Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Commencement Exercises June 4, 2011
Commencement Greetings from the Dean To the Class of 2011: Today marks a major milestone in your life and your career. The administration, faculty and staff of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine could not be more proud of you. As students of the college, you’ve distinguished yourselves with hard work and professionalism. You have our heartfelt congratulations for a job well done. Your journey is just beginning, however. As the renowned physician, Sir William Osler, noted in 1900: “ The training of the medical school gives direction, points the way and furnishes a chart, fairly incomplete, for the voyage, but nothing more.”
You are confronting a volume of medical information never before encountered by physicians. New information will be learned and old information discarded at a remarkable pace. OU-COM has equipped you not only with facts, but also with the tools necessary to seek new knowledge. I encourage you to follow medical literature closely, evaluate it critically and keep your minds open to new forms of therapy. Your patients will assume that you are providing the very latest in medical care. In meeting their expectations, you will be honoring yourself, your college and your profession. As you take your oath, you will make a pledge to the students who follow you. Your college selected you not only because you will be an outstanding physician and surgeon, but also because of your potential to teach the generations of osteopathic physicians to come. The future of the profession rests in your hands. I hope you will integrate learning, doing and teaching into every day of your career. On a personal note, I have sincerely enjoyed working with each of you. I well remember my own graduation and know what a momentous occasion this is for you and your family. You have worked extremely hard to get to this day, and you deserve the honors bestowed upon you. I wish you the very best in the years to come as you begin your exciting professional journey. I am proud to call you my colleagues. Welcome to the osteopathic profession!
John A. Brose, D.O. Dean, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine June 4, 2011
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The Twelfth Independent Commencement Exercises of the
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Representing the 32nd Osteopathic Medical Class to graduate as part of the 257th Commencement Exercises of Ohio University
Welcome Order of Exercises Academic Heraldry Commencement Speaker’s Biography Awards and Recognition Graduation Roster Osteopathic Oath Alma Mater, Ohio University and College Officers Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium
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Welcome Ohio University and its College of Osteopathic Medicine welcome those attending this commencement exercise.
Profile of the University Ohio University’s origins can be traced to an ordinance of Congress on July 13, 1787, “for the government of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio.” The ordinance proclaimed “Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” This principle was applied to the Ohio Company’s land purchase agreement, which provided for lands to be set aside for a university. Chartered first by the Ohio Company in 1799, and then by the State of Ohio on February 18, 1804, Ohio University became Ohio’s first university and the first in the Old Northwest Territory. From a modest beginning early in the 19th century, the university has steadily grown in numbers and programs. Today the Athens campus enrolls over 20,000 students with another 9,500 on five regional campuses or in other off-campus programs. Students come from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. Ohio University is a state-assisted institution. Less than half of its instructional and general budget comes from state funds. State subsidy and student fees are supplemented by income from private support and endowments.
Profile of the College of Osteopathic Medicine Established by act of the Ohio General Assembly in 1975, the College of Osteopathic Medicine was created to help alleviate the state’s growing shortage of family physicians and to train doctors for chronically underserved areas. The educational program has been tailored to meet this legislative mandate. Although Ohio University’s medical school did not actually hold classes until the fall of 1976, its history is also a little older than one might think. In 1823, the University Board of Trustees appointed a committee “to take into consideration the expediency of establishing a Medical School ... ” and recommended that since, at the time, there was no medical school in Ohio, one might appropriately be located in Athens. Accordingly, the trustees set aside a large tract of land west of the College Green for a medical college. The site is, today, commemorated by a plaque about 250 yards from Grosvenor Hall, the first medical building. It only required a delay of 153 years for Ohio University’s medical school — through action of the General Assembly, the governor and the Ohio osteopathic profession — to finally open its doors. An orientation toward primary care, a commitment to supply medical care where such services are not otherwise available, its pioneering continuum approach to medical education and a fruitful research program are key components of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. An emphasis on these factors has enabled the college to become recognized as one of the nation’s trendsetting medical education institutions.
