NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY - Key Persons
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- Associate Professor, Affiliated
- Department of Medical Education
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Dermatology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Cardiology
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Associate Professor of Pediatrics
- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Pediatrics
- Medical Director of the Pediatric Nephrology
Alex R. Constantinescu, M.D., is the Medical Director of the Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension Program, Medical Director of Pediatric Dialysis, and Medical Director of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood, Florida. Dr. Constantinescu received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Victor Babeş University of Medicine in Timişoara, Romania. After completing internships and residencies at hospitals in Romania and New York, he was a fellow in pediatric nephrology at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Subsequently, he followed an academic career at UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He received the Young Investigator Award of the National Kidney Foundation of NY/NJ in 1998.
Dr. Constantinescu became Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Director of the Pediatric Transplant Nephrology program at RWJ University Hospital, until his relocation to south Florida in 2002. He developed the comprehensive pediatric nephrology program at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital from diagnosis, with or without the help of kidney biopsy, to all forms of renal replacement therapy and kidney transplantation. In addition, he continued his academic activity by volunteering at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University (where he was awarded the FAU 2016 Outstanding Clinical Teacher in a Subspecialty), Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (where he is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics), NSU MD, as well as by participating in numerous multicenter studies, bringing cutting-edge therapies to children with kidney disorders.
Dr. Constantinescu is board certified in Pediatric Nephrology by the American Board of Pediatrics and is listed in "Best Doctors in America" and "Who's Who in Healthcare." He is a member of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association, American Society of Nephrology, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies (NAPRTCS), Mid-West Pediatric Nephrology Consortium, Florida Society of Nephrology, American Society of Hypertension, and International Pediatric Dialysis Network. He has held leadership positions and is a member of the Clinical Trials Committee of NAPRTCS.
Dr. Constantinescu has published numerous original research papers and review articles in peer-reviewed journals, along with book chapters. His main clinical interests are childhood nephrotic syndrome, bone and mineral metabolism, hypertension, and renal failure, including dialysis and transplantation.
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- Assistant Professor, Affiliated
- Department of Medical Education
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Family Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Assistant Professor
- Department of Medical Education
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- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicine
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Family Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Associate Professor, Affiliated
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicine / Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Affiliate Assistant Professor
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Director - Student Services
Annessa S. Kalloo, Esq. has dedicated her career towards service in higher education and student advocacy.
Most recently, she managed the admission recruitment for the health sciences programs at St. Petersburg College. Previously, she served as the head of admissions for Barry University College of Law where she improved the institution's national accreditation, increased revenue, facilitated innovative programs, effectuated new procedures to help the college comply with new regulations, and improved the school's national ranking for diversity. As an administrator, she oversaw the operations of student services for all incoming students by guiding them through orientation, registrar, financial aid, and advising them through their academics and curriculum.
Previously, Ms. Kalloo was a consultant for VOYlegal, LLC protecting newly graduated students' rights by ensuring fairness and equity in their new employment. In 2012, Ms. Kalloo created ASK Annessa, PLLC, a non-profit foundation focused on advocating for and counseling underprivileged students through mediation, contract negotiation, and litigation. Ms. Kalloo also served as an attorney for a Presidential campaign where she recruited legal professionals and worked on Florida election laws.
Ms. Kalloo earned her Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law in 2008 and a double Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Criminology from the University of Maryland in 1998.
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Family Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Dr. Tadjalli graduated with a B.Sc., majoring in Physiology and Human Biology from the University of Toronto. He then pursued a doctoral degree at the University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies where he completed his thesis work in the field of integrative neurophysiology at the Department of Cell and Systems Biology. His pre-clinical graduate research work focused on the identification of brainstem neurotransmitter systems that regulate the plasticity of upper airway respiratory motor function.
Following his graduate studies, Dr. Tadjalli joined the University of Florida as a post-doctoral research fellow to study the impact of systemic inflammation and spinal cord injury on the expression of spinal respiratory motor plasticity. His research work led to several publications in peer-reviewed biomedical journals, including The Journal of Neuroinflammation, The Journal of Physiology, Journal of Neurotrauma, and The Journal of Neuroscience, as well as a nationally recognized independent research grant in the field of pulmonology sponsored by the Parker B. Francis Foundation. For his overall contribution to the field, Dr. Tadjalli was recognized as the 2021 American Physiological Society Scientist Trainee of the Year in the field of pulmonary physiology.
During his time at the University of Toronto and the University of Florida, Dr. Tadjalli was also involved in teaching several life-science topics in both undergraduate and graduate curriculums. In addition to research, it was during this period that he also developed a passion for teaching. In 2022, he accepted a faculty position at Western Atlantic University School of Medicine (a newly established medical school) with the aim of developing medical curriculum content from the ground-up for multiple foundational pre-clerkship medical school courses. In this role, he served as the Module Block Unit director for Pulmonology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, and taught multiple topics in physiology/pathophysiology and the associated therapeutics critical to patient care. He served on several university committees and was involved with student advising and mentoring.
Dr. Tadjalli's current position is as an Assistant Professor of Medical Education in the Department of Medical Education in the Kiran Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (NSU MD). He is an active member of several professional organizations and serves as a manuscript reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Tadjalli's research interests include the long-term consequence of severe inflammatory related insults (e.g., sepsis) on the functionality of respiratory and non-respiratory motor circuits. His current educationally related research interests include a wide range of topics such as teaching methods, learning techniques and competency-based education.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery / Department of Medical Education
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Member of the ELC
- Interim CEO, Broward Health Medical Center
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicine / Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Barry M. Schwartz, M.D., joined the faculty at the NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine in 2017 in the department of Surgery. Prior to that he was in the private practice of plastic surgery in Weston, Florida from 1992 to 2017, and North Miami Beach, Florida from 1978 to 1992.
