SOM eNews Hdr 021116


Dean's Forum Provides Campus Update

Thank you to all who joined us at the recent Dean's Forum. For those not able to attend, I touched upon several points of interest involving our school and faculty practice plan, namely: the tentative agreement between Kennedy Health and Jefferson University Hospital and the proposed sale of land to Inspira Health Network for the construction of a new medical center on Rowan's West Campus in Harrison Township. As the local health care landscape changes, I look forward to SOM playing a bigger role in providing quality, compassionate care to patients, while increasing education prospects for future physicians. Exciting opportunities are in our future, including an expanded class size starting with the incoming first year students in August, and a study to determine the feasibility of an Atlantic City campus in partnership with AtlantiCare. This will be an exciting year for SOM, and it wouldn't be possible without the support of our dedicated faculty, staff, students, alumni and other supporters.

Osteopathic Match Day Yields Positive Results

Members of the Class of 2016 gathered on Monday, February 8, to receive their Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education (OGME) program match results. Over half of the 75 students who participated in the OGME match will train in primary care programs, including Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Ob/Gyn and Pediatrics. Students who opted not to participate in the OGME program match will learn their fate when the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) for allopathic graduate medical education (GME) programs match on Friday, March 18. To celebrate, a match luncheon for all members of the Class of 2016 will be held that day at the Mansion on Main Street in  Voorhees, NJ.

Dr. Jennifer Fischer Named AACOM NAOME Fellow 

The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) recently announced the 2016-2021 National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators (NAOME) Fellows. SOM's  Dr. Jennifer Fischer, assistant professor, Molecular Biology, was one of five new fellows inducted into the Academy this year. As fellows, inductees function as leaders and mentors for academic scholarship and excellence within the osteopathic medical education community. NAOME was established in 2009 as the first national health professions education academy. Its peer-selected membership makes up a community of outstanding educators from across the osteopathic medical education continuum. Each NAOME Fellow serves a five-year term.

Department of Psychiatry Professor 
Publishes Book

Congratulations to Dr. Donald Light, professor, Psychiatry, on the publication of his book, Good Pharma: the Public-Health Model of the Mario Negri Institute. The book describes how a large institute, with 51 laboratories devoted to developing better medicines for patients, provides a public health model without patenting any of its discoveries or new uses in an open-science, collaborative, self-critical style at much lower costs and with data transparency, than commercialized research. Dr. Light co-authored the book with Antonio F. Maturo, who is an associate professor of Sociology and Business Law at the University of Bologna in Italy.

Community Grand Round Series Program Explores "Humanism as Science"

The year's first Community Grand Round Series Program, "Humanism as Science: Where Do We Go From Here" was presented on January 26. The program, attended by students, faculty and staff, welcomed Dr. Dorian J. Wilson, professor of Surgery, Division of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, and director, The Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine, Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School. Community Grand Rounds programs are sponsored by the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) in conjunction with the SOM Office of the Dean. For more information, call the Office of Student Affairs at 856-566-6740.

Black History Month Celebrations Include Display, Annual Dinner and Silent Auction



The SOM chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) held several events in February to commemorate Black History Month.
 
The group hosted a display series entitled "Journey through the African Diaspora" in the Academic Center Atrium. For four weeks, students highlighted the rich diversity of peoples originating from Africa and featured historical and current information about blacks in four different countries and regions: Africa, the Caribbean islands, Latin America and the United States. Samples of food items were also served.
 
The SNMA also hosted their Annual Black History Month Celebration on February 25. This year's theme was "Lighting the Path for the Future" and featured a keynote address, a variety of soul and ethnic foods, a silent auction, and performances of spoken word, African dance and music. A portion of the proceeds from this year's dinner was donated towards a scholarship for a Woodrow Wilson High School student from Camden.
American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) Holds Annual Cultural Show

The SOM community donned traditional Indian attire and participated in a night of music and Bollywood performances at the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) Fifth Annual Cultural Show on February 10. Highlights of the evening included a fashion show and a buffet dinner that featured traditional Indian dishes. Proceeds from the event benefited Operation Smile, a medical charity that provides cleft lip and palate repair surgeries for children worldwide.

