R E P O R T T O T H E C O M M U N I T Y | 2014–2015THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE EDUCATION

EDUCATION

COMMUNITY

GLOBALITY

RESEARCH

DIVERSITY

TECHNOLOGY

2015 BOARD OF REGENTSThomas Drese · MA chair

Marilyn Snider · MS vice chair

Albert Peters · CPA treasurer

Sharon Diaz · PhD (hc) (ex-officio)

David Bradley · MBA (ex-officio)

Jonathan Brown · DPA Mary Brown David Frey · JD Owen Garrick · MD Cornelius Hopper · MD Teh-wei Hu · PhD Lloyd Leanse · BA Alvin McLean, Jr. · PhD Gary Morrison · LLB Chuck Prosper · MBA John Swartzberg · MD, FACP

2015 ADMINISTRATIONSharon Diaz · PhD (hc) president and ceo

Scot Foster · PhD academic vice president and provost

Gregory Gingras · MSB, CMA, CFM vice president, finance and administration, and cfo

Terrence Nordstrom · EdD, PT interim vice president, enrollment and student services

Stephanie Bangert · MLS executive director, communications and external relations

Elaine Lemay · MHROD executive director, human resources

Shirley Strong · MEd chief diversity officer

Cynthia Ulman · MBA executive director, planning and business development

Sue Valencia · BA, CFRE executive director, development and alumni affairs

On the cover: Shanda Williams, Student Body Association’s 2015 Student of the Year and BSN graduate

M I S S I O NSamuel Merritt University educates students to become highly skilled and compassionate health-care professionals who positively transform the experience of care in diverse communities.

V I S I O NSamuel Merritt University will become nationally recognized as a premier, multi-specialty health sciences institution. Expert faculty and staff will shape an inclusive learning environment where all students experience best teaching practices and state-of-the-art learning approaches. The University will select and support students who will flourish in the rigorous academic programs, learn to practice expertly, and pass licensure or certifications examinations on first attempt.

VA L U E SAt Samuel Merritt University, we value:

» a learning environment where we challenge ourselves and our students to think critically, seek mastery, and act compassionately.

» a collegial environment where we are fair, respectful, and behave with integrity.

» a collaborative environment where we partner with one another and with others in the community.

» an innovative environment where we take reasoned risks and move nimbly.

» a results-oriented environment where we provide and expect exceptional performance and service.

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BY THE NUMBERS

IN 2015, AN ANTICIPATED 718 STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE FROM THE FIVE DEGREE PROGRAMS AT SAMUEL MERRITT UNIVERSITY, MAKING SMU THE LARGEST SOURCE OF NEW REGISTERED NURSES IN CALIFORNIA, AS WELL AS THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, AND PODIATRIC PHYSICIANS IN THE GREATER BAY AREA.

PERCENTAGE OF LAST YEAR’S OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY GRADUATES WHO ARE

CURRENTLY EMPLOYED IN PROFESSION 96%LICENSURE PASS RATE OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT GRADUATES IN 15-YEAR HISTORY

CUMULATIVE GPA OF PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENTS ENTERING SMU

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96.8%

456THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF SCHOOL

OF NURSING GRADUATES EACH YEAR WHO TAKE THE CALIFORNIA

STATE NCLEX EXAMS

RESIDENCY PLACEMENT RATE FOR SCHOOL OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE GRADUATES

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Note to the Community

Dr. Cornel West Inspires Students to Enter “Sacred Profession”

SMU Rolls Out TeamSTEPPS, A System to Improve Teamwork and Patient Safety

SMU Leads Nation Integrating Genomics into Healthcare Education

New Team to Improve Teaching and Learning Outcomes with Innovation and Tech

Virtual Cadaver Brings New Technology to Anatomy Education

Serving Disadvantaged Rewards SMU Nursing Educator and FNP Students

MARC Provides New Research Opportunities for Faculty and Students

Nursing Student Aims to Serve Hometown of Oakland

Campus Notebook

Occupational Therapy Students Build Solutions with Assistive Devices

2014 Financial Review

Honor Roll of Donors

TABLE OF CONTENTSRESIDENCY PLACEMENT RATE FOR SCHOOL OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE GRADUATES

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In the next decade, more than five million health-care professionals are expected to enter the work-force, making healthcare the fastest developing job sector in the US, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This rapid and well-documented growth is driven both by an aging population and the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, which rightly aims to make healthcare accessible and affordable for all.

So how does Samuel Merritt University (SMU) ensure this coming tidal wave of new healthcare professionals are highly skilled and deeply compassionate?

We lead the way. This 2014–2015 issue of the Report to the Community considers the national leadership role SMU has taken in healthcare ed- ucation to train the future professionals who will positively impact the healthcare experience in our communities, and most particularly the underserved.

To do it, we’ve installed ahead-of-the-curve curricula and ushered in modern teaching strategies.

NOTE TO THE COMMUNITY

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In March, SMU hosted the first Genomics and the Future of Healthcare Symposium, which included presentations from national experts and highlighted SMU’s pioneering effort to integrate this new field of study into under- graduate programs. We’ve also opened the Motion Analysis Research Center (MARC), which is among the few facilities of its kind on the West Coast dedicated to Interprofessional Education (IPE) that places students from our California School of Podiatric Medicine side-by-side with our occupational and physical therapy students. We’ve also unveiled the “virtual cadaver,” one of the few in the Bay Area that allows students to examine the details of the anatomy in a touch-screen 21st-century modality.

We are also leading the nation in an ambi-tious plan to train every person on campus in TeamSTEPPS, the national communication and leadership system that will be common among future healthcare professionals. The comprehensive training would make SMU the only healthcare education institution in the US

to require all stakeholders to become fluent in the lingua franca of tomorrow’s client-based, multi-provider, healthcare delivery model.

For all of our growth in research, technology, and best practices, at the heart of the SMU mission is to develop graduates who are guided by a social awareness that healthcare should be equitable, and that health disparities must be eradicated.

In April, we invited the theologian and public intellectual Cornel West to speak at the pulpit of our partner Allen Temple Baptist Church in East Oakland. West reminded us that providing healthcare is fundamentally benevolent. “A sa-cred profession,” as West called it, rallying SMU students and faculty alike to continue with their commitment to the underserved to close the health disparity gap.

Finally, we are privileged to introduce you to Shanda Williams, a 2015 graduate and winner of the Student Body Association’s (SBA) Student of the Year Award. Shanda’s story, as you will

learn, embodies the mission of SMU: to place graduates back into our communities, as part of the new wave of healthcare professionals, who will deliver high quality care to our fellow citizens today, and well into the future.

Sincerely,

sharon c. diaz, PhD (hc)President and Chief Executive Officer

thomas drese, MAChair, Board of Regents

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Dr. Cornel West, one of America’s most promi-nent and provocative intellectuals, stood at the dais inside East Oakland’s Allen Temple Baptist Church in early April and commended the stu-dents and faculty of SMU.

“For you to work and provide care for those who live in neighborhoods like these and need it most is a profoundly and fundamentally human act,” West said to a filled church of nearly 400 students, faculty, and community members.” It’s a beautiful thing to empathize and comfort others. To do so in today’s America really is to be countercultural. You’re cutting against the grain. And so I’ve come to salute Samuel Merritt University, but also to learn and listen from you.”

West’s inspirational words were part of an hour-long discussion titled, “Overcoming Structural

Violence to Reduce Health Disparities: Building the Beloved Community.” The Harvard and Princeton-educated philosopher was invited by SMU’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion as part of its Social Justice Speaker Series to address how violence in underserved communities impacts public health, and how SMU graduates can best serve clients who live in those communities.

“Be culturally sensitive and humble and knowl-edgeable of those who you care for,” West said before his presentation. “Caring for others—at its purest and most loving form—cuts across color and class and sexual orientation and nationality. In that sense, no matter what the challenge is, serving others really is living life at its highest level; your joy and pleasure in others is passed on to them. But to do so, you have to learn and listen and understand them and their experiences.”

West’s appearance was SMU’s most recent collabo-ration with Allen Temple, the renowned Black church located in the heart of East Oakland, where some of the city’s most striking health disparities are seen. A 2015 report from the Alameda County Public Health Department showed that a Black male who grows up in East Oakland has a life expectancy of 71 years, while a white male in the more affluent Montclair District two miles away will live to 86.

The cause of that 15-year disparity is a con-fluence of sociological ills, the study’s authors found—poverty, violence, and lack of education to name just three.

In an attempt to reduce those dramatic health disparities and fulfill SMU’s broader mission of educating students who will work in under-served communities, the University hosts free Community Learning Forums at Allen Temple, where faculty members discuss healthcare issues facing members of the community. Students and faculty also volunteer their time and services to provide free screenings at Allen Temple’s annual health fair.

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Rev. Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Jr., senior pastor at Allen Temple, said the relationship between the two institutions was a rare and sacred one. “A lot of healthcare institutions will talk the talk with us,” Smith, Jr. said, “but Samuel Merritt University has walked the walk. Their faculty and students have come down from Pill Hill and joined us here in the ’hood to work with us and help care for our community. They have shown us their com-mitment by deeds and not just words.”

West was chosen to address SMU students and faculty due to his lifelong support of social justice issues, said Shirley Strong, chief diversity officer at SMU.

“Dr. West talks a lot about income disparity and social justice and we view health disparities as a clear social justice issue,” Strong said. “Our students are the caregivers who will work in the neighborhoods most impacted by structural violence, and so it is critical they are well versed in Dr. West’s ideals to make them better, more compassionate, healthcare providers.”

West said the violence and poverty that afflicts lower-income neighborhoods is rooted in gen-erations of structural failings. It would take a massive amount of resources to solve those problems, and it’s unlikely those resources will arrive anytime soon.

In the meantime, West added, he was energized to see a younger generation of socially con-scious activists—including the future healthcare providers at Samuel Merritt University—who he said were entering a “sacred profession.”

“There’s a beautiful awakening among our young people going on right now, given the sleepwalking that’s been going on for 35, 40 years,” West said. “That’s what I love about Samuel Merritt University; it’s not just teaching, but it’s also exemplifying. Our students learn much more by the examples that are set than they do by textbooks. Knowing how is probably more important than the knowing what. To have examples that you can emulate, imitate, and use to go on to create—that’s the beautiful thing about Samuel Merritt University, where people learn to care about others by seeing and doing.”

