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Commencement Greetings from the Dean

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To the Class of 2012:

Today marks a major milestone in your life and your career. The administration, faculty and staff of the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine could not be more proud of you. As students of the college, you have distinguished yourselves with hard work and professionalism. You have our heartfelt congratulations for a job well done.

Your journey is just beginning, however. As the renowned physician Sir William Osler noted in 1900:

“ The training of the medical school gives direction, points the way and furnishes a chart, fairly incomplete, for the voyage, but nothing more.”

You are confronting a volume of medical information never before encountered by physicians. New information will be learned and old information discarded at a remarkable pace.

OU-HCOM has equipped you not only with facts, but also with the tools necessary to seek new knowledge. I encourage you to follow medical literature closely, evaluate it critically and keep your minds open to new forms of therapy. Your patients will assume that you are providing the very latest in medical care. In meeting their expectations, you will be honoring yourself, your college and your profession.

As you take your oath, you will make a pledge to the students who follow you. Your college selected you not only because you will be an outstanding physician and surgeon, but also because of your potential to teach the generations of osteopathic physicians to come. The future of the profession rests in your hands. I hope you will integrate learning, doing and teaching into every day of your career.

On a personal note, I have sincerely enjoyed working with each of you. I also am honored that I was able to spend my final year as dean with you. I well remember my own graduation and know what a momentous occasion this is for you and your family. You have worked extremely hard to get to this day, and you deserve the honors bestowed upon you. I wish you the very best in the years to come as you begin your exciting professional journey.

I am proud to call you my colleagues. Welcome to the osteopathic profession!

John A. Brose, D.O.Dean, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic MedicineExecutive Dean for Health Affairs, Ohio UniversityJune 2, 2012

Ohio UniversityHeritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Commencement Exercises•

Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium

June 2, 2012, 10 a.m.

Representing the 33rd Osteopathic Medical Class

to graduate as part of the

258th Commencement Exercises

of Ohio University

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Welcome

Ohio University and its Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine welcome those attending these commencement exercises.

Profile of the University

Ohio University’s origins can be traced to an ordinance of Congress on July 13, 1787, “for the government of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio.” The ordinance proclaimed “Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” This principle was applied to the Ohio Company’s land purchase agreement, which provided for lands to be set aside for a university. Chartered first by the Ohio Company in 1799, and then by the State of Ohio on February 18, 1804, Ohio University became Ohio’s first university and the first in the Old Northwest Territory. From a modest beginning early in the 19th century, the university has steadily grown in numbers and programs. Today the Athens campus enrolls over 20,000 students with another 9,500 on five regional campuses or in other off-campus programs. Students come from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. Ohio University is a state-assisted institution. Less than half of its instructional and general budget comes from state funds. State subsidy and student fees are supplemented by income from private support and endowments.

Profile of the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Established by act of the Ohio General Assembly in 1975, the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine was created to help alleviate the state’s growing shortage of family physicians and to train doctors for chronically underserved areas. The educational program has been tailored to meet this legislative mandate. Although Ohio University’s medical school did not actually hold classes until the fall of 1976, its history is also a little older than one might think. In 1823, the University Board of Trustees appointed a committee “to take into consideration the expediency of establishing a Medical School ... ” and recommended that since, at the time, there was no medical school in Ohio, one might appropriately be located in Athens. Accordingly, the trustees set aside a large tract of land west of the College Green for a medical college. The site is, today, commemorated by a plaque about 250 yards from Grosvenor Hall, the first medical building. It only required a delay of 153 years for Ohio University’s medical school — through action of the General Assembly, the governor and the Ohio osteopathic profession — to finally open its doors. An orientation toward primary care, a commitment to supply medical care where such services are not otherwise available, its pioneering continuum approach to medical education and a fruitful research program are key components of the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. An emphasis on these factors has enabled the college to become recognized as one of the nation’s trendsetting medical education institutions.