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Commencement Exercises, June 4, 2011, 10:00 a.m. Presiding Officer Prelude and Processional Convening the Commencement
Roderick J. McDavis, Ph.D. President, Ohio University Kevin B. Lake, D.O. Board of Trustees, Ohio University Andrea Schwalberg
The National Anthem
President McDavis
Welcome Greetings
Chad Robert Keller, B.A. Past President, OU-COM Student Government Association Tejal Ramesh Patel, B.S. President of the Class of 2011
Albert M. Salomon, D.O. President, Ohio Osteopathic Association Jeffrey A. Stanley, D.O. President, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Society of Alumni and Friends
Remarks and Awards John A. Brose, D.O. Dean, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine D. Keith Watson, D.O. Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs John A. Blazyk, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Research Nicole Wadsworth, D.O. Assistant Dean, Preclinical Education Wayne A. Carlsen, D.O. Assistant Dean, Clinical Education Commencement Address Leonard H. Calabrese, D.O. Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
of Case Western Reserve University Vice Chair, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases Director, R.J. Fasenmyer Center of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Co-Director, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research
Presentation of the Class of 2011
Pamela J. Benoit, Ph.D. Executive Vice President and Provost
Conferral of Degrees
President McDavis
Osteopathic Oath A photograph of the class of 2011 will be taken at this time.
Dean Brose
Alma Mater, Ohio Miss Schwalberg The audience is requested to rise for the singing of Alma Mater, Ohio (page 13). Adjournment of the Commencement Recessional
Dr. Lake
Interpreting services are provided by Deaf Services Center, Inc. A reception will be held immediately after the ceremony at the Baker University Center.
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Academic Heraldry The caps, gowns and hoods worn today in these Commencement Exercises are patterned after the attire of monks and students in the Middle Ages. Those possessing the doctoral degree wear gowns with broad velvet panels down the front and three velvet bars on the full, round, open sleeves. This velvet trimming is usually black, but can be hunter green, which is distinctive to the field of osteopathic medicine. Most of the color and meaning of the costume is found in the hood. These are silk-lined with the colors of the institution conferring the degree. As can readily be observed, the official colors of Ohio University are green and white. The border of the hood is velvet, and its color signifies the field of learning to which the degree pertains.
Ceremonial Mace For centuries the mace has been used as a symbol of authority. Its origins date back to the fasces — a bundle of rods borne before ancient Roman magistrates. Early maces were actually weapons of war, similar to a club, and were often used by ecclesiastics who were forbidden to use other kinds of weapons. In the early days of Cambridge and Oxford, religious and/or educational officials used maces to shepherd unruly students. Today, the use of the mace is a representation of authority for royalty, legislatures and universities around the world. The late David R. Klahn, professor of art, designed the Ohio University Ceremonial Mace. It is modeled after one of the balustrades of an original stairway of Cutler Hall, the university’s main administration building. Cast in bronze, the mace features the university seal and a stylized representation of the Cutler Hall cupola. This is the second mace created for use at official university ceremonies and made its debut at the President’s Convocation for First-Year Students in 1999.
The Seal of Office Worn by the president at official Ohio University functions, the Seal of Office also was designed by Professor Klahn. Fabricated of silver and bronze, the primary medallion features a silhouette of Cutler Hall, the date of Ohio University’s founding (1804), and the words, “OHIO’S FIRST UNIVERSITY.” The secondary medallion at the back of the chain is the University Seal. Smaller medallions, replicas of the two center portions of the University Seal, are interspersed alternately with the chain’s links. The Seal of Office was created for the inauguration of President Robert Glidden in 1994 and has been passed on to the current president of Ohio University.