“Be culturally sensitive and humble and knowledgeable of those who you care for.”

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Here’s a riddle: Why did students from four programs at Samuel Merritt University—nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and physician assistant—spend a Friday night playing with LEGOs?

Answer: To learn how to save lives.

It may sound like popsicle stick humor, but all SMU faculty, staff, and students are going to spend time together constructing LEGO towers in the coming years. The fun exercise is the introduction to a campus-wide training on TeamSTEPPS, or Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety.

TeamSTEPPS is a national system for healthcare professionals from different backgrounds to strengthen teamwork and communication—to learn how to speak one common language and work effectively—in an effort improve patient safety. Medical error was the third leading cause of death in the US in 2013 (440,000 deaths), according to the Journal of Patient Safety, and the majority of those errors were caused by a breakdown in leadership and miscommunication.

At the same time, the future of healthcare is mov-ing toward a patient-centered, team-based delivery model, said Michael Negrete PharmD, interim assistant vice president of academic affairs.

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“When a complex team of multiple providers come together but can’t work together it can turn into chaos quickly,” Negrete said. “To pro-vide effective care in that scenario, you need to improve teamwork and communication.”

While some current healthcare professionals may already be familiar with TeamSTEPPS, SMU stands out as a leader in healthcare education for its ambitious plan to familiarize every person on campus with the model. The goal, Negrete said, is to have all faculty and staff fully trained by the end of 2015, and to roll out a plan to ensure all students receive training prior to graduation by fall of 2016.

That would make SMU one of the first—if not the only—healthcare universities in the nation to complete such a comprehensive offering of TeamSTEPPS.

“Other schools may have trained people in cer-tain areas,” Negrete said. “But we’ll be the first to ensure that it gets learned in every corner of the campus. If it’s good for patient care and healthcare teams, it’s good for all teams.”

TeamSTEPPS works hand-in-glove with another one of SMU’s academic priorities, Interpro-fessional Education (IPE). IPE brings different healthcare disciplines together to improve a patient’s health while TeamSTEPPS gives those professionals the skills and abilities to work effectively with each other.

And so, on a Friday night this spring in the Health Sciences Simulation Center (HSSC), students from various programs moved from finding the most efficient way to build a LEGO tower as a team to deliver quality care to a standardized patient (an actress who played a patient suffering from dementia).

The student roles were cast: How would a nurse, physical therapist, occupational therapist, and physician assistant collaborate to care for a diffi-cult patient in a pressure-cooker situation? Who would take the lead, and how would they share responsibilities and divide tasks? And how would they exchange clear, effective, and timely infor-mation? And all while displaying compassion?

It took some practice.

“If you had it so you could learn the other healthcare positions first,” one physician assistant student said afterward, “you could see the whole picture, not just your part in the equation. You’d be able to see what other professionals are thinking, and how they’re approaching the situation.”

Negrete said the students who master Team-STEPPS will be well suited to jump right into the healthcare workforce.“The more they know how to work and communicate with others, the more marketable their skills,” Negrete said. “They’ll also be leaders in improving patient safety, which is the most important part of the job.”

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A few minutes before Dr. Kathleen Calzone took the stage to speak at a symposium hosted by SMU on March 18, she mentioned it was rare to find academic leaders who fully supported the integration of genetics and genomics into healthcare education.

“But that hasn’t been the case here,” said Calzone of the National Cancer Institute and a nationally recognized expert in the field. “Samuel Merritt University has been paying close attention to genomics education early on. That’s ahead-of-the-curve leadership.”

Calzone and fellow expert Dr. Jean Jenkins from the National Human Genome Research Institute were on campus as keynote speakers at the day-long symposium, Genomics and the Future of Healthcare: Implications for Practice and Academia.

The event, which attracted a mix of more than 100 students, faculty, and healthcare providers from the Bay Area, was the first-of-its kind dedi-cated to the topic at SMU.

For the uninitiated, the study of genetics and genomics may sound intimidating—the stuff of science fiction and mad scientists. But as Calzone and Jenkins argued, it’s a fairly intuitive concept, and it’s critical that today’s SMU stu-dents—the future healthcare leaders—master the core principles.

“We have to prepare students with this informa-tion now because the technology and the field changes so quickly,” Jenkins said. “This area wasn’t studied in med schools or nursing schools by our doctors and nurses who are practicing right now. But it will be important for the next generation of healthcare providers, and they’ll know how to integrate it into their practice and make their patients safer and healthier.”

To fully understand the importance of the field, it helps to understand the definitions: The study of genetics focuses on how individual genes im-pact a person’s health. Health professionals have long understood the implications of single gene disorders, such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell

disease which involve mutations in the DNA sequences of single genes. As a result, the protein the gene codes for is either altered or missing.

The study of genomics, on the other hand, is the study of the complete set of DNA within a single cell of an organism. More importantly, and the reason for the recent SMU symposium, is the relevance of genomic medicine. This field involves using genomic information about an individual as part of their clinical care related to diagnostic or clinical decision-making. Advances in the field of genomic medicine will provide a new way of thinking about clinical care and offers incredible opportunities for treatment and decision-making. The opportunities for tar-geted therapies and personalizing healthcare to the individual will most certainly revolutionize healthcare delivery.

For decades, studying genes and genomics was the exclusive territory of lab-bound geneticists. But in the last 10 years, strides have been made in understanding the relevance of genetic and genomic variation that impacts health and the risk for common diseases.

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Indeed, more and more front-line healthcare providers are being asked by clients about genetic testing, what hereditary risk they have for certain diseases, and whether they should agree to particular tests.

“Unfortunately,” Jenkins said, “the evidence suggests that the majority of nurses and other healthcare professionals are unprepared to deal with these questions.”

However, SMU has been recognized as a leader in the effort to change this.

The effort to integrate genomics into the SMU curriculum began five years ago with the appointment of Associate Professor Patricia Brennan PhD, RN, MS, DFNAP, as an NIH Faculty Champion for Genetics and Genomics. Dr. Brennan’s appointment and subsequent collaborations with Drs. Calzone and Jenkins has led to the development of relevant coursework and resources, primarily targeted to undergraduate and graduate nursing curricula at SMU.

The work on genomic healthcare is also poised to assist the Interprofessional Education (IPE) goals valued by the leadership and faculty at Samuel Merritt University as a premier health sciences institution.

“Understanding genetics and genomics is an essential competency for all healthcare practi-tioners,” Brennan said. “SMU graduates will be leaders in their professions and well-positioned to both understand this field, but also meet the future challenges it presents.”

The visit by Drs. Calzone and Jenkins came at a particularly relevant time for the field. In January, President Obama announced the development of the Precision Medicine Initia-tive—a national push to increase the study of genetics and genomics and develop medicines based on those findings. The initiative garnered bipartisan support and a related $215 million budget request was recently sent to Congress to help develop the infrastructure and research priorities necessary.

“That’s what makes Samuel Merritt University so innovative,” Calzone said. “Very few healthcare universities were taking note of this field early in its trajectory. To see such a small university paying attention to this emerging field early on was one thing; watching it lead the field in integrating genomics into its health education courses has been another. And watching their students connect those lessons into clinical care as professionals will be quite another.”

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Tanya Knoop is such a good collaborator, her past employer, Sun Microsystems, gave her an award for it. You can see the shiny trophy in her new office at SMU.

“I’m all about collaboration,” said Knoop, who was named Director of Academic and Instruc-tional Innovation last fall. “A collaborative approach yields the most productive results in all institutions, whether they are Silicon Valley start-ups or universities pushing healthcare education to new heights.”

Knoop is charged with an important mission: improving teaching and learning outcomes at SMU and ensuring everyone has access to—and understands how to use—the latest educational technologies and pedagogical theories.

Knoop hit the ground running and hired a new team of Instructional Designers: Christine Broz, Brian Gothberg and Elba Rios, as well as Instructional Technologist Beverly Saar to accomplish the mission.

“Our team’s job is to work with faculty to keep SMU courses engaging and effective for today’s students,” Knoop said.

Classroom dynamics are changing quickly, Knoop said, and so is the technology used to teach. A recent report showed that more universities are enhancing courses using online technologies, and that requires more video, podcast, and computer applications mastery.

At SMU, professors are already experimenting with pedagogy such as “flipped classroom” and “synchronous sessions” where instructors and students are linked by video viewed off campus.

Knoop’s background is well-suited to take on the new role. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering with a minor in Physics from San Francisco State University. She’s managed instructional designers in learning resource departments for Sun Microsystems and Adobe among others and consulted for several start-ups to help them build efficient systems to make their companies successful.

“Healthcare education is moving forward at a rapid pace,” Knoop said. “I’m happy to be collaborating with SMU’s visionaries. I look forward to helping to turn our shared vision for the future into reality.”

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OUTCOMES WITH INNOVATION AND TECH

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The California School of Podiatric Medicine (CSPM) recently acquired an Anatomage Table, also known as a “virtual cadaver” for its ability to provide a realistic 3D visualization of a human body for anatomy education.

Made by a Silicon Valley company, the Anatomage Table is being used at more than 200 of the world’s leading universities and medical schools. SMU is one of only a few educational institu-tions in the Bay Area that have installed the advanced technology.

The interactive, touch-screen technology resem-bles a large iPad the size of an operating table that displays a computerized version of a life-size patient. Students can use virtual dissection tools to manipulate skeletal tissues, muscles, organs, and soft tissue. Real patient scans or cadavers provide the high-resolution images.

“The Anatomage Table will be a supplement to dissection of human bodies, and will give us flexibility to view anatomical structures in virtual planar sections similar to views in CT or

MRI scans,” said Adjunct Assistant Professor Reed Rowan PhD, who began incorporating the technology into his course on the anatomy of lower extremities in late 2014. 

While the table is unlikely to replace the centuries-old practice of dissecting cadavers any time soon, despite the limited availability and expense of storing re-mains, it promises to enhance the understanding of anatomy among students who are used to relying on technology.