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Commencement Exercises, June 2, 2012, 10:00 a.m.Presiding Officer Roderick J. McDavis, Ph.D. President, Ohio University

Prelude and Processional

Convening the Commencement Kevin B. Lake, D.O. Board of Trustees, Ohio University

The National Anthem Scott C. Ewing

Welcome President McDavis

Greetings Lauren Fuller, B.S. Past President, OU-HCOM Student Government Association

Lesley Kellie, B.S.N. President of the Class of 2012

Robert Juhasz, D.O. Board member, American Osteopathic Association

John F. Ramey, D.O. President, Ohio Osteopathic Association

Jeffrey A. Stanley, D.O. President, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Society of Alumni and Friends

Remarks and Awards John A. Brose, D.O. Dean, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Executive Dean for Health Affairs, Ohio University

D. Keith Watson, D.O. Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

John A. Blazyk, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Research

Nicole Wadsworth, D.O. Assistant Dean, Preclinical Education

Wayne A. Carlsen, D.O. Assistant Dean, Clinical Education

Commencement Address David S. Drozek, D.O. Assistant Professor of Surgery

Presentation of the Class of 2012 Pamela J. Benoit, Ph.D. Executive Vice President and Provost

Conferral of Degrees President McDavis

Osteopathic Oath Dean BroseA photograph of the class of 2012 will be taken at this time.

“Alma Mater, Ohio” Mr. EwingThe audience is requested to rise for the singing of “Alma Mater, Ohio” (page 13).

Adjournment of the Commencement Dr. Lake

RecessionalInterpreting services are provided by Deaf Services Center & Interpreting Resources.

A reception will be held immediately after the ceremony at the Baker University Center.

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Academic Heraldry The caps, gowns and hoods worn today in these Commencement Exercises are patterned after the attire of monks and students in the Middle Ages. Those possessing the doctoral degree wear gowns with broad velvet panels down the front and three velvet bars on the full, round, open sleeves. This velvet trimming is usually black, but can be hunter green, which is distinctive to the field of osteopathic medicine. Most of the color and meaning of the costume is found in the hood. These are silk-lined with the colors of the institution conferring the degree. As can readily be observed, the official colors of Ohio University are green and white. The border of the hood is velvet, and its color signifies the field of learning to which the degree pertains.

Ceremonial Mace For centuries the mace has been used as a symbol of authority. Its origins date back to the fasces — a bundle of rods borne before ancient Roman magistrates. Early maces were actually weapons of war, similar to a club, and were often used by ecclesiastics who were forbidden to use other kinds of weapons. In the early days of Cambridge and Oxford, religious and/or educational officials used maces to shepherd unruly students. Today, the use of the mace is a representation of authority for royalty, legislatures and universities around the world.

The late David R. Klahn, professor of art, designed the Ohio University Ceremonial Mace. It is modeled after one of the balustrades of an original stairway of Cutler Hall, the university’s main administration building. Cast in bronze, the mace features the university seal and a stylized representation of the Cutler Hall cupola. This is the second mace created for use at official university ceremonies and made its debut at the President’s Convocation for First-Year Students in 1999.

The Seal of Office Worn by the president at official Ohio University functions, the Seal of Office also was designed by Professor Klahn. Fabricated of silver and bronze, the primary medallion features a silhouette of Cutler Hall, the date of Ohio University’s founding (1804), and the words, “OHIO’S FIRST UNIVERSITY.” The secondary medallion at the back of the chain is the University Seal. Smaller medallions, replicas of the two center portions of the University Seal, are interspersed alternately with the chain’s links. The Seal of Office was created for the inauguration of President Robert Glidden in 1994 and has been passed on to the current president of Ohio University.

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Commencement Speaker’s Biography

David S. Drozek, D.O.

This year’s keynote speaker, David S. Drozek, D.O., is an assistant professor of surgery at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM) and serves on the college’s advisory committee for the Heritage Community Clinic. He is in private practice with University Medical Associates of Athens, and he holds medical privileges at Doctors Hospital of Nelsonville and O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens. Dr. Drozek is a 1983 graduate of OU-HCOM.

Prior to joining OU-HCOM as a faculty member in 2006, Dr. Drozek, his wife, Becky, and their three children lived in Honduras as missionaries for eight years. Dr. Drozek served as a medical missionary with Missions Door, which was then known as Mission to the Americas. As part of his missionary work in Central America, Dr. Drozek assisted in the development and opening of Hospital Loma de Luz in Balfate, Honduras, in conjunction with the Cornerstone Foundation. While in Honduas, Dr. Drozek hosted multiple construction and medical teams, and he participated in collaborative community development activities with government and non-governmental medical facilities.

