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COMMUNITY-BASED MEDICAL EDUCATION
HEADLINES FROM 2019
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College and Pre-College Outreach Director Thesla
Berne-Anderson received FSU’s Dr. Martin Luther
and click on News of the Week. Read more about research headlines
King Jr. Distinguished Service Award.
starting on page 46.
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Program Coordinator Carolyn Blue, Department of
Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, received an
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Stephanie Hurwitz became the first person to earn both
Outstanding Mentor Award from the Tallahassee Future an M.D. and Ph.D. from the College of Medicine when she
Leaders Academy for her work with high school students. graduated with the (M.D.) Class of 2019 in May. She is now
a resident in pathology at the University of Pennsylvania in
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Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences undergraduate Philadelphia. She completed her biomedical sciences Ph.D.
Savannah Calleson represented the College of Medicine with Assistant Professor David Meckes as her advisor.
when FSU President John Thrasher recognized one
Humanitarian of the Year nominee from each college.
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Alumna and Associate Professor Christie Alexander
(M.D. ’05), Department of Family Medicine and
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the National Hockey League for her volunteer work with
Alma Littles and Joedrecka Brown Speights.
Pediatric Education Director Debra Andree, Orlando
of Community Health Centers. She had been the
M.D. student Shanquell Dixon, Class of 2022, was honored
Award from Capital Medical Society.
as a Community Hero by the Tampa Bay Lightning of
Academy of Family Physicians. Pictured here with Drs.
Regional Campus, was chosen to be president/CEO
Clerkship faculty member John Katopodis, Tallahassee
Regional Campus, received the Outstanding Physician
Rural Health, was installed as president of the Florida
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Alumni Adam Langley and Gary Visser (M.D. ’07)
multiple organizations. She received a $50,000 donation from were named to the Seminole 100 for the second year in
the Lightning Foundation, donating half to Florida Medical a row. Their practice, PremierMED Family & Sports
Clinic and applying half toward her education. Medicine in Ocoee, was one of the 100 fastest-growing
businesses owned or managed by FSU alumni.
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Community Board member and former OB-GYN
Clerkship Director Washington Hill, Sarasota Regional
organization’s chief medical officer since 2015.
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Campus, received the Rutgers University-Camden Elizabeth Blackwell Award from the American Medical
Lifetime Achievement Award. Women’s Association. The annual honor recognizes a
woman physician who has made the most outstanding
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Senior Associate Dean Alma Littles received the
Doctoral student Sara Jones, Department of
contribution to the cause of women in medicine.
Biomedical Sciences, shared first place at FSU’s
Three-Minute Thesis competition. Jones studies how
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Helen Livingston retired as founding associate dean
the artificial sweetener aspartame can cause anxious of the Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences Division. She
behavior that fathers may pass down to their offspring. had been director of admissions for the Program in