Dr. Schwartz graduated from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and completed his full training in general surgery and plastic surgery at Boston University School of Medicine. Upon completion, he served as an Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery at Boston University for a year and then moved to South Florida in 1978. He also spent two years as a Major and general surgeon in the U.S. Army Medical Corp. His practice focused on both reconstructive and aesthetic surgery. After the earthquake in Haiti he spent two rotations there doing reconstructive surgery.
For the past 35 years, Barry Nierenberg, Ph.D., ABPP, has held numerous leadership positions as a psychologist working with other health care professionals in hospitals across the country working on the interface of medicine and psychology. Dr. Nierenberg is currently a Professor of Psychology for the Nova Southeastern University College of Psychology, where he is part of the core faculty for doctoral psychology level training within the Department of Clinical and School Psychology. He holds secondary academic appointments within the NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (NSU MD) as well as the Department of Psychiatry at the NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine. He serves on both the Curriculum and Admissions Committees for NSU MD.
Dr. Nierenberg is Board Certified in Rehabilitation Psychology, served as a member on the Executive Board of the American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology and is the Past President of the Academy of Rehabilitation Psychology. He served on the Florida Department of Health's Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Advisory Council between 1989 - 2009 and as Chair of this group from 2001 - 2003. Prior to joining NSU in 2008, Dr. Nierenberg spent the previous 18 years as a Senior Psychologist at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine where he served for many years as Director of Child Adolescent Psychology within the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department and as Director of Postdoctoral Training. He went on to an appointment as the Director of Behavioral Science within the Department of Family Medicine where he served from 2003 - 2008.
He is a Past President of the American Psychological Association's Division of Rehabilitation Psychology. He was the recipient of its prestigious Distinguished Service Award in 2008, their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 and the Rehabilitation Psychology Mentoring Award in 2015. He has published and presented numerous papers both nationally and internationally. Dr. Nierenberg's research interests include exploring the Intersection of Psychology and Medicine, especially regarding recent findings from both the positive psychology literature and the emerging field of network medicine. Recent projects include well being therapy via an ACT approach with individuals with spinal cord injury. Additionally, he and his students are working on a novel network medicine defined inter-professional approach to chronic pain.
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- Member of the ELC
- Pediatrician, Rub Pediatrics & Member, NSU Health Professions Division Board of Governors / Chair, ELC Development Committee
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Dr. Bo-young Hong is an Associate Professor in the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University.
Dr. Bo-young Hong is passionate as a medical educator, mentor, and scientist. She is committed to effective teaching in various biomedical topics, especially Microbiology and Immunology. Her primary research interest is the human microbiome in health and diseases. She seeks to comprehend the fundamental biomedical questions in human health and disease by better understanding the human microbiome and its interaction with the human immune system using a multi-omics approach. She published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts. She also serves as a journal reviewer and a NIH study section grant reviewer.
Before joining NSU, Dr. Bo-young Hong was an Assistant Professor in the Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Science Center, where she taught Mic robiology and Immunology, and served as a Director of Biomedical Sciences and a College Mentor. She has also held a position in the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine as a Scientist, where she has been involved in several clinical studies, including the NIH Human Microbiome Project.
Dr. Bo-young Hong received her M.S. degree from the Missouri University of Science and Technology and her Ph.D. degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton in Microbiology. During her postdoctoral fellowship training at the University of Connecticut Health Center, she was trained both as a microbiologist and a computational scientist.
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
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- Administrative Coordinator III
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- Department of Medical Education
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- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Anesthesiology
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- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
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- Department of Medical Education
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- Director, Business Administration
Christine Kircher joined the College of Allopathic Medicine in 2017. She has extensive experience in budget forecasting and oversees the budget and financial operations for the college.
Kircher has worked at NSU for more than 20 years, beginning her career in the university's Accounts Payable Department and most recently serving as director of finance for the College of Health Care Sciences, where she concurrently oversaw the efficient operations of more than 50 budgets.
Kircher earned her bachelor's degree from NSU in 2006.
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- Director, Curricular Affairs
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- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Chairman, Division of Psychiatry / Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Psychiatry
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- Department of Medical Education
- Professor, Affiliated
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- Member of the ELC
- CEO, Broward County Medical Association
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- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Allergy and Immunology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Assistant Dean, Pre - Clerkship Curriculum / Associate Professor
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pulmonary / Critical Car
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
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- Member of the ELC
- Market President, South Florida, Florida Blue
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- Department of Population Health Sciences
- Research Professor
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pediatrics / Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Cardiology / Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pulmonary / Critical Car
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pulmonary / Critical Car
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Assistant Professor, Affiliated
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- Assistant Dean, Admissions and Student Affairs / Assistant Professor, Affiliated
- Department of Medical Education
Donald D. Pritchett, Jr. joined NSU MD in June 2017, bringing more than 13 years of enrollment management and student affairs expertise to the team.
Prior to joining NSU, Pritchett served as the executive assistant dean of enrollment management & administration at Albany Medical College (AMC) in upstate New York, providing oversight and leadership for AMC's Admissions and Student Records offices. During his tenure at AMC, he was instrumental in expanding the national blueprint for the medical college, and promoting and cultivating diversity throughout the institution.
Pritchett initially honed his enrollment management training in the realm of legal education, serving in roles including director of recruitment for Penn State Law, and assistant director of admissions at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law. In addition to his administrative experience, Pritchett has served as an adjunct professor at the University of the District of Columbia, Howard University, Texas Southern University, and Albany Law.
A true "DMV" native (D.C., Maryland, Northern Virginia), Pritchett lived in all three regions at various times during his formative years. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, a M.S. in Criminology from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL, and a J.D. from the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL.
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- Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics
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- Member of the ELC
- State and Regional Communications Leader, Florida Blue / ELC past Chair, Ex Officio Member
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- Fellow
- Certified Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Founding Member
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Dr. Ahmed F. Osman is a board certified clinical cardiac electrophysiologist and founding member of the Florida Heart Rhythm Specialists, PLLC, a single specialty, five-physician group, serving all hospitals in Broward County, with four office locations. He is clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Florida International University and University of Miami Miller School of medicine and is actively involved in teaching residents and cardiology fellows.
