FOR AND ABOUT THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE SARASOTA REGIONAL CAMPUS

JULY 2007 SPECIAL EDITION

IN THIS ISSUE • SARASOTA CAMPUS

GRADUATES ITS FIRST CLASS

• FACULTY APPRECIATION AWARDS AND RECEPTIONS

• THANK YOU TO OUR ANNUAL FUND DONORS

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2007!

TALLAHASSEE — On May 26, the Florida State University College of Medicine celebrated the 2007 Commencement with nine students from the Sarasota Regional Campus included among the 49 graduates. As the first graduates from our campus, it was a time of amazing joy and extraordinary promise as these young men and women took the Hippocratic Oath and received their MD degree.

Thanks to the many area physicians who served as clinical faculty and mentors, our newest physicians are well prepared to enter their residency assignments later this summer.

While they cannot be fully prepared for what awaits them as first year residents, our community-based approach to medical education has done much to foster their future careers and create opportunities for their continued success.

Congratulations to our graduates – we are proud to celebrate your achievements and the many contributions you are sure to make to medicine and science in our world.

CAMPUS GRADUATES EARN SPECIAL RECOGNITION The 2007 Dean’s Award for the Sarasota Regional Campus was awarded to Kristen Shepherd at a graduation celebration on May 21 at the Bird Key Yacht Club. In presenting her with the plaque, Dr. Berg said, “It was a difficult choice to make.”

“As I watched this class during their remarkable journey through clinical training I witnessed their continued growth and development. They are an extraordinary group individually and collectively, all bright and talented men and women who will be excellent physicians. “Kristen stood out as the student who exemplifies those qualities that I believe will make her an outstanding physician: dedication to the art and science of medicine, compassion for patients and their families, personal and professional growth and academic excellence.”

At the Graduation Awards Ceremony in Tallahassee on May 24, three additional College-wide awards were presented to Sarasota graduates.

John Beach received the Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award presented each year to a student that has demonstrated excellence in the specialty of emergency medicine by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM).

Kristen Shepherd received the Merritt Ryals Clements, MD Award for Excellence in Obstetrics & Gynecology. This award is presented to the student at each regional campus who has best demonstrated dedication to the health of women.

Beau Toskich was one of three Excellence in Academics Award winners recognizing the student who has demonstrated a high level of academic achievement in all aspects of medical training.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2007!

DEPARTMENTS

• MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

• CAMPUS HAPPENINGS

• FACULTY/STAFF NEWS

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TOULA KANE, PUBLISHER TOULA.KANE@MED.FSU.EDU ANDREW R. FLINN, EDITOR ANDY.FLINN@MED.FSU.EDU

(l-r) JOHN BEACH, KRISTEN SHEPHERD, AND BEAU TOSKICH

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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN On Saturday, May 26th our first graduating Class of 2007 walked onto the stage of the Ruby Diamond Auditorium in the Westcott Building at the main campus in Tallahassee. As each name was called, I had the honor of placing the graduation hood on each student. As you might imagine, they were all smiles as handshakes and hugs were given and received. Four years of hard work were rewarded with the confirmation of the MD degree and a “well done” from the FSU College of Medicine Dean and the President of the University.

All in our community who helped the Class of 2007 grow from tentative and clinically shy third year students into confident fourth year graduates can feel proud of their accomplishments. I certainly felt that pride as I stood and watched each one walk across the stage. Their respective family members were equally proud and demonstrated their enthusiasm with rousing applause for the entire Class of 2007.

With the graduation of this class, we have completed a full rotation of students through the Sarasota Campus. The next class will be here for their third year orientation at the end of June after which they will begin their clinical training, undoubtedly with the same hesitancy as did our new physician graduates. It is our responsibility and privilege to help them grow into the same confident young physicians as our first graduating class.

I want to thank everyone who has made the success of our students and our campus possible. To the hospital and community organization CEO’s who have provided wonderful facilities, the hospital employees and physician office staffs who have given a measure of kindness, the campus administrative staff who have acted as parents in absentia, the patients who have given their time and understanding and, most of all, to our community physicians who have given of themselves to help guide the students through the complex maze that is modern medicine—I want to say thank you. We would not have a clinical campus without your collective help and hard work.

Now we begin a new adventure. I look forward to working with each one of you over the coming years and helping our new students grow into new physicians. I’m certain that this will be a wonderful and successful educational adventure for us all. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Bruce H. Berg, MD, MBA Sarasota Campus Dean

THANKS TO OUR ENTIRE FACULTY FOR THE OUTSTANDING WORK YOU DO!

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS The generous contributions to the FSU College of Medicine — Sarasota Regional Campus 2006-2007 Annual Fund from FSU College of Medicine faculty, individual and corporate members and friends are greatly appreciated.

Your gifts to the Sarasota Regional Campus are an investment in our educational mission. We believe they will pay handsome dividends for our community in the achievements of the young men and women we educate to practice medicine in a fast-paced and ever-changing world.

Every effort has been made to compile an accurate listing of all gifts received. If you find an error or omission, we apologize and ask that you contact Toula Kane at (941) 316-8120.