“At the California School of Podiatric Medicine, we are utilizing technology to enhance student learning, to respond to the ubiquitous use of technology in everyday life and to explore the unique opportunities of these tools and modal-ities,” said CSPM Dean and Professor John N. Venson DPM.

Venson said the virtual dissection table augments traditional teaching methods by enabling visualization of highly detailed anatomy that is tailored to specific topics and learner needs.

“Importantly, the digital table also enables us to incorporate and correlate anatomy with other disciplines including biomechanics, imaging, and surgery,” said Venson.

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It’s a Friday morning at the Native American Health Center in East Oakland and a graduate nursing student is presenting a case to his teacher of a patient complaining of severe pres-sure in both of her ears and muffled hearing.

“Does she have a fever? Any allergies?” asks Rhonda Ramirez EdD, RN, director of the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program at SMU.

No, replies the student, just congestion in her nose and ears.

“We need to relieve that pressure,” said Ramirez.

Engaging in a lengthy dialogue, the preceptor and student decide to conduct an audiometry exam and discuss which medications will best alleviate the patient’s symptoms.

These are the kinds of real-world, hands-on, clinical experiences FNP students can expect to dive into when they enroll at SMU. Ramirez has been working at the Native American Health

Center ever since she trained there as an FNP student at SMU in the early 1990s, and when a job opened up at the center shortly after she graduated in 1996, she was hired because the medical director said she fit in so well at the clinic.

“I knew that’s where I wanted to be, the kind of work I wanted to do—to work with the under-served,” she said.

Ramirez, a Filipino who grew up in Hawaii, went on to earn her doctorate in education so she could teach, and chose an emphasis on Native American youth and tribal identity.

Ramirez now shares her devotion to the Native American Health Center with her students. Each semester on Fridays, two FNP students work with Ramirez at the center in Oakland’s Fruitvale District. To prepare them for their professional careers, they treat an average of 15 scheduled patients a day—and walk-ins if there’s room.

“They’re graduating in May so this is a great place to give them greater acuity through the experience of seeing patients and the speed with which we need to see them,” Ramirez said.

The Native American Health Center opened in 1972 in San Francisco to meet the healthcare needs of one of the largest populations of American Indians in the country.

As the Native American population shifted from San Francisco to Oakland in the 1980s, the center obtained federal funding to purchase a facility on International Boulevard. Since then, the center has evolved into a larger community

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clinic that serves a diverse population of ethnic backgrounds, as well as low-income and home-less patients. The clinic offers medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare, as well as prevention and treatment of diabetes, obesity, HIV, Hepatitis C, and substance abuse.

The center is among the most sought-after clinical rotations in the FNP program, largely due to Ramirez. And in a career field that is rapidly expanding due to the Affordable Care Act— the US Bureau of Labor Statistics expects the number of family nurse practitioners to grow 31 percent in the next decade—expert clinicians like Ramirez will play a critical role in educating the next generation of healthcare professionals.

“Rhonda is amazing,” said FNP student Christopher Balkissoon. “She is in high demand because she’s a great teacher. She knows exactly what she’s doing, is very familiar with this clinic because she’s been here for so many years, and knows how to deal with this very underserved population.”

“She’s very open to hearing different opinions,” adds FNP student Camelot Thompson. “She doesn’t just say ’No, you’re wrong, I’m right.’ Instead she says ’Let’s discuss it.’”

Ramirez moves between two exam rooms, often stopping between patient evaluations to consult with her students. She wears a stethoscope embroidered with Native American beads—a gift from previous students that she treasures. Her students say she gives them a lot of indepen-dence, avoiding easy answers so they develop their critical thinking skills.

“I’m not a micromanager,” Ramirez said of her teaching style. “I think the students sense that I trust them. I’m confident that the FNP program has given them good foundational knowledge and I let them apply it. Sometimes they make mistakes and then I correct them so they’ll learn.”

Because the Native American Health Center prides itself on providing care with respect for cultural and linguistic differences, translators are available to make sure that patients fully understand their medical providers.

Among the qualities that Ramirez wants to see in future family nurse practitioners are com-passion and a desire to work in underserved communities. She said the need for quality healthcare is most needed among those who are uninsured or underinsured and living in pov-erty because they tend to be more vulnerable to serious illness.

Above all, Ramirez said, FNPs must be willing to help sick people understand the importance of wellness in their diets and lifestyle. It is a difficult but necessary challenge in disadvan-taged communities where health problems like obesity and diabetes are rampant, Ramirez says, because patients often cannot afford to pay for healthy food or medicine.

Ramirez’s lessons seem to be leaving a lasting impression on her students.

Balkissoon plans to work with low-income pa-tients after graduation and Thompson’s goal is to launch a mobile medical van to help those who are hardest to reach, particularly veterans and others living in homeless encampments.

Ramirez is not only enthusiastic about Thompson’s idea, but immediately sees it as a clinical oppor-tunity for future SMU students.

“They could learn so much by going directly to those in need,” she said.

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Twenty hotel housekeepers spent their hard-earned time off last fall repeatedly making a bed at SMU’s Motion Analysis Research Center (MARC) to study new ways of making their jobs less painful.

They are participating in a research project led by Carisa Harris-Adamson PhD, PT, an assistant professor in SMU’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program who specializes in the prevention of work-related musculoskeletal injuries. The goal of the project, which began in September 2014, is to determine whether employing a plastic wedge to lift mattresses and the use of fitted rather than flat sheets can to help reduce the risk of lower-back, arm, and shoulder injuries among hotel room cleaners.

“These women are phenomenal and have been helpful in getting this research done,” said Harris-Adamson. “I don’t think people realize how physically hard their work is.”

Harris-Adamson said the opening of the MARC in late 2013 enabled her to receive a $10,000

pilot grant for the project from the Southern California Education and Research Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.

“The MARC has provided a lot of opportunities to do research at SMU that were not possible prior to its opening,” Harris-Adamson said. “It’s a fantastic lab. It’s got great equipment and excellent support.”

The center is designed to advance the study of human movement in education, research, and patient care. Its primary mission is to serve as a teaching center on motion analysis for faculty and students from SMU’s California School of Podiatric Medicine (CSPM), Department of Occupational Therapy, and Department of Physical Therapy—an example of Inter- professional Education (IPE).

“What attracted me to this job was that this was a brand new lab with all of the latest technology,” said Drew Smith PhD, director of the MARC. “But what really fascinated me was that it was

a meeting of the minds of three related disci-plines. I never had the experience of working where three different disciplines merged around human movement.”

The 2,000-square-foot lab is equipped with three-dimensional motion-capture cameras, in-floor force and pressure platforms, and a SMART EquiTest® to assess balance control and postural stability.

In addition to providing educational opportuni-ties for SMU students, the MARC is also hosting a number of research projects including inves-tigating an adjustable orthotic developed by a Southern California podiatrist. Future research may include analysis by Harris-Adamson of a perching stool as an office alternative to sitting or standing, and a study of gait in autistic children by Occupational Therapy Professor Guy McCormack PhD.

Smith said an additional goal is for the MARC to provide clinical services to the community and SMU alumni who have already expressed interest in sending patients over for care. “That

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would also stimulate ideas for research and demonstrate to students what they’re learning in class,” he said.

Smith is helping Harris-Adamson with the hotel bed research by offering his skills in laboratory data collection, analysis and technology. Long interested in occupational health, Smith once worked for the Australian government in ergo-nomics and how to lower back stress among manufacturing workers.

Harris-Adamson’s interest in the challenges faced by hotel cleaners began while working as an ergonomic consultant in 2004. That was shortly after the start of the so-called “bed wars” among major hotel companies competing to attract guests who craved more plush accom-modations and a good night’s rest. Since then, the chains have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in luxury bedding, including thick mat-tresses that can weigh up to 200 pounds.

Housekeepers have also paid a high price for the comfort of hotel guests. In addition to other cleaning tasks, they make an average of 18 to 24 beds each day, lifting the heavy mattresses dozens of times to tuck in multiple sheets. Studies show much higher injury rates among hotel housekeepers than other service workers.

For Harris-Adamson’s study, each housekeeper makes a queen-sized bed eight different ways over four hours. The researchers monitor the women’s heart rates, and use an Electromyography (EMG) to measure muscle activity as well as a lumbar motion monitor to detect lower- back strain.

Harris-Adamson will determine whether using the mattress lift tool and fitted sheets benefit the hotel cleaners by reducing their exposure to injury. Once her research results are complete, she will present the data at national and inter-national conferences as well as to the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

In the meantime, several high school juniors from the Envision Academy of Arts and Technology in Oakland simulated their own research at the MARC in December based on the hotel bed study. It was part of a two-week internship at

SMU that provided the students with a variety of learning experiences.

The internships were arranged by Harris- Adamson, who taught Envision Academy students how to swim and sail last summer. The charter school’s mission is to ensure that its students pursue higher education.

“The school really empowers students to change their lives,” she said. “It’s the perfect high school partner for SMU.

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A LOOK AT HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST YEAR...

TERRY NORDSTROM AWARDTerry Nordstrom EdD, PT, FNAP, assistant aca-demic vice president and associate professor, was named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow by the American Physical Therapy Association, the highest honor bestowed in the profession. “SMU is honored to have among its ranks national leaders of Dr. Nordstrom’s scope and talent,” said Scot Foster PhD, academic vice president and provost.

SCHOOL OF NURSING AWARDThe California State Senate honored SMU’s School of Nursing students for providing free healthcare services to Oakland’s homeless and low-income residents. “Our students are transformed by their experiences of providing healthcare, listening to and building relation-ships with members of our society who are among the most marginalized,” said Assistant Professor Miriam Eisenhardt MPH, RN. “This integrates the practice of compassion and social justice into their identities as nurses both professionally and personally.”

MONKEY MAN VISITA documentary film crew visited the Motion Analysis Research Center (MARC) to analyze the complex quadruped movements of Kenichi “Monkey Man” Ito, who holds the World Record for running on all fours in the 100-yard dash. “We reviewed some interesting data on a unique set of movements by a human,” said Dr. Drew Smith, director of the MARC. “It’s a fun exercise that demonstrates the adaptability of humans.”