Every year since joining OU-HCOM, Drozek has escorted groups of our students to various countries including Honduras, El Salvador and Ecuador where they have assisted with surgeries, held medical clinics and met with Central and South American students, interns and physicians. In the winter and spring of 2010, Dr. Drozek co-organized and led a team of faculty and staff from OU-HCOM and the Centers for Osteopathic Research and Education on a relief mission to earthquake-stricken Haiti.

Dr. Drozek has provided free surgical services for OU-HCOM’s Heritage Community Clinic. He volunteers for Good Works, Inc., a homeless shelter located in Athens. He has been active in his church’s Men’s Ministry and has served as an adult and children’s Sunday school teacher.

At OU-HCOM, Dr. Drozek serves as the faculty co-advisor for the student chapters of the Christian Medical Association and the Surgery and Sports Medicine Club. He served as co-advisor for Salud es Vida and the Albert Schweitzer Fellows Program in 2011. Dr. Drozek also serves as a facilitator for various research programs by OU-HCOM students, and is the co-author of various research articles.

In 2009, the national Student Osteopathic Surgical Association honored Dr. Drozek as Surgery Mentor of the Year.

Dr. Drozek is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery, and he is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, the Ohio Osteopathic Association, the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons and the Christian Medical Association.

Dr. Drozek earned a bachelor’s degree from Cedarville College in Cedarville, Ohio. He completed a rotating internship and a general surgery residency, both at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, where he was chief resident in 1987–1988.

Awards and Recognition

Outstanding Student AwardsDean’s Award: Kim Minh Phan

Global Health Award: Jennifer Ashley Lazor

Osteopathic Heritage Award: Amy Wirtz Johnson

Student D.O. of the Year: Sara Elizabeth Thorp

Outstanding Research Award: Lesley Anne Ramos Kellie

Biomedical Science Award: Paul Harding Eichenseer

Family Practice Award: Lindsay Rachelle Bradbee

Ohio Department of Aging – Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Award: Rachel Nicole Hart

Obstetrics and Gynecology Award: Emily Ellen Burnette

Pediatrics Award: Amanda Gogol-Tagliaferro

Social Medicine Award: Sara Elizabeth Thorp

Specialty Medicine Award: Marisa Patryce McGinley

Outstanding Case-Based Paper Award: Lauren Rebecca Brobeck

Doctors Foundation Award: Amanda Christine Farrell, Jeffrey Aaron James, Gwendolyn Leigh Welsh

Centers for Osteopathic Research and Education Awards Affinity Medical Center – Massillon: Andrew G. Little

Cleveland Clinic/South Pointe Hospital – Cleveland: Katie McConnell Davis

Firelands Regional Medical Center – Sandusky: Amy Wirtz Johnson

Grandview Medical Center – Dayton: Andrew Robert Malarkey

Humility of Mary Health Partners/St. Joseph Health Center – Warren: Stephanie Marie Maus

Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center – Toledo: Barbara Marie Mellman

Mount Carmel West Medical Center – Columbus: Paul Harding Eichenseer

O’Bleness Memorial Hospital – Athens: Korrie Beth Waters

OhioHealth Columbus: Kim Minh Phan

Southern Ohio Medical Center – Portsmouth: Arrika Jo Mains

St. John Medical Center – Westlake: Erika Alyse Wager

Summa Western Reserve Hospital – Cuyahoga Falls: Jason R. Sargent

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Outstanding Faculty RecognitionAffinity Medical Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician David A. Katz, D.O. Outstanding Family Physician Cory A. Brown, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician Frederick U. Eruo, M.D. Outstanding Medical Education Trainee Emily M. Fiers, D.O.

Firelands Regional Medical Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician Robert L. Hill, M.D. Outstanding Family Physician Kari Ketvertis, M.D. Outstanding Specialty Physician William D. Bruner, D.O. Outstanding Medical Education Trainee Stacey L. Carpenter, D.O.

Grandview Medical Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician Jose U. Torres, D.O. Outstanding Family Physician Micah R. Davis, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician Jeffrey J. Kaufhold, M.D. Outstanding Medical Education Trainee Christopher M. Manhart, D.O.

Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician Rosemary L. D’Agostino, M.D. Outstanding Family Physician Nicholas G. Espinoza, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician Ahed T. Nahhas, M.D. Outstanding Medical Education Trainee Douglas A. Smith, D.O.