SOM Employees Receive Recognition

Congratulations to the SOM employees who received service awards or were recognized as distinguished retirees at the annual Rowan University Service Awards & Retirees Recognition program held on February 5 in the Eynon Ballroom on the Glassboro campus. 

35 Years of Service
 
Kathleen Fitzpatrick      
Abdullah Guzelsu             
Donald Light, Jr.                
Krishna Swamy

30 Years of Service
 
Salvatore Caradonna    
Carl Hock                               
Zuleika Rodriguez-Cruz 
Eileen Rozelle                     
Sherry Serrano De Lee

25 Years of Service
 
Charles Butler                     
Lora Donia                            
Joanne Gonzalez              
Janet Puccio                        
Sylvia Trujillo                      
Rita Washington

20 Years of Service
 
Kathleen Benasutti        
Subhasis Biswas                                 
Tammy Diggs                       
Sherry Ehlinger                  
Elaine Evans                        
Denyse Jones                      
Virginia Klein                       
Mark Muldrow                   
Patricia Pirrotta                                   
Venkateswar Venkataraman

15 Years of Service
 
Charlene Bramble           
Rosland Butler   
Xinhua  Chen                       
Lesly D'Ambola                                    
Patricia Devine                   
Lori Galiano                         
Barbara Hargis                    
Rita Hughes                         
Arlene Hunsinger             
Tereena James                                    
Stephanie Kidd                                    
Nitza Matos                         
Thomas Monahan            
Bethanne O'Brien            
Donna Pantalone            
Willa Peters                        
Phillip Powers                    
Diane Reynolds                                   
Christina Rivera                                  
Zuilda Roig                            
Anthony Salerno               
Kathleen Taylor                                  
Barbara Thompson           
Stacey Wagner                  
Karen Welding-Brown  
Selina Wilcox                      
Jacqueline Wozniak

10 Years of Service
 
Mikhail Anikin                     
Lauren  Budesa                                    
Millicent Channell          
Zinnat Chowdhury           
Katrina Cooper                                    
Donna Dobie                       
Abdul Elahi                           
Michelle Flora                    
Joann Garwood                                   
Patricia Gessner                
David Ireland                      
Christopher Kunzer        
Janette Pierce                    
Lynn Robbins                      
Jo Anne Sietz                        
Elizabeth Speakman      
Randy Strich                        
Colleen Thomas                                   
Yolanda Virella   

5 Years of Service

Wendy Aita                          
Christian Allen                   
Tracy Biles                            
Debra Butler                       
Rengena Chan-Ting         
James Cleary                      
Paul Donaghy                     
Jennifer Hummel              
Michael Law                         
Tami Mazzone                    
Donald Noll                          
Jacob Rosen                        
Lisa Stressman                                    
Marcus Wild                        
Keith Williams                   
MaryAnne Wilson            
Mary Woelfel                      
Allison Yanick

Distinguished Retirees

Warren L. Avis
Doreen R. Cameron
 oyce G. Childress
Anna DelleFave
Harriet E. Hampton
Caryl J. Heaton
Anita Lee
Edward Joseph Malone
Paul Moorman
Denise Owen-Fabricius
Stephen M. Peake
Walter R. Pezzella
Felix C. Santiago
William A. Sorrentino
Lynne H. Stein
Ronald Vogel






Upcoming Events
 
2016 SOM Medicine Ball
Saturday, March 5
7 pm
Auletto's Caterers, Almonesson, NJ
 
SOM Alumni Scholarship Luncheon Event
Sunday, March 13
12 pm
Academic Center, Multipurpose Room
 
SOM Match Day Celebration
Friday, March 18
12 pm
The Mansion at Main Street, Voorhees, NJ
 
Community Grand Rounds
"Youth Violence, Tattoos and Health Education"
Tuesday, March 29
12 pm
Academic Center, Multipurpose Room