TECH IN TEACHING SYMPOSIUMSMU hosted the second, Improving Teaching with Technology Symposium, a nationally attended conference for innovators in healthcare education. “We’re watching what’s happening here at Samuel Merritt University very closely,” said attendee Dr. Ahmed Calvo, director, National Health Policy and Leadership Fellowship, Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University. “You can no longer rely on a traditional curriculum or traditional teaching methods when it comes to preparing future healthcare professionals. Healthcare is changing quickly. So the best educators have to be able to adapt now, so their students learn to be adaptable later.”

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JAPANESE VISITORSNursing professors from Yamanashi Prefectural University in Kofu, Japan, visited the Oakland campus and planned to return to their country with hopes of starting what could become that nation’s first Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. “This is fabulous,” said Assistant Professor Yuko Kamijo after her team toured Brighter Beginnings, the SMU-led free clinic in Richmond. “We’ve seen it from many angles, and have seen the great advantages to having a DNP program. It’s amazing to see how many SMU faculty con-tinue to work as clinicians and how that keeps their students well prepared.”

ROB BONTA VISITCalifornia Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), Chair of the Assembly Health Committee, visited with students and toured the Oakland campus. “It was exciting to hear that Samuel Merritt University students are eager to work in diverse and underserved communities,” Bonta said. “It’s important that our next generation of healthcare providers reflect the communities they serve. Hearing that 90 percent of students

at SMU rely on financial aid in some way shows there’s a great need to support their educations, as well as their future careers in healthcare.”

SAN YSIDRO MEDICAL MISSIONTwenty-three podiatry students, four family nurse practitioners, and an occupational therapy student from SMU traveled to San Ysidro on the US-Mexican border to provide free foot care and primary health services to a community with unmet medical needs. “The students mature right in front of your eyes,” said Dr. Timothy Dutra, assistant professor at the California School of Podiatric Medicine (CSPM). “For many, this is their first real clinical experience with an underserved population and a different culture. When they return, they are much more advanced in their clinical skills.”

FNP ONLINE PROGRAM LAUNCHESSMU launched a new online MSN degree program for family nurse practitioners, which now ranks among the fastest-growing professions in the US healthcare system. For the first time,

students in California and six other states can earn a graduate degree through online courses developed and taught by SMU faculty. “Our pro-gram has been developed by experts in online teaching, learning, and nursing,” said Arlene Sargent EdD, RN, associate dean of nursing. “The technology and curriculum we’ve created will make the digital classroom just as invigorating as the experience inside the SMU classroom on campus.”

HENRIETTA LACKS/COMMUNITY READSThe family of Henrietta Lacks, the focus of the non-fiction bestseller, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, was on campus to discuss their grandmother’s unwitting contribution to science. The event launched SMU’s first “Community Reads” initiative, a year-long shared reading of literature and dialogue related to a critical issue in healthcare. “A lot of medical students only know my grandmother’s name from research papers and books,” Kim Lacks said. “It’s import-ant to us that SMU students also know who she

rob bonta visitschool of nursing award terry nordstrom japanese visitors

was as a person, as a mother, and as a human being. We want students who become profes-sionals to stop and think, ’Wait. Are we doing the right thing here?’”

ALLEN TEMPLE HEALTH FAIRA 50-person contingent from SMU volunteered at Allen Temple Baptist’s 37th Annual Holistic Health Fair, one of East Oakland’s largest an-nual gatherings where children and elders can receive free treatments such as physical exams, diabetes screenings, and foot exams. “We do a lot of classroom work before we get a chance to work with people,” said Dana Loebman, a second-year physical therapy student. “It helps us when we’re able to apply those lessons in the community. It helps us build confidence, and we get a good opportunity to see where all this education is going and how it can help people.”

GET TO KNOW YOUR BRAINMore than 100 residents attended the free, Get to Know Your Brain! Expo on the Oakland campus, which featured hands-on interactive exhibits for kids and parents. “Our goal is to engage and inspire people of all ages about the amazing brain and how it plays an important role in everything we do,” said Barb Puder PhD, associate professor of neuroscience. “Through fun and interactive exhibits students, teachers and community members can all learn how to make lifestyle choices that promote brain health and improve the quality of their lives.”

#BLACKLIVESMATTERStudents and staff at all three SMU campuses across Northern California participated in a die-in as part of the international #blacklivesmatter protest that aims to draw attention to racial inequality, police violence, and the trauma it inflicts in all communities. “As future healthcare professionals we’ll have an important role in ed-ucating ourselves and the public about racism and violence,” said ABSN student Sylvia La, “and bringing it to the forefront as a real issue that impacts people’s lives and well-being.”

“For many, this is their first real clinical experience with an underserved population and a different culture. When they return, they are much more advanced in their clinical skills.”

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For Occupational Therapy (OT) students Megan Simmons and Christine Van Gorkum, a simple challenge came to mind when they thought about clients who’d suffered a stroke and lost motion on one side of their body.

How could they continue to perform the routine things in life, like hygiene?

Simmons and Van Gorkum created the “3-in-1 Styler”—a crafty invention that allows a one- handed client to use a blow dryer, manage a curling wand, and even tie a ponytail.

The imaginative device was built from house-hold appliances: the motor from an oscillating fan, some PVC piping, and a whole bunch of glue and elbow grease.

“Making this helped me realize there are a lot of simple items out there that can help people live independently and live the life they want to live,” said Van Gorkum.

The duo’s invention was just one of many on display at the annual Assistive Device Faire in March, which shows off creations from second- year OT students who’ve taken the course, “Occupational Adaptations and Introduction to Modalities.”

As a requirement of the course, students make assistive devices of potential use to people with disabilities. Some of the inventions over the years have gone to market.

“I believe the projects reflect an essential func-tion of occupational therapy—to identify ways to assist people with impairment or disability to fully participate in life,” said Assistant Professor Ginny Gibson OTD, OTR/L, CHT.

Students Rebecca Brotslaw and Mark Borbe used a plastic tub, liquid nails, mesh tarp, hooks, and a chopstick to make the “Easy Wash”—a tub for one-handed dishwashing that grips plates and prevents them from slipping and possibly breaking.

Students Monica DeLeon and Rubi Reyes invented “The Post-Up,” a pulley device that allows for one-handed clients to effortlessly dump out heavy compost buckets.

And for those who want to take a selfie but don’t have the strength or arm motion, students Kristina Veasley and Zoya Hadi developed the “iCute,” with a selfie stick, some electrical tape, and a wheelchair.

“We wanted to make the selfie accessible to those who may not have the range of motion in their arm,” Veasley said. “It’s a fun and social phenomenon, and it brings a lot of happiness to people. And it should be available to anyone who wants to participate.”

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY STUDENTS BUILD SOLUTIONS WITH ASSISTIVE DEVICES

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clockwise: Lauren Clark, Trailblazer; Megan Simmons and Christine Van Gorkum, 3-in-1 Styler; Mark Borbe and Rebecca Brotslaw, Easy Wash; Kristina Veasley and Zoya Hadi, iCute; Kamran Husain and Michael Gong, Spring Loaded Racket; Kris Meadows and Carly Sanders Golf Buddy

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When Shanda Williams graduates from SMU in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in nursing, it will mark the end of an educational transformation and the beginning of her dream to change how healthcare is delivered in her hometown.

“I want to take the hierarchy out of healthcare,” Williams said. “That’s why I want to become a nurse in my community with the people I grew up with, who have supported me.”

Becoming a nurse was not always her goal. Williams wanted to become a lawyer since she was a young child in Oakland, but that began to change when she took her grandmother to a medical appointment. Her grandmother—with a history of diabetes, stroke, and hypertension—lied to the doctor about eating a healthy diet and taking her medication. Later, her grand-mother told Williams that the doctor didn’t understand how black people eat because he was white.

“That’s what sparked my interest in healthcare,” said Williams. “I realized that there needed to be more doctors and nurses who connect with patients on a cultural basis.”

According to a 2013 survey conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, just six percent of registered nurses in the US are African-American while 83 percent are Caucasian. Increasing the number of minority nurses will help close the health disparity gaps in under-served communities, healthcare experts say.

“I think it is crucial to communities of color that students like Shanda enter the nursing profes-sion because they have the ability to decrease

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anxiety during office or hospital visits, increase trust in the healthcare system, and provide equitable care specific to each patient’s lifestyle,” said Ché Abram, associate director of diversity at SMU. “I believe that Samuel Merritt University values students like Shanda because we educate students who provide quality information and care. Those SMU healthcare providers, once in the community, encourage patients to become active partners in increasing the health and wellness of their communities.”

Even though Williams helped manage her grand-mother’s medications and regularly checked her glucose levels, she still intended to become a lawyer so she enrolled at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) as a political science major.

Williams said she found a lack of diversity at UCSB and felt like “a fish out of water.” She de-veloped an interest in science and began con-sidering a career in medicine. Because her goal was to build relationships and she didn’t believe doctors could do that, she turned to nursing. Unfortunately, a nearby nursing program at Santa Barbara City College was filled and, facing pressure from her family, she signed up to take the Law School Admission Test.

Knowing it would lock her into a law career, Williams didn’t show up for the test. She with-drew from UCSB and began working in hotel management, returning to the Bay Area in 2008.

That year a friend suggested she check out the nursing programs at SMU, but before she could do that she discovered she was pregnant and had to put off her dream so she could provide for her daughter.

By 2010, she was still working in hotel manage-ment but her heart was no longer in it. While working full-time at a San Francisco hotel, she began taking community college courses to finish her undergraduate degree.

Two years later, Williams applied for and was accepted to attend SMU’s “Nursing Success!” seminar for prospective students. She met representatives of the nursing program and learned about scholarship opportunities from the financial aid staff.

“There was an amazing feeling on campus,” Williams recalls. “I felt like I fit in. This is where I knew I wanted to be.”

She applied for the direct-entry transfer Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, designed for underrepresented students from California community colleges. It was the only program Williams applied to because she liked that SMU offers small classes and most of its students graduate on time. Above all, she said the school’s mission of reducing health dispar-ities in underserved communities reflects her own values.

“When I walk down the streets of Oakland, I see a lot of need for education in our community about healthy choices like the need to exercise and choose water and milk over sugary bever-ages that I lacked when I grew up.”