Mount Carmel Health System Outstanding Primary Care Physician Meredith N. Mucha, M.D. Outstanding Family Physician Benedicta D. Udeagbala, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician Bryan T. Grischow, D.O.

OhioHealth - Columbus Outstanding Primary Care Physician Linda A. Iskra, M.D. Outstanding Family Physician Michael E. Campolo, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician Donald L. Freidenberg, D.O. Outstanding Medical Education Trainee Deepa R. Halaharvi, D.O.

Cleveland Clinic/South Pointe Hospital Outstanding Primary Care Physician M. Stacia Dearmin, M.D. Outstanding Family Physician Marlene H. Weinstein, M.D. Outstanding Specialty Physician Samir Abraskia, M.D. Outstanding Medical Education Trainee Paul Paik, D.O.

Southeast Ohio CORE Outstanding Primary Care Physician Scott J. McCallum, M.D. Outstanding Family Physician Scott J. Anzalone, M.D. Outstanding Specialty Physician William A. Cline, D.O. Outstanding Medical Education Trainee Crystal Mills, D.O.

Southern Ohio Medical Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician Kevin W. Kammler, D.O. Outstanding Family Physician Justin S. Greenlee, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician Thomas L. Khoury, M.D. Outstanding Medical Education Trainee Jeremy Parsons, D.O.

St. John Medical Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician Joseph A. Girgis, M.D. Outstanding Family Physician Thomas W. Wagner, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician James K. Matheson, D.O. Outstanding Medical Education Trainee Gary J. Laubacker, D.O.

Humility of Mary Health Partners/St. Joseph Health Center Outstanding Primary Care Physician Gretchen L. Nickell, D.O. Outstanding Family Physician Anthony S. Lattanzio, D.O. Outstanding Specialty Physician Robert J. Orr, M.D. Outstanding Medical Education Trainee Gregory L. Gibson, D.O.

Summa Western Reserve Hospital Outstanding Primary Care Physician Gary B. Pinta, Jr., M.D. Outstanding Family Physician Andrea G. Cerone, M.D. Outstanding Specialty Physician Michael D. Bage, M.D. Outstanding Medical Education Trainee Sergio A. Ulloa, D.O.

Graduates in 2012

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Seth Ochiéng AgiroB.S.N., Cedarville University, 2005

Jennifer Lynn AllenB.A., University of Louisville, 2007

Sabine Myrtho BarlattB.A., CUNY, Queens, 2003M.S., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine, 2007Mentor: Crispin Barlatt, M.D.

Julie Lorraine BellissimoB.S., Grove City College, 2008Mentor: Jay Shubrook, D.O.

Gregory Hayward Bennett*B.S., Miami University, 2008

Samar Marie BoulosB.S., Youngstown State University, 2008

Ryan Michael BoxB.S., University of Dayton, 2008

Lindsay Rachelle BradbeeB.S., Ohio University, 2008

Lauren Rebecca Brobeck*B.S., Mount Union College, 2008Mentor: Leon Wince, Ph.D.

Matthew Richard BrownB.S., Wright State University, 2008

Ryan V. BurkhartB.S., Muskingum College, 2007

Emily Ellen BurnetteB.A., Miami University, 2007Mentor: Scott Delong, D.O.

Jennifer Ruth ChristensonB.A., University of Michigan, 2007Mentors: Paul Christenson, M.D.,Melissa Rosado de Christenson, M.D.

Sarah Marie Porter CoffmanB.A., Miami University, 2005M.S., Johns Hopkins University, 2007 Mentor: Dawn Sammons, D.O.

Joseph R. CrawfordB.S., Wright State University, 2007

Dominique Starr CrosbyB.S., Grand Valley State University, 2007Mentor: Denice Worthy, M.D.

Steven R. CubbisonB.A., Miami University, 2006Mentors: Theodore Cubbison, D.O.,Adele Lipari, D.O.

Katie McConnell DavisB.A., Ursuline College, 2007Mentor: Jane D’Isa-Smith, D.O.

Nicole Elizabeth DavisB.A., Anderson University, 2007

Victoria Marie DiGennaroB.A., Youngstown State University, 2008Mentor: Ron Russ, D.O.

Brittany Cameron EcksteinB.A., Miami University, 2007M.A., Case Western Reserve University, 2008Mentor: Michael Eckstein, M.D.