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Commencement Speaker’s Biography Leonard H. Calabrese, D.O. This year’s speaker, Dr. Leonard H. Calabrese, is the director of the R.J. Fasenmyer Center for Immunology at the Cleveland Clinic and the head of the clinical immunology section. He specializes in immunodeficiency diseases including HIV and hepatitis C infection, which are the subjects of both his clinical care and investigations. Co-director of the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Dr. Calabrese has a particular interest in vascular inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. He holds a joint appointment in the department of infectious diseases as well. Among his many awards and honors, Dr. Calabrese holds the R.J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. When he was awarded the Theodore F. Classen, D.O., Chair in Osteopathic Research and Education in 2008, he became the first dual-chair holder in Cleveland Clinic history. He received the Phillips Medal of Public Service from OU-COM and the Cleveland Clinic’s Bruce Hubbard Stewart Award for Humanistic Medicine. He was named an honorary alumnus of OU-COM in 2007. Dr. Calabrese is a graduate of the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. He performed his internal medicine training at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, followed by a fellowship there in rheumatic and immunologic disease. He has been on staff in that department since 1980. In addition to his duties with the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Calabrese is a professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and vice chair of the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases. Dr. Calabrese is a member of many professional societies, including the American Association of Immunology, Clinical Immunology Society, the International AIDS Society and the American Osler Society. He is a fellow of the American College of Rheumatology, American College of Physicians and the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Calabrese has lectured nationally and internationally on the subjects of HIV, immunology and rheumatology and is the author of more than 300 published peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and reviews. Our speaker also has a personal connection to the class of 2011. Dr. Calabrese’s daughter, Cassandra, graduates today.
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Awards and Recognition Outstanding Student Awards Dean’s Award: Charles Alan Hartranft Global Health Award: Merrian J. Brooks Osteopathic Heritage Award: Jessica A. Bischoff Student D.O. of the Year: Jennifer E. Lykens-Schnacke Outstanding Case-Based Paper Award: Charles Alan Hartranft Outstanding Research Award: Jonathan Dale Umbel Biomedical Science Award: Cassandra Marie Calabrese Family Medicine Award: Lindsey R. Hines Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Award – Ohio Department of Aging: Majida Bishara Giancola Obstetrics and Gynecology Award: Jennifer E. Lykens-Schnacke Pediatrics Award: Meghan Elizabeth Lynch Social Medicine Award: Merrian J. Brooks Specialty Medicine Award: Charles Alan Hartranft
CORE Awards Affinity Medical Center – Massillon: Jessica Lynne Coleman Cleveland Clinic/South Pointe Hospital – Cleveland: Dorothea Kadarian Firelands Regional Medical Center – Sandusky: Nicole Danielle Jamison Grandview Medical Center – Dayton: Andrew Robert Olson Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center – Toledo: Heather Marie Liebherr OhioHealth Columbus: Bryan David Borland Mount Carmel West Medical Center – Columbus: Charles Alan Hartranft Southeast Ohio CORE: Jennifer E. Lykens-Schnacke Southern Ohio Medical Center – Portsmouth: Debra D. Lewis St. John Medical Center – Westlake: Jonathan Dale Umbel St. Joseph Health Center – Warren: Keith Robert Black Summa Western Reserve Hospital – Cuyahoga Falls: Lindsey R. Hines
