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TRANSITIONS IN LEADERSHIP
In April 2018, Joedrecka Brown Speights will become
student affairs; Leadem remains on faculty in a teaching
interim chair of the Department of Family Medicine and role; Jeffrey Joyce replaced Myra Hurt as senior associate
Rural Health, replacing Daniel Van Durme. Van Durme, dean for research and graduate programs; Hurt now is
who has served as chair since 2004, will become senior senior associate dean for Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences;
associate dean for clinical and community affairs. Van Durme Suzanne Baker became assistant dean for graduate programs
also serves as the college’s chief medical officer. ... In 2017: and medical student research; Anthony Speights was named
Jonathan Appelbaum was named chair of the Department director of the Bridge to Clinical Medicine master’s program.
of Clinical Sciences (replacing Ricardo Gonzalez-Rothi, … The following faculty physicians assumed new roles as
who retired in 2016); Gregory Todd became director of education directors for the College of Medicine in 2017:
the Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Michael Sweeney (surgery), Debbie Andree (pediatrics)
Law (replacing Marshall Kapp, who retired in December); and George Bernardo (family medicine). Likewise, Mridul
Sandeep Rahangdale was named dean of the Tallahassee Mazumder (geriatrics, Tallahassee Regional Campus)
Regional Campus (replacing Ron Hartsfield, who returned and Alix Casler (pediatrics, Orlando) assumed clerkship
to practice at Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee); Rob director duties in 2017. Joanne Saxour replaced Bernardo as
Campbell replaced Chris Leadem as associate dean for informatics director in Daytona Beach.
STUDENT NAMES TO REMEMBER FROM 2017
Malcolm Dix (Class of 2021) was elected as a regional
delegate for the Organization of Student Representatives
administrative board at the annual meeting of the Association
of American Medical Colleges. … Bettina Teng (Class
of 2021) is one of 40 students nationally to be named a
Tylenol Future Care Scholar. … Paulin Gotrace (M.D.,
’17) was selected to receive a National Health Service Corps
Scholarship. … Stephanie Hurwitz (Class of 2019) became
the first M.D. student to earn a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences
at the College of Medicine, completing her research work in
only two years. She also in 2017 was one of 100 people (out
of more than 700 applicants) selected for the P.E.O. Scholar
Award, a merit-based grant for U.S. and Canadian women
pursuing a doctoral-level degree. … College of Medicine
students, faculty and staff came together for a moving tribute
to second-year medical student Matt Wittman (Class of
2019), who died in early February 2017. At the suggestion
of classmates Remi Omotayo and Martine Sainvilus,
many students now wear mental-health awareness pins on
their white coats, “as a way to pay tribute to Matt’s life and
to remember his time here … and as a reminder to take into
account our own mental health as well as keeping mental
health at the forefront as we treat our future patients.”
Twenty-eight medical students spent part of their summer
conducting Ph.D.-level research in biomedical and clinical sciences
to develop an understanding of issues and cases they’ll face as
physicians. Some of them are pictured above. Front row, l-r: Jessica
Warrick-Imrisek, Raye Ng, Nadia Akhiyat, Hana Ahmed and Bianca
Alvarez. Middle, l-r: Devan Patel, Eric Crespo, Daniel Farinas and
Elizabeth Ichite. Back, l-r: Jack Larsen, Alex Malidelis, Adhish Singh
and Conor Malloy.