Dr. Osman is an active member and fellow of many professional societies, including the American College of Cardiology (ACC), Society of Echocardiography (ASE), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the Caducean Medical Society of Fort Lauderdale.
He is an active clinical investigator in several multicenter studies in device therapies and novel ablation techniques.
Dr. Osman provides his patients advanced management of heart rhythm disturbances. He specializes in endocardial and epicardial complex cardiac ablation therapies for complex rhythm disturbances, particularly atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, using both radiofrequency and cryo-ablation and using advanced mapping systems. He introduced complex ablation using FIRM mapping for advanced persistent atrial fibrillation, with the only system in South Florida, available at Broward Health. He also offers all aspects of cardiac device therapy, from implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators, including "biventricular" therapies, to post implant follow up and optimization of programming as well as mechanical and laser lead extraction. He has a special interest in alternatives to oral anticoagulants for prevention of strokes in atrial fibrillation, using left atrial appendage exclusion techniques, including Watchman device. He is fluent in French, Spanish, Italian, German and Arabic. He has practice privileges in most North Broward County hospitals.
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- Assistant Professor
- Physician
Dr. Alex Torres is an experienced emergency physician with additional subspecialty training and experience in emergency medical services (EMS). Throughout his professional career, he has provided direct patient care in emergency departments and prehospital environments in both the civilian and military settings. He brings a vast skillset that encompasses clinical expertise, leadership excellence, and management.After completing residency training in emergency medicine (EM), Dr. Torres completed fellowship training in EMS and Disaster Medicine in New Jersey and obtained board certification in both EM and EMS. From 2019 - 2021, Dr. Torres was a faculty member of the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and core faculty for the emergency medicine residency program. He taught preclinical and clinical education during his time at UMSOM and then was mobilized to active duty as a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve critical care air transport team (CCATT). During his deployment, he served as a clinical subject matter expert and held various leadership positions for his team and squadron. After deployment, Dr. Torres transitioned back to civilian life where he continued his clinical work at Cleveland Clinic Florida and joined Broward Sheriff's Office Fire Rescue as an Assistant Medical Director. As he remains dedicated to bettering the fields of emergency medicine and EMS, Dr. Torres has multiple publications pertaining to prehospital medicine and EMS, with a particular interest in air medical transport. He continues to be involved in various aspects of EMS, to include fight medicine, transport medicine, operational medicine, event medicine, and tactical medicine.
Dr. Torres is a Florida native and completed his undergraduate work at Florida State University with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. He completed his medical degree at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and his residency at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Oklahoma. While in residency, he also completed his Master of Business Administration at Cameron University. His fellowship was completed at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey. He holds medical licensure in Florida, New York, and New Jersey and is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and a member of the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP). For NAEMSP, he has contributed to joint publications and serves on the Air Medical Services Committee and the Education Committee.
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- Associate Professor
- Department of Medical Education
- Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine in 2018 As an Associate Professor, Medical Education
Dr. Amanda J. Chase joined the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine in 2018 as an Associate Professor, Medical Education and serves as a Block Director/Facilitator. Prior to joining NSU, she developed and facilitated curriculum focused on mechanisms of disease to medical students in their preclinical years.
Dr. Chase earned her B.S. in Microbiology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed postdoctoral research on dengue virus at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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- Assistant Professor
- Department of Medical Education
Dr. Anita Laloo, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Chemistry from Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida. She attended medical school at the University of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical Sciences, St Augustine, Trinidad where she earned her medical degree. She served as a Primary Care Physician with the Ministry of Health in Trinidad for several years where she was actively involved in teaching medical students. She earned a Master of Public Health degree in Health Policy and Management from New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
Dr. Laloo completed residency training in Internal Medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. She subsequently pursued a fellowship in Rheumatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. During her training, she has been involved in many research projects, some of which have been published along with several other case reports and review articles.
Dr. Laloo has always had a keen interest in medical education and is excited to be joining as an Assistant Professor in the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University. She is committed to medical excellence and to improving the medical educational experience for current and future medical students.
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- Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity and Belonging
- Professor of Pharmacology
Dr. Arkene Levy is a Professor of Pharmacology in the Department of Medical Education. Before joining the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, She served as a Professor of Pharmacology at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, for ten years. She obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology and Chemistry, and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Dr. Levy completed postdoctoral training as a Fulbright Scholar, in cancer research, at Moore's Cancer Center in San Diego, California. Dr. Levy's current research focuses on understanding mechanisms of drug resistance in ovarian and prostate cancer. This research also involves the evaluation of natural products and natural product derivatives for efficacy in drug-resistant cancers. Dr. Levy has published over 15 peer-reviewed publications, as well as two book chapters in the fields of pharmacology, natural products, and cancer therapeutics. She is a research advocate for the facing our risk for cancer empowered [FORCE] organization, and a recipient of the 2018 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) minority and minority-serving institution faculty scholar in cancer research award. Dr. Levy enjoys teaching and strongly believes that engaging students by promoting critical thinking, is the key to producing excellent scientists and medical professionals.
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- Department of Medical Education
- Professor
Dr. Charles Powell earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. Following a year of teaching high school in the Georgia Public School System, he returned to Tallahassee, FL to earn his Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Florida A&M University.
Dr. Powell began his postdoctoral training as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI. His research there focused on pediatric leukemia and how glucocorticoids stimulate apoptosis of lymphoma and leukemic cells. He continued his postdoctoral training as a Research Associate in the Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, MA. His research there focused on the mechanisms involved in the proliferation of both breast cancer and prostate cancer cells.
Dr. Powell accepted a position at Nova Southeastern University in the College of Medical Sciences in August 2001. He has taught pharmacology to students in the College of Allopathic Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, College of Dentistry, College of Optometry, College of Allied Health, College of Health Care Sciences, and College of Medical Sciences for the past twenty years. Dr. Powell has authored several manuscripts for refereed journals and proceedings for International Conferences. He has also reviewed papers for refereed journals and has delivered continuing education lectures covering both topical and systemic use of therapeutical agents in the practice of optometry.