Williams said clinical rotations have been the most important learning experience at SMU because they enable her to put her knowledge to work. “I notice differences in how people are

treated, not just racially but economically,” said Williams, adding that she gets many questions from people in the community who don’t feel comfortable asking their physicians “because they don’t want to sound stupid.”

“We’re doing something wrong when our patients can’t ask questions about their own health conditions,” she said. “I want to make people comfortable so that they can tell me anything. I want it to be a partnership.”

Williams said having a 5-year-old makes her a more dedicated student because her time is limited and she is more motivated to spend it well. She also sees similarities in her roles as mother and nurse.

“Being a nurse is like having a child; exhausting and rewarding,” she said.

After graduation, Williams said she would like to work as a family nurse practitioner at Highland Hospital, a public facility in Oakland. It is “a hos-pital I grew up going to and where I delivered my daughter. It has the population I want to serve.”

Ultimately, Williams hopes to open her own com-munity-based health clinic where she can build long-lasting relationships with patients, helping people rather than just treating diseases.

She also wants to be an inspiration to her community.

“Just by being a single mother at a private school, that tells other African American men and women, ’If she can do it, I can do it.’”

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REVENUE  2014

Total tuition $60,105,751.00

Fees $1,091,021.00

Other revenue $1,821,528.00

Transferred for operations —

Endowment income $95,921.00

Released from restriction $1,765,723.00

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE $64,879,944.00

REVENUE DEDUCTIONS 

Other deductions and scholarships $2,542,779.00

TOTAL REVENUE DEDUCTIONS $2,542,779.00

NET OPERATING REVENUE $62,337,165.00

2O14 FINANCIAL REVIEWOPERATING EXPENSES  2014

Instruction $31,020,722.00

Academic support $8,249,193.00

Student services $4,536,322.00

Institutional support $9,523,575.00

Auxiliary enterprises $146,193.00

Released from restriction $1,765,723.00

TOTAL EXPENSES $55,241,728.00

Oper Inc/(Loss) pre allocation $7,095,437.00

Interest income/gains $6,616,913.00

NET INCOME/(LOSS) $13,712,350.00

 

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY IN RESTRICTED FUNDS 

Investment income $1,376,094.33

Realized gains/(losses) $3,026,265.09

Unrealized gains/(losses) $(2,975,367.70)

TOTAL INVESTMENT ACTIVIT Y IN RESTRICTED FUNDS $1,426,991.72

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83.8% 8.5% 5.3% 2.3% 0.1%

SPECIAL-PURPOSE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

$2,605,530

PROJECTS (OTHER)$264,694

ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

$166,032

MISCELLANEOUS FUNDS (INCLUDES GIFTS-IN-KIND)

$69,825

ENDOWED FUNDS (OTHER)$1,339

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GERALDINE “GERRI” ADAMS ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Fusae AbbottJenine Bagley-JacksonDr. Penny Bamford Kenneth BoxtonTom and Gena Caya

In memory of Geraldine “Gerri” Adams

Andy ChamberlinRonda Nash GarrettCorine HarrisElaine M. Lemay Lillian Lugo-Harvin Chris and Carla Ross

In memory of Shirley Garrett Maria Pangelinan Arthur Valencia

Markcus ThomasRoyce and Sue Valencia

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND EXPANSION OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS TRAINING PROGRAM GRANTDepartment of Health and

Human Services

ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FUNDKathleen Dempsey Cargo ’64Carol Gordon Falgout ’44Maria RonquilloTuula Tunturi Sutton ’66

In memory of Betty Burdine

ANNA BARNARD LGBTQIA SCHOLARSHIP FUNDKevin Archibald Judi BakerDr. Penny Bamford Jim and

Stephanie Bangert Elmarie BothaJosh CampbellLenni ChanDr. Nicole ChristensenDr. Susan Grieve ’98Tanya GriggJamie S. HirotaYurismary LlerenaLillian Lugo-Harvin Dr. Richard MacIntyre Dr. Pamela MinarikLiza OsoteoDr. Rhonda Ramirez ’96Chris and Carla Ross Saeng SaephanhAnglyn S. SasserJennifer ScolariHai-Thom SotaHillary Wong

DAVID DANIEL BEATON ’09 ENDOWED MEMORIAL AWARD FUNDMr. and Mrs. Gary ArnoldDaryl Ann BeatonSharon Bono-Beaton Mr. and Mrs.

Vincent A. Bondy

Eric Ching ’09Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth ClarkDr. Marc E. Code

’02 and ’14 Jamie ConigliaroRobert CzeckDebra Del RicciEthan Eller ’08 Deborah L. FajansMr. and Mrs. Dennis FularSheri F. GosserHennessey Engineers, Inc.Wei-Yuan JarMr. and Mrs. Mark A. KibbyTracy KrauseWeslie ModoloKristen E. MullarkeyMichael J. NevittMr. and Mrs.

Donald C. OehringMr. and Mrs. Darrel PenixMr. and Mrs.

Joseph M. ReedShawn RichardsonShevlin RushSRPR, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. James SpodeckMr. and Mrs. Robert SprattSummit Laboratory, LLCMui Tran ’10Lisa M. TrostDominic Tu Stephanie TuRoyce and Sue Valencia Celeste G. VillanuevaJessica T. Wieduwilt

BURKHART BROSIUS SCHOLARSHIP FUNDGretchen Burkhart Brosius

CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN PODIATRIC MEDICINE SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships given to students enrolled in the California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University by the California Foundation for Excellence in 2014. Individual donor records to these scholarship funds are held at the California Foundation for Excellence.

Alameda Contra Costa Podiatric Medical Society Scholarship

Robert M. Barnes, DPM Memorial Scholarship

Heather Barton, Esq. Memorial Scholarship

Melvin Barton, DPM Scholarship

Blaine Labs, Inc. ScholarshipRobert L. Brennan, DPM

Memorial ScholarshipCCPM Class of ’63CCPM Class of ’72Theodore H. Clarke,

DPM ScholarshipCodingline ScholarshipCSPM Alumni and

Associates ScholarshipSharon C. Diaz ScholarshipWes Endo, DPM

Memorial Scholarship

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

29Donors $25,000 Or More Appear In Bold Members of the Universalis Centralis Circle $1,000 or More

John E. Green, DPM Memorial Scholarship

Jon Hultman, DPM/Franklin Kase, DPM Scholarship

Earl G. Kaplan, DPM Memorial Scholarship

Burgess S. Kelly, DPM Memorial Scholarship

Shirley Lanham ScholarshipLawrence Family ScholarshipLos Angeles County

Podiatric Medical SocietyBenjamin Mullens, DPM

Memorial ScholarshipJoseph Oloff

Memorial ScholarshipOrange County Podiatric Medical

Society/Santa Clara Valley Podiatric Medical Society Scholarship

John D. Pagliano, DPM and John W. Pagliano DPM Memorial Scholarship

George Riess, DPM Memorial Scholarship

Merton Root, DPM Memorial Scholarship

Robert L. Rutherford, DPM Memorial Scholarship

San Diego County Podiatric Medical Society Scholarship

John H. Weed, DPM Memorial Scholarship

Ruth Wood, DPM Memorial Scholarship

Bennett Zier, MD Scholarship

CALIFORNIA PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDCalifornia Podiatric

Medical Association Dr. Thomas Elardo ’96C. Keith Greer Dr. Carolyn McAloon ’’97

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE ALUMNI AND ASSOCIATES ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Patrick Briggs ’98Dr. Natalie Chu ’97Dr. Amir A. Dehghan ’86Dr. James F. Dietz ’77Dr. Timothy Dutra ’85Dr. Anthony R. Hoffman ’95Dr. Richard M. Jensen ’94Dr. S. Patrick Lai ’77Dr. Frederick W. Lange ’85Dr. Rebecca Smiley-Leis ’88Dr. Leslie G. Levy ’79Dr. Eddie Lo ’97Dr. Thomas Penman ’77Dr. Benjamin Pessah ’76Chris and Carla Ross

In memory of William Stavosky, Jr.

Schwab Charitable Fund Dr. E. Joseph Sekreta ’51Dr. Beverly A. Spurs ’85Dr. Steven Subotnick ’69Irma Walker-Adamé Dr. Kevin Wolf ’87

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE ALUMNI AND ASSOCIATES OPERATING FUND (STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS)Dr. Craig Aaronson ’85Dr. Richard R. Abe ’74Dr. and Mrs. Eduardo Adamé Dr. Jeffery T. Amen ’86American Academy of

Podiatric Sports Medicine/Robert Barnes Memorial Fund

Amputation Prevention Center at St. Mary’s Medical Center

Dr. Jeffery Angarola ’86Dr. Jason Armstrong ’98Dr. Steven W. Bailey ’85Dr. Richard Baker ’84Bako Integrated

Physicians Solutions Dr. Scott Basinger ’96Dr. Tracy Basso ’88Bay Area Surgical

Specialists, Inc.Dr. Gregory Bergamo ’93Dr. James R. Boccio ’80Dr. Alan Bocko ’94Dr. Rochelle Bomar ’95Dr. Bruce R. Booth ’88Dr. Steven Brandwene ’83Dr. Diane Branks ’85Dr. Michael P. Brooks ’76Dr. Bruce M. Bulkin ’82Dr. Thomas M. Burghart ’93Dr. Gene CaiccoDr. Robert J. Califano ’74

Dr. John Callahan ’97Dr. Thomas Carine ’76Dr. Alan Catanzariti ’83Dr. Hector Cervantes ’90Dr. Joseph E. Chambers ’78Dr. Rodney Chan ’76Dr. Elizabeth Chang ’87Dr. Deanna J. Chapman ’89Dr. Catherine Cheung ’00Dr. Jeffrey V. Chou ’90Dr. Robert Choy ’83Dr. Carl ChristensonDr. Natalie T. Chu ’88Dr. Michael Chun ’88Dr. Allen O. Clyde ’76Dr. Karl R. Coulter ’74Dr. Gary W. Count ’77Dr. Benjamin Cullen ’10Dr. Theodore L. Deffinger ’54Dr. Amir A. Dehgan ’86Dr. John Del Monte ’76Dr. Jane Denton ’81DG InstrumentsDr. Dennis R. Dice ’72Dr. James F. Dietz ’77Dr. Bruce M. Dobbs ’73Dr. Mitchell F. Dorris ’89Dr. Mark Drusin ’78Dr. Gregory Eirich ’90Dr. Charles Eiser ’84Dr. Laurence S. Ellner ’89Dr. Clifford Endo ’84Dr. Sonia Erickson ’00Dr. Anthony J. Errico ’71Dr. Michael Esber ’90

