1980

Ronald C. Moomaw, D.O., serves on the Board of Directors of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. He has served on several committees for the organization, including education and policies and standards.

1981

Mary Schaefer Badger, D.O., published “Tick talk: Unusually severe case of tick-borne relapsing fever with acute respiratory distress syndrome,” in Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, volume 19, issue 4, pgs. 280-286.

Douglas Jones, D.O., family practitioner with Jenkins Memorial Health Clinic in Wellston, Ohio, received the 2008 Ohio Critical Access Hospital Program’s Rural Health Provider Award for his outstanding patient care, dedication and leadership. He is a former National Health Service Corps scholar.

1982
Craig A. Maxwell, D.O., was honored with a 2009 Patient’s Choice Award. For these awards, more than 40,000 patients provide online feedback on factors such as expertise, bedside manner, degree of follow-up, courtesy of office staff.

Robert P. Myers, D.O., served a term as chair of the professional staff of Dayton Children’s Hospital.

Jeffrey A. Stanley, D.O., has been appointed to the Ohio University Foundation Board. He will soon finish his second term as chief of staff at South Point Hospital in Cleveland. He is currently president of the OU-COM Society of Alumni and Friends Board of Directors. 

1983
Grant Hope, D.O., and his wife, Patricia, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary June 25, 2008.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists and serves as clinical faculty for The Ohio State University College of Medicine.  He is deputy coroner for Crawford County and was elected to the Bucyrus City School Board in November 2007.  He has been a clinical faculty member for OU-COM since 1991.

Jill Ann Neff, D.O., was appointed to the University of Rio Grande Board of Trustees by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland in May.

1987
Mark Maire, D.O., is a Global Health Fellow after completing a program as a senior technical advisor in Zambia for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

1988
William Burke, D.O., FACOFP, will receive the Ohio University Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes people who have given extraordinary service to university colleges, alumni chapters, clubs and the Ohio University Alumni Association. Burke serves as an associate professor of family medicine for OU-COM and as program director of the family practice residency at Doctors Hospital in Columbus.

Daniel Konold, D.O., clinical associate professor of family medicine, received the 2008 Outstanding Family Physician award for his work with students, interns and residents at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Edward S. Umlauf, D.O., was named assistant director of hospital medicine for TeamHealth Midwest in Athens, Ohio, last May, when he became the first hospitalist at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital.

1989
Jerome Dixon, D.O., and wife, Janet, welcomed Juliana Molina to the family in August 2008.

Stevan Walkowski, D.O., assistant professor of family practice at OU-COM, was appointed chair of the CORE Osteopathic Principles and Practices Committee.

1990
Greggory Volk, D.O., is program director of internal medicine at Grandview Hospital.

1992
Blaine Powell, D.O., earned his M.P.H. last June and is completing a fellowship in aerospace medicine. He moved to Pensacola, Fla., in July 2008.

1994
Raquel Bolado, D.O., has joined the University of Texas Health Science Center as an assistant clinical professor.

Richard Schuster, D.O., accepted a position at Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, as assistant professor of osteopathic manipulative medicine.

Esther H. Tompkins, D.O., has been promoted to associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine.

1995

Joseph Looby, D.O., completed a craniofacial plastic surgery fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center.

Elizabeth Lottes, D.O., became medical director of the Berger Hospital diabetes program. She was nominated as a Columbus Health Hero for her humanitarian work and has served as a board member for Access Health for four years.

1996

Julianna Batizy-Morley, D.O., has raced for the International Triathlon Union World Cup as a professional athlete for the last several years and was eligible last year for Olympic triathlon trials.

Robert McCleary, D.O., joined the Logan Regional Medical Center in West Virginia as an orthopedic surgeon.

Melita Marcial-Schuster, D.O., accepted a position at Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine as assistant professor of family medicine.

1997
Clay Seiple, D.O., began his second term as chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital. He is also a regional speaker for Pfizer and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

1998

Beth Schulz-Butulis, D.O., gave a pediatric dermatology presentation at Pediatric Grand Rounds at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, N.C.

Lee A. Dudley, D.O., has accepted a position at the University of Tennessee, Memphis Regional Medical Center. He is attending law school at the University of Memphis.

 

Jon R. Jacobson, D.O., received an Army Meritorious Service Medal and has accepted an U.S. Air Force appointment. 

 

William L. McDonald, D.O., has accepted a staff position at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Mass. He also serves as clinical instructor for both Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine.

Janis Anthony-Wade, D.O., joined MedCare Staffing, Inc., in Flowery Branch, Ga.

Jason T. Weihl, D.O., accepted a position at Darby Creek Family Health in Grove City, Ohio.

1999
Andrea (Longo) Archer, D.O., accepted a position as co-director of patient satisfaction at Emergency Medical Associates in Rockville, Md.