Annick EdonB.S., The Ohio State University, 2005

Tara Reisha Edwards*B.S., Hampton University, 2004

Paul Harding EichenseerB.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2006Mentor: Daryl Sybert, D.O.

Ryan Lee EschbaughB.S., Marietta College, 2007

Stephen Daniel EvansB.A., Vassar College, 2008Mentor: Daniel Evans, D.O.

Amanda Christine Farrell*B.S., Wittenberg University, 2008

Alanna Marie FogliettiB.A., The Ohio State University, 2008Mentor: Mark Foglietti, D.O.

Stephen Lee FostykB.A., Malone College, 2007Mentor: Mark Foglietti, D.O.

David Patrick FreyB.A., Miami University, 2007Mentor: John Dumot, D.O.

Carl R. FryB.A., The College of Wooster, 2008Mentor: Mark Lamielle, D.O.

Lauren Marie Fuller*B.S., Michigan State University, 2008Mentor: Linda Ross, D.O.

Jeremy Robert GirmannB.S., Wright State University, 2008Mentor: Robert Girmann, M.D.

Amanda Gogol-TagliaferroB.A., Loyola University Chicago, 2008

Justin Paul GuschingB.S., The Ohio State University, 2007

Scott Burdine HahnB.S., Wright State University, 2008

Rachel Nicole Hart*B.S., University of Louisville, 2008 Mentor: Shorin Nemeth, D.O.

Kristi Beth HawleyB.S., Ohio University, 2008Mentor: Scott Drew, D.O.

Emily Marie Heckendorn*B.S., Indiana Wesleyan University, 2008Mentor: Ted Heckendorn, M.D.

Stephanie Lynn HellerB.S., University of Dayton, 2007

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Andrew Dean HensonB.S., Colorado State University, 2007Mentor: Anita Steinbergh, D.O.

Stephanie Kay HertzB.S., Wright State University, 2007

Nicklaus James Hess*B.S., Muskingum College, 2008Mentor: Paul A. Martin, D.O.

Melissa Flannery HollandB.S., The Ohio State University, 2005M.S., The Ohio State University, 2008Mentor: Benjamin F. Tancinco, M.D.

Jeanne Ocheze HunterB.S., Wright State University, 2005Mentor: Cynthia A. Woods, M.D.

Jeffrey Aaron JamesB.S., University of Dayton, 2008

Amy Wirtz JohnsonB.S., Westminster College, 2007 Mentor: Anthony Chila, D.O.

Graham Kyle JohnsonB.S., Youngstown State University, 2008

LaQuita Marie JonesB.S., Kent State University, 2007Mentor: Georgenna Riley, D.O.

Lesley Anne Ramos Kellie*B.S.N., University of Louisville, 2004Mentor: Brandon John Kellie, M.D.

Brian J. KellyB.S., University of Dayton, 2007

Andrew Paul KingB.S., Texas Lutheran University, 2007Mentor: Eric Mast, D.O.

Amanda Joan Kocoloski*B.S., University of Dayton, 2007Mentor: Phillip Kocoloski, D.O.

Sotirios KorosB.S., University of Cincinnati, 2007

William Anthony Krebs, Jr.B.S., University of Dayton, 2008Mentor: David Drozek, D.O.

Jennifer Ashley Lazor*B.S., Marquette University, 2007Mentor: James A. Lazor, D.O.

Andrew G. Little B.S., Shawnee State University, 2007Mentor: Andrew Culver, D.O.

Megan Jennifer LovelandB.A., Denison University, 2006

Arrika Jo Mains*B.S., Shawnee State University, 2008Mentor: Linda Ross, D.O.

Andrew Robert MalarkeyB.A., Transylvania University, 2007Mentor: Robert Malarkey, M.D.

Lisa Marie Martorano*B.S., Wittenberg University, 2008Mentor: Dawn Sammons, D.O.

Sarita Venkata MaturuB.S., University of Cincinnati, 2008Mentor: Prasad Maturu, M.D.

Stephanie Marie MausB.S., Youngstown State University, 2008

Kevin Patrick McAninchB.A., Wittenberg University, 2006

Marisa Patryce McGinleyB.A., The College of Wooster, 2008Mentor: D. Keith Watson, D.O.

Hannah Marie McKeeverB.A., Wright State University, 2008Mentor: Thomas Khoury, M.D.

Barbara Marie MellmanB.S., The Ohio State University, 2008

Vashti Terese MensahB.S., Cedarville University, 2007Mentor: Sarah McGrew, B.S.N.