Dr. Powell's current position is as a Professor of Pharmacology in the Department of Medical Education in the Kiran Patel College of Allopathic Medicine. He also has been the Course Director for the Biomedical Principles and Pharmacology I courses in the Physician Assistant Program in the College of Health Care Sciences for the past ten years and also serves on several university committees. His research interests include further examination of membrane steroid hormone receptors and how they differ from their intracellular counterparts.
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- Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology for NSU
- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Dr. Craig Mallak is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology for NSU MD and serves as the Broward County Medical Examiner. He is responsible for providing comprehensive death investigation services in accordance with state laws and administrative codes along with meeting the standards of practice for the medical subspecialty. He is also the Director of Trauma Services for the County.
Dr. Mallak holds degrees in forensic sciences from Michigan State University and both law and medicine degrees from Creighton University. After medical school he accepted his commission as a Naval Officer and completed his internship at Naval Hospital Oakland. He was then assigned as a General Medical Officer with the United States Marine 3d Force Service Support Group in Okinawa, Japan and at Cubi Point in the Philippines. He returned to Naval Hospital Oakland for two years of his four year residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. Due to BRAC closure of the hospital, he completed his residency at the National Naval Medical Center. He then completed his forensic pathology fellowship at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. He is board certified in all three areas of study. He also holds privileges as a practicing attorney in the State of Nebraska.
Following training, Dr. Mallak was assigned as the Regional Armed Forces Medical Examiner at Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan where he was responsible for death investigations throughout the Pacific area of operations. During this tour he was deployed to Kosovo in 1999 to assist the FBI with war crimes investigations. He also served as the hospital director of ancillary services including radiology, laboratory services, the pharmacy, and optometry throughout this tour.
He was then chosen by the U.S. Surgeon General to be assigned to Naval Personnel Command where he served as detailer for the nonsurgical specialist physicians in the United States Navy and maintained his clinical skills at the Shelby County Medical Examiner Office.
From 2002 thru 2012, he held the appointment as the Armed Forces Medical Examiner, with responsibility for the United States largest medical examiner's office that included forensic pathology, anthropology, toxicology, and DNA identification registry with worldwide jurisdiction. He was responsible for assisting in the investigation of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, investigating U.S. deaths from Iraq and Afghanistan, and identifying several high profile terrorists such as Saddam Hussein and his sons Uday and Qusay. He deployed on multiple missions to the theaters of combat. The office was also involved in investigation of the deaths of detainees. In the wake of the Hurricane Katrina, the Haitian earthquake, and other civilian incidents, the office provided expertise to assist with the identification of the deceased and other forensic services.
During the war, Dr. Mallak required that every military death receive a full forensic investigation. The data gathered, analyzed, and the subsequent work with other Department of Defense units is credited with saving over 2,000 lives. The war in Iraq and Afghanistan is also the first time ever the U.S. fully accounted for all fallen/missing service members during a major conflict.
During the last three years as the Armed Forces Medical Examiner, he executed a Base Realignment and Closure Law mandated move of the of Medical Examiner System. With the disestablishment of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in the Washington D.C. area, he was responsible for building a $75 million facility, and establishing a new Command at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
He retired from the military with the rank of Navy Captain and assumed the position of Broward County Medical Examiner in July 2012.
Dr. Mallak has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Medical Examiners, the College of American Pathologists Forensic Pathology Committee, chaired the Path-Bio section of and is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
He is married to the former Sue Catherine McDonald who is a teacher at the Sagemont Schools in Weston, Florida.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Medical Education
- Member of the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Medicine
Dr. Dawn Owens is a newly recruited faculty member of the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Medicine as an Assistant Professor. Before this position, she was a postdoctoral scholar and T-32 grant recipient for Drs. J. William Harbour and Daniel Pelaez ocular oncology and research laboratories at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine that is affiliated with the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and McKnight Vision Research Center. Her postdoctoral research centered around the study of uveal melanoma and drug discovery techniques for this disease.
In 2010, Dr. Dawn Owens earned her B.S. in Biology from the university of Florida Gulf Coast University. By 2017, she continued her education at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine to earn her Ph. D. in Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology where her graduate work focused on the identification of transcripts within the oocyte that are required for normal germ cell formation.
Outside of research, Dr. Owens has focused on the development of her skills in the field of Medical Education. Her experience and teaching interests include cell biology, cancer biology, embryology, cell physiology, anatomy, physiology, histology.
Dr. François Sainfort joined NSU in 2017; serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Management as well as Director of the Complex Health Systems Program in the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship. He is also a Professor of Population Health Sciences in the NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine.
Prior to joining NSU, he was a tenured full professor at the University of Wisconsin (Industrial Engineering and Population Health), distinguished professor at Georgia Tech and Emory University (Industrial Engineering and Biomedical Engineering), and the University of Minnesota (Health Policy and Management). He served as the Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary Research for the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech. He also served as the founding Director of the joint Health Systems Institute at Georgia Tech and Emory University.
Dr. Sainfort is an accomplished, internationally known expert in decision sciences, medical decision making, health care quality management and measurement, health outcomes research, mathematical modeling, and data sciences, cost-effectiveness research, and evidence-based medicine. Throughout his career, Dr. Sainfort's goals have been to understand individuals and organizations confronted with challenging health or health care issues and develop and utilize decision making models and theories to design tools, systems, and interventions to help individuals and organizations obtain and use smart data and actionable information in making decisions, managing health and health care, changing behaviors, and improving health outcomes.
To date, he has received over $60 million in extramural research contracts and grants, as principal or co-principal investigator. He has received uninterrupted research funding from federal agencies for 25 years and has received multiple awards from various professional societies.