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Dr. Richard L. Evans ’84Dr. Jerry M. Fabrikant ’78Dr. Arthur Fass ’79Dr. Eric M. Feit ’93Dr. Christopher Fenesy ’79Dr. Tracy C. Ferragamo ’90Dr. Lois Fleming ’89Dr. James Fong ’82L. Bruce FordDr. Brent A. Frame ’89Dr. Robert R. Franger ’80Dr. Leslie Q. Franson ’76Dr. Alan Friedman ’80Dr. Gregg Gilles ’86Dr. Albert I. Ginsburg ’70Dr. John S. Giurini ’83Dr. Bradford W. Glass ’73Dr. Gail M. Grandinetti ’86Dr. Donald R. Green ’72Dr. Richard A. Green ’68C. Keith Greer Dr. Don M. Griffith ’67Dr. Holly Spohn GrossDr. James M. Hagan ’72Dr. Gordon S. Hamblin ’76Dr. Paul Young Jin Han ’83Dr. Elliott Handwerker ’76Dr. David Hannaford ’83Dr. Andrew R. Harrison ’88Dr. Darryl M. Haycock ’95Healthy Living at Home/

Kate Creedon Wound CenterDr. Donald E. Hershman ’80Dr. Terrance Hess ’93Dr. Weldon R. Hess ’67Dr. Kenneth L. Hilliard ’78Dr. John C. Hoagland ’62Dr. Anthony R. Hoffman ’95Dr. Arlene F. Hoffman ’76Hollister Incorporated

Dr. Jason Homan ’13Dr. Ronald A. Hull ’86Dr. Jon A. Hultman ’70Dr. Dennis Hum Dr. William M. Jenkin ’70 Dr. Richard M. Jensen ’94Dr. Stephen C. JensenDr. Lynn Johnson ’70Dr. Roger A. Johnson ’66Dr. Anthony Kakis ’80Dr. Katherine L. Kalthoff ’97Dr. C. Craig Karrasch ’77Dr. Jeffrey H. Katz ’86Dr. Brad A. Katzman ’81KCI USA, Inc. Dr. Brian Keller ’97Dr. Neil R. Kelley ’78Dr. Christy King ’09Dr. Kevin A. Kirby ’83Dr. Chatra Klaisri ’09Dr. James Knudson ’77Dr. Richard Koenigsberg ’73Dr. Jonathan Kreger ’88Dr. Paul R. Kruper ’76Dr. Charles M. Kurtzer ’82Dr. Chun-Sun Lai ’76Dr. S. Patrick Lai ’77Dr. Frederick W. Lange ’85Dr. Stephen E. Latter ’91Dr. Edward Lazo ’64Dr. Richard K. Lee ’99Dr. Robert Lee ’74Dr. Rebecca Smiley-Leis ’88Dr. Curtis D. Leviant ’83Dr. Leslie G. Levy ’79Dr. Timothy Liddy ’88Dr. Eddie P. Lo ’97Dr. Sandra Loving ’99Dr. Randy E. Lowe ’92Dr. Dennis Lyons ’78

Dr. Carolyn E. McAloon ’97Dr. Gary S. McCarter ’80Dr. Rick E. McClure ’88Dr. William D. McDonald ’83Dr. Brian McDowell ’69Dr. Starlette McLean ’91Dr. Lawrence MacTavish ’74Dr. Kenneth Mah ’80Dr. Kenneth Maisak ’08Dr. Kennon Martin ’75Dr. Victoria Melhuish ’91Merck & Co., Inc. Dr. Bruce Meyers ’78Dr. Ronald Michael ’63Dr. Kevin M. Miller ’06Dr. Anoosh Moadab ’01Dr. Robert Mohr ’76Dr. Douglas K. Monson ’84Dr. David W. Morse ’74Dr. Daniel Murphy ’77Dr. Robert D. Murphy ’77Dr. Fred H. Nagata ’79Dr. Lyle Nalli ’86Dr. Samuel Nava, Jr. ’92Dr. Lloyd Nesbitt ’75Dr. Henny T. Nguyen ’96Dr. James G. Nickolopoulos ’75Dr. Marilyn J.

Waller-Niewold ’90Dr. Noel S. O’Brien ’66Dr. Daniel O’Connell ’13Dr. Brian F. O’Neill ’82Dr. Christina Kwok-Olesky ’07Organogenesis, Inc. Osnovative Systems, Inc. Dr. Matthew H. Paden ’91Dr. Thomas Palmer ’87Dr. John Panek ’93Dr. Grigoriy Patish Dr. Thomas G. Penman ’77

Dr. Benjamin Pessah ’76Pfizer, Inc.Dr. Faranak Pourghasemi ’02Dr. Jay M. Purvin ’79Elvedina RedzicDr. Joseph W. Reynolds ’69Dr. Alexander Reyzelman ’95Dr. Bobbie T. Rigby ’74Dr. Mary Rion ’56Dr. Mario W. Rizzo ’78Dr. James Robison ’89Root Functional Orthotic

Laboratory, Inc.Dr. Jordan S. Rosenthal ’86Dr. Justin Ross ’14Dr. Phillip B. San FillipoDr. Keith D. Sanneman ’76Dr. Rodney E. Sanneman ’69Dr. Richard J. Sarte ’84Dr. Andrew J. Sawicki ’81Dr. Robert J. Scardina ’75Dr. Andrew C. Schink ’78Dr. Beatrice Schmugler ’90Dr. Matthew Sciaroni ’85Dr. Richard G. Seegmiller ’95Dr. Christopher Segler ’03Dr. Steven Seibert ’87Dr. Timothy P. Shea ’73Dr. Cecile Shepard ’81Dr. Alan M. Sherman ’81Dr. Thomas G. Shock ’83Dr. Steven Shoemaker ’87Dr. Timothy J. Siegfried ’92Dr. Kash K. Siepert ’91Dr. Alan M. Singer ’81Dr. Cynthia A. Smith ’76Dr. Frank Smith ’83Dr. Beverly A. Spurs ’85Dr. Eric Stamps ’93Wade Sturgeon

31Donors $25,000 Or More Appear In Bold Members of the Universalis Centralis Circle $1,000 or More

Dr. Steven I. Subotnick ’69Dr. Victor Sucheski Dr. Bryan T. Sullivan ’86Dr. John Tam ’77Dr. Ted Tanaka ’86Dr. Nicholas J. Tanner ’82Dr. William Tarran ’88Dr. Douglas M. TaylorDr. Jan D. Tepper ’77The Tetra CorporationDr. Mose Thornton ’87Dr. Grace Ting ’88Dr. Frazier Todd ’72Dr. Paul T. Tom ’87Dr. Gregory A.

Tovmassian ’09Dr. Jonathan Uy Dr. Tomas C. Valdez, Jr. ’92Dr. Ronald L. Valmassy ’74Dr. Neil A. Van Dyck ’79Dr. Mher Vartivarian ’09Dr. Kathryn E. Vaslet ’83Dr. Thomas Vincent ’91Dr. Paul Weiner ’92Dr. Richard A. Weinstein ’76Dr. Elliott Wenger ’74Dr. Dennis L. White ’63Dr. Stephen C. White ’51Dr. G. Jason Wilks ’98Dr. Joel M. Wilner ’83Dr. Kevin Wolf ’87Dr. Kam Y. WongDr. Daisy Wu ’00Dr. Bobby Yee ’89Dr. Christopher Y. Yee ’83Dr. David Y. Yee ’89Dr. Jenny Yu ’11Dr. Michael A. Zapf ’84Dr. Blake O. Zobell ’91Dr. Stephen J.F. Zuber ’69

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE STUDENT MEDICAL MISSION FUNDJohann-Christian AbordoJonathan J. AbrahamSarah Strong-AdamsJoseph B. AgyenMegan E. AllenAmerx Health CareChristopher AyekoDemetrius BarnesFrancesca M. CastellucciSamuel CatesEun J. ChangReed E. CoastCinthya L. DominguezValerie G. DzuburAlbert A. ElhianiLauren EllerSarah C. FeddersenAshley A. HainesMegan E. HomAnna Atkins JonesCynthia LuuDr. Anna Maria Maglunog ’14Stephanie MitaFrancisco MorenoOlubukunola M. OseniolalemiJay J. PatelLacey Beck PeckPeter Duy PhamMr. and Mrs.

Michael B. PilkingtonMr. and Mrs. Brian PotterDr. Brittany M.C. Rice ’14Dr. Kathryn Vaslet ’83Mr. and Mrs.

James T. WillmoreTony Zahner

CAMARANO UCOP RESEARCH GRANT—PREGNANCY AND PEDIATRIC OUTCOMES FOLLOWING FERTILITY RESEARCH GRANTUniversity of California

Los Angeles— Office of the President

CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST DISCRETIONARY FUNDRommel R. Uniza

CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST ANNUAL MEETING APPEAL FUNDEric D. Baumgarten ’98Ora Bollinger ’03Alexandrina Braica ’04Emily E. Campbell ’97Dr. Marc E. Code

’02 and ’14 Lisa DanielKevin Dolan ’10Sara FitzpatrickDr. Scot D. Foster Joseph Janakes ’06Arnold MeertTricia Ouchi Erick M. Pierce ’10Katherine Holland

Robinson ’05Kenneth Rogado ’05Kelli Yearout ’05

LILLIAN B. CHAMPAGNE NURSING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDKathleen Dempsey Cargo ’64

In honor of my classmates Samuel Merritt Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1964

PRADIP AND REKHA CHOKSI ENDOWED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDMr. and Mrs. Pradip Choksi Chris and Carla Ross Royce and Sue Valencia

SHARON CLARK DIAZ ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDAmerican Endowment

FoundationAmy AndersonMr. and Mrs.