Laura Elisabeth MongB.S., The Ohio State University, 2005Mentor: Charles Keller, D.O.

Candace Patrice MooreB.S., Tennessee State University, 2006Mentor: Reginald Hughes, M.D.

Phuc Kim-Hoang NguyenB.S., Virginia Commonwealth University, 2006Mentor: John Schriner, Ph.D.

Carl W. NobleB.S., The Ohio State University, 2007Mentor: William Noble, D.O.

Cara Brianne NorvellB.S., The Ohio State University, 2007

Robert John NydzaB.S., Siena Heights University, 2007

Jacob Benjamin OsterburB.A., Augustana College, 2007Mentor: William Osterbur, M.D.

Crystal LeGayle ParksB.S., Alabama A&M University, 2006

Kristin Michelle PeoplesB.A., University of Arkansas, 2006M.Ed., Kent State University, 2008Mentor: Jason Diehl, M.D.

Kim Minh PhanB.S., University of Louisville, 2006Mentor: Jay Shubrook, D.O.

James Charles Prueter*B.S., Ithaca College, 2006Mentor: Mathew Cosenza, D.O.

Vikram RajeB.S., The Ohio State University, 2008

Jason Leigh RapaportB.A., Vanderbilt University, 2007Mentor: Adolfo Rapaport, D.O.

Brandon John Dale Rein*B.A. Miami University, 2007Mentor: Sajal Gupta, M.D.

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Krystal Marie RenszelB.A., Wittenberg University, 2004M.S., Kent State University, 2009Mentor: Mary Ellen Margocs DiDonato, D.O.

Joseph James RousherB.A., Malone College, 2008

Jason R. SargentB.S., Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 2007

Chase Andrew ScarbroughB.S., University of Toledo, 2008Mentor: Frank Schwartz, M.D.

Rebecca J. SchroederB.S., Muskingum College, 2008Mentor: Patrick Nduaguba, D.O.

Tamara Jean ScottB.S., Kent State University, 2005Mentor: Duke Starr, D.O.

Samuel Nelson SigoloffB.A., St. Mary’s University, 2007Mentor: David Drozek, D.O.

Jenna Leigh SilakoskiB.S., University of Rio Grande, 2007Mentor: Dan Black, D.O.

Christopher B. StallingB.S., Denison University, 2008

Robert Jarrett SteffyB.S., Youngstown State University, 2008

Brian David SteginskyB.A., Kenyon College, 2007Mentor: Alan Steginsky, M.D.

David Francis SypertB.S., John Carroll University, 2007Mentor: Greg Gibbons, M.D.

Joseph Paul Tagliaferro, IIIB.S., Loyola University Chicago, 2008

Danielle Lynn TaylorB.S., University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2004M.S., Barry University, 2006Mentor: Wayne Carlsen, D.O.

Sara Elizabeth Thorp*B.A., Earlham College, 2001Mentor: Stevan Walkowski, D.O.

Christa Michelle TomcB.S., University of Notre Dame, 2008Mentors: Michael Tomc, D.O., Linda Tomc, D.O.

Christine Ngoc Tran*B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 2006

Corey Allen TrobaughB.A., Bowling Green State University, 2007

Chau Minh UongB.A., The University of Texas at Dallas, 2004Mentor: Vuong Uong, M.D.

Samantha Phoua Vang-ChengB.A., University of Michigan, Dearborn, 2007B.S., University of Michigan, Dearborn, 2007

Jayme Ann VogtB.S., Wright State University, 2004

Louis E. VolinoB.S., John Carroll University, 2008Mentor: Gretchen Nickell, D.O.

Jeremy WachenschwanzA.S., Hocking College, 2004B.S.Sp.S., Ohio University, 2008Mentor: Charles Keller, D.O.

Erika Alyse WagerB.S., John Carroll University, 2007Mentor: Leon Wince, Ph.D.

Korrie Beth Waters*B.S., St. John Fisher College, 2007Mentor: Karen Montgomery-Reagan, D.O.

Gwendolyn Leigh Welsh*B.S., Ball State University, 2005M.S., University of Cincinnati, 2008Mentor: Katy Kropf, D.O.