Dr. Sainfort has published over 175 refereed scientific publications that have appeared in health care journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, Value in Health, Health Services Research, Medical Care, Medical Decision Making, Medical Care Research and Review, Health Care Financing Review, Gynecologic Oncology, Psycho-Oncology, American Journal of Psychiatry, Retina, The Gerontologist, Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Diabetes Care, Population Health Management, Journal of Endourology, Academic Radiology, Military Medicine, HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine, and Quality of Life Research. His research has also appeared in decision sciences and management journals such as Operations Research, Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Behaviour & Information Technology, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, and International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
Born and raised in Miami Beach, Dr. Gabriella Dauer attended medical school at the University of Miami Miller school of Medicine and completed her Pediatric Residency at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore at Albert Einstein in New York City.
She continued her passion for academic medicine as a Pediatric Hospitalist with Boston Children's Health Physicians at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital. She served as the Assistant Program Director for the Pediatric Residency Program and Director of Resident Education for Hospital Medicine, furthering program curricula and resident wellness while caring for her inpatient teams. Dr. Dauer also dedicated her time to teaching medical students as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at New York Medical College where she was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha for her medical education efforts.
Dr. Dauer is interested in complex child pathophysiology and care, clinical reasoning education, physician wellbeing and resiliency training.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President
- Department of Clinical Sciences
- Member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
- Professor, Affiliated, Orthopedics
Dr. H. Thomas Temple joined NSU in 2015 as senior vice president of NSU Division of Research and Economic Development (DoR). He also serves as Professor, Orthopaedics for NSU MD.
Dr. Temple is responsible for lending support to faculty in the development of ideas, discoveries, and technologies, and building connections and resources for the commercialization of research activities. He establishes partnerships with companies, investors, and entrepreneurs interested in utilizing NSU's Center for Collaborative Research (CCR) to conduct research and develop technologies. He also bridges research efforts between those conducted at the CCR and at the NSU Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography at the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center.
An orthopedic surgeon who specializes in musculoskeletal oncology, Dr. Temple has a clinical interest in regenerative medicine. He holds privileges at HCA East Florida hospitals and maintains a surgical practice that complements his role at NSU.
Prior to joining NSU, Dr. Temple served as chief of the Orthopedic Oncology Division at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he was a professor of orthopedics and pathology, director of the university's Tissue Bank, and vice-chairman of the Department of Orthopedics.
Dr. Temple's clinical interests include the novel treatment of benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors in children and adults, tissue transplantation, and complex limb reconstruction. His research interests are stem cell applications in bone and cartilage regeneration, tissue banking, and developing targeted therapies for sarcomas.
Dr. Temple earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a Doctor of Medicine from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and his musculoskeletal oncology fellowship at Harvard University- Massachusetts General Hospital-Boston Children's Hospital. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.
Dr. Temple has authored more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters. He is assistant editor for Foot and Ankle International and a reviewer for Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He is also a board examiner for the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.
Dr. Temple is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the American Orthopedic Association, the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, the International Skeletal Society, the American Association of Tissue Banks, the Girdlestone Society, and the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society.
Dr. Harvey N. Mayrovitz received his graduate training at the University of Pennsylvania and did his postdoctoral work at Temple University School of Medicine and at the Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia. He also trained at the Medical Faculty and Hospital in Rotterdam and at Delft University in the Netherlands.
From 1995 to 1998, Dr. Mayrovitz served as the Director of Research at the Miami Heart Research Institute. He joined Nova Southeastern University in 1998 and is a professor of physiology in the College of Medical Sciences. He was jointly appointed to the NSU MD faculty in 2017 and his primary teaching areas include cardiovascular and pulmonary physiology.
Job Titles:
- Member of the ELC
- Executive Associate Dean for Administration
- Executive Associate Dean, Administration / Professor, Affiliated
- Vice President, Operations, NSU Health Professions Division, and Executive Associate Dean for Administration, NSU
Dr. Irving Rosenbaum has significant higher education and government administration experience. He oversees administrative functions for the College of Allopathic Medicine, including finance, human resources, communications and development. He also is executive dean of the Nova Southeastern University Health Professions Division, which encompasses eight health-related colleges, including the M.D. College.
Dr. Rosenbaum has held several roles at NSU since he joined the university in 1976, including assistant vice chancellor for professional affairs at NSU's Health Professions Division, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the NSU Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, and as a faculty member.
Prior to joining NSU, Dr. Rosenbaum spent nearly a quarter century in city management serving as city manager of Hollywood, FL, town administrator of Davie, FL, assistant to the mayor in Lauderhill, FL, and in New York City government. He is an organizer and director of Stonegate Bank.
Dr. Rosenbaum's public service activities include serving as chair and vice-chair of the Broward County Higher Education Facilities Authority, on the State of Florida Public Service Commission Nominating Council, and as a member of the Broward County Charter Review Commission. His current activities include serving as chair of the Davie Economic Development Council and as a director of the Greater Plantation Chamber of Commerce. He also served on the Board of Palmetto General Hospital. He serves on the boards of the American Diabetes Association and the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center of South Florida and is president of the Soreff Jewish Community Center. Rosenbaum has chaired multiple charity events in Broward County, including the March of Dimes 2013 March for Babies and 2012 American Cancer Society Birthday Ball.
Dr. Rosenbaum earned his bachelor's degree in Political Science, with honors, from the State University of New York and his Master's in Public Administration from Bernard Baruch College, City University of New York. He received a Doctor of Public Administration degree and an Ed.D. in Higher Education, both from NSU.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
Dr. Jason E. Portnof is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and International College of Dentists (FICD). His interests include the full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery with an emphasis on the correction of dentofacial deformities, orthognathic surgery (corrective jaw surgery), maxillofacial reconstructive surgery, oral and maxillofacial pathology, and complex dental implantology.
Dr. Portnof graduated with honors from the Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine in Ft. Lauderdale. He earned an Doctor of Medicine degree from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. He completed an internship in general surgery and a residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital/ Cornell Campus. He received fellowship training in pediatric maxillofacial surgery/craniomaxillofacial surgery at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
He is the oral and maxillofacial surgeon for Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, Director of Pediatric Craniomaxillofacial Surgery in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine, and is a Clinical Associate Professor, Surgery for NSU MD. He currently serves as the President of the Florida Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association.