William Bachrach In memory of David Foulkes

Dr. Penny Bamford Jim and Stephanie Bangert Mary G. Brown Dr. Angelina Chau ’07Mr. and Mrs.

Robert M. Clarke In memory of David Foulkes

Drs. Luis F. and Sharon C. Diaz

Thomas G. DreseJill M. EmersonDr. Teh-wei Hu Dr. Richard MacIntyre Dr. Pamela MinarikAlbert E. PetersBrad PetersMargrette PetersonAlejandro RodriguezConchita SerriCynthia Ulman Gerald L. Thompson Royce and Sue Valencia Irma Walker-Adamé

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THEODORE L. DEFFINGER, DPM ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRoyce and Sue Valencia

EMPLOYEE CAMPAIGN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDAmy AndersonDr. Penny Bamford Jim and Stephanie Bangert Kristine BlancoSabine BranscumLoretta B. CamaranoNancy CheeDr. Nicole ChristensenKathleen EdmundsDr. Scot D. Foster Cecilia GarciaGregory Gingras Dr. Sharon GormanMary GrefalSteve and Peggy GriffithDaniel GrobaniDr. Teresa GwinPam HarrisonDeborah KalishDr. Patricia KusterDr. Valerie LandauYurismary LlerenaJennifer McAdamMarie MaDr. Richard MacIntyre Andrea MedakovicMichael NegreteDr. Terrence M. Nordstrom Liza OsoteoLorraine PettiDr. Cecily Reeves Kevin ReillyJeannene Zettler-RhodesDr. Bruce Richardson

Dr. Richard RoccoMaria SalasDr. Robert K. SandbergDr. Arlene A. Sargent Anne C. ScherElizabeth Sibson-TuanDr. Cynthia StangeLoida StewartMichael Tam Cynthia Ulman Royce and Sue Valencia Dr. Bennett Zier

DAVID M. AND OOLAH B. EVANS PHYSICAL THERAPY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Nicole ChristensenDr. Susan Grieve ’98Chris and Carla Ross

EUGENE A. & VIRGINIA FALASCHI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDSusan Penna-Falaschi

In memory of Marcia Cronin Mary Nardi Margaret Perry Sandy Saxten Jolene “Sue” Swenson Denisia Trombetta

FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER CAREER FAIR FUNDCalifornia Casualty

Management Company

FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Rhonda Ramirez ’96

ERIN E. FRY ’07 DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE AWARD FUNDDr. Audrey Berman Mr. and Mrs. Dusty Fry Adriane KieflingDr. Karen Wolf

GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDLoretta CamaranoAdelina Gage-KellyMr. and Mrs. Lee Cowen

In memory of David FoulkesBarbara Piepho

In memory of David FoulkesSue Valencia

In honor of Gena Caya, Dr. Rye Huber ’81 Carla Ross

GIFT-IN-KIND DONATIONSAlsco-Geyer IrrigationAnamaria AdamAmerican GiantDr. Geoffrey Bergman ’71Berkeley Repertory TheatreDr. Audrey Berman Black Spring

Coffee CompanyBrother’s Brother

Foundation Doug BunnonLisa Skye CarleStacy CarterSharon ChanElizabeth ChingYeojean ChooClif BarCorepower YogaDesiree’ CruzCybelle’s Pizza Restaurant

DV8 TattooRachel EakinAnn Rochell ErmitanioFlex GymFollett Higher

Education GroupFreixenet USAGundlach Bundschu WineryNancy HamlerMelissa HusbandVanessa JeongLafayette Park

Hotel and SpaGeorgia LeisureMama’s Royal CafeMrs. Richard D. Mollberg Moonbeams BoutiqueNamaste Fit Club Napa Valley

Home and GardenVeronica OrtegaEliza OunPep BoysDan PezelPriority Wine PassRenaissance Rialto, Inc.Chris and Carla Ross Molly SanchezJames ShimodaSobe KickAlan SunadaMichael Tam Maggie TatevosyanShannon Zurella

GRADUATE NURSING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Fusae AbbottDr. Arlene A. Sargent

33Donors $25,000 Or More Appear In Bold Members of the Universalis Centralis Circle $1,000 or More

HEALTH SCIENCE AND SIMULATION CENTER EXPANSION PROJECT FUNDContributions in memory of

Kevin WongDr. Fusae Abbott Dr. Penny Bamford Jim and Stephanie Bangert Dr. Cherri S. Choate ’90 and

Dr. Randy Tom ’90Drs. Luis F. and

Sharon C. Diaz Education Management

SolutionsDr. Scot D. Foster Betty F. Grandis Lillian Lugo-Harvin Julie Ow Jan Probst Chris and Carla Ross Dr. Arlene A. Sargent Royce and Sue Valencia Venture Films of

California, Inc.

HITCHCOCK HEYDMAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDFrederick Hitchcock, Jr.

In honor of Dr. Abby Heydman

Roberta RichardsChris and Carla Ross

PEGGE SHUMAN HOUSER ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDM. Diane HansenJohn Garten-Shuman

In honor of Anne Seed’s birthday In memory of Arthur Valencia In memory of Kevin Wong

Deborah L. Kelly In honor of John Garten-Shuman’s birthday

Anne Seed

DR. RYE HUBER ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDMr. and Mrs.

Gordon “Skip” Huber In memory of Paul B. Andrew

Doug and Gay Lane Charitable Foundation

Royce and Sue Valencia

DRS. DANIEL C. FULMER ’76 AND GAIL R. JOHNSON ’90 PODIATRIC MEDICINE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Daniel C. Fulmer ’76 Dr. Gail R. Johnson ’90 Chris and Carla Ross

ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FELLOWSHIP GRANTCenter for Creative

Leadership

ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRobert Wood

Johnson Foundation

JONAS SCHOLARSHIP FUNDJonas Center for Nursing and

Veterans Healthcare

MICHELLE LE MEMORIAL NURSING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRoyce and Sue Valencia

DR. RUSSELL O. AND ANTOINETTE M. LEWIS SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Russell O. Lewis ’65

DR. WILLIAM AND PHYLLIS LOWE MEDICINE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. and Mrs. William Lowe

In memory of Gloria BluthChris and Carla Ross

IVAN AND SARA MAY CARDIAC NURSING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. and Mrs.

Robert C. Feldman In memory of Dr. Ivan May

MEN IN NURSING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Audrey Berman Mark Block ’11Dr. Marc E. Code

’02 and ’14 Diane Teilh Eichhorn ’96Andrea English ’90Virginia Jewett Enns ’57Ted R. Jeffcoat ’06Carol Parker Smith ’50Gerald L. Thompson Christopher C. Weber ’90Westover Anesthesia, PLLC

DR. HOWARD AND PATRICIA MILLIKEN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Howard E. Milliken

In memory of Patricia B. Milliken

MELVIN A. AND BETTY REED MOFFITT SCHOLARSHIP FUNDAileen Moffitt

In honor of Betty and Melvin Moffitt

MOTION ANALYSIS LABORATORY FUNDDr. Cherri S. Choate ’90Mr. and Mrs. Pradip Choksi Dr. Timothy Dutra ’85Dr. and Mrs.

Donald Elvander Lakeside Foundation Dr. Brian A. Mc Dowell ’69Dr. Richard J. Sarte ’72Dr. Andrew SmithDr. James W. Stavosky ’83Dr. Gail L. Widener Doreen Wong

PIERCE D. NELSON DPM SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Eric W. Nelson ’79

YURI NISHIMURA ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDKristine BlancoKelly Nishimura

NURSING EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUNDLlagas Foundation

NURSING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Penny Bamford Mr. and Mrs.

Richard E. Barker, Jr. In memory of Patricia Belford Kirkland ’55

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Dolores Beanland ’52 In memory of Elizabeth Hathaway Garibaldi ’52

Wenonah Bakke Brichetto ’52 Class of 1972—Samuel Merritt

Hospital School of NursingCarolyn Mettler Collins ’64 Melba Koepke Cooledge ’52Susan Cross Currie ’90Deluxe Corporation

FoundationDrs. Luis F. and

Sharon C. Diaz Doreen A. Dusza

In memory of Patricia Belford Kirkland ’55

Rene Clymer-EngelhartJune A. Estin

In memory of Patricia Belford Kirkland ’55

Pamela French ’82Gloria Giorgi Galeotti ’49

In memory of Robert Galeotti In memory of Norma Quiriconi

Carol R. Hartman ’53Misayo Kay Hoover ’64Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson

In memory of Joyce BaileyStephen KirklandFlorence I. Kucharik

In memory of Patricia Belford Kirkland ’55

Ernest Leal In memory of Mary Robinson

Ryan Mell In memory of Dale Mell

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Middleton

Ingrid Holme Miller ’50

Lily and Raymond Mow In memory of Tom Burt In memory of Loretta Lee

Jennifer NguyenCatherine Kikes Phillips ’75Mr. and Mrs.

Daniel W. Polansky In memory of Patricia Belford Kirkland ’55

Margaret Yelich-Puccinelli ’72Mr. and Mrs.

Craig Randleman In memory of Patricia Belford Kirkland ’55

Carolyn Cox Rasmussen In memory of Elisabeth Cabuzel

Maxine Burr Reinschmidt ’53Arlene Romonosky

In memory of Patricia Belford Kirkland ’55

Kenneth Russell ’12Hazel Rosetto Sumpter ’58

In memory of Jody Orton Meggs

Marjorie Snyder Way ’48 In memory of Rosalie Lapham Max Peters Marilyn Snyder Dorothy Wilkerson Bob Young

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Weidman In memory of Patricia Belford Kirkland ’55

NURSING DEAN’S DISCRETIONARY FUNDAmerican Association of

Colleges of Nursing

NU XI, CHAPTER AT LARGE NURSING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDNu Xi, Chapter at Large

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Penny Bamford Dr. Donna Breger-StantonElizabeth ChingDr. Gordon M. Giles

CAROLE O’SHEA ENDOWED NURSING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDThe O’Shea Foundation

PANAMA MEDICAL MISSION PROJECT FUNDCatherine Baird

In honor of Kate Schwartz

PEART FUNDDrs. Luis F. and

Sharon C. Diaz Ernst & Young Foundation Tidewater, Inc.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Penny Bamford Sarah MaxwellDr. Lauri PaolinettiVikas PatelDr. Peter K. Webb

PHYSICAL THERAPY DISCRETIONARY FUNDToni L. AllendorphDr. Nicole ChristensenRenee M. Cortise Leah A. Flores

Heather GerwinDr. Susan Grieve ’98Corine HattMargaret HongDavid L. LevisonMr. and Mrs Joshua Mc CarleyAnn D. RamirezDr. Gaye L. RaymondGiancarlo ScaliseLore C. VanderheuvelPaula M. Whitton Dr. Gail L. Widener

PHYSICAL THERAPY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Penny Bamford Dr. Sharon GormanDr. Susan Grieve ’98Mr. and Mrs.