Kenneth Robert Willaert*B.S., Minnesota State University-Mankato, 2007

Rachel P. WoodsB.S., Kent State University, 2006M.S., University of Cincinnati, 2009Mentor: Cassandra Suggs, M.D.

Kenneth Elliot WyattB.A., B.S., Indiana University, 2004Mentor: Robert H. Wyatt, M.D.

Jennifer Yee*B.S., Ohio University, 2008Mentor: Dennis Yee, D.O.

Alexander S. YehB.S., The Ohio State University, 2005

Jessica Lynne YonleyB.S., Gannon University, 2006

Jeffrey Michael YorkB.S., The Ohio State University, 2008

*Denotes Sigma Sigma Phi Class of 2012

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Osteopathic Physician’s Oath

I do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession I am about to enter.

I will be mindful always of my great responsibility to preserve the health and the life of my patients, to retain their confidence and respect both as a physician and a friend who will guard their secrets with scrupulous honor and fidelity, to perform faithfully my professional duties, to employ only those recognized methods of treatment consistent with good judgment and with my skill and ability, keeping in mind always nature’s laws and the body’s inherent capacity for recovery.

I will be ever vigilant in aiding in the general welfare of the community, sustaining its laws and institutions, not engaging in those practices which will in any way bring shame or discredit upon myself or my profession. I will give no drugs for deadly purposes to any person, though it be asked of me.

I will endeavor to work in accord with my colleagues in a spirit of progressive cooperation and never by word or by act cast imputations upon them or on their rightful practices.

I will look with respect and esteem upon all those who have taught me my art. To my college I will be loyal and strive always for its best interests and for the interests of the students who will come after me. I will be ever alert to further the application of basic biologic truths to the healing arts and to develop the principles of osteopathic medicine as taught by my profession.

In the presence of this gathering, I bind myself to this oath.

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Alma Mater, Ohio*

Whene’re we take our book of mem’ries

And scan its pages through and through

We’ll find no days that glow so brightly

As those we spent at old O.U.

Within our Alma Mater’s portals

We meet her children hand to hand,

And when there comes the day of parting,

Still firm and loyal we will stand.

Alma Mater, Ohio, Alma Mater, brave and fair!

Alma Mater, we hail thee, for we own thy kindly care.

Alma Mater, Ohio, when we read thy story o’er,

We revere thee and cheer thee

As we sing thy praise once more.

*Words and music by Kenneth S. Clark. Written in 1915 and awarded first prize in the Alma Mater Song Contest conducted

by Edwin W. Chubb, dean, College of Liberal Arts.

Ohio University Administrative Officers

Roderick J. McDavis, Ph.D. President

Pamela J. Benoit, Ph.D. Executive Vice President and Provost

Stephen T. Golding, M.A.Vice President for Finance andAdministration, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer

Joesph Shields, Ph.D.Vice President for Research & Creative Activity and Dean of the Graduate College

J. Bryan Benchoff Vice President for University Advancement andPresident and CEO for the Ohio University Foundation

Ohio University Board of Trustees

C. Robert Kidder, M.S.I.E., chairColumbus

Gene T. Harris, Ph.D., vice chairColumbus

Sandra J. Anderson, J.D.Dublin

David Brightbill, B.S.Ed.Lower Salem

N. Victor Goodman, B.A., J.D.Columbus

Janetta King, B.S.Worthington

Kevin B. Lake, D.O.Leesburg

David A. Wolfort, A.B.Bedford Heights

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Ryan T. Lombardi, M.Ed.Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students

John J. Biancamano, J.D.General Counsel

J. Brice Bible, M.S.Chief Information Officer

John A. Brose, D.O.Executive Dean for Health Affairs

Henry Heilbrunn, B.S.J.National trustee

Frank P. Krasovec, B.B.A., M.B.A.National trustee

Arlene Greenfield, B.S.H.E., M.A.Alumni representative

Allison Arnold Student trustee

Danielle ParkerStudent trustee

Thomas E. Davis, Ph.D.Secretary

Stephen T. Golding, M.A.Treasurer

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Appointive Members

Deborah Phillips Bower, A.B.Columbus

Roy G. Chew, Ph.D.Dayton

Norman E. Dewire, D.Min.Dayton

Kevin B. Lake, D.O.Columbus

Richard A. Vincent, M.B.A.Columbus

Benedict Weissenrieder, B.S.Athens

Statutory Member

Roderick J. McDavis, Ph.D.President, Ohio UniversityAthens

Ex-Officio Member

John A. Brose, D.O.Dean, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic MedicineExecutive Dean for Health Affairs, Ohio UniversityAthens