Jay S. Grider, D.O., received the Abraham Flexner Master Educator designation for curriculum development at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.  He also presented “Perioperative Management of Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems” at the American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting in Orlando, Fla., in October 2008.  He is an assistant professor and director of pain services at the University of Kentucky Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology.

Erich C. Maul, D.O., was selected by house staff to receive the 2008 Warren Wheeler Teaching Award at Kentucky Children’s Hospital. He is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and is the associate director of their pediatrics residency program.

Joseph A. Rodrigo, D.O., director of regional anesthesia at Roper Hospital, Charleston, S.C., founded The American School for Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia.

Christie (Murphy) Mazurk, D.O., became associate director for the internal medicine program at Canton Medical Education Foundation in January 2009.

2000
Steven Becker, D.O., is director of the internal medicine program at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach in California.

R. Paul Boesch, D.O., is an assistant professor of pulmonary medicine, and director of the Transitional Care Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Diana (Seigfried) Brewster, D.O., and husband, Phil, had a son, Zane, in August 2008.

Travis Hodgdon, D.O., is an attending critical care physician at Bassett Health Care in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Kristin Woodard, D.O., and husband, Todd, welcomed Taylor Addison in September 2008.

2001
John Bollins, D.O., accepted a position at St. Mary’s Medical Center/Duluth Clinic in Minnesota.

Christopher Coulson, D.O., family practitioner with Arrowhead Clinic in Newcomerstown, Ohio, has twice deployed to Iraq with the Army National Guard.

Tony G. Lababidi, D.O., married Christine (Hanz) Lababidi. He is the director of anesthesiology and director of perioperative services at Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital. Dr. Lababidi completed an anesthesiology residency at the Cleveland Clinic in July 2005 and remained to complete a pain management fellowship in July 2006.  He has opened his own comprehensive pain management practice with offices in Wadsworth, Kent, Green and Fairlawn, Ohio.

Michael Todd, D.O., is on the faculty of the William Beaumont Medical Center, Ft. Bliss, Texas, in the  Department of Orthopaedics. He is the first D.O. ever to be chosen for the John A. Feagin Jr. sports medicine fellowship at West Point.

2002
Maria C. Demosthenous, D.O., is an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Troy Diehl, D.O., completed a fellowship in sports medicine at Wellington Orthopedics in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Denise Haynik, D.O., completed a fellowship in cytology and breast/gynecologic pathology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is currently practicing with Scottsdale Pathology Consultants.

Brock Herring, D.O., has completed a fellowship in foot and ankle surgery at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Mich.  He and his wife, Dawn, were married May 26, 2007. 

Joseph Lowry, D.O., is pursuing a fellowship in orthopedic trauma at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.

Anthony Karam, D.O., has been promoted to assistant medical director at Mercy Medical Center in Redding, Calif.

Jamesetta (Holloway) Lewis, D.O., accepted a position in anesthesia and pain management at Dunlap Memorial Hospital in Orville, Ohio.

Christopher Marazon, D.O., and his wife, Stephanie, welcomed baby McClellan in March 2007. He accepted a position in family practice at Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis,Ohio.

Daniel R. Maurer, D.O., completed a fellowship in shoulder and elbow surgery at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, Calif. He is now in private practice in Frisco, Texas, at Centennial Medical Center.

Eric Schenk, D.O., received three blue ribbons from the Maine Health Management Coalition’s Pathways to Excellence – Primary Care Initiative for his work in diabetes and heart disease and for his use of clinical office systems to track information and manage patient care.

Carlos M. Solorzano Jr., D.O., was ranked in the top ten percent of physicians in the Family Medicine Department of the Kaiser Permanente San Diego system. The ranking was based on patients’ responses to a survey regarding their satisfaction with their patient-doctor interactions. 

Lori Stuart-Hubber, D.O., started her own neurology practice, the Houma Neurology Institute, in Houma, La. 

David L. Tolentino, D.O., accepted the CORE assistant dean position at St. John West Shore Hospital in Ohio. He received the Jack Brill, D.O., Attending Physician of the Year award from St. John West Shore Hospital.

Kimberly Wilcox-White, D.O., was appointed chief resident at MidOhio Emergency Services in Dayton, Ohio, where she also was named ER Resident of the Year. She joined Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, as an emergency medicine physician. 

2003

Joseph M. Austerman, D.O., won the Louis and Roxanne Michner Award for Outstanding Leadership at the Cleveland Clinic, where Austerman was appointed associate director of the child and adolescent psychiatry program.

Laleh Bedocs, D.O., completed a pediatric dermatology fellowship at Stanford University in July 2008 and is currently in a dermatology residency program at the Cleveland Clinic. This is in addition to her first residency in pediatrics, also at the Cleveland Clinic. In 2008, she and co-author Anna Bruckner, M.D., from Stanford University, published an article, “Adolescent hair loss,” in Current Opinions in Pediatrics.