David Loveall and FamilyDiana Salter ’04Schwab Charitable Fund Dr. Gail L. Widener

PICCHI MEMORIAL EDUCATION FUNDDr. and Mrs.

Eduardo Adamé Jennifer AultMrs. Robert BalfourJim and Stephanie Bangert Dr. Audrey Berman Jennifer BollongMrs. Bertel BorowskyBarbara CadwaladerDr. Kenneth CaldwellDr. and Mrs. William R. CrainDr. James CuthbertsonVera DamiJohn DonovanDr. Larry V. Franz

35Donors $25,000 Or More Appear In Bold Members of the Universalis Centralis Circle $1,000 or More

Dr. Thomas Y. FungGalloway, Lucchese,

Everson and PicchiAnita Caratti Gandolfo P’47John Garten-Shuman Dr. Neil H. GozanDr. L.V. GrantDr. Teresa K. GwinDr. Nicola HanchockDr. and Mrs. Jay B. Hann, IIIDr. John S. HegeDr. Irvin HermanDr. Joseph W. Hewitson ’89Meryl M. HimmelmanDr. Herb HolmanMary J. HowardMr. and Mrs.

Gordon “Skip” Huber Dr. and Mrs.

Sheldon Kabaker Bill and Lorayne KeelingMary S. KimballLynne Kilgore Kruse ’61Keith and Nancy LibertDr. Susan B. LondervilleDr. Sandra Loving ’99Boyd LyonDr. Guy L. McCormackBessanderson McNeilCatherine MatthewsLinda Matson and

Joe Mockus Mr. and Mrs. Scott MurrayDr. Lawrence NgLeslie PaineDenice Paulo-ColaciDr. Paul R. PerchonockJoanna PicchiJoseph and Kelly PicchiLinda Picchi and Andrew Pojman

Martha PicchiJoel PiserDr. Anthony S. RavnikCecilia RhodesDr. Richard M. RoccoChris and Carla Ross Dr. Joseph RossDr. Delmar SandersDr. Lionel SchourDr. and Mrs. Wade SherwoodMelvin and Anita SiegelAndrea K. SitchonMary SpearDr. Gary W. TamkinJoanna TrumanRoyce and Sue Valencia Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Van Nest Dr. and Mrs.

Edward E. Waller, Jr. Dr. and Mrs.

Carl K. Watanabe Dr. Robert D. WeyandDr. Karen Ann Wolf

AVA PISCHEL ELLIOTT ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDElizabeth Cook

PODIATRIC MEDICINE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDAmerican Board of

Podiatric Medicine Bakotic Pathology

Associates, LLC Dr. Penny Bamford Dr. Jay Berenter ’85

Dr. Rodney J. Chan ’76 In honor of Irma Walker-Adamé

College of Podiatric Surgeons British Columbia

Drs. Luis F. and Sharon C. Diaz

Dr. Timothy Dutra ’85Dr. Golta Eragi

In honor of Irma Walker-Adamé

Dr. Jack Fisher ’73Dr. Oliver S. FosterDr. Steven L. Ginex ’92Gordon LaboratoriesC. Keith Greer Dr. and Mrs.

Gabriel J. HalperinDr. Lawrence Harkless ’75Health Plans Organization

of California, Inc.Dr. and Mrs.

Joseph M. HughesDr. Ronald D. Jensen ’84KLM Laboratories, Inc. Dr. James R. La Rose ’71Dr. and Mrs.

Bruce R. Lawrence Dr. Gary M. Lepow ’74Dr. Louis Louk, Jr. ’86Dr. Neil Mansdorf ’97Dr. Clark D. Miller ’70Dr. Mark Miller ’84Dr. David Mullens ’70Dr. Ajitha K. Nair ’10Dr. Bruce A. Olson ’65Dr. Bruce RichardsonDr. Alexander Reyzelman ’95Dr. Randall J. Sarte ’72Dr. Paul Scherer ’70Dr. Christopher P. Segler ’03Dr. Timothy Shea ’73

Andre SingletonDr. Christopher Smith ’63Eugene SpectorDr. Eric Stamps ’93Dr and Mrs.

Michael StarkweatherDr. William Tarran ’88Dr. and Mrs.

Ross Taubman Dr. David D.Q. Tran ’98Dr. John N. VensonDr. Mark Wolpa ’75Dr. and Mrs. Michael Zapf

JAMES W. PORTER SCHOLARSHIP FUNDChris and Carla Ross

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE OF NURSING ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FUNDBarbara Hester Benson P’43 Marguerite DiMaggio

Berry P’45Diane Blue P’62Sheila McNally Bolin P’59Mary Ann Keehner

Dunlap P’64Iris Tomasino French P’48Anita Caratti Gandolfo P’47Anita J. Haigh P’47Theresa E. Hallinan P’61Jovine Fifer Hankins P’53Donna Rucker Healy P’58Pamela Lampson

McPherson P’70 In memory of Kathleen Royer Wesseling P’70

Carol Matthews Milano P’60

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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Renz In memory of George Sharpe In honor of Providence College of Nursing Class of 1964

Mary Brusher Rion P’56Joyce A. Taylor P’62Katie M. Tom P’58Trudy Canella Zellmer P’71

REGENTS DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDAmerican Endowment

Foundation Jim and Stephanie Bangert Dr. Timothy Dutra ’85Dr. and Mrs.

Cornelius L. HopperDr. Terrence M. Nordstrom Dr. Paul R. PerchonockAlbert PetersBrad PetersMargrette PetersonAlejandro RodriguezMarilyn M. Snider Hai-Thom SotaShirley StrongDr. John E. Swartzberg

MARK K. REYNOLDS TECHNOLOGY AND ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION FUNDDr. Fusae AbbottDr. Penny Bamford Dr. Joan BardTom and Gena Caya

In memory of Mark K. Reynolds

Dr. Sylvia FoxRonda Nash-Garrett

Corine Harris In memory of Mark K. Reynolds

Lillian Lugo-Harvin Nancy T. Hirota

In memory of Akira Ike Hirota

Chris and Carla Ross Hai-Thom Sota

In memory of Mark K. Reynolds

Markcus ThomasTarika Witherspoon

MARY E. ROBINSON ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Fusae AbbottDr. Penny Bamford Tom and Gena Caya

In memory of Mary E. Robinson

M. Diane HansenCorine HarrisMary HoangLillian Lugo-Harvin Kristi KindbergChris and Carla Ross Saeng SaephanhRonald Salazar

JERI E. RYAN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Matilda Ignacio

SCHOLARS IN SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDMark AbelsonBrandy J. Beazley Corine Harris

SCHOLARSHIP FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS GRANT—PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Department of Health and

Human Services

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS GRANT—PHYSICAL THERAPY Department of Health and

Human Services

SCRUB CYCLE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDJennifer SalcidoCarlyn B. Mills

SENIOR STUDENT TEACHING ASSISTANT PROGRAMKaiser Foundation

Health Plan, Inc.

R. SHAPIRO FAMILY FOUNDATION ENDOWED PHYSICAL THERAPY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDThe R. Shapiro Family

Foundation Royce and Sue Valencia

MARILYN M. SNIDER NURSING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDMarilyn M. Snider

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDUCATION RESEARCH GRANTUniversity of California

Los Angeles Public Health, Southern California

STUDENT EMERGENCY LOAN FUNDDr. Fusae AbbottAnita Korngold Baker ’81Royce and Sue Valencia

MARK A. SWIFT, JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Audrey Berman

In memory of Lorna DeLancey

Darlene A. DeLancey In honor of Dr. Audrey Berman In memory of Joyce DeLancey Lorna DeLancey

TAVI M. VAN OGLE ’88 ENDOWED NURSING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDChris and Carla Ross

DR. SHAHAN VARTIVARIAN ’09 MEMORIAL PODIATRIC MEDICINE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Jamie Anne Bakal ’09Dr. and Mrs. Karson HowardDr. Chatra Klaisri Chris and Carla Ross

In memory of Kayson Tanner Shelton

Royce and Sue Valencia Dr. Bennett Zier

37Donors $25,000 Or More Appear In Bold Members of the Universalis Centralis Circle $1,000 or More

VIRGINIA ONETO VOLPONI ’39 NURSING ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDAnnalisa AndersonDoris Chakires Barbara Farshler Stephan Neal Krug Carolyn Sneed Carolyn A. Snell Joanne Volponi

In honor of Brent and Annalisa Anderson and Family Chris Chakires Sam and Doris Chakires A.J. Farshler Fred and Barbara Farshler Jeff and Lauren Farshler and Family Dina Iwai, Thomas Farshler and Enzo Tony and Julie Farshler Dustin and Shannon Lloyd and Family Stephanie Lorenz Carolyn A. Snell

DR. PATRICIA HARVEY WEBB SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDr. Fusae AbbottDr. Audrey Berman

In memory of William Butzlaff Forrest Wayne Coffer Marguerite Knight Nasir Duane Knox Jeff Schlock Don Steinzig Daisy Catherine Thompson Arthur Valencia

Roberta L. BlockDrs. Luis F. and

Sharon C. Diaz

Dr. Sylvia FoxAdelina Gage-KellyDr. Marjorie HammerSarah HampsonDr. Nancy HaugenRoyce and Sue Valencia

In memory of “Frisky”

DR. WILLIAM AND DOREEN WONG PODIATRIC MEDICINE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDoreen Wong

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