Dr. Portnof has authored multiple peer-reviewed articles and presented both nationally and internationally. In addition, he has held numerous teaching positions at prestigious universities including Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Florida Atlantic University, and his alma mater, Nova Southeastern University.
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
- Expert in Cancer Biology
- Professor and Chair, Division of Pathology
Dr. R. Daniel Bonfil is an expert in Cancer Biology, whose research career has focused on the elucidation of the mechanisms driving cancer invasion, metastasis, and angiogenesis. In 2017, he joined Nova Southeastern University, where he currently serves as Professor and Chair, Division of Pathology at the College of Allopathic Medicine, actively teaching MD, Osteopathic Medicine, Dental Medicine, and Optometry students.
Dr. Bonfil obtained his Licentiate (equivalent to combined B.Sc. and M.Sc. in the United States) and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and completed his post-doctoral training at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA. He served as Tenured Research Investigator at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET), directing research groups at the National Academy of Medicine and later at the Center for Pharmacological Studies (CEFYBO), both in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His findings on the phenomenon of "concomitant antitumor resistance", by which the growth of distant secondary tumor implants or metastases in tumor-bearing hosts is often inhibited by the presence of a primary tumor, were the foundation for later discoveries of anti-angiogenic factors, which today are part of the arsenal in cancer treatment, such as Avastin. He also was Scientific Director of the nonprofit organization FUNDIC (Cancer Research Foundation, Buenos Aires), where he was committed for almost one decade to both cancer research and the promotion of cancer awareness through education and community outreach to children and underserved population.
In 2002, Dr. Bonfil moved to the United States and joined Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSU-SOM), Detroit, MI, as an Associate Professor at the Departments of Urology and Pathology, and also had a secondary appointment at the Department of Oncology as scientific member of the Karmanos Cancer Institute. During his 15-year term at WSU-SOM, Dr. Bonfil's research led to significant observations on the molecular and cellular mechanisms that drive bone metastasis, a major clinical complication in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer and women with breast cancer. Much of his scientific activity was funded by intramural and extramural (National Institutes of Health, and Department of Defense) grants, and has centered on the investigation of the cross-talk between cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment, resulting in novel findings on the role of matrix metalloproteinases and, more recently on receptor tyrosine kinases such as c-kit and discoidin domain receptors (DDRs), in bone metastasis. He directed many Ph.D. theses, mentored numerous trainees, including postdoctoral, masters, and undergraduate students, and taught graduate courses in the Cancer Biology Graduate Program, Pathology, and Interdisciplinary Biomedical Science. Dr. Bonfil has served as scientific reviewer in several Department of Defense (DOD) Study Sections on cancer, is Editorial Board member of three medical journals, Editor of the Section Oncologic Pathology of Current Oncology, and reviewer for numerous health sciences journals.
His scientific work is well documented by peer-reviewed publications and chapters in books that add up to around 100, and by more than 90 abstracts presented at national and international scientific meetings.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Head of the Joint Reconstruction Program at Adena Regional Medical Center
Eric Schiffman, M.D., M.B.A., was raised in West Caldwell, New Jersey, a suburb of New York City. After high school, he graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science degree, and membership in Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Societies. After college he began his medical studies at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City and completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, a Level One Trauma Center, where he benefitted from comprehensive surgical experience, and developed expertise in complex orthopedic trauma procedures. As chief resident, Dr. Schiffman took a keen interest in joint reconstruction and pursued this subspecialty in an Adult Joint Reconstruction Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University. It was there that Dr. Schiffman had the opportunity to work side-by-side with many world-renowned surgical specialists in the areas of hip and knee replacements. He was also a faculty member of the Harvard Medical School where he helped educate medical students in joint reconstruction, and took Level One orthopedic trauma calls.
Following his Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University experience, Dr. Schiffman was appointed head of the joint reconstruction program at Adena Regional Medical Center outside of Columbus, Ohio. While at Adena, he performed hundreds of surgeries and received the hospital's highest scores for patient satisfaction among all practicing surgeons. In July 2014, Dr. Schiffman returned to South Florida with his wife and two young children. In 2017, he earned his Master of Business Administration degree from Florida International University. He is the Vice Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center. In his free time, Dr. Schiffman enjoys running, golf and fitness.
Job Titles:
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
- Educational Technologist
Job Titles:
- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pulmonary / Critical Car
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Geriatrics
Job Titles:
- Clinical Associate Professor, Surgery
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Department of Medical Education
- Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine in 2020 As an Associate Professor, Medical Education
Dr. Al-Eyd joined the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine in 2020 as an Associate Professor, Medical Education. Prior to his current position, Dr. Al-Eyd served as Associate Professor of Pathology and Assistant Dean of Assessment at College of Medicine, California Northstate University. He has also served as Associate Professor of Pathology & Medical Education, Associate Dean of the Pre-clerkship Curriculum, and Director of Curriculum Mapping at School of Medicine, California University of Science and Medicine.
Overseas, Dr. Al-Eyd served as Associate Dean of the School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Pathology, and Specialist Pathologist at Gulf Medical University and GMC Hospital in the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Al-Eyd received his M.B.Ch.B. (M.D.), M.Sc. Path. and Ph.D. Path. degrees from Alnahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq.
Dr. Al-Eyd has chaired many courses and has taught different topics of Basic and Clinical Sciences using various pedagogies. His teaching experience included not only MD programs but also PharmD, DMD, and M.Sc. programs. He has also supervised Master of Science theses and trained Clinical Pathology candidates. Dr. Al-Eyd has received several awards & appreciations for his Teaching Excellence that included naming him as "The Faculty of the Year".
Dr. Al-Eyd has extensive experience in curriculum development and management including curriculum mapping, assessment and evaluation, and institutional and programmatic accreditation. He has delivered numerous faculty development sessions and invited speeches addressing his areas of expertise.