Paul M. Bedocs, D.O., was appointed clinical assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Dermatology, at Michigan State University. He published two articles: “‘Invisible tattoo granuloma,” in the March 2008 issue of Cutis, volume 81, pgs. 262-264; and “Pemphigoid gestationis: A rare case and review,” in the Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, online in May 2008, and in print February 2009, volume 279, issue 2, pgs. 235-238.

Benjamin Graef, D.O., is a sleep medicine specialist with Summa Health Systems in Akron, Ohio.

Michael J. James, D.O., is a clinical instructor at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md.

Kristin Johnson, D.O., completed a fellowship in neuromuscular disease at University Hospital of Cleveland.

Matt Koepplinger, D.O., completed a fellowship in orthopedic hand and upper extremity surgery through Baylor University at the Texas Medical Center in Houston this summer.

Edward S. Kosik, D.O., won first prize in the 2008 C. Ronald Stephen Resident Essay Contest, sponsored by the Anesthesia History Association, for his entry “Four decades of suspending disbelief: Anesthesia simulation milestones.” He also presented “Airway Management in Trauma” at the 14th Annual Trauma and Critical Care Symposium at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.  Dr. Kosik was a faculty and resident delegate at the World Congress of Anesthesiologists in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2008. There, he lectured on simulation in anesthesia education and patient safety, and helped organize a high fidelity, full scale simulation workshop. He has also created a DVD documentary about the history of anesthesia simulation.

Damon Kralovic, D.O., is medical director of adult critical care transport at the Cleveland Clinic.

Erik Reaves, D.O., MTM&H, earned his master’s degree in tropical medicine and hygiene in February 2008 as part of a residency training program in general preventive medicine and public health, from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the National Capital Consortium in Bethesda, Md. He currently serves as a preventive medicine officer in the U.S. Navy in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and holds the rank of lieutenant commander.

Daniel Ruggles, D.O., is completing a pediatric orthopedic surgery fellowship at the University of Southern California—Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. He went on mission trips to the Dominican Republic in February 2007 and to Haiti in April 2008.

2004
Ryan M. Carlson, D.O., received the James Bernard Award for having the highest score in the nation of all second-year dermatology residents taking the in-service exam.

Andrew Guglielmi, D.O., lectured Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy medical students on genitourinary radiology. He will begin an MRI fellowship program at Michigan State University in July 2009.

Jeremy D. Heitmeyer, D.O., and Deborah McCormick were married in 2007 and welcomed their first child, Caden Alexander, in July 2008.

 

Karuna S. Kem, D.O., accepted a position as chief resident of the third-year residents at Mercy Medical Center in Merced, Calif. She married Channary Long in 2005.

Anthony Lattavo, D.O., is practicing sports medicine and orthopedics at the Centers for Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Chillicothe, Ohio.

John Parente, D.O., accepted a position as an emergency medicine physician at the Fisher Titus Medical Center in Norwalk, Ohio.

2005
Danielle (Herrman) Williams, D.O., joined Central Ohio Primary Care at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, as a hospitalist.

Jody Gerome, D.O., and her husband, Andy Zuchowski, welcomed son, Luke Andrew, in June 2008.

Shane Matheny, D.O., and wife, Karen, welcomed Mallory Emma in June 2008.

Kevin M. Nasky, D.O., received the Southern Psychiatric Association 2008 Resident Award and the Admiral B. W. Hogan Award for Academic and Clinical Excellence in Navy Psychiatry.  He served as chief resident for the department of psychiatry, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Va., for 2008-2009.  Dr. Nasky also presented “The USS Cole bombing:  Analysis of preexisting factors as predictors of development of post-traumatic stress,” at the Braceland Seminar in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2008.  Also in 2008, he published a case report, “Psychosis associated with anti-NMDAR antibodies,” in CNS Spectrums, volume 13, issue 8, pgs. 699-702.

2006
Chad Bigony, D.O., and wife, Stacey, welcomed daughter Audrey Elizabeth in May 2008.

Kent Brandeberry, D.O., welcomed son Nicholas Kent in March 2008.

Kevin Pantalone, D.O., and Tanya Marie Schrader were married in June 2008.

Eric Rader, D.O., and his wife, Andrea, welcomed baby Quinn Matthew in February 2008.

2007
Alison Himes, D.O., was named 2008 Intern of the Year at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Draion Burch, D.O., was appointed 2008-2009 Region III (South) Trustee on the American Osteopathic Association Council of Interns and Residents Executive Board.

Elizabeth Patterson, D.O., and husband, Eric, welcomed Eric Ray to the family in May 2008.

Eric Tomich, D.O., received the Army Achievement Medal for scoring  above the 95th percentile on the American Board of Emergency Medicine in-service exam. Tomich is the resident representative on the Board of Directors for the Uniformed Services Chapter of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. 

Michael Zacharias, D.O., accepted the chief resident position in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Massachusetts for the 2010-2011 term.