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Outstanding Faculty Recognition Affinity Medical Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician: Venkatesh Saravanan, M.D. Outstanding Family Physician: Joseph A. Cook, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician: Gary D. Richardson, D.O. Cleveland Clinic/South Pointe Hospital Outstanding Primary Care Physician: Robert W. Hostoffer, Jr., D.O. Outstanding Family Physician: Terrence W. Scanlon, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician: Andrew C. Liu, D.O. Firelands Regional Medical Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician: George Z. Wang, M.D. Outstanding Family Physician: Larry E. Robinson, Jr., D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician: Anthony J. DeRiso, M.D. Grandview Medical Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician: Greggory S. Volk, D.O. Outstanding Family Physician: James A. Schoen, Jr., D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician: Sharon S. Merryman, D.O. Humility of Mary Health Partners/St. Joseph Health Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician: Douglas A. Dunlap, D.O. Outstanding Family Physician: Philip A. Starr, III, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician: Michael K. Obeng, M.D. Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician: Vijay K. Mahajan, M.D. Outstanding Family Physician: Kevin S. Bodkin, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician: Karl S. Fernandes, M.D. Mount Carmel West Medical Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician: Joette E. Greenstein, D.O. Outstanding Family Physician: John Y. Robertson, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician: Phillip D. Price, M.D. OhioHealth – Columbus Outstanding Primary Care Physician: Charles W. Mason, D.O. Outstanding Family Physician: Mark A. DeWalt, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician: Heath A. Jolliff, D.O. Southeast Ohio CORE Outstanding Primary Care Physician: Umamahesh Yellamraju, M.D. Outstanding Family Physician: Lance F. Broy, M.D. Outstanding Specialty Physician: John D. DeWalt, D.O. Southern Ohio Medical Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician: Jennifer D. Roberts, D.O. Outstanding Family Physician: Phillip D. Roberts, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician: Elie M. Saab, M.D. St. John Medical Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician: Chantal I. Dalencour, M.D. Outstanding Family Physician: Michael J. Rish, M.D. Outstanding Specialty Physician: Floyd Trillis, Jr., M.D. Summa Western Reserve Hospital Outstanding Primary Care Physician: David A. Burke, D.O. Outstanding Family Physician: Jon E. Tosino, M.D. Outstanding Specialty Physician: Rudd J. Bare, II, M.D.
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Graduates in 2011 Derick C. Adams A.S., Shawnee State University, 2004 B.S., Shawnee State University, 2006
Melanie M. Copenhaver B.A., Capital University, 2007 Mentor: John Whittington, D.O.
Kristin Michelle Astrom B.S., Ohio University, 2000 M.S., University of Pittsburgh, 2002 Mentor: Philip Starr, D.O.
Kyra Anne Dawson B.A., The Ohio State University, 2003 M.A., Cleveland State University, 2005 Mentor: Blaise Gatto, D.O.
Anthony P. Avnaim B.S., Lee University, 2006 Mentor: Richard Klabunde, Ph.D.
Brandon Joseph DeLiberato B.S., The Ohio State University, 2007 Mentor: Barry Simon, D.O.
Steven Christopher Baird B.S., Wright State University, 2007
Erin E. Dougher B.A., Miami University, 2006 M.A., Case Western Reserve University, 2007 Mentor: Lisa Mementowski, D.O.
Bryan Elliott Baskin B.A., Miami University, 2006 Mentor: Nicole Wadsworth, D.O.
Liset Estanislao B.S., Montclair State University, 2005
Kevin Ray Baxter B.S., University of Toledo, 2004 Jessica A. Bischoff B.S., Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 2007 Frank R. Bittner B.A., University of Akron, 2007 Keith Robert Black B.S., Walsh University, 2007 Mentor: John Weippert, D.O. Bryan David Borland B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, 2006 Mentor: David DeWalt, D.O.
Virginia Mateo Factor B.A., Hiram College, 2007 Mentor: Gilda Isabel Mateo, M.D. Nicole Elaine Fiske B.S., Wright State University, 2007 Sarah Marie Gerlach B.S., Ohio University, 2007 Majida Bishara Giancola A.S., Columbus State Community College, 2000 B.S., The Ohio State University, 2003 Mentor: Peter Bell, D.O.
Merrian J. Brooks B.Phil., University of Pittsburgh, 2006 B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 2006
Bryan Dee Grooms B.A., Shawnee State University, 2007 B.S., Shawnee State University, 2007 Mentor: Francis Stevens, M.D.
Cameron Allen Brown B.S., Bowling Green State University, 2007
David Antonio Gumucio B.S.S.P.S., Ohio University, 2005 Mentor: Nicholas Espinoza, D.O.