Dr. Al-Eyd has scholarly presentations and publications in the fields of basic and clinical sciences as well as Medical Education, and he is an active member of several relevant professional groups and associations.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Professor
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Medicine / Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Department of Population Health Sciences
- Professor, Affiliated
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
Job Titles:
- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Nephrology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
- Director of Student Records and Operations
Originally from Jamaica, Harvey migrated to the United States as a teenager and lived in Miramar Florida where he attended Miramar High School. After graduating High School, he attended Florida International University where he earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration.
Harvey started his career at NSU in 2014 as a Financial Aid Counselor working in the Scholarships and State Grants department located within the Enrollment and Student Services department. In addition to working at NSU, he also attended the College of Computing and Engineering earning a master's degree in Cyber Security. After 4 years as a counselor, Harvey was promoted to the Associate Director where he worked for the past 4 years.
Now, Harvey is the new Director of Student Records and Operations for the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine. He is very excited to be part of this College and for the chance to work with all the wonderful people who have worked so hard to build such a successful program in such a short time.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Geriatrics
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Member of the ELC
- Principal, Seiler, Sautter, Zaden, Rimes & Wahlbrink
Job Titles:
- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Department of Population Health Sciences
- Professor, Affiliated
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Radiology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Member of the ELC
- Chief Medical Officer, HCA East Florida Division
Job Titles:
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Dr. Jay Steven Cohen M.D, F.A.C.O.G. is a board certified OB/GYN and has been in practice in the Plantation and Fort Lauderdale area for the past 30 years. He is currently the medical director for The Institute for Women's Health and Body of Plantation. He was previously the Medical Director of Envisions Women's Healthcare Division, Clinical Research, and Discovery Clinical Research. Dr. Cohen received his M.D. from USH/Chicago Medical School and completed his residency at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Cohen has published in various scientific journals, including American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Contemporary Ob/GYN, Current Medical Research and Opinions, and Southern Medical Journal. In addition, Dr. Cohen maintains an extensive clinical practice and has served as a Board Member with the William Little OB/GYN Society, American Cancer Society (Breast Task Force), West Broward Unit of the American Cancer Society. And past member of The Board of Trustees at Plantation General Hospital. Dr. Cohen has been involved as a Principal Investigator of over 110 clinical trials on women's healthcare.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor, Affiliated
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Neurology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Master of Biomedical Sciences ( MBS )
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Administrative Coordinator II, Faculty Affairs
Job Titles:
- Member of the ELC
- Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medical Education
- City Commissioner
- Department of Medical Education
- Director of Business Development for Nova Southeastern University and Serves As Part of the Health Professions Division
- Director of Business Development, NSU Health Professions Division
Jeremy Katzman is Director of Business Development for Nova Southeastern University and serves as part of the Health Professions Division's leadership team. He oversees a multi-disciplinary group focused on university-wide strategic business development initiatives. He also serves as Co-Director of the NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine's (NSU MD) Executive Leadership Council and is an Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medical Education.
With more than 18 years of experience in communications and marketing, business development and leadership, Katzman specializes in finding innovative solutions to advance strategic business priorities. He joined NSU in 2013 and has held several roles in the organization, including Director of Public Relations and Marketing on the founding team that established the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine and leading communications for the Health Professions Division, which includes seven colleges.
Prior to joining NSU, he led communications and online fundraising for Miami Children's Hospital Foundation, where he focused on supporting programs and initiatives that helped children facing life-threatening illnesses. He previously served as an Account Executive at O'Connell & Goldberg Public Relations, where he provided expertise to clients in a variety of industries, including health care, non-profit, hospitality and sports.
Katzman serves as an elected City Commissioner in Cooper City, Florida and is involved in a variety of civic and professional organizations. He is a Board Member Secretary of the Leadership Broward Foundation; a Board Member of the Broward County League of Cities; a Host Committee member for Florida's Children First, which supports children in the foster care system; an Advisory Council member for the Area Agency on Aging of Broward County; a member of Broward Days; and participates in several other organizations. He has served as Chair, Chair-elect and Treasurer for the PRSA Sunshine District, which is one of 10 districts in the nation and encompasses all of Florida and is past President of the PRSA Greater Fort Lauderdale chapter. Katzman is a long-time volunteer for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and previously served as Chair of its Young Adult Board.
Katzman has received numerous awards, including South Florida Business Journal's 40 Under 40, South Florida Business and Wealth's Excellence in Health Care Rising Stars Award and Communicator of the Year by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Greater Fort Lauderdale Chapter. He also has judged awards for the state's Holocaust Essay Contest, Association of American Medical Colleges' Group on Institutional Advancement, and Public Relations Society of America.
Katzman is Accredited in Public Relations (APR) by the Universal Accreditation Board. He earned his M.B.A. from Nova Southeastern University and holds a B.A. in public relations and a B.S. in political science from the University of Florida (UF). He is a member of the UF Hall of Fame and Florida Blue Key.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor, Affiliated
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
With over twelve years of experience in education, Jillian Bortot has had the opportunity to explore the many facets of higher education. She has a strong background in budget and finance, operations, and human resources. In her most recent role at the Farquhar Honors College, her passion for encouraging and supporting the academic and personal development of students flourished. She is proud of the commitment NSU has for developing these aspects in its students and in being a positive driving force in the community.
Jillian earned her bachelor's degree in Political Science and Sociology and her master's degree in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor
- Member of the Officers Team
- President
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Member of the ELC
- Member of the Dickinson Wright
Job Titles:
- Chief Academic Officer
- Dean
- Member of the ELC
- Dean and Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Dr. Johannes Vieweg joined NSU from the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville, where he served as the Wayne and Marti Huizenga Endowed Research Scholar's Chair, director of the UF Prostate Disease Center and founding chairman of the UF Department of Urology.
