he created. He said the system, available at www. banditbody.com, combines cardio and muscle building for a highly energetic metabolic workout that trims and tones while minimizing workout time.
Practicing Medicine in Columbus Dr. Ron Dorbish and Dr. Stephanie Sekula of Powell, Ohio, both ’98 BS in biology, are married and practicing medicine in the Columbus, Ohio area. Dorbish and Sekula earned their medical degrees at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Dorbish completed his neurosurgical residency at Grant Medical Center in Columbus in 2008 and is a staff neurosurgeon with Neurological Associates and Riverside Methodist Hospital, both in Columbus. Dr. Sekula completed her residency in internal medicine at Doctors Hospital in 2005 and is a hospitalist with Central Ohio Primary Care in Columbus.
Drs. Ron Dorbish and Stephanie Sekula
Dr. David A. Bitonte of Louisville, Ohio, ’03 MBA, has accepted a position with One Health Ohio, based in Youngstown, as a clinic physician for the Good Samaritan Health Center in Alliance, a federally qualified health-care center serving Medicaid and Medicare recipients and patients who are uninsured or underinsured. Former Gov. Ted Strickland appointed Bitonte chair of the Public Health Council at the Ohio Department of Health, a position he assumed in June. Bitonte is a member of the YSU President’s Council and a son of Dr. Dominic and Helen Bitonte, in whose honor the YSU College of Health and Human Services is named.
Joshua B. Kollat of State College, Pa.,’03 BE, was presented the award for best dissertation in the Natural Science and Engineering Category in the 2011 Universities Council on Water Resources Ph.D. Dissertation Award competition. Kollat completed his Ph.D. in water resources engineering in 2010 at Pennsylvania State University, and he is currently a research associate at Penn State. His wife, Sarah Holowach Kollat,‘03 BA in psychology, earned a Ph.D. after completing her undergraduate degree at YSU and is a senior instructor in Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State. Craig Smith of Columbus, Ohio, ’03 BS and ’05 MS, both in chemistry, has joined the law firm of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP as a technical advisor in the intellectual property group. Working from Calfee’s Columbus office, Smith assists clients with domestic and foreign patent research and applications and works extensively with universities. He also holds a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Robert G. Gudyk Jr. of New Castle, Pa., ’05 BS in nursing, was named nurse manager of the intermediate medical/surgical unit at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center. Prior to his appointment, Gudyk was nurse coordinator for the intermediate coronary care unit at St. Elizabeth’s in Youngstown. He is certified in progressive care nursing.
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Robert Gudyk Jr.
Samantha Basile of Poland, Ohio, ’09 BA in political science, ’11 MA in applied history, is the new assistant curator and archivist for the Sutliff Museum, a historical museum in the WarrenTrumbull County Public Library. Basile completed a graduate assistantship in YSU’s History Department, and she did internships at the Youngstown Historical Center of Labor and Industry and the Mahoning Valley Historical Society. Samantha Basile
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David Bitonte