Adam Quincy Buechel B.S., Ohio University, 2007 Mentor: James Muntean, D.O. Nora Kathleen Burns B.S.B.A., University of Detroit Mercy, 2001 Mentor: William Bruner, D.O. Cassandra Marie Calabrese B.A., Kenyon College, 2007 Mentor: Leonard Calabrese, D.O. Christina P. Chan B.S., The Ohio State University, 2006 Aaron A. Cochran B.A., Malone University, 2007 Mentor: Terry Wagner, D.O. Jessica Lynne Coleman B.A., Capital University, 2006 Mentor: Paul Coleman, M.D., M.B.A.
Diana Marie Haninger B.S., The Ohio State University, 2007 Mentor: Andrew Maley, M.D. Charles Alan Hartranft B.S., University of South Carolina, 2006 M.S., Youngstown State University, 2008 Mentor: Thomas Hartanft, M.D. Clark Renwick Herniman B.A., Cleveland State University, 2006 B.S.H.S., Cleveland State University, 2006 Lindsey R. Hines B.S., Houghton College, 2006 Mentor: Jay Shubrook, D.O. Brooke Lynette Jacobs B.S., University of Findlay, 2007 Mentor: Jay Shubrook, D.O.
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Jessica Anne James B.S., Wright State University, 2007 Nicole Danielle Jamison B.S., Eastern Michigan University, 2006 Mentor: James Preston, D.O. Paul G. Jentes B.S., The Ohio State University, 2004 M.P.H., The Ohio State University, 2006 Mentor: Mark Renneker, M.D. Katherine R. Jones B.S., Heidelberg College, 2007 Mentor: David Tolentino, D.O. Adrienne Clarice Jordan B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005 Dorothea Kadarian B.S., Cleveland State University, 2007 Mentor: Sabry Ayad, M.D. Jeffrey S. Kaufman B.S., The Ohio State University, 2007 Chad Robert Keller B.A., Capital University, 2004 Mentor: Charles Keller, D.O. Andrew Steven Koch B.A., Kenyon College, 2005 M.S., Case Western Reserve University, 2006 Samar Dhafer Kubba B.A., Capital University, 2006 Mentor: Saif Kubba, M.D. Olga Anatolevna Kuzmin B.S., University of Akron, 2002 Tiffany N. Latta B.A., University of Dayton, 2007 B.S., University of Dayton, 2007 Mentor: David Drozek, D.O.
Starla N. Lyles B.S., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 2005 Mentor: William DeWayne Lyles Jr., M.D. Meghan Elizabeth Lynch B.S., The Ohio State University, 2007 Molly Erin Malone-Prioleau B.S.S.P.S., Ohio University, 1999 M.S., Appalachian State University, 2001 Antonio G. Manocchio B.S., University of Findlay, 2007 Alexander R. Manteghi B.S., The Ohio State University, 2005 M.S., Drexel University, 2007 Mentor: Philip Starr, D.O. Mirna L. Martinez B.S., University at Buffalo, SUNY, 2003 M.S., University at Buffalo, SUNY, 2005 Mentor: David Eland, D.O. Michael W. Masny B.S., Baldwin-Wallace College, 2007 Mentor: Walter Masny, M.D. Janeen Joy Masternick B.S., Baldwin-Wallace College, 2007 Mentor: Joseph Masternick, D.O. Brenton Riley McCoy B.S., Colorado State University, 2007 Mentor: Robert McCoy, D.O. Molly Ann McGraw B.S., University of Cincinnati, 2003 M.S., University of Miami, 2006 Mentor: Charles Mehlman, D.O., MPH. Jessee Logan Meek B.S., Ohio Northern University, 2007 Mentor: David Drozek, D.O.
Richard Han Lee B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2006
Julianne Moy B.S., Bowling Green State University, 2005
Debra D. Lewis B.S., Shawnee State University, 2007
Michael J. Munro B.S.N., Cedarville University, 2000
Heather Marie Liebherr B.S., The Ohio State University, 2007 Mentor: Nicholas Espinoza, D.O.