John Abu, MD

Bruce Berg, MD

Edward Bradley, III, MD

Adam Bright, MD

Mark Brus, MD

M. Patrice Callahan, MD

Robert Dubin, MD

Brian Garby, MD

Alfredo Giangreco, MD

Catherine Giangreco, MD

Alfred Hernandez, MD

Washington Hill, MD

Todd Horiuchi, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kane

Katherine Keeley, MD

Drs. Thomas and Jacqueline Kelly

Kathleen Kennedy, MD

John Kieffer, MD

LMHZ Group/Merrill Lynch

Sandra MacLeod, MD

Drs. Peter & Jennifer Mayer

Stephen McDonald

Diane McFarlin

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meade

Steven Newman, MD

Bruce Robinson, MD

Cynthia Samra, MD

Sarasota Memorial HealthCare Foundation

Sarasota Memorial Hospital Medical Staff

Christopher Sforzo, MD

Synovus Bank

Maria Velasco-Ferrari, MD

Venice Regional Medical Center

Charles Weiss, MD

AADAMDAM D DENKERENKER, MD, MD INTERNAL MEDICINE

ATLANTA, GA EMORY UNIVERSITY

JJORGEORGE B BARREROARRERO, MD, MD

BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER HARVARD TEACHING HOSPITAL

BOSTON, MA

INTERNAL MEDICINE JJOHNOHN B BEACHEACH, MD, MD EMERGENCY MEDICINE

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

JACKSONVILLE, FL

RROBERTOBERT C CRESCENTINIRESCENTINI, MD, MD

BIRMINGHAM, AL

INTERNAL MEDICINE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

AANDREWNDREW GGAMENTHALERAMENTHALER,, MDMD GENERAL SURGERY

SAVANNAH, GA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

TTAMARAAMARA F FINGERINGER, MD, MD OBSTETRICS-GYNECOLOGY

NEW YORK CITY, NY BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER

BIRMINGHAM, AL UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

CCHARLESHARLES H HOTTEOTTE, MD, MD INTERNAL MEDICINE

KKRISTENRISTEN S SHEPHERDHEPHERD, MD, MD OBSTETRICS-GYNECOLOGY

JACKSONVILLE, FL

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

BBEAUEAU T TOSKICHOSKICH, MD, MD PRELIMINARY YEAR (PLASTIC SURGERY) GENERAL SURGERY

GAINESVILLE, FL

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA SHANDS HOSPITAL

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS AND OUTSTANDING SUPPORT!

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IN MEMORIAM Dr. M. Patrice Callahan, a dedicated physician and benefactor to the FSU College of Medicine, Sarasota Campus, died May 8, 2007, while working in her Sarasota medical office.

A native of Panama City, Dr. Callahan earned a degree in chemistry at Florida State University and began medical school at FSU through the Program in Medical Sciences. Callahan completed her MD at the University of Florida, followed by a residency and fellowship in physical medicine and rehabilitation at New York University.

FACULTY COUNCIL COMMUNITY FACULTY AWARDS — SARASOTA REGIONAL CAMPUS Each year at the faculty appreciation event, we take a moment to recognize two faculty members who exemplify our mission and vision. While the focus is seemingly always on the student, we sometimes forget who makes it all possible.

We are so fortunate at the Sarasota regional campus to have physician faculty whose efforts have had a lasting impression on students, who continue to provide dynamic instruction and who serve as role models and exhibit attributes that our graduates can take with them into their careers.

We are extremely proud to announce the 2007 Community Faculty Award winners:

Dr. Steven Halbreich (Surgery) winner of the Outstanding Community Faculty Educator Award and Dr. Patricia Blanco (Pediatrics) winner of the Mission Model Award.

Both awards recognize specific attributes in physician faculty and we applaud them for their hard work and dedication to our program.

2007 Outstanding Community Faculty Educator – Steven Halbreich, MD

A COM clinical faculty member at each regional campus who demonstrates: • Consistent dedication to the 6 COM principles of the curriculum • Consistent dedication to identifying and meeting the educational needs of students • Enthusiasm for teaching • Participation in faculty development and • Willingness to work collaboratively with clerkship directors/clerkship faculty/regional campus

staff to deliver the COM’s clinical curriculum to students 2007 Mission Model Award – Patricia Blanco, MD

A COM clinical faculty member who has distinguished himself/herself by participating in activities that model the Mission of the COM to “educate and develop exemplary physicians who practice patient centered health care, discover and advance knowledge and are responsive to community needs, especially through service to elder, rural, minority and underserved populations.”

Dr. Blanco and Dr. Berg

(l-r) Dean Harris, Dr. Halbreich, and Dr. Berg

FACULTY/STAFF NEWS

A WARM WELCOME TO SETH BRISTOL The FSU College of Medicine is pleased to welcome Seth Bristol to the Sarasota Regional Campus as our Informational Technology Coordinator. Seth has taken over the position vacated by Cliff Nichols who has returned to Tallahassee to pursue his educational goals.

While we were sad to see Cliff leave, we are fortunate to have Seth join our staff. Seth moved to Sarasota from Connecticut. He worked as a supervisor in the Media and Wireless departments at Best Buy and brings to us years of experience in computer technology as well as a solid understanding of how to provide exceptional customer service. Having those two components together has made his transition to the position much easier. If you’re ever in the neighborhood, please stop by and introduce yourself.

Welcome, Seth! We’re glad to have you here! SETH BRISTOL

CYNTHIA SAMRA, MD ASSUMES NEW ROLE Dr. Cynthia Samra, Clerkship Director for Pediatrics, has been named the new Information Technology Curriculum Director at the Sarasota campus. Dr. Samra coordinates the pediatric curriculum and training of the third and fourth year medical students at the Sarasota Regional Campus. In addition, she is responsible for teaching the students and clinical faculty how to incorporate medical informatics into the daily practice of medicine.

This position also exists at the Orlando and Pensacola campuses at this time.

DR. CYNTHIA SAMRA

201 Cocoanut Ave. Sarasota, FL 34236