This Week@WesternU, Sept. 19-23, 2022

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Sept. 19-23, 2022

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WesternU’s Pumerantz Lecture focuses

on medical simulation and innovation

Medical simulation plays an important role in preparing health professions students to care for actual patients, and future innovations may lead to the transformation of health care education.

Robert A. Cain, DO, FACOI, FAODME, President and CEO of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), presented “Imagining the Possible - the Future of Medical Education Augmented by Simulation,” at Western University of Health Sciences’ 12th Dr. Philip Pumerantz Distinguished Lectureship Sept. 15, 2022.

WesternU names Dr. John Tegzes interim dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine

Western University of Health Sciences has named John Tegzes, MA, VMD, Dipl. ABVT, as the interim dean for the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), effective Sept. 1, 2022.

Dr. Tegzes is a CVM Professor of Toxicology and Director of WesternU’s Interprofessional Practice & Education (IPE) program. He earned his Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris (VMD) from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts, Applied Psychology (MA) from the University of Santa Monica, and a Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, Nursing (BSN) from Thomas Jefferson University. He is a licensed veterinarian and a registered nurse in the state of California.

WesternU Pharmacy holds monkeypox vaccine clinic

The WesternU Pharmacy conducted a two-step Monkey Pox Vaccine Clinic at the Pomona Pride Center. This clinic was able to provide over 120 vaccines to eligible persons.

College of Pharmacy and College of Graduate Nursing students were involved in the clinic. The clinic provided first doses on Aug. 18 and returned on Sept. 15, 2022 for second doses.

A tough puzzle: complexity slows drug development for concussions

WesternU College of Dental Medicine Professor Michel Baudry, PhD, talks with Pharmaceutical Technology about potential treatments for concussions.

Dr. Baudry's research has culminated in the development of a molecule that could have wide-ranging impact on treating concussions and other traumatic brain injuries.

COMP and COMP-Northwest news

COMP Associate Professor Brian Kraatz, PhD, published with collaborators an article on the relationship between brain size and burrowing behavior in rabbits and hares in the Journal of Mammalian Evolution.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-022-09624-6

COMP-Northwest Professor Brion Benninger, MD, MBChB, MSc-Sports Medicine, Executive Director of the Medical Anatomy Center, presented on the importance of clinically-taught anatomy using today’s technology and innovation which led to being selected to provide an international anatomy symposium at the International Federation of Anatomy Associations on August 7, 2022, in Istanbul, Turkey.

Subsequently, Dr Benninger was selected and invited to put together a symposium on clinical anatomy by the International Federation of Anatomy Associations. He created an international symposium titled "Integration of anatomy and innovation into healthcare." He invited Dr. L. Hirtler from the Medical University of Vienna, Austria who spoke on clinically relevant surgical

anatomy of ankle ligaments and Dr. Q. Fogg from Faculty of Medicine, the University of Melbourne, who spoke on clinically relevant detailed hand anatomy. Dr. Benninger spoke on integrating anatomy with innovation advancing the blueprint and knowledge of neurovascular structures from the pelvis, proximal lower limb, and structures of the knee improving health care.

One Year and 29 Students Later, A Pioneering Program is Providing Just What the Doctor Ordered

Claremont Graduate University (CGU) spotlights the DO/MPH Dual Degree Program spearheaded by COMP Director of Population Health Science and Professor of Population Health Science, Internal Medicine, & Infectious Disease Andrew Pumerantz, DO, MPH. The program, which started in 2021, gives COMP students a chance to earn a master’s in public health (MPH) at CGU at the same time that they’re working toward their Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree at WesternU.

WesternU Festivals

The Office of the Provost and the Student Government Association will be sponsoring a series of festivals throughout the year for the enjoyment of students, alumni, faculty and staff.

Called WesternU Fest on 2nd in Pomona and WesternU Fest in the Northwest in Lebanon, these events are offered to bring together the WesternU community on both campuses for fun, food, and friendship. Each festival will have a distinct theme which will include Seasons of the Year, Gratitude, Sports, Love, Earth/Ecology, Family, and more.

The first in this series will be an Arts & Music Festival showcasing the talents of our WesternU California family on Wednesday, Sept. 21 and a Fall Festival for the WesternU Oregon family on Oct. 3.