Christopher Peter Myers B.S., Ohio University, 2006
Ashley L. Lisiewski B.A., University of Rochester, 2007 Mentor: Wayne Sevier, D.O.
Amjid Nawaz B.S., Youngstown State University, 2004 M.S., Youngstown State University, 2006 Mentor: Zahid Nawaz, M.D.
Courtney Elaine Little B.S., The Ohio State University, 2007 Mentor: R. Aaron Adams, D.O.
Kenneth Neal Nelson A.S., Brigham Young University, 2002 B.S., Brigham Young University, 2004
Jennifer E. Lykens-Schnacke B.S., Wittenberg University, 2004 Mentor: Anita Somani, M.D.
Jerrad B. Nickell B.S., Shawnee State University, 2007
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Andrew Robert Olson B.S., Indiana University, 2005 Muna Michelle Orra B.A., Case Western Reserve University, 2005 Mentor: Mariam El Orra, M.D. Eric Christopher Panzner B.A., The College of Wooster, 2007 Mentor: John Kromalic, D.O. Tejal Ramesh Patel B.S., The Ohio State University, 2007 Addie K. Patterson B.S., University of Dayton, 2006
Andrew John Terlecky B.S., Denison University, 2007 Mentor: Wasyl Terlecky, D.O. Andrew Dennis Timothy B.S., Lourdes College, 2003 M.S., Ohio University, 2004 Mentor: Adam Maier, D.O. Darshini Viresh Trivedi B.S., Wright State University, 2006 Patty Jo Truman A.A.S., Mid-Michigan Community College, 1996 B.S., Lake Superior State University, 2006
Lindsay Rebekah Pattison B.A., The College of Wooster, 2006
Jonathan Dale Umbel B.A., Wittenberg University, 2007 Mentor: David Tolentino, D.O.
Jacinda L. Paxson B.S., Shawnee State University, 2007
Stephanie N. Urban B.S., Youngstown State University, 2006 Mentor: Sophia Samdani, M.D.
Christine Renee Regan B.S., Ohio University, 2007 Neeraj S. Sathe B.S., University of Michigan, 2005 Mikael Paul Schilb B.S., Otterbein College, 2005 Mentor: James Preston, D.O. David Patrick Schleimer B.S., The Ohio State University, 2004 Robert James Schwendeman B.S., Concord University, 2007 Alison Kay Shingler B.S., Bowling Green State University, 2005 Gurbinder Singh B.B.A., Cleveland State University, 2002 Mentor: Maninder Singh, M.D. Catalina Soto B.S., Montclair State University, 2006 Mentor: David Drozek, D.O. Laura K. Stachowicz B.S., University of Dayton, 2007 Mentor: David Stroh, D.O. Teresa Beth Stamplis B.A., The College of Wooster, 2007 Mentor: Jay Shubrook, D.O. Suzanne M. Staraitis B.A., Ursuline College, 2007
Michael Allen Van Winkle B.S., Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 2007 Christopher Paul Varacallo B.A., Washington & Jefferson College, 2007 Mentor: Matthew Lutz, D.O. Jerod Christopher Walker B.S., Shawnee State University, 2007 Mentor: Terry Johnson, D.O. Peng Ethan Wang B.S., Kent State University, 2005 Lindsay N. Wardle B.S., Youngstown State University, 2005 Lindsay Meredith Watson B.S., University of South Carolina, 2007 Monica Lynn Wirrig B.S., Ohio University, 2007 Mentor: David Stroh, D.O. Colleen Elizabeth Wirtz B.S., Denison University, 2006 Mentor: Patrick Wirtz, M.D. Shelli Ann Wulf Ridge B.S., Wright State University, 2007 Mentor: Stacey Carpenter, D.O. Brandi Nicole Yarberry B.S., Lyon College, 2003 Mentor: Celeste Wallace, D.O.
Alexis L. Stephens B.S., Texas Southern University, 2005 Mentor: Dawn Sammons, D.O.