Secretary

Thomas E. Davis, Ph.D.Secretary, Ohio University Board of TrusteesAthens

Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Advisory Board

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John A. Brose, D.O.Dean

D. Keith Watson, D.O.Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

John F. Blazyk, Ph.D.Associate Dean, Research

Wayne A. Carlsen, D.O.Assistant Dean, Clinical Education

Cheryl A. Riley, M.S.N.Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs

Nicole Wadsworth, D.O.Assistant Dean,Preclinical Education

Patricia A. Burnett, Ph.D.Assistant Dean, Student Affairs

John D. Schriner, Ph.D.Assistant Dean, Admissions

Kathy S. Brooks, M.Ed.Chief Financial Officer

Audrone R. Biknevicius, Ph.D.Chairman, Department of Biomedical Sciences

David Eland, D.O.Chairman, Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

Jen-Tzer Gau, M.D., Ph.D.Chairman, Department of Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology

Karen Montgomery-Reagan, D.O.Chairman, Department of Pediatrics

Jack M. Ramey, D.O.Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Christopher A. Simpson, D.O., Ph.D.Chairman, Department of Family Medicine

Michael W. Tomc, D.O.Chairman, Department of Specialty Medicine

Jaqueline H. Wolf, Ph.D.Chairman, Department of Social Medicine

Douglas D. Mann, Ph.D.Executive Assistant to the Dean

Al Reed, M.C.T.P.Director of Medical Informatics

George F. Dunigan, II, B.S.Director of Governmental Affairs

Stephen S. Davis, Ph.D.Director of Faculty Development

Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Administration

Laurie Sheridan Lach, B.S.Director of Alumni Affairs

Karoline E. Lane, M.L.S.Director of Communication

Jill Harmon, M.Ed.Director of Admissions

Kathleen J. Trace, M.H.A.Director of Community Health Programs and Area Health Education Center

Sharon B. Zimmerman, M.P.A.Director of Medical Development and Executive Director of Alumni Affairs

Alex Westerfelt, Ph.D.Director of Institutional Assessment and Planning

CENTERS FOR OSTEOPATHIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

Peter A. Bell, D.O., MBAAssistant Dean

Andrew K. Culver, D.O.Assistant Dean

Nicholas G. Espinoza, D.O.Assistant Dean

Jeffrey Hunter, D.O.Assistant Dean

Terry A. Johnson, D.O.Assistant Dean

Dennis E. Kane, D.O.Assistant Dean

Joni M. Koren, D.O.Assistant Dean

James E. Preston, D.O.Assistant Dean

Ronald J. Russ, D.O.Assistant Dean

Philip A. Starr, III, D.O.Assistant Dean

Anita M. Steinbergh, D.O.Assistant Dean

David L. Tolentino, D.O.Assistant Dean

Stevan Walkowski, D.O.Assistant Dean

Centers for Osteopathic Research and Education

Participating Members

Affinity Medical Center – Massillon Cleveland Clinic/South Pointe Hospital – Warrensville HeightsFirelands Regional Medical Center – Sandusky Grandview Medical Center – Dayton Humility of Mary Health Partners/St. Joseph Health Center – Warren Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center – Toledo Mount Carmel West Medical Center – ColumbusO’Bleness Memorial Hospital – Athens OhioHealth/Doctors Hospital – Columbus Southern Ohio Medical Center – Portsmouth St. John Medical Center – Westlake Summa Western Reserve Hospital – Cuyahoga Falls Associate Members

Adena Regional Medical Center – Chillicothe Cleveland Clinic/Fairview Medical Center – Cleveland Fairfield Medical Center – LancasterHumility of Mary Health Partners/St. Elizabeth Health Center – Youngstown Marietta Memorial Hospital – Marietta Metro Health Medical Center – Cleveland OhioHealth/Grant Medical Center – Columbus Summa Health System/Akron City Hospital – Akron Ancillary Members

Appalachian Behavioral Health Center – Athens Chillicothe Veterans Administration Medical Center – Chillicothe Mount Carmel/New Albany Surgical Hospital – New AlbanyMount Carmel/St. Anne’s Hospital – Columbus OhioHealth/Riverside Methodist Hospital – Columbus Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy – Ada