Fellowship Activities Updates

Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., Director of the Health Policy Fellowship and Training in Policy Studies Program, serves as a member of the the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education

The following is an article from Inside OME (Volume 6 No. 11)

On October 17, 2012, the Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural & Minority Medicine (IAMMM) announced the appointment of Barbara Ross-Lee, DO, FACOFP, to Chair of the Institute’s Board of Directors. Dr. Ross-Lee is Vice President for Health Sciences and Medical Affairs and Acting Dean at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of The New York Institute of Technology (NYCOM/NYIT). The IAMMM focuses on eliminating health disparities in multicultural communities through partnerships, alliances and collaborations with like-minded institutions and associations.

Dr. Ross-Lee brings to the position an extensive background as an advisor on health policy, primary care, medical education, minority health, women’s health and rural health care issues. She is past President of the Board of Directors of the Association of Academic Health Centers and past Chair of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Assembly of Presidents. Dr. Ross-Lee is currently serving as Executive Director of the National Osteopathic Center for Health Policy and is a member of the Executive Committee of the National Osteopathic Medical Association. Dr. Ross-Lee also is the only osteopathic physician serving on the Institute of Medicine’s Consensus Committee on the Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education.

In addition to her many leadership roles, both past and present, Dr. Ross-Lee is also the first African American woman to serve as Dean of a United States medical school and the first osteopathic physician to participate in the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship.

Kelli Ward, D.O., HPF Class of 2002-2003, wins Arizona State Senate Race

Published this morning by Greg Moberly Today’s News Herald Havasu News:

"Kelli Ward easily bested Democrat Beth Weisser on Tuesday in the state Senate District 5 race, completing a successful campaign run for the political newcomer.
 

Ward raised more money than her GOP primary opponents and continued that strong pace in the general election, cruising to victory in the highly Republican district.
 

“It’s really a humbling thing,” Ward said. “They put their trust in me and I can’t wait to do the job.”
Ward said she had the toughest time in the primary, which “at times was contentious.”
 

In the primary, Ward knocked off Rep. Nancy McLain. McLain has served in district 3 in the state House of Representatives. She also defeated former Lake Havasu City Councilman Sam Scarmardo.
 

The general election was a lot less contentious, Ward said.

Ward said one of her primary concerns will be health care.  “I’ll be the only physician in the Arizona Senate,” Ward said. That will be valuable when a lot of lobbyists and bureaucrats represent health care interests in the Legislature, she said."  

Dr. Ward is a family physician in Lake Havasu, Arizona.

Mike Ward, D.O., and Kelli Ward, D.O.

HPF Class of 2012 Fellows Present Policy Posters at OMED

Five members of the HPF Class of 2012 presented policy posters at OMED in San Diego last month:

Marty Scott, D.O. (Trenton, NJ):  Prevention is the Cure:  Moving National Health Care from treatment to Prevention

Scott Cyrus, D.O. (Tulsa, OK):  Gaps in Residency Training:  Preparing Doctors for a 21st Century Delivery System

Sonia Rivera-Martinez, D.O. (Old Westbury, NY): Cost Implications of Hospitals Employing Physicians

Jorge D. Luna, D.O. (Davie, FL): The Physician's Role in Cost Containment:  A Duty to Provide Parsimonious Care

Glenn Nordehn, D.O. (Chicago, IL): The Impact of State vs. Federal Control of Maryland's health Insurance Exchange

Scott Cyrus, D.O., and Natasha Bray, D.O. at the poster presentations at OMED 2012.

Congratulations to Scott Cyrus who earned first place, and to Marty Scott and Glenn Nordehn, who tied for second place. 

Many thanks to our judges, Robyn Phillips Madson, D.O., MPH, HPF Class of 2006; Bruce Dubin, D.O., J.D., HPF Class of 1995; Michael Wieting, D.O., MA, HPF Class of 2006;  Natasha Bray, D.O., HPF Class of 2008; and Brian Hallas, Ph.D., HPF Class of 2005. 

Sonia Rivera-Martinez, D.O., presents to Natasha Bray, D.O. and Michael Wieting, D.O.

Michael Krasnow, D.O., Ph.D., reappointed to Express Scripts Committee

Michael Krasnow, D.O., Ph.D., Health Policy Fellowship Class of 2004, was recently reappointed to the National Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee of Express Scripts for a three-year term. Express Scripts is the largest pharmacy benefits manager in the US, filling 31% of all US prescriptions.  Dr. Krasnow has had over twenty-five years of experience in formulary management. Currently, he is professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at Marshall University School of Medicine in West Virginia.

Welcome Health Policy Fellowship Class of 2012-2013

Front Row: Shannon Scott, D.O. (AZ); Victoria Damba, D.O. (MO); Jennifer Gwilym, D.O. (OH); Robert Hill, Ph.D. (NY); and Ronald Stevens, D.O. (OK). Back Row: Adam Nally, D.O. (AZ); William Felegi, D.O. (NJ); Melissa Gastorf, D.O., MBA (OK); Gregory Saggio, D.O. (NY); Raul Garcia-Rodriguez, D.O. (WA); David Park, D.O. (NV). Read bios at http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/hpf/current.htm

Rob Hunter, D.O., Health Policy Fellowship Class of 2009-2010 and Ohio Osteopathic Association President-Elect, attended the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL with his son Jordan, and met with Representative Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) and Representative Tim Scott (R-SC) (below).