Scott Dean Yoho B.A., Ohio University, 2000 B.B.A., Ohio University, 2000 M.B.A., Miami University, 2001
Amanda Reno Stover B.S., Wittenberg University, 2007 Mentor: Roy Bontrager, M.D.
David S. Zaghlool B.S., University of Cincinnati, 2007
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Osteopathic Physician’s Oath I do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession I am about to enter. I will be mindful always of my great responsibility to preserve the health and the life of my patients, to retain their confidence and respect both as a physician and a friend who will guard their secrets with scrupulous honor and fidelity, to perform faithfully my professional duties, to employ only those recognized methods of treatment consistent with good judgment and with my skill and ability, keeping in mind always nature’s laws and the body’s inherent capacity for recovery. I will be ever vigilant in aiding in the general welfare of the community, sustaining its laws and institutions, not engaging in those practices which will in any way bring shame or discredit upon myself or my profession. I will give no drugs for deadly purposes to any person, though it be asked of me. I will endeavor to work in accord with my colleagues in a spirit of progressive cooperation and never by word or by act cast imputations upon them or on their rightful practices. I will look with respect and esteem upon all those who have taught me my art. To my college I will be loyal and strive always for its best interests and for the interests of the students who will come after me. I will be ever alert to further the application of basic biologic truths to the healing arts and to develop the principles of osteopathic medicine as taught by my profession. In the presence of this gathering, I bind myself to this oath.
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Alma Mater, Ohio*
Whene’re we take our book of mem’ries
And scan its pages through and through
We’ll find no days that glow so brightly
As those we spent at old O.U.
Within our Alma Mater’s portals
We meet her children hand to hand,
And when there comes the day of parting,
Still firm and loyal we will stand.
Alma Mater, Ohio, Alma Mater, brave and fair!
Alma Mater, we hail thee, for we own thy kindly care.
Alma Mater, Ohio, when we read thy story o’er,
We revere thee and cheer thee
As we sing thy praise once more.
*Words and music by Kenneth S. Clark. Written in 1915 and awarded first prize in the Alma Mater Song Contest conducted by Edwin W. Chubb, dean, College of Liberal Arts.
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Ohio University Board of Trustees Sandra J. Anderson, J.D. Dublin
Henry Heilbrunn, B.S.J. National Trustee
David E. Brightbill, B.S.Ed. Lower Salem
Frank P. Krasovec, B.B.A., M.B.A. National Trustee
Norman E. Dewire, D.Min. Columbus
Arlene Greenfield, B.S.H.E., M.A. Alumni Representative
Gene T. Harris, Ph.D. Columbus
Danielle Parker, Student Trustee Akron
C. Robert Kidder, M.S.I.E. Columbus
Kyle Triplett, Student Trustee New Philadelphia
Kevin B. Lake, D.O. Leesburg
Thomas E. Davis, Ph.D. Secretary
M. Marnette Perry, Chairman Cincinnati
Stephen T. Golding, M.A. Treasurer
David A. Wolfort, A.B. Bedford Heights
Ohio University Administrative Officers Roderick J. McDavis, Ph.D. President
Kent J. Smith, Jr., Ph.D. Vice President for Student Affairs
Pamela J. Benoit, Ph.D. Executive Vice President and Provost
Ryan T. Lombardi, M.Ed. Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
Stephen T. Golding, M.A. Vice President for Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer Rathindra N. Bose, Ph.D. Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College
John J. Biancamano, J.D. General Counsel J. Brice Bible, M.S. Chief Information Officer
Roderick J. McDavis, Ph.D. Interim Vice President for University Advancement
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Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Advisory Board Appointive Members
Statutory Member
B. S. Bonyo, D.O. Akron
Roderick J. McDavis, Ph.D. President, Ohio University Athens
