CLASS NOTES

1983 1987

Joan Sha er, M.D., critical care physician and chair of the department of Graduate Medical Education at Mercy Hospital St. Louis, is the 2020 winner of the Charles oele Physician Leadership Award. e oele Award is presented annually to recognize a practicing physician who demonstrates signi cant leadership to Mercy’s ministry in St. Louis, upholds the mission of the organization and exempli es the Mercy values of justice, dignity, service, excellence and stewardship.

1985

Debra Lew Harder, M.D., has been named the new host of Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, the longestrunning classical music program in American radio history. Dr. Lew Harder is the co-director of Medicine + Music at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of omas Je erson University, a program that works with medical students. Dr. Lew Harder has also served as a classical music host, concert pianist and producer for Temple University’s WRTI-FM. John Rush, M.D., is the Founder of the Arthritis Knee Pain Centers, with 16 locations nationwide. He recently established the Arthritis Knee Pain Foundation scholarship and returned to the NEOMED campus for the rst time since his graduation to congratulate rst-year College of Medicine student Joseph Aliaga on being the inaugural recipient of the scholarship.

2000

James Borchers, M.D., has been named the rst Chief Medical O cer for the Big Ten Conference. He will serve as a consultant to all 14 Big Ten member institutions on matters related to the health and safety of student athletes. He will also lead sports medicine programming and initiatives, including policy and research.

2014 2018

Photo: Dr. Attawala and her husband, Sahil Attawala, M.D., recently welcomed their son, Singham.

Anisha Bhatia Attawala, M.D., a neonatologist in Northeast Ohio and an assistant professor of pediatrics at NEOMED, successfully completed the American Academy of Pediatrics Young Physicians Leadership Alliance program presented by the Section on Early Career Physicians. e YPLA is a mentored career development program designed to foster leadership skills and build a leadership community among early-career pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists. Dr. Attawala’s culminating project was to de ne factors associated with compensation to improve strategic planning for fellowship trainees and established early career neonatologists.

“Between mentoring calls and didactic learning, the program empowered me for my work as a neonatal intensivist and enhanced my leadership skills,” said Dr. Attawala.

Dylan Timberlake, M.D., provides allergy care at Prevea Health in Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin. He specializes in allergic rhinitis; allergic conjunctivitis; food, bee sting and medication allergies; asthma; eczema; hives; anaphylaxis; angioedema; and recurrent infections. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital and a fellowship in allergy and immunology at e Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

2015

Nishok Karthikeyan, M.D., joined the Steward Medical Group as an internal medicine physician. He will also join the medical sta at Trumbull Regional Medical Center in Warren, Ohio, where he completed his residency training.

Rachel Johnson, Pharm.D., was promoted to Pharmacy Team Leader at the North Royalton (Ohio) Giant Eagle after completing her management training at the Cuyahoga Falls Market District location.

2020

Meet the President of the NEOMED Alumni Association Board of Directors!

During my time at NEOMED it felt like I was part of a large family. I've seen that family grow as we now have three Colleges and I look forward to all the fun memories the growing NEOMED family will make and share as we continue to grow with each other in the coming years.” – Alejandro L. Adorno, Pharm.D. (’11)

Alejandro L. Adorno, Pharm.D. (’11) is a member of the inaugural graduating class of the NEOMED College of Pharmacy, and will be the rst pharmacy graduate to serve as the president of the NEOMED Alumni Association Board of Directors. He currently manages on-site pharmacies at AxcessPointe Community Health Centers, where he trains NEOMED pharmacy students. Dr. Adorno was recognized with the College of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumni Award for his many contributions to NEOMED and the pharmacy profession.

NEOMED’s INAUGURAL HOMECOMING WEEKEND

MAY 20-21, 2022

Highlights include a pub crawl in Downtown Kent, family picnic, “Kids College” for children of alumni, walking cocktail tours of campus, trivia night, Alumni Awards Dinner and more!

Keep an eye out for a more detailed invitation in early 2022.

Interact with visionary leaders in health care while earning free CE credits. See the upcoming schedule and register at neomed.edu/VITALS.

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{ Saluting those who make Creating Transformational Leaders possible } Thank you, Throckmorton Foundation, for helping us fully endow the Jay A. Gershen Scholarship for Underrepresented Minorities

NEIL MALY, Trustee, Throckmorton Foundation MARK MOSLEY, Trustee, Throckmorton Foundation

e Jay A. Gershen Scholarship for Underrepresented Minorities was established in 2020 to honor the legacy of NEOMED's sixth president, Dr. Jay Gershen, who throughout his career was a passionate advocate for increasing diversity in the health professions. Created by Carol Cannon, Dr. Gershen's widow, to annually recognize one or more students from an underrepresented minority group who are studying in any NEOMED program, the scholarship was fully endowed, in part, through the generosity of the rockmorton Foundation, a private foundation in Canton, Ohio. Now, one student from each of NEOMED’s colleges will be selected annually for an award.

To learn how you can help NEOMED create more transformational leaders in the health professions, contact Lindsey Loftus at 330.325.6261 | lloftus@neomed.edu