NEW HIRES
DR. SNEZANA PETROVIC
Associate Professor of Physiology and Pathophysiology ELIZABETH GIGNAC, DO
Chair of Emergency Medicine
KUDOS BRANDON BURNS AND JORDAN NOGLE, MS-IIIs, were selected to the Wallace
Servant Leadership Fellows program, an interprofessional seminar series designed “to inform and inspire the calling and commitment to interprofessional servant leadership in health care.” SHANNON BURCH, Third Year
Student Medical Education Clinical Coordinator, received her MBA from Columbia Southern University. DR. DAVID GREEN received the Jerry
M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine’s 2020 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, presented on August 14, 2020 during the Faculty Awards portion of Campbell University’s virtual Faculty and Staff Orientation. CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY YEARS OF SERVICE AWARDS (announced at the Campbell
University Virtual Faculty/Staff Orientation) •
Ten Years: Chuck Toscano
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Five Years: Shannon Burch, Sheri Dailey, Amy Lucas, Brian Mann, Tammy Matthews, Sarah Olver, Audrey Reshard, Sonia Rhodes, Janice Taylor, Kassim Traore, and Sarah Wade.
FIVE CAMPBELL PRIMARY CARE CHAMPIONS FELLOWS presented their
projects at the Second Annual HRSA PCTE: Primary Care Champions Conference on August 20-21, 2020. Presenters included: Tiffany Lowe-Payne, DO; Nathalie Ortiz-Pate, PA-C: Miguel Pineiro, PA-C: Kimberly Stabingas, PA-C: and Monica Stanton, MD. Dr. Victoria Kaprielian and Dr. Nancy Finnigan were moderators for the fellows’ discussion session. THE GLOBAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT
has begun facilitating Covid-19 testing in local nursing homes.
THE FAMILY MEDICINE CLUB hosted a
socially-distant trunk-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 30 th. Parents were able to drive their children through the parking lot of CUSOM, where costumed students from various clubs with decorated cars were spaced out, giving out individually packaged candy to each child who attended.
Healthy Tips
Tips from the Campbell University Health Center “Now more than ever” has become a tag line for 2020 as the world strives to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and it can be applied to the annual “get your flu shot” call to action. Why should you get a flu shot? Fever, cough, headache, body aches – is it the flu or is it COVID-19? It is a lot easier to figure out if you have had a flu shot. COVID-19 has shown us how serious viruses can be even if you are healthy. While most people recover from the flu after a miserable week, some develop severe complications and even die. As the CDC states, vaccination has been shown to have many benefits including reducing the risk of flu illnesses, hospitalizations and even the risk of flu-related death in children. Getting a flu shot is an especially important preventative tool for people with chronic health conditions and women who are pregnant. The Campbell University Health Center team encourages you to protect yourself, protect your family, and protect those around you by getting a flu shot! Where can you get a flu shot? Most local pharmacies have a certified immunizing pharmacist who can administer the flu vaccine to patients ages 10 and up (6 and up with a prescription). Also, your primary care physician can administer a flu shot and all other vaccinations. Where can I get more information? The Centers for Disease Control and for North Carolina specific information, visit the NC Department of Health and Human Services.
To make an appointment or for more information about the Health Center, visit campbell. edu/healthcenter. Healthy Tips contributed by Dr. Nicholas Pennings, Dr. Katie Trotta, and Amy Allen, RN. . 10 FALL 2020 | AUGUST - OC TOBER