Deborah Phillips Bower, A.B. Columbus Roy G. Chew, Ph.D. Dayton Alison A. Clarey, D.O. Dayton Norman E. Dewire, D.Min. Powell Patricia A. Grischow, M.B.A. Canton
Ex-Officio Member John A. Brose, D.O. Dean, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Athens Secretary Thomas E. Davis, Ph.D. Ohio University Athens
Kevin B. Lake, D.O. Columbus Richard A. Vincent, M.B.A. Columbus Benedict Weissenrieder, B.S. Athens
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Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Administration John A. Brose, D.O. Dean
Jill L. Harman, M.Ed. Director of Alumni Affairs
John F. Blazyk, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research
Karoline E. Lane, M.L.S. Director of Communication
D. Keith Watson, D.O. Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
John D. Schriner, Ph.D. Director of Admissions
Wayne A. Carlsen, D.O. Assistant Dean for Clinical Education
Kathleen J. Trace, M.H.A. Director of Community Health Programs and Area Health Education Center
Cheryl A. Riley, M.S.N. Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Sharon B. Zimmerman, M.P.A. Director of Medical Development and Executive Director of Alumni Affairs
Nicole Wadsworth, D.O. Assistant Dean for Preclinical Education Audrone R. Biknevicius, Ph.D. Chairman, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Alex Westerfelt, Ph.D. Director of Institutional Assessment and Planning
Jen-Tzer Gau, M.D., Ph.D. Chairman, Department of Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology
CENTERS FOR OSTEOPATHIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
Karen A. Montgomery-Reagan, D.O. Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Peter A. Bell, D.O. Assistant Dean
Jack M. Ramey, D.O. Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Andrew K. Culver, D.O. Assistant Dean
Christopher A. Simpson, D.O. Chairman, Department of Family Medicine Michael W. Tomc, D.O. Chairman, Department of Specialty Medicine Jaqueline H. Wolf, Ph.D. Chairman, Department of Social Medicine Douglas D. Mann, Ph.D. Executive Assistant to the Dean Kathy S. Brooks, M.Ed. Chief Financial Officer Brian O Phillips, M.Ed. Chief Information Officer Patricia A. Burnett, Ph.D. Director of Student Affairs George F. Dunigan, II, B.S. Director of Governmental Affairs Stephen S. Davis, Ph.D. Director of Faculty Development
Nicholas G. Espinoza, D.O. Assistant Dean Terry A. Johnson, D.O. Assistant Dean Dennis E. Kane, D.O. Assistant Dean Joni M. Koren, D.O. Assistant Dean James E. Preston, D.O. Assistant Dean Ronald J. Russ, D.O. Assistant Dean Philip A. Starr, III, D.O. Assistant Dean Anita M. Steinbergh, D.O. Assistant Dean David L. Tolentino, D.O. Assistant Dean
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Centers for Osteopathic Research and Education Participating Members Affinity Medical Center – Massillon Cleveland Clinic/South Pointe Hospital – Warrensville Heights Firelands Regional Medical Center – Sandusky Grandview Medical Center – Dayton Humility of Mary Health Partners/St. Joseph Health Center – Warren Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center – Toledo Mount Carmel West Medical Center – Columbus O’Bleness Memorial Hospital – Athens OhioHealth/Doctors Hospital – Columbus Southern Ohio Medical Center – Portsmouth St. John Medical Center – Westlake Summa Western Reserve Hospital – Cuyahoga Falls Associate Members Adena Regional Medical Center – Chillicothe Cleveland Clinic/Fairview Medical Center – Cleveland Fairfield Medical Center – Lancaster Humility of Mary Health Partners/St. Elizabeth Health Center – Youngstown Marietta Memorial Hospital – Marietta Metro Health Medical Center – Cleveland OhioHealth/Grant Medical Center – Columbus Summa Health System/Akron City Hospital – Akron Ancillary Members Appalachian Behavioral Health Center – Athens Chillicothe Veterans Administration Medical Center – Chillicothe Mount Carmel/New Albany Surgical Hospital – New Albany Mount Carmel/St. Anne’s Hospital – Columbus OhioHealth/Riverside Methodist Hospital – Columbus Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy – Ada