Dr. Vieweg is board certified by the American Board of Urology and served a five-year term as chair of the American Urological Association's Research Council. He received his medical degree from the Technical University of Munich, Germany in 1978. After relocating to the United States, he spent three years as a post-doctoral research fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York and Duke University in Durham, N.C. In 1999, he completed the Duke residency-training program in urology and, subsequently, enjoyed a highly productive nine-year tenure as vice chair for research in the Duke Department of Urology. In 2006, Dr. Vieweg joined UF as the inaugural chairman of the Department of Urology from 2006 to 2015. In 2014, U.S. News & World Report ranked the urology department 18th in the nation, the highest in Florida. Dr. Vieweg credited the strong faculty with this success. He hopes to replicate that success with NSU's M.D. College.
Much of Dr. Vieweg's career-long scientific activity has centered on the investigation and clinical testing of genetically engineered tumor vaccines, the discovery of universal tumor antigens and the modulation of immunosuppressive T cells and myeloid cells. He also made significant contributions to the biomedical sciences by discovering novel pathway-targeted interventions and developing prediction models for therapeutic response.
Dr. Vieweg's more recent research interests are aligned with the field of public health, prevention medicine, implementation science and comparative effectiveness research, applied in academic and community-based settings. His scientific work has received uninterrupted funding by the National Institutes of Health since 1998 and is well documented in more than 150 publications, books, commentaries and review articles.
Additionally, in February 2015, Dr. Vieweg was awarded a one-year Jefferson Science Fellowship by the National Academy of Sciences. In that capacity, he served as a senior science and technology advisor to the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the development of foreign policy. He focused primarily on the management and implementation of scientific, technological and medical agreements established between the DOS and foreign governments, interacting with numerous DOS offices and other governmental agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Science Foundation on issues of global health and human security.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
Job Titles:
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Radiology
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Family Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Anesthesiology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Chairman, Division of Family Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicine
Job Titles:
- Member of the ELC
- Chief Medical Officer, Novo Integrated
Chief Medical Officer, Novo Integrated Sciences; Chief Strategic Adviser, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin; & President, Clinical Consultants International
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- Assistant Professor
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Psychiatry
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- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor, Affiliated
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Member of the ELC
- Director, Corporate Philanthropy & Engagement, Florida Power & Light Company
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
Job Titles:
- Department of Population Health Sciences
- Professor, Affiliated
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
Job Titles:
- Member of the ELC
- Director, Government & Community Relations, Baptist Health South Florida
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- Assistant Professor, Affiliated
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor, Affiliated
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Radiology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Assistant Dean of Curricular Affairs Associate Professor, Medical Education Director of Student Research
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- Assistant Professor / Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
- Director of Clinical Skills, Associate Professor
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Psychiatry
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Neurology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
- P.M., M.P.H
- Professor, Affiliated
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Anesthesiology
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Cardiology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor, Affiliated
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Neurology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Administrative Coordinator II
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Cardiology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Member of the ELC
- Chief Clinical Officer, Envision Physician Services
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- Assistant Professor, Affiliated
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, OB / GYN
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Chairman, Division of Surgery / Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Cardiology
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Family Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Member of the ELC
- Shareholder, Schulman Law Group
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Gastroenterology / Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pulmonary / Critical Car
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor, Affiliated
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Immediate past President
- Member of the Officers Team
- Vice - Chair, Department of Medical Education, Professor
Job Titles:
- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Cardiology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
- Director Master of Biomedical Sciences ( MBS )
- Director, Master of Biomedical Sciences Program, Assistant Professor
- Master of Biomedical Sciences ( MBS )
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pediatrics
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Curriculum Manager - Clerkship
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Electrophysiology
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Family Medicin
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
- Professor, Affiliated
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Endocrinology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Infectious Diseas
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Neurology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Member of the ELC
- President, PWeR, Inc
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Radiology / Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Department of Population Health Sciences
- Executive Associate Dean for Research
- Executive Associate Dean, Research / Professor
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pediatrics
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pediatrics
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Administrative Coordinator III, Academic and Student Affairs
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- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Family Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Ophthalmology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Neurology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor, Affiliated
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Psychiatry
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- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Gastroenterology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, OB / GYN
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Psychiatry
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Administrative Coordinator II, Research
Job Titles:
- Member of the ELC
- Vice Chief of Anesthesia, Palms West Hospital / ELC Member
Job Titles:
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor, Affiliated
- Department of Medical Education
Job Titles:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Anesthesiology
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- Department of Medical Education
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Family Medicin
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- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Member of the ELC
- Department of Medical Education
- Executive Director of Advancement
- Executive Director of Development, NSU Health Professions Division and Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
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- Assistant Dean, Clerkship Curriculum / Associate Professor
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Cardiology
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- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Administrative Coordinator II
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
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- Department of Medical Education
- Employee Services Consultant
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- Department of Medical Education
- Ed.D., Director of Professional Affairs and Faculty Development
- Interim Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs, Director, Faculty Affairs / Assistant Professor
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- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Department of Medical Education
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- Member of the ELC
- Partner, Akerman LLP
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- Curriculum Manager Pre - Clerkship
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- Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
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- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
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- Chairman, Department of Clinical Sciences, Associate Professor
- Department of Medical Education
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- Assistant Dean, Educational Standards and Quality / Assistant Professor, Affiliated
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Family Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicin
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- Associate Professor, Affiliated
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- Member of the ELC
- President / COO, Provider Network Solutions / Chair, ELC Clinical Committee
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- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Pathology / Department of Medical Education
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Cardiology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Department of Population Health Sciences
- Professor, Affiliated
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- Clinical Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicine
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Associate Professor
- Department of Medical Education
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- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Family Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Chairman and Professor, Medical Education
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- Department of Medical Education
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- Clinical Research Assistant Professor
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Surgery
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Emergency Medicin
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Pathology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
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- Member of the ELC
- CEO & Chairman, Gallo Herbert Architects
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- Department of Medical Education
- Professor, Medical Education
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Neurology
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- Assistant Professor
- Department of Medical Education
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- Associate Professor, Affiliated